nrirx& Tar Heel.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. ;
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Colleges and Tolerance.
It is a most unfitting" thing that
the only times a gentleman who is
now and was in 18 a candidate
for the Presidency has been dis
turbed by riotous attempts to in
terfere with his speaking", the dis
turbers ; were , college students.
Excepting perhaps an ungentle
manly, personal attack on the Re
publican Vice-presidential candi
date the other day, there has been
no more disgraceful, outrageous
and uncalled for interference with
free speech in our history than that
made by Yale ; students while Mr
Bryan was trying to address a New
Haven : audience in ; 1896. Last
week students of the University of
Michigan tried to drown Mr
Bryan's words with their hubbub
and some of them had to be escort
ed to j the lock-up. This time, as
in the former case, the Democratic
leader asked for their release, at
tributing their conduct to '.'boyish
thoughtlessness rather; than mal
ICC. . .. . '
If there is any class of men who
should be broad and tolerant, will
ing to hear all sides candidly, it
should be college men. Their en
vironment is more ; broadening and
enlightening than is that of others.
The fact that he is young does not
excuse narrowness and intolerance
in a college man. ; The exhibitions
referred .to did not ; come from
"thoughtlessness," but from bigot
ry, and its child, "malice." The
college man is expected to realize
that no man and no set of men have
as yet succeeded in organizing any
trust on truth. We are glad that
no such disturbances have hap
pened in the South. The young
men who fill its colleges will never
themselves refuse a courteous hear
ing, to any advocate of any political
party, much less try to prevent
others from hearing him, if they
are mindful of the knightly tra
ditions of the South which expired
at, Appomattox. Certainly in this
University we want to be broad
minded. There is no place here
for the spirit that has kindled the
flames of every great persecution
in human history. May intolerance
and her evil brood never pass our
portals.
Memorial Hall.
There can be no sort of doubt
about the truth of Dr. Venable's
recent declaration that the use of
Memorial Hall as a gymnasium is a
desecration.. A . greater anomaly
can hardly be imagined than this
use of the gathering-ground of the
spirits of the University's mighty
dead as a place for training the
muscles of the body. Nor is this
all, for it is inseparable from the
use of Memorial Hall as a student's
gymnasium that all sorts of boyish
fun should be engaged in within its
walls; that the flippant word and
light jest should often be heard
there. Those precincts ought to
be held sacred. Memorial Hall is
the treasure-house of the past. Its
tablets commemorate the services
to the University and the State of
those who made the two names
great in peace and imperishably
glorious in war. It is but right
that the daily profanation of this
temple should be regarded with
something of that indignant spirit
which burned in the breast of
Christ when he saw his Father's
house "made a house of merchan
dise." The plea that this profa
nation is necessary cannot be effec
tual for long. It is necessary to
lemove this blot. Let the friends
of the University realize this and it
will be removed. If not now on
hand, the means will be forthcom
ing, and a gymnasium provided.
All tha is needed to effect this is
a sincere purpose. We are happy
in the belief that the new Presi
dent nas sucn a purpose, nis
promise to make this matter one of
the first and chief cares of his ad
ministration cannot be too warmly
commended.
: A matter which should receive
the earnest consideration of every
friend of ; the University is now
under advisement. It is the prop
osition to bold the second annual
debate between Carolina and Van
derbilt in Raleigh. Both the liter
ary societies seem to favor the re
moval from Chapel Hill to Raleigh
Their opinion will of course have
weight, because the debaters, while
they undoubtedly stand for the
University, and in a sense for the
State, are more immediately and
peculiarly the representatives of the
societies of this institution and Van
derbilt. The debaters can be drawn
only from the society membership,
and the societies foot the bills.
While the preference of the societies
of the Universitv will therefore
have weight, yet we do not think
that even their members regard the
question as finally settled. All
will welcome more light on it. The
removal of the debate is a matter of
too much importance to be settled
off-hand. It should be thoroughly
considered and discussed before the
incident is regarded as closed. So
far as The Tar Heel is concerned, it
is inclined to think that the Univer
sitv needs to let the State know
that its intellectual life is active.
The debates we have held here
have been held in " splen
did isolation. " They might as well
have been held in Siberia for all the
consciousness the people of this
State had of them. If the removal
to one of our centers of population
will improre this poor status, we
are heartily in favor of it. It is a
qnestiou awe . ought all to . think
about it earnestly, for it nearly con
cerns our alma mater.
One of the brightest signs in the
University's athletic life at present
is the number of class football
teams and the interest they mani
fest in the game. One afternoon
last Week six teams were playing
on the two fields. If every class
in college and all three of the pro
fessional schools put out the best
teams they can, it will mean victo
ry for this institution over any foe.
It Will mean that the basis is
safe and steady. May the healthy
interest in class teams which we
note with so much gratification,
know no abatement, but rather go
on increasing. Let everybody
whoop it up for class football.
initials of students cut on them, so
that they can be identified easily,
and so large that they cannot easi
ly be hid. . , ,
Rowdyism at Commons.
Communicated.
The rowdyism which is being
practised by some of the students
at Commors is altogether at va
riance with the gentlemanly bear
ing which should characterize Uni
versity students. For the past
few days some of the students have
been raising an unnecessary and
very disagreeable, disturbance by
stamping their feet and turning
over chairs.
Commons was established in or
der that the students might have a
decent, respectable place where
they could eat their meals in quiet
and peace, and eight or ten boys
have no right to try to appropriate
this place to themselves if, by doing
so, they disturb the authorities and
the remainder of the boarders. If
they must make noise, we would
suggest that they collect in the
new athletic field or some other
place where nobody can hear them,
and there rejoice to their heart's
content. It is to be hoped that
this unwarranted racket will soon
cease,as it is a source of much trou
ble and inconvenience to the author
ities and the rest of the boarders.
The Wood Question.
Communicated. ,
The writer doesn't wish to be
captious, but the delay in getting
wood from the Electric Light Com
pany's yard which is connected
with the University, is a just cause
of complaint. - It takes several
days to get a load of wood. It
was so last year and it has started
off so this year. It is to be hoped
that this will be remedied, for in
cold weather it causes students not
only inconvenience but sometimes
real suffering. They pay a good
round price for the wood and they
have a right to expect that it will
be delivered without a week's
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Piney Prospect.
Communicated,
The authorities of the University
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