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UNIVERSITY OK GEORGIA, ATHENS, (!A., JANUARY 27. 1894.
NO. 6-
Thr Matter .Suppressed.
Society Meetings.
Tbe Students have decided to sup Tl »' Demosthenian aud Phi Kappa
press as far as they are able the societies convened as usual on Sat-
diehoncsty of the examination lir, lay last, tbe 20th of January,
rooms, iustead of allowing the Fac- T '"' "I'ocial order of the day in the
ulty to deal with such oases. We I’M Kl *l'l>» "»■ the ^uten for An
are glad to see this. It indicate* a niversarian. A large crowd of slu-
high staudard of honor among them dents were present to witness these
and a desire to keep the records interesting exercises. After the roll
and reputation of the University cill > a »d the reading of minutes the
free from all contamination. c,, "t«"t opened. There were only
„ i.t three contestants, who spoke as fol-
Dr. Herty, who has been most
active in aiding the students in their
determination, suggested that two
members of each class be appointed
to confer together and formulate
some plan for preventing “cribbing.”
From the Senior class Yow and
Fleming w'erc appointed, from the
Junior, Harris and Gammoii, from
lows: Mr. Green F. Johnson, of
Monticello, subject “The Glory of
Today;” Mr. Alex. W. Stephens, of
Atlanta, subject “The Prospects of
the Future;” and Mr. Paul L. Flem
ing, of Atlanta. subject “The
Achievements of the Cavilier.”
When the speaking had ceased
tbe judges, Mr. T. S. Melt and Prof,
the Sophomore, Baoon and Boggs, Jo|)I , Morritt r) . liri „| o t<) , n . lk( .
and White and Lawson from the lhejr vcrdict- e Iu , few „,i„„tes
Freshman. On Jan. 17th, they met Mr Mu „ rvturll( .,i ., m | sai ,l that the
in Dr. White’s office and after hours j lldgci desired further instructions
of deliberation agreed upon a report B# lo lhe|r d„ t y, llu . y wert . doubt
to be carried to each class ami then wheth|fr it WHH ,|,eir duty to make
to the student body as a whole. The theaw . ird solely upon the merits of
substance of the report and st.gges- lhe f|)e ,. ull es, or to take into con-
lions offered by the committee were HUU . ratiall lh „ elocution, delivery,
that there should be a “Court of the cx|)rc ., sioll ., elc< They w .. r ,. i„-
Universny” to try all cases ofdis- structC( Uo take every thing into con-
honesty-to be chosen thus; four ^deration and to “select the speak-
fromthe Senior class, three from or w ho would represent the society
Junior, two from8ophomore and one l>ett In ;l f( , w minlltM t | ie j ll( |go*
from the Freshman, to be appointed r ,, tllrlU!(1 . llM , tliat> afl) . r |,av-
by the president of each class and i|lg ri . ct . ive d the above instructions,
ratified by the class. j lhey wou j d g|Ve t |,e ir decision in
In the “Court itself, should be a favor of Mr. Fleming. Mr. Fleming
president and secretary, the former j was then greeted with bursts of ap-
to come from the Senior, the latter plause and congratulations. The
from the Junior class, elected by the i society then adjourned,
members of the court. The meet- j The contest was interesting, but
ings of the “Court” are ,to be short. Mr. Fleming’s speech was
strictly secret, aud those composing about thirty minutes in length. His
it are pledged to secrecy. # tribute to the caviller was beauti
When a name is presented, it fill, lie eulogized the noble eliarae-
must be in writing with the accusa ter and matchless deeds and patri-
tion fully stated and accuser's name otism of the <- wilier* from the days
signed. No anonymous documents of chivalry in old Kngland down lo
will be received. the present tune. He spoke of Lee,
If aflerdue consideration and con- Jackson, Lunar, the Cobbs ami the
scientious belief the accusations are Lumpkins, iu eloquent words, as the
found to be true, after the accuser noble caviliera of the South and of
has presented his defense and wit- Georgia.
nesses and all prove inefficient, he is Mr. Johnson's speech upon “The
requested by the “Court” to with- j Glory of "Vday” was th exult of
draw his connection from the Uni- deep though and thorough prepar
yersity. kveu after this the one alion, and one of which we should
accused may appeal to the Faculty, be proud despi’e his defeat. It was
This we think an admirable plan a little over thirty minutes in length.
repaired to the l’lii Kappa hall to j
witness the nnniversarian contest.
The contest for anniversarian in |
Cornell’s Growth.
