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UNIVERSITY OF XOKTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, H. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904'.
No. 9.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
THE JUNIOR kJANQUET.
An Enjoyable Social Event at Pick
ard's Hotel Saturday Night.
TJie member of the Junior Class
held a banquet last Saturday night
at Pickard's Hotel and it was a
great success. The object of the
occasion, which was to draw the
members more closely together and
to pave the way for a more thorough
and effective class organization,
was fully realized.
Two members of the facultv.
Messrs. M. H. Stacy and W. S.
Bernard,, were guests and addressed
the class. The l.-iiiquet was grace
fully presided over by Mr. A. H.
Bahnsou, who opened it with a few
appropriate remarks. Mr. Stacy
who spoke first on "The Relation
of the Class to the University," was
at his best. He showed that the
class could play the part it should
play in University life only by con
certed and harmonious action, anc
pointed out the advantages which
would accrue to the University as a
result of such action. The need of
an effective organization, he said.
had been deeply felt by preceding
classes and it was a matter for con
gratulation that a movement was
on foot to secure it. Messrs. W.
T. Gore and V. L. Stephenson re
sponded. Mr. Gore expressed his
approval of the movement and
pledged the hearty co-operation of
the class. Mr. Stephenson showed
the importance of the movement,
made clear to the. class its auty in
the premises, and urged every man
not to falter until success was at-
tained.
Tlie next speech of the evening
was by Mr. Bernard, whose sub
ject, "Harmony," was treated in
an interesting and forceful manner.
He showed that perfect harmony
snouia prevail in a class, ana per
fect sympathy between its mem
bers. He made the point that sym
pathy is not a feeling for, , but a
feeling with each other. "Har
mony and sympathy in the class,"
he said, "should be so perfect that
what hurts one member hurts all."
Mr. W. B. Love, of the class, re
sponded to this speech. He dwelt
on the need and vaiue of genuine
comradeship between - members of
the class as an aid in college and as
an impetus to success in after life
Mr. J. W. Winborne who was also
on the programme for a reply, was
necessarily absent, being a member
of the football team.
After the programme was fin
ished all. formality was thrown
aside and many interesting, extem
poraneous talks were made by
various members of the class.
These constituted one of the most
enjoyable features of the occasion.
Various means for establishing cus
toms and differentiating the mem
bers of the class from others were
proposed but definite action .was
postponed uutil a regular meeting
of the class. At 1 o'clock the lights
failed, and the company reluctantly
dispersed, enthusiastically agreed
that the Junior banquet was a
splendid success.
Fire Places In the Old Buildings to
be Closed.
Presideut Venable announced in
Chapel Friday that the fire places
in the Old East, Old West and
South buildings would be bricked
up at once. He gave as a reason
for this that several fires had oc
curred in these buildings this year
caused by the students having fire
in their rooms. He said that a very
low rate of insurance had been ob
tained on the buildings as a result
of the college having a central heat
ing plant and he feared that if one
of the buildings should be destroyed
by fire the fact of the students hav
ing fire in their rooms would make
the insurance contract void. He
thought that when the fire places
were stopped up the rooms would
be warm enough without tire, for
the large open fire places make it
almost an impossibility now to heat
the rooms.
UNIVERSITY SERMON.
Strong Sermon by Rev. G. H. Det
wiler on "The Larger Outlook. "
Freshmen, Toe the Mark.
Conies of the following notice
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were found posted in several con
spicuous places about the campus
Saturday morning:
FRESHMEN!
READ, MARK, DIGEST.
1. Show respect to upper class
men. "
1. Bear in mine! the diirerence
between-au honored "Senior" at a
prep school and a ireshman at the
University.
3. Beware of monopolizing the
Postoffice and drug stores.
BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Nobody claims the honor of put
ting up the posters but the general
opinion is that the Sophomores are
responsible. 1 he upper classes
have endorsed the action of the
Sophomores in the following reso
lutions:
SENIOR RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, that the Senior Class
uphold the Sophomores in any
reasonable action they take for
keeping the Freshmen in their
places; provided, their action does
not take the form of hazing.
JUNIOR RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, that we, the Junior
Class, do hereby endorse the action
of the Sophomore Class in the mat
ter of abolishing hazing; and further
that the Junior Class endorses the
sentiment contained in the placards
recently posted. It is also the
sentiment of the Class that not only
does the preservation of Uuiversity
traditions and the final banishment
of hazing call for the observance of
these rules, but that such observ
ance will redound to the benefit of
the FVeshmen Class.
Mr. R. VV. Perry left the Uni
versity on last Friday for Memphis,
1 CUll. 1.1C JUC? LU O.L-V,tpi. till
cellent position as assistant cnemist
to Mr. Edwin Lehman Johnston, a
well known expert in the cotton
seed oil industry. Mr. Perry may
return next commencement to re-
ceive his degree.
