TH'e;:Tar';"Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
David B. Smith, - - - Editor-in-Chief.
. ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
E. K. Graham, - - - W. J. Beuamv
T. t! Wright, - - - T. T. Candler,
R. H. Graves. - - - S. W. Kenney.
F. O. Rogers,
Business Manager.
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An article that appeared in our
first issue relative to the support
given student enterprises by the
people of the village, has been the
cause of some misunderstanding,and
we are sorry to learn, a source of
pain to some of our best citizens. ;
We frankly admit that pur re
marks were too general in their ap
1 plication and might be construed to
include those for whom they were
: not intended.
JSuch men as McCauly, Patter
son, and others, whom it is unnec
essary to mention, but who are
widely known as staunch supporters
of the University and its enterprises,
were not thought of in connection
with this article. These men stand
ready to help us in times of crisis
whether thev advertise in our col
umns or not; and nothing1 was far
ther from our purpose than to reflect
upon them in any way.
But the truth of our article, in its
intended application, still "stands and
we still stand by ' it. There are
men among us who are wanting in
public spirit, men who get all they
can out of us and then turn a deaf
ear to all appeals made to them.
Everybody kuows this is true, but
" if facts are necessary to establish the
foregoing statement, they are easily
furnished.
In years past our people have
" lived principally by boarding the
students who attend the University.
In many cases strong friendships
and attachments have grown up be
tween the families and the boys
which may perhaps be lessened by
the new boarding arrangements ,
We regret that great changes
cannot be made without injuring
somebody, at least temporarily, but
we are firm in our belief that the fi
nal result will be advantageous to
all parties concerned.
Let us first notice the effect of
the establishment of the Commons
on the village people. - '
' As long as we boarded with the
villagers, we all lived together in
one common family, so to speak.
Our chief object was to get food
for all, and when this was done wc
felt our task was accomplished.
We simply lived, nobody made
any money, there was no advance
ment, no , progress. There was no
demand for ntore citizens except as
the number of students increased,
and hence- we have remained a vil
lage when we should have been a
thriving little city. V
But we have undergone a change
and the result, -vve. believe, will be
best for all. .' ; . V '.; . '
We .must move forward, we can
not otand still any longer. Instead
of building hotels and boarding
houses our people will invest their
money in factories, shops, and the
like, and Chapel Hill will take its
place in the business world.
An increased demand for labor
will result in a rapid growth of our
population, our village will become
a city, and our old half dormant life
will become a memory of something
that has been pushed into the back
ground forever.
With a growing town and increas
ing business, we will be able to de
mand and obtain a railroad worthy
of the name, instead of thQdummy
line now running to University Sta
tion. With good railroad facilities
and growing enterprises what may
we not expect of Chapel Hill?
The Commons will do even more
for the people of the country. It
will furnish a cash market for their
products. That fact alone should
commend it to every producer. In
stead of peddling their produce in
our town, losing valuable time, sel
ling on credit and then losing half
of it, they will carry their products
to the Commons, sell them without
loss of time, get their, money on the
spot and spend it with our own mer
chants. Should not an enterprise that en
ables poor boys to get an education
at a small cost, that vv ill cause our
village to grow in wealth and popu
lation, that will furnish a cash mar
ket for the producer and small far
mer, should it not, we repeat, re
ceive everywhere unqualified and
hearty support? .'; ,
: If is a deplorable fact, that liter
ary work is at a discount in the Un
iversity, and the reason for this lack
of interest in so. important a feature
in collegetraining is not difficult to
find. Years ago when our publica
tions flourished, men onty studied
the classics, and literary wrork being
in direct " line with their college
courses, received serious attention.
But conditions have changed. The
utilitarian spirit has got a firm hold
upon us. Men no longer take mere
ly culture courses. They regis
terfor those courses that will in the
shortest time fit them for their life
work. They must see some direct
result for everything they do. The
average student will avoid any sort
of work that does not count for a
degree, and thus bring nearer, the
time when he can earn his own live
lihood. 1 7
This is the fate that has overtaken
literary work in our midst.
Men who are interested in'science
or mathematics, Latin or Greek or
any of the courses of our curriculum
will refuse to write an article for
the Tar Heel, or any college pub
lication as it will count them noth
ing.andwill be so much time thrown
away ':
We can't change or eradicate this
utilitarian spirit; we can only adapt
ourselves to it.
The only. solution of this problem
as we see it, is to allow work on
college publications to count in reg
ular course for a degree. We could
have some such arrangement as this:
Let the Tar Heel board be com
posed "of a certain number of men
and require a certain number of col
umns of reading matter each week, j
Let the work be apportioned among
the men and make the Editor-in-
Chief responsible for the perform
ance of duty upon the part, af each
man. When literary, work is done let
it count one or two hours aweek for
graduation.
As our present board is constitu
ted each man would be compelled to
hand in every week two columns of
reading matter. Our experience isthat
it requires a great deal more wor to
get two columns of reading matter
than it does to get up any- two reci
tations in our college course.
