THE TAR HEEL
Offwu Orsva of the Athlatic Association of the
UniVersitr of North Carolina
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BOARD OK EDITORS .
FORREST G. MILES. ....... .Editor-in-Chief
ASSISTANTS , -;' '
J. S. Terry H. S. Everett
T. C. WOLFE.
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J. H. Kerr, Jr. W, H. Hooker
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CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER
CASES
What is the aim and purpose of
college athletics ? 5 Is it to advertise
the ; collegiate institution, to build
up a tradition and a practice of col
lege spirit, to furnish excitement for
the alumni and the public as well as
for the student body? Or is it to
endow the individual members of the
student body with health and
strength ? At Carolina both of these
objectives are aimed at, but the bene
fit to the individual student is para
mount. Proselyting, paying, men to come to
college to play on the various teams,
encouraging the tramp athlete to drift
to the institution in order that ath
letic prestige might be made power
ful; these are some of the evils which
the one-year rule was adopted to
eliminate. Under the old regime, the
great fault of college athletics was
that it magnified the institution, glori
fied the prowess of its "teams," pro
fessionalized the participants those
who had net already been "profes
sionalized," while minimizing their
number, made of itself a gainful
business and all at the expense of
the individual student's health and
strength, which were not benefited at
all unless he was susceptible of be
ing developed into a super-athlete
all this under the old regime.
Three, years ago when the one
year rule was proposed there was a
storm of opposition to its adoption.
The student body, as a block, and
a great number of alumni opposed it
as a thing that would weaken our
athletic position; to such an extent
that success in athletics would be im
possible. Now, that the one-year rule
has been temporarily suspended,
there are students who demand an ex
planation be forthcoming as to why
it should be suspendedeven tem
porarily. This fact shows that' the
Carolina student body realizes the ad
vantages of the one-year rule and is
behind a straightforward, honest,
sportsmanlike athletic policy.
Last fall University athletics were
suspended the army tbok them
over! The Faculty Committee on
Athletics had nothing to do with it.
The army had its own committee
which handled the situation. The
rules that were made were formulat
ed by the military authorities without
consulting any of the responsible
authorities of the University.
It has developed since that th at
titude of the military authorities here
toward ouv athletic situation pre
vailed in all of the collegiate insti
tutions with the S. A. T. C. organi
zationsand to such an extent , that
the National Collegiate Athletic As-'
sociaion which met in New York in
December concluded that all athletic
activities last fall were not collegiate
but military; that therefore the fact
that a man played on an S. A. T. C
team ought not to affect his status
in college athletics; in other words,
the period last fall should not count
as one of the four years a man may
play on a college varsity team.
At the beginning1 of this term, the
University Committee on Athletics,
Dr. Charles Mangum, Chairman, was
asked to take control again of Caro
lina athletics. With the return otf
the University to normal conditions,
the question arose: Should the one
year rule be enforced for the spring
term? Information was sought from
the faculty, alumni, and representa
tive students who had shown inter
est in Carolina athletics before the
establishment of the S. A. T. C. here.
The following facts were taken into
consideration: In the first place, col
lege spirit was gone. . There was not
among the new men here that same
love for Carolina that was here be
fore the establishment of the S. A. T.
C. In the second place, we had no
source of income save the Athletic As
sociation fees for the carrying out of
a big athletic program. The Athletic
Association was in debt. With no
money it was impossible to finance a
first year reserve team and class
squads, providing for them an able
coach. And in the third place( the
conditions under which we existed
last fall made it impossible, for any
tramp athlete to come here for the
mere purpose of playing ball. These
were the facts that enabled the Fa
culty Committee to act justly and
wisely in temporary suspension of the
one-year rule.
Upon the Committee rested the
first responsibility of bringing back
to Carolina that Carolina spirit which
had not tme to advance far from the
University , If, we had returned im
mediately to the one-year rule, there
would doubtless have been much com
plaint on the part of some of the men
who had the right to play on the
team last fall, but who would of ne
cessity have been debarred from var
sity athletics this spring. The Com
mittee took the stand ' that would
guarantee the most willing, enthus
iastic, and general support of the
student body.
The Committee had not only to
think of this year's athletics they
had to think in terms of next year's
athletics; the Committee evidently
'realized that whatever action was
taken by them would yield results in
a stronger or weaker athletic posi
tion for Carolina , next year. After
looking over the material out for the
various phases of athletics, the Committee-ftiund
that in baseball practi
colly all the old men were back, that
the personnel of the team would not
be vitally affected. The old men out
for the team this spring will be prac
tically all gone next year. Material
must be found, then, for our ; next
year's team, and that material must
be trained. Since there is no chance
for a first year reserve team, all men
are urged to go out for practice.
Every man in college is eligible for
a place on the varsity nine. We
realize that a cannot be trained
for the best results without having
something to work for. The Fresh
men are given the .chance at the var
sity, and even if they do not make
places on the team they will be
sufficiently trained to furnish in
themselves very favorable prospects
for next year's varsity. The men who
go cut for varsity athletics this spring,
in other words, will form the nucleus
around which next year's varsity will
be moulded into shape.
