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Volume XXIX
Chapel Hill, Friday, May 13, 1921.
No. 60
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SENIOR PROPOSITI
DESPITE ALL OPPOSITION
The "No" Carry The Day by a Maj
ority of 88 Votei. Election!
Proceed.
ADMINISTRATION UPHELD
(By BOB THOMPSON)
Carrying the Monday balloting by
a majority of 88, students of the
University voted to uphold their
former decision to have a student
president who is to be elected by the
student body, and who must be a
member of the senior class and who
must have been at the University for
at least three years.
. The reason, if such it can be called,
for this balloting is rather unique
in the history of Carolina politics.
Some weeks back a proposition,
known as the senior class proposition,
was submitted to the students for
their decision. The proposition was
favored by an overwhelming ma
jority. In due time came the day
for nominations for this new office,
and every thing was all set for a nice,
refreshing campaign, garnished with
the usual pleasantries of campus poli
tics. But there was another guess
coming to these aspiring leaders.
Just as the names' of their candi
dates were trembling on the eager
lips of bosses and henchmen, B. C.
Brown rose with a reverent expres
sion and told the spellbound audi
ence that the students, of this be
loved institution had been sadly mis
led by wicked politicians, that they
had not been given a chance to vote
on the question without voting for,
or against, several riders that should
not be riding on such a ticket. Af
ter much bull and a mass meeting
the question was resubmitted to the
students with a chance to vote wheth
er they should stick to their former
decision, or change it to one of the
eight propositions printed on the bal
lots. The decision was to stick to
the original.
Tho not quite eight hundred votes
were cast, the question was one of
the most hotly contested affairs that
the campus has seen in a long while.
The very atmosphere was saturated
with politics all during the day. Small
knots of students were gathered
around the campus, discussing the
merits of each side; all around the
five ballot boxes, the bull flowed in
pungent streams. Many rabid sup
porters of one side or the other,
spent the entire day dashing around
the campus from one building to the
other, even invading the main street
of the town, canvassing votes. The
peculiar specimens, known as the
Campus Politicans, were everywhere.
They would gather in secretive rings
around their bosses, a'nd then dis
perse in all directions, well armed
with ballots and pencils, returning
in a few minutes wtih a joyous count
enance and a handful of votes. The
freshman class got more polite at
tention than they "have received in
quite a while.
At 6 o'clock, the ballot boxes were
closed and locked In the Y. M. C. A.
to await th count. After supper,
when supporters of both sides had
assembled the counting started. T.ne
tide ebbed and flowed first the "nos"
ffettinc ahaaA and than the "veses."
but toward the last came a wave that
put the negative vote clearly in the
lead. Some were pleased and others
were peaved, but it was generally
conceded that this time the students
were not hoodwinked, and that they
had a chance to vote on nearly any
thing that they damned pleased.
The following is how the: vote
went by classes in the vote to re
consider:
Class. Yes. No.
Freshman 147 105
Sophomore 78 88
Junior 62 83
Senior 18 81
Pharmacy 11 32
Medical 10 19
Law 29 18
The remaining votes were
cast by special and graduate
students.
POLITICAL MANEUVERS
IN EVIDENCE TODAI
Campus in Throe of Great Political
Campaign For President of
Student Body.
Political maneuvers and coup d'
etats are much in evidence on the
campus. Today the election for the
president of the student body is be
ing held and politics will tempor
arily vanish amidst the congratula
tions for the winning candidate.
No doubt it will be remembered
that a serious altercation was raised
a short time ago in relation to the
nominations. Since then the objec
tors have been overruled and by now
nothing can change the new law.
During that riotous occasion in
Memorial Hall practically all of the
junior class that was eligible was
nominated for the position of presi
dent of the student body. The men
today being voted upon are G. B.
Porter, J. D. Dorset. E. M. Sweet-
man, J. A. McLean, F. A. Grisette,
T. L. Warren, I. J. Stephenson, G.
W. Hill, L. J. Phipps, and Carles
Laurance.
A few hours after Swain Hall has
purged itself of all human kind the
votes will have been counted, the
news let out, and the new president
will start the weary trail of congratu
lations. Twenty-four hours from now
he will be wearing his arm in a sling
after no less than 1,486 students
have congratulated him, at the same
time swearing they were for him all
the time. By that time he, like Dio
genes, will doubt, the honesty of all
men, but admire the brains of the
majority that elected him.
