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THE TAR HEEL, FEBRUARY 21, 1922. THE TAR HEEL "The Leading Southern College Serai Weekly Newspaper." ' Member of N. C. Collegiate Press Association Published twice every week of the college year, and is the official organ of the Athletic Association of the University of North Caro lina. CVlHTipl Hill. N. C. SnV.ai.rir.. tion price. $2.00 local, and $2.50 Py tneir c,a " n1 kinl Out of Town, for the College ly fate were relieved of carrying the xear. were other results than the acceler ated rattle of gold into the coffers of the class treasurer. Is Bob Griffith less a thing of beau ty because his class dues were not paid? Is S. O. Bondurant made fairer and of a greater degree of masculine pulchritude because be more readily separated himself from his cash? "Luscious" Summey and "Tubby" Murdock were too lazy to journal out last summer have noth ing to do with it now. .' Weidemeyer will be here for the Easter dances. After a lapse of nine months the old faithfuls, "Skinney" and the rest, will be back. For whicH fact we heartily thank Mr. Pharr. i i : r SKETCHES R. L. T., Jr. I ; ! MAKE VISIT QUEEN CITY Phipps, Williams, Poindexter and Davis Are Representative Men Who Will Visit Charlotte. The library has got ua now. No grades till all dues are paid up. Cruel no doubt, but certainly business like. Entered at the Postoffice, Chapel Hill, N. C, as second-class matter. Editorial and Business Office, Room No. 1, Y. M. C. A. Building. Jonathan Daniels. . . .Editor-in-Chief ? I' I"?'3'"' Assistant Editors jj. . uuiuicjr . J. J. Wade. . . . . .Managing Editor B. H. Barden. .. .Assignment Editor burden of the laziest man. Is Jack ( ' Apple, who came third in the voting, ! Some people can never be satis more lazy because he paid his class fied. We heard one student remark, dues? Is it true, as rumor would after seeing The Three Musketeers. ASSOCIATE EDITORS R. L. Thompson, Jr. S. B. Midyette J. Y. Kerr - G. W; Lankford Thomas Turner C. Y. Coley R. S. Pickens C. B. Colten G. Y. Ragsdale H. D. Duls J. G. Gullick R. L. Gray, Jr. E. H. Hartsell J. L. Apple Marshall Y. Cooper, A. S. Havener. . I. J. Stevenson . .Business Mgr. Assistant Mgri. SUB-ASSISTANTS G. F. Benton C. M. Ray A. E. Shackell W. C. Perdue W. J. Faucette A. E. Laney J. M. Foushee W. W. Gwynn. You can purchase any article adver tised in The Tar Heel with per fect safety because everything it advertises is guaranteed to ba as represented. We will make good immediately if the advertiser does not. Vol. XXX. February 21, 1922. No. 34 DEATH. Always we think of death as hap pening to other people, as something apart from our own lives. Always we are so concerned with living our own lives that we can scarcely con ceive of death as a thing present in them. Especially here at the Uni versity where we are all so many young, vital lives tremendously con cerned with splendid quest of the best that the world holds for youth, is this true. To have death come to us sudden ly in a ghastly accident that brought the end to three men intimately as sociated with us here, brings the thing to us with an awful acuteness that strips our hearts bare in a sick ening sensation of the presence of death. The terrible' accident that tore us all Friday, when the knowledge of it was brought to us, was particularly terrible in the vividness of contrast between youth and death. Straight from a dance, a masquerade of fcolor and beauty, the men went oat to meet in the cold, empty, night the terrible accident that brought the end of their lives. . Death is something that happens to someone else. , So we always think of it, but when suddenly we are brought face to face with it, we are forced to wonder, out of our sad dened hearts at the presence of death even among us who, as young lives, had almost forgotten death in the aplendid sport of living. Not for many days will the scar of this calamity be healed in Ar hearts. These men have died in the very be ginning of the glory of their lives yet in a perfect way they cannot be dead for as Maeterlinck as somehow said there are no dead as long as they live in the hearts of them that loved them. have it, that J. D. Dorsett was too good a politician to pay his class dues and so to receive the honor of the class most proficient politician? Was it some wag who said that Miss Yellott only received the position of prettiest co-ed because Glenn Bardin had been markedly late in the pay ment of his dues? Only questions, these, without at tempt at answers. ' No answer is nec essary, when under the conditions of voting, the whole election was a money getting game that resulted in a farce. So to us it may seem, but to those whose business it was to hold the election it may appear in other light. The election may have been a great success and the treas urer of the class may be gratefully and gleefully rubbing his happy hands together at the purse