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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Volume XXVIII.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, APRIL 2, 1920
Number 22
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BAINBRIDGE COLBY
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
EW SECRETARY OF STATE
WILL DELIVER THE ANNUAL
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
PROMINENT IN PUBLIC LIFE
gucessor to Lansing in the Office of
Secretary of State
Washington, March 24th. Bain
bridge Colby is to be heard in an ad
dress in North Carolina this summer.
It is the University of North Caro
lina which has the good luck to draw
the new Secretary of State as its com
mencement day orator. Secretary
Colby will speak at Chapel Hill on
June '16th, and it is certain that he
will be heard by a great and repre
sentative North Carolina audience.
Secretary Colby accepted the invi
tation today. On behalf of President
H. W. Chase, of the University,
it was extended by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, the new Secretary of
State saying that he would be de
lighted to make the commencement
address. That it will be virile in
tone can be expected, for Secretary
Colby is a direct talker, and when
he speaks he has something to say
worth hearing. The University is to
be congratulated in securing his ac
ceptance, and North Carolina will
show its appreciation of his visit to
the state.
Bainbridge Colby, lately appointed
as Secretary of State by President
Wilson, and just recently .confirmed
by the Senate, was born at St. Louis
December 22, 1869. He received his
A. B. degree from Williams College
in 1890, the degree of LL. B., from
the New York Law School and in
1914 his LL. D. from Ohio Northern
College. ' .
Since 1892 Mr. Colby has practiced
law in New York City, during "which
time he has been counsel in many
large cases. He rperesented Samuel
L. Clemens (Mark Twain) in the
settlement of the affairs of his pub
lishing house, Charles L. Webster &
Co, He was one of the counsel of
interests which brought about reforms
in the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, and was counsel in the North
ern Securities litigation, and also
counsel for the Truesdale investigat
ing committee of the Mutual Life In
surance Company. He served as a
member of the New York Assembly
from the Twenty-ninth district for
the year 1901 and 1902.
He was actively identified with the
candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt for
the Presidential nomination in 1912
and in the charge of the contests to
seat Roosevelt's delegates in the Re
publican National Convention at Chi
cago of the same year, was one of
the founders of the Progressive na
tional party and a delegate to the
Progressive National Convention at
Chicago in 1912. In 1914 he was the
Progressive party nominee for United
States Senator. In July, 1917, he
was appointed commissioner of the
United States Shipping Board, and
was made a member of the United
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet Corporation in July, .1917. He
was a member of the American Mis
sion to the Inter-Allied Conference at
Paris in November, 1917.
Mr. Colby has been an ardent sup
Porter of the Wilson Administration.
0r. Carrol will Speak
in Greensboro April 8-9
Dean Carrol will attend a meeting
of the secretaries of chambers of com
merce in Greensboro on April 8th and
9th. Dean Carrol will speak to the
conference of secrstaries about a sum
mer conference of the secretaries of
chambers of commerce, to be held at
the University in August. The plans
for and work of this summer confer
ence will be formulated and discussed.
Mr. Carrol will then go to Winston
aalem, where he will address the
Jwin City Club on the night of the
oth on the subject of "Education
lor Commerce."
Parker Speaks in Gerrard
PLAYS ARE SELECTED
FOR SPRING PRODUCTION
The following plays have been se
lected, for production this spring,
from those read by the authors last
Thursday: "Dod Gast Ye Both," by
H. C. Heffner, a play of "moonshine"
whiskey, with- the scene .laid in the
mountains of western North Caro
lina. "The Bell Buoy," by Dougal
MacMilhan, a play dealing with the
"land pirates" which formerly oper
ated along the coast near Wilming
ton; and "White Dresses," by Paul
Greene, a play touching on the race
problem, typical of practically every
locality in ' the state.
The play by Mrs. Latham was not
included because ofdifficulty in pro
duction, no one in the community be
ing able to take the part of the lead
ing character, an old religious fanatic
,who, though starving, feels called to
run an orphanage in the mountains.