AT SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Members of Faculty Attend Meeting
of North Carolina Academy of
Science.
A number of University faculty
members read papers before the 20th
annual meeting of the North Caro
lina Academy of Science and the
spring meeting of the N. C. section
of the American Chemical Society re
cently held in conjunction with one
another at Wake Forest College.
About 40 highly instructive and
interesting papers were given at the
two meetings, of especial interest be
ing the presidential address of the
academy president, Prof. Z. P. Met
calf of the North Carolina State Col
lege, his subject being "The Age of
Insects," which he treated in an in
teresting and masterful manner. The
University professors reading papers
at the joint meeting were: Drs. H.
V. Wilson, A. S. Wheeler, A. H. Pat
terson, W. C. Coker, Archibald Hen
derson and W. F. Prouty. Two Uni
versity students, Messrs. I. M.
Smithey and T. M. Andrews, also pre
sented papers dealing wtih chemis
try.
In the election of officers for the
ensuing year Dr. Joseph H. Pratt,
University professor and State geo
logist, was elected vice president of
the Academy of Science, while Prof.
J. T. Dobbins was elected vice presi
dent of . the North Carolina section
of the American Chemical Society.
Other officers elected were: J. L.
Lake, Wake Forest, president of the
Academy, and Bert Cunningham,
Trinity, secretary-treasurer.' While
for the chemists other officers elected
were: Dr. Paul Gross, Trinity, presi
dent, and L. B. Rhodes, state de
partment of agriculture, secretary-
treasurer. Dr. J. M. Bell was ine
retiring officer of the chemical or
ganization.
PROFESSORS ATTEND
SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Drs. Patterson, Bell, Wheeler,
Stuhleman, Daggett and Mustard
attendance recently at tne
organization of the Crowell Scientific
Society at Trinity College, inis so
niptv. which corresponds to the
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society at
th University, is the result of a
merger of the old and practically de
fnnpt scientific societies which here
tofore existed at Trinity into a new
body. The society was named after
Dr. J. F. Crowell, a former presi
dent of the college.
' nr. R. A. Millikan of the Univer
sity of Chicago delivered the open
ing address before the newiy organ
ized body, choosing as his subject
"The Electron and Its Properties."
After the, organization of the new
scientific ' society a faculty smoker
was given, at which the Universtiy
professors were in attendance.
TEN CLASSES TO HOLD
REUNIONS AT CAROLINA
University Plans For Annual Re
turn of Former Students to ;
Alma Mater.
CLASSES FROM '61 TO
Ten classes of University of North
Carolina graduates, ranging from
the youngsters of 1861, a mere 60
years removed from Chapel Hill, to
the grandfathers of 1920, with all
of twelve months . experience in
world affairs, are planning to hold
special reunions at the 1921 com
mencement at Chapel Hill, June
12-15.
Gathering together under the
campus oaks once more at the com
ing commencement will be the clas
ses of 1861, holding its sixtieth re
union; the class of 1871, with its
half century gathering; the class of
1881, forty year men; the class of
1891, thirty years old; 1896, twenty
fifth reunion; 1901, twenty year re
union; 1906, fifteenth re-union;
1911, ten year reunion; 1916, five
year reunion, and 1920, the last
class, meeting" at its first reunion.
All these classes are making spec
ial plans to celebrate their particular
reunions, and in addition large num
bers of other alumni are expected
to be present at commencement.
The prospect of tremendous physical
growth in the University has awak
ened interest among the old grads
and many of them have written that
they want to come back to see what
the plans are for the new and big
ger university.
Thursday, June 14, has been nam
ed for alumni day at commencement.
A business meeting of the alumni
association will be held in the morn
ing, the annual alumni luncheon will
take place at mid-day, there will be
baseball games and special class
meetings in the afternoon, the Car
olina Playmakers will perform for
the old boys at night, and the day
will wind up with the annual alumni
reception.
In charge of the 1861 reunion is
Major Charles M. Stedman, repre
sentative in Congress from the Fifth
District. Dr. Hannis Taylor, of
Washington, D. C, world authority
on international law, heads the 1871
reunion, and a committee, including
James Y. Joyner, Dr. Robert P. Pell,
Judge W. J. Adams, Judge J. D.
Murphy, Col. LeRoy Springs, Dr.
Herbert Battle, J. Alton Mclver, A.
