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Let's Go Straight Through
for State Basketball
Champioruhip
Volume XXIX
Chapel Hill, N. C, Tuesday, February 15, 1921
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UNIVERSITY DEFEATS
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LAST GAME OF TRIP
Team End Long Northern Trip With
Overwhelming Victory Over
Lynchburg Elk.
SHOW BEST FORM OF TRIP
(Special to The Tar Heel)
'Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 9. Caro
lina basketball team ended its long
northern trip with an overwhelming
victory over the Lynchburg Elks
here tonight.
Although Leipfert was out of the
game, the collegians showed their
best form of the season, passing,
dribbling, and shooting almost at
will. The first half ended with the
score 19 to 2, against the locals.
"The Carolinians maintained their
pace throughout the second half, and
the Elks were much stronger than
in the first half. Carmichael played
a great game at center and Shepard
and McDonald did good work at for
ward. The final score was 38 to 15.
:The line-up:
North Carolina (38) Lynchburg (15)
Shepard Ellis
R. F.
McDonald Lee
L. F.
Carmichael Johnson
C.
Morris Shaner
: R. G.
Woodall '. Nelson
L. G.
Substitutions : Hanby for Morris.
MIDDIES DEFEAT TAR
HEELS IN SLOW GAME
Carolina Loses to Naval Academy in
Game After Long Trip
SO to 24.
(Special to The Tar Heel)
Annapolis, Md., Feb. 9. Playing
a game at times of startling bril-'
Iiancy and maintaining a fast pace
throughout, the Naval Academy bas-.
ketball quint won from Carolina
here this afternoon by 50 to 24. It
was the eighth game on the present !
trip and the worst defeat they have
sustained. -McKee was the heavy
scorer for the Navy, shooting six
field goals though he only played the ,
last half of the period, and also cag
ing the ball on 8 to 11 attempts from
the foul line. He was pressed close
ly by Byerly, who also figured in
some of the finest passing seen here
this year. Watters, the Navy cap
tain, and Lenhart, during his short '
chance, did fine work. I
Carmichael and Shepard did good
work for the Tar Heels, but the lack
of speed, due to their long trip and j
continuous playing, was clearly in
evidence. The absence of Liipfert at
center was an important factor in
weakening the Carolina .team.
The line-up:
Navy (50) Carolina (24)
Byerly Erwin
R. F.
McKee Shepard
L. F.
Ault Carmichael
q i
Watters ' Hanbv '
Y'n '
Parr Morris
R. G.
Goals from the floor Naval
Academy: JMcKee (6), Byerly (5),
Ault (3), Waiters (3), Lenhart (2),
Barnes, Parr. North Carolina :
Shepard (4), Carmichael (3). Goals
from foul Naval Academy: McKee
(8) . North Carolina: Carmichael
(9) , McDonald.
Substitutions Naval Academy:
Blue for Byerly, Dickins for Blue,
Barnes for McKee, Lenhart for
Barnes, Greber for Ault. North
Carolina: McDonald for Erwin, Er
win for McDonald, Williams for Car
michael, Carmichael for Williams,
Woodall for Hanby.
Referee Mr. Pippcn, University
of Maryland. Time of halves twen
ty minutes.
The third volume of the High
School Journal, containing the 1920
issues of the Journal, has just been j
released from the press. Dr. ttdgar
W. Knight is editor of the High
School Journal. Assisting him in
editing the Journal are Profs. M. C.
S. Noble and.L. A. Williams.
Letz Quartet at
THIRTY EIGHT SCHOOLS
IN DEBATING CONTEST
Team Manager of East Meet in Ra
leigh Monday; of Weil in
Greensboro Tuesday.
Thirty-eight high schools to date
have signified their intention of
entering the seventh annual champ
ionship basketball contests for North
Carolina High Schools. The man
agers of the eastern high schools
entering the contest will hold a meet
ing in Raleigh Monday night for the
purpose of arranging the schedule
for the elimination series.- The West
ern High School managers will hold
a meeting in Greensboro Tuesday
night for the same purpose. The
final contest will be held in Bynum
gymnasium about the middle of
March. Wilmington High School,
the champions of last year, are enter
ing the contest with practically the
same team that enabled them to cop
the State championship in 1920. The
schools which have entered the con
test to date, alongside with the 'team
managers, are given as follows:
In the eastern division Roxboro,
A. W. Clayton, Jr.; Mason's Cross, J.
J. Pence; Greenville, T. J. Sachse;
rremont, J. S. Moore; Wilson, J.
