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U.N.C. City, southern tennis finals varsity courts this Afternoon STATE FROSH TRACK MEET ' 3:00 P. M. EMERSON FIELD VOLUME XXXV , CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1937 NUMBER 83 Fraternity Rushing Season Is Reduced to Fbiir Weeks; K No Initiations in Cemetery Important Rulings Made by In tcrfraternity Council EFFECTIVE NEXT FALL Other Rushing Restrictions Ex pected Later; Students Object to Length of Season, Town People Resent Use of Cem etery, . - V ' Next year's rushing season will be limited to four weeks in cluding the period of silence, as a result of a new ruling of the Inter-fraternity Council. Anoth er ruling which was passed pro hibits the use of the cemetery for any campus organization in itiations at any time. This new ruling concerning rush ing comes as a result of the dissatis faction prevalent upon the campus during the past rushing1 season which extended over the space of six weeks. Such a lengthy period was found to be disastrous both for the fraternity men and for the freshmen, as it took too much time from their studies dur ing the entire six weeks. Beginning with the first day of classes, the rushing season will last for exactly four weeks, which time will include the period of silence. Pledge day will be the twenty-eighth day after classes begin.' The subject of the length of rush ing season caused a great deal of dis cussion in the Interfraternity Coun cil. Several different times were sug gested, but the final decision was for four weeks. A committee was appointed to draw up other suggestions for the improve ment of the rushing season. These rules will probably deal with the in tensity of the rushing, upon which some limit will be placed. If adopted, they will be made public later. Another important ruling has been passed by the Council to the effect that no fraternities or other campus organizations . should hold any. part of their initiations in the Chapel Hill Cemetery. During the recent initia tions some of the tombs were defaced with candle grease, and some had cor ners chipped off. " Such defacements were seriously objected to and' made necessary the enactment of some rul ing. :' ' CHI PHI'S GIVE DANCEjNDURHAM Alumni Fete Carolina Chapter With Brilliant Ball Last Night. Left to "Red" The State Alumni Association of Chi Phi entertained at a ball in hon or of the Carolina chapter of that fraternity at the Washington Duke hotel in Durham .last evening. About three hundred people were invited. Charlotte, Lumberton, Rocky Mount, and Lincolnton sent many attractive representatives of their fair sex, and these guests contributed immensely to the unquestionable success of the occasion. The ballroom was decorated with scarlet and blue streamers, colors of Chi Phi, and palms were banked against the walls. A Chi Phi crest, electrically illuminated, formed the center-piece of the decorations, and pedestal baskets, filled with roses and delphinium, were placed in the cor ners of the room. The members of the fraternity and their partners assembled for the fig ure about eleven-thirty o'clock, and the Greek letters Chi and Phi were formed successively on the beautiful dance-floor, while the Buccaneers played a peppy march. When the last of these formations had been dissolv ed, the hosts presented their partners with some very .attractive and novel favours. The figure was led by Mr. Bill Way with Miss "T. K." Messick, assisted by Mr. Charlie Jonas with Miss Annie Elliott Lee, and Mr. Hen ry Brandis with. Miss Rosa Harbin. Among the chaperones invited were: Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Few, Dr. and Mrs. W. ' II. Wannamaker, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Young, all of Durham; Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fetzer, Mrs. C. G. Bain, 11 of Chapel Hill; and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McAden, of Charlotte. f 1 A. "Red". Ellison, remaining pitching ace, who is slated to take the mound for the third and decisive game with Virginia in Greensboro today. In this, his first varsity year, .Ellison has made a very creditable showing and is expected to furnish the Cavaliers stiff opposition. Annual State Frosh Track Meet Held on Emerson Field Today The annual state track meet for freshmen will be held today on Em erson field." The weight ' and field events, together with the prelimin aries for the dashes, will be run off this morning beginning at ten thirty, the remaining events at 2:30 this afternoon. Entrance lists have been received from Duke, State, Carolina and Guil ford. Although no word has been heard from Davidson or Wake Forest, it is expected that they will enter teams. State, Duke, and Carolina possess the best yearling cinder-path men in the state this season and it is very likely that the winner will come from one of, these three. The Tar Babies so far have registered victories over both Duke and State. However, in