outpour ings of potential superlatives among the ambitious seniors, that there , wasn't enough action in the picture. . A Thought of Sorrow. This is not an obituary or an "in memorium," it is just a thought of sorrow that we have been deprived of the friendship of three such boys as "Pep" Peeples, "Dick" Hadley, and "Charley" Iceman. When one accident takes from us We regret to note that the well known Jack Apple, he of oratorical and journalistic fame, has mowed his budding mustache. When interviewed, Mr. Apple said that his only idea in growing his lip garden was to show some men what a real one looked like. our companions, and above all they were gentlemen Some Tar Heel reporters are vul gar apostles of realism. When Dame Rumor kills a Freshman with a snow ball, or starts an epidemic of small pox, they immediately denounce her. STUDENT FORUM ITEMS OF INTEREST Large electric lights have been placed at the door of all the dormi tories on the campus by University authorities. The sixth and seventh lectures in the Southern Pines series, scheduled by the Extension Division, have been given by Professors Matherly and Ber nard. Professor Matherly's subject was "Community Parasites" and Pro fessor Bernard's "Masterpieces of Great Painters." The Forsyth branch of the Uni versity Alumni Association, has ar ranged, through the extension divi sion, a series of lectures on "Citi zenship" to be given during February and March. The opening lecture was made February 13 by Professor Con nor on "The Function of History in a Democracy." Dr. L. R. Wilson lectured on "The Library as a Community Builder" in Wendell on February 17. This was the third in . a series dealing with different phases of community activities. . C. J. Parker, Jr., and H. G. Baity were initiated into the Sigma Chi Fraternity Friday, February 17. Pertinent Paragraphs A COMEDY OF ERRORS. The results of the election of the senior superlatives has stirred in the hearts of many members of that dig nified class an acrid bitterness that may be attributed to the very poor 1it of legislation by the leaders of that class in a recent meeting of the executive committee. Class dues are things that cause treasurers ' to tear their locks, and students to dodge the treasurer. Ambition is a thing very near to the hearts of all men. These two tru isms came clearly into the mental processes of the class' holy fathers. So they formed a very simple equa tion that they figured would end all their troubles. Ineligibility for elec tion for senior superlatives, unless class dues are paid, plus the ' ambi tion of the genus senior, equals the payment of class dues. It was very simple, and the committee felt that it would be very effective. The equation was simple, but alas, so was the committee. Without access to the books of the treasurer of the class of 1922 we cannot say what the increase in col lections were as a result of this mas ter stroke on the part of the leaders of the class. But from news that was carelessly cast broadcast over the campus, we learn, that there Fifty-fifty average so far. We downed V. M. I. by a close score, but were downed in turn by Washington and Lee. Let us hope by the time this comes from the press we will have improved the trip average by swamping the Old Dominion outfit. Ughawuhhh (yiwn) , we agree with you, Mr. Hibbard, more leisure is the thing. And by the way if we happen to grat one of your classes while we are meditating in bed, it will be, all right, won't it? Now there are half a dozen Tar Heel reporters patting themselves on the back and claiming they are the cause of the prohibition of the tele phone raise. We wonder how many times Mr. Burke found it necessary to swear while he was engraving his Lord's Prayer on the pin. Walking from Philadelphia to At lanta in the winter might be con sidered a good substitute for a job by Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, our recent visitors, but while there are plenty ;Heel staff here to Durham to catch Editor of Tar Heel: Faculty Sets Example. The faculty of the University has set an example in their patronage of C. S. Pendergraft that we, the stu dents, can do well to emulate along with the many other things they do that is worthy of emulation. What ever the faculty's reason is in riding with Pendergraft we do not know ac curately, but I can say that the fac ulty certainly doe3 ride in his buss with remarkable unanimity. I be lieve the faculty rides with him be cause they have taken time to con sider the matter and have decided individually 'at he is more deserv ing and more dependable than any other jitney driver in Chapel Hill. We have not, as students, weighed the facts in the case sufficiently for us to see the real metal in the man Pendergraft. We are lax about doing things in a business like manner. We are rather thoughtless when it comes to a case of right and wrong. Pen dergraft reduced the jitney fare