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VOLUME XXXIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1924
NUMBER 1
FOOTBALL MEN BEGIN
TO SCRIMMAGE DAILY
; FOR SCHEDULE, OPENER
Pre-Season Dope Has it That
Tar Heel Eleven Will
Be Strong Team
Backfield Will Present a Formidable
Combination of Backs.
The scene on Emerson Field lias shift
ed during the Inst three or four days
from light workouts to daily scrimmage
in preparation for the opening game at
Wake Forest on September 27. tTerseys
and moleskins have taken the place of
the track suits and makeshift uniforms
in which the grid candidates cantered
through their daily dozens last week. The
Fetners are being assisted in the coach
ing by "Runt" Lowe, Grady Pritchard,
"Bill" Blount and C. C. Poindexter, all
four of whom are famous as Carolina
football starsv -
Since the first of September about 75
candidates have been working-out daily,
running, passing, and going through ex
ercises designed to loosen up muscles.
Now this has given way to the rougher,
but -more interesting scrimmage. The
student body got itfl first opportunity to
see the players in action on Thursday,
and the stadium was crowded with inter
ested spectators. During the afternoon
President Chase came in and watched
the men work out.
Probable First-String
Pre-season dope seems to indicate that
the Tar Heel eleven will be as strong,
, if not stronger, than last year's state
champions. The backfield will be slight-
ly heavier than the one that represented
Carolina last fall if those men who were
in the first string in Thursday's crimmage
can hold their places. Underwood, Bon
ner and Merritt with Sparrow at quar
terback seem to be the first choice. Bon
ner and Underwood are speedy and
tricky runners, while Merritt will add
tn thr hnrliflelil. He nlowed
iff thrtnmrh tin- line with ease in the Thurs
day scrimmages. Sparrow, taking Monk
McDonald's place, will have his job in
upholding the standards set by the heady
field general of last year. Sparrow has
entirely recovered from the injury that
kept him out, last season, and is in fine
shape now. His drop kicking will be a
constant threat to the opposition, while
his punting should be an aid that was
sorely needed at times last year.
Epstein and Jackson at Ends
Epstein and Jackson appear scheduled
to take Morris' and Poindexter's places
in the line. Braswell has been at right
end during the scrimmage. Captain Mat
thews and Hawfield are the tackles, and
Chris Fordham and Mclver are at their
old places. Many other promising men
are out and some of these may step out
next Saturday when the Tar Heels meet
the Baptists in the initial game of the
season.
Among the backs who look especially
likely are Devin, Fordham, McMullen,
Woodson, Gold, Dill and Hackney.
Strong promise is shown by Donnahoe,
McMurray, Whisnant, Warren, Curlee,
Atkinson, Calhoun, Slagle, Murphy, Far
rell, Pendergraft, Fowler, Josephs and
McDaniels, among the linesmen.
Wake Forest Strong
The concensus of opinion among sport
writers of the state seems to be that the
state championship lies between Wake
Forest and Carolina. With the late re
turn of Emmerson, all of the Baptists'
letter men are back, and with addition
al coaching, Gharity should present a
formidable eleven. Trinity is generally
considered to be weaker than last year,
but the team under Howard Jones will
bear watching. The Wildcats of David
son are expected to be stronger but hard
ly of championship calibre. It is gen
erally believed that State will have a
much better team than the Wolfpack of
last fall. ,
Fine Schedule
Mr. Woollen offers the best schedule
that the Tar Heels have ever had. Trln
ity. Maryland, South Carolina and V. M.
I. will appear at Emerson Field, while
the students can easily see the Wake
Forest and State games, leaving only
Yale and Virginia out of freight train
distance.
Dorm Club Rooms Are
Now Being Furnished
Dormitory club rooms in the three new
dorms erected east of the quadrangle are
now being equipped with furniture. They
will be partially furnished by the Uni
versity, it is announced. .