In addition to this,: the" training is
all that can be desired. , Rapidity
of thought and ease of expression,
the ability to write clearly and con
cisely, the necessity of keeping one's
eyes open to find something to write
about all these and more are neces
sary and receive due emphasis.'
Then if the work is equivalent,
if the training is superior, why not
allow it to count for a degree? By
doing this the utilitarian will find
reward for his work; literary work
will receive an impetus, and the
various publications will become es
tablished and immovable features of
our life. ,
ivi uauwi iu cease, in
unci lutcnai wc smveyea the ma,
xvpII With a l.m, C nUn
anu poweriui neaa, and hrm jaws
he looked anything else than a boy
orator, he seemed the very tyneof
strong courageous manhood,
v He spoke in a plain argumentative
way and only in the closing sentence
did he show any of his fire and en
thusiasm which won him the Demo
cratic nomination.
Mr. Bryan seemed tired and
worn out, his ( voice was husky
and speech was . difficult. Without
any opinion as to the theories ad
vocated by Mr. Bryan we can say
that as he pleaded for the plain
common people we cauld not help but
think that in himr the people have
indeed a noble champion.
Impressions of Bryan.
College boys usually' get their
share of what is passing around and
may be depended upon .to appear
on all extraordinary occasions.
Mr. Bryan's passage through
Durha'm last Thursday fully exem
plified t he truth of the foregoing
statement. We were all there lined
up to a man, and prepared, to . re
ceive the "boy orator with appro
priate ceremony. Whether we rode
over or took an early start and
walked over is not a matter of gen
eral interest, the fact that towers
above all is, that we were there and
were not slow in making this fact
known to the vast crowd that had
assembled to hear Mr. Bryan's ad
dress. .
We pushed our way to the front,
for, in as much as we were a crowd
of boys, who' had come along way to
hear one of our number speak, we
thought we had a sort of an ex-offi-cio-
right to seats in the amen cor
ner. The crowd seemed disposed
to contest this point and we very
reluctantly yielded. We got some
little revenge however by making
their ears resound with "Hackie,
Hackie" and all those hoary and
time honored yells that would be
more appropriate for a band of
Sioux Indians than a crowd of col
lege men seeking culture and en
lightenment. However we did the best we could.
We stood on one foot and then stood
on the other, for we are opposed to
partiality in any form. All the
time the sun glared upon us, perspi
ration trickled from every pore, our
collars sought reclining positions,
and our poor inoffensive toes were
trampled into insensibility. But
time will pass away under such'cir
cumstances as -these. And sudden
ly there was a clapping of hands on
the stand which was taken up by
the crowd, increased and magnified
and at last arose in one mighty
shout.
With some difficulty we raised
ourself above the glistening pate of
the bald man who stood immediately
in front, and saw W. J. Bryan, the
cause of all this commotion, stand
ing on the platform, smiling and
bowing.
Without exactly knowing why we
caught our old hat and sailed it aloft.
At last quiet was restored and some
little red whiskered fellow arose to
introduce the man who has sudden
ly leaped into the national gaze!
At last Bryan arose and stood mo
tionless for some moments waiting
We REGRET that those who wit
ness the practicing of the foot-ball
team cannot do so without jeerino
and Jibing at the new men, and
making comments about every play.
It is no doubt thoughtless bRt very
demoralizing to the team and espec
ially to the new players.
Now it it is not stopped the man
agement can have bnt one resource,
and that is to make the practice se
cret. Go out and encounige the
team, but for the interest you as a
loyal U. N. C. man have in our suc
cess don't do anything that will re
tard the practice.
The college Message, published
by the young ladies of G. F. C. is
our first exchange to arrive.
The "Message is a neat fifty -six
page monthly, full of fun and valu
able reading matter. The article
entitled "The Bay of Naples." by
Mr. D. C. Branson, a young Trini
ty ; grad uate w ho has spen t some
time in Europe, is written in a very
artistic manner and is well worth
reading.
We thank our fair cousins for re
membering us and congratulate them
upon the excellence of their first
issue.
Try a box of nice vanilla wafers,
at Tanker'sley's. They are deli
cious. .
See W. B. Sorrell's new lot of
gold rings.
Whitemore's tan and patent leath
er polish at Spalding's.
See our select line of fine tobaccos
and pipes at Splalding's.
N. C. LONG.
C. L. LINDSAY.
DEASER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, HaU,
Clothing, Hardware, Groceries,
Caspets and Candies.
Furniture a Specialty.
Main street, Chapel Hill, N. c.
Y. M, C. A. Leaders.
Monday: W. W. Boddie.
Tuesday: R. H. Wright.
Wednesday: W. S. Myers, (song-
service).
Thursday: Prof. Harrington.
The "nobbiest" line of samples
ever seen in Chapel Hill, are on ex
hibition by Howard and Loud, see
their ad in another column.
Dr. M. D. King,
DENTAL SURGEON
Office with Dr. Headew.
& riFTRniT.MICH