THE TAR HEEL, JANUARY 21, 1921.
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Vol. XXIX. Chapel Hill, N. C, Friday, January 21, 1921. No. 30
THE GRAIL DANCE.
The thorough democratizing of
the dances at the University has be
gun. These proposed dances are
not to be held for the sake of dances
but held for the masses of men
in University life.
. Social life is essentially exclusive.
This has been true in the social ac
tivities of students here at the Uni
versity. Frequently the man with
out money, or without a family
backing, or without a certain amount
of tact and "Guts" has simply been
denied any apportunity here for social-development."
No man . has de
nied him no group has denied him,
deliberately. Rather it has been
because of the things that inhere
r-the very nature of our social ac
tivities that has prevented him any
opportunity for growth here.
Now the Grail, an organization
that is composed largely of men who
have had all the social opportunities
here, and with some few others who
have not, has interested itself in
helping to get under way a series
of dances to which everyone in the
University will go. Arrangements
have been made so that these dances
can be given at frequent intervals
during the balance of the college
year, and at tremendously low prices
to those who attend.
It is a "to him that hath shall be
given, and to him that hath not shall
be taken" situation. Those men
who have not had opportunity in the
way of social development here have
been in a position that it was well
nigh impossible to start to better
their situation. Others, who were
hot in that situation, have realized
it. And these men are starting out
to help' better a situation that could
hardly better itself.
. This is a new thing. It is a won
derful demonstration of a fine spirit,
and a deep interest and determina
tion to see the best in University life
thoroughly completes itself.
. We believe that it is one of the
finest things that has happened here
in quite a while, and we hope that
the University community will sup
port the Grail in its efforts to really
do something for us. By the end
of this year we shall be able to see
where we are going with this scheme
of holding general dances.
FACT AND COMMENT j
At a meeting of the literary
fraternity of Sigma Upsilon held on
last Sunday night Garland Porter
read an original short-story. John
Terry read a play, entitled: "The
Reaping," which will be among those
from which the spring plays for pro
duction by the Carolina Playmakers
will be selected. The fraternity
went on record as unanimously
favoring the production of the play
in the next series.
Opening the Inter-Fraternity bas
ketball season the Sigma Alpha
Episilons succeeded in defeating the
Kappa Alphas by the score of 27-9
Tuesday night. The game was char
acterized by early season form but
both teams played remarkably well
considering the fact that it was tho
first time they had gotten together. I
STUDENT FORUM
THE UNIVERSITY BUDGET
Four years of unprecedented
prosperity and the consequent in
crease in students have opened the
eyes of Educators to the need of a
better equipped State University.
The past three months have shown
that the wave of prosperity is- over.
The cotton market is demoralized,
and the bottom has fallen out of the
tobacco market. It lias hit the people
unexpectedly and they were not pre
pared. State taxes during this period
had become heavier, and at this
critical time it is necessary to reduce
them to a minimum.
In the midst of this depression the
University asks for the Five Million
Dollars for a five . year : program.
When this is criticized as being too
large to be submitted the present
economic crisis, the answer comes to
make it in a bond issue and let it
be paid for in the future. This is
a good idea at an opportune time,
but is the present moment oppor
tune? The people will have to buy
the bonds now, when they are hard
pressed, and this cannot be expect
ed. No matter how progressive a
man may be he cannot sacrifice his
own welfare.
Many active supporters see the
question in this light, but there are
a great number who still believe the
State and the Legislature are not
behind the University. The condi
tions here have been overcome, and
with a much smaller appropriation
can be surmounted for a year or two.
By that time the general depression j
period will be "over, and the State '
will be on the road to prosperity.
Then the champions of the Univer
sity will realize their fondest dreams.
Let us not feel disheartened by the
present cut in the University budget.
The Legislature is aware of its needs, !
but it realizes the responsibility!
which rests upon its shoulders, and
does not feel that this is the op- j
portune moment for a large expendi
ture. When the time comes, though
it will do its part in making this ;
the greatest as well as the oldest
State University.
FRESHMEN DEFEAT OAK
RIDGE IN FIRST GAME
Coach Billy Carmichael's Fresh
men got away to a good start Satur
day night when they snowed under
the aggregation from Oak Ridge
47 to 27. The whole freshman team
worked well and shot goals with such
deadly accuracy that during the sec
ond half scarcely an opportunity at
the basket was wasted. Especially
is this true of Green in handling his
foul shots. Oak Ridge played well
for a Prep team outfit, but was no
match for the Freshmen, who work
ed together and put such an excel
lent game during the second period,
that they might easily have been mis
taken for a well organized college
varsity quint.
The Statesville Alumni held a
meeting last week and passed a re-!
solution favoring the state-wide edu-'
cational program. j
i PlTCHFn
PANTS E
LONGER IN STILE
President Taylor Recommends Some
Change in Intercollegiate Sys
tem Now in Vogue.
