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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ! ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, March 13 ih. 1897.
NO. 22.
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The Magazine.
From Another Point of View.
We desire in no way to enter into
to continue the discussion and
-1 K.iti iitir1Jf til nci Ikh A in
I'fSOHH v in
st week s issue, but the writer
Mer the head of ''Revival of the
airazine" closes his article in a
that we think is not wholly
irrect, nor just to those who have
Uestly opposd the revival of the
Iagazine on the plans proposed,
e assumes in the beginning- that
ie magazine ought to be revived.
rhat we read ily grant, but when
closes with the paragraph: "The
ublication of a magazine is as much
part of the purpose of the literary
ocieties as the debate ltselt, and
hen they fail in its support it is
mply an evasion oi clear duty.
here exists no right of its publica-
. tt i
on Dy any oinei uuivcimi) uian-
feation he draws an unwarranted
onclusion; He settles an impor-
iant question with no argument but
he conviction of his own mind, and
loes it with an exclusiveness and an
bsolutism that is not characteristic
Ma University man, and is not just
o an element of his own society,
ho honestly differ with him. And
rs a representative of this element
n the Phi. Society I do not think
he matter ought to conclude in any
uch an unfair and one-sided point
f view.
In the article! don't think the
writer intended to injure his own
ociety, but in his eagerness to crit-
cise and in his ambition for the re-
ization of a pet scheme, he evident
ly lost his bearing's; for he missed
pe nature of the case entirely.
The Societies years ago went out
of the business of ' 'running the Uni
versity." They used to be the cen
ter of University life, around which
leverything revolved,' but with the
ntroduction of the Shakspere Club,
the Philological Club, the Scientific
Society, athletics and the various
other organizations in fact when
the University entered into the true
University life, and offered oppor
tunities for personal development
and went out of the business of com
pulsory traiuing, it was forced to
cut loose from the Societies and
leave them to represent one phase
of college life. This phase of the
Societies is to offer men the oppor
tunity of, and to stimulate them in,
debate and public speaking-, and to
acquaint them with the usages and
customs of parliamentary practice.
And, said Dr. Winston, two years
a?o when this very question was
"nder discussion, "A literary socie
ty in a university that does more or
'ess than this misappropriates its
hme, and th reatens i ts own exist
ence." He advised both societies to
ct loose from the Magazine; for it
Was run in the interest of the whole
University and riveted a burden on
the Societies for which they were
nt justly responsible. .
If the Magazine has got to be es
tablished and must be established
right now, and there must be a hun
dred and fifty dollars on hand to
begin with, I fully admit that the
two societies are the quickest and
most available means by which to
settle the dilemma. But such is not
the condition of affairs. And be
cause men wont accept such argu
ment as this, in the name of "col
lege spirit" and for the purpose of
materializing- somebody's pet idea,
to call them a clog and a hindrance
and devoid of understanding is sim
ple, to say the least.
I have never seen yet why the So
cieties, which are composed of less
than half of the men in the Univer
sity, and who, 'as a rule, are the
poorest men in college, and who; as
a rule, go into Society for the ex
press purpose of learning how to
speak I repeat, I don t see why
they have the only right to publish
the Magazine. Such men-, I know
by experience, would not read one
third that was published in such a
magazine, if they" had it free, and to
tax this minority for the purpose of
sustaining" college reputation and to
boost up college spirit, and because
they have an organisization such' as
can be handicapped by such princi
ples, I don't see the justice in it.
But when a member of the Phi.
Society, in its present condition, says
of failing" to support the plan for
the revival of the Magazine, "It is
simply an evasion of clear duty,"
our ethical nature rises in righteous
indignation at such a distortion of
morality. Whether he intended the
Di. Society and no other, or no, it
applies to every one who opposed
the measnre, and as such a one I am
ready ts show up for public judge
ment as to who has evaded "a clear
duty."
A Phi.
Inter-Society Debate.
The regular debate between the
Dialectic and Philanthropic Socie
ties will take place on Friday night,
March 26th.
The query is, Resolved, That
barring constitutional objection, an
Income Tax should be incorporated
into our Federal System of Tax
ation.
Debaters: Edward Kidder Gra
ham and Theodore Franklin Kluttz,
Jr. from the Di; Willis James Brog-
den and Sylvester Browne Shep
herd from the Phi. . ,
Georgia Debate.
The debate with the University
of Georgia will take place May 1.
Messrs. D. B. Smith, '97, and H.
G. Connor, 97, are our representa
tives and the question to be dis
cussed will be the Swiss Referen
dum, which was the subject of an
Inter-Society Debate last year. An
extended notice of this will appear
later.
The University of Virginia has
the "Club Fad", as ' well as our
selves. The last issue of College
Topics mentioned the organization
of five different ones.
Senior Class Meeting. ' Next Summer School.
Caps and Gowns Finally' Adopted.
The Senior-class met in the Math
ematics room yesterday afternoon
and transacted some very impor
tant business in reg-ard to Class
Day and Commencement arrange
ments. On motion of Mr Wray, a com
mittee of three was appointed to se
lect some Baptist divine to deliver
the Baccalaureate Sermon. To
serve on this committee the presi
dent appointed Messrs. Wray, Eat
man and Underbill.
