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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Vol. 9.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, February 6, 1901.
NO. 15
Dr John DeMotte Lectures.
A Brlliant and Entertaining Talk.
Last Friday evening- the third
lecture in the Star Course was
given in Gerrard Hall by Dr. John
De Motte on the "Harp of the
Senses, or the Secret of Character
Building"." To say that a lecture
is brilliant, whether true or not is
easy, but no one would truthfully
speak of Dr DeMotte's lecture as oth
er than brilliant. For two hours he
held the audience spell bound by his
wonderful power of description.
His lecture may be termed a
physio-psych: logical one, since he
showed quite clearly that most
psychological phenomena depend
on certain changes in part of the
physical world that is in the brain.
His first statement was "I do not
see you and you do not see me. We
see the body but not the mind. And
the mind is the essence; it is the in
dividual. Though the body is not
mine, yet the latter does exist with
out the former."
He then showed by means of slides
and the stereopticon how outward
objects affect us how vibrations
caused by certain bodies given a
motion similar to their own to par
ticles of air, and how the latter
affect our ear from which we get a
perception. The object in these
experiments was to show that char
acter is largely moulded by agencies
from without, aud that we are cou
scius of these agencies only through
our special senses.5 The latter half
of the lecture was given to charac
ter building entirely showing- how
important that it is for the young
to begin life aright, avoiding all the
influences that can be detrimental
and courting all that may be bene
ficial. The first wrong-act usually
leads to another and each becomes j
easier than the preceding one.
It was really a lecture on the
power of habit in which students of
psychology could easily note the
fact that Dr. De Motte takes prac
tically the same stand that Prof.
James does in his text book.
It was a splendid lecture, one
which it is impossible to g-ive a
synopsis of as is the case with any
Rood lecture.
The "Giminie" Gang.
As you stroll along the campus
Taking youi accustomed smoke,
Thinking of your "bestest only"
Or perhaps, the latest joke,
Some chap is sure at last to say
(And this happens every day)
"Gimme a match,"
No sooner has the bummer left you,
Than another takes his place,
Presuming on his old acquaintance
Guilelessly looks into your face,
Then at last has this to say,
(And this too, happens every day)
"Gimme some tobacco!"
Then at last to cap your troubles
Comes the fiendish-sucker,
His nerves a-tremble, eyes afire,
Teeth a-grinding, mouth a-pucker
He, at last is sure to say,
(And this happens every-hour)
"Gimme a paper." Ex.
Cornell has property valued at
$10,849,085.98.
Judge McRae Lectures.
It was exactly proper that on
"Marshall Day" Judge Jas. C.
McRae should deliver an address on
the private and judicial life of that
great man of whom the South shall
always be proud Chief Justice
Marshall. "Having been a justice
of the Supreme Court himself,
Judge McRae is in a position to
know something-of the task that
was Marshall's in the early days of
our republic,
I The following- synopsis of his ad
dress is very imperfect, for such a
feature must be read or heard in
full to be appreciated.
"My father told me that many
times he has seen, in his younger
days, a plain uuassuming gentle
man, dressed in the simple g-arb of
of the country gentlemen of that
day, ride up to-Cook's Tavern in
Raleigh, alight, and hitch his horse.
That plain country-looking gentle
man was Chief Justice John Mar
shall of the United States Supreme
Court -the hig-hest officer of any
court in .the world, the greatest
man of his day. Federalist though
he was, and advocate of a strong
union, yet hi democratic simplicity
was as great as that of his opponent
Thomas Jefferson. The constitu
tion of the United States which
Marshall was called upon to inter
pret for thirty-four years was not
the prodnct of any one man's brain
but it was a growth, an evolution.
It was to be the fundamental law
of the land," not subject to change
on account of the mere whim of
the people.
; In the eleven years preceding
Marhall's apointment to the chief
justice-ship no great constitutional
question had arisen.
j In the years of the Supreme
Court's existence before Marshall
became Chief Justice there had al
ready been four Chief Justices, first
of whom was John Jay. He did
not seem to have very great confi
dence in the document, and was
g-lad to retire from the bench.
When Marshall entered upon his
duties party feeling was bitter. He
had even been the leader of his party
in Virginia, and was a politician of
the highest order. He had also
served as Secretary of State in
the cabinet of John Adams. Mar
shall was sworn in as Chief Justice
of the supreme court at its first
meeting in Washington city, Feb
ruary 4, 1801, and for a generation
of men he presided over this august
body and handed down his interpre
tations of the constitution which
have stood for a century. In those
days a cool head as well as an acute
intellect was required of him, for
political feeling ran high; the party
to which Marshall was anadherent
the Federalist part; went out of
existence, to be succeeded by the
Democratic party under the leader
ship of Thomas Jefferson, the poli
tical enemy of Marshall, and the
one who pronounced the opinions of
the chief justices to be the "most
dangerous sophistries."
