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The Tar Heel
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Published Every Thursday by the General
Athletic Association.
Edward W. Myeks,
Gbokgk S. Wills,
Elisha B. Lewis,
M. H.Yount,
Darius Eatman.
Editor-in-Chief .
A. 13. Kimball.
J.-O. Oakr,
J, H. Andrews.
W. W. IIornkI
The UnivereiJy Magazine.
The editorial work on the Univer
sity Magazine is usually good
and reflects credit upon the editors
especially when we remember that
they are busy students, carrying-
full -courses of work. As to the
contributions, there is' a: limited field
to draw from, and articles of an in
Business Managers. tenor quality are doubtless otten
Jas. A. Gwyn, Jno. A. Moore, admitted hpransp it is itnnniih1V in
Entertdatthe post-office in Chapel iiili, N gfet those that come to the required
v.,ta bctuuu-udiis iiiu.n-miii.c-i. I il ) ruin ti I ,;
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eral weeks ae-o, a free trip to Greens- snceis 01 wmcn nave Deen Piacea 10
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boro, on the occasion of the base-ball our nanus, ror reviewing-, the edit-
game with the University of .Virginia, ors and .the contributors parts are
was offered to the student composing-1 both, on the whole, quite up to the
the two best song-s suitable to the occa Magazine's usual standard. ' The
sion, which were to be handed in to contributions, taken altogether, are
The Tar Heel and printed. . As yet decidedly superior ' to those of the
none or. our poets seem to havo felt b ebruary and March numbers,
the divine afflatus sufficently strong
within them to enable them to write,
at any rate no songs, have been hand
ed in. '..' :':
If any one has any intention of try
ing, the quicker he sets to work, the
better, for after the songs are written
they will have to be learned by the
though, in making- this com pari so it,
individual articles in both of those
issues can be excepted.
For April, Prof. Alderman leads
off on "A Napoleonic Death Mask.'
Cap. Francis T. ( Bryan,' of St.
Louis, recently presented to the
all
Waterloo.
Songs we must have for the occa
sion so let the poets bestir them
selves.
crowd of "rooters" who will accom- University a death mask of Bona
pany our team to the spot where we parte. Prof. Alderman has made
hope to see Virginia meet her an effort to trace its ori-in and his
tory. If his conclusion is correct,
that Dr. Antommarchi, Napoleon's
private 'physician at St. Helena,
made this mask from a cast which
Philological Club. 1 , t "'.V? , LHC ml;:
. ror s lace, the historical and seiiti
The Philolog-ical Club met on mental interest attached to it is such
Tuesday night last. "Contempora- tnat the University is fortunate ill
ry History in Piers Plowman" was vingr it. V A , ,
a:.cA . 1 t tt . xvcuiiiucriucN dim neetuu.es 01
uiat 8SV u . ' the North Carolina Bar" h bv Pu-
usual, showed his interest in, and ' laski Covvpei The author tells us
inexhaustible knowledge of Old at: the outset that the Sketches,
English. The value of literature made simply "to prelude the anec-
as a historical study was made dotes," will be "incomplete, and fail
prominent, and the Ltoctor sustained ot that information which might be
his position by g-iving-the manners, expected or desired;" and he verv
customs, and especially the corrup- faithfully fulfils his promise. This
tion of the clergy as reflected in fulfilment is. in the case of Gavin
early Eng-lish literature. ; Hogg, especially tantalizing-. Ho-o-
Mr. Holland Thompson cave us was born in Scotland, the son nf
Some Kennings in Beowulf." James -Hoartr.-- It is entirely uossi-
show ing-the use of periphrastic ex- ble that the family was related to
pressions in poetry to diversify James Ho ' the 4 'Ettrick Shen-
thought and avoid repetition. Also herd, " and" we wish that Mr. Cow
Homeric expressions were noted, per had informed us on that point.
Is there any trace of Terpan- The greater part of the article is
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UHU.U io iu iiuuims, was jjic- ucvulcu lu odvin jiogg ana juage
sented by Prof. Harring-ton, who Aug-ustus Moore, and is. in spite of
showed that some German critics its somewhat murky style and in-
were wrong-, who claimed that ma- complete treatment of details, qu'ife
ny of the later poets tried to follow interesting- and valuable,
this rule of Terpander. The meet- The last of the historical articles
ing-,' on the whole, was a very valu- is by Marshal DeLancev Ha v wood.'
able and interesting- one. on "Chief Justice Little, with some
account of his descendants. " Little
Historical Society. was one or the. colonial judg-es ot
North Cnrolinn. A ltlinno-1i a man
The Historical Society held its of undoubted ability, his conduct
regular irfeeting- in the history room was such that he laid himself onen
on last Monday night. The Socie- to crave charges. He denied them
t'y was called to order by Dr. Battle, and demanded an investigation, but
ana two interesting papers were lie was never fully cleared. We note
presented. - , , especially the care with which Mr.
