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ence to the Y. M. C. A. at every meet ing. Without doubt, if all the boys were to unite and join the Y. M. C. A., the literary societies and athletics would also be well helped on. This could not but help the cause. College spirit would run high. This would be a most elevating atmosphere. Think of this plan and put it into operation. The members of the Y. M. C. A., realizing the need of a student secre tary, have pledged themselves for a part of the fund necessary in order to get the much-needed leader. We ear nestly hope that the students of the University will liberally lend their sup port to this movement. Several mem bers of the faculty have already ex pressed themselves as desiring this step to be successful, and will do all in their power to aid this move. So let us make a strong, hard pull and our efforts will be sure to be crowned with success. LOCALS Prof. Snowden delivered an ad dress last Tuesday before the St. John's Hunting Club, of which he is s a member, at "Indian Field," St. John's, Berkeley. The members of the student body, c many of whom heard the address of late ex-Senator Carmack to the graduating class of 1907, extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved fam ily of the great Tennesseean. President Moore was out of town on Monday and Tuesday of this week in the interest of the University. ON ATHLETIC FIELD Though the football season is now almost over, and it will be some time before the students will again assem ble on side lines in the afternoons to watch "the team" practice, the local editors, now that this is the last issue with which they will be connected, wish to offer this suggestion: That hereafter everybody go out to encour age the team in the afternoons, wheth er football, baseball, or track, for it helps a whole lot. But be considerate and obliging enough to the coach and management of the teams to witness the practice from the grandstand or bleachers. It would be much more comfortable on your part and you would be able to see equally as well, and besides everyone knows how much we are in the way on the field and how often we have to be run back. Try this plan, boys, and see if it will work. * * * Mr. Giles J. Patterson, of Chester, spent Thursday and Friday on the campus with friends. Mr. A. W. Dargan visited relatives in Charlotte on Monday, on his re turn from Chapel Hill. * * * Mr. Robertson, of Abbeville, also visited Carolina friends Sunday. Mr. "Cad" Coles, of Augusta, spent Thursday with Mr. J. D. Lee and friends. Mr. Lowry Blake wants to know if the canal over at Augusta is an artificial one. * * * Save up, boys, and let's all go to Charleston on the block with the team Thanksgiving. * * * Mr. M. M. Mann, law 'o4, of St. Matthews, has announced himself a candidate for clerk of the Senate. * * * The framing for the roof of the new building will be put up soon, and the building is expected to be com pleted early in 1909. The treasurer would like to men tion a matter of very great import ance to many of us-last month's board. * * * How about that Dramatic Club? * 1* * Boe Marion, at Benbow Hotel "Yonder she comes." * 1* * The Hbp. J. C. 'Sheppard, Jr., wanted to know why Moses wouldn't carry mustard in the ark. Wynne-Gee,. fellows, they have petrified brick on the streets in Dur ham. * * * Ben Beverly-"Bob, is Chapel Hill a millinery school?" Question-If two batter-cakes cover a shingle, how long will it take a grasshopper to kick a mule's ear full of collar buttons? Answer-He was her little brother. The Requirements of An Athlete at Carolina The following is taken from The State of last Thursday in connection with professionalism in the football ranks of the S. I. A. A.: "In marked.contrast to this muddle that is apparently on in the S. I. A. A. is the method adopted at the Univer sity of South Carolina to prevent any professionalism from entering the ranks of its collegiate sport. The board of trustees has allowed athletics at the University under suitable regulations by the joint athletic committee. The rules and regulations of the athletic committee provide against any but bona fide students taking part in ath lectic contests. Such students must be regularly matriculated students and must be pursuing a course' of study in the University that requires five hours' lecture work for graduate stu dents and io hours' work for under graduate students. "In the matter of professionalism the rule is that no professional athlete shall take part in any contest as a member of the team at the University, andc that no player shall, directly or 'indci rectly, receive any compensation for his services on the team or teams. These provisions are strictly enforced, and although Carolina is not a member of the S. I. A. A., when teams in that association are played the other pro visions in the S. I. A. A. are adhered to. Altogether, athletics at Carolina is clean; p)erhaps more so than in any institution in the South." The University should feel proud of her stand