Shepherd Bryan; New Bern, G. A.
Barden; Durham, A. M. Rigsbee;
Rocky Mount, H. B. Simpson;, Een
son, F. L. Wells; Cary, Judson Mor
gan; Clayton, W. J. Nichols; Bel
haven, Mrs. J. N. Bynum; Wilming
ton, Aubrey Kelly; Chapel Hill, F. W.
Morrison; Philadelphus, J. O. Over
cash; Red Oalc; E. G. Hobbs; Raleigh,
J. A. Holmes; Stem, J. G. Feezon,
have entered the contest.
In the western division Burling
ton, E. C. Leonard; Statesville, W.
R. Kirkman; Jamestown, Joe Rags
dale; Silver City, B. C. Cooper;
Matthews, W. P. Hawfield; Moores
ville, J. 0. Faulkner; Candler, E.
Warrick; Asheville, Hubert Hayes;
Leaksville, Phil Ray; Dixie, R. A.
Grier; Hickory, Robert Beatright;
Churchland, W. A. Young; Badin, B.
M. Williams; Concord, A. M. Fag-
gart, Jr.;
Belmont, W. M. Hall;
j Greensboro, H. W. Boone; Reidsville,
J- Minor Gwynn ; Winstoa-Salem, J.
! W. Moore; Startown, W. T. Isbell;
Biltmore, Jas.' P. Barron, have enter-
ed the contest.
MAKERS STAGE
. CAPER AFTER PLAYS
i Tar Baby Five and Buck Wimberly's
Recitals Add Levity to
I Occasion.
I Immediately after the presentation
. of the plays Friday night the Play-
makers adjourned to the Gorgon's
Head lodge for their usual "caper."
The playmakers were lead into the
room where they found everything
decorated in black and white, as plan
ned by Mrs. S. E. Leavitt. The
usual impedimenta of cocoa and sand
wiches were served after which balls,
horns, paper caps, whistles and other
noise makers were circulated over the
Sphering. In the meantime the
orchestra was making things lively
witn n,usiu at tne sar,,e time parading
around the room.
"Buck" Wimberly. greatly amused
the audience by giving a heart render
ing of "Casey at the Bat," and re
sponded with an answer to "Casey at
the Bat." Then Professor Koch en
lightened the company concerning
the plays and Playmakers in general.
Then followed the jamboree. With
the jazzy orchestra furnishing the
music, the joyful Playmakers pro
ceeded to make merry by dancing.
Candles, with colored shades, and
electric lights added color to the cap
ers. Toy ballons circulated over the
merrymakers,
whistles ' were
So the joyful
and the horns, and
brought into action
"caper" passed out.
Officers of the senior law class
were elected last week to fill the va
cancies left by those who left college
after the examinations to take up the
practice of law. W. W. Sledge was
elected president to take the place
of W. R. Allen, and J. A. Pritchett
was tne cnoice lor me vice-presi
was the choice for the
dency which was vacated by Bryce
Little. The other officers of the
class are E. E. Rives, secretary, and
D. W. Isaiah, treasurer.
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FRESHMEN BY RALLY
Work of Green and Dodderrer Keep:
Carolina Ahead Until Last
Five Min'utes. t
The Durham "Y" quint defeated
the Carolina freshmen Wednesday
night, in. the hardest fought game
of the season, by a score of 41 to
28. Although the Freshmen were
ahead up to'Hie last 5 minutes of.
the game, the Durhamites rallied tor
beat them by 13 points. ' " 1
Cline, of Durham, scored four
straights at the beginning of the
game, but the freshmen soon rallied,
and held them to a close margin,
during the remainder of the first
half. In the second half ' due to the
snappy playing of Green and Dod
derrer, the freshmen forged ahead,
and kept the lead up to the last five
minutes. Heflin of Durham also did
good work.
