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EASTERN HI FINALS Tin Can 8:00 P.M. TONIGHT VOLUME XXXIV WESTERN HI FINALS Tin Can 8:00 P.M. - FRIDAY CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1926 NUMBER 60 CHASE REMAINS PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY TAR HEELS AGAIN SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS! Defeat Mississippi Aggies 38 To 43 Tuesday Night 4TH PENNANT Captain Dodderer Does Good Defensive Work at Guard. "SPBATT" COBB HIGH SCORER Mississippi Leads in First Half Game Is Featured by Large Number Of Fouls. : With the entire team playing a great game of basketball, the Tar Hels swept their way to fourth Southern champion ship Tuesday night by defeating the Mississippi Aggies by the score of 38-23 in a hard fought and very interesting contest. The Carolina team got off on the wrong foot and the Aggies ran up a large score in the first few minutes of ' playing. But Captain Dodderer's men rallied and at the end of the initial period had- tied the score at 15-15, and led consistently throughout the second half. The Aggies crept up to within three points of knotting the count once, but Cobb and Newcomb started dropping them through the hoop from all angles and the Mississippi team never threatened again. "Spratt" Cobb led the" scoring with eight field goals and thrte, fouls for a total of 11 points. The work of Captain Dodderer at defensive guard was out standing and he aided 'materially lit keeping the score down. The victory Tuesday night marked the third successive conference win and the fourth out of the last five years. They won in 1922, 1924, and 1925, while the Aggies managed to nose out ahead of the Tar Helse In 1923. j The Carolina team won the right to compete in the final game by defeating Clemson, Virginia, and the University of Mississippi while the Aggies were vic torious over Maryland, North Carolina State, and Kentucky. Jones started the scoring in the game when he tossed a field goal from near the center court. The two quints worked the ball up and down the floor for the next few seconds and Berry finally caged a field basket from underneath the goal The Mississippi team played carefully but had the same dash that character ised their play in the other games of the tournament. Captain Stone was leading the attack and he was ably assisted by the great playing of Jones. Stone slip ped under the goal and tossed one , (Contid on page thrte) - JUNIOR CLASS IS SUPPORTING CHASE Pledges Solid Support in Help ing to Carry Out Aims. AT QUARTERLY SMOKER Matherly and Graham Are Speakers of Occasion Tuesday Night. Upon the motion of Kike Kyser the Junior class at its regular quarterly smoker Tuesday night in Swain Hall adopted a resolution pledging President H. W. Chase its support in carrying out his aims to make the University of North Carolina the greatest university In the South. The resolution reads thuss ... Reiolvtd, That the members of the class of '27 of the University of North Carolina are overjoyed at the "recent decision of Dr. Chase to remain here as President of the University and that fly pledge him their heartiest co-opera-"on in carrying out his plans for the University's future. Professors Walter J, Matherly and Frank P. Graham were the speakers of "e evening. Bob Sides, president of .the class, called upon Professor Math er'y who declared in his opening remark 'hat North Carolina now faces one of the greatest crises in its history. He said he was going to give a brief outline of hat the University Is and what it is not. . "In the first place," said Professor Matherly, "the University is not a place ' religious unbelief." The -speaker Hayed cynics who take the attitude that Indents are taken, when they first come to the University and told that they (Continued on page three) Welcome Team In Chapel Friday A mass meeting of the student body will be held tomorrow morning in chapel for an official reception of the returning South ern Champions. The students are expected to be out in full force, and the cheer leaders hope te have the entire basketball squad on hand. Professor Frank Graham will speak to the stu dents and the team. The cheer leader will also endeavor to persuade Captain Dodderer and other members of the team to 9peak. ' Special music will be pro cured.. Carolina has taken part in five of the tournaments and this marks the fourth time that the team has returned victorious this being the third successive championship. Every Carolina student is expected to be pres ent at chapel tomorrow and give a rousing welcome to the team which has proved itself to be the best in the South. ; REMAIN HERE WRESTLING TEAM ENJOYS BANQUET Sumptous Feed at Gooch's Draws Curtain on Success .. ful Season. QUNLAN IS PRAISED Warren is Elected Captain and Jones Manager