i . Heel AO OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Volume XXV. No. 2 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 Price, Five Cents Miff 1137 REGISTERED IS THE 0EF1C1AL COUNT FLOODS, WARS AND DISASTERS IN GENERAL KEEP MANY AWAY THIS YEAR WAS 1102 THIS TIME LAST YEAR At Least Seventy New Men Who Ap plied for Entrance Are Now Detained by Na tional Guard The University still continues to grow in numbers. Neither wars, nor floods, nor any other ca tastrophe have been able to halt its progress. Several unfortunate events have recently taken place which, it might be supposed, would have caused the enrollment to fall below that of last year. First came the flood, sweeping away mil lions of dollars in property and thus depriving many boys in the devastated districts of the means to enter college this fall. Then the United States army, feeling the need of recruits, made a vigorous attack on our forces, capturing 70 stalwart Freshmen who had ap plied for entrance beside many upper classmen. 1 Bub in spite of the ; army and the elements the registration up to date is consider ably larger than at this time yast year. According to Registrar Thomas J. Wilson, the highest liv ing authority on this subject, the names of 1137 men are now on the enrollment list whereas - at this time last year thejre were only 1102. This is a fact about the University of which every Caro lina man should be ".proud. It shows that the University is stirr ed with 'a vigorous life, and it gives promise of a larger and great er University in the years to come. DEFINITE WORD ASSURES . ROY HOMEWOOD'S RETURN The rumor concerning Roy Homewood's return is ' to be sup ported by the appearance of that individual himself sometime with in the next few. days.. His return, up to this time, has been delayed, owing to th fact that the construc tion company with which he has been jworking has been unable to find a suitable man to fill his place. The latest report, however, says that he will be on the Hill in a very short time to keep up his old high standard on the football team ; taking an active part in the few games that still remain to him. SENIOR LAW CLASS MEETS At a recent meeting of the Se rior Law Class, L. M. Ruff in was elected Vice-President and A. W. Andleton, Treasurer. Of those officers selected last year, the following have returned : Clinton K. Hughesj President; A. L. Brinkley, Secretary ; and Frank Hackler, representative on the Stu dent Council. ,, WHAT'S TO HAPPEN AND WHEN Monday, September 25- Elec tion of Student Councilman-at-large in Chapel. --. Tuesday. (September 26 Dr. U. WAChaso in Gerrard Hall at Special Music. MORE MEN NEEDED ON FOOTBALL SQUAD COACH PLANS TO TAKE LARGE NUMBER ON NORTHERN TRIP NEXT MONTH Coach Campbell has this week' emphasized the lack of men for the varsity squad. Especially are the big men conspicuous by their ab sence from the ' field. The short age of men has caused the coach's plans to go wrong in respect to dividing the squad. The original idea was to have two squads, one composed of men who would take part in all the early games, and a second string bunch who were to have a separate code of signals from the first string, and who were to be the opponents of the varsity squad. There will probably be no cut in the squad for the present, or at least until there is an increase in the number and; quality of the material. There are at present on the field enough men to form four teams, all of which are put through a rigorous practice every after noon. Team "A", as the varsity i? styled for convenience, is com posed of the men who were out last spring for practice, and who best understand the methods that j re employed by the coaches. This team is subject to change, but is now composed of Proctor and Love, ends ; Ramsey and Tayloe, tackles ; Ingram and Grimes, guards; Tandy, center; Folger, Bellamy, and Fitzsimmons, backs ; and Johnson, quarter. There are only four Varsity men back this (Continued on Page Five) FORMAL OPENING U.N. C. HELD FRIDAY SEPT. 25 On Friday, September 25, the University was formally opened to the students of the 1916-1917 ses- sion. 