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FREDERICK WARD
LECTURE
VOLUME fcXXIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924
NUMBER 22
NEARLY 150 MEN BUD FORTH WITH
PLEDGE BUTTONS FOLLOWING END
OF HARD FOUGHT RUSHING SEASON
Period of aDooking and "Von
Counting." .
THE RIVALRY WAS BITTER
initiation of the Men Pledged
Will Not . Take Place Until
Next Easter.
RELIEF FOLLOWS THE STORM
Tar Heel Writer Charges that Certain
Fraternities Stabbed Others
in the Back.
By At. Moors
The smoke of battle has cleared away
and the several Greek components have
retreated to their respective .camps be
moaning their losses in one breath and
rejoicing over their spoils with the next.
Without doubt there was never in his
tory, a more hotly and spiritedly con
tested battle than that staged by these
war-like Grecians during the recent an
nual battle. Nearly 150 men were
pledged during Thursday.
These past three months have proved
to be no less than hectic for all con
cerned. Persistence on the part of the
fraternities brought about such a spirit
of rivalry that books during this week
at least were entirely forgotten. "Dook
ing" and "von counting" was brought
down to a fine point, in fact, to such
ft fine point that some freshmen had
trouble endeavoring to decide which was
sincerity and which was the insincerity
that they wished to avoid.
This ends the second year of the new
three months rushing period,' and! it
will undoubtedly be remembered as the
hardest fought battle of years. In the
freshman gold field there are many val
uable nuggets yet Unprospected for be
cause of the lack of time, and many
nuggets that have been taken would have
been discarded by time in the final anal
ysis. No system is without its faults,
though the virtues may be numerous,
and one of the main faults of the pres
ent system Is that many of the fresh
men acquire "It" in the "Neck" as a
result of being rushed by more than one
fraternity. .
, In some, cases it is merely, a matter
of conjecture whether or not some of
, ; ( Continued on page four)
VIRGINIANS ROMP
ONRACQUETEERS
Carolina Wins Only One of Its
Matches.
SOLOMAN WINS SINGLES
. Expect Return Match Here During
Next Spring. .. ; ,
The final match for the tennis team
during the 'fall season1 was played at
Charlottesville with the University of
Virginia the day before Thanksgiving.
Of the five singles and the two doubles
matches, Carolina won only one of the
singles, that played by Soloman, first
man on Carolina's team, .against Thur
tell, first man for Virginia.
The scores of the matches were as fol
lows: Soloman d. Thurttell, 7-9, 6-1, 6-3;
Lamberth d. Fuller 6-, '6-3 j Manning d.
Whitaker, 6-1, 6-3 Montague d. Blay
lock, 8-10, 6-2, 7-5 Hofheimer d. Elgin,
6-1, 6-2; Thurtcll and Lambreth d. Sol
oman and Fuller, 6-1, fr-3; and Manning
and Montague d. Whitaker and Blay
lock, 6-2, 10-8. The match scores are
given according to the ranking of the
;nen.
The first four men on the Virginia
team were on the team last year and
three of thera will be back next year.
Three of the men on Carolina's team
played against them last year and three
of this year's team will be back next
year. ..
The loss of this match was a surprise
to' those who knew both of the teams.
According to the dope, Carolina should
have gotten the match without much
trouble, since Carolina's team is much
stronger than last year's and Virginia's
is somewhat weaker, on account of the
loss of the man who played In first place
last ' year. In case a return match Is
arranged, Carolina should have a very
-good chance of winning.
There is the probability that, two very
good players, "Nick'! Evans and "Jim
; raie" Poole, will go out for places in the
' spring and( strengthen the v team still
more. .
With these additions to the team, Car
olina should have a very successful sea
son " next spring and Improve on the
record of this fall, which was marred
by only one defeat. The schedule of
matches for the spring has not yet been
definitely worked out, but there will be
several trips made, one possibly up
around Washington. " . . '
CALENDAR '
f -
Saturday, 2:30 PJM. Rockingham
vs. Shelby, State Champion
ship Game, Emerson Field.
7:00 P. M. Di and Phi Socie
ties in Di and Phi Halls. .
8:30 P.M. Frederick Warde,
Lecture, Memorial Hall.
Sunday, 4 P.M. Christmas Mu
sic, A Capella Choir, Memor
' ial Hall. .
