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Vol. 12,
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, X C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904.
No. 20.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIjC ASSOCIATION.
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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
An Interesting and Instructive
Programme Rendered on. Feb
ruary 22nd by Messrs.
Stewart. Stern and Dr.
C. L. Raper.
The annual George Washington's
birthday celebration was held in
Gerrard Hall Monday. Mr. Pharr
presided and Mr. Stancell' acted as
Secretary. The exercises were
good. The speeches were not only
well prepared but were interesting.
After prayer by Rev. Mr. Moss,
the president announced the first
speaker as Mr. R. S. Stewart of
the Di.
His theme was: "Opportunities
of the Southern Young Man."
We have met to celebrate the
birthday of the one man who did
most to secure to every American
citizen, liberty, and on such a day,
when every heart beats with a pure
patriotism we do not hesitate to say
a few words about our own section
of the nation, the South. In order
for a man to become great he must
have some vital problem of life to
solve. It was so with Caesar, with
Luther and with our own Washing
ton. For a man to become great he
must have a stage on which to act.
The South is now problematic, it is
a magnificent stage for great actors.
The political aud the financial prob
lems are the ones with which we
must grapple. First of all the
South must develop her natural re
sources and thus become a centre in
Financial and Industrial life, for he
who is ruler of the business world
s ruler of the Whole world. We
are living in a material age. We
have the resources and all we need
is the brain and euergy to develop
them. Closely following is the po
litical situation. We must cease
to vote for parties and begin to vote
for men, for principle. The parties
are too narrow in their views and
heuce he is considered a traitor who
votes againsrf. his party. Such
should not exist in healthy political
parties. Then, too, we must solve
the negro problem. We have mis
treated the negro and then cleared
ourselves of crime in other words
we have entered a spirit of lawless
ness. We are placing too small a
value on human life. Negro educa
tion is a failure. You rarely see a
negro boy as good as his father be
fore him. No real solution has yet
been formed; yet Dr. Bassett and
Mr. Walter Page have broken
ground upon the education and the
truth lies, somewhere between their
views. Who is able to solve these
problems and be hailed as Washing
ton the second?
The next speaker was Mr. D. P.
Stern of the Phi. His subject was:
"The Young Man and the State."
It is well to celebrate the birth
day of Washington. Such celebra
tion should not consist of mere vain J
boasting of past glory or longing
fr a return of the good old ways of
the fathers. It is only valuable in
so far as it gjves us an opportunity
to stop and take a look and examine
the conditions and forces about us.
That phase of our life which is prob
ably most neglected is the duty
that we owe to the State. For
every citizen owes a duty to the
State. He can pay that duty best
to-day by viewing our great prob
lems in a larger and more liberal
way, with a higher conception of
National sentimentthan at present
pertains. This is especially true
of the great industrial problems of
the day. These problems must be
worked out under our party sys
tems. A better knowledge of the
proper place of the party in our
government and our daily life is ab
solutely essential. This knowledge
is to be gained, these problems
solved by all men taking a lively,
healthy interest in the thoughts and
activities of the political world
about them. Everyone should do
this but there are some who by tem
perament and disposition and train
ing are peculiarly fitted for the work
of governing and these should de
vote themselves to politics as a pro
fession and it is herein that the so
lution of many of our present day
problems lies, the solution of which
means that America shall lead the
world.
The last speaker was Dr. C. L.
Raper. Subject: "The Constitu
tional Revolution."
The following were the chief
points.
The Revolution, which by many
is thought of as having its origin in
1776, was in reality the work of a
century or more; it was the result
of several fundamental forces work
ing themselves out through a long
period. George Washington, who
is reported by many as being the
head and shoulders of the Revolu
tion, was, in fact, only one' of its
great leaders, he did not at "all
create the Revolution. He was
however, able to appreciate the di
rection of the forces which had been
at work and to lead them at the
last to a great result. The real
Revolution was the result of the
Colonial idea iu conflict with the
English idea, largely on these three
problems: the administration of the
territorial system, the administra
tion of the fiscal system and the ad
ministration of the judicial system.
These were the causes of the great
constitutional struggles and bothers
of the Colonial period; these prob
lems with the struggles which
they produced were the Revolution
itself. We are in the habit of
thinking of these three problems as
being solved when the Colonies
overthrew the control of England,
but this is by no means the case.
