THE CHARLOTTE NEWS NOVEMBER 9, 1919.
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iill. Nov. 8.--With a mark
n t for obvious diiliculties
...i viMiut'st lor, favors on ac
i.ir .u'tlktion, throe blind
,i lu;it h of the North Car-
i tor the Mind at ltaleigh,
,1 i lie rniversity of North
, l m i' i .u ryins on the w.r.
, i tin' freshman class. The
, ; . I'athey of Asheville, .
,u of Ahoskie, and :. n.
..: Keithbeinl, Va. All three
i in .. 1'.. degree ami Wor
i u hey are going to stay
i Mtuly law for an L.. I,. B.
r..,s no place we knew of
. ,,.;!, I yet :i eolloge eduoa
.i! a regular institution,"
- . i:n tmlay, "mo we came
- . houidn't we? I think we
, ame from a man to
ulio cannot see the light
d ii, v speaking- for two
nually h.unlicappod. Hollo
.!! mash between light and
,.;.e vf the three men can
, 'm.irv book, non? can work
i problem on a blackboard
, ,i b. ttor method), and none
, r u.-ed type edition of the
SPKOAL TON I (ill T AT 8.
,t. ovcn Wonderiul Signs
!). From Bible Prophecv."
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STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY
text books they study. For these dif
ficulties, enough to stump an ordinary
man, they have only a laugh of con
tempt. They have refused to recog
nize them as difficulties. They want
a college degree and all that a degree
and four years of colleere lif r-nrmotP.
and they ask only for the treatment
accorded students whose vision rates
20-20.
The University has made no special
iuviiMun lor ine uiind and the author
ities had some doubt as to the wisdom
of allowing these three to enter. But
not now, because in the six weeks
they have been here. Cathey, Hollo-
man, ami Worsham have all shown
clearly that they mean to overcome
any handicap, and their work has been
satisfactory, judged from exactly the
same standards that anv other stu
dent's work is judged. Barring un
foreseen difliculties and accidents, they
should get the degrees they want.
All three students are now taking the
same work. Latin, history, mathema
tics, and the general course the Uni
versity has started this year which is
required of all freshmen, a kind of in
troduction to colleee and the broad
nekis or knowledge. They all three
room together and study together, as
sisted in a large part of their work
by a reader who works with them
about three hours a day. He is the
only assistant of any kind the three
have. They find their own way about,
all over the campus and the town.
They ran lind any building without
difficulty. Sometimes a friend guides
them but generally they go by them
selves, thumping along with a stick.
"Latin is hardest for us," Holloman
and Worsham both agree, "but prob
ably not any harder than for anvbodv
else. Itdoesivt seem to come easily
to anybody. Our reader. reads out loud
to us the Latin sentence, we want to
translate, and we work out the trans
lation. If we don't know the words,
he looks them, up for us, but between
the three of us we know most of the
words. We are reading Cicero's De
Senectute now. It takes a little long
ger for us than for some men, but
that does not make any great amount
of difference. On class the instructor
reads the Latin out loud to us and
we translate it for him. We work by
hearing whereas most students work
by sight. It comes out all right. We
can do it. -
"History we study in pretty much
the same way. Our reader helps us
a lot there. He does all the reading
of course, but we can learn that way
as well as anybody else can learn by
reading to himself. Other students
help us t9 by reading their notes to
us. In class the oral recitation is. just
the same for us as for any one else.
Written work we can not do, and on
quizzes and examinations we . have to
go into another room with the instruc
tor and answer his questions orally.
That's the only detail where our work
differs from any one else's."
"But if you can't write, how do you
work your math?" was asked them.
"Oh, math's easy. We don't have
any trouble with that. We work out
all problems in our heads."
Now freshman math at the Univer
sity does not rank as "pudding." It is
one of the hardest courses a freshman
has to face and for years it has been
a bug-bear for the great majority of
new men, a stumbling block which has
checked the career of many a good
man. For the fall quarter it is col
lege algebra.
