CIRCULATION
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Graham Memorial
Number
Vol. XXXII
Chapel Hill, N. C, Feb. 22, 1924
PROMINENT LEADERS ON CAMPUS
GIVE THEIR OPINION REGARDING
NEED OF CENTRALIZING BUILDING
President of Student Body and
of the Classes All Concur
In Approving Plans
ASK THAT STUDENTS ACT
AH See Need of Some Force to
Bind the Campus Closer
Together as a Unit
Incident to the doubling even
trebling of the University student
population within a very few years
there has arisen the need of recast
ing student life. There has been no
retrogression," but the re-organization
incident to rapid growth. Cam
pus life has been evolving. A few
years ago one or two student organ
izations took adequate care of the sit
uation. Today there is near a hun
dred frequently several catering to
the same need.
Each of these has its fealty to the
Institution, and through the unifica-
tion of these specialized interests a
new campus life is evolving. The
keenness and vitality of student in
terest in this growth is indicated
in the opinions of some of the stu- j
dent leaders as secured by a Tar
Heel reporter.
Jack Allsbrook, President of the
Student Body,
"The University has grown rapid
ly in the last few years, and in this
growth there has naturally come a
great increase in the student body.
This of course means that it is im
possible to come in contact with each
man in the student body and to know
him as intimately as when the stu
dent body was small, however, stu
dent contacts are as wide today as
they ever were. The fact we stu
dents are not acquainted with all the
balance does not mean that we should
lose the unity which is so essential
to the welfare and progress of the
student body, the University, and th
State Wo need a dofinito oonfidon-
tal force in our life. As a first step
in this direction it seems that we
must have a place for the student
body to meet, a place where we can
come in contact with eath othor, and
to feel that we are all working for
a purpose, believe that the Graham
Memorial, as a University center, pro
viding for this need while it is not
an end in itself, will be one of the
great contributing forces in this di
rection and I should like to see the
student body of this year set itself
definitely for the achievement of thct
end."
Bill Gwynn, President of the Se
nior class.
"With the expansion of the Univer
sity there has come a general evolu
tionary process of specialization.
Along with this, there has arisen, se
pecially in the past two years, an at
titude of indifference and self-satisfaction
on the part of the students'
as a whole. This has been a nat
ural tendency, and such an attitude
should be eliminated before it is too
late.
"I believe that we can stem this
tide of . indifference by co-operating
and fighting for a common cause.
This common cause could take vis
ible form in putting here the Graham
Memorial Building which may be the
sground work within which we may
center our activities and around
which we may carry out plans for the
further unification of the student
body. Every man on this campus
needs to have kindled within him
that spark which symbolize hu per
sonal attachment to and love for Car
olina. We cannot hope to arduse this
spirit by heeping our seats ani let
ting the other fellow do it. We will
liave to arise, two thousand strong
and endeavor to build here a spirit
for the greater University.
John Gregory, President of the
Pan-Hellenic Council.
"The time is ripe now to make ev
ery effort to unify the different or
ganizations on the campus. We have
been in a period of transition' for the
past few years, and consequently
things have been disconnected. Each
particular organization has made
great progress. This has. been very
fine. But there must be something
to bring the growing University more
closely together. A great building
such as the Graham Memorial would
be a long step toward bringing the
student-body to a closer association.
(Continued on Page 8 )
WAKE FOREST IS
EASILY BEATEN
Carolina Clinches State Cham
pionship by Winning From
Wake Forest Thursday
For the second time in two years,
Carolina concluded her state basket
ball schedule without a defeat being
chalked up against her. Wake For
est College was defeated Thursday
night in the "Tin Can;' by a score of
33-12 and thereby gave Carolina her
nineteenth straight victory and the
strongest possible claim to the State
Championship.
The game was practically devoid
of outstanding features, with Wake
forest failing to show her expected
strength, and Carolina playing a
mediocre game in the latter half. The
Baptists were allowed but two field
goals during the first half and failed
to register a single basket during the
finale. The first ended 20-8.
The whole University team played
together with no stars bubbling
forth. Wake Forest showed marked
ability in throwing fouls, dropping in
eight out of nine attempts.
GOVERNOR CANDIDATES
TO SPEAK HERE SOON
State politics will be brought to the
attention of the student body this
spring when the candidates for Gov
ernor of North Carolina will be in
vited to speak here. The campus al
ways evidences a keen interest in po
litics; four years ago when Messrs.
Parker, Gardner, Morrison and Page
spoke here Gerrard Hall was packed
on each occasion.
The two candidates to get into the
field so far for the Democratic nom-
huduii bi nun. Angus "nanuii mac-
Lean of Lumberton and Hon. Josiah
W. Bailey fo Raleigh. The primary
is held the first week in June so it
is probable that no other candidate
will offer for the nomination. Col.
