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1L j Hi THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. il. 5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Feb. 27th. 1897. NO. 20. f A A TT A A "TT' II lU-li IL fl A fl ft Shakespeare Club. The Shakespeare Club's regular monthly meeting was held on last Monday' night. Dr. Hume opened the exercises by leaking some inter esting" remarks on the scenes and and characters represented in the valuable picture recently presented to' the Club by Mr. St. Clair Hester. A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Mr. Hester for his kind rememberance. - The first paper of the evening-, presented by Mr.Burton Craige, was an interesting1 and thoughtful con sideration of the Book of Job, as a dramatic production. The poem savs Mr. Craige, is possessed of all the requirements of drama, but could hardly be reproduced on ou modern stage. The next paper, on "The Devel opment of the Historical Drama, ' was read by Mr. Browne Shepherd who said that the historical drama was a natural growth and had its culmination in Shakespeare. Mr. Lionel Weil read the last pa per, on "The King iu Edward II." It was shown that Marlowe's treat ment of a weak king contrasted rather unfavorably with a like treat ment by the master, Shakespeare. After a few brief, but interesing remarks, President Hume declared the Club adjourned. Glee and Mandolin Clubs. In Durham : last Friday Evc?ing: The Musical Clubs gave their eighth concert in the Durham Opera House on last Friday evening. The programme was almost the same as that given in Chapel Hill on Jan'y. 29th, but had a few attractive ad ditions, among which Mr. Gudger's solo, "Crapidan," figured a.3 a great "hit." On the whole it was prob ably the most successful concert of the season, and the boys show im provement at every appearance. The members of the Clubs owe many thanks to the different people who entertained them and made their trip so veryx enjoyable. Col. and Mrs. Julian S. Carr entertained Messrs. Harrington, Gudger, Pat terson, Lake, Dey, Cowles, Ander son, Elliott, Richardson, Howard. At Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Carr's were Messrs. Eatman Coker, Caldwell, Graves, Pfohl, and Boykin. Messrs Boddie and Branch were at Dr. Boddie'.s, and Mr. Askew at Judge Winston's. Mr. Arthur Cobb en tertained Messrs. Lentz and Mere dith. All the. boys enjoyed the trip im mensely, and its success was in a great measure due to the kindness of Messrs, J. S. Carr, Jr. '99, J. R. Carr, '99, and Arthur Cobb, ex '96, who made arrangements for the concert and helped to "drum up" a good crowd. The Club's next trip will be du . ring Easter week, and Richmond will be the further terminal. - Other dates will be iu Danville, Reidsville, Winston, and Greensboro for that week. Philological Club. The regular meeting uf the Philo logical Club was held in the His tory room on last Tuedav evening. Professor Harrington called the meeting to order and the minutes of last meeting were read, after which Dr. Linscott read the first paper on j-uc vjrieeK demonstrative . rne derivation and development of the Greek outos were traced from the earliest roots with philological ex actitude. Next came Professor Harrington's paper, "The Moods of Ennius," in which were discussed the peculiar modal uses of this great author. Then came a second paper by Pro fessor Harrington, on "The Latin Writings of Melanchthon," whose peculiarities of style and diction were fully discussed. Professor Toy sent in a paper on "The Structure of Lessing's Em ilia Galotti. " It was read by Mr Wilson, as Professor Toy was too unwell to attend. The papers were all well written instructive and entertaining, and all present were greatly benefitted by attending. "Fresh" Medals. It is the annual custom for a mass meeting of students to assemble on the afternoon of February 22nd, for the purpose of awarding to various freshmen and first year students such medals as they may deserve. This election was held on last Monday, and the following were the honored medalists: Berkeley (Typi cal Freshman); Holmes (Baby), Graves (Ladies' Man); Adams and McKee (Pretty Men); Myers and Buff Harris (Ugly Men); Monroe (Borer); Pfohl (Booter);. Vaughn, Whitaker, Faison, and "Lily of the Valley "Hayes (Fools) ; Green (Liar); Bryan (Hayseed); Sloan (Cheeky Man); R. Harris (Lazy Man); "The Yellow Kid" (Sport); Bitting (Bow Legged Man); Cowles, Collin, P., and Tate (Conceited Men); Wood ward (Twister); Bagley (General Cussedness); Fuller (Broken Down Sport); Venable (P ). If we have omitted any names, let the medalist inform us and it will be iuserted next week. Exchanges. Tulane University is, at present, the only Southern university to have a daily newspaper. Applicants for the Virginia base ball team are thirty in number, and, according- to College Topics they are an aggregation of stars such as has never assembled before, either there or elsewhere. The University of Georgia prob ably has the best dramatic club in the South. They appear often and nothing seems to be beyond the scope f their histrionic efforts. Bicycle' locks, oil, graphite, tires, cement, lamps, trouser guards, sad dles, handle bars etc., at N. C. Long & Bro's. The Dialectic Society and the Mag azine. The Dialectic