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Ann Ts-ffTr i f 1 1 " i iii arlt mhphmA bmhm TAR l Vol. 14, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. No. 15. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. THE REIGN OF ICE. Unprecedentedly Heavy Fall Sleet Works Havoc With Cam pus Trees and Entails Much of This was the scene Friday morn ing. All during the day and night the sleet in a drizzling rain contin ued to get in its work. Scarcely half of the damage had been accom plished. All day and all night Inconvenience. The dawn of last Friday morn- came at intervals the "k-r-a-a-a-k" ing found the University campus, of breaking branches and the groan in common with the surrounding of uprooted trunks. And nervy in country, in the clutches of a sleet deed was the pedestrian who failed storm; probably unprecedented in to cast upward ever and anon ap the century of its existence as the prehensive glances and who started University campus. I he sleet had not at the ominous sound overhead, begun to fall about 7 o'clock Thurs- And well might he start, for the day night and continued to fall with- falling timber gave scant warning out cessation. That which reached of its coming, while its size and the earth melted and none was visi- weight guaranteed death or serious ble on the ground by morning, but injury to him who perchanced to that whose fall was checked by the break its fall. superabundant trees and wires melt- The grounded wires and fallen ed not, but clung with undiminish- poles created their usual havoc, ing tenacity. The telephone company abandoned The scene presented to the eye by service, telegraphic communication the campus Friday morning was with the outside world was cut off one of an indescribably majestic and the question of whether the beauty-blended with touching pa- University buildings would be sup thos. Beautiful, to see almost a plied with electric lights became a veritable forest of stalwart giants mooted one. The Chapel Hill Un laden so heavily with the brilliantly limited (in point of time) was sev glistening ice that their highest oral hours late in arriving and since bouhs touched the earth, rising telegraphic communication was cut again, round heaped upon round in off, the wildest rumors were afloat prodigal profusion, into a veritable Some said that so many trees had tower of silver; pathetic, to see, in fallen across the track that tin other places, other mighty sous of train crew had despaired of reach the forest, victorious though battle- ing their destination and that con smrred riei-hatis. in manv a hard seuuentlv the engineer had turned fought struggle with the elements, his engine around (!) and was com lying prostrate upon the earth, or, ing back. Another was that a man stripped bare of their proudest who had promised to bring the en branches, standing', yet tottering at gineer a bunch of birds at Robson tlioir foundation. The tern lie had tailed to show up, thus uecces- strength of the lightning's power, sitating delay. the irresistible rush of the angry At Commons it was announced tornado these, for decade upon at dinner that supper would be ser- decade, they had fought, and with- ved at 5 instead of b o'clock, on the stood. But in an evil hour, unex- ground that a supper at Commons pected and unannounced, unaccom- in inky darkness would tend toward uanied bv the .lightning s glare, the contusion, disorder, ana pernaps thunder's peal or the warning roar (who knows?) biscuit throwing. of the tornado came the sleet, and This announcement was taken to silently, unostentatiously it waged mean that there would be no lights its war anywhere, and rife indeed was the With what effectiveness? The speculation precipitated by it. campus, changed in a night Would "no lights" be a valid excuse from the pride of the State to a for unprepared recitations or a half wilderness of uprooted trees and suspected quiz? It looked reason poles, broken branches, and other able but there was a whole after trees bent to the earth at such an noon. What about that? And angle that their branches impeded Saturday? The case looked doubt-, progress, mingled with a maze of ful and the wise virgins began to telephone, telegraph, ami electric trim their lamps while the foolish, wires answer the question. Some who had none, comforted themselves trees which were forked were split with the reflection that if the worst by the weight of the clinging sleet came well, they could at least go into two parts all the way to the to bed. ground and measured their length But when night came the situa on the earth. Some trees as much tion proved not quite so bad as it as three feet in diameter were up- had appeared for awhile. Lights i,i;iv nnd manv of the came on as usual in three of the branches severed from the body of buildings, the South, the Old East, the mother tree by the tremendous and the Old West. The occupants weight were froin one to two feet in of the Mary Ann Smith and Can diameter. The tree in the immedi- buildings, however, groped their way ate vicinity of the Beta Theta Pi without the aid of electric illumina fraternity hall was uprooted Thurs- tion and over an FOOTBALL MADE HUMANE. the campus and day night and hurled against the town darkness prevailed, building, striking the roof of the The falling of timber continued front nordi and damaging it (failing, throughout