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The Tar Heel, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ' Published every Saturday by the General Athletic Association. Subscription Price. fl.SO a per Year. Payable in abyakcb or durlngr first term. Single Copies, 5 Cents. BOARD OF EDITORS. Jas. A. Gwyn, - - Editor-in-Chief, SBTTI,B Dockbry, - - Associate Editor. GeoGB S. Wltw, W.'A. Graham, ; John A. Moore, W. D. Carmichaei, D. B, Smith, ; r - Business Manager. Lawrence McRae, , - Assistant Manager All matter intended for publication should bo ad dressed to the Editor-in-chief and accompanied by name or writer. Entered at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N, C. as ' second-class mail matter. The Tar Heel regrets that a cer tain class of men do not seem to ap preciate the Post Master's efforts to give us a decent office. After every mail there is a disgraceful crowding-,' pushing- around the deliv ry Window, this is very disagreeable to say the least. Such conduct in a public place is contrary to the spirit that should prevail among University men and is unworthy of a gentleman anywhere. Post Mas ter Kirklanol is determined to put a stop to this practice either by clos ing the window and refusing to give out the mail or by having the princi pal offenders arrested and punish ed. A word to the wise is always sufficient. On last Monday evening, Dr. Battle g-ave the concluding part of his sec ond talk before the Young- Men's Christian. Association. The first was more of a formal lecture, de livered Sunday afternoon, Septem ber 29th on family life in the Bible; the second, on The Temptatipn and some lessons that we can draw from it, was delivered in two parts. lhe first part was given - two weeks ago and was concerned with the facts of the, .Temptation: the second part g-ave the prctical less ons, Dr. Battle laid emphasis on il r'j jf i i e xne iaci mat jurist turnisnes us a model by which we can shape our conduct. : As Christ refused to yield to the temptation to employ his divine power for the gratifica tion of his personal desires, or for the attaining of his own ends; so, in choosing- a profession, in taking any imporant step in life, the question with us should be, not, what can I make"but of it but how much good can I do in it? For many years dramatic ; clubs have been organized and success fully operated at Harvard, Prince ton and the other larg-e Universities; .nor have these clubs been confined to the larg-e institutions above men . tioned. ; - Last year Sewanee presented in Nashville a Greek play whicn was much complimented, this year a dramatic ciub has been organized at Vanderbilt, and efforts in the same direction are being made by other Southern institutions; and yet we have never heard of such a thing being- mentioned here. Why is it? Is it because we have no dramatic ability or because we have no taste, for such things, or is there some other reason? It seems to us that there is ample material here for siieh an! organiza tion if it could only be gotten to gether and started to work. ' Per haps like the glee club, track team and everything else that has been started here, it is only waiting for some live entergetic man to take hold an4 start the ball rolling. The football season will soon draw to ' close and the uneventful winter months set in; this is the very time for such work, think about it and see if something can't be done. Preserving the College Papers, It has often been said that North Carolinians never hesitate to make history; but that they leave others to write it. This lack of interes in the preservation ot papers ana documents 01 any kind, which may be of historical value is quite gen eral in the State. The Tar Heel has spoken of this before; but it wishes to speak of it again, and to speak of it with especial refer ence to the college publications. : : If the students who subscribe for the Magazine and the Tar Heel would keep them, and, at the end of the year, have them bound, they would never have a reason to regret this course. At present whatever appears in the paper seems quite unimpor tan t, because we are in the college life ourselves, and know what is taking place around us. . But after we leave the University, the pleas ure that comes from the re-reading of the papers can be appreciated only by those who have experienced it. But the pleasure to be derived is not the most important thing. The papers have an historical val ue which only the student anp writer of history can appreciate. It is very difficult to write the historr of any movement in North Carolina life, because the material is wanting. The history goes uti written, or it misrepresents the facts, and we complain; but we have only ourselves to blame. Every one should be a history preserver, as well as history maker. Then, when the writer wants material, he can get it. ' Experiments have recently been at Princeton with the chrorioscope for testing the speed of a pitched baseball. The distance was 60 feet and the time of Altman's ball was six-tenths of a second and Bradley's fifty-nine hundredths of a second. 