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Tlrxo TT&ar Mol. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. BOARD OF EDITORS. . S. S. Iamb, - - - - Editor-in-Chief. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. K. H. Sykes, - - - - P.W.McMuixan, Burton Craigb, - - - W. S. Mvkrs, W. H. Bi.GI.EY, --- - S. W. KSNNBY. F. O. Rogers, - - - Business Manager. ' ' v V ' - Published every Friday by the General Athletic Association. Subscript! Price. $1.50 per Year. Payable advance or during first term. Single Copies, 5 Cents. All matter Intended for publication should be ad- tressed to tne Jbditor-in-cniet ana accompanied: 07 eawe ef writer. Entered at the. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N, C as '. second-class mall matter. The next will be the last issue o the Tar Heel for this year. f ,. It will be heldoveriorco'ntdiit'ah account of the Georgia games. : The Athletic Otttlook. After, Carolina's record of this year the athletic outlook for future years is not altogether as hopeful as might be, desired. The present con dition and future prospect may as well be candidly considered. It is true that we may, continuing in the haphazard method of former years, occasionally produce, at spasmodic and uncertain intervals, a winning team in base ball or foot ball. This uncertainty rises from the fact that the athletic material here is usually of the crudest kind. As a rule the men, who make up our teams receive their first scientific training here at the University. And in this very matter it is that we are placed at a disadvantage and fall behind in the race for athletic supremacy. We shall never be able to cope with our rivals and with equal advantage until this is reme died. The advantage is this, and one which the greater number of colleges and universities aspiring to athletic honors have long since seized and made the most of. That the training of the college or uni versity team should begin at the preparatory schools. These schools thus become the natural feeders of the University. By beginning the athletic training here at its proper source the men attain a degree of skill that otherwise they never reach. At the Northern colleges the new team material is taken entirely from men who have made athletic records at the preparatory schools. The athletic spirit at the preparatory schools is fostered and maintained by them. So it is with many of our Southern institutions. The univer sity of Virginia's teams are made up almost altogether of men irom the preparatory schools who have there received thorough and skillful train ing. " In the development of the athletic spirit in the preparatory schools alone lies the hope of our salvation. We are just now sadly behind -the progress of the times. : To keep abreast we must begin at the prep school. And it is high time that a beginning should be made. A11 Alarming Tendency. " There is noticeable in the college journalism , of the day an alarming indication of encroachment upon the domain of the city daily. Not con tent to restrain their observation within the narrow limit of college affairs, the editors of several of our exchanges devote much time and space to the solution of problems of wider interest. One may now-a-days find the edi torial columns of a college weekly given over to "The Situation in Greece" or a column or more on "The Foreign Policy". A further evolution in the development of the college paper may yet produce an illustrated full page on ' 'William McKinley as I Knew Him" or an extra edition with "Latest from our War Correspondent in Greece". " We do not write unadvisedly when it is said that the tendency is alarm ing. Already the editors of our metropolitan journals must view lwithTncreasing alarm this encroach ment upon their territory and the threatened rivalry that must inevi tably ensue. The thing is patently absurd. The college paper is supposed to supply news and reflection upon the affairs of a little world of its own, the college or university; and those immediately interested in its con dition. Its only excuse for existence is that it may fill this purpose and need. It is therefore with a sensa tion of disappointment that one finds in its columns only a faint reflection of the metropolitan dailies and mag azines. Yet with what a feeling of pride must the college writer of editorial heads compare with his own views on "The Attitude of Russia" those of Dana or Drone. - A Texan Tiff. The Alcalde, the weekly journal of the University of Texas, contains in its latest issue an editorial which may prove of interest to our readers It is entitled "Below the Belt," and reads as follows: - . "This week the Alcalde staggers under a double blow: first, Mr. W. J. Lenox, the exchange editor re-signs on account of disapprobation of certain articles; and secondly, President, Winston, as reported in the Seguin Enterprise, characteriz es the editor of the Alcalde as a 'stupid ass.' " V 'The editor of the Alcalde has our sympathy when he opposes in any manner the erstwhile president of this institution. The outcome of such antagonism is apt to result dis astrously for the editor. At the same time it is very evident that President Winston has allowed his fondness for epithet to overcome his sense of justice. The Alcalde is really one of the best of our ex changes, well written and neatly printed. If we are not mistaken it was but a while since . that some Texas paper referred to President Winston in terms somewhat similar to those applied by him to the editor of the Alcalde. It is a matter of much regret that our ex-president is not on better terms with the press. Mark Twain once said that one