133rd ANNIVERSARY
of the
University of North Carolina
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FOUNDER'S DAY EXERCISES
THIS MORNING
Memorial Hall 10:30 O'clock
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VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926
NUMBER 10
University Observes 133rd
Birthday With Full Program
EXERCISES TODAY
rian of Program Huge Proces
session of Faculty and Stu
dents Will Form at
Alumni.
SCALES IS CHIEF SPEAKER
Today is the 133rd. anniver
sary of the founding of the Uni
, versity of North Carolina, and
arrangements have been made
so that it will be possible for
every student to be present at
the memorial exercises without
missing any classes. A monster
precession of all faculty mem
bers and students of the Univer
sity will form in front of the
Alumni building promptly at
10.30 and march from there to
Memorial Hall, where the cele
bration will be held.
Dr. Patterson, Dean of the
School of Applied Sciences, will
be Chief Marshall, and the pro
fession will be formed under his
supervision, on the walks con
verging at the front of Alumni.
The University Band will be in
the front, followed by faculty,
graduate students, seniors, junj
ors, sophomores and freshmen.
The Band will play the new uni
versity march and lead the way
along the historical walk to the
north of the Caldwell monument,
around Person Hall and New
East to Memorial Hall.
Hon. A. M. Scales, President
of the General Alumni Associa
tion, "will deliver the principal
address of the occasion, and Me
morial exercises will be held to
the University's alumni who
liave died during the past year.
The University Band, Orches
tra and Glee Club will unite with
the assembly in a musical pro
gram of several University songs
and the Glee Club will sing "In
ter Vitae" among several other
selections.
October 12th has been known
many years as University Day
and has been celebrated as such
throughout the State. This year
ly celebration has always been
attended well by Alumni and
friends of the institution, and
preparations have been made for
a large attendance today.
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GEORGEN.TOMS
KILLED IN WRECK
Hon. A. M. Scales
President of the Alumni Association,
who will deliver the principal address
in Founder's Day Exercises.
N. C. CLUB MEETS
AND CHOOSES ITS
YEARLY OFFICERS
Elect G. H. Cavenaugh, Pres
ident, and C. G. Grady,
'. Vice-President.
University Student Instantly
Killed When Car Overurns
Near Sparrow's Filling '
Station Sunday
Morning.
COBB ESCAPED INJURIES
TERRY PRESENTS PAPER
FIRST GRAIL DANCE
HAS RECORD CROWD
Record Attendance at Dance Satur
day Kyser's Orchestra
Furnished Music.
The first Grail dance, of the
year struggled its way to a high
ly satisfactory finish in Bynum
Gymnasium Saturday night. The
crowd attending augmented by
scores of visitors here from
South Carolina football game
reached record smashing propor
tions toward the end of the even
ing and the dancers, cramped in
to the limited space of the floor,
jostled and shoved each other to
their hearts content. An un
usually large attendance of girls
and an unusually intense win
ning spirit on account of the
team's gridiron prowess made
for an atmosphere of rejoicing
and in spite of the crowded con
ditions on the floor "a good
time was had by all."
Kike Kyser and his orchestra
played for the occasion and it
proved itself thoroughly capable
of furnishing satisfactory music.
The dancers were highly pleased
with its performance Saturday
night.
Mr. Walter "Pete" Murphy, of
Salisbury, was in Chapel Hill
Saturday for the football game.
"Educating for Citizenship"
was the topic discussed at the
meeting of the North Carolina
Club held last evening in
Saunders Hall. Prof. P. W. Ter
ry presented the paper, and a
discussion followed his talk in
which many of those present
joined. Officers' for the year
were elected at the end of the
discussion.
The report of the nominating
committee was read, and the fol
lowing officers were elcted for
the year : . " . .
President, G. H. Cavenaugh ;
Vice-president, C. G. Grady,
Chairman of Publicity Commit
tee, J. F. Ashby; Chairman of
Membership Committee, Z. M
Waters. It is expected that the
officers will put on an intensive
membership campaign during
the next month.
Prof. Terry traced the devel
opment of the public school sys
tern in America from its. begin
ning, attempting to show the im
portance attached to those sub
jects which dealt with the devel
opment of an enlightened cit
izenry.
The motive back of the first
public schools was a religious
one, and had as its chief charac
teristic the study of the Bible
and all things spiritual. Those
in charge of the movement were
interested in educating the stu
dents in a Heavenly citizenship,
and were inclined to forget the
need of a sound education in
temporal matters.
About 1890 a change in the
educational system was brought
about, and a course in History
and Civil Government were in
troduced, with the study of His
tory predominating. The new
curriculum was carried into ef
fect by a group of historians, and
it was only natural that their
subject should fill up the major
part of the scholastic program.
Wars were emphasized, and the
requisites for citizenship were
touched but lightly.
Today's program has been vast
ly improved. Courses dealing
with most vital problems of the
state and nation are now offered.