'resident uraham and Dean Stacy were the chief speak ers. The members of the faculty were officially announced. After the announcements Dean Stacy was introduced and spoke for about fifteen minutes on, "Col lege Student Investments." He said that each and every student is i making , an investment, and that three things must be put into an investment : work, intelligence, and character. President Graham next extend ed the welcome of the University to the new men, and made clear the meaning of college life and what the University stands for. "What the University Stands for," he said, "is this natural loyalty to truth, to work, to life at it's full est and best, that comes through the intellectual way of life. It's faith is that through that' way it may lead men into the richest and most abundant expression of their best selves." JUNIOR LAW CLASS ELECTS . REGULAR OFFICERS The Junior Law Class held an -elecion of officers last Friday. Hubert M. Smith, who was gra duated from the University last spring was elected president; Sam Ervin, vice- president; and Sam Hodgin, formerly of the class of 1917, secretary and treasurer. DR. MIMS WILL SPEAK HERE UNIVERSITY DAY COMMITTEE MAKING READY TO CELEBRATE U. N. C'S 123rd ANNIVERSARY The committee on arrangements m charge of the celebarting of Founder's Day here October 12th commemorating the 123rd ana. versary of the University, have If en fortunate in securing as , a speaker for the occasion Dr. "El. win Mims formally professor in the University and now head of the English department at Van derbilt. News of Dr. Mini's com ing will be received gladly in this section where he is already welj known, having taught at Trinity College from 1894 to 1909 and then here until 1912 when he went to Vanderbilt to'.take the chair of English. But the fame of Dr. Mims is not confined to the class room. Besides being editor of such works as Carlyle's Essay on Burns, and Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey, he has obtained recognition in the literary world by his elaborate life of Sidney Lanier. Dr. Mims graduated from Vanderbilt in 1893 and took hs Ph. D. .from Cornell n 1900. He has taught in the summer school at Johns Hopins University. On the campus University-Day w ill be celebrated as usual with exercises in Memorial Hall. Throughout the state Alumni As sociations and little "groups of pa- triotic sons will meet to celebrate the 123rd birthday of their Alma Mater. D. L. BELL, PRESIDENT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION f THREE MORE EDITORS ELECTED ON TAR HEEL BOARD OTHER OFFICERS At the Athletic Association Meeting last Saturday, D. L. Bell was elected president ; H. G. Baity vice-president; C. K. Hughes, secretary ; S. I. Parker, cheer lead er ; Bruce Webb, assistant manager of football team ; Raby Tennent, member of Athletic Council ; and Miss . Liddell, Buck Wimberley and C. B. Holding, as associate editors on the Tar Heel Board. FORERUNNER OF WAKE FOREST GAME Wake Forest, with- whom Caro lina plays the first game of the schedule, seems to be, from all ac counts, preparing to give us a good fight. : September 30 will see the initial game for both teams. It will be a double try out, a fact that makes the contest all the more interesting. , Billings and Howell are coach ing. There are five letter men back and promising new material The old men back are Langston, center; Olive and Shaw, guards; McKnight, tackle ; Pace, half back ; and Captain Parker, full back. Champion formerly of Ra leigh 'High School will probably fill the role of quarter back. Harris a veteran end, is also bak. All self-help men who want work should call at the Y. M. C. A. at 2 :45 daily. UNUSUAL NUMBER OF TO COACH PEACOGK ROUNDING OUT 'VARSITY MATERIAL UNSKILLED FRESHMEN SHOW PROMISE OF POLISHED PLAY ERS FOR NEXT SEASON While varsity football is and ought to be most important from the standpoint of athletics at this time, the work of the freshman team in general and of their coach, Mr. Peacock in particular cannot be overlooked in connection with it. Out of the material that is being polished up by Mr. Peacock, there will probably emerge two or three-good varsity men for next