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X Tines Tetr Heel. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. :' BOARD Or EDITORS. David B. Smith. - - - Editor-in-Chief. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. E. K. Ghaham, T. t. "Wright, -R. H. Graves, S O. Rogers, - W. J. BELLAMY, T. T. Candler, S. W. Kenney Business Manag-er, Published erery Saturday by the General Athletic Association. SMftacrlpttos Price. $1.50 pr Yer. Payable tn idtikcs or during- first term. Single Combs, 5 Cents. . All Matter Utended for publication should be ad resse to the Editor-in-chief and accompanied by aaai of writer. Entered at the Post Office lit Chapel Hill. N, C a9 - second-clasa mail mattep. With this issue the Tar HEEL finishes its Work for the fall terra. The editors - are subject. to all the trying- experiences of the average college man, .and they lay down their editorial labors to take up the more serious work of the examina tion period. The Tar HEEL has endeavored te give all the news and to faithfully represent every phase of our life here, and if our efforts have been successful we feel more than repaid for all our labors. The Tar Heel wishes all its readers a successful passage through the or deal now before us, and a most en joyable vacation afterwards. ' Mr. Craige's cardan another column is conclusive evidence that he is un able to discuss, a question on its merits without descending- into personalities and abuse. He charges the Tar Heel with prejudice,narrow mindedness,and "misstatement of facts and a misrepre sentation of the best sentiment in the University. Mr. Craige thus places serious charges at our door, and we don't believe he appreciates the real significancejthat attach to his words, and probably will not till he sees them in cold print. In fact, to be honest, we believe some one higher in author ity dictated these sweeping charges; but of course that is only a conjecture. In the first place we want to say that Mr. Craige's article aside from its epi thet and abuse, is conceived in a spirit of unjustness and unfairness to the Tar Heel. He assumes at the very outset that the Tar Heel is the ene my of Commons, and this is only one of the many errors into which he falls. In answer to this it only necessary to point to the fact that the Tar Heel has published article after 'arti cle defending Commons and its right to an existence. For ' this the Tar Heel received no credit whatever. About a month ago another article was written saying change's should be made, but no heed was taken and the final article appeared pointing out the evils in the hope that a remedy would follow; It appears that this remedy i' has followed, and after correcting some of the evils we mentioned, Mr. Craige replies to our article. Why did, he wait nearly a month before making his reply? Why did his arti cle not appear in our .next issue? The reason is evident. Mr. Craige knew our article was true at the time it was written, and he went to work, reme died in part those evils we pointed out and then secured statements from some of our best men that Commons at present is satisfactory. , We are glad to know it is now satisfactory, and our article, we believe, was the cause of this improvement, and it is a source of pleasure to us that we have been of some service to.the student body. We stated in our article that the ser vice at Commons was poor and as a re suit two waiters have been discharged. We said that the food was poor, and some of the men who testify that Commons is now satisfactory, will bear us out in the statement at the time it was made. We stated that all the rules work against the student, and Mr. Craige does not attempt to deny it. We stated that dining was con verted into a rush and grab game and Mr. Craige only answers f 'choose better company." Mr Craige does not disprove a single point we made, and only abuses us for making public mention of Common's shortcomings. So much for our misstatement of facts. As to our prejudice or narrow mind- edness, we will say nothing, as it is too personal a matter to find a place in this discussion. Mr. Craige's wonderful article closes with the assertion that we misrepre sented the best sentiment of the Uni versity, By what means did Mr. Craige ascertain that fact? Did a mass meeting of the student body con demn the Tar Heel article? Has a majority of the men in College sig nified their disapproval of that article? Certainly they have not. Then by what process did Mr. Craige arrive at his conclusion that we had misrepre sented the best sentiment? It was this way. Mr. Craige read the article in our issue of November 21st. He, then and there, individually and col lectively, decided he was opposed to the statements there made; ergo, the best sentiment of the University , is against it. What a deduction for a student of Prof. Williams' logic to make.. Oh! really Mr. Craige, you didn't, mean it. You certainly cannot mean that you keep -that rare article, "best sentiment," on tap in your room, and dispense it there. " "v In closing this article we want to ask, what object could we possibly have in misstating facts about -Commons? What interest could we , sub serve by misrepresenting the best sen timent in regard to Commons? And finally, who is Mr. Craige who sits upon our action and judges us? ,- A student himself, what power of divina tion has enabled him to judge of the motives and purposes of another stu dent? If we have misstated facts, why did he not prove that the statements were wrong when made?If we have mis represented the best sentiment, why did he not carry the matter t6" a mass meeting of the students instead of con stituting h i m s e 1 f a committee of one, self-appointed and self-instructed, to decide upon the question? The wel fare of . Commons and the student body were our only incentives for the article at which Mr. Craige takes of fence. We have labored in the inter est of the student body, and we expect to continue to labor for them. The howler, whether he calls himself stu dent, teacher, or villager, may con tinue his bowling. The editors of the Tar Heel will do their duty as they see it and refuse to be frightened or intimidated. , At this season of the year we be speak the sympathy of our friends and the compassion of Our enemies. For no more can we give in two or three