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pVol. 3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, JANUARY 17, 1895. No. 14
Athletic Association.
The Athletic Association met
ast Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
n the Chapel the first meeting
f the New Year, to plan the Spring-
ampaign. ine annual election ot
fficers was held with the following-
result: Geo. G. Stephens, Presi
llent, (re-elected); J. Guy Rankin,
iVice-President; J. W. McAllister,
ecretary and treasurer, ' (re-elect
d).
Mr. Georg-e Graham, our deleg-ate
to the Atlanta meeting- of" Southern
polleg-es, delegates reported the
liew constitution of the revived
Southern Inter-collegiate Leag-ue.
A committee consisting- of Dr. Chas.
Baskerville, Capt. Guion of the
Foot-ball Team, and Capt. Oldham
hi the Base-ball was appointed to
fexamine the new constitution and
report to the. next meeting-of the
Association.
Mr. Howell of the Tar Heei,,
reported that the work of the pape-i
was somewhat burdensome with
the staff of editors as now consti
tuted, and moved to amend the con
stitution of the Athletic Association
so that two others might be added
Carried. Mr. W. R. Webb, of the
Tar Heei, staff, offered his resig
nation on account of pressing work
Accepted. Messrs. T. Sharpe, D.
Eatman, and E. B. Lewis were
elected to fill the Vacancies thus
created.
A question which should come up
at the next meeting is the advisa
bility of putting out a Track Ath
letic team this Spring. In this mat
ter we are years behind all our
neighbors. "We do not even know
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how close to a record any of our
men are in any branch of Track
Athletics. We know that Pat
Stanley makes tracks pretty rapid
ly, that "Charlie Ross" Roberson
can wajk a wire gracefully, and
that George Stephens can do the
giant swing, and that is about the
extent of our information, athlet
ically, outside the foot-ball and base
ball field, of the student body.
Athletics gxme to seed in the foot
ball eleven and the base-ball nine,
can not be a permanent and healthy
growth. Last Fall foot-ball took
a great rise when we had sixty or
seventy men in all, on the field, end
might almost have taken the place
of all other athletics, but now if we
confine our efforts to base-ball,,
thirty will be a generous limit for the
number actually working. This is
an absurdly small proportion for
four hundred and fifty students. No
better way to interest and benefit
the remaining four hundred and
twenty can be found than Track
Athletics.
While we are winning base ball
game? this Spring-, we might as
well win a few re'eords in running,
jumping, vaulting, throwing the
hammer, and putting- the shot.
The Alumni Quarterly.
The " Plan and Purpose " of this
new candidate for our favor can
best be given in the words of the
Quarterly itself. It "is intended
to be a regular means of communi
cation between the University and
her alumni. To that end it will re
cord whatever is worth knowing in
the current life of the institution,
will gather and treasure the memo
ries of the past, and will strive
steadily for future development and
expansion. The four issues
will be in October, January, April
and July.
"The present number aims to pre
sent a concise picture of the Uni
versity as it is to-day; The
January number will contain a full
account of the various benefactors
of the University with illustrations,
and also a statement of the ways in
which students support themselves,
with several itemized personal state
ments by young men who have
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woricea rueir way tnrougn tnc uni
versity. The April number will
contain a detailed' programme for
the Centennial celebration at Com
mencement with a complete list of
all the living alumni arranged by
classes. The July number will con
tain a full account of the Centennial
Celebration.
"The numbers will be uniform
in size, making when bound a handy
volume of about 200 pages, and con
stituting a most interesting and val
uable memorial. The subscription
price is one dollar per annum."
The purpose of the Quarterly,
then is very definite. That there is
a place for it, there can be little
question. There is probably no in
stitution in the country, of the age,
character, and size of the University
of North Carolina, whose alumni
as a whole have a less vital connec
tion with their alma mater. If wc
are not mistaken, they, as a body,
are not reconized in the provisions
for the regulation and government
of the University. That this is a
great mistake, is patent to everyone
who knows anything- of, the conduct
of such institutions as this. We
hope to see the new Quarterly mark
a long- step towards remedying this
state of affairs,
Though, in reality, the first num
ber of the first volume is just from
the press, it is dated October, 1894.
