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5 i 7 ' 1RHEE 2,600 Students Enrolled During Year Sept. 1, 1919 to Sept. 1,1920 Subscribe Now To The Tar Heel And You Will Not Mis an Issue 11 JLLliJLLLa OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Volume XXVIII. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, JULY 20, 1920 Number 32 Ta ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE GET THEIR DIPLOMAS STIRRING ADDRESS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN HON. R. S. MORRS DANIELS PRESENTS THE SPEAKER With a stirring address by Roland S. jVlorris, American Ambassador to Japan, and with the presentation of 165 diplomas to graduates by Gov ernor Bickett, the 125th commence ment of the University came to a close June 16 before a huge crowd tnat nuea Historic memorial nan. it was the largest number of gradu ates the University has ever had, and it was in many respects the most im pressive commencement Chapel Hill has witnessed. For four days, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 13 16, the seniors, alumni, students, and many visitors enjoyed a round of last . e - i! 1.1 . meetings, re-unions, iesuve gather ings, and listened to addresses on nearly every possible subject. And after the last diploma had been pre sented the commencement dances, at tended by the largest number of vis iting girls the town has ever seen, started in Swain Hall with an or chestra brought from the Waldorf Astoria to furnish the music and with decorations tnat turned the huge din ing hall into a beautiful ball room. The baccalaureate sermon by Chancellor Samuel B. McCormick, of the University of Pittsbugh, ush ered in the comencement. Dr. Mc Cormick, speaking from Hebrews 11:40 pleaded for his hearers to with i stand the present-day attack on all existing institutions and urged the understanding and sympathy of the .American people toward other nations ,as the only basis for universal peace. The annual Y. M. C. A. sermon, at twilight on the campus under the Davie Poplar, was preached by Dr. W. D. Moss, of the Chapel Hill Pres byterian church. The big gathering of alumni, chiefly from ten returning classes, was one of the largest reunions Chapel Hill has known. The classes of 1860, '70, '80, '90, '95, '00, '05, '10, '15, and '19 sent back many old boys, from the Confederate veterans of 1860, coming back for their 60th reunion, to the youngsters of last year, only one year out in the world. Walter Murphy, '92, speaker of the lower house of the general assembly, presided at the an nual alumni luncheon, and talks were made by Major E. J. Hale, '60; Dr. R. H. Lewis, '70; Thomas H. Battle, '80; ex-Judge S. C. Bragaw, '90; J. O. Carr, '95; W. S. Bernard, '00; W. T. Shore, '05; D. B. Teague, '10; R. , G. Fitzgerald, '15; and Luther Hodges, '19. R. D. W. Connor, president of the alumni association, presided at the business meeting, at which President Chase made the principal address. Great interest centered around the presence of four alumni from the class of 1860, Major W. A. Graham, of Raleigh; Captain John R. Thorpe, of Rocky Mount; Thomas W. Davis, of Raleigh; and R. A. Bullock, of Henderson. Of the 93 members of this class, 92 served in the Confed erate armies, 27 were killed in action, and 15 are still living. SELF-SUPPORTING STUDENTS NUMEROUS AT UNIVERSITY SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT HEADS THE LIST OF SELF- . DEPENDENTS Two weeks before the University opened its doors to students in the fall of 1919, - a determined-looking young man presented himself before the Registrar with the remark: "You said I could work my way through, Im here, now give me something to do." On further , investigation tihe Registrar found that the applicant nad made the trip from home, a dis tance of some 150 miles, afoot and entirely dependent upon his own re sources during the journey. Such incidents only stand out more vividly becouse of their circumstances, but as an exemplification of the suc cess of self-help students they are by n means uncommon, for there were (Continued on Page 2) GOVERNMENT RANKS CAROLINA AS MEMBER BIG SOUTHERN FOUR UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEM BERS FOREMOST AMONG EDUCATORS FOUR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS That the State of North -Carolina has a university that takes big rank among the educational institutions of the country has been .cleanly shown by Dr. A. H. Patterson, dean of. the school of applied sciences, in a series of talks made to the students in chapel. He points out many extreme ly interesting facts