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Vol.16,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1908.
No. 13.
OFFICIAL. ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
WHITNEY BROTHERS QUARTET
ENTERTAINMENT DELIGHTS THE
AUDIENCE.
One of the Best Companies That
Has Iieen Here for Many
Years.
The entertainment of the Whit
ney Brothers Quartet in Gerrard
Hall Saturday nisrht was of the
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first order. The. quartet singing
was sucli that two or three encores
after each selection were demanded
by the audience, the -solo selections
were received with almost equal en
thusiasm, and the reading was in
deed excellent.
The show was late in beginning.
The Chapel Hill Limited was be
hind time, and it was nearly nine
o'clock when the brothers arrived.
It might be supposed that the hum
our of the audience was not of the
best, but after the first selection
all dissatisfaction vanished and the
crowd settled itself for an evenirg
of enjoyment. And disappointment
came not near.
The quartet is composed of Alvin
M. Whitney, first tenor; Edwin M.,
second tenor and reader; William
F., first bass and accompanist;
Yale B., second bass. And a re
fined set of young men they seemed.
After the first number on the
program consisting of two selec
tions, "Hail, Smiling Morn" and
"Many A Dusty Mile," the quar
tet received three encores. Then
came a number which was probab
ly the feature of the evening, a
reading by Edwin M., entitled "On
Christmas Day in the Morning."
A beautiful story having to do with
Christmas and the old home, told in
a beautiful way, it captivated the
audience.
Liszt's exquisitely beautiful song
"Light! More Light!" with an en
core, a tenor solo,' "My Dream"
with an encore, were followed by
another reading by the inimitable
Edwin M. "Encouragement," a
neero dialect selection, in which!
Ike was besought to "speak up and
spress hisself" was enthusiastically
received, and so was "Old Iron
sides," the first speech of a boy at
school.
Yale B. Whitney's bass solo
"Bandoliero" is worthy of special
mention. Following this came
three Folk Songs by the quartet:
Robert Burns's great poem, "Scots
wha hae wi' Wallace bled;" "For
saken," an old Austrian song; and
an old Flemish song.
The entertainment was fittingly
brought to a close by the singing
of "Grace .Be Unto You" in such a
way that a benediction seemed al
most to be shed upon the audience.
The Star Course committee is to
be heartily congratulated upon the
selection of the Whitney Brothers
Quartet, and.it is to be hoped that
it can be secured again for next
year.
THE JUNIOR PROMENADE
WILL PROBABLY BE HELD FEB
RUARY 21.
The Plans for the Occasion Are Be
ing Perfected A Great Time
Is Expected.
The plans for the Junior Prom,
on Washington's birthday are rap
idly being perfected. At a meet
ing of the Junior class Thursday
afternoon r the committee was in
structed to perfect the details and
report at a subsequent meeting.
It is proposed to have "The Ri
vals" presented by the Dramatic
Club on the night of Thursday, the
20th. The presentation of this fa
mous old comedy by our histrionic
artists promises to excel 1 at least in
the quality of the acting the faculty
farce "Anthropophysiameibome
chane" which made such a hit last
spring. Three rehearsals are reg
ularly held each Week, under the
able direction of Mr. I. L. Potter,
and the actors are determined to
make of the show a great success.
After the show a reception will
be held by the Seniors, to which
will be invited the Juniors, the
visitors, and a number of the towns
people.
The exercises for Washington's
birthday will be held on the follow
ing dav at least tne trustees win
be requested to change the holiday
from the twenty-second to the
twenty-first. A tennis tournament
or some other form of out-door ex
ercise, will.be held in the afternoon.
On the night of the twenty-first the
Junior Prom will be held a fitting
culmination for the preceding exer
cises. This will be in all probabil
ity the social event of the spring
term. The arrangement of the de
tails is in the hands of Messrs.
George Thomas, Kemp Battle and
Frank Graham, and these gentle
men will put forth every effort to
make the affair a success. Many
fair ladies will be in attendance,
which fact will in itself serve to
make glad the hearts of the lady-
loving students.
It is hoped and believed that the
occasion will serve to improve social
conditions. At any rate it will
serve to break the monotony which
is to some extent the doleful lot of
the student body until the baseball
season opens.
The foregoing plans are by no
means final. It is almost certain
that changes will be made in de
tails at least, if not in more impor
tant matters. But the fact is well
assured that there will be "some
thing doing" on the Hill about the
time of Washington's birthday.
The Press Association held a
business meeting in the Y. M. C.
