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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1927
NUMBER 29
HARRY SCHWARTZ
WILL LEAD GRID
TEAM JEXT YEAR
Brilliant Center Elected at Team
Banquet; All-State and Men
tioned for All-Southern.
BARKER IS NEXT MANAGER
At a banquet given the 1927 foot
ball squad by the University Athletic
Association at the Carolina Inn Mon
day night, Harry Schwartz, all-state
center, was elected to pilot the 1928
Tar Heel eleven.
Harry has made an excellent record
both on the freshman and varsity
teams. He was All-Southern center
when he was a freshman, and has held
a berth oh the all-State varsity myth
ical elevens for two' years. Prior to
his college days, he was for three
years all-Southern center on the
Charlotte High eleven.
Other offices filled at the banquet
Monday night were: Max Barker of
Salisbury, manager of the 1928 foot
ball team; Bowman Gray, manager
of the freshman team for 1928; and
David Craig, Jr., arid Sonny Tilghman,
assistant managers of the varsity.
Captain Garrett Morehead of the
1927 Tar Heel eleven passed on to
Captain Harry Schwartz of the 1928
eleven a team which had won the last,
three tilts after a series of defeats.
Harry's task is to throw himself in
to the generalship and to keep the
team on a winning basis. The Tar
Heels are almost always sure of
Harry's leadership in the game ds he
is rarely ever knocked out.' He has
been declared by sportswriters to be
a brick wall. He is hard headed, lit
erally. He is cool headed, always
watching for the mistake of his play
ers when they are offside. His team
faces a stiff schedule for the 1928
season which will be announced about
December sixth.
EXECUTIVE STAFF
OF GLEE CLUB IS
PLANNING TRIP
Tour to be Taken Through Sev
eral Southern States; Man
agers Have Been Active
Arrangements for the winter tour
of the Carolina Glee Club have al
ready been started by the executive
these plans, the group of singers will
staff of the organization. Under
give concerts in several , southern
states during the next concert trip
The glee club, like all other large
organizations, maintains a large ex
ecutive and business staff which is al
ways active in its affairs. On this
staff, there are eight workers who co
operate in dispatching the business
of the club in the quickest and most
efficient manner.
The director of the organization is
Paul John Weaver. Under his super
vision the music of the concerts is
chosen, parts arranged, and the mu
sic taught to the singers. In this
work Mr. Charles Troxell is also as
sociated with Mr. Weaver. Mr. Trox
ell trains the voices individually, cul
tivates proper 'singing methods, and
is himself the tenor soloist of - the
club. Included in -this group is Mr.
Kennedy, who is the accompanist and
piano soloist for the organization.
The executives of the club chosen
by its members are E. H. Erwin, pres
cient and' F. . K. Myers, secreaary
These officers are primarily interest
ed in the personnel of the club, and
are especially occupied with the at
tendance and progress of each one of
the members. v
On the business staff, which is one
of the most important, there are three
men: business manager, William Way,
Jr.; assistant business manager,1' Rob
ert Foltz, Jr.,; and press agent, R. W.
Madry. The two business managers
have charge of securing air contracts
arrange and routs trips, secure trans
portation, and . keep records of the
activity of the club during the year.
The press agent secures all the pub
licity of the club, and sends out ma
terial to all the state newspapers and
associated press. .
STAMP COLLECTORS
Meeting tonight at 7:30., 312
New East . (Geology Bldg.).
Bring your duplicates. Trading
based on Scott's Standard Catalogue.
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Above are pictured Garrett Morehead and Harry Schwartz, the 1927
and 1928 leaders respectively, of the
star tackle, lead his team through what
only to end his career in a blaze of glory
and then christened the new Kenan
Virginia. Schwartz has completed his second year as . a regular on the
Carolina team, playing center. He made All-State last year, repeated this
year almost unanimously, and was one of the popular choices for All-Southern
center.
INTEREST GREAT
IN HIGH SCHOOL
GRID TITLE GAME
Wilmington High, Champions, of
East, to Meet Greensboro,
Western Champs, Saturday
BOTH HAVE STRONG CLUBS
The final game for the state high
school football championship for this
season, which is to be played here at
2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon of
this week, gathers interest as the
date approaches for the annual high
school classic. '
Saturday's encounter between the
eastern and western title holders will
bring to a conclusion the fourteenth
annual state, high school football
championship ' contest for North Car
olina high schools. The hopes of the
western section of the state will be
upheld by the Purple and Gold eleven
of the Greensboro high school, western
champions, and the aspirations of the
eastern section will rest, upon the
Orange and Black eleven of the New
Hanover high school, - eastern cham
pions. The game on Saturday will be the
third to be played in the beautiful
new Kenan Memorial stadium. The
first game was the Carolina-Davidson
game on November 12, and the sec
ond game was the dedicatory game
played by Carolina and Virginia on
Thanksgiving day.
