THE TAR HEEL
Thb Tar HBEi.
. UNlVtRStlY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
Q. S. Mills
H. B. Gunteb,
Editor-in-Chief.
Asst. Editor-in-Chief.
ASSOCIATE EEITORS.
J. K. SHULL.
to T. H. Sutton.
Jas. A. Gray, Jr.
E. L. Stewart.
Business Manager.
- Asst. Bus. Manager.
H. L; Sloan,
T. L. Simmons,
Published once a week by the General
Athletic Association.
Entered in the Postoffice at Chapel Hill, N
C, as second-class matter.
Printed by The University Press, Chapel Hill.
each other face to face as men and
discussed ways and means for better
ing conditions in University life. It
was significant that by no true Uni
versity man, who had grown up with
the thought movement of the college
in the air around him, was the slight
est ill feeling evinced. And there has
been none since. This was merely
the first instance of the thought
movement. It has gained a grip, and
and it will continue to grow; it is not
for us to discuss how. This thought
movement has as its goal a democratic
University "the sort spelled with a
little 'D' "the spirit of which will be
a true University spirit. To the
greater University this thought
o-rowth of its students is as essential
as is the growth of its laboratories;
the movement should not be over
shadowed too far by the institution's
more obvious material development.
the reopening of the University so
soon after the Civil War was largely
due. and no single teacher in the
South, or in the nation as a whole,
indeed, has done as much for the study
of English literature and the litera
ture of the Bible as Dr. Hume, l ue
presence of these two loyal men here
during the evening of their lives has
in truth, in the words ot the
nresident of the Senior class,
"shed a benediction over the Urn
versity." It is with deep regret
that we see them accept the oiler ot
well-earned and honored retirements.
May they live long-to encourage and
advise those who still bear the burden
of service.
Subscription Price. 1.50 per Yc.r,
Payable IN advance or during first term.
SINGLE COPIES. S CENTS.
The H2th Commencement of the
TT-.-.eifTr q numbered with the past.
t :..T; tVip session lust closed
and the Commencement which tormeci
for it a fitting climax we are pos
sessed with a certain feeling of satis
r: TV.P fortunes of the Univer
sity are on the upward grade. Wit
ness the increase in buildings and
equipments of the institution during
,n. Ti-r.rrease in the appropna-
tion of the Legislature for the Univer
sity's support, and the excess in the
nf. students in attendance
during the recent nine months over
that for any previous year. Such a
prosperous session was fittingly
brought to a close by a Commence-
toirWl hv a larsrer number ot
alumni than has ever attended a
Commencement at the univer, y
n Commencement especially
UCIUll-1 . j 1
fortunate in the men of note that took
i ;i ercises, and notable tor
having passed out into the life of the
State more trained young iuc
has any previous Commencement since
Pi,Ml War. Thus, it is clear,
' from a superficial standpoint, that the
University is coming into its own in
North Carolina. Its material auvdu..
f ,iririo- the oast session has ex
lUtUt v " . 1
ceeded even the brightest hopes of five
the nropects are that its
development will be even more rapid
in the immediate future.
A thought movement is a subtle
thing-; no one can state the formula
for its way of working. Subtle as it
is, though, it gains a grip on every
phase of the life within which it moves.
Notable as an illustration is the man
ner in which this tendency of college
thought has influenced the backing of
the University's athletic teams during
the year past. The end of this
thought growth is to make University
men, men who will prove loyal to
their college always, under the right.
One of its results this year has been
to give to teams far weaker than
many that Carolina has turned out
in recent years, a degree of sup
port unprecedented. Lack of support
has been due always to lack ot Uni
versity spirit. The University spirit
is growing: next year the support wil
be more solid still.
tw tViPrP is another reason for the
University's self-congiatulation, aside
from its material growin. x ue
tminn is. of course, at its basis, only
what those who compose it, its stu
dents and faculty, think and do.
Conditions have not been ideal at the
TTrorsitv in the past, there has been
no true University spirit. The differ
fartions of the student-body have
pulled against each other; there has
been a fraternity spirit and a non
frnitv spirit, but no University
spirit. Gradually, during the past
rL, VMrs. the students have come to
that under such conditions the
University of North Carolina can
become a truly "big" Univer
sity, no matter how great the number
of its student body,.
As a result the students have been
M,;t;r,r. and this thinking has be
tr a breadth of view, once totally
lacking in both factions of college
Duriner the spring term of
the session just closed the result of
this thought movement evinced ltseu
v,pn. for the first time in the history
of the University, fraternity men and
non-fraternity mtfn stood up beiore
Op course it would be mere folly to
claim for this thought movement a
power. Suppose that Carolina's rep
resentatives on the diamond or the
hired nlavers. Then it
giiujii v - x J
would be impossible for these repre
sentatives to be backed by a true Uni
versity spirit. The University must
have the right sort of a team before it
can" have the right sort of support.
Has the University had the right sort
of teams this year ? Undoubtedly, so
far as they have gone. But they
might have been better, and still as
truly representative. Thus the sup
port this year has been in spite of
obstacles; would it not have been
greater had the conditions been pro
pitious ?
In other words the University's
athletic rules and the growth of the
University spirit have come in conflict.
We must have rules and we must have
a University spirit, but they must
work together. How shall this be
accomplished? The spirit is right;
remedy the rules. These rules stand
today for the English ideal of "sport
for sport's sake". This ideal is un
American and hence must be unsatis
factory here. The American goes in
to win. Give to the University spirit,
which stands for Carolina first, last,
and all the time, the incentive of a
team that is representative, that can
win and win honorably for Carolina.
Take off the brakes and see what the
rules and the University spirit can
accomplish when they pull together!