"Do you mean to say that you work
out all your algebra problems in your
head" " .
"Yes, that's the only way in which
we can do them." said Worsham.
"Math comes easily to Cathey and me,
and Holloman does not have any great
trouble. The instructor reads out the
prdblem to us and we work it out in
our heads. It takes som time be
cause we nave to remember all the
processes and some times you have to
think a long time about one process
to impress the result so firmly in . your
mind that you can go to the next
step and then come back and remem
ber what you had. But we do all the
problems in that way.
Math examinations of course will
take us a long time and we'll have to
take them separately from the remain
der of the section. Of course." and
Worsham grinned, "we had better not
talk too much about what Ave can do
until ; after exams, but apparently we
are getting alon gall right. I . guess
we work harder than most freshmen.
but we have a good time too. All of
us -like football. The A..& E. game
was a great game, wasn t it?"
"Did you go to that game?"
' 'Yes. we go to all the games. It's
good fun. We know football well, all
the rules and the different systems of
play, and when some one tells us what
happens on each play, we can follow
the game easily."
"Football is good, but I like base
ball better," broke in Holloman. "All
of us followed the wrorld's series close
ly and went to the baseball matinee
for the returns."
"What is the most serious difficulty
you have in your college work? Is
there anything that gives you particu-
NEW MANAGER OF T HE STRAND THEATRE.
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almost as important as
J y
esksss3 ui
H, Sorhe'rville, a veteran manager of
motion picture theatres, has been plac
ed in charge of the Strand theatre by
E. F. Dardine, the lessee. Mr. Dardine
has been giving his personal attention
to the affairs of this theatre since it
was re-opened September 1, pending
the time when he could secure a man
of high qualifications and experience
as active manager. Mr. Somerville has
managed theatres in New York City,
Chicago, Clevelanfl, Detroit and Buffa
lo, and has established a record of suc
cessful accomplishment.
Numerous innovations for the Strand
have been decided upon by Mr. Somer
ville and will be announced from time
to time vrithin the next two or three
weeks. One of his first acts was to
provide a play -room and nursery at the
Strand, with a maid in attendance,
where mothers may leave their little
tots while thej' see the pictures.
lar trouble and threatens to prevent
your getting a degree?''
"No," said Worsham. "I can't think
of anything that bothers us in our col
lege work."
"But surely there must be something
f It o f r'oci'pTT Via n ino vrMi1'"
"Well," said Worsham, after think
ing a minute, .-"there is one thing. It'.- jIaOriV
do get our feet raudJy."
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but we slian't go into the philosophy of
good dressing, or its effects on a boy's
progress in school what you want to read
about right now is where to buy him the
best suit for the least money and that's
exactly what this ad is about.
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SENDING GIRLS
TO THE STREETS
Deserters
from Bolshevik Army,
Says Secret Service Man.
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the very low prices.
OTHERS AT
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Boston "Congested apartment house
living is driving Boston girls on the
street," Miss Mary E. Driscoll, New
England chief of the United States so
cial Tivslena board, said in comment
ij ' ing on the recognized increase in way
1 j wardness of Boston girls.
"There is more girl delinquency than
ever before, the situation is going from
bad to worse, and congested living con
ditions are largely to blame.
"The working girl runs 'home' at
night to her kitchen and two rooms
only to eat her-eupper, powder her nose
and she's out on the street again. She
can't find any recreation in an over
crowded, unattractive apartment, so
naturally she seeks the commercialized
recreation where the influences and en
vironment are often bad."
If you have a Commonwealth avenue
apartment and a summer home theji
apartment-house living isn't so bad, ac
cording to Miss Driscoll, but when the
young girl, on account of the sarcity
in living accommodations, is crowded
along with other friends and families
into one small apartment, with no pri
vacy and no chance for fun, then the
danger begins and Boston's count cf
delinquent girls suddenly takes a jump.
"With a backyard fence and a front
yard garden," Miss Driscoll says, "the
chances of waywardness are much de
creased. There's gossip over the fonce,
there's work in the garden often spiced
with some wholesome romance, and that
keeps the young girl busy and out of
mischief."
