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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Vol 8, JNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, H. C, April 11, 1900. NO. 24.
CAEOLINA "WINS
THE FOURTH ANNUAL DEBATE WITH GEORGIA.
he Debate of Very High Order Both as to Matter and Manner of
Presentation. What the Judges Said of It.
The fourth annual inter-colle
iate ebate between the Universi-
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ies 0. vxeorgia auu ronn vaiuiuui
las eld last Friday night in Ger-
ard Hall, and resulted for the
bird consecutive time in a victory
or Carolina. ThetHall was beau-
fnllv decorated in the colors of
j
be two colleges, Red and Black of
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lieorgia, ana vv nue anu riue oi
farolina. and a mammoth United
v
States flag formed the background
if the rostrum. A large andience
Las in attendance and their feel
were in vent with the spirit of
lie occasion.
When the decision of the judges
is announced great enthusiasm
is shown and the victors were
k recipients of many congratula-
ions. Dr. Geo. T. Winston, Pres
tit of the A. & M. College of
lileigh, was presiding omcer. In
Jling the meetinsr to order Dr.
Finston spoke of the great power
all the ages that debate has had.
We have a right to expect, ne
id, "great things from the deba-
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trs tomgnt auu wnatever ue inc
Lit, the debate will be nobly
on." Mr. G. N. Coffey '00, the
ecretary, read the programme of
t i .1
Sie evening s exercises ana caneu
!p the speakers. The query was
Resolved, That the English Sys-
in of Government Answers Bet-
to the Needs of a Free and Self-
overning People than does that
the United States." The deba
rs were Affirmative, from Geor-
i. Messrs. R. Hume Smith '00 of
iitler Ga., and C. E. Weddington
Atlanta, and Negative from
irolina, Messrs. D. Preston Par-
r '00 of Benson N. C, and Wiley
Swift '01 ofAmantha N. C.
Mr. Smith opened the debate for
e affirmative. By way of intro-
Jtction he defined the English and
merican forms of government,
ling further he defined a free and
f-governing people as a people
king up an absolutely indepen-
ht country framing and execu
te: their laws and determining the
liracter and directing the affairs
their own government. The
mciple of democracy is that self
fernment is best and that the
ce of the majority shall decide;
need of self-governing people
reedom in exercise of their will
-i the English form provides the
ftter freedom.
Next Mr. Smith compared brief-
the two forms of government.
England are two divisions of
eminent, legislative and ex-
hve, in the United States, legis-
ve. executive and judicial.
18 judiciary may hamper the
People in the expression of their
will. The. executive power in Eng
land lies with the premier, in this
country with the president.
The position of the Lords was
next -compared' with the Senate and
the Commons with the Representa
tives.
The Commons is the important
body; in this body the party
battles are fought; the ministers
hold office becaus of their sympa
thy with the party there dominant
and from this fact the legislative
and executive branches are always
in harmony. This system meets
the needs of a free and self-govern
ing people, by providing that the
will of the majority speedily pre
vail. Should the ministry prove
themselves unsatisfactory to the
majority they must retire from of
fice and as by the English system
responsibility for any act of the
Legislature rests with the ministry
there is assurance that oartv
pledges will be carried out or the
ministry turned out.
.The English monarchy is really
an intelligent democracy, the Amer
ican system of government is ham-
gered by party ties and the commit
tee svstem.
Mr. Smith claimed greater ef
ficiency for the executive under the
English than the American plan
where the executive is often ham
pered by a hostile legislature. In
England such lack of harmony is
almost unknown. There too the
cabinet ministers have seats in Par
liament and can personally propose
and uphold legislation in their de
partments. With the plan of min
isterial responsibility and scrutiny
obnoxious private acts are impossi
ble. In this country there is not
the close relation between execu
tive and legislature, nor can the
executive personally defend itself
in Congress. The Confederacy
gave seats in Congress to its Cabi
net ministers.
Mr. Smith closed amid hearty applause.
That system of government an
swers best to the needs of a free
and self governing people whose
subjects are freest and most self-
governing. And showed by an exam
ination of the two peoples that the
Americans are the freer religiously,
socially and politically ; they are tlso
the more self-governing of the two;
all of their rulers are elected either
directly or indirectly by the people.
The head of the English govern
ment and the upper house of the
egislature make no pretensions at
being representative. The House
of Commons is not throughly rep-
reprentative because, 1st. it is not e-
Continued to third pge.
