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JLJtLE,
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Vol. 8,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Nov. Ml 1899.
NO. 10.
UNIVERSITY FORUM.
The University Forum, the new
luodern topics club recently organ
ized, held its first meeting1, which
nvas suw-cosi ui iu cvci y wdy, lasa
IWednesday evening- in Gerrard Hall
Which was presided over by Mr. E.
. Graham, President of the club.
Mr. Graham made a few remarks
about the purposes, aims, and
fprospects of the organization, and
fsaid that now all rests on the stu-
Idetits. The subject for discussion
ftbe first night was "The Trans
vaal War."
I Dr, Linscott, by aid of a stereop
tican map, gave the audience an ex
cellent description of the Topo
graphical and Geographical fea
tures of the country and showed
'the location of the different towns
iwhich have recently sprung- into
'public -notice. He grave a short
history of the Europeans in South
Africa and told of the Great Trek
in 1866, when the Boers moved away
just to rid themselves of the Eng
lish. The only living1 Boer who
was in that great movement is Kru-
ISfer. : ,,
Dr. Alderman very ably present
ed the pleas of the English in this
war. From a non-partial view he
told just what an average English
man would claim if called upon.
The facts he gave are interesting
and some are as follows: The
Dutch people went to South Africa
after the Napoleonic Wars. EngT
lish also went there. Then there
was a clash. The Boers liked iso
lation, while the English people de
sired to get together and be friend
ly. English set free their slaves
and the Boers left. 1864 was the
first effort made to form any kind
of government. Boers paid no at
tention to law and order and about
1877 England decided that she had
better take in the country. Boers
revolted and fought. In 1884 in City
of London a committee claimed for
England the right to control the
foreign relations of the South Afri
can Republic. The world paid no
attention to this young republic un
til one day by a geological accident,
gold was discovered in abundance
and people from all over the world
I went there. Johannesburg gre .
irotn a few scattered houses into a
city of 100,000 population.
Cause of recent war, conditions
w Johannesburg for example, 90
per cent of the population are Eng
lish and 19-20 of the taxes are paid
by them. Nearly all land is their
property and yet these Uitlanders
are absolutely helpless from a citi
zen's standpoint. Boers also raised
franchise from 5 years to 14 years
atid then i t can b e arbitrarily
refused, also allegiance to other
country must be given up. Eng
I'sh people are refused rights of as
sociation and no English taught.
ae English claim that thev are
hting for the same principles
which we Americans fought for,
wat is Taxation without Repre
sentation. Dr. Alderman's presen-
( Continued on second page).
FOOT BALL
Facts About Carolina's Team.
Our team left Tuesday afternoon
for its southern trip, in every way
prepared to meet the well-trained
teams whom they are to play
They play the University of Geor
gia lianksgmag. This team is,
one of the strongest of Southern
college teams and is going to firmly
resist all ground-gaining over their
line, it is a much., stronger team
than we met last year and anything
like a large score for us is wholly
unexpected.
Un Saturday Carolina meets
Sewanee, also in Atlanta. So far,
this is the strongest team in thel
South, as it has not been defeated
by any of its many opponents. So
this g-ame will be one of great in
terest ho Southern foot-ball enthu
siasts as it will decide the southern
hampionship for this season. Al-
tho we greatly miss our usual
. t t rr i
game witn Virginia on lnanKs-
!vi ::g, yet for this time we will
meet teams which will give us suf
ficient amusement and the student
body will look for the news of the
srames with some doubts as to the
results, as no one expects a walk-
over on eitner-aay.
The following is the team that
will represent us on the southern
gridirons:
At right end is Osborne of '99,
who is the fastest man on the team
and one of the safest tackles. On
the Northern trip he made an en
viable record at tacKiiner man ror
no gain, on both punt and kick-off
''V eight 144 pounds, height 5 ft 10
inches, age 20 years.
At right tackle is Bennett of '00,
who last season rightly made a po
sition on "The All Southern" and
who is this year playing excellent
ball. Especially at breaking thro
the line and throwing the runner
back for losses. Weight 173 lb-.,
height 6 ft., age 20 years. j
Phifer I. (Law) has yet his last
year's position at our right guard
and theif are few men on the teams
we have met that have found him
out of his positiou. He is one of
the hardest workers on the team.
Weight 193 ibs., height 6 ft. in
ches, age 21 years.
At centre is Elliot, of '02, who
tho he is somewhat new at the
game, even now has held the posi
tion against experienced contest
ants. He has also given considera
ble annoyance to the long-trained
centres of our opponents. He bids
fair to be the best centre on the
Southern teams. On punts he of-!
ten breaks thro and is on the run
ner by the time the ends get him.!
Weight 179, height 6 ft., age 21
years.
Left guard's position is filled by
Rankin, '01. . Tho to the Varsity
he is a new man, yet he has had
considerable experience before com
ing- here. Altho he is the heaviest
man on the team, weighing 198 lbs.,
(Contiued on second pag
J.
flowing with the many friends of
the deceased. The impressive Bur
ial service was read by Dr. Meade,
rector of the church.
