The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-04-14

To the Gold Leaf.

/ " the OOlo A~1A'-
Dr. A. Steiner, of Grinnell Uniyer-
sity. delivered lecture last Wednesday
night on ''Tolstoi the Man." He i'm
pressed his audience as one who exem-
plified the life principles which are the
| keynotes OF the Russian philosopher g
| character. While the student body oil
the University has been addressed by
| such foremost thinkers as Lyman Abbott,
| David Starr Jordan. Woodrow Wilson,
and Ambassador Bryce, seldom has any
| speaker held an audience in Gerard Hall
more rapt in attention than DR.. Steiner.
The delightful personality of DIR. Steiner,
| "the dreamer" as he admitted himself to
be, would buve made any lecture enjoy
able: but his talk upon Tolstoi did not
need the fire his gesticulation and fire.
| Quent humorous interspersions to make
it a success. TolstOi was the fountain
source from which Dr. Steiner drew the
idealsm which constantly made itself
felt throughout the entire lecture.
DR.. Steiner, out of a long personal
friendship with Tolstoi, graphically told
the life struggles and the life purposes OF
Tolstoi ''Tolstoi," said DR.. Steiner,
"has done what he has through love.
Born OF aristocratic parents, brought up
in the atmosphere OF the best society OF
a Russian city, he could not be satisfied
with a life whose only purpose was to
continue in the way of wealth. He ask
ed himself questions which could not be
answered in the ramshackle university
at which he was a student. He came
under the influence of Rousseau and aid
ed by his own serious thought he became
convinced that the purpose Of his life was
to do the will of God. He realizes the
unreality of the individual as unit and
considers the lowest peasant his brother
and he set to do all that lay in his power
for the uplift of these people. He has
worked with consistent unselfshness,
often times in the face OF blank discourage
ment." DR.. Steiner also pictured the
simple life of the Tolstoi family and
numerous visitors of whom he has often
been one. He told of Tolstoi when he
last saw him on his eightieth birthday
a philosopher recognizing the force of
love.
On Thursday night two victories were
added to the debating record of the Uni
versity OF North Carolina. Messrs. G.. +.
Mcintosh and F. n. Cox won a unani-
nous decision over a team representing
the University of Georgia after a most
spirited contest held in Gerard Hall. At
the same time Messrs. 81. E. Stacy and
W. R. Edmonds measured arms with
representatives Of Washington and Lee
University before an audience which tax
ed the capacity of the Grand Opera
House in Greensboro. The decision in
this debate was also unanimous in
favor of Carolina. In both debates Car
DINA championed the negative OF the
question, Resolved: That all corpora
lions doing interstate commerce bust
ness should be required to take out Fed
eral charters under such conditions as
Congress may by law provide. Consti-
nationality granted.
Carolina in thirteen debates with the
University OF Georgia has won all but
four. Out Of two debates with Wash
ington and Lee she has lost one and won
one. Out of three inter collegiate de-
bates in which she has engaged this
year, the third being with the University
OF Pennsylvania, she has won three
Carolina holds the distinction of having
won twenty-one out of twenty-eight
contests during her debating career, and
OF having never lost a series. Among
her rivals have been Johns Hopkins,
George Washington University, Tulane,
Vanderbilt, Washington and Lee, and
and the Universities of Georgia, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia.