North Carolina Newspapers

ffr " Commencement Issue j 77 77 Tl il tl 11 II Ei II 11 II JLi 11 1 1 Ji 4 IH Commencement Issue "Volume XXXI Chapel Hill, N. C, Thursday, June 14, 1923. Number 60 COMMMENCEMENT COMES TO A CLOSE WITH CONFERRING OF 228 DEGREES Huge Crowd Jams Memorial Hall for the wind-up of the 128th. Commencement ritOGRAM IS IMPRESSIVE SENIOR CLASS HOLDS ITS LAST MEETING OF CAREER 1903 SHOWS FACULTY HOW TO PLAY BALL LORD ALUMNI OFFICERS DISCUSS PROBLEMS THAT FACE ORGANIZATION Banquet in New Cafeteria Re splendent With Wit and Urgent Speeches i ALUMNI DON'T COOPERATE George Gordon Battle, Delivering Commencement Speech Pleads for World Court. i Closing Exercises of the Senior j President Chase Pitched First Ball Class Were Held in Memorial I Game that Wonder Team j Hall on Class Day i Won 9 to 2- I red and twenty- account 01 uie tnreatening : " " iortn by Oscar Coffin ; lent of the Uni- j weather the closing exercises of the i team' Ioser of on!y two ames durinS i joshing of each othe , a fitting close j Sen'r Class, which were scheduled ! !ts lnnlng' smashed Hobbs' offerings in Niek-S new cafeter j hard and far, and firmly Entertained from the fount of I Judge Winston's and Pete Murphy's wit, by the interpretation of the I ''psychology of the rpaiW" aet: Baseball fm.fu u,. rwa,. rffi, . j j r and sitting eria which was sustained the ; fP,.m-ntpri with Paulino rn estaDllsnea at ' Grant, had hia moofino. nf tha T The one hundred and twenty- On account of the threatening ! Carolina's 1903 Wonder eighth commencem versity came to a fitting ivH,.oorliiv ninrnino- in IVTpmnrial : to be under the historieal Davie , , . no i Pnnlnr wara v.atA iv, t :i tiii reputation so unii iirith Tnn ni-aEunrarmn fix s.s.7 ..... . hviu ml iuciiiui lui iiri . - i IXaii 1H1 m- MJ. vow. " - ; degrees and five honorary degrees, ! to the fact that both President Jule nmS 01 e century oy a;cal Alumni Officers, speeches by George Gordon Battle ! Shirley and Vice-president Bryson J 2 vict7 over the Faculty- Pete Murphy, sitting at the head and Gov. Cameron Morrison, and. were at Charlottesville with the i Yf crowd went out on Emerson . 0f the table and acting as toast all the pomp and ceremony appropri- j baseball team, J. Y. Kerr acted as(J,1fd x.pectm to fee the old bo's ! ulster, entertained his end of the ate for the occasion The huge hall ' the Presiding officer and called to-j cut a shine' hen the team assembl-j tsble by telling how he did things was crowded to its well known ca-; ?ether the last meeting of the class ; ed (they ave every appearance of ain Salisbury. Judge Winston, re pacity with the eager cap and gown-1 at five irty. . ! Proiessional ball club and confirmed jated anecdotes of life down there ed figure-, their hosts of friends : Before the members of the class ! thla by playing real basaba11- CamP in Bertie County to Louis Graves, iowiwneorV oretv girls and a few and their relatives and friends C. H. ! Bl'agg s band acd'Panied the play- ; John Umstead and those seated townspeople, pieuy g.ns ana a lew ; j a,pa rilpii ,Pat bh oni,.t ; i,:... o..n.. r j j Ty rvHiuoru uegan tne exercises bv read- r" ncm aim, uunj uerusru uuuuueu IHC . iU- : ...1 1 T -.1. ing the clas history. The last will i piayeu, mere , on lireek, and Uscar Uoltin mter- . . - i were five rantairiR n t.hp rvnwrl U-,lfl -i,ifV, nfftr Tiffin nm.via ,j ..n t v. fo,,iHt wsuuuent was read dv ,1. J. i " r - uiclcu ...j . , ... j . . Beale. Jane B. Tov kent. thn .ni flolt' captain ot ciaa in DiacK. gowns anu caps m an " iqaq r-o.. ion- ni ... .... ....... j..-,,... .j .u . and the others in the n.irfim, 1903, Cair 1903 (Donnely was elect- S wer;T.d out Z 2n arfd by very cleverly prepar. : --ed him nce he listened attentively to th:s outburst vounir and old anions them manv ' class ProPnecy. K. L. Felton Jr., , " "" " "" f"- ""cul,:l young and old among them many M . f,ng) Thompson 1905) and gtem ; f rom chapel Hillf and ate bounteous-, leautfia ui uie autit. xiic vacuum . - r Piato Durham Gives Address To Seniors The 1923 Commencement was l opened in Memorial Hall Sundiiv morning by the Baccalaureate ser mon delivered by the Rev. Plato Durham, Professor of Lhurch His tory in the Candler Theological Seminary of Emory University, be fore an audience of over 1600, in cluding 92 seniors clad in their caps