The Greensboro supporters will be
located on the north side of the sta
dium and th'e Wilmington supporters
will cheer their favorites from
the south side of the stadium. The
gates to Kenan Memorial stadium
will be opened at 1:00 o'clock. Ad
mission to the game will be 75 cents.
Music will be furnished by the Uni
versity band under the direction of
Prof. S. McCorkle and by the New
Hanover and the Greensboro high
school bands.
In the eastern championship series
the New Hanover high school foot
ball, team has made a record as fol
lows: New Hanover 12, Whiteville 0;
New Hanover 6, Dunn 0; New Han
over 34, Greenville 0; New Hanover
6, Raleigh 0 (eastern final game).
In the western championship series
the Greensboro, high school has also
set up a very impressive record as
follows: Greensboro 57, Leaksville 0;
Greensboro 27, High Point 7; Greens
boro 13, Monroe 0 ; Greensboro 20,
Asheyille 6 (western final game).
The football contest . is an annual
contest of the North Carolina High
School Athletic Association. Other
contests conducted by the association
are the annual state high school cham
pionship contests in basketball, base
ball, soccer, track, and tennis.
Membership . in the association is
open to accredited North Carolina
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Tar Heel, football team. Morehead,
started to be an in and out season,
as his men defeated Davidson, Duke,
Stadium with a stirring victory over
RELIGION SCHOOL
IS VARIED GROUP
Includes Undergraduates, Grad
uates, and Townspeople of
- r All Classes.
In making public the statistics of
the classes in the School of Religion
of Chapel Hill for the fall quarter
Professor Workman, dean of the
school, stressed the fact that the en
rollment evidenced the interest of a
representative group of students.
An analysis of the registration
figures shows that the classes in the
School of Religion represent a cross-
section of University, life. They are
made up of graduates and under
graduates, students and townspeople,
men and women, members of five dif
ferent denominational churches, stu
dents who have come from diverse
family backgrounds, and students
who plan to enter widely diverse vo
cations. Of the 31 students enrolled in the
three classes 2 are freshmen, 5 are
sophomores, 4 are juniors, 7 seniors,
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Old Boys' Pranks Queerer
Than Those Pulled Now
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Various and Curious Practical Jokes Performed by Former Stu
dents at Chapel Hill Indicate Human Nature
Has Changed Little
o
(By George Ehrhart)
There are a lot of happenings that
take place in the lives of people that
become dim in memory by the time
they reach an age at which they have
boys , that experience happenings of
a similar nature. According to some
records they seem to grow milder in
aspect today as compared to' yester
day. , : - ' - -: v
Of course, every generation of boys
of college age has its good qualities,
of times overlooked, along with the
bad traits which are censured by the
older people as something that is dis
graceful, and which never would have
entered their minds in the days of
their youth. - Upon such inspection of
events as can be derived, the contrary
seems to be true. Looking to the, past
one can find many an incident of col
lege days of old that would make the
modern college youth feel like an ama
teur in the carrying out of "boyish
pranks,' as they were mildly termed
in the first days of the University of
North Carolina. . '
It is useless to enumerate here the
"pranks" of the present day college
boy, or better say actions - that are
not looked upon favorably by alumni
who , sowed their wild oats . at .some
institution in the past. They are well
known. Probably a game of penny
ante is the worst evil" that has, to be
combatted by college authorities to
MORRISON TALKS
TO N. C. CLUB ON
DEBTTUATION
Secretary of State Tax Body
Declares Little Done Toward
Decreasing Public Debt.
"North Carolina , is making any
thing but rapid progress in decreas
ing her public debt," declared Dr.
Fred W. Morrison, Secretary of the
State Tax Commission, speaking be
fore the North Carolina Club Monday
night.
Today the total indebtedness of the
state' and its subdivisions is a little
over a half billion dollars, - according
to .figures quoted by Dr. Morrison
from those compiled by the Tax Com
mission, which is now preparing a re
port on the tax situation in the state.
The total outstanding indebtedness as
of June 30, 1926, was $455,825,000.
