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SENIOR SMOKER Carolina Cafeteria 8:45 r.M." Thursday Night WASHINGTON & LEE vs. CAROLINA 4 RM. Tin Can VOLUME XXXIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1925 NUMBER 38 COLLEGES SENT MANY DELEGATES FOR CONFERENCE Annual Conference of Student . Volunteer . Union Come to Close Sunday Night. 150 DELEGATES HERE Dr. North, of Rocky Mount, Opened Conference Friday Night Elizabeth Cowan New Union President. The Conference of the Student Volun- ' teer Union of North Carolina came to a close Sunday night y after a 'splendid three days session. There we're about one hundred and fifty delegates here, representing colleges from all over the State. Dr. North, of Rocky Mount, delivered the opening address Friday night on the theme of the Conference, "More Con secration for Missions." He sounded the keynote and started the Conference, off with an atmosphere of devoted consecra- tion. ,, The get acquainted social at the Bap tist church , following the address was well attended by the University stu dents. The drawing card was the pres ence of one hundred lady delegates. Tom Quickel, who was chairman of the local arrangements for the Conference, was master nf ceremonies and kent the crowd moving so the University students and the Volunteers could get acquainted with one another. Much pep was exhibited by all those present. There were songs and yells from the various groups, intro ductions and receiving lines, and games that tended to have a get acquainted purpose. Stunts added very much to the merrimentrfcf the gathering. Poindexter gave a comic reading, "Me and My Gal"; N. C. C. W. girls performed! the burial of ."I Kant;" Miss Ella Outland, as a N. C. C. W. graduate would say it, as a Chapel Hill lawyer would say it, and as six year old "Mary" would say it$ Frank Warner, John Westbreek, and Mi Ives, all of Duke University, gave selections onstringed musical instruments. The Young Peoples Interdenominational Un ion was joint host of the social, and also gave a stunt which was greatly en joyed. A cross word puzzle, composed of words t appropriate, for missions and George Washington's birthday combined, (Continued on page four) FINISH TRY-OUTS FOR DI MINSTREL Kike Kyser Is Moving Spirit of 55 MEN IN THE COMPANY Pritchard, Lowe, Jarrell Are All in , One Group. ' , .- . ,' i - Tryouts for the Di minstrel during the last few days under Kike Kyser have resulted in the following partial selection of the cast: First group Grier, Wallace, McPher son, Mcintosh, Kenny, Henderson. Second group "Runt" Lowe, Grady Pritchard, Ben Hicks, "Fizzel" Horton, Abe Harris, and "Piggy" Jarrell. Third group Schmidtt, Davis, "Red" Foister, Erskuie Duff, and Kike Kyser. The singers already selected include McClamrock, Malone, Mclver, Fulton, Marvin Wilson, W. Wilson, Lucas, Hor ton, Latham, Richardson, Brown, Bru ner, and Bill Vaught. The production will include a number of features which will be very attractive. A professional female impersonation, an eight-man buck dancing team, a saxo phone sextette, a monologue, musical act de luxe, and a roaring burlesque on the Pluymakers. ; The circle men have been partly selected, and the ' remainder will be selected at the next .rehearsal, the time for which will be announced by Kyser. Original and unique ; lighting effects for the performance are being worked out by', Mr. Graham, of the University electrical department. ,-' Costumes and scenery will be original and are all being worked out by students. They will be the most elaborate seen on the Hill for many a day. The North State Eight, with the assistance of sev eral string Instruments, wp have charge of the musical iend of the show. The veteran George .Denny will act the part of the Interlocutor. Denny has been closely associated with the Play makers since that organization's baby hood, and his ability in all classes of act ing has been stellar. Needless to say, he will strut his stuff with the usual excellency and add a lot of pep to the show. ' ' ; , ' The dates for the minstrel have been set for Wednesday and Thursday, April I and 2 In Memorial hall. ? v. i ; There are to be approximately 00 orig inal sure-fire jokes and about 40 'Jocu lar tunes' used In the show. A total of about 65 will make up the company. WILL HOLD INDOOR MEET MARCH 3RD To Hold Big Indoor Track Meet Next Tuesday. IS ANNUAL OCCASION Steele Dormitory Won Track Cup Last Year. Following the precedent set last year, the Intra-Mural department will hold a big indoor track meet in the Tin Can this quarter and expects to have an even greater event than the , very successful one Of a, year ago. The"big meet" is pecheduled for March 9 and the Intra Mural officials announce that, plans have been made for nine events in the pre liminaries. , ' , : Several records were made last year which were a credit to the participants and will be hard to excel this" season, though many new records