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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF, THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Volume XXVI. No. 11
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, NOV. 24, 1917
Price, Five Cents.
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LARGE CROWD HEARS
MR. McCLURE'S TALK
NOTED JOURNALIST DISCUSSES
TREATIES MADE JUST
PRIOR TO WAR
PICTURES EUROPE OF TODAY
Germany's Ruthless Policy of "Terror
ism" and. the Actual Proof of the
Methods of Cat rying it out, Main
Theme of the Speaker ,
"There are move terrible things
than the most terrible. It is a
terrible thing for us to have to
send our men into the European
inferno,, but it would have been
more terrible for us to have failed
to answer the call -'of humanity,"
said Mr; S. S. McClure, the fa
mous journalist, in an address in
Gerrard Hall last Thursday night.
The, speaker was introduced by
Dr. Archibald Henderson, who
spoke of the extensive traveling
Mr. McClure had done, of the pop
ular and powerful ten-cent maga
zine lie had introduced, and of the
high rank of honor he held among
the editors of this country. Mr.
McClure has traveled in eleven of
the warring countries and has
talked with many of the most im
portant men in .Germany,' France
and England. His contact with
conditions as they exist has given
him the facta and quotations that
back up every one of his state
ments. . Mr. McClure first discussed the
question of "what nation or na
tions, were guilty of causing the
war?" -"For ten years before the
war," he said, "England made a
series of three of the most signifi
cant treaties in history. All terri
torial, disputes were settled by
treaties first with France, then
Russia, and then Germany. We
are fighting at the side of a nation
which is "absolutely free from any
sins of commission or omission."
It was Mr. McClure's opinion
that some of the leading Germans
expected to pull a big bluff, and
did not think England, France,
and Russia would fight because
they, were unprepared. He stated
further that Germany asked Eng
land on what conditions she would
remain neutral if Germany should
become involved in war. Eng
land's reply was that she could not
stay out if France's interests were
endangered. Sir Edward Grey
said that if Germany would put
forth , any reasonable plan for
peace, and France and Russia
would hot accept, England would
leave them to take care of the, con
sequences. These continued ef
forts of England to keep peace,
and Germany's unwillingness to
comply proved the innocence of
England and the guilt of Germany
in causing the war. 7
The second question discussed
was "Is it true or not, that in
waging this war Germany has been
guilty of the innumerable atroci
ties charged against her ?" Mr.
McClnre quoted directly from the
diaries of German soldiers, from
German, newspapers, and from
German proclamations. One Ger
man newspaper said "The inno
cent must suffer with, and for the
guilty. The burning of Belgian
towns was a warning to our ene-
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Glee Club Trip Successful
The Glee Club landed in Chapel
Hill Sunday night after a highly
successful trip that embraced the
larger cities in the western' part
of the Staite. The club visited
Spartanburg, Asheville, Charlotte,
Salisbury, Winston, and Greens
boro, in the order named.
Every performance given made
a distinct hit wi th the audiences.
The Asheville Citizen says, "the
Glee Club was a brilliant success.
The numbers went well, and the
program was carried out in a snap
py manner, number following
number with no lapse of time."
The only misfortune1 on the trip
occurred at Charlotte. Connec
tions were missed from Asheville,
necessitating a detour by way of
Statesville, and from there to
Charlotte. The train, according
to code, was late, and arrived in
Charlotte too late to allow the club
to give a performance.
James Howell's yodelling act
was a hit from start to finish. lie
received three or four encores at
each performance.' The Hawaiian
trio, which was a quartet compos
ed of McKee, Travis, Branson and
Poag made an immense hit, as did
the mandolin club,
j The social side of the trip was
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BATTALION TO BE IN SMOKE
OF GASTRONOMIC BATTLE
Secret orders have been issued
by Captain Allen to the effect that
a night attack will be carried out
on Tuesdav, November 27. But
it will not be staged at the
trenches. The four companies
combined with the drum corps,
awkward squad, and wig waggers
will storm Swain' Hall. Elabor
ate preparations are being made
already for the seige, so that when
the "zero" hour arrives nothing
will be lacking.
The commissary department un
der direction of Quartermaster
York will be stored full of provi
sions days beforehand. Lack of
food shall not bo the cause of fail
ure in this attempt. Bombs will
give place to biscuits, bayonets
and muskets will be laid aside and
knives and forks will be taken up.
