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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Volume XXVIII.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, NOVEMBER 8, 1919
Number 5
Capacity of Emerson Field Trebled Turkey Day;
5,000 Pilgrims Expected For Gridiron Classic
CAROLINA TIES WITH
VOLUNTEERS AFTER HMD
FOUGHT AND MUDDY GAME
TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED
SPEND FOUR QUARTERS
OF HARD FIGHTING
HONORS EQUALLY DIVIDED
Field Wet and Ank,le Deep in Mud
Was a Great Hindrance to
Fast Playing
Playing on a field two inches deep
in mud and through an almost contin
uous drizzle, the Universities of
North Carolina and Tennessee broke
even in a scoreless tie on Waite Field
in Knoxville, Saturday afternoon.
The teams were evenly matched,
neither showing any decided advan
tage over the other through four
Quarters of hard fighting. Tennessee
was twice within striking distance of
the Carolina goal in the first half,
but in the second Carolina came back
with more punch and succeeding in
threatening Tennessee's goal for a
time. Honors in first downs and line
gains were about equally divided.
The game developed into a punting
duel between Coleman and Hatcher
in the first quarter, with the honors
slightly with the Volunteer man, tho
neither were up to their standard
form, owing to the wetness and heavi
ness, of thebaUj.- ... ... . ;.. ....
McCabe made a pretty run for Ten
nessee in the second quarter and
Pharr caught a difficult pass from
Coleman in the last quarter, netting
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DIALECTIC SENATE WOULD
EQUALIZE VOTING POWER
IN LEAGUE COVENANT
The venerable walls of the old Di
Society were treated to a rather
shocking surprise last Saturday night
when the staid and sleepy organiza
tion woke up to find that the usual
program of a fixed debate with about
half the debaters absent had given
way to a live and interesting forum
discussion of the League of Nations
Covenant. The particular phase of
the covenant under discussion was the
question of the inequality of voting
power in the Assembly of the League.
The change was the result of an ef
fort to waken more interest in so
ciety work and to give every man a
chance to speak when he desires it.
Under the old system of fixed de
bates", there was a great tendency for
dry programs; and also very few men
really had the chance to spaek as of
ten as they wanted to. Acting on the
suggestion of Dean Frank Graham,
who made a very instructive talk to
the Society two weeks ago, it was de
tided to do away with the old regular
Programs and to throw the discus
sion into the form of an open forum
whenever the Pragram , Committee
sees fit. The experiment was given
its first trial last Saturday night,
and fully satisfied the highest hopes
of its advocates.
A resolution was introduced by G.
D. Crawford, to the effect that the Di
Society go on record as advocating
equality of voting power in the League
of Nations, thus limiting the British
Empire, including Canada, Australia,
tc, to one vote. After a long and
heated discussion, in which Messrs.
Bobbitt, Taylor, Coker, Heffner,
Gwyn, and a number of others took a
Prominent part, the Society voted by
a majority of 57 to 42 to adopt Mr.
rawford's resolution. It is proposed
to bring up other features . of the
oyenant for discussion during the
rail term under the open forum.
The plan has worked well so far,
and while still in the experimental
stage, will undoubtedly prove a great
ln ,iniecting new life and pep into
wnat have heretofore been too fre
quently dull and listless meetings.
MASTER VIOLINIST TO BE
HEARD IN GRAND CONCERT
AT GERRARD HALL SOON
Arrangements have been made for
a concert in town at Gerrard Hall on
December 5, by Joseph Konechy, the
famous Bohemian violinist, under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Lyceum
Bureau.
Joseph Konecny has played in most
of the big cosmopolitan and musical
centers of this country, as well as in
other parts of the world, and is con
sidered by his critics to rank among
the foremost violinists of the present
day. He is the son of a Bohemian
blacksmith. He studied with Sevcik
(teacher of Jan Kubelik), and is a
shining example of what can be ac
complished by indefatigable industry,
energy, and perseverance. His play
ing is distinguished by faultless tech
nique, and that fiery temperament
which is found only in the Slavic race.
He will be assisted by Lola Alley,
American soprano, and Mary Tris, the
brilliant American pianist, artists of
national reputation.
Dr. Wheeler Investigates
Kelp As a Source of
Potash for Government
The crititcal situation in the ferti
lizer industry caused by the cessation
of importations of potash from" Ger
many, led our Government to study
the Pacific ocean kelp as a source of
potash. This work was put in charge
of J. W. Turrentine, '02, who built a
plant at Santa Barbara, California,
and prosecuted the study with great
energy during the war. Mr. Turren
tine's investigations succeeded bril
liantly, potash being produced and al
so a variety of by-products of great
scientific and commercial interest.
Among these is a charcoal, about fif
ty times as efficient for decolorizing
purposes as animal charcoal. There
are other important by-products and
Mr. Turrentine came to the Hill re
cently to enlist the co-operation of
Dr. Wheeler who agreed to take up
the investigation of the complex oils
which are obtained in the distillation
of the kelp. This work will be carried
out in the laboratory here.
