BASE BALL PROSPECTS,
CANDIDATES &c.
. The prospects for base ball this j
spring are good. There is an j
abundance of good material in
the University out of which a
first class team can be developed.
But in order chat success may
crown our efforts' every man must
: work hard and conscientiously.
Considerable interest is manifest-,
ed by the candidates and the stu
dent body and the proper athlet
ic spirit pervade the university.
It is with pleasure that I note
so many candidates for the nine,
twenty-seven being in training.
Of this number only five were on
last year's team, viz: Oldham, '
Honeycutt, Maye, ' Kenan and
Robertson.
Busbee who was captain of 1 89 1
team is filling the same respon
tible position this year. Ellis sub
stitute on 1 891 team is trying for
second base. Of the new mate
rial may be mentioned, Steph
ens who occupied the box so ac
ceptably for Oak Ridge and
Mason who played second on the
same team, Wilson captain and
first baseman of last year's Guil
ford college,, nine. Stanly and
Gregory both came with good
records from Horner' s. Devin
"the man-carrier half-back" is a
candidate for the position of first
baseman. He is said to be a
hard hitter. Gray, J. and Love
are also prominent candidates.
Among the others who are trying
for the team, Graham, E. Gray,
R. V. Denson, Shelton, McAlis
ter, Syme, Rankin, Harty, West,
The weather has been such as
to prevent almost all outdoor
work, but during the next month
we h6pe to put f in good work on
the diamond. Of course it is too
eariy yet to form any accurate
idea of the relative strength of
the candidates for the various po
sitions but I feel safe in saying
that every position will be hotly
contested and acquired only after
hard work. Too much attention
cannot be paid to the care that
the candidates should take with
their arms. I have noted already
several 01 me piayers unpenning
the use of their arms by over ex
ertion and too constant use dur
ing the cold weather.
The captain has already signi
fied his attention of calling down
the number of candidates for the
team; This is a wise step, as a
number of those in training have
no possibility of making the team
and only consume time that might
be otherwise used to advantage.
Th , is a disposition among a
few of .? t players not to follow
the directious and instructions of
the captain. This should not be
tolerated. , If a candidate persists
in not obeying the captain, he
should not be considered eligible
to the team.
Mr. W. R. Kenan has been
elected business manager of the
:lub and under his management
the financial department will be
well looked after. It is: a wise
and economic plan to elect as
managers of our teams men, who,
besides possessing the qualifica
tions necessary to competent man
agers, are also to fill positions
when necessary. -
We hope to publish in our next
issue the full schedule of games
for the season.
It is the intention of this de
partment to offer any suggestions
that seem good and make any
criticisms that shall be deemed
necessary on the work of the base
ball players and on athletics in
general. All will be written
with the view of promoting the
best interest of athletics' in the
University.
Various more or less charitable
explanations have been offered for
the treatment, given by the Ashe
ville Citizen to ' the recent " Glee
Club concert in that city. It has
been suggested that the reporter
might have been suffering from
indigestion; or that one of the
"Varsity" boys monopolized his
best girl at the dance ; or that he
couldn' t attend the concert and
asked the opinion of some body
who thought he had some cause
for being disappointed; or that,
after having been to the opera
continuously night after night for
a week or so, he forgot that a
Glee Club is not an opera troupe
at any fate that lie was suffer
ing in some way. To say the
least, we are surprised at the
Citizen. Any intelligent and dis
cerning criticism of the concert
as a whole would have been wel
come; but to hear the Glee Club
was a disappointment, that one of
the members of the Club blushed
over a rose given him, arid that a
german at the Battery Park fol
lowedthat is a strange freak of
nature in the daily paper of our
cosmopolitan Asheville ! The
same concert in Charlotte and
Greensboro on the two succeed
ing nights drew crowded houses
and elicited the warmest praise
from the local papers. Indeed,
this is the only incident of the
kind that has ever occurred dur
ing the two seasons of the club's
existence, during which time it
has visited most of the principal
cities of the state. We are glad
to see that the other Asheville
papers do not follow suit. Ashe
ville has a warm interest in every
thing that pertains to the Uni
versity .
