OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1915
NO. 4
VOL. 24
STUDENTS' DREAM
TO BE REALIZED
DAY OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP, RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
J ! i j. ,
Electric Car Line Thru
Chapel Hill
HAY BE FINISHED IN 15
MONTHS
Work Starts Soon
The bond issue for the Ala
mance, Durham, and Oraue
Electric Car Line was held on
Saturday, September 25, and car
ried bv a large majority both
here and in Carrboro. Chapel Hill
will be one of the main stations
on the road, thereby insuring
cheap and quick trips to Durham.
The road will probably connect
with the Burlington aud'Graham
line.
The work will commence, the
promoters hope, in a few months.
The only thing now delaying the
construction is the Durham bor.d
issue which will be held soon.
Durham township has the con
trolling vote, but it is not doubt
ed that this will be favorable.
Mr. Junius TI. Harden, of Bur
lington, president of the line
operating between Burlington
ami Graham, is pushing me
nlnns as rapidly as possible. He
will be on the Hill within a few
rtnvs and a detailed account ol
the road will then be obtained
from him.
Tn Chanel Hill township the
votes were 158 to 9 in favor of
the issue. In another township
it was carried by only one vote.
Tt is rumored that the road wil
be in operation in fifteen months.
Although the contracting com
pany has been given five years,
there is no reason to suppose it
will take near that long.
Rally Day 0ct29; Auto Pa
rade; Lunch; Better Ba
by Contest
The citizens of the town as
sembled in a sort of mass meeting
last Monday night and decided
to hold the Rally Day exercises
for this year on Friday, October
29. Mayor Robinson was made
chairman of the meeting and Mr.
James Patterson secretary. Prof.
Noble stated the object of the
meeting and of Rally Day, which,
briefly, is to bring about closer
relations between the people liv
ing in the rural districts and
those living in town. It is to be
a day cf good-fellowship, and will
be mutually advantageous to
town and country. All the enter
tainments and exercises of the
day will be free, and all that the
people from the country are ex
pected to do is to bring along a
basket of Orange County pro
ducts ready to be eaten. Prizes
will be offered for the best exln
bitions of various farm products.
The dinner for the public will be
spread on a long table out in the
open, provided the weather per
mits; otherwise, it will be in old
Commons Hall. It will be a din
ner like they used to have "in the
good old days," where every one
felt at home and acted the part
A general committee was elected
which is to have charge of mak
ing the arrangements for the
"Big Day." This committee is
composed of Prof. Noble, Mr
James Patterson, Mesdaraes M.
II. Stacy, W. D. Toy, and E. K.
Graham.
The Better Baby Contest is go-
"iti"" to be one of the most inter
esting features of Rally Day.
There will be an automobile pa
rade through the streets of Cha
pel Hill, and out to Carrboro and
back. The public schools of the
county are going to be asked to
form a line and march through
Chapel Hill.
SENIOR SMOKER SUCCESS
UNIVERSITY DAY APPROACHES
"Patriotism a New Interpretation"
Theme Dr. Xivkland's Talk
Hundreds of alumni, visitors,
students, and townspeople are
expected to be present when the
University celebrates its uisi an
niversary, October 12. The reg
ular form of exercises will be fol
lowed out. The academic pro
cession will form at 10:30, and
headed by the faculty and special
visitors to the Hill will proceed
to Memorial Hall where the reg
ular University Day exercises will
be held.
The principal speaker of the
day will be Dr. J. H. Kirkland,
Chancellor of Vanderbilt Univer
sity. Dr. Kirkland, an eminent
speaker and writer, some of
whose attainments were noted in
the last issue of the Tar Heel, is
one of the most prominent college
promoters in the country. The
subject of his address will be
"Patriotism a New Interpreta
tion." The High School football rules
will beteady soon
TJ. N. C, AT GUILFORD CONFER
ENCE
Our Delegates Report A Fine, Enthu
saistic Meeting
The Carolina representatives
who attended the Y. M. C. A.
convention held at Guilford, Sep
tember 23-26, report a most sue
cessful trip. The meetings were
kept alive with speeches by prom
inent Y. M. C. A. workers and
open-to-all discussions. Among
the speakers present was Mr.
