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JAPANESE PLAYERS WEDNESDAY Wax FINE START FOR BASKETBALL HONORS Volume XXXI. Chapel Hill, N. C, Friday, January 12, 1923 Number 24 DEBATE PRELIMINARIES The preliminaries for those going out for the Fresh-Soph debate will he held in the Di Society hall on Monday night, January 22. This is to determine the representatives of both classes in the finals to be held on Saturday night, February 17. OVER TWO HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOLS ENTER CONTEST Annual State-wide Debate Arouses Much Interest Extension Ma terial to Appear Soon. From present indications the annual state-wide high school debating con tests will be very successful. The query has already been announced and over 200 high schools have been enrolled in the contest. The query as announced is: "Resolved That the Railroad La bor Board should be given power to enforce its decisions." The handbooks that are issued by the Extension De partment on the subject will be out in a few days and will be sent out to the high schools as material for the sub ject. It is not known just what will be done about a new cup. One thing is certain, however; that is, that the cup was won for "keeps" last year by the Durham High school. The commit tee will give out its decisions about the new cup, however, as soon as possible. The Aycock cup was given by the inter collegiate debaters but it is not yet known who will have the honor of giv ing the new cup. ONGAWA PLAYERS HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT Something Out of the Ordinary to Be Given by Japanese Dramatic Organization. Zimmerman Will Stay At Carolina Dr. E. W. Zimmerman of the Com--inorce Department has recently refused n' request Wjoiii the staff of f he '"United State coal inquiry commission. Presi dent Harding created the commission last fall for the purpose of gathering 'and studying the facts of the coal in dustry. Dr. Zimmerman was asked to undertake a study of the economic phase of distributing coal. The work was of such importance that it requir ed residence in Washington, and could not. be done on a part time, basis. Dr. Zimmerman has elected to continue his work nt the University. Dr. Zimmerman has for some time been engaged in a study of Governor Morrison's steamer line plan. Tues day he sent to Governor Morrison a report in which he outlined the ground that should be covered in an investiga tion of such a project. Also he sent a brief account of his recent visit to New York, where he interviewed prom inent men in port and shipping circles. FETZER AND SHEPARD TALK OF BASKETBALL The finer points of the game of bas ketball were explained to the class of .'20 in chapel Wednesday morning by Coaches Bob Fetzer and Norman Shep ard. Coach Fetzer impressed the fact upon the audience that basketball served to draw the student body in closer con tact with each other than any other sport, thus resulting in greater school spirit. He attributed this to tho fact tli.-it. the game of basketball is played within a close radius of the spectators, where it is possible to see every play closely nt hand and to witness fine points in tho game which it is Impossi ble to distinguish in other forms of athletic amusements where the partici pants are further removed from tho spectators. The coach appealed to all freshmen to support basketball by at least attending the games, and thus en joying the fellowship and closo contact the sport holds in store for its support ers. Mr. Shcpard laid especial emphasis on tho new rules which have been in troduced within recent years to curb the roughness of basketball. He point ed out to the students that the Univer sity has a long tradition of the great est sportsmanship as a part of its his tory, and that this tradition must be uphold throughout the future. Basket ball lie believod, serves as a medium through which this spirit of sportsman "liip may be strengthened and moro firmly intrenched in the University. As n example of this, ho related to the freshmen tho wonderful reputation for sportsmanship which Carolina bnsket I'all teams in the past have hud. The Ongawa Japanese Players in Chapel Hill cherry blossoms in a cedar grove. They will be here on Wednes day night, January 17, under the man agement of the Playmakers. Holders of subscribers' memberships will re ceive a 10 per cent reduction in admis sion price. The