North Carolina Newspapers

THE TAR HEEL OMaial Or&a of tao AthUtic Aaaoeiatio'n of tho - UniToraity of North Carolina PuUUh.a Wookly BOARD OF EDITORS THOMAS WOLFE Managing Editor ASSISTANT EDITORS J. S. Terry H. S. Everett ASSOCIATE EDITORS W. II. Hooker W. H. Andrews R. L. Puerinoton C. T. Leonard J. E. Stewart C. R. Sumner J. II. Kerb Miss Elizabeth Lay J. S. MASSENBURG- lusinesa Manager To -be entered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Chapel Hill, N. C. Printed by The Seeman Printery, Inc., Durham, N. C. Prico, $2.00 Per Yoar, PayabU in AaVaaco or Daring tho Fint Tom Sialo Copioa, S Coals A STATEMENT OF FACT The uncertainties of the military situation delayed the opening of the University until October 1st, and the fall quarter has just come to an end. Six months of collegiate work, or two thirds of a collegiate year, are still before us. The quarterly system which has been followed during the fall, and which must be adhered to during the spring is admirably adapted to the conditions which confront the Univer sity and University students at the present time. Instead of being half over, courses will begin on January 1st. And stu dents who have been absent in service, and those who left at the demobiliza tion of the S. A. T. C, without stay ing for examinations on their fall work, may enter in January on the same basis as if they wait until next September. Twothirds of the year is still before them, and two-thirds of the year's worlt may still be completed. And by attending the summer session a full year's work may be .completed. It is a sheer waste of time to delay entering or returning to College until next September. Anyone may enter January 4th and complete a year's work. WORLD FIXERS There is a difference. A subtle change in the atmosphere, perhaps. But all of us feel strangely elated, why? We know the days of the mili tary camp have gone and we saw the going without regret. We know now we shall return after the holidays to Carolina the University and not the S. A. T. C. Magically, with this announcement, great effects were wrought. Organi zations reorganized, the classes held elections, it became known that all the publications would be published, athletics resumed on a pre-war basis; in short even college organization, every student activity, was to take its former place in student life immedi ately after the opening of the next quarter. . . We almost hope for the speedy lapse of the holidays, for the re-opening will be a reunion a true Carolina op ening. Then, old friendships will be re newed, experiences related, all the many tales that have been heard will then be told. We will start our work as if we were beginning a new year, for the Uni versity has arranged its schedule so all of us can start our desired course as in the early Fall. The past is behind. With the awak ening of the old life, comes the rebirth of the old ideals. Let us exult. The new, glorious life opens up before us. Our oppor tunity is here. With a feeling of joy in our hearts let us return to seize it. Much depends on what we decide to do now. They need us out there. We are young gloriously young. We will make ready here. We will fix the world. "PRO PATRIA MORI" Many centuries ago, a great Latin poet immortalized in verse a sentiment that has always been inherent in men: "It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one's country." And so men have always consider ed it. But how much sweeter, and how much nobler it is, to die not only for one's country but for God and Truth, also; for love of women and children, for Freedom's shining cause, for all, in short, that men hold dear and love and cherish. Forth from them time-worn walls have gene our comrades we knew them. And some will never return we knew them also. With their clean young faces shining, with their eyes blaziner with the high, white fire of Truth, they went and gave all freely, gladly, poured out the "rich, red wine of youth" to make men free. Was this not devotion? We grieve but not for them. It is more because of our own loss. Old Siward, in the great Shakes pearean tragedy, Macbeth, when in formed of the death of his son in battle, remarks simply: "I .could not wish him to a fairer end. ... .... And so, his knell is knoll'd.'" We could not wish them to a fairer end. There is none. They were the sons of Carolina. And they did not fail. What a glowing pride in them! We knew them it was a privilege. We will never forget them and the glorious part they played. Future Carolina men will hear the story and glow also. And never will they be forgotten. In Flanders fields, in Picardy, in French meadows, unmarked, un known, are their graves. But down through . the years their story will go and gain new glory with the passing of the years. They kept their bright swords clean. Truly, it is a sweet and noble thing to die for one's country. , "BE OURS THE TORCH". A Carolina man was feeling "blue" he expressed it. He was sorry that he had not been allowed to fight in France. A regret was in his heart. He wanted to go forth to battle with the others who were fighting with all their strength. The youth had joined the S. A. T. C. as the quickest and best route to active service. His was the desire to serve and to serve quickly. Such would have been the case, but the armistice came. One-sixth of the student body had already been recom mended to 0. T. C.'s, and when the peace news came, there was no out burst. The men here were glad th the horror was over, but a regret stirred them that they had missed their chance to help in France. Men of Carolina, yours is the joy of duty done. You are the hope of the future. Your .comrades were lucky, perhaps, to pour forth their heart's blood. We love, praise, honor them. As our beloved brothers sleep 'neath the Flanders fields, our souls yearn to give them the tributes of our grateful hearts. To you a greater privilege is grant ed, but it is more fraught with diffi culty. It has not been your part to offer up your life, but your job is too keep on