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k m IAJ& the official organ of the university athletic association. Vol. 9, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, February 18, 1901. NO. 16 T HEEL. . M A College Annual to be Published The Tar Heel is able to inform its readers on good authority that a college annual; an annual thoroughly representative of every phase of our college life will be gotten out this Spring, For years past attempts have been made to bring about the necessary coopera tion on the part of the student body but for many and various reasons these have been futile But at last we are able to state that within a week, such an organ ization will be effected as to secure the hearty cooperation of at least nine tenths of the student body. On Saturday last representatives of the fraternities and the two Lit erary Societies met to discus.s the question and after an hour of con snltation an agreement was drawn up which met the approval of every representative present. A copy was given to each to be submitted for ratification to the respective organizations and on Saturda; night the two Literary Societies ratified this agreement. The main features f this agree ment are as follows: The boa d is consist of four rep resentatives from each society with two votes each, and one representa tive from each fraternity. The managing board shall con sist of an editor-in-chief and two business managers to be chosen, one ach from the two societies and the fraternities, The name is to be chosen by the board of editors. This agreement is for one year but should the venture prove satis factory, as it most likely will, it will, without doubt be renewed. As the Philanthropic Society and the majority of the fraternities have already elected their editors and the others will be elected with in a week, it remains only for the fraternities to ratify the agreement (and. when this issue" of the Tar V J Heel reaches its readers, this will very probably have been done), and the board organized. The Phi Society editors are: Messrs. Thig- pen, '01, Ballard, '02, Everett, '02 and Lewis, '02. The fraternity editors so far elect ed are: Drane, '02 D.K.E. Rankin, ,03 S.A.E. Byrnes, '02 Sigma Nu. Horner, '03 K.A. Short, '02 A.T.O. London, '03 Phi Delta Theta, Van Winkle(Law)Beta The atPi. At the meeting of Board of Trus tees of the State University at Ral eigh last week Dr. Chas. Basker ville, who has been in charge of the Department of Chemistry, was elected Professor of Chemistry, the election to take effect on September 1, 1901. Dr. Baskerville is one of the foremost young scholars of the South, and has already made an en viable record in his chosen work. Historical Society. rrs , x wo interesting papers were read at the meeting of the Historical Society last Tuesday night, one by Dr. Alexander on the "State of Franklin", the other by Mr. Ivey F. Lewis on the"State vs. Wills." Dr. Alexander, himself a native of the State once called Franklin, read an exceedingly interesting account of the struggles of that short lived state against her savagfe and her civilized foes. It was, we think the only instance ii-t he history of the American union of a state being organized, flourishing and then passing into decav. The dominant character in the state of Franklin, and its successor Tennessee, was John Sevier, the hero of Kins Moun ain. Though once jailed in Morganton for stirring up an in surrection, he was afterwards re leased, welcomed back to Tennessee with a grest demonstration, and honored bv his people with the highest offices the' had to bestow. Mr. Lewi read an account of the celebrated trial in the State of North Carolina against Wills. Wills, a slave was tried in the Superior Court for the murder of his master, whom he had killed in self defence, he claimed. The low er court found him guilty of murder in the first degree, and he was sen tenced to be hanged. The case was sent up to the Supreme Court, and here the decision of the lower court was reversed, and the slave was found guilty of manslaughter only. This decision of the Supreme was a great surprise to the people of the State, for it was commonly supposed that a slave was only properey, and had no more right to resist the assalts of his master any more than a horse had. Dr. Battle declared it a land mark in the court decisons of North Carolina. Washington's Birthday. Next Friday, the twenty-second, Washington's birthday will be ob served in the usual manner, as a hol iday, and with the appropriate cer emonies customary on that occasion. Mr. J. E. Event, '01, of the Phi. Society, will be president, and Mr. G. L. Jones, of the Di., secretary. The orators are, from the Phi. So ciety, Mr. B. S. Skinner; from the Di., Mr. Whitehead Kluttz. The final spaaker of the occasion is the Hon. Francis D. Winston. Origin of the Rugby Game. There has just been fixed in the famous garden wall . of the head master's house at Rugby school, overlooking the playing fields, the following tablet to the memory of