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- K, IK II 0 1 J Ills A R il Vol. 14, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, S. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1906. No. 20. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THF, UNIVERSITY OF NORThJ CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. DR. JOHN P. D. JOHN. BISHOP STRANGE PREACHES. NOT ON THE PROGRAMME. THE PASSING OF BETSY. I "The Worth of a Man" is the Sub ject Presented In the Chapel Last Friday Night. Dr. John P. D. John, former pres ident of De Pauvv University of Indiana, and platform lecturer for the last ten years, delivered an interesting lecture in Gerrard Hall last Friday night upon "The Worth of a Man." "The worth of a man depends upon our standard of greatness, up on the unit that we take as a meas urement, upon the view point from which we see man." Here Dr. John gave two viewpoints from which man may be judged; first, through the small end of a telescope and second, through the large end. "Looked at through the small end of a telescope man is seen in com parison with the universe of which he is an infinitesimal part. We see his utter insignificance as compared to the great solar systems and his miserably short life of three score and ten as compared with the un measured flow of eternity. Thus man limited by space and duration is insignificant, but limited by the law of God he is helpless, for the law of God is no respecter of the strong or the frail, but all must alike obey its inexorable commands." Here Mr. John gave some start ling, but interesting statistics re garding the effects of the cigarette habit upon American youths. Next he discussed man and his moral acts "Whatsoever a man sovveth, that shall he also reap. " A Biblical, but also a true scientific saying. Mr John then gave a number of short concise statements which are well remembered: "Pay day will come forever' deed and to every doer;" "The inner act right at one time is right forever;". "Winking at sin never transformed it into virtue;" "What is wrong in a prayer meet ing is wrong in a saloon;" "What is right in hell is right in heaven." Mr. John next looked at man through the large end of the tele scope. Here man is seen as greater than space and duration and law, of infinite dignity and possibilities. Man subjecting law to his master ful genius is wonderiul; limiting space is supremely great; as a law maker he is God-like. Thanks, Awfully; We're Sending One By the Next Train. The Virginia Tech-. We are sorry we cannot gratify The; TAR Heel's feminine curi osity about out society editor. His, her, or its identity is an editorial secret, one that we cannot divulge even for the pleasure of displaying the many accomplishments of that gifted individual before an envious and admiring public. But our soc iety specialist has consented, after much persuasion, to attempt to train a Tar HEEL understudy. So send us up your most promising candi date and we will see what can be doze. The Always Interesting Question Recieves an Interesting Treat ment at his Hands. Right Reverend Robert Strange, of Wilmington, preached the Uni versity Sermon for March in the chapel Sunday niirht. The sermon was easily one of the ablest heard here this year. Bishop Strange chose for his subiect: "Salvation." This is the word most characteristic of Christ. He is spoken of not as an example but as a Saviour. This raises the question: "Saviour from what?" The modern idea of Christianity is too much like fire insurance. You go through a certain form, agree to believe certain things, agree to do certain things, and in re turn therefor you will escape burn- inir in the other world. Nowhere in the New Testament is the word salvation followed by the word fire. In every case it is followed by the word sins. It is from these that Christ came to save us, to purify us for Him. Man looks on sin as a luxury, God looks on it as a curse. Look backward over our history, witness the work of sin and decide for your self, "Which is right?" Salvation is always concerned with sin, past, present and future Christ snaps the cord between cause and effect and stands between the sinner and the consequences of his sin. Power is the thing we need and Christ giyes it to us. Great as is the negative side of salvation, the positive is yet great er. It gives us the power to grow on forever toward the highest ideals, approaching as a limit, yet never attaining, God himself. Philologists Meet. The Philological Club met Tues day night. The following papers were read: "The Infatuation of Ruv Bias" Dr. J. D. Bruner. "Christian Names from the Greek" Dr. Eben Alexander. . Thp Modern Literature Club will meet tonight at 7:30, No. 16 Alumni building. In the Societies. There was no regular debate in the Di society last Saturday night. The meeting was given over to the reading and adoption of the revised constitution. Before the Phi Society the question "Resolved, that the Uni versity should have recitations on Saturday as on any other day of the week" was handled with con siderable ability and won by the affirmative, Mr. Giddings making the best speeech. Mr. WT. S. Bernard who had been invited by the society to speak to them on this occasion responded with an excellent talk on "Industri alism and Education