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ncated. The Tar Heel. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. BOARD Or EDITORS. David B. Smith, - - - Editor-in-Chief, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. E. K. Graham, - - - W J. 13ku.amy T. l. Wkight, - - - Tv T. Candler R. H. Graves, - - - S. W. Kehnky F. O. Rogers, ! Business Manager Published everj Saturday by the General Athletic Association. v Sbacrlptlo Price. fl.BO per Yesr. Payable IN advakcb or during-- first term. SmoLtt Copies, 5 Cents. ' All matter lutended for publication should be dr dressed to the Editor-ln-chiet and accompanied by ame of writer. Estered at the Post Office In Chapel Hill, N, C as , second-class mail matter. . The foot-ball season has been for mally opened, the first battle has been fought and we have drawn first blood but with little credit to ourselves. That Guilford, plucky lit tle Quaker that she is, was al lowed to score in last Saturday's game, was a source of disappoint ment to U. N. C. rooters. ; After this first' score by Guilford however, the game was all one way and we made touchdown after touch down with all ease. This -game ; furnishes no evidence as to our final up well under the circumstances. Our men are just in good working form and a month's training will work wonders. But everybody must work and there must be no shirking. The big games of ths season will soon be here and we must maintain our'.' prestige and former record. The men are all new and must work the harder on that account. Saturday 's encounter was a good practice game and gave the men an opportunity to try their strength and I skilly Now that they have smelt gunpowder let them assume ' a veteran like air and revenge them selves upon the next team for Guil ford's score, It can be done; it must t Let the spirit of Tar Heelism again assert itself and . U. N. C, will maintain her fair name' and en viable athletic record, j, i any impossible arrangement of cir cumstances (a supposition in itself sacriligious) two Trinity men should come to us in a similar condition we would not thrust them out and re port their sin to President Kilgo? but we would rather throw the mantle of charity over their off ensei take them to our rooms and beds and keep them there until they were clothed in their right minds. We are not profound students of the Bible, perhaps, but we do , know something of the course of the good; Samaritan and hope.at all times, to be able to emulate his example. The communication in another coU uran signed "Member" is in bad spirit we think, and does not in any way strengthen the position of the writerj The point under discussion is wheth er or not membership on tne uramat- ic Club can be determined by compe tition. "Member" simply says such a thing is impossible and ridicules the Tar Heel for suggesting any such a method. "Member" does not even touch the Tar Heel's point, viz: If i two men A and B desire positions on tne uramatic iud, ana 11 lor . any reason, personal or otherwise, A is chosen and B is left, B has a right to complain, and for this roa.son: There was no test of ability, no comparison of merit; and the selection was amere matter of choice without a resonable basis. : . If the name Dramatic Club had been adopted this method would have been proper. But just as soon as it' becomes a University Dramatic Club, claiming to represent the University as a whole, every manin the University is enti tled to try for a place; and a selection based otherwise than upon competitive merit and ' ability is restrictive and should not be tolerated. ' y To say that tw6 or three meg, al though they be assisted by the Univer sity executive, are able to constitute of their own will and choice a Universi ty Dramatic Club is absurd in. the) 'ex treme. Suppose another set of -jmeh should say, we will also select ten or twelve meti and organize another Uni versity Dramatic Club. They would certainly, according to "Member," have that right. In such a case How could you determine which club had the lawful right to modify its name by University! Let "Member" ; digest these points and -see if it does not re quire a little of the "knowledge, with which God has endowed us", to refute them, 1 ,, ..Our neighbor, Trinity, is nothing if she is not original. This year she is playing the role of monitor and private detective for the University authorities. ' Some time ago' two ' poor mis guided freshmen while in Durham , imbibed a little too much of the rosy and were immediately seized with an intense desire to visit their Methodist, brethern at the Park. , They found their way out to Trini--iy and history relates that their conduct while there was tudecorus to say the least! The Senior Class was so shocked that they, in meet ing assembled, adopted resolutions thanking God that they are not as Chapel Hill men are and immediate ly threw their Christian charity to the winds by reporting the youths to President Alderman. Of coarse we condemn the drunk lioness of the two men in question j our contemporaries who is facing We would like to call attention to a few changes the Tar HEEL would like to see made in the Reading Room and Library. We wish it under stood that when we indulge in what is usually termed "kicking" it is for the interest of the student body and not to display any spleenof our's. " ' ; First, we would like to see the Reading Room lighted. up with elec tricity. The days are rapidly grow ing shorter and this arrangement would enable every man to read and keep himself posted on current events. Many men, are occupied during the day and would be glad to have an opportunity of reading the periodicals in the evening. The cast of lighting the Reading Room would be inconsiderable and the de rived advantages very many. Second, we would like to see the Library kept open longer. One of and we shall not attempt to palliate llieir offence. - But at the same this same trouble of short library hours says: "There seems to be a