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H Senior Smoker Tonight at 9: 30 o'Clock at the University Inn. Freshmen Are Fasting, not for Political Freedom, but Freedom from Snow. Volume XXIX Chapel Hill, N. C, Friday, January 28, 1921- No. 32 TIE f At fn E li EFFECTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP One of Best and Hardest Fought Basketball Games Ever Played in Durham. MARRED BY MANY FOULS; (By J. J. WADE.) : By a margin of three points, gain ed by Simpson's shooting two fouls, and a field goal, Trinity won Caro lina's first important basketball game Wednesday night, the final score be ing 25-22. The game was one of the most excitijig ever played in Durham, hard and aggressively fought, marred by some roughness, and was anybody's game to the last minute. "Cart" Carmichael, for Carolina, j and Simpson, of the Methodist team, i were the two individual stars of the. game, both these men in the game from beginning to end, the former distinguishing himself in his usual rare style and form, shooting from any angle, and making foul shots with well nigh perfect accuracy. Simpson made four court goals that were outstanding for their long dis tance, and taking Crute's place with the foul shooting job for Trinity he missed only three out of eight at tempts, several of which were made in the last few minutes of play. , Speaking of fouls, they were nu merous, twenty being called, and perhaps more than that going un called. Those on the sidelines were inclined to think that in the first half there was a lot of holding and pushing by the Methodists that was unnoticed by the referee. Toward the last few minutes of play, how ever, fouls on either side were call ed with great frequency, and Crute and Hathaway, for Trinity, , and Hanby, for Carolina, made one too many personal fouls and had to re tire before the game ended. In the first few minutes of play Trinity slightly excelled the Blue and White team, passing and follow ing the ball with more accuracy and better judgment. The small court of the Methodists caused a lot of jumbled up playing that Coach Boye's team could not quite adjust themselves to. Trinity guarded su perbly and shot well, Crute getting away with a pretty field goal shortly after the whistle blew for the con test to begin, Carolina got; her bear ing and began to get the ball under the basket frequently, but the shots were wild at . first. Numerous pro tests from the sidelines seemed to give the referee a better eye on Trin ity's overguarding, and a few fouls were called on the Methodists. Shep herd scored a pretty shot, and Car michael, with consistent accuracy, (Continued on Page Three) T REACH 800 AT STATE State College Is Giving Vocational Training to About 125 Partially Disabled Soldiers. According to an announcement made by Dr. Riddick, President of 'A. and E. College, the total regis tration at State College for this year has reached 970. The total enroll ment last session was 1,049, not in cluding the summer course for de monstration agents, of whom, there were 77.. The regisration figures for this session did not include the farm demonstration agents, 80 of whom were given short courses during the summer; nor the summer school, in which there was an enrollment of 671. , The students during the last session were divided among the vari ous courses as follows: -Agriculture . ... , 359 Civil Engineering ... i ....... .116 Electrical Engineering ........ 171 Mechanical Engineering ....... 174 Chemistry 38 Textile' Industry 169 Special 22 . The students of the present ses ion are divided among the different courses in about the same propor tion as last session. Under a contract with the federal board for vocational education, the College is giving vocational training .to about 12 partially disabled, sol diers. The physical 'condition' and poof preparation of many of these men make it rather difficult to give them, proper " instruction, but the college is making a great effort to rive them useful instruction. - USE AND CHURCH IN Y i Explosion of Oil Lamp in C. M. E. Church Causes Fire That De stroys Building. TOM M'DADE BURNED OUT I Driven on by a gentle breeze sweeping southward, .a raging fire which Sunday night completely de stroyed the colored Methodist Epis copal Church and the residence of Tom McDade, threatened to carry in its wake other residences in the crowded colored district near th border line between Chapel Hill and Caijrboro, and only the combined ef forts of the white and colored resi dents and the students of the Uni versity were able to save the sur rounding buildings from destruction. The fire which was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp in the C. M. E. Church, familiarly known as the Cotton Hill Church, rapidly spread throughout the building and over into a small house nearby oc cupied by Tom McDade, his wife and three children. In spite of the frantic efforts of the fire department and the colored residents nearby to save the buildings they were soon doomed to complete destruction. The inability of the fire department to save the buildings was mainly due to the rapid headway under which the fire had already gotten before their arrival and to the fact that no water mains had been installed in that section of the town, thereby necessitating the use of the few wells nearby. The few articles of furni ture which were rescued from the flame3, according to negro parishion ers, were ruined by the workers in their frantic haste to remove them. No, one was hurt during the fire, but the shouts and cries coming from several negro women gazing on the blazing structures and thinking their own homes were in danger seemed to