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Page Two THE TAR HEEL Saturday, May 28, 1927 MAKING MONEY FROM HORSES i-- - - j ' V V '1 "Red" Fisher's riding stable; from which he expects to realize enough to pay all his college ex penses and to have enough over to run a fat bank account. Fisher, the riding master, is on the right. His assistant, Dave Gidclings, is on the left. - ' . . A. "' Sophomore Expects to Clear Big Sum from Riding Academy "Red" Fisher Opens Stables Here and is Making Money PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR (By Glenn P. Holder) Earning three thousand dollars a year while taking a regular academic course in college is no common feat, but it is nothing short of remarkable in this automative age when that sum is celared on horses. Yet that is the amount that J. V. (Red) Fisher, of Salisbury, a sophomore at the Univer sity of North Carolina, expects to realie on his riding academy at Chapel Hill during the current year. Young Fisher has three brothers in college this year, and two more will enter the University next fall, mak ing a total of six boys in college from one family. A higher education is an expensive undertaking, and June or "Red," as he is better known at the Hill, decided when he entered the Uni versity last fall from Catawba College that the finalcial burden was too heavy to place upon his . father's shoulders. Thus he determined to alleviate the drain upon his father's finances. . '.. ' - All his life "Red" has worked with horses,' and for the past two or three summers he has been riding .master at Camp Yonahlossee, a summer camp for girls located near Blowing Rock, owned and operated by Doctor A. P. Kephart, head of the Teachers Train ing Department of North Carolina College for Women, at Greensboro. Fisher, who has kept a number of horses for several years that he rents to summer camps, owns , the horses used at Yonahlossee. Establishes Riding Academy ' . . On two or three occasions riding academies have been established at .Chapel Hill, but they have always proved miserable failures financially, and have passed into oblivion after a short while. Young Fisher, however, believed that it was possible to estab lish a successful riding academy .in the village. At any rate, he was will ing to try anything in his eagerness to help his father out. Therefore he talked with A. C. Nash, Consulting Architect of the University, Dr. G. C. Taylor, an English professor, and Miss Louise Venable, Secretary of the University Extension Division, con cerning the feasibility of bringing his eight horses to Chapel Hill and es tablishing a riding academy. They were enthusiastic over the project and promised their hearty support in every possible way. Thus on March 1 the "Red" Fisher Riding Academy was opened at the . old John Cardwell place on the sum mitt of Strowd Hill, a beautiful pro monotory just outside the eastern limits of Chapel Hill and a short dis tance from the State highway to Dur ham. Location Is Ideal The little village of Chapel Hill is surrounded by a region of gently sloping hills, glorified during the spring and summer by a profusion of dogwood and other flowering shrubs and trees. A number of unexcelled bridal paths wind through perfumed forests and magnificent scenes, and the whole setting is ideal for early morning and late afternoon horse back rides. , There are more than two hundred professors and instructors in the Uni versity, who unlike the students, have very little opportunity for recreation. Therefore it was to them that Fisher made his first and chief appeal. The newly-organized riding club immedi ately became very popular with the pedagogues and several enrolled in it at once. The initial number has been added to regularly since then, and present prospects point to a goodly percentage of the faculty members be coming regular patrons of "Red's" riding academy. Although several students are at present included in the membership of the club "Red" says that he intends eventually to limit its membership to faculty men almost exclusively. Under the plan now in operation, the club members pay a nominal monthly fee. entitling them to the privilege of riding three times a week, either in the morning before classes or in the afternoon. Fisher provides riding lessons whenever they are desired. To Help His Brothers Next year two of Fisher's brothers, Roscoe and Carl, will enter the Uni versity. They are to assist him in operating the academy, and from present indications the three brothers will earn ample funds to pay all their college expenses and have a neat sur plus when school closes in June, 1928. It is planned to operate the academy from September to June next year. , Associated with "Red" in the riding academy this year is Dave Giddings, a sophomore from Hartford, Conn., who was employed at the Cavalry Riding School in that place last sum mer, lie and r isher are Datcning it in a small house loaned, them by Coach Bob Fetzer, director of ath letics at the University. Fisher, who is an experienced cook, prepares' all the meals, while Giddings reluctantly does kitchen police duty and serves as general housemaid and factotum. Fisher Is Track Star Fisher is a track star of no meager fame. In his high school days at Salisbury he twice broke the state record for .the half mile, and he was one of the foremost track stars in Catawba College last year. Last fall he took second place in the annual cake race at the University, winning out over a field of several hundred students, including several of the most scintillating track men in the school. Among the nine horses in the Fish er Riding Academy stable, one of which is the property of Dr. Taylor, are five that have some repute in equestrian circles in the state. The horse "Polly" was awarded second prize at the annual Blowing Rock Horse Show last summer in the broad jump, while her stable mate "Tony" was close behind her to place third. "Dixie," one of the stars of the Fisher stables, can perform the exceptional feat of standing in an upright posi tion on her hind legs for thirty sec onds, and maintaining her perpendicu lar position while she takes two steps. "Star," a huge black animal, and "Knight" are ex-race horses. " Members of the Club ' Members of the riding club include Dr. Taylor and Howard Mumford Jones, English professors; Dr. K. C. Frazer, of the History Department of the University; Prof. Albert