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3to HOUDINI'S COMING - FRIDAY HOUDINFS COMING FRIDAY Volume xxxiii TAR BABIES AND VIRGINIANS PLAY TO 0 AND 0 TIE Two Freshmen Teams Fight Scoreless Tie in Drizzling Rain. T to TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED Cavalier Quarterback Tries for Field Goal in Final Period But Ball B6unces Off Cross Bar. Battling in a cold, drizzling rain Sat urday afternoon, the Tar . Babies held the powerful Virginia Freshmen to a scoreless tie. Virginia lost their one best chance for a 'victory just a few minutes before : the game closed. Advancing to within 20 yards of Carolina's goal line, the vis itors were held doggedly at bay. Hush- ion, Virginia quarterback, dropped back for a last attempt to score by drop kicking. Virginia was penalized five yards on the first attempt. Again Hush ion kicked, and the ball hit the cross bar, bouncing back into the field. One time Carolina advanced to Vlr ginia's 15-yard line and gave every in dication of scoring, but the Cavaliers held on down and the ball went over. Carolina showed an amazing strength in its punting, while Virginia fell far short Newcombe, TA Baby tackle, de spite his inexperience at the kicking game, averaged over 45 yards on punts. Ferrell, Isor, and Shepard also gained ground consistently for Carolina. Fer rell intercepted two of Virginia's for ward passes and thereby saved probable fatal gains. The Tar Baby linemen fought hard to keep their goal line intact. Norman Block, freshman center, despite his in jured hand, passed the ball exceptionally well, while the rest of the line showed good judgment in breaking up the vis itors' plays. Luke, Virginia's 220-pound tackle, starred consistently for the visitors. The (Continued on page four) DI SOCIETY HOLDS SMOKER DELUXE Collier Cobb and Cam Morrison ' Stage Scrap. - . BATTLE DECLARED DRAW W. J. Matherly Talks On Decline of Society Interest. Collier Cobb and Cameron Morrison I i.. ,1 1 .. .1 1 it.l ifaiuc:u i.u a maw jum ciaiuruny ui,in at the Di smoker. The recent hectic po litical controversy between the state's governor and leading geologist was re alistically re-enacted by two members of Chapel Hill's dusky population to the great delight of the largest number of Di's who have gathered together this year. - The smoker, which . wask held in. the Carolina cafeteria at 9 o'clock, Saturday night, was featured by an excellent pro gram and many new and original wrin kles in the smoker vernacular. Besides a forceful talk by Walter J. Matherly, there was plenty of good music and fun. : The program was given a flying tnke "off by a short musical feature by W. W. Neal, Jr., W. H. and M. B. Madison. This was especially good and put some life in the smoker. li . nr t n ..1. ! :.. On . jrruicssur w . J. iuauicny, ill o minute talk, gave reasons for the de cline in the interest in literary society Work and his reasons for favoring the work of literary societies. He said that the chief reason for the decline of in terest in society work was the larger number of other organizations now on the campus as compared with the num ber in former times, which offer vari ous other lines in which the student can express and entertain himself. There was a timej he said, when the literary societies were the only organizations on the campus, and therefore were the cen ter of campus thought. "There were no picture shows, not nearly so many news papers, and poor means of transportation in the times when tlie literary societies flourished, and the student attended thpm trt 'ntprta!nmpnf aa Well AS for improvement of himself." He also stat ed that since the ' widespread distribu tion of the printed word, the need of public speakers to educate the people has diminished and that therefore there is not as much need for a man to be come a public speaker as in the former .days. He said that a literary society had Inspired him in his college days and was responsible for him selecting the occu pation he is now engaged in. He stress ed the belief that literary societies are laboratories in which men learn to think for themselves and where a man can learn to make a clear statement. He said that he considered the training a . man received Jn taking active part in (Continued on page four) TENANT FARMERS UP BEFORE CLUB Reed Kitchen Reads Paper On Farm Conditions. NORTH CAROLINA CLUB Professor Branson Tells Something - About Denmark. There are 61,000 landless white farm ers in North Carolina. Should the state extend its aid to these landless' or ten ant citizens, and if so, under what con ditions, and why or why not, were the questions discussed by Mr. Reed Kit- chin before the North Carolina club last Monday night, , Of North Carolina's 269,000 farms, 43.8 per cent are operated by tenants. This figure has been attained by a steady increase since 1880, when it was only 33 per' cent. , The present percentage does not seem to be the peak of ten antry. These tenants are handicapped so that they are hardly desirable citi zens. Why are they so? They get few advantages because of theit) state of poverty.