The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
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Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chanel Hill March O

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill, March 8.
The weather. of the past few days has
been ideal for base ball practice and
the many candidates for positions on
Cardinals 1901 team have been GU;
each afternoon. working hard. The
prospects for a good team are very
bright. Of last years players. in var
sity and SCRUB, the following are back.
MeSsrs. Wilcox. j.; FouSt, Battle,
Graves. Holt. Harrington. Graves, Carr,
Graham. A. W.; Donnelly, Graham, CT;
Oldham. Brem. and among the new
players are Pendleton, Cooke, Cunning
ham. McAden and others. All the men
seem to be determined to make a win
ming nine. Each position is holly con-
tested and the fina! lineup no doubt
will be a winning team.
Interest in track athletics, heretofore
an undeVeloped feature of our life, is
now very great. Candidates for the
track team are practicing daily in doors
and after the 18th they will begin regu-
lar out door work. 1t is probable that
the university will sen a team to COM
pete for the southern collegiate track
vents to be held in New Orleans later
in the spring.
Mr.. Weston r. Gales, the noted
evangelist. has been on the Hill the
past two weeks. conducting two SER
vices a day. last week in the universe
ty chapel n this week in the Metho-
dist church. all of which were largely
attended. A great deal of interest was
aroused and his visit has been very
profitable to the student body.
Professor NJ. C. S. Noble, professor Of
pedagogy. delivered the regular facu;-
ty lecture on Thursday night in Ger
rard hall. A large audience heard him
on the interesting subject. Fort Fish
er and The Southern Blockade" Illus
trated by charts. he showed the posi-
ton of that celebrated fort and for an
hour he told Of the heroic fight there.
His description of the brave blockade
runners was particularly thrilling. It
was of the most enjoyable and in
| structive of all the lectures yet given.
The fraternities and literary societies
have co-operated this year n will
jointly issue The College Annual,
which will be truly representative of all
sides of college life. The editors have
been recently elected and are now hard
at work preparing matter. The name
of the annual before was "Hellenian;'
hereafter it will be known as The
Jac~kety-Jack."
Much interest is felt here in the in
.ter-coliegiate debates, to take place this
spring between this university and Un-
iversity of Georgia at Athens and be.
tween Carolina n Vanderbilt univer-
sity to be held here. Both questions are
now vital ones IN Americas life-"The
Great Trust Problem" Carolina. has
the misfortune to be on the unpopular
affirmative side in each debate, but Duh
debaters are now preparing themselves
well and they can be depended on to
change peoples opinion and to bring
back more victories for their alma
mater. Out of four debates against
Georgia, we have won all except the
first and we were also the winners 81
the first debate against Vanderbilt
held last year in Nashville, Tenn.
These two great forensic contests are
the most interesting things for the
spring term.
Messrs. Cole and Holiday, the cele-
brated photographers, of Durham, have
been here h past few weeks doing The
regular annual Photographic work fol
the university. All the classes, clubs
fraternities, organizations, ETC., have
had their groups taken and the sen
ors have had individual photograph:
taken which, according to an old Gus.
tom here, they exchange with each 9th
er before commencement
Chapel Hill is now thoroughly equipp.
ed with a modern telephone system
just completed. There are abou fifty
subscribers in the village and long dis
tance connection can be had with Dur
ham. Raleigh etc.
The foundations of the Mary Anr
Smith dormitory building are -abou
completed and work is p~rogressin;
steadily on the building.
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