William Webb Ellis, which will in terest football readers: This Stone Commemorates the Exploit of William Webb Ellis Who with a fine disregard for the rules of football As played in his time First took the ball inJiis arms and ran with it. Thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game. A. D. 1823. Minn. Daily. The Elisha Mitchel Meets. At the regular monthly meeting of the Mitchell Scientific Society last Tuesday night papers were read by Dr. H. V. Wilson and Mr. Isaac F. Harris. ' Dr. Wilson's pa per was on the "Porto Rican Spon g es," being an account of the meth od used for classifying a great num ber of sponges that has come into Dr. Wilson's hands for that purpose. A few years ago an expedition was made to Porto Rico for the pur pose of investigating its funna and flora, and of the collections made portions were distributed to the great naturalists of the world, and to our professor of biology came the sponges. Mr. Harris gave an account of the contention between two great Ger man chemists one asserting that phosphorous is transmutable to ar senic and the other declaring it im possible. Mr. Harris referred to the fact that chemists of modern times had laughed the transmuta tion theory of the old alchemists to scorn, but pointed to the attempt to transmute phosphorous into arsenic ts a revival of the old theory. " Wall -Cox . 44 Higgs 44 44 Dunn Stags: Messrs. Bynes, Carr, I. Lewis, J. MacRae, Pearson, Sharpe, Makeley. Holland, Cowles, Bell, Bernard, A. Henderson, Dr. Ruffin. The Chaperones were Dr. and Mrs. Mangum, Mrs. Hume, Dr. and Mrs.Baskerville, Professor and Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Graves, and Mrs. MacRae. An Inquiry. The February German. The largest and most successful Spring dance ever given by the Ger man Club was held last Friday night in Gymnasium Hall. The leader, Mr. Emory G. Alexander introduc ed a number of remarkably pretty figures, and managed everything with the utmost smoothness and t-T" t t . 1 1 4 grace, rie was amy assisted oy his Floor Managers, Messrs. Will K. Battle and Graham Andrews. Present were: Miss P. Bridgers with Mr.K. Lewis R. Bridgers 44 44 Root Bovlan 44 " A. Hanes Barbee 44 44 Nunn Haywood " " Whitehead Haynes 44 ' Holmes Moses 44 44 Brenizer Bynum 44 " Rountree Busbee 44 44 Cobb M. Jones 4 4 4 4 Short Morson 4 4 4 4 F. Hanes Latta 4 4 4 4 Duffy N. Hinsdale 4 4 4 4 Turner A. Hinsdale 4 4 4 4 Ehringhaus Thompson 4 44 A. Berkeley Lyon 4 4 4 4 Payne Heartt 4 4 4 4 Rankin Renn 4 4 4 4 Carr Skinner 4 4 4 4 Howell McRae 4 4 4 4 Harris Battle " 44 Staton Burr 4 4 4 4 Murphy Graham 44 ,4 Graham Jones 44 44 Clement Andrews 4 4 4 4 Holt Primrose 44 ' Lemly Archer 4 4 4 4 Smathers C. Archer 4 4 4 4 Galloway R. Battle 4 4 4 4 Morehead Snow 4 4 4 4 L. MacRae A. Snow 4 4 4 4 Richardson What has become of our propos ed Glee Club? This is a question which has probably occurred to many of our students during the past few weeks and it is a question which sh uld receive an answer at once, if anything is to be accomplish ed towards the organization of the club yet this year, for the weeks still remaining before the time for spring examinations are rapidly de creasing ii- number. The.project has surely not shar ed the fate of the University Forum without having even progressed so far as to be formally organized though present appearances would seem to indicate that it has come dangerously near to a like fate. A very good beginning was made last fall and a great deal of interest seemed to be taken in the enterprise. Since the Christmas holidays how ever there has been a lull and noth ing has been heard concerning the organization of the Club. There is evidently a great need for such an organization in the Uni versity and there is abundant material in the student body from which to select men for a glee club, therefore why not push the matter and begin the work without delay. It is hoped that 'this little reminder will serve its purpose and stimulate those already interested to futher exertions, besides, interesting other men in the undertaking. In closing it may be well to repeat that the weeks are passing rapidly and if anything is to be done, it must be done immediately. L. '02, The Tyrolean Concert. The musical entertainment given by The Tyrolean Concert Company in Gerrard Hall on Thursday uight February 7th, was greatly enjoyed by all. It attracted a larger crowd than any paid entertainment for some time. The music may not nave been classical, there may have been in it discordant notes, but this was compensated for by Gremint native costumes of the musicians. And it was the first time that lovers of German music have been taken into account in the selection of the con cert companies. 4,Ich ken ein Thai," truck a responsive cord in the hearts of all the German students as they sat in rapt attention. A telescopic photograph of the1 , , 4 il. J milky way, taken recently at tne Harvard Observatory, shows more than 400,000 stars.
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