Heff ner's play requires seven char
acters, McMillian's five and Greene's
four. Try-outs for those wishing to
take the various parts will be held
at once, and the list of those selected
will be published..
PHI SOPHS VICTORS
OYER THE DI SOPHS
The Phi Sophomores were victors
in the regular annual inter-societv
debate last Saturday night, defeating
the Di Sophomores by a two-to-one
vote on the question, "Resolved, That
Article X as proposed in the original
League of Nations covenant should
be adopted without reservations or
amendments." The Phi debaters who
upheld the affirmative side were Dan
byrd and Phillip Hettleman and the
Di speakers were H. L. Riser and F.
A. Grissett.
Mr. Byrd, the first speaker on the
affirmative, contended that any reser
vation to Article X would impair the
efficiency of the League. He traced
the' movements in civilization for tne
establishment of international trib
unals to establish peace. He declared
that the League of Nations with Ar
ticle X was the outgrowth of these
movements, and that the present
League of Nations would also be a
failure if Article X were amended or
reserved, because the various nations
would not assume sufficient obliga
tions to each other.
The first speaker of the negative,
H. L. Kiser, pointed out that the
United States would lose her sov
ereignty should she enter the League
of Nations with Article X in its pres
ent form. He declared that this
country would have to send her troops
to any part of the world where rev
olution occurred if she were to live
up to her obligations in the League.
Since the provision was that we pro
tect the existing political independ
ence of the members of the League,
he said, the United States would not
be able to aid China in the restora
tion of Shantung.
Mr. Hettleman contended that Ar
ticle X in its present form was the
whole foundation of the League, and
that under its provision it sought to
protect the very things that caused
us to enter the war. He maintained
that we had given many small na
tions a title to independence, and that
the only way we could show the peo
ples of the world that we meant to
guarantee these titles was through
our whole-hearted participation in the
League. He further declared that
since the Council had only the right
to advise, that the power of going
to war would still be left with con
gress. Mr. Grissett closed the argument of
the negative by showing the many un
necessary dangers that the United
States would assume by entering the
League with Article X in its present
form. He urged that the reservation
proposed by Senator Hitchcock should
be adopted.
The rejoinders immediately follow
ed the first speeches. All the speak
ers showed force and vigor in their
arguments, but the rejoinder work
of the Phi Sophomores was especial
ly convincing and to the point.
Immediately after the debate, the
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THE GOLDEN FLEECE
. Harry Woodburn Chase
Beamer Harrel
John Kerr
Carlyle Sheppard
John Washburn ;
John D. Shaw, j
Daniel L. Grant
William H. Bobbitt
EIGHT MEN CHOStN
gff FOR GOLDEN FLEECE
GOLDEN FLEECE HOLD VERY
IMPRESSIVE TAPPING CERE
MONIES IN GERRARD HALL
GOV. BICKETT DELIVERS ADDRESS
Calls On Youth In the University
to Take Advantage of Their
' Opportunities
Governor Bickett was' the speaker
of honor at the Golden Fleece tap
nine Tuesday night, at Gerrard Hall.
E. E. White presided at the tapping,
and made a clear-cut talk on what
the Golden Fleece stands for on the
campus, its organization, its back
ground, and its standard. Its aim, to
bring together leaders of the many
groups and organizations on the cam
pus, was briefly and effectively
sketched.
President Chase introduced the
main speaker, who needed no intro
duction to a Carolina audience. Gov
ernor Bickett prefaced his speech by
declaring that the nature of his in
vitation restricted his speech to the
degree that it would not be political.
"I would never bother myself with
politics," he said, "if the Republicans
would behave themselves; but every
two years, just about this time, they
begin to get a bit restless; to get
nervous, and so it happens that the
Second Tuesday after the first day in
November we have to go out and give
them a licking. Then they are quiet
for another eighteen months."