"It is no longer fashionable to do
hard honest consistent work, to
economize and to wear patched pants,
but rather nowadays it is the height
of distinction to go around with a
half dozen pins and badges stuck in
the lower left hand coiner of your
vest," said Tyre C. Taylor in his
inaugural speech on his induction in
to the office of president of the Di
Society last Saturday night, January
15th. President Taylor urged the
members ol the Society to turn from
pleasures of the Yuletide season to
measure up to their duties and re
sponsibilities as the leaders of the
State of the future. To fulfill to the
fullest extent of service the respon
sibilities of tomorrow President Tay
lor said that the Di Society affords
the best place to prepare for that
service.. , Here, he said, in the Di
Hall is the best chance - to get a
grasp on the principles of citizen
ship. He called upon the Society
members to get back to the simple
processes of living of our fathers.
President Taylor " recommended
two things to the Society: First,
that the president be empowered by
the Society to appoint a committee
to confer with officials of the University-
to the end that the University
pay the expenses of the Intercol
legiate Debates, as the debaters re
present the University and not mere
ly the Societies. Second, that the
Society have a smoker ' in the im
mediate future.
President Taylor paid eloquent
tribute to the ability of W. H. Bob-
bitt the retiring President saying
that in his opinion Mr. Bobbitt has
been the best administrator that the
Society has ever had since he has
been in college. To the able ad
ministration of Bobbitt he attribut
ed the sound condition that the So
ciety is in at present.
Hugh McAuley was admitted to
membership by the Society but be
cause of his absence was not initiat
ed.
EF
E
Pandemonium Reigned When This
Twentieth Century Innovation
Flew Down the Boulevard.
Lo, the 'winter racing season has
opened in Chapel Hill!
Havre de Grace, Havana and the
Kentucky Derby do not hold a can
dle beside the features of this great
event. At those places not only
mere horses participate, while at
Chapel Hill (noted for its uncon
ventional departures) mules have
superseded horses. Some may say
that they have seen such occur
rences, before, but we wager that a
race of six pedigreed mules, three
abreast, and the remaining three's
heads tied to their leaders' tails, is
unparalleled and distinctly original
in racing circles.
Pandemonium reigned when this
twentieth century innovation came
flying down the boulevard. Barbers
slashed their subjects and several
people swallowed their quids in the
ensuing excitement. Children
thought that a circus had arrived
and that this was a parade. A crowd
gathered to learn the cause of this
mulish outburst, and many explana
tions were offered. But alas, their
imaginations received a shock when
the facts of the case were disclosed.
It was merely a trader passing
through town, with a bunch of
mules to sell, who for convenience's
sake had tied them together in the
aforementioned manner. The mules'
tails were bound in the most ap
proved race horse fashion and it
looked as if Vanderbilt was bring
ing the prime of his stables to our
metropolis. The resemblance of
certain of the mules to famous thor
oughbreds was immediately seen by
several of Chapel Hill's most prom
inent turfmen. When the truth was
learned, however, they quietly re
tired from the scene of discussion.
Anyhow, it reminded people of
the good old days when Kentucky
colonels, with broad brimmed hats
and fat cigars, sipped mint juleps
on the hotel veranda, or drank tq
the health of their favorite horse.
When Tin Brook beat Molly "By
the foam on the bit" and "Monti
cello" was the password of the bar.
Though no great stakes were won or
lost on this unpremeditated derby,
Chapel Hill will not be caught nap,
ping next time, and then Look
Out!
Over ten thousand students in Ohio
colleges and universities voted on the
dry issue in the November election
in that state.
III 11 1 UIILU
'5 CASTS
Characters For Three Plays to Be
Soon Presented Picked at
Recent Tryouts.
At the recent tryouts for charac
ters in the plays to be produced by
the Carolina Playmakers on an early
date, the casting committee decided
that Miss Dorothy Greenlaw, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Green
law of the University faculty, will
play the leading part in the one act
play written by Bill Royall entitled:
"The .Vamp." Miss Greenlaw will
play the part of the vamp, and will
be assisted by Miss Mary Yellott as
Verna, Miss Marion Crawford as
Martha, Mr. Bill Royall as Professor
Dobjon, and numerous other stu
dents. "The Vamp" is a play deal
ing with the social and fraternity
life of a college campus, and is thor
oughly original in that it is the first
of its kind ever produced by the
Carolina Playmakers. Other plays
to be produced at the same time are
"The Miser" and "The Old Man of
Edenton". both of which are by Mr.
Paul E. Green. "The Miser" is a
tragedy of farm life while "The
Old Man of Edenton" is a melo
drama. In "The Miser" Mr. Combs
will play the part of "The Miser,"
while in the "Old Man of Edenton"
Mr. George Denny will play as the
old man. The characters were
chosen by the cast committee com
posed of Mr. C. M. Baker, chairman,
Professors, McKie, Howell, McMil
lan, Misses Lay and Love, and Mrs.
