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"Tine Tear- Heel. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. " Published every Saturday by the General Athletic Association. Subscription Price. $1.80 a per Yenr. ' Payable in auvancb or during first term. Single Copies, S Cents. BOARD OP EDITORS. Wm. A. Graham, -John A. Moore, - E. P. Carr, - ' -TX. G. SHANOKHOUSfi Editor-in-Chief. Associate Editor. , f - - Jas. o.carr . D. Car michaei.. Lawrence McRae, J. H. White,' - - - Business Manager. Assistant Manager. All matter intended for publication should bo ad dressed' to the Ed iior-iii -chief and accompanied by name of writer. Katered at- the Post Office lu Chapel Hill, N, C as . second-class mail matter. . During- the past year, many things, to make our life more 'con venient, have been added. But one, for which we think there is a need has been left out. As, the number of students increase they spread out over the village, not having- room or sometimes notpref erring- to room in the dormitories. , Thus it happens that very often, one is compelled to spend valuable time 'trying" to find out where a man rooms.. And we think it might be easily remedied by a list of students and their rooms posted on the bulletin board, in the drugstore or book store. It would add very much to; the convenience of all and could be done with little trouble- Why not have sucll an arrangement? We always note with pleasure the success of young graduates of the University. We are glad to see that Mr. H. E. C" Bryant, who - j ; i ., . .... graduated last June is making for himself quite a reputation as a news ' paper man: After, leaving, the Uni versity last year he was' employed by the Charlotte Observer -and shew ed himself to be well fitted, for jour nalism. His name no w; appears as editor of the Charlotte ' Democrats paper of forty years standing and one of the leading weeklies in the State. . , : . Mr. Bryant was one of the bright est young men in the class of-''95 and we feel sure that, he will succeed in his new field of labor. ,. With the coming of spring we have the birith of many new fads. The latest is the top sppinning mania. Since the visit ot the Jap Show it is no uncommon thing to see a crowdof Unh'ersttfHudents with a number the village urchins spend ing 'their leisure hours spinning tops. ; ,". - For the urchins this is very good employment but for a student whose time is valuable much more profita ble employment might be fourijJ. Such amusement is for chidren and if you do not wish to be classed with them, you had better dispose of your top at the earliest conven ience. ' Any of "vour. 'little associ ates will gladly relieve you of your toy- .... . V The action of the : Dialectic . S ciety in the case of cheating on ex amination seems to have given rise to some , serious ; misunderstandings. It is claimed Jby some that the of fender was convicted under regula tions which were in opposition to those prescribed , by the Society. It is not our purpose to question the motive of' the -men who conduct ed this trial or thWe - who ' rendered the verdict. Nor do we wish to say anything against such an action. If the men hi the University have not that high regard for honor which should exist in an institution like ours, it should be enforced upon them. The way to enforce compl iance to such a standard is to expel all those who will not regard it. But there is a proper way to pro ceed in such actions. In this case the mode of proceedure is specifical ly defined by the Constitution of th.e Society. - Then if a man is to be tried before this body he has a right to be either acquitted or convicted according. to its law. - - ' With regard to the case! which has been lately decided we do not presume to know whether the man was guilty either partially or whol ly. But we claim that convicting a man on the moral sense in which his offense is regarded by the Society generally, sets a precedent , which can be used to "the detriment of any student of the Uuiversity. It gives play to any feeling of prejudice that might exist. Reports can be circula ted by the one seeking revenge to the effect that Mr . A has been cheatin on examination. a reeling win quickly arise condemning such an offence. Some action will be taken to deprive the man of the advanta ges which he is disregarding.- - And when it is charged that the casting of the vote shall depend on how Mr. A is regarded by his fellow students justice is not taken into consider tion. Evidence plays no part. There is no necessity of a trial, merely ap peal to the effect of your reports and your feeling of revenge is appeased. Justice says this is not right. .. . r We live in a country governed , by law and not in one where justice is measured out at the hands of public sentiment. Legally a man is con sidereu innocent until ne is proven guilty by evidence, not sentiment. Have we not grown large enough to be governed by the prescribed codes of justice. It is not our purpose to influence any further action that may be ta ken on this case but rather to call attention to the dangerous precedent which is being formed. We are in favor of ridding the University of all who are unwilling to conform to its regulations. But let this be done according to these regulations and not by a custom foreign to us If a man is believed to be guilty, he is still a man and has a right to be judged by the laws against'which he has offended. ' There exists among the students a misconcption as to the meaning of the society idea. Often is it said the Societies must lose even the po sition which -they now hold because their numbers are yearly growing less. It is thought that their suc cess depends on numbers rather than on the quality of their work. Instead of depending on numbers, their down fall was brought about by. this agei.cy. Men who had ; no interest in literary' work have been forced into the Soci ties. These men preferred " to- spend- their enforced "'imprisonment in tearing- down r. rather than promoting the Societies. As the ' University grew this class of men increased un til they formed a large proportion of the membership. ; As the number increased the interest decreased. Those who were willing and anx ious to-do literary work saw no ap preciation of their efforts, and so a general want of society interest was the result.' Many plans have been discussed, but as yet no one has been found which promised an increase of this interest. ,The remedy, and the one needed at present, is a. strict adher ence; to the meaning of the Society idea. Men do work in the other organizations of the Uuiversity and there is a class of men who will do society work if the hindrances are removed. ! Make the admission and yearly fees just enough to meet sthe needs of the Society and make its purpose the promotion of literary interest. Have no men as members except those who are desirous of gaining a literary training. Rid them of . that spirit which governs every e-. lection and enthrone merit, thus put ting a reward upon efficient Society work. This is the plan on which the oth er University organizations are con ducted and there is no reason why we should not have two good Socei ties if such a course is pursued. Commuicated ! We are glad to see a tendency in college to organize the classes for the purpose of preventing any cheat ing on examination and for the pur pose of administering, the "proper remedy when cases have been de tected. The idea of such ah organ ization in every class is undoubtedly a step in the riarht direction. Thousrh we have had little of this to contend with yet the few recent cases hayej aroused tne students ; to tne unpor tance of impressing on the weak and careless the fact of maintaining the standard of honor prevailing a mong the great majority of students. The organization of the Fresh man class, as soon as it arrives, for the purpose of exposing and prose cuuing any violation of college rules will impress them with the idea that they must maintain a high standard of honor if they would remain here. This idea, if impressed on a stu dent in his first year will follow him dtring-the other three years and no trouble will likely arise. But 1;he organization should be of such a Ma ture as to prevent cheating and to simply collect evidence to be placed in the hands of the societies. For several reasons a class should not u j r rr . i ' : ' ue suie juuge ui. tne onenuers in that class. In the first place it is stripping the Societies of the authority they have heretofore held. The societies, if they would continue to exist must have suchau thority in college life as cause them to realize their responsibility. Again, when a student is being tried for a crime which means ex pulsion from college, his trial should be conducted in a legal manner and he should have the best counsel pos sible. It is impossible for this to be done wisely in the lower classes, whose members have not had the necessary experience to enable them to conduct a trial to the best advan tage of all concerned. Yes.orgau ize the classes for the purpose of preventing cheating andifor collect ing evidence, but let the societies. where there are mature men, have the ultimate right of determining the merits of any case that might University of North CarofeT Ofs thorough instruction infourre v.UUrSeSi j. courses to suit individual needs, and sional courses in law and medicine Tuition $60 a year; total expense $25o uyer aw students, 2b teachers, 40,000 mes, 7 scientific laboratories and nms 01 gymnasium, athletic grounds, bath rlT' (free to all. . 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