Courses in foreign trade, labor
problems, civic development,
better commercial facilities, and
the improvement of the school
system, are among those offered.
' George Newby Toms, 21,' a
junior at the University was in
stantly killed in an automobile
accident about 2:30 Sunday
morning when the car in which
he and Jack Cobb were riding
turned over an embankment
near Sparrow's Filling Station,
a mile out of Chapel Hill.
The two boys were returning
from a ride to Durham, which
according to friends, they had
taken after the Grail dance Sat
urday night. After staying on
ly a few minutes they started
back and on the way, Cobb stat
ed that he fell asleep, and was
not aware of anything until he
recovered from the shock. He
crawled out of the overturned
car and called to his friends but
got no response. With much
difficulty Cobb called by tele
phone from a neary farmhouse,
Chief Featherstone, who in turn
summoned the coroner to accom
pany him to the scene of the
wreck. Young Toms' family in
Durham was- immediately noti
fied, and the body was taken to
the funeral home in Chapel Hill.
The coroner declared it an un
avoidable accident. The opinion
of those who saw the car was
that" Toms went to 'sleep' while
driving and swerved from one
side of the road to the other and
lost control of the wheel. Death
resulted from a puncture of the
lungs by a piece of glass, and
his neck was probably broken.
George Toms was popular a-;
mong a group of friends at the
University. He, was a member
of the Glee Club and the Kappa
Sigma fraternity and this is his
third year at the university. He
is also an assistant manager of
the basket ball team. He is the
son .of C. W. Toms, vice-pre'si-dent
of Liggett-Myers Tobacco
Company, and of one of the most
prominent Durham families.
Jack Cobb suffered minor in
juries and from the shock of
the accident.
The funeral of Toms was held
in Durham yesterday at 3:30
o'clock.
CHASE DELIVERS
KEYNOTE SPEECH
AT GREENSBORO
Addresses University Alumni on
Eve of Celebration of Insti
tion's 133rd Birthday.
PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION
President Points Out the Dangers
of Halting Educational Pro
gram by Reintrenchment
Drain of Faculty.
(Special to The Tar Heel)
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 11.
Delivering the keynote address
here tonight at the first of more
than a score of celebrations to
be held throughout the country
this week, wherever alumni
groups assemble in commemora
tion of the institution's 133rd.
birthday, Dr. Harry, W. Chase,
president of, the University of
North Carolina, declared that
the "supreme problem of practi
cal statesmanship in North Caro
lina today is the problem of con
verting into terms of practical
possibility a system of public
education, from primary grades
to university graduate school,
that shall take rank i with the
best in the nation.
"We jeopardize the future of
the state if we are content with
anything less than this," Dr.
Chase told the alumni. "North
Carolina is not second-rate. Our
boys and girls are not second-
rate unless we insist that we
can give them only second-rate
opportunity. There is no ques
tion of the state's not knowing
how to realize the ambition that
is astir within her. She does
know how. She has seen the
proof that advancement in a
commonwealth comes through
education, abundant and ade
quate. The only question is
whether she is willing to pay the
'price that she knows in her heart
will assure her own great future.
Dr. Chase's address was re
garded here as one of the most
important utterances he has
made in recent months. It
struck a responsive chord with
local alumni. He devoted the
major portion to a discussion of
North Carolina's1 ideal educa
tion. He said that North Carolina
is just now entering a third edu
cational era which "sees educa
tion as the stable means of
steady progress in a common
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Carolina Upsets Dope and - -Defeats
Gamecocks 7 to O
STORY OF LIFE AND GROWTH OF
UNIVERSITY IS VARIEGATED ONE
Institution Has Passed Thru a Series of 'Ups and Downs' From
First Opening Till Its Present Size Today.
Reconstruction Period Injurious.
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Thomas Young
Whose sensational run for a touch
down on Emerson Field Saturday won
the game for U. N. C. and sent the
Gamecocks back to Columbia with
an unexpected tale of defeat.
CALLAHAN WINS
OVER JACKSON
Freshmen Elected Class Officers
Official Vote with Tab-.-..,
unions Given.
LIGHT BALLOT BY FROSH
The University of North Car
olina is the oldest state univer
sity in dhe United States. It
was provided for in the consti
tution of North Carolina which
was adopted in December, 1776.
Incorporated in this constitution
was the following statement:
"All useful learning shall be duly
encouraged and promoted in one
or more universities."
One hundred and thirty-hree
years ago today, on the I2th of
October, 1793, the cornerstone of
Old East, the first building of
the campus, was laid. The first
opening day of the newborn Uni
versity was January 15, 1795.
The Reverend David Ker was
the presiding professor.
Although the University open
ed its doors in January, the first
student did not enter until Feb
ruary 12, 1795. This first stu
dent was Hinton James, of Wil
mington. By the end of the first
term there were enrolled 41 stu
dents, and the University was
well on its way to becoming the
institution it is today. The class
of 1798, the first graduating
class,' was composed of seven
men.
