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TRACK MEET
V. P. I. vs. CAROLINA
Emerson Field 2:30 Today
Sunday Afternoon Concert
MEMORIAL HALL
4:30 P. M. Tomorrow
VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927
NUMBER 69
Paddles Resbund Over Campus
As Defenseless Neophytes Are
Subjected to. Barbaric Cruelty
The Graveyard Is Scene of Noc
turnal Activities in Connec
tion With Fraternal
Rites.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES
Mystic Symbols of Various Greek
Orders Revealed .With
Many Indignities.
The curtain , is being rung
down on the final act of the an-,
nual comedy of the Greeks. The
freshmen buttoned at the pledge
day in the fall have for many
moons striven to pass the cours
es necessary for eligibility, and
this week the fortunate ones are
being initiated by the fraterni
ties. That this has been a week of
initiations is evident. Resound
ing whacks of fraternal paddles
penetrated the nocturnal air,
and then followed shouts of
fiendish glee. Stern commands,
"Assume the angle,'r sounds of
sterner appliances of rude in
struments of torture came to our
ears and the night was made
horrible by weepings and wail
ings'and gnashings of teeth. The
graveyard has been the scene of
midnight rendezvous and blind
ed neophytes have made peril
ous journeys ," 'mongst horrid
shapes "and shreiks and sights
unholy." Groups have gathered
to consider the lot of a luckless
wight who swept the , street
or committed . other personal
"shines" to prove his humility
and decrease his egotism. -
But the novices were yet to
gain, admittance into the gilded
realm flowing with milk and
honey; where brotherly love ban
ishe allium.an ills.' The indig
nities heaped upon them were
I Continued on page two)
FROSH BASEBALL
TEAM PRACTICES
Coach LeGrande Has Large
Number of Promising Men
Trying Out for Berths.
With a large squad of former
high fend prep school stars to se
lect from, Coach W. P. LeGrand
is working his freshman ball
tossers hard preparatory to pick
ing his line-up for the opening
game. Either Oak Ridge or the
Winston-Salem Highs will furn
ish the opposition in the open
ing encounter around April 14.
Coach LeGrand cut his squad
Thursday to 45 men. Seventy
were out for. the first practice
last week.
Eleven aspirants for the hurl
ing staff remain on the roster.
They are: J. A. Hamlet, H. L.
Johnson, W, J, Bost, A. P. Stew
art, T. H. Edwards, C. O. Hin
shaw, B. F. Bullard, J. A. Moore,
T. P. Stack, J. G. Poole, and W.
Laxson. Of these men Coach
LeGrand says that Hamlet, Bost
and Stewart have shown the
most stuff to date.
The catchers include Jimmy
Maus, J. W. Patterson, and R.
D. Engel, Dave Craig, N, T Swan
and F. A. Atkins are showing'up
best at first. Phil Jackson, M.
A. Houghton, G. W. Saunders,
and J, 0. Hargraves are fighting
out for the second base as
signment, ' with Jackson and
Houghton showing the most
Promise to date. At short. Far
re". WV W. Bunch, B. G. Kerr,
and W. R. Hm are waging a
. (Continued page , three)
"" 111 I II I I I '
Montague, captain of the V. P. I.
track .team which meets Carolina on
Emerson Field today, is one of the
greatest sprinters in the South. Last
Saturday he1 won the hundred yard
dash against Davidson, his time being
9.9. He was nosed out by inches in
a 21.8 220 yard dash. '
INITIAL DANCE OF
QUARTER TONIGHT
Grail Gives Hop in Honor
New Men Same Rules
Will Apply.
of
The Grail will open its spring
social program tonight with a
dance in Bynum Gymnasium
honoring the new men of the or
der. Holding the: social spot
light for the -week-end on the
campus the affair is expected to
score with the success character
istic of the best Grail hops.
