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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA..
BOARD OF EDITORS
Whitehead Kluttz, - - - - Editor-in-Chief.
R. R. Williams, - - - - - - - Man. Editor.
B. S. Skinner, - - - - - - Business Manager.
- Ass't Business Manager.
: ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
Ivey Lewis,
B. S. Drane, ,
J. K. Hall.
Benj. Bell Jr,
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The Parting of the Ways. The
University's Choice.
We fear the University and its
sister institutions In the State re
cently came to the parting" of the
ways. When they tell us that we
must journey with them on certain
stringent conditions of their own
making", or not at all, we have to
take the latter alternative and walk
down our own path. Let us hope
that the divorce will be temporary
and a reconciliation effected by the
return to reason of the party that
brought about the separation.
.(.This separation is to be regret
ted. The University desires a con
tinuance, of pleasant relations with
all. We want to live in peace and
harmony with institutions which
are engaged in a common cause, the
uplifting of North Carolina.
Yet the action of these institu
tions themselves made that separa
tion inevitable. When they made
rules for the State Athletic Asso
ciation aimed at the University
which would cripple it so that it
could not meet foemen worthy of
its steel and asked it to play them
under those rules or not at all, they
severed athletic relations with us.
If the State Association for a mo
ment thought we would prefer it to
the Southern Intercollegiate Asso
ciation, it thought foolishly.
There is no arrogance in the
frank statement of a truth that is
known to all men; and just such a
truth is this: the work done here in
athletics differs from that of the
schools and colleges of the State
Association not merely in degree, but
in kind. Nothing else could be ex
pected. We have many more stu
dents and much more interest than
any of them. Therefore the Uni
versity has no athletic rivalry with
any of them.
On the other hand the members
of -the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Association are our rivals.
They put out teams whose inferior
itv to ours is not a matter of course.
We have to work and to fight to
win; Such hot contests stimulate
us to do our best, keep interest
keyed up, - and get the college to
back up the team. If we shut our
selves up in such a narrow athletic
arena as the State Association .of
fers, the stimulus of tnis institu
tion's athletic life would be gone.
Most likely we would sink to the
plane of our competitors"; tiiid even
tually the athletic spirit would die
of dry rot. Israel would be undone
and her glory departed
The Di and The Phi.
: Last year the literary societies
jof the University touched the high
est, point they have reached in some
years. Their total membership
was greater than at any time since
compulsory membership was abol
ished. The interest taken was con
siderable and some enthusiasm was
aroused. The work done, while it
left room for improvement, was of
a very creditable grade. It was
work which made for knowledge of
parliamentary practice and power
in debate; for abreastness of the
times and for a broad culture.
This year these societies should
still increase in numbers and inter
est. They should make their in
fluence felt for more intellectual
life at the University. There is
too little of it. We are justly
proud of the success we have
achieved in athletics, in the sound
body; and we mean not only to hold
the proud place we have attained
but to go higher. Bus let us not
forget the sound mind. There are
certain intellectual exercises which
give to the mind such strength as
is given to the muscles of the body
by athletic exercises. And of these
perhaps the chief is that contact of
mind with mind, that flash of steel
on steel, which is called debating.
It makes a man alert and self
poised. It gives him the mastery
of self, which is powrer over others,
to stand before an audience and
give fitting utterance to the
thought that is in him.
Every member of the Freshman
class should join one of these socie
ties. The expense is very slight,
the benefit very great. If you join
and take interest in the work, you
will help yourself and the society.
It is true that many men go through
college without ever . crossing the
society portals. Oneof the peren
nial wonders here is the spectacle
of men who hope to be advocates
Land play, some part in affairs, delib
erately neglecting ; an institution
which is of far more importance to
them than ..any thing taught in text
books. They are making a capital
mistake, and one day they will
realize and regret it. But there is
no reason why one man should imi
tate the folly of another. We urge
the new men not to neg
lect the opportunity to con
nect tin mselves with these great,
historic organizations which, for a
century, have given the State her
most eminent citizens. Let us all
join hands to make these societies
to-day worthy of the great tradi
tions which cling about their past.
May we be worthy inheritors and
wise conservators of those memories!
Let "Remember 6 to 2'
victory" be the slogans of the
versanes
and
Tar Heels as they go up to fight
the good fight against old Virginia.
At the meeting of the Athletic
Association on the 20th, Dr. Bask-
erville proposed a plan which it is f the students, need a special word of
President Yenable's Address.
An Excellent Talk.
At the initial . meeting of the
Y: M. C. A., President Vena
ble said in part: "The young
men who have banded themselves
together for Christian work among
On the 24th of November in the
city of Norfolk we will lock horns
with our ancient and natural rival,
the University of Virginia. Any
apathy that may have existed in re
gard to football should be put out
of business by that thought. We
want to win that game; we must
win it. Here is the opportunity
the college has been longing for.
