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TAR He EL v V 11 illILa Tit OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 'M 'olume XXVII. No. 1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1918 Price, Five Cents FORMAL INDUCTION MO THE S. A T. C. FEATURES I UNIVERSITY OPENING THE NEW ORDER BRINGS MANY CAMPUS CHANGES UNIVERSITY VIRTUALLY CON VERTED INTO A GOVERN NT CAMP S.A. T. C. COURSE INTRODUCED - Dormitories Converted into Barracks; Swain Hall into a Mess Hall; and Memorial Hall into an Armory -vTjhe conversion of dormitories intoMracks, the dining hall into a mess hall, Memorial Hall into a government camp, the introduc tion and substitution of many new courses in the curriculum are the cEanggvwhich characterize the transition of the University from the old order to the new. With the conversion of the Uni versity fro a state to a govern ment plant the military feature will naturally predominate. Lieut. Col. a W. S. Stevens, U, S. A., will be commandant in charge, as sisted ; by Capt. J. Stuart Allen, Adjutant J.-V. Whitfield, and ten lieutenants detailed : by the War Department. More are expected within' the next few days. Major C. Towner and four assistant lieu tenants will also be stationed here as insp"ect(irs of the S. A; T, C. units in the South Atlantic States. Elegibility in the S. A. T. C. is limited to registrants of Sep- .tember 12, students having be come 18 after September 12 being debarred until they, become regis trants at some future date as may be announced by the War Depart ment. Only those physically fit to perform full or limited military duty and who can offer a minimum of twelve units will be admitted to the University. The instruction for S. A. T. C. members will be partly military and partly in allied subjects that have a value as a means of train ing offi ;ers and experts to meet the ncv s of the service. The allied b. Ejects will ordinarily be selected from the following: Eng lish, French, German, mathema tics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, topography and map drawing, meteorology, astronomy, hygiene, sanitation, ; mechanical and free-hand drawing, desciptive geography, accounting, history, surveying, economics, internation al law, government and psychology, i With the introduction , of the -new regime or the establishment pf the new order the faculty have found, it necessary to abolish class lines, so far as courses are cqn yecrned, at least. The course of Jstudy will be determined by the. age of the student. The freshman, sophomore, junior and senior groups have been' replaced by groups for the 20 year olds, the 19 year olds, the 18 year olds and the non-S. A. T. C. students. The 18 and 19 year old groups in the S. A. T. C. have also had to be divided into .new and former students. A total of 53 hours per week 42 academic and 11 military Will lw i-nnni rrl n-f pvotv atnrlpnt. takmg the S. A. T .C. - course, I witn a. slight reduction m the case (Continued on Page 5) Many Changes are Made In the University Faculty The opening of the University witnesses many changes in the personnel of the faculty. Besides Captain Allen and Ad jutant Whitfield, of last year's staff, the military faculty is being increased considerably in numbers by the addition of Lieut-Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Commandant in charge, Major C. Towner and four assistants, who will make this headquarters while inspecting S. A. T. C. units in the South Atlan tic States, and ten lieutenants who will assist in the training here. A leave of absence has been granted to Dr. J. B. Bullitt, Professor of Pathology, for the duration of the war. Dr. Bullitt has enlisted in teh Medical Re serve. , Professor P. II. Winston re turns to his post as Professor of Law after a leave of one year. Dr. S. E. Leavitt is promoted from Assistant to Associate Pro fessor of History. Dr. W. W. Pierson is promoted from Assistant to Associate Porf essor of History. J. W. Lashley and W. W. Ran kin are promoted from Instructors to Assistant Professors in Mathe matics. , G. A. Harrer is promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor in Latin. , C. D. Carroll, formerly Profes sor of Economics and ' Dean of Guilford College, and recently As continued on Page 6) Athletic Activities Are Curtailed by War Order The following