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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL i HILL, C, SATURDAY JANUARY 17, 1903.
No. 13.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
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THE SUN.
A Scientific Address Illustrated
with Stereopticoii Views by
Professor J. W. Gore, Jan
uary 15th, 1903.
"The earth, our home, the thea
tre of our activity, is to us the most
important of the family of worlds.
In fact, so important does the earth
appear that it requires some effort
to think of our world other than the
center of universe, with the sun,
moon, planets and stars as servants,
attendants and ornaments.
"The beauty and mystery of the
heavenly bodies," continued Prof.
Gore, "early fascinate thoughtful
man and the Science of Astronomy
was well advanced, when Coperni
cus assigned to the earth its hum
ble place among its sisters and gave
to the sun its rightful place, the cen
ter of the solar system.
"The once proud earth now
meekly follows the leading of the
sun and modestly exerts lordship
only over its one silver-faced satel
lite. But let us forget for a short
while that our hearts are wedded
to this sphere of the third rank and
consider the great central body
the sun.
4 The moon is distant from the
earth sixty times the radius of the
earth or 240,000 miles. The radius
of the sun is 430,000 miles. If the
earth were at the center of a hollow
sphere as large as the sun, the moon
would be only a little more than
half way the distance to the sur
face of such sphere. It would
take 1,300,000 spheres the size of
the earth to make a globe the size
of the, sun; or to girdle the sun
would take 'ten years of continous
travel at the rate of forty miles an
hour. The sun contains just 332,
000 times the amount of matter pos
sessed by the earth and is equal to
3,600,000 millions of millions of
tons. A person weighing . 150
pounds on the earth would weigh a
little more than two tons on the
sun. Bodies near the earth fall 16
feet per second-, near the sun they
fall 445 feet per second. A second
pendulum there would have to be
82 feet, instead of a fraction over
three feet.
"Tne amount of heat received by
the earth from the sun in a year is
sufficient to melt a layer of ice over
the whole surface of the earth of an
average thickness of 136.5 feet; or
enough each day to melt a layer of
ice 4.5 inches thick. Assuming that
the amount of heat radiated is the
same in all directions, we receive the
2,000,000,000th part of heat and
light emitted by the sun.
"If at a distance of 240,000 miles
the temperature is sufficiently high
to volatilize the most refractory ter
restrial , substances, one naturally
asks: what is the state or condition
of matter of which the sun is com
posed? Is it simply a sphere of gas
or is it made up of such stuff that
can endure such temperatures with
out volatilization? By spectrum
analysis it has been shown that a
great many of the terrestrial ele
ments are present in the gaseous
state in the atmosphere of the sun.
rpj atmosphere is thought
to be a cloud-like mass of partially
condensed vapors of very irregular
surface.
"When we even partially realize
the great prodigality with which
the sun is disposing of heat there
necessarily arises questionings as to
its sources. Is there any danger of
a diminishing supply? If so how
long will it be before the sun be
comes bankrupt and the earth life
less? If the present order of
things continues, there is but one
conclusion explanation of the store
of energy, , the cooling off of our fur
nace, and a dead earth. This is no
dream of the scientist but the neces
sary result of the greatest of the
laws of nature. Five million
years is the lowest estimate for the
complete exhaustion of the sun's
energy and we should have no fear
of being inconvenienced."
Prof.! Gore concluded his lecture
with an excellent description of
spots on the sun and the causes ior
tbeame. The spots range from
four to 500 miles in diameter for the
small ones and 50,000 to 60,000 miles
in diameter for the larger ones. He
also touched in striking words upon
the mysterious and most beautiful
phenomenon connected with the
sun the coronation crown or halo
of soft pearly light that surrounds
the sun and visible only during the
total eclipses.
After the address Prof.. Gore
illustrated the chief points of his
his subject with especially fine
stereopticon views.
Convocation Week.
The various scientific societies of
America met with the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science in Washington, D. C , dur
ing the holidays. Fourteen men
from the University of North Caro
lina were in attendance: President
Venable, Professors Holmes, Wil
liam Cain, R. H. Whitehead,' Col
lier Cobb, Chas. Baskerville, J. E.
Duerdon, A. S. Wheeler, Dr. J. E.
Mills. Messrs. H. H. Bennet and
K. O. E. Davis from the teaching
force, and Messrs. Weller and Sib
ley from the student body.
The following papers were pre
sented 4 by our University men:
"Suggested Improvement in
Chlorine Determination.'" Chas.
Baskerville.
'Report of Committee on Atomic
Weight of Thorium" Chas. Bas
kerville. ; I
These were read before Section
C Chemistry.
