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THE WE WILL FIX THEM THIS TIME DEBATERS, YOU'RE WELCOME! OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA jVolume XXVII c WELCOME DEBATERS-UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ON TO GREENSBORO" IS AGAIN THE CRY AS TEAM PREPARES FOR GAME FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON RIVALS MEET IN GATE CITY TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY "On to Greensboro!" is again the slogan of the campus. This is the first year that such a situation has arisen during the decades that Vir ginia and Carolina have been known as "the original rivals." Thus for the second time within a month will the baseball squad escorted by the student body journey to. the Gate City of this fair commonwealth for the sole pur pose of capturing the blue and orange goat for keeps. Not only the university students but people throughout North Carolina and Vir ginia begun speculating as to the possibility of a fourth game after the game here Monday, the 14th. Thus the announcement that such was to be the case was met with loud and pro longed applause. THE TIME. May 3, 1919, Satur day, 2:00 p.m. THE PLACE 'Cone Park, Greens boro, N. C. CHARACTERS Captain Powell and his squad of seasoned veterans, wearers of the blue and white. Ihe orange and blue nine under the lead ership of Captain Wwataney. PURPOSE. To decide the cham pions of this memorable year, 1919. CAUSE. A tie as the result of previous meetings. A brief resume of the series is now in. order. The first contest, which has come to be known as the baseball classic of the South, due to the im portant position it fills in the athletic annals of the college baseball field, was played before a record-breaking crowd of 5,000 spectators, resulted in 2-to-l victory for Virginia. The teams next journeyed to the Hill where the second game resulted in a 3-to-3 tie, this running into a 10 inning contest and being called ac cording to previous arrangement to allow the Virginia team to catch the train. For the third time this season the rivals met in Charlottesville, Tuesday, April 22, this game result ing in a 7-to-l victory for the Tar Heels, proving that you can beat Johnny in his own back yard with his whole family behind him. So, as hath been said previously, this is a rather unusual situation, but herein lies the secret of the great amount of interest that is and has been shown in the forthcoming event. Plans are being made for even a larger attendance than at the first game in the ate City. Greensboro first put in her bid for the game should it be necessary to have a fourth one, and due to the support she has always given these games and her suitable location, it was .decided to give her the pleasure for the second time this season. The "special" (please note that it is not the dinky variety) leaves the Carboro station Saturday a.m. at nine (Continued on Page 5) Profs. Prove They Can Still Gambol on Green Great clouds of dust rose from the field of battle. Muffled groans, loud shrieks, the staccato bark of his umps '44, cried death to quiet. But when the last casual had been carried off that hard-fought field, it was seen that the all-star faculty had taken the trim of the Fighting Freaks by the close score of 10-9. For a while, it seemed as if the slugging profs were powerless against the blinding speed and wicked benders of the great Freak twirler Wolfe, with a cold, contemptuous sneer dis torting the classic beauty of his coun tenance, he fed 'em over, and the des perate profs whiffed widly at the soft Spring atmosphere. Indeed, when the faculty did man age to connect those first few innings h was only to drive them into the waiting hands of the fleet-footed outer gardener, "Home-Run" Thorpe, or to have them scooped into the waiting mitt of "Demon" Sam Calvert. With support such as this, the faculty seemed doomed to defeat. But not so. Along about the fifth, 'he student twirler weakened "Al Phonse" Leavitt, "the boy with the beard," as he is professionally known, Cosine" Lasley, and others of equal lame, got to him for long smashing (Continued on Page 6) Student Pep Ignites When Good News Arrives That Va. Bit the Dust In celebration of our whopping de feat of Virginia last Tuesday week by the tune of 7 to 1, Carolina students pulled off a big bonfire in front of South that night, and at a later hour down on Main Street but that will come later in the story. The celebration had been arranged for quite a while. The whole thing had been carefully planned beforehand and the affair went off as smooth as the game that afternoon had gone off. The color scheme of the evening was blue and white. The millions of yards of spotless white crepe (bought for convenience, in bolts of different lengths) furnished the white part of the scheme, and Virginia furnished