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VOLUME XXXIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1925
NUMBER 30
KU KLUX KLAN
DEBATE STARTS
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
Ku Klux Klan Kourior Editor
Speaks in Defense of Sheeted
Army in Debate Opener,
GRADY COULDN'T COME
Hon. Josiah William Bailey of Raleigh
Will Take up the Klan Question
on the Following Friday.
An airing of the Ku Klux Klan ques
tion by two men, one prominent as an
exponent of the Kluckers, and the other
very bitter against the Klan In all its
phases, will take place in Chapel Hill
within the next -two. weeks. The issue
to be aired Is by no. means obsolete or
out of date, and will, he of interest both
to students and people over the state.
' Dr. W- A. Hamlett, an Atlanta man.
editor of the Kourier a, preacher of the
gospel, an outstanding lecturer on the
Ku Klux Klan, and well known through
' out the South,, will take, the rostrum next
Friday night at 8:30, Gerrard. hall in
an uncompromising defense -of the Klan.
Dr. Hamlett is known, throughout the
South and the Ku Klux world especially
for his biting attacks, on opponents of
the Klan,, Issued chiefly through the of
ficial organ, of the Klan,. the Kourier,
of which he is editor. He defends the
organisation on every ground, and for
the last few years has devoted his entire
time to preaching its doctrines ail over
the country. He was born and reared
in Georgia, but during his early man-
hood he spent most of his time in Texas,
where he taught and preached., .Rumor
has it that Dr. Hamlett will defend the
Klan in his speech on religious grounds,
An interval, of one week between the
speech for and the speech against the
Klan was arranged by the committee
of the Di Senate in charge of arrang
ing the lectures. Josiah William Bailey,
of Raleigh, will present the side of the
anti-Kluckers on Friday night, Febru
ary 7, at 8:30 p.m. That Mr. Bailey is
highly capable of doing justice to that
side of the question some think cannot
be denied. It will be recalled by those
interested in the Klan question that dur
ins his camoalen for the .nomination for
governor, Mr. Bailey on numerous oc
casions made strong denunciations of the
Klan, both in interviews with the press
and in his speeches. In his speech -in
Chapel Hill last spring to the -student
(Continued on pag four)
STUDENTS ENJOY
SATURDAY'S FIRE
Turned Russell Inn Fire Into
Panic.
CO-ED BATH TUB SAVED
Pajamas and Silk Stockings' Popular
Trophies. ..
. " The burning of Russell inn, -home of
the Carolina co-eds and seat of campus
dissension, was turned into more or
less of a panic by the masculine portion
of the student body Saturday -morning.
Very sympathetic with the ladies the
boys were, but the sight of Russell inn
going down was a feast to their eyes
and the crackling of the! flames was mu
sic to their ears.
No encouragement was. necessary to
make the boys rush into the building to
awaken the girls and save the furniture.
Many tales are floating around the cam
pus as a result of, the invasion, as the
fire started in the attic and the lower
floors were unaware of, the impending
danger. , "
One boy tells that he burst into a room
and found the fair inhabitant still a-bed.
Aroused from her sleep by the unex
pected intrusion of the masculine visitor,
she, with sternness and authority in her
voice, whipped out the sharp command,
"Get the h I out of herel" Very non
chalantly the youth replied, "Git the h 1
out of here yourself, the house is on fire."
She did, so he says.
The co-eds' only bathtub was' saved
by somebody's heroic efforts. Old heads
on the campus will remember that quite
a rumpus was raised last year by the
co-eds In an effort to get two bathtubs,
claiming that one was not sufficient for
effectively purifying their part of the
student body. ; It is pretty authoritative
ly announced that one of the firemen, in
breaking into the bathroom on the first
floor, disturbed one of the loung ladies
In her bath, and the report is also ac
credited that several of the co-eds have
issued statements to the , effect that it
was not they who were bathing when the
firemen broke In. ,
But even at that, the tub, which has
seen so much service in Russell inn, was
wrenched from Its moorings and trans
ported into the front yard. The Tar
Heel reporter has been unable to get
in touch with the plans for the new
woman's building, and does not know
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HAVE SELECTED
DANCE LEADERS
AND MARSHALLS
Frame-up, Goes Through With
out a Hitch Gold New Ger
man Club President.
LITTLE EASTER LEADER
Jack London Elected Chief Ball Man-
ager and Dave Woodward Will
Lead the Junior Prom.
Monday afternoon and yesterday morn
ing witnessed the elections of the Ger
man club and the dance leaders and
marshalls for the Junior and Senior
dances. The frame-up was successful
and went through without a hitch.
