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The .Buccaneers are contributing a
great deal to the improvement of the
quality of music that is being offered
at dances both on and off the Hill.
They played last night for the En
gineer's dance and will also play to
night for the Zeta Beta Tau installa
tion ball. . Last week-end they played
continuously from six-thirty p. Mi. till
midnight, furnishing music for the
twilight pledge dance and the Grail
dance. . ... .
The Buccaneers are less than a year
old, but their reputation is already
made, and they bid fair to follow the j
steps of the Carolina Club and Hal
Kemp's band, student orchestras that ;
have become nationally known. The
Carolina Club will be remembered as
the orchestra that toured England in
the summer of 1924, gaining so much
favor with the Prince of Wales. The
Buccaneers have had several offers
for tours of this country and Europe
this summer.
They present a ten piece group,
composed of a violin, three saxa
phones, two trumpets, a banjo, a bass,
and drums. It is directed by Ken
neth Scott, University senior from
Wilmington, N. C, and is under the
management of Mickey Block of
Greensboro, N. C.
All of the ten members are students
at the University, and several , are
earning their college expenses by
means- of their musical ability. The
members are Kenneth Scott," Wil
mington,' violin and director; Harold
Little, Hickory, N. C; John Brandt,
Asheville, N. C; and Jimmie Lyerly,
Danville, Va Saxaphones; Alex Men-
denhall, Greensboro, N. C; banjo
Karl Moseley, Lorrain, Ohio, drums
Zack Williams, Oxford, N. C, bass
Hasford White, Nashville, Tenn., and
Harry Mechem, North Wilke'sboro, N.
C, trumpets; and "Bo" White, Nash
ville, Tenn., piano.
Terpischore Reigned Unsteadily
From Close of War Till the 90's
(Continued from page me)
are to believe the newspapers of the
day, "the ladies were never more
beautiful, nor the gentlemen more
gallant," -were the rage of the "gay
nineties.
The Gay Nineties
The German, with its iron-clad eti
quette has long since taken its place
in the revered category with bustles,
balloon sleeves, turkish corners, step
eoptican Triews, .family albums, red
plush parlor 'furniture, two-seated
bicycles, bamboo portieres, and all
else characteristic of an era which is
no more, however, a description of the
dance for the edification of "we mod
erns" will not be amiss here. The
couples evenly divided, lined up .on
each side of the room and when the
leader blew his whistle one side
would dance. At the "break" each
man would relinquish his partner,
rush to the couples on the other side
and choose a girl A novel feature
of the proceedure was that the girls
might choose their partner from the
stags herded at the end of the room.
All the couples then lined up and were
led through the most intricate and
elaborate c marching figures. Every
third dance was known as the "stag
break" when all the young men danc
ing left the floor and each of the
stags came forward to choose a lady
for his partner. It was an unfor
givable faux pas to break at the last
waltz and a fight usually followed any
such attempt. ; The Richmond band,
which for over twenty years served
in the double role of brass band in
the day and orchestra at night, struck
up "Home Sweet Home" as the first
rays of sunlight appeared through the
: trees. Late dates were scheduled at
sunrise and often comprised a walk
to Piney Prospect. The dance on the !
first night started at about eleven
o'clock following the Junior Order
banquets and lasted only until three.
This was a period when the desire
for dances greatly exceeded the facil
ities for them. The building used at
Commencement was rented to the
University as a Commons and it was
only at great intervals that the tables
were removed, and the linoleum
rolled back to make way for a dance.
"The reason for the structure of the
present Zeta Psi house," says Dr. C.