the blue. This crepe was festooned in beautiful wreaths among the verdant branches of the massive quer.ci, and these airy decorations lent a charm to the campus which lasted through out the dances. Many inquiries were heard from interested people who de sired to find out who the landscape gardener was who had done the mag nificent work. And then the great tongues of flame leaping upwards lighted up these rib bons of white, and gave them a new appearance a kind of glowing, glis tening, glaze glittered from them, and in its radiance seemed to fuse new life into the tapers. Smaller pieces of this airy ribbon ware detached and went up, up way up into the starry night, and some cautious soul whis pered that they went up almost as high as Virginia's pitcher. This could hardly have been possible, though, when we consider it calmly and in the light of day. As an aftermath to this another (Continued on Page 6) CAROLINA TAKES FOUR OUT OF SIX CONTESTS ON THE NORTHERN TRIP LOSES TO W. AND L. THROUGH ERRORS AND TO HOPKINS AT BALTIMORE The Carolina team returned from its northern trip Sunday. This was probably the most successful athletic trip a blue and white team has taken in some years. The hitting of the whole aggregation showed consider able improvement, although the field ing was only fair. Of the six games played, four were won and two lost. The first four games resulted in victories for the Tar Heel lads and had it not been for the interference of "Jo-Jo", the weather man, not Younce, in the last two games the indications are that the team would have come back with a perfect average from its tour of the Old Dominion. Aside from the out standing feature of the itinerary, the 7-to-l victory over the blue and orange on their own home grounds at Char lottesville, the 4-to-3 victory over the Presbyterians helped materially in the dash for state honors. Carolina and Davidson battled for 15 innings at Winston-Salem on Easter Monday. Wilson and Joyner did the twirling for the Tar Heels, while Clark pitched for the Presby terian lads. The game was won in the 15th, when Joyner singled and scored on Younce's two-base hit. Robbins knocked one over the fence in the sixth frame. The next day Carolina landed on the mighty Taylor and buried him and his team mates under an avalanche of hits and runs. "Wop" Feinster was the willow-wielding hero of the contest, making three safe bingles, two of them doubles, out of four times at bat. Saunders, the fleet left fielder, garnered two safeties out of four trips. Captain Powell and Younce did the artillery stunt for Carolina, while Taylor and Gwathney recipo cated for the Old Dominion. Hampden-Sidney was next met and vanquished b ythe tune of 9 to 3. Swift and Roberts began the game for Carolina, but were succeeded in the fourth round by "Lefty" Wilson and Younce. Saunders' hitting fea tured, getting two hits out of three times at bat. Scott and Cooke were the battery for the Virginians. The Virginian Medicos were dis sected in Richmond by the tune of 13 to 1. Wilson and Fields twirled for the Tar Heels and Roberts caught. Robbins made three hits out of four trials. Just at this point when the hardest part of the trip was over the cold weather took a hand in affairs and (Continued on Page 5) CHAPEL HILL, N. C, MAY 2, HIGH SCHOOL VISITORS WELCOME High School athletes de baters, all a hearty welcome! We are extremely glad to have such a large representation . of our State high schools, and hope that in the next few years every one of this week's visitors will become a student at Carolina. We are proud to welcome you to our University and we hope that your stay here will be agreeable in every respect and that you will become acquainted with what the University has to offer. You come to us from all sections of the State, represen tative of the same kind of peo ple we ourselves are and of the things we labor to achieve. Therefore, our welcome becomes all the more cordial and open hearted. The University of North Car olina belongs ejually to every high school student and citizen of the state, and the present visit allows an excellent oppor tunity for our visitors to get firsthand information about the institution with its ideals and purposes. Every student and faculty member of the Univer sity wishes to reflect the true spirit of democraccy by helping to obtain this information. Visitors all, we welcome you to our University which we have learned to know and love. The University of North Carolina has always held a place in our hearts, and in the hearts of its former students, that has never been excelled by any other in stitution. In every war fought by this country since the estab lishment of the University, the sons of U. N. C. have made their University famous because of their love for it. While you are here do not hes itate to ask questions. We are