The "reai- I-i tesl.
U.IEKSITY OF tNOrtTH CAROLINA,
BOARD OP EIHTOKS.
Raipii H. Graves, - - Editor-in-Chief.
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TVif TTnivprsitv witnessed last
Jk- l V- w - j
week an exhibition of asinine bar
barity of which all respectable citi
zens should be heartily ashamed
- arid; if' the perpetrators have an
idea that? their savage propensities
are shared by any great number ot
our students, they are sadly mis
taken. Harmless fun and joking- is
unobjectionable to every one; nor do
we. desire a student body composed
entirely of pious monstrosities, but
wedo object to any such display of
savagery as was perpetrated in the
Eno-lish lecture room last week. "
As to the participants in this de
molition of property, their residence
should be transferred to an insane
asylum or a jail. To indulge in
such uncivilized ' conduct has the
mark of either an idiot or a . crimi
nal, nor is the University intended
for -specimens of either genus, j
We submit the' advice to those j'n
authority, ; that unless they can
extirpate such savage elements from
our midst, the recitation rooms be
remodeled with iron doors or else
be placed" under perpetual guard.
, The. University is too poor to spend
any money .repairing- damages done
. by the small barbarian minority,
nor is it pleasant for . the quieter
and more studious men in college to
be disturbed by these nightly es
capades of rampant howlers , and
yelling- savag-es.
In regard to the
matter referred
to above, we should like to ask
how can any class be held financial
ly responsible for the damages?
Althoug-h a vast majority disap
proves and 'condemns the conduct
of the uncivilized few, yet they are
not willing- to suffer for the mis
deeds of this . lawless minority.
There is no more justice in making
the guiltless membors of the impli
cated classes responsible than there
is in calling to account the prople
of the village who were a, mile, away
when the-thing happened.
We suggest as the proper remedy
that the majorities in the respective
classes show their desire for law
and order by forcing the black
sheep members to "foot" the bills
and make good the damages.
The University should feel that
her work is on the ascent when
such expressions from representa
tives of" the Legislature filled the
Chapel last week. While their
, number was only a small per cent ot
' this body, we take their judgements
of their colleagues as of some con
sideration and it seemed from what
we gathered that the majority were
in favor of highet education and
Stale aid. It is but. natural to con
clude from their statements that
educational advantages are going
to be increased, starting with the
common schools and going through
the University. It is true that the
State is poor, but it is equally true
to state that our people will not be
backward in materially aiding what
they are in favor of carrying out and
what is bound to effect their future
position among their sister states
in such a marked degree. If we
xvaul educational institutions im
proved upon our dedpest ditch is
crossed. If we want what is bread
and meat among our necessities and
claim to be men why not have it.
We are about to establish a Uni
versity magazine, which, we hope,
will be a credit to the University
and a stimulator of literary activity
among the students. The faculty
are in hearty sympathy with the
movement, so far,as we are able to
learn, and they will largely contrib
ute to its success, if they will en
tertain the idea of counting as aca
demic work, such contributions, as
have, a sufficiently high standard of
literary merit. . , - ; i ;
Students who are able to contrib
ute creditable articles will be un
willing- ,to neglect their collegiate
work for this purpose, but, if it is
made to count as a regular class'
room exercise, there would be gen
erated a two-fold ; interest and the
results would be twice as profitable
as, if only a single object were at
stakel. We respectfully urge that
the" faculty .take this into considera
tion, as we reel sure tnat sucn an
arrangemeut would certainly elevate
i 1 r . "1"
our standard or literary develop
ment and incite us to a greater de-
s;re-tor literary activity.
It is at iresent a very difficult
matter to g-et larg-e posters printed
in Chapel tiiii, and as there is
quite a demand for them by the dif
ferent University clubs, the Press
Company ought to supply itself
with - the requisite outfit of larsre
type. As it is 'now, you must fit
your bill to the type on stock, rath
er than get exactly what you watn.
Mr. K.'A. Moye, of the class of
'93 has decided to become a bene
dict. ' ' '
Mr., Watkins,' father of one of our
students, spent several hours on
the Hiil Tuesday.
The Tar. Heee is glad to see
Prof. Gore out again after an illness
of several days.
Frank M. Pinnix, ex '98, was on
the Hill during the past week for
a few. days, ; , ';"
Dont fail to read the ad.' of Mr. H.
H. Cortland, the well known Greens
boro tailor. Carmichael and Smith
req resent them. ; ' ;
iUwas with the greatest pleasure
that the students saw Capt. Stanly
don his base-ball uniform on Tues
day, for the first time this season.
Five 'of, last year's regular team are
now in training. . ...
Dr. Ball on account of excessive
work has decided not to give his lec
ture on 'Homer before the Univer
sity on April 9th. This will be a
disappointment to the Greek enthu
siasts. Dr. Linseott has kindly con
sented to take his place. His sub
ject will be "Zoroaster, his Lan
guage, People, ,and Religion.
Who Is Who?
Anyone who, by some fortuitous
circumstance, has chanced to feast
his hungry eyes upon the latest pic
torial representation of the faculty
must have been forcibly impressed
with its heterogenious character.
The gentlemen in authority seem to
have possessed neither an apprecia
tion of uniformity nor a perception
of the ludicrous. For we find there,
grouped side by side, him who, in
the trying days of the reconstruc
tion, so nobly restored the prestige
of our beloved alma mater and him,
who, as assistant in the geological
laboratory, only acidulates the rock
and discriminates between feldspar
and black mud; " him, who, as its
present bearer, is destined to place
our standard upon the summit of
educational progress and him, whose
sole demonstrative duty it is to skin
the frog for the measly freshman.