indicate they were in dire distress. Students and townspeople threw bucket after bucket of water upon the "surrounding homes and the-fire was confined to only two buildings. Owing to the crowded condition in that section and to the trouble and time entailed in drawing water from the wells, the fire once spreading to an outlying dwelling, would have cer tainly swept the district if it had not been for the co-operation of the townspeople and students. The col ored people of the community wish to express through the pages of the Tar Heel their "thanks and apprecia tion to the students and especially to Prof. Frank Graham for the as sistance rendered in saving the sur rounding homes. According to Jasper Robinson, the church sexton, just as he had finish ed ringing the first bell for church (Continued on Page Three) FREE TUITION BILL TO BE Senator J. Elmer Long, of Graham, to Introduce the Bill in the Senate. A bill will be introduced in the State Senate soon by Senator J. Elmer Long, of Graham, to give to every native born son and daughter of North Carolina free tuition in the state higher institutions of learning. The senator drafted the bill after a conference withi education leaders in both branches of the general as sembly. He also proposes to support fully every appropriation made for permanent improvement or main tainance of the University and the other State institutions. ' Considerable interest has been manifested in Senator Long's pro posal in view of the war that is going on between the forces that are clam oring for higher education and those that are insisting that the fatate is necleetine the public schools. Op position -to the big program for the University has come chiefly irom those who assert that the public school system has broken down. Senator Lone in making public his proposed bill pointed to the fact that entrance to the University or Vir ginia and other equally well known State,institutions! in the country is not prohibited by the tuition charge. He believes that the same latitude riven' to bovs and irls of other 1 States should be accorded the North Lrnmiinianii. and. that the State. i wealthy as it is, should guarantee to f every child a college education. CLAN REPRESENTATIVE COMES TO UNIVERSITY TO ORGANIZE KLU KLUX Mysterious Mr. Smith Talks to Meet ing of Students and Townsmen in School Building. VERY LITTLE ENTHUSIASM The proposition of a Ku Klux Klan organization for Chapel Hill was presented to the students and the town people, Monday afternoon j at 4:30 in the school-house. No local chapter was organized at present ' on account of lack of support. J Mr. Smith, the organizer, is a worthy worker for the cause, having recently established the Klan in Dur ham. He secured the use of the school-house from Mr. Morrison and invited a score or more of representa tive faculty members, students and town folks to attend the meeting. Mr. Smith was then introduced by Jesse Harper Erwin, Jr., of Durham. He then proceeded to put the idea up to his hearers in a short tak. The purpose of the Klan, he sa d, was to assist, not to take the place of law and order. He spoke of the malicious activities of certain Cath olics and Japanese among the ne groes. He related an anecdote of how the Ku Klux Klan had replaced the Bible in a Southern school-house, whence it had been removed by Catholics. He proceeded to produce Klan literature from a black hand bag, which he carried, disclosing as he did so, the mystical, red-crossed, white robe and helmet which are the insignias of the Order. He then ask ed those, who were interested in founding a chapter in Chapel Hill to stand, and very many remaining seated, he became rather warm un der the collar and asked if there (Continued on Page Four) FOR TRACK PRACTI nr iaH' UL Nearly, Seventy-Five Men Report at the First Call for Track Tues day Afternoon, Nearly seventy-five candidates re ported at the first call of track Tues day afternoon, and expressed their intentions of going out regularly from now on when the weather per mitted, to get early season . practice and work up a little wind. Captain "Bill" Royal advised the running candidates to take cross country runs every afternoon, dressed during the cold spell . in more comfortable clothes than the usual track garb. The weight throwers were requested to begin at once loosening up their muscles and the jumpers and those out for the other field events were told to work out in the gymnasium as regularly as possible. Coach Kent Brown will again have charge of the track squad this year, and a prosperous year is hoped and expected. Track at Carolina since the war has not been what it is due to be and this year a lot of interest and enthusiasm in the cinder path sport is hoped ' to be worked up. There appears to be some pretty good material, all anxious for the warm weather to come, that will liven up matters for any college track team. Coach Brown hopes to have a lot of trained material ready for "Bob" Fetzer. "who reports here next Fall and who will have .charge of the track squad next year. Track is said to be Coach "Bob" Fetzers spe cialty, and according to "Bill" Fet zer, his brother who is now heading the Physical department and is al ready on the campus, track will come out of the dumps for sure when next year rolls around. Among the candidates who have already reported for track there are about twenty first year men. These men will work on the varsity squad for the time being anyway, though later a different course might be taken and a special Freshman coach secured for this season. No Fresh man meets have yet been planned but some are anticipated and all Freshmen are urged to be out re