THe Tar Heel
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Published Every Thursday by the General
Athletic Association.
Edward W. Myers, - - Editor-iu-Chief.
Gkokgk vS. Wills, "a. B. Kimbau
EUSHA B. IvBWIS, J. O. Carr,
M. H. Yount, J.H. Andrkws.
Darius Eatman. W. W. Hornk.
Business Managers.
Jas. A. Gwyn, Jno. A. Moork,
Entered at the post-office in Chapel Hill, N
C, as second-class mail-matter.
We have received an invitation
from the Franklin Literary Society of
the Horner Military School to the
Jb orty Fourth Annual Commencement
May 31st is the date. Josephus Dan
iels, editor of the Navs-Obscrier, is
the Orator. Subject: "Taking- an
Ideal." .-v;-v--'?;--...V.,-
seem that what our team needs is
long-, hard practice games with the
best scrub teams that can be got
ten, real games, where every man
tries ; his hardest and does his best
to play all the ball he knows how.
That would seem the way to put
the . team intrim, but doubtless the
management knows best. They
should reccollect though that North
Carolina doesn't wish to carry her
score of hospitality so far as to
make Virginia a present of the
'game, simply because it is a visiting
tenm, playing in our Srate for the
first time; and they have never
treated us that way.
Conservatism vs. Progress.
Whoever is responsible for the scar
city of batsfor the ball team will have
a heavy load to carry if Virginia beats
us next week.' For more than ten
days the team has been battiucf with
the odds and ends of the small supply
procured last March. Not a man on
the team has a bat that suits him
The one bat still unbroken and un
wrapped, ought to be given a pension
and hung in the trophy room at the
end of the season.
It ' is with a feeling of regret
that The Tar Heel makes note of
an outrage committed in the early
part of the week by some cowardly
person or persons, in the class-room
of one of the professors. It is need
less to particularize as to the na
ture pf the deed; suffice it to say
that it was the very acme of disre
spect and ungentlemanliness.
Such a performance might be
.thought the very cream of-' wit in
some unfledged boy in some back
woods school, but in a University,
where the students are supposed to
be men, such conduct deserves the
severest censure of all fight-think
ing minds. , :v
We should be men and gentlemen
and gentlemen do not so, then let
us live up to our standard and have
no more such things to be ashamed
of.
What has been the matter with
the " 'Varsity " ball team this last
week? Such a lack of interest and
hard working enthusiasm has sel
dom been witnessed in our ball
park; and 'at such a critical time as
this, when all our efforts should be
x bent on . the perfecting of our team
work and battery strength, such a
lack of work is simply suicidal to
all our hopes and prospects of win
ning the game from Virginia on the
loth. Has the team as a whole
gotten the big-head because they
have beaten Franklin and Marshall
and shut out Oak Ridge? If we
are to beat Virginia, we have got to
play all the ball we know, and then
it will be a hard fight, for they play
ball and hard ball too, and what
our team seems disinclined to do-r-they
practice hard and faithfully.
It is such good practice in batting,
to stand up before some "scrub"
and bat easy straight balls, isn't
it? Or for the fielders to have flv
balls batted right into their hands?
But of course this may be thp way
to make a hard hitting, winning
team, but to one who is not up to
the mysteries of the great American
game it doesn't look that way.
o- the uninitiated eye it would
The Virginia Game.
The errme scheduled for Mav isti,
m Greensboro ae-ainst Virginia ie h0
closing- g-ame of our season.. At tiro.
sent the team has olaved ten- (ratnfio
losing three, one of these to the Bos
ton League Team. The other two
were lost to Lafavette. One in "Rnleinrh
and one here. The first of these two
came dansrerouslv near beino- a ah'nti
out, the score being- nine to one. "IT at
C. not scoring till the ninth . inning.
The poor score in this game, or rather
Lafayette's lare-e score, is ton nfto
tributed to the wrong cause. Hill
pitched the game, his only game this
season, and with anything liked ecent
support, would have kept the score
"""" hou na prupornons, Lur
fielding- was simply wretched r nrl too
ran bases like we were walking for a
cake. Our record, then at present is
seven victories and two defeats Ia.