Beautiful music was sung by a
special choir of eight voices. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. Halcott
Anderson, W. K. Battle, R. H.
Bellamy, H. C. Cowles Jr., E. K.
Graham, E. V. Howell, R. S.
Hutchison, O. A. Thompson, W.
G. Wharton and W. B. Whitehead.
The body was interred in the
Chapel Hill Cemetery and the flor
al designs were magnificent, among
them were beautiful ones from his
fraternity, -Zto AKE ATO, SN,
and those from the Di. Society and
Sophomore class.
HOWARD Al FXAlNinFR IS Resolved III, that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family,
DEAD. ; f'to the Tar Heel and to the Univer-
x . V, . . i sity Magazine.
Last Friday morning at the? T T . .
... J , I Ivey Lewis )
home of his parents in this place,!, , w Stafford V Committee
Mr. J. Howard Alexander, son of. D. P. Stern J
Dr. Eben Alexander, Professor of The class also decided to attend
Greek, departed this life after anithe funeral in a body.
illness of several weeks. The news! Thp funernl was held S.-iturdav
)f his death, while not unexpected,afternoon from the Episcopal
has cast a deep gloom over the en-Church. which was filled to over-
tire community.. He was univer
sally liked and his untimely end
has caused much sorrow and sym
pathy for the bereaved family.
Mr. Alexander attended the State
Pair at Raleitrh and while there
was taken sick. He was brought
home and from that time on, all
tnat medical skill could do was
done but with no avail. He was
getting along very well until a few
days ago when a relapse occurred
from which he could not rally and
for the last three day his life wa:
despaired of.
He was a Sophomore and a mem
ber of the. 2.A.E. fraternity and o
the Di. Society. He was seventeen
years old and a communicant in the
Episcopal Church. Friday after
noon at two o'clock a special meet
iiig of the Di. society was held. A
committee was appointed to drape
the hall in mourning for thirty
days and the following resolutions
were adptoed;
WThereas God, the All wise Fath
er hath, in one of those mysterious
workings of his Providence, which
we cannot understand, removed
from our midst our beloved friend
and fellow member, John ' Howard
Alexander, therefore be it Resolved
I, that while submitting- in all
humiliation to the divine will we,
the members of the Dialectic Socie
jjty, cannot but feel most deeply the
loss we have sustained in his death
II, that in his untimely death this
society has lost an earnest and
faithful member and ne whose fut
ure was bright with promise.
Ill, that we extend our sincerest
sympathy to the family so sadly be
reaved.
IV, that these resolutions be
spread on the minutes of the Socie
ty, and copies be sent to the Tan
Heel and Magazine.
R. S. Hutchison )
W. Kluttz Committee
C. R. Mclver )
At four o'clock the same after
noon the Soph class held a largely-
attended meeting and passed the
following Resolutions:
Whereas. God, in his infinite
wisdom has seen fit to remove from
our midst our beloved friend and
classmate, John Howard Alexander,
therefore be it
Resolution of Respect Adopted By
S.A.E. Fraternity
Inasmuch as ' Almighty God has
seen fit to take from us our friend
and brother, John Howard Alexan
der, we, the members of-Xi'Chapter
of The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra
ternity, desire to express our sorrow
in the loss that we so keenly feel:
by his death we have lost one of
our Order whem we loved well and
highly esteemed.
We who have known and loved
him take this means of extending to
his family and relatives our heart
felt sympathy.
And furthermore we have resolv
d to have a copy of these resolut
tons put among the records of The
Chapter, and a copy sent to The
Tar Heel.
Edw. K. Graham ) Qom
Halcott Anderson j
Miss Boylan, who has been visit
nir with Miss Snow at Mrs. Bas-
kerville's, returned to her home in
Raleigh last Wednesday.
Dr. Pratt has returned to the
Hill.
A Gimghoul Dance.
The order of Gimghoul gave a
most pleasurable dance on Tuesday
of last week, to the young ladies
visiting on the Hill, and it was giv
en in the unique lodge of the order.
Dancing was in order from nine un
til one o'clock, and the hours pass-
Resolved I, that while bowing injeci ony too swiftly. Those at the
humble submission to him who hathldance were Miss Newman of Atlan
power to give and to take away we,ta, Miss Bynum, Miss Moses,
the members of the Sophomore
iclass cannot but lament the loss of
such a true friend and class-mate.
Resolved II. that we extend to
the bereaved family our sincerest
Ijand most heart-felt sympathy.
Misses Bovlan and Snow of Ral-
eigh, Miss Vanderbilt o f New
York, Mrs. Pratt, and Messrs.
iMangum, May, Howell, Brem, An
derson, Moore, Berkeley, Bryan,
Osborne, Murphy, Gibson, Jno.
Carr and Henderson.