living, and living so that it will pay for you, and for your fellow men. It is yours to see that the vic tory of democracy shall bring to the world an era of justice and right. In a world that has ceased a mad orgy, and has now settled down to the busi ness of remaking world standards, you have the high privilege, the weighty responsibility of living. And al though it may seem that "it's the keeping cn living that's hard," Am ericans all, with the same light of faith in your eyes - that sent your brothers to pay the "last full meas ure of devotion," you'll face the tasks cf peace, and show that America is worthy of the victory granted her. THE HONOR SPIRIT Now that we are all looking forward to college life at the real Carolina, a certain responsibility rests upon the old Carolina men to tell the new men something of life on the campus in normal times. To those men who have seen Carolina only during the regime of the S. A. T. C, the charm and democracy of the true college is unknown. As old men know, the standard of conduct upon the campus is the gentle man's standard. Every man who comes to school within these walls is assumed to be a gentleman, and he is treated as such throughout his col lege career, unless disqualifying quali ties are revealed. The government of the campus is in the hands of representatives of the student body. There is no written code of rules and regulations drafted to direct a man in his actions; but there is an unwritten moral sentiment, which demands that recognized mis conduct be punished. The will of the students is thus expressed through their representatives. The principle of a democratic state is being applied to our campus, where popular senti ment reigns. A crisis is now before the student ' body. Having been released from a rigid discipline, there is apt to be a desire on the part of some men "to run wild." There is apt to be a cer tain looseness of conduct. There is apt to come a period of thoughtless ness. It is to meet such a situation as this that men are needed, men who are willing to stand for the right thing and to aid in developing that high moral code that must prevail here. It is such thoughts as these that we direct especially the attention of old Carolina men. We must remember that the University is no longer an army cantonment; and that our ac tions now reflect credit or disgrace upon an institution of learning, whose fair name has been handed down to us unblemished. It is up to us to prove ourselves worthy of our heri tage, j THE GOOD SPORT Speaking here several years ago President Graham defined this insti tution as a place of growth and also a place where men did "ordinary things in an extraordinary way," thus signifying it as a place of high ideals. In a similar spirit Dr. Moss has said that we wish to grow gentlemen here, men as he so admirably terms them, "of fine feeling." Every Carolina man will realize the plain simple truth in these vitalized ideas of the University, ideas that elevate his plane of life and will be his monitors out in the restless world. When the boy from the West or from the East arrives here, as a rule, he has a decided individualistic way of looking at things. He can't be blamed much for this rather natural state of mind, it is only doggedly persisting in staying in the old shell that is ignoble. Perhaps for the first few years of his college life he lives a fragmentary and narrow existence. As he walks about the campus he carries with him a peculiar atmosphere of one-sided development, an advertisement writ ten large in his clothes, bearing, and speech. One could easily classify him as a cocksure fraternity man, a de bating enthusiast, a misguided stu dent, or an athlete. But each year some of the Carolina spirit soaks into his system. Each year his interest in other things grows and broadens. Finally he becomes a normal human, being, built on an enlarged and ele vated scale. He has grown from an individualistic way of looking at things into a Carolina man who thinks of the good of the institution before his personal interest. No better proof of this fact can be adduced than the generous loyalty of the Carolina alumni, who respond heartily to eyery call of the University and, wherever they may be, are boosters of Carolina and the college spirit. Preeminently the Carolina man is a man "of fine feeling." President Graham has said exactly the same thing but in different words when he calls the University man "a good sport." What a wealth of meaning and inspiration in that phrase! It embraces such a range of manly acts and generous high feelings that any attempt to define it would be like trying to restrict the air to the nar now compass of a woodshed. At any rate a good sport will always react to a situation as a "thoroughbred" would. If it is defeat, he will take it with a good heart, if it is victory he will use it with forebearance, if some worthy cause needs to be cham pioned he is eager to volunteer his services and unafraid to assume re sponsibility. A splendid illustration of good sportsmanship was the atti tude of both the faculty and the students toward the recent petition with regard to examinations. Such a spirit we hope to see carried over into the new year and the eld tra dition of s portsmanship for which the University has stood strengthened and elevated to pass on to other gen erations of Carolina fellows. THE EDUCATED GENTLEMAN It was a Sunday morning during tht Spring of 1917. America had thrown her material and spiritual re sources into the struggle between two world groups. Men knew we were on the right side. But questionings filled their minds : , Why was war, with its terrible suffering, necessary? A group of Carolina students were sitting on the steps at the northern side entrance to the Alumni Building. Talk was running wild. The men were preparing for service soon, and they had read the day's account of the bat tles that were raging in France. The Allies were being pressed back. The students were wondering what was the good of living anyway. Was