Isaac M. Meekins of Elizabeth City
has been prominently mentioned for
the Republican nomination which is
decided in convention, to be held this
year on March 19th at Raleigh.
All three of these men have taken
a p rominent part in political and
public affairs for some time. After
leaving his alma mater, Wake Forest
Mr. Bailey became associated with
the Biblical Recorder, the organ of the
Baptist State Convention. After sev
eral years with this journal he be
gan the practice of law and has for
a number of years been a leading
member of the Raleigh bar. He is a
former chairman of the Anti-Saloon
league of North Carolina and during
the Wilson administration was federal
collector of internal revenue for the
eastern part of the state.
Mr. MacLean is an alumnus of the
University of the class of 1891 and
has served on the board of trustees
for a number of years. He is a
lawyer and banker, former president
of the North Carolina Bar Associa
tion and the former head of several
banks in Robeson County. Until his
recent resignation he was president
of the Virginia and Carolina South
ern Railroad. During the late war
and immediately after he served un
der President Wilson as director of
the War Finance Corporation in
Washington and as assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury. He has been
Democratic National Committeeman
from this state for eight years. He is
a Presbyterian, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Flora MacDon
ald College, and a former President
of the Scottish Society of North Am erica.
Col. Meekins, like Mr. Bailey, is a
graduate of Wake Forest, he having
finished in the academic and law
departments in 1890. He is a former
city attorney, lawyer and farmer, and
mayor and postmaster of Elizabsh
City. Ho has been Superintendent
of Public Instruction of his home
county, Pasquotank, United States
district attorney, candidate for lieut
anant governor and twice his party's
choice for Congress.
No. 35
UNIVERSITY HAS
HAD BIG GROWTH
IN PAST DECADE
ihe Growth Has Caused the
Campus to Become Split Up
Into Various Groups
NEED A UNIFYING FORCE
By Elton Vest
The past eight or ten years have
seen the University emerging from
the position of a small college and
take its place among the larger in
stitutions of learning in the South
and nation. This growth and expan
sion has been a pleasing omen to all
who are interested in the University
and everything that pertains to its
success. However this stea.ly ad
vancement has brought with it cer
tain growths which have to be reck
oned with if it is to retain that thing
which Carolina men have always re
ferred to with pride, the "True Uni
versity Spirit."
Rapid Growth
The growth of the University has
had two features one is the increase
of the number of students enrolled,
and the other is the increase of the
number of schools and activities with
which these individuals have identi
fied htemselves. A small group with
only one purpose and one interest such
as a college with only a fe.v hundred
students where all the courses are
similar and have the same general
purpose is naturally a well unified
group, for the interests are not so
diverse as to throw the students in
to so many pursuits that they have
no chance to meet with one anoth
er, in the smaller institutions all the
men are thrown together and a group
spirit and consciousness is developed
which easily finds an opportunity for
expression. Such was the University
of from about 1910-1914. But from
that time there have been gradual
changes in every feature of this in
stitution. The number of student3
has' grown so large that it is next:
to impossible for any one man to
know all the other men. Few. :n-
jcJ, Knuw all tin: iiicu In ii.cli uvll
classes. For one undergraduate col
lege man there is now sprung four.
From an institution poorly support
ed by the state and porrely knit
ted together by the desperate weak
ness m both athletics and other en-
STUDENT CENTER
TO IMMORTALIZE
BELOVED LEADER
New Building Will Carry on the
Noble Ideals He Had Hoped
to See Fulfilled
CAMPAIGN DIFFICULT
The history of the Graham Memor
ial dates from the death of Edward
Kidder Graham in the fall of 1918,
Ed. Graham was the man who first
brought the State to the University
campus and made them one. It was
he who conceived and proceeded to
carry out the vast extension program
now steadily gaining momentum. It
was he who everlastingly preached
and practiced the fine spirit of democ
racy and unity that now pervades the
Carolina student body.
Mr. Graham believed with ail hh
heart that the University campus
should be the melting pot for men
of different social strata. He hnd a
keen sense of proportion. He be
lieved that here was a place for fra
ternities, for none realized better than
he the true value of cultivation of
the social graces. Likewise he was
fully aware of the possible evils in
such a system.
', No campus problem concerned him
more than that of getting the frater
nity man and non-fraternity man to
gether on a common ground. He
wanted them to understand and ap
preciate each other and he had abund
ant faith they could. He wanted larg
er chapters and more chapters and
hence more fraternity men. He want
ed less falsity of . position; he hated
artificial . standards as much as he
loved their ' opposite.
In casting about for the solution
(Continued on Page 4)
In a closely fought game, Carolina
nosed out Trinity College, in Durham.
last Tuesday night by a score of 23-
20, and clinched the State Champion-
s"H. me Methodists ran im . nti
nf tnrvli fil.l 1 ...
w.6.. iiclu KUais to Carolina's seven
but the Tar Heels' ability to locate the
Dasicet irom the foul line decided the
game in their favor.