We could not close the college year
without a reference to the growth of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion at the University during the year
1906-7. This growth has been
remarkable, and it has been attained
through giving emphasis to the social
side of the association. By the open
ing of the Y. M. C. A. house as a
social center and by the frequent
informal receptions given in its rooms
the organization has gained, in a few
months, a grip on college life that it
might otherwise have never gained in
years. To Mr. F. B. Rankin, our gen
eral secretary, much of the credit for
this advance is due; under his guid
ance the association has, in the next
nine months, much to hope for.
To The Charlotte Observer of June
1st to 5th inclusive The Tar Heel
is indebted for the body of the report of
Commencement proper, printed in this
issue.
Two Loving Cups.
Both Dr. Kemp Plummer Battle
and Dr. Thomas Hume, the two mem
bers of the University's faculty who
retire this spring, have been presented
with handsome solid silver loving
cups in appreciation of their service
here. Dr. Hume's cup was presented
to him on June the 5th by his stu-
deuts, from whom the gift came. It
is simple in design, but especially
pleasing, and is briefly engraved
Thomas Hume, D. D., LL. D., A
Slight Token of the Love of his
Pupils. Presented June 4th, 1907."
Dr. Hume, as stated previously, re
tires on an annuity with which he has
been honored by the Carnegie houn
dation for the Advancement of Learn
inc. Dr. Battle later received similar
honor from the same source. His an
nuity will amount to $1650 yearly and
will be the last to be presented by the
Foundation to a professor of a state
university. Dr. Battle's loving cup
was fittingly presented to him on the
day on which he taught his last class
in the Uuiversity. It is of very ar
tistic design and was made especial
ly to order. It is engraved: "lo
Kemp Plummer Battle, LL. D., from
the Department of History of the.Uui
versity of North Carolina, June, 1907. f
Many of Dr. Battle's old stud-ills
joined in the gift.
class numbers 65, this sum will reach,
at the minimum, exclusive of interest,
in the neighborhood of $1000 by the
class reunion in 1917. As many of
the class expect to give more than the
stipulated minimum of $1.50 yearly
the sum should be much greater than
this.
The Smart Boys.
In spite of the rierorous measure
taken by the Phi Beta Kappa Society
here last spring in order to raise thP
standard of the chapter at the Univer
sity even higher, twelve members of
the class of 1908 proved too bright to
oe excluded by tnq change. The men
who averaged the requisite 92 per
ceni. anu reirained rrom drawing any
of the fives which are so popular alono-
about the close of every term, were: P.
II. Koyster, ot Kaleigh; W. B. Davis,
of Warren ton; J. W. Speas, of Don-
naha; U. K. Kami, Jr., of Snuthfield;
H. B. Gutiter, of Sanford; W. G.
Coughenour, of Salisbury ; G. T.
Whitley, of Smithfield; Marmaduke
Robins, of Asheboro; J. M. Porter,
of Greensboro; B. O. Shannon, of
Gaston county; W. E. Yelverton, of
Jbremont; and T. W. Andrews, of
Chapel Hill. Of these Mr. J. W.
Speas made the highest average and
Mr. O. R. Rand the second. Ac
cording to the custom of the society
xnese two men oecome president and
secretary respectively during 1907-8.
A welcome visitor to the Hill during
Commencement time was Mr.' V. L.
Stephenson, '06, The Tar Heel's
chief last year, and now a rising young
journalist on the stall or. the Charlotte
Observer, for which he reported this
year's Commencement exercises.
The officers or the Athletic Associa
tion for next year are: J. J. Parker,
president; G. M. Fountain, vice-presi
dent; 1 . K. Ragles, secretary and
treasurer; t . B. Kankiu, graduate
member of the Advisory Committee;
W. P. Stacy, under-graduate member.
Only one incident occurred to dar
ken this, the brightest of the Univer
sity's Commencements the announce
ment of the retirement from active
service in the institution of Dr. Kemp
Plummer Battle and Dr. Thomas
Hume, both of whom have served the
University so faithfully and wel
through the best years of their lives
To the love and devotion of Dr. Cattle
I
I
Greensboro Life
Insurance Company
Greensboro, N. C.
SELLS THE BEST AND MOST
ATTRACTIVE POLICY.
LEADS ALL OTHER COMPA-
NIES IN ITS TERRITORY.
Students Wishing for a profitable
vacation work should investigate
the quick selling INCOME IN
DEMNITY POLICY. Territory
and liberal contracts to a few good
men.
S. W. SPARGER, District Agent
DURHAM, N. O.
HOTEL WAOHAPREAGUE.
Permanent Officers.
At a special meeting ot the Seniors
on Class Day the following permanent
organization, was effected, the oflicers
to hold office through lite: President,
T. Holt Haywood, of Haw River; vice
president, William Henry Duls, of
Wilmington; second vice-president,
Geo. F. Leonard, of Lexington; sec
retary and treasurer, Charles Weill,
nf Rockinerhan. In the hands of the
secretary and treasurer, Mr. Weill,
will be left in trust for the next
ten years the endowncnt fund that is
being raised as its gift to the Univer-
cHv hv the class ot 1907. As the
Quiet, refined, healthful, restful, well ap
pointed rooms, ventilation perfect, fresh and
salt water baths and showers free, three tiers
of verandas aggregating over ten thousand
square feet, great variety of outdoor sports
suoh as surf bathing, sailing, rowing, ana
launching. Beautiful drives and walks
through the piney groves or by the sea, tennis,
hayrides, (fishing and shooting, write tor
special leaflet) indoor games, suoh as pool
table, bowling, etc
For further information send for booklet to,
A. II. Ot. Mbbrs,
Wachapreague, (Eastern Shore), Va. .
Nearest Summer resort North of Jamestown
Exposition. v
P. S. From ten to thirty miles free outing
on power boat daily.
in