and gowns. The text of the sermon was the emancipation of the mind, leading up to an exhortation to the seniors to break away from the limi tations which bewet them and be the uplifters of civilization. He made the statement that the emancipation of the mind depended upon the breaking away from the limitations of disease, ignorance, prejudice and tyranny. It is absolutely necesary that prejudice be put aside and that you allow yourself to think along the lines of straight truth. The Rev. Durham ia considered to be one of the most eloquent preach ers in the south, and the rendition ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT BATTLE GOES TO VIRGINIA ON MUD SOAKED DIAMOND Aftelr 8 Consecutive Defeats from Tar Heels Virginians Squeeze out Victory 4 to 3 MORRIS FAILS IN PINCH The sad fable of "Casey at the bat" was twice retold in the annual commencement diamond battle be tween Carolina and Virginia, which took place Tuesday afternoon on a mud-soaked Emerson Field. Casey Morris, of home run fame, Captain of the Tar Heels and catcher par excellence, on two distinct occasions failed to produce when a neat single would have meant a run, and hence the game. It was a sight to sadden Carolina countenances and to glad den Virginia hearts. For the fir time in nine games during the past itthree years, the lads of the Old undergraduate right side of students. On the platform were Donnelly, ; in stage-whispers. But though the alumni officers , i. .... . rt .1 J 1 j. 1. .. 1 ! I ' or ms sermon ounaay am not ueue . Dominion com,uored Carolina's base his reputation. He is a native of b.,H w,rriors. The final tally read 4 North Carolina, having lived in this j .. o Herman Bryson gets credit for the defeat, although he pitched excel- state ud until very recently and i; well known in the state. He is a graduate of Trinity College, and was at one time a member of its faculty. One of the amusing events of the morning was the appearance of a lent ball after relieving Ferebee, who started the game and found the sailing rough during the time he occupied the peak. With the sacks Bragg band played a variety of 6'iu ui lne ciass to its Alma pleasing pieces during the program, :.Mate' w" Rented by J. P. Trot-; and all in all the whole scene was er; Mr -Trotter m a short presen most impressive. i tatlon speech ave both an idea and After .the opening prayer by i sulstantial gift to the University. Reverend Lawrence. Dr Chase in ' The ldea was this: the class itself troduced the speaker of the oc casion., George Gordon Battle, of New York and North Carolina, con nected with the long line of Battles who have contributed so much to the welfare of state and University. The speaker was given a rousing re ception as he plunged into his speech. After commenting on the Commencement of 1881 and men tioning the names of several pro minent personages who were pres- . " ent at that time: Zebulon B. Vane, ' 0ut. of a student body of 2.00U, Senator Ranson, General William R. f 3r(j!na 8 student council ha, had rv n- if,,., p.m., tn...c:s -i J 3rvca men. inis, wnen 1906, Iy the three courses prepared by The group of men that assembled ' Nick, when Pete Murphy announced (Continued on page four) j (Continued on page five) (Continued on page eight) ONLY SEVEN MEN ARE ; SHIPPED DURING YEAR New Council Intends to Adopt A , More Rigid Policy for Next ' Year ANNUAL ALUMNI MEETING GOLDEN FLEECE MEMBERS OF THE PHI SOCIETY ! HOLD THEIR FIRST REUNION ,1.. VU, JntfAvni wriiK COPm. 'l 1 .A. u , ' . : tW fetched nd none down in the , eu iv uc vd, ...uu, ... -.v. (r ,. . , ,,. lvr delivery of the sermon until theL""-- -"""" - " """" lines by Coach Bill Fetzer, and Bry son, hero of Monday's game against Virginia, walked to the mound. A until the Reverend waxed too eloquent to sumi; bis taste, whereuuon he tucked hi"; tail between his legs and proceeded to make his getaway. ORDER HOLDS SWAY AT COMMENCEMENT Meeting Taken Up with Attack and Monday Night of Commencement Defense of the Assembly by ! Week vyjtnesses Homecoming the Old Members. of Many Argonauts. The Alumni members "and a small grojp of active student members of the Phi Soc.ety met in the Hall of '.he focitly immediately after the ' i:i tor-society debate in which the Phi was victorious over lival, the Di. About forty members of tiie eoc-cty were