in North Carolina." A Bold Bad Band of Seniors Add a Fitting Climax to Dr. John's Stirring Lecture. The lecturer ceased speaking. For an hour and ten minutes he had held his audience, painting for them vivid pictures, transporting them by sheer force of will upward through limitless leagues of space, onward mid countless worlds which whirled and spun with speed un measured and unmeasurable. In a tense stillness broken only by the sound of his voice he had risen round upon round to the climax of his peroration, then, altering his manner and dropping his voice he said sim ply, "This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the Worth of a Man." Slam! Bang! came simultane ously from the two sides of the hall, as the windows were hurled upward. S-s-s-h Bump! and before the eyes of tie electrified audience a hideous creature, clad is a robe of white and with face unspeakable, shot down a dangling rope from the small balcony overhead and alighted squarely in the center of the rostrum, where he leered about him. The people in the audience caught their breath. Those with sufficient pres ence of mine pinched themselves. The others sat transfixed. With lightniug-!'ke rapidity other - ropes were cast down and swinging from these and leaping through the open windows on either hand, dozens of white clad figures rushed upon the rostrum. The lecturer had started to seat himself in the rear of the stage, but as the first form loomed above his head he changed his plans and as a dozen others came into view he fled precipitately, ten feet at a leap. Over the four hundred minds of the audience there flashed ten mil lion thoughts. Was it a visitation from the beings of some of those worlds which had been so aptly de scribed a few moments before? Was the lecturer a magician and this the result of bis wonderworking? Were they the shades of the once terrible Klu Klux? Or spirits from the lower world. But in less than a minute after the first arrival, the rostrum was full, Ihe incoming ceased and the usurpers gathered together. The spectators breathed more easily. It really looked as if they were go ing to give a yell and thus establish the fact of their collegiate nature. And so it was. Forth from , the dis torted mouths and painted lips, re assuring by its very familiarity, vet thrilling by its intensity of feeling came this deafening chorus: "Yack-Yack-Ray-Ray Yack-Yack--Ray-Ray Carolina Varsity! Boom Rah! Boom Rah! Carolina! Naught-six! Naught-six! Naught-six!" There it was! No fiends from Plutonian regions could deliver themselves of a Yackety Yack with that ring to it. And ihe windup gave the first clue to the identity of the ghostly forms. Her Passion for Fun Proved Her Undoing and the Campus Knows Her Buoyant Self No More. Betsy, Dr.' Alexander's shepherd dog, is dead. Somebody poisoned her and she died Saturday morning. There were those who thought the spirited dog had not an enemy in the village, but the unfeeling act which caused her death proves such not to be the case. Those who saw her romping over the campus saw her at her best; those who saw her grab the cull ml man by his trousers saw her at her worst. With all her good qualities and she had many Betsy had this one great fault. A cullud man doesn't like to have his pants gnawed, even though it be highly amusing to others, and so he simply poisoned her. There was reason, however, in Betsy's tackling stunts. From a pup she accompanied her master to the football field. There she saw men grab at one another and fall in an mtangioie neap. lhere she heard loud applause. There she applauded herself. Why should she not imitate? She did. But the rules of the game were debarred against her, and the result of her imitation was death. Only two weeks ago Tito, the companion or iietsy, recovered from a sprained ankle. Then to gether they marched again as of old, and again they made the cam pus merry with their pranks. From early morning till dark they roved when they, like the Arabs, silently stole away. Aside from the one fault of tack ling the cullud man Betsy was a lovable creature. She was partic ularly fond of "Happy," and was on good terms with everybody about the college. Though she did not love all the students, she was de voted to some. And all the stu dents were friends and admirers of her's. Here's hoping she's in dog heaven. Again they came together and a second yell resulted, this time a vig orous "Boom Rah Ray." A com manding figure waved a signal. Into line the company fell, wheeled and dashed out through one of the windows as silently as it had entered. Disapearing for but a moment the Seniors reappeared, each bear ing a flaming torch. Forming into a double line and holding aloft their torches they marched silently through the crowd which was pouring out of the chapel, down to the corner at Pickard's hotel, thence east to the next street cor ner. Pausing here and massing together with a veritable forest of fire overhead they woke the echoes with their cheers. Again the sig nal "forward", and the march back was begun. When Gerrard Hall was reached once more, torches were cast aside, masks and gowns were torn off and no fiends at all, but thirty five Sen iors held a joyous Senior singing. If if ; Hi H! 1 i! i ir
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