Overseas Orchestra s
Gave Interesting Show
InGerrard Hall Tuesday
Appearing before a Chapel Hill au
dience for the first time on Tuesday
night in Gerrard Hall, the Overseas
Ladies' Orchestra received an en
thusiastic welcome from the student
body. A fair-sized crowd saw the
performance.
The history of the organization is
an interesting one. The young ladies
were billeted in France for over a
year in the capacity of theatrical en
tertainers for the American "dough
boys." It would be unfair to speak of the
stellar performance of any one mem
ber of the orchestra, since each had
a particular act of her own that
"brought down the house." Each per
formance was encored several times.
Especially noteworthy, however,
was the singing of Miss Dorothy
Dunn, the cornet solos of Miss Helen
Ferguson, and the playing of Miss
Amelia Carstensen, violinist.
Miss Beulah Truitt showed almost
uncanny skill in doing some half
dozen tings at the same time. She is
the drummer. Emily Gerrard, 'cello,
and Frances Summerdyler, charionet,
were also well received.
Jim Capps, of the Class of '17, who
is now with the Durham high school,
was on the Hill last Saturday for a
short visit. He promises that Dur
ham is going to turn out its usual
fast basketball team and expects to
be in on the finals here this winter.
V. M. I. CADETS GIVE
BATTLE TO OUR OWN
ON TAR HEEL'S FIELD
CADETS ARE NOTED HERE FOR
THEIR FAST AGGRESSIVE
FOOTBALL
DEFEATED DAVIDSON 14-7
The V. M. I. cadets visit the Hill
today with the strongest cadet eleven
in years. Cadet strength was clearly
indicated two weeks ago when they
defeated the strong Davidson eleven
by a 14-7 count.
The cadets are noted here for their
aggressive football and an interest
ing contest is expected. This is the
last game the student body will wit
ness here before the Virginia game
Thanksgiving.
Chapel Hill Post Of
American Legion Of
Honor Organized
Believing tat the fellowships engen
dered by the great war should not
perish, ex-service men of Chapel Hill
and the University established on
Tuesday night, October 28, in the of
fice of Mayor Robertson, a Chapel
Hill Post of the American Legion of
Honor. Application for charter was
filed, granted, and the charter was
returned with the neJwes of the 17
charter members: H. A. Whitfield,
L. J. Phillips, 0. P. Gooch, C. T. Dur
ham, H. W. Ledbetter, T. P. Lloyd,
W G. Mann, C. E Gooch, C H. Herty,
Jr., A. M. Coates D. L. Grant E. A.
Abernethy, E. H. Hutchins, A. C.
Pritchard, H. V. Koonts, Edwin Ten
ny, and Harvey Campbell.
Officers were elected at the initial
meeting of the post as follows: Post
Commander, H. V. Koonts; Vice-Post
Commander, H. A. Whitfield; Secretary-Treasurer,
James Phipps. Defi
nite plans for the permanent organi
zation of the local post are embry
onic, but it was learned from the Post
Commander that the local post will
send a delegate to the National Con
vention of the American Legion meet
ing in Minneapolis November 11, and
B. C. Brown was elected as represen
tative on that delegation.
It was pointed out that all members
of the S. A. T. C. are eligible to mem
bership in the American Legion and
have the privilege of transfering
from the local post to another post
o rfrom another post to the Chapel
Hill Post. Eligibility is defined by
regulations given out by the Legion
headquarters which say, "Any soldier,
sailor, or marine, who served hon
orably between April 6, 1917, and No
vember 11, 1918, is eligible for mem
bership in the American Legion."
The American Legion was first or
ganized in Paris, March 15, 1919, by
a thousand officers and men, delegates
from all the units of the American
Expeditionary Forces, to an organiza
tion meeting which adopted a declar
ation of principles and selected the
name, "American Legion." Subse
quently the action of the Paris meet
ing was confirmed and endorsed by
a similar meeting held in St. Louis,
May 8, 1919, when the Legion was
formally recognized by the troops
who served in the United States, and
a constitution in conformity with the
Paris declaration of principles was
adopted. Among other pertinent
matters taken up at the St. Louis
meeting, the Legion demanded that
Congress should deport to their own
countries those aliens who refused to
join the colors, at the outbreak of the
war, pleading their citizenship in
other countries to escape the draft.
The purpose and principles of the
American Legion are set forth in its
constitution in the following pre
amble: "For God and Country, we associ- j
ate ourselves together for the follow-
ing purposes: To uphold and defend'
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PRESENT REGISTRATION
SURPASSES THAT OF ANY
YEAR IN UNIV. HISTORY
The uncanny figure of 1,313 repre
sents the University's total registra
tion up to the present time. Dr. Wil
son is especially anxious for at least
one more student to register and
change this ominous figure. Fortu
nately, new registrants arrive dail
and it is. assured that this number
will not hang over us for long.
This year's registration surpasses
that of any other year in the history
of the University. It is an increase
of about 200 over the pre-war regis
tration of 1916, which was the great
est year in the University's history
up to that time . In the dismal S. A.
T. C. days of last fall, 1,048 were reg
istered, the majority of whom were
Freshmen, many of which would nev
er have seen a college except at Gov
ernment expense. In the last two
quarters of the 1918-1919 session
about 814 students were in college,
so that at present we have about 500
more than last year.
