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Tar LJ TT'THTT Fl p p WELCOME HOME OLD MEN OH,IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Volume XXVII. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, JANUARY 17, 1919 Number 12 SENIOR CLASS MAKES FINAL0RGAN1ZATI0N HODGES RETURNS AND RE SUMES THE DUTIES AS PRESIDENT THIRTY MEN HAVE COME BACK After Business is Transacted, Wan derers Describe their Checkered Career in Hard, Cruel, World 1919! 1919! 1919! With a yell for their Alma-Mater first and then for their class, '19 again let the campus know they were on the job. Thirty men of '19 have come back to graduate with their class. These men have .come from all branches of the service. The majority of these were 2nd lieutenants in the S. A. T. C. Division stationed at various col leges thruout the east and south, oth ers as 2nd lieutenants stationed at Camp Grant, 111., and Camp Zachary, Taylor, Ky. Still others were in nav al aviation, and some did research work in chemistry at naval stations. But they have all returned to again take up and complete their college careers. The meeting Monday night was of a very informal nature. Acting Presi dent Merritt called the class to order; he thanked them for the honor they had bestowed upon him, and the pleas ure it had given him. "I feel that my days of service are over, and I turn the meeting over to President Hodges, the man we elected last spring to lead us thru our Senior year." Luther Hodges, in a few well chosen remarks, told of his army career and the great joy he felt in again being back on the Hill. "We have had to deal with questions with which no oth er .class except '61 had to deal; namely, war. But despite all these interfer ences we are going to make a record as great as any class that has ever graduated here." The meeting was then thrown open of the Yackety Yack, fundamentally the Senior's book. Editor-in-Chief Eaton told of the work that had been done in the fall despite the S. A. T. C, and of the present plans. He pointed out that it was necessary for each man to do his share towards making this a standard issue, and that due to the small number of seniors this year the book would have, of necessity, to be more economically managed. Business Manager Hazel hurst developed further this idea, giv ing more statistics of just how many (Continued on Page 6) EXTENSION BUREAU PLANS NEW HIGH . SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Mr. E. R. Rankin is again at his desk as director of high school ac tivities. He states that the champion ship series of basket ball will be continued this spring on the same basis as it has been operated dur ing the past four years. Much en thusiasm is being manifested among the high schools thruout the state over the prospects of excellent in terscholastic games. The final battle for state championship will be held sometime ..in March. As usual a cup will be presented to the winning team. Of the four previous series that have been held the Durham High School has carried off the honors of' two, the coveted first place in the case of the other two contests going to Winston-Salem High School. The committee in charge of the basket ball arrangements is composed of Professor Walker, .chairman; Mr. Rankin, secretary; Mr. Woollen, Jack Powell,' and "Rainey" Cuthbertson. As regards other high school ath letics no tentative plan has yet been organized. It is known, however, that they will be held this spring tho nothing definite concerning them can be said at present. To date, one hundred and twenty five schools have signified their in tention of competing in the triangu lar debating contests. Now that the schools have reopened after being forced to suspend session on account of the influenza epidemic, enrollment is proceeding briskly and it is ex pected that a goodly number of schools will put representatives into the field. The question of compul sory military training is quite a time ly question for debate, a question that has met with hearty approval thruout the state. The annual Bul letin, containing much valuable infor mation concerning the selected query, that has been carefully prepared by Dr. L. A. Williams will be issued to the schools in a few days. Read your own Tar Heel. PROSPECT BRIGHT FOR VICTORIOUS QUINTET k The prospects for a winning basket ball team at Carolina are very bright, despite the many handicaps under which the squad is laboring. Altho practice has just begun it is safe to predict that, with the abundance of good material Carolina will have a team as good or better than the 1918 State Champions. The material, including letter men, subs, and new men, is perhaps better than we have had heretofore. Capt. Cuthbertson and Lynch, the two let ter men back, are acting as assistant coaches under the. direction ,of Dr. Lawson, as the authorities were un able to procure a coach. Manager Bynum has been working on a schedule and has several games with the following teams: Durham Y. M. C. A., Davidson, Guilford, Elon, V. P. I., Lynchburg Athletic Club, Washington and Lee. Two games will be played with Virginia; one at Raleigh and one at Charlottesville. The usual Northern trip will be taken sometime about the