' OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Volume XXV. NoTl CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916 Price, Five Cent.
1920 FORMALLY MEETS
U. H. C. COLLEGE NIGHT
HESTER, COATS, MILLER, ROSS,
FOWLER AND WIMBERLY
EXPATIATE
COACH CAMPBELL MAKES TALK
Coach Campbell Makes Talk. He
and Cowan Urge Student Body
to Give the Football Team
( Their Undivided
Support ... ,
. On Thursday night at the reg
ular annual exercises of college
night the new men were formally
introduced to the leading activities
of college life. The lower floor
of Gerrard Hall was packed to its
capacity with those eager to hear
the opening j exercises of the col
lego year. Hugh Hester as pre
siding officer opened the meeting
with a short, direct talk in which
he explained the' real purpose. of
Collego Night. College Night, he
said, is intended to acquaint the
new men with the most important
activities . of the' University and
thus to set before them goals of
endeavor to which they might
'strive in the future. " At the con
clusion of his speech ' he intro
duced "Si" Parker, the newly
elected cheer leader. "Si" soon
demonstrated his ability to hold
down his job as cheer leader, for
die was right, there with the cheer
and soon had the crowd on fire with
the college spirit.
Ernest Mackie, president of the
Young Men's! Christian Associa
tion next took the floor, and in a
clear, direct speech he told of the
work of the Y. M. C. A. has been
doin hi the past 'and is intending
to do in the future, . lie concluded
with an earnest appeal; to all men
of the, college for their moral and
financial Support.
The Honor System was ably ex
plained and interpreted by Albert
Coatesfi president of the Junior
Class. The function of the honor
system, said he, is not to make
and enforce an iron-clad ,'body of
regulations but to uphold the spir
it of college law. ,
Clyde Miller, president of the
Phi Beta Kappa Society, was next
introduced by the presiding officer.
He urged the new men to keep in
mind throughout their college ca
reer that scholarship ought to .be
their first aim; that the other ac
tivities of college life, such as ath
letics and debating, while neces
sary, are secondary. -M ; ; -'
' The next speaker Was Marion
Boss, who was introduced as one
who : not only admires ;William
Bryan, but is able to demonstrate
some of his oratory. Sufficient it
is to say that he lived up, to, his
reputation. In a short convincing
speech he set forth to the new men
the advantages of associating them
selves with one of the literary so
cieties. ' '
Marion Fowler, in a talk inter
spersed with occasional ; wit and,
humor, explained the function of
the . different college publications
from the "Freshman Bible" up to
the Yackety Yack ; "Yank" Tandy
urged the co-operation and support
of the students in all branches of
athletics; and "Buck" Wimbcrly
of dramatic club fame, gave a pcr
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EIGHT OR NINE NEW PROFS.
EXPECTED TO JOIN FACULTY
PATTERSON, LASLEY AND HEAD
MAN BACK AFTER A YEAR'S
ABSENCE
The faculty has been increased
in numbers to take care of the ex
pected increase in size and to give
as adequate instruction as is pos
sible. New members of the facul
ty are; Dr. J'. Henry Johnston A.
B., University of North Carolina,
Fellow in Education,' University
of Illinois and Ph. D. University
of Illinois; John L. Campion, In
structor in German, M.' A. Colum
bia, 1912, Instructor in Princeton,
1913, and University of Washing
ton, 1915-16; F. 1 llappel, Ph.
D. of Harvard, and instructor at
Harvard for the past two years in
Bomance Languages; J. M. Stead
man, Ph. D. Chicago, and A. M.
Carolina in 1914, Instructor in
English; J. W. Lasley, on leave at
Johns Hopkins last year,' Instruc
tor in Mathematics ; Dr. C. W.
Keyes, Ph. D. Princeton, 1913,
Instructor in Classics. Two or
three others are yet to be appoint
ed. Prof. A. IL Patterson re
turns after a year's leave of ab
sence to , take charge of the Phy
sics Department and become dean
of the school of Applied Science.
Dr. George Howe, head of the De
partment of Classics, will be delay
ed on account of the illness of his
mother,' who is a sister of Presi
dent Wilson. Mosjt of the old
members of the faculty have al
ready arrived and many others
will come today.
