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1 STING WHERE I TIGHT-
LIGHT OFTEN,
VOLUME III.
ATHENS, GA., JUNE 14, 1894.
NUMBER I.
DEDICATION.
To them that in high office are unfit
For that high office; to the damning
load
Of folly ignorance and incompetence,
That weighs upon our college like a
toad
Upon a fair, sweet flower, crushing it;
To Boggs’ bullyism and to Riley’s
freaks;
To Coates’ inborn, deathless, plente
ous lack of sense;
To all of these, and more,—for these
have called this forth,—
We dedicate this humble Bdmbi.e-Bei.
A GOOD SPEECH
Was that delivered last night by Tom
Jones, on the existing evils in the
University. A Speech of logic
and sound sense
A mass-meeting was held last
-fiighfcL. discuss the condition of
^affairs in the University. Tom
Jonts,,a level-headed and observ-
V ajmstutient
•of
‘‘Everyone in this hearing knows
that something ought to be done.
* * * * Some profess
ors and the librarian can be su
perseded by others, far more com
petent and better suited for the
positions. Dr. Boggs for one, the
Chancellor, speaking with all due
reverence of him as a divine, is not
the man for the Chancellorship,
and I think the following reasons
are convincing. Just at this time
when sectarian colleges are spring
ing up in every quarter of the land,
and there is a strong prejudice
against the University, and a ten
dency to degrade her from the first
place among the colleges of Geor
gia, at this juncture, above all
times, the Chancellor should be a
man of unprejudiced views, acute
intellect and wide influence. Is
Dr. Boggs a possessor of
any one. of these requisites? To
“ predestined to a life of ignorance.”
* * * “ It is rather sin
gular to me that the Trustees
should select such ignoramuses to
fill such important chairs, when
there are hundreds of ablq teachers
throughout the land.” * * *
Of our librarian, it is enough
to be said that she is very negli
gent in the discharge of her duties.
Many hours when we are idle and
desire to employ a while in read
ing, the library is closed. ‘ What
are you coming in here at this
hour for?’ was asked a boy one
evening at four o’clock, just as he
stepped into the library. Miss
Frierson was preparing to leave for
the evening. Just at that time,
perhaps, was the only time this
student had for miscellaneous
ret
influential, took advantage of the
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occasion iff id made 'a'very clear 1 ^ltbd'if)#nlatify™we will note" the
and comprehensive speech. Dur
ing the course of his speech, close
attention was given, and at the
close, he was enthusiastically ap
plauded.
The following are extracts of the
most importance of his speech.
“ I thank you for your call on
me to make a few remarks on tiie
present occasion which, I hope,
will meet with the desired effect,
to eradicate the existing evils of
the college.
‘To me this meeting, unpreci-
dented in its kind in the history
of the college, is for a noble end.
The idea of having it did not find
birth in the spirit of animosity and
hatred, nor did it originate in the
minds of children, whose object is
to worry and torment; but it did
originate, I am glad to say, in the
minds of students, who are loyal
to the institution, of which they
are a part. Our intention is not
to lower the standing of the Uni-
yersity In the estimation of the
people of Georgia, but merely to
apeak among ourselves of the exis
ting evils and come to some con
clusion as to what is best for the
college, and recommend the same
to the Trustees for immediate rec
tification.
t*M0 'Qcnj
orr —irut
specially, concerning his influence
fact that every year he appears be
fore the State Legislature to plead,
in his way, the cause of the' Uni
versity : practically his efforts
have been in vain. At the very
time when the college should be
endowed to keep pace with other
institutions of higher learning, and
at the time, I venture to say, it
would be endowed, if a devoted
and influencial man was the Chan
cellor. she is burdened with a cold
hearted and disinterested man as
the head,who works for self aggran
dizement alone. Besides this, his
name is repugnant to the student
body. Whatever he undertakes,
though it is seldom he tries to do
anything, it meets with failure
where the students are concerned.
librarian is very necessary for the
good df the students, or else the
striffly enforced by the present
to take off the cover and let the
light of day fall upon both good
and bad. Far be it from my pur
pose to sj3eak one insincere word,
or laise my hand against any man
or institution where good is done.
“Now let me say this and I am
done. Soon my fourth year in
college will be numbered with the
past; during my course I have
learned to love this dear old Uni
versity. I love her because my
father passed through her gates
and his name is enrolled upon her
record; I love her because these
halls have been hallowed by the
presence of many illustrious char
acters who lived and died in patri
otic devotion to their country’s
cause, and because she has, to me,
though imperfect in some respects,
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“Who has ever heard of anyone
loving Dr. Boggs? The question,
I see, excites laughter, but we all
well know that no one does. * *
“For a man to be a successful
teacher and of great benefit in
building up an institution, he must
be a man of influence.”
He spoke of Jesse Coates and the
new Prof. Riley, as being “hardly
competent to teach in a high
school;’’the former “has neither
sense nor experience;” the latter
incumbent.
“Besides the changes that should
be made that I have mentioned, I
am impressed more and more every
day with the fact that compulsory
worship should be abolished. (ap
plause). This is nothing less than
a relic of the Dark Ages. Com-
pell a free citizen to worship ! this
state of affairs ought not to find
sanction in the mind of any man
who worships at the alter of liber
ty- Even if one does en
tertain the Protestant faith, he
should not be compelled to rush to
worship every morning and Sun
day evening at the tap of the chap-
ei bell. * * Such
I detest and abhor, though I am a
staunch believer in the Christian
religion.
I believe my fifteen minutes
are nearly up, but in conclusion 1
will say, I believe the chairman
ought to be impowered to appoint
a committee of three to draw up a
declaration containing all the ex
isting evils, and let it be an earn
est expression of the convictions
of the whole student body. Then
why should not the trustees give a
hearing to our w ords of warning?
By the declaration, it is not our
intention to picture in false colors
the condition of (the college; but
ties of life. Hence, I truly hope,
investigation will be made by the
taken for the betterment of
college. (Loud applause.)
OUR CHANCELLOR.
I have reached the pinnacle ol
all my greatness—success has
crowned my every effort. I look
around me, nothing do I behold
but that which is subordinated to
my will. I have fathomed the
depths of science. I have pene
trated into the mysteries of the
heavens and solved the giant prob
lems, past and present, and so
powerful have I become—like
Joshua of old, if I should com
mand “Sun, be thou still,” it
would be so. The satellites r.i-
volve around the planets; the
planets revolve around the sun—
and these vast systems, themselves,
in their turn, revolve around a com
mon center; sol, the Lord High
Chancellor stand a common center
of this vast system of learning; nay,
the whole structure and system of
the world works in perfect harmo
ny with my thoughts, both having
a commoi^Npurpose,Vnd tending
to a common end, to make me
common
omnipotent—to make me loved
and respected and the idol of
those who know me.
Never before has the world wit-
iu^sed such a master mind. What-
