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Virx& Tar Heel, - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. , BOARD OF EDITORS P. (J. Whitlock, - - '- Editor-in-Chief. P. D. GohO, Jr. - Managing- Editor. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. W. E. Cox, ir. R. D. W. CON R. E. Foixin, - -Pkkcy Whitaker, -Mary S. MacRab, - Exchange. - Athletic. - Literary. F. O. Rogers, - - - Business Manager. E. D. Broadhurst, - Ass't Business Mgr. Published every Tuesday by the General Athletic Association. Subscription Price. $l.SO per Year. Payable in advance or during- first term. Single Copies, 5 Cents. All matter intended for publication should be ad dressed to the Editor-in-chief and accompanied by lame f writer. Catered at. thei Post Office iu Chapel Hill, N, C as second-class mail matter. "The players are too slow" is the criticism this week. If the players expect to put up a winning' team, it is necessary for them to go at it with a vim. The success of a team depends largely upon the snap with which they play. They must have a general spirit of vigor and ear nestness. If a player is slow in gx)ing" to the field or to second base, he will be slow in getting- at a grounder or a fly. He cannot play with snap unless he has a snappy spirit about him; and, if he has this snappy earnestness, it will be shown in everv movement, whether it be running the bases or getting to his position on the field. The men ought to play just as hard in a practice game as they would in a match game. The only way to develop a win ning team is to have a winning de termination. Win everything form scrubs up. We have as fine a show of material as even graced our dia mond, and now we want to see them play ball. We publish in another column a let ter to Manager Lewis from Mr. G. W. Lawson, of Winston, in which he of fers a gold medal for the best batting average made by an)' member of the U. N. C. base ball team during this seasn. Mr. Lawson's kindness is highly ap preciation by the Athletic Association and in their behalf the tar Heel heartily thanks him him for his inter est in the team, and his endeavor to stimulate the work. But we fail to see any reason why Mr. Lawson should exclude his brother from the contest We appreciate his delicacy in doing so, but assure him the team would be de lighted if he would strike out that pro vision. Batting is one of the most impor tant parts of the game of to-day, and admits of scientific developement as much so as pitching. It is well that we should have this incentive to that part of the work; and we feel sure that our batting this year will be of a higher order than if the medal had not been offered. write a poem and submit it before the 20th of May to a committee ap pointed by the President of the class. This committee will judge the mer its of the poems handed in, and de cide who shall be poet at the class- day exercises, having a right to re ject all, if none prove meritorious. This is the only proper way to decide upon a thing like this, and it would have been much more satis factory, if all the offices of this na ture could have been left to this mode of appointment. Then the class "honors" would be regarded as such. The deserving men would get the offices, and the class would be represented by its best. It is to be hoped that the mem bers of the class who have a poetical turn will invoke the muse, and that it may not be said that the class of ,98 has no poet. The inter-Society debate 'Tuesday evening was an occasion of 'enjoyment to all who attended, The speakers on both sides are to be commended for the able manner in which they handled the question. The thorough familiarity shown by them with the way details of the sub ject was evidence of much study. The rivalry brought about by these debates is one of Ihe ; best stimuli to work the Societies have. Modern Ananias", a play of not so lengthy duration as "London As 'surance" and replete with spark ling wit, even exceeding the latter in applause-evoking situations. Each character is notable in itself, and every line fairly teems with wit. Our local artists . will share no pains to render the play in the most finished and "prpfesh-like" manner possible," Under the able directorship of Mr. May, the Club hopes to score even a huger success than met with their efforts on the Christmas trip. The management contemplates playing in , Winston, Greensboro, Reidsville and Danville; perhaps Saulsbury will be included. The Club's enthusiasm has not abated a whit. "Mark Meddle" will appear in a new role, in which ample opportunity will be afforded him to o'er-shadow the brilliant rep utation made in "London Assur ance." Most of the other "stars" will appear again. The following, to date, compose the Club; R. S. Busbee, W. G. Cox, G. B. Poud. R. M. Rawls, P. S. Cot ton, G. L. Myers, G. D. Vick, S. May and R. 10. Follin. Messrs. Cox, Rawls and Myers will appear in the femine impersonations. Leonard C. Van Noppen. The early issue by the Continen tal Publishing Co. of New York of a metrical version of Vondel's "Lu cifer" by Mr. Leonard C. Van Nop pen of the class of '92 is announced. Selections from the advance sheets are found in the New York Musical Courier. It is claimed that he has turned the