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The Tor UNIVERSITY OF NOHTH CAROLIV. BOARD OF EDITORS. S. S. Lamb, Editor-in-Chief. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. H. Sykes, - - - - P.W.McMuixan, . - - W. S. Myers, - - S. W. Kenney. Burton Ckaigk, W. H. Bagley, F. O. Rogers, Business Manager. Published every Friday by the General Athletic Association. Subscription Price. $1.50 per Year. Payable in advance or during- first term. Sinulb Copies, 5 Cents. All matter intended for publication should bead dressed to the Editor-in-chief and accompanied by aaie tf writer. Eatered at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N, C as second-class mail matter. A Lasting Disgrace. That the University of North Carolina is to-day without a mag azine is and will continue a 'lasting disgrace upon its name and reputa tion. That the head of the educational system of the state, - the promoter of intellectual activity in many branches, should so little encourage literary effort and literal y merit indicates a sad lack of pride on the part of its student members. ! It is quite the fashion for th undergraduate to look down upon" the colleges of the state from a poini of vantage far superior. Yet each one of them produces a magazine which reflects credit upon its col lege. Now-a-days the future of the South in literature is much t talked about. Its development depends in a great measure upon the college and University. If neglected at its source what may its literature . hope to attain? It is sincerely to be wished that by another year the students of the University will suf ficientlv realize the potency of the disgrace that rests upon them to re establish the University Magazine Looking forward. The collegiate athletic season of l896-'97 is now a part of history It contains a record that is not es pecially pleasing to Carolinians. Among other and numerous causes of regret there is one of prime con siderationthat this year we have lost to Virginia both on the gridiron and on the diamond. On last Thanksgiving Day a raw, badly trained foot ball team gave way to the Old .Dominion players by a sorry score of forty-six to noth ing. Now in 1S95 when the score was six to nothing, things were li f fe rent; We were then rob-rbut it is better to Met sleeping skeletons lie' ! Nothing of the kind can be said of the game of last fall. We were then simply outclassed and that badly. And the same has been true this spring in base ball. From all of which there can be drawn a simple conclusion. And it is somewhat strange that we have not sooner realized how sadly we are handicapped by existing care less and haphazard methods. A well trained term is not the product of chance but the result of long and severe labor. There is nothing re-jGerrard Hall, m.ii-kable in continual defeat when it is considered that year after year we undertake the making of a foot ball team with men who have had little, or far oftener absolutely no, previous training. '.".,.. One of the significant commeuts of the. Virginia press last fall was a regret that possibly the annual foot ball game between th. two uni versities would be given up, since the two teams were evidently so un evenly matched. We are falling behind. In the edition of last week the importance and absolute necessi ty was insisted upon of a closer touch aud interest in athletics between the University and the preparatory schools. The matter cannot be too strongly emphasised. With each succeeding year our rival builds up a nearer aud more intimate associa tion in athletics with its schools. So that its teams, are annually re cruited with trained men. VV ith them and with others . the team training begins at the prep school; with us at the University. While yearly a realization ot the good to be gained from a fostering of ath letics in the preparatory schools is growing in other universities, to day for .all athletic purposes our schools could be no further from us did they flourish in Kamschatka. Did our graduate students who teach in the schools of the State but encourage athletic' interest the re sult might be different. If instead of ignoring their existence games were arranged with the most im portant of our prep schools during the foot-ball and base ball season, the impetus given to athletics would be of incalculable value to the Uni versity. The time has come when if we would compete with any show of success with other and better traiued teams, we can no longer ig nore the prep school. With it lies the hope of our athletic future. Commencement Program. SUNDAY MAY 30TH. 11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Ser mon by the Rev. Dr. J. S. Felix. , MONDAY MAY 31 ST. 8:00 A.M. Anniversary Meetiug of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. TUESDAY JUNE 1ST. 9:30 A.M. Meeting of the Board of Trustees. ' 11:30. Senior Class Day Exer cises. b;J0 1 . M. Presentation ot the Senior Class Gift, bust of Robert E. Lee, and Exercises around the Davie Poplar. 8:00 P.M. Orations, by Represen tatives of the Dialectic and Philan thropic Societies. , 10:00 P. M. Reception in Com mons by the President and Faculty. WEDNESDAY JUNE 2ND. 9:30 A.M.. Meeting of Alumni Association, Gerrard Hall. 11:30 A. M. Commencement Exer cises in Memorial Hall: Orations by Members of the Graduating Class. ' ' 12:30 P.M. Address , by Hon. William L. Wilson. , ' J 1:15 P.M. Conferring of Degrees, Announcement of Honors, Prizes, and Appointments. 2.00 P.M. Alumni Banquet. 