UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Published Every Thursday by the General
Athletic Association.
Edward W. Myeks, -George.
S. Wins,
Eusha B. Lewis,
M. H. Yoont,
Editor-in-Chief.
A. B. KlMBALL,
J, O. Cakr,
J. C. Ellek.
Darius Eatman.
Business Managers.
Harry Howell, t Jno. A. Moore,
Jas. A. Gwyn.
Entered at the post-office in Chapel Hill, N
C, as second-class mail-matter.
The following- seniors will deliver
orations on Wednesday, May 1st, in
the Chapel at eleven o'clock:
Messrs. Quickie, Zackery, Brogden,
Farrel, Tomlinson, Alexander, Youut,
and Horne. The exercises will be
public and all are. invited to attend.
All other members of the senior class
who are writing-theses will be required
to present them on this, day to the re
gistrar, Mr. E. L. Harris. The ob
ject of this requirement is not to al
low seniors to postpone their final
work till the very last moment; when
possibly by necessity they would be
forced to present inferior work. All
orations and theses must also be type
written on quarto paper before being
handed in. ' "
The New Hand-book.
The Handbook of the Young
Men's Christian, Association for
the year 1895-'96, is now in the
hands of the printer, and will be
ready for distribution in a short
while.
It is the purpose of the officers of
the Association to inaugurate a vig
orous "fall campaign," and the
Handbook will be of great aid in
that. It is full of just the inform
atton that new students , want, and
the old students will find it a srood
"pocket companion."
Speaking- of the Handbook sug
gests some thoughts on the impor
tant part that the Young Men's
Christian Association is now play
ing, not only in the life of this Uni
versity, but in the life of every
important University or colleg-e of
the country. It is a common, defi
nite meeting-ground for the Christ
ian men of the institution, a centre
from which a strong, healthy, and
aggressive Christian influence g"oes
to to every part of the College life.
Even those men who are not identi
fied with its work, and who may
have no especial interest in the
things for which the Association
stands, are yet in sympathy with it,
and give it the moral support that
comes from the hearty approval of
its work. : .
The Shakspere Club.
OTHELLO, THE MOOR.
At the meeting of the Shakspere
Club on Tuesdap night the tragedy
of Othello was discussed.
Dr. Hume as usual opened the
meeting with some introductory re
marks as to the nature of the play
to be taken up. ;
Mr. Alexander discussed Othello
as Moor; showing, by definition, by
representation and from internal ev
idence that he was a Moor and not
a negro. Black is used in the play
in antithesis to fair, and docs not
necessarily refer to the negro race.
The reference to the thick lips of
Othello was claimed to be merely
incidental and not a necessary char
acteristic of him.
Mr. Quickie read a paper touch
ing on fatalism in the drama. He
claimed that when we view the play
as a whole there is no fatalism
in it, and that the fatalism which
v:.-. w.vv v.. uiid lacn in
the individual characters vanishes
wlien we look at it as a totality.
It has an end in view and this end
is the result of individual action.
Iago's actions, for example, are the
outcome of a desire to do evil.
Mr. Thompson discussed the
character of Iago. This is the only
character, according to the gentle
man's own statement, in which his
psycho-geo-theo-logical mind could
be interested. Of course we must
ollow every man his ideal, and pity
rather than censure him, when he
finds all that is good and noble in a
character like Iago, and finds in
Desdemon nothing but silliness and
and want of thought.
Mr. Horne, in his discussion, said
that either Mr. Thompson was
wrong or else Othello was misuam
ed. He concluded by saying that
Othello was not misnamed and the
audience drew the conclusion.
Mr. Tomlinson read a paper on
Desdemona in which he showed her
to be loval to her husband and the
stamp of perfect purity. This view,
wnicn is, nowever, tnactaiven uy an
commentaters on the character, dif
fers much from, the more superficial
view taken by another member of
the club. At the close of this paper
Mr. Thompson once more attempted
to maintain his former position, but
finaliy sank down beneath the sur
face to avoid the piercing arguments
of a more powerf ul opponent.
The meeting was short and un
usually interesting.
" - - 'J
The Gymnasium. '
The gymnasium is another prpof
of the generosity of the alumni to
wards the University. The Uni
versity Gymnasium Association was
incorporated October 29, 1883, the
names of the incorporators being
R. H. Lewis, A. W. Graham, P.
M. Wilson, D. G. Worth, Robert
Bing-ham, J. W. Fries, James Hen
ley, A. P. Jones, P. B. Dancey, J.
S. Carr and Eugene Morehead.
They were to erect a gymnasium,
principally for the use of the officers
students and alumni of the said
University, to be used for their bod
ily exercise and recreation under
such rules and regulations and sub
ject to such conditions as the stock
holders, through their by laws, or
the Directors, when not prohibeted
by the stockholders, may pre
scribe."
The shares were placed at ten
dollars each, and through the zeal
and energy of Dr. R. H. Lewis, as
sisted in the latter part of the work
by J. S. Manning Esq., more than
a hundred shareholders were secur
ed.
On March 30, 1885, a meeting of
the shareholders was called in Ra
leigh. Seventy-two shares were re
presented at the meeting. Dr.
R. H. Lewis was elected President
of the association, and J. S. Man
ning. Esq. was elected Secretary
and Treasurer. Messrs. A. W.
Graham, Eugene' Morehead and P.
B. Dancy were chosen to constitute,
along with the officers named, a
Board of Directors. According to
the by-laws, this board has, after
the, first year, the power of electing
the President, Secretary and Treas
urer from their own number. Af
ter, the death of Eugene Morehead
Esq., P. P. Venable was added to
the Board of Directors. It is only
just to say that the great burden of
the work has fallen upon the wor
thy president, Dr. R. H. Lewis,
and the successful completion of the
gymnasium is largely due to him.