Governor Bickett's speech was
dominantly colored by the appeal to
the young men of the state, ' repre
snted in the audience, to make the
most of their time while the inspira
tion and hope of youth was with them.
"Dream," said he, "clothe the future
in bright dreams, so that the years
will make these dreams of today the
facts of tomorrow."
It was Governor Bickett at his best.
His power as an orator was never
higher. The effect on the student who
was fortunate enough to find a seat
in the Hall and every seat was tak
en was just what the speaker wish
ed: he got the message. It is easy
to turn back to the endless round of
classrooms after the impressive
"tapping" of those students who have
used their time as Governor Bickett
would have them, and after the inspi
ration of the Governor's words.
When the applause had finally sub
sided, and Governor Bickett had tak
en his seat, the Golden Fleece "tap
pers" came in, one entered at each
door and walked slowly down each
aisle. There was a shifting of posi
tions to better see the Fleece men,
then a silence, as the "tapper" walked
now slowly, now rapidly, along the
aisle the silence became more marked.
The "tappers" would turn and go back
toward the door only to return up
the aisle. The two tappers were
robed in black,' the cloak covering
completely the head and body. The
face was hidden, two holes served as
eyes. Fastened across the back,
from shoulder to shoulder was the
Fleece, light golden in color.
No one knew whom the robed fig
ures would tap. Indeed the robed
figures themselves seemed equally un
decided. Their Hamlet-like turning,
this way and that, seemingly beset
with indecision, was the impressive
part which held the audience unde
cided whether or not to breath for
those intervals. Finally J. P. Wash
burn was tapped, and the silence gave
way to applause. Then followed the
rest of the eight. The tappers had
found their men at last, who, oddly
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Hall, Friday
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AT
HARVARD HOLD BANQUET
That U. N. C. men never lose the
Carolina spirit or tire of rehearsing
the myths that surround the memory
of Davie Poplar, the fine home-life of
Eubanks or the generous nature of
Tankus Hunter, was re-demonstrated
last Friday night at a Cranford Club
dinner in Cambridge of the Univresity
alumni at Harvard and M. I. T.
Messrs. D. H. Bacot and E. T. Parker,
formerly instructors at Carolina and
now doing advanced work in History
and French, respectively, at Harvard,
dispensed the serious matter for the
evening by recalling the University's
activities and progress in the past
two years. The response of gratifi
cation was general.
The meeting then fell into the
lighter vein of reminiscence in which
Carolina customs, influences and pro
fessors came in for their share. Re
gret was unanimous for the recent
catastrophal misfortune of the Uni
versity limited. Conservatism should
not be omitted in attempts at speed
increase. Cambridge delegates were
instructed to vote without reserva
tion . for the University's political
ticket. They hope, with the aid of
the Democratic Irish of Boston to
swing New England for Pickard.
The personnel of the Harvard-Tech
alumni chapter includes: Charles
Abernethy, '21, Kazero Aibara, '20,
Frank Allen; '17, D. H. Bacot, '12-14,
Hoik Black, '16, A. T. Castello, '16,
Floyd Grouse, '16, Sam Ervin, '17,
Sam Fisher, '23, Holmer Herty, '18,
Herschel Johnson, '16, Alf Lindais,
'17, Ernest Mackie, '17, E. F. Parker,
'12-16, Jim Patton, '17, Wm. H. S.
Stephenson, '17, Henrya Stevens,
'17, Ben Thomas, '18, Charles Ven
able, '17, Mangum Weeks, '15, Bob
bie Welch, '16, and E. Harrison
Yelverton, '12.
The prime minister of the associa
tion is Mangum Weeks, '15. Wm. H.
Stephenson, '18, is secretary.