of 1927 Squad. The members of the Carolina Wrest ling squad, which had such a success ful year, were guests at an elaborate ban quet held at Gooch's Cafe Monday night. The banquet was featured by plenty of good eats and wonderful talks. W. B. Pipkin, manager of the matmen, was the toasfmaster at the banquet and he presided in grand style. Manager Pipkin made a short talk in which he re viewed the season and thanked the men for the splendid co-operation they had shown him. He also paid a glowing tribute to Coach Quinlan and extolled him for the way that he had handled the men on the squad. The speaker said that Quinlan was undoubtedly the best wrestling coach in the south and that the University would make a grave mis take if they failed to get him back next year. ' Short talks were also made by "Zack" Waters, captain of this year's team; "Ad" Warren, who was the high scorer of the team this year; Charlie Wood, captain of the freshman team, and K. R. Jones, assistant manager of , the team. All talks were centered around the team's appreciation of the work that Coach Quinlan has accomplished during his stay here. Each speaker was of the opinion that next year's team would be the best to ever represent the University. ' Coach Quinlan was the principal speak er of the evening. He stated that the boys had shown a wonderful spirit this year and his only regret was that there were not more men on the squad. ' He also gave the boys an inspiration for next year's work and told them that re gardless of whether he was here ornot' that he would be with them in spirit. Going further, the speaker made the an nouncement of the beautiful loving cup which was donated by K. R. Jones to the man making the highest number of Continued on page three) Examinations Start Tuesday, March 16th . ' Examinations for the Winter Quarter begins Tuesday, March 19. The Spring Quarter begins on Saturday, March 29. Registration will be held during t the week.. The Easter holidays begin at 1 o'clock on Saturday, April 3 and continue through to Monday, April 12 at 8:30 a.m. Only two weeks elapse between the beginning of the Spring Quarter and Easter recess. iiHHiffnnfftmiiMmHimvinmiHmvnillHHMwIVKnimmBrfmiEimKfnilliiPinfinninflniiHRiniHwra . v . ! V i i mmi mm ai iiM miHT'-i itiiiiwwiMwii Mir wmmmtmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmaeimmM BROWN TO GIVE MTVAIR LECTURE "A Working Faith" WU1 be Subject Of Series. HARRY WOODBUHN CHASE The President of the University notified the Board of Trustees in Raleigh Tues day that he had declined the offer of the presidency of the University of Oregon . and would remain at Carolina EASTERN FINALS BE PLAYED HERE TONIGHT Durham and Goldsboro Meet in Tin Can to Determine Winner of . Eastern Series. , The final contest in the Eastern sec tion of the State High School champion ship series will occur tonight in the Tin Can at 8:00 between th$ Durham High School and the Goldsboro Highs. The winner of this contest will gain the right to meet the winner of the Western ser ies for the high school championship of North Carolina here Saturday night. The White Whirlwind from the Bull city copped the honors in the series last year, defeating the Guilford highs in an exciting game here. Notwithstand ing the fact that they lost practically their entire championship team by grad uation, the Durham lads, have shown ex cellent form and are again making a strong bid for the cup this year. Dur ham high school went to the third round in the National High School champion ship at Chicago last spring, and if exper ience counts for a great deal, the advan tage in tonight's game should be with them. The Goldsboro quintet has gained the right to meet Durham by consistent play- ing throughout the. season. They will (Continued on page three) DR. WIND WILL SING AT DEUTSCHE VEREIN Will Be Feature of Program Meeting Will Be Held Tonight At 7 . ". O'clock in Murphy Hall. Professor Wind, of the department of philosophy, will play and sing native German and student songs in the origi nal at the meeting of ' the Deutscher Verein tonight in 113 Murphy Hull at T o'clock. It was formally announced that the meeting would be held at the Episcopal Parrish House, but it was felt that the room in Murphy would of fer better opportunities, especially as it Is closer to the center of campus life. Dr. Wind's singing and playing will be the feature of the evening, although it does not comprise the whole program. The regular business of the club will be disposed of as early as possible, and the rest of the time devoted to a social meeting. German conversation will be practiced, and probably a number of German games. Dr. Wind is a graduate of the Uni versity of Hamburg and a resident of (Continued on page four) MADE PRESIDENT SEVEN YEARS AGO Dr. Chase Elected to- Head