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■ WELCOME TO QUINT LEAVES DAVIDSON FOR STATE COACHES Tin© Davidsomiain TRIP "ALENDA LUX UBI ORTA LIBERTAS" Vol. XIX DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N. C, FEBRUARY 10, 1932 No. 17 NEW GRID MENTORS ASSUME DUTIES Dr. C. Darby Fulton Will NEWTON AND McEVER Result of Questionnaire Conduct Mission School ARENAMED COACHES Proves Non-Militaristic Here on February 17-18 of Body Newton Succeeds Coach "Monk" Views Student Prominent Mission Leader to Tell Younger as Head Coach of Students Do Not Sanction Interven- Students of Great Needs in Athletics at Davidson tion of United States Into Sino- ForeignField Japanese Controversy BOTH FROM TENNESSEE HEAD OF MISSION BOARD FAVORABLE TO LEAGUE McEver, for Two Years Ail-American, Coming to Davidson Under Auspices Will Coach Backfield Answers Show That R. O. T. C. Does of Foreign Mission Committee Not Make a Man War-Minded William (Diic) Newton, member of the ()n Tuesday and Wednesday, February 16 ] University of Tennessee athletic staff last fall, As a result" of tile interest in tile Sino-Iap- Eugene McEver, and 1", Dr. C. Darby Fulton, of the Foreign and all American halfback at ancse controversy shown bj the students of Da- same institution, Mission Hoard of the Southern Presbyterian the have since Monday been vidson College, this paper arranged a question- ' directing the spring practice Church, will conduct at Davidson a two-day of the Davidson naire, which was answered l>> the students of Wildcats. mission study institute. the college at the chapel assembly last Thurs- Newton and Monk The main purpose of this study is to present " - McEver succeeded i day morning, The results have been tabulated Younger Tilson, to the student body of this college certain in- .**.T..'s and Tex who next fall go to and in the majority of the cases the expected &. Virginia Polytechnic formation about the mission fields which they' Institute as assistant was the result, but in some notable cases this know, coaches after nine years of excellent service at should and to stimulate interest in mis- EUGENE McEVER was not true. sions, which is Davidson. so vital to the continuance of Courti ly Charlotte New« The disarmament question has been before present mission .Selection of these two men followed weeks the program. the world ever since the Great War. and this Further, of deliberation by the Athletic Council, during this institute is for the purpose ofI question headed the list. A list of the questions clearing questions which time the field has been minutely sin- ■ up any or doubts which the READY follows : GENE McEVER veyed. These men approved "DOC" NEWTON students may have in mind concerning any were also at a spe- t'ntirtesy Charlotte Observer 1 Do \ou favor (otal disarmament? phase of,the foreign missions of our Church. TO TAKE NEW DUTIES cial meeting of the executive committee of the college. J. Do you favor partial,disarmament? This purpose will be carried out to a large ex- 3. Would you voluntarily bear arms for the tent by informaldiscussions on the proper AS BACKFIELD COACH Capt. Norton G. Pritchctt, professor of phys- Chris- "DOC" NEWTON BRINGS United States in event of war? tian attitude towards missions and the purposes ! ical education at Davidson, spent Monday and Blizzard" Finishes a ■I. Would ypu refuse I" bear arms if the which should be accomplished along the line of The "Bristol part of Tuesday in Knoxville. interviewing Mc- ENVIABLE RECORD AS this work. Brilliant Career at the University Ever and athletic officials of the University of objectives oi the war were contrary to your personal convictions? This year the greater part of the money raised of Tennessee Tennessee. The latter bad already named Me-j MENTORTODAVIDSON 5. Would you refuse to hear arms under from $1,000 campaign to foreign Ever to a varsity backfield coaching position. the went mis- J any conditions? sions. It has been felt by in charge of FORMER ALL-AMERICAN Tennessee authorities, however, were willing Doc Newton Former Scout for Univer- %>se Coaching (). Granting safety of American lives and Y. M. C. A. work here that the students should to release him to Davidson, and McEver wired. sity of Tennessee Signs a Basketball Captain l'ritcbett Wednesday afternoon, property, would you favor the United States' know more specifically just where their con- McEver is Also Star in ac- Contract Here and Baseball cepting the intervention in the Sino-Japancsc controversy? tributions went, the number of ■ offer. mission fields 7. Do you favor the entrance of the United which the Southern Presbyterian Church is sup- Newton has been under consideration at Da- IS U.OF S. C. ALUMNUS Stall's into 1 League of Nations? porting, and