- They have little reading ma terials; they know little of sanitation; they never get a fair education; they receive poor religious instruction; in fact, they are deprived of the essential things that go to make cultured citi zens. Naturally, they develop the "don't care" attitude and may be considered as a "doubtful economic, asset, .and. a dis tinct social menace." - , , State aid to, the landless farmer has three main advantages: - (1) A State readily commands financial credit. (2) A state is particularly competent to select and acquire land needed for any farming venture. (3) Through the aid pf its colleges and agricultural depart ment, a state has at hand men arid wo men well qualified to practically apply any policy it might adopt. The questions now arise, should the state extend its aid to these landless or tenant farmers, and- if so, under what conditions, and why or why not? There are a number of methods which have been tried by a number of states, such as California, Kansas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. Foreign countries, such as New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Holland, Denmark, and the British Isles have successfully carried through plans of state aid. The most successful plan and the one that North Carolina might well try is that one being used by California, which has as its outstanding features: (1) small colonies of farmers settled in farm com munities, applying community co-opera tion in marketing products; (2) careful supervision ; on the part of the state executive agency, costing he state noth ing but its loan of credit; (3) actual successful demonstration to private own ers that such a plan can work success fully. From the standpoint of the ten ant there are the following advantages: (1) profits t)f private colonizers saved; (2) low interest rates; (3) extended pay ments; (4) expert advice and direction; (5) lessens the time in which each farm may be improved, and (7) places he owner in a position to earn enough mon ey to pay his principal and interest wTien due. The limit on the area of lands sold was small, running from one and three- fourths of an acre to two acres and ut about $400 valuation. The land board can either improve the land before sell ing as farms to the settlers, or lend the settlers up to $3,000 for making he improvements themselves. The state asked 3 per cent cash payment on the land and required the settler to provide one-third the money needed to improve and equip the farm. Thus, capital and credit are the twin keys needed to un lock the door to farm ownership in Cal ifornia. The plan worked o well In the establishment of. the Delhi and Dur ham- colonics that not a laborer, was in j arrears at the completion of the first sev- (Continued on page four) Tar Heel Editors Hope They'll Get In On This It is proposed: (1)' that begin ning with winter quarter the regu lations governing absences from classes be suspended in the case of. not more than fifty members of the Junior and Senior classes in the College of Liberal Arts so that ab- sence from any class shall not car ry any penalty imposed for absence alone; (2) that this group of stu dents be chosen by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts from those whose average in the preceding quarter has been not lower thanB; (3) that any student who shall be placed on this list may be with drawn from it when his grades at the end of the quarter are below an-average of B; (4) that the roll of students who are granted this privilege be known as the Dean's list and published. Memoranda from Office of Dean of College of Liberal Arte. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, i HONOR BOXES ARE RAIDED SATURDAY Two Cash Boxes in Quadrangle Opened and Money Taken. HEAVY LOSSES IN CANDY One Hundred Sixty-five Pieces of Candy Stolen from Four Boxes, . A thief or thieves made a raid on the candy boxes in the quadrangle Saturday night, breaking open two cash boxes of the four candy boxes in the quadrangle and making away with approximately five dollars. The owners stated that the theft was made between the hours of 12 and 12:30 because the boxes were not tampered with at midnight, while the theft was discovered half an hour later. . This is the first time that the cash boxes have actually been broken open and the money taken. 