The annual report of Pros. Schur-
, man of Cornell University gives some
the Demosthonian society comes off vt , ry illlonmtillg fll0lB in „ ()nn( . olion
today, Saturday Jan. 27. I wjth the development of that Insti
To Knmms 1»i i> ami Bi.ack:
The middle of winter is now upon
us and as we realise it, our thoughts
instinctively turn to our oxpeeta
tions and hopes for a merry spring
time. Iu thinking of the coining
spring then wo should not fail to
remember that it is iu the spring
time that the midnight serenader
puts iu his best work nnd that all
of us who are possessed of musical
ability should be cleaning our
throats and stringing our instru
ments in anticipation of that lime-
Why could we not have a
Club?
lution. In point of wealth Corn*ll
stands among the first of American
universities. Its property, including
invested funds,, is now valued at 48,-
1100,000. Duriiigthc Iasi twenty-live
years the number of teachers has in
creased from 26 lo 142, nnd the num
ber of students from 412 to 1,700.
The number of those pursuing the
general courses has increased from
235 to 133. Special students are
relatively less iu number. During
the past twelve years the number
of graduate sltidsuls ha increased
from 2 to 170. There are 221 wo-
Glee men enrolled in the gem ml courses.
Tbe requirement for admission
We have for a long time all been have been made mere strict, nnd
-xpeeting tbe Thalians to give their during the college ynirof 1X02 93,
performance, and they have not
done so yet. Why could we not
then get up a glee club? We have
voices enough, and with proper
training they could give a credita
ble performance, aud if the Thalians
continue to pul off their perform
mice we might be able to make it a
students, a large majority of whom
bad entered by examination, failed
to meet tin requirements. During
the same yeai 87 students from 62
different institution were admitted
to advanoed standing. In 1894 the
lopiireniuits will lie made even
more strict. The Law School which
joint Tbalian and Glee Club affair, has existed for only six yeirs has a
latl us then make a move toward it. membership of 17(1 students. The
Let all who have voices of musical course of study is soon to be extend-
lulcnt in any direction gel together ed to threo years, instead of two as
aud organize. We could get several at present.
of the faculty who are musicians,j The library during the past twen
ami they are good ones too, to jo'll j ty five years has increased from 15,-
with us and lead or at least direct '(00 to 150,(ICO volumes. The new
us, that is provided that we show library building, which win non
the proper spirit and determination struoted at a cost of 4260,000, is the
lo carry it through. I n*f l of Mr. Henry W. Mage.
Let all who can make music iu! Cornell is aland grant college,
any form not conceal it, that is the but never has received any aid from
great fault with musicians or music the state until last year, when it
al people, but let them tell some of received 150,000. The University
those who are already interested by state law annually grants free
and taking an active part ill music tuition to about (1)0 New York stu
and in that way we may be able to dents. All students are required
get up a good glee club and reflect to take military drill and gymmis
credit on our college. Now let’s lies.
and heartily concur with the report j The speech of Mr. Stephens upon
as presented to the classes. “The Prospect* of the Future” was
It has now been accepted by each not prepared for this occasion. It
class, and only remains to be ratified w as very short, and as he did not
by a mass meeting of the students, decide to r the contest until the
It will pass without opposition night before it could not be length-
and it is the hope an.l belief of the ened. It was delivered in about six
Rei> and Black that the “Court” or seven minutes,
will accomplish the uprooting of the The Demostbcniaus had no exer-
forms of dishonesty and deceit in cises on that day. Immediately
the l Diversity. after convening they adjourned and
see w hat we can do about it.
Kditokh Uei> and Black:
The expenses of the University
for the year were (501.000, The
income amounted to 4500,000, of
I take great pleasure iu tendering wbich ♦107,4-1(1.17 was from tuition
this as my apology to the editors of Lx.
the Kkii and Black for the libel-
lious statement placed at the en
trance of tbe college campus yester
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, one of the
candidates for Gubernatorial honors
lav afternoon. I think the paper bas been in the city the past few
most worthy of support, and I for days. Mr. Atkinson is a graduate
one propose to aid the publication
in its continued success.
Sincerity, Steve.
of the Stale University, and has
been always one of its best frieds.
The people of Athens appreciated
Several lectures have been deliv l the work of our officers iu having
ered recently to the students of ag the weather reports bulletined at
riculture on the practical lines of the Moore building. The forecasts
that art. The scientific principles
underlying agriculture are taught
them in Dr. White's department.
as reported by the official bar* have
proven a* accurate as those of auy
station.
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