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ber greatly exceeds that actual
ly required.
There is no doubt, from the
experience of both professor and
student, that the quality of our
work would be of a much su
perior nature and much more
interest would be aroused if we
were not worn out by a succes
sion of four or live recitations
and confused by the variety of
studies in the
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All comniunlc»tlon» In reference to 1 ' " , , .. , «. ,
militcrlptliniH anil advertlm'im-nu should j I lie desired practical etlect
lot AililroMMt to the Man»Ker. could lie accomplished by redu
cing the total numher of hours
Printed hy E. 0. Stone. IS North J.ck.on St (() )jfu , pn (lm , by not allowing
der. Sending them abroad to'of the editor’s college life the
other communities for their ed- l Diversity has passed through
oration will not answer these a most critical period in its his-
purposes. is too humiliating tin tory. It seemed at one time to
acknowledgement of the ignor- have reached a low water mark
ance or inferiority of our own, from which it could never as-
and will always be the cause of cend, but, fortunately, co-inci-
so great foreign attachments, dent with a few changes in man-
PATRONI/K OUH ADVERTISERS.
The newly installed board of
editors wish to make an earnest
appeal to every member of the
1’Diversity for
our attempt to
ing term of the
his support in
make tile enstl-
Rki> ani> Bi.ack
a success in every sense of the
word. Upon last Thursday the
last game of the foot-ball season
was ended and until the latter
part of next March inter-colle
giate games of all kinds will be
suspended and athletics will be
at a very low ebb.
It is very clear, therefore,that
in this particular season the
source of college news items
will be considerably limited and
we will be compelled to depend
principally upon the events oc
curring in the routine of our in
ternal college life and the qllCS-
that upon principles of policy, agement and revived spirit
it is inadmissible.” ( among alumni it began to pros-
For the first thirty years of its per as never before. During the
course of a single existence the University was past year it has suddenly taken
supported by money derived on a new and vigorous life and
from the sale of public lands every student has lifted up a de-
and in 181.1 the legislature pass- spondent heart into a higher at-
ed an Act by which the State mosphere of hope and life. An
took up all the notes and seen- interest in the welfare and an
rities accruing from the sale of
all the lands belonging to the
University, except a tract in
Clark county, promising in re
turn an annuity of $8,000.00.
Since 181,1 the Stale has paid
to the University tlii*- $8,000.00
curs that a student is required annually. Between 1880 and _
pare and attend as many 1840 $0,000.00 was appropriated ance than in any previous year ;
* annually, mainly for the pur- our alumni are back of us with
pose of rebuilding one of the encouragement and support ;
college buildings which had been and we now invite the attention
destroyed by fire. From 1840 of the legislature to our prosper-
to the present time minor ap
propriations, from time to time,
have been made mainly for rc-
the like, not nmoutit-
any student to take more than
eighteen hours a week, equita
bly dividing the total by the
number of days, so that no stu
dent would have more than three
hours in his “ hardest day,”
whereas at present it often oc»
enthusiasm for the future of our
institution, pervades not only
the ranks of the student body,
but also the entire role of our
alumni.
Our register, although early
in the first half-year, has reach
ed a higher number of attend-
recitations in a
-ingh
to pr
as five
day.
The University of North Car
olina has successfully put into
operation this particular rule
and many of the Northern and
Western colleges, we under
stand, have fixed a limit above pairs and
which no student can go, but
allowing him to take as small a
number as he desires.
It is at least a question which
appeals to every student of the
University, and we are glad
that the faculty have recognize*! years
it, and we sincerely trust that struction
.00 annhally
was mmle for
n of "Bcienct
lions and problems arising j, Cll „ bo perfected and put into
therefrom for our subject-mat
ter.
We will be very glad to ac
cept for publication from any
student anv poem of merit or
any sober and well-meaning
criticism upon subjects of gen
eral interest to Universiry stu
dents.
We should begin at once to
plan for the success of the base
ball season and even look as far
in the future as our Thanksgiv
ing game of 1001 It would be
eminently in order at this time
for wise and worthy critics to
clearly point out the defects of
our recently disbanded team
and conservative heads to map
out a clearer road to success in
the future by disregarding the
causes of our defeats in the past.
