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The Tar Heel. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. BOARD OF EDITORS P. C. Whiti,ock, - - - Editor-in-Chief. P. D. Gold, Jr. Managing- Editor, ASSOCIATE EDITORS. W. E. Cox,), -. R. D. W. Conxqr, S L,ocaK R. E. Follin, ... Pepcy Whitakek, - - Mary S. MacRae, - - Exchange, Athletic. Literary. F. O. Rogers, - - - Business Manager. E. D. Bkoadhurst, - Ass't Business Mgr. Published every Tuesday by the General Athletic Association. Subscription Price. $1.50 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 name sf writer. Entered at. the. Post Office in Chapel Hill. N, C as second-class mail matter. It is gratifying to all of us to note the development of the base-ball team. We are feeling'more and more" confi dent every day that we have a win ning team in the field. The cool head work of the players was never surpass ed by a team on our diamond, and the unity with which they play is beauti ful to see. But let. us caution the men not to become over-confident and grow careless. The games so far have been only those that we were sure of win ning, and played on our own grounds. They were our practice games. We have not met the foe yet. The tightest place we can conceive of in a base ball game is three men on bases, nobody out, three balls called and no strkes. That's exactly the state of affairs our men had to dispose of in the first inning of the Trinity game. Most pitchers would have gone to pieces right there, but ours didn't. With the coolness of a judge he retired the side in one, two, three order, and won the admiration of every spectator on the field. The Durham Herald seems to have . faken seriously some slight remarks made by some of the University boys at the game with Trinity last Wednes day. While there were a few remarks made by one or two of the boys that were a little out of place, they were made in no other spirit than a desire to hack the Trinity players. The ed itor of the Herald is probably not used to seeing college base ball games, or he must have admitted that the root ing on a whole was remarkably clean. The courstesy shown the Trinity boys by the University students before and after the game indicated the kind liest and friend Host relation between the student bodies of the two institu tioqs.' To The Boys. Prof, (jore read in the Chapel yesterday morning a letter from Dr, Alderman "to the boys." It was written in Cairo, Egypt, on March 5. We regret that space does not , permit us to publish the letter t in full. Following- are some extracts from it: "I want you to know 'that I have you always in mind and heart, and that nothing- that these strange lands hold can dim my constant thought of you. I have been in Egypt now nearly ten days and they have been busy days. But the strange spell of the Land of Begin- ings clothed in such mystery is still about me. I am told by some Eng lishmen here that it is bad form to have thrills about these things. It seems to them to indicate a deplora ble freshness of mind, But their point does not appeal to me. I came a good distance for my thrills and 1 want them and I am glad to say that I am getting them. My first came when I saw the brazen looking sun rise over the low land about Alexandria disclosing the forest of date palms, and when I saw a boatman pause in his row ing to sing his prayer to Allah. Cairo is a great brilliant city, in some quarters as modern as Paris, in others as ancient as Damascus. . Of course, I have been everywhere like a good American tourist. I saw the sun set behind the Pyramids from the very top of the Citadel and again from a dahabeah on the Nile reddening the sacred river dotted with white triangular sails ;and crowded along its banks with peo ple dabbling in it in every conceiva ble way. I have been on camel to the Pyramids and Sphinx several times. One climbing is enough for a lifetime. I went up the Nile to ancient Memphis and explored" the tombs there and saw the Colossi of Rameses II, the Pharaoh of the Oppression. All these things were obiects of hoary antiquity to Caesar and Anton' and to Herodotus . who doubtless chatted about them to the Priests of Isis on the banks of the Nile. And the Pyramids were old when Abraham came down from U.r. The only proper guide book to Egypt is a ready .knowledge of Uni versal history, for they : have all been here Napoleon, Caesar, Alex ander, back to the gray old fore fathers. i I send you tny love and all my choicest wishes and I shall be' very happy to see you all again in' May. Interesting. Mr. Ernest Dailey, recently clerk ing for Mr. W. G. Egerton, has en tered Trinity college. The athletic association of the college, so we learn, offered Mr. Dailey free, tuition and board, and the same pay per month he was receiving, in order to have him on the ' Trinity base-ball team. Dailey is a No. 1 player, and the Trinity boys know it.. Warren Record. Prof. Harrington's Lecture. ' On Thursday evening a large au dience of students and towspeople assembled in Gerrard Hall to hear Prof. Harrington on "A Roman Boy." The lecturer, assisted by Stereopticon views, traced the life of the Roman boy from childhood to manhood. The discourse was schol arly, yet simple and interesting, and interspersed here and there with touches of humor. Those who at tended enjoyed an hour of rare en tertainment. Mississippi Letter. University Miss., March 19, 1898. Editor the Tar Heel : The writing of this letter finds the University of Mississippi about ready to ring down the curtain on the first two acts of the session.of 1897-'98r and to shift the scenery for the third act. We are just entering on the second term examinations. This vear we have the session divided into three terms