will no doubt be set at the big meet, Steele dormi tory won the award of a beautiful tro phy cup for having scored the greatest number of points of last year's event, with-, Ruffin,' New Dorms, and , Grimes fighting hard and close behind. The events will be the same as at the former meet. Winners of the respective events with their records were: j , 75-yard dash: McMurruy, Ruffin. Time 8.5 sec. 50-yard hurdles: Ambrose, Steele, Time, 6.6 sec. - . - 440-yard run: McPherson, New Dorms. Time, 59.5 sec. - ' 880-yard run: Wessels, Grimes. Time, 2:15.3. -x -':;:'"'':' v'v '-.'V': . Standing broad jump: Corpening, East, Distance, 10 feet. Running high jump: Huggins, Ruffin. Height, 6 ft. 2 in. Three legged race (75 yds.): Grimes. Time, 10.6 sec. 8-man team shuttle relay: Steele. 12-man team shuttle relay: West. Managers have been appointed for the various dormitories , and are urged ; to get right behind their dormitory and help it to have one of the best teams of the year. , One of the purposes of the big indoor rcarnival is to encourage men to partici pate in spring track, and the larger num- bre interested- the better. The ,11st of managers follows: New Dorms, E. J. Evans, 2 Battle; Manly, H. L. Coe, 101; South, F. L. Young, 6; "F," J. M. Henderson, 118; Mangum, C .E. Wike, 215; Smith, H. B, Pritchett, 26; Carr, J. P. Ford, 301; Grimes, William Walters, 311; Ruffin, M. S. Giersch, 108; West, David Thomas, 201; "G," W. B. Gaskie, 214; "J," J. C. Price, 302; East, H. L. McCulI, 205; Steele, A: E. Mclntyre, 26. FEBRUARY ISSUE MAGAZINE IS O.K. Reviewer Likes Everything But the Cover. POETRY IS BETTER Editor Waxes Warm in. His Leading i Editorial. , J. E. Fakhior Although the last issue of the Caro lina Magazine came from the press very late, it has proved to be the best that has'come out this year. It was a slight disappointment that the cover design should be the same as the first issue of the year. We liked the cover of the De cember issue so well that we hoped more pleasant surprises in the color line were in store for us. The first article in the Magazine is a clear and coherent expression of the au thor's ideas on a very pertinent subject. But it leaves us just a little, tired. We have heard this question debated so, hot ly from all angles lately that there doesn't seem to be any kick in it any more. Josiah W. Bailey's article,. "In Behalf of Political Partianship," Is a good and timely one. Whether or not we agree with Mr. Bailey, his article gives food for thought. "Ruined by Testimonials' is a clever but ridiculous sketch.-'' x- , ;Jv'r' . The short story, "Violets," is ad mirably done and is rather above any thing in the fiction line that the Maga zine has run this year. Mr. King's ar ticle about the so-called red-blooded fic tion is one, that we wish we could force about half the folks we know to read, though we doubt that it would delay themVjit all from rushing after the latest "best seller." In "Folk Songs of , the American Ne gro" Miss Lay deals with a subject that all southerners would do well to know more about. The negro songs above all, the negro spirituals are a product of our own south but most southerners know, actually, very little about them. The various short sketches are on the whole better than the "fillers" that one usually finds scattered through the ad vertising. "Oh, Sing Unto the Lord a 1 (Continued on page four) LETZ QUARTET IS COMING MARCH 3 ' 1 V ;-";--v i. One of America's Premier String Quartets. IS NATIONALLY KNO W N Very Popular Especially In College Communities. s The Letz quartet, of New York, which will be heard here in a program of cham ber music at Gerrard hall on March 3 at 8:30 o'clock, now ranks as one of the premier string quartets in America. It is in a way an outgrowth of the famous Kneisel quartet, of which Mr. Letz, the head of the organization, was an import ant member during its concluding sea sons. '.' In New York City alone it is booked almost every year for several important series, such as the Columbia University course, the Educational Alliance series of the chamber music concerts, the Brook lyn Institute course and many individual appearances with clubs and musical or ganizations. Tlie quartet is well known around Cha pel Hill, having appeared here on two previous occasions, and upper classmen will well remember them. ( Among the chamber music organiza tions of the United States the Letz quar tet ranks right at the top. The Ameri can, of Charleston, S. C, had the follow ing to say about the Letz quartet, after it Jiad given a concert in that city a few years ago: "The Letz quartet have the essential qualities of the interpreters of chamber music, namely, the combination of performances which makes for smooth dialogue rather than unwonted promi nence of any one contributor to the mu sical conservation. Each member of the quartet, however, proved a real artist." The Letz quartet, one of the most fam ous chamber music