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NO. 8
I'lll KAl'PA SOCIKTV.
The Lawyer’s Debate.
The potent argument, the razor-
!ike keenness of their wit, with the
glowing eloquence of conscious
truth, all tend to make the Lawyer’s i ,
. . , , , c the 1 hi Kappas adjourned to the
weekly debate an event looked tor | 11
ward to, with fond anticipations, by
Saturday, January 27th, being the
day appointed for the anniversarian
contest in the Demosthenian Society
by lovers of the art.
Their questions are not new, per
haps, nor their arguments original;
indeed, others may cliiinf as theirs,
those self-same witty sallies, but
then we all have read that
Demosthenian soon after convening,
having transacted no business ex
cept the election of officers. The
following officers were elected for
the month of February: Akerman,
President; Fuller, First Assistant;
neath Ibtcon,Second Assistant; Harris First
Sol’s glowing rays there’s nothing •'“> - h ' c]i ' n " 8eoond Cc>nHor -
new,” and trulv the boys mean well. On Saturday, February 3rd, the
Friends and'admirers who came fo,lowin « was debated:
last Saturday,expecting great things “Resolved, That Mr. Cleveland’s
of Kline an«i M.tchell, the leading H'<7 restoring the Queen of
disputants, were more than pleased, »*waii was correct.” The leading
for the subject -“Unsolved that the disputants were Stephens, afflrma
Ueid ! tive and II. Baeotl negative. The
South affords a more inviting
for immigration than the West,”
was most ably handled.
Kline, leading for the affirmative,
argued solely from a sociological
standpoint, and closed with a flood
so bombastic of words of such im
possible derivation and iutelligibil
that the cause was for a mo-
SKMOIt CLASS OKKIl’KRS.
At an officially called meeting of
the Senior t'lass, a quorum being
present, the following officers were
elected:
Harrington, President.
Brannon, Vice President.
Fuller, Historian.
McGregor, Poet.
Bower, Prophet.
Sidling, ()rator.
Tidwell, Secretary.
Cloud, Treasurer.
Madden, Chaplain.
Tidwell, Captain Baseball Team.
Moye, Manager Baseball Team.
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other participants were Bean, Iloff
mayor and Mell on the affirmative,
and Harris and Holden oil the nog
ative. The president gave his de
cision in favor of the negative.
A motion was made and carried
that a committee be appointed to
visit the Demosthenian and request
that society to enter into a joint
debate with the Phi Kappa some
time in the near future. This was
done. The same oominitte and one
ity
ment won.
Mitchell, however, was not to be
defeated without a struggle, and
shouting as his paean, “Go West,
you,,* man,” advanced his argument from U '” Heraosthen.au proposed to
most poetically, from “Westward haVL ‘ the dc,,ate on Saturday, the
the star of Empire ukes its course." | I7lh «" rt > u " ,kr ct,rUi " regulations
Able speeches were made for our "I’ 0 " the "“'M™ t:
bonny Southland, by Mell, Wallace ,lus ° lved > “That the Negro should
and U|.son, while the greater mini- colonized.” This was agreed
her—with the exception of the great, u P on -
the only -Haskell, who jumped the 11|C ,U »° ,v *‘ d ' “That the
question, and plunged into the P r "P°" ed a'»en.lmet»t to the Const!-
troubled waters of predestination, l " tio " of 1,10 Unit « d 8UU ? " hould
seconded the negative. ado P led >” iK to ,,e dobated on
The concluding criticism of Col. 8 * turd# y> th< 24th ’
Wallace was well received. _ **. .
t. k . , | i • i • Mr. E. r. UrtM*n V6 wjih ndmitled
PreH. blerluic rendered bis decis* , , , _
. . e e .. ! to the bar last October, ami now
ion in favor of the native. ...... .
haH niH Hlnn^lo hanging oil Hroad
Mr. W. T. Bacon, of the staff, *" ManeUa -
paid a short visit to home-folks at j Mr. Horton, who graduated at
Lexington last Sunday. the University in ’92, and finished a
—"• - - law course in’93, has gone to At-
The joint debate between the Phi Innta to practice his chosen profes-
Kappa and Demosthenian societies nion. ||,. | K a bright and brainy
on the “Negro Problem will be young man and that h - will succeed
held in the Phi Kappa hall on Satur we ll is easily foretold.
day, the 17th inst.. with Prof. Jno. .. ,. r ... .
