The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-10
CAROLINA CLUB AT CAMBRIDGE
Tar Heel Students at Harvard Enter
LaIIi I>Ecs4,svnt EO.SG.t aG DIIInvr.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 9.-trom
me SUCCESS which the Caronna pUys
uau IN entertaining EIeoIuenC rOtv>44,
VI vyane Il urcSt, Ivy nave decided ~
| form a STATE cluU. Inc Injecting Wa
| We nelu touIUrroW evening IN the room
| Oh y. +. I1dyneSWOfln, oI CreeDVlIe,
- G., VINO Is a senior this year. State
| cubs are quite popular among the
harvard men. who nave All sorts Oh
| private clubs. But II is only the eX-
clusIve ana eject who make them. 1 ne
| Ordinary mortal, VINO mas not mad the
advantage of some OF the New England
| Preparatory SCHOOLS (Which some peo-
| ple are mean enough TO call rich
men s ScnooIS), does not stand mucn
snow OF getting INTO Inc social OrgdnI-
HduOnS, Wnlcn exist IN large NUMBERS
! IN CamDrlaSe. men VINO nave achieved
SUuIcIIIIIS wUIuSrIuI al dLnieIICS, some
! .In4eS III stuuIeS, whose IatneIS are ca
| ,Ien4eIy Wealthy, or are preSIuenIs, SCI
| uIlo the inner circle. DuC THESE are
n4oatIy unuer-sr graduates. AND II d MAN
Simply comes 70 harvard TO study, anu
Iii the graduate departments al InAt,
ne probably VIII noe even know mucII
ABOUT r1drVaru cubs.
mere are numerous of men who do
not &c. mo lIIc SoCIdI SWIM, aS LypI-
ned W l.le CIups, yet VINO wall. -
nnOW The. Otner A4e4I IrOnI thCIf UwII
states. 1heSe nave crysIallzeu lltO
State cIuDS. mere are now aDuu.
twenty vi mem, WIN membership o.
from twenty 10 one nunufcu. N14aoOul4
MS Ilcarly =, nunured students ana
consequently the largest OF such or
gdnlzaLIUnS.
1ney are all very informal in ma
cure, 4,Itenueu Simply 10 get the Ihell 20
nIIUwlns each OtIIcI. IL lS about Lno
OnIy way up mere, 100. nave Ueen III
44aI Varu tOr TWO years ana al the men
knOW are d lew WnI.e-SOuIed IeIIOT%
WIN whom L nave struck up acquaint-
dnceS we sat slue Dy sIde III the
leuL.ire rooms. a lew nave met
enough various chances outsIue, Ine
n4en III my own uornluOry, L have
nnUWlI Ne4, ana OF course, L Have
LOrceu myself on Il good many more
Al the course OF my newspaper worn
~ me COneSe. Some OF IncSe Chose
20 remember me because lney nave
received IdVurs, others are acIudteu py
tne MOVIES SPOKEN OF by Alfred men
~ Lewis, me distinguished poIllcaI
writer, iii telnng now ne got ms nrst
nUlu N Washing tOn-"tney began 10
respect my Vicious pen, rest L turn
upon lnelI. buL altogether don De
IIrVe L KNOW Il nunureu men out or the
Aour thousand mere. NO one paruCu-
IdrIy cares 10 know more tnan dozen
OF 50. WHAT'S the use When you are
IN search or amusement hunt up one
or two congenlaI IeIoWS ana take d car
90 boston, twenty minutes away. More
lIIan mat WOuIu De TOO MANY. II BOo-
lUn, were not so near, WIIn It's many
.arIeues OIL entertainment, the men
might be forced to become acQualnt-
ed. But as 1t is The university IS too
large and no one tries because the task
is nopeTeSS.
When a Freshman comes to this be-
wilderlng maze, there is nowhere 10
lurn for advice or shelter. Every one
looks out for himself. by the time he
graduates, he begins to md out what
me good courses are, where the good
dmuSementS are, how TO succeed So
clalIy, etc. we sort of DelieVe we
may be OF some use to fellows from
the CarolinaS VINO may come mere IN
lne future. beside knowing lot OF
good fellows. Inere are eighteen men
mere this year from the two states, and
1t has ben decided to cast the IUtS TO-
geuher and be on the watch for new
fellows each year. as well as TO get TO-
gether tor our own pleasure SeVefal
times during the year. 1t Will be
a distinct pleasure TO get INTO an at
mosphere all OF the Sunny South, al
ter d few months or perchance years
chances to forget the rush OF coIlege
life. .'-'.'
DR.. Poteat did not exactly start all
this movement, but he helped nightly
10 get the enthusiasm reused. he had
peen Iecturing over in the Newton
Theological Seminary on mis- faVorlte
topic, Science and Religion" for
week. q. $. Stephenson, Of Pendle-
Con. n. c.. heard of his visit. tie
lob
and this was his chance TO show his
appreciation tC his old president, and
ne invited Dr.. Poteat over to Cam
bridge for couple of days. About Il
dozen of US met the Doctor Friday
evening and had dinner with him iii
the Union, the big club house OF the
university which IS open to all stu
dents. 1t was d pleasant little gather
ing. of which DR.. Poteat was the CEN
ter. His talk was bright and enter
tanning, and after dinner, we adj
iourned to one of the small meeting
rooms which was reserved for us. l
was especially interested in the guest
by reason of one-time intention
of going to Wake Forest myself.
correspondent with DR.. Poteat atES$ 1t
and having never seen him, was
pleased to talk with the man whose ad-
vice was of considerable service to
me- Whatever may be said for or
against Harvard, there is probably no
other institution where l could have
made enough money while in college
to pay my expenses.
Another guest that evening was
Prof. j. l.. Love, formerly of CASTOR,
n. c.. who has been in New England
for fifteen years. He is now pro-
fessor of mathematics In Harvard and
stands very high among the faculty,
of which there are nearly four hun
dred members.
HALBERT r. STEPHENS,
Harvard OF