Coates, of the Law School ; T. W. Holland, Sociology professor; Miss Louise Venable and Miss Frances Venable, both of the Extension Division; Miss Josephine Sharkey, of the Carolina Playmakers; Miss Beth Chase, daugh ter of President Chase; Mrs. E. P. Elmore, Miss Martha Royster, Mrs. J. H. Pratt, Miss Betty Sloane, Miss Elsie Buest, Miss Katrina Nash, and several students, including Haywood Parker, T. V. Moore, Charles Causey, J. H. Lassiter, Miss Louise Medley, L. S. McCormick, Bernard Coleburn, and Tubby Smith. Enthusiastic About Future "Red" is enthusiastic about the fu ture of his riding academy and of all horseback riding. He declared re cently that in the last twenty years the automobile has so superseded the buggy horse and the work horse that they have almost faded into oblivion, but that the. saddle horse is holding its own. Only saddle horses ami race horses are being bred now, he said. Figures for last year show that there are more saddle horses in this coun try now than there were twenty years ago. As for "Red" personally, his two years of college before graduation stretch fcefore him bright and full of promise, free of financial difficulties. And when he receives his diploma, the chances are that he will have enough money saved during his years at col lege to give him a splendid start in life. . ' I WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY v 9:00 a. m. Oral examination of G. G. Johnson for doctoral degree in History and Sociology in 310 Saund ers HalL SUNDAY, MAY 29 8:30 p. m. Playmaker Theatre. Playmaker Reading. .Anne Majette Grant will read John Drinkwater's "Mary Stuart" MONDAY, MAY 30 EXAMS 9:00 a. m. 9:80 classes. 2:30 p. m. liOO classes. TUESDAY. MAY 31 EXAMS . . " j ' 9:00 a. m. 11:00 classes. 2:30 p. m. 2:00 classes. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 EXAMS 9:00 a. m. 12:00 classes. 2:30 p. m. Open for examinations that cannot be arranged otherwise. , THURSDAY, JUNE 2 ,. EXAMS 9:00 a. m. 8:30 classes. 2:30 p. m. 3:00 and 4:00 classes, and all sections of economics 1 and 2. BAPTISTS WILL- MEET AT STATE North CaroIIina Student Religi- ous Meet in Ralleigh in November. The North Carolina Baptist Stu dent Conference will be held at State College, Raleigh, on November 28-29-30 this year. All Baptist Students in the state and any' others who may care to attend are invited. The slo gan for the conference is "Aggres sively Christian." ; Speakers from other states will conduct forum groups, and give lec tures on the subjects of morality, re ligion, life work, and Christian en terprises. The Student Leaders are planning to arrange 'personal inter views with the delegates. An effort will be made by these men to dig deep into the student problems, and de vise solutions for them. The main sessions will be held in the State Col lege Auditorium and Pullen Hall, while special meetings will convene at various other places on the cam pus. At present efforts are being made to obtain, two foreign mission aries to deliver addresses. Entertainment will be furnished free for the .delegates. Special enter tainments will be held, both on the State College Campus and at Mere dith College. The only costs of the Conference are traveling expenses, a small registration fee, and part of the meals. Delegates are expected from Wake Forest,. Meredith. N. C. C. W., Mars Hill, Duke University, Peace Insti tute, Carolina, and other places. The attendance will probably aggregate around 600. The Student Leader from North Carolina this year is R. Paul Caudill of Mars Hill College. At the same time of the North State Conference, meetings will be held at Williamsburg, Virginia; Nat chitoches, Louisiana; and Starkville, Mississippi. The Student Leaders for these conventions in their order are Lawrence T. Fenwick of the Univer sity, of Virginia; F. K. Horton of the Baptist Bible Institute; and William L. Compers of Mississippi Colleire. A total of fourteen State Student Conferences will be held throughout the months of October and November, sponsored by State Student commit tees and the Inter-Board Commission of ;the Southern Baptist Convention. Sigma Delta Team Defeats G to Win Horsheshoe Title The Sigma Delta fraternity horse shoe team won the intramural tourna ment which has been going on during the past two weeks, defeating Gdor- mitory in the finals Wednesday after noon by a score of 4 to 1. Henry of Sigma Delta showed up particularly well by defeating James, the G star, while allowing him only one point in both of the games put together. Ed Marshall and Norwood Carroll also played well for Sigma Delta, while James, in doubles, did best for the losers. Summary: Henry, Sigma Delta defeated Cox, G, 11-9, 19-11, ng.' Marshall, Sigma Delta, defeated Ro land, G, 11-4, 11-8; Marshall and Thomas, Sigma Delta, defeated Cox and Coggins, G, 11-7, 11-10; Cox and James, G, defeated Henry and Car roll, Sigma Delta,' 11-8, 9-11, 11.5. Dean Francis F. Bradshaw left yes terday morning for Beauford where he delivered the Commencement ad dress to the members of the graduat ing class of Beauford High School. Mr. Bradshaw's speech was made last night X7e Wish TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE BUSINESS YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS YEAR. VJe Also VJioh YOU A PLEASANT AND PROSPEROUS VACATION ' - - And Uish TO SEE -YOU ALL BACK NEXT YEAR VJe Uish Again To serve those of you who will remain for the PINAL DANCES and SUMMER SCHOOL. U-DRIVE II - E. 'E. FTOHI Henderson Street, Next to Telephone Exchange Day Telephone 450 Night Phone 286 Black mi iii.m..i.,ii..iii!i!.iiil I Laundry Office Main Street j Old Peoples Bank Building 1 EmpoHaEifi: HofticeSS! All Student Laundry Accounts for Laundry; Ser vice were closed on THURSDAY, MAY 26th at 6 p. m. in order to make out refunds for the Student Body. Therefore All Work Done Thereafter Is Cash On Delivery ' Your clean laundry will be ready for you on MONDAY AND TUESDAY and can be secured by calling for it at the Bank Building on the Main Street where REFUNDS are given out. The Laundry will not Close Down during the. time between schools. It will operate four days of the week. Work will be accepted on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays until noon. LAUNDRY OFFICE ON THE MAIN STREET OLD PEOPLES BANK BUILDING LAUNDKY DEPT. PHONE 28 iiiiiiiiiiiiiii '!!!!!!!!! 1
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