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Carolina
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Vol. XXXII
BAPTISTS DEFEAT
TAR IIEELS IN A
SHABBY CONTEST
Wake Forest Hits Ball Hard
and Defeats Carolina by
Score of 10-3
MANY ERRORS REGISTERED
Finding the pitchers ineffective,
the infield full of holes, the outfield
ragged as an old doll and the bat'
ters unable to bat, Wake Forest gave
Carolina her season's worst drubbing
on Emerson Field Tuesday, 10-3
By virtue of this defeat, Carolina is
almost certainly eliminated from
the State championship race and
piven a seat on a back bench. Sam
Jones reigned supreme on the hil
lock and held the Tar Heels to six
measly hits, only one of which was
genuinely more than a single.
Small, lead-off man for Wake For
est kissed one of Bry son's offerings
squarely on the noozle and sent it
into the rough. Here Dodderer was
unable to capture it and it rolled
contently towards the fence while
Small ambled home with the game's
first marker. Greason hit to short
stop and was thrown out at first,
Poole singled and Armstrong doubled,
the two hits netting two runs, when
a futile attempt was made to get the
ball home.
The Baptists failed to tally in the
second, but Poole, first batter to
face Bryson in the third poled out
a home run and Ferebee was sent in
Armstrong was walked and Arnette
connected for a circuit drive. How
ever he failed to touch second and
Morris tagged the base with the ball
after the runner had reached home
-and he was called out. Coltrane was
rushed in and he pitched steady ball
for the remainder of the game, allow,
ing but five hits.
The University went hitless and
-scoreless until the fourth frame when
two hits netted one run. Coffee fail
ed to hit safely and was out at first.
Morris then singled and went to sec
ond when the ball took a mean hop
and bounced over the head of the
shortstop. Bryson struck out and
Dodderer was hit by a pitched ball.
""Hoot" Gibson then singled and Mor
ris scored. Starling closed the in
ning, third to first.
The seventh and eighth innings
produced one run each for Carolina.
In the seventh, Starling was safe at
first by Poole's error, went to second
on Johnson's single and scored on
McDonald's bingle. In the eight
Coffey poled out a two bagger, and
scored when the ball was errored.
Morris hit to short and Coltrane made
first safely when the Wake Forest
catcher errored the third strike. Dod
derer delivered a single making two
jnen on base and only One out. Gibson
and Starling then hit flies to center
field and Carolina's scoring for the
afternoon was over.
Two ladies from Durham attracted
considerable attention from the stud
ents as they were leaving the field
and great embarrassment was suffer
ed by the Durhamites. They were
finally rescued and harbored in the
ticket office until the call for supper
enticed the students away.
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Glee Club Enters
Contest in Durham
The University Glee Club left
Thursday for Durham where they
-will enter the first state contest be
tween the glee clubs of the collegos
of the state. The University Glee
Club has been going through with an
extensive period of practice and
much is expected of them in the con
test with other schools of the state.
The meet" was scheduled for Thurs
day night. A number of music lovers
from the student body and the town
were planning to go over for the oc
casion. Below are various averages for
the Winter Quarter, 1924: with the
corresponding averages for 1923.
1924 1923
Academic Average 3.40 3.56
Freshmen .' 3.65 3.67
Upperclassmen 3.24 3.48
Fratrnity 3.30 3.37
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Work on the Methodist Church is
.scheduled to begin June 2.
M'LEAN SPOKE
TUESDAY NIGHT
Democratic Candidate for the
Governor's Chair Advances
Platform Planks
The Hon. A. W. McLean Democratic
candidate for governor, spoke to a
large crowd in Memorial hall Tuesday
night at 8:30.
Mr. McLean's speech was interest
ing because he advanced many new
ideas on how to manage the great
industrial and social problems of the
state.
One thing he stressed was edu
cation. The state, for the last twenty
years, has advanced by leaps and
bounds in this field, until North Caro
lina is one of the most progressive
states in the union. The rural dweller
and the farmer! These people especial
ly should be educated, and he lauded
the University extension bureau,
which is giving such great service to
the state at large.
