Vol. 15, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1907. No. 15
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
DR. HUME'S RESIGNATION.
TRUSTEES CONFEK HONOR OF
PROFESSOR EMERITUS.
Carnegie Foundation tor Advance
ment of Education Tenders
Annuity.
Dr. Thomas Hume, Professor of
English Literature in the Univer
sity of North Carolina, to the gen
eral regret of the student body,
tendered his resignation to the
board of trustees of the University
at their meeting in Raleigh, last
Friday. Dr. Hume's resignation
will take effect at Commencement.
In accepting it the board of trus
tees drew up resolutions expressing
their deep appreciation of the work
that Dr. Hume has done at the
University and conferring upon him
the honor of Professor Emeritus.
Dr Hume gave as his reason for
resigning the position at which he
has labored so long and so faithfully,
and in which he has accomplished
so much, that he had been granted
an annuity from the "Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Education'Mn recognition of the ser
vice that he has rendered to the
whole nation," and especially to the
South. This honor, Dr. Hume
states, will enable him to retire
from the field of active service and
employ himself in the less stren
uous though broader field of the
author.
While the student-body and the
faculty regret that they are to lose
the benefit of Dr. Hume's great
fund of information on the subjects
of Shakespere and the Bible they,
learn with pleasure of his determi
nation to put some of his knowledge
intq form for preservation. In doing
this they recognise that Dr. Hume
can accomplish as much for the fu
ture of English Literature in the
South as he has already accomplish
ed in its past, if not more.
Dr Hume's period of service has
been a long one aud he justly de
serves the honor which he has re
ceived in recognition of it. He
came here as professor in 1885, a
graduate of Richmond College and
of several of the higher depart
ments of the University of Virginia.
Previously Dr. Hume had held the
professorship of French and Eng
lish Literature at Chesapeake Fe
male College, which he resigned in
order to serve the South as chaplain
throughout the Civil War. As
principal of Petersburg Classical
Institute he began the movement for
the more thorough teaching of our
language, soon after the war.
Immediately after coming to the
University Dr. Hume organized the
department of English Language
and Literature over which he pre
sided for sixteen years. In 1902,
the increase in students requiring ad
ditional teaching force, he took the
special chair of English Literature,
and Dr. C. Alphonso Smith was
made professor of the English
(Continued on Ji'ourth Pftje.)
PLANS FOR COMMENCEMENT.
REUNIONS OF CLASSES OF '57,
'82 AND '97.
Commencement Program Changed
- Plans for Entertaiuing
Alumni.
Extensive plans have already
been made for the approaching com
mencement. The program of com
mencement has been changed so
that the exercises will now begin on
Saturday and continue until Tues
day instead of beginning Sunday
and ending Wednesday as hereto
fore. Monday, June 2, will be Al
umni Day.
The classes of '57, '82, and '97
are planning to have reunions with
interesting programs on Alumni
Day. Each class is to have two
representative speakers, one to de
liver the greeting of the class, and
the other to review the record of the
achievements of its members since
their-graduation.
The Mary Ann Smith dormitory
will be reserved for the use of the
alumni attending these reunions and
board will be furnished hem in
Commons Hall. A committee of
the faculty is now at work issuing
a letter to the individual members
of the three classes extending to
them a hearty invitation to revisit
their alma mater.
Selection of Debaters.
Owing to the short time interven
ing before the Georgia debate the
contestants for that, debate will be
required to speak only on the nega
tive, Carolina's side of the qestion.
Last year half of the contestants
took the negative, and half the affir
mative, but as this course may ne
cessitate the preparation of two
speeches by the winners it will not
be followed this spring. The de
baters will be chosen on their merits,
irrespective of their society member
ship, as was the case last year.
State Bibliography.
In the bibliographical record
published by the State Literary
and Historical Association of North
Carolina for the year past are re
corded six books by members of the
faculty of the University. Only
two volumes of poetry were pub
lished during the year, "Songs
Merry and Sad" by John Charles
McNeill, and "After Study
Meditations" by Raymond Brown-:
ing of Trinity College.
Orange County Club.
The students from Orange County
met Friday night in the History
room and organized a club, with
the following officers:
N. R. Claytor, president.
T. W. Andrews, vice president.
Wayne Archer, secretary and
treasurer.