Before Section E. Geology and
Geogaphy:
"Recent Changes in the North
Carolina Coast With Special Refer
ence to Hatteras Island." Illus
trated by lantern slides, Collier
Cobb.
' Before the Society for Plant Mor
(Oontinued on 3d page.)
FOOT-BALL TALK.
Mr. Lambeth Says Carolina is En
titled to Four Representatives
on the All-Southern Team.
Well, four out , of eleven is not
bad. According to Mr. Lambeth,
of the University of Virginia, this
is the number North Carolina is
entitled to on the All-Southern
Foot Ball team for 1902. The
names of these heroes who will go
down in history are Foust, Graves,
Hoi t and Cox. Foust, "the level
headed Foust," deserves a place on
the team if any man does. He
made an admirable captain, always
cool and collected and inspiring his
men by word and example. He
held his place in the line well, is
wonderfully fast for a man of ,'his
size, and when calleu back on "tack
les back," destruction always en
sued in the ranks of the enemy;
when the dust of conflict had clear
ed away after every play, Foust
was almost invariably from 3 to 25
yards nearer the goal. We - hereby
reccommend him for Captain of the
All-Southern team.
Graves has at last come into his
own. Not only was he unsurpassed
as a quarter alone but he was also
a good long punter, a sure tackier
and his goal-from-the-field abilities
were little short of marvelous. He
was always accurate in passing the
ball, kept his head at critical mo
ments and ran the team well. In
returning punts and kick-offs, it
was often he carried fear into the
bosom of the opposing team and
caused the heart of the Carolina
rooter to be made glad with joy.
There is no better quarter in the
South.
Holt was a terror to the opposing
line, however firm. He hit it with
the force of a shell from a cannon
and beside the ground he gained
with his feet, his long form when
measured on the ground always ad
ded something over six feet more to
his score. As a full-back he was
like a steel spring, gi'ing to a blow,
but his rebound always dangerous.
Time and time again when an op
posing back bucked the line for
what looked like a sure gain, Holt
had him twisted around and his
head pointing in the opposite direc
tion before the astonished runner
could yell "Down." Holt is also
a good hard punter and great on
a kick off. He fully deserves his
position.
Cox is admirably built for an end:
tall, broad, fast and a hard sure
tackier. He is unsurpassed in get
ting down the field on kicks, often
flooring the receiver in his tracks.
On end plays, he was great; quick
in starting, his weight enabled him
to break up almost any interference
though he repeatedly got behind the
interference and tackled the runner
from behind for a decided loss. His
long, keen nose enabled him to
scent oat almost any trick play
around his end, and the foe, after a
few tries, generally marked these
"N. G.'' and tried something else.
As an end, Cox has no superior in
the SouthemJStates.
Carolina is well pleased at get
ting four men on the team but her
private opinion is that a pretty
good All-Southern eleven could be
gotten out of solely her own men.
However, we don't want to be hog
gish, and our parting word is,
"Congratulations to our represen
tatives on the All-Southern and all
honor to the team of 1902."
Tribute to Dr. Linscott.
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I could not feel that I had dis
charged my obligations unless 1 had
made a simple statement concerning
a very dear friend and colleague,
Henry Farrar Linscott. I have
known him for only sixteen months,
but during this short period I have
known him most intimately. I
have lived ; with him in the same,
boarding-house and in his own home.
Many a time have I sat with him at
the same fireside, smoking, talking,
and laughing together, sitting be
tween him and his beloved wife.
From our first meeting I was much
attached to his very charming per
sonality. I at once felt the pres-,
ence of a very interesting and kind
ly being. For sixteen months my
attachment to him grew and grew
until it became a very strong and
abiding love. I never knew him as
a teacher, though I would readily
think him very interesting, intelli
gent and stimulating in that capac
ity. I never knew him as a student
in his own field, but others have
found him very able, original, ac
curate and artistic in that particular
It was in his home life and general
work that I knew him, and knew
him well. It was here that I found
him possessed of the rarest person
ality, the kindest and noblest heart,
with a very accurate and sound
judgment; it was here that I ad
mired him as being almost above
any other man I have ever known. ;
It is sad indeed that such a bright,
charming life should come to its
close before thirty-two years had
passed. But the work which he
did and the impression which he
made upon many people can never
die, they become a permanent pos
session of those who knew him, to
be handed down through the years.
Charles Lee Raper.
Two years ago she showed me
her B. A. with an , honest pride.
Today she has a new degree M. A.
withB. A. by her side.
Tulane was suspended from the
S. I. A. A. which held its ninth an
nual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 20.
Texas was suspended for playing
an ineligible man but was reinstat
ed when it was explained that the
act was due to an entire misunder
standing of the rules.
Trinity College of Texas and
Trinity College of North Carolina
applied for membership in the As
sociation and were elected.
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