The counties have issued something
over twenty-five millions in bonds
since that time, and the state itself
has brought the total over the half
million mark. , .
Dr. Morrison's talk was one of the
series of studies of the state tax prob
lem that the North Carolina Club is
undertaking this year. Hon. A. J.
Maxwell, chairman of the Tax Com
mission, delivered the lecture that con
stituted the third of the series at
the regular fortnightly meeting of
the club two weeks ago. -The club
meets every other Monday night in
112 Saunders Hall.
"The total per capita indebtedness
in North Carolina is $159.50," Dr.
Morrison stated. In the last few
years the intebtedness has increased
enormously. Especially was this true
in the years immediately - following
the close of the World War."
To show the rapid increase of in
debtedness in late : years, Dr. Mor
rison distributed graphs prepared by
himself, sketching the rise and fall of
the outstanding indebtedness in the
various counties, cities and towns,
and other subdivisions of the state
during the past thirty years.
"We are paying out a fourth of all
the revenue of the state and its sub
divisions before we actually can spend
any of the revenue," Mr. Morrison
asserted. "This large percentage of
the total revenue goes to pay inter
est and sinkingv fund on the debt.
Over one-fourth of one percent of the
total assessed valuation of all prop
erty in the state must go every year
to pay the debt. Bonded indebted
ness is taking a toll of from 6 to
52 of the total property taxes col
lected by the state and subdivsions.
"The rate of interest paid on bonds
issued by the cities and counties last
year ranged from a little over A
in a few cases to a flat 6 in a good
many cases. The average rate, paid
was . 5.316."
day. Of-course, liquor comes in . for
its part in the appraisal of a modern
college boy, The majority of the stu
dents do not seem to know what it
means to carry a pint under their
"shirt" and walk erect as some of the
old-timers could do. Some of the vir
ility seems to have fled from young
manhood. Let a college boy of this
generation smell of a cork and he is
ready to attend a football game or
a dance with as much . gusto as if
he had taken a good-sized drink. Out
side of these two atrocious evils the
boys which today fill the classrooms
of the institutions of the country are
ready for their halos when compared
with the "pranks" pulled off by some
of the students at the University of
North Carolina during the early years
of the school. ',
Some of the most interesting pranks
by students, during the early sessions
of the University, are taken from Bat
tle's History- of the . University of
North Carolina, and are as follows :
"M. J. severely whipped for stab
bing O. J. ' with a pen-knife in the
shoulder j W. R. suspended for kindl
ing a fire in the house of the Trus
tees with intent to burn it; J. G. was
suspended for stealing beehives." Ac
cording to one of Mr. Caldwell's re
ports to the trustees, 'It is no . uncom
mon thing for the students to go out
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TAR HEEL STAFF WILL
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
There will be an important
meeting of the editorial board
and the reportorial staff of the
Tar Heel ' Friday evening at
8:30 in the office, the editor an
nounced yesterday.
This will be the last meeting
before the Christmas holidays,
and it is very important that
all members be present.
FIELD DAY WILL
BE HELD FRIDAY
Event Has Purpose of Uncov
ering More Track Talent.
Tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
4, there will be held an open track
and field day at Emerson Field. Coach
Dale Ranson . has stated that this
event will be held for the purpose of
finding new prospects with natural
ability among the members of the
student body who have not taken in
terest in track work before. The
meet will be open to all students wish
ing to enter.
' The events to be run off are as
follows: shot, discus, pole vault, high
jump, broad jump, 50 yard dash, 150
yard dash, 300 yard run, half mile
run, and 2 mile run. It is advised
that only men who have been keep
ing some sort of training, as for the
cake race, or for cross-country, un
dertake the longer races. The dash
es, although not of standard length.
will be good enough tests of the men's
ability to give an indication of their
prospects. It has also been stated
that high and low hurdles, somewhat
shorter than the customary heights,
will also be run if there are enough
entrants.
Although the event has only been
announced recently, it has aroused
enough interest to insure a successful
running of the meet: The Emerson
Field track has been busy for sev
eral days with men warming up for
the test Friday afternoon.
Coach Dale Ranson explained that
the purpose of the meet is to uncover
and develop more track talent. This
is extremely important if the Uni-
varsity's track team is to uphold the
high record and standard of excel
lence that they have set in the last
five years. It has been over five years
since a Carolina track team has lost
a dual meet, and during this time
they have won every North Carolina
track championship, several times led
the teams of the South Atlantic sec
tion, and year before last they car
ried off Southern Conference honors
in this sport.