The Boche will be forgotten for a
few minutes and these husky rifle
men will vent their wrath on inno
cent chanticleers. Camouflage
like displays, of celery will shield
zepplin-shaped cigars, and inno
cent looking steel-jackets will bear
the brand of Piedmont and be
Sovereign in the 'hazy atmosphere.
The muddy waters of the trenches
will be sipped no more, and deli
cious grape juice shall flow more
abundantly than does the ooze
(not booze) of Flanders.
At 8 o'clock the call to the
charge will come. As each sol
dier goes over the top he will be
expected to deposit a fee of two
bits. This pays for his insurance
policy. lie is insured of some
thing to eat and if he' does not sur
vive, the fee will be divided up by
his more fortunate companions in
arms. At about 9 :30 P. M. when
the field has been cleared of the
dead and dying, a gas attack will
be started from an elevated plat-
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FRESH. DEFENSE WEAK
IN CHARLOTTE GAME
FAIL TO MAINTAIN SWIFT PACE
OF FIRST QUARTER AGAINST
HIGH SCHOOL LADS
HIGHS TIE SCORE ENDING STRONG
In a game featured by the sen
sational come back of the high
school eleven the Freshmen play
ed Charlotte High School to a 13
13 score in Charlotte last Satur
day. The game was a gain to the
Freshmen in tha it reduced their
bump of over confidence, and left
them in good shiipe for the big
contest with Virginia today.
The Freshman machine got
started with the first kick-off.
Within five minutes they scored a
touchdown by means of short end
runs and line plays by Scales, Ful
ton, Fearrington, and Lowe. Lowe
kicked goal. After an exchange
of punts a Charlotte back fumbled
and Carolina, recovered. The
Freshmen followed up this advan
tage and pushed another touch
down across before the high school
team could rally soon enough to
stop them. Lowe missed goal.
First quarter, score 13-0 favor
Carolina.
In the second quarter the Highs
braced up and started an overhead
attack which the Freshmen were
unable to cope yvith. A prettilly
executed forward pass, McDonald
to Templeton,1 netted them their
first score. Templeton raced forty
j yards for a touchdown. W. Wearn
kicked goal. The whistle ended
the first half here. Score, first
half, Carolina 13, Charlotte 7.
The Highs came back stronger
than ever in the third quarter, and
scored their second touchdown
with a series of savage line
plunges. W. Wearn missed goal.
From then until the end of the
game the .Freshmen were kept
wholly on the defensive. Char
lotte threatened to score twice,
and the final whistle kept the
Freshmen from defeat. Final
score, 13rl 3, The line up follows :
Carolina : ' , Charlotte
Cochrane W. Wearn
1. e.
Wright .......... ...... Gulp
1. t.
Armfield . . Baker
1. g-
Shaw Linne'y
c.
Morrison
Dorr
rcr
Carter . Rimple
r. t.
Simms .'.' Crayton
r. e.
Lowe McDonald
q-
Scales (c.) R. Wrenn
. 1. h.
Fearrington .... Templeton (c.)
r. h.
Fulton ............ Miller
f. b.
Referee, Clarvoe, Xorth Caro
lina; umpire, Setzer, University
of Chicago; headlinpsman, Moffit,
of Bingham. Quarters, 10 min
,utes each.
It is reported that the library
is infested with a host of rats
literary in taste.
Basketeers Working Hard
."' With the Durham V. M. C. A.
game only two we::ks off the has
ketball squad under the direction
of Captain Tennent is ready to
enter upon the heaviest period of
practice it has yet experienced.
Several new men are expected to
join the squad at the close hi the
freshman football season next
Saturday, among which are Fear
rington, Scales, and Fulton. By
a i process of automatic canning
the .squad has .been, cut down to
twenty nien, including at least
three good men for each position.
. That there is some close compe
tition for places on the teams is
scrubs have been beating the tem
porary varsity every day this
week. It is therefore impossible
at this time to predict exactly who
will compose the Carolina quintet
this winter. Among those show
ing up good at forward are Lynch,
Carmichael, Gwynn, Rourk, and
Hodges. At center, Bailey, Liip
fert, and "Slim" Perry are hav
ing a lively race for first .'.place.