The first was by Mr. Holland Haywood cites tne authorities whlrh
Thompson on the "Log Colleges he consulted in the Dreoaration of
of -the Carolinas." It consisted of his article.
some valuable notes collected con- In a short letter from Paris,
cerning the schools taught by Pres- Wm. G. Randall tells the well
byterian ministers in the early part known story of Louis Brian, the
of this century. The curriculum sculptor, who, to protect from the
of these schools was discussed and cold the model that he was work
Dr. Caldwell's school in Guilford , ing on, wrapped it in his own cloth
County was especially noticed. The ing, and was himself frozen to
speaker also gave us some interest- death. :.';;'' , :
ing remarks concerning Clio's mirs-' . A natural, picturesqe, and thor
ery in Iredell County. , oughly interesting sketch is "Snow-
ahe second paper was by Mr. "bound in an Emigrant Car," by E.
Parks, who gave us some interest- ; B. Lewis.
ing information concerning Surry i B. W. Weston does himself cred
County. The paper was carefully it on "The Unappropriated Forces
terested in Dr. Baskerville's article them a double by Capt. Mason
on Argon, the new chemical , ele- The 'Varsity boys found Stray horn
ment found in the atmosphere. for ten hits,, but, with a dry ball
' Ednah Proctor Clarke appears, so we do not believe they could rome
far as we know, for the first time any where near to repeating the
as a contributor to the Magazine, dose. Strayhorn has plentvof sniW
and a slow drop that might puzzle
the best of them under , proper con
ditions. Keep your eye on him for
the next two years and you will see
She chooses "A White Violet" as
the subject of a short poem. , O,
W. Blacknall also goes to Nature,
and pays his tribute to the mocking
of magazine verse that is periodical
ly given to the public.
Two of the books reviewed Mrs
James T. Fields's Shelf of Old
Books and John Fiske's History of
the United Slates will be of gene
ral interest to the readers of the
Afasazine. r
In the Current Comment depart
ment, a new name, that ot Mr. Har
ry Howell, appears with Mr.
Thompson's. The questions of the
day in the University life are dis
cussed .'with the candor and vig-or
that have always characterized this
department.
A new feature is "Among the
Magazines," edited by Mr. Leslie
Weil. The reviews are appropn-
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uiru, wnue xaenry jeroiue olulkiiiu, wnaL yuu win aee. rving did not
takes the flight of Pau-Puk-Kewis 1 catch his usual strong game, but
as his theme. The poetry is cred-, his throwing-' was ; up', to the mark,
itable, although it has nothing to j Capt. Mason, at short, shoved the
distinguish it.' from the great mass'! ball across the diamond with his
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uiu v cirsuy speeu anu ana accuracy-"--
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For U. N. Cv Bailey caught an
errorless game in a way to make
Oldie jealous. "Det" King is the
only mail who. succeeded in stealing
second on him, and he did'nt try it
again. , Bailey's style is much like
Farrell's of the New Yorks. His
catching and "Sly" Roberson's
held ing were the features or" an
otherwise .featureless game.
The game was an important one
to us because it showed tiow we are
to meet Virginia. That is, it would
have given us a "line" on chat game
had not the ( rain spoiled things.
Gregory will cover first satisfacto
rily, and Slocomb and Johnson will
ate, just, and discriminating.and will stay at second and third: so much,
help the busy student to choose from at least, has been demonstrated!
the great number of magazine arti- Bailey, of coursewill catch.
Score bv innino-s:
U. N. C.
Oak Ridge,
cles the few that he has the time to
read. ,
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naiiee iviacaii is also a new
name in connection with the Maga
zine. iis department, AJollejre
Record,,' notes the events of gene
ral interest in connection with the
University life, and gives the pro
muius Ul vai luua BUIIC HCS WU- fink am W rf
. ... . . I r-r '
nected with the institution
The somewhat severe criticisms
that we have, once or twice, passed
upon the press-work do not apply
I. 1.: .. .t..:11 14-, Players
iu mio itinc, cnucv-iaay tin; icittci I Brandt 2h
half. The improvement in the first V:.ai'h"rn' p
part is not so marked. Muson.ss
Barker. If,
Ksed, rf.
Stafford, 3b.
Davis, cf.
7-1-3-0-0-1-12
0-0-0-0-0-0 0
V. N. C.
Players
I Stanley, ss.
Grepory, lb
Collier, p.
Bailey' c.
Slocomb, 2b.
Robertson, cf.
WcAl ister, If.