niors, have the greater part of their work in the 'laboratories and they cannot reach the library before the closing hour. Wlfen, we would like to ask, will these men be given an opportunity to Ho research work for graduating theses and speeches? The Librarian, with his ' assist ants, can . certainly draw out eight or nine hours a day when the aver age college man works nearly twice, that time., And, if necessary, em ploy moire' assistants and le the li brary be as serviceable as possible. ' , Again,vw. would like to see the Library also lighted with electricity and kept .open at night,, Why not? Its 1 usefulness - would be ; doubled. The expense Would be an item ti ts true, but could be provided for (" by adding a . small, amount, (say fifty cents per year) to t he, t registration fees. . iWith over five hundred men, more than two hundred and fifty dollars could be raised in this way arid, would more than meetthe in creased expense. We earnestly hope the committee will give this matter their attention and if possible devise means for in- creasing our Library and Reading Room service. To the Editor: '. ' : I am a man of justice and I want to say something about the way you are treating the class of '00 "That class that with the .new born century is to startle the world hy. coming into it," as a friend of mitj (who is a poet) wrote me the otherday. - Whiare you not called' atten tion to our remarkable intelligence or something ' else like ' that? Our faces show that we are not ordinary peopled certainly not in looks. We arei more, than phenomena, we are freaks. - Look at-our foot-bajl team, it is the finest I ever saw, and you hare not, said a, word about it just because you are jealous I reckon. But if I am a freshman I am going to say that there is a man' on - there that can run as fast' as almost anybody in college; and another kicked the, ball on the Memorial Hall the other day and the pole on that is about a hun dred and fifty feet high.- 1 You may say I am writing this because nobody can black anybody now, but that's not so I room out of college and nobody could black me anyhow. Justice and 1900. time had we been placed m lnnity s j disposition to put the books to bed position, we 'feel sure we should . early and give them a nrded rest." have acted very differently. If by j A number of men, especially Se- Thursday Club. r The members of the Faculty, to gether with their families, have hit upon a happy plan for increasing the rather limited possibilities of amuse ment and social pleasures which Chapel Hill affords. They have organized themselves fnto a social club whose object is purely recre ation and enjoyment. The Club is to meet one Thursday in each mouth, the duty of entertaining to be as sumed by the several members in their turn. , -The first meeting was held . last week. at Dr. Whitehead's home. :!.' With. refreshments and music and especially a treat from Maj. Cain on the violin, everything conspired to make(the meeting a complete suc cess.' All are elated over the pros pect of a more than usually pleas- ant winters "" . ;-::-'--rv. ;z:. ; . . The club will meet next time at jDr. Wilson's. j Cotninui ' Some one on' the Tar Heieji, board tias seen nt to criticise the method ot. organizing tne Dramatic CluK ana in two uurerent articles has vo iititfenjd triparlvlrf f . .uvuKj netl inn should' be the basis of selection for members ot1 the' club. If the w tleman ;woul4 spend a few of h leisure moments learnjng something to ' discourse, he would see that this is utterly "'impossible.' 1 He wpuld also learn that .the members of thu year's clubv were chosen" by the old members of last session's; club with the assistance of President Ai,u. man. . This method ws "adopted be- cause tne management ot the Dram atic Club was not possessor of 'such an enormous amount of ino-enuilTr as God has given the writer of the aforesaid articles, and therefore was unable to devise 'any more suitable or practical means (selecting mem bers. ,' , v, ,vIt may he added; further that our auuuKcr, tnuugn ne kicks consider ably, is unable to suggest any spe cific improvement? If 'he' will 'fern something of which he nbw'khows naught, the Dramatic Clnb will be glad to hearken to his valuablesug. gestions."- ' :U-. .i y, ,. ;'; ' ', ' J ', ' ;' ' MrmbER. Class Teams Organize. We are glad to see ,the, severa classes going - to work to get pu foot-tjall teams . to represent them it inter-class contests. . Year before last we had some "interesting games between the classes whichs: .may have . had something , to do with the production of the' Varsity ,of'95Xast year, however, there was not much class spirit shown" and no teams were organized. The Freshmen were the first to get together thte year." ' They:met in the Math, room at II ' o'clock on Monday and, with all the attendant noise and confusion. thSopbs.- knew how to raise, elected, J... Spenser Captain, and .Graham: Woodard, Manager, of their. team, x ; . At 12:30 the same day, the Jun iors met and elected P. D.f Gold Captain, Percy WhltakerMaiiager and R. E. Follin to: serve With the above named officers as an advisory committee. " The Sophomores met in the Chip- el at 1 .o'clock and elected R. A. Winston, . Captain, R. A. Nunn, Manager, and G. R. S wink and C. S. Alston to form with the Mana ger an advisory committee, j All the' classes went promptly to work to get, up their teams. ; This class-team work is the best way to develop our foot-ball re sources. It brings out ; and trains the good material in College.' ' More than that; a great number of men, who would otherWise spend the time thus occupied in watching the prac tice of the ' regular team, takea thorough course oi exe'reisd' e benefits 'of which last ttiroagh the whole year. We lWve noticed that the men who play foot-ball, have greater Endurance and capacity work at the times of examination the tall -and spring which so'try men. "'' Subscribe to the Tar l1'
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