present,' and o.it of them joined in' 'th'tT discus- Final Hops of Year Unusually CIeanj and Orderly Well Attended As a fitting climax to the solemni- I Monday night of Commencement i 'ty and merrimcnt of the 128th Corn week witnessed the first reunion of : v,0 ! dano were. Carolina's Senior the Golden Fleece- Honor Order- held in the his- I i held in Swain Hall Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with a riot of it's ancient 6 ; itolor, hordes ot nappy, luxeaoea iook tne iorm 01 a Danquet in me , college boySj and pretty girls from ; rooms over the new Cafeteria. aU over the gouth, and irresistible, 1 Ptnoe-tW fouwdjng --tW-dwfflvr.n.,,-, rftd6rid bv the to ship only seven men Venable and others, he took up the coninared with the records of other main thread tf his message, a plea ; coune!,s is considered by "the student for the support of the World Court. bodv as a Rreat accomplishment in Jle briefly traced the development deed- Of the seven men that were of the settling of national disputes I shipped, 4 of them- were for drink from the days of Ancient Greece in for stealing and 1 for haz through the dark ages to the prea- ent international pninnlijiinTia ATr 1 The policy of this year's sturfent. Battln skptehorl ho loaHino- , n.rt council has been to trv tn save tho trustee8 . i i . ... - . ivnmpn in pnt.pr thi TTnivprsihv in America has played in establishing maiviauai it possible. . ihus instead' ,. ... i two.-members of the first Fleece, of justice and reason over force and of shipping the student , for most "l' ed numbers. He believed that , . ; . , i.1 1 1. - - i 1 J 1 sum. -Senator W M. Person of-mle Deen ane nunarea ana i famous Garber-Davis and local Caro- t-raiikllu County and a member of j eighty-one members initiated into its ; lina Club orchtra. The moat ateilu the class of 1893 was elected presi ! jt. um unriy-n.x ox i ing feature of the annual dances, nt thc ,ot, wi ov, ,. tne Argonaum returned lor tne i however, was the absolute order and very forceful and entertaining. He ucc.ou A,tuouKn .greater num-, ! stated that he was not one of those ber of e pr,e9ent Were ,rom. tne I favored permitting!1"1 c'.ses ,c"ere ,wele en, I many- ux kiik: LidBBCB, llli:iuuillg who violence for the peaceful settling of onenses ne was given " -probation; page four f called up a second time he was " ' 'shipped, since probation put him on' (Continuedon . leges which the state provides for Victor ' Young, as toastmaster, n t i c a . 1 opened the banquet by a short in- tliern. In speaking of the growth and ;, 1 1 ) , PLAYHOUSE JAMMED IN : ;MNALSH0W;0F YEAR his, honor not to repeat the offense. ; developemenb of -the University, troductory talk and then called on Fifte en men - were put on pi'flba- fi en a tor Person declared that Caro- cleanliness that prevailed in contrast to the difficuineD nrwing from tho recent spring nances. The opening dance, the Senior Class Ball, took place Wednesday night. The Seniors established a precedent,' in , giving this alfa t to .which friends fend Slumni were invited minus .the.:iiual hgh fe,e. The dance- waa attended by approximately " tdxty five girls and lone hit produced two runs, and then Carolina's relief hurler calmly pro ceeded to retire the side. V;'igbi.3 othe-: tally came right off the bat in the first inning. Hub bard, lead-off man, tripled to center and counted on Dettrick's hit down the third base line. Caroiina'a first run came In the fifth. After Gibson f lied to center, Bryson singled to left and advanced on McDonald's double to left center. McLean's sacrifice fly to right field brought in Bryson. One more was added to the home count in the sixth. Shirley led off with a one-base blow to right center. Casey Morris came to the bat and flicd to center field. Cart Carmichael thereupon pi-oceeded to send the sphere on a nice little ride over Foster's, .'head in -left field a blow which netted him two bases and tallied Shirley. " - - An ' errorj base "on balls, force play, and a clean hit hy Shirley' scored Joe McLean wth the tying run. This happened in the "lucky" seventh. . i " '' (Continued on page eight)' linu waa yif rvnl. Viq K--.