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Vol. XXXII.
Chapel Hill, N. C, Oct. 30, 1923
NO. 12
DECEMBER 8 IS
DATE SET FOR
FIRST DEBATE
South Carolina Accepts Divorce
Law Query and Selects
Affirmative Side
PRELIMINARIES NOV. 13TH
The first intercollegiate debate of
the year will be held here on De
cember 8th. This contest is to be
with the University of South Caro
lina on the subject: Resolved: That
a Constitutional Amendment be Pass
ed Giving Congress Power to Pass a
Federal Divorce Law. This institu
tion had the privilege of selecting the
query and submitting it to her sister
university this year. The above men
tioned query was selected by the
Council at their last meeting from a
number of queries submitted by a
committee made up of members of
the Faculty from the different Uni
versity departments having interest
in the . various phases of debatable
questions, and was wired to South
Carolina the first of last week., A
wire from South Carolina announced
that she would accept the query sub
mitted and would take the affirma
tive side to debate.
The debate will be a three man de
bate following out the policy as out-
lined by the Council - at the first
meeting of the year in which it went
on record as favoring the three man
debate wherever possible. The al
ternate chosen will work on the sub
ject along with the regulars, and
will, as decided by the Council, have
his picture in the Yackety-Yack. The
preliminaries for the places will be
held November 13th. At this preli
minary the speeches will be limited
to five minutes. This was finally de
cided on so as to make the job of the'
judges easier. With a number of men
out for places there is a hard night's
work for the judges to sit through
out the whole affair. After consul
tation with a number of Faculty
members the conclusion was drawn
that preliminary speeches should be
limited to five minutes.
The only other business taken up
by the Council was to set a date for
the Mary D. Wright debate which was
December 14th. The date for the
preliminaries for this contest will be
set by the men who are going out
from the two societies. The subject
is, Resolved: That the United States
should give the Phillipines immediate
independence. , , .,
DIVORCE LAW IS
DISCUSSED BY DI
The Society Finally Voted
Favor of a Uniform Di
vorce Law
In
The Di Society held its regular
meeting in the Di Hall Saturday
night, October 27.
The question for discussion was,
Resolved: That an amendment
should be passed to the Federal Con
stitution providing for a uniform di
vorce law throughout the United
States. This question, as the one of
the previous Saturday night seemed
to be pretty one-sided, for only a
small amount of argument was
brought out on the negative. Those
who spoke for the affirmative were:
Messrs. Hartsell, Capps, Somers,
Medlin, Kennett, Sutton, and Deyton.
Messrs. Drake and Groce upheld the
negative. After the debate the vote
taken by the society was almost un
animously in favor of the affirma
tive. J. W. Deyton reported that the
question for the freshman debate had
been decided upon and that the de
bate would be held in the Society hall
the last Saturday night before the
Thanksgiving Holidays.
A committee which was appointed
several weeks ago to see to having
the seats in the hall repaired, report
ed that they would be fixed as soon
as possible.
A. E. Mclntyre announced that
the Di Society pins were here and
could be obtained from him.
Delta Tau Delta initiated John P.
Hall, of Oxford, Monday night. He
was a student year before last but
did not return last year.
Along about the same time, the
standing of state high schools began
to be regulated and raised so as to
co-operate more closely with the University.
ELECTED
TAIN
CAP-
Douglas Nims, of Rock
Hill S. C. has been elected
captain of the freshman
football team. Nims plays
half back on the team and
does the punting. He is a
versatile back, being excep
tionally good in kicking,
running and defense.
PHI AGAIN HAS
A HOT SESSION
After a Hot Discussion the As
sembly Votes to Uphold the
Executive Committee
Again the Philanthropic Assembly
demonstrated its conservatism Sat
urday night its members overwhelm
ingly defeated a resolution that the
Assembly go on record as oppos
ing the recent action, of the faculty
executive committee in forcing mem
bers of the "Boll Weevil" editorial
board to resign. The resolution was
defeated by a margin of 60 votes to
10.