Eugene E. Barnett, Carolina's
representative in the foreign field,
who made an interesting talk on
missionary life in Hangchow,
China. Mr. Barnett came to
America with his family in June'
and intends to return to China
next January. He will visit the'
University during the latter part
of October.
Davidson had the largest rep
resentation at the conference,
sending 27 delegates. Trinity
sent 15, Elon 14 and A. & M.
college 12. The six men who rep
resented the University were: T.
C. Boushall, E. L. Mackie, Mar.
ion B. Fowler, P. F. Lynch,
George Lay, and Bob Wunsch.
Their Practical Value and
Effect of War on Them
Since the last issue of the Tar
Heel, which carried an announce
ment of the approaching examin
ations for the Rhodes Scholar
ship, to be held October 5 and 6,
some inquiries have been made,
particularly as to the practical
value of an Oxford career and as
to the effect of the war upon the
Rhodes Scholarship. A brief an
swer will be attempted here to
these inquiries.
The Rhodes scholar's Oxford
career may be divided into two
nearly equal parts, the time spent
at Oxford and the time spent a-
way from Oxford. The half of
each year spent away from Ox
ford may be devoted to travel, to
study of modern languages or of
social and economic conditions,
or to any one of a number of pur
suits the practical value of which
is clear, clear at least to one
who measures value in any other
terms than those of dollars and
cents. The time spent at Ox
ford is of practical value, too,
though one must be somewhat ot
an idealist to appreciate fully the
practical value of the Oxford
training.
The Oxford training is in reali
ty a very practical training, with
the definite aim of eouipping men
for action. Oxford is not practi
cal, however, in the same sense
in which the University of Wis
cousin is practical. There are
some extremely good practical
courses of study at Oxford, in
Science and Medicine as well as
in other subjects, but it is not by
reason of having these courses
that the Oxford training is prac
tical. Oxford is practical in that
she gives a point of view and an
inspiration which must issue in
action. Oxford is practical be
cause she has a habit of produc
ing men Gladstones, Peeles, and
Asquiths who shape the thought
and guide the action of the Brit
ish Empire.
Turning now to the second of
the inquiries mentioned in the be
ginning, it is necessary to say
that of course-the war does have
an effect upon the Rhodes Schol
arships. It does not impair the
fund of the Rhodes Trust, but it
does impair the Oxford which
Rhodes scholars enjoy. Practi
callv all the able-bodied Oxford
men, except the. Americans and
the Germans who are numbered
among Oxford men, are with the
British colors, and Oxford is nat
urally not the same in spirit or in
anything else so long as the war
lasts. We must bear in mind,
however, that it is two years from
now till the time a man taking
the Rhodes examinations next
week would actually go to Ox
ford. By the end of that time,
it seems that the war must be
over. Then it will be a rare priv
ilee:e indeed, which the Rhodes
scholar will enjoy, of coming into
intimate relations with men who
have fought through hard cam
paigns and had their lives deep
ened and enriched by suffering
and sympathy as well as bright
ened by the good-fellowship of
1916 To Have One of The
Fruitful Affairs Every
Month.
The Senior Class, which is cus
tomarily considered the most con
servative of those connected with
The. University, showed most
initiative this year by being the
first to hold a smoker; and since
thev found it pleasant, they have
decided to hold one every month.
The sixty-one members present
at this first smoker, held last In
day night at nine o'clock in the
Y. M. C. A., did not procrasti
nate when President Bradshaw,
in opening the entertainment, di
rected their attention as if he
thought it were not already di
rected to the large table cover
ed with sandwiches, fruit, cakes,
Candy, and stogies, which latter
did not meet with Mr. Umstead s
approval but were defended by
Messrs. Hunter and Goforth.
Of the faculty, Dr. Greenlaw
and Dr." Chase were present. Dr.
