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The Chapel Hillian.
Just and Fear Not."
Vol. I.
THURSDAY, ARRIU 16, 1891.
No. II
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE.
should be careful in ffieir choice, but should
class day. Mike Hoke was elected as leader for
They strolled beneath the twinkling stars,
Experiencing true lover’s bliss,
And when they reached the pasture bars
He softly asked her for a kiss.
The damsel drooped her stately head.
The while her gentle bosom heaved;
“They are more blessed, it is said.
Who give than they who have received.
“That you may be more blest than I
Which I would gladly have you be”—
Her color rose, she breathed a sigh—
“Why, you may give a kiss to me.”
—Cape Cod Item.
ATHLETICS.
THE AMALGAMATION OF THE FOOT BALL AND BASE
BALL ASSOCIATIONS.
Last. Saturday the Foot Ball and the Base-Ball
Associations met in the Chapel and were united
under the name of “The Athletic Association of
THE University of North Carolina.”
The following officers were elected: President,
Ransom, ’91; Vice-President, Johnston, ’92; Secre
tary and Treasurer, Hoke, ’93.
The President appointed the following commit
tee to draft a constitution: Busbee, '92; Gaither,
93; Patterson, 91.
The Foot Ball Team were instructed to elect
their captain for next year and report the same
within a week.
Patterson, ’91, was elected as the representative
at the Alumni banquet this commencement, to
respond to the toast “What the University is
doing in Athletics.” the meeting then adjourned.
The results of this meeting show that those
vV'ho arc iiitere.sted in uui allilcLic.s c..re beginning
to conduct them in the right way. Both foot-ball
and base-ball should be united and be supported
alike. Both should be under and controlled by
the same Constitution. It would be well if the
gentlemen appointed to drafl the Constitution
should consider the subject well as our success in
athletics will, in a very great degree, depend
upon its internal management. For when the
interest becomes more highly developed and the
officers of the Association and positions on the
teams become honors equal to any in our college
life and rivalry for these become intense, when
we first bring our athletics up to that standard
which they merit, the many complications which
would blight forever our cherished but fragile
flower, should be guarded against with scrupulous
care and unwonted zeal.
The right spirit was clearly manifested when the
foot-ball team was instructed to elect its captain
for next year within the next week. We will have
to get out a good team next year if we wish to
uphold our honor, and should we wait until next
fall to elect our foot ball captain, it will be some
four or five weeks before the team would get to
work or before we even get a captain, whereas the
team should begin practice as soon as they re
turned to college.
Here again we should be careful. Let the team
select the very best man, the one most fitted for
the position, without regard to anything outside.
Three names have been discussed so far. Graham
G. ’91, vvho has decided to take law here next
year; Ashe, ’92, and Hoke, ’93. Graham has had
the experience, being captain this year and having
captained the team in the Trinity game in ’89
after Bragaw’s accident. We cannot judge his
ability fo^- this year, as we played no games, but
in ’89 he showed himself rather weak at critical
points, taking too much of the burden of the game
on his own shoulders. Either Hoke or Ashe are
better for the position in this respect, neither being
individual players, and in their work last fall
showed good nerve and judgment. Both are
hard, conscientious workers and would fill the
position well but for their lack of experience,
neither having played in a game. The team
CHOOSE immediately.
base-bale.
Rates to Winston, April 16--18: 15 or more 2 1-2
cents per mile; 25 or more 2 cents per mile. This
make the round-trip tickets cost I3.50.
Our game , with Trinity is just three days off.
Rain and cold put a stop to the practice for a
week, but for the last few da)^s the team has
shown up fairly well. Of the many men who
started playing for positions, there remain about
a dozen. «
Oldham will catch. He is a good batter, fine
thrower and a fair base runner. Johnston R. has
the best chance for the box as Busbee’s arm has
bee.n lame for the last week. Graham has left
short and is now in righb He is a good base
runner, fair batter and covers lots of ground.
Johnston H. is the prettiest in-fielder on the team,
being especially good on hard grounders, is very
quick, and throws well, but is a poor batter and
base runner. Shaw plays a fair game short, is a
good base runner but an ordinary batter. Jones
at third fields fairly and throws well but is-a poor
batter and poor base runner. Ellis who is play
ing for the same position, fields well and is a
good base runner but throw's poorly and is a weak
batter. Hendren has proved a failure as a first
baseman, but is the best Ivitter on the team and
too Y'aluable to be thrown awmy. He will
probably be sent to the out-field. Williard w-dio
is now playing first, covers the position better
than any one in college, but is a weak batter and
poor base runner. Hamlyi is a good all-around
player; fair batter and fair base runner, but is
very weak in his throwing,. Fie is at present sub-
sti+'ho catcher :'nd left
‘The last few days have shown a decided im
provement in the team, and the effect of the
training table and the daily shower bath.