The first Grail shag of the
quarter will afford means of
dispelling the "hang over'! from
the winter-, work, now that
grades are finally available. A
large number of damsels are on
the Hill in connection with the
private- dance at the Inn last
night and many others are ex
pected to arrive today especial
ly for tonight's dance. The
stags will be limited in order to
prevent overcrowding and the
admittance will be halted when
the doorman sees fit. There will
be no set hour for this: it is, a
case of "first come, first serve."
Other phases of the Grail's pol
icy of "elevating the tone" of its
dances will be observed by the
presence of decorations, the pre
valence of solo dances, and the
use of specialty entertainment
actsXdurinir intermission. " The
Buccaneers have been engaged
to play for the' Grail event to
night. , '
TRACKMEN MEET
VA. TECH HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Strong V. P. I. Aggregation Ex
pected to Give Bob's Team
Strong Competition. . v:
FIRST CONFERENCE MEET
Tar Heels Weakened By Absence
of Giersch and Captain
McPherson.
Dan Cupid Invades
The Tar Heel Staff
Don "Juan" Seiwell, Tar Heel
staff writer and member of the
Sophomore class .was recently
married to Miss Blanche Neville,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E;
C. Neville who live several miles
west of Chapel Hill.
The marriage was a surprise
even to a close group of friends
on the campus. Tar... Heel re
porters knew of his trip to South
Carolina, but, were not concerned
over it until he returned, a mar
ried man. The ceremony took
plate in Greenville, South Caro
lina.: ,v, . , , . ., i -':',.;; re
, The newly-weds after resum
ing; .from .arief nuptial tour
spent a few;, days ;ith; Mrs.
Bruce Strowd;,. he bride's, aunt
Mr. Seiwell is now with the Can
ton Engraving Company as their
Southern representative. ,
The Tar Heel track team will
make its initial bow to the cam
pus this afternoon at 2 :30 on
Emerson field, when it will act
as host to the cadets from V. P.
I. The meet will be the first con
ference clash for both institu
tions, 'as Carolina opened its sea
son with a win over Duke at
Durham last week while V. P.
I. was taking the measure of
Davidson . College at Blacksburgt
Virginia. ' ',; .L-'-'"l
The Tar Heels suffered a ter
rible scare from Duke, , barely
nosing out the Blue Devils 63V&
to 6212. However, Coach Bob
and Dale Ransom have had their
men out every afternoon this
week and put them thru a hard
week's work in preparation for
the coming of the cadets,
"Scratch" Giersch, Tar Heel
broad jumper and hurdler, suf
fered a pulled tendon in the
meet with Duke, and may not
get a chance to perform against1
the cadets. Captain McPher
son has been absent from the
Hill 11 week,, and should he re
turn r by this afternoon wiH,
probably be in very poor shape
as a result of his week's layoff.
The rest of the . Tar Heel squad
is in as good condition as " can
be expected at this time of the
year, in spite of the usual num-
ber.of sore muscles and sprains
present.
University students will get
a chance to witness three of the
finest track men in the South in
the person of Mantague, Gray
and Lund of V. P. I. Montague
was one of the six Southern
sprinters to run in the finals of
the Conference meet at Chapel
Hill a year ago, and his speed in
the dashes will have an import
ant bearing, on the outcome of
the meet. Lund broke the con
f erence record in the, discus last
(Continued on page two)
Student Council's Gambling Penalties
Sustained By Referendum . Yesterday
GRAIL INITIATES
SIX SOPHS AND
SEVEN JUNIORS
Campus Honor Society Holds
Annual spring Selection
Ceremonies.
RITES HELD THURSDAY
Purposes and Activities of the
i Order Explained by ,
Reporter.
Many Attended Dance
Honoring Miss Woollen
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Woollen En
tertain In Honor of Their Daughter.
'A large number of University
students were guests last night
at a delightful dance given at the
Carolina Inn by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles T. Woollen in honor of
thehr. daughter Betsy, who is at
home, for the spring holidays.