at your command and only ask that you use us as you will. Again, welcome and luck to you all! JUNIOR WEEK HOPS ARE PRONOUNCED THE BEST EVER BY DANCE FANS OLD MAN WRIGHT WAS THERE WITH HIS SNAPPY, HAPPY JAZZ GANG "ON WITH THE DANCE" SAY ALL They Ate It Up; They Wept and Tore Hair Because There Were Only 24 Hours Per Diem The Junior Week dances opened brilliantly last Wednesday night with over eighty-five young ladies, the fair est of the Southland, the African mu sic of Old Man Wright temporarily displacing for many a study-weary young man the somewhat less attrac tive strains of cholastic harmonies. If beautiful ladies, splendid dancers, wonderful music, amazing pep, and artistic decorations make dances a success, then the recent Carolina dances have gone down unsurpassed in the history of the University. For every participant agrees that they could not have been more enjoyable. Bynum's Gymnasium, the home of good dances, became considerably lit up Wednesday night and remained so for two night following. 'Twas a Fairyland, over there, combining the natural beauty of the Garden of Eden, the splendor of the Palace of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV, and the brazen brilliance of a tropical flower garden. The first dance was given Wednes day night by the Junior Order of the Gorgon's Head, complimentary to the Order of Gimghouls. The Gym nasium was artistically decorated in red and black, the colors of the Order, and lanterns hung from a network of bunting around the hall. From overhead hung pines and evergreens with a network of wires, this effect giving to the gym the appearance of a dream-city in Fairyland, or the most beautiful scene in Mid Summer Night's Dream. The dance was led by James Fickle with Miss Helen Laughinghouse, of Greenville, as (Continued on Page 6) 1919 CAROLINA GREETS YOU ALL! Capt. Cotton, Renowned Sub Chaser, Tells His Hunting the Hun Story Tuesday night at Gerrard Hall, Captain Lyman A. Cotton, prominent member of U. S. Naval Board and for invaluable service rendered in the war zone, spoke to an audience unusually large in spite of a persistent shower of rain, onthe work o fthe U. S. Navy in the war zone. Captain Cotton, who is a North Carolinian by birth, was commander of a unit consisting of 66 sub-chasers, 3 destroyers and one mother ship operating from Ply mouth, England; incidentally, this base was only 300 yards from the spot from whence sailed the May flower on her maiden voyage to Amer iac. Captain Cotton told of the many problems which confronted the Navy at the beginning of the war, and the way in which they were mastered as a commentary on the perseverance and unlimited ingenuity of the Naval officers. The essential problem, of course, was the reduction of the ap palling havoc wrought by Hun sub marines on shipping, both martial and neutral. Out of this grew prob lems of detail, such as methods of combating submersed vessels, new methods of signalling, selection, and training recruits, methods of distin guishing sea noises from those of subs, and the perfection of a system of co-operation between the various units of the fleet. In the system of signaling used by the fleet, Captain Cotton evolved a novel idea embracing the use of good American slang instead of the slow and cumbersome code in former use. To the German mind, familiar only with scientific phrases, his .code was meaningless jargon, but to any Amer ( Continued on Page 6) JUNIOR WEEK PROGRAM NEYER DRAGGED MINUTE IS POPULAR VERDICT SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME FOR EVERYONE PRESENT Junior Week was an interesting and lively time for those who stayed on the Hill. Unfortunately so many men left the Hill that some of the events scheduled had to be cancelled. Nev ertheless, there was plenty going on. The dances, the co-ed party, the Soph omore and Junior Stunts, Junior or atorical contest, the Faculty versus All Freaks baseball game, and the bonfires were some of the main events. Of course, the dances were the biggest thing. Next in interest was the co-ed party under the Davie Poplar, Wed nesday night. The place was beauti fully decorated with Japanese lan terns. In the center was a well from which real punch flowed. Wright's orchestra played some of their best pieces while the crowd danced on the lawn. Then a contest was conducted in which everyone wrote a "Davie Poplar Romance." Grant won first place with this masterpiece: He: "Will you?" She: "Yes." ' John Terry won second prize in this contest and first prize in punch drink ing, it is reported. The Sophomore and Junior Stunts on Friday night drew a fair-sized crowd. Both stunts were clever, the Junior being decidedly the best of the two. Several numbers by Wright's orchestra added greatly to the spirit of the performance. The new mem bers of the Golden Fleece were tapped during the