Dr. Battle was present and made
a short talk on the history of the
county, .
THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
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DR. VENAliLE ENUMERATES
UNIVERSITY'S NEEDS.
State Support Growth and Accom
modations Must Have Bet
ter Equipment.
In his annual report to the board
of trustees1 of the University for the
year 1906, . submitted last Friday,
Dr. Venable made a.plain statement
of the condition of the University
and its needs. "The very success
and apparent prosperity of the in
stitution," he says "brings with it
serious embarrassments and difficul
ties, under which we labor. "
Speaking first of the State's sup
port of the University, Dr. Venable
stated that the annual appropriation
bad now been increased to $45,000,
about the sum available for the
graded schools of Durham. The
chemical laboratory, erected
in 1905 at a cost of $50,000, was
the first building to be erected at
the University by direct State ap
propriation. However the University has
doubled its numbers three times in
the past thirty years. The Uni
versity has outgrown its old quar
i ters. Something must be done im
mediately to place it upon a footing
of thorough efficiency. It is expect
ed to do work of the same grade of
thoroughness for about the same
number of students as the Universi
ty of Virginia, with one-half the in
come and an equipment one-half as
costly. The high stand that it has
taken among the Southern uni
versities is due to the devoted labor
of an exceptionally strong faculty
which has been underpaid and over
worked. It is neither generous nor
just for the great state of North
Carolina to count continually on
such service.
As an investment the University
has paid, for the State has received
in gifts', dollar for dollar, more than
it has put into the institution, hav
ing property at Chapel Hill worth
$110,000 more than all that it has
paid out from its treasury for the
University. Yet the State instead
of supporting the University is per
mitting the accumulation of a year
ly deficit, which now amounts toi
nearly $15,000.
In summing up the needs of the
University Dr. Venable speaks of
the necessity of new dormitories and
additional teachers and buildings
that would involve the expenditure
of in the neighborhood of $375,000.
Furthermore an increase of $25,000,
in the annual appropriation is im
peratively necessary in order that
the running expenses of the institu
tion may be met.
Unless the State recognizes the
needs of its University and meets
them it cannot expect that Universi
ty to retain the position that it has
won in the academic 'field. In the
past the support of the State has
been insufficient, but the State has
been poor. Today the case is dif
ferent. With the prosperity of the
State should come the prosperity of
the University,
REQUIREMENTS FOR GYM N.G.
STUNTS THAT THE CANDIDATES'
MUST MASTER.
Winning; of the Monogram No
Easy Task Not a Jersey
Won So Far.
In order to secure the privilege of
wearing an N. C. monogram on his
gym jersy, the candidate must bo
come proficient in the following
stunts:
HORIZONTAL BAR.
. 1 Kip.
2 Forward circle.
3 Backward circle.
4 Kip and vault.
5 Fly-away.
6 Complete circle from knee posi
tion. 7 Swinging kip to sitting posi
tion.. 8 Hand, kne, and foot circle.
9 (7) Double figures.
10 (3) Triple figures.
PARALLEL BARS.
1 Kip.
2 Vault.
3 Kip to hand-stand.
4 Vault to hand-stand.
5 (4) Clean cut-offs.
6 Forward and backward purrtp
combined.
7 Forward and backward circle
roll;
8 (6) Double figures.
MAT WORK.
1 High dive (four feet).
2 Long dive (ten feet).
3 Forward and backward nmen
sault. 4 "Hand-stand balance.
5 Back and hand kip.
6 Neck kip.
7 Backward roll to hand-stand.
8 Forward roll to hand-staml.
9 Two double figures.
HORSR WORK.
1 Hand-stand.
2 Hand-spring over.
3 Hand-spring somersault.
4 Complete hurdle.
5 Forward and backward spring
to hand balance.
f Six double figures . combining
leg and hand movements.'
7 Six triple figures.
RING WORK.
1 Progressive swing from biy"
movement.
i 2 Forward kip.
3 Forward cut-off.
4 Backward cut-off.
5 Forward circle.
i 6 Backward circle.
7 Swinging backward cut-off.
8 Kip to right and left.
9 Progressive swing from arm
position.
As the preceding list indicates,
the winning of a gym N. C. is no
easy matter. The fact that those
who entered training for the mono
gram last year have not yet secured
the reward also shows that it mean
something in the way of hard work,