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i, , l u Ayr' IT" TT K M iUo Vol. 12, UNIVERSiH OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904. So. M. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. AR IS DR. BASKERVILLE LECTURES. Subject Was "The Elements: Veri fied and Unverified." At the regular monthly meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Tuesday night, Dr, Chas. Baskerville presented his paper on "The Elements: Verified and Un verified," read at the St.Louis meet ing" of the American Chemical So ciety. The first portion of the address was concerned with the develop ment of the idea of atoms by which a definition of the term element was arrived at. An extended table of elements which have been proposed was submitted. The following statement was made after refer ence to the work of Lodge, J. J. Thomsen and Crookes: "If the electrons of all elements are exact ly alike, or, ino ther words, if there is but one matter, just as there is but one force, and if the elements be but the various manifestations of that one matter, due to r differ ent orgital arrangement of the elec trons. it would seem tnat we are fast returning to the conceptions of the middle-age alchemists. The transmutation of metals involves but the modification of the arrange ment of the electrons." The reasons for the large num ber of proposed elements were giv en and especial emphasis Was laid upon the difficulties in proving their claims. For instance, the extreme minuteness in which they occur, difficulty of their extraction, and the attendant cost, with the usual scientific poverty. Further more, if anything new is had, the difficulties confronting chemists in proving positively that the sub stance is truly new, were pointed out. Reference was made to the deficiences of the spectroscope, the lack of uniformity in observations; difficulties to be overcome in com paring absorption spectra, the ad vantages and disadvantages of phosphorescent and reversion spec tre. Without doubt the spectro scopic criteria are the most valuable we have in judging finally the ele ments, and mayhap will remain so, but in his humble opinion, such have not alone sufficient authority, as yet, to usher the aspirant to a place among the elect. The contention frames itself, however, in an expres of the need for uniformity. Reference is made to suggestions, as to the variability of atomic weights and the grounds upon which atomic weights were accept ed. The speaker, however, quoted from Berthelot "Z Lritiqe est a Ve, mais furl est difficile," but especially emphasized that all our laws have their limitations. It was suggested that some such institution as, for example, the Car negie Institution, should establish a commission for judging the claims of all novel materials as eleme'nts. Having dealt with the specula tions of others, the speaker indulged that whereas the density of the earth is about twice as great as the average density of the shell of the earth ten miles, ihe possible exist ence of elements With very high atomic weights was suggested. Following out the general idea of the genesis of the elements, he stat ed that the logicof Larmor's theory, involving the idea of an ionic sub stratum of matter, the support of J. J. Thomson's experiments, the confirmation of Zeeman's phenome non, the emanations of Rutherford, Martin's explanations, cannot fail to cause credence in the correctness of Crookes' idea of a fourth state of matter. These and the facts that most of the elements with high atomic weights, in fact, all above 200 (thal lium not reported on), exhibit radio active properties, are doubtless closely associated and have to do with the eventual composition of matter. He had unverified obser vations which go to show the exist ence of at least one element with a very high atomic weight. If it be confirmed, then we have them now or 'they are making, and probably breaking up, as shown by that mar vellous class of radio-active elements in the discovery of which the Curies have been pioneers. In conclusion he said: "If our ideas', that all known elements come from some primordial materiah be true, then it stands to reason that we' are coming in time perhaps to that fixed thing, a frozen ether, the fifth state of matter. I may make use of dangerous analogy and liken nur known elements, arranged in a perfected, natural system, as the visible material spectrum, while electrons, etc. constitute the ultra violet and cosmyle composes the infra-red, either one of the latter by proper conditions being convert ible into perceptible elemental mat ter." Mr. W. L. Allen Heard From Again. Th-e Roanoke, Va., Times, of last Tuesday has the following about a gentleman we will recall: "W. L. Allen has mysteriously disappeared from Roanoke, and there are several business men who would like very much to "ascertain his whereabouts, and with the aid of the police they expect to find him soon. Allen came to Roanoke first on Thanksging day as the coach for the Davidson College foot ball team, and will be remembered as being a tall, thin young- fellow wearing a light