North Carolina Newspapers

rmiT "HTTP .HlJc, MI 1 S f J m an ass san m m KM I j II j II j Vol No. XXX. Chapel Hill, N. C, February 17, 1922. No. 33 RUMORS ABOUT S OF DISEASE EPIDEMIC ARE FALSE Only One Case of Small Pox In Village, Asserts College Physician , Tuesday; None among Students. INFLUENZA CASES MILD ' Wild rumor- of disease and pesti lence have been running pell-mell over the campus 9ince chapel period last Monday morning when Dr. Aber nethy told the student body that there was small pox on the Hill, and that he had just yanked a negro out of a motor truck down town who had it. "Be vaccinated , immediately," was his advice, "if you haven't been lately. Rumor reached its climax on the campus late Tuesday afternoon when the report in circulation had it that there were 93 cases of the dread dis ease on the Hill. Later the report had it that the number had decreased to 75, and finally it went down to 25. Rest easy. Dr. Abernethy said early Wednesday afternoon that there was only one case in Chapel Hill, and that case was the property of a negro who was at the time of the outbreak in the employment of the University. He was at work with one of the construction gangs of the University. There is yet danger, ac cording to the University physician, that there may be an epidemic. There is a possibility of catching it anywhere on the Hill, he said, owing to the fact that the negro had been going all over town. There are only six or eight cases of influenza, and they are "of the very mildest form," according to Dr. Abernethy. The men "in" the infirm ary are all getting along nicely, and there is no danger of an epidemic. Some of the men who have been in the infirmary stayed in bed only one or two days. First State Indoor Track Meet To Be Staged In Durham, March 10 Coach Bob Fetzer Promoting Event Numerous Prizes and Trophies Offered Meet Said to be First of Kind Ever Held In Southern States. There will be over thirty events in taking place will be allowed on the the State Indoor Track Meet at Dur- floor. ham on March 10th, according to the official entry blank issued by the Uni versity Athletic Committee Tuesday. The contest will be called at 7:00 p. m. sharp. Numerous prizes will be offered, a silver trophy cup being awarded to the College scoring the greatest num ber of points in individual events. A cup is also given to the Club scor ing the highest number of points in individual events, and another pre sented to the High or Prep School scoring the highest number of points in single events. According to the statement issued by Coach Bob Fetzer all entries must be in by March 6th. Entries should be addressed to M. R. Clark, Secre tary of Games Committee, Y. M. C. A., Durham, N. C. Rules for Conduction of Meet. 1. No person except games officials and competitors in events actually CASTS SELECTED FOR THREE NEW PLAYS TO BE WAKE FOREST HOLDS TAR HEELS TO 32-28 SCORE TUESDAY NIGHT IN LISTLESS BASKETBALL GAME Rehearsals Have Already Started On New Folk Plays With Well - Chosen Casts. SOME NEW MEN IN ROLES 2. To prevent delays contestants must remain in space allotted to them between events. 3. Games will be held under the I. A. A. A. and the Y. M. C. A. rules. ,.4. The track is eight laps to the mile. 5. First event will be called at I 7 P, M. sharp. There will be no re dress for non-appearance of 'con testants. Contestants may use rub ber or leather shoes. Spiked shoes positively prohibited. 6. The management reserves the right to reject entries, combine two relays and to withdraw any event in case of insufficient entries. 7. An entrance fee of 25 cents per man for each event entered must ac company each entry. Relay races, five entries, four men to run, $1.00. 8. Elementary schools entry fees, (Continued on Page Four.) TRACK SQUAD PREPARING FOR MEET WITH TRINITY Building Up Wind and Stamina Chief Work Being Done By Bob Fetzer. EASTER DANCE PLANS ' IN SHAPE SAYS PHARR Weidemeyer To ' Play For Festivities . . Extending Through , April 18, . 19, and 20th. Weidemeyer has been secured for the Easter dances and other plans are in shape which, according to Neal Pharr, leader of the Easter German, will make the gala days of April 18, 19 and 20 epochal in the social annals of Carolina.? , Even at this early date the cam pus abounds in speculation concern ing the coming dances. The inter est is not limited to fraternity row, but is campus wide, and everybody is asking everybody else what girl they're having up for the festivities, which will commence with a boom Tuesday when the Junior Order of the Gorgan's Head entertains in honor of the Junior Order of Ghem ghouls. Wednesday morning the Sopho more Order of Minataurs gives a dance in honor of , the Sopho more Order of Sheiks. . .Wednesday afternoon is given over to the Ghem ghouls' dance in honor of the Gor gon's Head. Wednesday evening the Junior Prom, takes place. The Sophomore Hop comes off on Thursday afternoon and is followed that evening by the Easter German, which culminates the series. Coach Bob Fetzer continues to work the track team daily in prepar ation for the meet with Trinity in the near future and the other meets, including the state meet, the date for which has not been decided. The coach uses Memorial Hall for the track work when it is not com fortable, to. be running around in the ground hog weather. The gym- j nasium, being crowded most of the time, is not used as much as in for mer years by the track men. Steady, consistent practice to build up wind and stamina in the men is the aim of the coach for the first three or four weeks. 