'The operators have complained time and again about their candy and apples being stolen, but no case of lock-breaking has been re ported heretofore. Candy stealing: has been heavy for some time. Last Friday between the hours of 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. about $6.30 worth of candy was stolen from the four candy boxes in the quad. This means 'that about 165 pieces of candy were stolen. Saturday the theft occurred. Sunday the owners of the two boxes that had not. been robbed reported that about 40 pieces of candy disappeared from 6 p.m. to 11 the same night, Some students have Insisted that jani tors and outsiders might be blamed for the thefts, but the evidence tends to show otherwise. The owners have not left can dy or money in the boxes overnight Usually they checked up and removed their wares to their rooms at 11 and did not place them back until the late afternoon of the next day. On Sunday candy was placed in the boxes in dor mitories B and C at about 10 in the morning.' At six that night the owners checked up and found the loss to be very small; in fact, one box checked up exactly. The greatest majority of the 40 pieces of candy that were stolen from the two boxes Sunday were stolen from 6 to 11. The owners of the boxes state that they have had considerable losses all the year from this source, but that recently the losses have greatly increased. Sev eral operators have closed out their stands and state that they cannot run them under such conditions as those which exist on the campus. However, the candy boxes form a good source of income to the operators, and several sav that they will continue their boxes, taking care as to when they will let the candy stay out. As yet no detective agency has been delegated to investigate the cases. Houdini, world's greatest magician, in Memorial hall Friday night under the auspicse of the Y. M. C A. and Caro lina Playmakers. HOUDINI, THE WORLD'S GREATEST MAGICIAN, PERFORMS HERE FRIDAY Students Make Big Rush for Tickets On First Day Magician Draws Capacity Houses Everywhere Authorities Hint That Houdini Is Supernatural: Comes to Carolina Under Auspices of Y. M. C. A. and Playmakers. A casual observer, upon wandering into the "Y" Monday, would have been no little surprised to see the eager crowd of students pressing around one of the tables In the lobby, and would probably have concluded that something was be ing given away free. But his cynicism would have been deceived, for 'the mag net which attracted so. many eager stu dents to the "Y" all day long was the sale of tickets to Houdini's performance. So widespread has the wonder of Hou- dhii's skill become, and so many are the weird stories told of his almost super natural powers, that everywhere he is greeted by capacity houses. Houdini's appeal is universal, for to the mystifying stunts performed in some degree by every corner charlatan but reaching their perfection in "Houdini alone, he adds originality born of genius and the skill of execution which year after year of practice has rendered flawless. Houdini is as much an artist in his line as Pad erewski in his, and his superiority over all his Imitators is as outstanding. Hou dini holds his audience spellbound, and hanging tensely on his every movement. " Hewitt McKenzie, president of the Psychic College of London and one of the shrewdest heads ever stupefied by Houdini's mysterious powers, openly claims that Houdini Is possessed of oc cult powers,, and that he actually de materializes himself in releasing his body from iron-bound packing boxes, triple locked police cells, and padlocked tanks of water. To all of which Houdini smiles and says, "Guess again." Sir Ar 1921 MARY D. WRIGHT DEBATERS CHOSEN Cooper, Clemmons, and Coach , . Uphold Phi. FINALS ON DECEMBER 12 Cook, Mogulescu, and Kartus Speak . For Di. ' Debaters for the annual Mary D Wright Memorial intersociety debate were selected in open preliminaries held Monday Bight In the Di and Phi halls. The Phi team, upholding the affirma tive of the query, "Resolved That the United States should grant immediate recognition to the present Russian gov ernment," will be composed of John F. Cooper, of Clinto, a juaior, and T. E Clemmons, of Hallsboro, a sophomore, with W. T. Couch, of Chapel Hill, as alternate. -'.'.' The Di, which will defend the nega tive,' will be represented by Robert L. Cook, of Winston-Salem, a sophomore, and M. H. Mogulescu, of Kershaw, S, C, a freshman. The alternate is A. S. Kartus, of Asheville. The final debate will be held Friday night, December 12, with the best speak er on the winning side being awarded the Mary D. Wright debating medal. Men trying out in the affirmative pre liminaries in Phi hall were J. F. Cooper, J. R. Owens, W. T. Couch, M. H. Light, S. G. Chappell,' A. R. Barfleld, and T. E. Clemmons. Judges were C P. Spru- ill, Jr., of the department of economics; D. H. Gilpatrick, of the department of history, and R. W. Adams, of the de partment of English. M. M. Young was the presiding officer. Debaters trying out for the Di team were L. B. Kennett, M. H. Mogulescu, A. S. Kartus, G. Black, Claude Sutton, R. L. Cook, and Ben Eaton. Judges were G. M. McKie, professor of public speaking; T. it. Shanks, of the depart ment of history, and C D. Snell, of the University Extension division. The pre siding officer was R. W. Linker. HUGGINS SOUNDS CRY OF 'WTO VIRGINIA" Carolina Cheerleader In Stirring Chap el Talk Urges Students to Go to Thanksgiving Game. "? " The cry, "On to Virginia," was sound ed in chapel Monday. Cheerleader Hug- gins in a short talk gave the history of former grid battles with Virginia. Fol lowing this he made announcements