In the German club meeting on Mon
day afternoon the following officers were
elected without opposition: Charles Gold,
president Bus Murphy, vice-president;
and Jim Shannonhouse, assistant secretary-treasurer.
It was decided to elect
officers when the vice-president, Louis
Harrison, tendered his resignation. This
coupled with the fact that the president
of the club is out of school this quarter,
left no presiding officer. The newly-
elected officers will take office for the
remainder . of this year as well as for
next year. .
Nick Little . was elected with prac
tically no opposition to lead the Easter
German. Henry Johnson and Hartwell
Bass were elected assistant leaders by
huge majorities.
In the Senior elections at chapel per
iod yesterday morning Jack London was
declared chief ball manager after no
other nominations for the position were
made. Seven assistant managers were
elected, with but little opposition. These
were: Hill Yarborough, Dick Thorpe,
Ludlow Rogers, Borden Hooks, Vance
Rollins, Max Rothrock and Marion Da
vis. .
The Juniors elected Dave Woodward
to lead their prom, with Chad Uzzell and
Jim Webb as assistants. These were
elected unanimously. Emmett Under
wood was elected unanimously to be
chief commencement marshal!. The fol
lowing were elected as his assistants
Russ Bras well, Bill Suggs, Red Barber,
Dan . Koontz, Jack Somers and Boddie
Crudup.
All elections were characterized by qui
et crowds, it appearing from tabulation
of the votes that the leaders and mar
shalls were popularly qualified for their
positions.
R.O.T.C. MEASURE
PASSES DI SENATE
Has. Comfortable Majority of
31-11.
CO - ED QUESTION AGAIN
Griffin - Throws Out invitation to
Women Students.
In these modern times of cp-eds and
women politicians, women are in as great
a need for training in the art of oratory
as men. are Such was the main argu
ment in favor of admitting co-eds into
the venerable precincts of the Di Sen
ate. Arguers against such admission
contended that the "terrible" co-ed
would be as a restraining wfluebceand
that the old days of the Di would, pass
away forever. Much discussion was
aroused as is always the case when
popular bills are discussed, but a vote
on the bill was postponed until the next
session in order that certain factions in
the Di might be prepared to present
their views.
Senator Jonas succeeded in pushing
his bill for the establishment of a R. O.
T. C. through the Senate after a debate
in the last session and a short debate
last Saturday night by a vote of 81 to
II. Opposing factions predicted the de
feat of the bill, but several forceful
speeches succeeded securing the neces
sary majority for its passage.
A resolution to issue the co-eds an in
vitation to attend the session of the Di
next Saturday night was passed by an
overwhelming majority, but was thrown
out on a technicality by the President
In spite of the Duke game, a good
number of the Senators were in their
seats Saturday night
Mrs. Eluttz
Entertains
On Friday evening at six o'clock, Mrs.
A. A. KlutU delightfully entertained the
local chapter of the Sigma Nu Frater
nity, at a dinner at her home on Frank
lin street The dinner was In honor of;
Walter Creech, the nephew of Mrs.j
Klutts. of Goldsboro. who was recently
pledged to Sigma Nu. Besides the ac-j
Uve members of the fraternity, tnerej
were also present several alumni; Prof.
W. J. Matherly, Prof. C. A. Hlbbard,
Prof. J. C Lyons, and Prof. E. E. Pea
cock. 1
STATE COLLEGE
MAKES IT WARM
FOR WRESTLERS
One Fall by Heafner Wins
Match forU.. N. C. Matmen
Against Agriculturists. '
THE FIRST COLLEGE MEET
Reporter Says State Men Had Track
Tendencies When. University Men
Seriously Threatened.
Carolina grapplers were victorious in
the first intercollegiate match when
they won from N. C. State wrestling
team last Friday night there, the score
being 14-9. The University got one fall
and three decisions on time, and State
got three decisions on time.
Heafner, holding down the 119-pound
class,, repeated his performance of Jan
uary 17, when he threw the Raleigh Y.
W. C. A. wrestler. Crawford, his oppo
nent, had a decided tendency to. get off
the mat at x every opportunity, and this
delayed the bout somewhat However,
after 7 minutes and 30 seconds, Heaf
ner pinned his opponent's shoulders to
the mat, and the University's represen
tative had added 0. more points to his
season's totaL
Sherman was State's representative
against the Tar Heels' 129-pound man,
Motsinger. Sherman showed more of an
inclination to remain on the mat than
had his predecessor, and he put up a
hard fight However,, by steady, con
servative work Motsinger vwon on time
and was on the verge of winning by se
curing a fall when time was called. ' .