organizations in the country, has done a great deal to popu larize its concerts. Not only does it pre sent complete works of the classic and modern composers, but also transcrip tions of popular works, such as Grain ger's "Molly on the Shore" and Tschai kowsky's "Andante Cantabile." The con cert will prove extremely popular among all classes of music lovers. Vi The quartet has an especial .appeafir college communities. That the programs of chamber music given by them have unusual interest and great educational value, in addition to the purely musical and entertaining features, js best proved by the fact that from year to year this organization is being engaged and re engaged by the leading educational in stitutions of the country. The musicians are being brought here by the Department of Music. Playmaker Reading, Sunday night at 8:30, Gerrard Hall. , "YES BY GOSH" RECEIVES ALMOST UNQUALIFIED PRAISE FROM X-ROADS Reviewer's Faith in Carolina ( Revived Musical Comedy Is a Cure for Headaches, Indigestion and Indisposition Play , Pronounced Good From Overture to Finale Those Responsible Are to Be Congratulated. Occasionally during our four years so journ at this institution, we have had our faith in Carolina revived. It ap pears now and then that the University of North Carolina is more than a legal ized convocation of the state's younger morons. ' Monday night we went to the initial performance of "Yes, by Gosh!", with a very efficient headache, a bad digestion, and prepared to wield the scurrilous typewriter to the damnation of all ama teur theatricals; we left the performance feeling top-hole, went to Gooch's, par took of foods such as no sane man will cat, repaired to our attic and started this here we are: : V'Yes, by Gosh!" is good from over ture to finale; to our mind, the best of fering that the Wigue and Masque has yet proffered the 1 campus. We under stand that the entire production sets, costumes, lighting, script and music, comes from within the organization; if so, it Is to be congratulated: authors, cast, managers and directors. The hits of the play were Theodore Fitch's voice and the remarkable danc ing of Gene Erwin. Fitch as an actor is practically nil, but he has a delightful voice which is the mainstay of the show. Erwin with Harry Briggs is almost pro fessional in the Argentine-Russian dance. The music for this number Is an excel lent following of the Rimski-Korskov motifs, and creates an effective atmos phere. Again in the number, "There's no doubt about it," Erwin, supported by Billy Vaught, responds to four encores and deserves them. : , Deveraux Lippitt as the aspiring wid ow, and Jim Bob. Blackwell, the daugh ter, are not so good; Blackwell, however, does make a beautiful girl, if one is not U. OF VA. DEFEATED BY TAR HEEL FIVE Ancient Enemy Loses to Bas ketball Team 26-15 in Great Defensive Game Here. DEVIN PLAYS HIS BEST Victory Over ' Old Dominion Quint Probably Gives North Carolina v W25 S. A. Title. The Tar Heels outplayed and out classed the Cavaliers of the University in their annual classic In the Tin Can last Saturday and won by a decisive mar gin, 26 to 15. The game was played at top speed by both quints and while the Carolinians gained an early lead and held it through out the game, they were hard pressed by the Cavaliers who constantly threat ened until the last few minutes. 'Both quints played a superb defensive game and goals from the floor were few. Due to the close guarding numerous fouls were called on both sides, and near the end of the first half Holland, visiting for ward, was removed from the game. Each team received 14 free shots, but neither could successfully cage them, Virginia making seven good while Carolina put six through. f The Tar Heels gained a five-point lead during the early part of the first half and appeared to be rolling up a good margin when Captain Miller for the visi tors called time out. After a brief rest and conference the Cavaliers returned to the fray and slowly crept up on the Cobbmen until the half ended with Car olina leading by two points, 12 to 10. The second half continued .the fast work of the initial period and the Cava liers appeared unable to stand the pace as well as the Tar Heels and were con tinually running in substitutes. Wren, substituted for Holland, proved to be one of the fastest men on the floor and played a brilliant game. McCoy, the visiting left forward, handled the ball well and was high scorer for the Cava liers. , Walp played a consistently good game at guard and ran the floor with the fastest of them. Captain Cobb was outstanding among the Tar Heels and seemed to be the only nian-'ow "the- court that could locate the basket accurately from the long distance that the strong defense of both teams made necessary. He tossed five field goals and with 10 points to his credit was the high scorer for the evening. Devin played perhaps his best game of the season. He was fast and