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Univerf ity Reporter.
[Second-Class Matter.]
Pnblished by the PHI KAPPA AND DEMOS-
THEN IAN SOCIETIES.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
C. F. Rice, D. Editor-in.Chief.
T. W. lleed, P. K., Local.
H. K. Milner, D Miscellany.
N. R. Broyles, P. K Local.
G. H. Winston, Jr., D College World.
W. L. Hodges, D.,... Alumni.
R. L. Foreman, P. K.,.. .. Managing Editor.
business managers.
W- I>- Nesbitt, P. K. W. B. Crawford, D.
The University Reporter is issued every
Saturday afternoon during the college year,
by the literary societies of the University of
Georgia.
Terms, One Dollar per year of nine months,
strictly in advance.
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alumni. Address all communications to
THE REPORTER,
Athens, Ga.
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and Phi Kappa societies need money
to sustain themselves.
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All of our alumni sahscribers who
have not paid their subscription aie
urged to do so, else their paper will
be discontinued.
We are glad to be able to state
that the University Athletic Asso
ciation has been re-organized again.
The association has started out by
selecting good officers.
We are glad to note the fact that
the base ball team has at last been
been selected. Taken as a whole it
wt oiAimgesL mat could have
been selected. The nine would do
well to practice as much as possible.
We are pleased to note the im
provements that have been made iu
in some of the recitation rooms, es
pecially in Dr. Jone’s. His room is
quite comfortably filled up.
The Reporter for this year will
not be conducted on the credit plan.
If you desire to support your college
paper (and it is your duty to do it)
send us in a dollar. We hope every
student will come forward and sup
port their paper.
We solicit matter from any stu
dent—locals, personals and poetry
will be thankfully received. The
Reporter is the property of the stu
dents, We want them to use it’s
columns whenever they please.
A resolution has been offered re
quiring all members of the Demos
thenian society to pay up in full by
Champion Debate election. Those
members who do not pay up accord
ing to the resolution to be debarred
from membership any longer.—
The resolution will come up Satur
day on its passage.
athletic association.
The University Athletic Associa
tion was re-organized last Tuesday
evening. The meeting was held in
the Demosthenian Hall and was well
attended. r Ihe association elected
the following officers: President
E. J. Boudurant; Vice President
Robert L. Nowell; 2nd. Vice Presi
dent; W. L. M. Austin; Secretary
M. T. Davis; Treasurer, Joseph E.
Bostou, The President was empow
ered to appoint the executive com
mittee who shall have the super
vision of the association and the
power to frame the Constitution and
By-Laws. The following executive
committee was appointed, N. R.
Broyles, W. L. M. Austin, Robert L.
Nowell, B. F. Hardeman and W. B.
Dixon.
Committees were appointed to se
lect base ball and foot-ball teams.
The meeting, taken as a whole, was
quiet and orderly, especially so when
compared with the similar meeting
held last year.
To make the Athletic Association
a success a fee should be charged
each person desiring to become a
member of the body. Without some
method to secure money, (and the
system of initiation fees is the best
one,) the Athletic Association in the
University will never amount to a
great deal.
WHAT OUR COLLEGE IS, AND WHAT
IT IS THOUGHT TO BE.
The University of Georgia is per
haps less thought of, and less un
derstood by the people at large!than
sax. other St. cfe. IJtuversitr A\.«
side of that circle over whicq our
grand old institution throws its in
fluence, but little is known of its
real workings, A great many know
of it simply as a thing that exists;
but by far the majority are full of
eroneous id^s concerning it.
Tn the first place, an idea is prev
alent in the State that this institu
tion is very aristocratic; that is at
tended only \by the sons of rich
men, who possess unlimited illow-
ances; and that, to send a boy here
is to teach him spendthrift and
prodigal habits. Nothing coud be
more erroneous than this. The
boys who come 'here are fir the
most part in moderate circunstan-
ces. Many, who cannot affo'd to
educate themselves, are sup|orted
here on the Brown Fund. Th* sons
of wealthy parents are by far n the
minority, and there are no exanples
of spendthrifts in college. Nt man
should listen for an instant to such
a charge which is both false aid un
founded.
Again, many of Georgia’s citi
zens think that the discipline if our
school as regards study is very lose;
that it is a sort of a diploma mill,
which rolls out sheepskins ndis-
criminately to all. We only hope
that such people could see one just
one, of our examinations (bench
for instance). It would cure them
of their unbelief forever. W have
a just and earnest Faculty; com
posed of men who are in every way
competent to teach, and who teach
thoroughly. Our lowest mark for
graduation is 80, out of a possible
100, for both Junior and Senior
years; and every examination pa
per is carefully read and all errors
noted.
