The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-04
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New Students Arrfving-Eleetion Of
Oficers by observation-disclosures
sChosen-Athletics-The Old
village on a Boom.


Debaters Chosen-AthIetics-The Old
village on n Boom.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill, N. c., October 1.
The town OF Chapel Hill is on a
boom A number of new houses and
stores are being erected, a bank with
a capital of SO, 600 will start soon and
a cotton factory is being built A
number Of other improvements are
also going on.
The university continues in her
great work. 4 number Of new stu
dents have arrived during the past
week.
The senior class at their election held
in the chapel Thursday elected Mr..
Julian S. Carr, Jr., of Durham, presi-
dent and also elected the other officers
Of their class. The junior class held
their election yesterday. They elect
ed Mr.. Ward president.
The Dialectic and the Philanthropic
societies at their meeting last Satur-
day night elected their representatives
for the debate which annually takes
place between this university and the
university of Georgia. The Di society
elected Mr.. T. c. Bowie and the Phi,
Mr.. E.. X. Broadhurst. Both of these
gentlemen are good speakers and they
may be expected to give Georgia a
hard fight for the supremacy this ear.
Work has recommended on the
alumni hall and is being steadily push
ed forward.
Mr.. Augustus Van Wyck, who has
been nominated for governor of New
York is a graduate of this university.
He o the degrees of A. B., in 1864
and of A. NJ. in 1868. While here he
was editor of the University Magazine
and a member of the Dialectic literary
society. The Helenian of the year
"a is dedicated to him. The Dia1ectic
society has adopted resolutions of
sympathy in memory of the late Judge
Dick, of Greensboro, who was a mem
Der of this society while in college.
DR.. Alderman, who has been away
from the 'hill' for a few days Oh bus
mess, has returned.
The interest in athletics continues
and it is more apparent than ever that
Carolina is going to have one Of the
strongest foot ball teams in her his
tory this year. The men practice ev-
cry afternoon and they show them
selves to be we'll trained and full of
grit. The first game of the season is
to be played her this afternoon against
Guilford college. Next Saturday a
game is to be played against the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical college of
Raleigh. While these games are of
interest, yet the elimination of all
hopes and work will be reached on
Thanksgiving day when Carolina and
Virginia struggle for the supremacy
Of the south. This battle will be hard
er fought, perhaps, than eve before as
both colleges are represented by one
Of the strongest teams in their his
tory. Great interest is being taken
all over the state in the prospects for
hat game.
l get the following from The Tar
Heel. The library received from Mr..
NICE. Walton, last week, a gift of seven
books among which is a copy of Edwin
Fuller's Sea Gift which has been out
of print for a number of years. The
list of publications subscribed to by
the library includes ~thirty-five month
ly magiZines, seven Quarteries, two
bi-m%OnthlieS, n semi-mOnthly, eleven
weekly magazines, twenty-five week
ly newspapers, four semi-weekly ews
papers and eleven dailies. The above
includes all the leading periodicals
and newspapers published in America.