all van ity, after all? One settled the question of exist ence in a physical way. He told how the geographies show that every year more and more of our earth's surface is being washed into the sea, and that sooner or later we'll all drown. A further interesting fact was produced. A fellow had seen in his physics book that the sun must some day cease to shine, for it would wear itself out. The fellows smiled wearily, but the optim istic pessimism palled, for the group was thoroughly depressed. As the conversation died down, the door of the building opened. President Graham stepped out. He tipped his hat, said, "Good morning!" and smil ing, passed down the walk leading to his home. The man's presence had changed the men's expression as he passed a won derful influence had been exerted by the man on' his fellow men. The down; cast prophet of world melting and sun fading stood up. His face was lighted by an inner joy. "Fellows," he cried, "there's the so lution cf the world's troubles in making men as nearly as possible, through education, into Christian gen tlemen of President Graham's type!" The statement was a good one, for it seems tnat this is the hope of the world. Democracy in America has been working on her idea of universal education. Every mail must be given a full opportunity to develop himself. Carolina in en, yours is the oppor tunity! In a world that has conquer ed wrong and greed by unselfish sacri fice, you may develop yourself into ah educated Christian gentleman. At Carolina there is offered to you every chance to rounnd your personality, to make a man as ideal as you want to be. Slough off the old "don't care" hab it. Develop your powers. Be a real force in your world here. Strive to achieve, not selfishly, but with a heart that is full of right feeling. You may be able to develop your self with a little struggle into a much better person that you can be slip shod methods. , Even if the world must finally fade away, exert while you are granted the privilege of living, the best that is in you. Live and strive to help the world to be a better place to live in, and when you lie down in your final sleep, do so as one who folds his robe about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams, and may the world say of you as it can of our splendid leader who is gone but who spirit is still with us: "ILs life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!' " THE SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS In a few, days we will all be home. Some of us will probably carry with us a feeling of discontent with the University and with what we have done at the University this fall. The new men are especially apt to carry this idea away with them, since they have never seen the University in its proper state. They have only seen it clothed in , the garb of a military camp. During this fall all old tra ditions, customs, and standards have been set aside, in order that military authority might be supreme. The Uni versity has really not existed, but in its place there has been a camp in which a part of the time was sup posedly given to academic pursuits. Now the thing for all of us to do, and especially the new men, for the rest of us already know, is to realize that this is the fact. Let them fore see in their minds' eye the oppor tunity for work and pleasure at this glorious old place when we are free to do as we please. After Christmas the University will be restored, we will be allowed to come and go as we have the inclina tion to do so, and the new men will have an opportunity to learn what a real thing '.'College Life" is. Let us then not go home with this bad idea of the place, and spread it about the community. By doing so some one who now probably intends coming here might be caused to change his intentions. Besides there is no reason for such action. Every college in the country has been in the same situation this fall,. The thing to do is to go home with the determination to come back and to bring as many new men back with you as you can, in order that you ant? they may see a real University. ALL-YEAR RESOLUTIONS We are going to start after Christ mas, and not only are we going to re store Carolina to normal, but we are going to make her the best Carolina that has ever existed. We are go ing to get all the publications, or ganizations, institutions, debates, ath letics, and other student activities, started again on a newer, more finer, and stronger basis. We are go ing to have more men interested in these activities. We are going to have pep, more pep and better pep. We are going to make the Carolina spirit better than it has ever been before, if such an achievement is possible. Who is going to do all this? It has got to be done, and it shouldn't be left to a little bunch of industrious stu dents to do all by themselves. This rebuilding of the Carolina pep and spirit is not a job for a few only, it is a job for every member of the stu dent body. Every student in college should enter every activity that he has time for, and he will find that he is not only helping the Carolina spir it, but that he is affording himself both a great benefit and a great pleas ure at the same tme. The answer is left to the student body. POTENTIAL ATHLETES Now that the war is over we must hasten to the task of putting Carolina on the same splendid basis in ath letics that we had attained just pre vious to our entrance into the strug gle. There is plenty of opportunity for everybody with any athletic abili ty. Both track and baseball start in February, and there will be plenty of opportunity for new men on each team, as very few. old men are back. Before that, however, comes basket ball which will have to start almost entirely from new material. Indeed a freshman stands a better chance in athletics this year than he has ever before. So when we return af ter Christmas let . us bring along all our paraphernalia with us, and when candidates for a team are called for go out. Who knews but that you may be among the lucky ones if you