program to be given will be a bit novol on Chapel Hill boards a sort of fantasy of the Far East, an optical dream. The program will consist of two parts as hereunto: PART I Feast of the Lanterns A descriptive composition portraying one of Japan's great night festivals with ultra-realis tic effects. Historical Sword Dance Narrative pantomime of striking beauty. Monkey and Jellyfish A Japanese story. Up-side Downs. Ancient Love Song Moonlight and Waves. I Lady Picking Mulberries A song. Fold Dances With songs and poems. Japanese Feminine Fashions. PART II "The Fox Woman," a play of Ori ental witchery. This play is an example of the lat est development of dramatic art in Ja pan, following closely the realistic methods of the West. CHANGE IN LIBRARY HOURS The library is now open on Sat urday nights from' 7 until 10 o'clock. The closing hour at night throughout the week has been changed from 11 to 10 o'clock. CHICAGO PROFESSOR WILL) GIVE WEEK'S COURSE HERE W. A. Nitze, Authority on Romance Language and Literature, Will Con duct Seminar Course in February., CO-OPERATION GIVEN HERE Will Give Opportunity to Learn Mech anism of Co-operative Agencies Course Given by Hobbs. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., assistant professor of Rural Economics and Sociology, is this quarter giving the first course in Co-operation in Agriculture ever given in the South. In fact, the University has practically the only department of Rural Sociology in the South. The de partmental library is the second best on that subject in the entire United States. The South has two of the greatest co operative agencies iu the world, but has few men who know how to manage them. There is an urgent need for men who understand the principles of such organizations, the success or fail ure of which is so important to the farmer and the South. Nevertheless, no southern school has previously offer ed courses for the training of such men. During tho holidays Mr. Hobbs rep resented the University at a meetiug of the new Rural Sociology division of the American Sociological Society in Chicago. ALA POSH CART IS SWAIN'S NEW SYSTEM All Food Placed on Table at Beginning of the Meal First Come, First Served. The management announces a change in the mode of serving meals at Swain Hall. Instead of having a waiter to every two tables as in tho past, trucks will bo used, and. at dinner and sup per all the food that is to be served will be on the table when tho doors are opened, with the exception of bread and butter. Therefore, no dishes will be refilled during the meal, and tho food on tho table is supposed to be enough to satisfy the appetites of ten normal men, But, if some of the men have super-natural apetites and take more than their proportionate share, they will cause their unfortunate brethren to go hungry. So tho management asks that every man have a heart and take no moro than his allotted share; and they emphatically declare that the amount of food-will not be cut down, so that no one need worry. This change is made in order to make tho lot of those members of the Royal Order of llash-Slingers who are so for tunate as to have boon awarded posi tions in the hall easier, and to improve tho service. It is hoped that this now plan will prove more satisfactory to all parties concerned. Professor William AJbert Nitze, mem ber of the Modern Language Associa tion of America, head of the depart' ment of Romance Languages and Lit eratures at the University of Chicago, and author of "The Grail Romance Perlesvaus, " "Glastonbury and the Holy Grail," and "The Fisher-King in the Grail Romances," will give an in tensive course covering the Arthurian romances, both English and French, during a week in February. Profes sor Nitze is rocognized as being the greatest authority ou Arthurian ro mances in this country, and is, besides, a delightful personality. Professor Nitze will have a class of about 30. It will be composed of grad uate students and of seniors who have specialized in French. The class will meet two hours each dav for six days. As well as listening to lectures, the students will take part in the discus sions. ; The course given by Professor Xitze follows out a plan which the Univer sity adopted six years ago. This plan is for some distinguished scholar from another university to give a short course covering some definite subject. It is probable that Professor Nitze