Line up: .
Durham "Y."
Laugee
Perry .......
Carolina Freshmen
.'.R. F.
.L. F..
. . . Green
. . . Mahler
Dodderrer
. . . Purser
... Wright
Knight C.
Cline R. G.
Heflin L. G.
Substitutions: Ambler for Purser.
OR. GEORGE TALKS TO
FRESHMEN I CHAPEL
Medical Professor Speaks on "Why
Study When It Is More Pleas
ant to Loaf.
Dr. George of the Medical School
talked to the. Freshmen in chapel on
"Why study when it is more pleasant
to loaf," Wednesday morning, Febru
ary 9. Dr. George compared the
human mind to a machine. When a
machine has been run long enough
to get its parts ' into good working
order, it works much more smoothly
than it did at first. Just as the ma
chine works roughly at first, so the
human mind does not work smoothly
until every nerve is "tuned up' by
training and mental discipline. The
nerve cells of the brain are the cen
ters ' for higher mental activities.
The only way to get the nerve cells
into smooth working order is by em
ploying a great variety of mental- ac
tivities. When things are hard the
nerve cells are not trained and tuned
up in that particular thing. Accord
ing to Dr. George, a problem in
mathematics is hard to a person be
cause his nerve cells are not trained
to it. One learns to correlate facts
in his mind in a way similar to the
one by which telephone girls learn
to correlate the different parts of
the switch board. Dr. George advo
cated a general education for every
body before going into any line of
special education. There are two
things that one obtains from special
atudy, after he has a good founda
tion from a general education, and
they are co-ordination and efficiency
and precision. , .
PHI SOCIETY OPPOSES
Plan of Optional Attendance Has
Been on Trial for Three Months;
Vote it a Failure.
An amendment to the Constitu
tion, providing for a limited optional
attendance of all the lower classes,
came up for final consideration, at
the last meeting of the Phi Assembly.
This plan had been on trial for three
months, and had been watched with
keen interest by all of the members.
After the report of the Constitution
al Committee on this measure, a
spirited debate ensued. The advo
cates of the amendments believed
that the freedom of the University
campus should be . extended to the
Assembly; but the opposition urged
that the individual relinguish a part
of his freedom in order to preserve
the organization. It was decided by
the vote of the Assembly that it had
been a failure. Action was also taken
on an amendment offered by Grey of
Cumberland. His plan was to require
two freshmen to participate in the
discussion at each meeting. This was
easily defeated.
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LONG NORTHERN TRIP
Team Although Defeated in Several
Contest Played Creditable
Games on Trip.
At the conclusion of the northern
trip the Carolina basketball five does
not have an especially enviable re
cord in games won but the fact that
the team threw scares into the ranks
of some of the foremost of the
northern quints speaks highly of its
ability.
Carolina's squad began the trip
by defeating Virginia, for the first
time since 1917,-by the narrow mar
gin of two points and followed it
up the next night with a victory over
Washington and Lee by a margin of
four points. In these first two games
the passing of the Carolina five was
especially effective, and the work of
Carmichael stood out prominently.
With the V. M. I. game Carolina
began her row of defeats, the Cadet
quint winning by a score of 38 to
23. A second defeat was received
when Carolina met Georgetown in
Washington, the Catholics easily win
ning by the score of 38 to 22. The
Army quint was the next team to
administer defeat to the Tar Heel
team, winning by a margin of eight
points. Rutgers was the next aggre
gation that Carolina faced and they
won by the score of 25 to 20. Yale
only staved off defeat at the hands
of the Tar Heels in the last few
seconds of the game, winning by a
margin of two points. Carolina's fin
al defeat was administered by the
Navy five when the Middies easily
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EHNMENT
MEETING TO BE HELD
i University Invited to Send Delegates
j ' to Intercollegiate Conference
! on Student Government.
