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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. Communications solicited from students and alumni. Address all communications to THE REPORTER, Athens, Ga. Pay up your dues in your literary society. Both the Demosthenian and Phi Kappa societies need money to sustain themselves. ^ ■ • * i ^ 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.