It is the strange, the incompatible,
the poke-bonnet upon the head of
the woman of fashion or the pea
cock s finery upon the serving girl
which excites our risibility. We
r i .
may, tnereiore, Hazard the asser
tion, that the incongruous elements
portrayed in the aforesaid group,
constituting, as they combined do,
a parody upon educational leader
ship, would excite in an uninterested
observer merriment untold. But in
us who compose the student body,
and especially in us who have al
most scaled the precipitous height
upon which is placed our longed-for
degree, and who, by reason of this
continued stay have learned to love
and revere everything connected
with this grand old University, to
take pride in its glory, rejoice in its
progress and mourn the existence
of anything tending to reflect dis
credit upon it laughter battles
with humiliation and loses.
For we had fondly hoped that,
when the chemicalizing process nec-
r . 1 . . -
essary tor their preservation had
run its course, there would be open
ed to our view the reproduced fea
tures of those whom we are wont
to regard as the faculty; of those
whom we, as, in after years, we
wistfully turn the pages of an anti
quated "Hellenian, " could point out
with hearttelt pride as the truardi-
ians of and educators of our youth:
of those to whom we could turn as
the best witnesses of the worth
of. that institution which bigoted
churchmen, whose conduct has in
deed immortalized the "raritv of
Christian charity," have tried so
vainly to crush. But, as is the case
with all, who "listen with creduli
ty" to the enchanting melody of the
Siren Hope, w e were doomed to
disappointment. Our expectations
were lulhlled, it is true, but the re
alization was rendered worthless by
an overproduction. The reason for
this is obvious. For who could,
with the proper effect, point out to
either a friend or an enemy, the
group of University Professors as
a "clinching nail" in his climactic
argument, when his mind was filled
with the consciousnes. that the e-aze
of the directed one was as likely to
fall upon a pusillanimous undergrad
uate as on a prosessor or instructor?
Who, I repeat could do this, while
realizing that the "acidulator"
would, in all probability be taken
for the President of the institution,
and the "skinner" for the holder of
the Chemistry chair? No one sure
ly, in whom there existed anv sense
of the ridiculous. We ("the student
body) realized this when first we
gazed upon the oft-mentioned "pho-
auu us me ieenng or our utter
vvv, ii wiicic were w
Caldwell and Bill McDade?" ShS
we attribute the absence of tke
later-named, gentlemen to accident
or was it the result of a preconJ
ed scheme? If the latter is the case
i j. luvi v, w a.a in teuueu -ny insult
then beware, ye gentlemen of iC
farnlfv for Wtn ATW1 ,i m
J vaouc uoes not
brook such; and the steely rriitu
otuwi xxiijj( nuui LUC VclJClWn l'
PVPS wllPM 3 flaw Aatra I. .
u.j,o aKU ne was
icpnmanueu xor a premature rino-.
ing of the bell, showed that, fw
descended from Ham, he has still
acquired (either by gift or nUr
uuscd quanuty or tnat Saxon
blood in which rebellion runs riot
and which rights a wrong with a
ruthless hand. But to depart from
this serio-comic strain.
Is there in truth no line of dem
arcation between the Faculty and
the non-Faculty? Are there indeed
no peculiar qualifications, is therp
no intellectual sign-manual, which
may aci vc as au aiu 10 US in tne pro-'
cess of differentiation? No staff of
merit, with which we may separate
tne sneep and the goats t We had
J. .1 .1 -v '
at least, so ureamea. uur concen-
tion of a professor was of one who
had finished his undergraduate work
and whose prime obiect here wn
teaching; who attended the faculty
meetings ana naa a vote; though of
course we admit our liability to er
ror. Are these conditions fulfilled
in the case of these young gentle
men, who are the innocent cause of
this exposition of student views?
Do they attend faculty meetings?
Imagine for one moment, kind read
er, the consequences of an attempt
on the part ot an acidulator to
effect an entrance into that consul
tation of the wise! Smiles of amus
ed contempt would greet him on all
sides, and an indignant silence, more
trying far than the wildest fury of
words, would ask "What dost thou
here, thou imp of perversity! Thou
presumptuous scion of unparalleled
effrontery! Wouldst thou force thy
puny presence upon us?" And we
venture to conjecture that the pre-
sumptious scion" would not. Are
then these vounir sprinc-alls, who
yet see the realization of their colle
giate hopes a long way off, these
fledgelings, the dawn of whose
manhood the coming' beard has not
yet proclaimed bona fide menbers
of the faculty? We confess to hav
ing considered their claim to such a
distinction much in the hg-ht, in
which we would regard the right of
a sparrow, chirping upon the high
way, to be ranked as a member of
the Commonwealth ; or that of
tnnllv rnttnn-tail.srurrvinp- thro' the
"J 1 j - o
heds-es of one of our Southern plan
tations to be numbered among the
utiarprs in flip nrnrliir.t.ions of its
broad acres. But, as above stated, i
we readilv acknowledge our fallibili
ty. Accord us, then, true and authen
tic information; and, if we are wrong
we will endeavor, by a scrupulous
observance of all due ceremony in
future, to make amends to those
vounp- map-istri. to whom we (the
the student body) always, thro' a
misconception,, have hitherto been
strangely lacking in deterence, id
iipvpr wp hnnp in ronrtesv. WhlWi
if we are risrht, we will not sug
gest (oh,, no! nothing so presump
tuous) but only again hope tnai, i
next time "the Faculty" have their
"likeness struck" it will be m
"propria persona," for this pander-
inn- to nrprpdent. which involves uni
versal inclusiveness is, at once abom
inable and absurd.
. m m ,i
ift Chapei
Inn OH
to
remedial impotency rushed over us
witri overwhelming force, we ex
claimed in accents of immeasurable
Rev. Mr. Winecoff
Hill a few days ago for a
rest and recuperationin Virginia
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