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Vol.16,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, I C , THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908.
No. 15.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF .THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
THE f PRESIDENT'S t REPORT
HE REPORTS FIVE NEW BUILDINGS.
Appropriation for Summer Term
Increased Memorial Tablet for
C Chas, D.: Mclver.
The Board of Trustees in session
at Raleigh, last week increased the
appropriation farHhe Summer Term
for the High School teachers from
$1,000 to $1,200,-ordered a tablet
placed in Memorial Hall .to the
memory of Dr." Charles D. Mclver,
and loaned the University exhibit
at Jamestown to' the Superintend- Bursar's office from nine till one
ent of Public Instruction to be o clock on Saturday. Messrs. :M
olaced in the State's exhibit at jRobins and Jas. A.Gray,i Jr., were
.
BALL MANAGER ELECTION
HELD SATURDAY IN BURSAR'S
'OFFICE.
Mr. Manllus Orr Elected Chief
Voting Very Close Few
Paid Votes.
The election for the Commence
ment ball managers resulted in the
choice of the following men;
Seniors M. Orr, W. C. Woodard,
B. L. Banks, Jr.,. R. H. Chatham,
B. G. Muse; Juniors J. G. Hanes,
C. B. Ruffin. 4
The election wasi held in the
Raleigh.
appointed poll holders by iPresident
rw v,w0 V,;c nnniial r? Rand, and these gentlemen guarded
port, which was heard with much, the polls with much' dignity.
interest. : The report in part fol- Practically all the Seniors exercised
jows: their prerogative of voting gratis,
i.i i i ..: : a
, 7o the Honorable Board,, of mtrrc wc-.uu.y n,aau
votes.
The votes were counted, in Ger
rard Hall, beginning at two thirty
Trustees'.
. Gentlemen: ' I have the, honor of
tnaHnnr tnv rpnnrt fnr the vear 1907.
c. i. . an, - ,mu',rU i 'the afternoon, and quite a crowd
especially devoted to ' the - needs of
the University, the General Assem
f bly has increased the annual appro-
priation tor support irom iho.uuu to
- ,K.A y-v i iryr" r rrr r
$YU,UUU ana granted sou.uuu ior
-repairs, etc. This was generous
treatment in view of the condition
K)L LUC OLcltC a iicasuijii n imuui
it, the carrying on of the Univer
sity would, have been impossible, on
the scale of expenditure it had
already reached - and the providing
tor 'additional stuaents out oi im
question. The relief is only partial
and much still remains to be done to
; nhco Ue TTnivprsitv unon the nroner
l a j
Ud.SlS.lUl SUUIIU dUU cmticui vvwi n..
The present enrollment of 785 is an
increase, of 54 students over last
year, and the problem of lodging,
feeding and teaching so large a
number remains very much in the
same condition as before.
Addition to Equipment.
The new library, begun in Octo
ber, 1906, was completed in the
summer, but it could not be opened
for use until late in September, on
account of delay in receiving the
furniture. The cost of the building-
was' $50, 000 and $5,000 was
spent, upon, new furniture. The
complete furnishing,' including two
more tiers of stacks for b-ioks, will
carry.the cost to about $70,000,, but
the. larger part of this expense can
be postponed for a year or two. No
more important addition could have
been made to the life of the Univer
sity, and its usefulness cannot well
be overestimated. The capacity
of the library is for some 175,000 to
200,000 books. There are at pres
ent about 50,000 books, and! 25,000
pamphlets in the library. Portraits
of the six presidents and also iof
some of the donors to the library
have been' placed in it
gathered to hear the result. The
voting was very close, especially
for ' the Junior managers, neither
Hanes nor Ruffin receiving a large
majority.
, The ball managers held a meet
ing Saturday night and elected Mr.
Mr Manlius Orr chief.
Dr. Keyser Friday Night.
Dr. C. J. Keyser, of Columbia
University, will give a non-tech
nical lecture on mathematics at the
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society
Other, por- i in Chemistry . Hall Friday night.
traits will be added. ' The plan , is Dr. Keyser is a well known author
to form a memorial gallery of noted ' ity on this subject, and no doubt his
"(Continued on page 3.) ' lecture will be worth hearing.
Mr. Taylor Here.
Mr. R. V. Taylor, a graduate of
the University of Virginia, who
now holds the position of Interna
tional Secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. for the South, has been spend
ing a few days on the Hill. Sun
day morning he made a talk before
the Bible Classes, Sunday , after
noon he visited one of the mission
Sunday schools, and Tuesday night
he made a most interesting talk be
fore the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Taylor
is a young man with just the per
sonality that pleases college men is
likewise a good . speaker, and his
visit here was doubtless productive
of much good.
Dr. Venable to Italy.
Dr. Venable was . last week
granted leave of absence by the
Board of Trustees to take a much
needed vacation. He will sail from
New York on February 15th, on
theH Mecca, a steamship of the
North German Lloyd Company,
will spend ten or twelve days in
and around Naples, and will return
on.the Konig Albert,' which reaches
New York on March 25. He will
probably. leave Chapel Hill about
February 10.