Monday, 8:30 P.M. Debate, State
and Carolina, Gerrard HalL
Tuesday, 7:30 PJW. "Library
Work," Dr. L. R. Wilson, 2nd
floor Library.!
TURN IN REQUESTS
FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Lawrence S. Holt, Jr, Scholar
ship Available. v." .
ONE FO R E AC II CLASS
Scholarships Worth $125 to Be Given,
to Worthy Students.
The President ia ready to receive ap-
plications for the Lawrence S. Holt, Jr,
scholarship for the current year. Ap
plications should be on file in the Presi
dent's office before the Christmas holi
days. These scholarships are valued at
$125 each, and are awarded to one select
ed member of each of the academic
classes. The following points are con
sidered by the committee in charge in
selecting the holders: (1) Need of finan
cial assistance (as shown by dependence
on own resources, efforts made at self-
support in college). (2) Scholarship
(full information on this point is avail
able to committee from records in Reg
istrar's office). (3) Promise of the ap
plicant (as shown by interest in campus
activities generally, handicups and efforts
made to overcome them).
Applications should be full and in the
best 7 ortri in' which the applfcants"are
able to put them. The committee neces
sarily must judge largely from the ap
plication made as to the worthiness and
promise of the applicant. For further
information, see the Secretary to the
President. Applications should be made
by formal letter to the President. No
application forms are available. .
These scholarships were established in
1920 by Lawrence H. Holt, Jr, and are
maintained by the income from the Holt
Loan fund. .Last year the scholarships
were awarded to D. L. Corbctt, Green
ville, N. C, of the senior class; J. H.
Burke, Jr., Taylorsville, N. C, of the
junior class; T. A. Williams, Kannapolis,
N. C, of the sophomore class, and N. A.
Orr, Wentworth, N. C, of the freshman
class.
ELLIOTT CAPTAIN
FR0SH TRACKMEN
Has Made Quite a Record in His Track
Work in Cake Race and
Frosh Meets.
At a recent meeting the freshman
cross country team elected a captain.
This honor fell on Glenn Elliott, a fresh
man who has distinguished himself in,
track events this year. . v
Elliott has taken part in three inter
collegiate meets that year. He won
second place in the meet with the State
freshmen which was held here. He fin
ished a very . close second so close, in
fact, that there seemed room for argu
ment as to who had actually finished
first. In the meet with the Trinity frosh
at Trinity Elliott finished an easy first
In the meet with the Wake Forest year
lings here he took second place. This
was the first time that he has been beat
en by a Carolina man. ,
In the cake race which was held this
fall, Elliott won ninth place in a field
of more than 250 men. The management
of Swain hall offered a week's vacation
with full pay to all Swain hall men who
finished in the first ten. As Elliott works
there he received his vacation.
The yearlings are fortunate in haying
such a man to lead them. Although El
liott is a self-help man, he has found
time to work consistently and enthusi
astically with the track team. He is
slated to win first place in . the meet
with the Trinity freshmen here next Sat
urday. Bob Sherrill reports to the Tab Heei
office a broken rib from wrestling prac
tice. LevlUkl plays here next Thursday
night.
LEVTTZKI PLAYS
IN CHAPEL HILL
NEXT THURSDAY
Famous Pianist Conies to Play
to Students Under Auspices
University Dept. of Music.
WIDELY KNOWN ARTIST
Levitzki Made His Debut in Berin At
Age of 16 and Has Played
' Throughout the World.
Mischa Levltski, greeted, everywhere
as a pianist of the first rank, "with few
equals and no superiors," will soon be
on the Hill. On next Thursday evening
at 8:30 he will appear before an over
flowing Memorial hall. . --
During Levitski's marvelous career he
has enthralled audiences from Germany
to New Zealand and back again, nd
has toured the American continent from
one end to the other, thrilling audiences
in every part of this country. He was
born in 1898, and made his debut . In
Berlin in 1914, at the age of 16. During
1913, 1914, and 1915 he traveled through
out Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Norway, giving concerts in each of these
countries. On October 17, 1916, Levit
zki's wonderful artistic ability was first
heard by an American audience, when
he made his American debut at Aeolian
hall in New York city. ;The echo of this
performance in the New York press was
great. ' , ' "
' Levitzki has appeared most in New
York city, most of the time in Carnegie
hall. His 51 appearances have received
more than their share of praise from
the art columns of the New York city
publications; He has made at least four
appearances "in every major symphony
orchestra in America.