Nixon, of Lincolnton, and John M.
Walker and Frank B. Daney, of Bal
timore, has charge of 1881's gather
ing. The 1891 reunion is expected to
be largely attended. A. H. Patter
son and C. S. Mangum, of the Uni
versity faculty, are making local ar
rangements, with Shepard Bryan, of
Atlanta, class president, in charge of
the reunion. Among other members
to this class are Judge Robert W.
Bingham, and W. W. Davies, of i
Louisville; J. M. Morehead, of New
York; Robert G. Vaughn, of Greens-!
boro; Judge P. C. Graham and De-I
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1896 George Stephens, of Charlotte;
J. S. White, of Mebane, and Wescott
Roberson, of High Point, are in
charge.
Herman Weil, of Goldsboro, pres
ident, and Dr. J. G. Murphy, of Wil
mington, head the 1901 reunion;
Walter B. Love, of Monroe, and
Major John A. Parker, of New York,
the 1906 reunion; and Ben Cone, of
Greensboro, I. C. Moser, of Ashboro,
the 1911 reunion; W. B. Umstead,
of Kinston; F. O. Clarkson, of Char
lotte; Claiborne Royall, of Golds
boro; R. B. House, of Raleigh, and
Francis Bradshaw, of Chapel Hill,
class president, the 1916 reunion;
and Ben S. Cone, of Greensboro,
president T. S. Kittrell, of Hender
son, secretary, and W. H. Andrews,
of Chapel Hill, the 1920 reunion. .
The Editor of of the 1921-22
"Freshman Bible" desires to an
nounce a contest, open to all Caro.
lina students, for articles on "My
Biggest Mistake as a Freshman."
For the best paper on this subject
between five and six hundred words
in length a prize of ?3.00 is offered,
and the article will be published
anonymously. Contributions should
be mailed to J. J. Wade on or be
fore June 1st.
Tuesday night an invitation was
held by the Epsilon Phi Delta. The
following men were initiated: F. A.
Cri.welt, R. E. Boyd, C. L. Moore and
Thomas L. Warren.
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ARE BEING COMPLETED
Dr. Charles E. Maddrey Will Make
The Baccalaureate Sermon Sun
day, June 12th.
The complete plans for the 6ne
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; j hundred and twenty-sixth commence
,n i ment exercises have not yet been
i;uiiiiJici.eu, uul ine ionowmg iacts
have been obtained from those in
charge.
On Sunday, the 12th of June, the
commencement exercises will form
ally begin with the delivering of the
Baccalaureate address by Dr. Charles
E. Maddrey, corresponding secretary
of the Baptist State convention.
On Monday, the 13th, the exercises
of the day will be conducted chiefly
by the classes returning to the Uni
versity for reunions. This is the regu
lar class day of the commencement
schedule. In the afternoon of this
day the two societies the Philan
thropic and the Dialectic will hold re
unions in their halls. This is always
a great event for" the old society mem
bers. The alumni of the Phi Assem
bly who graduated before that body
was transformed from a society into
an assembly, find themselves, on
coming back to the Assembly Hall,
members of a regular Assembly, with
all its trimmings and everything.
Tuesday, the 14th, will be the day
for the alumni luncheon, the meet
ing of the trustees, and a perform
ance by the Carolina Playmakers.
The alumni luncheon will be held at
half past one o'clock, and will be
immediately followed by the meet
ing of the trustees at 3 o'clock. In
the evening at 8 o'clock the Caro
lina Playmakers will present a per
formance in the Playhouse. This is
the first time that the Playmakers
have been on the program of the
commencement. Their quality of
work since being established 'at the
University has well merited their in
clusion in the program.
The final exercises of the com
mencement will begin in Memorial
Hall on Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, with the presentation of
diplomas to the graduating class by
Gov. Cameron Morrison. After the
presentation of diplomas, the com
mencement address, the final cere
mony of the exercises, will be de
livered
The speaker of the occasion
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authorities are in communication
with a prominent speaker, who will
probably deliver the address.
The graduating class this year is
larger than it has been since pre
war days. It, with the present junior
class, are the only remaining classes
in the University who were here dur
ing the S. A. T. C. days.
