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Volume XXIX
Chapel Hill, N. C, Friday, March 18, 1921.
No. 47
HEAD OF TUSKEGEE
SPEAKS IN GERRAKO
Dr. Morton, Negro Educator, Ad
dresses Large Audience Here at
Request of Students.
DECRYS SOCIAL EQUALITY
At the request of the upperclass
men and the Faculty, Dr. Robert R.
Morton, Principal of Tuskegee Insti
tute of Alabama, delivered a talk to
students, faculty members and towns
people in Gerrard Hall Tuesday af
ternoon at five o'clock.
Dr. Morton stressed in his talk the
seriousness of the relation between
the two races in this country, and
expressed his opinion as to how the
most amicable relations could be
made to exist between the two races
here in the Southland. ' Doctor Mor
ton is the leader of the element of
his race who believes that the greatest
progress will come to the colored
race through a system of education
given them by the white race that
will enable them to stride forward
industrially and intelletcually.
He told his audience that the col
ored race of this country loves the
white race and is always ready to do
what they can for their white friends.
The speaker told some humorous and
some sad instances to illustrate this
fact. He said that he believed that
slavery was a God-send to the color
ed race, that took them from the
throes of ignorance of Africa to
America and placed them in the
hands of. another race, who Dr. Mor
ton believes, has been and will al
ways be, their salvation. Dr. Morton
said that he believed honestly that
the fundamental salvation of the
colored race would be for the white
race to educate them and to give
them educational and industrial
equality.
Dr. Morton said that he believes
that the white race will always lead
the races in this world, as long as
it did not neglect a chance to aid
the lesser and weaker races, for said
ne, wnen a Ricttv uu v..
welfare of a lesser, both are hurt."
Dr. Morton said that his people did
not think of social equality, and that
the colored race did not ever desire
such a thing. He urged his audience
to be compassionate with the colored
race and to aid them in their lives
of more or less ignorance. He saw
a bright future for his race and said
that he believed that the conditions
in the South would ever remain sound
as long as the white people take the
view that they are taking and aid
the negro in his struggle for a firmer
industrial footing.
E
TO
Whale Skeleton Was Excavated Near
Tarboro Under Direction
of Sam Lee.
A whale skeleton 55 feet in length
and with jab bones that measured
15 feet was recently excavated by the
department of geology under the
direction of Sam Lee at Tarboro, N.
C. The bones are now on the way
to the University where they will be
put on exhibition soon. This is said
to be the first skeleton of a wnab
ever found in this region. The
bones were found under 16 feet of
marl formation and are said, to be
at least 5,000 years old.
The skeleton of the whale was
found near the Tar river. Dr. Prouty
went down to investigate the place
where the whale was found, and left
Sam Lee of the department in charge
of the excavation. The bones were
found by a ravine being cut by a
pump that was pumping water at the
rate of 1,500 gallons per minute.
The pump was being used by a r.ew
power plant being installed there.
The water that was forced out by
this pump washed up a joint which
disclosed a part of the skeleton,
whicli was put there before the sea
receded 5,000 years ago.
The work of excavation took five
negroes, working six days, under the
direction of Sam Lee, and. a water
sluice to wash away sand. Some
parts of the skeleton are well pre
served while other parts are in a
more or less decayed condition.
While down at Tarboro Mr. Lee
found a number of excellent Miocene
Fossils whinh ivitVi the ukpleton 'of
the whale will be placed on exhibi
tion soon after they arrive.
"Earlier Elections'
HANBY ELECTED CAPTAIN
OF BASKETBALL TEAM
At the "Annual Work-Out
on Eats" of the Carolina bas
ketball team, state champions
for '21, Howard Hanby, guard,
was elected captain of the 1922
team. The banquet was laid
in the Cabin, and proved to be
one of the biggest and most
enjoyable occasions of the
year.
The nine members of the
successful 1921 squad were
listed on an attractive menu
as follows: "Cinderella" Shep
ard, "Number 2" Carmichael,
"Martha" MacDonald, "Black
smith" Hanby, "Key-Hole" Er
win, "Tweet" Liipfert, "Hair
breadth Harry" Woodall, "Vas
eline" Williams, and "Besse
mer" Eaton. These were
names that the husky bas
keteers acquired during the
season and on the trips. Man
ager "Hick" Person and Coach
"Seed" Boye were also pres
ent, and somewhat presided
over the gala event.