year. From the work that has already been done on the freshman team, everybody will conclude that . Mr. Peacock is the man who can make this varsity material become a finished product. Besides being an excellent foot-ball player and coach, it is said of him, that he is "the man who put basket-ball, on the map of Georgia." AH of which goes to . show that the University has gained in him a very valuable addition to the exceptional staff, of coaches whom we have with us this year. Georgia evidently thought a great deal of Mr. Peacock for a writer of their paper "The Red and Black" concludes a long tri bute to him with this paragraph : "In view of his great success in an athletic way, his untiring and unselfish efforts for the sake of Georgia, and the great influence for good that he has been to all with whom he has come in contact, this little appreciation can have only one fault; that of being in sufficient." : " "" FRESH FOOTBALL MEN DO NOT LACK WEIGHT On account of the one year rule the Freshman squad is unusually large. There are about forty men out now who are being put through as rigorous a training as the var sity. The coaches expect to make use of the first year team in scrim mages as often as possible. Coaches Peacock and Daniel are putting this squad through their paces, and some of the freshmen are show ing up well. The majority of the men are heavy, four ranging from 190 to 225 pounds, two weighing 185, and several weighing from 150 to 175. Blunt a drop-kicker is showing unusual form, and Le wis, a prospective quarterback, seems to have a good toe for punt ing. ' '- There will be two freshman teams, one which will play the class games, and one which will be the Freshman Varsity. The latter will play the outside games, and finish with the Virginia Freshmen Team on Emerson Field the Satur day before Thanksgiving. The first Freshman team will probably outweigh the Varsity and should give them some good tussles. VISITORS HERE LARGE DELEGATION FROM A. M. AND TRINITY ASSIST IN CELEBRATION & 33 NEW MEN TAKEN IN BY 12 FRATERNITIES The following men have been initiated into the fraternities at the University: Beta of Delta Kappa Epsilon INITIATES Dave, Cooper, Henderson, IT. C. ; Thomas Borden, Goldsboro, X. C; G. W. Wimberley, Rocky Mounty, N". C. " , , VISITORS T. n. Jones, Jr., Asheville; G. C. Royall, Jr., Goldsboro; A. W. Graham, Jr., Oxford; C. S. Ven able, Boston ; W. D. Pruden, Jr., Edenton; J. D. Proctor, Lumber ton ; K. C. i Royall, Goldsboro ; Rev. F. Smith, Lynchburg, Va. , Eta Beta of Beta Theta Pi ' INITIATES G. W. Green, Jr., ISTew Bern, N. C. ; T. B. Wood, Edenton, N. C ; W. R. Cuthbertson, Charlotte, BT. C. ' ' VISITORS P. W. Richardson, Goldsboro; S. R. Keesler, Greenwood, Miss. ; R. P. Richardson, Reidsville ; L. W. Thomas, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; D. L. Struthers, Wilmington, N. C. . Xi of Sigma Alpha Epsilon INITIATES Webb Durham, Charlotte, N. C. ; F. D. Bell, Tuxedo, N. C. VISITORS E. Y. Keesler, Charlotte; T. C Linn, Jr., Salisbury ; Fairley Jaes, Laurinburg;1 Jess James, . Laurinburg ; Alec' Worth, Dur ham."; .';v, Alpha Tau of Sigma Chi INITIATES Daniel M. Hodges, Asheville, N. C ; T. H. Jewett, Winston Salem, N. C. ; Gillespie Smith, Tarboro, N, C. VISITORS Mangum .Weeks, Washington, D. C. ; II. V. Johnson, Charlotte; W. Gary Dowd, Jr., Charlotte; Dr. J. F. Royster, Austin, Texas; Wm. Powell, (Tarboro), Trinity; Messrs. Mayes, Thompson, Ben-, nett, Flythe, Alderman, Golds boro; King, Cannon and Dunstan of Trinity College; C. E. Ervin, Troutman ; W. C. Goley, Graham ; R. A. McDuffie, Greensboro ; B. F. Aycock, Fremont ; J. P. R, Steele Columbus, O. Upsilon of Zeta Psi VISITORS R. W. Winston, Jr., Raleigh ; W. T. J oyner, Raleigh ; Fred Manning, Raleigh; Austin IL Carr, Durham; G. Allen Mebane, Goldsboro ; Richard Busbee, Ra leigh. Alpha Delta of Alpha Tau Omega INITIATES J. B. Hester, Jr., Tryon; E. II. E. Taylor, Morganton. VISITORS T. A. DeVan, Thomasville; H. P. Smith, Florence S. C; E. P. Pendergrass, Florence, S. C. ; II. B. Black, Greenville, S. C; K. A. (Continued on Page Six)

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