The Tar Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
BOARD OF EDITORS
M. Bellamy, Jr., - - - Editor-in-Chief.
E. D. Broadhurst, - - - - Man. Editor.
If. M. Osborne, - - - Business Manager,
A. J. Barwick - - Ass't Business Manager,
ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
BMatuMY, Jr., W. E. Cox,
W. S. Crawford, H.M.Wagstaff.
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tiori in the last loot ball season to
this stringent regulation. Section
I of Article X is too rigid, though
there may be good in it. Again the
regulation which forbids members
of the Association from playing
other teams unless under the rules
of the Association tends to knock
outsiders backward in seeking
games with members.
We offer these suggestions for
what they are worth. We want to
see professionalism in college sport
uprooted. But it seems to us that
the above mentioned rules serve
more to undermine good amateur
athletics, than to break up profess
ionalism. There are other object
ions which might be mentioned, but
they are of minor importance and
might be put up with.
In view of the fact that our Ath
letic Association in considering
the advisablity of entering into the
Southern Inter-collegiate Athletic
Association, it might be of interest
to the public to know some of the
objections to that step. The ad
vantages are so apparent that it is
needless to mention them. The ob
jections are serious and should be
carefully considered before any
steps towards connecting ourselves
with that Association is taken.
Section8, of article IV of the consti
tution is the first serious one. It
reads as follows: "No team in this
Association shall play foot ball with
any team having a professional on
it." As is well known many of our
preparataay schools give induce
ments to students in ordr to
strengthen their teams.' No one re
grets this fact more than we. Ac
cording to the ruling of the
Assoctation, this would debar us
from our practice games
with these teams, an event which
would practically destroy our Ath
letics, since owing to our geograph
ical situation, it is extreenly dfficult
for us to reach more than a very few
southern colleges, and our contests
with these are our importnat games.
Section II of the same article broad
ens the objection, as it wonld pre
vent our team playing any other
team on which is a man ineligible to
membership in the Association.
Section 12 cuts out those fellows who
during summer mouths, to pass
away the time, play ball, strictly
amateur though it may be, on any
summer nine or other athletic sport
Section 13 requires that any person
who has ever taken part in an inter
collegiate contest and afterwards
enters another college shall be a stu
dent at that institution at least one
year before he is allowed to take
part in athletic contests. Ob
viously this is a too rigid restriction
to impose on colleges of 500 students
and under. This would practically
cut out of our contests our Law,
Medical and Pharmacy classes, thus
dealing a death blow to our athlet
ics., This might be a good regu
lation for colleges of a thousand or
more students, but it is suicide to
smaller ones. We attribute, in a
' geat measure, the weakness of Geor
gia. Vauderbilt, Auburn, Sewanee
and other members of this Associa-
The Thanksgiving issue of the
Tar Heel was the last issue that
was published before Christmas
and in the first issue of this session
an item of great interest to Athlet
ics here was unintentionally over
looked. This va the timely help
o-iven and the great interest display
ed by the University men within the
state and elesewhere to our foot
ball team of Inst fall. Tc them in
a large measure our success may be
attributed and they can rest assur
ed that such treatment is fully
appeciated by the College in gen
eral, We hope that such an ex
ample set by the University men
last fall will be followed by others
who will strive to come more in
touch with our Athletic life here.
If such is done our teams will have
success in whatever phase of Athlet
ic they represent. ;
With this issue of the Tar HEEL
the office of Editor-in-chief is seen
to have changed hands. This office
is not accepted without a sense of
grave responsibility on the part of
the present holder. However, he
hopes that the present editors will
do all in their power to help him
give to its subsribers issues as at
tractive as heretofore. Morover it
is not out of place to remind every
one that the Tar Heel is a stu
dents' publication and contributions
from them are expected' and solicited.
As this time of the year is rather
dull in the Athletic line we see no
reason why some scheme can not be
inaugerated to have a tennis tourna
ment among the dfferent classes in
the University. This was tried a
year or so ago and proved an inter
esting feature in our athletic life
here. The interest in tennis seems
to have become dormant and a tour
nament is a good way to revive it.
A few years ago there was enough
interest taken here in tennis to send
representatives . to other states
where they won for themselves and
the University laurels. There are
to-day in college players of as great
abilitv as they and even if we can
not arrange dates with other colleg
jes we can surely have games among
l ourselves.
j Tennis has become a dominant
! feature in the athletic life of all
I prominent colleges in the country
'and the University of North Caro
lina should not be lacking in this
t
line.
