Tine Tt:ix Icsol.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAKOLINA.
HOARD OF EDITORS.
W. J. BROGDKX, - - - Editor-in-Ohief.
P. D. Gou, Jr.
Manag-ing- Editor.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
P. C. Whitlock, I T 0 .
R. D. W. Connor, f
R. E. Follin, - - -
Pkrcy Whitakek, - - -
Mary S. MacRae, - -
Exchange.
- - Athletic.
- - Literary.
F. O. ROGERS, - - - Business Manager.
E. D. BkoadhurST, - Ass't Business Mgr.
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Again the mantle of responsibili
ty of the Tar Heel has fallen upon
unpracticed shoulders.. It is with
some misgiving that we accept the
new order of things because, under
the wise andefficient management of
our former Editor-in-Chief, the Tar
Heel has well proven its worthiness
to the place it holds in our college
life as the organ of the Athletic
Association and the exponent of the
literary capacity of the students.
This being the standard by which
we shall be judged it necessarily
causes us some anxiety as to wheth
er we shall be "weighed and found
ward to the high calling- which is,
wanting
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It seems that the Track Team
has gone into winter quarters.
There is no reason why this branch
of athletics should be neglected.
During the first year of its history,
the Track Team made quite an en
viable record, but it seems that this
department of the University is con
tent with the past and looks to
ward the future with the calm ser
enity of listlessness and inactivity.
Through the generosity of a former
student we have a good track and
all the necessary equipments and
there is no excuse for the present
disorganization. Many of the Uni
versities have already organized
their Track Teams and are now
steadily at work, so it becomes us
to keep pace with our sister colleges.
One reason for the lack of enthu
siasm along this line is that we
have no Manager and hence no con
test with other Colleges.
Let us then reorganize the Track
Team, send forth the war cry and
volunteers will flock to the scene of
action, and the record of '98 will
eclipse that of '97.
A Character that Charms.
Admirers of Hugh Wynne are re
joicing1 in Dr. Mitchell's new story
which the January Century begins
to unfold. '',''
"The Adventures of Francios"
finds its scenery in the French Rev
olution. Its historic value does not
yet appear, but in these opening
chapters we are introduced to a
character that charms. Francios,
of whom "Nature meant to make a
gentleman" but "evil fortune made
a reprobate," is possessed of un
quenchable merriment and bright
ness of heart. " '
"I do not know why the birds
sing nor why thou dost laugh,"
says the pious Priest to the ten
year old boy. "Thou" hast a talent
that way. The good God grant
thee always cause."
Sadly, in even these first chap
ters, does the cause for laughter
fail him, hut never-the-less he is
ever merry. In the quiet Convent
among the other orphans, Nature
and his keen sense of humor over
ride the dullness. At the choir
master's, his loveless attice life is
brightened. by the cats on the op
posite roof. And when, at last, ill
treatment and a natural wildnessof
wing combine to make him leave
the Kue des Chanteurs, he sits
homeless and dinnerless on the
banks of the Seine watching the
red barges go by "with no more
care than a moth just out of its cocoon."
Foundling, thief, juggler and
fencing master are the roles in
which the title presents him, and in
the second character he is handled
by the author with lenience and
even tenderness. He was "just a
little Ishmaelite cast adrift on the
street to feed as he might" and
"The bon Dieu alone knows all of a
man. And on his own lips we
find, "I have always liked the Sun
better than the shadow; and as to
receiving my wants, are the birds
thieves?"
The illustrations by Andree Cas-
taigne will afford no small interest
to the story. '
It is very gratifying to those who
are interested in the success of our base
ball team to see the large number of
candidates out for daily batting prac
tice.
The schedule which appears in an
other column is a very important one,
and the team can win much glory if
hard systematic work is done, .This
is Carolina's opportunity to put out a
champion team whiei will be a fit rival
of the team of '05. Let us forget those
things which are behind and press for-
The First Woman to Receive a
Diploma from U. N. C.
Of the four women now in the
University, only one will be gradu
ated with the class of '98, Miss
Sallie Stockard. She is an aiumna
of Guilford College, having been
graduated at that institution last
June. Miss Stockard will be the
first woman who has ever enjoyed
the dist nction of receiving a diplo
ma from the University of North
Carolina. She, like the other "Co-
S ....
eds", is taking a high stand in her
classes. Miss Stockard is a cousin
of the Poet, Henry1 Jerome Stock
ard. I
Merrill Tonight.
People who enjoy , a g-ood platform
speaker and this should appeal to all
colkgiuus must not fail to hear Mer
rill in Gerrard Hall tonight. This is
Mr. Merrill's first appearance in Chapel
Hill Uu he brings with him the highest
recommendations from the foremost
men and journals of the country.
, He will present a programme made
up especially for college audiences and
chatauguan assemblies a programme
preeminently to please and entertain,
and the Tak II eki. predicts a delight
ful evening to all who attend.
A large per cent, of the receipts goes
toward putting the base-ball team on
a substantial basis.
