THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA C378 UPy 1911 C.3 UNIVERSITY OF N C AT CHAPEL HILL ^ lilllllllllllllillll _ HH 00033984886 ^^^ FOR USE ONLY IN I THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION Ai*^^1985 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/yacketyyackseria1911univ YACKETY YAC: Nineteen Hundred and Eleven VOLUME XI Edited by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies and the Fraternities of the Unwersflty ©f Morftlh CaroMoa CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA At Evening— (Poem) ATHLETICS: Baseball. Basket Ball Class Athletics Coaches Football Officers Athletic Association Track 256 Wearers of The "N. C." 260 Ball Managers 226 Brotherhood of St. Andrew 236 Calendar CLASS ATHLETICS: Champion Baseball Team . Freshman Football 269 Junior Football 267 Senior Football 266 Sophomore 268 Tennis 270 CLUBS: Alan ! County. Gaston County Guilford County Horner Military School 287 Johnston County 294 Mecklenberg County. 290 Oak Ridge 285 Robeson County. 296 Rockingham County 295 Surry County 299 Trinity School. 289 Warrenton High School 286 Wayne County 298 Webb School Winston-Salem Woodberry Forrest Co-Ed Roll Commencement Honors Commencement Marshals DEBATING UNION Carolina Inter-Collegiate Debate Carolina Virginia Debate Freshman —Sophomore Debate . Georgia —Carolina Debate Pennsylvania -Carolina Debate Sophomore —Junior Debate ... Dramatic Club 278 Eben Alexander 5 Faculty. 16 FRATERNITIES: Alpha Tau Omega 182 Beta Theta Pi 170 Delta Kappa Epsilon 165 Kappa Alpha 186 Kappa Sigma 194 Omega DpsUon Phi 210 Phi Chi 206 Phi Delta Theta 202 Pi Kappa Alpha 198 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 174 Sigma Nu 190 The Non-Frats . 213 ZetaPsi 178 FRESHMAN CLASS: RoU 108 German Club 224 Gimghouls 214 Golden Fleece 218 Graduate Department 114 Humor 303 In Memoriam 11 JUNIOR CLASS: History 93 RoU 86 Life— (Poem I 118 LITERARY SOCIETIES: Dialectic al48 Philanthropic alSO Ministerial Club. 236 My Valentine Poem I 164 Orchestra and Glee Club 27S Order of Gorgons Head 217 Our Artists 300 Phi Beta Kappa . 221 PROFESSIONAL CLASSES: First Year Medical Students 130 Law Students - 123 Pharmacy Class 134 Pre-Med. Roll 132 Second Year Medical Students 126 Senior Law - . 121 PUBLICATIONS: Magazine Board. 238 Tar Heel Board 239 The present situation in Carolina Athletics 244 Research Societies '. 277 SENIOR CLASS: History 80 Roll 23 Senior Superlatives 83 SOPHOMORE CLASS: History 105 Roll 96 Tau Kappa Alpha 160 The Tar Heel The Corn on Mv Love's Left Little Toe iPoemi 222 The 'Lasses Pond and Fritter Tree 302 The University of North Carolina in the Civil War 141 To Priscilla Poem 280 U. N. C. Band '. 276 U. N. C. Music Association 274 i University Day — Poem i 116 University Press Association 228 When Annette Smiles -iPoem) 273 Young Men's Christian Association 231 Yackety Yack Board of Editors. 12 D r li I r a r 1 n TO EBEN ALEXANDER, Ph D..LL. D. for ten years dean of the University of North Carolina \A/E Respectfully Dedicate this Book Vol. XI UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Eben Alexander was my friend, so true and loyal, so thoughtful and unselfish, so near in all that makes friendship nE sweet and precious, that it tears afresh the wound made by his loss to tell for others the story of that life. The months which have flown have scarcely dulled the pain. The fireside by which we sat so often is cold, the chair is empty, and the light gone out, and yet 'The waiting hand xvill clasp mij own once more Across the silence in the same old Wav." He was born of gentle and cultured parents. His father was Judge Eben- ezer Alexander, of the Second Circuit Court of Tennessee—a man just, kind, and thoughtful—and his mother was Margaret McClung, admired by all who knew her and beloved for her gentle manners. The qualities of these two parents were finely mixed in their son, and the gracious influence of his mother, though he lost her early, affected his whole life. The fondness for books, which he showed as a boy, led to his thorough preparation for college and to his entering Yale at eighteen years of age. The honors won there showed not only his ability as a scholar, but his popularity among his fellow students, and some of the closest friendships of his life were formed there. His loyalty to his alma mater was deep and lasting, and he kept up an unfailing interest in her every success. The last journey of his life was taken to the old campus and elms of Yale. From her he had received the training and inspiration for his life work, and his love for her was strong and abiding. Graduating in 1873, he returned to his