One of the hottest debates before
the Phi this year waxed pro and
con around the resolution. It was the
only subject discussed all evening,
and during the course of debate every
known angle of the executive com
mittee's action was both attacked and
ably defended.
There were 10 men who voted in
favor of the motion against 60 who
opposed, but these 10 young radicals
who professed their dislike for "se
crecy and almost hinting at a usur
pation of jurisdiction belonging to
the Student Council on the part of
the Executive Committee, caused the
discussion to wax warmly and elo
quently. L. T. Rogers, President of the Ju
nior class and a member of the Stu
dent Council, stated that the Council
was ignorant of the reasons "why
Brody was shipped,'.' and as a mem
ber of the Council, he desired to
know "how come" the student coun
cil remained in abject ignorance of
the affair. He expressed the opin
ion that the Council- should have had
jurisdiction and to have meted out
the proper punishment, if that pun
ishment was needed. He believed
that the Faculty committee should
have at least called the Student Coun
cil into joint . conference and sound
ed the Council's opinion.
J. R. Allsbrook, President of the
student body, probably had a lot to
do with the swinging of the vote. He
professed the belief that urgent ac
tion was probably needed, that at the
time of Brody's dismissal, when he'
was not allowed to register for the
tail quarter the faculty committee
had accumulated evidence against
him during the summer months, and
therefore the Student Council prob
ably had no jurisdiction. If the Stu
dent Council rightly should have had
jurisdiction, he tvas convinced that
it was a time of emergency when
possibly the Faculty Committee had
to act as it did. He did not ap
prove all of the Committee's actions,
but nevertheless wished the resolu
tion to be defeated.
J. M. Saunders and F. P. Parker
also debated in favor of the resolu
tion; D. L. Ward and several others,
partly upheld the stand of the Fac
ulty Committee.
It was the third straight Phi meet
ing in which excellent debates have
been heard. In every case the few,
but brilliant radicals failed to carry
the day,, as evidenced by the recent
defeat of the resolution concerning
athletic relations with Trinity col
lege, and last night the aforemen
tioned action -concerning the Boll
Weevil episode. .-., .
Dr. Chase Speaks On ,
University Growth
President Chase spoke Monday
morning in chapel on the growth of
the University since it came under
the supervision and care of the state
a few years ago.
Carolina did not become, he stated,
until a few years ago, in the full
sense of the word, a State Univer
sity. With the exception of a loan
for Old . East building, this school
had no support from the state un
til some years ago when the state,
after many efforts had been made to
bring it about, began making appro
priations for it. Growth and expan
sion began at this point. At the
same time, the trustees of the Uni
versity i began to be elected by the
state, thus binding it more closely
to state control.
NIMS
BIG PART TAKEN
BY PLAYMAKERS
IN BIG PAGEANT
Carolina- Playmakers Formally
Open High Point's New
Municipal Theatre
PAGEANT OF PROGRESS
The Carolina Playmakers played
a leading part in High Point's suc
cessful "Pageant of Progress" which
occurred last Thursday. After de
voting a day to the. celebration of the
good roads work in North Carolina,
High Point's, attention settled on its
new municipal theatre which was be
ing formally opened by the Playmak
ers. The new and handsome theatre
was packed and every one. .was de
lighted with .the performance. Aft
er the performance, the Playmakers
were guests of the city at a dance
in the Sheradon ball-room.-
The plays and the casts were:
"Wilbur's Cousin" by: Ernest
Thompson.
Wilbur Atkins Winslow Mclver
Jelly Bean .:.' H. W. Barber
Mr. Blake i! Hoyt Boone
Mrs. Blake Kitty Lee Frazier
Stella Sue Byrd Thompsor
George Williams Ernest. Thompson
"When Witches Ride" by Elizabeth
. Lay. '
Uncle Benny Russell Potter
Ed, his son Robert Pickens
Jake, railroad engineer George
Denny. -Phoebe
Ward, a witch Pearl Set
zer. Mr. C. S. Pendergraft, owner of the
C. H. & D Bus line, was operated
on in the Watts Hospital in Durham
on Wednesday, 10th for a tumor in
his stomach. He is reported to be
getting along finely . and came
through the operation in good condi
tion. He is getting well as fast as
could be expected and he will prob
ably be able to return to the Hill in
about two weeks. At present he is
still in Watt's Hospital in Durham
and is in Ward E. . The bns line is
continuinig to run non the same sced
ule as before his operation.