- TTnMrovoL tion for disorderly conduct, and 10 r, . ,. , . , . . ' were Col for bad checks. . Indeed the work of this year's council , is considered to be a re markable accomplishment by the the student body. Last year a largo number of bad checks were passed cii., . , i 'on local merchants!. This year by Playing to a capacity house,; the; . . ... . . V , ' e responding fone, hundred and seventy fiye gentle k, of Raleigh, meii wh'ch made,, "an ideals ratio iville, bpth of Under the supervision of the .Con ALUMNI HAVE BIG BANQUET Playmaker's Show in Presentation Excellent Form of "Agatha" and "Mama.'; Carolina Playmakers gave one of their most successful performances of the year Tuesday at the Play bouse. After having given the plays several times during the year, they were in a position to make their best presentation, and it was affirm ed by many that, they did so. 'Two plays were presented, "Agathi", by Jane Toy, and "Mam ma", by Ernest Thompson The former, a romance of the South of Civil War times, deals with the trials and slight love affair of the youngest of a Confederate Colonel's three daughters. Nancy Battle gave an excellent portrayal of the d:spair of the young girl on finding that the Colonel is determined to change ber name, Agatha, to . the name of two of the South's most illustrious generals during the war. Miss Battle was without a shadow of a doubt the star performer of the evening, but the whole of the cast deserves especial mention for the way in which they acted their parts. Prob ably George Denny and Owen Wood sides, play'r.g the parts of the Colonel and Major respectively, were the other two best presentations. 'Mamma", designated as a comedy of modern manners, probably made the cooperation of the local bunks , ; , , i i i ... - ii.. j. - ' , L.iki policy nas oeen praewcauy u-,.(:0iicy of the University toward co continued. :H.i..nl ia nroKuhlv- Sa . fv the calling, of higher service. Dr. Wade Atkinson of Washing- !l"ll,cls"' uu""6 W,B . (Continue, on nnire five different members of the organization for short i. talks. Those ty in tne soutn, out tne best in tne ,., .- , , .'. ., z l'"'1 w" " .uw I ni mnnnmrn nu i nr f t nstion. with regards to serving .the V-J" Gordon' of f1' Under the supervision ofthe .Copt L.lR0WDED SWAIN HALL heeds, bf the people as whole. t ' wer? ,f ehs' th .flrtencement..Bali:cmanagerS Monk 1 . - , V ' - - . , cla.- of '93, 'and a prominent ' crtoen'j ham;' AeH & gwM McGee'-jas '.WheoTjeej . TomTuVffer; TI,: L of. Pitt County, made, an address ;Hfi 'oW"7 :bu11 sef?VW arfftovd HoiaeAess, the ball was'f Deli :)ong the lines of the presiding v"c LUU1 ui. "" f''ts "tharmiPfeiy ' . decOratdd with ' pmjc oilicer.. He expressed his regrets of j S S hP.m' aJd"s. i-rtmw aijd flowers, and the floor the fact that women are invadmgft anf. polished to' a' nice- the University, but that the present H , ntiment -expressed ; , all-j ty. : Johnnie . Bonner led . the march . tu ricctt icuiuuh auouiu i w' tn .:ni9 srster' tsiancne Bonner, ox The majority of men that were shipped, were asked to leave the University, during the last few j weeks. ' Several .-men got the ini I predion that since- it was only a week I before the examinations that the j council would hardly ship them. This impression the council set about j quickly to refute, and by shipping I two men, they made the last few days of school very quiet. In looking over the record of this year'o student government, in most respects, Harmon, President of the Student Body has been highly pleas ed. Order has prevailed at the dances especially. A pledge system was em ployed by the German Club last year, and this has been unusually be made an annual affair, so ' that ' Raleigh, assisted by P. ;A. Reavis with. Miss Eleanorf.;Neely, 6r Ala bama. ','" "- ,-,' NextYears Faculty . ' h Increased By 26 the old men can become acquainted with the men who have been chosen for membership ' in the following years. Bingham Prize Goes To 'Ch.rles Spencer Twenty-s'x new men have been ilued to the faculty for next year, bo.ne of these are taking the places of me.i who resigned, but the ma joilty. are really additions. These ire additions' i.i almost every de partment and schooi. They will, : The annu;-l Junior debate ' be ; twee i l'epiese.it.itve.' of thejtwo . 