Society Work.
The Literary Societies are doing
better w ork at present than
ever before. Nothing can be more
gratifying to the old men than to
see the new men take such an inter
est in their Society work.
It is often the case that a Fresh
man is awarded the honor of being
the best debater for the evening.
In their debates they show careful
preparation and a strong will to be
benefited in joining the Society, r or
the meeting before Christmas in the
Phi. Societv Mr. Stern made the
best debate. For the meeting of
Jan. 7, 1899, Sallenger was award
ed that honor.
Both these men are new men.
This fact shows the interest taken
in Society work.
For the meeting of Jan. 14, 1W
Mr, T. J. Johnson made the best
debate.
A man that ccomes to the Univer
sity and fails to join one of the liter
ary Societies is indeed in his own
light.
The Chapel Hill Choral Society.
The first concert of the season
of the Chapel Hill Choral Society
will be given in Gerrard Hall on
Friday night, Feb. 10, 1899.
This concert bids fair to be an en
joyable one to lovers of music.
The Society is composed of the bst
local talent within the college and
under the direct supervision of Prof.
Karl P. Harrington it has made
rapid head way. Prof. Harrington
has on more than one occasion shown
his ability in the musical line here
and we can-safely expect a fine con
cert fro-: his training. For the oc
casion Miss Eva Lawson nnd Mr.
J. A. C. Dauer have been engaged.
Miss Lawson as the Soprano solo
ist and Mr. Dauer as the violinist.
These artists come to us with high
reccomendationsand it will be worth
the money to hear them.
The chorus will sing Mendel
sohn's: "Hear My Prayer" and "O
Great is depth" from "St, Paul,"
the "Trilmphal- March" from
Costa's "Noaman,,, Vincent's vocal
waltz, '.Blow Soft Winds" (Ladies
Chorus) and various part songs.
From the above programme a rare
treat is seen to be in store lor those
who attend,
The price of reserved seats is fif
ty cents while the gallery is thirty
five. With the prices so low all
the students should come out and
show their appreciation of an institu
tion iu which the town and college
both here interested.
Seats can be secured at Eubanks'
drug store after 3. P. M. Wednes
day, January 25, 1899,
The February Dance.
The date of the February dance
has been fixed for Friday night Feb
ruary the third. Mr. Grimes, the
leader has appointed as floor-managers,
Messrs, Kornegay, Med. '99,
and Joyner, '00. Haywood's band
of Raleigh has been engaged to fur
nish .music for this occasion and an
enjoyable evening may be expected.
The Capital Club of Raleigh will
not give their dance 'till later in
February, so it will interfere in no
way with the dance given here.
A crowd of young ladies is expect
ed from that town and of course ev
ery member of the German Club
here will rejoice to know that the
Capital Club dance will not prevent
them from attending the dance
here.
Change in the TAR HEEL, Board of
Editors.
A meeting of the Tar Heel edit
ors was held last Thursday after
noon in the Chapel. The purpose
of said meetiug was to elect an Editor-in-chief
iu place of Mr. R. D.
W. Connor, '99, whose resigation
had been handed in. Mr. M. Bel
lamy, Jr, of the present board was
elected to fill this position. Mr. D.
P. Parker, '00, was elected to fill the
position made vacant by Mr. Con
nor's resignation.
Mr. Parker has been assigned to
the local department.
Lecture This Week.
On the 25 and 27, of January
this week, Prof. J. Howard Gore of
Columbian University, Washington,
D. C, will deliver in the Chapel of
the University two interesting lec
tures. The first is "Holland's War
with the Sea;" second, "Within the
Artie Circle." The lectures will
be handsomely illustrated with the
eletric stereopticon. Prof. Gore is
a brother of our own Prof. Gore and
has had rare opportunities for trav
el, having spent three years in Hol
land and also but recently returned
from a voyage in. the acrtic circle.
Ihese lectures are free and show
the opportunities for culture that
the authorities are constantly plac
ing before the students.
Prof. Collier Cobb, just before
Christmas,delivered a lecture before
the Salem High School in Sampson
bounty, and President Alderman
has been invited to give the com
mencement address there. This is
the largest preparatory school in
the eastern part of the State, hav
ing 125 pupils, and is presided -over
by J. R. Baggett, ex'00, and F. T.
Wooten.
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