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UNIVERSITY OF NORT-H CAROLINA. EOARD OF EDITORS. Q. S. Mills - - . - Editor -in-Ohiof II. B. Gunteh, - Asst. Editor-in-Ohiof, ' ASSOCIATE KUITORS. Manlius Oku. J. R. Shull Jas. A. Cray, Jr. T. II. Sutton 11. M. Brtant. H. L. Sloan, - - - Business Manager T.L.Simmons, - Asst. Bus. Manager. Published once a week by the General Athletic Association. Entered in the Postoffice at Chapel Hill, N O., as second-class matter. Printed by The University Press, Chapel Ilill Subscription Price. fl.SO per Year ..... Payable in advnck or during first term. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Since The -Tar Heel, last appeared there has occured an inci dent most unfortunate for the Uni versity. The steady , progress that she has been making- for the last four years against hazing1 has received a check from which it will take years, perhaps, to recover? A Freshman, surprised night before last on a shaded pathway on the campus by a party of Sophomores, and believing that he was to be hazed, fired at one of his assailants and came near to ending- his life. Now the question that comes up in regard to this affair is not "Who was right? or Who was in the wrong?" That is not for us to decide. The question that con fronts us is a far graver one. Who ;is responsible for the existence of a state of affairs that will ;. permit of such , an occurrence 'at the Univer sity? And we do not have" to go far to find the answer. The burden of the blame lies upon the Sophomore class. Never in the history of the University has any Sophomore class had less excuse for hazing than has the present one Last year, as Freshmen, the mem bers of. this class were under the protection of the upper classmen There was practically no hazing in college; yet this fall every indica tion has pointed toward a return to hazino- in its worst form. There is absolutely no excuse for this. Instead of attempting to uphold the ideals of the past few years, the class of '09 has done its utmost to annihilate them. -Nor can . the Sophomores clear themselves by shifting the blame to students in the professional departments. If the professional, studens thave been sharing in the rowdyism of the last two weeks, the Sophomores have been more than ever under obliga tions to put it down. ' Instead of doing so they have joined in. We do not believe that the hazing that has been going on has expressed the sentiment of the majority of the Sophomore class. Not six hours before the occurrence of the shoot ing Tuesday evening resolutions were passed by the Sophomores condemning hazing. However reso lutions amount to nothing, and the majority of the class has not endea vored to controll the minority as it should have done. Further, though the greater por tion of the blame uudoutedly lies on the Sephomorcs, the Juniors and Seniors cannot escape from sharing in their disgrace. The tendency toward hazing which has culmi nated in the affair of Tuesday night was clearly apparent when college opened, and the upper classes should have taken action - then. Now it is too late. What does it matter whether the Sophomores in the case intended to haze the Freshman or not? His experiences in the past led him to believe they did. As it happens hazing was not their intention, but as hazing it will be interpreted throughout the state and used to the injury of the University. "The honor system has been in operation at the University for a number of years, -you say. Is it a success?" Is there a man in college who would hesitate to answer this ques tion in the affirmative? Not one. But let the outsider who asks this question walk into our library and seat himself at our periodical table just inside the door. He picks up the current issue of some popular magazine. An article or a story attracts his attention, and he settles himself for a pleasant half hour. Hardly has he commenced to turn the pages before he is confronted by a blank space where a page ought to be. The leaf in question bore some picture or bit of verse that appealed to the aesthetic sense of some student and he therefore removed it. Our visitor turns to the newspaper rack. His eye falls upon an attractive headline but the column beneath it has been neatly removed with a penknife. He may call for some valuable book or piece of noted fiction, and find it either robbed of the information he seeks or missing entirely. How ever this last occurs but rarely. It is among the newspapers and peri odicals that the mutilation is found most frequently and there it has come to be the rule, rather than the exception. V Now what must our visitor think of our honor system? Surely it cannot seem to. him to be in a very healthy condition. ; We do not mean to say by this that the man who clips an illustration from a maga zine in the library would deliber ately cheat on examination. We do not believe that. It has merely not occurred to him that the