1, After that will come tech nical ' instruction in track work that has been needed by Carolina for so many years, j ? ' r A " large number of men are out for their letter In track this year. A number of last year's men are back and hard at work. Coach Fetzer hopes to make the state meet this year, as 'well as any other inter-collegiate meet to be held. With the large number of men and the excel lent material here he should be able to whip into shave the greatest track team that ha& ever represented the University. ED BURKE EXHIBITS FOR A DIME FINE Village Visitor From Seattle, Wash., Has Been Showing His Handi work On Streets Here. Edward Burke, of Seattle, Wash., has been in town for the past two days and the village has stood with mouth agape and done him homage in the most rural style. No, gentle reader, Edward is not a big gun in the political machina tions of the nation, he is but a The casts for the three new plays to be presented by the Playmakers have been selected and rehearsals have already started. The plays are to be given in the Play House on Fri day and Saturday- evenings, March 10 and 11. ' The parts for "The Lord's Will," a tragedy, by Paul Green, were al lotted as follows t r Lem Adams, preacher, Hubert Heffner. -- - Mary Adams, his wife, Katherine Batts. Mrs. Jones, Katherine Woodrow. , For "Dogwood Bushes," a comedy, by Wilbur Stout, the following char acters were selected: Pa, Paul Trotter.. Ma, Ellen Lay. Bert, John W. Mobley. Jake, Wilbur Stout. ,. Pattie, Mary Yellott. ; "Blackbeard, Pirate of the Caro lina Coast," a melodrama, by Paul Green, written in collaboration with Elizabeth Lay, has the following cast: Ed, J. E. Hawkins. Hans, Allan McGee. . Gibbins, Robert L. Thompson. : Gonga, F. J. Haronian. Blackbeard, George Denny. -. Serving on the cast committee were Messrs. C. D. Baker, Frank Graham, Dougald McMilland, Miss Love, Miss Lay and Rev. Mr. Law rence. These plays will be among the ones from which the three plays to be used on the spring tour of the state Will be selected. The committee which picked them from seven plays read last Thursday was composed of Drs. Booker, Royster, Foerster, Pat- Lenoir College, Hickory, N. C. Lenoir varsity quint lived up to the statement that was made in its pres ence, "Lenoir is sending on the road the best basketball team that has ever represented her." The boys were praisd highly by all opposing teams, being called t'-e "Little Lenoir Up State Team," "The fast little Lenoir team," and given other praising titles. . , , , Corporation Commission Jacks Up Chapel Hill Telephone Company As Stated In This Publication When Rates Were Raised, The Action Was Illegal and Subject To Approval of State Cor poration Commission Letter Written President. ENGAGED HERE MARCH 6 Madam Borgny Hamer and Company In Ibsen's "The Master Builder" To Be Seen Here. he is not even q Yale prof ossor down t-rSon.-.T.. . S, Graves, Connor and o c;o- w;D ,(- ; w fev. mr. iawrence. and faded, his face is not beautiful to look upon, his finger nails are grimy as ours are wont to be and yet Chapel Hill, cityfied sophisti cated, Chapel Hill, with all its mod ern improvements, looked upon his work and wondered. For Edward had carved the Lord's Prayer on the head of a golden pin, and he wanted all the world to look upon his work and wonder for ten cents a wonder. He had a microscope provided for the view, and we cough ed up the ten coppers we had been saving to get weighed on at the next Great State Fair, and looked upon his work and wondered thereat. It was indeed a work of art. We asked Ed how long he had worked on it and when he said three years and two months we didn't even argue with him. We were far too polite to even ask him if he found touring the wildernesses of Orange county more profitable than employment as an expert engraver, such as he who carved the prayer assuredly was. Of course we were too consider ate of Edward Burke, of Seattle, Washington, who : has traveled through every state in the United States and' all of the dependencies, to doubt out loud for a moment that he was any other than the creator of the little work of art: his meal check. - GLOBE TROTTERS HERE We have visitors and visitors in Chapel Hill, governors, sen- ators, and men who make gov ernors and senators. Some times they come in peace and often they come in war; some times to lay a corner stone but more often , to grind an axe. They motor over from Durham or they have their private car side-tracked , over from Carr boro. Our latest visitors were not of these; they did not roll into the village in a stately sedan or a cushioned Pullman car, rather they strolled in as Adam and Eve would have done: on foot. They are Mr. and Mrs. F. H. . Edwards of Philadelphia, who are hiking down to Atlanta. They are not fad struck million aires, or aspirants