Totals
AB
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
31
R
2
1
1
1
2
0
2
1
13
BH
1
1
. 2
' 0
0
1
1
3
I
10
PO
2
6
1
5
2
0
0
2
0
18
A
1
0
0
3
i
0
1
0
0
E
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Oak Ridge.
AB
3
2
1
3
1
2-'
2
2
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
; o ;
0
0
BH
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
PO
1
t
1
7
1
6
n
1
o
A
1
2
2
4
0
l
0
0
E
3
0
3
2
1
A
0
2
Totals.
18
0
18
IS 13
Oak Ridge Shut Out,
By a Score of 12 to o
Jupiter Pluvius seems to have a
spite acainst baseball ot late. The
o-rnntiH wi cmL'inff W nn Wwl e tay,,V'V! 2 hJ Collier 1: Struck Out by Stravlioru
grOUna Was SOaiving Wet On Wed- 5, by Oollier 5; time of 8-amel25; UmpireMr. Ste-
Pdav whnn thp Oalf Pifl.ro fnlto phens: Scorer-Mr. Lewis.
cantered out ( lor their annual up
hill struggle to win the base-ball
Game called end nf Ath 1
SuMMARv:-Earned runs U. N. C. 2: 2bnse. hits-M.i-
so. urey-ory, McAllister; Bases Stolen-Stanlev,
liretrory, Kinir. Bases on rnii,.H mh c. i...;..
, ott Collier. 3; Bases on hit bv Pitched Balls-bv
Senior Orations.
prepared, and touched on the early of Nature." We should like to see
liistory of-the county, rwith . refer- more articles from the undergradu-
ence to some interesting people and ates. If all are up to the standard
places of Surry. of those that have appeared, the
Dr. Battle, as usual, gave us Magazine will have no reason to
some amusing anecdotes of the N. be ashamed of them. .
C. bar, which added much to the The general reader, as well as
s'1011- the student of chemistry, will be in-
Derby. The day was cloudy, and According to an established cus
wet up to 3 oe'lock, but the rain torn of the University, six members
seemed to be waiting- for the irame, of the Senior class are allowed to
rnd when George Stephens called deliver orations at each commpnee
play, the game and our daily down- ment. To determine what members
pour began together. of the Senior Class shall fill these
The visitors came in on the de- positions, a contest takes place in
layed 1:30 train, and barely had May in which all members of the
time to eat dinner and get into their Senior class, who desire, may par
uniforms before 3 o'clock. Stray- ticipate. A committee is then se
horn and King formed the battery lected to judge of the orations and
for Oak Ridge, and Collier and select the six best out of the number
Bailey were in the points for the contesting to speak at commence
'Varsity. Strayhorn was a little ment. The contest took place this
flurried the first inning and hit the year on Wednesday, May 1st, and
first two men up. The next man the following gentlemen contested
onf -fruit" Ki 11c x ti rl iM in tVio rtA A i-A .
getting began. Bailey hit an easy A. h. Quickel, Individual in His
one to Brandt, which he fumbled lory; h. M. Bristol, Independence
nervously and then threw up among in Polities', H. H. Horne, Religion
the rain-clouds somewhere over the and Life; J. E. Alexander, The
back-stop. Then Reid, the sun- Renaissance of the Orient; h. C.
burnt laddie from the sunny slopes Brogden, The Hope of the Hebrew;
of the swirling Swannanoa,. threw M. H. Yount, The Future of Pop
the next one from the fish pond in ular Government; J. T. Farrell,
right field over towards the player's Unity vs. Sectionalism; R. B. back
bench. These, with an error by ery, Influence and Progress of,
King at the plate, assisted by some Aryan Civilization; C. F? Tomlin
more errors in divers places, mixed sou, Democracy and Education.
with singles by Johnson and, Rob- The committee consisted of Prof,
ersou, netted seven runs in the first Alderman, Rev. William Long, and
inning. U. N. C. earned a run in Dr. R. H. Lewis. Dr. Hume pre-
tne secona Dy means oi Gregory s siaed and introduced the speakers.
double, stolen base, and a single by
- m i 1 1 . -t
coiner, i ney added tnree more in
the third, one of them earned, by
Mc Al ister V double, singles b v
Stanley and Collier, and sundry er
rors. This was all until the last
inning, when Johnson crossed the
plate. Oak Ridge failed to score.
Collier seemed to be the chief obsta
cle to such proceedings, they get
ting only two hits on him, one of
The decision of the committee has
not yet been officially reported.
Another Lecture.
Mr. Charles T. Sempers, of New
York, will speak on "University Set
tlements and their sie-tiifimnr.e" in
Gerrard Hall on Friday night, May
10th. Let everybody turn out and
hear him. He comes highly recommended.
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