middle of February. The full sche dule will be made public as soon as the dates have been settled on and the final plans arranged. There are some forty or fifty can didates out for the team and this number must of necessity be cut con siderably in order that more indi vidual attention may be given the best material. The regular squad will be picked the first of next week. In the meanwhile a very stiff practice will continue to determine the elig ibles for the squad. Altho the opening game is only two weeks off, Capt. Cuthbertson hopes to have the team picked before that time. Among those out for practice are: Cuthbertson and Lynch, Hodges, Mor ris, Rourke, Andrews, Person, Kit trell, Fulton, Cumimings, and Van Noppen, of last year's squad. Doug lass, Brown, Lewis, Woodall, Griffith, Smith, Scarborough, Brand, Tran some, Hamfield, Quillen, Boyse, Den ny, Schiffman, White, Kent, Gross, Smith, Murchison, Mills, Bullock, Abernathy, Hendrix, Powell, and other new men are showing up well. INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE PLANNED "How about the inter-collegiate de bate?" This is one of the many questions being asked by men on the campus now. Although it is impossible to make any definite announcement in regard to the debate, the debating council announces that it will be held. It is the purpose of the men in charge to arrange a triangle with two strong and representative Northern Univer sities. W. Cv Eaton, secretary of the council, has written to certain of these institutions in regard to a triangle, but he has received no definite reply. It is hoped that a triangle can be formed with two such universities as John Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania. As soon as definite ar rangements are made, announcement of the triangle, query, date and other points regarding the debate will be announced in the Tar Heel. The debating council, composed of three representative men from the Di and Phi societies, will arrange this and all other college debates. This is made up of the following mem bers: Chairman, J. V. Baggett, of the Phi.; Secretary, W. C. Eaton, of the Phi.; J. J. Rhyne and J. W. Foster, of the Di.; J. I. Grant and E. S. Merritt, of the Phi. ANNOUNCEMENT The members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity wish to express their deep and sincere appreciation for the ser vices of University students in res cuing the fraternity's property on the night of January 8th. DEFINITE PLANS MADE FOR NEW YACKETY YACK Although the plans for this year'3 Yackety Yack are only tentative, and have not yet assumed a very definite shape, on account of the disarrange ment brought about by the S. A. T. C, and the general upheaval in the University's work this fall, the in dications are that an up-to-date an nual, one that will do credit to '19 and to the student body at large, will be gotten out this spring. W. C. Eaton has been elected editor-in-chief, and he will have an able corps of assistants. Editor Eaton will speak in chapel some morning in the near future, at which time the Yackety Yack, in its various depart ments, will be presented to the stu dent body. It is urged that every one who has kodak pictures of campus views, etc., or bright bits of personal sketches, turn them in to the Board at once. CAMPUS FIRE DESTROYS FRATERNITY BUILDINGS SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON, PI KAPPA PHI, AND SIGMA NU HALLS DESTROYED CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN Early Thursday morning one of the most disastrous fires that has ever occurred on the campus destroyed three fraternity houses at the lower end of the Fraternity Row. The many sleepers on and about the campus were rudely awakened about two o'clock by the ringing of the class bell and by shouts of "Fire." At this time flames were noticed bursting forth from the rear of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. At first the fire ap peared to be of a comparatively trivial nature but a large part of the S. A. E. building was soon enveloped in flames. The fire spread rapidly and the whole house was soon doomed. The wind, coming from the west, aided in the rapid ignition of the Pi Kappa Phi house next door. The heated building burst into flames at once and it was evident the structure was doomed. From this building the flames were blown to the Sigma Nu house. The immediate response of the stu dent body at the first alarm made possible the rescue of practically all the furnishings from the three houses. The cause of the conflagration is un known. The University library was at one time in great danger from the flames of the Sigma Nu house which was not more than thirty feet away. The danger to the library was minimized by. throwing streams of water against its walls. The danger, however, was soon over and the damage done to the library consists only of a few broken window panes and some slight damage done by water. The local fire depart ment, aided by students, brought sev eral lines of hose into play, altho these were used mainly in saving ad jacent buildings as the destruction of the first three houses seemed inevi table. The Durham Fire Department was called on for assistance, but ar rived too