PROP. FRANK C. BROWN
E
TO THE GRADUATE CLUB
Large Audience Heart Trinity Col'
lege Authority on Folk Song
in Gerrard Hall.
IS ASSISTED BY SOLOIST
Professor Frank C. Brown, of
Trinity College, spoke to a large audi
ence in Gerrard Hall Tuesday even
ing on "North Carolina Ballads and
Other Folk Songs." The meeting was
held under the auspieces of the Grad
uate Club. Besides members of the
Club, all the Co-eds and the mem
bers of the entire Faculty and their
families were invited. P.rofessor
Brown was assisted by Miss Rosa
Warren, soloist. Her songs were a
feature of the evening. Mrs. Bert
Cunningham accompanied Miss War
ren on the piano.
Professor Brown's talk was limit
ed to one of the twelve divisions of
Folk-Lore, the Folk Songs, which in
cludes most of popular ballads. Bal
lad springs from the French word
"ballet," to dance. It is generally
supposed that the ballad originated
in the folk dances, with no conscious
literary authorship. Professor Brown
pointed out, however, that it is pos
sible that in some cases ballads have
had individual authorship. A ballad,
said Professor Brown, is a "story
flashed at us in song," a story in a
dance. Its chief characteristic is
that it is intended to be sung. Other
features to be noted are constant
repetition, the refrain, commonplace
endings, the chorus, and the dialogue.
The ballads deal with a variety of
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EVAPORATING STATION
TO BELOCATED HERE
To Be Run in Conjunction With N.
C. Geological Survey and U. S.
Weather Bureau.
The department of hydraulic and
sanitary engineering in co-operation
with the North Carolina Geological
Survev and the U. S. Weather Bureau
will establish an evaporating station
in Chapel Hill at an early date. The
U. S. Weather Bureau will furnish
the equipment which consists of an
evaporating pan with a hook gage
and an anomometer for measuring
wind velocity.
The station will be located in an
enclosure just west of the Peabody
building. The rain gage and thermo
meters now located at Prof, A. H.
Patterson's residence will be moved
to the station and complete measure
ments maintained of evaporation,
rainfall and temperature. The
reason for installing this evaporation
plant at the University is for the.
purppse of determining the evapora
tion from large reservoirs which
have an important effect on power
development in the State. This will
be the only evaporation station now
maintained in the. South Atlantic
states. The work connected with the
station will be carried on under the
direction of Prof. Saville.
PLANS FOR EASTER
Six Dancei, Beginning Tuesday Night
and Ending Thursday Night Con
stitute Activities.
A grand program of six dances,
beginning Tuesday night and con
tinuing through Thursday night, con
stitute the activities of Easter week
on the "Hill." Preparations for the
big dances are being completed this
week, and the Weidmeyer Saxophone
orchestra of Huntington, W. Va., far
famed for its dancing music, has
been engaged by the dance leaders,
and will arrive Tuesday morning.
The Easter dances this year will
be held in Bynum Gymnasium as
usual. The first night dance will be
the "Junior Order dance" and will
be given by the Ghimghoul's in hon
or of the Gorgan's Head. The lead
ers for this dance are Bill Ruffin,
Jess Erwin., Prank Spruill. Wed
nesday morning the Minataur dance
will be given, and the leaders for
this dance are John Eller, "Monk"
McDonald, and Icey Little. The
Gorgan's Head gives the dance Wed
nesday afternoon. The Junior Prom
will come on Wednesday night with
Bob Griffith, leader, and Bob Proc
tor and "Wood" Williams assistant
leaders. Thursday afternoon the
"Sophomore Hop" will be given with
Marsden DeRossett, Jake Wade and
Allan McGhee as leaders. Thursday
night will see the grand finale, tie
German club danee. Buck Wimbe.-
ly, Allan Wright and "Skin" Mc
Clamrock are leaders of the last
dance.
