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Thursday, March 2h, 1927 THE TAR HEEL Page Three BASEBALL ARTISTS WORK ARDENTLY FOR INITIAL GAME Team Is Being . Built Around Seven Letter Men; Ex-Frosh Players Show Up Well. With the opening game with Dartmouth, April 6, only two weeks distant, Coach Pop Ash more's University of Norh Car olina diamond artists, according to present forecasts, will present a formidable front this coming season, and should prove a thorn in the side of all aspirants' for the state title. There is still the danger, however, that the recent .examinations may have proved a stumbling block to a few of the aspiring horse-hide heavers and swatters. Seven letter men form the nucleus for the team and there is a host of promising young material in camp to fill the gaps. .' ' . The pitching staff this year will be minus the services of the veteran Bill Poyner, who left last year after three years of flinging 'em over for the Tar Heels. However, two veteran letter men have returned in the persons of Odell (Cicero) Sapp, a lanky hurler, who only lacks control and experience, and Westmoreland, husky south-paw. This staff will be considerably augmented by Whisnant, Price, and Fulcher of the 1926 squad, and Bed Ellison, Charles Thom as, Steve Ingram, and Bill Bax ter of last spring's frosh outfit. Several of" the sophomore' hiirl ers are showing up well for ear ly season, Ellison being especial ly outstanding. Bill Sharpe, regular receiver last year, will find plenty of op position from Monk Green, sub catcher, and Fred Beam, star on the freshman team last spring. Beam looks very promising. The Fielders At the present writing, it ap pears that Tom Young, regular left-fielder last spring, and grid iron luminary, .will hold down first base on the Tar Heel aggre gation this spring. Eddy Foard, a rival half-back of Young's, will also be contesting his right to the first sack. Foard was a regular on the frosh outfit. At second and short it appears that Tom Cox and Henry Sat terfield, both of last spring's freshman team, ' are having things their own way. They are sweet-looking infielders, and have been used to working a round the keystone sack. They are finding plenty of opposition, however, from Finley and Don Jonas, both subs on former Blue and White teams.' Bear Webb, heavy-hitting in fielder last year, who led the squad with a 410 average, looks good at third. His fielding has improved considerably, and his old punch at the bat is still there. Captain Hatley and Dick Mackie, brilliant hard-hitting regulars on last year's outfit, seem to have two posts in the outer gardens sewed up. The third assignment will probably fall to Buck Finlator, outstand ing fence-buster and sensaional fielder, who is another product of the freshman team last spring.- A combination such as tins should be unequalled on any team in the state, and would look good on any collegiate diamond in the country. Other promin ent contenders for the outer gar dens are Stone, who will push Finlator, and Furches, Jessup, Schwartz, Harkrader, and Car roll. . ."" . Liquor is no longer used to christen ships in the United Sta tes. Too much danger of the stuff eating holes in 'em.- Ar kansas Gazette. There are poor men in the Senate, of course, but the adjec tive doesn't necessarily refer to finances. Publishers Syndicate Politics as it Was in Long, Long Ago 1 (By Walter Spearman)' ' ' ' ; (Part Two) The' political history of the Uni versity during the years 1900-1918 divides itself " into two distinct parts. The period 1900-1909 marked a con tinuation of the old bitter struggle between fraternity men and non-fraternity men. The non-fraternity stu dents were well organized and numeri cally superior to their opponents; they used their advantages to retain control of all the campus offices. The fraternity men, on the other hand, not being strong enough to get any hold on politics devoted their time and talents to social organizations, from which they rigidly excluded all of the opposite faction. Among the strongest leaders of the non-fraternity element were J. J. Parker (1907), who is now a prominent Federal judge, and W. P. Stacy (1908), now chief justice of the. North Carolina Supreme Court. ' The year 1909 marks a break in the ancient lines of cleavage; the violent fraternity vs. non-fraternity , feeling seemed to be gradually subsiding. This was evidenced by two unmis takable facts; W. L. Long, of Roanoke Rapids, now one of North Carolina's leading senators was elected presi dent of the junior class in spite of the fact that he was a fraternity man; and the Junior Prom was opened to all juniors and seniors irrespective of ! fraternity membership. This meant that the political side of cam pus life was to be open to fraternity men and that the social side was no longer to be denied non-fraternity men. About this time political activity centered around the athletic associa tion and the two literary societies. These organizations were more prominent at that time nd controlled more of the campus activities than at present ' The societies, together with the fraternities, elected the edi tors of the Yackety Yack; the ath letic association wielded a wide power, choosing as it did the staff of the Tar Heel and the managers and as sistant managers of al the sports. Student officers thus selected did not possess the full confidence of the stu dent body; indeed, many of the edi tors and business managers of the publications were looked upon with suspicion, and any trips that they might take, or any post graduate work they might engage in, were con sidered as a sign that they had pocket ed a large share of profits from the publications! Most of the political maneuvering took place in those elections which concerned the entire student body; the various class elections were com paratively free from secret, under handed manipulation and were con sidered more a matter for personal opinion. " . : The societies did make one notice able effort toward diminishing the political activities; their officers were not allowed to be known to any oth er than members of the society. This naturally tended to minimize the im portance of such offices to aspiring politicians. , There were certain well-defined campus parties in existence. One of them centered around a barber in Old West; there in his barber chair political schemes were hatched -out amidst the lather and soap, the shears and the razor of the tonsorial artist The men in Old West were definitely known on the campus as the "Old West Gang"; they were, in general, men from small towns, and from the country, while the men, in Old East ,were tnostly from the cities. ; One of the strqngest political parties was that one known as "Kitty