The Tar Heel
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Published Every Thursday by the General
Athletic Association.
Edward W. Myers, -Gkorgr
S. Wins, -
W. R. Webb, Jr., - -Harry
Howeu., - -Jas.
A. Gwyn, - -
M. H.Yodnt, ---
Editor-in-Chief,
- Eiterary Editor,
- - Athletic Editor.
- Exchange Editor.
- - Eocal Editor,
- - Eocal Editor.
Harry Howeix,
Jas. A. Gwyn,
- - Business Manager.
Assistant Bus. Manager.
Entered at the post-office in Chapel Hill, N
C, as second-class mail-matter.
The New Year.
The holidays are now over, and
College has again opened. With a
pleasant Xmas and a happy New
Year behind us, we are the better
prepared to enter upon another five
months of study and labor. In the
eventful crisis whiph the University
is about to pass through, it behooves
us to conduct ourselves as is becom
ing; students of a Universitv of such
reputation as is ours today. The
year 1895 will be one of the most
important years in the history of
the University.; This year, the cen
tennial anniversary of the opening
of the University, will be duly cele
brated at the coming commecement.
Five hundred alumni, besides other
friends and patrons are expected to
be present on that occasion. Let
every North Carplian look forward
to this occasion with joy and glad
ness, and, if possible, be with us at
that time. The present senior class
members thirty-eight. This is the
largest senior class since the- re
opening of the University. Next in
numbers to the class of '95 is the
class of '.81, in which there were
thirty-one members. Although the
year of 1894 was a very successful
year of our history, it is our aim, if
possible, to make the year 1895 still
more successful. The enrollment
of students this year will very likely
reach five hundred. This will be
an increase of one hundred and
twelve over the enrollment of '94.
The High Water Mark.
Under the wise administration of
President George T. Winston, the
University of North Carolina has
returned to its ante-bellum prosper
ity, and the number of students
now stands at the high-water mark.
The largest number previously en
rolled on the catalogue for one year
was four hundred and fifty-six; up
to Jan. 9th the total registration
for this year was four hundred and
fifty five. The people of North
Carolina are beginning to recognize
the benefit its Univei sity is confer
ring on the State, and will not1 con
sent to see it suffer.
The present Senior class is the
largest since the reopening of the
University in 1875, and will gradu
ate about 38 men. It does not contain
such a large number of athletes,
nor has it broken all records for
scholarship, but on the average, for
all the qualities that go to make up
a man, it isunsurpassed by any class
that has entered here for years.
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Bible
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A Chair of Biblical Literature.
Among the many things needed
at the University, none is more im
portant than a Chair of Biblical
Literature filled by such a man as
Prest. Harper of the Chicago Uni
versity, or Dr. Crawford H. Toy,
of Harvard. No system of theolo
gy or theory of interpreting the
Scriptures whatever should be in
cluded in such a course; on the oth
er , hand, everything of the kind
should be carefully excluded. We
would have the course consider the
Bible primarily from a literary and
historical point of view. The stu
dent could safely be left to draw
his own conclusions, and get his own
moral lessons.
' .: -
The direct and indirect influence
of the Bible on the human race has
probably been greater than that of
any other collection of books in the
world. That it should be ignored
in the course of instruction, not on
ly in this University, but in the
most of the institutions of the coun
try, is a fact hard to account for.
Probably, one reason is the fact
that Protestants generally have re
garded the Bible with a reverence
that stopped little if any, short of
superstition. This led them to look
upon it as a book too sacred to be
handled and studied as other books,
whatever the cause may be, it is un
doubtedly a fact that, in proportion
to the amount of reading and "stud-
that has been given to the
the ignorance concerning it
is denser and more wide-spread than
concerning any other book, in exist
ence. '
It is true that a mere intellectual
knowledge of the Bible promotes
neither religion nor morality. ' But
it is equally true that, where this
knowledge is altogether absent, re
ligion sinks into the ignorant super
stition, and morality into a feeble
striving to conform to a few laws
which experience and observation
have taught are essential to the well-
fare of men.
To a thinking man, it is a re
markable phenomenon that the Bi
ble is believed to be a book the most
of which can be easily understood
by even an ignorant man, provided
he approaches it "in the right atti
tude." On the contrary, it is, ta
ken altogether, probably of all
books, the most difficult to be un
derstood. The Tar Heee hopes to see the
question taken up and agitated un
til the Chair of Biblical Literature
shall be an established fact in the
University of North Carolina.
A MEETING of the Athletic Asso
ciation has been called for next
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
A new President of the Association
must be elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the appointment of C. R.
Turner as manager of the base-ball
team. . Other matters of import
ance are to be attended to, and it is
the duty of every member to be
present. .
With this, its first issue for
the new year, The Tar Heel
presents its best wishes for a hap
py and prosperous year to all its
subscribers.
