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This Issue: 2,506
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Wednesday Night
Vol. XXXII
Chapel Hill, N. C, Feb. 26, 1924
No. 37
THE PLAYMAKERS
RETURN AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL TRIP
Seventh State Tour Proves to
be Successful From Every
Standpoint
SOME AMUSING INCIDENTS
By Winslow Mclver
The Carolina Playmakers return
ed to Chapel Hill Friday from their
Seventh State Tour, and in the
words; of George Denny, Manager
of the1 Playmakers, the most success
ful State Tour The Playmakers have
-ever made. The Playmakers on their
Seventh State. Tour included the fol
lowing towns in their itinerary in the
order named: Louisburg, Smithfield
Kinston, New Bern, Elizabeth City;
Edenton, Scotland Neck, and Green
ville. In a word, the tour was sue
cessful from every standpoint. They
were cordially received every place
ly packed houses, and the editorial
comment in the respective towns was
"very favorable. From the social
standpoint, the players report
wonderful time," and a trip chock
full of amusing incidents centering
about various members of the troupe,
As usual, three one-act plays con
cerning North Carolina folk life con
stituted the program. Consisting of
two comedies, "Gaius and Gaius, Jr."
and "The Black Rooster," and one
tragedy, "Fixin's," it proved to be
a very popular sort of program,
"Gaius and Gaius, Jr." and "Fix
in's" completely overshadowed the
curtain raiser, "The Black Rooster."
The casts were all carefully selected,
included players who have done re
markably well in dramatics at the
University. Fannie Gray received
high, praise for her good work as
the farmer's wife in the tragedy
"Fixin's", while George Denny was
again recognized as an actor of un
limited ability. , ..
Elizabeth City will always remain
lear in the memory of The Playmak
ers, for the players were accorded
royal treatment in that town. When
the players reached their dressing
looms, they were amazed to find
flowers, a thing before unheard of
in their travels. The entire house
was sold out six hours after tickets
had been placed on sale, and The
Playmakers played before an audi
ence part of which had to stand
throughout the performance. This
enthusiasm may be attributed to a
hustling Rotary Club. The Play
makers were guests of the Carolina
Alumni at luncheon, and were enter
tained by Flatt's Orchestra, a well
known negro orchestra in the East.
Aside from the regular program, The
Playmakers gave a special perform
ance at the Normal College for Ne
groes. They were delighted with the
performance, and in turn, entertain
ed The Playmakers with a vocal con
cert. At Edenton The Playmakers were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Shelby
Harney, well-known composers. They
liave a remakable son in Capeheart
Harney, who at the age of six years
plays the drums in the local orches
tra. There is no limit to the tales the
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Number of Former
Students Married
1HI SOCIETY AGAINST
SOLDIERS' BONUS BILL
American soldiers of the World
"War should not receive a banus, ac
cording to decision reached Saturday
night at the meeting of the Phi So
ciety. The soldiers' bonus proposal
was voted down by a plurality of
about one dozen votes.
A resolution seeking the Assembly
.go on record 0.3 favoring action by
the United States Government in
backing up Germany's credit, after
considerable discussion was tabled us
til next meeting. F. P. Parker in
troduced the proposal.
A general disarmament resolution,
introduced by W. T. Couch, would
have the United States totally disarm
i s land and sea forces and also do
away with its national guard. This
action, under the resolution, vvas
to be taken after an understanding
secured with other nations of sim
ilarly intended action on their rat
The bill also provided for an inter
considerable ('.iscussion, W. T. Couch,
national police force. It ai'ouso
M. M. Young, mid H. li. Fuller cham
pioning the bill, with 11. L. Hollowell
and R. L. Telton opposing it. It was
tabled until the next meeting.
Ihree Golden Fleece men, recent
graduates of Carolina, whose names
and collegiate records are well known
to upper slassmen, were given out
vll in the same week, Julius Jennings
Wade, '23, Legrande Everett, '23,
and William H. Bobbitt, '21. The
society columns of the state pr.pers
also carried the wedding announce
ment of Miss Lula Martin Mclver, of
Greensboro who studied here in 1922.
Julius Jennings Wade, better known
as Jake, will mai-ry Miss Hamlin
Landis sometime during the spring.
Wade was editor of the Tar Heel in
'23 and belonged to a long list of so
cial and honorary organizations.
Since his return from abroad last
summer, he has Deen working en
newspapers in Gastonia and Char
lotte.