Veteran Vick had another man ex
hibiting track abilities in the person of
Thomas, of State. Thomas got off the
mat several times and thus prolonged
the match. Vick very nearly pinned his
man also, but he was not quite successful
and was awarded the time decision.
The bout between the 119-pounders
was the feature of the evening. Cap
tain Waters was matched against State's
captain and student coach, "Red"
Hicks. The fray was snappy from the
start, and every moment proved of in
terest Waters secured a fall by means
of headlock in the fourth minute of
play; however, Hicks rolled off. the mat
and this of course made the fall of no
value. The decision was awarded to
Captain Waters, he having been on the
offensive 6 minutes and 20 seconds.
In the 155-pound class, Coach Shapi
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RUSSELL INN REDUCED TO RUINS
1 BLAZE ON SATURDAY MORNING
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Twenty-two Co-Eds Burned Out
men Responded Promptly Building Damaged Beyond '
Repair Two Other Fires Add to Saturday's .....A..'.,
Fire Record. .
The co-ed house, variously known as
the Archer house, Battle house, or Rus
sell inn, is no more. Its blackened walls
give mute evidence to the fire which
destroyed the building Saturday morn
ing. It stands in ruins, and on the back
door flutters a sign, written on the back
of a laundry list: "Keep this shut, for
goodness sake, and help keep this ice
box warm."
As far as the huge crowd which had
gathered to watch the flames devour the
old landmark could see, for once at
least the co-ed habitat was more than
warm; and the students, hundreds of
them, were having the time of their lives
rescuing the belongings of the '22 girls
who had made Russell inn their happy
home for the last four months.
One brave youth dashed upstairs to
see whether he could find a perishing
damsel to rescue. Fnding the building
abandoned he rushed back carrying care
fully a bowl of water in which a goldfish
was swimming peacefully, the pet of
one of the inhabitants. It was discov
ered later that not a drop of the water
had been spilled. . '
, The fire was discovered by Miss Jewel
Sink, about 11 o'clock. It started in a
closet and caught from the chimney.
The alarm was quickly sent in and the
local fire department under Chief John
Foister quickly responded. The wood
en structure burned rapidly, and the fire
was well started when the alarm was
sounded. While the firemen fought to
get the fire under control, the students
rushed into the burning building and
began carrying out everything that was
movable, depositing the rescued articles
across the street at the front of the
Pickard house. A hook and ladder com
pany from Durham arrived as the fire
was almost out
Two of the sufferers lost all their pos
sessions. Many who thought at first they
had lost much, later discovered that most
of their belonging had been saved by the
enterprising and energetic students.
Prompt and generous offers of aid
from various people in the town were
sent to Mrs. M. H. Stacy, dean of wo
DEBATE COUNCIL
RELEASES SPRING
DEBATE QUERIES
Queries for the Two Triangles
On Russian Government
and Child Law.
TO DEBATETATE AGAIN
Preliminaries for West Virginia De
bate Will Be Held February 17
. Supreme Court Question.
Debate queries, for' the remainder of
the year, excepting the freshman inter
collegiate debate, have been announced
by the University Debate Council.
, The schedule includes two dual de
bates, two triangles, and one Oxford
Union debute, in addition to the South
Carolina William and Mary triangle.
The query for, the Tulane Sewanee
triangle is "Resolved: That the United
States should grant immediate recogni
tion to the existing Russian Govern
ment." Carolina's affirmative meets Tu-
lane's negative in Chapel Hill; Tulane's
affirmative meets Sewanee's negative in
New Orleans; and Sewanee's affirmative
meets Carolina's negative in Sewanee,
Tenn. The triangle will be composed of
two-men teams. "The Tar Heels won
both ends of this triangle last year on
the Supreme Court query,
The date of the preliminary for the
West Virginia debate has been set for
Tuesday' night, February 17. This is
the only preliminary in which no rebut
tal will be held, inasmuch as Carolina
will be represented on only one side of
the question. The query Is "Resolved
That Congress should be empowered to
override Supreme Court decisions that
declare Congressional acts unconstitu
tional." The child labor amendment will be
debated on. the Washington and Lee-
Johns Hopkins triangle, and also in the
dual debate with George Washington
University, as announced recently by the
Council. . .
The State Oxford Union debate to be
held in Raleigh in the spring on the
query, "Resolved: That Congress should
enact the Cummins-Vaile Birth Control
Bill'.' constitutes the remainder of the
schedule.