The game was marked bv the elnso
guarding on both sides and the star
iorwards of each team were nrnft.i.
cally helpless. Richardson, the Trin
uy scenter, ran wild and scored five
field goals, in addition to putting up
a splindid game at passing. At one
time during the game the Blue Devils
were leading the Chapel Hill team,.7
to 3. With affairs in this state, Ca'r
michael, acting as captain in nla of
tne injured Green, called for tim and
held a hurried consultation. Follow
mg this Carolina re-entered the game
witn renewed spirits and ended the
half in the lead, 12-8.
By virture of this victory, the Tar
Heels were assured of the State
Championship, regardless of the out
come of the Carolina- Wake Forest
game.
GOLD BASKETBALLS
The basketball team has fought
through a long list of clean cut vic
tories. Soon they are to battle with
the South's best for the Southern
liompionokip. - The oiujonto ut
show their loyalty ana uacKing vj
giving their spare money for gold
basketballs. Fifty dollars remains to
be collected. At the next game so
licitors will canvass the crowd for
money to give the team the charms
thev have so richlv earned. ' The
terprises, the University has moved cheerieaders urge that every student
(Continued on Page 8 ) contribute his bit.
The Carolina freshman basketball
team defeated Trinity Friday night
33 to 14.
ORGANIZATIONS ON THE HILL
NEED SOME COMMON GROUND
Over a Hundred Different Organizations Are Present on the Cam
pus, Yet There Is No Building Where These May Have Places
to Meet and Carry on Their Work Efficiently
By W. T. Rowland
The fact that there were well over
one hundred separate organizations
listed in last year's Yackety Yack
leaves no cause for alarm and is on
ly natural if the size of the college is
to be considered. Beginning with the
union of Adam and Eve, and coming
on dwon thru history with growing
force, has been the desire to organ-
e. But what is it all coming to?
Personal Contact Lost
When Carolina was a small college
of several hundred students it was
possible for every man to be buddie
to his fellow student, but with 2200
students it is easy to see how im
possible that would be. The move
ment towards organizing into small
er groups where bonds of fellowship,
and class friendships could ripen has
had a natural growth. Like a fast
growing oak of hte hardy variety has
been the University's development,
but the oak's branches have become
a little too heavy for the tree and
are becoming individual instead of a
part of the whole. Organization in
to fraternity g roups has been rapid
in the last few years.
Transition Period
The University is passing from the
stage of the small college into a
great university. And with it comes
many problems. How to unify these
many branches and retain its chief
place in student hearts is possibly
the greatest. Friendships, and the
much sung Carolina spirit must be
kept. Instead of narrowing, of let
ting sit members escape into a shell,
there must be a broadening force in
voune lives. Fraternities have their
place and no doubt fill a need in col
'ege life. Their greatest trouble is
that they are apt to cultivate indi
vidual grouping too much, tending
narrow acquaintances and friend
ships, without that balancing fore
contact with other groups. This is
disintegrating the old time unity
which characterized the Carolina
campus. It is a weakening influ
nece. Every group for itself has be
gun to take the place of every man
first last and always for his univer
sity and what is behind it his state.
Graham Memorial
And so the Graham Memorial arises
from the ruins of the old University
Inn to fill a much needed place on
the campus, a unifying force where
everyone can gather as man to man
on an equal footing. Here will be
a place to lose oneself, and to find a
better self in friendship and in fealty
to university. Here will be a rec
reation center, a meeting place for an
hours chat or friendly game togeth
er; here will be a develing center of
character and a great university
ideal.
Fraternities Expanding
The proof of the organization
movement is most apparent in the
recent growth of national and local
fraternities on the campus. All
through their history at Carolina
there has been sharp cleavage among
the Greek letter organizations; but
the tendency now is to help new fra
ternities get established and to help
locals get good national charters. The
group spirit has come to fraternity
men in general. Kappa Pi, petioning
Phi Gamma Delta, Gamma Phi, pe
titioning Chi Phi, have the support of
(Continued on Page 8 )
GRAHAM MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN
WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED
AT CHAPEL PERIOD MONDAY
CAROLINA TAKES
TRINITY CONTEST
Noses Out Over Methodists By
-iose Score of 23 to 20,
Flayed in Durham
President Chase, Professor Al
bert Coates and Jack Alls
brook Will Speak
PLANS ARE MAPPED OUT
For the Past Two Weeks Class
Committees Have Worked
on Plans for Campaign
Senior Superlatives
Elected at Smoker
J. O. Bailey
"I enjoyed that smoker as much
as I would a good drunk." remarked
prominent member of the Senior
class after the festivities Tuesdav
night. The occasion featured class
superlatives, a satirical discussion ni
onoroi Knmip hi Hnh Pirkens. and
ice cream, in the order of respective
importance.
