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ill Wm Maryland 'vs. Carolina Emerson Field Maryland vs. Carolina Emerson Field VOLUME XXXIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1924 NUMBER II RELIGIOUS SKEPTICISM DEPLORED BY GOVERNOR-ELECT OF MAINE IN CAMPAIGN SPEECH FOR COOLIDGE j. Brewster Says .".Spiritual" Re demption. Needed by U. S. A. FLAYS MR. LA FOLLETTE Says Election of Coolidge Nec essary to Prevent Deadlock ' and Selection by Senate. BRYAN I S CHOICE 0 F SENATE .Believes Republican Party Not Re sponsible for Teapot Dome Scandal and Compliments Appointments. -.:. By Mauxhlm M. Young Spiritual redemption, not material im provements or reforms, was pictured as the panacea for the ills of the United States, by Ralph O. Brewster, Republican governor-elect of the. state of Maine, - speaking here in behalf of President Coo lidge Wednesday night Growing , religious skepticism in the United States furnished almost as import ant a theme for the man from Maine as did the alleged achievements of the Re publican party In the last four years. Mr. Brewster deplored the existant condition in certain of our large cities, in "which over half of the children receive no re ligious instruction, he Stated. Religious censuses of church attendance will never be taken there, he affirmed, because of the Inexcusably poor church attendance . record "of these worldly-wise people. During the course of his speech Mr. Biewster took a nice slam at two ten dencies in America. One of these was re ligious, or irreligious, as the case may be. He deplored what he termed the "grow ing atheism in this country. He deplored "further this growing atheism as it is manifesting itself in the political life of the country, namely1, the nomination of a man for President of the United States who does not represent a political party. La Follette, if elected, will be responsible to himself alone and to no political party; La Follete has no platform, but a chang ing platform, or excuse for platform, which he writes himself as the changing exigencies of the campaign demand, the speaker hinted. - ' . - For John W. Davis he had the highest regard, vtt MWyJ it not impossible that ,,La Follette will poll a larger popular vote than Davis. The choice of the South for President lies not between Coolidge and Davis, but - between Coolidge and Bryan, due to the unavoidable deadlock which will follow if Coolidge is not elected, he predicted. The election of Coolidge he believed as necessary to avoid the election of a Pres ident eventually by the United States Senate, and the choice of the Senate would be Bryan, he stated. Consequent ly, he believed that the South should choose between the lesser of two lia bilities, and that lesser is Mr. Coolidge. The United States is not going back to normalcy because the World War broke through the crust of our old civi lliationj In fact, the country is going rapidly towards Socialism, as competi tion is being eliminated in our economic life, Mr. Brewster believed. We are liv ing in a perioa ot transition lenuing iu this new order, he added. The red flag is now being tolerated were it was once strictly tabooed, the speaker said, as he pointed to recogni tion of red Russia. Ten years ago railroads were forced to compete, whereas now they are being asked to combine, he continued. He pre dicted that the Republican party must stand for liberalism or else suffer defeat In the election four years hence. The trouble, he said, "is that we have drift ed away from the conception of party government under . which America has grown great" "The Democrats of the north," he went on, "have already picked Al Smith for President in 1928 and they are counting on lining up the La Follette group. This is a direct challenge to the so-called solid South. Will the South submit to it? The McAdoo forces are likewise count ing on absorbing the La Follette strength." "Religion is losing its grip on the world, especially Protestantism," he said. He asserted that the La Fol lette forces were making a tempting ap peal to the Catholics. The presence of blocs was deplored, the speaker stating that no constructive measures could be carried through by any- government as long as powerful blocs controlled ' the legislative houses. He stamped La Follette as a bloc candi date for President Mr. Brewster made it plain that he believed In a two-party government, and he stated, also, that he believed in party government respon sible to the people. . He affirmed that the Republican par ty stood Just for that principle that It had in the past, supported this principle. and further, that "The Republican par ty stands for the utmost economy con (Qontlnutt on Pogt Two) FROSH CUTS HIGH COST EDUCATION , Roy Shore, a freshman, claims the All-University record for inexpens ive traveling. During the four weeks since school opened, he has traveled " over twelve hundred miles at a total expense of only 45 cents. Shore has made seven trips, all without miss-' ing a day from school. In