A table, four , rocking chairs, and a
settee around two sides of the room, will
constitute the furniture. '
Fifty dollars will be furnished by the
University for each Dormitory housing
committee, but all purchases of furnt
ture for the club rooms must be made
through the University Business Office, it
is announced.
The rooms will be under the supervis
ion of the dormitory telephone monitors.
REGISTRATION FIGURES
NEAR TWO THOUSAND
It is Estimated That the To
tal Will Well Exceed the
Two Thousand Mark
Larger Freshman Class Than That of
Last Year.
According to reliuble informntion ob
tained by a Tar Hiiel reporter, exactly
1,925 University students had registered
for the fall quarter's work of the one
hundred and thirtieth year of school, up
to and including all those who hod regis
tered Wednesday night.
It is confidently expected that before
the entire registration is completed, the
University will have in its jtfidst some
2,350 students, an increase in enrollment
of between 200 and 250 students over last
year.
In the incoming Freshman class sta
tistics show that there are about 850 stu
dents. Last year there were approxi
mately 800 Freshmen at the start of the
year. 1
The biggest registration rush was on
Tuesday afternoon, when 49(5 men reg
istered in the Academic school alone.
Registration this year took place in a
short time, compared with the long lines
which, in former years, lined up for hours
at a stretch waiting to register, the offi
cials declare.
Last year there were 2.1G8 students
matriculated in the University. t
COLLEGE NIGHT
NEXT THURSDAY
Several Speakers Are Sched
uled to Welcome the New
Men to Campus
A. complete change of program over
past years has been announced for "Col
lege Night", which takes place next
Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock in Me
morial Hall, it was learned yesterday.
College Night is an annual social event,
designed primarily to welcome new stu
dents to the University each year.
Vrilliam J. Cooke, Jr., president of the
student body, will preside at the meet
ing, j. -;'
Addresses will be made to the in
coming Freshmen by Major L. P. McLen-
don, of Durham, in behalf of the Univer
sity Alumni; President H. W. Chase, of
the University, who will explain to the
new comers the administrative details
of the University; and W. J. Cooke, Jr.,
president of the student body.
The University student band will also
render selections.
A series of class smokers will precede
the College Night program Thursday eve
ning, and programs for these smokers
are now being arranged. A Senior
Smoker will take place next Monday
night, followed by a Junior Smoker
Tuesday night, and a Sophomore Smoker
Wednesday night. A Freshman Smoker
will be arranged as soon as possible,
after the class becomes somewhat or
ganized.
The series of class smokers preceding
the dute of the annual College Night pro
gram is a new innovation, which, it is
hoped, will be continued in the future.
TWO SOCIETY HALLS ARE
BEING RAPIDLY RESTORED
Approximately Two Thous
and Dollars Being bpent m
Making Needed Repairs
Societies Will Hold Their First Meet
ing Next Saturday.
Neither the Dialectic Literary Society
nor the Philanthropic Assembly will be
able to convene tonight owing to the ex
tensive repairs being made by the Uni
versity on the two society halls.
Approximately a thousand dollars is
being spent on each of the meeting places
in order to restore them to their former
excellent state. The walls have been re
worked and new lighting fixtures are now
being installed. New curtains and seats
will also be among the much needed im
provements. Temporary chairs will have
to be used until the regular seats are
selected and ordered. The carpets will
be thoroughly cleaned and the oil paint
ings will be re-hung.
Already .the two halls have lost their
time-worn appearance and even though
the work of renovation is not finished,
they look thoroughly modern and new.
The officers of the societies are expect
ing to call the first meeting of their re
spective organizations on Saturday, Sep
tember 27.
"Buck" Midyette, known to Univer
sity students as the "Hayshaker," Is re
ported as being actively engaged in the
mercantile business in Jackson, N. C.
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Harry Woodbuen Chase
'The University's Intellectual Responsibility" Was the Sub
ject Chosen by Dr. Chase at the Formal Opening of the
University Friday. The Opening Exercises Were
Held in Memorial Hall at Chapel Period.