Early in 1885 a lot was purchas
ed adjoining the campus ,and just
opposite the old Mitchell dwelling,
now occupied by Prof. Gore. Mr.
Sloan, the architect of Memorial
Hall, prepared the plans, and the
gymnasium was rapidly erected. It
is a frame buildng, 118 feet long by
45 feet iu breadth, and with a pitch,
to the eaves, of 20 feet. On either ,
side oi the front entry are two dres
sing rooms 18 x 18 feet, so that the
main hall is 100 x 45 feet. . The
floor is two inch edge grain stuff
and is one of the finest in North
Carolina. The walls have been
beautifully finished in panelledwood
work and it is ceiled above in simi
larly panelled work. The interior
is painted in the University' colors,
white and blue.
The entire cost has been $3,500.
Mr. W. G. Randall has painted
and presented to the gymnasium
two handsome Society emblems,
five feet in diameter, filling two
large circles in the panels at the
lower end of the hall.
There is no gift to the Univer
sity more highly appreciated or more
nseful than this.
The Summer School.
TEACHING COURSES UNIVERSITY COUR
',' SES.
The announcement for the 1895 ses
sion of the SummerSchool is before
us, and we juge from the character
and diversity of the courses offered
that the school will, attract a flatter
ing attendance from the ranks of the
teaching profession in the state.
We quote from the general state
ment: "The second session of the Univer
sity Summer School will begin on the
morning of Tnesday, June 25th, at 10
o clock and end on the evening of Fri
day, July 26th.
It is proposed to open all the re
sources of the University books, ap'
paratus, buildings, rooms, laborato
ries to those who may attend.
Twenty-two courses of instruction
are offered in . the two departments
comprising the school. In the Aca
demic department the following-
courses are offered:
English Literature, Anglosaxon,
History, Latin, (3 courses), Greek,
German, (2 courses), French, (
courses), Algebra, Geometry, Trig
onometry, Chemistry and Physics.
These courses are for the special
benefit of young men and women de
siring University education and for
; teachers seeking- stronger academic
equipment. The courses in Latin,
Freneh, German, Geometry, and Trig
onometry will be the same as those
ottered in the fall term of the Umver
sity. Matriculated students and those
intending to enter the University are
allowed credit in the University for
work done in the Summer School, af
ter careful examination and approved
by the professors in charge of uie sev
eral departments.
In the department of Pedagogics the
following subjects are offered: Her-
bartian Pedagogy, Educational Psy
chology, Algebra, Arithmetic, Gram
mar, Physiology, Geography, Geolo-
gy, ocienqe i eacning, Elementary
Latin, Primary work in all subjects,
Vocal Culture."
Y. M. C. A. Building Notes.
An Alumni Committee has been
appointed to send out circulars to
the alumni and friends of the Uni
versity, asking them to aid the Col
lege Association in their building
movement. This committee will
also act as an advisory board to the
Association in planning and erecting
the building. It is earnestly re
quested that all members of the fac
ulty and student body who expect
to aid this movement and' have not
handed intheir subscription as yet,
will do so at once, that the amount
placed on the circular as already
pledged, may be as large as possible.
One op the students who boards
on Cameron Avenue says they would
appreciate it very much indeed if
the faculty would have the walk to
the west gate of the Campus put in
such order that they will not have
to walk through mud every time
there is a little rain.
There seems to be much more
clay in thesoil of this part of the
Campus, than that of any other
part.
The Dl Society Contest.
.The annual contest in the Di So
ciety for the debater's and declaim
er's medal came off on Friday nio-
April, 19th. The declaimers vere
Messrs. Swift, Skinner, Norwood
Covington, Henderson, Moore and
Ragan. The committee awarded
this medal to Mr. Ragan, whoss
subject was "The Hand of God in
nature. " ,
After this the debater's contest
took place, the sucject of which
was "Resolved, That the success
ful maintenance of the United States
as a Nation requires that our nation
al g-overnment grow, in strength."
On the affirmative was Mr. J.
Little, on the negative were Messrs.
J. C. Eller and A. L. Quickie. Af
ter an interesting discussion of the
question, the medal was awarded to
Mr. J. C. Eller.
The committee consisted of Rev.
Turrentine, of Winston, Mr. Z. V.
"Waltzer, ' of Lexington, and Mr.
Victor Bryant. The last named
gentleman not having arrived in
time, Dr. Battle was selected to act
in his place. The entire exercises
were very g-ood and did credit to
our society. The contest in the Phi
Society comes off to-night.
Rev. St. Clair Hester's New
Church.
The New Tork Sun says: "The
vestry of St. George's Protestant
Episcopal Church, Marcy and
Green Avenue, Brooklyn, voted
unanimously yesterday to call to
the rectorchip of that church the
Rev. St. Clair Hester, assistant
rector of the Church of the Messiah,
Brooklyn. The "Rev. Richard H..
Harris, rector of St. George's
Church, announced one week ago
his resignation, to take effect on
May 1, he having accepted a call to
a church in Philadelphia.
"Dr, Hester has been connected
with the Church of the Messiah
nearl' two years. He is a native
of North Carolina and an alumnus
of the University of North Caroli
na, having received there the de
grees of A. M. and Ph. D. He was
graduated from the General Theo
logical Seminary in this city in June,
1893, and is now Chairman of the
Seminary Alumni Committee on
Buildings. He will be the young
est rector in full charge of a church
in Brooklyn.' St. George's Church
is in size the third Episcopal
church in Brooklyn."
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