In conclusion Miss Driscoll remarks
that flirting is really a very dangerous
thing to do, that most of the time it's
only a lark and pretty good fun, but
that once in a while carried beyond
the limits of wisdom, it proves itself a
pastime full of snares.
STUDENTS RIDE FREIGHT TO
GRIDIRON GAU3; ARRESTED.
Oberlin, Ohio. Oxford or bust was
the motto of five Oberlin students whe
wanted to see Oberlin and Miami clash
on the gridhon. And they were already
busted.
They tried the side door Pullman
route and were arrested at Galion. In
In police court it cost $9.50 each, and
intervention of schdol authorities
only lifted a ten-day jail sentence.
GRIEF OVER DAUGHTER'S
DEATH DRIVES HIM INSANE
London The "greens" of Bussia,
often incorrectly referred to as the
"green army," constitute a force that
must be seriously reckoned with, in
the opinion of Russian experts at the
British foreign office. Their opinion is
based upon a report of one of their
secret agents who ' for months has
been in a position to closely study
conditions in Bolshevik Russia,
The majority of the "greens" are
deserters from the bolshevik armies
but in their ranks may be found rep
resentatives of nearly every political
element in the country excepting bol-
sheviki. They have no governmental
plans, should they gain the upper
hand, their one idea being to kill
bolsheviki and Jews. They take no
prisoners and care for none of the
enemy's wounded, the agents say.
It is estimated that in the spring
of 1919 fifty per cent of the bolsheviki
soldiers deserted. Augmented by other
malcontents they organized themselves
in guerilla ' bands, living off the coun
try and obtaining ammunition from
raids on bolsheviki stores. Reports to
the foreign office show that the peas
ants are so hostile to the bolsheviki
that they assist the "greens' 'in every
way they can.
The "green" bands grew and during
the summer caused on end of trouble
for the bolsheviki.
Undoubtedly a goodly percentage
of the "greens" wil lrejoin the bol
sheviki this winter., as the severe cold
of Russia precludes guerilla warfare,
but officials here believe the winter
will not kill the movement and that
it will be more formidable next summer.
DON'T KID YOURSELF
A WELL-DRESSED .
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matters of style, fabric, fit
and TAILORING he knows
we offer clothes that pass
muster under the most ex
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pattern and color. ;
Will you investigate and
let us prove our right to
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ABDUCTED BY GIRL,
GROOM IS SUICIDE
Topeka, Kan. A jury in the probate
court here which found W. A. Carna
han, laundry proprietor, insane, decid
ed that Carnahan's mind had become
unbalanced by grief over the death of
his eleven-year -old daughter, Quila, Sep
tember's. The girl, while on her way to school,
was struck and killed by a heavy motor
truck.
Vienna Katherina Hohensenri was
sentenced to two months' imprisonment
at Ried for eloping with and marrying
Jakob Hartl without the sanction of
the man's parents.
Hartl, a youth of feeble intellect,
was constantly ill-treated by his pa
rents and the girl Katherina, who was
employed by the family as housemaid,
finally decided to marry Jakob to
protect him against further mal
treatment. Removing a dontey from her mas
ter's stable she bound Hartl securely
to the saddle with cords, and, seat
ing herself in front of him rode at mid
night to the neighboring town of
Eberschwang. There she and the un
willing but unresisting bridegroom
were married in the early hours of
the morning.
Two days later six armed gen
darmes, dispatched at the repuest of
Hartl's parents arrived at the inn at
which the couple were atsingf, .nd
ordered Katherina. in the naico of the
law. to restore her husband to hia
parental home. .
When the girl refused, she and Ja
kob were handcuffed together and
marched to the court at Reid, where
the judge declared the marriage ille
gal and void, and sent the woman to
prison.
Two hours later Jakob, who was
evidently in fear or .ii-
as found dead. He had hanged him
self in his bedroom.
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