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TTlno Tar Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
E K. Gkaham, - - - Editor-in-Chief,
ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
W. J. Brogdkn, - - - Mary S. MacRak,
P. C. WHITLOCK, ..-- R. E. FOI.LIN,
P. D. Goid, - - - - Percy Whitaker,
B O. Rogers, - t - Business Manager
E. D. Broadhurst, - Ass't Business Mgr.
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Entered at. the. Post Office iu Chapel Hill, N, C as
, second-class mall 'matter.
The Tar Heei, ventures to ex
press the hope that everybody had
a pleasant Christmas and a joyous
New Year. It is sincerely "glad
to see you back. " .
If it were nearer the first of the
year it could not refrain from a few
pious suggestions concerning how
life should be lived and so on, with
an exhortation for early reform; but
a week has passed now, and it is
time resolutions were safely locked
up in trunks and people were begin
ning to behave themselves. Magi
cal January 1st, 1898 has grown in
tovprosaic January 11th and as the
latter is just a plain old twenty-four-hour
day, there is no reason why it
should be a starting point for right
eousness. . . V
We shall try therefore to be quiet;
again hoping that the year that is
on us is full of good things and that
we may prove ourselves worthy of
them all. "
The period from January to March
is for the most part void of any ath
letic events or activity. The weath
er is hostile to regular out-door ex
ercise and the result is two months
of absolute ennui no games, no
training of any sort.
This certainly ought not so to be.
There is no period in the year which
so well repays effort to build up the
body, and yet it seems to regarded
here as a season of necessary and
weary restful ness. So regarded
it is a waste of most valuable time.
The base-ball games will soon be
on us, the hardest and best sched
ule we have ever had. Preparations
should begin at once. . The men
should be called out so that what
ever training is possible may begin
now and continue consistently until
the team takes the field.
A successf ull -team this spring
means a great deal to us; it is al
most a necessity. We shall not
have it unless we make early pro
vision. Winners don't come with
"The flowers that bloom" etc., nor
spring full-armed from anybody's
head, bteady, rigid work gives
large results in base-ball. It is a
resource of which we should ' early
avail ourselves. i
In its last issue the Tar Heel
called the attention of the students
to the fact that there was a place
on the board for any one who showed
special fitness for the work. We
hope this fact will not be over
locked: so far the office has not been
flooded with communications.
It would be a great source o
erratification if interest could be ex
cited along this line; particularly
so, if 'the younger men in college
would show some zeal m the matter
One great trouble with us is the
one-sidedness of our life. A lew
men constitute a narrow system of
athletics and a few men represent
literarv life. The
iiunv.i v.
great majority containing, no doubt,
many of superior ability to the act
ive participants remain quiet lookers-on."
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There is abundant material in
college to make the Tar Heel a
bris-ht, live.1 interesting sheet and
if some of it will only wake up and
show itself it shall not want for
appreciation and employment.
Did it ever occur to you how many
college boys there are and how few
college men? It must have, for the
former are not only numerous but
are so very demonstrative. ' They
have such a disagreeable way ot
stamping their personalities over
he face of things. In fact, that is
heir most prominent characteristic.
The savor of their life is to be
noticed.
For instance take their humor.
The joke, say, of throwing a chair
in the well depends entirely on the
fact that it somebody else s chair
and somebody else's well and suffi
cient inconvenience, therefore, will
result to bring tnem into prom
inence. '
The samccharacteristic is in evi
dence in their reading. Many libra
ry books are embellished with their
handiwork. They criticise with
that 'gay abandon .that recognizes
no superiors and cares naught for
the rights of property, the dignity
of letters, nor the value of ink.
"Dr. Faustus", one W. F. C. says,
is 4 'rotten" -a criticism that has, at
least, the merit of bold originality.
Shakespeare is numerously com
mended by another as "fine" "out
of sight," and the like.
So you find them wherever you
turn; and so vigorous they become
in their various lines of endeavor
that in some college communities
the' amount to an epidemic and al
most give complexion to the life of
the whole. Everything must be
changed to fit them. The cloth
must all be cut small and a commu
nity of misfits is the results. But
worse than this, they give complex
ion to the community abroad, They
tell everybody they go to school
at , and everybody says it is a
pity because is, or used to be, a
good old school.
It is a pity. We trust these peo
ple will ponder over it some long
night and the next time they throw
chairs in the well they will make it
a point to be sitting in them when
they strike bottom.
IN THE HEART OF A CHILD.
The shine of the sun made humanity fair,
While out of the starlight divinity
smiled, . .
And science lay folded in reverence there,
In the heart of a child.
Does time dim our vision and narrow its
. range? ' .
Does love of God's world become love
of our wild
For something' has wrought a deplorable
change
Since I was that child.
The Builder and Yean
The Old Year hugged his bony knoes
And laid him down to die;
The New Year raised an infant head
His fair domain to spy.