These three problems, certainly
finance and justice, are still the
great problems of every State; they'
will continue to be the fundamental'
problems of all people whether they'
govern themselves or are governed
by other people. These problems
are surely most important to the
people of the United States in the
Colonian administration of their
provinces Porto Rico, Hawaii and, interest.
the Philippines. 1 l "Where Beauty is Dust" is a
' : love story of a crippled college stu-
Review of the February Magazine.; dent and a consumptive co-ed. "A
The: February, number of the, iuc ucatm, ,s a u.c-
University Magazine came out more
nearly on time than the preceding
issues. It is a very creditable is
sue. ; '
It opens with an admirable poem
by R. M. Roach, entitled "Futur
ity." The next article is the speech of
Mr. A. H. Johnston, which won the
Bingham Medal at the last com
mencement. The title is "Direct
Election of United States Sena
tors." Mr. Johnston argues that
the present system of election was
the effect of an aristocratic feeling
in the makers of the constitution
aud that as this feeling has given
way before the democratic growth
of the people, we require the more
democratic method of direct election.
He further shows that the chauge
will not alter the character of the
Senate, but make it more useful by
making it responsible to the people;
that it will still preserve State rep
resentation, and will be a blessing
to both State and nation. We need
offer no word of criticism of a speech
which has been already so honored.
"Social Coloriug of the Book of
Job," by W. F. McCauless, is an
attempt to find in the book some
k.s)wledge of the people. The in
cidents of the book, -says the writer,
are supposed to have occurred be
tween the time of the Flood and
that of Moses. The people were
in the patriarchal state of society.
Yet many of their manners and cus
toms were much the same as those
of today. The article shows care
ful study of the facts and a good
handling of them. Several quota
tions are introduced to explain and
to illustrate the points.
"Carlisle's 'Essay on Character
istics' Only p. Half-truth" is a crit
icism by W. K. Perrett of the essay.
The doctrine of the essay is that
"the healthy know not of their
health, but only the sick." It
toadies the gospel of unconscious
power. Mr. Perrett denies this
doctrine, showing that ' to know
ourselves is not conceit" and that
unconsciousness is not an "unmis
takable evidence of healthy condi
tion." This seems to us a very
just criticism.
"To the Lady in the Moon," by
M. H., is, like other productions of
the writer, a poem of a high order.
It is smooth, clear, fresh and of a
dignity that lifts the mind above the
things around it to sec- the "fair
and cold and inaccessible" Lady of
the Moon. Such poetry as this al
ways does credit to the Magazine.
When we come to the fiction de
partment we feel that the stories
are not what they should be. Some
of them are very good; but in the
main, they are confined to the love
affairs of the college boy. We need
more interest in story writing, and
more stories of a better sort. The
what amusing story of love by the
sea. The writer fails in his at
tempt at wierdness. "The, Purple
Flea Mine" is a very good story of
its kind. It describes the strata
gem resorted to to rid a mine of
fleas, only to find the gold to be iron
pyrites. "A Night with Grandpa"
is a philosophical meditation, sug
gested by a fare-side scene and Juv
enal's satire on old age. "Her Re
port of the Game" is a very laugh
able account of a foot ball game, as
given by a rustic mother who had
been to college to see her son. The
writer handles his story well.
In the editorial department we
note a suggestion to institute an
employment bureau. The Tar
HEElv endorses this aud wishes to
see the suggestion become a work
ing bureau. Nothing could be
more advantageous to the man who
works his way through college.
We wish to congratulate the
Magazine editors on their publica
tion. Its contents, with the excep
tion of some of the fiction are very
good. But there, is one very serious
trouble there is not enough of it.
The Magazine should be two or
three times its present thickness.
This is by no means the fault of the
editorial board, but it is the fault
of the student body. We need
more interest in such work. Let
us have it. We know there is more
literary ability in the University
than shows itself in the Magazine.
The cause of its not being shown
is a certain carelessness of such
matters. Every student owes it to
himself and to his college to devel
op his literary talents and to make
the Magazine second to none, Let
us have more work of this sort.
Dr. Alderman's Marriage.
Wednesday evening last, at 8 p,
m., Miss .Bessie Greene Hearn, of
this city, was married to Dr. Edwin
Anderson Alderman at the home of
her parents in Audubon Place. The
bridesmaid was Miss Helen Penny
packer, of Philadelphia, while the
best man was Mr. Thomas Sloo, of
this city. The newly-wedded cou
ple left for Pass Christian, where
they remained until Saturday night
and then left on the Morgan liner
"Louisiana" for Havana, where
they will remain for some time.
The Olive and Blue offers its best
wishes to the happy couple. Olive
and Blue, Tulane University.
The Tar Heel also extends best
wishes to our quandam President in
his new happiness.
Harvard has 125 men trying for
the track team. This is an in
crease of 30 over last year.
Bender, of the "Athletics," will
coach the Carlisle Indians, at least
Harris Medal should stimulate this during the early part of the seasou
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