HORNER
DEFEATED
SCORE CAR0L1NA6. HORNER 3
Carolina adds another great
victory to her record in her defea
of Horner School last Saturday
It was a beautiful game from start
to finish, except for some telling
errors made by the visitors in the
first inning. Here Kennaon a wild
throw over third allows three men
to score. The rest of the gam
was a pretty display of base bal
by both sides, although the majority
of it was a pitcher's battle. Th
twirling of both Kennaand Lawson
was superb and a great many on
both sides were victims of their
curves.
Our team was somewhat handi
capped by the crippled condition of
some of the best players. Both
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vvooaara ana vvncox were not in
their best shape by any means, the
latter being forced to leave the
.For Carolina the features of the
game were Lawson s all-round
playing and Allison's handling of
the bat. For Horner the stars
were Holland and Old ham
The game was called at 3:30 P
M. with Carolina at the bat. Alli-
isou is hit by the ball and takes his
base. Lambeth gets a pretty hit to
right, Allison scores, Lawson gets
o first on error by Hanes, Lam
beth going to third. Lawson steals
second. Glavin gets Woodard's in
field fly. Graves fails to find the
ball this time. Carr W. gets to
first on Kenna's error, Kenna en
deavoring to get Lambeth, at third
throws the ball wild over third, al-
owing Lambeth, Lawson and Carr
to score. Wilcox fans.
Holland fails to get on to the
ball. Oldham out at first rnm
Holt; to Lawson. Glavin follows
lolland.
Score Carolina 4. Horner 0,
Holt flies out to Pennington,
Carr J. fans. Allison hits safe
over second and Lambeth makp
first on Jackson's error. Lawwm
ans.
Score Carolina 4. Horner 0.
Kenna throws Woodard out at
nrst. Uraves out from Warren to
first. Carr W makes his ha ff on
ambert's fumble. Wilcox flies
out to Pe:;ninarton.'
Hanes hits safe to right. Jack
son hits a stiff one to Woodard, who
gets Hanes at second. Holland out
rom Carr J. to first and Woodard
gets Oldham's fly.
Score Carolina 4. Horner 0.
Holt gets a pretty single over
third, but is out at second by Carr's
tb Jackson. Carr gets to second
on a passed ball. Allison walks.
ambeth out on a fly to left. Law-
son nits to flavin ana Allison is
out at second. Glavin fans. Lam
bert out from Lambeth to first.
Kenna out at first by Carr J.
Oldham relieves Wilcox at riirht
Continued to second pugc.
TULANE WANTS
I.) R. ALDERMAN.
Our Faculty and Students make
Every Effort to Retain Him.
Last week it was announced that
President Alderman had been elect
ed to the Presidency of Tulane Uni
versity of New Orleans, an honor
entirely unsought and unexpected.
Tulane is one of the largest and
best equipped of the Southern uni
versities, having a large attendance
in all its various schools and an
ample endowment. The registra
tion last 3'ear in all departments
which include the College, the Law
School, the Medical School and the
Sophie Newcomb College for
Women was 890.
Paul Tulane for whom the Uni-
vertity was named endowed its
academic department some years
ago with Sl,050,000. Within the
past few days it has received gift
of $50,000 for a new library build-imr.
But our own University does not
intend to let him leave, it has be
come too sensible of his value to us.
Immediately after the news of his
election a meeting of the faculty
was held at which strong express
ion of the faculty's loyalty was
made. Resolutions were passed re
questing that he stay and suggest
ing that the trustees make every
effort to retain him. A committee
representing all the departments of
the University is to attend the next
meeting of the board of trustees and
to urge certain recommendations,
whose adoption it is hoped will
counterbalance to some extent the
nducements Tulane offers.
Nor have the students been be-
;iind-hand in their evidences of ap
preciation. Immediately after the
Georgia debate a fully attended
mass meeting of the student body
was held in the Chapel. Mr. Latta
presided and Mr. Bernard in a ring-
ng little speech stated the object
of the meeting. He showed how
essential to the best and largest
interests of the University it is that
President Alderman continue at the
lead of affairs here. He moved
that a committee be selected to pre
sent to President Alderman resolu
tions embodying the feeling and
wishes of the students. The
motion was seconded and enthusi
astically adopted. Messrs. Ber
nard, D. Thompson, Williams,
Ramsay, Latta, J. R. Carr, W. S.
Wilson and McKinnon were placed
n the committee.
This spontaneous action of the
tudents, showing the esteem and
affection in which he is held, great-
y affected President Alderman and
we trust will largely influence his
ecision. Injustice to the authorities
ot iuiane anuoinimseJt we teel
hat he should carefully consider
he matter before making a decision.
n order to do this more thoroughly
he intends going to New Orleans
very soon and personally look over
he field of work before making a
definite determination.