principles involved in each case are the same. It has not crossed his mind that he has the same moral right to enter his fellow student's room in his ab sence and appropriate his books as he has to mutilate the magazines on the library table. The cases are identical. Or perhaps these stu dents who so hack the property of their fellows have not yet out grown the scrapbook stage. If that is the case, they would certainly find it much more satisfactory to pur chase a pair of shears and a pack age of autiquated publications from "the original Adam" and go about it at their rooms in earnest. Whatever may be the cause of this evil, the evil itself must be righted. It has assumed proportions too alarming already. There is only-one way to make the change, it must be done by the students them selves. Their attention has now been called to the state of affairs and we are sure ihat they will see that the necessary change is made O o m i ri g Again! Mr. Ilorton, representing W hiting Bros, , of Raleigh, will be here September 24th to 27th with a swell line of Spring and Summer Furnishings and Tailoring Samples. Save your orders for him. Full Line of Shoes, Straw Hats, Underwear, Ties, and Shirts. MondayjrTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27. SLOAN and D'ALEMBERTE, - Agts. "The HolladayStu di o" SUCCESSORS TO "COLE AND HOLLADAY." Gallery will be open every Wednesday of each week, beginning Wednesday, October 19th. HIGH GRADE WORK ONLY. Prices reasonable. A fine set of views of campus and buildings on sale at all times. GALLERIES AT BOTH OURHHM AND eiiflPEL HILL. Cotrell k Leonard, Albany, N. YM Intercollegiate Bureau, :&$f$z$ Established 1832. (VVlM i Caps, Gowns and Hoods. Official Makers to American " Colleges from the Atlantic to the " Pacific. Reliable Materials, Superior Workmanship, Reasonable Prices. Class contracts a specialty. Bui- immediately, The Senior Election. Last ...Tuesday afternoon the Seniors met in the chapel at , five o'clock and selected their officers. The election was very quiet, and bore no' evidences of having been preceded by "politicking'although it was averred that certain members of the class had -been seen rather more frequently than usual around the soda-fountain of late. Mr. J. J. Parker was chosen pres ident, although Mr. W. H. M. Pittman, who was elected vice-president, ran him a close second. Mr. Parker hrs been once before the chief magistrate of his tribe, but that time, when Class I was marked upon his registration card, has been almost forgotten.. The other officers chosen were: D. P. Tillet, secretary. J. T. McAden, treasurer. W. H Duls, historian. ' J. W. Haynes, prophet. H. H. Hughes, poet. W. S. O'B. Robinson, orator. T. H. Hay wood, statistician. Q. S. Mills, reader of last will and testament. C. Herring, class representa tive. - v J. D. Pemberton, captain of foot ball team. Miss Daisy Allen, Manager of football teaml W; A. Houck, assistant manager. Messrs. Al Morrison. Charlie Weill, and Willie D. McLean were appointed on a committee to con sider the advisability of making a change in the photographer, of the Senior pictures. The photographs have been very unsatisfactory dur ing the past few years. The Senior class this year num bers sixty-five, and at least fifty five, of its numbers came from the Junior class of last year which numbered sixty-eight. Practically every one of these men will gradu ate, and to all appearances the clas9 that goes out from the Univer sity next spring will be the largest ever turned out here. It is need less to say that its members think that it will also be the best. V (incorporated) Capital Stock $30,000.00. DIICIHI DCVJ When you think of going off to school, UUdUiLOO, write for Now Catalogue and Special Offr of th Leading Business ami Shorthand School. AdlrosH KiiiK'H Uiisliiem College, fcnlotgh, N. C, or Charlotte, ti. C. (We also tuach Bookkeeping, Shorthand, PonmanBhlp, etc., by mall.) Mr. C. T.PEARSON j OF DURHAM, The Merchant Tailor, at Thompson's store, Tuesday, Wed nesday and ; Thursday, Sept. 25, 26 and 27. MANNING & TILLETT, Agts. Dr. C. L. Raper spent the sum mer studying: economic conditions in northern New Jersey, giving es pecial attention to the great silk) manufacturing city of Patcrson. . K L U T T Has'a Foothold on ' the Shoe Business He has hats on the brain; puts up Umbrellas and puts out Lamps. He Pants for your trade. - . Would you do well, buy of kluttzand cut a swell. , " He has some stunts in bargins for cash, and they are going with a dash. Those new style Shoes and up-to-date Hats will look well with those Fancy Shirts and new Spring Cravats. GET IN THE SWIM BEFORE BUYING YOUR SPRING FURNISHINGS. CALL ON THE "Original Adam." , Kluttz has the Stunts. See him! Klutts has added to his already exten sive line a stock of the best Mag azines. Periodicals of all , kinds. Current issues. , On time. vvr;' WATCH U TTZ KL
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