will give an evening lecture while he is here. IS LOSS TO VARSITY FOOTBALL Captain-Elect Leaves Carolina to Ac cept Position With Liggett-Myers Morris Succeeds Blount. DURHAM COUNTY CLUB FAILS TO SETTLE THE MED SCHOOL ISSUE The Durham County Club failed to arrive at a definite decision iu regard to the location of the proposed new medical school in Durham, at its meet ing last Monday night. The medical school proposal came in for finite a lengthy discussion at the meeting, the matter finally being deferred until the next meeting of the club. One definite step taken by the club resulted in the appointment of a com mittee, composed of J. M. Saunders, C. K. Massey, and W. J. Faucette, which was instructed to make arrangements for the staging of an essay writing eon test among the schools of Durham county. This contest will be held un der the auspices of the Durham county club, the subject to be selected being one which is expected to interest the state-at-large. It is hoped by club members to have the winning essay pub lished in the Carolina Magazine. Victor V. Young, president of the club, was selected as its representative to make a speech before the juniors and seniors of the Durham high school at an early date. The talk will be deliv ered with tho purpose in view of inter esting high school students in the ad vantages the University offers those who desire a higher education. Refreshments consisting of apples, oranges and fig cakes were served. William A. Blount, captain-elect of the Carolina 1923 football team, has accepted a responsible position with the Liggett-Myers Tobacco company of Durham and will not return next fall to pilot tho Carolina eleven. His resig nation was tendered to the football squad about 10 days ago. Blount first entered the University in 1915, but it was not until his senior year, 1919, that he became a member of tho football team. The next year found him teaching at Bingham, but in the fall of 1921 he entered the law school and has been one of the most valuable men on the team the last two seasons. And in each of his three years as amember of the Tar Heel eleven he was prominently mentioned as all-South Atlantic center. His resignation leaves a wide gap in tho center of the Carolina line which will be hard to plug. This year he has distinguished himself as an exception ally capable kicker. On several oc casions his goals from placement repre sented the margin of victory for his team, and he also made good about 90 per cent of his attempts to add the extra point after touchdown. At a meeting of the letter men in football Wednesday night, Roy ("Ca sey") Morris of Gastonia was selected to succeed Blount as leader of the 1923 eleven. Morris is . the first Carolina athlete to be honored with two captain cies in many years, and that alone is a great tribute to his popularity, ability and leadership. "Casey" has been catcher on the varsity baseball team for two years and will be captain of the nine this spring. His playing at left end has won him a position on prac tically every All-South Atlantic selec tion two years in succession. While the loss of Bill " " Blount was a seri ous blow to next year's prospects in the gridiron game, there is consolation in the fact that a capable man has been elected to fill the veteran center's shoes as pilot of the Fetzer eleven. CAROLINA'S SPEEDY QUINTET FINDS THE DURHAM Y.M.C A. NO MATCH AND WINS 50-21 UNIVERSITY OF F TO PLAY VARSITY HERE DEAN BRADSHAW BACK ON THE JOB AGAIN Dean of Students Francis F. Brad shaw has just recovered from an attack of the flu. He was taken sick on Christ mas night at the home of his parents near Hillsboro. He spent the holidays there and was confined to his room all the time. However, he was able to be out again last Tuesday for the first time since his sickness. A wrestling match with Davidson has been scheduled at Chapel Hill for the 22nd or 24th of February. Elon and Guilford will probably be played before that time. CALENDAR Saturday: Literary Societies meet at 7 p. m. Freshmen vs. Greensboro High School iu Gym at 8:15 p. m. Sunday: Grail meets in "V" at 12:30 p. m. Mondpy: Ongawa Japanese Players at I'l.'iy nuikers I'layhouse at 8:. 