It was Marshal's opinion that
put the constitution above congress
for he declared that any act of con
gress contrary to the ""'constitution
could not become a law. This was
a new principle thatMarshall gave
to the world, it could not have hap
pened in England nor in any other
country. The doctrine of inter
state commerce is also : based on an
opinion handed down by Marshall
in regard to the case of Robert
Fulton and the State of New York.
It is strange that the political
opinions of Virginia's greatest
statesmen at that time should be so
widely different, but Marshall's in
terpretation of the constitution sel
dom met the approval of Thomas
Jefferson.
When Marshall assumed the judi
cial toga in his forty fifth year, he
had wide experience in various
walks of life. He had been a sol
dier in the war for freedom, had
served in legislative and constitu
tional assemblies, and was a diplo
mat of reputation But the task
that the Chief Justiceship put upon
him was the greatest that could be
put upon any man at that time. A
written constitution was an experi
ment and the sound interpretations
of that high law by John Marshall
did much to assure the citizens of
this young republic that it would not
be a failure.
Med-Pharmacy Baseball Team.
The medical and pharmacy have
classes determined to get out a base
ball team this season. At a joint
meeting of the classes in thePhysiol
ogy room Saturday night Simpson
was elected captain, and Everbart,
manager.
To the Men Who Hold the Line.
(BEING A FOOTBAI.I, TOAST.)
Oh, the full-back bows to the cheering
crowd,
And the halves, and the quarter, too,
And the praise ascends to the plucky ends
Who fight for the red or blue;
To none so great do I dedicate
This poor little verse of mine
But here's to those in the fighting rows,
To the men who hold the line.
You watch the game and you'll all ex
claim: "Just look at that fellow run!"
And you'll shout and roar when the strug
gle's o'er,
That the game was only won
By the full-back's pluck in that splendid
buck,
That carried him to the goal;
But you don't soe fit to think a bit
Of the man who made the hole.
Yes, the full-back has his need of thanks
And the quarter "did it all," '
And the halves are praised, and a voice is
raised
For the ends who took the ball;
Now take your cup and fill it up
To the brim with the dancing wine;
A toast to those in the fighting- rows,
To the men who hold the line! Ex.
The Sweater. This, my child is
a sweater. It is knit. What is it
used for? Why, to keep the body
warm, to starve the laundry, to
make frisky students to arise at
7:58 and yet reach their "8o,clock."
Exchange.
The December Magazine.
The December number of the
University Magazine has come out
during the past week. In attrac
tiveness of appearance it is inferior
to none that we have seen,
and it must be admitted that the
standard of excellence has been
very much advanced along this line
during the past year or two.
In the matter of contents, the
literary inclination of our students
is exemplified very forcibly, the
articles dealing with fact are ex
cellent, those of fiction comparative
ly weak. It has always been thus,
there has never been a cultivation
of the imagination among the writers
for the Magazine ,and the Magazine
suffers for it. On the whole how
ever, such fiction as this issue con
tains is in several respects above
the standard of what has appeared
hitherto. The opening article is
deserving of the first place given it,
"Rowan's Committee of Public
Safety," is discussed carefully and
in entertaining detail; the author
g-ives a clear idea as to what this
committee was and how highly it de
serves to be remembered. This
kind of essay is one that will ap
peal to North Carolinians, where
ever they be for there is in the
Old North State but too little pop
ular knowledg-e of the great things
that Tar Heels have done.
"Our Common Hawks; Why they
are Despised'Msan interesting little
article, presenting a very sensible !
argument for those generally use
ful birds, drawing easy practical
distinctions between the harmful
and harmless species.
One hardly knows how to under
stand "A Game of Hearts." If
the personal experience of the
author has ever given him a peep
iflto such a precipitate, and swim
mingly progressive case of "love at
first sight," it is a well-written
story; but over most of us poor
creatures who have never been so
fortunate, there comes a feeling of
the impossibility of such things in
real life, a feeling so strong as to
mar our enjoyment of the story
Possibly that is because we are en
vious or possibly, we do not appre
ciate the aptness of the parody on
Carolinian pronunciation.
Mr. Holland Thompson's "Life
at Columbia" is excellent. Clearly
and concisely he explains the lack
of community, the individualism
characteristic of work at that great
University.
Failure to familiarize himself
with the setting ot his story is the
ouly criticism that can be applied to
the author of "Croatan" His idea
excellent, and it is to be hoped
that he will follow up his story with
others of the same nature.
The last article, 'A Soldier's Fate"
is a well-writtenstory.and the verse
'Song of a Birch Canoe," good.
The best feature of the Magazine
the "Editor's Page." His dis
cussion of the matter of an Annual
a strong- and sensible one. His
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