Many visiting, girls, several of
whom are the hostess' house
guests!, were present at the af
fair. The Buccaneers played for
the dancing from ten-until one
o'clock. ' . ; ;
fi Mrs. . Woollen's house guests
for the week-end are: Margaret
Brady of Richmond, Elizabeth
Edwards of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Betty Bryan, Mary Lee Shep
herd Sara Everett all of Char
lotte, and Mildred Hill of Dan
ville.;;! Other out-of-town girls at
the dance were : Elizabeth Hanes
and Clara. Lochart u Hanes of
Winston-Salem,.; Sara iBusbee of
Raleigh, ,. Martha ; Erkman of
Hendersonville,v Alice : Granby
of Norfolk, Margaret Taliaferro
of Charlotte: .
The Order of the Grail, cam
pus honorary organization, has
selected its regular quota of 13
new members,? including seven
sophomores and six juniors
On Thursday night, the strenu
ous part 01 the initiation was
concluded and the thirteen neo
phytes will be guests of honor at
the Grail dance to be given to
night at the Gym.
The Grail, with, the aim of
promoting more wholesome cam
pus relationship, annually se
lects a group of outstanding' stu
dents from the Various ,? walks
of University life with the view
01 enjoying heterogeneous in
terests of the student body by
working v together, to benefit
Carolina and promote the Caro
lina ideal as pertaining partic
ularly to character and leader
ship. v-:'.'; --v
; Mn the last few years the
Gfcisul has taken jo ver ihe Jhitherjr
to thankless task of promoting
dances for the whole student
body. The all-around quality
and the high standard of, con
duct that have typified the Grail
dances; are tributes to the
thorough and conscientious
study that the order has , made
of the dance problem. These
dances have been promoted with
a three-fold purpose : to develop
the campus socially ; to provide
recreation under supervision ;
and" to furnish the students
means of getting together.
, The Grail initiates are:
John Anderson, Fayetteville ;
Joe Bobbitt, Rocky Mount; A
E. Cameron, Manly, N. C. ; Andy
Qowles, Statesville ; y Walter
Creech, Goldsboro; "Mac" Gray,
Statesville r Nelson ( Howard,
Tarboro; Holt McPherson, High
Point; John Norwood,, Green
ville, S. C. ; Aubrey Perkins,
Greensboro ; Graham Pqyner,
Moyock; "Red" Price, Ellerbe;
and Walter Spearman, Charlotte.
Other objects of the Gfail are
to encourage scholarship and all
around ability among athletes,
(Continued on page four) "v
Josephus Daniels Will
Speak Here Thursday
"Democracy and the Press" Will Be
Theme of His Address.
Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh,
one of the best known living
North Carolinians, will address
the North Carolina Club next
Thursday, April 7, The meeting
will probably be held in 112
Saunders, at 7 :30, as usual al
though it may be moved to a
large auditorium. -
He will probably speak on
"Democracy and the Press." The
N. G. Club this year has been
running a series 'on' the "Prob-
lems "of Democracy." This will
cdnstitute :ne of the series; Mr.
Daniels- has i been masked. to
speak ori democracy in this con
nection because of his unusually
wide experience on this question.
WRESTLERS MEET
Monday evening at 6:30
the Wrestling team will
meet in Gerrard, Hall. A
manager and other officials
will be elected for next
year.
A great deal of interest
. has been aroused in the
election, and officials s"tate
that they expect every
, member of the team to be
present. The team made a
good record this year, and
indications are that next
year's aggregation of mat
men will be eyen better
than this year's.
SENIORS ARRANGE
FOR GALA WEEK
Plans Complete for Springtime
Strut; Will Run from
May 16 to 21.
. Announcement , was made at
the Senior, smoker Thursday
night that "Senior Week"
would be held May 16-21 inclu
sive, the dance coming Friday
night, Mar 20. The first an
nouncement was an expression
of thanks to the members of the
class who helped produce 1 the
special senior edition of the Tar
Heel.
:The Senior cl.ass regalia ac
cording to plans announced will
consist of panama h.at with ma
roon and white band and light
colored cane. The sizes of Tall
seniors present were given to
class officers. Other members
of the class may report their
sizes to Jack Lipman in the next
few' days.!- It was also : stated
that orders for senior invita
tions will - be taken in front of
the post office from one to six
o'clock, the first four days of
next week.