this meet the circumstances will be somewhat altered and Carolina is ex (Continued on page two) LAWSCIIOOLDAY BRINGS WORK OF CLUBS TO CLOSE Tuesday Next Set Is Date for Annual Event. , STUDENTS TO ARGUE CASE Prominent Lawyers Will Be Judges in Mock Court; Acti vities Conclude with Banquet in Carolina Inn. With only the sounds of the per sistent alarm clock and the distant scraping of the stadium steam shovel for company, four first year law stu dents as dogged as either the clock or the shovel have worked determin edly into the morning hours for many nights recently, and have at last been rewarded. ''On Law School Day, Tues day, May 17th, Miss Susie M. Sharp and C. R. Holmes will contend against J. B. Fordham and W. H. Strickland, in maintaining that an infant pur chasing a v truck by misrepresenting his age should not be held liable for his failure to pay for it. The argu ment will be before a court of three prominent North Carolina lawyers at 4:30 P.M. in Manning Hall, after which the Law School will attend its annual banquet at the Carolina Inn, the visiting attorneys addressing the assemblage. The argument of this case will be the culmination of the year's work in the McGehee and McRae Law Clubs. These four victors remain of the fifty students in the first year class who began the club work last fall by argu ing a case, twenty-three of whom took another case this spring. Nine of these stuck through until the eli mination contests in which these four were chosen, D. S. Gardner and W. E. Kindley receiving favorable men tion. The work is judged upon the merit of the brief prepared for ap peal and the oral contentions of the students. The law club work was begun four years ago and has continued through the co-operation and direction of the faculty, particularly Albert M. Coates. At the first final arugment the late Federal Judge, H. G. Connor presid ed and the students participating were C. R. Holmes, A. J. Eley, C. C. Poin- dexter, and D. G. Downing. From its beginning the law club work has been elective and without official credit, be ing recommended only by the practical benefit derived from learning to pre pare and argue a' case upon appeal before a higher ' court. Its record stands as proof of its success. The case to be argued this year is one of practical interest, for within recent years the Supreme Court of North Carolina has decided that an infant may secure a purchase by mis representing his age, even though he be nineteen years of age and mature in appearance, and later refuse to pay as promised: Many contend that this is illogical. Anyone interested in the question or argument of the students is cordially welcomed to at tend, i FRIDAY THE 13TH BRINGS CAMPUS YELLOW SHEET TO LIGHT OF DAY ' O Reviewer Finds Ochre-Hued Journal Not So Severe As Formerly; Has Kidded More Than Criticised; Sold by Sigma , . Up Neophyies at Game Yesterday. ' o W irgimans Overcome Early Lead to Beat Tar Heels 6-2 and Even Up the Series; Deciding Game in Greensboro Today (By Prometheus) Friday the 13th and Yellow Jour nal Day. Yesterday, Friday the 13th, saw the Yellow Journal being vended all over the place by the initiates of Sigma Upsilon. Just as the Carolina-Vir ginia game started, four gaudily clad figures battled their way into the over-flowinsr stadium, nursing the bundles of yellow paper and crying their wares at ten cents the copy. Men, girls, athletes, children and pro fessors trampled each other in the rush to obtain one of the damning sheets. Sales were made as swiftly as the filthy coin could change hands and pages were rapidly and hastily flip ped by the buyers in diligent search for their names hoping against hope and praying silently that the editors of the Journal had not discovered any dark place In their lives and proclaim ed to the campus those heretofore carefully guarded secrets. But some were doomed to disap pointment and others offered up rev erent thanks to the gods of chance and choice thanks to the gods for guiding the - subtle and penetrating perl of the editors. Blushes could be seen to rise to the faces of many and rage dominated several of those who had not quite kept to the "straight and narrow." Then the monster of futility hovered over those whose names had been mentioned and they settled down to enjoy the game. As usual, the Journal has kidded along j various men, fraternities and organizations of the campus, exploit ing them here and there in biting criticism and humorous sarcasm. The Gilded Fuzz featured in this issue as it has in the past but we notice the absence of a feature political story, however there are several short art icles touching on politics in the re cent campus elections . Running a close second in importance to the Gild ed Fuzz was a burlesque of a trial of a "victim" by the student council. Although a little strong, the play was well done and amusing. This Gilded Fuzz emulated its contemporary and elected -ten men also, two of