more Eugene Tucker McEver, variousy known as vidson for some time. It was announced by tin about the missionaries work- , K Are you in favor of K. O. T. C. training ing in these fields. the "Wild Bull" and the "Bristol BHward," newspapers a few weeks ago that the combina- Pitched for the Baltimore Orioles at Davidson? During present lias been named coach of the tion would be Newton and Dick. The Consecutive the year the "Y" has had three who backfield Leonard For Two Seasons I", Davidson latter 'I. Do you think R, O, T. ill any way objectives along the lines of a missionary pro- Davidson College Wildcats, came to was unavailable, however, but the Ath- \ makes a man war-minded? gram for Davidson: educational, inspirational, last Monday fresh from the realms of compe- letic Council kept in touch with Newton, and "A man ol personality, one who knows how All questions were answered "yes" or "no." phase tition, and arrival here with an up-to-date was endeavoring to work out a combination to handle men, and a person who knows foot and financial. The financial has been car- were of ried through knowledge of what a backfield man should do. that would include him on the staff. Newton ac- ball"— {hat is the way thai a number of people There no explanations the answers with the $1,000 campaign. This i given. practice companied described William (Doc) Newton, new mission institute, although held for only two Incidentally, he will know how to what Captain I'rilchett on his trip to have Monday. coach of Davidson College Wildcats. Total disarmament met with great disfavor days, is intended to help carry out the |he preaches. Knoxville head the other among the students, with a vote of 4"1 to 81 two objectives. He comes to Davidson directly from the Uni- 'The new head coach at Davidson scouted for A few minutes of conversation with Coach New- the University fall, convinces of anil last, and bis against it. The Juniors and the Freshmen were For the leader of this institute the Y. M. versity of Tennessee, where his performances of 'Tennessee last and comes ton one the first of coaching bis ability to particularly vehement in their renunciation of it, C. A. officials have secured Dr. Darby for a number of seasons have led to emblazoned to the Presbyterian institution with high recom- record attests to handle C. Ful- the former answering negatively at 109 to 14, ton, than whom they feel no one in the entire headlines in which bis name was frequently mendations from institutions where be formerly men. made that New- and the latter at 165 to 2"). Partial disarma- Southern Presbyterian Church is better equip- used. Following him are words of Iiiiili prais? toadied and from the 'Tennessee authorities. When an announcement was likely of two ment met with more favor, all classes ratifying ped to undertake such a task as he wi|l have, j and comment from the man who has taught He has coached ai Birmingham Southern and ton would l»' a choice for one the ' coaching open Davidson, letters it by a good majority. Dr. Fulton is a young mna and the type that him the footballhe knows, and who has watched at Howard College, both in Birmingham, Ala., positions at where be excellent records, during and telegrams started pouring in to athletic Although Ilie voting was close in each class, should appeal to a college crowd. He has an at- him scamper to heights of glory on a football made and the summer months be played at Davidson. They came particular- particularly in the Senior class, the school tractive personality, and while in Japan a field. professional base- authorities as voted to volunteer to bear arms in case of war. missionary, lie won, in that great tennis-playing Major Bob Neyland clearly indicated what ball, He was at one time with the Baltimore ly from the Birmingham section, where most 'Coaching The plurality in lliis year's graduating class (Continued he thought' of Oene McKver when he was going Orioles. of tile athletic career of Newton had on page 6) investigation was but twelve, however. The Freshmen voted to add him to the Tennessee athletic staff and While acting as scout for the Tennessee been staged. A full of bis record fall, coach, 124 to (lit in favor of volunteering. over the coaching to him. He Volunteers last he was the man largely revealed his success as a and when Cap- turn backfield ,\72 has proved to be a great football player, but responsible for the defense which 'Tennessee tain Pritchctt went to Knoxville this week, be A to 1" vote was recorded against Three Plays to 1 Be he has also indicated that he possesses a thor put up, for Coach Neyland and Newton spent obtained additional data from the Tennessee United Slates' intervention in the Sino-Jap- By ough knowledge of the game.