There was a great deal of dif
ficulty in obtaining sufficient
funds to keep the University go
ing, and various means were re
sorted to. Private donations
sought, and even lotteries were
held. The state made gifts of
property confiscated by the Gen
eral Assembly, but this brought
in more than trouble than it did
money. .- -
The ' difficulties, however,
were overcome and under the
leadership of able and interested
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J. N. Callahan, of Shelby, won
an overwhelming victory over
his opponent, Brownlow Jack
son for the presidency of the
freshman class in the election
yesterday. Dick Winborne also
scored an overwhelming vote;
doubling that cast for his op
ponent, Robert Graham. Ray
Ferris received the largest num
ber of votes for secretary.
Marshall Snyder led the field for
treasurer by only a few votes.
During the entire afternoon
exitement ran high around the
polling place. Men from all four
classes were stationed around
Gerrard Hall. When a freshman
came to the polls he was "rush
ed" by the political leaders.
A very light vote was cast
during the afternoon. The total
ballots came fifty short of that
polled in the primary Monday.
Only 286 freshmen visited the
polls to vote.
, Rivarly ran high among the
leaders of all men from noon un
til five o'clock, when the polls
were closed. Members of the
Callahan forces were seen in
every dormitory trying to get
the freshmen from their studies
long enough to cast a ballot.
About an hour before the polls
were closed the Jackson cohorts
made their last effort to score a
victory. Men scoured the cam
pus to bring the freshmen in,
and others tried getting absen
tee votes, but Callahan had piled
up such a lead at the first that
it was impossible to be surpas
sed. The official vote as given out
by S. G. Chappell follows : Presi
dent: J. N. Callahan 188, Brown
low Jackson 98. Vice-President
Dick Winborne 194, Robert
Graham 79. Secretary : Ray
Ferris 108, Phillip Jackson 97,
George Winston 65. Treasurer :
Marshall Snyder 115, C. E. Per
kins 98, Hugh Laxton 52. -
ON EMERSON FIELD
Tom Young Recovers Fumble
. and Scores on 75 Yard Run
To Win Saturday
Game.
TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED
Morehead Is Bright Light In Tar
Keel Line Game Is Dedicated
To Coaches.
Life is too complex a thing to be
settled by hard and fast rules. Wilde.
Spurred to supreme efforts by
the thunderous cheers of two
thousand students, the Univer
sity of North Carolina football
machine dedicated itself to its
coaches Saturday with a brilliant
7 to 0 victory over South Caro
lina on Emerson field.
A large host of South Caro
lina supporters, who had travel
ed hundreds of miles to enjoy
the defeat of a Tar Heel team
gazed with amazed consternation
as Thomas Young scooped up the
fumbled pigskin on his own 25.
yard line and raced 75 yards to
score a touchdown for North
Carolina, the only one of the
game. .
North Carolina's score came
early in the first quartet.- An
exchange of punts followed the
initial kick-off and the Tar Heels
found themselves in possession
of the ball on their own two yard
line. Block, standing behind his
goal line, punted 30 yards to
"Race Horse" Wimberlyu. South
Carolina safety man. The, derby
man lost the ball in the. sun and
allowed ""it to-slip through his
arms only to bounce into the ex
tended hands to Young, speedy
Tar Heel back. With a clear
field ahead, Young sped 75 yards
to register the touchdown that
proved to be the only score of
the game excepting the point
which was conceded his team
when South' Carolina was off
side on the attempted drop-kick
after touchdown.
Both Teams Are Polite
Neither team offered much that
might be termed an offense.
South Carolina made a . total of
five first downs, including, one
caused by a penalty; while the
Tar Heels succeeded in register
ing only two. Numerous penal
ties undoubtedly prevented Col
lins' charges from gaining the
required ten yards more often.
Passes were responsible for one
of the Gamecock's first downs
and figured in a secord. Most
of the running plays attempted
by either team were smeared in
their infancy by the opposing
forwards. , . ;
Race Called Off
Wimberly, star Gamecock
back and accorded the title of
"Race Horse" by sports-writers,
failed to penetrate the aggres
sive Blue and White line and
was removed in favor the Wing
field as the second quarter drew
to a close. The versatile half
back returned to the line-up in
the second half, however, and in
serted additional thrills with his
bulletrlike punts that often car
ried sixty yards.
In turn, the North Carolina
passers appeared entirely inca
pable of striking the proverbial
barn door and failed miserably
in the four plays they attempt
ed by the aerial route.
Plenty of Fire
The teams were well matched.
Despite the many superiorities
that Dopesters had presented to
the South Carolina eleven via the
newspapers, " the ' two elevens
which confronted each other on
Emerson field the past Saturday
were ' practically ' of the same
strength, with North Carolina
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