The Tar Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. '
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W. Frank Bryan, - - - - - Editor-in-Chief.
D. P. Parker, Man. Editor.
we have . to meet, and unless the there seems no reason why the in
tea in braces up decidedly we may j terest in the matter should be al
have' two defeats in place of the "j lowed to flag. With the experience
victories we should have. jofthd first trial, as a guide, it seems
V would like too to ask the to us that changing the things to be
A. J. Harwick,
B. S. Skinner.
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student body to show a more lively
appreciation of the team and exhibit
some little enthusiasm in its behalf.
Enthusiasm is coutagious and
nothing helps a team so much as
the knowledge that the entire col
lege is with it, heart and soul.
There appeared last - week in the
state papers a call for a meeting in
Greensboro of representatives from
the different educational institu
tions in the State to consider the
difficult problem of the elimination
of professionalism in athletics,
which has been for the past few
years and is now an evil which
menaces sport at its most - vital
point. We dare say that there is
hardly a college or preparatory
'school in the State interested at
all in athletics, which has not been
tainted with professionalism, some
are foul with it. The Universi
ty has all along insisted upon the
necessity for purity and has en
deavored to keep herself clean,
though there ma" have been time.
when it was spattered by this
mud in spite of the efforts of those
in authority.
The present move is a step in the
right direction and we trust that it
will do much good in clearing the
way for pure, clean, wholesome
sport, untainted by the presence of
professionalism. We understand
many of the difficulties in the way
of the solution of this difficult prob
lem, but we believe that if all the
institutions will, in good faith,
make a determined effort and will
pull together they will find the so
lution not impossible.
It may be more within the prov
ince of the captain of the team than
that of the editor of the Tar Heel
to criticise the team, but there is
one feature to which we wish to call
attention. We refer to the spirit
less work of the daily practice
games. The players do not seem
to realize how far advanced the
season is; within a lew days we
have our first game and yet their
work is uniformly slow and spirit
less. The Scrubs show lar more
spirit and enthusiasm, and this en
thusiastic wo:k manifests itself in
more frequent run-getting than the
Varsity. The'mlidd is particular
ly, afflicted with this listlessness.
The ball is Gelded slowly and fre
quently thrown wild, the base-run-ding
is slovenly, in .fact the work of
the whole team is by no means up to
the standard. For the captain we
have no words of criticism, he is
working as hard as a captain cvr
worked, but the team responds too
little to his efforts. Within two
weeks we have games with La
Fayette. on.' of the strongest teams
I MF UNIVERSITY FORUM.
What has become of it?
What has become of the Univer
sitv Forum? This is a question
which is suggesting itself to many
of the student body: and indeed, it
seems to us to be a perfectly legiti
mate question to ask. as a review
of 'the'hirth, life and death(?) of the
organization will show. The facts
in "the case ..we all remember; they
are these.
An active movement was wisely
inaugurrated by some members of
the University about the middle of
the fall-term, looking to the estab
lishment of .an organization '-which
should meet once a month to discuss
in a free and easy way, the general
happenings of the month, and to ex
change, view's upon matters of gen
eral import. The meetings were
to be one hour long, and in them
j any member of the University hav
ing an idea which he deemed
worth)' of mention was requested to
state it for the benefit of all.
The object was to have nothing
ultra-formal, neither worthlessly
trivial. It was to be a general
coming together of the thinking men
of -the University for mutml con
sultation upon current topics; its
purpose was . to stimulate greater
interest in current matters.
So far, all good and well; by
means of it a pressing need in our
life here, it was hoped would be
met. Such was the belief of its
promoters, . and such, we believe
was the hope of those who lent th
movement their active aid.
After effecting an organization
the committee on arrangements
provided for the first meeting at
which the South African question
was discussed.
The programme on this occasion
was only partially carried out for
lack of time, and so the outcome it
must be confessed, was not exactly
that desired by the supporters of
the scheme; yet the meeting was
far from being barren of real benefit
to those in attendance. Nor was
the attendance .in the least dis
couraging. The gi eater part of
the student body together with a
large number of townspeople were
present.
; Since then there lias .been no
meeting, nor any attempt at one.
Why' is this? If a different method
of proceduie was desired, it could
easily have been provided for by;
the Committee who were endowed
with plenarv powers in that matter.
If it was desirable to strictly limit !
the time of. individual speakers, as!
necessity would probably suggest, '
that too was an easy matter. If too'
much formalism was observed, air
easy remedy could have been found I
for that also. ;
In short, since on the whole the
one meeting held was so promising
for the future of the organization,
changed, the meeting of the organ
ization should have become more
interesting and more helpful as
time went on.
Why does not the Committee be
stir themselves and arrange for an
Other meeting?
The Hellenian,
The Editor-in-chief of the 1900
Hellenian has placed in a conspic
uous place in the library a box in
to which can be placed anything
that a student may wish to con
tribute to tile publication. It is
hoped by this means that the col
lege at large may have a chance to
get in touch with the editors and
still not necessitate any sort of
publicity. Anvone desiring to con
tribute to the publication can either
drop the matter in the box, or if
preferable, hand it to the editor-in-chief.
Although the Hellenian is edited
and gotten out by one element in
our college life, yet it is hoped that
we can include the college as a
whole, better by this plan.
We believe that there is a great
deal of wit and talent among the
students. Now why cannot we
find some of that displayed in our
publication? Let the author of the
"Kissing Song-" try his pen again
and give us some of his attempts.
Any contributions such as stories,
poems, jokes, sketches, drags and
such like will be gladly received
by the editrs. All the matter is
to becotn e the j rcrti ty of tin Hel
lenian.
For 'the best story one copy of
the Hellenian will be given and one
for the best poem, the decision
being rendered by a suitable committee.
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