Let it be consistent and make the
most of it. If an intense and gene
ral enthusiasm for success in this
contest is aroused, it will be more
than half won already. It will in
spire our team and frighten our ad-
to be hoped is not to be allowed to
fall into desuetude. If the stu
dents will subscribe sufficient stock
in the enterprise, a bathing pool
will be added to the list of Univer
sity institutions. There is no great
er need here than some kind of facili
ties for taking a bath. It is sad but
true that, through no fault of his
own, a University student has a
hard time keeping clean. The sug
gestion of a natorium by stock sub
scription, giving bathing privileges,
is a good one and needs encourage
ment. A swimming pool will give
us both pleasure and profit.
The attention of the students
needs to be directed to the work
in expression. The University has
provided a most competent teacher.
The instruction given is excellent,
and of the highest practical utility.
No tricks of elocution are taught,
but oniy a natural expression of
thought. There are many men
here who need this course, and are
neglecting it. It is an opportunity
which they will probably never
have again.
Carolina owes Sewanee some
thing of a grudge and should get
in shape to put this new rival out
of the rivalry business this season.
Great interest ought to be taken in
vanquishing this college, for it is of
the greatest importance to do so.
Success or Defeat?
Shall we have a football team
this fall that is worth anything?
Every student must certainly hope
for such a result, but it is absolutely-useless
to try and train th,e men
without a scrub team. For three
afternoons there could be no line-up
on account of lack of players.
This certainly reflects very strong
ly ou our college spirit. Prospects
for a good team are now very good,
if the men can only get decent prac
tice. Every man who is physically
able should get a suit from Mana
ger Carr and go out. The captain
and coach have done all they can,
we students must do the rest. We
have this year probably the great
est number of big games we have
ever had. Now it certainly will be
a calamity for us not to have a team
worthy of us. It lies with the stu
dent body what shall be the result,
a Ion"" line of defeat or a brilliant
series of victories. Surely we will
go to the rescue and make possible
a successful eleven of 1900. An
other thing we want to criticize is
the seeming "apathy" on the part
of the spectators.
It is true a very large number of
the students go out every afternoon
to look at the practice but rarely is
a sound heard. Every good play
should receive generous applause.
The men can then realize that you
are watching them and are inter
ested in them and it is a great in
centive to better effort. So go out
and cheer the boys on. It does not
hurt you and it helps them.
commendation. At some self-sacrifice
they have formed a Young
Men's Christian Association for the
futherance of the love of God among
the students. This Association
holds out a helping hand especially
to those who, for the first time, are
absent from home and its influences,
and are exposed to the temptations
that lie in wait for the young man.
It is so easy to stray from the right
path that it is necessary for a young
man to associate himself with other
earnest young men and by contact
with them to be strengthened for
the battle that awaits every Chris
tian. The new students must not
be ashamed to take action in this
matter, but should stand steadfast
to the brave -and true Christian
workers who compose the Y. M.
C. A.
Another reason for joining this
worthy organization is that every
Christian must work for others as
well as for , elf. More can be
accomplished by union with others
than by individual effort; and for
this purpose the Y. M. C. A. is
especially valuable on account of the
unselfishness and high ideals shown
by it in church and college life.
Then, too. the Y. M. C. A. does
much to cultivate the proper college
spirit. Every State University
should be a center of light to the
State in which it is located, and the
Y. M. C. A. does a great deal to
advance the proper religious tone
in the elements that make up the
University. For these, if for no
other reason, every young man
should ally himself with the Young
Men's Christian Association.
College Men for Bryan.
The New York Times gives an
interesting account of an organiza
tion of a Bryan College Men's club
in the gold ballroom of the Savoy
hotel recently. A large crowd was
present representing most of the
great institutions of the country.
The University of North Carolina
was represented by Mr. John
Sprunt Hill, an alumnus. He was
made a member of the executive
committee.
A Natorium.
There is a scheme for getting a
swimming pool and bath houses and
committee of seven was appointed
with Prof. Howell as chairman to
look into the feasibility of the plan.
The committee are as follows:
E. V. Howell, chairman; All
good Holmes, '01 ; John Henderson.
'02; Alex. Hanes, '03; Lawrencee
Holt, '04; John Hinsdale, Law;
Willis Alston, Med.
At a meeting of the Tar Heel
Board held on the 22nd. Mr.
Whitehead Kluttz was elected Editor-in-Chief,
Mr. B. S. Skinner was
elected Business Manager and the
following appointments were made:
Locals; I. F. Lewis, J. K. Hall
and R. K. Williams. Exchange:
13. S. Drane; and Athletic: Benj.
Bell, Jr.