James LeGrande Everett of Rock
ingham, N. C. will marry Miss Char
lotte Keesler, of Greenwood, Mis;
April 9. Everett, a member of last
year's graduating class, will be re
membered as a versatile member of
the glee club and - a prominent play-
maker. He is a member of the Beta
Theta Pi and was taken into Golden
Fleece last spring.
William H. Bobbitt's marriage to
Miss Sarah Buford Dunlap, of Char
lotte will take place next Thursday
night. Bobbitt is one of the best de
lators and orators ever to graduate
from the University. During his
senior year, '21, he was president of
the Di Society and made three inter
collegiate debates. Since his grad
uation he has been practicing law in
Charlotte, his home city.
Miss Lula Martin Mclver, of
Greensboro, will wed Mr. James Lew
is Scott March 18. She is tVe young
est daughter of Mrs. Lula Martin Mc
lver and the late Charles Duncan Mc
lver. During her months at the Uni
versity she won a host of friends.
TAR HEELS WIN
FROM N. C. STATE
Carolina Again Defeats the West
Raleigh Aggregation This
Time in Raleigh.
GROUP CHAMPIONS HAVE
BEEN DECIDED IN RACE
Group champions in the high
school statewide basketball cham
pionship tourney have been decided,
and the schools are now entering up
on the second lap of the title scrap.
In the east, New Bern won the
championship of group one by elim-
nating Washington, 32 to 20; Rocky
Mount and Farmville were to play
for the championship of group two;
Wilmington and Pikeville were to
play for the championship of group
three; Ellerbe won the championship
in group four by eliminating Ham
let, 31 to 12; Jonesboro and Sanford
were to play for the championship in
group five; Rich Square won the
championship of group six, defeat
ing Roanoke Rapids, 18 to 14;
Smithfield won the championship of
group seven, defeating Wilson, 52
to 23; and Durham won out in group
eight, eliminating Cary, 27 to 16.
With the exception of group one
all champion teams have been decid
ed in the west. Reidsville and
Greensboro were to play for the
championship in group one Church
land, defeating Winston-Salem, 31 to
won out in group two; Asheville,
eliminating Candler, 22 to 16, won
out in group three; Forest City was
crowned champions of group four,
eliminating Piedmont, 32 to 20; Mon
roe won out in group five by defeat
ing Dallas, 22 to 18; Charlotte de
feated China Grove, 35-17, and
thereby proved champion of group
six; Cornelius eliminated Startown,
39-18, in group seven.
The finals in the series will be
played at Chapel Hill March seventh
or eighth.
In the non-accredited school con
test, there are four groups in the
west and three in the east. In the
west, Elon, won out in group one
by eliminating Sylvan, 20 to 8; Bess
emer, beating Trinity, 25 to 7, won
out in group two; Kannapolis, Long
Creek, Welcome, and Landis all re
main in the group three running,
while Bain Academy, Deep Creek,
and Oak Dale had not been eliminat
ed in group four. Mount Pleasant
meets Duke for the championship of
group one, in the cast; Winton won
out in group two, defeating Mays
ville, 16-14; Unionville and Pinehurst
were to meet for the title in group
three.
In a slow, closely guarded contest,
the Carolina quint defeated ' , State
College in the City Auditorium in
Raleigh by the score of 41 to 24.
State played what was probably her
best game of the season, while Car
olina was slow and sluggish. The
A. and E. team was greatly strength
ened by the return of Captain John
son, and this was shown by their
scoring, nine field goals against the
South Atlantic Champions.
State started the scoring, and held
the lead for several minutes; but,
when the Tar Heels finally got
started, it was a different story. Al
though the score was lop-sided, it
was far from a massacre, as had been
predicted.
Due to the close guarding of John
son, besides having what is always
to be feared an off-night, Sprat
Cobb didn't seem to be able to get
started, and was replaced by John
nie Johnson early in the second half.
Cai'michael and MacDonald tied in
scoring honors, each having eleven
points chalked up to his credit, but
they were closely followed by Dev
in, who scored nine.
Bill Devin played what was prob
ably the best game of his career,
holding his opposing forward to one
field goal, while he sauntered down
the floor and rang up four baskets,
besides one free throw.
In the curtain raiser, the Tar Ba
bies were defeated by the Whelps for
the second time this season, 18-20.
Line-up and summary;
Carolina (41) State (24)
R.-F.
Cobb (7) Long (4)
L. F.
Carmichael (11) Dickens (11)
C.'