ON "ATHENS AND VICINITY"
MISS STONE LECTURES IN GER
HARD HALL.
Views of the Acropolis, Coliseum,
Parthenon, Mars Hill as They
Are Today.
Miss Florence - Stone, of Athens,
gave; a very interesting and 'in
structive illustrated lecture in the
Chapel Monday night on Ancient
Athens and Vicinity." The scenes
were . of those; places and . things
which are familiar to history, and
which everyone who knows any
thing about the history of Athens
is anxious to see. They were large
and comprehensive enough to give
a good idea of the places they rep
resented, were clear ; and distinct,
and were explained by Miss Stone
in a very attractive manner as they
were thrown upon the canvas. .
She first presented a map of the
Greecian Archipeligo, pointing i Out
on it the port of Patros where the
tourist fori Athens usually lands,
the route across the Archipeligo
that is usually traveled, many in
teresting' places along the route,
tracing some of the famous mountain-ranges
of Greece, and finally
pointing out the city itself.
The first scene in Athens was
very ' properly the Acropolis, .? fol
lowed by several views showing the
Parthenon, the Coliseum, and' sev
eral of the larger Greecian temples.
Most of these were but parts tof
fallen walls, or a bare group of sev
eral large columns standing with
out walls, but they showed some
splendid specimens of the ionic and
doric architecture even in their
present age and decay.
- A good view was given of the
famed Mars Hill on which Paul f is
supposed to . have stood when he
spoke to the Athenians, also one ion
which Demosthenes is supposed to
have stood to deliver some of his
famous speeches. In another was
shown the point at sea where the
battle of Salamis was fought, and
far off across the way rose the
Hymettus mountains, the "violet
tinted Hymettus." '
Perhaps the most interesting
scenes of the whole entertainment
were those of two am pi-theatres,
The first was not strictly Greecian
as it was built by the Romans after
conquest of the city. But the other
was a .genuine Gieecian amphi-thea-
tre. In it the plays or Socrates,
Euripides, and other Greecian au
thors were presented. The great
arena was there, in which gladi-
torial combats were held.
These are but a few suggestions
of a great many scenes which were
presented. The whole entertain
ment from start to finish was full
of interesting scenes of the most
famed city of the past, and was a
delightful hour and a half of enter
tainment and instruction.
Mr. H. P.-, Hasten returned Mon
day from a visit to his home in
Winston-Salem.
THE FRATERNITY. DANCE
TO BE GIVEN ON EVENING OF
FEBRUARY 21.
Messrs. Borden, Gilliam t and
Hanes Chosen as the-Floor
Managers.
As stated in i last -i week's Tar
Heel, on Wednesday-night, Janu
ary 22nd, r the fraternities decided
to give a dance to the Juniors and
Seniors during the so-called Junior
Week. There was a meeting of
ten men, one from each of the fra
ternities, and it was this body that
made the above decision. The mat
ter had been thoroughly thrashed
out beforehand, in former meetings,
but the plans came to a head on the
22nd.
The dance is to be given on Fri
day afternoon, February 21st, in
the Bynum gymnasium. . An effort
will be made to get the tennis game
scheduled for that date moved -for-ward
to Thursday afternoon. The
committee appointed , to lay . the
whole proposition before Dr. Ven
able gathered from - what he - said
that he looked upon such a dance as
a. mere single feature of the Junior
Prom, festivities, and that no ob
jection would be raised to it by -the
faculty. 'The fraternity . repre
sentatives elected Mr. Rennon Bor
den the chief floor, manager, and
Messrs. Don Gilliam and. Jim
Hanes assistants. These will act
as the committee to arrange i for the
music, decorations, and such details
for the occasion. It is to be hoped
that this afternoon dance will add
materially to the success of the
February festivities. ,
' More Drags!
The' Drag Editors of the Yack-
ety Yack have requested the ' Tar
Heel to beg ' for more drags. J It
seems that the insatiable appetite
of these gentlemen for' butting
"fools and wise men" is by no means
satisfied, and in their extremity
they call for aid. ' The drags may
be dropped into the' box in the
library or given to J.' iW. Hester,
D; Phillips, or H. P: Osborne.
The Library Hours.
The committee appointed' by the
two literary societies met' with' Dr.
Wilson Monday morning, and a
slight change was made ' in the li
brary hours. The hours how 'are:
Daily-from 8:45 a; m. to 1:15 p.
m., and trom' 2:00 p.m. to! 5:00
p. m. ; ' Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30
p. m.
'Dr. Wilson stated to the com
mittee that he would 'be' very glad
to have the .building open at night,
but that with the present capacity
of the power house, ' it- was1 impos
sible to secure lights.
Rev, Frank Morton Hawley, a
graduate of Davidson College, who
is here taking advanced wor I' .ad
ing to a Master's' degree, pieached
an excellent1 sermon at "the Presby
terian church Sunday morning.