skillful at handling the ball and shot two field goals from a good distance. Rameses made his second appearance at a basketball game with much better success than on the previous occasion (Continued on page four) too exacting as to the better known de tails. John Crudup as the bolshevik does not get into the character, and Harry Briggs in his clogging needs more coach ing. Jim Hawkins' exhaustive experi ence with the Playmakers ruins him for the part of Count de Nikolz. There are too many traces remaining of his roles in "Wrack P'int" -and "Servants of God." He does wear a great number of cos tumes with characteristic savoir faire, and gets across severul clever lines. The remainder of the cast is without exception good. Kike Kyser in his clog ging and the little boy in search of his father we are sorry we have forgot ten his name-are especially so. Excel lent acting is aided much by competent, and in the case of the chorus, ridiculous, costuming. The lighting effects and the scenery, particularly the shimmering cur tain, are far better than could reason ably be expected. In fact, the only ama teurish thing to be noted about the, whole production is the slowness with which sets are changed. That, perhaps, can be excused In light of the back stage con ditions and what must be a crowded working space. The musical numbers are eloquent tes timony to Mr. Daggett's ability. The songs, "Dreams," "Till I Lost You," and "Orange Blossoms" are certainly on a pur with many professional musical com edy hits. They should have commercial value, i : All concerned are to be complimented, and evidently "a good time was had by all." We shall see the Tuesday night performance. Signing off at 2:45 a.m. and hoping you had a merry Washing ton's Birthday, Tii2 Crossroads. CAROLINA QUINT LEAVES TONIGHT FOR ATLANTA TO MEET GOBBLERS IN FIRST GAME TOMORROW NIGHT LAST GAME AT 4 P. M. TODAY Due to the fact that the Tar Heels are leaving tonight for At lanta the game scheduled with , Washington and Lee for tonight will be played this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Tin Can. The Gen erals will accompany the Tar Heels , to Atlanta. i Last year the Virginians proved to be the hardest opponents that the ' "wonder team" met in a scheduled game, but this season's quint ap pears to be somewhat weaker. The Generals were runner-up to the Cavaliers for the championship of ; the Old Dominion but were decis ively defeated by the big "V" team, ' In spite of its somewhat medio cre record the W, & L. quint should prove a good opponent for Coach v Monk's team. The Generals have a fighting tradition and will be primed for the battle tonight, hoping to score a victory over the Tar Heels. MONOGRAM CLUB MET LAST FRIDAY Holds Supper-Meeting Gooch's College Inn. DR. ROBERSON SPEAKS Coach Bob Arises From Sick Bed to Attend Meeting. The Monogram club held the most suc cessful supper meeting of the year last Friday evening. The affair s was at Gooch's College Inn, and, despite the fact that only twenty-eight monogram men were present, a very interesting and instructive meeting was held. After ye supper was disposed of, and while lingering over the demi-tasse', Pres ident Chris Fordham, who is the club's only active married member, called the meeting to order and introduced Pro fessor Frank S. Rowley, of the Law Faculty. Professor Rowley, in a very interest ing discussion of college spirit, men tioned several ways by which the mono gram club could improve the spirit on any campus. He mentioned the fact that student mortality is very high at Carolina, and forcibly brought home to the club how they might exert an In fluence upon many freshmen which would cause them to remain in school. Dr. Foy Robcrson, on old Carolina football man, wa3' then called upon. He threw the boys into a quandry by ab ruptly asking them why they are going out for athleticsJ Is it to provide rec reation? Is it to furnish thrills? Is it love for the sport and athletic competi tion? What? Answering his own ques tion Dr. Roberson pointed out the great opportunity for individual development which competitive athletics offers to a man. The spirit of friendly competition, the opportunity to practice fair play and good sportsmanship offers untold advan tages for mental and moral as well as physical development. He mentioned the fact that the physical side has been overemphasized, and tried to impress the men with the fact that the real founda tion of the entire athletic system is the opportunity for moral development. The conclusion 'of his talk was a plea for the continuance of the fine good sportsman ship which has made Carolina athletic teams famous all over the country. ' Coach Bob Fetzer got up from a sick bed to be present at this meeting. As usual he was called upon and as usual responded nobly. ; The few minutes he talked was devoted to cautioning the men not to become satisfied with them selves, not to be content to rest upon past