8:00 P.M. Concert by Glee Club, The Georgia Debate. The first Inter-collegiate Debate which the University has ever taken part in, occurred in Athens, Georgia, bet w een University of North Carolina and University of Georgia, on Saturday night, May 8th, 1897. ; The'University was represented by Mr. D. B. Smith from the Di Society and Mr. H. G. Connor, Jr. from the Phi Society. ' Georgia was represented by Messrs. Cliff M. Walker, and Geo. Jackson. The Question was, "Resolved. That the Principles of the Swiss Initia tive and Referendum should be in corporated into our scheme of Gov ernment." The committee to decide the ques tion was Hon. Lewis W. Pen-in of South Carolina, Judge John Shan non and Judge Marshall J. Clark, both of Georgia. Mr. Harry Dodd presided. . Mr. D. B. Smith opened the debate, and said in substance, that the objects and aims of our govern ment as conceived by the fathers were to secure freedom for the indi vidual citizen, final sovereignty of the people, efhcient administration of State affairs and the development of the people. He then pointed out that under our present system the objects and aims were not carried out and that instead of the govern ment being conducted for the people, it was in reality run for and by a few, and thus pointed put that our government in theory was one thing and in reality another. He also emphasised that the5 question called tor principles and not methods. He was followed by Mr. Cliff M. Walker who said that the question was one in which methods as prac ticed in Switzerland was involved as well as principle and confined his debate to particulars, to show that the people Were unreliable as a source of conservatism. He was followed by Mr. H. G. Connor, Jr. "Mr. Connor took up a representative from his nomination to his retiral and showed that the bosses and lobbyists really run outlaw-making bodies and then took up the principles in this query and applied them to certain measures and showed how by their use the objects and aims as set forth by Mr. Smith would be accomplished. He was followed by Mr. Jackson who confined himself to answering the arguments i presented by the affirmative which he did in an effec tive manner. Mr. Smith then oc cupied ten minutes in a rejoinder and attempted to show that the arguments as presented by the affirmative had not been answered by the negative. The committee retired and in a few minutes returned and announ ced that they had decided that the negative had in their opinion won the debate. The debaters from Carolina wisji to take this opportunity to thank the Georgians for the kind hospital ity which was shown them while in Athens, and only hope, that when they visit Chapel Hill next year we will be able to return it. And novy the Tar Heel, congrat ulates Prof. Harrington. Bishop Cheshire preached in the Episcopal church Sunday and ad ministered the rite of confirmation. Many students attended the Pres byterian church picnic at Patterson's MJl on Saturday last. Dr. Eugene Daniel, , pastor first Presbyterian church, of Raleigh, delivered two sermons here Sunday, He is one of the ablest divines in the State, and is considered by many to be one of the three foremost think ers in the South, among the minis ters. ' i. in. w A. Lecture. The students and tho u.. the town will doubtl iu lectin lijcil me . X , ivi. IJf made arrangements with Miss V Duty Jones of Washington D r to aeiiver ner lecture, "The Ch in Art," here May 13th. Miss Jones is the daughter of h i . m. j ones, late President of Greensboro Female College, and ' a iNortti Carolinian of whose bri linnt. success flip 'rwvmlu ,f . tive state may well be proud. C2 i--kilTii-f t., ailluK Ul "t-i lectures at thi Normal and Industrial School, th! urcensboro Record says "Miss Dora Duty Jones' lechm, here Saturday and Sunday after noons on The Madonna in Art and "The Christ in Art" were en uiuoiuautuuji iccivcu i)v the stu dents ot the College and thecitizen of the town. Miss Jones wuiUIU(! a mastery and love of her subjec that render her lectures remarkabh instructive and inspiring. The lectures are gems of literan art, simple, chaste, beautiful anj forceful in diction, refined, easv graceful and impressive in delivery "The Steriopticoh views illustrat ing her lectures are the finest re productions of the most famous mas terpieces of sacred art of the mos famous masters of mediaeval and modern times, skillfully selectei and arranged so as to trace chrono logically the history and develop ment of sacred art in all the coun tries of the old world." Kev. Dr. Palmer of New York! writes to Bishop Vincent of "Chatauqua:" "I wish to commend Miss Jones art lectures to you in the highes terms. I have had the pleasure o hearing her recently at Mrs. Som ers' school in Washington, D. C. on "The Christ in Art;" andlwisl to commend her as the mostaccu rate, comprehensive and interesting lecturer in that line of work that have ever heard." "The Christ in Art" is not a re ligious lecture in the usual sense o! the word, but is on the lines of ar and history. All Miss Jones' lec tures are spoken of in the highesi terms by such men as Edward H Griffen, Dean of Johns Hopkins! Universitv. and Jas. W. Bright, Professor of English Philology a the same institution, and we assurtf the students and townspeople tha there is a treat, in store for all whi hear her on the 13th. Respectfully, Y. M. C. A. . Note. Dr. Alderman says he re gards Miss Jones as one of-the mos accomplished women he knows, ana that she is authority on the subject about which -she comes to speak Wm. Demsie Grimes spent Sat urday and Sunday in Raleigh And now rumor has Dr. Linscot Oul congratulations. tv, t.,: Kocni-.il! team has a. ijv, J uuiui uuovuun won the class championship for this season. Thpv also beat the town team last wpek bv a score of 7 to 4, thJ 3m fU'ti &ontV. R'mAViiihiim4ifeKS mi ''""''j-Cju! A
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