The High Point Club held a smok
er on last Thursday night. An in
teresting program was given, after
which business matters were discuss
ed. About forty members were present.
FETZERITES OUTCLASSED BY
MARYLAND
Midway State Defeats Carolina's Varsity in the
Between the Two Institutions
The good ship Maryland, running
full steam ahead, cruised through and
through the University of North
Carolina Varsity, shot the line to
pieces, silenced the backfield and, un
scatched, cruised out again. 'Tis a
sad story, Mates, but our proud ban
ner was torn from its lofty mast in
the disastrous second quarter and
this year there was no "Red" John
ston to shin the pole and tack it
back. Maryland licked us, 4-0.
The line that ripped Trinity and
State asunder was helpless. The i
backfield, that in three games had
scored fifty points and had only six
against it, was powerless. Not a
first down was made through or
around Maryland's line by Carolina.
Six were made over it.
McQuade of Maryland kicked off
and McDonald of Carolina returned
the ball for twenty yards to Caro
lina's twenty-five yard line. Three
attempts to gain were in vain and
of that sport and marched down the
field. A forward pass was grounded
through the line, had no trouble in
scoring a touchdown. The second
goal was made in short order. Fol
lowing the kick-off and a salvo of
punts, Maryland decided to keep the
over the goal line and Carolina was
saved by a touchback.
The wicked work was done in the
second quarter. Shortly after its
opening, Maryland, gaining at will
McDonald punted. After an ex
change of punts, Maryland grew tired
ball on her twenty-eight yard line.
Three line bucks carried the ball
thirty yards to Carolina's forty-two
yard line. Having demonstrated that
the Tar Heels' line held no terror,
Maryland essayed to demonstrate
that the ends were no better. One
long end run carried the ball for the
trifling matter of forty yards. With
HENDERSON WINS
MORE PUBLICITY
Literary Digest Comments on
Dr. Henderson's Article "How
Large Is the Universe?"
"How Large is the Universe?"
An article of that name, by our own
Professor Archibald Henderson,
printed in Science some time ago,
and reviewed in these columns, has
been attracting considerable and
widespread notice lately. The Lit
erary Digest for October 27 features
extracts from the article in its "Sci
ence and Invention" section.
Professor Henderson attempts to
answer his query. His article is writ
ten in a popular style, though it is
by far too technical to quote here
at any length. In speaking of the
universe he uses a unit, the light
year, which amounts to six million
miles; and he says that it is 150
million light years around the uni
verse. He goes on to say that a trip
of this length would take one billion
years for completion, traveling at
the speed of ligh't, 186 miles per
second.
Light, he says, travels around the
spherical universe in a gently curved
line; thus we may see the same star
in opposite points of the heavens.
"If we look at some faint star in
the Milky Way, the radiant pulses of
energy give us a vision of the star,
not as it is now, but as it was in
the days of Tut-Ankh-Amen; and at
the opposite point of the heavens we
shall see an image of the same star
not as it was when the Egyptians
were building the pyramids, but as
it was perhaps in the pre-historic
days of Ancient Phoenicia. Who
knows but that many of the stars we
see in the firmament are not real
but only ghosts of stars haunting the
heavens from the days of remotest
antiquity?"
Whatever is beyond our universe,
according to the article in the Digest,
will never be known. "No ray of
knowledge could ever reach us from
whatever universes may palpitate
beyond our own. Nothing could cross
the black, dumb abysses which en
viron our stellar island. We are
doomed to dwell within a finite uni
verse a thousand times greater than
the region now accessible to astron
omical observation. Our glances are
confined forever within this giant
this all too-minute monad."
John Burkhead, L. H. Hurst, Z. T.
Fortesque, Jr., and F. O. Gloves were
initiated into Epsilon Phi Delta,
FOOTBALL ELEVEN
Third Game
the ball on the two yard line a sin-
gle buck was sufficient for another
goal and a decisive victory over the
Carolinians.