original Dutch hexameter into English blank verse with exact lit- eralness and poetic skill. The Greek-like choruses and other lyr ical passages in Mr. Van Noppen's rendering preserve the assonances, the feminine rhymes and the syllab ic movement of the original. Such work should have great value for the critical student, as well as the general reader for it has been af firmed that Milton's Paradise Lost was as much influenced by. Vondel as that donbtful figure, the early Saxon Caedmon. Mr. Van Noppen received his lit erary impulse at the University and several sonnets on Shaksperean sub jects and other work done here gave striking promise of that success which we have reason to believe is about to crown his talents and care ful studies in this country and in Europe. We trust that loyal Nprth Caro linians will help to make his yenture profitable.- DRAMATIC CLUB. Sometime ago it was decided in a meeting of the Senior class to leave the office of poet open to competi tion. All members of the class de siring to compete for the place will Preparing a new Play "A Modern Ananias." The University Dramatic Club is hard at work once more, in prepar ing a new play for the Easter Trip and a Commencement performance. The caste of characters has been about decided on. The places have been filled upon the result of com petion, several new men having ap plied for positions. Several plays have been under consideration, but the Club has finally decided on "A Auburn Letter. Auburn Ala. Feb. 26, 1898. to the Tar Heel: Shakespeare has said: "Oft times excusing of a fault, Doth make the fault Worse by the excusing." So we shall not make any for the delay in communicating with out sister colleges. Every one in Auburn is justre cov ering from the gaities attendant up on the celebration of Class Day which was odserved on F eb. 22. In addition to the customary exer cises, a game of baseball was play ed between the Senior and Soph more classes, and two very pleasant dances were given by the cadets. On the evening of the 22nd, the annual debate between the repre sentatives of the Wirt and Web sterian Literary Societies, took place in Langdon Hall. Cadet T. H. McAdory of the Junior class won the medal for the Websterian Society. The Subject of athletics still oc cupies to a grent extent the student mjnd. We trust that our efforts in athletics will be as successful iu the f ulure as in the past. Baseball is, of course, the prevail ing sport. From all the indications, Auburn will be represented this season by our first winning base ball team. As shown by the work done in the series of class games now being played, we have many excellent individual players, and trust that the coach will send out an invincible team. We shall have with us again this season, "King" Bailey of the Southern League fame, who, it w'il be remembered, was our coach last year. . Owing to the fact that we have lost the best men from last year's track team, we do not expect1 to send a numerous representation , to the next track meet. The selec-1 tionof Atlanta as the place of meet ing pleases us greatly, and We trust the event will provh a success Interest in Tennis is being reviv ed with the advent of piea weather. Judging from present indications we shall send a winning team to the next Tennis Tournament in Mont gomery. Work is being pushed on the "Glomerata," the college Annual and the material will soon be in the hands of the printers. Mr. A. C. Vandieer has been elected Editor-in-chief, and there is every reason to believe that this year's annual willbe a success. Very truly, Orange and Blue Fresh. Medals. On February 22nd the following medals were duty awarded. Pretty Men .... B. Bell & Hicks. Ugly Men . . . .McRae & Webb "180." Conceited Man. . . . Weir. ; Fool .... Harkins. Fool. . . . Wray (Red Head.) Fool .... Kell. - F00I....W. K. Lane. Typical Freshmen Root. Walking Side Show . . . . Philips. General Cussedness. . . .Gray. Liar. . . .Copeland. Broken Down Sport "Billy" Dey. Dead Beat . . . . Gotten. Red Head "Snorter". . ..Morris. Baby .... Thompson. Lady's Man. . . .Bellamy. Dog Face Man . . . .Cieo. Davis. Cheeky Man Root. Hayseed . . . .Neal. Rogue. . . . "Rhea" Parker. Fat Man. ... "Long Hungry" Webb. Borer .... W. K. Lane. Gas Bag .... Busbee. Lazy Man .... Battle. Lunatic. . . .V. Cowper. Witty Man . . . . "Zeke" Allen. Stingy Man . . . . "Shrimp" Post. Bashful Man. . . .Gibson. Scorcher .... Dodd. Simpleton .... Cates. Athlete. . . .Greenleaf. "Peter" Man.. ..Gray, Dude .... Humphry. Orator. . . . Cleophus Allen. P . . . .E. L. Brown. Exchanges. Harvard is the largest Univer sity in America, with an attendance of 3,365. Oxford is the largest University in England having the same number of students as Har vard. The University of Paris is the largest in the world, having 11,090 students. Pres. Elliot, of Harvard Univer sity, advocates granting degrees twice a year, instead of annually. Vanderbilt's latest innovation is a Dramatic Club. John's Hopkins University has decided to ask the legislature of Maryland for state aid. At Cornell this year for the first time, all the work for a Bachelor degree is elective. The classes at Lehigh have reg ular monthly meetings.
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