Game Cancelled Rather Than Play Against "Dark Complexioned Mr. West," Oct. 10, 1923

Northern and Southern traditions clashed Saturday when Washington and Lee drew the color line and Washington and Jefferson clung just as tenaciously to their “A man’s a man for ‘a that’” ideal. There was no possible chance for arbitration and the game remained unplayed. Here is an interesting speculation—if the Southerners had agreed to the playing of the dark complexioned Mr. West, would he have been able or willing to continue after the first play?

Lead editorial from the editorial page of the Tar Heel, Chapel Hill’s Student newspaper, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1923