An examination of the table of con
tents shows that the "plan," as set
forth by President Winston in the
opeuing- article is adhered to.
The Student Body, by Eugene L.
Harris, '91 '81, anticipates the
catalog-ue in giving a full list of the
students. There are, in addition,
a number of facts given classifica'
tions by departments, courses, class
es, etc. of especial interest to stat
isticians.
Kemp P. Battle, '49, writes of
Changes in Chapel Hill During
The Past. Tzvcnty Tears. The stu
dents of the "seventies" and early
"eighties" will find this especially
interesting, and will find it of value
as a g-uide to them when they visit
Chapel Hill again.
The University Library is an his
torical account, bv Edwin A. Al
derman, '82, of the development of
the library. The librarian of 1805,
who kept all the books in a corner
of his room, would not know what
to do with the library of 1895.
Joe E. Alexander, '95, writes of
the work and present conditions of
The Dialectic and Philanthropic
Societies, and tells of the great
changes that have taken place in the
government and spirit of those bod'
ies.
A second article by Prof. Alder
man, is on The University Summer
Schools. The history of the Glee
Club is given by K. P. Harrington,
and The Development of Athletics,
bv F. P. Venable. Dr. Venable's
statement of the influence of athlet
ics on the life of the University is
clear and forcible, and should be
read by those who oppose athletics
as "detrimental to the best interests
of a college student," while they
probably know as much about col
lege life as about the inhabitants of
Mars.
The most comprehensive article
of this issue is on The expansion of
the University, G. T. Winston, '70.
Those who have known the Univer
sity intimately for a dozen years,
and have kept up with its advance
ment and development, will . proba
bly find, on reading this article, that
they really had no clear idea of
what has been done.
Dr. Venable tells of the work of
The Mitchell Society, and H. H.
Home, '95, of The Young- Mai's
Christian Association.
Two and a half pages of Universi
ty Memorabilia and three pages of
advertisements complete this num
ber. The mechanical g-et-up of the
Quarterly is good.
We want to speak especially of
the cover. It is of about the same
shade of brown as that of the Uni
versity Magazine. At the top of
the cover page, are the volume and j
number, and the month of publication-
Below is the title. Under
neath this, in an elongated ellipse,
is a cut of the University buildings
as seen from the athletic field.
The institution's seal is suspended
from this. At the bottom of the
page are the place and date of pub
lication. The entire design as is
chaste and appropriate as anything
we have seen issued from the Uni
versity press.
Mr. Pearson's Revival.
Rev. R. G. Pearson, as was an
nounced last week, will begin his
series of g-ospel sermons in the Uni
versity Chapel next Sunday morn
ing. The meeting promises to be
one of unusual interest, andwill,
without doubt, add new energy to
our religious life. Mr. Pearson is
looked forward to by us with pleas
ure. Two services will be held each
day, one in the morning, the other
at night. Fifteen minutes will be
taken from each hour in the morn
ing so that there may be no inter
ruption of the classes. By this ar
rangement all our student can at
tend the services without any incon
venience to themselves, and it is
hoped they will do so.
The music, under the direction of
Prof. Harrington,. wiH be a special
feature. The choirs of the four
churches in the village have been
united with that of the University,
and practices are being held daily.
New song- books have also been se
cured.
Washington Birthday Orator.
It begins to look like the fate of
the Washington birthday orator has
been sealed.
The 22d of February is drawing
near, but as yet we have heard noth
ing about the orator for the occa
sion. What is the matter? Surely
we have not lost our old time inter
est in this event. If an orator is to
elected, and one certainly ought to
be, we must bestir ourselves at
once.
Glee Club Concert.
The Glee, Mandolin and Banjo
Clubs will give their concert in Ger
rard Hall Jan. 25th. The pros
pects are that the entertainment
will be even more enjoyable than
any hitherto given by the Club.
Let the students give them a good
crowd and thus encourage the boys
for their regular tour which is soon
to be made.
There will be a meeting of the
Athletic Association Saturdry. All
members requested to be present.