appeared in press dispatches of last Sunday: Football and other games be tween schools and universities hav ing units of the student army training corps which necessitate the absence of students from the city in which the school is located over night will not be permitted prior to November 1. After that date absences for not longer than from Friday night to Sunday night will ,be permitted of mem bers of athletic teams. Only two games may be played involving absences from Friday night until Sunday night. These regulations were outlined in an announcement today at the War Department. Letters con taining the regulations have been sent to all colleges maintaining units of the student army train ing corps. Dr. Graham Honored A signal honor came to Prcsi: dent Graham and the University during the summer, in his appoint ment by the Committe on Educa tion and Special Training at Washingtoin as Regional Director of the Student Army Training Corps for the South Atlantic States, including the states of Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia, and Florida. He was also appointed to a committee on Education for citizenship by the National Board for Historical Service. AUTUMN INITIATIONS HELD BY FRATERNITIES LESS MEN TAKEN IN THAN USUAL ONLY FEW VISI TORS RETURN , The annual autumn initiations were held by the fraternities of the University Sunday night. Less men than usual were taken in, due ta the failure of many upper class men to return to college this year. The Sunday gasoline conservation request also kept a great number of visitors away who would have attended the initiations. The following men were initia ted into the fraternities : Elsa Sharnburger, of Biscoe, in to Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Al pha. Haywood Edmundson, of Ral eigh ; A. Luther PurringtOn, Jr., of Scotland Neck, Rufus Hunter, of Raleigh, and J. M. Horner, Jr., of Asheville into the Epsilon Chap ter of Zeta Psi. v Robbins Lowe, of Winston Salem; M. C. S.. Noble, Jr., of Chapel Hill; Will Ruffin, of Louisburg; Henry Canady; and Charlie Ives, of New Bern into the Alpha Mu of Kappa Sigma. Maury Grawley, of Louisburg, into the Beta Chapter of Phi Del ta Theta. ' Henry Cooper, of Henderson, into the Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Fred Moore, of Webster, into Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Howard Patterson, of Chapel Hill; William Justice, of Rich mond; Hervey Evans, of Laurin burg; into the Xi chapter of Sigma Alpha Eplison. Johnnie Bonner, of Raleigh ; Reid Russel, of Asheville; and David Duncan, of Beaufort, into the Alpha Tau Chapter of Sigma Chi. Richard G. Coker, of Harts ville, S. C, into the Tau Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. Larry James, of Greenville, in to the Psi Chapter of Sigma Nu. (Continued on Page 6) Tar Heel Contest On A contest to select at least five Associate Editors for the Tar Heel Board begins today and will continue through next week. Write your news stories in a snappy, interesting style and drop them in Tar Heel box to the left as you enter the Y. M. C. A. The contest is open to all upper classmen, and each candidate will be judged on his merits alone. Co-eds are elegible. ' A list of assignments will be posted in the Y. M. C. A., in the Library, and on bulletin board in front of Chapel. Get your story in as early as possible. Any member of the board will be glad to offer suggestions to contestants. Forty -Eight Plattshurg Men Win Commissions The folowing Carolina men re ceived their commissions at Platts hurg last month:. W. B. Anderson, Haw River; W. II. Andrews, Tarboro; W. P. Andrews, Charlotte; S. B. Allen, Weldon;' R. M. Biddle, Greens boro; R. W. Boling, Apex ; Grimes Bylerly, Cooleemee ; F, C. Cochrane, Charlotte; A. J. Cum mings, Winston; C. R. Cunning ham, Apex ; W. R. Cuthbertson, Charlotte; F. J. Cohn, Goldsboro; J. E. Daniel, Henderson ; M. 0. Dickerson, Jr., Rutherford ton ; J. II. Erwin, Jr., Durham ; Allen Fields, Laurinburg; L. E. Fields, Kinston ; T. A. Graham, Mt. Ulla ; J. J. Hankins, Winston; L. II. Hodges, Leaksville; A. T. John son, Raleigh; R. M. Johnson, Jr., Gastonia; T. S. Kittrell, Hender son; H. Gordon Kincaid, Gaston ia; E. S. Lindsey, , Tryon ; W. D. McMillan, 3d, Wilmington ; A. H. Martin, Winston; W. E. Price, Madison ; M. H. Patterson, Mt. Airy; W. N. Poindexter, Walker town; F. O. Ray, Selma; H. V. P. Wilson, Jr., Chapel Hill ; P. J. Ranson, Huntersville ; S. F. Rav enel, Green Pond, S. C. ; J. D. Shaw, Laurinburg; II. M. Taylor, Tarboro; W. R. Thompson, Golds boro; R. II. Wilson, Wilson's Mills; 0. B. Welsch, Charlotte; F. W. Turnbull, Asheville; A. B. Wright, Winston; J. B. Yokely, Mt. Airy; W. A. Blount, Wash ington ; J. C Bynum, Durham ; (Continued on Page 6) Thirty Carolina Men Commissioned at Camps That Carolina men live up to the best traditions of their Alma Mater in whatever field they may be, is shown by the fact that thirty University men were included in the list of North Carolinians coin missioned at Camps Gordon, Zachary Taylor early this month. Among these were many who were in college -last spring, including several members of the '13 class. Those named second lieutenants at , Camp Taylor numbered 12. Their names and addresses follow: Ray Armstrong, Belmont; Wil liam Bailey, Jr., Raleigh; F. F. Bradshaw, Hillsboro ; J ohn Man ning Huske, Fayetteville ; J. B. Linker, Salisbury; Martel Pratt McNeely, Monroe ; F. W. Mor rison, Chapel Hill ; E. R. Warren, Gastonia ; Chas. N. Dobbins, Yad kinville; Wiley B. Edwards, Wil ( Continued on Page 2) Twelve Members '18 Return Twelve 'members of the class of 1918 have returned to the Hill. J. V. Baggett is manager of the S. A. T. C. Mess Hall. V. S. Bryant, Jr., a member of the S. A. T. C, is studying law. P. F. Lynch is a member of the S. A.T.C. R. W. Madry is Director of U. N. . C. news service, and manage ing editor of the Alumni llevieiv, W. F. Morrison is Instructor in drawing. Ernest Neiman, a member of (Continued on Page 2) IMPRESSIVE BUT SIMPLE CEREMONYOF INDUCTION STUDENTS TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND BECOME UNCLE SAM'S MEN 14 NOW IN MILITARY FACULTY Class Work and Military Instruction Well Under Way. Ten Commis sioned Officers Recent Arrivals "I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands ; one nation indivisable with liberty, and justice for all." With this oath, administered .by Lieut Col. Stevens, repeated in unison by the entire command standing at attention, 750 University' stu dents in a simple but most im pressive ceremony, were inducted into the Students Army Training Corps at noon Tuesday. ' At the same moment through out the entire country 150,000 re presentatives of 500 ' American colleges similarly dedicated them selves to the service of the Govern ment.'': ; - The formal exercises were be gun with an invocation by Rev. Euclid McWhorter, followed by the Star Spangled Banner. In in ducting the students into the S. A. T. C. President Graham spoke as follows: "We are met today to reassert in a spirit of high and solemn con secration our active faith in the principals of freedom, justice and equality, on which this nation was founded, and out of which it has grown in beauty and strength to ' its present power. "We mean to say here today, as our fathers said and as the whole some, heroic heart of men will al ways say that there are certain rights of liberty and life inalien able for men everywhere; and that whenever the vital growth of these rights is menaced we will be (piick to defend them as a her itage more precious .than life it self. "We are happy today as we ac cept the sword of defense of these ancient and eternal principals; and more for the opportunity of a wider and deeper interpretation of them, that makes our present cause the equal cause of the liberal brotherhood of all good men every where, and makes the. cause of pur country the . common cause of a free mankind." Amessage from President Wil son declared in part: .. ; "You have ceased to be merely individuals, each seeking to. per fect himself to win his ovyn place in the world and have become.com-' rades in the common . cause of making the world a better place to live in. You have joined your selves with the entire manhood of the country and pledged, as did your forefathers, your lives, your fortunes and your sacred honor to the freedom of humanity. "The enterprise upon which you have embarked in a hazardous and difficult one. This is not a war of words; this is not a schol astic struggle. It is a war of ideals, yet fought with all the de ( Continued on Page 2) .
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