'laetics was wo 1. list Tuesday eve.i- ! ;itr by the Phi team, composed two men, Z. T. Forteque and C. B 'Spencer, who upheld the negative :de of the question which read: Re Large Mess Hall Decorated in cate Pink Streamers Run ning from fh" Roof, f" " Tie ann'ual Commencement Ball, held,. Friday ' night, was the gayest,,,! merriest, and largest, attended of all, and put a pleas'jig touch' tq , the wind-up of social activities for the year witb Monk, McDonald, Leader, With' tables' under a' sky of pink streamers,.; Camp ' Bragg'a: , Orchestra piping beautiful women, and plates going-at; -?L50. a piece, the alumni held their annual luncheon in; Swain Hall 'Tuesday nooti ' 'oVComnllpnce- - i meim; Swin HalJ was crowded with : the - large " crowd .of ; 1200 -'-which swept ' through -its portals. ;- Jt was'an attractive and interest ing scene. Baby '22 held1 sway over in one cornerY While Harding Butt's 1918 crowd, their heads- adorned assisted by John T, Barnes, Howard jwith , freshmen skull 'caps. ad '13 with : gold and 'green pirate ; shaped hats held the other side of the n.fc and vied with each . other in: vocal successiui. ine iasi two ua..ce8 '' , nnwnvilvlnfoI 1dft L , uPt" v.v..j - - accompanied by drinking but it must be remembered that these were not tik ng into consideration those who solved: That France was justified : are leaving, bring tho faculty up to; entering the Ruhr. The Affirmative j ; was upheld by W. S. Somers and C. ! These new are: Chester Penn Hig-j A. Peeler, of the D.:. bv. Ph. D . Aameiate Professor of This debate is held ''ach year to under the auspices of the German.: p Harrison Dike, ph. D, ! decide the winner of he Bingham Club Men who m?de themselves j Apsociate professor of Physics; A. ; Prize in Oratory, the prize going especially notorious were shipped j R Newsome a.. B., Assistant Pro-1 to the best speaker on the winning promptly, three being shipped on.f ss f iiistorv. W:llard E. At- side. The negative winning this Holderness, James T. Little, Allan j VftGee, Thomas Turner, and S;las vVhedbee. The Dance Committee was i . J T 1 T SI 3.1'posea oi : jonnnie- uonner, uas effortg - , , . t of t.ic vi., icy Little, Chick Holderness, - There .were clentv of Duns ex- rommie -Turner, and E. C. Jernigan..ichangeJ on t.at,h other by the various 'classes. Some of them were goad, . some bad. In a few instances, due tto the immensity of the size of the Wlftl-SW At 'Ifi flanmiof hal1 and the greatnefof the norsy OVVaJf ll 10 DaII4UCl;crowdi pun3 were repeated.. twice.. iBut.the crowd didn't' know. The Banquet of the class of 1918, i Alter three courses had been serv which was held at the Episcopal jed speech-making was in order. Mr, ;;! Enthusiasm Holds account of the last two dances. Ikins, J. D., Associate Professor of year, the judges decided that the In the correction of big offences i Business Law. Havold R. Smart, Ph. ! prize should be awarded to C. E. this year's student government has j D ( Assistant Professor' of Philo- Spencer. the biggest hit of the evening. It j been unusually successful. There sophy; paul E .Green, ; A. M., Assist- was such a rollicking portrayal of the vicissitudes of the social climber that it kept the bouse in almost perpetual uproar from the rise to (Continued on page eight) were only two cases ot stealing ana,ant Professor of Philosophy; Shipp these were dealt with with unit de- G Sander9i a. B., Assistant Pre cision. In one instance the offend- j feg9or of Ciassic9. Albrect Naeter, ed was proved to be a kleptomaniac. M s., Associate Professor of Elec (Continued on page eight) ji (Continued on page four) Parish House Tuesday, was one of Carr of Durham spoke for the great the most enthusiastic meetings which ! er University and was TolloVed by was held during Commencement jLunsford, Long, and others. ' , Week. Owing to the fact that it was I not possible to attract the atten tion of all the members of the class j to this banquet, there were only 25 present. But these made up in zeal j what was lacking in numbers. Not at all the least of the attrac i represented Initiated into honorary membership ! tions was the short talk, humorous There was plenty of razz and pep ia (Continued on page eight) (Continued on page four) that corner. PHI DELTA PHI INITIATES The Phi Delta Phi, law fraternity, Perhaps the best of all the tables, except the one that the toastmaster occupied, was one sitting way ovar. on the left hand corner of the hall. It was occupied by Bobbie Gray, Buck Midyette, and Dick Colton who the newspaper ; clique.