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
i Dr. Battle has, at the invita
tion of the association committee,
resumed his Sunday morning lec
tures ; they now commence at 9
a. m. lasting one-half, hour. The
subject for next Sunday's talk is
' 'The Saducees and Pharisees. "
Following this the doctor will be
gin his lecture on St. Paul's life
and works. These Sunday morn
ing Bible expostulations are pre
pared in Dr. Battle's .happiest
style and are both interesting and
highly instructive. -
During the present week the
regular nightly meetings at 6:45
have been suspended in order to
enable the students to attend, the
series of missionary meetings at
the Methodist church. Next
week the regular exercises will
be resumed.
April 6-9 are the dates of the
coining State Convention to be
held at Winston-Salem. This
gathering of young men interested
and active in the cause of Christ
promises to be one of unusual in
terest. OUR ANNUAL.
The Hellenian, this year prom
ises to be the best that has ever
been issued by the fraternities.
It will be much larger than be
fore, and the book will be one of
unusual typographical and artistic
excellence. It will be published
by a large northern 'publishing
house and will be properly illus
trated with numerous engravings,
cuts, photograves and scenes of
university life, instead of the
usual plate, of the coat of arms
and badges of the representative
fraternities as has been done in
the past. Each fraternity will be
represented by a photograph of
their chapter at the University.
The following '.; editors , have
been elected: Thos. B. Lee, ed
itor in chief, Chas. R. Turner,
Walter Murphy, and Garnet
Smith as business managers. '
The following are associate ed
itors: Michael Hoke, Perrin Bus
bee, E. P. Willard, John Mattox,
Howard Rondthaler, A. S. Bar
nard, and Julian Ingle.
The action of the Glee Club in
dividing among themselves the
proceeds of their western trip has
been severely criticised. We are
glad to learn that this criticism
has not been altogether merited
as the balance in the treasureres
hands was small and scarcely cov
ered, the outlay some of the mem
bers had been forced to make. Of
course as a University organiza
tion it would never do for the
Club to be used for private spec
ulation. The following members of this
year's law class received their
license to practice law at the Feb
ruary term of the supreme court
of North Carolina: Messrs. Bick
ett, Thomas, Sapp, Hays, Spcnce
and Gattling.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
The custom of the students of
the University is by no means tobe
sneezed at. This is shown by the
numerous competitors for that
trade. The Tar Heel makes
its first issue with some 230 sub
scribers. It is issued every Thurs
day morning and is read by every
student in the university as well
as by the. faculty and numbers of
the citizens of Chapel Hill.
There is no publication more
intimate with the students and
with which the students are more
intimate hence it offers the best,
the quickest and the surest means
of advertisement to aU connected
with the university or village of
Chapel Hill. Our rates are low.
Each advertisement carries with
it the recommendation of the en
tire board of editors, which will
have no little influence. ' Adver
tisements from unknown (to us)
parties will therefore be investi
gated before insertion. , The Tar
Heel is a paper owned and op
erated by the students and for the
students, hence the editors mean
to protect the students in so far as
lies in its power. We do want
advertisers (they will be more
than repaid by such advertising),
but we. only want advertisements
from reliable people. ;
- NEWS CLIPPINGS.
a modern valentine.
I've written it, love, with a stiff steel pen;
For the geese. I understand,
Are so learned, now, that their quills, I
trow,
Must supply their own demand.
I've secured it, love, by the aid of glue,
Instead of a strand of hair,
Which I cannot obtain, for I see, with
: pain, '
I have really none to spare.
I send it to you by the postman, love;
For Cupid, I grieve to hear,
Is afraid of the cold, and has grown so old
That he doesn't go out this year.
But the message is ever the same, my
love,
While the strs their course fulfill,
Though to me and to you it may seem
quite new,
'Tis the old, old story still. .
C. W. Latimer, in Harper's Magazine.
The library of the . University
of Texas has been presented with
38,000 volumes by Tan Kee, the
Chinese lecturer.
There are forty-three candi
dates for the Cornell nine.
Sophmores at Wesleyan, who
take English, are to write a short
novel to be handed in at the end
of the winter term, in place of a
weekly essay.
Mr. Hoke Smith, whom the
newspapers say will be one of the
cabinet officers, is a North Caro
linian b birth, and lived for
many years at the University, his
father at one time holding a pro
fessorship. , ,
In the present national congress
the University is represented by
the following alumni: Senators
Ransom and Vance. Represen
tatives, Henderson, Branch Gra
dy, Alexander, Crawford In
the congress elect, in addition to
above, is Mr. Gaston Ahi Rob
bins, member that from the 9th
congressional district of Alabama.