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I’ul.lUho.l Inr the Athletic Aesociatiop
of the f'nivereity of Oeorgla.
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All cominiinlrationM in reference to
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Krlalrd by E. D. Slone IS North Jackton Si
PATRONIZE fir It ADVERTISERS.
Foot Ball.
The two games tlmt have
Iiccii played give the college a
good opportunity to tell what
kind of a foot Imll team we are
going to have.
At the opening of college the
prospects were very slim. But
three of last year's 'Varsity
showed up, and new material
was very slow in coming to the
front. But at last the new men
begun to come out, and they
have finally gotten down to
hard work. And we find that
there is plenty of good material
in college, hut it is very inex-
perieneed and it is only the
hardest sort of work that will
develop a winning team.
The four games that we are
to play are with colleges that
always have good elevens, and
this year they all seem to he
particularly fortunate about re
turning old men.
The Sew anee game is hut four
days off. I hey have the same
coach they did last year, they
got to work a good deal earlier
than we did, have played three
good games, and in their line-up
we see eight familiar names,
and reports say that they are in
splendid condition.
Our practices during last
week were very encouraging.
Every day a perceptible im
provement was noticeable. The
Scrubbs came out regularly and
tlii> ’Varsity got some splendid
practice, ami as a consequence
the team work is much im
proved. But if we hope to win,
Saturday’s game, and good
team work will win it, there is;
much yet to bo done. Every
man who can play foot ball, j
should come out to help develop
the ’Varsity. The men should
get on the tiehl earlier, if jaissi- \
hie, in order to have more time
for practice. And it is the du
ty of every man trying for the
eleven to keep strict training,
and to do exactly as the conch
tells him, for he is doing every,
thing in his power to make n
good eleven, and with your help
will do so.
Every man should try to en
courage the team by bis pres
ence, keep off the Hold when
they are using it, do not put
temptations in their wav to
break training, and if possible
go over ro Atlanta on Saturday
to cheer them ou to victory.
Dr. Curry’s Address.
On last Tuesday morning it
was our privilege to listen to
the very able address of one of
<>ur most distinguished, as well
| as oldest graduates, Dr. J. L.
I M. Curry, of Washington, !).<’.
Dr. Curry is the agent of the
great Peabody fund, is one of
I he leading educators of this
country, and is recognized as an
i authority on constitutional ques
tions. So many fine tilings
were saitl by him, words of w is-
dom we will do well to remem
ber, that it is thought advisable
to give an account of his speech.
He began his address by re
ferring to the fact that it had
been a long time since 184:1.
the year of his graduation, but
that this was asortof a pilgrim
age to Mecca, and that he came
to make his homage, his obe-
sianee, and almost his worship
to his alma mater. lie saitl
that if he were cal let! upon to
name what influence had been
most potent in working out
Georgia's history, lie would un
hesitatingly name her Univer
sity. That if you were to tear
out the pages recording the
tleeds of the great men who
have gone out from these halls,
Georgia’s history would he a
blank. I hat our ancestors
builded far wiser than they
knew when they founded the
University of Georgia. He
saitl that, he suspected that
among the best gifts of a God to
a people, are great men and
great women. And lie men
tioned Georgia’s able delegation
to the Confederate Congress,
composed of such men as
Toombs, Stephens, the Cobbs, [
Ben Hill, Nesbitt ami Bartow,
all graduates of this instisution.
Ur. Curry declared that noj
state in this Union has pro
duced more great men than has
Georgia. I hey are not known
in National History because
they have lived within the state,
have labored for their own land
and own firesides, and hnve pre
ferred state to federal offices.
His patriotism is centered about
his own home and fireside, be
gins with his wife and his chil
dren, extends to his state, then
to the Unitisl States ami then if
he has any left the
and Filipinoes might
He had an honor
he said he
over fall
man, lie
present Kingof Spain was born,
the only king ever born a king.
But in this country lie said we
"ere all kings and queens, and
that it is the duty of die State
of Georgia to see that every cit
izen, black ami white, has a
good rudimentary education.
He believes no citizen should be
allowed to vote unless lie can
rend the ballot lie puts into the
box. And lie thinks that states
should lie free from denomina
tional or sectarian control of ed
ucation. for lie said lie did not
see what difference it makes
whether the man who toadies
arithmetic believes in sprink
ling or immersion.
Dr. Curry stated that just at
present we were having much
said about the paramount issue,
one party saying it was one
thing and the other party an
other, but that the paramount
issue in the United States and
in the State of Georgia, over
coming all others, is to give tm
education to every child, hoy or
girl, in the State of Georgia.
These political questions may
he short-lived or they may per
ish, hut the children are here
and always will he. His plat
form is man, ami with him ed
ucated you may dismiss all
fears and say that all will he
well.
He declared that if any boy
was satisfied with his attain
ments, with his acquisitions,
that if he had reached the ideals
he had when he entered this
institution, if he had done all,
and that if there were no feel
ing of dissatisfaction, no ambi
tion to something higher and
nobler, he ha l better go home.
He said that there are revo
lutions occurring to-day far
greater than we have ever seen,
lhat Africa was being divided,
that it looks as if China with
her 400 millions of people will
be apportioned out, that ques
tions are arising to-day which
statesmen of the past were not
able to conceive of. Wlmt a
time to live in ; what an oppor-j
tunity to prepare oneself foi
these great problems. And that
the greatest problem of all is I
the negro problem. That those '
who saitl they bail solved it j
were either fools or knaves.
And that the plans ottered, par- i
ticularly by those who live
around Boston, were about as
efficacious as to put a postage
stamp on the loins of an ele
phant to cure consumption.
They simply don’t rench it.
After saying that lie was half
inclined to think that shore is
retrogression rather than ad
vance, that in France there was,
that in Germany there certainly
was, and that in England, now
that the Airies tire again in
power, there is no questiou
about it. Hint in this country
the government seems to be in
partnership with business. That
longer lcoketl upon as a public
duty, but as spoils to be won by
the partisan. That the time
come when a public officer can
leave bisduties logo speak over
the country. That the Consti
tution it no longer regarded as
law for our new acquisitions,
the legislature therefore having
the right to govern them os they
choose. There i9 no difference
he said between a government
having all powers in the begin
ning and a government having
a right to take what powers it
.Armenians
have it.
once which
did not think would
to the lot of any other j' VH
was present when the junction.
government by
That offices are
wants to. He is afraid that
this is what we have come to.
Then what is the use of a Con
stitution ? Power is like a screw
which holds all it gets, and at
every turn gets and holds more.
" Better bear the ills you have
“Than fly to othem you know not of.
Dr. Curry said that the South
did not have her old time pres
tige, that she had but little
share in government appropri
ations and government affairs.
He urged that her young men
see that things he changed, and
he made an eloquent plea for
the upholding and protection
of the majesty of the law. lie
begged that they preserve the
Constitution, that they preserve
not Secession, which is forever
dead, but State Rights. All
the sacred obligations of life,
he said, those of husband and
wife, parent and child, guardi
an and ward, are protected and
guarded by state authority and
state sovereignty. Do not for
get the rights of the masses
and the duties to the masses.
Preserve the public schools;
they are the basis of our insti
tutions. Georgia preserves in
the names of the counties the
memories of her distinguished
sons, Mnke these men your
examples, and he loyal to the
grand old state of Georgia with
its glorious history and achieve
ments.
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