intermission. The Junior Oratorical Contest was won by Nathan Mobley. On account of hasty preparation the orations were not up to the standard of pre vious years. The baseball game between the Faculty and the All Freaks team was great sport, but not great baseball. News of the victory over Virginia was the occasion for a big bonfire in front of South building and also for another exciting blaze when the old structure next to the Presbyterian church went up in flames. Taken as a whole, Junior Week was delightful. Every man who stayed here had a number of interesting things to amuse him, many of which have escaped the newspaper. Articles on the work of the Caro lina Playmakers together with cuts from the plays have appeared in the Boston Globe and in the Baltimore Sun. The New York Evening Post also recently carried an editorial on the work of Professor Koch and of the Playmakers. Number 25 DELEGATES GATHER IN THEIR SEVENTH ANNUAL FORENSIC DISCUSSION FORTY-ONE SCHOOLS SEND THEIR TEAMS TO HILL TO COMPETE FINAL CONTEST FRIDAY NIGHT The Seventh Annual Final Contest of The High School Debating Union of North Carolina commences Thursday with a general meeting of all of the debaters and teachers in Peabody auditorium. The High School Debating Union was -organized among the secondary and high schools of North Carolina by the Philanthropic and Dialetic Lit erary Societies of the University dur ing the collegiate year of 1912-13 to encourage debating . That year the Pleasant Garden High School won the Aycock Memorial Cup. Before an audience which filled Memorial Hall ot its capacity on April 3, 1914, Winston-Salem won the cup. Wilson won the contest of 1914-15, Graham in 1916, Waynesville in 1917, and Wilson again in 1918. Once on the Hill, the affirmative and negative teams which are to face each other will be chosen by the elim ination process. The teams on the affirmative will be divided by lot into ten sections for the first preliminary to be held on Thursday night and like wise the negative teams will be di vided into ten sections. On Friday morning one team from each of these sections which won out in the first preliminary will take part in a second preliminary, when the winners on each side will be chosen for the final contest to take place Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Since its organization in 1913, the High School Debating Union has made rapid progress and its career has met with remarkable success. The growth of the Union is shown best by the number of schools participating in the debates. In the first year of its history, 1913, 360 debaters repre senting 90 schools took part in the contest. In 1914 600 debaters repre senting 150 schools in 64 counties en tered the contest. In 1915 1000 de baters participated in the first pre liminaries, representing 250 schools in 91 counties. In 1916, 1300 debaters representing 325 schools in 94 coun ties took part in the contest. In 1917 1324 debaters- from 331 schools in 92 counties participated. Last year 1200 debaters, representing 300 schools from 93 counties participated in the contests. Secretary Rankin states that this year 720 debaters, rep resenting 180 schools, took part in the preliminaries. The falling off of the entries for the past two years are attributed to the war and to the in fluence of influenza. The only school that can boast of winning the cup twice is the Wilson High School. In 1915 Misses Lalla Rookh Fleming and Ethel Gardner won the cup for Wilson, and in 1918 Thomas Burton and Will Anderson again won the cup for Wilson. This year on account of the loss of time (Continued on Page 5) Soph-Junior Stunts Tickle the Audience Before a fair-sized crowd in Ger rard Hall Friday night, the Sopho more and Junior classes presented, with great success, the rejuvenated class stunts. The Juniors presented, under the auspices of the famous Car olina Haymakers Association, a thrill ing one-act melodrama entitled "The Last of the "Nabiscos" or "Why Uneeda Biscuit." The stunt was short and snappy, lasting but twenty minutes, but man aging to punch in a jovial fashion, several campus celebrities, Wolfe, Johnson, Gwynn, Kittrell and Denny composed the cast, which the program designated as "Off or Out As You Will." The Sophomore stunt styled itself "The Great Delusion," by "Greenford and Handlaw" a "Pathetic Presen tation in Two Scenes." The action centered about and in the classroom of a certain mysterious individual, variously referred to as "J. Flunkett" alias "J. Book" alias "J. Bookish." "Admiral" Sims (of the Swiss navy, retired,) portrayed the leading role in masterly fashion. During the intermission to the stunts, the Golden Fleece electives were announcet. The whole affair was enlivened by snappy strains from Wright's saxophone orchestra. 14 v
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