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Tae "Feii- Heel UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Published Every Thursday by the General Athletic Association. Edward W. Myeks, -George S. Wms, - -Harry HoweuW - -Ejcisha B. Ekwis, - -Jas. A. Gwyn, -M. H. Yount, -Darius Eatman, T, A. Sharpe, Editor-in-Chief. - Literary Editor, Exchange Editor, - - Athletic Editor. - - Local Editor. - - Local Editor. - - Local Editor. - Local 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. Virginia and Professionalism. We regret to see in the last issue of College Topics an article reflecting on the fair fame of U. N. C. in athletic matters. We consider this article un warranted, unworthy of its author, whom we have always regarded as a fair-minded antagonist, and unworthy the organ of an institution which should.be a leader in courtesy and fair dealing. In the first place, the allegations are either entirely false, or are misleading. The University of North Carolina has never, either officially or through its friends, paid one dime to any player on any of its athletic teams, during the six years in which, she has been on the athletic field. Nor has she ever paid the board of any pla3rer except in one case, when six weeks board was paid by an outsider, and this case was deeply regretted. Can Virginia say as much for the past six years? As to Scholarships, about one in every five or six of the students re ceives a scholarship. They are given to needy boys. There are besides pri vate scholarships given at the will of the donors. The University has al ways opposed the snobbish idea, gotten from our English friends, that a man is rendered unfit for association with gentlemen by receiving money for ath letic services. It has, therefore, en couraged its players to make what they could during the summer months'. This University cheerfully abided by the regulations ef the defunct South ern Association. The only correspon dence conducted during that period with regard to its players, was regard ing the eligibility of George Stephens. Johns Hopkins, U. Va. and Sewanee decided he was eligible. Our Virginia i friends borrowed this player three weeks afterwards and by his efforts won their proudest honors. One year later last y ear they tried to borrow him again, and our beloved "Oldie." When the Southern Collages met at Atlanta last year, (Virginia strangely absent), and adopted stringent regula tions for the purification of athletics, the University of North Carolina an nounced itself bound by them. Though we did not see our way clear toward joining the Southern Inter-collegiate League, yet we are in sympathy with the movement. ' Now when Virginia knows that we are arranging games under those con ditions, we think it strangely unjusti fiable that they should allow such wholesale accusations and malicious attacks on individuals before any list of players is in their hands, and be fore, they have any grounds to base these attacks upon. We demand that clear, definite "' charges be made and proof given, or that Virginia make proper amends in their paper for this unworthy attack. Let us add to this, lastly, that six weeks ago the manager of our Base Ball Team made an offer to Virginia to have delegates appointed who should meet her delegates and arrange an agreement regulating all athletic con tests between the two institutions. No notice whatever has been taken of this proposition.- This seems to us some what discourteous. If you are true sportsmen, gentle men of Virginia, you will acknowl edge the wrong you have done us, or you will substantiate your charges be fore the proper authorities. The col lege papers are hardly the tribunal for matters so serious as this. The Latest Legacy to the University Mrs. Mary E. Speight, who died in Raleigh a few days ago, left $10,- 000 to the Universityv the income from which is to be used in paying" the tuition of such students as the president and faculty mar designate. If tuition at the University shall ever be made free,' the money shall be used towards paying professors' salaries. Mrs. Speight was a widow of the late Edwin Gay Speight of Alaba ma. Mr. Speight was a native North Carolinian, and represented Greene county in the General Assem bly from 1842 to 1850 possibly longer than that. Mrs. Speight's father was John H. Bryan, of the class of 1815. She had quite a number of brothers, all of whom have attained distinction. Francis Theodore Bryan, of the class of 1842, was a topographical engineer in the Mexican war and an and an aid to Geh'l. Wool. John H. Bryan, 1844, a lawer, moved to Brazil. William S. Bryan, 1846, wTas As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland. Dr. James P. Bryan was a member of the' class of 1849, and a physician in Kins ton. Charles S. Bryan, 1852, was twice a member of the General As semby of Missouri. Henry R. Bryan, 1856, is a law yer, was Presidential Elector in 1880, and is now Judge of the Su perior Court in North Carolina. The last one of these brothers, so far as we know, was George P. Bryan, of the class of 1860. He was for two years a tutor in this University, then entered the Con federate army and was killed in 1864. 