late to be of any service, The loss of the three houses great ly mars the attractiveness of Fra ternity Row and entails a loss that is understood to be well over $20,000. The buildings destroyed were only slightly insured. The student body is to be thanked for its immediate a:" splendid re sponse. Much property was undoubt edly saved by the efforts of the stu dents. The work of the local fire de partment was also good, under the existing circumstances. ANNOUNCEMENT The members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity wish to express theif appreciation and gratitude for the kind services rendered by the stu dents of the University on the .night of January 8. They also wish to thank the Chapel Hill and Durham Fire Departments for their assistance. INITIATIONS HELD BY FRATERNITIES The following men were initiated into fraternities Wednesday night: John D. Shaw, of Laurinburg, Sig ma Alpha Epsilon; Norman A. Boren, of Greensboro, Pi Kappa Alpha; Augustus Summerfield Merrimon Kenny, of Winston, Lee Gregory, of Salisbury, Cline Cochran, of Char lotte, Hugh McKimmon, of Raleigh, Kappa Sigma; J. Saunders William son, of Burlington, Sidney Pruden, of Greensboro, Alpha Tan Omega; Wil liam Parker Andrews, of Charlotte, Ralph Wilson, of Wilson's Mills, Howard Fulton, of Winston-Salem, Pi Kappa Phi. MADRY DIRECTS NEWS SERVICE The University News Bureau, in the office of the Business Manager at the Alumni Building, will be in charge of Robert W. Madry, Manager, this spring. He has been Director of the University News Service since last summer. It will be the purpose of the Bureau to collect all news, so far as possible, of more than local interest for oublication in State and national papers. Both faculty members and students are earnestly requested to co operate with the Bureau to the ex tent of reporting all news items, whether they be personal or other wise. Such will be highly appreciated. ANNOUNCEMENT The Kip-ma Nn fraternitv wishes to thank the student body for their kind services on the night of January 8, when their services were invaluable in saving the fraternity's property. Y.M.C.A. STRIVES FOR QUICK RE-ADJUSTMENT With the ending of the S. A. T. C. the Y. M. C. A. ceased functioning as an army Y. M. C. A. and began to readjust itself to new conditions. It is hoped that it will be but a short time before the .Y will have adjusted itself completely to pre-war condi tions. The Y. M. C. A. served the men dur ing the fall, having little or no time to "carry on" outside the college cam pus. With changed conditions, the Y. M. C. A... began immediately to take up its new work of an army Y. The new secretary, W. R. Wunsch, began to reach the new men as soon as t hey arrived at the University Sta tion. The Y doors were thrown ope?; to the men as soon as they reached the Hill, and stayed open until they were closed by the epidemic of influ enza. The Y men seeing that the work of the organization could not stop, moved the tables, chairs, games and victrola out doors. Here the men could find pen and paper at all time for writing, and all sorts of games for amusements. With the coming of the flu and the strict quarantine, the men could no longer buy "black cows" or chocolate down town, so the Y began to sell "eats" and other delectables at cost. In addition to the canteen, the Y furnished amusements of every kind possible to the men. The plans now, however, are to en large its program to meet the needs of the rural communities, the mill districts, and the negro settlements. It hopes to include also the younger boys of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. To do this work requires sympathetic in terest on the part of the student body. The cabinet is soon to be reorganized and the usual branches of activities are to be resumed. The Carrboro night school and all the Sunday schools are to be carried on as they were last year. This work requires a large number of workers. All men who are interested in any branch of this social service work see the sec retary. The Y. M. C. A. plans to serve the student body as far as possible. Free moving picture shows will be given. MUSICAL CLUB PLANS ORGANIZATION WORK The Glee Club, Orchestra and Man dolin Club will be reorganized very shortly. A number of old men are back and there seems to be plenty of talent among the new men. Tryouts will be held very soon; and all men who can play or sing are urged to come out for these organizations. The exact date of tryouts will be an nounced later. The musical clubs this year ought to be as good or better than ever. Hard practicing will be necessary in order to attain that re sult in a short time. But the trips are worth working for. Any old glee club man will say that they are among the best trips taken by . any of the University organizations. For many years Carolina has put out a good glee club which travels all over the state, receiving everywhere a most hearty welcome from every body, especially the girls of St. Ma ry's, the Normal, Salem, Converse and other schools. Last year on the fall trip the club visited Spartanburg, Asheville, Charlotte, Salisbury, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro. The Eastern trip in the spring