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UNIVERSITY OF 'NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, January 23, 1901.
NO. 13
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LEE THE SOLDIER.
Dr. Joiiess' Splendid Lecture,
All who heard Dr. Jones on the
the above subject in Gerrard. Hall
last Thursday, evening-, unite in
placing1 his lecture second to none
in the excellent series that ,. have
been heard -during the past season
Its excellence"" was of a 'very high
order from two'1 points -ot view;
either looked upon " as authoritative
historical v fact, to instruct, .or as ,a
select fund of anecdote and,remiu
iscence to entertain. It thus com
bined exactly those features which
made the lectures of Dr. G6rd6n
McCabe, and Gen. Jno. B. Gordon
respectively, so well known 'and
admired. Among1 facts and statis
tics i which" he- has personally col4
lected and verified. Dr. Jones in
troduced here and there bright, wit
ty episodes and ' anecdotes1 il lustra-
trative' of his point. The lecture
was withal, perfect in its literary
finish; everything- went to establish
the truth that Lee; was a mastenof
offensive as well as defensive war
fare. After, alluding, pleasantly to the
occasion of his le:ture here last
Spring, while on a visit- here,, on j
"R.E. Lee, the Model .Man," he
said that by' special request he
would speak tonight on"R. E. Lee,
the Soldier."
"Lee was by birth, nature.and ed
ucation a soldier. His military train
ing was gotten at West Point and in
the Mexican War. His marvelous
genius in' -war was recognized
throughly by General Scott, , the j
commanding general. This i s I
shown in his official reports, but
most especially in his letter to Gen:
Prestonv 1 ! . -
On another occasion Scott spoke
as strongly of Lee, as Reverdy
Johnston and to Jonh! B Floyd.
The press of the day reviewing his
campaigns all agreed in calling him
the "ablest general of that or, any
other age." Lord Woolsey and
others of vhe ablest Military Critics
of Europe concur in giving; Lee the
chief place among. American Sol
diers But we may decide for ourselves
by looking at what he accomplished.
"Master of Defensive Warfare," is
wtiat Grant and Longstreet, were
fond of calling Lee, They called
him cautious, slow, not willing to
make bold offensive warfare. In
the Seven Days Battle, Lee had
78,000 all told; McClellan had 105,
000 entrenched, with 50,000 within
reach as reinforcements. Sending
Stewart on his famous"nde around
McClellan" and calling on Stone
wall Jackson, Lee drove McClellan
back to the river, under the cover
of his gunboats. Tolerably "offen
sive," that.
At Second Manassas, and at
Sharpsburg. Lee attacked forces
which outnumbered him about two
to one.
At Chancellorsville, Lee had 53,
000 men; Hooker had 132,000, 90,,
000 entrenched at Chancellorsville,
and an army nearly equal to Lee's
across the river. , It.was.here that
Hooker , boasted "The Army of
Northern Virginia is now the legit
mate property of the Army ; of the
Potomac." Well, they failed to
take possesion of their 'property. "
There has been , much discussion as
tolwho planned the wonderful flank
movement which won the day.. It
is mow known that Lee planned it
and gave the order to Jackson, whe
executed it so splendidly.
At Gettysburg, Meade had 105,000
against Lee's 60,000. Had Lee's or
der's been carried out victory and in
dependence would have resulted, for
Baltimore would have been taken,
Maryland would have ome over,
Washington would have fallen, and
the Peace Party would have been
supreme in the North.
During., the Campaign of (1864,
Liee had from start to finish, only
73,000 men, against' over 275,000
men on the other side. Porter's at
tdmpts to explain this, to the glory
of Grant are weak and lame. Even
under those circumstances, Lee
was wanting and seeking"an open
field and a fair fight." Lee out
general led Grant at every point
At Cold Harbor Grant lost, 13,500
men; Lee lost about 900. And when
the end came, "Lee had made
campaign unexamplediin the history
of defensive warfare; "
And thus Lee marched into his
tury. Saturday, the 19th of Janu
ary is.his bjrthday rMondaythe 21st
of January is the birthday of Stone
wall Jackson. It it seems fitting
that the anniversaries of the birth
of these great soldiers- should come
so near together. Cavalier and
Puritan--but brothers in arms, in
faith, and in glory! They will
shine forever in the world's galaxy
of true patriots, stainless gentlemen
model christains, and peerless sol
diers! They sleep wrell iu "Lex-
ngton in the Valley of Virginia",
where Jackson asked to be buried,
and1 where in the Providence of God
Lee spent his last years laboring for
the young men of the land he loved
so well, and served so faithfully. I
hold up to the young men of the
land tonight these twin heroes of
our Southland. Study their lives
and character as models of all that
is pure, and noble, .and true, and
good, as fit types of American man
hood.
And as I look back over the cen
turies and study the great soldiers
of History, I hesitate not to place
him at, the their head, Robert Ed
ward Lee, of Virginia, of the South
ern Confederacy, of America, of the
World."
THE TRACK TEAM.