DI FRESHMEN WIN
INTER-SOCIETY DEBATE
The first meeting of the Di society
for the spring quarter was held last
Saturday night and officers were in
stalled. Mr. R(. W. Williams, the
newly-elected president, made an ex
cellent inaugural address. Mr. Wil
liams thanked the society for the
honor it had, bestowed upon him and
made several suggestions relative to
the improvement of society work. He
suggested that the programs should
be more varied, especially in regard
to orations. In order to develop ma
terial for the oratorical contests ora
tions should become a regular part
of the exercises. Mr. Williams be
lieves that the University Magazine
should represent the crystallized
opinion of - the campus. As a final
suggestion work on the Yackety-Yack
should be more evenly distributed
among the boards, organizations and
classes. In closing, Mr. Williams
urged the co-operation of each mem
ber in the work of the society.
Following the induction into office
of the new officers the annual inter
society Freshman debate was held.
The query was: "Resolved, That Ar
ticle X should be adopted without
reservations or amendments." The
affirmative was upheld by Messrs.
Hunt and Mitchem of the Di and the
negative by Messrs. Prescott and
Downing of the Phi. The judges,
Professors Moffatt, Henry and L. A.
Wilfiams, decided in favor of the af
firmative. The debate centered around the
point as to whether or not under
Article X Congress would have the
sole right to declare war. Mr. Mitch
em argued that the Legaue can only
advise its members in regard to the
declaration of war; and can do no
more than suggest a course of action.
The word "advise" does not mean
that any country would be compelled
to follow the suggestion of the
League. Our representative must
vote in accordance with the expressed
wishes of the people.
Mr. Prescott, first for the negative,
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Night, April 16; 8:30 P.M.
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JOHN J. PARKER
PARKER TO SPEAK
HERE APRIL 16
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA
IS A UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Prominent Leader In Student Affairs
and Campus Affairs While a
Student Here
Mr. John J. Parker was nominated
for Governor by the Republicans in
their state convention in Greensboro.
The following is a sketch of his life.
John Johnston Parker, was born
November 20, 1885. He is the son
of J. D. Parker, a merchant of Mon
roe, N. C, and his wife, Frances, who
was a daughter of Dr. Samuel I.
Johnston, for many years Rector of
St. Paul's Church, Edenton. On his
father's side Mr. Parker is descended
from good Union County stock who
have lived in this section where he
now lives prior to the Revolution.
On his mother's side he is a descend
ant of Governor Abner Nash, one of
the first of the Revolutionary Gov
ernors. Mr. Parker received his early
training in the schools of Monroe,
where he studied under the late Ma
jor L. D. Andrews and Prof. E. C.
Brooks, now Superintendent of Public
Instruction of the State. In 1903 he
entered the University of North Caro
lina, from which institution he grad
uated in 1907 with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. He earned his way
through college, but nevertheless
graduated at the head of his class,
being President of the Phi Beta Kap
pa scholarship society. While in the
University he represented that insti
tution in a number of intercollegiate
debates and won the much-coveted
orator's mejdal. The confidence of
his fellow students was shown by the
fact that he was twice elected presi
dent of his class, as well as president
of the Student Concil.
After graduation in the academic
department of the University Mr.
Parker entered the University Law
School, where he studied law under
the late -Judge Jas. C. McRae, Prof.
L. P. McGehee and Dr. Thomas Ruf
fin, graduating in 1908 with the de
gree of Bachelor of Laws. He was
admitted to the bar in the spring of
1908 and in June of that year enter
eded the office of the late David Stern
of Greensboro, with whom he was
associated in practice for a year. Re
turning to Monroe, his native town, in
the summer of 1909 he began prac
ticing alone in his native county and
soon built up a large practice. In
1910 he formed a co-partnership with
Hon. A. M. Stack, then Solicitor of
the 8th Judicial District, and this
partnership still continues under the
name of Stack, Parker & Craig, Cap
tain Gillam Craig, a nephew of Ex
Governor Craig having recently been
taken in as a member of the firm.
At the bar Mr. Parker enjoys an
important and extensive practice and
is vice-president of the North Car
olina Bar Association.
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