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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOL. 21
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CTIAPEL HILLJ N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912
NO. 13
EDWIN MARKHAM
SPEAKS IN CHAPEL
Americas Most Famous Poet
Interests a Represen
tative Audience
READS AND INTERPRETS HIS OWN POEMS
Discusses Relation of Poetry and
Science and Speaks in High
Praise of Edgar Allen Poe.
Inaugurating- a series of lec
tures to be given under the aus
pices the University through
provisions recently made by the
Trustees, last Thursday night
Edwin Markliam, one of the
most distinguished of living
American poets, addressed the
student body, "Racy, redolent of
the sail" was the apt phrase with
which he was introduced by Dr.
Archibald Henderson, whose
guest Mr. Markliam was' while
in Chapel Hill.
The theme of Mr. Markham's
lecture was the relation of poetry
to science. He undertook
show that both have come
make the unkonwn known,
reveal utuden truth, t'oetrycan
not and will not, said he, be de
strovedby science. Science re
moves one veil to discover another
mystery. Poetry shows our rela'
tions to the unknown, to'the infi
nite. I'oetrv is trutn. it conies
with a message, an authenticty
that declines to be questioned
m .
i netrue poe., who is both poet
and seer, proceeds by law just as
does the scientist. The poet
when he has siad a thing, has
said it for all lime. Why? Be
cause of the absolute simplicity
with which he says it. The sim
ple sty'e, which Matthew Arnold
calls the grand style, is the ex
pression of a significant' thing in
unsurpassable simplicity.
The poet comes with assurance
You caatch more of the Greek
spirit from the Iliad than from
Jill the histories of Greece. More
of the spirit of the Renaissance,
its pride, ostentations, hypocrisy,
can be got from Browning's phil
osophical poem, "The Bishop
Orders his Tomb," than
from any history of that age
Likewise it is to the poet that we
turn to get the essential spirit of
a. race, of a nation, of man.
Mr. Markham spoke briefly of
some of America's foremost men
of letters. Poe uid Lanier, in
his judgment, represent the high
water mark that poetry reaches
in the South. Emerson and Poe
are the most distinctly original
geniuses that this country has
produced. Poe is our most com
plete artist. Aristotle said that
the mission of the artist is to
complete the incomplete designs
f nature. Art is nature plus
the artist. The artist sees that
great beauty through his imagi
nations This is what Poe did
and this it is that makes him
immortal.
In connection with his discus
sion of Poe, Mr. Markham read
a poem that he had written in
remembrance of this Southern
genius, "Our Isrefel." His next
"BIG" ABERNATHY CHOSEN JHE THANKSGIVING
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Carolina's Star Linesman DANCES HELD
Next Captain
Lonme Lee Abernathy, '14,
of Mecklenburg County, will cap
tain the football team of 1913.
This was decided Wednesday at
a meeting of those who played
in the Virginia game. "Big
Ab" has played right tackle fr
ri i. ..; icn., am. wu. Gymnasium Beautifully Decorated
during tnat time Has generally
Fall Festivities Rendered
Successful by Visitors
From All Over State
PRELIMINARY RUN HELD
GORGON'S HEAD AND GERMAN GLUB DANCES
Continued on Fourth Pago.
Deen well above the average,
He came to the University in
1910 from Oak Ridge where he
learned the rudiments of the
game under ''Farmer" Moore.
He made the team from the very
first, beating out an N. C. man
and a former A'. & M. star in his
Freshman year. Since that time
he has been the main-stay of the
line. While not particularly
fast on his feet, "Ab's" great
natural strength has won lor
him a conspicuous place in South
Atlantic football and he has
more than once been rrentioned
for all-star teams. He stands
well over six feet and weighs in
good shape about 18S pounds.
1 he coachiny plans tor next
year have not been decided,
Abe.uathy should have good
Kenneth Ellington the Leader of
the First Dance and George Car
michael of the Second.
The annual Thanksgiving-
dances were held in Bynum Gym
nasiuin on Thursday and Friday
nights, December 5th and 6th
and were'attended by the usual
lartre crowd of visiting young
ladies. The first dance was
given by the Order of the Gor
gons Head and was led by Ken
neth R. Ellington with Thad
Page and Floyd Whitney as as
sistants. T he Friday meht
dance was given by the German
wud. ueorgfe uarmicnaei was
the leader and Frank Drew and
George Strong were assistants.