S. Mangum, "was the fact that the
boys were more interested in having
A place to dance than a place to live
and therefore built a house around a
ballroom causing the remainder of
the house to be out-of-proportion and
inadequate.? '
Gym Solves Problem
The society of the early twentieth
century followed the fashion of the
nineties with little variation. Ger
mans were still in vogue, couples
rode about in phaetons and Victoria
carriages, girls were burdened with
the title "miss" on all occasions,
dresses with "mutton leg" sleeves
maintained a phenomenal contraction
At the waist and skirts, copiously re
enforced, by lace petticoats, swept
dangerously near the floor. Gentle
men, unacquainted with the tuxedo;
borrowed long-tailed evening suits,
parted their hair in the middle and
brushed it neatly down on each side
of the face. As in the preceding dec
ade, there vere the fall and spring
germans. The completion of Bynum
Gymnasium in 1904 removed all diffi
culties for a place to dance and the
development of a more charitable at
titude toward the gentle ballroom art
had long ago made a dead letter of
the 1886 rule against dancing on the
campus. '''''"".'"VvV'''''
The Junior Prom, inaugurated in
1908 by the class of 1909 with Frank
Graham as its president, was an event
by virtue of the fact that it was the
first dance on the campus in many
decades not under control of the Ger
man Club or the Junior Orders. Since
that time the dancing program has
proceeded on the campus in a man
ner very similar to that in existence
today with dances at Thanksgiving,
Easter, and Commencement.
" ! The Turkey Trot
The early teens of the present cen
tury with their hobble skirts and
"merry widow" hats began to see the
development of such outrageous inno
vations in dancing as the Turkey Trot,
the naughty One-Step, the Bunny
Hug, and the Boston Dip, which sur
viving a turbulent period of shocked
indignation from self-righteous cen
sors were the valiant forerunners of
the immortal Fox Trot, to say noth
ing of the Charleston, , of glorious
memory. .
The most significant and epoch
making event in the history of dances
at the University came in . 1920 when
the Order of the Grail instituted its
policy of giving numerous dances
during the year open to all students.
The Grail thereby brought dancing,
which for years had been under the
authority of the German Club, into
the life of each student who cared to
partake of its delights.
The story of dancing at the Uni
versity since its foundation has been
a glorious one, rich in romantic tra
dition of past times, illuminating in
its revelation of the follies and
foibles . of another time. Dancing
started in the dining room of an old
house on 'the site of Garr Building,
thence pursued a varied course into
diverse accpmmodations, and back
again to its original site near the
Gymnasium. It may not be a distant
day when the Tin Can will become
dedicated to Terpsichore. "The old
order changeth."
Zeta Beta Tau .Makes Its
Formal Bow to Campus
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stall here, was founded in 1898
at the Jewish Theological Sem
inary at Cincinati, Ohio. The
fraternity at present has nearly
forty chapters in all sections of
the country. The successful pe
titioner, Zeta Epsilon, was es
tablished here during; the spring
of 19?6.
; The newly initiated members
of Zeta Beta Tau are: Norman
Block, Mickie Block, Caesar
Cone, all of Greensboro, Henry
Weil of Goldsboro, Alvin Kar
tus of Asheville, Joe Berwanger
of Raleigh, Bill Breman of Ashe
ville, Charles Brown of Charles
ton, S. C. The pledges are David
Avner of California, Pa., Hetf
ry' Sternberger and Louis Solo
mon of Wilmington.
Playmaker Reading
For Sunday Night
Will Be By Holmes
Tomorrow night at 8 :30 o'
clock in the Playmaker The
atre Professor Urban T. Holmes
will read Rostand's Cyrano de
Bergerac as the third Playmak
er reading of the year. "
Professor Holmes will be re
membered for his direction and
acting in the French play Le
Imaginaire Invalid given by
members of the Romance de
partment last year and by his
splendid portrayal of the leader
of a band of vagabond players
A thousand Years Ago, Percy
MacKaye's play which was the
first Playmaker production this
year.
FROSH DEBATERS
TO HOLD SMOKER
Election of Officers Will Feature
Good Will Meeting Wed
nesday Evening.
At the regular weekly meet
ing of the Freshman Debating
Club held Thursday night at the
Y. M. C. A. it was decided to
hold the quarterly election of of
ficers at a smoker next Wednes
day night in Gerrard Hall.
An invitation to attend is ex
tended to all members of the
Freshman class. A campaign to
increase the membership of the
organization was proposed, and
will be discussed , at , the next
meeting. , '
Excellent opportunities' ; are
offered to all first-year men who
wish to learn more of the foren
sic art, to engage in debates and
open forum discussions. The
weekly meetings last approxi
mately an hour, and are held in
the club rooms on the upper
floor of the Y. M. C. A. It has
been suggested, however, that
the rooms were too small, and a
committee . has been appointed
by the President to look for a
new and larger meeting place.