The University has been invited to
send delegates to attend an inter
1 collegiate conference on undergradu-
ate government to be held at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
the 15th and 16th of April under
the direction, of an executive com
mittee composed of representatives
of Princeton University, Cornell Uni
versity, University of Pennsylvania,
! Dartmouth College and Massachusetts
' Institute of Technology,
i The aim of the conference .is to
. bring together representatives of
, various universities and colleges at a
i meeting to discuss the problems of
undergraduate government and stu
j dent activities.
I The conference originated at a
j meeting at the University Club of
-, New York of representatives of
: Cornell, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
i Dartmouth and Massachusetts Tech.
1 on December 22, 1920, at which
' meeting the plans of the conference
were proposed and discussed, and it
was decided that the representatives
J should act as an executive commit
j tee and take charge of the confer
r ence. The executive committee in
' vited 42 colleges and universities,
I which were thought to have problems
j in common, to send four delegates
; each to the conference. Four South
1 era institutions were invited to send
! delegates. These institutions were:
i The University of North Carolina,
the University of Tennessee, the Uni
versity of Virginia, and Georgia
j Tech.
j The chief topics of discussion at
i the conference will be The Student
j Governing Body, General Undergrad
ate Problems, Athletic Organization
and Control, The Problems of Col
I lege Publications, and College Thea
tricals and Musical Clubs.
WHAT'S TO HAPPEN AND
WHEN.
Tuesday, Feb. 15: The Letz
Quartet gives concert in Ger
rard Hall, 8:15 P. M.
Wednesday, Feb. 16: Dean
Bradshaw in chapel.
Thursday, Feb. 17: The Glee
Club gives concert in Durham.
Friday, Feb. 18: Dr. Chase
in chapel.
Carolina bs. Davidson, By
num Gymnasium, 8:00 P. M."
Gerard
IN DANTE CONCLUDED
Professor Grandgent Pleasing Lead
er in Detailed Consideration of
Great Italian Poet.
The Dante S-jeminar conducted dur
ing the week by Professor Charles
H. Grandgent, head of the Depart
ment of Romance Languages at Har
vard University was brought to a
close Saturday morning. In this
series of six two-hour sessions devot
ed to intensive study of "Dante, his
Period, and his Relation to Human
Thought" Professor Grandgent
brought to the consideration of his
students one of the world's greatest
poets, though a poet seldom appre
ciated thoroughly by unaided study.
Much of Dante is obscure to the
average reader, particularly his
medieval philosophy, his symbolism
and love for the allegorical. Begin
ning with the biographical material,
particularly that contained in the
Vita Nuova attention was directed
toward Dante as a man, which in
cluded his temperament, his attitude
on various subjects and his relations
with Beatrice. Moral purposes,
double meanings, justice and divine
care as contained in the Divine
Comedy gave light on the subject of
Dante as a philosopher, then consid
ering, verse, construction, dramatic
introduction, love of nature, etc., all
contributed to the subject Dante as
a poet. Other views of the many
sided Dante were discussed, all of
which contributed toward a clearer
insight into his contribution to human
thought and progress. A delightful
reader, Professor Grandgent read
many selections from the poem, ac
companying them frequently with the
original Italian passages.
This was probably the largest
seminar of its kinds from the point
of attendance which has been held I
in some time, the enrollment being I
almost up to the maximum, includ
ing all those students who are can
didates for degrees with distinction
in the department of language and
literature, the class in comparative
literature, several visitors, members
of the faculty, ?
DR. CHASE TALKS TD
STUDENTS IN CHAPEL
President Question- "What Doe It
Mean for a Young Man to
Find Himself."
Talking to the Freshman Class in
chapel Friday morning Dr. Chase
gave a practical illustration of some
of the fundamentals of life. "What
does it mean for a young man to
find himself?" Many times a man
has been laboring with a certain
moral problem, and he has a passion
ate desire to get back into the straight
path of life. He suddenly discovers
that he has gotten a line on life, and
this means that he is beginning to
see life in prospective, and learns
to place the proper consideration on
the different things of life.
A man who has not learned the
proper values to place on the things
of his college life has never learned
the true values of education. A man
who places the main emphases on
having a good time has wrongly
estimated the things of his life.