Among other false opinions of our
college is this—that Athens is a
place of intemperate and immoral
tendances; that to send a boy here
is to make him “wild,” to teach him
how to gamble 5 and drink. Athens
is a prohibition town, the “dryest”
of the “dry.” It is true that here,
as elsewhere, whiske}’ may be pro
cured from a distance. But when a
a student arrives he finds none in
his pathway; there is no temptation
for hitn to contract the habit of
drinking. As for gambling there is
very little of it done in Athens, and
nearly all of that which is done,
may be traced to the “townmen.”—
The students take little or no ‘share
in it.”
How these, and many other false
opinions of our University, have be
come so wide-spread, it is impossi
ble to learn. It can only be hoped
that they will be corrected. £he
University of Georgia is situated at
one of the most healthy places in
the State. Our Faculty and our fa-
ci ities fer teaching are unsurpassed.
Our students for the most part study
K • and *\n acJlago, \
great difficulties and draw backs,
holds her head up among the best
schools in the land.
j THE LITER A RY SO CIE TIES.
Demosthenian Hale, 1
November 6th, 1886 j
Society met at 10:15 a. m., and
was called to order by President
Moss. Roll called, and Minutes
read aud adopted. C F Rice ap
pointed Secretary pro. tem.
C M Walker responded as Seuior
orator.
Question for debate: Resolved,
“ That Congress should enact a law
to create a board of arbitration to
settle difficulties between labor and
capital. Debated on affirmative by
F E Twitty, Warren, Harriston,
McWilliams. Negative: Jarrell,
Heyman, Rice, Winston, Webb, W A
Davis, Hartsfield, Austin, Walker.
Decision in favor of negative.
R L Johnson was elected Presi
dent; G H Winston, Vice-President;
W A Davis and Crawford, 1st and
2nd Censors, and M J Webb ap
pointed Librarian, pro. tem.
Question foi debate for Saturday
week: Resolved, “That a represen
tative should be governed by the will
of his constituents.”
Appointments: Senior orator—
Winston; Junior—Bondurant and
W A Davis; Sophomore, Parks,
Warren and Felton.
The question for debate for Sat
urday is, Resolved, “ That the South
has made more progress than the
North since the war.” Affirmative:
Harriston, Little aud Heyman; neg
ative: Pope, Rice and Webb.
The President announced that
next Saturday was the day to elect
an anniversarian.
Society adjourned.
Moss, President.
Rice, Secretary pro tem.
Pm Kappa Hali,, )
November 6, 1886. j
Society met and was called to or
der by President U V. Whipple.
Roll called; minutes read and
adopted.
B B Barnes was elected and iuiated
as a member of the society.
E C Kontz was unanimously elected
as anniversarian, and likewise '! R
R Cobb as private anniversarian.
The Council met and declared the
following members as eligible to
vote: Almon, Black, Broyles, Crit
tenden, Edwards Florence, Kontz,
Mell, J C., Poe, Reid T W., Reid, W
D., Shaw, Tate, Weaver, Quarterman
Inauguration of officers as follows;
President, Walker; First Assistant,
Chisholm; Second Assistant, LawJ
re nee.
Society then heard a short but
very appropriate address from Dr E
D Newton, an honorary member.
Time of Day j as Junior orator, was
fixtenVlecl to next Saturday ; "likewise
that of Shaw, as Sophomore de-
claiaier.
Question: Resolved, “The immigra
tion of Chinese should be prohibited.
Debate was entered into and dis
cussed affirmatively by Messrs Chis
holm, Barge,' Bennett, Crittenden,
Day, Downing, Florence and
Broyles; and negatively by Messrs
Black, Edwards, Gille and Foreman.
Decision given in favor of affirm: i
tive.
Question for next Saturday: Re
solved, “That Ireland should have
a separate self Government.” Af
firmative: Mitchell and Knight;
negative: Upshaw and Reid, T W.
Question for Saturday week: Re
solved, “ That there should be a
Protective Tariff.’’ Affirmative:
Crittenden and Bennett; negative:
Gillis aud Black. •
Society then adjourned.
J. H, Walker, Pres.
R. W. Almon, Sec.
Quarrel in the college tower:
Bell (to clapper): “ Do you mean
to say that my sweet voice annogs? ’
Clapper: “I told you so.”
Bell: “You wrong me.”
Clapper: “You have too much
temper."
Bell: “And you too much mettle."
Clapper: “I am going to strike.”
Bell: “You Insulting cur few
times have I been treated thus.