The Man took up his bubble-pipe
And blew a bubble gay,
Where all the colors of the air ,
Made pictures of the day. .
The infant year stretched out his hand
'And snatched the bubble fine.
"'Twas naught but ether", cried the Man,
."Yet it was wholly mine".
He broke his pipe and bent his back
To hewing ponderous stone
And there a mighty, structure rose
. And it was all his own.
. The infant grown to burly youth ;
Before the pile was stilled,
Unconscious wholly that his hand
Had taught the Man to build.
The Commencement Orator.
Hannis Taylor ex-minister to
Spain and an alumnus of the Uni
versity has, been chosen orator of
the '98 commencement.
It is hardly necessary to say that
the selection has given great satis
faction to all interested.
Mr. Taylor's presence will insure
a successful commencement.
v Aesthetics vs. Rheumatics.
Last' fall saw a good many fancy
touches put on the University and
surrounding in the shape of well-
covers,' doors, etc; but we are still
compelled to bathe in the cold. The
Greek architecture is all very pretty
but we think that some serviceable
improvement ought to be made as
well. , The bath-house is in a bad
condition. Often there is no water
and when there is it is never heated.
There is a heater in the bath-room
but it is never used. Can't we have
some improvements along this line?
Tar Heel Meeting.
At a recent meeting of the Tar
Heel Miss Mary McRae was elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of W. H. Bagley.
Considerable change being neces
sitated by the resignation of Mr.
Bagley the board was reorganized
as follows: Gold and Whitlock local
editors, Follin exchange, Brogden
associate, Whitaker athletic,' Miss
McRae literary.
Meeting of the German Club.
At'a meeting of the German Club
on Saturday last., Mr. F. O. Rog
ers was elected leader of the an
nual mid-winter german which will
take place Friday the 18th of Feb
ruary. Messrs. Geo. D. Vick and
Warren Kluttz,were appointed floor
managers. Messrs. Moore, Staton
and Metts were elected members of
the Club.
BASKET BALL.
Why is it that the game of basket
ball has never been introduced into
the University? In the short time
that it has been a claimant for pop
ularity in the athletic world it has
made wonderful progress and be
come a leader among the sports at
some of our chief colleges and insti
tutions.
It is a game involving very small
outlay of equipment and furnishing
splendid exercise. It gives excite
ment and interest enough to lead to
the formation of not only class and
college teams but even state and
interstate leagues.
HERE AND THERE.
Lee ex-'98 will take law this year
Judge Little '98 has retri.t.
for law
A. II. Bynum A.&M. 'OOhase,,
tered '01. .
J. A. Currie ex-,98 has returned
to the University to take law.
Whitaker '98 has been appointed
official scorer for the base ball team
Frank Faison '00 has returned
to the Hill after a short rustication.
A. D. McLean ex-'98 has reh,r
ed to the University and entered the
Law Class. '
Mr. P. C. Whitlock has been
elected to succeed Mr. Cheek as
assistant librarian.
Commons Hall opened the year
very prosperously about a hundred
and twenty boarders.
Dr. Alderman has been invited to
deliver the oration at the commence
ment of Tulane University.
Mr. C. R. Dey having completed
his course will not return to the
University until next June.
John Cook mayor of Laurinburg
and Editor of the Laurinburg1 Ex
change has entered the law class.
It is understood that the chair of
Pedagogy will be filled at the meet
ing of the trustees January 2bth.
Prof. Moses of Davis Military
School is at the University doing spe
cial wprk in the Chemical Labora
tory. Mr. W. J. Nichols '97 spent two
days on the Hill last week visiting1
friends. We were glad to have him
with us again.
About thirty of the students re
mained on the Hill during vacation.
They enjoyed themselves reading1,
skating and sleeping.
The base-ball schedule has about
been completed and will be publish
ed in the Tak HEEL as soon as
final arragements are made as to
places possibly next week.
Messrs P. T. Cheek and P. H.
Eley of the class of '98 will not
graduate this year. Mr. Eley's
health would not admit of his re
maining. Mr. Cheek will complete
his course next year.
J. G. McCormick '98 was recent
ly elected Editor-in-chief of the Uni
versity, Magazine, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of S, S.
Lamb. J. D. Parker was chosen
to fill Mr. McCormick's place.
Julian S. Carr has made the li
brary a most "valuable prcsent-a
complete set of Harper's Illustrated
Weekly. This set numbers fifty
volumes and contains many very
rare and costly, The entire set is
bound in morocco.
The Debators for the intersociety
debate which takes place sometime
in February have been elected by tne
o j.- nw. n: ri11 be repfe"
oocieues. x.uc - - ,
sented by Messrs Johnston am
RtW: bo Phi hv Messrs Abbot
and Conuor. The query to be dis
cussed is "Resolved that the
States Senators should be elected d.
a direct vote of the people.