UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1908.
No. 20.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
BISHOP STRANGE S SERMON
YACKETY YACK TO BE GOOD
NEWS FROM "THE RIVALS"
THE DEBATERS CHOSEN
A POWERFUL ADDRESS ON THE
A COMPLETE REPRESENTATION
OF UNIVERSITY LIFE
A PLEASANT TRIP TO EASTERN
CLOSE AND STUBBORN CON
TESTS FOR POSITIONS
INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
NORTH CAROLINA
Vol. 16.
Bishop's Annual VisitaTSource of
Help and Pleasure to the
College. i t
Dr. Robert Strange, Bishop of the
Eastern Diocese of North Carolina,
preached Sunday night in Gerrard
Hall a sermon on "The Influence
of Thoughts upon Character." He
took as his text the eighth verse of
fourth Phil. "Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest, whatso
ever thinsrs are iust, whatsoever
things are of good report; if there
be any virtue, think on these
things." By his earnest expression
and beautiful language Bishop
Stranjre held the close attention of
a laree audience. He said in sub-
stance:
"Whatsoever things are true,
. honest, and iust. think on these
things, young menl Seize them,
meditate, ponder, make them a
part ot your mental being. The
apostle by these words insists on a
great law of life: as we think, so
we are. Let a man think on high,
and noble things and he will have a
high and noble character; let him
think on low, evil things and he
will have a low, evil character.
History shows that ideas build and
tear down, that ideas make great
epochs. Luther's ideas caused the
Reformation, and Voltaire's caused
the French Revolution.
"This is simply the old law of
environment in a new dress. This
law sweeps through the whole uni
verse. Man, animal, plant, every
thing is influenced by surround
ings. Through cultivation and
environment the love-apple became
the tomato; with a varied environ
ment the dog varies from the hair
less hound to shaggy dog; man
varies from the negro to the Cau
casian. In college this law works
through association. How much is
a boy made or marred by the set
with which he goes, by the men
with whom he runs! Likewise
how much is a man made or marred
by his ideas! Thoughts multitudi
nous come and go and have as lit
tle influence upon character as the
passerby on the street, but there
are certain ideas and thoughts
which are.deep laid in our life and
which ' make our character. We
have power over such thoughts, we
can choose them as we choose our
bosom friends. Let us be careful
about the choosing of. thoughts,
these makers of our character.
Education is important because it
introduces to young minds high,
noble thoughts and makes them a
part of the inner consciousness,
because it shows to young minds
the good results of industry, integ
rity, and high thinking and the evil
results of idleness and low think
ing. As we think, so we are.
(Continued on Fourfh Page)
Art, Poetry, Drags, Athletics.
Organizations, Statistics
All There.
The Yackety Yack this year bids
fair to be issued before commence
ment, as is shown by the fact that
at least one-half of the proof
has not only been read and correct
ed, but has been returned" to the
printers. All copy for the Annual
is in the hands of the publishers,
all drawings have been sent to the
eqgravers, and "Matthews and
Muse, Business Managers of the
Yackety Yack," are on the trail of
those students who either couldn't
or wouldn't "sisrn up" for a copy.
These able and energetic men of
business promise delivery by May 1.
If they make good this promise
and it will not be a fault of theirs
if the7 don't it will be up to you
to come over with a pair of twins.
You need the book, they need the
twins according to iVconomics,
we have the requisite conditions for
a trade.
And the Yackety Yack this year
will be worth it. Friend, I have
seen, 1 have read, and 1 know
Tarboro, Hertford, Washington,
and Elizabeth City
r Visited.
Elizabeth City, March 1. The
Dramatic Club has reached this
city in its triumphal tour of Eastern
Carolina. And our trip, especially
the last two or three days, has been
a real treat to all of us.
Tarboro was our first stop. , We
reached there about four o'clock
Wednesday and began at once our
preparations for the performance.
Only a few tickets had been sold,
the show did not seem to be well
advertised, and the prospects were
rather gloomy. But we were de
termined to give a good perform
ance, and though the show did not
go nearly as smoothly as at Chapel
Hill, I think the crowd about 125
people were satisfied. For some
reason my guardian angel was not
good to me, and in the scene in
which I pull off my hat to show my
curl papers I had the most evil
luck: my wig came off. It is
needless to say that then and there
I caused much laughter.
From Tarboro we went to Green
whereof I speak. This is no adver-1 ville., Greenville is quite a nice
tising scheme, but a fact. The
Yackety Yack this year will be the
best ever and the fact that each
and every other board that ever was
said the same thing" does not make
i a . t
my statement any tne less true.