for any freak walking prize, rather they are plain gentle people temporarily without work who are traveling . South in search of a job. Mr. Burke is of a literary bent, and as he walks he writes. He and Mrs. Burke have done ' quite a bit of globe-trotting and he hopes to publish a book of their travels. Capt. "Cart" Carmichael Forc ed Out of Game Account of Bad Knee. MAKES EIGHTH VICTORY Wake Forest Outplays Tar Heels In Last Period; Carolina Lacks Pep and Fight. JR ORATORS CHOSEN Young and Epstein From Phi, and McCoy and Trotter From Di, Are Winners. The Chapel Hill Telephone Com pany received a severe call down from the State Corporation Commis sion several days ago over the pro posed new rate they have put into effect. The action on the part of the commission was predicted by the Tar Heel several weeks ago, and now the state body says "Not in accordance with the law." The local manager of the tele phone company went before the board of aldermen several weeks ago and asked for a raise in telephone rates. The board of aldermen think ing the plea of the telephone com pany was sufficiently pitiful for them to take drastic action, gave the com pany the right, so far as they were concerned, to raise. The "dear pee Pul" received their first impressions on the raise when they received their first bill for 1922. Loud and long was the protest. The telephone company passed the buck to the city council, and-now the good fathers can pass it right along to the state commission, which has for some years been dealing with just such matters. As a matter of fact they make it their chief aim in life as long as the state continues to send them a check once a month. The poor telephone company can only await the pleasure of the state officials, and until that time can do nothing but go ahead with the tele phone serviee under the old basis. Now the company says they have made $10,000 worth of improve- (Continued on' Page Four.) CO-EDS SCRIPT DANCE TONIGHT Unique System of Charging Admis sion is Utilized By Manager of This Affair. The co-eds are to give a Valentine Script dance at the Russell inn to night which will last from 9 to 12. This is the first of two dances to be given on the Hill this week. The other one will be in the gym tomor row night. The Co-eds promise music from the best musical organization in Chapel Hill, Two famous Scandinavian players are to appear here on March 6 in Ibsen's great play "The Master Builder." They are Madame Borgny Hamer, of the State Theater of Ber gen, Norway, and Herr Fjilde, of the Royal Theater in Christiania. ' These players supported by an able cast of American artists will present "The ' Master-Builder" under the auspices of the Carolina Playmakers as a part of the dramatic program for the spring. The cast includes a total of nine actors, and these two players come from Ibsen's own old theater to interpret him to America. The play will of course be presented in English. Because of the fame and well known quality of this performance the Playmakers expect to be given in Memorial Hall. The company carries with it a car-load of its own scenery and stage setting and it is be lieved that they can be well adapted to the stage in this large hall. The capacity of the little theater in the Chapel Hill public school building is too small to accommodate the large audience which is expected to hear the performance. According to the contract which has been signed with the company it is to be here on Monday evening March 6. The four contestants selected in the preliminaries Tuesday night to represent the Phi and Di societies in the annual Junior Oratorical contests are V. V. Young and Leonard Ep stein from the Phi; G. W. McCoy and J. P. Trotter from the Di. Eleven men entered the contest, five from the Phi and six from the Di. The complete list of contestants with the names of their orations is Ion fnlUnio. pv;.v v v. .... iW.iT. &t A.... V. T. A IS U llg , Hi. stones of Peace"; J. Y. Kerr, "The Volstead Act"; E. C. Jernigan, "Ru ral Problems of the South'.'; N. C. Earefoot, "The Trial of Democracy"; Leonard Epstein, "America's Oppor tunity;" Di: G. W. McCoy, "Peace by Evolution"; J. P. Trotter, "Ideals"; J. M. Brown, "Blue Laws Forest Hamrick, "Forward"; R. L. Ranson, "The Farms of America, a Challenge to Youth"; W. C. Mitchum, "Industrial Peace." The final contest will take place in Gerrard hall February 25. The winner will be awarded the Julian S, Carr medal for oratory. E Booklet To Be Issued By Commerce Department Will Show Best Courses To Take. One of Greenlaw's Books Is Attacked By Hirshfield. In the New York Times of Janu ary 28, David Hirshfield, commission er of accounts in New York city, at tacks, among other books, "Builders of Democracy." by Dr. Edwin Green- As one of the managers , , w h d of th English deDartment of the affair expressed it: ah tne of tnis University, now in Chicago, jazziest musical talent on the Hill The books in question were attacked will participate in the music." ja9 being pro English. The commis- A very unique system of charg-, 9;oner ggyg that there are too many ing admission has attracted attention text bookg being used in schools and from the followers of custom