The Century's Prizes for College
Graduates.
.With. the aim of encouraging' lit
erary activity among college gradu
ates, The Coil try Magazine offers
to give, annually, during four suc
cessi ve years, th ree prizes of $250
each, open to the competition of per
sons who receive the degree of Bach
elor of Arts in any coliege or univer
sity in the Untted States during the
commencement seasons of 1897, 189.,
1899, and 1900.
1st. $250 for the best metrics
writing of not fewer than fifty lines
2nd. $250 for the best essay in
the field of biographv, hirtorv, or
literary criticism, of not fewer than
four thousand or more, than eight
thousand words.
3rd. $250 for the best story of
not fewer than four thousand or
more than eight thousand words.
Preachers to the University.
The many friends of the Univer
sity who watch with increasing in
terest her every step forward will
no doubt be much gratified to learn
that a movement is now on foot to
secure what will be known as
Preachers to the Uuiversitv.
Dr. Alderman announced last week
that he expected to have ministers
from the different evangelical
churches elected by the Trustees to
spend one week here in each month.
These ministers are not to be revi
valists. The7 are to be considered
as officers of the University with
special duties to perform. They
will be expected to preaeh in the
Chapel, Sunday and Wednesday
evenings of the weeks they are
here; to conduct the Chapel Service
every morning, and to take such
part in the Y. M. C. A. every
evening as they may think best.
They are to have a room or office in
college where they may be seen by
students who wish to call on them
socially or otherwise. The entire
week is to be spent among the stu
dents in an effort to help them indi
vidual 1)' and collectively.
This is a most excellent arrange
ment and one 'that will add consid
erable stimulus to the religious life
of the University. A minister
placed in such a relation to the stu
dent.; will have nothing- to do but
spend his whole time among the
students and for the students.
His sole aim will be to infuse fresh
life and vigor into every branch of
our college religious life, and all
his thoughts and all his efforts will
be bent in that direction.
One feature of the Y. M. C. A.
heretofore has been to have able
ministers preach a sermon before
the student body once a month, but
they did no other work. Dr. Alder
man's plan is aiexpausion of thaf
monthly sermon idea, and will here
after take the place of it. The Y.
M. C. A, and the student body as a
whole truly appreciate the efforts
that have been made to broaden
this field of usefulness, -..
Why We Should Have epresenta.
tive Orations.
(Communicated.)
The writer of a recent article hi the
Tak IIkel advocates the change 0f
the Annual Oratorical contest of the
Literary Societies to a debate.
He assigns as the object of the con
test the stimulation of originality and
the development of self-reliance;' he
claims that this can be accomplish
better by a debate. Now the contest
as I understand it, is not so much to
develop as to represent the literary and
elocutionary, efficiency oi the societies
An orator must be a consummate mas
tcr of expression; for in him is com
bined the elocutionist, the controver
sialist, the philosopher, the rhetori
cian, and the poet,
As the societies offer a prize, the
contest should test the ability of the
men. An oration does this. But a
man may be a fair debater and yet
know very little about rhetorical sym.
metry, subordination, and unity. This
contest should be the representation
not only of invention and self-confi-deuce
but also of scholarship and ora
tory; and it is artistic expression and
entertaining presentation rather than
unpolished argument that our societies
should encourage.
Neither is a debate suited to the oc
casion. It is very appropriate at other
times, as when we meet Georgia. But
Commencement people delight in fresh
and attractive treatment of themes,
each speaker having a new subject
presented in a different manner from
the others.
It is very entertaining to see how
the writer arrives at the conclusion
that a Junior debate is preferable to
an oratorical contest for preparing
Senior Orators. People generally
learn to do things by doing them, and
making orations is no exception to the
rule. The fact is that there are al
ready too few of them prepared here.
And he proposes to destroy the first
great incentive to that kind of pro
duction." The societies are making a great
mistake along this line. They require
their Representatives to dress up in an
oration, probably the first one they
ever wore, and that too, made by their
own hand. In this garb they appear
at the annual festival of the Univer
sity. This .treatment of them, to say
the least, seems very cruel. The fre
quently repeated criticism that they
represent neither themselves nor their
societies has a semblance of trnth. But
that is no reason for destroying1 the
beautiful custom. Our obvious duty
is, to prepare the members for the oc
casion. The societies should require their
members to make some orations during
their Junior yean Then they will be
better fitted not only for Representa
tives but also for members of the class
in Essays and (rations and conse
quently for Senior speakers. Whatever
the standard that the writer wishes
reached, may be, it should be as much
neat and scholarly expression as pro
found original philosophical thinking,
and this standard finds its most ade
quate representation in a scries of pol
ished yet breezy Junior Orations.
If 'the plan suggested would
prove more beneficial to the students
and to the societies than the old
plan then why not adopt it?
A new feature will be introduced
at the next Commencement in thc
way of an annual address before the
Law Class. Hon. Thomas C. Ful
ler, Judg-e of the Court of Private
Land Claims, has been selected to
deliver the initial address.
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