A. building Thursday night, and a
committee was appointed by Vice
President Drury Phillips to decide
upon the advisability of having a
picture of the association members
inserted in the Yackety Yack.
THE FUTURE UNIVERSITY MAN
PROFESSOR WILLIAMS
"WHAT NEXT?"
ASKS
NEWS OF COMMENCEMENT
HON. MARTIN A. KNAPP TO DE
LIVER ADDRESS.
At
Congratulates Students on
Last Having Gotten Together
. Much Good Done.
Professor Williams talks straighj
from the shoulder and minces no
words. He made a talk before the
Young Men's Christian Association
Tuesday night on the subject
"What Next?" and the large
crowd of students that had assem
bled gave him the closest of , atten
tion.
"This University," said the
speaker in substance, "has come to
the point, I think, when it will be
gin again its proper work: the mak
ing of men. Since 1884 the college
community has been split up into
factions and no one man received
the support and encouragement of
the entire student body. But con
ditions have been changed to a con
siderable degree; the men have been
brought together and to the class
of 1908 must the thanks for this
great work be given.
"As evidence of the fact that
somethings has been wrong here,
need only to point to the fact that
of our Congressmen only one is
tt . r
university man; neitner oi our
Senators owes anvthing to this
University; and our Governor is
1-V ft
uaviason man. Ana where were
the University men during the last
Legislature the Legislature that
set back the development of North
Carolina twenty-five years by the
passage of the rate law?
"Yes, things have been wrong
but after a long, haid fight we are
where we were in 1884 we are
once more togetner, and we must
stay together. Now we are in a
position to turn out men. I believe
that we have the talent here to fur
nish the South with a great law
yer something the South now has
not.
"In spite of the animosity of the
press and public opinion to great
corporations and huge business con
cerns, great things will happen in
the South, and great things call for
great men. We can furnish the
great men if the students will do
their duty.
"Jake Morehead, who is here
studying law, lived here when the
factions loomed up larger than the
University. If that boy had had
the proper training, I believe that
he would have been one of Amer
ica's great ambassadors and what
could he not have accomplished, for
he unquestionably has the talent?
"Stacy, the fighter, the man I
had rather have behind me in a
fight than any one else I know, has
in him the making of the great law
yer that the South needs. And so
has J. J. Parker., But in order to
bring out this talent, the students
must do their duty they must call
(Continued on page 4.)
Dr. Thos. F. Gaylor to Preach Bac
calaureate Sermpn A Phi
Beta Kappa Address.
The baccalaureate sermon at the
next commencement of the Univer
sity will be preached by Dr. Thos.
F. Gaylor, of the Episcopal church,
and Bishop of Tennessee. Bishop
Gaylor was formerly a professor in
the University of the South. He
has written a number of able books
on theological and sociological sub
jects, and is held in high esteem as
a consecrated minister of the gos
pel. ' ;
The principal address on com
mencement day will be delivered by
Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Mr. Knapp was appoint?
ed interstate commerce commissionr
er by President Harrison, reap?
pointed by Cleveland, and elected
chairman of the commission in 1898.
Long before his appointment to
this place his reputation as a jurist
and statesman had become national.
New York is his native State.
The Phi Beta Kappa is a college
fraternity in which elligibility to
membership is conditional upon
high scholarship. The University
chapter of this society has arranged
to have a representative among the
speakers at commencement in June.
Dr. William G. Sumner is to be the
Phi Beta Kappa orator. Dr. Sum
ner has been 'professor of political
and-social science at Yale for more
than thirty-five years. His reputa
tion as a scholar extends over this
country and into Europe. He is
the author of "What the Social
Classes Owe to Each Other", "The
History of Banking in America",
and half a dozen other books on
similar topics.
The Country Club.
A Country Club has been recent
ly prganized here with about forty-
five members, mostly members of
the faculty, together with a few
adies and gentlemen from the vil
age. The club has rented a house
and several acres of land in the
suburbs of the town, and prepara
tions are already being made for
the reception of the members. Golf
nks and tennis courts are being
prepared, and within two or three
weeks at the most, the affairs of the
club will be in smooth running or
der. Indoor games will doubtless
be provided later. An amusement
committee has this part of the
club's business in charge, and this
committee will decide what forms
of amusement are practicable and
desirable.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt is chair
man of the board of governors, Dr.
Archibald Henderson is secretary
of the board of governors, and Dr.
Charles H. Herty is treasurer and
chairman of the house committe,