gardless of uncertain conditions. For the varsity the first meet is expected to be . held on March 26th, in Durham with. Trinity. Later Washington & LO and Virginia Poly technic Institute will be met, and the annual state .meet will, be held here. The team, will go to Balti more the . latter , part of the. season to participate in the South. Atlantic meet. rf !j" ''' Nearly Seventy Candidates Respond to Call For Winter Football Practice An even dozen letter men, virtually all the substitutes from last year's varsity, and several most promising men from the freshman squad constituted the aggregation of nearly 70 men who turned out last Wednesday for the first work-out on the win ter football practice schedule. Head Coach Bill Fetzer, in issu ing the call for this early practice, stated that he wished to save time next fall by running through light practice now. He wishes to become familiar with the men, and wants them in turn to be come familiar with him and his methods. The schedule covers a period of three weeks, and will con sist mainly of light practice in puting, drop kicking, passing, and some elemental work in plays and formations. It is impos sible that any scrimmaging will be done. Out of the men who turned out Coach Fetzer was able to line up five full teams, which represents a much larger number of candidates than is usual for such pre-season practice. Although the basketball season will keep two letter men, Hanby and McDonald, from going out, most of the other first string men are to be seen daily upon Emerson field. Among them are Captain Lowe, Tenney, Griffith, Hutchins and Abernathy, all of whom are experienced backfield men; Morris, Cochran and Shepherd, who served last year on the flanks; and Kernodie, Poin dexter, Pritchard and Jacobi, mainstays in the line. Among the most promising substitutes are McGee and Smith,, both of whom have participated in varsity contests and have shown up well in backfield positions. It is expected that all these men will return next year. Much interest is being manifested in the early workouts, not only by students but also by the many alumni throughout the state who are anxious to observe the efforts of Bill Fetzer in building up a machine that will recoup the losses of last season. T T E Dr. Wilson's Figures Show That Only the Normal Number of Students " Have Dropped Out. A rumor which has been widely circulated over the State to the effect that temporary business depression caused many students to drop out of the University has been effectively dispelled by the official figures on the matter released by Dr. Tommy J, Wilson. ... -j, ,. . The total regisration since the University opened last September has been 1,473, the highest mark the University" has ever" yet attained. The number of students who have dropped out for all reasons since Sep tember is 107. The number of new students who registered after the Christmas holidays is 70, making a net loss of 37 since September, which Dr. Wilson states is less than the normal loss encountered every year. There is a total of 1,366 students taking courses in the University at the present. Dr. Wilson states that the loss of 107 students since last September has been due to normal reasons; namely, failure to keep up with their work, unexpected personal and fam ily cause, etc., things which cause a retirement of indefinite numbers of the students from the University every year. University records do not show that periods of business depression in the past have caused a marked falling off in the registration of stu dents. It has been pointed out that so called "bad times" often has just the opposite effect, that more stu dents come to college when money is less plentiful, the scarcity of posi tions being one reason for this. Dr. Wilson is expecting a " still larger registration next year. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN RESULTS DISAPPOINTING C. W. Phillips, student secretary of the Y. M. C. A., has expressed himself as being very much disap pointed with the lack of interest Carolina students have shown in the Y. M. C. A. budget campaign. The campaign was started October 1, last, with the purpose of securing $5,100, that amount being estimated as the lowest with which the organ ization could pay the debt of $ 1,000 incurred during . the 1919-1920 scholastic year and to defray its operating expenses during this pre sent scholastic year. . The campaign last "fall resulted in the pledging of $3,600 by students. However, up-to-date many of these pledges have not been paid and it begins to be apparent that many of them will not be paid. The situation is regarded as a serious one by the Y. M. C. A. cabinet; and all Carolina men, who have pledged any amount are "urged to redeem their pledges: A large number failed td subscribe any thing and these are- earnestly press ed to aid the students Y U. -C. -A, if they are able to do so. - 1 OLDEST ALUiUS HAS NINETY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY Dr. Alexander B. Hawkins, of Class of 1845 Celebrates Birthday at Home in Raleigh. The oldest living alumnus of the University, Dr. Alexander B. Haw kins, celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday last Tuesday at his home in Raleigh. Dr. Hawkins received his A. B. degree here in 1845, and his M. D. at Jefferson Medical Col lege, Philadelphia, in 1847. In spite of his advanced age, he ' now manages his business interests and is on the board of directors of the Citizens National Bank of Raleigh. Dr. Hawkins was born in Franklin county, January 25, 1825, the son of Colonel John D. Hawkins, a promi nent citizen of that region. After receiving his degrees from the