Dodderer , (3) McGowaa 2)
R. G.
MacDonald (11) Wray
L. G.
Devin (9) Johnson (6)
Substitutes, Carolina; Johnson
for Cobb. State: Duls (1) for Long.
Carolina scoring. Field goals: Car
michael, 5; MacDonald, 5; Devin,4;
Cobb, 3; Dodderer, 1; Foul goals: Car
michael, 1 out of 1; Cobb, 1 out of
2; Devin, 1 out of 2; Dodderer, 1 out
of 2; McDonald, 1 out of 4. State
scoring. Field goals: Dickens, 5;
Johnson, 2; Long, 1; McGowan, 1.
Foul goals: Long, 2 out of 2; Duls,
1 out of 1; Johnson, 2 out of 3;
Dickens, 1 out of 5.
Referee: Knight Durham "Y".
OPEN CAMPAIGN
FOR MEMORIAL
President Chase, Allsbrook, Mc
Donald and Poindexter
" Spoke in Chapel
Battle, Vance, Pettigrew, Old East
and Cld West dormitories boon will
be enhanced by the addition of fin
escapes. Work ber;an during tlr.
week. The building of these lire es
capes will complete the protection
program laid down by the State In
surance Department.
THREE NEW PLAYS ARE
SELECTED AT READING
Three new folk plays were select
ed for production next quarter by the
Carolina Playmakers at an Author's
Reading held Monday evening in
Peabody auditorium. These were
"Nancy's Commencement Dress" by
Pearl Setzer; "The Younger" by Sue
Bird Thompson; and "The Wheel" by
Ernest Thompson. All of these plays
are contemporary comedies, Miss
Setzer's play being of farm life, Miss
Thompson's concerning a sub sub
deb, or flapper, and that of young
Ernest Thompson involving the ca
reer of a Carolina student in six
scenes. Another "Program of Hap
piness," to quote Manager G. Ver
non Denny, is in order.
"The Thrice-Promised Bride," a
Chinese play read last year by Ching
Cheng Hsiung, graduate student, and
since published in Theatre Arts Mag
azine and produced by the Little
Theatre of Oakland, California, is be
ing held as an alternate.
Three other plays were read Mon
day evening, these being "When is
a Man Cute?" by Sarah Duncan;
"The Scoop" by J. O. Bailey; and
"Nights of King Arthor's Court" by
Dabney White. That of Miss Dun
can was especially good. These also
were comedies with the exception of
"The Scoop," which is a melodrama.
The problems of the quick trans
ition from a small undergraduate
college to a large University, together
with the first step in their solution,
the Graham Memorial Building, were
presented in Chapel last Monday,
by J. R. Allsbrook, president of the
student body, "Monk" MacDonald, C.
C. Poindexter, and President Chase.
President Allsbrook spoke first,
presenting some of the problems
which have been brought about by
the whole unit's breaking down into
small organizations with no really
close touch due to the period of trans
ition which the University is experi
encing. 1 his disintegration which"
has taken place is natural, due to the
absense of a center where the stu
dents can spend their idle moments
Another big problem is the assim-
and really know each other.
ilating of the tremendous freshman
classes which the high schools of
North Carolina have been sending to
the University for the past few years,
President Allsbrook declared that if
these problems of assimilation and of
unity are to be solved, a student cen
ter such as the Graham Memorial
is absolutely necessary. About thirty-five
men from each class have al
ready been shown this need in meet
ings which are held previous to the
opening of the campaign in Memorial
Hall, and the pledges these men have
made to the building fund average
seventy-five dollars apiece.
"Monk" MacDonald then made a
brief talk on the change in spirit
which has come with the increasing
size.
"In the last few games at the 'Tin
Can' there has been an atmosphere
which was not here my freshman
year. In 1920 the football team scor
ed only 16 points, but the spirit of
the students was better than it was
in 1922 when the team won practically
every game it played." He urged
the students to cheer the other teams
for all good work and not to jeer the
referee. He expressed the opinion
that a central gathering place would
remedy to a large degree this break
ing down in spirit.
Next, "Poindy" gave the view of
the situation which the biggest men
on the campus take. He stated that
the teams Carolina has put out re
cently have won so many games
that it seems improbable that the stu
dent body would back a losing team,
although with the welding of the stu
dent body into a unit through which
the agency of a gathering place such
as the Graham Memorial will be this
spirit will surely change.