in athletics at present. The Solid South More than forty years have passed since the surrender at.Appomattox. Since that time a generation of Amer ican citizens has lived and moved and died, carrying with it the bitterest of those bitter hates and antagonisms, born of strife, that once existed be tween the sections. Dreamers tell us that patriotism and the comradeship developed in our late war with Spain have bridged the chasm, and that henceforth the North and the South are united with the bonds of a common country. We only hope that their dream is not the baseless fabric of a vision. But in one respect at least the thir teen States that followed the Southern Cross are, and of necessity must be, opposed to their Northern sisters. In every presidential election since 186, the votes of these thirteen States have been cast for the Democratic standard bearer, irrespective of his own person ality or of the platform on which he stood. In spite of all ofir claims to in dependence it is our belief that the vast majority of Southerners are Demo crats because their fathers were Dem ocrats before them, and because the mere name Republican carries with it the odor of corruption and negroism. But what of the future? Taft, it is said, will try to break the solid South, and with the prestige of his office and the public patronage at iis control, the attempt is not to be scorned. But we do not think he will succeed. Some, of course, will take the bait, but even the results of the last election show that the vital principles on x:.hich the Democratic party is founded are still as live as they ever were. We lost in the last election, not because of our platform, but because of the man who stood upon it. We believe that the party will rise again and be successful in the future, and when that time comes the solid South will be found within its ranks as firmly united as ever. Political prophets are plentiful who say that we are in the midst of par lous times. Socialism, independentism and radicalism are raising their hydra heads. Upheavals and cataclysms will shatter the very foundations on which our government rests. Be this as it may, we are persuaded that the South will be faithful to her present love and that even if her allegiance changes, she will be found united. For in union alone is there strength, and in strength alone is there supremacy. B. J. W. The band around his summier hat he lent her for a belt; So wvhen she gave it back again he saw the little welt Her buckle had inflicted, and he whis pered, bending low,. "If I but look on this, (lear one, your measure I shall know." With just the least susp)icion of an noyance in her pout, "Is that the only way," she 'said, "you have of finding out ?" The melancholy (lays have come The sadd(est of the year ; A little hot for whiskey straight, A little cold for beer. --Selected. The Co-ed She will flirt with the Senior And banter the Soph, But the poor little Freshman She will give but a scoff. With the jolly old Junior She can have lots of fun, But the poor little Freshman She has completely undone. She will court all the athletes Who wear a "black C," But the poor little Freshman She will give "twenty-three." She's continually after The Special and Post, But the poor little Freshman Comes in for a "roast." The Professor she worries And takes up his time, But the poor little Freshman Gets his in a "lime." Senior, Junior, and Sophomore She flirts with and teases, But the poor little Freshman She does as she pleases. C. B. H., 'Io. UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. S. C. MITCHELL, M. A., Ph. D., LL. D., D. D., President. On leave of absence at Brown University. ANDREW C. MOORE, A. B., Acting President. Campus. PATTERSON WARDLAw, A. B., LL. D., Dean of the Department of Educa tion. College street. F. HORTON COLCOCK, C. E., LL. D., Dean of the Department of Physics and Engineering. Campus. M. HERNDON MOORE, A. B., LL. B., Dean of the School of Law. Pick ens and Gervais streets. LEONARD T. BAKER, A. M., Secretary.; Sumter street. MRS. S. L. LATIMER, Matron, Stew ards' Hall. Green street. GENERAL. IRVINE F. BELSER, President Athletic Association. 12 W. Rutledge. B. JENNINGS WHITE, President Aca demic Class. 6 E. Rutledge. J. COPELAND MASSEY. President Law Class. 5 E. Legare. J. 0. ALLEN, President Clariosophic Society. W. Harper. B. J. WHITE, President Euphradian Society. 6 E. Rutledge. JNO. C. SHEPPARD, JR., President Y. M. C. A. 6 E. Rutledge. IRonT. M. COOPE.R, JR., Manager Foot ball Team. 9 E. Rutledge. ROBT. M. COOPER, JR., Manager Base ball Team. 9 E. Rutledge. THOS. K. VASSY, Manager Basket ball Team. DeSessaure. ROBT, E. GONZALES, Editor-in-Chief "Garnet and Black." Senate street. B. JENNiNGS WHITE, Editor-in-Chief "Carolinian." 6 E. Rutledge. L. WARDLAW SMITH, Editor-in-Chief "Gamecock." 9 E. Rutledge. IRVINE F. BELSER, Business Manager "Garnet and Black." 12 W. Rut ledge. L. WARDLAW SMITH, Business Man ager ."Carolinian." 9 E. Rutledge. BERNARD MANNING, Business Man ager "Gamecock." 6 Monte Carlo.