GREET AC|/ TEAM B' ucl\ TheDAVIBPsONIAN HOME FOR A BETTER DAVIDSON Vol. IX. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N. C, APRIL,14, 1922. NO. 28 Davidson Debaters De- StudentBody ElectsNewi Class LeadersNamedFor|WildcatBaseballTeamIs feat Wake Forest 3-2 Officers ForComingYear Coming Year's Activities Defeated by A. & E. 9-2 — Both Teams Hit Freely— Untimely JohnC. BaileyandEdgar Houghton SamDavis Named President Hill- Sorrells, Faison, andBeall, to Guide j of house, Destiny of Upper Errors Responsiblefor Number Nobly Uphold the Honors Faison and Hendricks the Three of Tech Tallies. the Red and Black. Hold Other Positions. Classes. On Monday morning, April .1. 1933, the Playing a steady game in the field and The Wildcat Debaters won a close de- In the elections held last Monday, the | of new officers for the coming hitting hard and sure in the pinches, N. cision over Wake Forest in a contest of .election Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes \ year took place. The student council college C, State defeated Davidson, Saturday, wits between teams representing the two those their officers for the new j nominated men for the offices of presi- 1.1-2. Allen, hurling for the visitors, al- colleges, held Friday night at Queens year. Kach class chose men who are! dent, vice-president, secretary and treas- though hit freely by the Wildcats, was College, prominent in college activities and| in Charlotte. urer, which the house was open a puzzle in the pinches, while State had upheld affirmative after ' worthy leaders are promised for the | Wake Forest the for nominations from the floor. In ad- little trouble with the three Wildcat side of the query, "Resolved, That the year kjjj-j.v Below are the elections by Id'tion to S. M. Davis. R, 1". Davidson, II. (lingers. should own and operate the classes: Government :H, Smith, and G. H. Sorrells, Pat Craw- Without attempting to alibi for the cpal mines in the United States, consti- ' ford and Gig Shepard were nominated j Junior. defeat, it may be truly said that the tutionality waived," while Davidson de- ;from the floor, but they withdrew their Sorrels was elected president, with Hcore does not indicate the relative the negative, winning a three to ' fended names from the race Each of the men Hugh Smith and Hob Davidson as close' strength of the two teams. The ten decision. Speakers for Wake Forest I | two nominated by the council were seconded seconds. Hugh Smith was chosen as Wildcat safeties went for l(i bases, while Andrews and F. L. Goodrich were L. E. :and voted upon. S. M. Davis and H. H.I vice-president over a large lictfl*of can- State could stretch her hits but three Houghton Bailey " " 15 while E. E. and J. C. Smith led with the highest number of H didates. For secretary and treasurer,IMuks further. The superiority of the represented Davidson.- M. U. Booe atvl ,votes, but neither had a majority. On| George Mauzc was given charge of the Techs lay only in a better brand were respective alternates of W. A. Gamble Ithe second ballot S. M. Davis was elect- books and bank account of the class. pitching and more timely hitting. and managers. ied to lead the student body throughout Sophomore The visitors started in the initial Wake Forest developed four points Ithe coming year. E, our frame. After Houshee had disposed of bringing that the present X. Faison was elected to head Andrews out vice-president the' council nomi- 1 two, tripled to right and should be chang- For next Junior class. I. I. Smith was chosen Johnson scored system is corrupt and '. nated Warren Cox, C. M. Davis, Klias vice-president,and R. when Freeman threw Redfern's bounder ed, and that coal mining is a public util- K.Jones secretary; !Faison, A. M. Hillhousc. A. M. McHryclc.i and treasurer. The poet and historian aw!ry. Another counter came In the ity and should be handled a.s such 1 and Ralph Smith. Each of these men jobs Galloway Ifourth on a walk, a stolen base and a Goodrich developed the points that the went to Francis and Dave , were seconded and voted upon. Hill-; 1 htegar respectively. Honor roll men single to left. But State's big round was government should own and operate the house and Faison were chosen to serve seem to be popular with the sixth, when they manufactured five mines to conserve coal and to reduce tin '24. :;s vice-presidents. runs on six hits, a sacrifice fly and a price for the consumers. Freshman For the office of secretary and treas- stolen base. These proved to be suffi- Houghton brought govern The class chose M. S. lieall out that urer the council nominated M. S. lieall, Freshman cient to