Dr. Chase concluded the opening
of the Graham Memorial Campaign.
He opened his address by giving a
bit of history of the campus. In
1910 the University was a university
by courtesy chiefly, for it was es
sentially a college with the under
graduate body determining the think
ing and the level of progress for the
entire institution.
The situation continued thus until
just before America's entering of the
World War, when registration in Dr.
Tommy P's. office reached 999 and
"Parson" Moss was persuaded to
make the number reach the enormous
total of one thousand by registering
as a graduate student.
The entire conception of the place
has changed to the thinking which
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TAR HEEL'S ALL-STATE
First Team Pos. Second Team
F.
Carmichael (C.) U.N.C. Green U.N.C,
F.
Cobb, U. N. C Spikes, T. C,
C.
Richardson, T. C Dodderer, U.N.C
G.
McDonald, U.N.C. Johnston, N. C. S
G.
Carlyle, W.F.C 'Crate, T.C
Asheville Meet To
Be Held Saturday
On the eve of the Asheville meet,
which promises to be the biggest
thing of its kind that has been at
tempted in North Carolina in a long
while, Coach Bob is putting his
track squad through strenous prac
tice in an effort to get his men iv
condition to meet the stiff competition
that will have to be faced from oth
er Southern colleges which are to
participate in this meet.
The contests will be held in Konli
worth hippodrome Saturday after
noon and night, under the auspices
of the Buncombe county chapter of
the University of North Carolina
Alumni Association. A large number
of colleges and universities have been
asked to take part in the meet and
several prominent institutions have
signified their intention of entering.
There will be interscholastic con
tests between the high schools and
preparatory schools. Charlotte high,
last 'year's champions; Asheville
school, winner of conference track
meet last year; Carolina Military-Na
val Academy, Blue Ridge school,
Bingham Military school, Asheville
high school, Christ school, Arden, and
Farm school have already entered in
the meet.
The University of Virginia will
send one of the best relay teams in
the country to Asheville Saturday,
Last year this team won second, place
at the Penn relays, running Syra
cuse a close second. Recently they
won the Wilco games which is an
mportant step to the national champ
lonship. The University of North
Carolina will send a strong squad
which will in all probability give
Virginia stiff competition.
TAR HEEL QUINT
LEAVE THURSDAY
FOR TOURNAMENT
Carolina Team Goes to Atlanta
With, an Unbroken String
of Victories
GREEN UNABLE TO PLAY
ACTIVITIES GROUP
DISCUSSES SPORTS
The University of Virginia has pro
posed to raise $750,000, if the state
will pro-.ide ?230,C00, making a total
.if Sl.CCO.OOO to bo used in ths exten
sion of the medical school, in ordnr to i meetings.
Eleven Men Attend
Theta Chi Reunion
Eleven men from Alpha Eta chapt
er of the Theta Chi fraternity atten
ded the Sixth Annual Reunion of
the Virginia and North Carolina
chapters of their fraternity. The re
union was held Friday and Saturday
in Richmond, Virginia. A dance and
banquet were given at the Common
wealth club Friday and Saturday
nights, respectively. Ninety mem
bers of the four chapters attended
the Reunion. Three grand chapter
officials were present through the
' Those men attending
The Student Activities Group, com
posed of student leaders and the fa
culty committee on student life and
activities, devoted its last meeting to
the discussion of the University's
physical educational program. A re
sult of that meeting, during which In-
tra-mural sports, corrective gym
nastics, physical examination, and hy.
gene lectures were considered, as
well as varsity athletics, was that a
sub-committee of the group was ap
pointed to make a thorough study of
the physical education question, and
to report at a subsequent meeting.
This sub-committee, composed of
Dean of Students, ex-officio Chair
man, Dr. R. B. Lawson, Coach R. A.
Fetzer, John : Purser Jr., W. W.
Gwynn, Prof. H. D. Meyer, Mr. C. T.
Woolen, Pierce Matthews, Merle Bon
ner, Mr. C. D. Snell, and C. B. Col
ton, decided at its initial meeting that
the scope of its investigations should
cover the entire field of physical edu
cation in the larger sense of the word
and should begin with a questionaire
to the principal educational institu
tions of the country. It is the pur
pose of the committee to formulate
a physical educational plan toward
which the University may gradually
work.
The committee would be especially
glad to receive 'suggestions and in
formation from those members of
the student body or faculty who are
interested in this important side of
the University's work.
