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PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS.
Two Grievances.
The Oratorical Contest.
On next Friday, the first Fri
day in November, tlie State Ora
torical Association meets in At
lanta, nml holds its annual con
test at the Grand Opera House,
We recognize the fact that the
Trustees and Facility have the
right to decide whether or not
the University of Georgia shall
la* allowed to take part in ath
letics and intercollegiate games.
This matter lias often been agi
tated and fully discussed by
them. Athletics have, and al
ways will have opponents among
those etld fogies who do not be
lieve in its encouragement, and
ty. For this wc thank them.
But there are some nets which
stand out so prominently con
trary to the support of the foot
ball team that we comment up
on them.
The first of these has been
commented upon often before,
but seemingly to no avail.
his daily recitations, and may
make 69 on his examinations,
giving him a yearly mark of
9'2i, and he will be called an un
satisfactory student, so far as
his leaving the city is concern
ed. Another man may make 50
on his daily recitations and 71
on his examinations, giving him
That is, the use of the athletic | yearly marks of 55i, and yet he
field by the military department
three afternoons during the
week. On these days the prac
tices are almost entirely broken
who declare that things were,
not done that way when they "P ^ or t, * lu P iirt 1 " e i "’
went to college, failing to recog
will not he called an unsatisfac
tory student. But the former,
an unsatisfactory student, will
get a diploma, and the latter,
not an unsatisfactory student,
will not. Is there not some-
ternoons, and the team is de-
nize'theTact'that the’world"The P rive<1 of much valuable work, thing wrong with this kind of a
college and the college life have of w,,ich U is v< ‘ r y much hi system of marking? Give us a
all advanced in the last quarter The football season lasts I system that can be applied “
of a century .leaving them stand- not quite a month longer, and
ing just where they were then; while U m ' Rl,t "‘convenience
but ready to he convinced they j tl,,u department some to go else- varied at different times,
say, yes,but like the old woman. where - as has been done and It may be presumptuous in
where the Colleges of Georgia they would like to see the man was the custom in times past, it us to comment on the above reg-
meet to contest for the oratorical w j 10 CO u!cl convince them All l * oes seem to us that they should ulations,but they certainly sei m
supremacy of the State.
system that can he applied to
all cases, and to all occasions,
and which will not have to be
the colleges and universities in
do so, and it certainly would he ' to be intended for every thing
Our representative is some- 1 j| ie country have had this same much appreciated not only by else, nather than the attendance
1 ,! 1 1 — *'—1 - ‘the ’Varsity, but by all who J at and participation in, athletic
what handicapped by the delay
in making our selection. But
he has worked hard, and is do-
problem of athletics to contend
with, it has been discussed, and
statistics produced everywhere
have her best interests at heart.
There is a rule of the Faculty, I
ing all in his power to hear the alK j a j wa ‘ the same conclusion Illul "pessary it is, that no stu-
i 1--® *— — —*— 1 - dent he allowed to leave the city,
and this of course applies to a
games.
laurels otr for his alma mater
Every year in the past Mercer
reached, and so there is hardly
an institution of learning in this
lias triumphantly carried away ,r r( . a t country of colleges, where
tliis honor, and makes the boast sports are not only permit-
that the University of Georgia te d, but encouraged.
The students are very much
indebted to Chancellor Hill for
the fine talk he made us in
is not able to compete with her
in these lines. Throws the
gauntlet in our face and says,
beat us in foot-hall you may,
heat us in base-hall you may,
heat us on the rostrum you can
not. lit the sports of life you
may excell; but in a more se
rious, far more important devel
opment, we are your superiors.
Are we willing for this to he
truthfully said? Are we willing
that the representative of this
institution, whose history is the
history of this State, be again
vanquished by the representa
tive of a sectarian college? If
not, it is time we were waking
up. It is time that we were be
ginning to show that we are not
unworthy successors of the ma
ny distinguished orators who
have passed out from these
Hulls, and who in after life have
done honor to themselves, hon
or to their State and honor to
this institution where they re-
ceived their training.
