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Vol. 11.
UNIVERSITY 0F..50RIH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902.
No. 11.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
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THE SEASON CLOSES.
A Review of the Work of Carolina
and Her Faithful Scrubs.
The success or failure of the foot
ball season as judged from a Caro
lina point of view is the success or
failure of Carolina's eleven in the
Virginia game. This is the ":ri
terion. When Carolina wins that
game, other defeats, other disap
pointments are all forgotten, all
swallowed up in that one glorious
victor)'. But so judged, the season
just passed would be indifferent,
and yet it was highly successful in
that its culmination was a total
surprise to all judges of foot ball
throughout the . South. Reynolds,
Georgia's coach, as an evidence of
the general expert opinion, predict
ed a Virginia victory; all Vir
ginians were thorougly confident,
and supporters of the White and
Blue were barely hopeful of success.
On the appointed day, Thanksgiv
ing, it was ideal foot ball weather;
the crowd was large and enthu
siastic; the teams were in perfect
condition. The game was a battle
of giants, well coached, well trained
and determined,' and on its result
hung the decision of the Southern
championship. Carolina virtually
won. Her eleven wearers of the
White and Blue played the Vir
ginians off their feet, and in the
first few minutes of play had scored
and then, when the tide had turned
and defeat stared them squarely in
the face, they rallied and scored
again, and the final result was 12
and 12.
The work of Carolina's team
during the season just closed has
been of a surprisingly indifferent
character, judging from the excel
lence of the material and the thor
ough coachiug. The result of the
preliminary games was barely sat
isfactory; the Davidson game was
a surprise and gave us hope of a
successful season. Following close
upon the Davidson game, however,
V. P. I. played Carolina to a stand
still, and the offensive play of the
White and Blue was disceraibly
weak, and our confidence of ulti
mate success dwindled to a mere
hope, and we looked forward to the
Virginia game with a feeling of
dread. Carolina then played Vir
ginia Military Institute, and the
result of a week of offensive coach
ing asserted itself, and our team
walked all over the Virginians.
Our defensive play was poor, how
ever, and V. M. I.'s comparatively
weak team succeeded in scoring
twice and the result of the game was
a bare victory for Carolina. The
xV. and M. game was disappointing;
the Georgetown game a failure, and
with less than tw weeks for the
final preparations for the Virginia
game, Coach Olcott set to work to
develop from a squad of exception
al material a team of men, and to
teach these men to play the game
with courage and a.never-die de
termination. They played such a
game, and the game will go down
in memorv as a struggle of nerve-
force, grit and determination. The
team has received its reward: every
man has been cheered again and
again; his praises sung in sorig and
story, and they will continue to be
sung; but there is a. team of men,
unheard of, merits untold, praises
unsung, who fought for Carolina
every day in the season, a team of
men who were knocked about from
day to day without, hope of reward,
and who made many sacrifices for
the Varsity. They are the Scrubs,
that's all, just the Scrubs; and this
is generally spoken with a sneer,
but they are workers, and without
such work the Varsity would have
failed utterly. The Scrubs were
called on time after time to work
for the sake of the team, and they
never shirked, and every student
should have ceased his shouts of
victory for the victors and cheered
once, just once, for the Scrubs.
College spirit, an uncertain term,
is of a two-fold nature: active and
passive; positive and indifferent.
The Scrub is a living example of
the active and positive college spirit.
He works and sacrifices for the sake
of his college with no hope of re
ward, he is called out every after
noon; signs every pledge; carries
ont every order of the Coach; and
enters into the game with no incen
tive but the desire to do his duty.
The life of the Scrub is strenuous;
he backs work behind a light line;
that light line before a heavy line;
and all together against a stronger,
better team. The possibility of a
broken limb and the absolute cer
tainty of injuries of a more or Jess
serious nature constantly confront
him, and only grim determination at
times forces him into the game.
The Scrub isn't looked upon as a
very potent factor in college life; he
he isn't looked upon as a very nec
essary adjunct to every successful
Varsity. He is merely thought of
as a matter of course. Consequent
ly, when the Varsity is toasted and
cheered, there is barely a thought of
the Scrubs and never a cheer.
This season Carolina's Scrubs have
shown marked ability, and without
such a strong Scrub team the suc
cess of the college team would have
been very doubtful. The Scrubs,
with the exception of a few cases,
have shown an unusual willingness
to work, and they have responded
right gladly when the Coach called
on them to help build up the team.
We owe something to the Scrubs.
If nothing more, we owe them grat
itude. Their names should be em
blazoned on our hearts-and when
Carolina 12 Virginia 12 is a mat
ter of memory, we should recall
two teams of men, the Varsity and
the Scrubs, and give to the latter
their credit.