3pea the way for the entablement from here were: Frank Warren, Mule
f a b.anch of tha Ro.-ksreUow Shirley, Lynwood Fawlkes, Tat War
loundation at the University. ! ren, Lloyd Willcox, Slink Eloy, Lee
Tho offer was submitted to th: Gov- ; Ho:-: ire, Worth Jlendaroon, Sam
rnor who in turn forwarded it to the Arlington, Crockett Chears and John
isscmbly with his approval. , Brewer.
College Topics j
INTER - SOCIETY DEBATES
The Phi and Di Societies, in pre
Iiminaires held recently, have select
ed their debaters for the annual fresh
3oph intersoeicty debates. The query
is "Resolved : That the United
States Government . should not lease
or sell its mineral lands." The Phi
.society sophs, R. L. Hollowell and M.
M. Young, will uphold the affirma
Grove and L. T. Bledsoe, who will pre
Uve, opposed by the Di sophs, A. L.
sent the negative side of the query.
The Di society freshmen, who will up
hold the affirmative against tho Phi
freshmen are V. E. Head and L. B.
Kennett. The Phi speakers will be
J. R. Owens and J. L. Matthews.
The final debutes probably will be
held Saturday night, March 8.
Carolina's basketball team will
leave Thursday for Atlanta to par
ticipate in the annual S. I. C. basket
ball tournament. Tho elimination
series will begin at 1 p. m. on Friday
Feb. 29, and the final champion con
tost will take place at 9 p. m. on
Thursday, March 4.
Two Tournaments
For the first time in history the S.
I. C. and the S. I. A. A. will conduct
separate tournaments. The S. I. A.
A. began her tournament last Mon
day in Macon and will complete it
Thursday night. In order to obtain
clear title to Southern honors it
will be necessary that the winners
of both conference meet in a grand
hampionship fight. The S. I. C.
rules expressly forbids all post-season
contests but leading coaches of
both groups have expressed their
opinions that arrangements can be
made so as to make the final battle
possible.
Carolina enters Undefeated
Just as she did in 1923, Carolina
goes to Atlanta undefeated, and wear
ing the coveted South-Atlantic crown.
n 1922 the University team ran
through the tourney, won the South
ern Championship with but little
trouble and became the popular idol
of the South. In 1923, Carolina, with
perfect record, entered the tourna
ment as the favorite, and was ex
pected to emerge as victor. But a
team from Mississippi defeated the
Tar Heels early in the series and was
itself defeated on the next round.
Sport writers were amazed and many
an article was connected, attributing
the University's defeat to stalenesu,
over-confidence and the illness of a
star player.
This year Carolina goes back to
Atlanta with another perfect record
and while not ranking as the out
standing favorite nevertheless she
ranks high among the favored.
Team Shows Staleness
Last Saturday the Tar Heels play
ed N. C. State in Raleigh and the
city's population turned out to see a
wonder team swamp the wolfpack.
The expected massacre failed to oc
cur. N. C. State jumped into an
early lead and led the scoring for
the first several minutes, and all
through the game Carolina was kept
on her toes. The team was off on
shooting, off in guarding and off in
passing. True it is, that Tech. was
licked 41-24 but very few of the
strongest teams in this section have
done as well against Carolina, and
State ranks at the bottom of the
North Carolina teams. Various Car
olina Alumni shook their heads over
the result, and insisted that staleness,
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DI SOCIETY HAS AN
EXCELLENT MEETING
Touching upon everything from the
physical vigor of Dutchmen to the
rice crops in India, the Di Society
last Saturday night hod one of the
best bull sessions of the year. Men
theorized without discretion and point
ed out stupendous and unheard-of
facts. One man would get up and
fully explain his theory in great and
lofty language; after him would come
another who would call him a liar in
polite terms. Thus the whole meeting
developed into , personal arguments
and rebuttals. Speakers almost con
tinually interrupted each other and
side issues were discussed end wrang
led with and picked to pieces until
everybody agreed that no-one except
himself knew what he was talking
about.
The question of the distribution of
birth control literature, which was
carried over from the previous meet
ing, was on the program. By a close
vote the affirmative won.
Tho matter of the mysterious dis
appearance of the President's cane
several weeks ago, which has been
causing some commotion in society
circles recently, vc.s again aura nra
. I). Apjile, Chairman cf the Pres
ident s cane w.tuiiucb 1 upori-cu wiu
no trace had as yet b-:-en uncovered.
He said that tho committee had taiten
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