The editors have been much en
couraged during the past term by
the expressions of encouragement
that they have received, and they
will do every thing in their power
during thecomingterm to make the
paper better than ever before, and
make of it a true and impartial
chronicler of college life.
The foot-bale men showed wis
dom in reelecting Charles Basker
ville captain of the eleven. During
his three years connection with the
team, he has been a very diligent
player, no one more so; as captain
of the last eleven he worked won
ders with the poor material he had
at hand. That training not only
made the '94 team, but will be felt
here for years to come. He will
put the candidates for the next team
through systematic practice and
training during the Spring.
The Editors for the '95 Hclle-
nian were elected earl' last Fall;
they immediately organized for
work, and it seems that for this
year at least, our annual would be
published at the proper time. But
so far this has proved a delusion;
after giving signs of great activity,
they have relapsed, and practically
nothing has been done. If the pres
ent board do not immediately get to
work on their publication, ' their
success will be as doubtful as all
the preceeding boards, at least in a
financial way.
The Raleigh Caucasian, of Jan.
6th, says: "At the University at
Chapel Hill and the State Normal
School, at Greensboro, over 800
young men and ladies are being ed
ucated. Presidents Winston and
Mclver are doing a great work for
the State." We have no reason to
fear the attitude towards the Uni
versity of a party whose organ makes
this gratifying expression of its in
terest in us: and we may rest assured
that in the person of Mr. Marion
Butler, the leader of his party, the
btate institutions ot learnino- have
a warm friend. Mr. Butler is an
A. B. of the class of '85, and has
always been an ardent supporter of
his alma mater.
Prof. Denison Olmstead.
The Popular Science Monthly for
January contains a long sketch with
portrait of Profesor Denison Olm
stead, the first Profesor of Geology
at the University of North Carolina
which position he held from 1817 to
1828.
While at the University he made
the first Geological Survey of the
State, being the first such survey
made by authority in the United
States. Prof. Olmstead held the
same position at Yale University
after leaving here.
No nicer gift could be inade by a
University student than a subscrip
tion to" the Tar Heee. Several
have done this, already Let others
try it.
Meeting of School , Super i nte j
ears.
On December 26th and 27tb J
annual meeting of the Superintend!
ents of the City Public Schools iwJ
held in Raleigh. Of the nine supet
intendents present, five are Univer.
sity alumni, as follows: Supt. Hal
ry L. Overman; 84, of Salisbim
Supt. JM. U. a. JNoble, '81, of
mington; Supt. C. W. Toms,
of Durham; Supt. G. W. Connor
'92, of Wilson; and Supt. R. jj
xjo. 10, j ui l ai uuiu, x WO ftieij.
bers of the Superintendent's Asso
ciation who were absent are Univer
sity men; Supt. Alexander Grain,
'68, of Charlotte; and Supt. Lorat
D. Howell, '89, of Goldsboro.
Papers were read by Supt. Con
nor, on "The Teaching of Latin;'
uj wMjji,. i"ma, un xutiniuu Iran.
1 J -m ,
ing; ana by fcupt. JNoble, on "
Teacher in Politics."
President Winston and Professor
Alderman of the University were
present; the latter gave an account
of the work being done in his de
partment of Pedagogics.
Supt. Toms was elected Presi
dent of the Association for the next
year, and Supt. Howell was reek
ed Secretary.
Rev. N. M, Watson.
At the recent Conference at Dur
ham the Rev. N. M. Watson, pastor
of the Chapel Hill Methodist
Church, was assigned to the church
in Edenton. Mr. Watson has had
charge of the village church for
three years, during which time he
has accomplished a vast amount of
good among the students. He ming
led with the boys, took interest in
their sports, especially tennis, and,
carrying his religion with him, ex
erted a beneficent influence over
them. We regret his departing and
wish him success wherever he goes.
The new pastor, Rev. L. S. Mas
sy, is a graduate of Trinity College,
and an accomplished gentleman.
To him we extend our sincerest wel
come and wishes for achievements
even greater than those of his predecessor.
Evangelist Pearson Coming.
At the invitation of the Universi
ty Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, the noted evangelist, Rev. R.
G. Pearson, of Asheville, will come
to Chapel Hill on about the 20th of
this month, and hold a series of re
vival meetings lasting about a week
or ten days. There will be two
services a day, morning and even
ing which will be held in Gerrard
Hall. Further notice will be given.
Executive Committee of the
Trustees,
The Executive Committee of the
University Trustees met in Raleigh
on Jan. -5th. Governor Carr pre
sided. President Winston and Bur
sar Patterson were present. Th(
reports of the Secretary and tin
Bursar were read and adopted.
The first number
of the
University publication, the Alumn
Quarterly '.will appear in a few days