A pump has been put in the well
on the campus.
A game of basket ball is sched
uled to be played in the gymnasium
this afternoon at 3 o'clock, between
the Meds and the Post Graduates.
AFFIRMATIVE WINS.
The First Inter-sociey Debate The
Junior-Soph Debate.
In a vigorous contest between the
Soph-Junior representatives of the
Dialectic and Philanthropic societies
Messrs. E. A. Daniel and E. S. W.
Dameron , of the Phi, received the
decision over Messrs. S. F. Hud
son and A. H. Johnson, of the Di,
last Saturday night. The ques
tion over which the speakers dif
fered was "Resolved, That the
Coal Mines Should be Owned and
Operated by the Government."
Mr. J. K. Ross, who presided,
welcomed the audience in behalf of
the two societies and Mr. Nixon,
Secretary, read the query and the
names of the debaters; the Phi up
holding the affirmative, and the Di
the negative. The. orchestra then
appeased the disputants with an en
livening selection and the strife of
words was on,
Mr. Daniels said in brief:
"The American Government is
a political institution to protect pri
vate rights, to maintain equitable
conditions among its citizens in all
pursuits, and to promote public
good. There are two conditions
upon which government ownership
can be upheld. First: their must
be industries in which social evils
arise as - the result of unregulated
private administration. Second:
they must involve some comprehen
sive social interest.
"Can this be applied to the coal
mining industry of this country?
In reply we say that the coal min
ing industry is a natural monopoly.
"That the government owner
ship of the coal mining industry is
a function of government is not a
new idea. It has had a slow and
steady growth, that has taken more
than four score years to develop in
to the function of government. In
dustry has been taken off the old
basis and placed upon a new basis,
and the fundamental basis of steam
is coal.
"There are three objects for
which any government ever owns
any industry. First: for the pur
pose of revenue alone. Second: as
a necessity to meet the demands of
the public, revenues being incident
al. Third: for the purpose of
service, money being expended.
"The coal mining industry is
more closely connected with the
government than any other indus
try. It is the underlying basis
upon which the whole machinery of
government rests. The strikes in
the coal mines are known and read
of all men, because they affect all
men.
"I condemn private ownership of
the coal mines in the name of com
merce, whose interest it has disre
garded; I condemn it in the name of
industry, whose wheels it has block
ed; 1 condemn it in the name of
society, upon' whose boundaries it
has encroached; lastly, I condemn
it in the name of the Government of
the United States, whose dignity it
has lowered by its disgraceful law
lessness." Mr. Hudson opened for the nega
tive as follows;
"The unifying force of our ideal
has lifted our people to a plane
above that of any other gov
ernment. It is to reverse this ideal,
to depart from the true function of
government for it to own and oper
ate the coal industry. If the gov
ernment should take into its posses
sion every natural product, every
product upon which the people are
dependent, there would be a nation
alization of nearly all industries.
This would be paternalism in the
extreme and the deepest State
socialism. By this step we prevent
evolutionary development, curtail
ing the freedom of individual initia
tive lessening the development of
manhhood.
"The coal industry is fitted by
no criterion for a government indus
try. The evils of our industrial
life can be corrected under our
present system, no change is need
ed." The closing argument for the
Phi was made by Mr. Dameron:
"The history of the coal indus
try for the past fifty years," he
said, "has been one of 'wars and
rumors of wars.' As labor and
capital have become more and
mord highly organized, strikes
have become more numerous, lar
ger, longer, and therefore more dis
astrous in their effects. Govern
mental ownership is the only safe
and efficient remedy for the strike
evil. Society cannot afford to wait
upon voluntary arbitration for its
coal supply.
"The instability in the price of
coal is another evil connected with
private ownership. The govern-
'ment, by avoiding strike loss and
by laboring with the purpose to
serve the public and not to
enrich itself, would be able to fur
nish the consumer with coal at a
lower and more stable price; for
the Government manages the post
al business with economy and effi
ciency. "The coal mines will soon be
owned by the State. False cries
about socialism will soon cease to
be of any avail to the opponents of
the resolution."
The concluding speech was that
of Mr. Johnson, of the Di. He sup
ported his side in part as follows:
"A short review of my col
league's speech shows the question
to be one of expediency and practi
cality. The many evils of the
present system can not be elimina
ted by the proposed theory. First:
Because it could'nt lower the price
of coal; coal miners would cost too
much; taxation would have to re
munerate governmental expendi
tures. Second. It could not meet
the demands or satiate the wants
of our country as well as the pres
ent system. Third: The very best
men are required to operate coal
mines and the government lacks the
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