ing- out Boston's sluprp-inp-nartv Will
the last game of the season change
iuc beven to eignt, or the two to
three? We have behind US this sea
son, Still unbroken, a record of ; six
straight victories, and one errorless
game. Surely we can con fid
pect with all this an even chance
against Virginia. It will be Vir
ginia's first game with us anywhere
but on Virginia soil. There is no
more patrioctic city in the State thai
Greensboroo. We h
ball playing team. If these things
uuu l unng us on victorious then
wcll, 1896 is onlv
The rates to Greensboro on May
18th are published' in this issue. TViev
are reasonable and low. ttvervtwi
ought to go. It is the only chance
many of us will have to see Virginia
and North Carolina olav hall as th
majority of the contests are held in
Virginia. If you have the money to
go, and cant ero yourself, lend it tn
somebody who can do so.
I Occasionally some new measure or
some reforms agitated through the
columns of our paper, in our society
naus, ana eisewnere, mit tne rigia
conservatism which ' oredominates
among the majority of our. pupils
seems to cnecK tne wneeis or progress.
In this way many good suggestions
are lost sight of, and many reforms
once started are- suffered to decay.
Such suggestions have been the es
tablishment of a University Senate,
the representation ot the university
in the Inter-state Oratorical Contest.
f
and a faint whisper of the propriety
or abandoning the system ot proba
tion. ' -
When will the medieval man- out on
the modern garb? Of course conser
vatism has been the saving brake
which has been aoolied to the wheels
of the car of progress, when urged on
Dy tne whims and caprices or those
who ero to the other extreme. But to
apply this brake .when the car is as-
cenaing a nin is not only to checK pro
gross altogether but also descend erad
w - o
ually to the common level. Let us, in
avoiding tne one extreme, not go to
the other. Conservatism has its place
and radicalism has its place. Both
are necessary. But let us not oppose
every new measure that is introduced
simply because it is not in conformity
! wnn tne paths winch our lathers trod
in their day and generation. What
suited them may not suit us. Condi
tions change as time moves on, and
unless we change in proportion we
may expect to bring up the rear for
ever. It is just as easy and far more
honorable to be among the leaders of
needed reforms as to be a simple pri
vate in the rear ranks of the opposi
tion. Push and enere-v cuided hv o-nnd
! judgement are the characteristics of
tne typical modern man.
Conflict of Good and Evil.
Onr Lectures.
A Final Word.
The Commencement and, with it,
the final meeting of the board of Trus
tees for this collegiate year, is but a
few weeks off. If we are going to
take any steps about a University
Senate, we must act at once.
During the past few months, this
writer has had a ffood deal in s
this subiect: and he heli eves Mvrer
more firmly than ever that a senate
would mark a long step forward in
college discipline.
Of course, if the students as a whl
do not want it, and have no interest
in the matter, it would be
useless to have such a hod v. Wo k0
licye, however, that the apparent lack
of interest is onlv aooarent. and is
due to the lack of knowledge of the
...ll6o vt a gcudie. H CllSCUSSlOn
in mass meeting would show definite
ly what is desired and what ran he
counted on;, then action can be taken
or not,, as seems best.
Let s have the mass meetintr. and
do something definite.
There are rumors floating around
hat the Southern Railroad Co., is
o lay the track from Chanel Hill
.o University Station with sf
ratlsl :. Just think of it. vou who
have bumped and jolted and jarred
over the present track for several
years! Historians and archaeolo
gists differ as to the exact date
when the present track was laid
but all have declared that it was
not in a good state of preservation.
The next thing the lecture commit-?
tee of the Di society has to offer to the
public is that of ex-governor Bob Tay-i
lor, of Tennessee. Tickets will he nn
sale next week. This will be the last
lecture of the season. The committee
has secured several excellent lecturersi
but this promises to be the best of all 3
TViq Ui, vt u 1
-iui t ui im. xxtws was numer
ous, that ot Mr. Sempers was thought
ful, but the lecture of Mr. TavW
from all we hear, will combine some-
tnmg ot both. We were much pleased
with the lecture of Mr. Semoers . he-
cause it presented to us a subject about
wmcn we nave . hitherto known but
little. It showed us the duty of col
lege men towards that class of beings
wno are sunerea to grind . out their
miserable existence in the slums nfnnr
cities, without the care or considera
tion ot the higher and more intelligent
classes who could and ought to do
something for the betterment of their
leuow Deings. it is a duty we owe to
ouv.ii.jf iu icv ci up me conamon ot the
lower classes to that of the higher or,
at least, to as nie-h a standard ao ri
sible. This work must . be, done bv
11 1 J r . . J
cuncgc-Drea men, u done at all. , The
way to do it is to settle among them,
and by personal influence and force of
character show to them the beauty of
a uigiici auu purer me.