traveling he depends on picking up rides from , passing automobiles. He states that he has ridden in everything from ; Fords to Cadillacs. In this manner he attended both the State and Wake Forest games. . His other trips include two to Salis bury, his home town, two to Greens boro, and onti to Charlotte. A shave and hot-dogs were the chief items of his expenditures, 15 cents having been spent on each. Chewing-gum and cigaretttes were the other items on his expense account Shore plans to make the Davidson 'and Virginia games, as well as several trips home . and to Greensboro during the re mainder of the quarter. ' LOTUS SEEDS OF THE NILE RIVER ARRIVE ON HILL Five Hundred Years Old But Are Still Capable of Germination. FOUND IN MANCHURIA Sent to Dr. Coker of Botany Dept by Carolina Alumnus Now at Johns Hopkins University. A collection of lotus seeds, capable .of germination even though they are nearly 500 years old, has lately come into the possession of Dr. W. C. .Coker, head of the department of botany of the Uni versity. They were sent to Dr. Coker by :.CV Dele Bc?8r a . University gradu ate, who is now a fellow in the toology department of Johns Hopkins Univer sity in Baltimore, Md. The seeds are some which had been brought to this country by Professor Ichiro Ogha, professor of botany, Edu cational Institute,. Southern Manchurian Railway company, Dairen, Manchuria. Professor Ogha is now working at Johns Hopkins on plant physiology. He found the seeds in Southern Manchuria, while doing some investigation. It seems that the seeds- were buried in a peat layer which had been covered with a layer of dust for hundreds of years. The peat had formed from the material which was formerly the bottom of a lake which in the course of the centuries had dis appeared. The curious fact is that the hard cov ering of the seed so effectively protected the germ of life that after centuries they have been made to sprout Dr. Coker Is able to recall another case which in volves a seed which after 105 years was made to sprout These seeds, when plac ed in water and soaked for eight months, showed no germination. But by filing one or both ends of the seeds and thus exposing the tissue, without exception there was germination and healthy de velopment. Between three and four days were necessary for germination. The seeds are of the true lotus of the Nile, one of the best known plants in the world. Seeds have also been sent to the University of California, Brooklyn Botanical garden, and the Missouri Bo tanical garden. The seeds of this col lection have the greatest longevity that has been recorded and the University Is greatly favored to be one of the few Institutions singled out for this honor. N. C. Florists Pay The Arboretum a Visit : On Wednesday, the twenty-second of October, the University was honored by a visit of the Florist Convention, which held Its meeting in Durham this week. The delegates motored from Durham about noon and had lunch In the arbo retum. After the lunch Paul C. Llnd ley, of Greensboro, made an interest ing talk on "Nurserymen and Florists." Mr. Steinmets, of Raleigh, the oldest florist in North Carolina, also spoke to the gathering. The sruests were shown arouna tne nrhoretum by Dr. W. C. Coker, head of the Botany Department of the Univer sity. Dr. Coker pointed out the various types of trees and shrubs and told some of the history of the interesting specl ments In the collection. The University Arboretum is consid- .wri hv many authorities the most com plete and artistic maintained by any American college, N.C. CLUB HOLDS ELECTION OF ITS THREE OFFICERS Miss Ruth Hunter Presents Pa per to Club on "Non-Voting Democracies." FIRST REGULAR MEETING Reid Kitchen Is President, Cavenaugh Is Vice-President and Thompson Is Secretary of the Society. The N. C. club met last 'Monday eve ning for its first regular meeting of the year. The nominating committee, ap pointed at the organization meeting two weeks ago, presented its candidates 'and the following officers were elected: Reid Kitchen, president; G. K. Cavenaugh, vice-president, and B. T. Thompson, of the economics department, secretary. Miss Ruth Hunter, presenting the pa per of the evening, discussed "Non-Vot ing Democracies." . In Introducing the subject Miss Hunter called attention to the coming November elections, in which will probably .be cast the largest number of ballots in the history of our country. She stated that democracy is the wrong word to describe the present form of government in the United States, in that it is not a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but is a "politicracy," or a government of the few, by the few and for the few. A de mocracy, according to her, is a common wealth in which the people as a whole legislate and choose executive and judi cial officers either directly or through representatives.' This is not done in the United States because of the . existing conditions which are discussed fully later A great may people think that demo cracy as a