The Freshman class this year is
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C. E. SOCIETY CELEBRATES
FIRST MEETING OF YEAR
AROUND FESTIVE BOARD
Smoke issuing from the Physics
lecture hall in the Alumni Building
on Monday night struck terror into
the mind of a chance passer-by, but
closer investigation brought the wel
come information that the first smok
er of the Civil Engineering Society
was in progress.
After going in a body to Gerrard
Hall to attend the lecture on the
building of electrically propelled ships
which was held under the auspices of
the A. I. E. E., the Society returned
to Alumni 10, and there imbibed copi
ous quantities of the Welch Grape
Juice Company's famous product in
the form of punch, and munched
cakes, apples, and sandwiches. Then
while smoke from .combusting cigars
and cigarettes wafted about the ceil
ing in graceful spirals, the engineers,
about thirty in number, discussed the
situation from all angles, and finally
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North Carolina Club
Elects Members to Meet
With State Commission
The work that the North Carolina
Club has done during the six years
since its organization was given well
deserved recognition last week when
Governor Bickett's State Reconstruc
tion Commission granted to the Club
an unofficial iriembership on the com
mission and the privilege of placing
one member on each of the commit
tees. The Club met last Monday
night and elected the members to sit
on these committees and to return and
help carry on the work of the Club
in state reconstruction this year. An
informal feed was also a feature of
the meeting.
J. V. Baggett, of the law school,
is the member elected to sit at the
meetings of the State Reconstruction
Commission. Members eleced to the
various committees of the Commis
sion are as follows: Education, H. F.
Latshaw, of Macon County! Public
Health, J. S. Terry, of Richmond
County; Transportation and Com
munication, P. Hettleman, of Golds
boro; Race Relationships, G. D. Craw
ford, of Cornelia, Ga.; Home and
Farm Ownership, Myron Green, of
Marsh ville; Public Welfare, T. J.
Brawley, of Gastonia; Economic Or
ganization, Albert M. Coates, of
Smithfield; Civic Reform, M. M.
Jernigan, of Sampson County; Col
laboration, S. H. Hobbs, Jr., of Samp
son County.
These men will attend the meet
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FIVE THOUSAND EXPECTED
TO BE PRESENT AT GREAT
THANKSGIVING BATTLE
FIVE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL
BRING THE CROWDS TO
WITNESS EVENT
STADIUM WILL SEAT 2500
Swain Hall and the Inn Will Dis
continue Meals For the Day
and Serve Lunches
Expecting crowds at the Virginia
Carolina game at Capel Hill, Novem
ber 27, to be far in excess of any simi
lar gathering in the history of Uni
versity athletics, seating arrange
ments are being made by the Univer
sity management to accommodate
5,000 spectators and the ends of the
field will be given over to standing
room, according to information re
ceived from the University depart
ment of publicity.
The present concrete stadium will
seat 2,500 men, it was stated and with
the addition of 2,500 seats which are
now being unloaded, and which will
be placed on the south side of the field
opposite the stdium, it is hoped that
seating capacity will then be ade
quate for the students and alumni.
Five special trains will be run to
the University on that day to accom
modate the pilgrimage of alumni and
strangers, and the probable distribu
tion of these trains was announced to
ba as follows: One each from Char
lotte, Winston-Salem, Goldsboro, Vir
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Phi Leg. Endorses the
Adoption of the Paris
Covenant of the League
Adopting by a vote of 58 to 24 a
resolution endorsing "The Adoption
of the Paris Covenant of the League
of Nations," the General Assembly
of the Philanthropic Society" went
on record last Saturday night as a
shupporter of the Adminisrtation pro
gram in regard to the establishment
of a League of Nations.
Mr. J. H. Kerr, Jr., of Warren in
troduced the measure, and led the
fight for its adoption. Representa
tives who supported the measure con
tended that at last the American peo
ple, through the League, would be
given the opportunity to put into
world-wide practice the ideals of jus
tice and democracy. The affirmative
speakers also explained the ways by
which nations could enter and leave
the League, its composition and the
powers of the Council and the Assem
bly. The opponents of the League ad
vanced the argument that under Ar
ticle 10 the United States would be
compelled to use armed forces in set
tling disputes of other nations. They
also showed that in cases of disagree
ment by the Council, the Assembly
would have full powers, and that in the
Assembly small black and white races
would have just as much power as,
the United States.
The adoption of the resolution was
debated for four nights, and the
members of the Assembly showed a
great deal of interest in the discus
sion. Among those speaking for the
adoption of the Resolution were
Little, of Wake; Edwards,, of Chath
am; Stephenson, of Harnett; Grant,
of Onslow; and Womble and Spruill,
of Wake.
Hettleman and Jarman of Wayne,
Pittman of Gates, and Scarborough,
of Pender, opposed the Paris Cove
nant as it now stands without reser
vations. Copies of the Resolution and
the action taken on it will be sent to
Governor Bickett, and all North Caro
lina senators and representatives in
Washington.
This is the first year that the Phil
anthropic Literary Society has been
working on the legislative plan, and:
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