In the Red and Black of January
19,appear several proposed changes
in the constitution of their Athletic
Association. , These are devised to
define clearly the distinction be
tween the "G"sand what entitles a
student to wear one. Many radical
chances in methods of electing
managers are also proposed.
The University last year took a
step in the right direction when it en
tered the Southern Inter-Collegiate
Athletic Association. We then
came forward as the advocates of
pure athletics in every established
form. Since joining, we have
shown what we can do both in base
ball and foot ball with teams which
meet the Association's strict re
quirements. In both of these
branches of Athletics, North Caro
lina is, without doubt one of the
Big Four of the South. But it has
only partially . established an Ath
letic reputation. It is of very high
importance that we do not forget
the fact that Track Athletics form
fully as honorable and important
a department of Athletics as either
base ball or foot ball. In the
past the South has not considered, i
so, and the word athletics has in
the South come almost to exclude
from its meaning those original and
typical forms of exercise and con
test that the word was made for
In Ensfland and in the Northern
States vvhere conditions have in the
past been more, favorable for the
proper development of Athletics, to
be an Athlete means rather to be
what we inwardly call a track ath
lete, than to be a foot ball or base
i i
ball player. This statement may
seem to some of us to be putting it
rather strongly, "out a consideration
of the very important, of the lead
ing position taken by the Track
Meets of our great Universities in
their Inter-Collegiate Athletics,
will, we think, bear out its truth
To bring about a proper adjust
ment between the different branches
of Athletics, to cultivate genera
Athletics in the South, is one of the
main objects of the Inter-Collegiate
Association. It is a matter of con
gratulation that this object is suc
ceeding; unusual activity of prep
aration for the Track Meet of the
coming season prevails througout
the South and some strong- team
mav be expected. We must not be
behind in this movement. We must
begin to take our track team seri
ously. We must see to it that our
track team this Spring is as con
scientiously organized and supported
as any of our base ball or foot ball
teams have ever been, if we would
ieep our prestige in Athletics.
This will be easy to do, for our
track team last year was a strong
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one, and almost ail ot its mem
bers are in college this year. There
is a very powerful reserve, too, in
the upper classes in those men
who' have heretofore saved them
selves for base ball, but who
will in such a time of rare need,
gladly come out for the track
team. All in all, there is every
reason vv h y Carolina should
be as prominent on the track this
Spring, as ever on the diamond (or
t;he gridiron.
New Goods New Goods New
Goods, atN. C. Long & Brp's.
Georgia-Carolina- Debate..
In the contests which recently
took place in the societies for the se
lection of debaters to represent this
University in the Georgia-Carolina
debate, D. P. Stern, '02, of -Scot-,
land Neck, was chosen from the
Phi., and R. R. Williams, '02,- of -Newton,
represents the Di. Each
of these men won the position over
several strong competitors, and..this.
fact alone, is sufficient evidence that
the University will be,, represented
in Georgia by tvvo pf her beside hat
ers. It is rather unusual for both these
representatives to be members, of .
the Junior class, and the selection.
of these men should be a matter of
pride to their class-mates.
Mr, Williams has already ,, won ,a4
medal for his ability as a declaimer
and Mr. Stern has represented his
society time and again in the. inters
society debates, always making,,
sound and forceful arguments.
The query submitted is: Resolved;
That the combinations of capital,-,
commonly known, as trusts, are
more injurious than beneficial."
Messrs. Stern and Williams speak.,
in support of the negative, side.
The debate takes place in Atheps,
Ga.. in; the early, part of. April?
We feel certain that if ability and
hard work, count for anything, tljis
University can feel safe about the,.,
coming debate.
"THE HARP OF, THE ,SEflSE,S',
Professor DeMotte to be the Ptext
Lecturer in the, Star, Course.
An unusually fine lecture may be
expected for the evening of Friday,
February 1st, when we will be giv-
en tne entertainment announced
above. Thtough the kindness of
Dr. Baskerville we are enabled to
print the following review of it.
"The Harp of the Sense.s," the
lecture delivered by Prof. DeMotte.
at the auditorium last night, was,
perhaps the greatest phychplogicai
treat ever enjoyed in this city. It
was illustrated by a huge magic
lantern, which was most successful
ly operated. The il'ustrations were
superb, and they brought science
into such familiar relations that it,
robbed it of all its technical drudg-.
ery and made it simple and charw
ng1 to all present.
The speaker represented opo s,
personality as urrounm-d by two
oceans, one of ether and one of a jr.,
and he showed how they effected
qne s personality, ne pitiureu me
t?rain and its action as they govern
liuman conduct, and he told some in
teresting studies in character and
conduct to eniphasize his theme. A
number of musical instruments ..were
exhibited to show the effect of sound
in all its variations. ' The human,
ear was perfectly pictured, as was
also the effect produced thereon.
The human brain was also exhibit
ed, and a strong moral sermon ad
duced from it. All in all,' the lec-
ure was a deep, serious and upli
ne- entertainment, and students ot
psychology were enraptured with
Chattanooga, ienn.
Times, Jan. 7, 1901.
Daily