We trust that our remarks are
not misunderstood and that our
suggestions will be accepted by
every reader of the Rkd and
Black.
operation by the beginning of
the next collegiate year.
The University and the Legisla
ture.
The recent visit of a commit
tee from the legislature for tin 1
ing to more than ten thousand
dollars. In 1876 $15,000.00 was
appropriated for scientific appa
ratus for the “ State College.’
In 1890 an appropriation of
$14,500.00 annpally for two
the con-
nce Hall.”
This is the financial support, in
approximate /figures, which the
legislature has given the Uni
versity since its founding.
That the meagre support which
we get from the legislature is
insufficient, including t h e
amount we get from the United
States government for the sup
purpose of investigating the af-1 port of a branch college known
fairs of the University, and the j as the “College of Agriculture
recent address of Dr. .1. L. M I and the Mechanic Art
Curry, our distinguished alum-1 actual needs of a Statt
ind friend, delivered on the I sity is very evident and
tins
Dniver-
is nc-
subject of education before that knowledged by all who are in
distinguished body, reminds us touch with our institution,
of our present status and our re- That the time is ripe for a
lations to the General Assembly large appropriation by the legis-
of Georgia. lature to the cause of higher ed-
By an Act of the Legislature, ucation in this State is very
approved Feb. 25, 1784, certain plain to all who have taken 110-
tracts of land were laid out j lice of the advancement and un-
“ amid the virgin forests of the! precedented prosperity of the
State” for the purpose of en-
ous condition and the possible
future of the Univertity of this
State, and earnestly appeal to
them for help in this supreme
hour of need.
With a well-meaning interest
we remind you, ns the Fathers
of the State and the guardians
of the best interests of our Com
monwealth, of the good and no
ble purpose for which this Uni
versity was founded, and point
to the names of the greatest men
of Georgia who were trained
within tlie walls of this grand
old institution ; and we humbly
appeal to you not to measure
the future greatness of our
State in dollars and cents, but
to lay wisely the foundations of
her future by firming the youths
of Georgia for the conflicts of
life, which can only lie done by
to the putting in reach of every son of
this Stiite the
er and higher
means of a broad-
education.
(lowing a ‘‘college or seminary
University during the past few
years. T'liis centennial year
of learning.” In the following should mark the date of a frietul-
vear this plan was carried out ly and strongly renewed spirit
by chartering an institution of
■ ! learning to be known as the Uni-
A Reform. versity of Georgia. In this
The question is now being I charter the following is the main
discussed among the faculty as reason for the establishing of
to the advisability of cutting j this institution of higher learn-
down the required number of (ing: “ It should, therefore, be
hours which every student is at among the first objects of those
present required to take in his who wish well to the national
schedule. prosperity to encourage and «up-. - laotne
At present each student is re port the principles of religion should be; our library is entire- t |j e j r
quired to attend at least eigh-1 and morality, and early to place , ly too small: and we are grea -
teen recitations, not including the youth under the forming ly in need of a c ormitorv, a extremelv w »nlr
three hours of drill,in the course hand of society, that by instrue- gymnasium,and a score o o ur JiCCOunt 0 j R ‘
of one week’s work, and in a tion they may lie moulded to'necessary improvements,
majority of cases the total num- the love of virtue and good or- During the past t iree \« ars 1 » on r page.)
Foot Ball.
The result of our Thanksgiv
ing game was not a surprise in
the mere fact of defeat, but the
most extreme pessimist never
predicted such a score as 44-D.
The deplorable end was the cli
max of a most unsuccessful sea
son and it may, at this time, be
in order to enumerate the causes
j leading up to such results as
were reaped.
No team can be successful un-
' less every position is one of
strength and can equally de-
|>ended upon. Individualism
we merit no clement in the make-up of
a strong organic athletic team,
Our college buildings are the most especially so of a foot-
noorest in the State: our lalio- eleven. Herein was the
ratories are not equipped as they ™ a,n trouble with our team.
8otne members were trained in
positions to a very high
point of excellence, while oth-
on
variety of causes.
from the legislature towards the
University to whom its found
ing was due, and in our present
hope and enthusiasm we turn to
that body and only ask for such
an appropriation as
and deserve