from Chapel Hill to Durham from $1.00 to 50 cents, and yet the stu dents ride with the other man -when they know well that the price would still be $1.00 if Pendergraft had not reduced the rate so as to make com petition keen and sharp. And some body painted Pendergraft's sign but that is only helping him to in crease his business as I see it. They can say the kids did it, but what would actuate a kid in painting a sign red? This article is merely a suggestion to call the students' attention to the very kind and generous way in which Pendergraft cooperates with the stu dents and our GROSS NEGLIGENCE in returning appreciation. We have let the faculty do it all when we should at least do our part of it. When we had the deep snow Pen dergraft's competitors played that JESSIE JAMES STUFF that they have always displayed and yet we will patronize them. All the jitneys in Chapel Hill raised the fare to $1 when it snowed except Pendergraft, and that seems to me insult enough to forever condemn them and not to ride with 'em. Competition is the life of trade and it is utterly im possible for his competitors to en gage in the same business in gentle manly manner. We should uphold our scruples of honor and patronize a man who believes in fairness and not a jitney driver who CARVES you and extracts your filthy lucre every chance he gets. This article is written without be ing asked by anybody and with no desire to start in newspaper quibbling, but solely to point out fairness where fairness really lies and robbery where robbery lives and generates. Weekly I am told, Pendergraft takes some late mail from the Tar .- . . Meditation. Last Sunday as we sat in front of this very typewriter we complain ed about the lazy feeling that filled the air. Exactly one week has elapsed and in that time Mother Na ture has revenged herself completely. Now the weather is spring like again-; again we sit and yawn and stretch; again our minds are sluggish and our eye lids heavy; we are lazy and con tent. But are we kicking? Not on your life. We have had too much real winter in the last seven days to mind a touch of spring. But that is not the real reason we don't mind the ennui. Mr. Hibbard is the rea son. That worthy man has convinced us that if we only meditate while we are killing time, we can keep our conscience as clear as crystal and have a valid excuse for all that we have left undone. Indeed, medita tion is a wonderful thing. AT THE PICKWICK youths: C. J. Williams, president of the Y, L. J. Phipps, president of the senior class; C. C. Poindexter, a mem ber of the varsity football team, and W. A. Davis of the law school. The' team will go to the Queen City tomorrow and remain there un til Sunday. They will begin their program in chapel at Alexander Gra ham high school Thursday morning in connection with the "Come Clean" campaign which is being put on by :he Hi-Y Club of the school. But the men will not confine their work to the high school, and will conduct mai.y meetings at the city Y. M. C. A. and also hold many personal interviews with boys upon such sub jects as choosing a life work, re ligious work, etc. In this way they expect to help many boys who are in need of a big brother. Among the subjects upon which the University men will speak are: "Why Come to College," "The Cigarette Habit" and "Why I Am a Christian." ex- of jails left in the country we would find other means of support. the afternoon train from Durham to Burlington where the paper is print ed, an this is done out of a spirit of service to the students. The Tar Heel reaps big advertisements from him along with the other publica tion of the magazine. We can do nothing nobler than fol- Madame Borgny and Herr Fjilde of Norway will be here soon in one of Ibsen's nlays. We understand that as an advertisment the Playmakers will cive awav twn froo tinlrota in the first person who pronounces both low. the examPle 8e by the faculty names correctly. ! and tel1 to any one inquiring just . ' ihow it is. As for me, I will put the future students from Cuba wise as It is with fear and turbelation that to whose jitney they should patron we notice the Yellow Journal on sale, ize and any body else that I shall We hereby wish to emphatically an- come in contact with from now on. nounce that the editors who got the Fernando Lloren. boys killed. One of these cars passed the scene of the wreck a few min utes after it occurred, but did not learn of the tragedy till after reach ing Chapel Hill. Because the dance was the first Fancy Dress affair given by the west Raleigh college, and waa a rather unusual event, it had been anticipated for some time by the 0 who attended, who little realized that The next deputation team sent out such a pleasurable happy occasion by the University Y. M. C. A. will would en wrth the unpercelveci, un- two Moon tr,rh ar, fino n go to Charlotte. The team will be " UWm , as these were, it gives us a shock composed of the following men who , y rom tn,ner. that we are unable to realize for wiU represent various benches of 1 .vikVe frL JllW U StiU many a day..