The Chicago Examiner proclaims Le
vitzki as "a great figure in the pianistic
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PLAYMAKERS GIVE
PROGRAM AT INITIAL PERFORMANCE
Critic Pleased With Opening Bill Declares That William Nor
ment Cox Has Written a Play of True Merit Honor of
1 Bonava is Weakest of . the JTrio, of Folk-Plays 1
Best Actors Are Overworked.
By Thb
The Carolina Playmakers in their first
local performance of the year, given on
Thursday night, presented a well bal
anced and creditable program.' Despite
the fact that all three of the plays have
something in. common, each offering an
intoxicated character and music of a
kind, they are still of enough variety
to prevent the criticism which was for
merly accorded .their altogether tragic
bills and. their more recent specializa
tion in comedy. '
The performance was somewhat of a
crescendo nature. The opening play
would have done credit to the ladies' aid
society of Cranberry Corners, little more;
the second was an above the average
comedy'; and the third was one of the
best, if not "the best tragedy that the
Playmakers have ?ver offered. The or
der of presentation is certainly the or
der of merit.
TIi Honor of Bonava is a tragi-com-
edy possessing some remarkably good
lines, having the beSt stage-set of the
evening, and with tapers, whiskey and
Bull Durham tobacco, creating a rather
effective atmosphere. On the other hand
the play has very little action and a
loosely constructed plot. , The raised cur
tain discovers an impossible negro mam
my alone on the stage and beginning a
soliloquy which proves to be ruinously
long and flat. Miss- Sawyer in the last
two plays proves that she has remark
able ability as an actress, and at the
same time proves that she is mis-cast
in the part of an old colored woman.
Her dialect is as bad and her make-up
is the worst in the three plays. Ben
Hicks as the sheriff and Bob Proctor as
Ned Wilson are also mis-cast, though
Hicks is rather convincing at times.
Brooke Todd as Cuffee does some good
acting in a non-exacting part, but he Is
a trifle too near the minstrel type. George
Winston as Dick is the ' most natural
character in the play. William Cox as
the minister gives a colorless perform
ance in an equally colorless part. George
Denny plays his usual Confederate-fat-
man part a bit better than is his wont.
Margaret Jones as Jane creates the best
character in the play, though she is han
dicapped by bad lines.
The Honor of Bonava might be made
into -a good play, but it would take con
siderable work on the script. Ned Wil
son would have to have more time in
which to get drunk and to sober again,
nor would he gulp his whiskey before
the other two gentlemen present in the
scene had filled their glasses. This char
acter - is faulty throughout. The only
thing which wouldn't bear changing is
m FOOTBALL
SEASON RECORD
NOT IMPRESSIVE
Season
Was the Most Disas
trous of Any in the Last .
Few Years.
OTHER TEAMS IMPROVED
Carolina Won Four Out of Nine Games
. and Closed Season With De
feat by Virginia.
By W. T. Peacock.
Carolina has just passed through the
most "disastrous football season that it
has experienced during .' the 1 last , few
years, -certainly since the Fetzers took
charge of coaching the University teams.
To say the season has been other than
successful would be merely to sugar-coat
a bitter pill.
The team this year has not, however,
been as far below the standard of the
teams that have represented Carolina
during the past four or five years as the
scores this season compared with those
of other years would lead one to be
lieve, for most of the teams played had
better clubs than usual. With the pos
sible exceptions of Maryland and V, M.
I. every team was better than that op
posed the Tar Heels last season, and
these two teams were of such standard
that they could weaken and still present
a team far above the average for schools
of their size. :
- The smaller schools that in bygone
days used to be swept aside in the first
quarter and turned over to the scrubs for
further punishment have like the pro
verbial dog; had their day this season
and proved a menace to the larger col
leges. The Demon Deacons that repre
sented Wake Forest will go down in his
tory as the greatest team that the Bap
tists have had since the introduction of
(Continued on f xge four)
WELL BALANCED
CaossaoAus
the snoring; it was as convincing as a
Pullman full of cigar drummers. An
other thing which . rings untrue is the
daughter sending the mammy to seeJ
about her father when she is aware that
he has left the room in a highly nervous
and agitated state and is . subject to
heart-attacks. It seems improbable that
she would not follow him herself. How
ever, these faults are few among many
of which space will not permit mention.