NEW ADDITIONS
IN THE FACULTY
New Dean of the Law School
and Other New Men
Take Charge- -
Many new additions to the University
Faculty have been made since the end
of the spring quarter. '
Among the new members of the Fac
ulty are Merton LeRoy Ferson, new
Dean of the University Law School and
former Dean of the famous Law School
of George Washington University; Ger
old W. Johnson, head of the recently es
tablished department of journalism;
Frank H. Rowley, new member of the
Law School Faculty and last year assist
ant professor of law at the University
of North Dakota; while in the School of
Commerce there are the followiug new
professors: T. C. Pockenham, J. Merritt
Lear, John Brooks Woosley, and Mal
colm D. Taylor.
Other Faculty additions are: R. R.
Roseborough, associate professor of Lat
in; N. B. Adams, assistant professor of
Spanish; Earle Keith Plyler, assistant
professor of physics; George L. Paine,
assistant professor of English; Keener
G. Frazer, associate professor of history;
Joe Burton Linker, assistant professor
of mathematics; S. McClelland Butt, as
sistant professor of philosophy, and R. I.
Little, assistant professor of romance
languages.
New instructors are: Haywood M.
Taylor, pharmacy; Michael Arendell
Hill, 'Jr., mathematics ; Roland P. Mc
Clamroch,' English; A. Theodore John
son, English; J. Minor Gwynn, Latin;
Jefferson C. By num, geology; N. C. Gid
dings, romance languages ; M. K. Hearne,
accounting; Frederick Phillips Brooks,
bio-chemistry; Edgar T. Thompson, rural
economics; P. F. St. Onge, French; G. H.
Benson, mathematics; J. L. Smith,
French; C. R. Harris, chemistry; E. D.
Jennings, chemistry; S. A. Stoudemire,
Spanish; J. V. McCall, Spanish;, E. M.
Armfield, French; C. C. Norton, history;
P. L. Elliott, English; John F. Jost, Ger
man; Benjamin B. Lane, English; S. T.
Helms, research-assistant in chemistry,
and Morgan F. Vining, Extension Di
vision. Law School Night
Will Be Held Tuesday
The second annual get-together for the
Law School, held at the beginning of
each college term, known as "Law School
Night", will be held Tuesday night in the
social rooms of Manning Hall, according
to a recent announcement
The program will include addresses by
President Chase, Dean Ferson, of the
Law School; and other members of the
Law Faculty and student body.
Men interested in trying out for business staff of the
Tar Heel see the Business Manager at Tab Heel, office in
New West Building from 2 :0() to 3 :00 V. M.
V
SCHEIDT GAINS
CHECKER TITLE
University Student Wins
Southern Checker Tourna
ment Held at Charlotte
The University attached another south
ern championship to its credit when Ed
ward Scheidt, a senior here, won the title
of southern ' checker champion in the
annual meet of the Southern Checker
Association" held in Charlotte August
12 and 13. Although Scheidt did not
represent the University in the tourna
ment, yet his accomplishment brings lau
rels to his alma mater as well as to
himself.
The new champion ascended to his
throne only after meeting and eliminating
some of the best and most experienced
southern players of the ancient game.
The runner-up in the tourney was S. S.
Hallman, of Spartanburg, S. C, and
the University student disposed of him
in the final match one to none and five
drawn.
The Columbia (S. C.) State comment
ing on the results of the meet says:
"Scheldt's winning of the tourney came
as a distinct . surprise to nearly every
one. It was another case of the dark
horse While recognizing him as a
player of great promise, few had any
idea that he would stand any chance of
winning against the field of more sea
soned opponents."
Scheidt has ascetically applied himself
to his avocation for the past several
years and his new laurels come as the
result of concentrated study on his part,
Dormitory Smokers to Be
Held This Week End
Further organization of students in
the University dormitories will be per
fected by . the holding of dormitory
smokers on Saturday and Sunday nights,
according to announcement by F. S.