concerning the high estimate placed upon this insti- tuion by the government and by edu cators throughout the country which are unknown to the people of the state in general. The University au thorities always take stock at the end of each college year. Among other things, Dr. Patterson shows that the University is one of the four leading collegiate institutions ;f the south; that the. men at the head of the three largest of these in stitutions in 1916 were all University of North Carolina alumni, that the American Chemical Society, coming south only twice for presidents, has found both of these at the University of North Carolina; 'that of the seven starred scientists of the state six are found at the University; that repre sentatives of this institution, meeting some of the largest institutions of the country in forensic frays, has won 70 per cent of their debates; and that, while the University is without large endowments, it is a $9,000,000 propo sition. Several years ago, Dr. Patterson states, the government completed an educational survey of all the colleges !n the country, applying the same tests rigidly and impartially to all institutions. These institutions were divided into five classes, the first .class being divided intwo divisions. In the first class of the first division there were found only four southern insti tutions, the University of North Car olina, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, and Vanderbilt University. (Continued on Page 6) CHAPEL HILL SUSTAINS $35,000 FIRE LOSS EARLY MORNING BLAZE THREATENS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS DISTRICT The eaitire business district of Chapel Hill was threatened when fire destroyed five frame buildings and caused a loss estimated at $35,000, partially covered by insurance. Des perate fire fighting by the local de partment supplemented by a reel cart from Durham, which raced across thf county in record time, and by hundreds of students of the University Sum mer school prevented the blaze from spreading to adjoining structures. The destroyed establishments in clude Pendergraft's grocery store, Gooch's cafe, Peace's barber shop, a store room used by the A. A. Kluttz Company, other store rooms used by students, professor and citizens of Chapel Hill, .chiefly to store furniture, and Foister's book store. The stock of the book store was saved by the University students, who formed in lines and carried out the last ink bottle and case of pencils. The build ings, all wooden, were owned by R. L. Strowd, the Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company, Mrs. C. L. Lindsay, and W. L. Tankersley. Flames were shooting high in the air from the rear of Pendergraft's store when the fire was discovered shortly after four o'clock. The old row of frame buildings adjoining each other offered easy prey. Hundreds of teachers who had ar rived the day before to attend the summer school, poured out of the University dormitories in every stage of dress and undress when the alarm was sounded, but University build ings were not threatened. "The destroyed buildings included several old landmarks of Chapel Hill, notably Gooch's cafe where many gen erations of University students have crammed ham and eggs. U. N. C. PUBLICATIONS GAIN POPULARITY THROUGHOUT STATE CAROLINA TAR BABY MAKES SIXTEENTH PUBLICATION AT UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PAPERS When the Carolina Tar Baby, that humorous publication of the Univer sity students which laughs at all things and has- ino reverence even for the Davie Poplar, was born last fall, he increased the number of Uni versity publications to 16, half of which are the output of students, half ot the faculty and alumni. As a Dub lishing and magazine center Chapel tun prooaDly leads the state. Refusing to remain hidden in his own briar patch, the Tar Baby has rambled not only over the camnus but out from the rock walls and into the life of the state, winning his way with his grin and giggle, and prov ing to all the world that the imagina tive genius of his parents was some. thing to make folks perk up and take notice. In successive Football, Fresh man, Dramatic, Pamt and Powder. Screen and News and Observer num bers, the Tar Baby has had a lot of fun laughing at people and institu tions this year and he has made a place for himself unique in University history, unique also in southern stu dent achievement, and he has walked surely into, the first ranks of the col lege comics. His more stately contemnoraries include the Tar Heel, the student newspaper, which this year burst into