As we have seen, the purpose of
the one-year rule is to keep out tramp
athletes in order that our own men
may have the chance to make positions
on our teams without having some
fellow step in and assume an old
position or acquire a new one. There
were no tramp athletes here last fall.
Therefore, in considering temporary
suspension of the one-year rule, there
was no matter of principle involved
; merely a matter of expediency. To
prevent any abuse and to maintain
the purity of our athletics from any
possible infringement we have debarr
ed the spring registrants from varsity
athletics. We have temporarily sus
pended the one-year rule, but the
purpose which that rule fulfills will
still be maintained through the term.
The spirit of the one-year rule has
not been suspended and we hope it
never will be.
CALL FOR TRACK MEN
So far this year there seems to be
very little interest in one of the- major
branches of athletics. There has been
no call for track practice, although the
time for such a call has been here
for several weeks. There seems a
tendency to let this sport sink into
obscurity. This tendency, as it seems
to us, is due not to any lack of interest
on the part of the students, for many
of them are vitally interested in this
sport and wish to see it pushed. The
trouble lies largely in in the fact
that the Athletic Committee and the
management show absolutely no in
terest, and fail altogether to secure
proper meets and equipment for the
team, after it has spent several
months in hard training. .
This has been the situation for
several years past, but it should not
continue. In these past years we
were hampered financially and other
wise by war conditions, and this was
largely, the cause of this failure in
the "faculty, to properly support the
track team. Previous to the war we
had a good team, which was well
backed, held good meets, and , made
good records. . . X ' ',
Now that the war is over instead
of going farther in the direction that i
we went during the war , we shoulr
hasten to return to the pre-war basis. !
All men interested in track should j
meet at once and make arrangements
with the management and the faculty
for support, and they should then go
to work and put out a team worthy of
support. There is no doubt about the
team if they can get the support, and i
we believe that if they go about it in J
the right way they should , get the
support. The old track men should
get together and see the managers
and, together with the managers,
they should go to the faculty commit
tee and state the situation, and their
support will doubtless be forthcoming.
Then the students should go to work,
to do their part to re-establish track
on a strong foundation.
THE CAMPUS CABINET
In response to a call for construc
tive legislation so that the campus ac
tivities would mean the very most to
the students and their life here on
the campus would be more pleasant
there has been organized the Campus
Cabinet, composed df ten students
from the various classes and schools.
This cabinet is strictly a student or
ganization and has for its purpose
maximum service to the students and
to the University, The Campus Cabi-
net is supplanting the older organi
zation known as the Greater Council
which had the same purpose as the
newer institution, but the body was
too unwieldy to function properly and
so has not been very much of a
live force. '-' '".
The Campus Cabinet wishes to take
up any problem that the students have
to suggest and see what can be done
with, it and would , be very . glad - if
any student will suggest things that
he, thinks might make our campus
better or improve our living condi
tions. The Cabinet takes up - such
things as class athletics, social pro
grams, etc. See your class president,
or address your suggestion to "the
Campus Cabinet."
UNIVERSITY PLANTS
North Carolina was not the first
State to erect a University on pa
per Georgia has that honor,- we be
lieve; but she was the first State in
the Union to have a University in ac
tual operation. She occupies a proud
pre-eminence in this particular.
We began to erect . University
buildings ahead of all' the other
States, but we do not today rank
first in the United States in the value
of University properties. Twenty-five
States stand ahead of us in the value
of University plants.
The University of North Carolina
opened its doors to students in 1795
and is therefore 124 years old. It
was established in the last years of
the 18th century, but the 20th century
had dawned before the State began to
appropriate money for buildings,
equipments, and annual support in any
noteworthy way. For a hundred
years or so this child of the common
wealth suffered the neglect of the
ash-barrel baby.
We have always believed in the
liberal arts and we have always cher
ished Learning as the handmaid of
Religion or said we did; but as a
matter of fact, what we cherished in
the South as a sentiment has been
acted upon in the middle and far west
as a sound business policy. .
Thus it is that Nebraska has three
million dollars invested in University
properties,' Iowa, four millions, Ohio
and Illinois six millions each, Michi
gan seven millions, Minnesota ten mil
lions, and Cal:fornia thirteen millions.
These' States have dared to manifest
their faith by their works, .
Our University plant in North
Carolina after one and a quarter cen
turies is valued at only $1,220,675.
In the south, North Carolina has
been outstriped in the value of Uni
versity plants by Texarvj Virginia,
Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina,
and Georgia; and in legislative appro
priations for annual support, by Tex
as, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kentucky,
and Georgia.
However, there is a brighter day
ahead for our common schools, our
church schools, our public and pri
vate institutions of benevolence, tech
nical training, and liberal arts.
The fervor of war purposes has
brought into the open the amazing
wealth of North Carolina. The peo
ple that have given outright two and
a quarter million dollars to war bene
volences alone, during the last eight
een months, are easily able and abun
dantly willing to give two or three
times as much as they ever gave be
fore for the support of all Worthy en
terprises, church and State.