glories, and not to think that a good team last year insures a good one next Season. A plea was made that we forget scores, and that we make as the goal of our success service rather than scores. He urged the monogram club to stand as a unit firmly and squarely for the right things on the athletic field and on the campus and In the state. Captain Dale Ranson, of track fame, called, for a closer co-operation among the men of the various squads. He be spoke a better feeling between football men and other sportsmen. He drew an Indictment against the monogram club for inactivity and suggested that while the potential power of the organi zation is almost unlimited, it is actually doing nothing. He urged action. At the close of the meeting it was an nounced that the monogram club would take over one of the Easter dances. This Is made possible by the courtesy of the German club. J. Hcinie Lineberger and J. Spike Saunders were in Raleigh yesterday aft ernoon on business. Coach McDonald Will Not Ac company Tcara. PLAY GENERALS TODAY V. P. I. Has Been Defeated by Virginia and Davidson Not Considered As Serious. COBBMEN SHOULD DEFEAT TECH Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, Tulane and Virginia Appear As Pre-Tournament Favorites. Following this afternoon's game with the Washington and Lee Generals, the University basketball quint will leave tonight for Atlanta where they will meet the V. P. I. Gobblers Thursday night in the first round of the annual S. I. C. Tournament. While the tournament was not scheduled to get under way until Friday night the large number of en tries made it necessary to. begin Thurs day night. The team with three substi tutes will leave for Atlanta with Fresh man Coach Shepherd In charge, studies forcing Coach McDonald to remain on the Hill. Manager Jack London and Dr. Lawson will also accompany the squad. , V. P. I. has a good quint but all dope points to the Tar Heels sweeping them aside, in a , forward rush to the cham pionship. The Gobblers have been de feated by several teams, including Vir ginia and Davidson, while both these teams have fallen before the fast flying Cobbmen. , 1 An unusually large number of teams is entered in the tournament and be cause of this fact spme teams had to play a Thursday night game although it was originally planned for the tour nament to start on Friday. Carolina was unlucky enough to draw one of these first night games. Among those teams which appear as potential champions along with Carolina are Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, luiane ,anu V irginia, mere are otlier strong teams entered and while one of the above teams is doped to come through to the championship some dark horse may upset the dope. The schedule of the - tournament worked out on the winner-play-winner style has not been announced but ru mor has it that Maryland and Alabama are to meet each other in the first batllo and thus one of two strong contenders will be eliminated early. The schedule is divided into two halfs or ecclions and the winners of each half are to meet Tuesday night in the grand finale. It has not yet been announced in which half the Tar Hccb are placed or which other teams arc also in their section. Eight players will be taken on the -trip, Poole and Hackney are going in ad dition to the first five composed of Cobb, Dodderer, Purser, and Devin. Many Carolina fans have threatened to make the trip also by hoboing or other wise. "Red" Bowman is expected to forsake the baseball diamond for a few days to attend and Heine Lineberger will leave The TAR HEEL to his as sistants and do likewise. WILDCATS DEFEAT U.N.C. WRESTLERS Western Trip Nets One Win and One Loss. LICK THE CONCORD Y 35-0 Wildcats Nose Out Carolina On Time Decision. The Carolina grapplers netted one vic tory and one loss on their trip into the western part of the state over the week end, winning from Concord "Y" 35-0 and losing to Davidson 14-11. They met the Concord "Y" team on last Friday and every man secured a fall In this meet. This is the record for this year's team in point of scoring. The bout of particular note was between Tay lor, 162-pound Carolina man, and An thony, unlimited, of Concord. Although Anthony outweighed him by 30 pounds, Taylor secured a fall over him. : The Tar Heels encountered the Wild cat matmen on Saturday night In a bout which was fast and closely contested throughout. In the 119-pound class Heaf ner lost to Davidson's man, Frierson, on time. Motsinger made things even again, however, by gaining a time decision over the Presbyterians' 129-pounder, Barring- ton. : Vick lost on a fall to Cox in the second three-minute period after the main bout of nine minutes. Captain Waters won from L. P. Cox on time, they going through the two ex tra three-minute periods. In the 102 pound group, Blankenship lost to the Wildcatters' captain, Patterson, on time. "K. O." Warren rolled up the Carolina (Continued on page four)