in stead of two as formerly. Only one week is now allowed at the close of the term for examinations where formerly were'allowed two. This at first seem ed like crowding too much into one week, but we are getting accustomed to the new system and find that on the whole it seems to be a change which will be of great help to the students. Although this University, on ac count of the yellow fever in this State last summer, began the present session two months later than the regular date for opening, thus far the session has been very satisfactory, both, in the number of students in at tendance, and in the character of the college work done. In both of these respects the present session is equal to preceding sessions. In order to count out a full session's work, no Christmas vacation was given and during the second term regular college work was done on Saturdays,' By this economy of time, we have about made up for the time lost by the late begin mngf. The teaching force of the University has been increased by the election of Dr. F. L. Riley, of Johns Hopkins, as Professor of History and Rhetoric, and of Hon. T! H. Somerville, as Pro fessor of Law. The attendance upon the law department this year is larger than, ever known in the history of the University, The late opening of the University prevented the foot-ball practice, as the season was nearly over at the time when we would have commenced prac tice, and for this reason we were not represented on the gridiron by a team. Baseball practice has been begun, and the candidates for the team are rapidly getting into shape. S. V. Jones is captain of the team, and H. W, Brown, manager. Unfortunately, on account of our late beginning, the faculty will not allow athletic teams to leave the University this session, and we are thereby handicapped in ar ranging our schedule of games, it be ing difficult to secure many games on the home grounds. Track work will begin as the exam inations are over, and the prospects point to a most successful field day. The University Orchestra is arrang ing to give its final concert shortly. The Orchestra and baseball team are planning to make a tour of the princi pal towns in the State just after com mentment. A great deal of enthusiasm is shown in the approaching contest of the Gulf States Inter-collegiateOratorical Asso ciation to be held here April 29th, A number of colleges in the Gulf States will be represented in this contest. The representative of this University is Mr. L. P. Leavell. Mr. C. R. White, and Mr. II. E. Wilroy, will be the University repre sentatives in the next contest of the Mississippi State Oratorical Associa tion which will be held' in Jackson, Miss., in May next. The approach of our annual tennis tournament has caused revival of inter est in tennis circles. Class tournaments will be arranged and this will undoubt edly provoke a more general interest in tenuis than we have had hereto fore. All the material for "Ole Miss," our annual, is nearly ready to be forward , to the nuhlisW arcW t The University will Seii ifl . spring the valuable flt lands owned by it in the southern!!;! of the State. These lands were quired a few - -- "j u act of Congress donating to the State a to,. amr iauu supply a deficiency i. wv, uiigxu.! guuii ui iana tor a Stat University. These lamlo i 1 . ... . . . " uavc teen steadily increasing m value, and when sold will add very materially to the fin uutca ui me msumuon. Yours truly, The Record, University of Mississippi Prof. Harrington at Ann Arbor. Professor Harrino-t morning' to represent the Universih- at the Classical Conference to be held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 31st and April 1st. This conference is held under the auspices of the committee of twelve of the xmerican Philological Asso ciation, and has for its object to bring together representatives 0 the schools, colleges, and universi- ties in the different parts of the Country for the discussion of ques tions ' pertaing to classical study and for the presentation of matters of interest to teachers of the class- ics. Among those who will present papers on matters for discussion at the conference are Professor Clapp, of the University of California, Professor Gudeman, of the Univer sity o f Pennsylvania, Professor Hale, of the University of Chicago, Professor Hem pi, of the University of Michigan, Professer Abby Leach, of Vassar College, Superin tendent Nightingale, of the Chica go High Schools, Professor Sey more, of Yale, Prosesstor Charles Poster Smith, of the University of Wisconsin, Professor Warren, of Johns Hopkins, Professor West, of Princeton, and Professor White, of Harvard. Among the subjects to be discuss ed are, the Preliminary Report of the Committee of Twelve, the Ro man Pronunciation of Latin, the re sults of introducing Latin into grammar school education in Chica go, the Enriching of the Classical course in Secondary Schools, the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Schools at Athens and Rome, etc, etc. Professor Har- T-Inrrfnn will rn rl n raner on "1 he Use of Translations." At Commons Hall. f Feb. 18tli. I suppose I'm sentimental For my fancy can't resist The frame that holds the picture Or the bower that held the tryst. I loved that ball-room window Where of old we talked of love While strains of two step music Mixed with moonbeams from above. Pursuit of bread and butter Having- made li fo's road too real, I soug-ht that moonlit window To recall the lost ideal. With hope and kindled fancy I recrossed that ball-room Hour. Ah, power of bread and butter! I beheld a kitchen door. We rerrret verv much to leaf that the condition of Mr. White head, who has been confined to the Hospital for several weeks, is better.