With a shut-out apparent, Caro
lina staged a bewildering march
down the field with an elaborate
aerial attack. Having traversed
practically the entire length of the
field and with the Maryland goal
posts calling her gently on, a Caro
lina back received a pass, held it for
a moment and dropped it. A Mary
lander fell on it and Carolina's
hopes were dead.
L. E.
Morris (C.) Supplee
L. T.
Matthews Bromley
L. G.
Poindexter Hall
C
Mclver Pollock
R. G.
Fordham Brewer
R. T.
Robinson Burger
R. E.
Lineberger Lannigan
Q. B.
McDonald Groves
L. II. B.
Bonner Pugh
R. II. B.
Underwood Branner
F. B.
Randolph McQuade
Substitutions, Carolina: Hawficld
for Robinson. Blanton for Bonner.
Epstein for Morris. Jackson for
Fordham. Braswell for Matthews.
Vanstory for Lineberger. Bonner for
Randolph. Devin for Underwood.
Maryland: Osborn for Pugh. Luckey
for Hall. Pugh for Osborn. Latham
for Lannigan. Young for Supplee.
Referee: Barry, Georgetown. Um
pire: Tyler, Princeton. Headlines-!
man, Georgetown.
AN EXPLANATION
An explanation is due the
Tar Heel subscribers for the
lateness of the last issue.
The printers were held up a
full day on account of a
break down in the linotype
machine, and owing to a post
office regulation the Tar
Heels could not be distribut
ed Sunday. Measures are
being taken to prevent future
delay in distributing the papers.
FIRST SERMON
BY REV. CORY
Christian Minister of Kinston
Delivers First University
Sermon of Year
"I may not be able to agree with
the Bolsheviki of Russia, or the Fas
cisti of Italy, or the agitators of Ger
many, or of France, or of Japan, or
of America, but still I rejoice in
this, that they are all thinking."
Such in substance were the words of
Rev. A. B. Cory, pastor of the
Church of Christ in Kinston and for
merly missionary in China, who elo
quently delivered the first monthly
University sermon of the year in
Gerrard Hall Sunday night.
The minister chose as his text
John 8:22, "And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you
free," stating that like most preach
ers he would take a text and imme
diately depart from it.
Country by country he reviewed
the condition of the world today,
vividly portraying the social and po
litical unrest, the industrial strife,
the national jealousies, fears, dis
trusts, the agitation in Russia, Ger
many, Italy, and all Europe, Ameri
ca, and the East, which cause so many
people to fear that the very founda
tions of our civilization are in dan
ger of crumbling. The conditions of
not many years back he compared
with those of today, dwelling on the
growing complexity of modern life
and the many pessimistic phophecies
that the world was at last going to
the "bow wow" to which so many
generations of prophets have con
signed it. He declared however that
the real significance of the present
day unrest was far different from
this despondent hopelessness that it
was but proof that men were think
ing, that they were dissatisfied with
the old standards, institutions, and
inequalities, and were seeking higher
and better standards.
Mr. Cory closed with an eloquent
and stirring plea to young men who
wished to take any decent part in
the world to get busy and learn to
think. Know the truth, and the
truth will make you free free to
think straight and without bias, free
to serve.
Tar Heel Special
Name of New Bus
A new bus line has been put on be
tween Durham and Chapel Hill, call
ed "The Tar Heel" Special, owned by
S. B. Brockwell. The schedule of the
new bus does not conflict with the
C. II. & D. line to any great extent,
rather it supplements it. The bus
leaves Durham every two hours, start
ing with 8:00 A. M., with the last one
leaving at 11:00 P. M., instead of
10:00 P. M.. The bus leaves Chapel
Hill on the odd hours, beginning with
9:00 A. M., the last at 11:45 instead
of 11:00. The starting point in Dur
ham is the Malbourne Hotel and from
Chapel Hill, the Carolina Cafeteria.
It also stops at the Union Station in
Durham.
Connections are made with both the
De Luxe line to and from Raleigh
and the White Star line to and from
Greensboro.