The query of the fresh-soph intersoci
ety debate has been announced as "Re
solved: That Congress should be em
powered to enact a uniform marriage
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of a Home Chapel Hill Fire
men, and to Mrs. E. S. Johnson, director
of Russell inn, who were on the scene
of action. Within an hour all the girls
had been placed in homes. At present
the girls are taking their meals at Swain
hall.
According to Mr. Woollen, the build
ing is beyond hope of repair. The whole
top story was totally destroyed, and
whereas the walls and floors of the first
story are intact, the loss will probably
be well over $15,000, which was the first
estimate made. The loss 'is practically
covered by Insurance. ' N
For the, last three years the building
has been used as a dormitory for the
women students. , Prior to that it was
used by Mrs. Archer, and later by Mrs.
Battle, as a boarding house. President
Chase once lived there.
On Saturday morning, not only did
the temporary home of the co-eds go
up in smoke, but also one of the fond
est dreams of the faculty. It bad long
been hoped that the building would be
used as a faculty , club, an institution
which has long been greatly needed at
Carolina. The building was admirably
located for such a purpose, there being
ample room for apartments for faculty
members upstairs, and downstairs facili
ties for lounging rooms. And now Rus
sell inn is no more. The faculty had
even thought of the old Alexander house
next to the Episcopal church, but that
was torn down to make room for the
woman's building. It has been rumored
that the faculty are now casting sheep's
eyes at the library building.
Various and sundry rumors ran riot
over the campus concerning the plans
which the University might make for the
relieving of the situation. There varied
from turning the arboretum into a camp
ing ground, using army tents for the
homeless ones, to turning Smith building,
the gym or the infirmary into a refuge.
While - Russell inn was burning, two
other alarms were sounded. Small fires
at the Delta Sigma Phi house on Rose
mary street, and at the home of Mr.
C. A. Hibbard were quickly put out
DUKE UNIVERSITY GOES TO DEFEAT
BEFORE DETERMINED RALLY OF THE
STILL UNDEFEATED TAR HEEL FIVE
One More
Victory
Carolina (25) Duke (21)
Position
Poole (3) Bullock (7)
R. F.
McDonald (6).
Dodderer
Devin (6)
Leeper
L. F.
-KimbaU (5)
Graham (2)
R. G.
Purser (10)
--, L. G.
Moss (7)
Substitutions: (Duke), Bagg for Leepr
er, Butler for Kimball. Referee:
Knight (Durham Y.)
Goals after fouls: Carolina 5 out of
11; Duke 3 out of 10.
STATE TOURNEY
COMES HERE TOO
Will Be Held On May Fifth
and Sixth.
S. I. C. CONTEST ON 8TH
New Tennis Courts Will Be in Good
Shape.
Tennis is coming into its own here this
spring. .Upon the announcement that
the Southern tournament will be held
here May 8 and 9 comes the news that
the State tournament will be held here
also on May 5 and 6. Twenty-two of
the largest institutions in the South will
be represented in the greater tournament
while every college in the State will be
represented in the State meet.
The State tournament was held on the
Country Club course at Greensboro last
year on. April 30 and May 1 and 2. In
both of the doubles, Carolina's represen
tatives went into, the finals. The team
composed of Soloman and Smith de
feated Fuller and Whitaker for the
State doubles-championship. The semi
finals in the singles was the best match
of the tournament in which Price, of
Davidson, defeated Smith, of Carolina,
in a thrilling three set match. In the
finals, Price defeated Soloman, which
gave Davidson the championship in the
singles.
Manager. Fuller and Captain Soloman
are expecting Carolina's representatives
to make a creditable showing in both of
the coming tournaments. , C T. Wool
len," graduate manager of athletics, is
busy making all necessary arrangements.
, .The-40 new tennis courts have been
turned over to the University by Atwood
and Nash and the only remaining work
to. be done is the setting of the posts
and nets and the; work of a heavy steam
roller, which will roll the courts steadily
when -the sog; dries out of . the upper
earth. - - -
INTRA-MURALBALL
PICKING UP SPEED
To Have Full Time Gaines from
Now On. :
REGULATI ONS PASSED
All Players Must Be Examined by Dr.
Lawson.
The second week of Intra-Mural bas
ketball brought , forth a bunch,, of new
stars and showed great Improvement in
the work of the teams. With the pre
liminary-games a thing of the past, the
quarters will be lengthened to the full
time and larger scores will be piled up.
Several forfeits have been made in the
past two weeks and it was necessary to
pass a very stringent rule in regard to
forfeits. If a team forfeits two games
in succession they will lose their place
in the league and some other team will
be allowed to enter. So far there has
been no team to forfeit twice in suc
cession.