The smoker next Wednesday
night will be held at eight-thirty.
The seventh annual convention
of the North Carolina League of
Women Voters will be held in
Chapel Hill March 10, 11 and 12.
The call was recently sent out
by the president, Miss Gertrude
Weil, of Goldsboro. ' .':
!," In connection with the con
vention a school of citizenship
will be connected by the Univer
sity. Some professors, eminent
in that respect, will speak at the
school.
Carolina Opens Tourney With
Easy Victory
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ably be selected are : Moss, Van
derbilt; Langen, Georgia Tech;
Faber, Maryland; and Howell,
Auburn. ;v
The North Carolina team, al
ways a favorite with Atlanta
sport lovers, was pitted against
what was apparently supposed
to be one of the strongest teams
in the meet. They, had already
defeated Vanderbilt and Auburn
this season, both teams of prov
en strength.
Lineup and summary
Carolina
R. Hackney (4)
R. F.
Vanstory (12) ...
L. F.
Baggett (4)
C.
B. Hackney (4)
K.G.
Morris (6) ,
'"V L. G.
Substitutions: Satterfield for E.
Hackney; Price for Vanstory; Pur
ser (z) for Jtsaggett. Tennessee:
Moore for Cooley; Beam (1) for Mc
Lean; Moore for Butcher. Referee,
Sulton. Umpire Menton;
Tennessee
Cooley (3)
McLean
Butcher (9)
Rice (3)
Schultx (1)
New Kenan Memorial Site
in Furor of Activity Now
(Continued from page one)
by layer by heavy .rollers in or
der to insure a safe foundation
and ample time will be allowed
for the fills to settle. I
The completed stadium will
be composed of two giant sec
tions, each more than 500 feet
ong on opposite sides of the
field. There will be 41 tiers of
seats in each stand, providing
comfortably for 25,000 specta
tors. Nature, in its rustic
beauty, is to be" encouraged on
all sides. The upper tiers of the
huge semi-bowl will be fringed
by pines and oaks. Groves of
trees will be left standing where-
ever possible, and the grounds
will be beautified by woodland
walkways leading to the en
trance. . . .;.-,':.,; tXr-
Parking space fo cars will e
provided on the' adjacent Intra
mural and Freshman athletic
fields. They will be far enough
from the stadium itself to elimi
nate the noise and confusion,
usual to a congested traffic afeaj
and will prevent mutilation', of
the grounds immediately sur
rounding the stadium.
Before the playing field of the
new Kenan Stadium receives its
final surface of top soil, for the
planting of grass, an elaborate
underground wiring system is to
be installed, .
Some of the conduits that run
under the turf will contain wires
for the "flood lighting" neces
sary to night spectacles. , This
is in anticipation of the time
when the great enclosure may be
used for pageants or other en
tertainments. Visitors to New
York who have seen perform
ances in the Lewisohn Stadium,
at the City .College,' will appre
ciate the opportunity that such
a place offers for the develop
ment of outdoor drama on a big
scale. No definite plans for such
spectacles have yet been made,
but the designers of the stadium
are providing for future contin
gencies. It is 'relatively simple
to lay the conduits now; it would
be difficult and expensive to
tear up the field to lay them later
on. " - : '
The electrical installation in
cludes wires for telephones, tele
graph instruments, and light
ing. Some of the telephone
wires will connect the press box,
at the top of one of the concrete
stands, with the players' benches
and with field telephones along
the sidelines.
All of this was made possible
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: Carr Purser got off to a slow start
this year but struck his stride a few
weeks ago and is now rated as one
of the best centers in' the state. It's
going to be mighty hard for him to
live up to the basketball record set
by his brother Johnny, but if he keeps
up to present indications well, just
watch him.
through the generosity of Wil
liam Rand Kenan, Jr., prominent
chemical electrical engineer, of
New York, an alumnus of the
University of the class of 1884.
The total cost of construction
will approximate $275,000, the
amount of the gift from the
New York magnate. The gift
was made as a memorial to the
late Mary Hargrave and William
Rand Kenan, mother and father
of the donor.
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