The "eternal" question of taxation
which will always be a great problem
was taken up. Taxes should not be
reduced said the candidate. The tax
on land and personal property is
small, and the present system has
given the state its magnificent
schools and institutions. Other states
are following North Carolina's ex
ample and adopting its system.
Mr. McLean believes that inequality
is the trouble with taxes. Some
parts of the state are carrying the
burden. An equalization fund, raised
from special sources and distributed
where most needed, would partly
balance the fault.
Thn too, the state is not conserva
tive enough. It should be run on
more of a business basis, with an ex
ecutive who can call the various de
partmental heads together to advise
and plan.
The question of freight rates is
another complicated subject. North
Carolina has nearly always had high
rates. The, railroads will not give
through rates to some Carolina port.
A rate basis port must be had or
rates will continue to be high.
McLean Speaks no 2
Mr McLean, in; closing, also em
phasised the problem of state pro
gress. A state must either go for
ward or - backward, but if improve
ments come too rapidly there will be
a reaction. A state must progress
slowly but surely in order that it may I
keep on a sound financial and politi
cal basis.
Mr. McLean said in Part
It makes my heart truly glad to
come back at the present time and
observe the wonderful development
that has taken place here in the last
few years. When I entered the cam
pus today and saw the magnificent
buildings which have been recently
erected, and realized what handsome
and adequate provision had been made
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General Julian S.
Carr, Trustee, Dies
General Julian S. Carr, alumnus
of the University, trustee and bene
factor died in Chicago several days
ago at the home of his daughter.
He was born in Chapel Hill and
has always been a friend towards the
University. Lase year he received a
doctor's degree from this institution
recognition of his services in the state
as a progressive citizen and his devo
tion to his alma mater.
General Carr as he came to be
known, because of his place at the
head of the United Confederate Veter
ans, was born here 79 years ago.
After serving the Confederacy in
the war between the states, he went
to Arkansas, but on a visit home was
persuaded by his people to remain in
his native state. He went into to
bacco manufacturing and it was he
who helped start "Bull Durham" to
wards its world wide fame.
As a citizen he has always stood
for the highest and best and was a
firm believer in education. He gave
largely of his money for the upbuild
ing of colleges and educational mstu-
titions throughout the state.
The Carr building on the campus
was a gift from him, and he is
chiefly responsible for the erection of
the Methodist church here.
Funeral services will be held in
Durham Sunday afternoon. Inter
ment will be in maplewood Cemetery
of the nearby city.
Chapel Hill, N.
PHI BETA KAPPA
HAS ITS ANNUAL
INITIATION HERE
W. J. Cocke Jr. of Asheville is
Elected President of Schol
arship Fraternity.
CHASE IS THE SPEAKER
Seven Juniors and four Seniors
were announced as the new members
of Phi Beta Kappa, the national fra
ternity for high scholarship, Wednes
day night at a public meeting in Ger
rard hall. W. J. Cocke, newly elected
president of the student body, and
O. R. Rowe, the two Juniors having
the highest averages, became respec
tively president and secretary of the
honorary frternity.
Before the announcement of the
members, President Chase delivered
a well received address on the conflict
between science and tradition. "The
present conflict", said Dr. Chase,
"is but one phase in a struggle that
has been waged almost without in
teruption for several centuries, ever
since, in fact, the beginning of mod
ern science. Every new discovery of
science since the day of Copernicus
and Gallileo has been branded as
dangerous and destructive to reveal
ed religion. Luther, Calvin, Wesley,
and many other able and sincere men
contended that one could not believe
that the world moved and was but
one among many planets instead of
the center of the universe, without
giving up all belief in Christianity.
When Benjamin Franklin invented the
lightning rod for the protection of
houses, he was accused of impously
defying the Almighty and attempting
to control the artillery of Heaven.