Griffin, one of the students in charge of
arrangements.
The smokers will be held in order to
Introduce Sophomores and upper-classmen
who room in the dorms to the incom
ing Freshmen.
A committee composed of one upper
classman and one sophomore from each
dormitory met in Dean F. F. Brad
shaw's office Thursday night to perfect
plans for the smokers.
The question of "eats", finance, and
dates for the holding of the smokers
will be left to the individual dormitories.
BORN
To Mr. and(Mrs. Chester D. Snell, at
Watts hospital, Durham, Tuesday night,
a daughter.Angela De Forrest Snell, by
MANY CHANGES IN TOWN
DURING SUMMER MONTHS
Three New Dormitories Are
Added to the Number of
Buildings on Campus
New Chemistry Building Has Been
Started.
Old students returning to the Uni
versity have been very much surprised
at the amount of building operations
going on' in the village and on the Uni
versity campus. The most outstanding
of the new buildings is the triangle of
dormitories which have been constructed
just across the old Raleigh road and over
in Battle Park. Wulks have been built
to and 1 jtween these dorms and the
grounds surrounding them are being
beautified.
The next biggest University building
project of the summer is the beginning
of the new chemistry building in the rear
of Memorial Hall. This building will be
one ot the most modern chemistry build
ing in the country when completed and
will rank with . buildings at Yale and
Cornell Universities. Well lighted and
up-to-date laboratories will be a feature
of the new building for the Department
of Chemistry. The old Chemistry Hall
will be remodeled and fixed up to house
the fastly growing Pharmucy School of
the University. The new chemistry build
ing has been named Venable Hall in
honor of Dr. Francis Preston Venable,
former president of the University. Dr.
Venable is widely known for his work in
the field of chemistry and has twice been
honored with the presidency of the Amer
ican Chemical Society.
Concrete foundations are proof of the
fact that the Graham Memorial, the stu
dent activities building, has been begun.
Practically all of the concrete work has
been laid and work on the walls will be
gin with the arrival of muterial.
The playhouse for the Carolina Play
makers is rapidly being completed. The
old law building is being remodeled so
that it will be one of the best college the
aters in the South.
The Carolina Inn is taking on a very
attractive appearance as the outside of
the building is being completed. Work
has been in operation on the town's hos
telry all summer and it is hoped that
the building will be ready for use by
University Day, which is October 12th.
In the downtown section the most no
ticeable changes are to be seen in the
new bank building and the annex to the
University Cafeteria which is under op
eration. The bank building front is of
stone and presents a very striking con
trast to the older brick face buildings
around it. Another addition to the
town's new buildings' is the printshop of
the Orange Printing Company, which is
located on Rosemary street just behind
Putterson's Drug Store.
The forty new tennis courts over in
Battle Park are still being built and
will be ready for use probably in the
spring. Since it tukes a long time for
the ground to settle sufficiently to make
a hard surface court, the completion of
the courts will be drawn out.
Another noticeable change in the town
is the beginning of the work to beautify
the campus. Steps have been construct
ed at the entrances of Steele dormitory
and turf has been placed along the walk.
A wall has been constructed just in front
of the road leading by frat row. The
court is being filled in and leveled out.
Work on putting down a concrete road
from the entrance at the West eute to
rthe old Raleigh road entrance beside the
mansion of the President will begin soon.
The sewer lines have already been laid
in preparation for the hard surface road.
Try-Outs for Chapel Choir
Try-outs for chapel choir to be held
Monday at 7 o'clock, in No. 12 New
West. Adequate compensation for this
work throughout the year. Require
ments: regularity of attendance at re
hearsals and two chapel exercises week
ly; a reasonably good singing voice.
The University is anxious to secure the
services of the best singers on the cam
pus for this purpose, not only that the
chapel music may be distinctly improved
through this means, but that the choir
may be established as one of the valu
able organizations on the campus, which
will be a credit to the University. Any
student in any department of the Univer
sity is eligible for membership in this
organization.