University in 1919. SUCCESSOR TO GRAHAM Recently Refused Presidency of The University of Oregon. " Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, who rec ently signified his intention of remaining as president of the University of North Carolina, was elevated to that position in June 1919. His election followed the deatli of President Edward Kidder Gra ham.. . i : . Dr. Chase was born in Groveland, Mass., on April 11, 1883. He received his undergraduate education at Darts mouth and was awarded the Batchelor of Arts degree in 1901. In 1908 he took his Master of Arts degree at the same school. He received his Ph.D. at Clark University in 1910. From 1910 to 1914 Dr. Chase was pro fessor of philosophy of education and from 1914 to 1919 he was professor of pysehology here. He served as acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts from October 1918 to January of the following year. From January to June 1919 he was chairman of the University faculty. s Since June 1919, Dr. Chase has been President of the University. Last year the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute was reported to have been negotiating with him with hopes of securing his services there. Premature disclosing of the fact however resulted in Dr. Chase making a hurried decision to remain here. Last year, while he was in Europe, the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon began to make overtures. So persistent were the Westerners in their effort to se cure him, Dr. Chase finally took the offer under serious consideration and (Continued on page four) Munro to Speak to . Journalism Class Mr. Munro, of the staff of the Botton Christian Science Monitor, will talk to Professor Johnson's class of Journalism Two, at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning. The visiting speaker to the Students of Journalism is in the state preparing material for the forthcoming North Carolina edition of the Chrietian Science Monitor. The paper is at the present time running a series of editions devoted to the forty-eight states, their present (Continued on page three) Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, Dean of the Divinity School of Yale, New Haven, Conn., has accept the invitation offered him by the McNair Lecture Committee to deliver the series of three McNair lectures here, in Memorial Hall, May 11, 12, and 13, it was announced from the office of the President yesterday. "A Working Faith" will be the subject of Dean Brown's lectures. The committee has been negotiating with Dean 'Brown for the past several weeks, but only yesterday it was an nounced that all of the kinks had been straightened and he would some here in the spring to deliver his three great mes sages. Under the general subject of "A Working Faith", the series of three lec tures will be delivered on the topics of "What We Live By," "The Real Test of A' Christian," and "The Christian Way of Life." , . Since 1911 Dr. Brown has been Dean of the Divinity School of Yale' Univer sity. He was a native of West Virginia, but his service as a clergyman has been throughout the eastern United States. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at the University of Iowa, in-1863, and his A. M. from the same university in 188(i. During his earlier years he was lecturer in a number of northern col leges and universities. He has received the degree of L. L. D. and S. T. D from several colleges and universities in the east. Between the years of 1896- 1911, Dean Brown was pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Oak land, Cal. He made an extended trip through Egypt and Palestine for profes sional study. , It is probable that Dr. Brown will be best known here by his religious treatises, which have . received wide recognition. Among some of his most prominent books and treatises are the The Main Point, Social Message of the Modern Pulpit, The Religion of a Lay man, The Quest of Life, Why I Believe in Religion, The Master's Way, Faith and Health, and The Strange Ways of God. He was the Layman 'Beecher lee turer, Yale, 1905-06, 1922-23; Ingersoll lecturer on Immortality, Harvard, 1920. Dean Brown is very popular on the Yale cuhipus, and the student body there hold him in high regard. His series of lectures here are expected to be of unusual interest and note, and largely attended. Pres. Chase, in speak ing of the popularity of Dr. Brown at Yale, expressed the hope that the stu dent body would attend the whole ser ies of lectures. The lecture fund for the series of Mc Nair iLecture was established by the will of John Calvin McNair, of the class of 1849, became available in 1906, and the interest thereon from rendered it pos sible to begin the lectures in 1908. Un der the will the objects of the lectures shall be to show the mutual bearing of science