Yet always religion has been big
enough and vital enough to include
new truth. After all the conflict,
the teachings of Jesus still remain
unchanged.
There can be no .conflict between
true science and true religion, de
clared Dr. Chase. It is unthinkable
that the God who created truth
should have made two sections of
truth mutually contradictory. It is
not science and religion, but men's
traditions and interpretations, that
conflict.
The conflict has been, and still is,
of great harm both to science and
religion. The progress of science and
knowledge has been retarded and
hindered by continual restriction and
opposition. Religion, on the other
hand, has so often been confused, by
earnest men who considered them
selves the saviors of religion, with
outworn tradition and man-made in
terpretation that many intellectually
honest men and women have been
turned from it.
The new members were: W. J.
Cocke, junior, Asheville; O. K. Rowe,
junior, Charlotte; G. F. Seyffert,
senior, Elizabeth City; E. M. Arm
field, junior, Greensboro; II. R. Ful
ler, junior, Bradentown, Fla.; V. R.
Sink, junior, Winston-Salem; V. A.
Hoyle, junior, Manteo; Dwight
Plyler, senior, Monroe; M. K. Hearne,
junior, Macclesfield; C. N. Siewers,
senior, Winston-Salem; W. D. White,
senior, Beaufort.
KOCH AND PARTY
BACK FROM TRIP
Visited Broadway to See About
Playmaker Books Saw
Several Plays There
Professor Frederick H. Koch, Di
rector of The Carolina Playmakers,
returned recently from a trip to New
York where he spent a few days in
making arrangements for the publi
cation of a second volume of Carolina
Folk-Plays. He was accompained by
George V. Denny, Manager of The
Playmakers, and Charles Norfleet,
Advertising Manager of the Play
makers. The second volume of folk-plays
will appear sometime in November,
and will be published by Henry Holt
and Company, publishers of the first
volume of Carolina Folk plays. It
will include the following five plays
written by and prodeuced by stud
ents at the University of North Caro
lina: "Trista," by Elizabeth Lay;
"The Return of Buck Cavin," by Tom
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C, May 2, 1924
STATE RACE FOR
TITLE HONORS ON
High School Teams in State
Now in Midst of Elimina
tion Contests.
The elimination series of the elev
enth annual state championship con
test in high school baseball for North
Carolina high schools is now going on.
The fourth of the contests to be
conducted by the High School Ath
letic Association of Noi-th Carolina
will be the state high school baseball
championship contest for the season
of 1924.
Any North Carolina public high
school, city or rural, may take part
in this contest, provided the afore
said high school has first become a
member of the High School Athletic
Association of North Carolina. Mem
bership in this association is open
to all accredited public high schools of
the state under the provisions of
article five of the constitution of the
association. E. R. Rankin is secre
tary of the association.
Since the state high school baseball
championship contests had their be
ginning in the spring of 1914 ten con
tests have been held. Great interest
has been developed; friendly rivalry
has characterized the contest, and a
high . degree of sportsmanship has
been shown. The committee trusts
that the eleventh annual state-wide
contest may prove to be the best in
the long line of baseball contests yet
held.
Forty-eight schools entered the
contests this year and the final game
will be played here Saturday, May 17.
Winners to date in the series are:
Group 1. Western. Graham 20, Reids
ville 1; Greensboro 2. Madison 1; High
Point 7, Pomona 6; Leaksville (bye).
Group 2.
Charlotte 20, Statesville 3; Spencer
15, Asheboro 1; Thomasville 16, Winston-Salem
9;
Group 3.
Concord 1, Gastonia 4.
Group 4.
Granite Falls 17, Canton 1; Shelby
vs. Cherryville (Result unknown);
Harmony 2, Startown 4.
Group 1. Eastern
Chowan 1, Poplar Branch 1; Wash
ington defeated Elizabeth City; Eden
ton 10, New Bern 8; Morehead City
(Bye).
Group 2.
Lumberton vs. Wilmington (Result
unknown); Laurinburg 6, Hamlet 5;
Rockingham 11, Raeford 9.
