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nrirxG nTeitr Heel UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Published Every Thursday by the General Athletic Association." . Edward W. Myers, Gborgb S, Witts, -Harry Howstt, - Eusha B. Lewis, -Jas. A. Gwyn, - -M. H.Yount, - - -Darius Eatman, -T, A. Sharps, '' " - Editcfr-in-Chief - Literary Editor - Exchange Editor, - - Athletic Editor. - - Local Editor, - - - Local Editor, - Local Editor, ' - Local Editor. body" cares for no branch of ath letics but the two mentioned above would 'be rather amusihsf if it were not .unjust, r .v . . Harry HowEtt, - - Business Manager. Jas. A. Gwyn, - Assistant Bus. Manager. Entered at the post-office in Chapelt Hill, N C, as second-class mail-matter. Where Are We "At?" This paper is supposed to be. the organ of the General' Athletic As sociation, that is, a part of the liv ing1 organism. There are a few questions we want to ask the Ath letic Association, and a few re marks we wish to make oftllhose questions. ' Whoever is qualified ex officio, to answer them will please send in his communication early as we are anxious to know: .. What is the function of the Ath letic Association? " Are we fulfilling it? What committees have charge of and direct its work? '.;.,, Are fhey doing their duty? If not, why not? ( ... t: , In the first place, "what's any body's business is nobody's busi ness," and if certain persons do hot attend to affairs, that is, aire not ap pointed to do so, nobody will do i. That is what makes committees necessary. We have beenable to hear of only one committee of the Athletic'' Association.'' ; It consistsol a member of the Faculty, a grad uate, and an undergraduate. In the absence of other committees, this one may be supposed to have charge of all the business of the As sociation. What have they done? They organized, trained, and put out an excellent, hard-working foot ball team, in the Autumn. They so successfully managed the Au tumn campaign that we begin in the Spring free from debt and with something to spare for new base ball uniforms. They have begun the training of the winning college ball team of the South. ' '. What have they failed to do? So far they have failed to inform anybody but the base-ball candi dates of their existence. How many base-ball candidates are there? About twenty-five. How - mauy other men in college? About font hundred. What departments of athletics have they ignored? All but foot-ball and base-ball. This, we believe, is a true statement , of the work of the Association. If it is not, nobody will more gladly cor rect it than we. If it is correct, then it is time to do one of two things: disband the so-called Ath letic Association and, form the "Foot ball and Base-ball Association" or get a committee not afflicted with such athletic strabismus. The palm assumption that the "student Y. M. C. A. Building. At the last business meeting- of the Y. M. C A. last term, a com mittee was appointed to consider the advisability of undertaking the erection of a building. This com mittee after 'carefully considering the need of a building and the dif ficulties In the way of seciiring one; after Iookiner ' into the methods adopted by other colleges, and read ing the testimonials of college pres idents 'and prominent Y. M, C A. workers as to. to the great influence for good . the buildings have been, and after discussing the question with some influential students and alumni; unanimously decided that efforts' should be made to erect a building. At the Association busi ness meeting last Tuesday nig-ht the committee made its report. .to gether with some suggestions as to the) building and plans for securing it. S The' report was unanimously adopted. A college Y. M. C. A. building is no longer an experiment. The firt was erected at Princeton in 18?9 at a cost sf $20,000. As to "its worth, Dr. James O. Murray, dean of ,the faculty, i says: "The erec tion of Murray Hall has been of the greatest" advantage to the associa- fioh in'twro ways. It furnishes ,a commodious and attractive place for two meetings, library, . reading room etc. It gave the association a position of dignity in the eyes of the students, thereby inhancing itsf in fluence. "Since its erection the course of the association has been steadily upward. . We. owe much to the sainted student who erected it and whose name it bears. ' ' Dwight Hall was erected at Yale in 1886 at a cost of $50,000. Of' it's value, Mr. J.B. Monroe,, the donor of the building, says: ; "As an in vestment I do not hesitate to say that it has been most satisfactory to me. I believe that the day is not far distant when such a building will be a necessary part of every college equipment, at least for those institutions that aim to turn out men of broad and well balanced develop ment." . . Thirteen colleges now have asso piaiion buildings and movements are now on foot in many others for the erection of one.' The Young Men's Christian As sociation fills a long felt want in col lege life, -but the work can be suc cessfully carried oh" only by means of a1 well-equipped building. ; For several reasons a building is needed here especially. Our thorough course of instruction' fits us well in battle with the intellectual prob lems of life; opportunity is not want ing for us to develop physically, but little provision is made for our moral and social development. This would be supplied by a Y. M. C. A. build ing. Here the students would find a home quite in contrast to their cheerless