gray suit of clothes and a college cap. He came back to Roanoke about five weeks ago and engaged room and board at one of the leading hotels. He left his hotel bill unpaid, and in addition passed. what is alleged to be a worthless check for $50 on a leading haberdasher, receiving a $40 suit of clothing. He also secured 500 miles of transportation from the publisher of a weekly newspaper under the pretense that he would and secure advertising matter. There are probably others whom he has worked, but no complaint has yet been made to the authori ties. Allen claimed that he was a native of Michigan, and it is more than likely that he has gone there. He left Roanoke about the first clay of this year." This man Allen is the same guy that signed the affidavit for Glem son College containing a scurrilous reflection on the officials in the Clemson Carolina game. Quips on a Modern Novel. The pieces of the girl who burst into tears have been put together again and she is now as whole as ever. : ' .... The youth whose face fell imme diately picked it up again and after dustii.g it, restored it to its former position. Water was thrown on the burn ing gaze of the villain, soon extin guishing it, but it was grossly in suiting to the villain. The remains of the man who ex ploded with laughter were collected in a ; basket and sent to a repair shop. The piercing eye of the old gentle man went clean through a fool one day without hurting him in the least, but the point was so dulled tbati; hasn't been used since. The man with the grating laugh is now employed in a restaurant and uses the laugh in the preparation of cocoanut pies and pineapple cus tards. The bitter smile of the heroine has been diluted with water and sugar added till it is now quite pleasant to the taste. Something fell into the open countenance, of the hero one 'day, closing it up so effectively that he hasn't spoken a -word since. Some say it was her father's fist. The woman whose lips curled got so angry because her hair wouldn't do likewise that she committed sui cide. The lowering brow of the old man kept on lowering until it struck the floor, exploded and blew his head off. j The men ajl said that the eyes of the heroine were like diamonds, her lips like rubies, her teeth like pearls. The women all said that they were only .cheap paste imitations. John "Do they refer to the law schools as their alma mate.'?" Sam "No; they call it their mother-in-law." . -Ex. I stood on the bridge at midnight. And the clock was striking the hour; The hour rose up indignant And struck back with all its power. -Ex A Reply to Mr. Caspar Whitney's Charges. We read in the January issue of Outing a sever; criticism of athlet ics as conducted at the University of Virginia and at other Southern colleges. Mr. Caspar Whitney in his review of the foot ball season of 1903 says: ' Cumberland appears with a pair of summer-nime ball players. The same is true of the Virginia and North Carolina trams -which, however, have been al ways a law unto themselves." As a prelude to his "Foot Ball Rank ing," he says: "No college is eligi ble for consideration here whose disregard for wholesome sport is patent and persistent." In the long list of teams which follows, Virginia, North Carolina and Blacksburg are omitted. . In answer to the first charge in regard to the playing of 'summer- nin? players, .; will say that if this is a sin against athletic morals it is shared by Virginia, with such institutions as Princeton and Yale. No one c in d'-ny tint, players from those colleges have frequently earn ed tlicir board - during the summer months by playing i? ..i teams in the Adirondacks and other places. Secondly, we wish to inquire of Mr. Whitney in what ways Vir ginia has shown a patent and per sistent disregard of wholesome sport. If he refers to rowdyism in play, we will refer him to that prom inent Yale athlete who stated that the Virginia-North Carolina con test was the first real foot ball game he had ever seen, terming the Northern foot ball games mere fights. If he refers to the playing of men tainted with professionalism, it is sufficient to call attention to the Virginia Intercollegiate Ath letic Association, which watches this matter with all the jealousy that rivalry can inspire. We will add, however, that he reflects di rectly upon .a member of our Fac ulty who has been appointed to guard the University's honor in this matter. College 'topics. Law School Elect Officers. The Law School has elected the following officers for the spring term: President, R. S. Stewart. First Vice President, John Car penter. Second Vice President and Poet, P. Faison. The'following were elected Moot Court officers: Judge, Dr. T. Ratlin. Judge pro tern.. P.O. Britton Solicitor. D. P. Stern. Clerk, H. Skinner. Sheriff, Delaney. Coroner, B. B. Williams. It makes a boy sick who is wor rying over whether he is going to make his foot ball team, to hear his mother brag how he is trying to be No. 1 in his class. Press n a novel speculation of his own, go out of the city to adjoining towns
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