SENIORS STRENGTHEN ;
BAND OF FRIENDSHIP
CAME TOGETHER UNDER SAME
; ROOF IN THE LAST YEAR OF
COLLEGE LIFE
That the plan of having all the
seniors room together in the New
Dorms is a success from' the start
has been proved by, the spirit with
which three fourths of the mem
bers of the class or over seventy,
fellows have settled there for the
last lap in the race. Not only are
the class leaders brought together i
"but a big majority of, the members i
have taken advantage of the op
portunity to cast their lots to
gether and solve jointly the prob
lems that inevitably, face every
Senior Class. And the prospects
are that even other members will
soon see the truth , in the adage
"in unity there is strength" and
fall in line in this movement to
develop a finer type of class loyal
ty and to solve class problems in a
more efficient and unified manner.
S. I. Parker and J. E. Harris
spent their summer scouting the
West and working in the, wheat
fields. v .
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M. J. A. Archer died at his
home here Tuesday afternoon tit
4 o'clock after a lingering illness
of several months. The funeral
wa3 conducted . from the home at
the same hour Wednesday. Mr.'
Archer was a retired business man
and a confederate soldier." He was
eighty years old and during his
long career in Chapel Hill won the.
confidence and respect of all who
knew him. 1
U. N. C. RETOFNTF1V
, AT PLATTSBURG CAMP
SUMMER SOLDIERS SPEND PRQ
. FIT ABLE VACATION IN
CAMP
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Marching down a narrow road
with sand four inches deep, while
the 'thermometer was 92 in the
shade ; shouldering a full pack ;
and cutting through a cloud of
dust so thick that the fifth rank
ahead could hardly, be seen , was
the unique pleasure of the thirteen
representatives from" the 'Univer
sity, who were at the Platsburg
training Camp' last summer.
. After digging trenches and put
ting the camp in,, order all, were
glad to turn in for the night -even
if their beds were only two
blankets and the bare ground. And
then in the morning there was that
shivering, bone-rattling sensation
together . with the shaking off of
semi-frozen dew drops. And those
were just . a . few of , the hardships
which confronted the summer sol
diers. , .
; But camp life was also a plea
sure. Lake Champlain spread out
before the camp,' thus offering ex
cellent sport in rowing' and swim
ming. The mornings and part of
the evenings were spent in drilling
and sham battling. '
In the sham battles every morn
ning with from twenty to sixty,
rounds of ammunition, there were,
besides troops, .on ba tall ion ! of
field artillery, three troops of cav
alry, and two machine guns. Every
man carried regular full infantry
equipment, ' .,' V;
Starting one i week ;. before the
hike the companies were drilled
every day by Capt. Keehler, phy
sical instructor at West Point. The
last eight , days were spent on the
hike and the troops averaged from
uine to twelve miles per day Dur
ing the hike 8000 troops took part
in the field manoeuvre and, at
one camp site, ; this large number
of soldiers battled in a brook four
feet wide and ankle deep.
One notable fact in the value of
the camp was the fringing together
of men from all parts of the coun
try. In one tent there was a com
bination ofrar Harvard, a Prince
ton, a Carolina, a Bowdin, and
three high school boys. In this
same tent there were representa
tives 'from Maine, Tennessee, Mis
souri,' Chicago, New York City,
Massachusetts and North Caro
lina. ' ;N ' ' '
After supper conferences were
held and short talks were made by
prominent men. Secretary of War
Baker, General Wood, and several
Presidents of Northern Universi
ties were among those who ad
dressed the men.
The enrollment for this year is j
already considerably larger than
it was last year at the end of the
first week of registration, 1017
have registered. -:
The militia carried off seventy
freshmen who had applied and a
large number of upper . clasmesn
but, in spite of the war and the
coming and going in general, the
U. N. C. "goes on forever."
The Y. M. C. A. Book Ex
change will be open every day from
2:30 to 3:30.
CAROLINA MAY PLAY
PRICETON TEAM HERE
OFFICIALS TRYING HARD TO
SCHEDULE GAME ON EMER
SON FIELD 7TH OF OCT.
Interest in ;early football prac
tice has been quickened by the re
port on the Hill that Princeton is
to play Carolina. here on the ,7th
of October. '. Our officials have
been negotiating with the authori
ties at Princeton and the consent
of . the faculty representative' in
athletics, is all that is necessary to
make the game a . reality. It is
hoped that the thing may be put
through so the; students can seen
their new machine put to a real
test on the home grounds before
trying its luck on foreign , terri
tory, . , ... ;
WHAT CAROLINA PROFS.
DID iN SUMMER VACATION
BOOKER, BULLIT, CAMPBELL
AND HARRINGTON SUMMER
AT PLATTSBURG
Prof. W. W. , Pierson, Jr.r of
the History Department, was .in
structor at the Columbia. Univer
sity. Summer School. Prof. Pier
son' brings Mrs. Pierson, ,who was
Miss Brase of New York, back
with him this time. He has been
receiving the contgratulations of
his friends.