Boys have been in a master "swiv
et" all the week trying to get dates
straight and arrangements made for
the fair ones to be imported. Girls
from far and wide are expected to
be present. Bynum Gymnasium will
be decorated by the leaders before
leaving the "Hill" and will be all in
readiness for the music to begin on
Tuesday night to start the ball
"rollin'. "
THE TAR HEEL BOARD
OBTAINS TWO SCRIBES
C. L. Moore and Miss Ellen Lay
Make Tar Heel Board as Re
sult of Latest Contest.
Of those trying out for the Tar
Heel board in the recent contest the
two successful candidates were C. L.
Moore of Burgaw, and Miss Ellen
Lay of Beaufort.
Moore is a member of the Sopho
more class and a debater who is com
ing into prominence. In his Fresh
man year he was a representative
of the Phi Society in the Freshman
Debate, and president of the Fresh
man Debating Club. This year he
was winner of the medal in the Mary
D. Wright Debate.
Miss Lay, who follows a brother
and sister active in literary work at
the University, is a Junior in col
lege and a member of the School of
Public Welfare. She is a graduate
of St. Mary's, where she was cap
tain of the basketball team, member
of the volley ball team and captain
of the tennis team. She was also
a debater, the business manager of
the dramatic club, editor-in-chief of
the St. Mary's Muse, and editor-in-chief
of the college annual. At the
University she is a Carolina Play-
maker, plays center on the Co-ed
basketball team, and is president of
the Woman's Association.
CIHORO TO HAVE A
School Authorities Decide to Erect
Brick Building for the Gram
mar Grades.
The school district of Carrboro
has decided to build a two-story ten-
room building for grades through the
seventh grade, at a cost of approxi
mately $60,000. Construction on
this building will start at an early
date in order that it may be ready
for occupation next fall.
The Carrboro community has felt
the need of additional grammar
schools for some time, but only re
cently have the necessary funds been
obtainable.
The school will be a brick structure
and modern in every particular, the
plan of the school authorities calling
for a complete playground or gym
nasium equipment.
"Earlier Elections."
LIIPFERT INTERPRETS
THE HONOR SYSTEM
Stand on Testimony Not Upheld by
Other Members of the Stu
dent Council.
Speaking Tuesday to the upper
classmen, who attended Chapel in
place of the Freshmen, who were ex
cused on this date, Bailey Liipfert,
member of the Student Council,
took a determined stand on the liquor
question and put a most stringent
interpretation on the Honor System
at Carolina.
Stating that it was merely his pur
pose to make an announcement in
regards to the Easter Dances, Liip
fert asid that he could not resist the
temptation of saying a few words
about the Honor System. Every
man, according to him, has a different
idea of what the Honor System really
is, and it is on account of these dif
ferences that the Student Council is
chosen to interpret the Honor Sys
tem for the Student Body. After
his speech, he asserted, no one would
be in the dark as to what interpreta
tion the Student Council put on the
Hpnor System. By the Honor Sys
tem every man is bound to report
any violation of it and every man
is bound to testify if called before
the Student Council ' under penalty
of being shipped himself if he re
fuses to do so, Liipfert stated.
He spoke at length of the criticism
that the Council was subject to and
he asked the criticizers not to blate
their grievances out to the public in
editorials or otherwise, but to come
to the Council with them quietly and
privately.
He made it absolutely plain that
the Council considered drinking in
the presence of women one of the
grossest violations of the Honor Sys
tem and that absolutely no drinking
was to be tolerated for an instant
on the floor of the Easter Dances.
He made it clear that violators of
this ruling would be dealt with by
the Student Council with no leniency.
He plead for soberness at the dances
to keep Carolina's good name abroad
in the State.
. ; His JjqJd .statements in regards to
the power of the Council to force a
man to testify caused consternation
in some quarters and his stand was
repudiated by other members of the
Council.
NEW LEAFLET BY LEAR
Requests Pour in From All Parts of
Country for Leaflet on Rural
Telephone Construction.
Requests for copies of the recent
leaflet written by John H. Lear, en
titled "The Construction of Rural
Telephone Lines," have been pour
ing into the Department fit Electrical
Engineering from all parts of the
country. Some have arrived from
telephone companies as far West as
California.