- They were our friends, V,oJ-j. - . m-mw . . able from the engine crew, .. . .v... n student activity to the Mecklenburg slnce no one is allowed to anoni- t .. . n 3 ... . Wl coney ana ispacn, tne only survivors of the wreck. From the evidence left, the story of the train crew can be taken to be for the most part ac curate, though many who have since visited the scene maintain that the engine must have been moving swift ly rather than the automobile. The opinion oi tne trainmen that the car must not have had head lights is not the general thought, but instead it is believed that the curtained car with the unexpected appearance of the engine on such a road at such an nour were the chief things that plain the tragedy. The dance had ended. The usual after-festivities sandwiches had doubtless been eaten, the car loaded with the care free joyous youth? and the customary stories of how the dance was enjoyed, what girls could dance, what music sounded best, must have been told. Then began the journey from Raleigh, and the cold, sleepy ride back to the Hill, with only thoughts of a pleas ant evening behind and a dav of classes confronting to dream about. There could have been no thought of impending danger, no premonition of any trouble ahead. All the boys had traveled that road many times before, and there had been no trains, no accidents, no tragedies. But Fri day morning a different ending was forthcoming ,ana wnen, perhaps, the entire crowd was asleep except the driver, the wreck occurred. T. L. Carter, engineer, declares the engine was moving slowly, and was backing, after he had blown his whis tle three times as he is required by law. He stated that he did not see the glare of any lights of an auto- j mobile, and that evidently the car t WAS hpincr trlwun .:aV...i ranks Ther 9ro (rivan frao frt tia i .. Pola Negri, the accomplished Pol ish actress who made such a lasting Impression upon American movie au diences in her characterization of Madame DuBarry in "Passion," will come to the screen of the Pick on Wednesday evening in "Gypsy Blood." A First National attraction, "The Lotus Eater," featuring John Bar rymore, a member of the old fam ily of the American stage, will be the feature attraction at the Pick on Thursday evening. Barrymore plays the part of Jac ques Lenoi, who was born in villa on the Mediterranean, while his father was traveling the seven seas in search of health. Returning sud denly Lenoi, Sr., discovered his wife in a compromising situation. Tak ing the lad with him, he set out again in his yacht. Broken by his mari tal woes, the father ages quickly and the realization comes to him, when the boy is seven years old, that death is not far off. To shield the boy from his own bitter experience, the father compels Jacques to promise him that he will not leave the yacht until he is twenty-five years old. Educated by private tutors, Jac ques does not leave the yacht until the appointed time. Landing in New York, he hurries to the office of his father's attorney, and there meets Madge Vance, young and pretty. It is a case of love at first sight with both. There is a romantic courtship and a hurried marriage on the yacht. I But the father's fears are realized. or clouds appear on the domestic horizon. Jacques, broken hearted, leaves for a dirigible trip over the Pacific ocean. He is compelled to dive Septic Tanks Are Being Placed in Orange Schools The septic tanks, sent to the Uni versity more than a year ago for in spection and tests by a manufactur ing concern, are being installed in the schools of Orange county. These tank9 were sent to the Bu reau of Country Home Comforts and Conveniences about a year ago, and none were installed at the time. But the new requirements of the State law demanding sanitary facilities in country schools has caused the school authorities of Orange county to be come interested in receiving these schools if they install them and allow inspections and .tests to be made on them from time to time. These tests will be made under the supervision of Professor Thorn dike Saville, of the Civil Engineering department. AUTOMOBILE AND ENGINE COLLIDE AT RAILWAY CROSSING NEAR DURHAM (Continued Fro.ii Page One.) Sunday, representatives of the Uni versity attending in each case, with an expression of sympathy that the Carolina community bears for the parents and relatives of the boys. Bryan, the driver, was employed by J. T. Durham, who was notified by F. A. Bryan to have his body ship ped to Dalesville, Ala. the former home of the taxi driver. Boney and Spach are getting along on the other side of the train. he knew nothing of the impending collision until he heard the "rattle" as he described it. The automobile was jammed in with the water tank of the