The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-05
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
The Second Week of the Term Finds
All the Departments Running Very
Smoothly Prospects for Record
Breaking Term-AthletIcs for the
Term.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)

Correspondence of the MeSsenger.)
Chapel Hill, N. C, September %.
The second week of the university's
term has passed and the total number
OF m1.trdculares is 4S1, which means a
Close Of the a
The freshman class numbers 119
members and the sophomore class has
los, which is much larger than any
other sophomore class that has ever
been here. OF a s years young ladies
who Were pursuing studies in the uni
Iversity three of them are back, Miss
Burke has been elected TO a professor
ship at Peace. Miss Jones Will teach
at St. Mary's. Miss Latham viii be in
tine public schools at a Antonio,
Texas, and Miss Leah Jones has a de
sirable position at Bixline. Mass. Nine
Others a entered for the first time
this year.
The year just opening promises TO
De n of the most remarkably sue
lcessful IN all its history.
Among h many interesting events
TO happen will be the Inauguration OF
DR.. F. p. Venable as president. The
helpful lectures delivered by members
OF the university faculty will be con-
tnued n Drs. Baskerville n Alex
lander are now selecting a course of
lectures from the most noted speakers
OF this and other countries.
Dr. Ellen Alexander has been elect
ed Dean of the faculty 10 succeed
Professor Gore, resigned. The election
OF DR.. Alexander gives universal sat
t~lsfaction to the students, with whom
me is very popular, though Professor
Gore won the esteem of all and re-
signed only because of extra work
that will take much OF his time.
The Tar Heel" came out for the
first time yesterday and will now be
regularly issued every week. The ed
1tors recently elected are Whitehead
lkluttz, Ivey Lewis, r. r.. Williams
B. s. Skinner, j. K. Hall, B. S. Drane
and Benjamin Bell, Jr., of Whining
ton.
The general athletic association had
the first meeting late Monday after
moon. The officers elected were: Pres
dent, A. r. Berkely, of Atlanta, Ga.
vice president, A. NJ. Carr, of Durham;
secretary-treasury, Benjamin Bell, Jr.
of Wilmington.
The under graduate and graduate
members of the advisory committee
elected were F. Bennett and T. w.
Jones, Jr.
Sophomore and Junior classes have
liClu IllclI CLASS SItClIOllS anu iuIle OCn6l
~IclaSses Will soon follow in their lead
The Shakespeare Club and Histori
Ieal Society will hold their first meet.
ElngS soon for organization.
The foot ball team has been gu
lpracticing every afternoon and they
are now in a fine condition. The play
Iers are gritty n determined, anC
the prospects are very bright. TIL,
Ifrst game of n season was Schedul
ed for this afternoon against Guilfort
college, but it has been cancelled.
1t will be remembered that last yea
"a state League was formed with tn,
avowed purpose of purifying Athletic
in North Carolina. los of the promi
Inent state colleges Joined the leagu
with the exception of the %universit
which became a member of the South
Iern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
Ition. The State League met an
adopted very stringent rules, eve
more so than the State INTERCOLLEGIATE
Athletic Associatin laws, but wit
these rules, there is absolutely no wa
of enforcing them. Among their rule
is one that the teams cannot play an
college except under the guidance c
the North Carolina Athletic Associa
ton. Although several games hav
been arranged with North Carolin
teams, they will all have to be cancel
led. as they will not play us nder tn
RUSS. Iney also say that a hrSt-graC
uate can play only one year, othe
students can play but four years, an
latter June no student of law, medics
or pharmacy can play. To bid b
these rules would cripple the unive
Isity so as to make it impossible fC
her TO compete with Georgia, Wander
bilt, Virginia and the other prominer
southern colleges which are under III
State Intercollegiate Athletic Assc
citation.
Oh Ourse where the university
forced to make its choice between tn
schools of the state and the create
institutions outside for it there ca
be but one cause to purSu
however, much it regrets not meetin
the school further in friendly an
pleasant contests. 1t is sincerely hoI
ed that some plan may be proposed /
(which the state teams will have
chance at the university as the r
ticeis very valuable to both.