columns "the detailed score of the game;" Carolina has "gone around the end' and stayed there; too early is it yet for the"audience" to be electriried by a "beauty three bagger in deep centre," and "inter esting" meetings refuse to be held. These things are dire calamities to us, gentle reader, so we ask you to give us a chance and not criticise too severely our efforts to fill the gap ing columns. In line with the efforts that are now being made to improve and beautify the general appearance of the campus is the movement, now receiving consideration, to remove all wood, etc. from the vicinity of the dormitories. Prof. Gore informs us that the arrangement will be something like this: The electric company Will buy wood in lar quantities, cut it up by steam pow er at the power station, and deliver - it to the students' rooms at a uni form, and probably -'cheaper rate than thev can now secure it for themselves. All the wood then us ed would, be collected in one place and the wood piles that now render t h e campus unsightly a t times would become a thing of the past The Tar Heel is delighted, with this idea and hopes' to see the ar rang'ements perfected at . an early The.holidavs will soon be here when the young men of the Univer sity will scatter over t h e whole length and breadth of the State. it occurs to us tnat vvnue we are enioying ourselves we at the same time conduct a campaign that will redound to the great good of our be loved institution. We will meet all sorts of men and in every section of the state. Just make it a point to tell them what is going on here; of the sort of men that are receiving an education and of the spirit that actuates them. If we can only scat ter the truth and put the facts in the hands of the people we are per fectly safe from the attacks of ene mies. . A Card. We notice in the Tar Heel of several 'weeks ago - an article cm ."Commons" which we - think whol ly unjustifiable and more expres sive of the little prejudiceSj of "the tew than the thoughts ot the major lty ot those who have boarded at this institution. It is true that some twenty or thirty left last month but it is . equally true that a hundred aud twenty or more did not leave and that a good many of those thirty or forty who did leave are back again. , The writer complains of poor food and poorer accomodations. The first of these accusations can best be answered by the opinions of those who are capable of judging, vid. end of this article. "As to the accomodations, the read er of the Tar Heel of Oct. 21st no doubt saw criticisms which could have, with more forethought, been left out. The wrjter. complains of having to pay 5 eents when late. Like all business institutions, Commons has certain fixed hours to go by, but for those who think it best not to observe .the rule, "early to bed early to rise," she allows tardy members to come "in late and get their meals at an additional cost of 5 cents, not as a punishment, but to pay an extra waiter who takes the place of the waiters from the stu dent body, these latter waiters hav ing to attend to other college duties at the expiration of their required service at the hall. , Eight dollars is the price per month for board and by adopting this sys tem a large expense is obviated, and a number of poor boys enabled to get their board almost for nothing He complains of an extra charge of 20 cents when you take a friend to dine with you. Everybody fa. miliar with hotel workings vrill readily see the advisability of this scheme. Commons cannot board a man and his friends too for dollars a month. As previously stated, students wait on the table. They should be treated as students. Now the Com mittee to which the' members of the hall are requested to make their complaints have not had a single statement ; made them concerning that in the TarHeeL article. "They are grumblers and pay no attention to the wants of those upon whom they are waiting, "he says; but yet instead of reporting this fact specifically to the authorities, he publicly brands the whole crew and we think verv unjustly too. Of course the Com tnittee could not take action upon and dismiss a waiter, a fellow stu- aent, tor not responding to the harsh demands of a fellow student, should this be. the .source of the complaint. "The most unkindest cut of all." Commons is' painted as the recepti cle for those who participate in the rush and grab game. Well she does not pretend to give a course in table manners. Members, you are re quested to bring them with you. You are allowed on entering Com- mons to select your own company and after this is taken advantage of you can further, by a word, have any member of the crowd with whom you get sent away when he does not see fit to comport himself with the dignity of a gentleman. Above all things Commons is neat and clean and the writer of this ar ticle has heard ladies, who are cap able of judging, pay compliments to this feature of the hall, a con dition which would hardly exist did such practices as enumerated live to any appreciable extent. In tine Commons does not solicit patronage from "patriotic or senti mental" reasons. anvthinr else. All she asks is, that, if you are dissatis fied and unable to please, you leave, but criticise in a way that would pay due regard to the rules of ver acity. Commons is the gift or a nhilanthronist and bv the Lrreat x. ' tr , J body of the students is thus consid ered. That article did not over flow with this admirable quality and the State has received impres sions which certainly do not credit to Commons Hall or to the Tar HEEL which should express the best seritiiTietits of the studeM body. -Burton uraigjs. Note. Mr. ..Craige secured state ments from six or eight of the best i' flip effect that Commons is now a desirable board ing place. These statements were crowded out on account or an uhu lial rush of matter. , To Our Subscribers. MnaftA nud the J. LiC LCI 111 lias ilUVV nuuv" , Tar HEEL has regularly appear. and we hope you will likewise u prompt in .remitting your suuft.-r tion. The Tar HEEL cannot witVinnt trmiiev nnfl we deuelld Up0 you almost entirely. It is necessary to close up all accounts so rs to v giu aui;vv ivitu uvau p tn Manager iv0o j w Mfc wvjv - ' r- - I ii r .f,,nr nn uf anu you wiu comer a ia' Tar Heel.
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