On Friday night there was a 'meeting
of the basketball managers. Mr, Gwynn,
the official referee, recommended, that a
full schedule be published for all the
managers and that every team ' wear
some kind of insignia to help ' out the
referees. Two athletic supply houses
had representatives at the meeting and
sold several teams uniforms. These uni
forms, bought by the Dormitories and
Fraternities, will make a permanent Intra-Mural
uniform for each unl't
All participants in Intra-Mo.ral bas
ketball are required to take a physical
examination. Unless every member of
every team takes the examination the
team will be ineligible. This rulii lg takes
ffect Jan. 29. One hundred and six
teen men have been examined - to date
and nine have been disqualifies d. Dr.
Lawson Is giving the examination - at the
gym and it is absolutely mm 'ed by
the University authorities.
But the Infant University Gave
, Tar Heels, a Score.-
GETS NOSED OUT 25-21
Old Buck Jumped Into Early
Lead and Held Advantage
Until the Last Half..
LAST GAME BEFORE LONG TRIP
Duke University Hasn't Got Her New
Yells in Shape Yet and Carolina
Students Are Disappointed.
Although outscored -during the first
half, the University of. North Carolina
basketball team staged a strong come
back in the last half and defeated Duke
university 25-21, Suturday night on the
Methodists' court. 1 ,
The game started off with the Duke
Ave functioning like a well-oiled machine,
and a healthy lead was run up on the
Carolinians. However, in spite of the
Strong defense of the Durham team, the
lead was reduced to 16-15 by the end of
the first half. v .',. . , , .-
Duke maintained her lead through the
first minutes of the second half, but the
Tar Heels, ' led by Purser and Devin,
soon broke through the opponents' de
fense and ran up a four-point advan
tage. No scoring took, pluce during the
last few minutes of the game, the Uni
versity men keeping the ball in safe
territory in face of the five-man defense
put up by the Methodists.
Dodderer played his usual steady game
and his guarding made life miserable
for the Duke players. McDonald tied
with Devin for second place in scoring
and his, dribbling was a feature of the
game. . : , ,
Many University students made the
pilgrimage to the Bull City, as the game
Saturday night is the last scheduled be
fore the northern trip. The Hilliuns
had looked forward to hearing the new
Duke ' war-whoops, but In that respect
they were badly disappointed. The team
wore jerseys with "Trinity" spelled out
across them In big letters. The cheer
leader was not very prominent and split
ting "Trinity" was the order of the day.
It is not known among the Chupel Hill
boys as to when, the new Duke university
goes .into effect.
Jack Cobb was still confined to Watts
hospital and Jtamy Pool substituted for
him again. The Duke players were on
the watch-out for the little forward that
beat Lynchburg and Wake Forest and
he was kept pretty well smothered dur
ing the game.
The game was played at a terrific pace
until the last few minutes. The Tar
Heels were unable to strike their gait
until the Methodists had thrown a dis
tinct scare into the spectators by their
quick jump to the lead.
TAR BABIES PLAY
THE YOUNG BUCKS
Meet Duke Frosh In Durham
Tonight.
DUKE, DEFEATED WAKE
Team Is Hopeful, of Winning Game
Tonight.
Coach Shepherd and his team jour
ney to Durham to meet the Duke first
year basketeers tonight in the second
Intercollegiate game of the far Babies.
The odds are slisrhtly in favor of the
Duke yearlings by virtue of their vic
tory over the Wake Forest freshmen
who defeated the Shepherdites in an
extra period game.
The Tar Babies have greatly improved
since that time, however, and feel that
thev have at least an even chance of
winning. They showed great improve
ment in the Mars Hill game and are be
ginning to show better team work as a
result of their daily work outs. . '
The first strlnit line-up is Morris and
Ferrell at guards, Vanstory and Perkins
forwards, and Newcomb 'center. Vans
tory has been the leading scorer and
alone with Newcomb bears ttS brunt of
the attack. Perkins is a good floor man
but has failed to break into the scor
ing columns heavily yet Morris and
Ferrell are both close guards, but
against Mars Hill either could drop
the ball through the basket with much
success. The squad shows great prom
ise of developing into a great first year
quint before the season closes and un
der Coach Shepherd's tutelage is fast
rounding into shape.
Miss Louise Venable, of the Extension
Division, has returned from a three
weeks trip to New York and Washing
ton City.
Miss Pearl Setzer has returned from
Wendell where she staged "What Hap
pened to Jones" with much success.