A motion,-made . by Mr. Graves,
that the class formally adopt the
cap and gown, was carried after
long discussion. It was decided
that a committee should see about
procuring themand that they should
all be of the same material and cost,
in order to secure perfect uniformi
ty. They are to be worn on all pub
lic occasions when the Seniors ap
pear as a class, and at the Presi
dent's Reception, Tuesday night of
Commencement. On the Committee
to arrange for obtaining them are
placed-Messrs. R.-Wright, Graves
and Myers. r
It'was then moved that a committee
be appointed to make all necessary
Class Day "arrangements. Messrs.
Carmiehael, McNairy and T .
Wright were placed on the commit
tee and the meeting adjourned at
4:15.
i Dramatic Club.
; Costumes are being prepared for
"She Stoops to Conquer," and will
be ready for a dress rehearsal
shortly, Tight fitting knickerbock
ers of 18th Century style wTill be
the masculine crural garments, to
gether with long sur tout coats, frill
ed shirts, three cornered hats and
buckled shoes. -The "ladies" will
be "killing," part Wearing Empire
gowns, and part the regular ortho
dox compressing machines.
. A supply, of , beer bottles and such
like articles., will- be laid in for the
tavern scene. It is said, however,
that these will be filled with color
ed water, owing to faculty restric
tions. ,
The club is rehearsing four times
a week, and will certainly give some
thing worth seeing. The play will
last for two hours and a half and
will be given on some Friday night.
An Alumnus Married.
"One of the social eyents of last
evening was the result of a plot laid
by Cupid a little while ago, and the
little god must have been pretty
well satisfied with his handiwork. It
was the marriage of Miss Jean Wat
son Alexander and Mr. Alphonzo
Linwood Gregory, which took place
at the pretty home of Colonel and
Mrs. James Mills, Hazel wood ave
nue, and Monongahela street. Miss
Alexander is a neice of Colonel and
Mrs. Mills,' and for years has filled
the place of ' a daughter in their
home. Mr. Gregory is a bright
young lawyer of Huntington, West
Va. Pittsburg Dispatch, Feb. 24.
A Large Corps of Instructors in all
Departments.
The University Summer School of
,'97 will begin on Tuesday, June 22nd,
and end, on Friday, July 23rd. It
promises to be even a greater success
than those of the past three years, hav
ing a larger corps of teachers and of
fering a greater variety of courses.
The faculty will consist of the fol
lowing members:
Dr. Thos. Hume, Dr. C. Alphonso
Smith (Univ. of La.), and W. R. Webb
Jr. in the English Department.
W. S. Jackson (Chicago Normal
School), E. R. Shaw (Utiiv. of City of
N. Y.), R. E. Coker, C. Cobb, J. A.
Holmes, Dr. Chas. Baskerville, and
, Dr. C. S. Mangum in the Scientific De
partment. Supts. II. S. Tarbell (Providence,
R. I.), and L. D. Howell (Raleigh, N.
C.) in Geography. Principal W. F.
Gordy (Hartford, Conn.) and Supt. Al
ex. Graham (Charlotte, N. C.) in His
tory. P.P. Claxton in Psychology,
Dr. C. A. McMurry (Chicago Univer
sity) and C. W. Toms in the Pedagog
ical Department. W. D. Toy in Mod
ern Languages. Dr. W. J. Milne (Al
bany, N. YO and Supt. M. C. S. Noble
(Wilmington, N. C.) in Mathematics.
Miss N. Bemis (Durham Schools) in
Drawing and Mechanical Training.
E. P. Moses (Winthrop Normal School,
S. C.) in Primary Work. C. R. Brown
(State Normal School, N. C.) in Music.
Dr. H. F. Linscott and J. A, Mc
Laughlin (Wadesboro,. N. C.) in Lat
in. '. The Summer Law School will, as
usual, be conducted by Dr. John Man
ning an,d Judge James E. Shepherd.
It is seen from the above list that
instruction is offered in a great varie
ty of subjects. The Scientific depart
ment will include Biology, Physics,
Natural Hidtory, Geology, Chemistry,
and Physiology, and there will be
much variety within the other general
departments. Any one desiring accu
rate information and circulars will do
well to address either President Alder
man (Chapel Hill) or C. W. Toms
(Durham, N. C-)
EHsha Mitchell Scientific Society.
The Society held its regular
monthly meeting in the' Chapel
Tuesday night and the whole hour
was given to Prof. Gore, who again
gave a lecture o n the Roentgen
Rays, fully explaining all points
about them and supplementing his
remarks with diagrams and such
electrical experiments as were need
ed to make the mysterious phenom
ena as clear as possible.
The new instrument, with all the
latest improvements worked splen
didly in the hands of Prof. Gore and
all of his experiments were charac
terized by success and occasional
outbursts of joy on the part of those
present.
For the benefit of those who had
not before seen the working of the
X-rays, an invitation was extended
to remain after the meeting and test
its accuracy. ,
This is the second or third time
our Professor has lectured on this
subject, but never before to such a
large audience as on Tuesday night.
The Chapel was packed and all ex
pressed the keenest interest and
appreciation in what was taking
place.
College Topics says that "Vir
ginia Hard Luck" will become a
proverb. The idea of such a thing!!
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