nere. college9 in this country tnat are too Stairs are to be charged 75 cents, and' t admirer8 0f England, her Insti- couples a dollar. This is quite a tutions ana customs, and that they change from former methods of al- nave a tad enect 0n the mind of the lowing couples to enter at half price, 1 gtudent 0f this country. or even free of any charge in order, . to get more girls out for these af-j 8ourc. of Icebergs, fairs, but the instigator of this Val-, source of practically all the entire Script dance has other ideas bergs 0f the arctic and subarctic about admission. ' regions Is Greenland. Due to the fact that commerce students do not always select those courses that give them the maximum training in the particular field of business in which they are going, the school of commerce is now prepar ing a bulletin, to be issued early in May, containing an outline of the courses that are most valuable and adequate for different branches of business. This bulletin will arrange the four year course of studies that should be taken by students preparing them selves for consular service, manufac turing, laundry management and various other fields of business and industry. This sketch will be similar to the outline of courses in the catalogue leading to degrees. However, it should be understood that this arrangement of studies need not necessarily be followed by one in preparation for different phases of business, but it will still be at the discretion of the student as to wheth er he will take the assigned studies. Carolina poured water, exceeding ly cold water on Wake Forest's hope of being state basketball champions for 1S22 in a listless, almost heartless game here Tuesday night, the Vars ity winning 32 to 28, the closest score of the season. Cartwright Car michael, captain of the quint and all South Atlantic player was injured near the first of the second half and had to leave the game. His injury, which came from an old hurt in the knee, did not keep him from leaving on the northern trip Thursday. Baptists' Surprise. There was nothing outstanding about Tuesday's game unless it was the surprise it held for all Carolina, in that Wake Forest showed more stuff than any other team seen here this seaaon, and gave the Varsity a run for the big end of the score. Heckman and Carlyle led the Wake Forest offense which was so effective in the second half, and as a result the game was roughed up consider ably. Coach Steiner, of Trinity, sup posed to be the strictest referee in the state let both teams play as rough as they wished, and both teams wish ed considerably. From start to finish the game was listless except for a few flashes on the part of individuals, mostly Cart Carmichael, who several times broke away from the entire Wake Forest team and carried the ball down the floor in the Carmichael manner for a goal. Ilis absence from the latter part of the game, although Mahler, who took his place, played one of the best games of the season, was sadly evident, , the team evidently being worried over the injury to the bril liant center. Green played a steady consistent forward, and Perry followed suit with regularity. . .McDonald played the. hardest floor game of the con test, breaking up most of the ,Wake Forest passes that were not broken up by Wake Forest men falling down. There was nothing the matter with the Carolina team's playing, but it just seemed to lack something . that has made the scores so high during the season. There was nothing the matter with the Wake Forest playing, either, except they played a lot bet ter than any one expected, and at times displayed basketball that look ed more than good. The game started , with Carolina taking the lead almost at once, and maintaining it consistently until the (Continued on Page Four.) DR. L R. WILSON TALKS z IN CHAPEL ON LIBRARY Calls Attention to Students About Thoughtless and Ruthless Muti lation of Books. Swift Carriers. The best carrier pigeon Is the Ant werp or Belgian voyagc-ur, which cud fly 500 miles In 12 hours If the weather be fine. Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. L. R. Wilson, University Librarian, spoke in chapel Monday morning, calling attention to several matters pertaining to library ad ministration. : ' ! All library fines for books overdue and all charges for lost books must be paid before examinations, or credit will be withheld for work done during the term, said Dr. Wilson. The purpose of the fine for overdue books is not to bring money into the library but to get the book back so that it may be available for some other student. Displaying a sadly mutilated news paper and a magazine in like condi tion taken from the reading room, Dr. Wilson requested that students re frain from clipping pictures and ar ticles from the library's periodicals. Dr. Wilson urged also the students to take advantage of the great op portunity which the library affords to broaden themselves by extensive reading. "You have more time right now," he said, "to do this reading than you will ever have afterwards, because as you grow older you will be so caught up in the routine of things that have to be done at cer tain hours that you will have no leisure time for beoka."