Leavitt. ' The dates for the produc
tion of the plays have been set for
Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12
of February, at the Playhouse in
Chapel Hill. A full list of the casts
for the separate plays follows:
5
Tin
18
In packages of 20 protected
by special moisture-proof
wrapper. Also in round
AIR 'TIGHT Una of SO.
The "Vamp
Mildred Mason (the Vamp)
Miss Dorothy Greenlaw.
Verna Miss Mary Yellott. ,
Martha Miss Marion Crawford.
Professor Dobson Mr. Bill Royall.
Scotti -Mr. W. W. Hook.
Sam Dixon Mr. T. Parker.
Junius Young Mr. Tom Moore.
Ben Johnson Mr. John Shaw.
Max Jordan Mr. Allan Wright.
Fatty Armstrong Mr. McNair
Smith.
The "Miser."
The Miser Mr. Combs.
Tim Mr. L. P. Williams.
Perry Mr. Greenwood.
Ida Miss Batts.
"The Old Man of Edenton."
The Old Man Mr. George Denny.
The Minister
Mumbo Mr. Haronian.
The Constable Mr. LeGrand
Everett.
The Notary Mr. A. C. Howell.
WHEELER WRITES IN
CHEMISTRY JOURNAL
A paper which has attracted un
usual . attention in the scientific
world is one by Dr. A. S. Wheeler,
of the department of chemistry, en
titled Para Cymene as a Solvent, and
published in -. the Journal of the
American Chemical society, in Sep
tember. . The cymene concerning
which the article is written was ob
tained from spruce turpentine, which
in turn, is a by-product in paper mak
ing. The solubilities of many or
ganic compounds fn cymene were
worked out quantitatively, and cer
tain, suggestions were made for the
use of cymene in the industries and
in research laboratories. Dr. Wheel
er was assisted in the work which
was made the basis of the paper
by T. P. Dawson, J. S. Murray, R.
H. Sawyer and H. M. Taylor.
a 1.921
LAST MONTH, on a bet.
WITH THE boys up home.
I SPENT a night.
ALONE IN the old.
HAUNTED HOUSE.
AND WHEN I heard.
-'
MOANS AMD groanj
I SAID "The wind."
AND TRIZD to sleep.
I HEARD rappings.
AND SAID "Rats."
AND ROLLED over.
THEN I heard steps.
AND IN the light.
OF A dying moon.
"
A WHITE spook rose.
I WASN'T scared much.
3UT DIDN'T feel like.
STARTING ANYTHING.
'
BUT THEN I caught.
JUST A faint whiff.
OF A familiar
AND DELICIOUS smell.
WHICH TIPPED me off..
SO I gave the ghost.
THE HORSE laugh.
AND SAID "Ed.
YOU FAT guys. (
MAKE BUM ghosts.
.
BUT BEFORE you fade.
:
LEAVE WITH me one.
OF YOUR cigarettes.
THEY SATISFY."
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CICARBTT33S
Father dead, mother ill, five small
children without food is the plight
of a family that C. J. Williams found
two miles from Chapel Hill, last Sun
day, January 9th.
C. J. Williams last Sunday went
out in the country two miles to teach
a rural Sunday school. While there
he happened to hear of the plight that
one of the neighboring families wag
in and he started out to investigate.
Upon arriving at the house he found
that the head of the house had, re
cently died and that the mother of
five small children was ill in bed and
could do nothing to alleviate the
hunger of her children.
The King's Daughters are helping
to better their situation and the Y.
! M. C. A. is helping them.
If there are any students in the
University that feel that they would
like to help such a needy family they
i may do so by getting in touch with
the Y. M. C. A.
HALF BACK JOHNSON
ENTERS UNIVERSITY
Carolina gridiron enthusiats will
be glad to know that Wilfred I. John
ston of Charlotte, experienced foot
ball player and all-round athlete, has
registered in the University. John
ston has had wide experience on th
gridiron, and is considered to be on
, of the best half backs that the State
has ever produced. Fishburne was
the seat of his prep school career,
where he made a letter in 'the three
major sports baseball, football and
basketball. He has played two years
of college football, having played at
Davidson during the year 1919-1920,
and at N. C. State during the past
Fall. The addition of his strength to
the Carolina varsity back field next
Fall will bring cheer to the hearts
of the Carolina alumni and well
wishers. "
With acknowledgments to K. C. B.
mods
THAT spicy, delicious
aroma of fine tobaccos,
Loth Turkish and Domestic,
makes you almost hungry for
the " satisf y-smoke." And
there isn't a ghost of a chance
you'll ever find its equal any
where for the Chesterfield
blend is an exclusive blend.
It can't be copied.
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