Little's Ring," which function ed very successfully from about 1912 to 1915. This organization was based uponp the two societies and the ath letic association and seemed to take no note of the old fraternity-non-fra-fcernity line-up. ; In fact, the leader was a Kappa Sigma and his two main associates were non-fraternity men. Such a thing could never have hap pened in" those days when fhere was such bitter animosity between, the two greatest elements on the campus. (To be continued) Photoplay. Ben-Hur The struggle of a race and the spectacular glory of ancient Rome was presented Saturday in two showings of Ben-Hur, film pageant of the novel written by Lew 'Wallace, in 1880. . Ramon Navarro, playing the title role, interpreted the type of youth idolized by the mass of Romans. He inwardly felt sym pathy for his own people, the oppressed Jewish race, while at the same time he was celebrated as the marvelous athlete, and a dopted son of a rich Roman. His hated Roman, rival and former friend, Messala, was" played by Francis X. Bushman. May Mc Avoy, as Esther, chiefly contri buted to the charming pathos of the story. ' The picture succeeded in its purpose to create an epic of a long period of history in which the Jewish race hopefully strug gled ; the Roman Empire fell ; and a cosmopolitan religion found its early beginning. The hope of the Jews was allegorized by Ben-Hur 's persistency in liv ing through his long term as a galley slave and desire for re venge ; the fall of Rome by the defeat of Messala by Ben-Hur in the ( chariot race; the birth of Christianity by the coming of Christ. Virginia Offers Extension Teaching in Citizenship Citizenship instruction, through single lectures or short courses, is announced by the University of Virginia. Assistance in ar ranging citizenship institutes is also offered local communities or organizations by the bureau of citizenship education of the uni versity, which will furnish in formation on any subject in the field of citizenship and govern ment. ,. ' ' . ' Chinese-Russian Coalition Likely, Says Y Official (Continued from page one) Freedom of China from for eign powers, a republican form of government, and better dis tribution of wealth are the prin ciples for .which the new nation alist party stands. It is im mensely popular in the country, and Lenine is looked upon as an idol by its leaders. The Rus sians are getting the influence held until now by the Americans. The Chinese prefer the Ameri cans, and would go back to them if they withdrew their forces and treated them with the same degree of kindness that the Rus sians employ. America signed a treaty with England to police China at the Washington confer ence, but it had no right to do so and would be justified in breaking it. "No argument can justify the use of force in Chi-, na," Mr. Rough declared. "The Chinese situation is not in China, but in America," he said. "If this " country with draws her forces from China, that country will cease to be a menace to the world and become a blessing, through the accep tance of the Christian religion and of American leadership." Mr. Rough expressed his be lief that Americans are the most kindly people in the world, but was discouraged at the fact that our civilization seems to be de veloping into a purely material istic one. He deplored the fact that we are dancing the. Charles ton and the Black Bottom which are barred in Moscow and Tok yo. "We are becoming crass and seared by our 72 of the world's gold," he declared. "While we are reveling in luxuries, we are calling our missionaries home from China because of the lack of funds." ; Patterson Gives Economic Resume of Allied Debts (Continued from page one) ' met with the European view that the situations are closely inters woven, action in one case depend ing largely upon action in the others. , Dr. Patterson's view was that it is impossible to sep arate the three parts of the problem. . Dr. Patterson explained that European ' obligations to the United States are in the form. of PICKWICK THEATRE "Almost a Part of Carolina" SHOWS DAILY 3:00, 4:45 6:45,8:30 REGULAR ADMISSION 10 and 25c Candy, Popcorn, Cold Drinks, a d Gum on Sale in Lobby. , THURSDAY, MARCH 24 J. Lerner, D. Alvarado and Olive Borden in "TnE MONKEY TALKS" FRIDAY, MARCH 25 STRANCil PARIS bonds of industrial organizations held by American citizens, to the amount of $11,000,000,000, and promisory notes given the Uni ted States government by the governments of European coun tries amounting to approximate ly $11,000,000,000.; He stated that the status of the latter debts are in four groups: (1) these sums arising under the United States ' Liberty Acts which were advanced to our as sociates in the war for the prose cution of the conflict; (2) sale of war materials left in Europe at the close of . the struggle which were of little value to the United States; (3) promisory notes in payment for supplies furnished to the peoples of European countries by Ameri can countries by American Re lief workers and (4) notes given for aid rendered by the United States Grain Administration af ter the close of the war. The Main Issues ' After tracing the history of the various plans for settlements and payments of the debts due the United States, Dr. Patterson presented the three main issues involved in the problems : the legal, the moral, and the econom ic. "Is the sum per yea too large for the countries to pay, or too large for us to accept without embarrassment," are the important points involved. According to authentic legal ad vice, the legal claim of the United States is a very substan tial one. As to the moral claim, the' matter rests on the moral claim the allied powers have on Germany for reparations de manded on the charge that she was solely responsible for the war, and upon the United States' moral obligations to her associ-' ates in the conflict. In discuss ing the economics of the situa tion, he came to the conclusion that the payments must be made either in service rendered by those countries Qwing debts, or by goods from those countries, either of which would injure the creditor's internal economic con dition, that is, the interest and part payments of the principles of the governmental and private debts together. He ended by considering: (1) the serious economic situation in Europe; (2) the ability of Europe to pay; (3) the upward trend of prices which will make payment more difficult; and (4) which group of debtors, private or govern mental, will yield. titHKi:tiiiKiittit:t:tt:ntttrt:t Now Is the Time To Catch Those Dates and i Week-end trips That you have been planning. NOW Before the pressure of Your work prevents it. Take a U-DRIVE IT When You Go. E. E. 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