rooms; here, in the parlors they would gather occasionally to sing college songs. In the reading room, much pleasanter and better equipped than that in the Library, they could spend an hour, afternoon, or evening. "A game room would furnish occasional diversion; a cheery assembly room would furnish a place for the Y. M. C. A. meetings quite in contrast; to the barren chapel; committee rooms and rooms for the use of the Bible classes would find a welcome place; and, if desirable, a gymnasium suitable to the needs of the college could be made a part. The value to the stu dents of such a building is incalcu- able. At present there is no place on the campus where a reception can be held. Here would be a-most excellent place. Now the musical organizations have to use the chapel for rehearsals most ill snited for such a purpose. This defect, too, would be remedied. There can be, no question but that such a course is needed and very much needed, but how can we get it? Some philanthropist with a heart as large as his hoard could not better invest a few thousand if we could only make him see it. How ever, if we wait for some one to give us a building we needn't have the plans drawn up at present moth and dust might corrupt before we had opportunity to use them. "Where there's a will, there's a way out we ve got to make tne way. The plan adopted in many colleges is to canvass the students and faculty for as much as they feel they can give by denial and self-sacrifice, the amount pledged to be pay able in installments running from one to four or five years, and then on the strength of this make an ap peal to the alumni. Surely no phase of college work or life would appeal more to the generosity of the alum ni than this, and doubtless if they saw us willing to sacrifice for it, they would help us liberally. We ought to erect a building costing not less than . $20,000 and this would hardly suffice if an adequate gymna sium were to be added. This is the year to strike for a building the anniversary of the founding of the college. Now is the time to do the best work while the enthusiasm from the Pearson meet ings is still high. Other colleges not so large as this havo put up beautiful commodious buildings and surely we can do as well. Let the matter be fully discussed so that when the time comes, a quick and effective canvass can be made. . We thank the White & Blue lor calling our attention to the fact that last fall it advocated a University Senate. The author of the article in last week's Tar Heel had not seen what the White & Blue said, or else he had forgotten it when he wrote his own article. The Pearson meetings are over and the evangalist has returned to his home in Asheville; we can now judge of his work among us. To say that good has been accomplished is to speak mildly; not for years has there been such an arousal of relig ious feeling in this institution, and a change in the life of the students. Over one hundred of them have been converted, and about seventy-five backsliders have returned to Christ. Better still, perhaps, is the uplift ing of the moral and religious life of the whole student body; all have been pointed to the true way to live, and most are trying to conform thereto. May the change be per manent and lasting, and may Mr. Pearson be attended with success in his mission in the world. The beautiful snow, whirling- and twirling wherever we go, is here by a large majority. The senate of Ohio has passed a bill making hazing a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of from $100 to $o00 and from six months to two years imprisonment. The punishment for branding in any manner is a term in the penitentiary. This legislation is the direct result of the hazing and brand ing at Delaware College last year. Phil King is studying law at the New York Law School. Of the twenty-three men in Harvard who received honors this year eleven are prominent athletes. We have recently received a chal lenge from the University of Virginia for a gymnasium contest. We have some excellent material in this Hue so lets go in and win. Ye listening1 rocks, ye sounding: sea, Ye bellowing winds from o'er the lea! Oh! tell me, if ye can tell aught. What will they call the class, oo? Yale Record. Cornell . has 97 less freshmen this year than last and 30 less graduate studsnts. Perhaps the drowning acci dents and the chlorine case had some thing to do with the decrease in the number of freshmen. The naked hills he wantor to the breeze; The fields are nude, the groves unfrocked. Bare are tne shivering limbs of shameless trees; What wonder is it that the corn is shocked? 'Ex. FLUNKS, THEIR CAUSE. Quoth the prof.: A fool can ask questions Which a wise man Cannot answer." Quoth the student: "I suppose that's the reason Why so many of us Flunk sir." Ex. The Washington's Birthday ger man of the University German Club will be given on the evening of the 21st. Charles R. Turner '95 is leader, and R. T. S. Steele '95 and T. R. Little '95. art floor-managers. There is a certain Freshman here in college who imagines he feels the divine afflatus of which poetry is born strong within him, aud there fore he wanted to try his hand. And having heard Dr. Hume speak of poetic license he thought that a license to write was needed, so off down town he goes to one of the no taries to procure it. Needless to say he never got it, but left the office both a sadder and a wiser man. . - i. . ......yw.i. i niiiiririi' ivmu-imimam ' .
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