1855. In 1858-60, he was a mem ber of the General Assembly. He ' was appointed a Commissioner to the Peace Conference of the Southern , States.at Montgomery, Ala. in 1861 Still, when the war began, he en tered the army and rose to the rank 'of Major General. In 1872, he was appointed u. o Senator in the place of Gov. Vance whose disabilities on account of his connection with the war had not been removed. He has been in the I Senate ever since, having been re eiecxea y nis puny vvncucvci m term expired. The present legis lature, being of another political complexion, chose Marion Butler as his successor. S X It is interesting to note that Sen ator Ransom's class-mate, General Pettigrew, was Secretary of Lega tion in Spain in 1850.. Also, Thomas Courtland Manning who entered the University in the same year as did General Ransom, but who did not take the full course, was Minister to Mexico in 1886-87. Senator Ransom's long life of public service has been rewarded by his appointment by President Cleve land to the Mexican mission, recent ly left vacant by the death of Minis ter Gray. General Ransom, as he is more popularly known, was born in War ren county in 1826. He was graduat ed from this University in 1847, in the class with James Johnston Pet tigrew of Tyrrell county. In 1852 he was a presidential elector from North Carolina; he was Attorney General of the State from 1852 to The late Mrs. Speight's legacy to the University recalls what is a remarkable fact in the recent history of the institution: that almost all of those who have bequeathed money or property by will, within the last twenty years, have been women. These are : Miss Mary Ruffin Smith, Miss Mary Ann Smith, Mrs. James P. Mason, in conjunction with her husband, and now Mrs. Speight. The aggregate amount of their leg acies is about $69,000. The only man within this period, who has made any bequest whatever was the late Hon. B. F. Moore, who left $5,000, the income from which is to be used in paying scholarships. Washington's Birthday Exercises. In accordance with a long estab lished custom, the 22nd of February, the birthday of Washington was duly celebrated by the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies. The orator on this occasion comes from one or the other of our literary societies, alternatively. This year it fell to the lot of the Dialectic society, and Mr. H. M. Thompson, a prominent member of that society, was chosen to deliver the address. The follow ing is the program presented on that clay: Address of Welcome: President. "Carouna" - - - - - - . Glee Club. Extracts from Washington's Address to the Soldiers: Fred E. Carr. Extracts from Washington's Farewell Address C. F. Tomlinson. "Dixie," - - - - - ... Glee Club. Introduction: Herman H. Home. Oration: "THE REALIZATION OF A MOTTO." Holland Thompson. "America," ... - . . . Glee Club. The entire program was exceed ingly interesting, especially the contributions made by the Glee Club. Lehigh and Lafayette will hold an intercollegiate debate, Further Discussion of the Unlver. sity Senate. It has always been the rule f0r the societies to investigate and take action on all cases of cheating 0n examinations or the breaking- 0 pledges along other lines. Now if a member of one society sees a man of his society breaking his pledge he at once feels honor bound to re port and have his case investigated. But on the other hand should he see a member of the other society violat ing his pledge he does not feel called upon to report him. A case goes uninvestigated and the honor system is to a degree weakened. Again, at the present time men are not re quired to join the societies unless they wish to do so, and hence there are many men who do not belong to either of the societies. Now should one of these break his pledge, what could be done? There is no society of students to which we can report him, and a college man never reports to the Faculty. It is an important rule in his code of Ethics never to be guilty of "tattling." Thusa gain a bad case goes by unpunished and unreproved. For example, only a short while ago there was an ugly rumor, which went the rounds, as rumors will that a certain fellow had sworn a falsehood to the Presi dent, and had tried to induce others to do the same. (Fortunately they had more manliness than to be guilty of such an act.) Now if this rumor be true do we wish to associate with a man who has perjured himself, whose honor cannot be trusted, who has no honor to be trusted? On the other hand if it be false, those of us who have circulated it have done the gentleman an irreparable wrong. Somehow, human nature with its frailness has put confidence iri the whisperings of the "House of Fame" ever since the time of Virgil and the days of Chaucer, and human nature with its frailness still continues to believe what it hears from this source. If there was the University Senate it would have had the matter carefully investigated, the man would have been either expelled or we would see him fully exonerated in the sight of all. When we see many cases,- no, we should. have said few, for only a few can occur where the feeling is as strong against dishonorable conduct as it is at the University which go by unpunished, the honor system is to a more or less degree weakened in our sigh t. To make a true suc cess of this, we must keep it ever in the highest respect that is possible, and to do this the University Senate seems best under ' the existing cir cumstances. Student. E. J. Woodard, ex '95, has pur chased the Empire Steam Laundry of Wilmington. We are pleased to note that Mrs. Paul C. Cameron, widow of the late Hon. Paul C. Cameron; has given a number of trees to fill the vacancies on Cameron Avenue, made by the dying of some of the trees original ly given by her late husband.
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