ON VIRGINIA TRIP
Fishburne, Woodberry Forest,
and
Chatham Training School Bow
to Coach Patterson's Lads
Coach Patterson's victorious fresh
men lads returned to the Hill last
Sunday night from their trip thru
Virginia, bringing home the scalp of!
all their opponents. The team was
in the best form ever and played
the best ball of the season. Three
games were played wtih Fishburne
Military Academy, with Woodberry
Forest, and with Chatham Training
School. Games with Staunton Mili
tary Academy, Augusta Military
Academy, and with Virginia Fresh
men were cancelled owing to incle
ment weather.
On Monday, May 2, at Waynes-
vule, Va., the N. C. yearlings romped
upon Fishburne to the tone of 7 to 3.
fishburne was the strongest team
Carolina met on the trip and Coffey's
pitching held them to four hits
against the Freshmen's ten, while
nine Fishburne men fanned. The
hitting of Speed, the pitching of
Coffey, together with a three-base
hit by Bonner, were the outstanding
features of the game.
The next game was played on Fri
day with Woodberry Forest. In the
meantime, while waiting for the sun
god to dry the tears of the clouds,
members of the team had been en
gaging in various species of frivoli
ties and enjoying their visit to the
utmost. Some went to Washington
while others prefered to remain at
Charlottesville.
The Woodberry lads put up a good
scrap. Coach Patterson's proteges
played excellent ball and came off
the field with the big end of a 5
to 0 score, allowing only twenty
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TAR HEEL NINE WINDS
UP NORTHERN TRIP IN
Three Victories, Three Defeats,
One Tie is Record For Team
on Trip North.
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COLD SPELL HANDICAPS
Winding up a very successful in
vasion of the north Coach Bill Fet
zer's varsity protegees romped all
over Virginia Military Institute in
Lexington Monday afternoon win
ning from the cadets by the over
whelming score of 7 to 1. With Runt
Lowe doing the twirling for Caro
lina and the Tar Heel bats doing the
best work of the trip, the game was
soaked away in the first few frames
and Fetzer's charges were in little
danger throughout the entire exhibi
tion. Carolina's defeat of V. M. I. com
pleted a very neat record of three
victories, two defeats, and one tie
game, for the northern trip. Swarth-
more, College of the City of New
York, and V. M. I. were the con
quered, while Carolina was forced to
bow to Georgetown and Fordham.
Maryland State was tied. The day
before Carolina left on the trip north,
North Carolina State had a big day
and won out from the Tar Heels in
Raleigh.
After losing to State in Raleigh
on Saturday by the score of 9-3,
Carolina had another bad day on the
Monday following in Washington.
"Lefty" Wilson, who was hit rather
heavily by the West Raleigh col
legians was also trounced for thir
teen slashing drives by Georgetown,
good for eleven runs. The short
right field wall of the Georgetown
park enabled three home runs to be
recorded in the day's proceedings.
Carolina had an off day at the bat,
however, and failed to push a single
tally across the plate.
Fordham University did not find
the Har Heels such easy prey but
after a nip and tuck contest were
victorious by a 7-6 score. Coach Fet
zer slipped in three twirlers, Bryson,
Lewellyn, and Lowe, none of whom
were able to stop the scoring. Caro
lina found in Keene, twirling for
Maryland State, the same versatile
pitcher that he proved himself down
here earlier in the season, and was
unable to "find" him for enough tal
lies to push across a victory. But
Fetzer's aggregation held the lead
throughout and was tied in the
eighth, when the game was called.
Swarthmore suffered a 6-4 defeat,
and New York University a 3-1 de
feat. Lewellyn did some fine work
on the mound, and was instrumental
in much, of the winning. Against
V. M. I. Fetzer used Lowe, pitching
in his third game of the trip, and
the former outfielder allowed the
cadets only four hits and was not
scored upon till the eighth frame
when one run was pushed across.
Every game on the tour was played
in cold and disagreeable weather,
which was somewhat a handicap to
the team, and especially to the
moundsmen.
IS PLACED IN MAILS
Contains Much Interesting Matter
on College Activities, Alumni
nd High School
The May issue of the Alumni Re
view which has just' been placed in
the mails, is adorned on its front
page with a very, beautiful Arboret
um scene. This is just the kind of a
view that should adorn an University
publication issued in the month of
May, and en route to many Alumni.
The scene from the Arboretum will
bring them right back to thoughts
of the University, and -cause many
of them, no doubt, to wish that they
were treading the path shown.