whom (Continue en page hte) N. C. G. W. Girls Invite Carolina Student (Body to Open House Program in Greensboro Toni&ht Thursday S. G. ChappeU receiv ed a cordial invitation, from Miss Ernestine WeKon, president of the North Carolina College fdr Women student body,' welcoming the Carolina student body to the open house program at that insti tution Saturday night after the Carolina-Virginia game. ... Miss ' Welton also pledged the support of the girls at the game today. For a number of years, it has been the custom for our sister in stitution to entertain the Caro lina and Virginia men on the night of the big baseball classic in Greensboro. This year the girls are to entertain again on the Spencer Lawn at the college. The night of the big game has always been looked forward to by the vis iting students, and a large num ber of Carolina men will again ac- , cept the entertainment and hos pitality of the girls over at Greensboro. ' . , As has been customary in the past, the girls will attend the game in a body, wear the blue and white of "The Old North State" and cheer the Tar Heel . team on t victory. For several weeks the girls have been holding. "Pep" meetings and promise to but-cheer our "Cheerios" and open , the eyes of all the visitors. Mr. Chappell has written a let ter of appreciation to Miss Wel ton and has accepted her invi tation in behalf of the Carolinians who will journey to Greensboro ' this week-end. . ... Carolina Star Upsets Dope To Reach Tennis Semi-finals Charlie Waddell Defeats Grant, Finley and Yenawine. . FINALS THIS AFTERNOON Tar Heel Doubles' Team Has Been Eliminated; Florida Pair Slated to Win Doubles' Crown. Completion of the day's play in the Southern Conference Tennis Touma ment which opened - here yesterday found Charlie Waddell, blond Caro lina star, favorite by virtue of his featuring in two of the day's biggest upsets. He will meet Tom Slade, Florida, present champion, in the lower-half semi-final, and is favored because of Slade's unimpressive show ing thus far. The upper-half semi final will be staged between Merry, diminutive Georgia Tech player, arid Courts, leading man on the Georgia team. ' Slade and Yenawine, Florida team, appear to have the edge in the dou bles play. They have reached their semi-final bracket,- and will meet the winner of the match between the Al len brothers, of Sewanee, and the Georgia team of Legwen-Boland. Armstrong and Courts, another Geor gia team, have reached the lower half semi-final, and will probably meet Berry Grant and Merry of Georgia Tech for the right to enter the finals. The play of Waddell, in defeating Berry Grant, Georgia Tech veteran who wa? favored by many to win the tournament, Finley, leading Sewanee player, and Yenawine, second Florida man, was decidedly the feature of the day's play. In defeating Grant 6-0, 6-3 he played nearly errorless tennis, and never permitted the Tech player, wha was a finalist year before last and favorite last year, to get started in his game. He continued to show superlative tennis against Yenawine, who was picked by many to stop Waddell's rush to the title. Other Finalists Tom Slade, who is playing through in the endeavour to retain his cham pionship, was extended to three hard sets to eliminate Cone, of Carolina. He also dropped a set to Lewis, Geor gia Tech, and was extended to a 6-4, 8-6 score by P. Allen, Sewanee. While his experience and steadiness may pull him through, he is doped to lose to Waddell's brilliant play in tomorrow's matches. Merry, of Georgia Tech, reached the semi-finals as the result of a series of upsets. " Harris, leading Florida play er, who was seeded first in the draw, was defeated by A. Allen, Sewanee, in one of the biggest upsets of the day by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Merry thereupon upset the upsetter and de feated Allen in a long, late-afternoon, three set affair by a score of 6-1, 3-7, 6-4. . He will meet Courts, Georgia ace, in the semi-finals. The Georgian is the only pre-tournament favorite liv ing up to his reputation. He has been playing a consistent game, defeating Elgin, Carolina captain, 6-8, 6-4, in the quarter-finals. The Carolinian (Continued pge three) fx SIGMA UPSILON ELECTS FIVE . Literary Fraternity Initiates Four Students and One Instructor. Westmoreland Unable to Stop Onslought of Cavaliers. CARDWELL LEADS HITTING Memorial Stadium in Greensboro Will See Final Game This Af ternoon; Ellison Slated to Pitch. The Odd Number Chapter of Sigma Upsilon, national literary fraternity, initiated four men yes terday and chose one honorary member. Byron White who has ' juBt completed a- successful year as managing editor of the Tar Heel; Andy Anderson, editor elect of the Buccaneer; Red Wood and Dave Milne took the initia tion. Willis Posey, instructor of English in the University was chosen as honorary member. , Each year, Sigma Upsilon blos soms forth with initiates garbed in hideous dress and selling Yel low