The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
ON THE CAMPUS AT ATHENS.
THE UNIVERSITY TO HAVE A LIT
ERARY MAGAZINE.

The Foot Ball Team Getting I'm Trim
for the Fall Games, Including One
at Observation-Disclosures with Mu-
steal IncIinatiOns Organizing
CIubs-The University Engineer
ing Society 20 BE Organized Early.
Athens, Ga, Oct S.-The University of
Georgia is TO have a splendid literary
magazine, to be published monthly by the
students. Its special aim Will be TO de
velop the literary and journalistic tai
ents of the different students who eN-
pect to make that portion Of their life
work.
The magazine is be published by the Phi
Kappa and Demosthenian Literary Socie-
ties Of the university and those bodies a
few days since appointed an advisory com
mittee to nominate an editorial staff. The
advisory committee consists of DR.. p. F.
Riley, professor Of English, f. X. Boland,
president of the Phi Kappa Society, and
w. D. Dasher. president of the Demos
thenian Society. That committee has &C
lected the following editorial STAFF: J. ",
Mason, editor in-chief; Shelby Myrick, To-
cal editor; Harry Dodd, exchange editor;
C. NJ. Walker, business manager, and c.
IL. Gray, assistant business manager.
The magazine will be a handsome forty
page affair, and the first issue will Dc
made this month The young men con-
nected with it will make it a credit to the
institution.
Manager COthran of the university foot
hall arranged the fOllOyV inc
games: Sewanee, at Athens; Mercer, a,
Athens; North Carolina, at Atlanta. An.
burn, at Atlanta; University of Alabama
at Tuscaloosa. All of the dates for these
games have not yet been arranged. a
game will also be arranged with Wander
bilt one with some South Carolina team,
and one with the Savannah team.
The exhibition game of foot ball on the
campus this afternoon was a fine one. 1t
showed how well Capt. Warren, the uni
Versity trainer, has coached his men, The
Varsity team thus far is a little weak on
the line, but those positions will be
strengthened a little later on. There can
be no doubt but that the team this year
will far exceed last years team in quick
ness. fighting qualities, energy and endur-
ance. Capt. Nalley expects his team to be
victorious.
Those students who are unsteady in
clined are getting up a number of organ
azations IN the university. The ITALIAN
Dramatic Club, the Banjo and Mandolin
Club and the University Glee Club are the
latest. The university orchestra will be
organized soon by DR.. j. p. Campbell. Sa-
vannah has several good musicians here,
among the best being Mr.. W. S. Blum
The University Engineering Society will
be organized at an early date. This is al
ways one of the most interesting and ben
eficial organizations among the students.
DR.. Oscar Branch, candidate for rep
resentative from Oconee county on the
democratic ticket, was in Athens to-day.
Despite the fact that Oconee gave nearly
three hundred majority for the populists
two years since, the democrats have put
in good work, and DR.. Branch believes he
will be able to make the landing safely.
The city council is thinking of order
ing a survey for a new sewerage system
in a portion of the town not now covered
by sewers, and the work of construction
Will probably begin Jan. /.
Wade Hampton, aged 81 who died
IN Atlanta Thursday, was buried here
this afternoon.
Mrs. Nora H. Vincent, widow of the
late Charles d. Vincent of this city. was
married yesterday at Jonesboro to DR.. J.
S. Cousins.
A negro named Charles Harris shot his
wife five times last night in this city
The woman will recover. Harris escaped.