Andrews, brother of Perk An
drews,' of Carolina's 1912 basket
ball team, Cuthbertson of last
year's squad, Morris, Ravenel and
Tennent are all contesting ; for
places as guards.
FIRST YEAR RESERVES GET
ENTHUSIASTIC SEND OFF
College "pep", such as has not
been felt since the days of Charlie
Coggins, dominated the campus at
mosphere . Thursday night, when,
at the first real student mass meet
ing of the year, the First Year Re
serves were given a send off that
would have done credit to any var
sity team, and which showed that
the whole student body was be
hind them to a man.
The band was there as usual
and did much to enliven the occa
sion. Bob Deveraux again demon
strated his ability as a Cheer Lead
er when time after time he called
on the enthusiastic mob for their
rousing yells, his voice being in
especially good form.
Albert Coates started the ball
rolling with a peppy speach which
he closed by reading several tele
grams from Carolina men in army
camps, including Hoinewood,
Ramsay, and Proctor, former
Carolina stars. Carolina men now
in training, these telegrams read,
are expecting nothing short of a
victory Saturday.
Dr. Mangum emphasized the re
sponsibility that had been placed
on the first year men at the be
ginning of the term, on account of
no varsity, and congratulated them
on having lived up to that respon
sibility. The team, with the exception of
one man who has a sprained ankle,
is in excellent shape physcially,
Coach Peacock announced, to .the
delight of the crowd. He instill
ed further confidence in his hear
ers when he declared that the team
hadn't played the game that they
were capable of playing. Coach
Harden expressed himself as being
very confident of victory.
"Buzz" Tennent clearly pictur
ed .the development of clean ath
letics at Carolina within recent
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CAROLINA FRESHMEN
PLAY VIRGINIA TODAY
TEAM IN GOOD CONDITION AC
CORDING TO COACH
PEACOCK
GAME STAGED AT PETERSBURG
Mucs interest Centers in Clash Be
tween the Rival Universities Even
Though it is Net an Affair of Var-
city Calibre
The freshman football team left
Friday for Petersburg, Va., where
they will meet the Virginia first
year men in the only football hat
tie of this season between the rival
universities on this afternoon. As
neither university has a varsity
team this year, the freshmen con
test is being watched with unusual
interest on both sides, and a close
and spirited game may 'be pre
dicted. . .''.', "' '. '.'.'
The Carolina squad consists of
36 men, under the charge of
Coaches Peacock and Harden.
They spent Friday night in
Petersburg The team is now in
good physical : condition and both
line and backfield men have been
given hard practice all the week.
The team will average in weight
from 155 to 160 pounds.
The following men will proba
bly start in the game: Cochrane,
left end ; Wright, left tackle ;
Armfield, left guard; Shaw, cen
ter ; Morrison, right guard ; Car
ter, right tackle; Sims, right end;
Lowe, quarterback; Sherrod, left
half-back ; Scales, right half-back ;
Fearrington, . fullback. Substi
tutes likely to get into the game
are Bickett, center Abernathy,
guard; Fulton, half-back; Stevens,
guard; McAuley and Shambur
ger, tackles; Reeves, quarter and
Kistler and Powell, ends; : ; '
Many of these men have had
experience: on various prep school
teams. Cochrane comes f ronrthe'
Charlotte high school; Shaw play
ed last year with ' Woodberry
school ; Carter and Sherrod were
with : Randolph-Macon Academy
last year ; Sims comes from Bing
ham (Asheville) :; Lowe from the
Webb school, Tennessee; and
Scales from the Lawrenceville
school. Fearrington played on the
Winston-Salem highs last year
Academy.
Frank Clarvoe Enlist in the
. Service
Frank Clarvoe left college last
Tuesday for Washington, D. C,
where he will enlist in the aviation
corps or in some department of
the navy.
Although a junior he was one
of the most active undergraduates
in the University. In addition to
successfully performing his duty
as managing editor of the Tar
Heel, Clarvoe took an actice part .
in nearly, every college activity.
As sergeant of the signal corps
and assistant coach of freshman
football he rendered much service.
In addition to performing his
daily class work with credit, being
a candidate for Phi Beta Kappa,
he was actively connected with
Signia Upsilon, Omega Delta,
Amphoterothen and the Y. M. C.
A. Cabinet.