became famous by being civil to interviewers. The press is no mean factor in attaining such an end. Carolina Team Banquetted. The baseball team and visiting rooters were magnificently and hos pitably entertained during their stay at Charlottesville - on bunday and Monday last. Every possible courtesy was shown the visiting Carolinians and the time was most pleasantly spent. On Monday night a banquet was given the visiting team at the Hotel Gleason. M. M. McGuire officiated as toastmaster and toasts were made as follows: ; To our Sister University Dr. P. B. Barringer. To North Carolina's Team B. E. Stanly. - . V To Virginia's Team W. I. Mc Nair. .;v . ' The hospitality of bur Virginia friends is thoroiinfy"appreciated. The visit as'most pleasant from beginning to end. v r The Philological Club. The Philological Club met in the English lecture-room bu Tuesday evening, April 27, at half past seven o'clock. The following papers were read: Pope's Theory of Poetry. Mr. May. Some Reflexives in the Dialogus of Tacitus. Mr. Harrington. Relation of the Lager to the Wal lenstein Tragedy. Mr. Toy. The Shakspeare Club. On Wednesday evening, in the Chapel, quite a number of the stu dentsand members of the faculty were present at the April meeting of the Shakspeare Club. Dr. Hume opened the meeting with a bright and sparkling intro duction to the papers which were to follow. Mr. W. R. Webb acted secretary and read the report of the last meet ing which wasadopted. The first paper was read by Mr. W. J. Horney on "The Hamlet Problem, or What Constitutes the Tragedy." . The paper was carefully pre pared and showed the Work which Mr. Horney had given to his sub ject. Dr. Hume then announced that it was only natural after hearing thai paper on Hamlet, that one should wish side lights thrown upon the subject, showing from what mater ial Shakspeare might work up the famous tragedy. Mr. W. W. Boddie read the next paper before the Club. His sub ject, "The Tragedy of Blood and the Tragedy of Thought, "was hand led by him in an elegant man ner, being probably the best paper read before the Club during the past year. After (.Mr; Boddies' paper Dr. Hume read a short but most inter esting paper on the personality of Hamlet, pointing out the errors of the stage of today in the presenta tion of the character. The question of another meeting before Commencement was left with the Executive Committee. Mr. Denson Honored. Mr. Eugene Denson, formerly of the University Medical College but for several years past a student at the University of Maryland Medical College, has been elected assistant physician in one of the departments of the immense hospital of the University. Chow Chow. An Hour with the Actors, Humor, ists, and Orators. Henry Blount, the wonderful hu morist and mimic, well known to Carolinians by his famous lecture "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy," Wji on Thursday evening, May Gth, de liver his amusing and unique pro. duction, "Chow Chow." ; Judge Palmer, of Florida, saysof him: It was my rare privilege while outinsr at Blowing Rock. N o summer, to hear the unique procW tion yjmy u. oouie 01 vnow Chow " by Henry Blount the Mark Twain or tne ooutn. 1 nere is nothino-an rvtwi r-hitifr IT 111 niii- 1 it-n,.. L jivihiiu, " iiuciamre or hitherto furnished from the rostrum Under his magic touch his audience Is carried auicklv thrnna-li whole gamut of feeling; now awed by his matcniess eloquence, then suddenly convulsed bv hissiWr,i;t. ting mimicry, to be suddenly reliev ed by the sweet touch of poetic ten derness. In Henry Blount theoual- uies 01 xne pnuosopner, tne orator and the actor are blended with divine gitts ot the poet. Mr, Blount is sure of a good aud ience in Chapel Hill. Chow Chow is full of mirth and laughter. Don't fail to hear him on Thursday night next. The Historical Society Meets. , The Historical Society had its reg ular monthly meeting in the Histo ry room. Monday night. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Battle in the chair and the following papers were read: Mr. E. J. Wood, "The Lower Cape Fear;" Mr. J. E. McCormickV'The Con vention of 1801,'" part II; and the third chapter on the "History of the University" by Dr. Battle. Mr. Wood stated that the first settlers in this district were from Massachusetts'. He gave a graphic account of the surrouuding country, the Indians who inhabited it, and the extent of Carolina's territory under the Lords Proprietors, with some comment on how grants were made to those who desired to settle in the territory. Mr. McCormick continued his lives of the members of the Conven tion of 1861, and took up in order Nicholas Woodfin, Bryan Grimes, D. S. Reid, Leonidas Merritt, Jno. Manning, Philip Raynor, Warren Winslow, Wm. S. Ashe, Bedford Brown, Charles R. Thomas, to Jno. Hill. Dr. Battle commented on these papers and continued his history of the University, discussing the site of its location, with a description of it from the Commissioners' stand point. He went into the ancestry of the people of, Chapel Hill and laid special stress on those who were so liberal to the cause or University. Many anecdotes and interesting incidents in these peu pies' lives were recalled, and with this the meeting closed. Dr. Rattle's Address. At the Commencement Exercises of Damascus High School about n miles west of Chapel Hill Dr. w tie delivered the address of the oc casion. The school may well con eratulate itself upon its wise selec tion.. The entire school was prf j Pt and Dr. Battle's elegant ao dress, made forcible by his clear duu strong liiusiiaiiuiif, c ly enjoyed by all.
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