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Over 100 Freshmen have entered the four championship tournaments in ping pong, billiards, bridge and chess. These contests, the first of their kind in recent Freshman history, are being sponsored by the Union Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200 YARDLINGS ENTER TOURNAMENTS AT UNION | 2/11/1936 | See Source »

...could legally raid the quarters of a suspect. The Attorney General said no. Regardless, they appealed to the police chief of Chapel Hill, got a warrant, staged a night raid on the apartment of tall, slight Douglas Cartland, graduate in the class of 1934, Phi Beta Kappa, potent ping pong player. Caught with evidence of his work, Cartland typed out a confession, reeled off a list of his clients. Brilliant, with a phenomenal memory, Cartland had supported himself and widowed mother through his cheating service. With the aid of pass keys and confederates he had pirated many an examination from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Honor in North Carolina | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

...meeting last night the Committee also decided to hold a series of tournaments to determine the Freshman champion in billiards, ping-pong, bridge, and chess. Entry lists for these tournaments are posted at the Union, and entries may be made until Monday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1939 WILL HEAR ABOUT CONCENTRATION FIELDS | 2/6/1936 | See Source »

...been augmented since the start of the year. The cafeteria continues to serve food at unusually reasonable prices. In addition to magazines, there have been gifts of a piano, an electric clock, and sets of chess and checkers. Recently, by subscription conducted by the house committee, a ping-pong table was acquired. The associates who attend the daily lunches have become acquainted with an increasing number of the undergraduate members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPEN HOUSE | 2/4/1936 | See Source »

...addition to this gift a new regulation size pine-pong table and sets of checkers and chess have been acquired the result of various donations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 1/10/1936 | See Source »

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