Emory nnd Mercer are mak-
standitig be satisfactory. It is
to the method of determining
what is a satifactory class stand
ing employed in the Law class,
we take exception. The
.p, , . method now employed is, we
, ’believe, different from that used
l ,lay0r .’: l "!^' 8 C ,l a *! ! chapel on Thursday morning.
11 is address was not only very
But be that as it may, it has
been decided by our Faculty that
those sports he allowed here.
teve,
in the past,
fore we had
... . , until the contrary m» miiiunu-
decision, just as much so as . , , • .1 f
, J , .. ced, would he used in the fu-
ley favored it. Athletics, . ,
ture, and the announcement of
the Faculty may disagree with
this decision, as we understand
it, they are hound absolutely by
this
and which there-
a right to expect
was announ-
and foot-hall as one of its bran-
i cites, are a part of our college
life, of course not so important
as our studies or debates, but
still a part of our college life,
and recognized as such by our
Faculty in numerous ways.
If they are recognized by that
body officially, certainly they
should not lie discouraged either
by the official or personal acts
of any single member of that
body. Then if we are to have
foot-ball, let us have winning
foot-ball, and only the encour
agement and assistance of both
students and faculty make this
amusing and interesting, but
contained many things well
worth remembering. It is to
such things as this, as well as
to high character and great
ability, that his great popularity
is due.
which was made this year too
late to he of service to one un
fortunate enough to fall within
its bane, and whfch condition
ho will not be able to rectify for
five weeks.
The announcement was made
after the examination had been
held, that all who failed to make
70 on it would he considered
unsatisfactory students and
therefore not allowed to leave
the city. In the I.aw class great
stress is laid upon the fact that
it is the daily recitation, and
not the examination, which is
more important, and in accord
ance with this idea, his yearly
Disciple of Blackstone re
citing: “It gives the estate to
him.”
Professor: “To him, what
him are you talking about?”
Disciple of Blackstone. “The
Manor of Dale.”
After marking the Greek ex
amination papers, the Professor
returns them to the class, and
asks “Mr. A. what was the first
mistake you made?”
Mr. A.: “Taking Greek.”
possible. Certainly it is their
‘ lu, y *° R‘ ve *>" s encouragement j' nar k is made up by adding with
mg great preparations for this "' ever . v ""tuner in their power. 1 three-fourths of his daily marks
• ••in- 'i In anticipation tln \
are already enjoying the vie- is laboring under very greatdis- nation marks,
torv ; and we trust that all their
boasts, all their work, all their
yelling, will but bring them
second place. But it is abso
lutely impossible for our repre
sentative to win unless he is
given the support of the entire
college, lie cannot vanquish
the otht# representatives, with
their yelling crowd behind them,
unless we go and back him up.
Every man in college should go
to Atlanta on this occasion—
should go to the contest and
with college yells and college
colors and college songs, contri
bute our part to the victory.
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1 lie foot-hall eleven this year l )U t one-fourth of his exami-
This is the ineth-
advantages. The departure from od by which honors are award-
the illegal methods of obtaining ed and diplomas given, and eer-
a good eleven, somewhat preva
lent hero in the past, make a
tainly the honors are supposed
to be given to the most satisfac-
Tidwell & Clifton,
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
10 1-2 College Avenue.
ATHENS, - - - GEORGIA.
Over MbDowell’s Cafe.
great difference to us this year, tory students. Why then use
though in the end they can only one system of marking to deter-
be of great advantage; there-!
turn of but two of last year’s
team and the scarcity of good
material,make a winning eleven
possible only with the unani
mous support of every student
and every faculty member.
We are glad to say that the
most hearty support is given us
by nearly every one of the gen-
tlemeu who compose the Facul-
tnine who is a satisfactory stu
dent in order to award honors
and diplomas, and an eutirely
different system to determine
who is a satisfactory student in
order to see who can leave the
city? The latter test is the
much more difficult one.
A state of affairs parallel to
this might easily exist. A man
may have an average of 100 in i
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