THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC- ASSOCIATION.
Vol. 4.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FEB. 15, '18.
No. 16.
The Athletic, Debt.
I suggestion as to how We May
Lessen It.
It has ' been with regret that we
Sear that the Athletic Association
heavily in debt and we have
houe-ht over many plans to aid
'm .in paying- it oil. C And no
long ago, we were askedby one o
hp loval little Varsity -girls wheth
i ui .--
omething to aid the Association
And we, thinking- the matter over
ariie to the conclusion, that those
fvhodid not help themselves deserv
d no help. .' V
And we have noticed the success
f an entertainment, familiarly
known as a' 'Smoker, ' ' at some of the
Northern Colleges. And we think
1 plan, similar to it, could be car
K
ied out hereCwith success. We
have plenty of local talent here,
busical,'- minstrel, -gymnastic etc.
5 ....
r'So why not '-get them together
find give an entertainment for the
Lenefit of the Athletic Association'
Let the admmission fee be small
n the reach of all," and at the same
;ime make the entertainment-worth
seeing-. Ana as tnere wouia De no
xpense to those who were willing
n lend, their services, we do
n nt zpp whv a handsome sum
I could not. be; turned over to the
Association. ' Let those who are in
crested in Athletics and have talents
fas above suggested, take hold and
lielp the Association'and then we
will try to find another plan to
help farther.
The Moot Congress.
Increased interest was shown in
the second session of the Moot Con-
gress.held Monday afternoon. Sev
eral applications from students not
members of the Law Class, were
read and approved. .
The resolution of Mr. Bellamy
endorsing President Cleveland's po
sition concerning the Venezuelan
dispute, was taken up and after a
pleasant and interesting discussion
was passed.
As this was the time for the reg
ular meeting of the Moot Court, the
session of the Congress was short.
The Congress is not loosely man
aged. Speaker Dal by governs the
body according to parliamentary
rules,
The members have early realized
the great benefit they can gain from
active participation, and are using
to the extreme their privileges of
introducing such measures as they
wish, and speaking- in advocacy of
them.
The Law Class.
The Spring additions to the Law
Class
are, Messrs. Carr, Park.Pres-
nell, Crank, Stamey, Godwin, Har
reU, Ray, Smith and Barrett.
Messrs. Overman . Brinson, Warren,
McAlister and Hughes composed
toe University delegation who
jWere licensed to practice law by
toe Supreme Court.
The Philosophical Society.
A Much Needed Organization
1 here s a movement among- those
interested in psychological and phil
osophical work to establish a soci
ety whose purpose will be to dis
cuss questions arising- in these de
partments.
At present there are societies in
the Scientific, Literary and Histor
ical departme nts,but none in thisde
partmeni nere is at present, no
means by which those interested in
these subjects can put up the
views and ways of looking at prob
lems, for discussion. The class
room work is not sufficient the
problems are only discussed for a
short while. This is as it should be
were all the problems raised and
answered on class, in a measure the
benefit of original thinking would
be lost. You would only have to
put your question to have it ans
wered. The only effort on your
part would be in ; appropriating
what the Insructor says.
' There is in the University a gen
uine need for such a society. Men
who solye these prolems would have
a way to have their ideas and points
of view discussed; they would have
them enlarged by coming in contac
with those of different views. In
the class room you state your view
the professor explains his and here
the discussion ends. Very little
has been gained unless you continue
to think over these ideas for your
self. The forming- of this society
will be an incentive to original think
mg". ' Men would understand tneir
own ideas better by discussing them
with others.
Are there enough men who are
willing- to do this kind of work to
justify the forming of this society.
No department in the University
is erowinsr raster: more men are
yearly doing this kind of work. Then
is it not reasonable to suppose that
those doing this kind of work will be
as willing- to gfive tnougfht ana
time to preparing papers as mem
bers of the Historical Society or
Shakespeare Club? Were this not
he case the need would not exist
there would be no demand for such
a society. Were there not a will
mgness to do the work the torming
of the club wouldnot have been agita
ted. The proiect has been discuss-
bv many and all show a desire to
orm the society as soon as conven
ent.
The initiative steps will, of course
have to be taken by the head of the
Deoartment of Philosophy, lhese
steps should be taken at once in or
der to get the society on a sure basis
before the beginning ot another year.
The dwellers in the New East
Building desire a bridge or a ferry
across the lake which has been form
ed in front of their abode. When
we have a heavy rain the walks are
covered with water. This is un
necessray with very little trouble
a drain could be made which would
carry on an tne water, mis
matter should attended to at once.
The Mitchell Meets.