This year finds a fairly well-rounded
varsity squad returning. Aided by
several stars of last year's freshman
team, such as Barkley, Homey, Nims,
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U. N. C. TO ENTER
GOLF TEAM IN
STATE TOURNEY
First College Tourney in North
Carolina to be Entered by
1 Carolina Group.
TO BE AT SEDGEFIELD
The University of North Carolina
will make its debut in intercollegiate
golf competition on Saturday of this
week when a quartet of Tar Heel
golfers go to Greensboro to enter the
Sedgefield Country Club's first state
intercollegiate tournament.
The tourney has been under con
sideration for several weeks, but the
plans have just been completed and
forwarded to North Carolina univer
sities and colleges. Officials report
that they expect representatives of
all of the State's "Big Five" to enter.
.. The Tar Heel quartet will be
chosen from the five University men
with the best records and handicaps
on their own or nearby courses.
Billy Vanstory, Greensboro crack, has
been the tentative head of the Caro
lina squad. Others who may wield
the clubs for Carolina are Beverly
Mason of Washington, D. C, Tom
Royster of Oxford, "Red" Ellison of
New Bern and June Adams of Ashe
ville. This will probably mark the Tar
Heel's only meet this fall, but. plans
now call for a regular schedule next
spring, to be climaxed by entry in
the "annual Southern Conference
Tournament.
CONVENTION FOR
STUDY OF FORMS
OF GOVERNMENT
Block, Author of Resolution,
Discusses Governmental Gath
ering and Corrects Misunder
standings. WRONG TERM WAS USED
"There seems to be a great fear
among a certain group of students'
that the mere assembling of a con
vention to discuss student government
will mean the adoption of a written
constitution which would, they de
clare, be the ruination of our institu
tion," Norman Block, senior and pro
poser of the convention, stated in an
interview with a Tar Heel reporter
yesterday. "This is not only a silly
idea, but is based upon a misunder
standing, of the entire situation, he
continued. "I am glad that the con
vention is to be called after Christ
mas, even though there has been un
due delay." ,
Pointing out that there has been
a general confusion of the facts in
volved, Block said, "I used the word
governmental and not constitutional
convention. The word constitutional
was used by me lastyear for lack of
a better one at the moment the reso
lution was made. However, the real
meaning of the word in this particu
lar case is to be found in the resolu
tion itself, which calls for a conven
tion that shall make a scientific study
of : student government here on the
campus. . '
"The only duty imposed upon the
convention as a body is that it shall,
after having made a thorough - study
of the conditions on the campus, rec
ommend changes it deems necessary.
This point was explained in the Tar
Heel last spring, but seems to have
been overlooked. I would like to re
peat that the convention called for
by my resolution is a governmental
convention, and such a convention
does not necessitate the adoption of
a written constitution.
"It is obvious that the University
has gr&wn very rapidly in the past
few years, bringing. an entirely dif
ferent rtypeof man to the campus and
creating a new atmosphere, a new
set of conditions": It is my opinion
that during this period of expansion
our institution of government has
been thrown into a state of malad
justment. "I sincerely hope that a group of
interested students representing the
various units of the University, will
assemble in a convention and make a
scientific study of the present con
ditions. The complacent attitude of
the officers and the student body is
depressing. One only has to break
the surface in order to see that our
system is inadequate and in many
cases unjust. Since the student body
has expressed a desire for such a con
vention, I trust the President of the
student body will do as much as call,
one."
DI SENATE VOTES
AGAINST STUDENT
BODY CONVENTION
Body Adopts Bill Backed by
Bledsoe Opposing, Consti
tutional Meet.
TO DISCUSS MILITARISM
An interesting and extended dis
cussion of the proposed constitutional
convention to draft a constitution for
the student body was held at the
regular meeting of the Di Senate
Tuesday night. The resolution was,
"Resolved, that the Di Senate go on
record .as opposing the drafting of
a written constitution for the gov
ernment of the student body."- The
discussion .was opened by . Senator
Bledsoe, opposing the constitution.
Senator Milne led the discussion in
favor of the drafting of a constitu
tion. Others joining in the discus
sion pro and con were Senators Gil
reath, McBride, Brown, Cameron and
Eaton., , After a discussion : lasting
long past the regular time of ad
journment the resolution . was over
whelmingly carried. ,
Upon motion of Senator McBride
it was decided- that the Di Senate
would invite "Private" Peat '; of the
Canadian army, an anti-miutarist, to
the Hill to speak sometime during
the winter quarter.