The gymnasium was beautifully
decorated, the first night in
purple, and the second night in
K1nf utirl virliite TTafilttr'c Ylr.
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I rhpstra fmtri
squad, Tillett, Stevens, Wakely, .
L11V 111 MOlVt
Raleigh' furnished
and Stranye will probably be
the only men lost. With an
abundance of experienced men,
tne universit wm expect a
decided improvement in results
PREP SCHOOLS WILL , COMPETE HERE
At a recent meeting of the
Teachers' Assembly in Greens
boro, the high school principals
of the east central district decid-
Among the young ladies pres
ent were: Misses Kathenne
Boylan, Elizabeth Johnson,
Swindell, Patsey 'and Griselle
Hinton, Betsy John Haywood,
Sarah Fenner, Mildred Hall,
Bettie Russ. all of Raleigh;
Sarah Wilson, and Marie Thomas,
of Charlotte; Mildred and Eunice
Borden, of Goldsboro; Annie
Williams and Marie Pemberton,
nf Fa vpttvillp- Marv T.nm'sp
ed to .hold athletic and literary Manning, Douglas Hill. Helen
contests between their students Gribb afld Bessie q
at Chapel Hill sometime next Durham; Katherine Roddeji of
April. Prof. Walker extended to Rock HiU) & c . winnie Nkh.
tfae principals a hearty invitation. of Washin ton; Alice
on behalt ot t lie university iac- hr,.f c..:ik....... o..-u
Bacot, of Charleston, S. C;
Lucretia Wilson, of Winston-
Salem; Florrie Northrup, of
Wilmington;- Laura Wise, of
Staunton, Va. : Kathleen Long,
Cobb Wins In Sensational
Finish, "Pat" Second
The finish of the cross country
preliminary last Saturday was
one of the most exciting finishes
ever seen here. Patterson had
been leading the race all
the way. One hundred yards
from the finish "Skeet" Cobb,
who had been right behind "Pat"
sprinted and passed "Pat",
winning the race by a yard or
so. Spence was only a short
distance behind these two In a
few seconds Ransom and little
Patterson sprinted neck and neck
for the tape. "Ratty" won by a
few steps. Next came Whiting
and then Robinson. The other
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three finishing soon after.
The purpose of this race was
to select men for the cross coun
try race with A. &M. this coming
Saturday. The first six men wil
enter this race agrainst the
runners from A &M. Three such
runners as Cobb. Patterson and
Spence .should give Smith and
the other A. &M. boys all they
are looking for.
Gold medals were given to the
three first men, and silver ones
to the next three.
ALLSTATE FOOT
BALL TEAM CHOSEN
Raleigh Times Presents One
Picked By Frank Thomp
son and Albert Cox
FOUR CAROLINA PLAYERS HONORED
Writers Speak of Tillett in the High
est Terms, Declaring Him to
Have Been 'the Brains of the Car
olina Team.
LAWYERS TO FIGHT OVER JENNIE BRICE
The famous Jennie Brice m-r-
der case will be tried in Chapel
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. The
best legal talent that the Law
school affords will be seen and
heard in this case. Don't fail to
be present and hear the outcome
of this noted case The attorneys
for the prosecution are J. W.
Morris, Jr. J- W. Hester, H. E.
Stacy, and W. L. VVarlick; the
attorneys for the defense are L.
A. Swicegood, J. J. Henderson,
G. H. Ward, and W. F. Taylor.
ultv and students, to noici nils
meet here instead ot elsewhere
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as it I) as Deen neretoiore, anu
they gladly accepted his. offer.
This move will be welcome news
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in . ii h n i i i l n x t.rn li t n 11 iki n . s-i . . r
' : ot tiraham: Sneo herd L,eak. ot
a practical siep towaru encour- Wadesboro; Martha B. Spruill,
agins arnierics anu speaning iu of Rocky Mount; Sadie Williams,
judiic among Bme nign scnuox
students of the State. The fea
tures ot the meet will be a dec-
amation contest, a track meet,
base
things.
ball game, and other
TWO-MEMBER STAR COURSE
GREETED BY LARGE CROWD
Monday night in Gerrard Hall
the Le Barge Concert Company
srave the third ot a series or
Star Courses. A full house
of Augusta; Elizabeth Baine,
Alice Noble, Annie and Polka
McGehee, Louise Venable, Chris
tine Mc Intosh, of Chapel Hill.