Not only are the requests for the
leaflet but there are many requests
to know 'just how this work is being
carried on by the Bureau of Exten
sion and the Highway Commission.
The requests are principally from
small telephone companies but the
large ones want them too. The
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
for instance, wrote the Department
a very complimentary letter in which
they stated that they would like to
have every man in their employ read
this leaflet.
Owing to the large number of re
quests which have been received as
compared to the short length of time
which the bulletin has been issued
the Department will probably receive
letters from all over the world in the
course of a week and may have the
arduous duty of translating into for
eign languages including Czecho
Slovakian. COLLIER COBB AFTER
TOUR ON WAY HOME
Dr. Collier Cobb of the University
Faculty, who has been traveling in
the Orient and other European coun
tries for the past few months, re
cently landed in San Francisco. Dr.
Cobb has been studying recently
shore line processes and other studies
of the earth's surface.
Dr. Cobb will spend several months
traveling in the western states where
he will do research work and study
the geological life of these states. He
is expected to return to Chapel Hill
by the beginning of next Fall and
will resume his duties as head of the
Department of Geology.
SCHEDULE OF EXAMINA
TIONS. March 18, 9-11 a. m., 12:40
Classes except Philos 14. 2:30
4:30, Philos 14.
March 19, 9-11 a. m., 2:30
and 3:30 classes.
- March 21, 9-11 a. m.,8:30
classes except E. E. 2 and M.
E. 2. 2:30-4:30 E. E. 2 and M.
March 22, 9:25, classes ex
cept Philos 20, B. O. 5 (invest
ments. 2:30-4:30 Philos 20,
B. O. 5 (Invest.)
March 23, 9-11 a. m., 10:50
classes except EE 34. 2 :30
4:30 E. E. 24.
March 24, 9-11 a. m., 11:45
classes except EE 21 (Consult
Mr. Lear for this exam.)
Please report any conflict to
the Registrar.
A class by unanimous agree
ment may shift the examination
to another time within the reg
ular examination of March 18,
to March 24.
CO-EDS ARRANGE FOR
A HOME COURT GAME
Carolina Co-Eds to Play Charlotte
Y. W. C. A. Quint Saturday
in Bynum Gymnasium.
At last! After much work and
careful planning the Co-eds of the
University have achieved the realiza
tion of their much discussed and
t longed for dreams. A basketball
game on the home court. By this
game the team is helping in the de
velopment of inter-collegiate athletics
among college women.
The policy of inter-collegiate ath
letics for women is one of much dis
cussion". However, the University
Co-eds have shown that they are as
good sports and have as clean ath
letics as the boys. They have taken
two defeats with a display of true
Carolina pluck. The Co-ed has neith
er stamped her feet, burst into tears,
nor pulled another's hair as critics
of this policy affirmed she would.
The team is hard at work practic
ing every night. Captain Gattis is
concentrating on passing practice in
which the team is deficient.
The game is against the Charlotte
Y. W. C. A. This team is noted for
its almost unbroken string of vic
tories for a number of years. The
game will be called Saturday night,
March 19th, at 8:30. Admission will
be 50 cents.
The line-up is as follows:
Forwards Alice Gattis and Addie
Bradshaw.
Guards Nina Cooper and Nell
Pickard.
Center Ellen Lay.
Side Center Katherine Batts.
REVIEW APPEARS HERE
Contains Interesting Articles on Uni
versity Life, Alumni and Prom- '
inent North Carolinians.
The March issue of the Alumni
Review has just come from the hands
of the printers and is being sent to
the subscribers from Secretary Rank
in's office.
This number of the Review con
tains some very interesting articles
about the University life, its alumni
and prominent North Carolinians.