form of government is not an assured success. They think, and not without some cause, that there is no use in voting, at asingle vote will make no difference el' er way.' Few. would agree with Gladsb, e's statement that "The ballot is the ;Teatest piece of work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." : Miss Hunter then traced the history of the popular ballot and representative government showing the T difficult path by which the ballot has put political of the country. However, she stated that in the final analysis a man's vote must be measured by the worth of the man. Here referring to an article in the October number of World' t Work, she stated that a country without a com petent people, politically, may have a democratic constitution but it will not be a democracy, for in the end the gov ernment does lean on the character of the people. .: For an intelligent use of the ballot it is necessary that the voter realize that there is some responsibility placed upon him and by casting his vote he is exer cising a power given him by rights of the franchise, and that in doing as he (Continued on Pag Two) : ' TERRAPINS FROM OLD LINE STATE COME SOUTH Both Teams Have Experienced and Each Eleven Is Hopeful of Winning This Afternoon's Game at Football Which Promises to Be a Hard Fought Contest. Carolina and Maryland play the rub ber game of a five-game series here this afternoon, with pre-game dope indicat ing that the game will be close and hard fought with the Tar Heels having a slight edge over their visitors from the Old Line State. Neither team has made a very im pressive record this season.. Maryland has been defeated by Washington and Lee,' 19' to 0, and last Saturday went down in defeat before the Gobblers of V. P. I., 12 to 0. Carolina has been defeated by Wake Forest and Yale and won from Trinity and State, but in none of her games has she shown remarkable strength. By. comparative scores, which is as good and as worthless a method of picking a winner as any other, Caro lina has the edge, for Washington and Lee beat Maryland decisively and in turn lost to Wake Forest by a small margin. Maryland would seem to have gotten off to a bad start that should be wiped out later, however, for almost all of her last year's strong eleven are back.. Last season the Old Liners held Yale to a two-point margin and marched over the Tar Heels to the tune of 14 to 0. - They may show Some of last fall's power when they hook up with the Blue and White machine this afternoon. Carolina faces Maryland with the team in the best condition that it has been before any game this season. Except for Braswell, who is suffering with an Injured knee, all the plays are in the best, of shape and have had seven days of practice since the State gamo during EBEN ALEXANDER HOME PLACE TO BE RESURRECTED The Old Logs Originally Used ' Found to Be Sound by Dean Howell, of Pharm. School. TO BE USED AS MUSEUM Tis All the Co-Eds' Fault-Old Home , Demolished in Order to Build New Woman's Building. Another of Chapel Hill's old land marks will be saved, despite the. fact that its destruction seemed inevitable. The old Eben Alexander home, although It lias already been torn down to make room for the woman's dormitory, is go ing to be saved for tradition. Out of the debris there is going to be resur rected the log house that was the orig inal and onto which was built a new front" .: Professor Vernon Howell, dean of the school of pharmacy, happened along the other day after the workmen had de molished the building and was surprised to . find that the logs used in construc tion of the cabin were still in good con dition, even the bark being intact Be ing prompted by his love for the past, he hit -upon the plan of reconstructing the original Alexander house which con sisted of two floors with two rooms eafili, - ' Jlie house will be resurrected near its oV site and will be maintained as a n'aeum by Professor Howell. This p" n has received the hearty approval of thi University community which regret tci to see the old place go. " r The Alexander house is the ' oldest house in town, according to many res idents, although that distinction is claim ed by some for the old Venable place now occupied by the Daggets. That the Alexander house was built over 100 years ao is certain. It was constructed by the great-grandfather of Louis Graves, and has been the home of a former Uni versity president, David Swain, numer ous members of the faculty and others. The first person said to have lived there is Tom Taylor, a merchant and former superintendent of buildings and grounds fur the University. He lived there In '.329 and following him were President Wheat , Hubbard, Brewer, Hooper, Wills, Alexander, H. V. Wilson, C. W. Bain, J. B. Bullitt, and W. E. CaldwelL All the professors, it is interesting to note, . taught classics. . Eben Alexander, from whom the hovse derived its name, was professor of Greek in the Univer sity and was minister to Greece from 1893 to 1897. His daughter is the wife of Dr. A. H. Patterson. Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell were the last to reside there, and when It was definitely decided to demolish the house last spring, they gave a. farewell party to those to whom the historic place was dear. The scrubs play the Wilmington Light Infantry in the City by the Sea this afternoon. TO PLAY TAR HEELS Only Mediocre Success to Date which to perfect their attack. Dodder er, baseball and basketball man, is ex pected to take the place of the Injured end in case he Is unable to play. Dod derer has shown up well in practice and appears to be perfectly capable of fill ing the position. "Rabbit" Bonner, who has been han dicapped all season by injuries, is ex pected to show some of the form that Carolina supporters have been waiting for. He is in good shape and has been doing fine in the scrimmages. Under wood has been displaying some of the speed that he showed as a freshman back lately and it is possible that he may find a position in the Carolina hack field this afternoon. Beyond these changes the lineup should be the same as that of the State game. The Tar Heels have demonstrated in the games that have been played that they have a strong defense and are cap able of gaining through the line, but have been weak on the open play. Much of the practice during the last week has been devoted to passes, and end . runs. With development along these lines Car olina should offer a much more danger ous offense to Coach Byrd'i men than that shown in the earlier games. As in the Trinity game Carolina will have a special student section with the band seated in front Cheer-leader Hug gins is making plans to have the co-eds in a box seated In the midst of the f tu dent section. He is asking also that all students meet at the well and march to the game In a body, NATURE IS NOT IN SYMPATHY WITH THE PORT TERMINAL SCHEME, SAYS COLLIER COBB IN ATTACKING PLAN NORTH STATE 8 ' PLAY FOR GRAIL The North State Eight, composed of University students, has completed its organization and after more than ' a month of practicing together, the musicians, all of whom are veterans at producing dance music, have an nounced themselves ready for the fall season. The club has already signed a contract to play for the Grail dance " here on Nov. 1 and at the big Armis tice Day dance at the city audito rium in Raleigh. Tommy Cheeseborough is manager of the Eight and R. B. Owens, Jr., . is director and chief saxaphone play '. er. The other members of the orches ; tra ares Ersklne Duff, formerly with the Blue Melody Boys in . Canada,' saxaphone and clarinet; Jimmy Lyer ly, formerly with Vaughn's Vlrgln i lans, saxaphone; Ray Louder, first ' trumpet; Ben Hadley, second trum- pet; Tootsie with the trombone; Bob Kehoe, formerly with West Point i orchestra, piano; Everett Liles, 1 banjo; Skinny Graham, drum, In addition to the two big dances already under contract, the club has several that are to take place in the ; near future at Charlotte and other '-. cities under consideration. BIG HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL FRIDAY Trip to Hell to Be Feature Part Program. ESPECIALLY: FOR 1928 Women Have Schemes to Coax Away Students' Money. Ghosts, ' jack-o'-lanterns, witches, for tune tellers, gypsies and the trip to hell ! Surprises by the score, food galore, and great and. glorious excitement await the wary freshman and the sophisticated upperclassmen. at the gym next Friday alght,October 31.' The annual ' Hallow e'en carnival given by the Woman's as sociation bids fair from all reports and accounts to be an occasion of care-free enjoyment. -: ' ' ; . Around the gym will be various booths or side shows, which will show the in genuity and originality of the co-eds in charge of each. The full list of the at tractions will be announced next week. In each corner of the gym will be tents where gypsies will foretell -with experi ence and insight the fortunes of any who will cross, their palms with, silver. This will prove to be much cheaper than the palmists , in the Bull City. Candy, peanuts, and all the trimmings of a real carnival will be sold during the evening. On the platform in the center of the hull various acts and take-offs will fur nish general entertainment. ' The Fresh man Friendship council is cooperating In putting on the affair and they are to arrange for this general amusement. Among the numbers on their program will be a burlesque band. j In the basement of the gym will be a trip through the lower regions. Witches and demons will assist or entangle the victims on their tortuous travels. It has been rumored that the services of a real skeleton have been secured to en-j hance the gloomy environs of Hades. The gymnasium will be decorated with appropriate Hallowe'en trimmings. All the booths will be waited on by attend ants in costumes of witches, ghosts, gyp sies and other seasonable fancy garb. Admission at the door will be a quar ter, which will include admission to the various booths exclusive of the