The previous boards thought their's
were, best up to then it may have
been, we know ours is Dest up
to now. lr you don t believe this
and I grant it will not be very
easy don't take it out. by cast
ing reflections upon the veracity
of my statements, but buy one
and see. And then, if you still
efuse to sanction the afore-mention
ed affirmation, you are at perfect
iberty to make remarks, not about
my veracity, but about my judg
ment. To me it is the best and I
can't be expected to change my
opinion to suit you, especially when
you have none.
But to get back to the Yackety
Yack. Facts and figures may
appeal more strongly to your con
crete soul than the generalities of
the theorist. Look you then: there
will be seventy-four drawings of
which there will be four and
twenty to occupy the entire space
of one page. There will be pic
tures, of me but that doesn't
hurt the book much; of you which
hurts either more or less, depend
ing on who "you" are; of the other
fellow and you may say what you
please about him. As to the num
ber of these pictures, my 'rithme
tic has done gin out, and I lost count
after I had used my right hand
'leven times and my left twelve.
There will be poems. No, not
verses, nor rhymes, nor doggerel,
(Continued on Fourth Page)
town, but we had a miserably small
crowd out to hear the show. Banks
sent hand-bills all over town, but
the people wouldn't come. Someone
explained that Greenville had been
humbugged so often by poor shows
that the town had become gun-shy
We left Greenville about ten
o'clock over the Norfolk and South
ern for Hertford, reaching there
about three o'clock.
The trip between Greenville and
Hertford was very interesting. We
passed through miles and miles of
swamp land with a rather dense
growth of cypress trees a sight
new to several of the western boys
in the company. And the trip
across Albemarle bound was a
novelty to almost all of us. The
Sound at the crossing point is
about eight miles wide and an hour
and twenty minutes h required to
make the crossing. But the time
did not seem long. From the time
we left Mackey's Ferry until we
landed at Edenton the fellows were
out on deck except a minute for
dinner taking it all in. The water
of the Sound was quite muddy and
just as we came in sight of it
after rounding a bend in the creek,
Yelverton described it as resemb
ling "hot chocolate with milk in
it."
At Hertford we received a most
pleasant surprise. The alumni,
headed by J. S. McNider, had pre
pared to give us the tine of our
lives. And they succeeded. We
were quartered at some of the
nicest homes in the town and we
experienced the true Southern hos
pitality, Mr. Potter and I weie
(Continued on Fourth Page)
Hester and Johnston, Tillett and
Rand, are the Fortu
nate Ones.
This year marks for Carolina a
new era in debates. Heretofore
Carolina has never had over three
intercollegiate debates and never one
with a northern college. At the
close of this session Carolina will
have engaged in four intercollegiate
debates, one being with Penn
sylvania. The debate with Penn
sylvania took place last fall and
three more are-yet to take place
this spring: the first one with
George Washington University,
the second with Virginia, and the
third with Georgia.
The George Washington debate
will take place here March 20th.
The query is: Resolved, That the
open shop subserves the best inter
ests of the laboring class. Caro
lina will defend the negative. The
Virginia debate will be held in
Richmond April 3rd. The query
is: Resolved, That national banks
should be allowed to issue, subject
to tax and governmental super
vision, notes on their general assets.
Carolina has the negative. The
Georgia debate will be held here
April 3rd. The query is: Resolved,
That the State should not prescribe
a maximum railway rate. Carolina
has the affirmative.
The Virginia preliminary contest
was held last Thursday night. The
contestants were: Messrs. J. W.
Hester, T. L. Simmons, and J. T.
Johnston. The committee, com
posed of Prof. Graham, Prof. Stacy
and Mr. Vermont, decided in favor
of Mr. Hester and Mr. Johnston.
The Georgia preliminary was held
Monday night in the Di Hall. The
contestants were Messrs. O. R.
Rand, C. W. Tillett, Z. H. Rose,
K. D. Battle, O. C. Cox, W. P.
Grier, W. B. Davis and W. D. Cox.
Dr. Henderson, Dr. Davis and Prof,
Stacy rendered their decision in
avor of Messrs. Rand and Tillett.
The George Washington debaters
were chosen sometime ago without
a contest. They are Messrs. T. W.
Andrews and W, P. Stacy, .
Mr. V. C. Edwards won the
place on the Georgia scrub team as
the Di representative. Mr. D. B.
Teague Saturday afternoon was
chosen the George Washington
scrub from the Phi.
Modern Literature Club Tonight.
The regular monthly meeting of
he Modern Literature Club will
be held in the Alumni Building to
night. The following papers are
scheduled to be read: The Novels
of Thomas Hardy, Prof E. K. Gra
ham; Mark Twain, Mr. Marma-
duke Robins; The Animal Stories
of Jack London, Mr. C. D. Ward-
aw; Paul Hamilton Hayne and His
Verse, Mr. J. B. Reeves; Thos.
Dixon: A Study of Reconstruction,
Mr, S. S. Nash.