Manager Patterson ordered the uniforms from
Wright & Ditson last week. The pants, shirts and
caps wdll be Yale gray, with navy blue trimmings
on cap and U. N. C, in blue on shirt with blue
stockings and belts. They will cost $100.
We wmre unable to get a game with Bingham’s
School for Class Day, so Capt. Busbee has decided
to play a picked nine that evening. We hear that
Judge Eure will play short for the Scrubs and Ball
will catch; while the only other, Sidney, will
cover first. “Water Cramp. ”
BASE ball notes.
Unfavorable weather nearly killed all practice
for some days last week, but still it is plainly evi
dent that the team is making progress. The bat
ting is still poor, but with care and pains can be
excellent. Several have a mistaken idea that a
good batter is necessarily a long batter. The
best hits are careful place hits and in the long run
they alone decide the game. Watch for your
ball, lean forward and strike, not with all your
strength, but oppose your whole weight to it.
After you are able to hit with certainty choose a
weak spot in the opposing team and put your
balls at that point. Of course this refers to prac
tice game—but if it is carefully observed you wdll
attain a proficency that will astonish yourself.
this German and Messrs. Martin, L. O. B, Jones,
Stronach, Kornegay and Graham were elected on
the committee on initiations. Let every one
“wdioop” the dance up and see how many pretty
girls wdll grace our hall on Tuesday night next.
PAUL C. CAMERON.
GERMAN CLUB.
All readers of the “University Mdgazine” have
been struck wdth the ability with which the char
acter of the late Paul C. Cameron was portrayed
by his kinsman. Major John D. Cameron. Wffi
are permitted to copy from a private letter from
Mr. Thomas H. Battle, President of the Rocky
Mount Mills, showdng that Mr. Cameron in these
days of “Trusts and Combines” w'as conspicuous
for refusing to have anything to do wdth them.
This noble action of his should be known to his
honor.
I can bear testimony to one noble quality he
possessed in addition to those mentioned by Ma
jor J. D. Cameron; that he was very scrupulously
careful not to use his wealth to form combina
tions and crush out wmaker men, though this is a
fertile source of money making, and, directly or
indirectly, very common as you know. He had
numerous and tempting opportunities in connec
tion wdth the Rocky Mount Mills, but he would
never hear to anything that w'ould even look like
getting more than his pro rata advantage. One
of the greatest obstacles we met in getting up the
new mill wms in convitxing him that it was to the
interest of those who wmre unable to take any of
the new stock, and, though he heartily favored
the investment, wmuld never take a cent more than
his proportional part of the new stock. He added
the positive condition that nothing woifid be done
till every one of the old stockholders agreed in
wudting. * *
JOHN PERSON.
Last Alonday evening many young gentlemen
met in Mr. Martin’s room for the purpose of organ
izing a German Club. This organization will be
permanent and will give a series of sermons regu
larly throughout each term. The following offi
cers wmre elected:
E". W. Martin, President; A. S. Williams, Vice
President; V. S. Boyden, Sec. and Treas.
An executive committee, consisting of Messrs.
Martin, Williams, Boyden, Phillips and Winborne
was also elected. They were instructed to take
into hand immediately all the preparations neces
sary for the German which the club will give on
John Person, valet of the senoir class, member
of the junior, and president of the soph, has been
compelled to leave Chapel Hill. John was a
good-hearted and honest negro; sometimes he
failed to do his duty, but even the best of us often
do that. Because the boys like John and would
rather have him w'ait on them than the town
negroes, the latter have a special spite against
him and do anything to injure him. We are under
the impression that the Faculty has summoned
John before them several times merely because
some other negroes had told lies on him, wishing
to get him in trouble. Sometime ago a student
told John to get him a piece of board and he went
out and picking up the first that he came across,
unfortunately stole something that belonged to
the University carpenter. Lately also John
whipped a negro for stealing a student’s shoes and
these we learn are the alleged causes of his dis
missal. But there is something farther back than
this, you may be sure. A certain member of the
Faculty has a “spite” against John Person, and
has done and ever will do all he can to ruin him.
Why should the Faculty forbid the campus to John
merely because he fights for his “boss” or un
wittingly pilfers a board. The idea is absurd.
They declare him worthless. If they were to
forbid the campus to every worthless negro, we
are of the opinion that the students would black
their own shoes, bring their own water, make up
their own beds and what not. It is the universal
impression upon the students that the matter was
not fairly dealt with. We would have said noth
ing about it had we not been requested to do so.
Herbert Bingham spent the Easter holidays at
the University of Virginia, whither he went as a
delegate to the re-union of Disk IV. of the Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity held there at that time. His
brief stay among the Virginia boys was a most
enjoyable one.