In times of war, we have opened
our hearts and purses gladly. It is
impossible to believe that in times
of peace, we will ever again draw
into our shells like periwinkles.
"The finest memorial we can build
to our brave," says Governor Bickett,
"is a State that ranks as high over
here as our boys did over there."
And it's true. University News
Letter. '
STUDENT FORUM
"ON TO RALEIGH"
Curious things sometimes happen.
This is the only way in which we can
account : fflfc. Virginia's victory ; last
Saturday night. Of course "Renny"
Cuthbertson, our captain, was put out
of the game with a sprained ankle in
the first half, and Virginia's floor is a
little unusual in the matter of length,
etc, and, possibly a few other little
points had a slight effect in our mo
rale; but it's not . the Carolina pep
to look back upon any game and
grieve because we sappened to lose.
It's Carolina spirit to look ahead and
to arouse all the more enthusiasm
over a defeat.
Just the other night we trimmed the
Washington and Lee quint recognized
to be the fastest in the State of Vir
ginia. It is becoming more apparent
every day that we are the class of
this State. It's this team that clashes
with our old rival, Virginia, in Raleigh,
on Thursday night, February 27th.
This throws a challenge to full-blooded
Caroliha mem Shall we allow
our former enthusiasm to be dampen
ed by our recent defeat, when our
team played under adverse circum
stances? If we hold true to our tra
ditional athletic support, we'll go to
Raleigh student body strong. With
500 roters in Raleigh there can be no
doubt as to the outcome of the game.
So to every man who reads this: de
termine right off that you are going
to be in the bunch.
Efforts are at present being made
by Business Manager Woollen to se
cure a special train for the occasion.
This will probably leave Thursday af
ternoon, and return sometime in the
"wee" hours of the night.
After the game there is to be a
dance in Raleigh. Ladies will be there
in profusion and a Carolina man will
be "the" thing, in the Capital Cty.
The Wieder Myer Orchestra has been
engaged," and hence the vivacious mu
sic is guaranteed.
Our ; team has the necessary (that
has been shown),' and if iwe hold up
our end oi the bargain, the result will
be . an overwhelming defeat for Vir
ginia and , a "capital" demonstration
of Carolina pep.
Make . it your business to be there.
THE TENNIS COURTS
Now that spring is almost here
and so many students are taking rac
quets in hand and wending their way
to the tennis courts, a very apparent
need comes to our minds. We have
eight courts that can be played on,
which, when each occommodates eight
a day can supply for only sixty-four
students, and many times when sets
are played one court will furnish room
for only four players. Now it is evi
dent that there are more than thirty
two; and even more than sixty-four
of the tennis fans who wish to play
each . afternoon. Hence there is a
great need of additional courts.
This need can be easily supplied
by fixing up the additional six courts,
which are across the path, so that they
may be used. This has not been done
in several years and they will require
quite a lot of fixing, but the demand
is for them.
Another condition noted in relation
to the tennis equipment is the dilapi
dated condition of the nets. All oth
er athletics of the University are kept
supplied with good equipment, but
the nets that are being used now
are over two years old, and not more
than three of the eight in use are
really fit to be used. The others are
full of holes and the support ropes
are broken.
Therefore, in behalf of the student
body of the University, I suggest that
the Athletic Council, or those per
sons who control such matters, inves
tigate th:s matter, and have the ad
ditional courts fixed up just as soon
as the weather permits; and in the
meantime, the needed nets could be
arranged for.
PHILLIPS BROOKS.
Univ. Orchestra Will.
Set High Water Mark
, -
The University orchestra has been
rehearsing steadily for several weeks
and is making satisfactory progress
in spite of the fact that over-eager
listeners are constantly intruding at
rehearsals and disturbing the prac
tice. The successful appearance of
the orchestra in a musical program
in Chapel Hall proved conclusively
that we have this year a real .orches
tra that can play real music in good
style. The policy has been to restrict
the personnel to good players able to
handle high grade music. This does
not mean that only classical music
will be played. It does mean, how
ever, that all music played in public,
ragtime included, will be music instead
of merely a joyful noise. The orches
tra will assist with incidental music
at the coming theatrical performances
of the Carolina Playmakers. A regu
lar concert is also being planned for
the near future.
For the benefit of men who prefer
to play ragtime a jazz band will soon
be organized in which all the avail
able noise producing instruments will
be employed to great advantage.
The University Extension Depart
ment gave a reception to Dr. Henry
Jackson and his wife after the lecture
on Monday, February the third. The
reception was held in the Woman's
associate room and about fifty peo
ple vvere present, members of the Ex
tension Department, representatives
of the Y. M. C. A. and the class
and of the Community Club. Refresh
ments were served by members of the
Extension Department and of the Wo
man's Association.
Meanwhile the Yackety Yack be
gins to emerge from its present some
what nebulous state and to assume
tangible form if not its holiday
clothes.
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