had to be called off on account of war condi tions. This year the club expects to have some good trips. ANNOUNCEMENT The meeting to be held by those in terested in the formation of the "Carolina Playmakers" will be held next week at a date and time to be announced in the next Tar Heel. NEW COACH SECURED FOR VARSITY NINE With a new coach, more letter men back than in recent years, and better new material, the prospects for a championship baseball team are es pecially good at Carolina this spring. The new coach, Mr. Lorissey, of Stetson University, will arrive on the Hill about January 15 to take up his duties. Manager Hodges announces that a tentative schedule has been arranged, including an extended northern trip. Games with the state colleges and ether southern teams are pending. The annual series with Virginia will be played. The material is exceptionally good. Powell is captain for the second time. Bryant, Cordon, Boren, and Feimster, all letter men, form a strong nucleus for the infield. Harden is the only letter man back in the outfield. Younce, varsity catcher, is here. There are also many promising can didates from last year's Freshman team. OLD MEN WELCOMED BY STUDENT ORATORS REPRESENTATIVE STUDENTS MAKE TALKS AT THE MASS MEETING GREAT "PEP" WAS EVIDENCED College Activities Reviewed by Speak ers; New Men Urged to Play Active Part One of the greatest evidences of the returning of the old Carolina spir it was seen in the mass meeting last Wednesday night. The walls of Ger rard Hall vibrated with the sound of cheering as they have seldom vi brated before. The affair reminded the old students very much of the time when they gathered to proudly send Carolina's football team off to victory. Scrubby Rieves was "run ning over" with pep and soon by lead ing in snappy yells, he had the entire crowd in the same condition. After Scrubby had the pep flowing as he desired, Albert Coates, the chairman of the meeting, briefly told of the powerful grip which the University has on her sons and daughters who leave her, even if it be for a short time. He described his feeling as he returned from training camp after his absence of three months; how gladly he welcomed everything which pertained to the old Carolina. After singing Hark the Sound, Al bert Coates introduced acting presi dent Stacy, who spoke a few words of welcome to both the old and new men. He spoke of the great desire of the old Carolina men who are return ing to "carry on," and how anxious he is to assist these men in every way. There are three kinds of freedom which Mr. Stacy stated would receive the acid test in the few months to follow. This freedom of morals, schol arship and happiness, in ' Mr. Stacy's opinion, will be even greater than that of the old Carolina. After a split Carolina for "Stacy," Jack Powell proved to be the bearer of good news to all old Carolina men when he stated that Coach Campbell would be back in September to take up his great constructive work in ath letics. Vic Bryant then briefly explained the character and aims of each or ganization on the Hill. He urged all the men who are eligible, especially the new men, to try for these or ganizations. The quality of a large number of the organizations he said, as the Glee Club and Dramatic Club depend upon the number of students who try for them, and it is the duty (Continued on Page 6) UNIVERSITY MAKES MANY CHANGES IN CURRICULUM Along with the changes which marked the transference of the Uni versity from an S. A. T. C. to its pre war basis none are more noticeable than the changes in the curriculum of fered by the University for the spring term. This curriculum is as much like the one offered to previous S. A. T. C. days as possible, the only exception is t hat the S. A. T. C. War Issues course is continued. All of the S. A. T. C. courses with the exception of the War Issues course have been set aside and their places taken by those courses whose places they held last fall. Greek, which was not taught last fall, is among the courses offered this spring. The registration for the Romance languages for the spring was far above the number expected. The War Issues course as now giv en takes up mainly the study of con stitutional government and history and is given in connection with the his tory courses. A course outside of the college cur riculum in short hand will be offered in the next few weeks thru the agency of the Y. M. C. A. Due to the fact that the S. A. T. C. men in the fall were not given the chance to take up any of the regular college work the courses for the spring will be inten sified in order to make up for the fall quarter. Courses which were for merly three and four hours a week have been changed to five and six hour courses. Students who registered for the spring term just beginning were not allowed to take over eighteen hours a week and any extra hours would have to be granted by the Dean. All of the men in the S. A. T. C. who passed their work received credit for the same, the S. A. T. C. men re ceiving an hour's credit for their drill. All men passing their work for the spring term will receive full credit for the courses passed.
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