Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(By T. CLEVELA Since- the mid-winter examina tions have given the boys their pro per bearings, some of them who were already traveling in the right direction are continuing in their same well directed course. Others, ,who by the kind and timely advice of examinations, awoke to find themselves traveling upon the wrong end of the road have about faced and are determined to be found in the right path in June. But it is sad to think that there are still others who have chosen to con tinue in their old ways, even though their cours'e is leadhig in the oppo site direction of the goal to which all men who expect to be worthy of the name sh4uld be traveling. As a remedy, we suggest to those rmen, "Cast your-lot with the Y. M. C. A." Become a member of this As sociation. You will oever have cause to regret it. With the coming of spring the Y. M. C. A. is in a flourishing con dition. We sometimes feel despon dent and think that the Y. M. C. A. of the tniversity of South -Caro lina is a diseased organ, and that it is gradually dying. We some times hear the remark'that the Y. M. C. A. is a dead member. But this is all imagination on the part of those who don't know. They have been misinformed. We are free to admit that the past iecord of the Y. M. C. A. has not been entirely satisfactory, yet we are glad to say that even during the exami nation 'period, when all other. col lege organizations suspended work, the Y. vI. C. A. continued its work as before. Since examinations greatly increased interest in the work of the Association has been manifested. Attendance upon the Sunday afternoon-lectures has been much better. The Bible classes have been more largely attended than ever. It view of the flourish ing condition of the Association, at -rcsent there is no reason whatever why we should lose patience. Our Association is by no means dead. Perhaps there are many college and university associations doing better work than ours, but if you will s- tudy carefully the college papers .you will discover that many col leges are less active along this line di sorks than the University of 'South Carolina. I have-beeni surprised to find that a large nuiinber of college maga zines throughout the South give no ;S . NOTES ND CALLISON.) space whatever to Y. M. C. A. work. This would lead one to think that work of this kind is unknown to those institutions. We are highly pleased with the increased interest the men are man ifesting in the "Bible study courses." Realizing that the high est aim of our Association should be to encourage the study of the Bible, the officers have steadily pressed this phase of the Associa tion work to the front. The result is the Association has three large Bible classes doing excellent work under the leadership of professors of the University. For the benefit of those who did not hear the ad dress of Hon. 0. B. Martin on, "Why Know the Bible," and in or der 'to further encourage you in this work, it may be appropriate to present some reasons for the study of the Bible, as recently outlined by Chancellor MacCracken, of the New York University. (i) "It is the charter of our re ligioli. (2) "It -is the storehouse of our principles. (3) "It has essentially molded our civilization. (4) "It is an ancient classic. (5) "It is the inspired word of God. (6) "It is the history of our peo ple. (7) "Its language is worthy of study. (8) "Its characters are striking and original. (9) "Its principles are exem plary and most powerful. (io) "It is an ethical force. ( i i ) "It unveils an ancient civili zation to the world. (12) "Its fundamental ideals are yet far from being realized, and its leclarations unexhausted mines yielding ever fresh treasures. (3) "It is the battleground of i great science. (14) "It is culture bu' ling. (15) "Ignorance of it is gross tupidity. (16) "Knowledge of it is pre supposed in every educated man or wvonan. (17) "A great comfort in time >f sorrow. (i8) "An ever-present help in temptation. (i9) "A great stimulus to noble living. (20) "Its views encompasses heaven and earth, opens a path in this life to walk in, and a hope for the future." The above reasons are applica ble to all men in all places and un der all circumstances. Many other reasons, too numerous to mention, might be -given why the men of the University pf South Carolina should study the Bible. However, I will not consume time to mention more than one, which is especially applicable to the men of this Urii versity., It should be the Code of Laws of the "University Honor System." Dr. J. W. Daniel delighted the Association with an interesting ad dress last Sunday afternoon. The Association has decided to have a sermon preached to the As sociation some time during com mencement. The committee to se cure a man to preach the Y. M. C. A. sermon will make an effort to secure a man whom we will be glad to hear. We will announce the name of the minister who will preach this sermon as early as pos sible. Current Events VICTOR E. RECTOR. The eminent scientist, Sir Oliver Lodge, of England, has come to the support of those who claim -to. be able to communicate with the dead. After exhaustive tests this intellect ual man affirms that it is .entirely possible to get a hearing from the dead. What will science do next? It