Tho Tar Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
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T. L,. Wright, ... w. S. Myers,
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The Tar Heel renews its wel
come to Dr. Alderman, who has re
cently been formally inducted into
the high office he has been called
upon to fill. We predict that the
selection of our Board of Tx'ustees
will prove to be a wise and jndicious
one in every particular. We have
the utmost confidence in our new
Executive and believe that his term
of office will be a great factor in ul
timately living down the hostility to
state education, and in placing- the
University on a higher and more ex
alted plane of usefulness .than she
has ever occupied before.
The Commons is improving dai
ly. A skilled baker now furnishes
the best of bread and other improve-
ments are contemplated." System
atic contributions are now being
made to adorn the Hall With paint
ings and busts, all of which evi
dences progress. The Tar Heel
is glad to know that this is true.
Our standard for everything ; con
nected with the University is some
what exalted, we admit, but lower
that standard we can not and we
will not. Every interest must meas
ure up to this standard, and those
which do not are unworthy of praise
or encouragement. That Commons
is rapidly assuming University form
will be a source of more pleasure to
no one than to the Tar Heel.
The work of the critic is frequent
ly misunderstood and rarely appre
ciated. He is usually a man who
has ideas of his own and endeavors
to introduce them, although he
must depend, as a rule, upon those
who come after to commend his ef
forts. Martin Luther was a critic;
but he was persecuted during his
natural life time. Rousseau was a
critic; but his ideas bore no fruit
until the French Revolution. We
are so conservative, so averse to all
change, that we are apt to condemn
the man, who cries out against exist
ing conditions in the hope of chang
ing them in some fundamental way,
as a socialist and an enemy of law
and order.
But this is certainly an erroneous
view to take of this matter. ' The
critic, if he is a good one, does not
content himself with furnishing' ob
jections only, for that "is wrthin the
province of . every mind; but he
must go deeper than this and show
that the fundamental : principles,
upon which the object or institu
tion criticised, is based are faulty
and" therefore the superstructure
reared upon them must of necessity
be dangerousand undesirable. Criti
cism of this nature is the need of
our. people today, and tvill omit the
individual differences which charac
terize all things huiuau and will
seize upon and direct those basal
ideas about which thinking men
agree. Viewed in this light, there
fore,, the critic is of the greates
service to his fellow men, for wit
clear 'and penetrating insight," he
lays bare the fallacies and dangers
and makes jt possible for true prog
ress to supplant stagnating conser
vatism. , . .N. J
All men and all movements mus
be criticised and thus rightly di
repted in order to prevent those ele
ments which are untrue from flour
ishing beside those which are : true
and desirable. JNapoleon, who ex
pected to have the world for his em
pire, after he had. been robbed o:
his power and was no longer the
idol of the French people, attributed
his downfall to the fact that no
one dared to criticise him while he
was Europe's ruler. ;
Had some clear intellect pointed
out the errors and weaknesses o
this great man, the whole course o
European History might have been
changed. ' -
Then we- must agree that the
critic is laboring for the advance
ment of his time and people; but
like ever' reformer and advocate of
new ideas, he must be. prepared to
receive the abuse and opprobrium of
the very men he strives most" earn
estly and diligently to serve
School Superintendents
Annual Meeting Held Monday and
Tuesday of this Week.
The annual meeting of the,lSorth
Carolina Superintendent's Associa
tion was held at Chapel Hill- Mon
day and Tuesday of this week. The
first meeting was- h e Id Monday
nigfht'at 7:30-o?clbdk; vf W 3 . 'J
Some of the papers that were read
are: ' ;;
"Civilization's Demands u p o n
Teachers, or New Demands, upon
Teachers to Educate Harmonious
ly," by Superintendent C. WitToms,
of Durham. ' "- '
"A Working Hypothesis d'f Edu
cation," by Superintendent E. S.
Shippe, Reidsville
4 4 Whatand How in English Gram
mar," by Superintendent AlexGra
ham, Charlotte. ' , j .
"Relation of the Schools to the
Material and Commercial, interests
o f the Country," Superintendent
John J. Blair, Winston. '
"Arithmetic in the Wilmington
Public Schools," by Superintendent
M. C. S. Noble, Wilmington.
"A Course in Reading and iviter
ature, " Superintendent D. Matt.
Thompson, Statesville.
Tuesday -night was devoted to the
general school interests of North
Carolina. ,. At 7:30,-Superintendent
L. D. Howell, of the Raleigh schools,
Read a paper o n ,-, 4 'Illiteracy in
North-Carolina, Its Cause " and its
Cure. " The discussion of this paper
was led by Superintendent Noble,
v Prof. P P. Clax ton, of the Nor
mal School, . read a paper, 7 4 4Our
Teachers and Their Preparation."
Superintendent Graham led the dis
cussion of this subject.
The Tuesday night session was
open to the" public and the Hall was
comfortably filled w i t b students
and townspeople. Prof. Howells'
paper on 4 'Illiteracy in North Caro
lina" was an eye-opener to many of
us and furnished painful compari
sons for our consideration. Local
taxation ; was the remedy he. ad
vanced. .
Prof. Claxton , spoke a t length Pres. Alderman Inaugurated
and with enthusiasm on'4 'Our .
Teachers and Their Preparation." Concluded from Jrst page.)
Th: speaker said he had travelled Prof' Noble Introduced.
from one end of the State to the oth- justat this point in the proceed
er and knew that the public school ings Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of the
teachers were far below what should Wilmington City Schools, was ;
be reouired of them. He plead for troduced andpresented the resoln.
special training and grew eloquent tions which will be found in anoth-
as he talked, abfte, little chU- jj,
dren, 44the center of interest of ev- ident, and assured Dr. Alderman
ery Christian state." At the Wed- that the city superintendents of
nesday morning session the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
The N. C. City Superintendent's
North Carolina could be reli
as his staunchest friends.