Journals. Men are chosen in regard to excellence in literary Work and high scholastic stand ing. Sigma Upsilon was found ed by the merging of a local fra ternity here at the University some years ago with a literary fraternity at Vanderbilt These two "blended themselves together into a national fraternity which' has grown steadily in the past few years. Edward Kidder Gra ham, late president of the Uni versity of North Carolina, was instrumental in the founding of Sigma Upsilon. The Virginia Cavaliers evened the series wth the Tar Heels yesterday afternoon when they bunched an eyen dozen hits off big Joe Westmoreland for a 6-2 victory. Cardwell's home run in the seventh with two Virgin ians on the sacks was the last and saddest note of the Lorelei which the big poles of the Cav aliers beat out for the Tar Heels. Today the two teams journey up to Greensboro to play in the Memorial Stadium there at three thirty o'clock the deciding game the annual Greensboro battle which has come to be one of the outstanding sport clas sics 'of the south. Coach Ashmore has saved "Red" Ellison for the final fray, and Carolina will be on hand en masse for the deciding game of the 1927 Carolina-Virginia diamond rivalry. ' ' . The Tar Heels got off to an early lead, scoring two runs in the first inning on singles by Coxe and Young and Mackie's long triple into left field; but after that they had the range on the outfield tar buckets' better than a German gunner on a French village, and every drive was directed straight into the waiting hands of some Virginian tender of the gardens. The Cavalier outfield handed in all seven putouts, five of them coming in the last two innings right when the Tar Heels most needed hits. Too Much Cardwell Virginia evened the score in the fourth frame when Cardwell , lived on Heavner's error, Randolph flied out to third, Hushion singled, Card well taking third, and Hushion then stealing second, and both scored on Cabell's single. Cardwell also scored the third run for the Cavaliers in the sixth when he singled, stole second, and was sacrificed . the rest of the way by bunts by Randolph and Hush ion, and again in the next inning it was his bat that cracked out the home run that brought in three runs and settled the game. It was three hits out of three tries for the big first baseman. Tom Young led the Carolina slug , (Continued on page three) Di Must Die, Say. Dinamiters . 0- , Abolish Dialectic Senate Is Plea at First Meeting of Dinamite Senate; Addison Hibbard Declared Brilliant Man; Expansion to Other Schools Urged. . o At a consultation meeting of the Dinamite Senate last night, it was unanimously decided that the Dialec tic Senate should be abolished. Rul ing Janus Carroll presided and Peri cles Ashby, Aristotle Crew, Plato Breard, Demosthenes Wood, Phile mon Fowler, Xenophon Quickie, Or setes Brandis, Phoenix MUlne, Py- ladies Ricks, Agamemnon Marshall, Dionysius Spearman, Perseus Sho- han, Ulysses Holder, Socrates Mau- ney, rraxiteles partus ana Laertes Peacock were in attendance. Achilles Anderson was out of town on official business. The above names have been chosen by the members of the Dinamite Senate because they are deeply interested in philosophy and thus have taken on the names of worthy Greeks. ' Pylades Ricks, a freshman on the campus, mentioned that there was less intensive study of philosophy on the campus than there should be. "It appears to me," he said, "there is less tendency to pursue the muses on this campus than any place in the world that I have -ever visited." He mentioned that he studied a little with famous professors when in Eu rope last year. Plato Breard then rose to the floor and, with the assist ance of notes, traced the develop ment of philosophy from the Golden Age of Greek to the present day. He took his thesis mainly from Pla to's Republic since he was filled with admiration for thjs great man whose name he had chosen as hiB own. He laid special stress on the freedom of thought and speech and traced the mental channels of Diog enes and the Nestoriana. In an unhurried fashion, he grad ually brought the subject down thru the years, passing lightly over the fallacies of Descartes and Hume, delving into the obscurities of Cant and Hegel, and dwelling with pleas ure upon Neitzche's idea of the super-man. He ended up with a glow ing plea for cerebral freedom and received a burst of rationalized ap plause. Here the entire group joined in with ideas and suggestions for remedying the situation here on the campus. It was then decided that the Di Society which had made a presumptious effort to crush and annihilate the words of Ruling Jan us Carroll, deserved to be smitten from the role of campus organiza tions. Prolonged cheers greeted this manifesto. Plan Expansion After this, Pericles Ashby rose to his feet and loudly proclaimed the fortune of this university in having (Continued on page three)
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