has already eliminated time and space; it has discovered the fact that man passes his period of use fulness at forty, and, therefore, at that age lie ought to be chloro formed; it has startled the civilized world by proving, in a concrete way, that babies can be raised in an incubator; and when the scientist discovers some way by which to make bread from the elements of the atmosphere, and when he makes an airship to distribute such food to the needy places of earth, some idle angel may come down and brand us poor mortals "Dead Beats on Their Road to Glory." The Dispensary winding up com mission is having to travel a rocky road. The liquor houses that have claims against the old Dispensary have appealed to the Federal Court. At the same time Attorney-General Lyon is behind the commission in the State Courts. They are be tween the two fires, and the situa tion must be growing warm. The whole matter is a strong argument in favor of the idea that all regulat ing schemes for the sale of whiskey are moi-ally wrong. You can't roe ulate the evil ,out f whiskey any more than you could regulate the evil out 'of tainted meat. People that handle such goods are people Who are in the business solely for the money they can get out Qf It. The quqesio4 of honor rarely ever enters th ir'minds. Some day they may 4el taught that "The way of a transgressor, is. hard." Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the one Ainerican. woman who hag won, by her own d,eliberate and fiendish acts, world wide notoriety, wants a divorce. Her plea is based on-the ground that Harry K. Thaw was insane at the time he married her. It is the opinion of some that Mrs. Thaw merely wants a chance to prove in the court -room that her husband is not now insane. If he is not insane we would like to know what it would take to -make 'a sane man insane. * * * More than 8oo men *have been enrolled in Bible classes at the Uni versity of Toronto. Eight or nine men of the faculty are assisting in training #l(aders and in teaching. Men of the South Carolina Univer sity, suppose we pause for .a mo ment and think of the work we are doing along the firing lines of re ligious effort.. I don't believe the' devil is any better pleased than he is when. he sees men working at religion like the most of us on this campus. The Y. M. C. A. Interstate Con vention meets in Columbia March 27-29. Some of the best talent en gaged in the Association work will be at this Convention. Plans and methods for successfully conduct ing the work of a Y. M. C. A. will be discussed, and it is sincerely hoped that this University will have a large delegation to attend. Books of the Year We desire to make known to the million readers of this paper the early publications of the following books. We will say here that this fear has brought forth a great crop of scientific writings. Mr. H. B. Hughes will write a "New Psychology," being a criti cism of all known books on the, subject, and the refutation of the same. Mr. Hughes holds, and will prove, that there is but one sensa tion, that being the kiss. All other sensations, visual, auditing, gustat ing, etc., Mr. Hughes .will account for on a different basis. This book will be sold by Mr. Camak, campus agent' for this par.ticula' ,gu,thor. Price $2.25., There will be a rush Dr. Moore wants one. The sale of the above book wilj be great, but nothing to compare with- "Some Notes on Gerihan and French," by- Dr.' Fresh. Dilling ham. Dr. Dillinghai. was edd cated up North, where the oppor tunities for study in this depart ment are incomparable. He at tended,pollege with Mr. Hoey,'both makin'g an average of 99 3-4. It is only after long years of study and experience that Mr. Dillingham would consent to write this book. Mr. J. MacTear Furse will make a complete revision of "Goodwin's Greek Grammar." Any one who knows Mr. Furse is familiar with his great Greek scholarship. Mr. Furse's book will be sold in all the leading book stores of the county, and will be used in this University next session. Mr. Furse is to be thanked for his great effort to in crease classic learning. -Price$3.oo. Here is a God-send.. Mr. Cope Massarge will at last write "Taxa haw, Past and Present." Mr. Mas sarge i. well fitted for this task, being from that city. Orders for 2,ooo have already been. received. Whoever has heard Mr. Massarge converse well knows his knowledge of this remarkable Taxahaw; sit uated two miles south .of "Hole Hole." * * *., Mr. Academic Ross will soon send to press a paper on the "Rela tive Food Value of Prunes." It will be recalled that Mr. Ross' head is shaped like a prune, hence he is well able to deal with this subject. This book will be. given gratis to any person who will have it. We have been requested by Mr. William Gams to announce that he is preparing "Stung." Also., Mr. Raws will write on "Photograph-. ing Free." Mr. Ben Heyward will write "Two Years in Math." Mr. Kenesaw Mountain Commander will write "Methods of Physical Development." Also Mr. Joshua Woodrow will write the "Methods of Perennial Freshness." dan't miss this. S. C. J., Ja, "A student is like a kerosene lamp; He isn't especially bright, usually. smokes, frequently. ' b~u1 at night, and is* oftetiti-et ynf/ "Co-education i a ho*, Exanis. they are~4 had~ The faculty doth t*ob ' And lecta es