1 Yale and .Princeton will hold their annual debate this year at Princeton on December the sixth. Yale has choice of sides and the question for debate will be: Resolv ed, "That in all matters of State legislation of a general character, a system of referendum should be established, similar to that now es tablished, in Switzerland." The University of Pennsylvania Courier comes to us this week with a net circulation of 13,253 copies, which is the largest of any college paper in the world. The Courier is by far the best of the many col lege papers that we receive and ful ly deserves all of ; the success it s is now enjoying. . We learn with much regret the death of the Harvard Nexus. It has always been a welcome vis itor here and read withmuch inter est. ' Its discontinuance is due entirely to financial troubles which seem to have been caused by competition with the Crimson. , The Magazine Situation. There is some complaint abou the late appear; nee of the Mai. zinc.1 The delay has been due to several circumstances not easily avoided, both or lhe part of the ed i tors and printers. The :Magax is now '. struggling for its existence and it has been a question whethe it should appear or not. : Let us look briefly at the situa tion as it now stands. I What in Ijc obiect of a college magazine? Did the University Magaziiu accomplish' that object? If we bo, not mistaken in our views, the object of a college week ly is to give us the news of the col lege world in general and of our own institution m particular, and together with the annual, to be a record of oar college life, which we can preserve and to which we can look back with pleasure. On the other hand the object of the niagazine is to stimulate us to try our powers o expression and of thought, and to preserve and give to others the ben efit of this work when it is accom i i ' i t r i pusnea. xi we are correct m our statement of the objects of a college magazine, then it must necessarily follow that we admit that The North Carolina University Maga zine has been an ignominious fail ure. Let us look at its history. It ha: been in existence for nearly thirty years, this being the, twenty eighth volume. During that time it has been in the hands of men, most of whom have since become well known in the State in their various walks of life. Since its begin ning it has ever improved and under the management of Prof. Cobb (who has just , resigned his position) gained for itself the just and . well- deserved reputation of having the largest circulation of any college magazine in the world. (Notice we say magazine. Some of the college weeklies have surpassed it) It was preserved, and back-uum bers were much sought for by the historical societies and the libraries of many of our largest cities and colleges, Boston Public Library and the Library of the University of Mich igan bei ng among . t he n urn ber . There was a large number of sub scribers in Northern cities. Its ar tides were quoted and referred to by many of the largest papers in the country. ; Then why should we say it has been an ignominious fail ure? Because it did not accomplish the main purpose and object of a college magazine. : If it had it would not have been in such de mand. its articles were most! v ustorical, and were written by the most prominent men of North Car olina. It wTas this that gave it val ue. It was this that made it sought But why did it fail in its main purpose? We cannot say. The Editors left no stone unturned to make it accomplish this purpose They endeavored with all their pow er to get undergraduate articles. They printed 90 per cent of the ar- Icles handed in by students and re used 90 per cent, of the articles banded , in by . those who were not students of the University. Of the sixty-five articles which appeared during last year, only eight were by undergraduate students, and the editors had hard work to get those eight. Viewed then from the point that the.1' Magazine is lor the im provement of thought auJ of com position among, the students, ve must say it has been a failure, and it is now in the hands of the Socie ties either to stop or to continue its publication. It is for them to say whether they are wiling, to take upon themselves iiie labor of pub lishing an Historical magazine for alumni and others, or whether it must be discontinued at once. - W. R. Webb, Jr., Editor-hi-chicf. The City Restaurant (OPrOSITE RICHARD'S HOTEL) Serves fresh York River Oysters and Hot Meals at all hours. , : GOOD FARE For regular headers at $11.00 per month. 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A Specialty. : Having served "The Boys" and the Public for a number of years, I am prepared to offer a line of goods unsurpassed in quality and at prices to suit the times. My Motto is: "The Best Goods for the Lowest Cash Prices. Respectfully, A. A. KLUTTZ A Wonderful Invention Zoology teaches that the hairs of the head are hollow, and contain an oil that fives them life. In clipping the hair with scis sors, this hollow is left onen. and the hair loses its life-giving- properties. i nave a Machine named the Singling ma" Chine, which removes the hair and at the same time closes up the hollow, causing- the hair to retain its life-giving- properties, and therefore stopping the hair from falling' out or dying, and giving it a soft growth. Call and examine this machine and have your hair singed. Special attention given to dressing La' dies' hair. Cutting done with exquisite and srtistis skill by the old University Barber of twenty years' experience. The singing machine is hig-hly recom mended by scientists throughout the country. very Respectlully, T. D. DUNSTAN, Professor of Tonsorial Art. Patterson's New Hotel. " Students' Headquarters.' Reception Room, Well furnished Table, f onte Servants, Everything suuu to the convenience of students and Prices moderate. Your patronage solicited. N. G. L. Patterson.
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