Uni versity and Jefferson College. Dr. Hawkins practiced medicine for ten years in Warren county. He moved to Florida in 1857, where he bought a large estate, and continued his practice. Soon after moving there he married the daughter of General William Bailey, a hero of the War of 1812 and the Indian .Wars in Florida. In 1890 he came to Raleigh where he has been living since. Dr. Hawkins gave up his practice then to take care of his many business interests. Today he is enjoying the best of health, both physically and mentally. His grandson, William Bailey, graduated here several years ago and at present is practicing law in Raleigh. Since his graduation, Dr. Hawkins has been very much interested in the growth of the University, and has been its champion on many occa sions. He has kept up with the pre sent drive for funds and several let ters have been received from him about it. During the last few years he has made several trips to Chapel Hill. The University as a whole takes great pleasure in congratulat ing Dr. Hawkins on reaching his ninety-sixth anniversary, and extends best wishes for many happy years to come. NEW POWER SUPERINTENDENT A new superintendent of construc tion to have complete charge of the power house has just been secured by the University authorities. He is Mr. J. S. Bennett, formerly City Manager of Morehead City. He will have complete supervision of the power plant, water system and heat ing mains at the University. His first work will be to install a system of street lighting in Chapel Hill, and has already completed his work in one portion of the city. WHAT'S TO HAPPEN AND ,:r:: ' f -' WHEN ' : j Monday, January 31, Dean ! McGhee speaks in chapel. Tuesday, February 1, Dan Grant in - Chapel. Subject: Center -r Boards. - . Noted Sculptor Speaks Three Times Here Before Large Audiences of Students and Townspeople. LECTURES INTEREST MEN i Speaking in Gerrard Hall on Mon day and Tuesday evenings, and be ' fore the students in chapel on Tues ! day, Lorado Taft brought to the Uni 1 versity community something entire l ly unique and different from that j ordinarily presented by the lecturers brought here. Mr. Taft is one of I the most noted sculptors in America today, and came to Chapel Hill under the direction of the University Lec ture Committee, which also arranged several other dates for Mr. Taft in this vicinity in order to get him to come South. In the first lecture Mr. Taft spoke on "Great Masterpieces of the World" and his final lecture was on "American Sculpture," both of which were illustrated with lantern slides, which are copies of the original works. "I am not so sure which came first appreciation of art, or the art which resulted in the apprecia tion, just as I am not sure which came first the hen or the egg," said Mr. Taft in discussing the general appeal of art of any sort. He is not only a great sculptor, and judge of fine art, but is a skillful lecturer and never lets his audience thoroughly relax from one laugh before he has thrown it into another, carrying on at the same time a most interesting and thorough discussion of the par ticular piece of work that he has be fore his listeners. In his lecture on "American Sculp ture," Mr. Taft surveyed the entire field of American sculptors, preceded by an explanation of the lack of in terest in art by the early Americans, especially those who came to New England, declaring that for a long time there was no art in American literature, we knew no art, our songs were dull,' and paintings grini'. Rath er than fostering art of all sorts, the (Continued on Page Four) ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY Louis Graves, Julian S. Carr, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Lay Have Articles in Prominent Periodicals. Three University alumni, Mr. Louis Graves, Mr. Julian S. Carr, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Lay, have articles in three prominent periodicals during the past month. Mr. Graves contri buted to World's Work, Mr. Carr to System, and Miss Lay to Theatre. In his article in the December and January World's Work, Mr. Graves discusses the educational needs of the United States under the titles, "Wanted: Three Billions A Year For Schools," and "Needed: Two Hun dred Thousand Trained Teachers." These two articles , are . interviews with Dr. P. P. Claxton, the United States Commissioner of Education and other educational authorities who tell that the personnel, buildings and equipment are far from equal to the demands upon them and give : the reasons why teachers are hard to fret.''- Mr. Julian S. Carr, Jr., president of the Durham Hosiery Mills, writes for System, a business magazine, un der the head, "Three Steps to Re adjusting a Business." Mr. Carr dis cusse.3 the methods used which main tained production within 25 per cent of capacity when competitors were closing down. According to the edi tors of System this is one of the first articles to be published ' describing in detail exactly how a business suc cessfully readjusted to the various demands of the recent price changes and in addition how a sales plan to obtain distribution under the new marketing conditions were perfected. In the February Theatre Magazine, Miss Elizabeth Lay writes on "Ra leigh: The Shepherd of The Ocean," the tercentenary pageant recently produced at Raleigh, N. C. In this article Miss Lay pays tribute to the excellent, work done by Pifof. .P. Koch," the 'author) Miss Elizabeth B. Grimball, the producer, and those that acted in the drama. The article is accompanied by photographs of some of the leading characters and snapshots of some ef the scenes of the pageant. i i' I J i i i. t