'to p. m. Compulsory chapel attendance in Memorial Hall at 11:10 a. m. Frosh Will Reach Heights of Oratory Two orators from Phi will oppose two orators from Di in what is expected to be a record-breaking freshman decla mation contest, at 8 o'clock in Gerrard Hall tonight. This will be the first annual fresh man declamation contest to bo held at the University. The contest is being held as part of the extended forensic program planned last autumn by the debate council. Woodrow Wilson and Edward Kid der Graham, late president of the Uni versity, will live again in the minds of the audience, it is rumored. Two of tho freshmen orators have speeches written by these men and will deliver them in tho contest. Judges for the contest had not been selected early in the week, but doubt less will be announced prior to Friday night. The declaimers are: A. L. Grocc, of Candler, representing Di; J. P. Pegg, of Guilford College, representing Di; XI. L. Hollowcll, of Ryland, represent ing Phi, and M. M. Young, of Durham, representing Phi. These speakers were selected in preliminaries held prior to ihc Christmas vacation. PARSON MOSS FEEDS FRESHMAN DEBATERS Rev. J. D. Moss, known in the Uni versity community as "Parson" Moss, was host to the Freshman Debating So ciety at a reception given Monday night in the First Presbyterian church. A bounteous feast was enjoyed by all of those who were present as the guests of Parson Moss. G. M. McKic, coach of tho club, gave a very interest ing talk in which he pointed out the advantages of society work and encour aged society work among the class of '26. Ho predicted that the club would be very active during the present quar ter. Joke-telling and a general get-together affair comprised the rest of the pro gram. The club will hold a formal debate next Monday night, when the subject if tuiiff reform is expected to be heat .II v debuted. Manager Ross Gives Out Revised Bas ketball Schedule Wake Forest Next on the Program. The revised varsity basketball sche dule, just released by Manager Ross, in cludes a game with the University of Florida here on February 10. The first of the remaining games will be played wih Wake Forest hero ou January 19. With the addition of the Florida con test, Carolina will have played only 1-1 games at the opening of the Southern Inter-collegiate Tournament. The remaining games are as follows: Wake Forest at Chapel Hill, Janu ary 19. Mercer at Chapel Hill, January 23. Washington and Lee at Lexington, January 30. V. M. I. at Lexington, January 31. Lynchburg College at Lynchburg, February 1. Trinity at Durham, February 3. Wake Forest at Wake Forest, Febru ary 5. Florida at Chapel Hill, February 10. Trinity at Chapel Hill, February 17. State at Raleigh, February 19. State at Chapel Hill, February 22. Virginia nt Chapel Hill, February 24. S. I. C. Tournament at Atlanta, Feb ruary 28. IS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Chapel Hill Children Stage Interesting Ceremony and Fioduce tjuite a Few Laughs. Green, Carmichael and Sammy McDonald High Scorers For Carolina. BITTERLY FOUGHT GAME Durham Makes Only 7 Points in First Half Carmichael Sure Foul Shots. on The wedding of Mr. Thomas Thumb and Miss Colin Midget was solemnized in the auditorium of the Chapel Hill High school last Tuesday night nt 9 o 'clock. In the presence of the immediate family and a few friends the impressive ceremony was said. The bride entered on the arm of her father who gave her in marriage. Miss Midget, played by Cell a Dur ham, is the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Midget of this city. Mr. Thomas Thumb, played by Pilman Per ry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thumb, Senior, is a prominent and popular young man, also of this city. All of the actors, none of whom will reach their teens in tho near future, acted their parts well, and by their mis-steps, intentional and unintention al, kept the audience in a continuous state of laughter. T!.e play as a whole was an excellent ntiiv upon the Chapel Hill married and courting population. The services were conducted by the Reverend Mr. Patton of the local Methodist church, pastor of the bride. Towards the end, after the knot had been tied, the play -began to drag and a few of the actors and actresses began to nod and show that their bed time was before 9 0 'clock. The groom was very absent-minded and seemingly bored. He placed the ring upon the bride's thumb and al lowed it to go at that. The bride con descendingly laid her bouquet down and corrected her newlv-made husband's er ror. Following this the bride continu ally entangled