The Musical Clubs.
lea upon
Durino1 t.hp." r.premniiipii t1-, ni..
Association, at its final meeting, and Mandolin Clubs rendered choice
wishes to express publicly its grat- selections which served to varv the
ification at the election of Dr. Ed- exercises in a very interesting Way,
win A. Alderman as President of rne seiecuoa n particular was in-
teresting to this writer, and inci-
the University. His connection with
the Association as one of the organ
izers of it, an ex-President, and at
all times an influential and stimu
lating -member, makes this most re
cent recognition of his merit a mat-
dentally, to the visitors also. We
have forgotten the words if indeed
we ever knew them (they were
written in Latin); but the senti
ment expressed was beautiful and
inspiring.- It was with difficulty
that we prevented the briny tears
from coursing down our cheeks
as
ter of . personal pleasure to us all.
uut the superintendent s associ- the song progressed.
ation is interested in the event for
more weighty and public reasons. Humorous Misfortune.
It is a recognition of the teacher's ; The Irrepressibles in the rear of
profession. Dr. Alderman has been the gallery met with a rather ludi-
engag-ed in public School work for "vu? ul,rircCiU c nt cere"
, . - y - - t - . ' . i uiuuivo vjivovui -a- aax i,uuvi X1 UoC
14 years, and has never had any oth- and said, 44Are you ready for the
er business, tie has served the Yackity, Yack?" Nobody objected
public schools in more capacities and the leader counted "one, two,"
than any other citizen. His name44one, two, and began "Yackity,
is sononvmous in ; iortn LJaroima j-o.v-. "t eui iui mn. ms
wr5fl,'rii1o orlnrnfSAn TJia associates
ion oi sucn a man to tne presiaency r
of the university, the State s high-
refused to "Yack" and
sat down in some con
est public School, is the most en
couraging thing in the history of j
our state.
We pledge him and the Universi
ty our hearty support, and we be-
ieve we represent in this the senti
ment of the public school teachers
of North Carolina, and all sincere
rierids of popular education.
The Association further resolves
to offer, with the approval of the
The Inauguration Over.
Alter tne announcements were
made by Col.' Kenan, the Rev. Mr.
Turnbull, ot Durham, was intro
duced, who pronounced the bene
diction, and the great inaugural oc
casion was a thinsf or history.
Dr. Battle's Lecture.
The first of the series of lectures to
be given by members of the faculty
iu: a j j . " a
1 . e . 1 TT j . lUia LClUi WilS UCllVCR'U III VlClldlU
resiaent pi tne university, a prize Hall ThursdaT evenilig bv Dr. Rattle.
each year to that student in the de- Though it was intended especially for
partment Of Pedagogics who shall tfle Law Class, a large number of the
iu- -a.. faculty and academic students were
wine tiic usai caaav uu au cuuld I . tt; t a ..mi - ti4
. . - . ',,' iprcsem. rus suojeci was tne reu-
auujcv-t. xc pinc sndu con- eral Uonstitution," treated in a way
sist in the publication of the essay which no one without the Doctor's in-
in oamohlet form at the exnense nf "mate Knowledge or American nisio-
. I t"Tr rrH l A st iinl
he Association, to be distributed He showed how natural was the re-
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amonsr the leading- educators ot luctance with which the people accept-
North Carolina and America. The ed. th: startling innovations of the ton-
Association reserves the rkrht to H- sutution, ana now jealously tney
cide the winner of the prize or to
name the judges.
e-arded anv encroachments on their
rights. He then presented some of the
objections raised by the opposers of
the Constitution and showed how some
of their prophecies had been fulfilled,
President's Reception.
On Tuesday evening preceding especially those of Patrick Henry, du
he Inauguration on WpdtiPsHav. riner the last hundred years, and
Tl.- A1niH a,AcyA n AV..t.i..- Vinw snmp nf tlipm liad been avert-
ul. .juv,i uiau lujuci vv-i a ucilliuumi " -r
reception to the distinguished visit- xxe specuiaiea on vac "
ors, tacuity, and members ot the " . fx. " - iT"i Vrtinn-
Senior Class. ttnvPi-nnr Mr, ieun duu l ter l.ue. 11 au W.r C.
r : a l IT - ed the lands of the South, wtuui uz
Russell were present,. and together mi ht have confiscated, to his soldiers, ,
withDr. Alderman and Mrs. Graves arlH hv thpir influpnr.e set himself up
J.:i...J- I i I J. . . ...
cuu&LiLULcu lijc ieceiving party, as President for life.
Every one had the pleasure of shak- The lecture fully sustained the Doc-
ine the portly Governor's hand, and tor's reputation as an authority in po
of being presented to his charming j litical history, and those who were
witp i itusciiL missea an msiruiuvc
Among those present from a dis- 011 an imPortant Part of our hlstorj'
ance we noticed the Governor and
nartv 'Col . J. S. flarr hp mpmKrcl
of the City Superintendents Associ- Marshal tiecnon.
ation, Miss McCaull, Mrs. Martin. At a Vpre mpetinn- of the Junior
Geo. Stephens, H. E. C. Bryant and class the election of Commence-
merit Marshalls was held with the
others! Refreshments were served
and the evening was spent yery
pleasantly. Prof. Toy and Dr. Chas.
Baskerville had charge of the ar
rangements, and it .e-oes without
saying that every detail was looked
after with the greatest care and ev
ery effort made to make the evening-
enjoyable. May the President's re
ceptions return and multiply.
following result:
E. J. Wood, Chief.
J. G. McCormick,
P. D. Gold,
E. E. Sams,
I. E D. Andrews,
P. C. Whitlock,
Oscar Carver.
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