con cerning the special train and the sale of tickets for the game. - Only 1,000 tickets will be on sale here for both the students and alumni. Two hundred of these are near the 50-yard line and are reserved for students only. Hugging is personally supervising the sale of these so that Carolina will have a strong cheering -section composed en tirely of students. These tickets went on sale Monday. thur Conan Doyle devotes a portion of his recent book to Houdini's remarkable powers, and he, too, hints of the super natural. An editorial in the Houeton Chronicle declares that: "There Is no medium in the world who has more com pletely mystified people than Houdini, who has given more unexplainable exhi bitions, who has appeared to defy the laws of nature more successfully. But Houdini says it is all trickery all due to physical skill and made possible by study and training. '..' As an added feature of his appearance here Friday, Houdini has contracted to answer immediately following his regular program any questions which may be propounded to him on the subject of -spiritualism. A large box has been placed In the "Y" to receive these queries, and from the number and nature of those which have already been turned In it is certain that this part of the program will be Intensely interesting and full of startling surprises. ' Houdini is the one man in the whole world most capable of answering these questions. . The coming of Houdini adds one more great amonnt to the debt of gratitude which the campns owes to the Carolina Playmakers and the "Y." These organ izations have together secured Houdini only at a high fee, yet judging from campus gossip and the eager participa tion rampant on the HOI, the audience which bears Houdini Friday night will be of such size as to merit his best per formance Uiat is to say, the utmost which magical art can offer. FETZERITES DEFEAT THE WILDCATS IN HARD FOUGHT GRIDIRON CONTEST BY NARROW MARGIN OF SIX POINTS ANNOUNCEMENTS The intercollegiate debate pre liminary which was announced to take place Wednesday night in the Phi hall will be held Monday night, November 24, beginning at 7:30 o'clock in the Phi halt ' The query is, "Resolved: That the proposed amendment to the Fed eral Constitution authorizing the regulation of child labor should be adopted." The contest is an open-forum one with State Col Proofs for the Yacketg Yaek wil be in the Y. M. C. A. each afternoon, this week only. ' DR. MASON TELLS ALL ABOUT MUSIC Columbia University Professor Lectures to Students. HAS GOOD-SIZE AUDIENCE Dr. Mason Proves to Be Sympathetic Guide to Music. " By Lucy Lat Daniel Gregory Mason so thoroughly and sympathetically spoke on "The Lis tener's Share in Husk," that as a climax to his lecture-recital on Friday evening, an audience of hundreds, who with a few exceptions had no real technical knowledge of music, appreciated a very fine musical masterpiece, the Andante Movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symph ony.. . '. Dr. Mason, who Is the associate pro fessor of music at Columbia university, was brought to Chapel Hill under the joint arrangement of the University lec ture bureau and the music department. Taking the audience into his confidence as to how ' music is made, Dr. Mason analyzed various compositions, compar ing the various " effects with those of poetry, painting and other arts. He stressed the fact that listening to music must be active Instead of passive in direct opposition to a current idea that one may "listen to music In .a drowsy reverie relieved by nervous thrills." "That interest," said Dr. Mason, "must come as the result of long habit, for music is an untranslatable language. By long practice and habit, one rises from sensation to perception, and as a baby sees first a green spot and then a tree, so a person whose musical ear is slowly trained will soon hear not a jumble of sounds, but the apperceptive groups or motives." In discussing the. larger types of mu sic Dr. Mason brought out the necessity of having material which is interesting, yet which holds possibilities which are unsuspected at the first. He used his piano illustrations in such a natural manner as to make it almost impossible to give any idea of the effect on the hearers. During the evening he played the Minuet by Dvorak, Capriccio by Brahms, the Andante Movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and sev eral shorter compositions, including two of his own, exhibiting exceptional Inter pretative musical powers. . As examples of "tone-color" he gave the "Song of the Whippoorwill" and "At Sunset." In the latter, especially, he showed himself to be a composer of distinctly superior talent, the very last chord constituting an unusually vivid yet tremulous tone picture. .' . As a personality of great charm and grace, as a sympathetic guide to the best and highest types of music, as a composer of works of distinct musical merit, and lastly as a performer of un usual talent, Daniel Gregory Mason was welcomed and acclaimed at the Univer sity