Group 3.
Rock Ridge defeated Tarboro;
Selma vs. Dunn (Results unknown);
Woodland (bye); Mt. Olive (bye).
Group 4.
Sanford 10, Durham 5; Hillsboro 14,
Chapel Hill 7; Smithfield 9, Louis
burg 0.
The high schools are playing a bet
ter brand of baseball this year than
usual and much interest is being tak
en in the elimination series. Shelby
and Hillsboro appear to have strong
teams. A good game is expected
when the final contest will be played
here.
The contest to decide the champion
ship of the non-accredited high schools
will be played here Friday, May 16.
Schools entered from the East are:
Garner, Youngsville, Four Oaks
Calypso and Hobgood.
Schools entered from the West are:
Alamance, Guilford College, Trinity,
McLeansville, Bessemer, Pilot Moun
tain, Lowell, High Shoals and Log
Creek.
ANNOUNCEMENT From Walker's
The Teachers' Bureau is having a
large call for teachers, and is anx
ious to assist and students who de
sire positions next year. Any one
interested may call at No. 2 Peabody,
and have his or her name registered.
It is urged that all students wishing
positions do this without delay.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL
BE HELD FOR MRS. CLARK
AT CHAPEL HILL
MONDAY
Tillery Linton Messer, of
Crabtree, N. C, a sophomore in
the University of North Caro
lina, died in Watts hospital in
Durham Monday following a
short illness of spinal meningi
tis. The remains will be sent
home for burial.
CAROLINA - VIRGINIA SCRAP WILL
LURE BIG CROWD OF STUDENTS
TO BATTLE SCENE, GREENSBORO
GOLDEN FLEECE
TO HOLD ANNUAL
TAPPINGMAY 10
Tar Heel Scribe Forecasts Men
Who May be Tapped for
Honor Order
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
By Malcolm M. Young.
Picked men will be tapped into the
Order of the Golden Fleece on the
night of Saturday, May 10. The an
nual Fleece tapping night has been
set for this date, and interest in the
event is already pronounced among
the student body.
It is the highest honor to which a
Carolina man can aspire while in the
University; it is the one organiza
tion on the campus in which politics
has not, in the past, played a hand.
Who will be selected this year is
problemetical. Students speculate
as to potential membership, and none
but the old members of the Fleece
know. It is the usual custom to se
lect 10 men seven from the present
Junior class and three from the Sen
ior class.
This story is not intended as a
prediction; but it is intended to throw
some light on who possibly may be
eligible for membership. , It is a
consensus of opinion reached after
a careful consideration of the Uni
versity men who rank high in their
respective fields. It is even pos
sible that some men not metioned
may be tapped for the Fleece, but this
is considered hardly likely.
There are in the group of eliigi
bles, five men who have excellent
chances of being tapped and who are
undoubtedly potential Fleece mater
iial. They are Merle Bonner, W. J.
Cocke, R. Y. Thorpe, Henry Lineberg
er, and Aubrey Shackell.
The basis of selectiong these five
men has been reached merely by
what has been done in the past; it
is no criterion of what may be done
in the future. It has been the usual
custom though not always aunerea
to to select as Fleece men a leading
allraround athlete, the President of
the Student body, the President of
the rising Senior class, and students
who take a very active part in other
phases of college life.
Bonner would rank as Fleece ma
terial by his performances as a foot
ball and baseball man, the fact that
he is the retiring President of the
Athletic Associatiion, and his gen
eral popularity with the student body.
Cocke would qualify on his work as
a writer, student, and as the President-Elect
of the student body. He
ha3 been on the editorial staff of
"The Magazine" and it is said that
he has the highest scholarship record
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Self -Help Student
Is Now Policeman
Score one more hit for the versa
tility of Carolina self-hepl students!
The latest is holding down the job
of town policeman and speed cop.
