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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 O i JJ A XJ XI UUii^C 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, v £k||£§ training camp foir. the bat- Q Trnmr tinoAnr,,, » £... 1 1 1 I c T • /. » _ “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-