* .. . . . , r , Mr Porter’9. r >, who has been ah
Morris acting as President. I he
° Bent from college several days re-
Phi Kappas, who have the afhrraa J
11 . . ,, ,, _ turned last Wednesday,
tive side, have appointed Mr. K. O.
Cochran to lead and Messrs n. Bacon Mr. H. C. Cumming ’94, who has
and Johnson to close. The Demos, been detained at his home in Koine
tlienians have made no definite ar- »<» ce the holiday*, has returned, to
rangement in reference to their the delight of his many friends,
speakers as yet. There is good ms j We learn that the next issue of
terial on both sides, and no doubt 1 the Magazine will come out on next
there will be some most eloquent Thursday, and that it will be oom-
and instructive speeches delivered j posed of most excellent articles,
on that “Great Question” which has The Magazine ranks second to none,
been argued on by thousands of among the southern college month
able men. * ! lies.
It was mentioned by some one in
the Iasi issue of Tin: Kk.ii asi> IIi.ai k
that it would bo nice to have a hi
cycle race on t\eld day. A certain
“Senior” in anticipating that a mere ;
mention would he carried into real
ity, began at once to practice, lie
made his first attempt on Jackson
street, where, us ho thought, there
would he no witnesses who knew
him nor any who might know his
purpose in venturing to ride, lie
mounted the two wheel “contrap
tion” (as he called it, after the ride)
in the street just behind Prof. Mor
ris' house, putting on steam he did
very well i making a tr ack like that
if a snake) until ho commenced to
leseond the small slope in going
down to Broad, when the machinery
began to work too fast and his right
fool slipped off the pedal, and hv
the force tie continued giving the
left pedal, the bicycle was turned
at an angle of ninety degrees down
cross street just above the Phi
Kappa hall. Forgetting how to put
oil brakes, and thinking that going
at this rapid rate, he might collide
with and injure some box cars that
were standing across the street
further down, he decided the safest
plan would lie to fall off, then by
giving biraself a jerk to the left, he
bicycle and all went over into the
ditch. He from that very moment,
declined the idea of riding on field
day, ami has come to the conclusion
that it is easier by far to learn
“Political Economy” or Psycology
than to ride one of those two wheel
“contraptions."
The members of the Senior Class
have now taken up a course in En
glish language and literature under
Dr. Kiley. His introductory lectures
have been very instructive and in
teresting. While the course s a
short one, embracing only four
mouths, yet it promises to be full of
interest. Prof. Kiley will make an
effort to have each of the four classes
persue a nine months course in En
glish instead of four and a half as
now. It is t. be hoped that he will
■ncc ed.
I’ltOK. HAItKOW KK.SH1NS.
Prof. I>. (’. Barrow, who has been
for many years the professor of pure
and applied mathcinatirs at the
Georgia University, has tendered
his resignation to the faculty of
that institution, to take effect at the
expiration of the present collegiate
year.
Such action on the part of Prof.
Barrow is to be regretted by all,
not only the students now here, ami
the faculty of the institution, hut
by all people the state over who are
interested in the welfare of their
state’s highest institution of learn
ing. The people of the state who
have the welfare of the college at
heart will regret to hear of his res
ignation, and also to learn that we
are to lose one of our most popular
and beloved professors.
The faculty has not yet taken
action oil this resignation, but will
bring every influence possible to
bear on Prof. Barrow to get him to
withdraw his resignation and re
main at the head of one of the most
fundamental and important branch
es taught at the University. The
faculty are urging him to remain
vviin them, and each of the four
classes have passed resolutions ask
ing hi in to remain as their tutor,
lie is in full sympathy with the
body of students who come here,
and soon endears himself to all. He
is an honor graduate of this iustitu
lion, ami has been devoted to its
interests and welfare for many years,
and not. well can it afford to lose
him from its corps of instructors
now. While we do not know
whether or not lie can lie prevailed
upon to withdraw his resignation,
yet every effort will lie made to in
duce him to keep the chair h« now
so faithfully occupies. It would he
no easy matter to find an instructor
whom the students will love and re
sped as they do Prof. Barrow.
Billy Armstrong's father come
over to see him last Sum lay.
It is to lie hoped that the attempt
to have English made a year's
course in eacii of the classes instead
of a half year’s course, will he suc-
eessful. it should at least receive
as much recognition as the ancient
and modern languages.
The Senior A. B's will lake up a
course ill moral science ou Monday,
under Dr. Boggs. The boys arc
hoping that they wont have to re
fute llume, Mill and Hamilton as
they did in mental science. They
havent much sympathy for either of
the great philosophers when they
attack their theories with scathing
' criticism.