The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-26
ATTENDANCE AT UNIVERSITY.
a Map showing How Ii Is Distribut.
ed-Athcns News.


Athens, Ga. March 25.-An interesting
map, sowing the present attendance at
the University of Georgia from various
parts of the state, has been made and
is now to be seen on the chancellor S
bulletin board. The map sows that the
university draws it's chief support from
the middle belt of counties. However
some of the mountain counties send a
goodly number of students, and several
districts in the extreme southwest are
we'll represented. The smallest attend
ance shows up in the southeastern por-
ton of the state
The heaviest attendance from single
county is that of Clarke numbering thir-
ty-six students; Fulton is second with 81
Floyd is third, with Il; Chatham is fourth,
with 10; the three counties of Jasper,
Cobb and Greene each have eight stu
dents here. A considerable number have
five, still more have four, and when all
the represented counties are reckoned,
it is found that only 81 out of the 1877
in the state have no boys in the uni
versity
University athletics are looking up and
especially is this true of track athletics.
Capt. H. o. johnson has his men we'll in
hand and the work of the track team this
year will be splendid. There will be two
field days held during the term. The first
will be the handicap field day on April IA,
and then the regular field day on May ~.
A great deal is expected of the following
men: In the dashes, H. johnson, =. John
son, Cox; in the long distance runs, Mona
han, Hardy, Dean, j. Baxter, Rocker. Up
shaw, Hammond. Strickland. Clay, Hoyt
and Boyd; in the broad and high jumps,
Hodgson, Dorsey, II. Johnson, Clay, Ruck-
er, Dodd and Monahan; in the hurdles,
Monahan, Hodgson, Clay, Dodd, Hardy,
Dean; for pole vault, Rucker Monahan,
Hodgson, Dodd; with the weights, Richie,
Lindsey.
The present board of editors of the Red
and Black retire with this weeks issue.
Under the editorship of Mr.. Charles w.
Davis of Atlanta, the paper has proved TO
be quite a success
The University Chess Club was organiz-
ed last night with fifteen enthusiastic
members.
Hon. p. A. Stovall comes next Saturday
to address the students in the university
chapel. Mr.. Stovall will deliver his lect-
ure on 1.-The Land of Manana."
Prof ]. H. T. MCPHERSON will begin this
week his series of lectures to the law class
of the university on the subject of "Ro-
man Law"
Col. G. H. Yancey, secretary of the Geor-
gia Prison Commission. spent yesterday
in Athens inspecting the Clarke county
convict camp, which he pronounced to be
in fine condition.
Miss Mildred Rutherford will chaperone
a party of eight or ten young ladies on
a European trip this summer, leaving just
after Lucy Cobb commencement next
June.
keystone Chapter No. l, Royal Arch Ma
sons, has been reorganized in Athens
with an enthusiastic membership of sixty
four The officers are Max Joseph high
priest; w. f. Dorsey, king; j. w. Comak
scribe; w. ]. Garehold, captain of the
| host; w. L. Wood, principal sojourner
w. A. Caps. royal arch captain: S. C
| Epson, w. B. Lawhead and j. f. Rhodes
masters of the wells; j. b. Cooke, treas
| urer, and L. b. Flacton, secretary.
| The Athens council the highest branch
| of masonry in Athens, was organized Fri
day night with twenty-five members II
| Fl. Linton Is thrice illustrous master
Max Joseph is deputy master, and w. F
| Dorsey is principal conductor of Tn,
works The Masons here hope to be abl
to secure a commandery of Knights
Templar next year.