The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-29

Preparations for Athletic SporA-Au
interesting Lecture On suba.
~ The ATa~ca-.o-N

NTeparaSl0os Tor Atnteuc Sports-A0
Interesting Lecture on cuba.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill. n. c.. September g.
Thursday afternoon the General Ath-
letic Association. composed of the en-
tire student body, held their first meet
ing in Gerard hall Mr.. Kemp Lewis,
OF Raleigh. was elected president; Mr..
VIII Battle, of Raleigh, vice president,
and Mr.. Philip Busbee. of Raleigh. Sec
rotary and treasurer; also seven edi-
tors of The Tar Heel. the organ of the
Athletic Association, published week
ly, were elected, who at a subsequent
meeting elected. Mr.. w. F. Bryan, ed
itor-in-chief. and Mr.. A. J. Barwick.
business manager. The first issue OF
The Ta- Heel will be issued during the
coming week.
Thursday afternoon the foot ball
team lined up for the first time. Ev-
cry indication points to an e~xtraordi-
narily strong eleven. OF last years
players, Cunningham, Bennett, Koch
Ter, Shull, Graves, Phifer, Osborne and
Howell are back, with many strong
men playing for each position.
The following schedule, which is an
excellent one. has been arranged by
Manager Jones: October 7th. Agri-
cultural and Mechanical; October 14th,
Guilford; October 21st, Davidson; Oc-
tober 9th, University of Maryland;
November ,4th, United States Naval
Academy; November Sth, Princeton;
November 18th, University of Mary
land; November 18th, Virginia Poly
technic Institute; November 30th, Uni
versity of Georgia
The University German Club held
I<;~ R--% -oa~%;-r TI,,-.x,
The following officers were elected for
!, ensuing term: Mr.. III. c. Cowles, pres
ident; Mr.. M. Makely. vice president:
Mr.. E. Alexander, Jr., treasurer.
For the annual german, which takes
place in October, Mr.. E. N. Joyner was
elected leader.
Last night in Gerard hall, DR.. Phil
lips, of Pittsburg, Penn, lectured be-
fore the student body on Cuba, from
Personal Observations" His lecture
was full of wit and interest and was
highly instructive.
DIR. Phillips has been on a tou
through the island and he says it is
in a d~eplorable state after the war. He
said that DR.. Leonard Woods work in
Santiago was remarkable. He has made
out Of that city a clean and pleasant
was filth n sickness. DR.. Phillips
was often cheered, especially on his
reference to. General Wheeler.
DR.. Phillips is a son of the universe
ty, as DIR. Alderman sal in introduc-
ing him, and a served on the faculty
here. He made beautiful reference, in
closing, to Chapel Hill and his love for
the university, saying hat is only the
natural o. that every Chapel Hill
boy feels for his alma mater, after he
has left it.
This is the first of a series of instruc-
tive lectures that the faculty will offer
this year.
, A large number of new students have
registered during the week and the
| number of m~aticulated students is now
| very near to the 500 mark. The gym
nasium exercises under Instructor Cal
der began regularly this week.
A large number of the students of the
university law school will go owe to
| Raleigh to stand the September exam
ination before the supreme court or
Monday. These students have been
under the instruction Of Judge Shep-
| ard and Professor Crawford Biggs.
| Among them is Senator Marion But
| Ter, who stands very high in his class.
There are twenty-seven who have ap-
piled for license.