win, but to be sure they scored ownership is unnecessary. Bailey to guide them through their first year as mint I. P. Hendrix,J. XI. Pli'a'sants and H. I!. ; two more in the ninth. Two were out proved that government ownership is upper classmen, with Jim Plcasauts as 1Price. These men were all seconded when Ruth singled through short and impractical and would be harmful. Ills assistant. The secrcarv-treasurer job The vote gave the office to J, P. Ilcn- took second on Erwin's wild throw. He Frazer, president 'I to R. W. Ocland with Millhouse Dr. \V. H. of Queens drix. vent a stole third as Norwood strolled and the presided close were1 over the debate. Messrs. Herio The old officers ably guided the affairs _ second. Poet and historian iTccK captain promptly swiped the half- Clarkson, A. McRae,Plummer Stew- not elected at this meeting on account [ J. of the student body during the past year way hassock. Johnson's fourth hit, a art, H. M. Victor and M. Matthew: I of the shortness of time. J. and without a doubt these new men willI single to center, brought them both served as judges. The first four an These officers will assume the duties measure up to the high standard which over, but I'ritchett snared Redfern's tly, members of the Charlotte bar and tin lot their respective positions with the has been set by their predecessors. HughMurrill, Jr., Added cancelling them. fifth superintendent of county schools. iopening of the fall term. |j The seventh saw the only two David- Following debate a reception Coaching I), the W8I to D.C. Staff son runs come in. McMillan doubled to (Continued on page 6) Buck Currie Will BeNext jleft and,.Blue knocked down McLeod's Wide Famed Athlete to Aid in the VirginiaTrackSquadToo (Continued page 6) Year's YJiC.A. Sec'y Training of Wildcat Teams on Next Year. MuchFor Red andBlack Dwight Chalmers — ' Deliv Prominent Alumnus to Fill Vacancy — Lindsay ers Talk to Students Caused by the Resignationof Hugh Murrill, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C, Captain Knight Figures Well Vachel in Public Dwight Chalmers. former V. M. I. and West Point Btat; Gracy and Galloway Place in EntertainmentHereSoon v ill hi* connected with the football Several Events. Y.M.C A.SecretarySets ForthHit ' Currie, A. L. better known as Huck coaching stall of Davidson Cbllegc next Beliefs and Outlines Plans recently by Noted Writer Will Appear Before I was selected the Y. M. C. A. fall. In his announcement of Mr. Mur- Although Davidson's track team, which for Service. Hoard of Control as the "Y" secretary lost their dual V. P. week, Davidson Students With Wide ! rill's acceptance, Dr. J. M. Douglass, meet to I. last Range for next year. Dwight Chalmers' going did not bring back the laurels of victory, ofModern Verse. Dwight was speaker a ' chairman of the Athletic Council of the Chalmers the to Union Seminary will make his loss they fought gamely very regular "Y" service Sunda; College, expressed himself as being of and made a Lindsay, the last distinctly felt. His pleasant smile, com- creditable showing, considering the)I Vachel the poet of Spring- on the opinion that the council had been 111., evening, speaking the subject: "Wh; leadership, true 1 field, will give some interpretative petent and conservation viry fortunate indeed in securing the {handicaps under which they labored. F lielieve in God." leadings from his poems, in Shearer las, during the past two years, 'von for services of Mr. Murrill, who will bringjThe Virginia Tech Irani lost but one His first reason for his belief in Got him in the heart of every Davidson man Hall, Wednesday night, April ->(>. ' with him to Davidson a wealth of foot- nan from last year's team and are al- v.as the evidences of a great design it place long warm, Lindsay is best known as the author a that will remain How- experience gained as a player under most certain winners <>f the South-At- all nature and in all the history of tin ! ball of "Congo" and "The Chinese Nightin- ever, under the leadership of Huck Cur- jlantic meet. The times and distances1 ' some of the best coaches of the Hast gale," many world. Then there is the existence o rie, strongly 1 but he has written other it is believed that the "V" [and as a coach in his own right, 'were exceptionally good throughout tin; the great moral ally to all men that ha He piiccs upon a wide range of subjects. will move on to great accomplishment,* declared that with Mr. Murrill meet, and the Wildcat team showed up been present throughout all the histor; in the future. [further Among them are such poems as "Gen- to assist Coach Grey, Davidson shouldj well.