herself in her train and kept the bridesmaid busy in assisting her out of the embarrassing dilemma. The ring-bearer also chanced to espy her mother in tho audience and caused no little mirth over her own glee. Well deserved refreshments were serv ed nt the end of the ccremonv and were enjoyed by all excepting the best man, who turned down ico cream in his dreams of sleep. He was finally induc ed to partake by the ever-helpful brides maids. The play was given under the direc tion of J. A. Rose, of Kansas City, and a Washington representative, for the benefit of the Community Club. A good sized audience turned out for the per formance, but there were few Univer sity students in spite of Mr. Paulsen's active advertising. Music was fur nished by the high school orchestra tin ier the direction of Mr. Sheldon. After tic wedding Mr. and Mrs. Thumb left 011 their honevmoon for n extended tour through sliinibcilainl 1 tliir rcsi ective Ionics. Carolina completely outpassed, out dribbled, and outsliot the veteran Dur ham Y. M. C. A. team on tho local floor Tuesday night, and finally triumphed 50 to 21. Urged on by the continual rooting of tho spectators, both teams fought fast and furious throughout the game, but it was apparent from the start that tho Blue and White five was superior. In the second half, the game was marred by tho habitual protests of the visitors, and Referee Stoiner had to remove two playors from the floor for a slight conflict. Captain McDonald's team started off with a spurt and ran up a large lead in tho first 10 minutes. "Sammy" McDonald dropped tho ball in the bas ket five times during tho first half and Mahler rang up throo. Two fiold goals wore all that the Durham team could secure in tho first period, but tho Caro lina defense was not so effective after the intermission. The seoro at tho end of tho half was 29 to 7. Knight and Perry made six baskets between them early in the second half and play had boon resumed five min utes before the Tar Heels could locate the hoop. Green came back strong in this period and obtained four goals, two being from difficult positions. Sev eral times there was intentional rough ness on both sides which prevented tho smooth passing exhibited iu the first half. Captain "Monk" McDonald played a strong defensive gamo nnd time and again dribbled tho length of tho floor, enabling his team-mates to shoot. Car michael made eight of nine tries from tho 15-foot line count, and performed in his usual graceful and effective man ner. Sam McDonald and Green dis played good form on their shots and Mahler was exceptionally strong on de fense. "Sis" Perry and Knight were tho loading scorers for Durham, while Starling made an exceedingly long goal. The line-up: Durham Y (21) Carolina (50) Perry L.K. . . McDonald, 8. Starling R.F Green Knight C Carmichael Manguin, L L.G Mahler Uellin, Capt. . . . R.O. McDonald, A.(C) Substitutions: Durham Erwin for Mangum. Carolina Purser for A. Mc Donald, A. McDonuld for 8. McDonald. Scoring: Field goals Perry 2, Star ling, Knight 4, Mangum, Erwin, 8. Mc Donald 6, Green ti, Carmichael 4, Mah ler 4, Purser. Foul goals Carmichael 8 out of 9, Mangum 3 out of 9. Referee, Steincr (Trinity). Time of halves, 20 minutes. Nine Men Added To Fraternities The annual mid year initiations have been held by the fraternities and Caro lina's fraternity roll is larger by nine men. It has been a matter of consid erable speculation this fall as to how certain desirable men would go and Monday night when the colors were pinned on the new neophites there were some surprised by tho results and many "just-as-I-thought's." Each year after tho fall term a number of men are ini tiated that would have been before had they been cligiblo. Six courses are re quired by the University for eligibility. Tho following were initiated: Delta Kappa Epsilon Martin Carmichael, of Durham, and John Clarke, Tarboro; Al pha Tau Omega, Scott M. Thomas, Rock ingham, and Harry J. Watrous, Tampa; Sigma Nu, Paul Wells, Jr., Shelby; Theta Chi, Latta R. Johnson, Snow Hill, Homer C. Stalling and H. LaB. Wilcox, Florence, S. C.j Delta Tau Del ta, Julius liagland, Salisbury. LAW REVIEW DELAYED The January issue of the North Caro lina Law Review has been delayed by the illness of its editor-in-chief, Mr. M. T. Van Hecke. But in the near fu ture this number promises to bo out and to eual, if not to excel the previ ous issue.