Some Interesting Papers Read
The meeting of this organization
on Tuesday night was opened by
Dr. Venable with a brief sketch of
the history of the Society entitled
"The Society's Work during Twelve
Years."...,
Un September 44th lobo, some
members of the Faculty met and .or
ganized a society for the promotion
ot scientific investigation and re
search to be known as the Elisha
Mitchell Scientific Society. Its pur
pose was to encourage and stimu
late scientific workers in their de
partmerts, with the more definite
aim of investigating the resources
of our own State, and of serving to
the world at large as an evidence
of Southern progress in Scientific
work. At first people all over the
State who were interested in science
were admitted to its membership.
The first list of members included
one hundred people outside of the
the University together with sixty
six students and professors. The
first reg-ular meeting- was held No
vember 10, 1883, since which time
there have been over one hundred
meetings held and over four hundred
papers presented. The papers pre
sented at first were short and had
the disadvantage of not being- ex
haustive euougfh for the scientific
mind.
During the later years about thir
ty papers have been presented an
nually, and they are longer and
more exact. After a time it was
found that there was very little in
terest m the bocietv outside of the
University, so it was made wholly
a University organization, and its
membership restricted to those con
nected with college. The exchang-e
list for the Journal of the Society
amounts to three, hundred different
periodicals, and these come from
twenty-three different countries.
The Society has sent out pamp-
lets aggregating 1500 tmges. 200
different papers have been publish
ed, ot which 54 were productions of
students and less than 40 contribu
ted by outsiders mor;e or less related
to the Universitv.
Prof. Gore next read a paper on
"A Recent Discovery in Photogra
phy." It seems that there are difier
ing wavelengths of light, produc
ing different kinds of light. Ordi
nary light passes readily through
glass, but metals, wood, etc., do
not transmit it. Prof. Roentgen has
a way of producing- light which will
be transmitted by wood, metals.
eatlier, and flesh, but which will
not pass throug! bone and glass.
Photographs are taken by placing
he object between the source of this
ig-ht and the camera and taking- a
a shadow picture.
'A Note on the Transmission of
the Direct and Alternating Currents
by the same conductors, " was also
read by Prof. Gore, in which the
above action, though seemingly par
adoxical, was seen to be sucuessful-
y accomplished in certain mills in
Maine. -
Dr. Whitehead read a short but
interesting--: paper, after which the
Soceity adjourned.
Enthusiastic Meeting.
The Freshman Class Contributes
Eight Hundred to Y. M. C. A. Fund.
Last Friday night in the Chem
istry Lecture Room the class of '99
met to have presented to it and to
consider the Building Movement of
the Young Mens' Christian Assoc
iation. Telling speeches were made by
H. S. Lake. 98, Prof. J. W. Gore,
George Vick '99 and the President
of the class, T. H. Jones.
The opportunity was given for
subscriptions. Hearty responses
were received. The total amounted
to eight hundred dollars; the aver
age subscription being over eighteen
dollars.
An unanimous motion was passed
to meet again in two weeks in favor
of those not. present and to urge
in the meanwhile the attendance of
every man at the meeting. ,
: The class of '99 is doing nobly.
Their interest in the University,
in themselves, and in those who are
to succeed them, could not be shown
in a more substantial manner-
The University Press- Compauy
has Writing and Scratch Pads (100
and 170 sheets) for sale at 40 cents
arid 48 cents a dozen. Call and see
the stock of Writing Paper and En
velopes. , -
A Much Needed Improvement.
Communicated.
During, the late rain,"G.G" hap
pened to walk out' towards the
West gate of the campus, and was
struck by the ponds which lay along
on either hand.
On each side of Cameron Avenue
were collected large bodies of water
with an average depth of about a
foot. It's very pleasant, we know,
to have aquatic sports, but you can
not do much in the way of boating
on these ponds they serve only as
nuisances. The water also collects
in an incovenient place. Anyone
going from the New West Building
to the West gate of the campus has
to go nearly to the Old West to
avoid fording the pond on that side
of the street; while on the other, the
water collects on the small field the
track team uses, and gets the
ground into such a condition that
it's useless for athletic practice for
several days- after .every other place
is well dried. This is an evil which
could very easily be remedied. A
couple of "blind ditches" or tile
drains would suffice to carry off the
water, while on the North side the
worst, by the way, a plain ditch
run down to the hollow west of
Porf. Gore's house, and crossed by
bridges where it would cut the
walks, would be ample drainage.
We don't want to see a ditch put
just east of the gymnasium that
would ruin the small athletic field
which furnishes an excellent place
for those sports which reqqire only
a small amount - of room. Let us
have this done, if possible, for truly
this is a year of improvements
electric lights, a use found for Me
morial -Hall at last, and actually a
mail box in the campus.
G. G,
It is probable that another Cor
nell crew will , go to England this
year to compete in the Henley
regatta.