Arrangements for daily events
and entertainment during class
week are underway and will be
revealed later.
The smoker Thursday will be
the last of the year excepting a
banquet which will be held for
the class at the end of the year.
The vote taken to decide the
senior ball will be formal or not
was almost unanimously in favor
of wearing evening dress.
University Orchestra
In Concert Tomorrow
Regular Sunday Afternoon Concert
Affords Unique Program.
, The University Orchestra, un
der the direction of T. Smith Mc
Corkle, will present its first con
cert program of the year Sun
day afternoon at 4 :30 in Mem
orial Hill. The Orchestra is
presented by the Music Depart
ment as the April concert of the
Sunday concert series recitals.
The concert Sunday after
noon will be unique in that the
orchestra is, for the first time in
its history, complete in instru
mentation. There are thirty-five
people in the personnel. . Only
standard symphonic composi
tions will be played, as it is the
desire of the group to present a
program of general interest.
! The program carries five num
bers!;; Overture Siradella, "ven
Flotow; Symphony in B minor
(Unfurnished) , Schubert; Ga
votte, Gluck ; Ballet Music from
The Bartered Bride, Smetana;
Slavonic Dance', Dvorak.
Majority of 163 Votes Cast in
Favor of Supporting Com
mittee's Report.
1043 VOTES ARE CAST
603 for Council; 254 for Ay
cock's Plan; 186 for Brown's
Motion.
By a majority of 163 votes
over the other two motions, the
motion' to support the Student
Council in its action in suspend
ing thirteen men for gambling
and to accept the recommenda
tions of the committee appointed
to review the case carried the
referendum on the question yes
terday. , The vote cast was one
of the heaviest on record here,
totaling 1,043. F. B. Aycock's
motion to allow the Council's de
cision to stand in the case of the
four men who lied and to put the
other men on probation was sec
ond with 254 while II. N.
Brown's motion to disregard the
decisions of the Council and to
put all the men on probation
brought up the rear; polling 186
votes. The motion to support
the Council's suspensions receiv
ed 603 votes.
All day yesterday the referen
dum was the principal topic of
conversation on the campus. The
polls were opened at 10:30" a.
m. in front of the "Y," but the
voting was light in the forenoon,
only 400 votes having been cast
at 1:30. . '
xesteraay s reterendum is the
final chapter in the case, which,
has kept the campus in a turmoil
since the Council suspended the
thirteen men almost a month
CV&U, , JLClHili-IO I1C V CI UC1U1C III
the history of the University h'as'
the student bodv been so aroue-'
: (Continued on page three)
NET TEAM MEETS
DUKE ON MONDAY
Open Season Against Method
ists; Battle for Positions -Keen;
Schedule Given.
Monday afternoon at 3 :30 the
Carolina Tennis Team will play
their first match of the season
when they take on the Duke net
artists. This is not the first
match for the Methodists, and
they will be in top-notch condi
tion for the match.
The Carolina team will be the
same as took part in the matches
last fall. It will be composed of
Captain Dune Elgin, No. 1 ; Dal
rymple, No. 2; Covington, No.
3 ; Cone, No.' 4 ; and Blaylock,
No. 5.;
The Duke outfit will have the
services of Stewart Rogers, who
won the State Intercollegiate
Championship last year from his
,eam-mate, Whitener. Although
Whitener has not returned, the
Duke team will have the services
of several veterans and a num
ber of men 'from last year's
freshman team, outstanding a-
mong whom is Hargrove.
At the present time the Caro
lina squad is composed of the
above five men and of Billy Har
vell, No. 6; Charlie Waddell, No.
7; and Charlie Bunch, Na. 8.
Waddell, who has just become
eligible this quarter, is expected
to become one of the mainstays
of the varsity before the season
is over. However, now that play
on the ladder has been resumed,
competition will be keen, and no
places on the team will be cinch
ed.' ,