The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
important Meeting of the Pathological
Club at Chapel Hill.

Club at Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill, N. c., April 2.-(SpeciaD
Not al the scholarly work of the
University is conducted in the eNer-
cises of the lecture room. Growing
out of this work, there is another, still
more in keeping with the best ideas of
university life, and that is the work of
the societies and clubs, in which pro-
fessor and student present side by side
the results of private research in
chosen lives. Such organizations are
the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society,
the North Carolina Historical Society,
the Philosophical Club and the Philo-
logical Club.
The latter is concerned with the
problems of language.
Tuesday night at the regular monthly
meeting of this club, the papers were
unusually varied, and exhibited ex-
tremely promising signs of reliable
scholarship. The first paper, by Mr..
George S. Wills, instructor in English,
was a study of the uses of Shall and
WILL" continued from previous meet
ing The discussion was now confined
to the uses of these auXiliaries in i'm
terrogative sentences and dependent
clauses. Quoting the usage of a large
range of reputable authors, Mr.. Wills
presented a detailed system for the
employment of "shall or will, making
valuable contribution towards the
solution of n difficult problem.
Next came a series of connected pa
pers on matters of literary and philo-
logical interest in some pre-Chaucerian
texts. These papers were based on
The seven deadly sins in Piers Plow
man, Passus 8; and Covers Confessio
Amantis.
Mr. j. w. Canada gave the history Of
the "seyen deadly sins in literature,
starting from the first mentioned in
the Proverbs of Solomon, and going
through the mystery and miracle plays
of the fourteenth century; then in
Marlow's DIR. Faustus, and Covers
Confessio Amantis Mr.. Il. G. Gregory
continued with description of the
treatment in Passus 5 of Piers Plow-
man, and in Sponsors Faerie Queen.
Mr.. r. G. Allsbrook then discussed
characteristic forms and idioms of the
fourteenth century, based on the Pas
sus s; and Mr.. w. J.Horney continued
the same subject with an exhaustive
grammatical and rhetorical analysis.
Prof Harrington, in his paper, "A
Startling Metrical Discovery" stated
the law recently formulated by Paul
Eickhoff as uniformly observed by
Horace i'm the Sapphic verses of Bks.
/ to3 of the odes.
Horace exactly followed an accen-
tual principle side by side with the ac-
cepted quantitatiye law, thus emphar
sizing the influence Of accent on Latin
versification even where it was least
10 be expressed. I'm accordance with
Horace's accentual practice the move
ment of the well-known melody by
Fleming. set to the famous ode, be-
ginning, "Integer vitae scelerisque
pnrns, was seen to be in harmony
with the movement Of the words, rath-
er than in violation of 1T. 1t was
shown that the sapphics Of Catullns do
not uniformly observe the rule, while
an example taken from a sixteenth
century writer was found fanltless in
this respect.
Finally, Mr.. f Z. Carr. instructor.in
Latin. gave the results Of careful
study Of the use Of adjectives with the
infnitiye in Persius 1t was q scholarly
paper; divided this usage into two
heads: (1) infnitiye with adjective at
tribute, after the model of the Greek,
but going much further than its pat
tern; (2) adjective with infipitive
where gerundiye or an ablatiye SUI
pine might be expected.
The meeting of the club was largely
attended by students and professors,
interested in the study of language.
The president of the University was
present, and took part in the animated
discussion of the paper.
The friends of the University will be
interested In seeing the students en-
gaging more actively than ever in true
university work.