fortune tellers and the aforementioned trip to Hell. During the evening there will be several rafflings. The articles to be raffled will be announced later. Home made candy, popcorn, peanuts and ap ples will be sold. Wrestler Breaks His Leg in Practice ; R. F. Logan, of Yadklnville,' a mem ber of the wrestling team, suffered a double fracture of the right leg during practice last Tuesday, and is now in the University Infirmary. The accident occurred while he was wrestling with another member of the squad and according to Logan, "It wasn't anybody's fault, it was just an accident that couldn't have been . helped." Logan was a member of the squad last year and gave .promise of becoming a regular during tne 1925 season. He was in the 158 pound class. Engineers have been setting stakes during the past few days for the new hard surface road from the President's Mansion to the west campus gate. Discusses Geographical Imprac- ticality of N. C. Harbors. PUTS NEW LIGHT ON BILL "If We Cannot Co-operate With Nature, We Need Not Under take to Conquer Her." SAND-REEF IS NOT PROTECTION North Carolina's Harbors Are Not Safeguarded Enough to Insure Adequate Protection to Vessels. Collier Cobb, Professor in the Geology Department in the University and na tionally recognized as an authority on harbors, addressed the student body in Chapel Friday morning and turned the guns of his long research and experi ence on the proposed bill for the estab lishment of port terminals and water ways. ' , With the statement that "If we can not co-operate with nature, we need not undertake" to conquer her", Prof. Cobb launched the attack in opposition to the bill that is to come before .the people in a statewide referendum on Nov. 4. Prof. Branson, of the depart ment of Rural Social Economics, had spoken in favor of the proposed bill in Chapel on Nov. 13, and the purpose of Cobb's speech was to present to the students the arguments of the opposing side.: Prof. Cobb's address Friday placed additional emphasis on statements made on the floor of the Phi Assembly last Saturday night during a - heated dis cussion on the Port and Terminal bill. While nothing concrete was offered in the way of substantiating his word, one . of the speakers declared that Prof. Cobb had said that he was against the bill but was under promise to Professors Branson and Carroll not to oppose it lest they be embarrassed and that if the Port and Terminal bill was passed, the state would be pouring eight and a half millions of dollars Into the ocean. "Furthermore," said the speaker, "Col lier Cobb said that the University News Letter had consistently carried articles in favor of the bill in order not to stir up the opposition of the legislature and endanger the University's appropria tion."".,.' ' ' "Perfervid patriotism using the meth ods of partisan, politics, and promul gated by able propagandists can never nullify the laws of nature, unmake geo logical history, or alter the unceasing action of physiographic processes. Un til these things jean be accomplished, the character ' of the North Carolina coast must remain unique among American shorelines." Dr. Cobb continued, "The long line of sand-reefs off the' North Carolina coast derives its supply of sand largely from the southward-moving current next the shore, which Is checked in Its pro cess by a strong northward-going cur rent that is deflected strongly to the right In our latitude. The oblique blow of the waves, the northern end strik ing first, also drives this material south ward along the shore until much of It finds lodgement on our own continen tal shelf. ' ' . :'. ' Our rivers rise in the highest moun tains east of the Mississippi and flow to the sea across the broadest portion of the piedmont peneplain and of the Atlantic coastal plain. And as these high mountains and up-country plateau regions are devoid of lakes (the only lakes in this state being dammed ponds) to act as settling basins, our streams are constantly bearing seaward a bur den of sand and mud unknown to the north or to the south of us along our Atlantic shoreline. It is only at the mouth of the Cape Fear river that this sediment is dumped directly into the sea; elsewhere It set tles In the sounds behind the sandbars, rendering more and more difficult the navigation of our inland waters. Thus the Cape Fear River furnishes much of the material for the constant renewing of Frying Pan Shoal, one of the most dangerous points on the whole Atlantic Coast" . Forced to a hurried close due to the shortness of the chapel period, ; Prof. Cobb called the attention to the state owned terminals at Portland, Maine, where neither the freight rates have not been reduced, nor ' sufficient revenue earned to pay the Interest on the money invested by the state. 38 Freshman Election Nominations for officers of the freshman class will be held In Me morial Hall next Tuesday - at chapel period. The candidates for president will speak at chapel period on Wednesday following which will be the elections.