home in Knoxville to teach ancient languages in the University of Tennessee, and at the age of twenty-six was elected professor, becoming chairman of the Faculty a few years later. His rapid rise and the confidence placed in him testify to his marked ability, and the love and respect which his old pupils there bear for him give evidence to the fine qualities of inspiring teacher and courteous gentleman so noteworthy in his after career at our own University. M? THE IQll YACKETY YACK Vol. XI He was called to the University of North Carolina m the fall of 1886 as Professor of Greek, and speedily made his influence felt for all that was high and best in the University. He taught Greek with a love for the art, the litera- ture, and the heroic days of Greece that attracted his students and made it a liberal education to be brought in contact with him. They gathered around him in his office, filled with books and papers and pictures of Greece and Greek art. There they read together the Greek Testament or some late copy of a newspaper from Athens. But deeper and more lasting than all other lessons was the quiet, ennobling influence of the teacher himself. How great was the charm of his kindly courtesy, his unselfishness, and his deep and varied learning, many of his students, now scattered throughout the State and the South, can testify. Truly, he belongs to that great Choir Invisible. "The presence of a good diffused. And in diffusion ever more intense." In 1893, President C;e\eland appointed him Minister to Greece, Rou- mania, and Servia. He was granted leave of absence by the trustees and re- mained abroad for four years. During most of this time his duties kept him at Athens. It has been the general testimony that this country has never had a more efficient or acceptable representative there. His acquaintance with the Modern Greek tongue enabled him to mix with the people, and his gentle courtesy won him many friends. His intimate knowledge of their literature and of all that was glorious in their past brought him in touch with the scholars and great men of Greece, and lasting friendships were formed with the king and members of the royal family. For years after his return to his quiet home in Chapel Hill the king and some of his sons continued to correspond with him and to send him affectionate reminders of their former acquaintance. He was largely instrumental in the restoration of the Olympic Games, the first of the modern games being celebrated during his official stay in Athens. The Acropolis, the leading newspaper of Athens, contained the following reference to him on his return to this country: "The Athenian people have heard with sorrow of the proposed departure of the American Minister, Mr. Alexander. Greece is, indeed, losing a highly valued friend, and Athens especially will miss one of her most sympathetic personalities. A scholar in the widest significance of the word, but not, for all that, the less of a diplomat, although the diplomatic activity of the American Legation at Athens is limited; deeply learned in Greek language and literature, he has loved Greece not with the soulless interest of the archaeologist, but with the warm love of a man interested in the prosperity of Greece of Vol. XI UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 7 to-day. He has let no opportunity pass of showing this interest practically. The success of the Olympic Games, through the coming of the American athletes, who gave such life to that athletic meeting and insured its success, was due to Dr. Alexander. A genuine representative of a democratic people, he has maintained a charming simplicity of manner without petty diplomatic affectation and his house has been open with the utmost hospi- tality to every Greek who sought an interview with the American Minister, and to all his compatriots, who have carried away the same good impression of their diplomatic repre- sentative. It is a pity that we are losing such a friend." In 1897, he took up again the quiet hfe of scholar and teacher at the University. His knowledge and love of books had led him to give much time to the care and development of the library, and as Supervisor he did much to direct its growth and make it the strong and useful library which it is to-day. When President Alderman resigned in 1900, he was urged by many to consent to undertake the duties of the presidency, but could not be moved by any of our arguments or pleas. He finally consented, however, to become Dean of the University, and by his wise counsel, encouragement, and unswerv- ing loyalty he did much to uphold the hands of the one upon whom the task of government had fallen.