Work in Memorial Hall.
Under the suoervision nf Prrf
Gore, curtains are being hung in Me
morial Hall in order to make the
acoustics of the Hall better. It is to
be hoped' that .this will h ave the de
sired effect, for the hall is the finest
building we possess, but unfortunate
ly it was only in a few favored snnto
that words spoken on the stage could
oe nearn. ine screens will add
much to the hall also, as they are artisti-
voaijr uiajjcu, auu are in tne college
colors, white and blue, the upper part
i uume ucmg in wmte, and the
lower in blue.
This change will add much to the
pleasure ot many ot those attending
tujuiiiicuccmcni.
Some one has said, "There is a
fool in every crovyd," and theadare
has applied with emphasis here dur
ing the last fortnight. There may
have been more than one of them
and we hope there were, for misery
loves company.
Everybody except a. cynic enjoys
a good joke once in a while, and we
like to laugh and grow fat; but the
fools have failed, and nemo ridel.
Since it was such an utter failure
as a ioke. it would be an imrjosit;,
on the reader to describe the scene
and circumstances; and if the dram
atis tersonae were known, wo
A J V
shonld be ashamed to see them writ
ten on the same sheet with him
who was the butt of the would-ho
ioke. Nor would it be edifying to
tne out-or-town sunscnoer.
However, if we are to sustain a
reputation for good behaviour and
manly conduct, it seems evident
that those who claim to have
the Varsity and this rt-Dutatinn
at heart, must do something to
repress such outbursts of lawless
ness as i one of the recitation rooms
witnessed last Mondav mornino
At other ; institutions we know of
instances of like character, which
provoked the students themselves
to summary action; and the measly
members were cordiallv invited tn
go elsewhere, and the invitation was
accepted. Why can't the same
hing- be done heref
The authorities, of ' themselves.
can't possibly keep up with every
thing, and in this instance it is a
case for the student body, by all
means, and the culprits should be
exposed. .
When a student involuntarily
takes a notion to have a little fun,
and then is summoned before the
faculty for some slight offence, the
whole student body sympathetically
pleads for his pardon But does that
hi can we should promote the most
pusilanimousv diabolical, oremedi-
tated lawlessness? Our better selves
cry "Down with it!"
Student.
Vandalism.
The Old Rock Wall.
Since the founding of the Univer
sity, one hundred years ago, this
old boundary has marked off from
the village the land owned and con
trolled by the University.' It is one
ot the most picturesque institutions
of the village. Mosses, lichens and
stains of age have transformed its
ruggedness into softness, and blend
ed it indisolubly with a stranger's
hrst view of the old college-seat.
The statute of limitations expired
on it long, long ago, and the solicit
or of Time entered a nol. pros, in
its case before any of us were born.
Therefore it ouffht to be as much of
a crime to tear down part of it as
to tear down part of the old South
building. But somebody not hav
ing the love of beauty in, their
heart, nor the fear of public opin
ion, has calmly demolished part of
the old wall to nut the hnarv old
rocks to better use. Thp attention
of the TiVriiltv Jo mWciA 4-Uia mn.t-'
ter, and we hope that no more of
the old wall will go to make the
curbing" of a well or the ni11ar of a
house.
The; Siiakspeare Club will hold
its last meeting on Wednesday
evening, May 15; This meeting
will be under the control of Prof.
Toy, and will be devoted to the
consideration of the German drama.
Papers wll be presented by Messrs.
TT Tr!1 J 'XT , ' ,
iiurne, wen ana lount..
The work done hv Mr. T. IT. Fnher.
for the University will come Friday
nisrht. All those ha vino- rtrfiires or
dered will please call at tnv rnnm for
them. No one can get any pictures
umc&s ne pays lor them when gotton.
J.'A. MookE.
Y. M. C. A. Leaders for Next Week.
Monday night there will be a
missionary meeting.
xuescray night J. M. Oldham.
Wednesday night Geo. Steph
ens.
Thursday night L. M. Bristol.