There is ah interesting article on
Hon. Josephus Daniels, the former
Secretary of the Navy, written by
Mr. L. Ames Brown of the class of
1910. The article deals with Mr.
Daniel's life while he was Secretary
of the Navy, and depicts the loyalty
fit Mr. Daniels to the Wilson admin
istration, and his success as Secre
tary. There is also an editorial re
view of the various lectures that have
been given at the University during
the present scholastic year, giving
sketches of the McNair Lectures that
were delivered by Professor Paul
Shorey of the University of Chicago;
the Lecture by Mr. Lorado Taft; the
Seminar in Dante by Prof. Grand
gent; the Letz Quartet, and a short
announcement of the lectures of Doc
tor Robinson on the Philippines, aa
their lecture was delivered after the
Review went to press.
The number contains articles on
the athletic life of the University,
and interesting phases in the life of
the different Departments of the Uni
versity. There is a large number
of class letters, and other items of
interest about happenings and stu
dent life at the University.
'Earlier Elections."
BASEBALL TEAM IS IN
Fetzer's Charges Ready and Eager
for Initial Fray on Emerson
Field Wednesday.
TEAM VIRTUALLY PICKED
After three weeks of hard, driv
ing practice Coach Fetzer's varsity
baseball squad is in the pink of con
dition to open the playing season
here Wednesday when the New York
University team will be met on Em
erson field. Although Coach Fetzer
has given out no statement regard
ing the initial line-up that will take
the field Wednesday, the team looks
to be virtually picked, with the ex
ception of two or three positions
over which battle royals are still be
ing waged.
Capt. "Lefty" Wilson, who pitch
ed Carolina to the state championship
honors last year, and who is expected
to prove the mainstay of the twirl
ing staff again this season, will prob
ably be on the mound in the initial
contest, and his arm is in the best
of shape to bear the burden. Llew
ellyn, another varsity pitcher of last
season, and Bryson, Abernethy, Bell
and others are in good shape to re
spond to a call in the game, if such
a call should be sounded. It looks
now as if the mound will cause Fet
zer little worry this season, if all
the hopefuls come through.
Behind the bat "Casey" Morris
looks good as gold, and he is pegging
well in practice in addition to ful
filling all the other fielding require
ments. Morris hit hard and timely
last year on Patterson's freshman
team, and if he can swing ino stride
again this season he is to be watch
ed. McGhee, who for a while was
used on the infield in the early prac
tices has been assisting Morris be
hind the bat, and seems to have set
tled down into the job of second
catcher for the season. "Mac" is
a splendid utility man, and is the kind
of man the club will need, always
ready to substitute for almost any
position.
The fast, smooth working infield
is the pride of the club. McDonald,
who has been out since the close of
basketball season, has assumed the
shortstop position with ease, and
looks as if he will show up the same
versatile Infielder that he proved
himself last year on the freshman
team. McLean has the position of
the keystone sack as a certainty.
"Mac" is a veteran of last season,
and is a dependable hitter, as well
as a clean, fast fielder. On third
base Coach Fetzer has been using
most regularly "Fred" Morris, the
promising young infielder from the
freshman team of last year. But
Lowe has been substituting and looks
almost as good as the swift moving
Morris. Lowe is a last season letter
man, and he led the team in batting,
and he may get the call on Morris,
but it is most likely that he will be
put in one of the outer gardens and
that Morris will take the position of
third base. Morris is an outfielder
of no mean ability, too, and should
Lowe be played on third, he has a
good chance in the outfield.
On first base it is still a problem
whether it will be Spruill or Shirley.
Coach Fetzer has been using both
these ' sterling players regularly in
practice. No matter which is used
on first, it is believed that the other
will be shifted to the outfield, for
both are good, steady hitters, and
ball players that make valuable men
for any team. Spruill, perhaps,
knows more baseball than any man '
on the team, and furthermore knows
how to put it in practice. He can
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WHAT'S TO HAPPEN AND
WHEN.
Saturday, 19th, 2:30 classes
have examination, 9-11 a. m.
Sunday: University sermon.
Gerrard Hall.
Monday: 8:30 classes have
examinations.
Tuesday: 9:25 classes have
examinations.
Wednesday: 10:50 classes
have examinations.
Thursday: 11:45 classes have
examinations.
Easter recess begins 1 :30.
Thursday morning, March
31, classes commence for the
Spring term. It is announced
that it is necessary for all stu
dents to return for classes on
the 31st.