Society on Satur day night last refused to adopt the report of the committee recommend ing that the aid of the.Society be given in the matter of the re-establishment of the University Maga zine. It is understood, however, that its action was not final, and that fault was found only with the plan suggested by the committee. Or the matter will perhaps again be brought before the Society in the shape of another and further report. And yet the action of the Dialec tic is strikingly in contrast with that of the Philanthropic Societ', which with a smaller membership and an impoverished treasury, just a week before, pledged its support to the Magazine. It is a rather dif ficult thing to refrain from severe criticism in a matter of this kind; and yet little gfood will result from such an expression of opinion. Still no less can be said than that the minority, to whom is due the credit of this action on the part of the Dia lectic Society, is typical of an ele ment without whose kind offices the University, as represented by inner enterprise and effort, would perhaps accomplish more. The element is one characterized by marked selfishness and influenc ed by prejudice. The sole evidence of its activity is an opposition to ev ery effort that may conduce to the welfare of the University. It is never more delighted than when un der the hypocritical mask of pre tended economy it prevents the sue cessful. result of any enterprise of this kind. One of the strongest, and at tne same time most absurd contentions of the opposition is that the publi cation of the Magazine is beyond the province and purpose of the lit erary societies. No view could be more narrow. And yet it is true, admitting that the function of the society is solely that of debate. And even in this line the Dialectic Socie ty is not markedly distinguished. For it is said that the same night on which action upon the report of the committee was taken, not a sin gle member of the class on duty de bated. If this is both true and rep resentative, what possible purpose in life does the Society in question fulfil? Truly its province must be small indeed. Another objection is that of the pecuniary, considera tion . A s for that the Magazine in time may easily be made self-supporting. It is true that it has not been so in the past. But conditions change, and many college magazines today are sources of income to the societies publishing them. i We trust that the Dialectic Soci ety may yet reconsider its action and preserve its name from obloquy. N. C. Long & Bro. have received . . J a new supply or attractive caps anu bath robes. A Communication. There are so many objectionable features connected with the present method of selecting the Seniors, who shall speak for the Mangum medal at Commencement, that this writer would be glad to see some entirely new plan substituted. In the first place, the present method makes it necessary for the Seniors to write and memorize their orations more than a month before the final contest takes , place. I verily be lieve that this fact alone is account able for many inferior Commence ment addresses.. The last month of the year could be utilized to ad vantage by the speakers in improv ing or entirely writing a speech af ;ter patient and thorough investiga tion during' the preceeding months. Moreover, the men who submit theses for graduation are given the month of May for the preparation of their papers, while the speakers must be ready one month earlier., Is this discrimination fair? . H Still another objection to the May. contest is, that the student body, and town's people are familiar with the Commencement Orations and as a result the Seniors in June are forced to speak to a, motly aggre gation of country folk and curious visitors, who come more for a day off than for any other purpose. Ev ery man knows that an attentive audience is one of the requisites of a good speech, and it is equally well known that such bodies are very rare here. The speaker himself is concious that his address is stale and iiis enthusiasm is lessened ac cordingly. The question then is, how to pre vent the loss or rather gain of pne month, and also how to secure an appreciative audience? If the ob jections have been fairly stated and not overdrawn, I am firmly convin- . ced that the preceeding question should receive careful faculty consid sideration. While there are many substitutions that could be made for the present system, I will only suggest that the contest be placed as near Commencement as possible and under no consideration permit it to be public. Let contesting ben- iors speak before a committee of the faculty three or four days before the final contest takes place. This arranerement would obviate the dif ficulty with regard to the loss oi time, and would prevent the au dience from becoming familiar with the addresses, and would add inter est to the Commencement occasion It is to be hoped that the faculty will investigate this matter and give us a remedy if possible. Senior Speaker. Y. M. C. A. Leaders. Monday Dr. Battle "The. Uni versity Boy in the Mission Field.' Tuesday Harwood Wednesday Hoel 1. Thursday Brogden.. Ask Burt Craige whose "yaller" hat he purchased recently. fi V i i I 'Hi if
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