engine, and was dragged down the track. Finally, after the engine had been stopped, Engineer Carter jumped to the aid of the men, and found the car completely demolished and the passengers thrown out. Im mediately he went for aid to the of fice of the chemrcal plant, and shortly afterwards a relief party was brought to the gruesome scene. Dr. Robertson Responds. When Dr. Foy Robertson, an old Carolina alumnus, arrived on the scene, he found what he asserted to be the most pitiable and gruesome scene he has witnessed during his medical career. Tnere lay two young men, clad in evening clothes, just in the bud of youth, lifeless. The pale rays of the moon contributed to make no one except members of their fam ilies are permitted to see them. uito the ocean when the food andjbody bruise8 while Spach fcad a fuel gives . out, and lands on an is land. Then begins a series of strange adventures and in the end, Jacques finds the love for which his unsophis ticated heart yearns. Norma Talmadge will appear at the Fick on Friday evening in "The Sign on the Door," one of her latest productions. Tar Heel Exchanges Can Be Read Y. Reading Room In order that the student body might have the benefit of the Tar Heel exchange, a space has been pro vided in the Y. M. C A. reading room on the daily newspaper stand for them. They contain college ex changes from all over the continent and high school exchanges from all over the state. Some of them are: College Topics, University of : Vir ginia; The Harvard Crimson, Har vard University; The McGill Daily, mceiy in me uurnam nospitai, out . the scene all the more tPrriK!- wm. Peoples and Hadley and the' taxi driver dead, the three injured boys, r"-", nu iceman, were ungly scalp wound. Both will be out at an early date. This Town Shocked. News of the tragedy first reached the University town between 4 and 5 o'clock Friday morning, when Dr. E. M. Abernethy, th college physi cian, was informed by the Durham rusnea to the hospital. It was there discovered that the condition of young Iceman was practically hope less. An operation was contemplated but finally given up and aJ. 12.30 the third University student passed away. Boney and Spach were thrown clear of the wreckage, and that ac counts. Derhana fn k v. hospital authorities. Dr. Abernethy ! ing saved. They were seated in the" with Charles T. Woolen and otheback of the cawS "Zt Spa h University officials, left for Durham was the only member of the party at once, after making efforts to get who was not jarred unconscious, and intft (nrrimiiniafinn timI-V tiring.... -M V- . i : " ...... xciauivc ot UB was taKen to the fertilizer plant v ..v.wi..a. jaiiy in me morning the sad story circulated oc the campus, and gave this section the most profound shock it has suffered in many years. Instead of bright and fainted, happy tales, of the pleasure of the ' '-' Fancy Dress dance that were expect- UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED ed from the lips of the students who I AT Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE abbcuucu, mere were no stories. , - a ... umce, witr. signs of a bad scalp wound, which was later ascertained to be of no serious nature. On the way to the hospital it is said that he there were not all. the attendants. A McGill University, Canada; The saddened and touched student body' fVl 1 1 IT D ., 1 A l C. 1 TT ; i .n.J A. 1 A A - It , (Continued From Page One.) Daily Palo Alto, Stanford University, paid tribute to those who never lived association of the different i-nlles California; The Carolinian, N. C. C. to tell the story, at chapel services Secretary Comer of the local 'Y W.; The Technician, N. C. State; The the same day. Dozens of students outlined a typical program for a col Davidsonian, Davidson College; The visited Durham and viewed the re- lege year, which could be followed Virginia Tech, V P L; The Daily mains of their college chums during at all student associations Mu h Kansan, University of Kansas; The i the day. Among the numW J stress w uj ..J! 1 . Jt! Technique, Georgia Tech; The Hulls-! room-mates and fraternity brothers work of the student" Y Secretary lItrrY i men' thdr closest d i Ki" of Allege made a strong icle, Trinity College; The Hi-Rocket, Durham High School; High Life, Greensboro High School; The Advo- friends. The five students involved in th fatal accident 1 wing coueg cate, Charlotte High School; The'olina men attending the RaleuVh i fh. -T CV.T. 63 eVMy CUege HUlbilly, Asheville High School; The dance. There wer several Wat 7 8 Y" M C' Asheville School Review. Asheville students, on nf IZfl- ake fore.st' N- . State, Trinity, ,nd many others. liam Hadlev. Z Z " T' Van' Guilford, " we ui tne ani ana Carolina. School for Boys, and many others. talk on Blue Ridge. The following colleges were repre- Mt. Pleas- Fattersom Brothers P rescrnptioo Bru ggists
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