the political life of the state with Editor Tom Wolfe's editorial "Ad vice to Candidates", reprinted all over the state and undoubtedly exercising a strong influence on the guberna torial campaign. Still more stately is the University of North Carolina Magazine, which has varied this year from a straight literary publication to a semi-editorial-journal-of-opinion type, a publication with an ancient and honorable history, a definite fix ture in University life. Other stu dent publications are the Carolina Chemist, the output of the chemistry department, devoted to chemistry both in the University and in the state. The Blue Ridge, published by English 21, a class in higher composition which is not content with merely writ ing themes but wants to see them in print, some of the verse in which has attracted enough attention to be re printed in the Literary Digest; the Yackety Yack, the year book of the University, which sums up all stu dent activities and gives a panoramic picture of Chape Hill from within; and the Y. M. C. A. publications, a student directory and a handbook of information for freshmen. The faculty of the University pub lishes the High School Journal, de voted to the public school life of the state; the Journal of the Elisha Mitch ell Scientific Society, covering the proceedings of 'the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, which has won its way in academic circles not only in the United States but in Europe; Studies in Philology, another publica ( Continued on Page 2) 1920-1921 TAR HEEL BOARD In the general spring election Daniel L. Grant was chosen Editor-in-Chief of the, Tar Heel: Jonathan Daniel, Manag ing Editor; W. E. Matthews and H C. Heffner, Assistant Edi- tors; ment W. W. Stout, Assign Editor. The Athletic Council elected A. Lineberger, Business Manager, and Jack Warren and M. W. Nash, As sistant Business Managers. P. Hettleman, W. E. Horner, J. A. Bender and C. T. Leonard, Associate Editors on the 1919 '20 Board will continue on the 1920-1921 Board. The other Associate Editors elected in the contest are: B. H. Bardin, P. A. Reavis, Jr.. George W. McKay, J. J. Wade, J. G. Gullick, W. P. Hudson, C. J. Parker, L. G. Summer, J. G. Barden, and O. F. Crowson, Jr., with R. L. Gray, Jr., and John W. Coker as alternates. IN SENSATIONAL 12 INNING GAME CAROLINA ENDS BASEBALL SEASON BY 2 TO 1 SCORE AGAINST TRINITY CAROLINA WINNER IN TRIANGULAR DEBATE W. & L. AND HOPKINS HAS GREATEST YEAR OF ITS HISTORY IN DEBATING ACTIVITIES WON 66 OF ALL CONTESTS Achieving a double victory in the intercollegiate debate this spring was the outstanding feature of the Uni versity's debating record of the year. The subject for the intercollegiate de bate this year was resolved, "That the United States should adopt a system of universal military training for young men." The other members of the triangle were Johns Hopkins University and Washington and Lee, the latter taking the place in the de bate formerly held by the University of Virginia. The affirmative team representing the University was composed of Dan iel L. Grant and Robert B. Gwynn, who uphel dtheir side of the question against Washingtin and Lee at Balti more. This team won the unanimous decisionof the five judges. The record made by the Univer sity's negative team composed of T. C. Taylor and John Kerr, Jr., was almost as complete as the affirmative victory, the decision being four to one in favor of the University. This team debated Johns Hopkins at the seat of Washington and Lee Univer sity, Lexington, Va. Debating this year at the Univer- sitv has been held under a complete ly-revolutionized system as both of the literary societies which conduct all the forensic contests have been operating under new colors. The Philanthropic Society, which is com posed of men from the eastern part of the state, changed into a general assembly, each or several members (Continued on Page 4) DOCTOR CHASE TAKES 0A1H BEFORE AUGUST ASSEMBLAGE GREETINGS EXTENDED AT DIN NER BY GROUP OF NOT ABLESMOSES, SMITH AND OTHERS In what has been called the most impressive academic event in North Chase was inaugurated tenth presi- dent of the University of North Car- olina on Wednesday, April 28. Re-1 peating after Chief Justice Walter Clark the oath of office and receiving from Governor Thomas W. Bickett j the great seal and charter, the new president assumed formal leadership in the presence of more than 30 col lege presidents come to do him honor, of more than 100 representatives of colleges, universities, and learned societies, and of a huge throng of I North Carolinians who crowded Me morial Hall to the doors and listened with eager attention to the education al ideals which President Chase out lined in his inaugural address. Taking part in the inaugural exer cises in Memorial Hall, over which Governor Bickett presided, were: President A. Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard; President John G. Hibben, ' of Princeton; Dr. Charles R. Mann, head of the War Department s educa tional system; President W. L. Po teat, of Wake Forest; Superintendent of Public Instruction E. C. Brooks; W. N. Everett, of Rockingham; Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the Univer sity faculty; and Emerson White, of the student body. Bishop Joseph B. Cheshire delivered the invocation and pronounced the benediction. At a dinner given by the University i in honor of the visitors Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels acted as toast master. Greetings were extended to President Chase and to the Univer sity from Senator George H. Moses, representing Dartmouth College, President Chase's alma mater; from (Continued on Page 2) CAROLINA STATE CHAMPIONS IN FOOTBALL, TRACK, AND BASEBALL WILSON WINS 3 GAMES IN 5 DAYS Thanksgiving Football Victory Seen By Ten Thousand in Chapel Hill When "Lefty" Wilson's world's rec ord breaking feat of 70 pitched balls in 12 nnings brought to a trium phant close the baseball season of 1920, Carolina men looking back over the entire athletic year could see the most-extensively organized, compre hensive, and successful 9 months of athletic history since Hinton James established the Carolina long-distance walking record by tramping all the way from Wilmington so that he could be the first student to enter the University when it opened in 1795. J. hey saw the year's record summed up something like this: Football The best team in North Carolina, with an outstanding victory over A. and E. and a tremendous cli max in the Virginia victory1 on Thanksgiving Day before the largest crowd that ever witnessed any ath letic contest in the state. Basketball A team that did not lose a series to any other North Carolina team. Track The unquestioned champion of the state, winner of the state meet, with a strong showing in the South Atlantic meet. Baseball Again, the unquestioned champion of the state. These were the high lights of the year. But Carolina men, looking un derneath the surface, saw in addition that more men by many score had been drawn into athletic training at the University than ever before and that in the entire year there was hardly a ripple to disturb the fine feel ing and sportsmanship which have become characteristic of Carolina5 ath letics. They saw an entire program of freshman athletics, almost as widely comprehensive as the varsity program, with schedules in football, basketball, and baseball, put into ef fect with such success that there were actually more candidates for some of the freshman teams than for the var sity. They saw further a system of athletic education started with the idea of providing exercise for every man in college, a huge structure of class contests, dormitory games and individual feats. And they could look forward next year to continued success. Two Great Football Victories Under the leadership of Captain "Nemo" Coleman and Head Coach Tommy Campbell, who had Grham Ramsey and Roy Homewood, former Carolina stars as his assistants, the football team rose) to it greatest heights in its most important con- tests and, backed by the student body to the last man, won its most impor tant games, the A. and E. game in Raleigh Fair Week, 13 to 12; and the classic Virginia contest in Chapel Hill Thanksgiving Day 6 to 0. Defeats were sustained at the hands of Yale, Rutgers, and V. M. I., and Tennessee tied the Tar Heels. Victories were gained over Wake Forest and David son. The Virginia game brought to Chapel Hill the largest crowd that ever saw an athletic contest in North Carolina, more than 8,000 spectators. Steady defensive work by the Caro lina line, with Grimes the backbone, held off the Virginia attack; a!nd Lowe's brilliant running and a per fect forward pass from Coleman to Lowe brought the touchdown. Cap tain Harrell, of the 1921 team, will have most of the material back next , year. Myron E. Fuller, .of Yale, last , year line coach at West Virginia, will be head coach. Basketball's Bright Future Captain Carmichael's basketball team played in-and-out basket ball, splitting even with Trin ity, Davidson and A. and E., but losing two close games to Virginia. Virtually every man on the squad (Continued on Pape 3)