"The Review'' itself is full of in
teresting material. The Editorials
cover the various phases of Univer
sity life, the recent High School ac
tivities in debating, athletics, etc.,
the building program, Alumni news,
and an article on the death of the
late Dr. A. B. Hawkins of the class
of 1845.
An exhaustive review of the build
ing program is included and an ar
ticle on the three Carolina-Virginia
baseball games. The recent debating
activities of the High Schools cul
minating n the hnal contests in
Chapel Hill are also reviewed in an
interesting manner. Readers will al
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THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Frank Robbin Lowe,
Benjamin Bailey Liipfert,
Tyre Crumpler Taylor,
David Benthner Jacobi,
Joseph Altira McLean,
Garland Burn Porter,
William Edwin Horner,
Claude Jame Williams,
Luther James Phipps,
George Watts Hill.
Below is given the college record
of the men who were "tapped" into
the Senior order of the Golden Fleece
on Wednesday night:
F. R. Lowe: Di Society; vice presi
dent class (1) ; varsity football (3,
4); captain-elect; varsity baseball
(3, 4); Grail; Minatour, Gorgon's
Head; Kappa Sigma.
ti. B. Liipfert: Di Society; president
class (Z); Student Council (3);
varsity basketball (1, 2, 3, 4);
Satyrs; Uhimgoul; Grail; fcpsilon
Phi Delta; D. K.
i. (J. Talor: Vl oociecy, vice pre-si-
iiieuc uiuitoi ox Tar neei; iL.uii.or
iuagazme; J on. id xiokius ueoaie;
r vmi. iJt'Ocite; Wasmiigton and
jLee ueoaw, Winner vvngnt iue
iiiuriui meual; uebating council.;
ciadd ixecucive Comnuuee; am
ijuoueromen; -Jpsilon I'm JJulta;
j. an ivappa tilpim; ueltu Tan Dean.
O. a. jacobi: Vice president class (6),
Vctiaiiy lootuuli z, a; cnna com.
marsnall (6 ; Grail.
J. A. McLean: Di Society; campus
cabinet (Z); prediuenc class K'&H
varsity baoeoali (.Z, H) ; assistant
manager lootDall 6); Urail; Ain
pnroteralten; urnegu Delta; Pi
, tiappa I'm.
G. K. Porter: Di Society, vice presi
dent (3); class baseball; associate
editor Yackety Yack (3); Tar
Baby board (2, 3); Magazine
lioard (3); Amphroteraiten;
Umega Delta; Sigma Epsilon;
Sigma Delta Chi.
W. E. Horner i Phi Society; sergeant
at arms (3) ; assistant editor Mag
azine (3); editor in chief (4); as
sociate Board Tar Heel (3) ; assis
tant editor Tar Heel (3) ; Tar Baby
Board (3); Debating Council; al
ternate intercollegiate triangular
debate (3); Mary O. Wright de
bate; Junior Oratorical contest;
Epsilon Phi Delta.
L. J. Phipps: Phi Society, treasurer
(3) ; scholarship average of 96 for
three years"; class football (2, 3);
C. E. Society; Orange County Club;
President (3, 4); adjutant Chapel
Hill Post American Legion (2, 3) ;
manager Pickwick (3).
G. W. Hill: Di Society, Economic
Club; assistant manager varsity
football, S. A. E.
C. J. Williams: Di Society; N. C.
Club; Y Cabinet (2, 3); president
Y. M. C, A. (4) ; assistant busi
ness manager Magazine (3); Epsi
lon Phi Delta.
HANPORD SECURED BY
Potent Factor in English Department
Will Engage in Graduate and
Research Work
Dr. J. H. Hanford will leave in a
short time to assume his duties as a
professor of English in the Univer
sity of Michigan, at which place he
will be solely engaged in graduate
and research work. During the month
of April Dr. Hanford delivered an
address there on Milton which was
in line with the work -diat he will
take up.
Br. Hanford came to this Univer
sity in 1914 and since that time has
been a potent factor in the English
department. He has been chairman
of Sophomore English and addition
to this has taught courses which dealt
with Milton, English poetry from
Burns to Keats and Theories of Eco
nomic Reform. . W j;le here he has
been actively engagcl in research
work and has given special atten
tion to the life anl wrks of Mil
ton. As a result Of .hece endeavor"
an article entitled "The Chronology
of Milton's Private Studits,' will ap
pear in the June issue of the publica
tion published by the Association of
Modern Languages.
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