BRADSHAW IS PROFESSOR
A new addition to the University Eng
lish Department has been announced. F.
F. Bradshaw, dean of students, desiring
to penetrate further into the thickness of
the proverbial Freshman skull, will teach
the 8:30 o'clock section of Freshman Eng
lish, a Tar Heel reporter was infofmed
recently.
Ralph Maultsby, of Rutherfordton,
was a visitor on the Hill recently.
DR. CHASE SPEAKS TO
STUDENTS IN FORMAL
OPENING OF SESSION
University President Speaks
on "The University's Intel
lectual Responsibility."
Defines the Function of the Greater
University.
The annual formal opening exercises
of the University were held in Memorial
Hall yesterday at 10:30 a. m. On ac
count of this the 11 o'clock classes were
not held and chapel period was contin
ued until the end of Dr. Chase's speech.
Dr. Chase chose for the, subject of his
address "The University's Intellectual
Responsibility" to the students and the
state. In the course of his discussion
he touched on several' subjects over
which there is at present much contro
versy, such as the teaching of science
in the schools and especially the teaching
of evolution and the social sciences.
He said that it was the function of
the University to train the young men
of the state for leadership In the South
of the future. The leaders of the future
should come from the South, but they
will have to be found elsewhere unless
the schools of the South furnish them.
The preeminent duty of the University
is to give the students "an intellectual
life of high quality and sound standards,
with freedom to think-and to teach."
As to the matter of teaching science,
he compared the present situation with
that of Galileo in the Middle Ages. Those
who persecuted him and forced him to
deny his discoveries as untrue have their
counterparts today in those who would
seek to restrict the search for truth. The
present state of progress and civilization
is directly due to more intellectual free
dom and any further advance will depend
on the same thing. Only through the
freedom to search for the truth, no mat
ter where the search leads, can the real
truth be found and not through restric
tions to investigation.
"Through intellectual freedom lies the
way to truth," Dr. Chase said, "und in
truth, and truth alone, on which cither a
man or a state cun" build enduringly.
And truth shows herself only to minds
that are free to seek the hidden pluces
where she' dwells." Freedom to teach
and to think is the "indispensable condi
tion of intellectual growth and so of hu
man progress," was the keynote of the
whole address.
He brought out-very clearly that he
did not agree with the theory that "it
is the business of education to subjugate
men's minds to authority, making them
docile rather than Independent." The
theory of education held by the Univer
sity, he said, is precisely the opposite.
"It holds that the essential condition of
intellectual growth is the maintenance of
an atmosphere of intellectual freedom of
thought and of discussion; that if men
are to be educated they must learn to
respect facts, to weigh evidence, to reach
conclusions based on facts and evidence,
no ton prejudice or preference; that in
a conflict between authority and truth
the higher allegiance is always to truth."
As to Bolshevism he said: "Intellec
tual Bolshevism is intellcctuul license
thut claims for itself the privilege of in
tellectual freedom. It U not concerned
to find what is true, but what is sensa
tional, or what. distortion of truth that
best serves its own selfish purpose can
be made to appear true."
GERALD W. JOHNSON IS
NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD
Infant Department of Jour
nalism Finds Itself a Very
Popular Baby
Two Splendid Courses Being Offered
This Quarter.
With Gerald W. Johnson, former edi
torial writer on the Greensboro Daily
Newt, at its head, the newly created De
partment of Journalism began active
work at the opening of the fall quarter
this year.
There were no courses in journalism
offered last year, and during the pre
ceding years those that were' offered were
listed under the Department of English.
However, the increasing demand for the
re-establishment of such courses influ
enced the University authorities to in
stitute the new department which will
give a thorough course in practicul news
paper work.
There are now offered two courses in
journalism and both of them have many
more members than were expected when
they were planned.
The department is located on the sec
ond story of New West building, just
over the office of the Txa Heku The
rooms are being especially equipped for
the students so as to make them suitable
for practical news writing.
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