the night but by Satur- hnwpver it is said, to wake one of day morning the weather changed the inmates who occupied a room for the warmer and the worst was tion will be permitted. Both play- adjacent to the porch), 'over. crs anu spectators must maintain A Few Suggestions Regarding Proposed Changes in the Rules Extreme Roughness Eliminated. The following, ostensibly the work of, Mr. George Ade, has ap peared. I The article says: It is hoped that these rules will be approved by that vast army of editorial writers whose knowledge of the game has been obtained by reading the headlines. Selection of players The eleven players constituting the team shall be selected by the faculty, and the student who has received the higli- est grade' in Greek mythology shall be captain of the team. No studen shall be eligible for the team unless he is up' in his class work and has a reputation for piety. Preliminaries When a team ap pears on a held for a contest, it shall greet opposing team with the Chautauqua salute, which consists of waving the-handkerchief. After this a few friendly chats concerning books and writers may , precede the opening of the game. v ' " Substitute for "the toss" In stead of tossing a coin to determine which side gets the ball, the two captains shall be called upon to ex tract a cube root of a given number provided by the professor of mathe matics. The captain who is first to hand in the correct solution gets the ball. Advancing the ball The ball having been placed in the center of the field, the umpire, who must be a professor of geology, exhibits to the team having possession of "the ball a fossil. All members of the team who think they can name the geological period to which the fos sil belongs hold up their right hand 1 he umpire selects a player to name the period, it he answers correctly he advances the ball two yards. If, in addition, he gives the scientific name of the fossil he ad vances the ball five yards. If no members of the team can answer the questions propounded by the umpire, the opposing team shall be given a trial, it successful it is given the ball. Offside plays Any player who makes a grammatical error, mispro nounces a word or seeks assistance from a fellow student, shall be deemed guilty of an offside play and his side shall be penalized at least five vards. Substitute for kicking goal Af ter a touchdown has been made, the team making it shall be credited with five points and the captain of the team shall translate 500 words of Caesar's Commentaries. If he does so without an error his team is given an additional point, the same as if a goal were kicked. If he falls, the ball goes to the opposing team on the twenty-five yard line. Conduct during game No push ing, scuffling or boisterous conversa- absolute silence during the mental tests. Another Slight Diversion. A horse attached to wagon (both the property of 'Green McDade, a colored man who 'lives in the west end of the village) on becoming convinced that things needed liven ing up, conceived the idea that the task was his and, accepting the re sponsibility cheerfully, straightway set about its execution. This was down town on the main street of the village about 8:30 Monday morning. Taking one last glance about him, the horse closed both eyes, took a deep breath and proceeded to annihilate simultaneously both space and time. What cared he for the speed limit? He was no bloom ing automobile. He was the latest make of a thirtieth century flying machine. At least this was what lie fondly imagined and what he whispered confidentially to himself as he clove the atmosphere into two equal parts. What cared he for street or sidewalk? He was no patent leather-footed dude, but just to show that he could and that he didn't give a whicker one way or another, he turned upon the side walk near MacRae's store and like a whirlwind traversed it up the street. We said the horse's purpose was to create a diversion. He created it. A half-dime novel would in form you, while you were holding your breath, that the hoarse shouts of excited men. the shrill shrieks of frantic women, mingled with the terrified cries of panic stricken children perhaps with a few "enraged barks of frightened dogs" for good measure rang out upon the clear morning air. " Well, that was what really happened. Although it was early, in the morn ing, quite a crowd was on the streets and the people fled headlong hither and thither. The horse smashed both rear wheels of the wagon, overturned boxes and bar rels and lefta sceneof destruction be hind him. But "not a momentstop- ped or stayed he." At the Brockwell 4 t . 1 corner he crossed the street ana chose the opposite sidewalk. When did he stop? when he had arrived safely home, and not before. But, as a matter of fact, after he lad left the business section of the town he slowed up to get his breath and settled down to a trot. But the thought of the havoc behind him, the recollection of the "tumult and the shouting' his little stunt had occasioned was too much for him and all the way home, ever and anon, he chuckled to himself. The following gentlemen will eave here Saturday for Raleigh, where the' stand the Supreme Court examination on Monday: Messrs. Carter, Brothers, Hoyle, Bean, Sherrod, Simmons, Town- send, Elliott, Gash, Philipps, Has sell, and Sorrell.
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