and religion upon each other and to prove the existence of attributes (as far as may be) of God to nature." The lectures have yearly been delivered by ( Continued on pmg four) HIGH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE SATURDAY Accredited and .Non-Accredited Schools Battle for State Championship In Tin Can Saturday,. The number ot high schools left In the championship series of the State High School Athletic Association are fast be ing narrowed down. Final games of the contest will be held this week. The final game for the championship will be held in Chapel Hill at the Tin Can Satur day, March 6, at 8 o'clock. All of the games played during the past week were exceptionally hard fought.' Goldsboro has beaten Stonewall 26-11, and Durham beat Sanford 44-0. These two teams will meet at Chapel Hill at the Tin Can at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, to battle for the eastern cham pionship. Guilford High School will meet Winston-Salem in Winston-Salem March 2. Gastonia will meet Asheville at Rutherfordton March 1. The victors in these two games will meet in Salis bury on March 4 to determine the west (Continued on page four) URGED BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO REMAIN AT N. C. Informs Board in Raleigh Tues day of Decision to Remain As President. REFUSES OREGON OFFER Pleads for Sympathetic Understanding -Tells of Tasks and Possibili ties Ahead of University. Dri Harry Woodburn Chase, Presi dent of the University of North Caro lina, will remain as the head of the Uni versity according to his decision " ren dered to the board of trustees in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Chase was re cently tendered the presidency of the University of Oregon for the second time and last Thursday returned from a trip of inspection to the Pacific Coast. Urged by Trustees Walter Murphy, trustee and staunch friend of the Uaiversity, offered the fol lowing resolution which the board unani mously adopted: "It is the sense of the board of trus tees that Dr. Chase be urged to de cline the offer of the presidency of the University of Oregon and remain as the head of the University of North Caro lina". Following the adoption of this resolu tion a committee composed of Josephus Daniels, Secretary of State R. O. Ever ett, and A. H. Price were appointed to escort Dr. Chase into the meeting. He was then told of the resolution adopted. Dr. Chase then made it known to the trustees that he had decided to remain and dealt In his speech upon the great possibilities that lay before the University and pointed out the dangers of the critical period that is apparently in store for it. Action Appreciated Governor McLean following Dr. Chase's speech, expressed gratification that he had decided to remain in North Carolina. Francis D. Winston then In troduced the following resolution which was adopted unanimously: "The board of trustees has heard with a great deal of pleasure that Dr. Chase will remain as president of the Univer sity and continue to serve the people of North Carolina". Dr. Chase's Address , "Some weeks ago the University of Oregon did me the honor to ask me to assume its presidency. With full appre ciation of the opportunity which the sit uation in Oregon involves, I have de cided after full reflection that I should remain in North Carolina. (Commuted on page four) PHI KAPPA SIGMA REUNION BANQUET George Gordon Battle, New York Alumnus, Makes Principaf Speech. TO BUILD HERE SOON Initiate Two Students and Two Mem bers of Faculty Announce Pledges. George Gordon Battle, native Tar Heel and university alumnus, , and now prominent lawyer of New York City, was the principal speaker here Saturday night at a reunion banquet of the Lambda chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma fra Phi Kappa Sigma was revived here three years ago after lapsing into inacti vity on two previous occasions. There are now seventeen members of the fra ternity chapter. Announcement was made at the ban quet that a new chapter house will be built this spring, plans having already been drawn for a place on vacant lot on the corner of Cameron avenue and Pittsboro street. It was recalled that this fraternity built the first chapter house in the South, and it still stands here In Chapel Hill on the corner of Hen derson and Rosemary streets. It was originally painted in the colors of the organization, black and gold. Col. Thomas Branch McAdams, bank er, of Richmond, Vs., was toastmaster at the banquet last night. Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, president of the University of Virginia, was also on the program but was unable to attend owing to an attack of influenta. He telegraphed greetings. A large number of the older members of the fraternity from all parts of the (Continued on page three)