Among the Alumni and visitors
were Jim Manning, Orin Llyoyd,
Tom Pierce, O'Brien Norton, T.
NUMBER C Worth, VV. M. Parsley,, J. S.
Patterson and Foy Roberson of
Durham; Joe Boushal and Tom
Guthrie, of Raleigh; Bob McNeil
of Fayettville: J. N. Jacobs, of
Wilmington; Kenneth Tanner, of
Charlotte; Fred Page, of Aber-
giCCUCu,. m tnjwjfcu mc r1-"' Meen; Kennon Borden, of Golds-
mancc.
consisting of only two persons,
Mr. John Le Barge and Miss
thel Zimmer, rendered one of
the most enjoyable programs of
the year. Mr. LeBarge was a
SOPHOMORES TO HAYE SMOKER
At a meeting of the Soph, class
on Wednesday last it was decided
distinct hit in his negro-dialect to have a "smoker" on Monday
songs, and in his character imita- 0ight Dec. Kith in the Y. M. C.
tions. In his black art he was a. lobby.
not up to the stanuaru. miss Short " atter-smokcrs"spceches
Zimminersang very beautifully will be had from several younger
several Southern melodies. At members of the faculty and from
the piano she was especially good, members of the class.
GLEE GLUB AND ORCHESTRA MAKE A HIT
The development of the Great
er University movement goes
merrily on. The latest addition to
the list of improved college ac
tivites is the Glee Club. Before a
large audience composed prinop
ally of members of the student
body and those on the Hill for
Thanksgiving dances the Glee
Club in conjunction with the
orchestra, presented its fall con
cert Friday night in Gerrard Hall.
It was a rattling success. From
the first selection by the orches
tra to the final song by the whole
Glee Club of, 44 Hark the Sound",
the audience gave appreciative at
tention and enthusiastic encores.
The program was well balanced,
including vocal and instrumental
solos, several quartette numbers,
and Glee Club and orchestra
selections. The individual mem
bers showed the results of care
full and abundant training. The
whole performance went off with
out a hitch and the voices and
instruments always worked in
perfect harmony. Prof. Sneath
and Mr. Woolen, as directors, de
serve great credit for their work,
' M. H. Meeks was the star of
theeveuing. After his solo, "Rosa
lind", he was called back and
back again by the audience. He
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Richardson End Davidson
Hurtt Tackle A. & M.
Stevens Guard Carolina
Plyler Center A. & M.
McQueen Guard Davidson
Abernathy Tackle Carolina
Strang End Carolina
Tillett Quarter Carolina
Utley Half Wake Forest
Graalun Half Davidson
McIIenery Full A. & M.
The following is taken bodily
from the Raleigh Evening Times.
The team was picked by Frank
Thompson, the Wake Forest coach
former A. & M. player, and
Albert L. Cox, an old Carol
ina star.
As the state teams are so far
below their usual standard this
year, the writers, while exercis
ing their own judgement in the
selections, have not been unmind
ful of the opinions of many qual
ified to judge football playing
ability, some of whom have
pickedjteams for various news
papers.
Owing to the fact that two of
the best players in the state took
part, one in only one game, and
the other in only two, these men
being tackle Flyod, of A. &M.,
and halfback Booe, of Davidson,
the writers have not deemed it
wise to give them a place on this
eleven of honor, notwithstanding
the fact that "they are without a
peer in their positions among
college players of the state.
As to the individual playing
the writers believe that this
year furnishes only one player of
outstanding ability, Captain
Tillett, quarter back of the Car
olina team, who with team-mates
of anything like equal playing
ability could have wrought havoc
with any eleven in this section.
"Left End - Richardson, of
Davidson, although a light man
is a master of the forward pass,
clean tackier, and boxes tackle
well.
"Left Tackle Hurtt, A. &
M.. is given the position because
of his experience, his hard and
sure tackling, and his ability to
open holes in the opposing line.
He is fast, frequently getting
down the field and downing the
runner returning the ball.
"Left Guard Stevens, of Car
olina, although inexperienced at
guard, is given this position on
account of his great place and
drop kicking ability, he having
put his team in the lead against
Wake Forest by a place-kick
from the 30-yard line, and tied
up the University of South Caro
lina game with two place kicks.
"Center Plyler, of A. & M.
is given the center position be
cause of his ability to back up
the line, get down under punts,
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