Mr. Pickens, to quote with repor-
torial license, was not very deeply
impressed with the General's recent
defense of himself. "In short,
General Bowley missed a good op
portunity to address the student
body. He made a vaudeville clown
of himself; the University of North
Carolina is a hotbed of radicalism
thank the Lord," according to Mr.
Pickens.
"The General's position would do
credit to a Ku Ku Kleagle fo an or
ganization for which I have a deep
seated contempt. He recently im
bibed a number of ideas about the
danger of free-thinking and "Red-
" from an Old Maid whom I hap
pen to know, the editor of a sheet
in Washington, ad has come down
to North Carolina to denounce all
who do not believe as she does. He
calb University Professors pinhead-
ed, and shows himself so narrow
minded that he could trim his malis,
so to speak, on his own saw-tooth
forehead.
"He denounces all ideas that come
from our neighbor-nation, Russia,"
continued Mr. Pickens, "whereas any
thinking man is glad to accept what
ever progressive ideas Russia has to
offer the world. Such a man would
have been violently opposed to the
Declaration fo Independence if he had
lived during the Revolution. He
wants to whisper insidious insinua
tions into the ear of a group con
taining newspaper men, he wants to
ridicule the intellectual men of his
time, but he resents the publication
of his expressed opinion.
"He wants to create world peace
by arming for battle, and denounces
all other methods as Un-American,
and all who question his opinion as
Reds.' .
"Perhaps the News and Obesrver
was injudicious in publishing the
General's whispered army propa
ganda, but the General laid no ban
on his more recent utterances, and
there is no ban on my opinion of
them. I have a copy of some reso
lutions against free-thinking in the
public schools, written a hundred
years ago, which declared it a men
ace in almost General Bowley's ex
act words. The schools have yet to
deliver the nation to the dogs."
The Senior class applauded Mr.
Pickens wiht fully as much enthu
(Continued on Page 4)
The most important chapeJ
period of the year from the Uni
versity point of view will take
place Monday morning in Me
morial hall when President
Chase, Albert Coates of the Law
school faculty, and Julian Alls
brook, president of the student
body, will present an appeal to
the student body to think seri
ously of the problems brought
on by the evolution of the Uni
versity from a small college to
a vast educational institution.
It is expected that Memorial
hall will be jammed with the
largest crowd of the year.
This meeting will attempt to bring
home to the students the fact that the
rapid extension of the University
since the war has brought on ques
tions of student government and stu
dent life that must be solved if the
student body is to maintain its solid
arity in the face of the great changes
taking place, Student leaders and
faculty executives have seen in the
Graham Memorial the first chain in
the link of campus improvements.
They believe that this building will
serve a dire need to the students in
stimulating a unification agent. They
see in the erection of this building a
great drawing together of the var
ious groups that have been the inevi-
i,uie result ot tne University expan
sion ur recent yeai..
For the past two weeks, the pres
idents of the four classes have been
holding meetings to present to the
strongest men in their respective
classes an appeal to cooperate in help
ing along the Graham Memorial fund.
Thirty men from each class have been
attending these meetings and all have
agreed to throw their energy and
thought into the movement. Each
class has gone 100 per cent in pledg
ing their aid to the Graham Memor
ial program every one has pledged
money in order to make the comple
tion of the future student center a
reality. When the real meaning of
the proposition was put to them by
their class officers they volunteered
willingly.
Monday morning the same message
will be delivered to the entire student
body. It will be explained that the
University has reached a fork roads,
and that the action taken by the stu
dents this year and next will decide
the future character of the University.
Present problems and how all must
unuite in their solution will be the
topic of discussion, and it is believed
that every student who holds any
regard for the University will be
there.
CORNERSTONE LAID
Before a crowd of 600 people the
cornerstone of the new Chapel of the
Cross was laid by Bishop Chesire, of
Raleigh, Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock. Bishop Penick, of Charlotte,
gave the address. In the cornerstone
were placed documents relating to
the local congregation, a bible, and a
prayer book. Twenty clergymen
from neighboring towns were pres
ent and the donor of the church, Mr.
W. A. Erwin, of Durham.
The completion of the Chapel of
the Cross which is expected to be
attained by Commencement 1925 will
make the third step in the building
program of Chapel Hill churches.
Three years ago the Presbyterian
church was built, the huge Baptist
church was finished last fall, and
work on the Methodist church will
begin next September. At present
the builders of the Chapel of the
Cross have reached the belt course
and are putting in window frames
in the parish housa.
Gamma Phi initiated A. K. Smith
of LaGrange, Wednesday night.