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vonSprechen, Pea- Holmes, cock ...... ]. h. b. Beverly, Sheppard Weir, Robson...f. b........... Belser Referee--Geo. Butler (North Caro lina). Umpire-Sandy Beaver (Georgia). Head Linesmen-Dorsey (Geor gia). Linesmen-Smith and Gordon (Georgia). Timekeepers-Cooper (Carolina), and Wright (Georgia). Time of halves-Twenty minutes each. Y. M. C. A. NOTES M. A. MILLER. In this age of rapidity there is noth ing that is undergoing as strenuous at tack as Christianity. The attacks on the Bible during all of the ages past have not been as great as they are to (lay. Will the Bible stand the test? is the all-important question being asked by many. That it will remain stable cannot be doubted. It has survived the downpour of flings from every side for ages, and, beyond question, will remain as stable as before for ages to come. This being true, how can any one conscientiously neglect to connect him self with those things that count for ultimate good? The Bible is the young man's book. If there be any young man who has supposed that the ordinary social virtues are all the re ligion a mian needs, and if he has the impression that the Bible favors this idea, let him come and study these pages. He will find that no book is so at war with the idea of the merely or namental virtues when not attached to a holy heart. God made man to believe. The power to believe is man's great char acteristic over beasts. Some young men think that since we have the pow er of doubting, as well as the power of believing, we are to work both by doubt and by belief. So we have eyes for seeing, but we have the power to put them out. Nevertheless, God gave us eyes, not that we might be blind with them, but to see with them. See ing is the legitimate use of the eyes, just so as believing is the legitimate use of the faculties of the mind and soul. And what blindness is to the eye made for seeing, that doubting is to a mind made for believing. First of all, then, we must study the Bible, because it is true. Then the Bible should appeal to us as literature worthy of study. One learned writer says that "The agnostic wvill not deny that, if every particle of authority and supernatural character be taken from the Bible, it will re main one of the world's great litera tures, second to none. The study of the Bible is a neces sity. Another writer said, "When an inquiring young man is driven to this recognition of God, as a logical neces sity of all thought, as a demand alike of brain and soul, of the outward na ture that surrounds us and of the in ward nature that -is made to know and judge of these outward things and to trace back facts and laws to their only possible origin in the personal thought and personal act of a personal God, he has come to stand not only upon a broad and lofty ground, but beside all the best thinkers of the world." Realizing, then, the value of Bible study and as an inspiration in our daily work, why not join one of our Bible classes? The Y. M. C. A. offers three courses in Bible study. I. The Life of Christ. II. The Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles, and, IIf. Studies in Old Testament Characters. The class in course one has been formed under the leadership of Pro fessor Gee. Too much cannot be said of the value of this course. It is said that the life of Christ was one of the most stupendous failures the world has ever seen, and on the other hand, one of the most stupendous successes. This is - statement that is worthy of invest-,tion. Some have enrolled for the other two courses. Leaders will be an nounced later. Become interested and attend one of these classes next Sun day morning. They meet at 10 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. Hall. There was no regular speaker booked for last Sunday afternoon, but we were fortunate enough to have Professor Whittle, who was passing through the city, with us. He gave some remarks that were well received. He urged that we become enthusiastic now at the beginning of our new year's work, and thereby accomplish much. He said that the world needs leaders to carry on this 'work. Here in our meetings is the place to prepare us for life's tasks. Much crime is committed today be cause so many are not conscious of a God who rules the universe. Isn't this enough to awake us from our slum bers and begin to see the possibilities that lie dormant in every human life?' We are glad to be able to announce that Dr. Samuel M. Smith, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will speak at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday afternoon. Dr. Smith would not speak on short notice, but wished time to prepare something of worth. So we may expect a rich talk next Sunday afternoon. Come and hear him. LOCALS Carolina well deserves to be proud of her library of more than 40,000 volumes, for indeed there are few in stitutions in the South that are able to boast of an equal. But we believe that there is room here for improve ment, as in all things else. In the evenings, when the campus is quiet and free from dairy interruption by callers, how pleasant it would be to have 'access to that "storehouse of knowledge." Yet, not so. During the morning hours our time is taken up by class duties, during the afternoon by football, baseball, golf, tennis and other forms of athletics, and at night, when we begin our preparation for the next (lay, reference books are out of our reach. How inconvenient for those who take part in athletics, and especially those who are preparing de bates, essays or material for other lit erary exercises. And, more than that, how inconvenient for even those of us who do not take part in athletics. We all have a desire to see the team at work in the afternoon, and it often happens that our afternoons are en gaged in other ways. For instance, procuring ads for the college publi cations or preparing material for the next issue. Another hour when we would ap preciate the library is on Sunday after noons. How much better it would be to spend Sunday afternoon in the library than on the streets or roaming about from room to room as we now