of North Carolina. . Another Co-Ed Tea Drinking Contest , A delightful occasion was the tea given on Saturday afternoon at Russell inn by the Wom,an's association of the Univer sity. The rooms were attractively dec orated with autumn leaves and tea-roses. Receiving at the door was Miss Norma Connell. Miss Mildred Cherry, Miss Mary Cal Henley and Mrs. Johnson re ceived in the living-room. . The tea table, which was exquisitely appointed in' its details, was presided over by Miss Kitty Lee Frailer. As sisting in serving the wafers and nuts were Miss Annie Boyd Bullock, Miss Elizabeth Clarke and Miss Mary Verner. Among those who called during the aft ernoon were Mrs. Harry W. Chase, Mrs. A. C. Mcintosh, Mrs. G. K. G. Henry, Mrs. W. D. Toy, Mrs. Marvin H. Stacy, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Comer. 'NUMBER 18 Hackney Kicks Two Field Goals for Scores. BOTH IN LAST QUARTER Tar Heels Outplay Davidson But Hard Fighting. Keeps Them from Touchown. LARGE CROWD SEES THE GAME Merritt and Devin Are Best Ground Gainers While Robinson Plays Strong Game At Center. " The Wildcats of Davidson college put up a gallant fight against the heavier Tar Heels last Saturday and held them to a six-point margin of Victory, two drop kicks by Hackney in the final per iod being the only t scores of the game. This was Davidson's first defeat on their home field in 12 years. A crowd- of 7,000, the largest ever at a football game in western North Carolina, saw the con test ' Davidson was clearly outclassed and the major part of the game was fought deep in their -territory, with only good luck and desperate fighting staving off touchdowns. Carolina gained consist ently In mid-field with Merritt and Devln bearing the brunt of the fight, but once close to the goal line the Wildcats put up such a hard fight that the Tar Heels were forced to try drop kicks in an effort to score. The first kick that, was made good was the fourth try for Hack ney and the fifth for the Carolina team, Devln missing one also. The first score came in the final quar ter with only a few minutes to play, and when it seemed probable that the game would end in a scoreless tie. Davidson elected to receive after the three points were registered against them, but after three tries failed to gain, kicked. Lead ing by ' a three-point margin, the Tar Heels threw a scare into their support ers when they cut loose with forward passes, but the first two tried were suc cessful and put the ball in Scoring dis tance. Again the light Maroon line held and Hackney dropped back and kicked the ball through the goal posts, raising the total to six points. The closest that Davidson came to the (Continued on page four) TENNIS TEAM SEWED UP PINEHURST MEET Members University Varsity Win Both Singles and Doubles in Big An nual Mid-South Matches. Carolina's star soared to great heights last Monday-week when the varsity ten nis team came back from Pinehurst, N. C, winners in both singles and doubles at the annual mid-south championship tournament. Whitaker easily won the ingles crown, while Fuller and Solo mon took the doubles trophy. ' In the first round of doubles matches, Whitaker and Blaylock were eliminated by Lovering and Tuckerman, both for mer Harvard experts. Fuller and Solomon, manager and cap tain of the team respectively, compris ing the second doubles team, easily ad vanced themselves to the finals In dou bles and won the right to play Lovering and Tuckerman for the doubles cham pionship. They defeated the Harvard cracks by a score in sets of 0-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. Fuller's terrific overhead smashes, combined with Solomon's tire less, steady playing and service, were the decisive factors In the defeat of the Northern players. In the singles matches Whitaker .wits matched against his own teammate, Blay lock, and defeated him. Solomon, Fuller and Elgin also advanced to the second round, and Whitaker, Solomon and Full er won through Jto the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Solomon was elim inated by Lovering, of Harvard, in a furiously ' contested battle. Whitaker eliminated Fuller in the second bracket and won the right to meet Lovering in the finals. The final match in singles was prob ably the most brilliant of the whole tour nament. Whitaker's steadiness and su perb back-hand stroke counted heavily against his opponent. His passing abil ity at the net showed rare judgment. Time and again he' forced Lovering to the net and took the point -by a brilliant ly executed placement. Whitaker de feated Lovering decisively, taking three straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. The winners were awarded individual sterling silver loving-cups. Vincent Richards failed to show up, according to the players. His expected presence was one of the leading factors in Inducing the University team to make the trip. But Richards didn't appear and the racketeers lost the opportunity of seeing ..e star In action. '
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