Dean Charles Lee Baper is now
back for his duties after teaching
in the Summer School of the South
in Knoxville, Tenn.
.Dr. and Mrs. II. W. Chase have
returned to the Hill from Nash
ville, Tenn., where Dr. Chase
taught during the summer in Pea
body College.
Dr. Henry M. Dargan and Prof.
Oliver Towles spent a good part
of the summer in Cambridge,
Mass., where they were doing re
search work in the Harvard vLi
brary. Prof. Geo. M. McKie taught
Public Speaking in the Harvard
Summer School.
Prof. E. C. Branson delivered
a series of 10 lectures in August
before a gathering of social service
,vi rkers over the country at Blue
Bid go, near Asheville.
Dr. Chas. S. Mangum spent over
If the summer in doing health
work for the S tate Board of
Health.
I)r. J. B. Bullitt also spent con
siderable time working for the
State Board of Health.
Dr. J. B. Bullitt, Coach Thos.
J. Campbell, Prof. J. M. Booker,
and Prof. E. A. Harrington, at
tended the military encampment
at Plattsburg during the summer.
. The week's number of the Man
ufacturer's Becord is devoted to
advancement in chemistry, and
much praise is therein given ..to
Prof. C. H. Herty. Dr. Venable
and Dr. Pratt also have articles
in this number. ; . ;-;. ; .
Prof.' Archibald Henderson has
been engaged in historical research
during the summer. ?
Prof. L. R. Wilson is expected
to return - about Oct. i, to again
take charge of the library. His
many friends among faculty and
students will be glad to welcome
him back. ; ;
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FOOTBALL PRACTICE
BEGINS IN EARNEST
TANDY, TAYLOE, RAMSEY, LOVE
AND GRIMES LETTER MEN
OF LAST YEAR AT WORK
GOOD MATERIAL TO WORK ON
Emerson Athletic Field in Fine Con
dition Cowan, Campbell and
Kluttz Making the Squad
Work Hard . :
The first regular football prac--tice
began September 11- on. the
New Athletic Field. A ddzen or
more men were out two or three
days of the week before but no
regular practice wa3 engaged in,
except some practice in handling
the ball, passing, and tackling the
dummy. Coach Thomas J. Camp
bell expects to get down 'to hard
practice soon, and is anxious to
get a line oh the material available
and prospects for the season.. . .,,
The following letter men of last
year are back on the Hill s Tandy,
J. Tayloe, Bamscy and : Grimes.
Love, who played a few games last
I season at end, is also back. With
these veterans already on hand,! the
line appears stronger than any part
of the team. The coaches have an
entirely new backfield to develop
and new ends.' Folgar, Farthing,
Williams and Coleman are work
ing hard - at back field positions,
while Bellamy and Proctor are
showing good form at end. ' The
adoption of the one-year rule this
year makes it necessary to use
only such material as was available
last year, and much of this mater
ial has not as yet been tested. ' .
The new Emerson Field is now
in superb Condition and 'Should
make for fast ; football. ; It now
i is covered with a fine sod of grass
which gives it a fine appearance.
t Goal posts; have been 1 erected,
tackling apparatus constructed,
and everything put in readiness
for a grueling practice. 'Showers
i and dressing rooms are attached
to the stadium for the comfort and
convenience of the teams. " Not on
ly will special attention bd given
to the varsity team this year but
special coaches will be provided
for the freshman, class teams, and
the scrubs. Already five games
have been arranged for the fresh
men, who are now debarred from
making the varsity team. 'Their
games are as follows : Guilford
College at Chapel Hill, Charlotte
High School at Chapel Hill, Bing
ham 'School at Asheville, Raleigh
High School at Chapel Hill, and
the Virginia Freshmen at Chapel
Hill the Saturday before Thanks
giving. The exact date of the
other games has not been detailed
yet. ' r--V;-:n':t.
The University has a coaching
'staff this year of unusual excel
lence. Men have been chosen who
know the game from every angle
and are furthermore educated gen
tlemen. Thomas J. Campbell,
Harvard, '11, has general charge
of the coaching. He played half
back for Harvard three years, was
assistant coach to Percy Haugh
ton there for one year, and coached
the Bowdoin College .'team ' one
year. He is known as one of the
fastest backs Harvard ever had.
He will give special attention to
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