Politicin in Horse Cove is amusing
and entertaining, despite a rather inde
finite and meagre plot. John Farrior
as RainjT Fortune contributes more to
the play with his voice than any other
one thing contributes. Louise Sawyer
creates a consistently good character in
Sairy Fortune. She achieves quite a bit
in holding the center of the stage during
the entire play without seeming a fixed
character. Aileen Sherrill as Hannah
Staymie is excellent in the dialogue fol
lowing her first entrance. She falls down
after her second; her pantomime is qf
a different kind of silliness from that
which would fit the character. Lawrence
Wallace as Zero Sissoms gives a medi
ocre performance. Ted Wilson as Nat
Goodman, and Brooke Todd as Joe Riley
play 'well together as mischievous rural
swains, However, Todd spreads it a
bit thick st " times. ' Frances Gray as
Sally does some very competent and
amusing acting.
Politicin in Horse Cove is a well con
structed play of many excellent lines.
The character of Zero Sissoms is the
weakest part of its structure. The chief
faults in the acting of it are no doubt
due to a rather uncomplimentary suppo
sition on the part of the directors as to
the intelligence of the audience. We be
lieve that they have expected too much
dumbness. Certainly it is not necessary
to rip up the flooring or whatever It
was that was doneto indicate the open
ing of an unseen window ; nor can we
see that it was necessary for Nat Good
man to give so long an imitation of St.
Vitus' dance at the door to convey the
impression that he Is watching for a
coming automobile.
The Scuffletown Outlaws is a play, of
extraordinary power. It sustains its in
terest for. the duration of the play and
leaves a definite impression after the
curtain;, vivid, realistic and dramatic.
William Cox has written the best play
since The Lord's Will, if not since the
Playmakers were organised, and it has
not suffered in being cast
The creation of the various characters
is almost faultless. William Cox as
(Continued on page three)
ROCKINGHAM AND SHELBY TO PLAY
THIS AFTERNOON LN CONTEST FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
PAST HIGH SCHOOL
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
' Raleigh High School 1913
Raleigh High School 1914
Raleigh High School ...... 1915
Charlotte High School ........ 1916
Charlotte High School 1917
Chapel Hill High School .... 1919
Chapel Hill High School .. . 1920
Fayetteville High School ...... 1921
Asheville High School ........ 1922
Charlotte High School ........ 1923
OPENING DEBATE
ON NEXT MONDAY
Debate to Be Conducted Under
Union Plan.
WITH STATE COLLEGE
Malcolm Young and Tom Qiiickel for
Carolina.
The first intercollegiate debate of the
year will be held in' Gerrard hall Mon
day night, beginning at 8:30 o'clock,
when Carolina and State will engage in
an open forum debate under the rules
of the Oxford Debating Union, one Car
olina man and one State man being pit
ted against each other. The query is:
"Resolved That the proposed amend
ment to the Federal Constitution author
izing the regulation of child labor should
be adopted."
The affirmative team will be com
posed of Malcolm M. Young, represent
ing Carolina, and Ralph D. Peeler, rep
resenting State; opposed by Thomas C.
Quickel, Jr., of North Carolina, and
Henry H. Jones, of . State, who will
speak for the negative.
No speaker will have a rebuttal with
the exception of Young, the first affirma
tive speaker, who has a five-minute re
buttal in order to compensate for open
ing up the discussion, with a ten-minute
speech, whereas all other debaters will
have 15-minute speeches.
The debate will be welcomed here with
a great deal of interest, it is believed,
because of the novel plan which permits
the audience to ask questions following
the holding of the regular debate. After
this "question session," the audience, act
ing as a committee of judges, votes on
which side should be upheld.
All of the debaters have been working
hard on the question, and an excellent,
closely fought contest is predicted. .
It. is possible that a few musical selec
tions may be played as an added feature
of the program.
JITNEY DRIVER IS
FATALLY INJURED
Bynum Neville Run Over and
Killed.
OCCURS ON DURHAM ROAD
Steps in Front of One of Jordon s
Busses.
Bynum Neville, known to Carolina stu
dents as one of the drivers of the Pen
dergraft lineswas struck und Instantly
killed by one of Jordan's Hudson busses
driven by Julius Pickett, about '9:4-5
o'clock Thursday night near the car
service station just at the bottom of
Strpwd's hill on the Durham road.