Everybody, according to Dr. Chase,
ought to have a good time, but hav
ing a good time should be a minor
thing. It is also possible for a man
to make as great a mistake by plac
ing all the emphasis on his studies,
because he loses the values of friend
ships, etc. "Life is a complex thing.
It becomes more complicated as pro
gress is made." It is a matter of
getting a lot of good and worthy
things tied together in the proper
proportion. "Put the first things
first and be sure you are sure of
yourselves, and that you have them
in the right proportion. Be true to
your deeper selves."
The University has a hearing this
week before the Appropriations com
mittee, a joint committee of the
house and senate, of the legislature.
This committee considers the Budget
commission's report and recom
mends appropriations to the legisla
ture. The University will ask for
the complete $6,000,000 appropria
tion recommended in the trustees' ;
meeting held in Raleigh recently. 1
Hall To-Night
PL
PLAYS THAT IRE NOT
UP TO THE STANDARD
This Series Runs Rather to Grue
someness Acting Not Good.
Vamp Cets Special Mention.
THIS MAKES FIFTH SERIES
The Carolina Playmakers Friday
and Saturday nights presented three
new folk plays in the aduitorium of
the High School. These were "The
Miser" and "The Old, Man of Eden
ton" by Paul Green,' and "The
Vamp" by BilJ Royall. The audi
torium was packed and the plays
were well received by the audience.
The first one presented was "The
Miser,", the "Vamp" followed and
the program was completed by "The
Old Man of Edenton." This later
was rather gruesome and it is opinion
of the critic that the "Vamp" would
have made a better finale.
Paul Green's "Miser" was a rather
overdrawn, gruesome, tragedy, of
domestic difficulties resulting from
the conflict of farm and mill. An
obscure vein of tragic humor, which
ran through the play was insufficient
to lighten the dreary side. It was a
horror rather than a tragedy. The
old father is embittered against the
whole world on account of his own
sufferings. Having suffered from the
harshness of the world, he devotes
his whole life to paying it back in
its own coin. Reformed in the end
by the wreck of his son's family, he
sees his mistakes too late and dies
melodramatically just as the voices
of the Christmas Carolers break upon
the stilly night, leaving his daughter
old and unmarried, his son, a heart
broken consumptive. Anthony
Coombs in the role of the miser was
the only actor who carried out his
part exceptionally well. The other
acting was indifferent.
Bill Royall's comedy skit "The
Vamp," sandwiched in as it was be
tween two gruesome horrors, shone
out as the one bright spot in the
evening's entertainment. In it Doro
thy Greenlaw as Mildred Mason,
leads Prof. Dobson of the Economic
Department (Bill Royall), "Fatty"
Armstrong (MacNair Smith), and
Julius Young (Tom Moore) through
all the madness of love-sick youth,
until Max Jordan (Allen Wright),
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COLLECTION OF NORTH
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Collection Greatly Increased by Be
quest and Gift, Reaches Four
Thousand Titles.
In recent years the Library has
made special effort to develop its
collection of material relating to
North Carolina. As a result of co
operation from friends in the State,
and acquisitions of some local collec
tions, the North Carolina collection
has grown into some four thousand
titles.
This collection contains books re
lating to North Carolina history,
poetry, biography, fiction, customs,
and publications. Among the authors
in this Carolina Collection are the
complete works of John Carles Mc
Neil, and Wheeler's History of North
Carolina, and Dr. K. P. Battle's His
tory of the University.
Among the University publications
that the North Carolina collection
has complete files of are: The Tar
Heel, the University News Letter,
Graduating Theses, Yackety Yack
and Hellenian, The University Mag
azine, Alumni Review, and the Blue
and White.
Along the line of History this col
lection has the cdmplete official re
cords of the Union and Confederate
armies, a thirty volume set of Coloni
al and State Records of North Caro
lina, and the James Sprunt historical
publications, and many smaller his
tories. The collection has been added to
materially through acquisitions from
the family of the late Col. A. B.
Andrews, Mrs. Thomas McDowell,
the family of the late Kemp Plum
mer Battle, the family of Mrs. June
Spencer Love, Dr. Charles Lee Raper,
and others.