The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-07
FOOTBALL COACH ron 1903
Mr.. W. j. w--rcn VIII Train the Uni-
versits Team This Falf-Track
Team ProSpecfS-Dcirate With
Washington aud lee University.
DIR. Wheeler Honored.
Especial TO the Messenger.)l

Especial TO the Nessenger.0
Chapel Hill, April 4.-Mr. W. J. Wal
Her. of Cornell university. has been 49,
lcctel 10 coach the University OF
North Carolina foot ball team for The
season of 1906. Mr.. Warner played on
the Cornell team for four years. and
VAS captain of il during the last two
years. In 1901 lie was guard on Wal
ter Camps All-American and VAS
given the same position on Casper
Nhitney's in IS2. In 1908 he WAS
lead coach Mt Cornell. Last year he
coached Sherman Institute. an lnd.a1
school at Riverside. Cal, and developed
Il team that vas considered the cham
pion Of the Pacific coast. They won
over Leland Stanford University. UEs-
versity of Nevada and the University
o. Southern California. Mr.. Warner
Was very highly recommended and WAS
selected Ill preference To five other e~-
client coaches whose names We're un-
der consideration.
The prospects for n winning track
team to represent the university tits
year are very bright. \ majority OF
the members of last years team are lii
college and in addition 10 these there
several new men who nave good rec
ards for track work. The captain OF the
team. Mr.. j. Sprunt Newton. is one Of
the best track men the university has
had in Il number Of years. and he is
taking n great deal of interest in the
development of the team. h anti
dates for the track team have already
begun work and every afternoon out Of
door practice is held under the super
| vision of coach \. u. Brown. Among
the candidates for the team are: New
ton. Wilson. Curtis. Winhorne, Perry.
Story, Sifford. Reed. SinGletary, Kenan,
Gudger. pittman, .IacocES. Johnson anu
Jones.
The debate between Washington and
Ice University and the University of
| \0rtN Carolina VIII he held at Chapel
I'LL on the evening of April 18th.
ut s O'cloCE in Gerard Hall. The query
for discussion is. Resolved. That The
J Tine has Come When the Fact of tic
Solid South is Detrimental TO the Prog
! ress of the South" The debaters tor
Carolina are Mr. ]. {. Wright. of Sami'-
son county. from the PLilanthropic 80
c!ety. and Mr.. =. II. King. of Orange
, county, from the Dialectic Society
Both these gentlemen are experienced
| debaterS. This is the Only inter-collS-
| giate debate to 0c held ut C1aDe! Hill
| this wear.
& Alvin Sawyer Wheeler. associate
professor Of chemistry in the universe
| ty. has been invited To deliver Il coG"Sc
Of lectures Oh organic chemistry bcfoIc
| the summer school of Harvard univcr-
Sity text Summer He has accepted The
invitation. This is quins iii nonor 10
DR.. Wheeler as we'll as to the uniycr-
| Sity. for Harvard seldom comes South
for his lecturers.
The senior class took 4; step last
week which promises to mean u great
deal for the university and to win for
| the class the honor of succeeding CO.
lege generations. They decided 10
/ poStDOGe the presentation of the uSua'
| class gift. given each year by each
class at graduation. until the reunion
of the class to he held at commence
ment il 1915. Instead Of the gift being
n hundred dollar piece of statuary it
will be something of much greater p
cuiary value and Of more practical anG
lasting advantage.
1t is believed that the decision of the
class means a great deal for h future
of the university. 1t means that tn"
members Of the class will as alumni;
men of the world. take Il syStemati !.
practical interest in the welfare or
their alma mater. Besides being Il -"
cuniary benefit to the university tn:
movement viii lserve to hold he class
together. TEe permanent officers OF
the class, who were elected at the close
OF the meeting. are: President. y. y.
Townsend: vice president, H.. McRary
Jones: secretary and treasurer, Frank
Mclean.
1t is noted with interest that the CnI-
versity Of North Carolina is a member
Of an organization recently formed hy
ten OF the leading universities OF
America for the purpose Of Offering
summer courses in geology. The move
n:ent towards his association of WORK.
"rs in geology "a started last year 10y
Yale and Harvard. II Professor Cor
her Cobb. of this university, was ask
CO 10 cooperate in the work. The mi
versity of North Carolina is the only
Southern institution in the association.
which includes Yale, Harvard. Johns
Hopkins and others schools of like
rank. Each college will offer onc
or more courses on the subject named.
The course to be taught hy Professor
Cobb will be accepted as credit towards
Il degree here and III Il number OF other