Greenlaw spoke facetiously of the
various prevailing ideas of college
life, and becoming serious, spoke
of his own. "College activities
are good things," said he, "but
we should not forget that we are
in college primarily to study to
interpret our lives by what we
can learn, through study, of the
past."
Dr.- Chase spoke of the faculty's
plan to give a series of lectures
lattr in the year on the meaning
of a college education and on the
natures of some of the professions
The class heartily endorsed Dr.
Chase's suggestions and decided
to appoint a committee to confer
with the faculty in this regard.
Of the student speakers, Mac
Lewis, who came first, comment
ed on class football, not from un
alloyed motives, as Hugh Hester
later explained- -Mac is agent tor
athletic goods. Bill Umstead
said something about tying up
the political game, and Jloke
Black, falling into his elocution
ary stride, spoke touchingly of
the prodigal and concluded with
a wave of his hand and a refer
ence to Tolstoi. Bob House spoke
of nothing more alarming than
sleep; Charlie Coggins was
strangely brief; and Adam Thorp
when called upon for the class
poem, stood up and sat down.
Soon thereafter the class ad-
iourned to the open, sang a song
or two, and yelled for themselves
and the college at large, mil
Umstead wa.s soon heard to go
caroling down the campus to the
post office and return silently.
HOW INDIVIDUAL
PLAYERS LOOK
Hot Weather Light
Scrimmage
FOOTBALL EXAM HELD
MONDAY
Prospective Lineup Saturday
The first real scrimmage ol
the season was held Saturday.
For nearly an hour two strong
teams battled up and down the
field. Long end runs, crushing
line plunges, forward passes,' one
after another in heat and dus
kept the large crowd which line-:
the field, on their toes. The
the military camp. It will be a
great privilege, too, so soon af
ter the war, to be able to visit the
scenes of great battles and to
talk with the people of both sides
and visualize the whole stupen
dous drama of which we are now
the remote and perplexed spectators.
... , , . . :
The registration Thursday at-
3 p. m. was 1119.
were a great many substitution .
due to the heat and dust, but t'..
men bore up well and the sbov
ing was good. Blount at ft .'
back, Hines at half, Blackmer s
half and quarter did-, splend ..
work. Blades showed up well i -
defense.
The lineup for Saturday
game, so far as it is now pos;ib
to tell, will be as follows: "
Center, Tandy or John' Jew
guards, '"Big" Jones, Taylor, J
Grimes and Cratch; tackles, (la;
Ramsey, and Tennent; end.
Homewood, Wright, Love, and
Metz; quarterback, Allen, I. on;-.
Johnson, and Blackmer; fullbacl ,
Parker and Reid; halfbacks, Tav
loe, (Captain Dave), Towns ;i ,
Black, Blades, Blount, andllinir .
It is still uncertain whether 'Tan
dy and Ramsay will 'be ab'e
play in Saturday's game o n .
Gay went back on the field o
terday,, and has been in the
scrimmaging of the past two
days. It is regrettable that
"Fatty" Cowell will not be back
in time for Saturday's gan.e
The scrimmages this 'wek
have been light on account t the
heat. The lines have been !- t
at work, breaking through and
improving their streugtl, . "i
force in the charge. The b.ick-
field men have had hard signal
practice with part of each aller
noon devoted to falling on the
ball, tackling the dummy and go
ing after forward passes.
Tuesday afternoon the ends
were sent down under punts to
tackle the quarterbacks, L ng.
Allen, Blackmer, Johnson, a: d
Fore running the punts up.
Final preparations for the game
Saturday will be made 1 riday
afternoon and a light serin mage
will probably be held to woik out
certain plays. The best ground
gaining play is (censored).
On Monday night 44 mem
bers of the varsity squad were
given an exam on the rules. Of
this number only the folk wing
16 men passed, Allen, Blackmer,
Blades, Fitzsimmons, Grimes,
Hines, Hogan, Johnson, Jones, J.
Love, Proctor, Ramsay, Royall,
Tandy, Townsend, and Wright.
This is a very poor showing. All
men who failed and those who
did not take the exam will be
given a chance to pass on Friday.
Johnnie Jones made the best
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