go out? It is certain, however, that no one will ever make a team by shun-: ning the athletic field. CONCERNING TERPSICHORE The dances were a great success. The music was fine, the girls were pretty and everything was just right, to produce a great time. All the boys were in high spirits over their dis charges which were to follow close upon the dances, and the existing pep made the place seem like the Caro lina of the past, and the Carolina of the immediate future. The decorations and decorators de serve special praise. This phase was as good if not better than at any pre vious dance. PHI. SOCIETY SHOWS VIGOROUS ACTIVITY (Continued from Page 1) much leisure time as possible outside of society on Saturday evening the length of the meetings was cut down as much as possible and the Friday night meetings were suspended al together. It is the plan of the so ciety to continue the Friday night meetings after Xmas. Although it has been the custom of the society to hold in the fall term an intra-Society Freshman debate as Association's War Work Has Been All-Inclusive With changed college conditions the Y. M. C. A. automatically be came an Army Y, W. R. Wunsch tak ing up the duties of Army Y. M. C. A. Secretary during the latter part of September. The work of the Association really began with the sending out of "Y" men to meet the new men and direct them to the Association Building. In the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. there had been provided an Information Bu reau and Free Stationery counter where also stamps could be purchased. The Reading Room had been decorated with autumn leaves and flags; ink, pen-holders, and magazines were on the tables; and announcement cards here and there bore the phrases "Write Home.'? "Self -Help Students Apply at Secretary's Office, "If you have Lost your Trunk, your Regis tration Card or your Rooni-Mate Ap ply at Information Bureau." There were two busy days for the Y. M. C. A. Secretary, answering the hundreds of questions, giving the new men ev ery bit of possible attention. During the days of Registration and Physi cal Examination the Y. M. C. A. was on hand to, help the men: Providing a safety deposit desk at the door of the Gymnasium, where men left their valuables during examination. At this time, too, the Y. M. C. A. made a Religious Census: this was done by having every man that entered the Registration Office fill cut a card that told to which denomination he belonged, and if not a church memT ber, what church he preferred. These cards were tourned over to the Local Pastors, On the Thursday night after regis tration there was held under the aus pices, of the Y. M. C. A. in Gerrard Hall College night exercises. At this meeting the new men were told some thing cf what to expect in their new environment. President Graham spoke informally and sympathetically; there were also representative student speakers. The work of the Secretary from then on was the learning of the needs of the men and the aJ empting to sup ply those needs. Scnetimes it was delivering a telegram or calling a man for Long Distance; again it was help ing a man to get a room in a bar racks. At all times the building was crowded with men, some reading, others writi ng letters, still others playing games. Then came the influenza epidemic and the Y. M. C. A. again arose to the occasion, visiting the men in the hospitals, taking to them their mail, flowers, stationery and magazines. The campus was declared under quar antine; and all public places closed. The next morning before Reveille the Reading Room had been transferred to the out-of-doors in front of the Association Building. There came constantly calls from the men for goods that were to.be had only down-town, and which the men could not go down town to get on account of the quarantine. So a canteen was opened after a most dili gent search over the whole town for supplies. The co-eds were recruited as clerks and from early morning hours until Taps chocolate, cakes, ci gars, pickles, and crackers were sold from show-cases that were formerly the home of Missionary Collections. During the epidemic the Y. M. C. A. handled the students' mail. The Secretary was made Provisional Post master and given a corps of assis tants each day from the militry com panies to help in putting the mail up. The Reading Room was used as the Post office. Later the companies took charge of their own mail; and instead of brought to the Y. M. C. A. each company had boxes in its own barracks. With the opening of the Government Post Exchange the Association gave ud its canteen. However the Y. M. C. A. was given the privilege! tf handling such articles as the P. X. found itself unable to deal with. The good housewives of the village were recruited to make cakes for the "Y." These were sold at the rate of ten cents per slice at certain hours of the day. This became a permanent part of the Y. M. C. A. program. a stimulant for good freshman de bates, this year the custom was not observed, due to the epidemic of in fluenza and other unavoidable de lays in getting the work started. Af ter Christmas this debate will be held along with the annual spring intra society Fresh-Soph debate. On last Saturday night it was the intention of the society to hold a feed for its members and the students on the "Hill" before they left for the Xmas holidays. But owing to-the re appearance of influenza in school this was necessarily postponed until after Christm'as. At the meeting last Saturday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: E. S. Merritt, Pres.; J. S. Babb, Vice Pres.; W. H. Andrews, Supervisor; J. H. Kerr, Jr., Secretary; J. S. Mas senburg, corrector. It is the policy of the newly elected officers acting in co operation with the society to make the spring work better than the fall work and a period of the best work done by the society yet. Secretary Wunsch announces that the floor of the auditorium of the "Y" has been raised and can now be used for dances, smokers, and class meetings by the students.