Following the recent suspension from
office of Chief Featherstone, a va
cancy was to be filled in the local Po
lice force. W. Jean Edwards, a
Sophomore, and withal a self-help
student here, applied for the position
and got it. The new, specially
built Harley-Davidson motorcycle,
"artillery", badge, and other official
paraphernalia used by Featherstone
was turned over to Edwards Saturday,
and he has in the thorough and syste
matic manner so characteristic of
Carolina students been performing in
his official capacity since that time.
Three arrests Sunday and two Mon
day, all for speeding, are his toll so
date, nad the habitual speeders
through town and on the Durham
Chapel Hill highway are beginning
to "use discretion."
Edwards, also an employee of the
Orange Printshop, says that it is a
"full program" being town officer
and a University student at the same
time. Whether or not the position
will be held by him permanently is
not known.
No. 51
Carolina Rooters are Somewhat
Pessimestic After Our Show
ing With Baptist
SALES BIG DRAWING CARD
Only few have signed for Special
Train Many to Ride
Autos
wnue many oi tne students are
clearly pessimistic over the showing
made by Carolina against Fake Forest
last Tuesday, the general indications
are that they will flock to Greens
boro tomorrow by the wholesale.
Several hundred are preparing to bum
rides off motorists along the high
way while others plan to patronize
the local jitney drivers. The sale of
tickets for the CarolinaVirginia spec
TTI M Mil
ial has been exceedingly light, al
though it will be run if as many as
one hundred and fifty passengers are
secured.
The arrangement of the schedule
from the students' point of view isn't
to their notion at all. The game
comes within six days after the Eas
ter recess and on the day following
the Carolina-Virginia game on the
Hill. Still the trip to Greensboro
has become part of the Spring Quar
ter and Saturday will find most of the
students checking out for the Gate,
N. C. C. W. and G. C.
The college girls annually cele
brate the day in great style, with the
two institutions rivalling each other
in cheering and yelling. In 1923 the
bevy of girls completely swamped
the grandstand at Cone park and
turned it into a riot of color. The
N. C. C. W. girls also issued a gen
eral invitation to the University boys
to attend a lown party at the colege,
and as might have been expected, an
unfortunate April shower curtailed
affairs cinsiderably but the girls
commandeered one of the buildings
and went through with their plans.
Cast for Prunella
Has Been Selected
The Cast for Prunella, the first
studio production of The Carolina
Playmakers has been selected. It will
be presented later at the Forest
Theatre.
There are about twenty-two char
acters in the play. The try-outs for
these places were held Wednesday,
April 29 at 4:30 P. M. in Gerrard
Hall. The following were selected
Prunella Miss Sue Byrd Thompson
Pierrot Theodore Fitch
Scaramel Charles Norfleet
Love Henry Wheeler
First Gardener C. R. Shuford
Second Gardener A. Weil
Third Gardener A. Weil
Hawk Erskine Duff
Kennel W. C. Robinson
Callow C. V. Riser
Mouth C. M. Hill
The following ladies are also re
tained for parts: Margaret Jones,
Erma Green, Lucy Lay, Esther Hun
ter, Lila Wynne, and Rachel Fowler.
The Cast Directors of the play are
Miss Pearle Sezer Miss Lucy Lay,
P. L. Elmore, E. H. Hartsell, J. O.
Baily, and C. M. Baker.
Dr. J. F. Steiner of the Sociology
Department has gone to Greensboro
to attend an executive meeting of the
Community Chest Club.
How They Hit.
Unofficial
Player AB II Av.
Poyner 1 1 1.000
Coffey 29 13 .448
Coltrane 5 2 400
Ferebee 3 1 .333
Dodderer 25 8 .320
Thomas 13 4 .308
Morris 32 9 .281
Carmichael 8 2 .250
McDonald 38 8 .211
Jones 10 2 .200
Johnson 33 6 .182
Bryson 20 3 .150
Gibson 34 5 .141
Bonner 32 4 .125
Starling 18 2 .111
Moore 2 0 .000
Team 303 80 .264