The. University Sermon for No
vember was preached by .Rev G.
ti; Detwiler. Mr. JJetwiier
preached the sermon before the Y
M. C. A. last commencement and
the students remembering him from
that time gave him a large audience
in the Chapel Sunday night.
Mr. Detwiler's theme was "The
Larger Outlook." He based his re
marks on God's command to Abra
ham where He tells him to look
north, (south, east and west and all
the land that he beholds shall be
his and his children's. The whole
sermon was an appeal to tlu stu
dent to search in every direction for
the truth.
The speaker said in part: "We
have two types of men, the provin
cial man and the cosmopolitan mau
The provincial man is the man of
one locality, his interest doesn't go
out to all subjects, but he narrows
himself down to one section. But
some say that when you take an in
terest in the whole world you lose
your patriotism for one locality.
This is not true because the broader
a man gets the deeper he goes unless
his breadth is mere superficiality.
"The cosmopolitan man is the
man witli the wide outlook. He is
interested in the whole universe
and takes the truth whereer it
may come from. There are three
aspects of this wider outlook of
which I should like to speak.
"The first of these aspects is
that it should be geographical. We
want to begin right at the bottom
in this broadening of the outlook
and look at if as it applies to the
physical world. It. is a fact that a
man makes his geographical world.
that is, none of the physical world
exists for him except that which he
knows about. I once heard a
preacher say that he had preached
all over the United States, but
when I looked into it I found that
he had preached only in a few coun
ties in the Western part of this
State. That was the whole United
States to him. A man must ret an
idea ot the universe as a whole to
get the broadest outlook.
"And then this outlook must be
historical. By historical I do not
mean that this wider outlook must
take in the mere chronicle of events.
But I mean the real life of the
world that lies behind the chronicle
of events. It is the sympathetic
aspect of the fights that have gone
on in history. It is the searching
through the history of past ages
and taking the truths wherever
they may come from. It is the
spirit of searching everything- that
comes to one and if true accepting
it. Doubt is necessary to all pro
gressive thought. It is the senti
nel of the mind that tests every
truth. I remember well the feeling
that came over me when I told my
congregation one day that I would
follow the truths of the Bible any
where; that if it required it I would
even discard the book itself. Doubt
does not lead to heresy. It isn't
more of the traditional faith that
we want, but more faith that comes
through honest doubt. There is
nothing dangerous in historical
search for truth.
4 'The third aspect of this wider
outlook is that it must be reverent.
I said there was nothing dangerous
in historical search for truth, but I
would add: if this search be con
ducted by reverent minds, minds
that have a respect for the truth.
The only danger is that a man may
enter this search in a careless, flip
pant way, desirous of the startling
rather than of the truth. Higher
criticism is not wrong if the higher
critic has a reverence for the truth.
The difference between the irreve
rent searcher is seen in Voltaire and
Calvin. Voltaire was careless and
flippant and paved the way for the
French Revolution. Calvin was
reverent and worked out the princi
ples upon which our government
was founded."
University of Virginia Musical
Clubs' Concert at Richmond.
The University of Virginia Musi
cal Clubs will play in Richmond on
the night of the twenty-third at the
Academy of Music. The concert
will be for the benefit of the Home
for Needy Confederate Women, and
will be given under the auspices of
Mrs. Andrew J. Montague, the wife
of Governor Montague, and of the
most prominent women of the city.
The football teams from both Uni
versities will be present in the
boxes which will be decorated in
the colors of the teams.
Owing to the fact that the desira
ble seats in the house are fast being
sold, the management of the Clubs
has decided to reserve a limited
number for the students from both
Universities. And if any of the
Carolina students wish seats kept
for them, by sending their names to
Mr. W. M. James, University of
Virginia, their seats will be held
until eight o'clock of the night of
the concert. The cost ot reserved
seats is a dollar. There will be a
few seats at seventy -five cents.
The management of the Clubs
would he glad to have as many of
the Carolina men to attend the con
cert as can come, as it is for a
worthy purpose. The.seats can be
paid for at the box office, where
they will be held, as has been stated,
until eight o'clock.
A Fire Saturday Night Cuts Off the
Water Supply.
The pumping station was de
stroyed by fire Saturday night and
as a result the water supply was
cut off. Fortunately, there was .a
good supply of water in the reser
voir and standpipe. The pipes sup
plying water to the dormitories and
the village were closed and all the
water was saved to be used in keep
ing the lights and heat going. The
damage to the pumps was repaired
Monday and no serious inconvenience
was caused by the accident.