Young Neville, together with one or
two other boys, was engaged in firing
sky rockets, just across the road from
the filling station when the accident oc
curred. He had just lighted a sky rocket
and when he backed out Into the road
to get out of Its way, and was about
in the middle of the road, Jordan's bus,
which was passing the filling station go
ing towards Durham, struck him square
ly, throwing him into the left ditch about
60 feet down the road. The bus Is
thought to - have come to a stop about
29 yards farther on.
Neville's body was badly broken up
and dismembered. His skull was crush
ed In two places, both legs were ter
ribly mangled, and practically every part
of his body bruised.
The front part of the big bus suf
fered from the impact. The- bumper
was broken off on one side, the left
fender crumpled, and the left light burst
ed and bent back Into the hood.
Bynum Neville was the son of E. C.
Neville, who lives out on route 3 about
seven miles from Chapel Hill. He had
been driving for the Pendergraft bus line
for about three months. He was about
18 -years of age.
Frederick Ward lectures tonight.
Game Expected to Be Hard
Fought Affair.
EAST VERSUS THE WEST
Charlotte's Protest Against
Shelby Thrown Out by High
School Committee.
PROTESTED MEN TO PLAY TODAY
Casey Morris, Former University Star,
' Coaches Shelby Team Which Has
Cleaned Up Western Carolina. ;
The Shelby high school football team,
champions of the western series by virtue
of their victory over Spencer last Sat
urday, and the Rockingham high school
eleven, which snatched the eastern title
from Wilmington by a shut-out 'on
Thanksgiving day, will fight for the
State High School Championship on Em
erson field this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The entire series has been hotly fought
and the game of this afternoon prom
ises to be the most exciting champion
ship game yet. Both teams have an -excellent
record for the season and
seem to be closely matched.
Keen interest has been manifested in
the game all over the state and a record
crowd is expected to be In attendance.'
Indications point to an especially large
representation from ' Rockingham and
Shelby. It is an interesting coincidence
that Rockingham and Shelby met in
the final game here for the baseball
championship last spring. In that con
test Shelby was victor.
Dope favor neither team, it seems.
Shelby pulled a big surprise by running
away with Spencer last week, and Rock
ingham defeated the strong Wilmington
team with apparent ease. In any event,
however, the margin will probably be
small. Who knows what the cohorts of
"Casey'' Morris, former football and
baseball captain of Carolina, may spring '
or how destructive the squad of "Shorty"
Lawrence, former star end on the State
football team, may turn out to be?
Shelby eliminated four teams to gain
the western title with a 'total score of
111 points to her opponent's 12. Become
ing champion of group four by a 21 to
0 victory over Lenoir and a score of 36
to 0 against Mt. Holly, Shelby earned
the right to play Charlotte and enlarged
from the fray victors by the narrow inar
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WARD WILL TELL
ABOUT THE STAGE
Well Known Actor Will Lecture
Tonight..
MEMBER OF OLD SCHOOL
Subject of Lecture "Fifty Years of
Make Believe.
When Frederick Ward lectures in Ger
rard hall on Saturday evening, he should
be greeted by a large number of the
dramatically-inclined who have shown
their Interest in things of the stage ty
their attendance at such gatherings as
Playmaker readings and tryouts.
The speaker, who comes under the au
spices of the University Lecture bureau,
is probably the best known living actor
of the "old school." He will lecture on
"Fifty Years of Make Believe." As
the "grand old mun of the footlights" he
is eminently qualified to give a fascinat
ing story of stage life. ' , '
During his- yeurs of experience Mr.
Ward has been associated with the' fore
most actors of the English-speaking
stage. Henry Irving, Lawrence Barrett,
Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth and
Adelaide Neilson are among those with
whom he was closely identified. He has
watched the development of the drama
and has woven a most Interesting lec
ture from his wealth of experience cov
ering more than a half century's work
on the stage.
In his lecture Mr. Ward talks in remi
niscent mood of his long association with
the great actors of the past fifty years.
The, lecture vibrates with the heartbeats
of the pioneers of the American stage.
He reveals the true American stage.,
Mr. Ward hag always closely allied
himself with the classical drama, even
at his' own financial loss. He believed
In the art of the stage and he believed
that this art could only be exploited
thrugh the presentation of the classical
drama. This is one reason, why Fred
erick Ward today Is beloved by thous
ands of admirers from one end of the
country to the other.
Mr. Ward's lecture is a romance of
memories clothed In a choicest language
and delivered with the consummate skill
of a wonderful actor. It will prove of
great interest and value to any one In
terested in things dramatic.