The bus is an International and is
finely upholstered and will seat six
teen, although twenty can be put in
it without inconvenience when it is
necessary. It makes the run in about
thirty minutes each way.
The new line made its initial trip
on Saturday Oct. 27.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church announce that they are now
prepared to cater to dinners and
suppers at the church social rooms.
Arrangements for such made may be
made communicating with Mrs. G. A.
Harrer who is President of the Wo
man's Auxiliary of the church. Tel
ephone number is 316.
Jack Milstead of Charlotte . was
initiated into Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity last Monday night.
TAR HEELS ARE
TO DO BATTLE
WITH GAMECOCKS
North Carolina To Meet South
Carolina at Columbia Next
Saturday
With the season half gone and a
crushing defeat revealing the fact
that the Carolina football team is
neither impregnable in its line nor
invulnerable in the backfield, Coaches
Bill and Bob Fetzer began the work
Monday of preparing the team for
the last long lap.
South Carolina, V. M. I., David
son and Virginia follow each other
in rapid succession. Of all the
games, V. M. I. stands out as the
rock most likely to be the snag in
the Fetzers' hope of completing the
season without another defeat. The
other games promise to be hard
fought battles.
Dope is of little value this year.
On paper Carolina had a good chance
to beat Maryland, on the field she
was hopelessly outclassed. By al
most universal opinion, Carolina is
vastly superior to Virginia. Yet
Virginia licked Trinity 33-0 whereas
Carolina accepted a measly 14-6 vic
tory.
State defeated the University of
South Carolina on Riddick Field 6-0
and South Carolina has had an unu
sually unsuccessful season every
where. But; like all good South Car
olinians, the Gamecocks have but lit
tle affection for their Northern
brethern. Last year with all our.
wonderful team, South Carolina was
defeated by only three points. The
year before that she was tied 7-7.
The game will be no walk-a-way.
It will be played in Columbia and
therein lies a big advantage to the
South Carolinians. Sol Metztrer. na
tionally famous as a coach, ia goad
ing his team on and against North
Carolina next Saturday it will do its
best. , .
CROSSCOUNTRY
COMES SATURDAY
All-University Cross - Country
Will Start From Emerson
Field at 2:45 P. M. Sharp
Much enthusiasm has been aroused
among the students by the All-Uni
versity Cross-Country which will
start from Emerson Field Saturday,
November 3, at. 2:45 P. M. sharp.
A great deal of raw material has been
training daily of late by jaunting
through Battle Park and down the
Raleigh Road, being put in cross
country shape with the aid of the
Ranson brothers and other track
men.
The race will begin with every
entrant lined up on the opposite
side of the track from the stadium.
The course will be from the stadium
to Cameron Avenue to the Raleigh
Road, then up the Raleigh Road to
Rosemary Lane, and out Rosemary
Lane to Columbia Street. From Co
lumbia Street it goes up Franklin
Street to the Graded School, thru
the school athletic grounds, and back
to Cameron Avenue. The home
stretch will be down Cameron Ave
nue to Emerson Field, where the
last lap will be one time around the
track. The course has already been
plainly marked by white arrows.
The best culinary skill among tho
ladies of Chapel Hill have promised
one hundred cakes which will be fur
nished as prizes to the first hundred
men who finish the race.- The first
man completing the course will get
his choice of the entire one hundred
cakes; the second finishing will get
his choice of the ninety-nine, and so
on until the hundred-and-first man
who will probably get a "crumb."
The dormitory having the least num
ber of points will win the meet. The
first man coming in scores one point
for his dorm; the second scores two
and so on. The scoring will be
based on the largest number of en
tries from one dormitory, so that a
dorm having a large number of en
tries will not necessarily have to
score any more points than a dorm
with a small number of entries.
Any man who wishes can enter the
race if he does so at once by register
ing with the manager of his unit or
at 114 Alumni, for every entrant
will have to be registered before be
ing eligible to participate in the run.
If this first attempt at an All
University Cross-Country is a suc
cess, tne intra-aiurai Ainieiic com
mittee, will endeavor to make this an
annual event.