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A STUDENT SECRETARY FOR THE UNIVERSITY (Continued froin page One.) a Secretary from a religious stand Point. But it is customary for the Secre tary to enter all phases of college life. He is especially useful in athletics, and it is the purpose of the leaders of this movement to secure the services of a man who has taken some part in athlet ics. To show the efficiency of the Stu dent-Secretarv w%ork, we will take Clemson College, in our own State. Before a Secretary was employed at that place, there was only one hundred men in the Association, and one hun dred and fifty men in 13ible study. After three years under the Secretarv there were last year three hundred men in the Association, and four hun dred and fifty men in Bible study. Does this not mean something to an institution and to the men who have lived there five years of their life? Also, at the University of North Caro lina, before a Secretary was sectired the work was weak and inefficient. At present, however, under the leader ship of a Secretary, there are three hundred men in lible study, the Asso ciation meetings are attended by large crowds of students, many stuidents are assisted in making their w%ay througi college, and the Association as a moral factor in college life is decidedly strong. This movement began three years ago. Last year a determined effort was made, but failed because a little too much was taken for granted. The students raised $400 and asked for $6oo from the Legislature. But, so strong is the movement this year, that the students have secured $5oo, and will ask the Legislature for $5oc, against $6oo last year. Some may object to State aid for the religious advancement of a school. But if the State gives money for the buildings, grounds, etc., of a State school, why should it not give the money for the far more important thing, the moral and religious develop ment of the men who are to be the makers of its laws and the moulders of its public sentiment ? If a university is thoroughly e(uipped for literary and physical training, should it not be equipped for teaching the higher things of life-? Now, abouit the cost. A good Sec retary will cost $1,o0. The faculty and students have raised $5oo, and will ask the Legislaturc to give us the other necessary $5oo. We have (cle our b)est, and it now hinges upon01 the Rep resentatives to take (lie step so impor tant inl its nmeaninig (o the Uiviersity. Tn six of the \Vestern institutions the Secretary is sup~portedl enitirely by the State. The State of Louisiana gives $500 for the Secretary of the Universi-y i that State. Mississippi gives $66o to (lhe University. Arkan sas gives $600 aninually for (lie Secre tary of thie. Uiversity of A rkansas. More examp)les could be giveni, showv ig that State aid for the religious ac tivity 'of a State school is no new thling. Ini our owvn State, the trustees give toward thle Secretary of Clemson 'College; $500 of the amount appropri ated by the Legislature for pIrosecuit inig the affairs of that college: So we have a case in point right here in the State. All anxious for the welfare of this University, students, faculty, and alumni, join in the hope that the Leg islature will give us the $500 asked, and recommended by the Governor, thus hastening the day when we will have a great central school, training the sons of the State in public spirit and private character, fulfilling the mission of a university: universal de velopient. J. C. S., Jr. POE CENTENARY AT UNIVERSITY (Continued from Page One.) ter, sent by. Dr. Charles 'W. Kent, of the' University of. Virginia: "The University of Virginia con gratulates the University of South Carolina on its celebration of tlic Poe centenary. May the land that created heroes never forget them." The following beautiful original sonnet "To Edgar Allan Poe," was then read by Mr. Robert E. Gonzales: Somewhere, in violet vales no man can know, Bright armored angels guard the grave of one New-buried, vet with isis-flowers o ergrown ; And through tile gray of gloaming and the glow Mf noon sad-visaged shadows wander slow, And pilgrims from the radiant Uhla lumie, leyond tile peaks of purple, to that tomib, Come ceaselessly, to do thee homage, Poe I Thy voice, across the tideless sea of Sleep, Yet lingers, nor a more melodious strain Sounds Israfeli's lute by heavenly streams Th'an thine, evangelist, whose heart didst keep Promethean yearnings and thy God like pain, 0 mortal dreamer of immortal dreams I The programA was as follows: Address of Welcome-Acting Presi dent Andrew C. Moore. University of iouth Carolina. Address, "The Centenary of Poe" Dr. George A. Wauchope, Univer sity of South Carolina. Music, "To One in Paradise"-Miss Lucile E. Alexander, Columbia Col lege. Address, "Edgar Allan Poe; The Man"-Prof. D. D. Peele, Columbia College. Reading, "Original Elegy"--Mr. Rob ert E. Gonzales, University of South Carolina. Music, "A Dream Within a Dream," Miss Lucile E. Alexander, College for Women. Addlress, "Poe as Poet"-Prof. H-enry C. Davis, University of South Caro lina. Reading, "The Raven"-Mrs. Ada H-. Pillsbury, College for Women. Music, "Annabel Lee"-Miss Lulcile E. Alexander, College for Women. Address, "Poe and the Short Stor" Prof. Leonard T. Baker, University of South Carolinna. PLANS FOR GROWiH OF TIRE UNIVERSITY (Continuo.d from page One.)' and equipped it will. attract students from all ovWtHe South. When the trustees of the newly-es tablished'South Carolina College were preparing the plans of the buildings that were'first used in 1805, they were of the opinion that accommodations for one hundred students would he sufli ciet, So they contracted for the erec tion of the two buildings now known as Rutledge and DeSaussure Colleges. By i8M6 two professors' houses were erected, and a Steward's Hall and li brary were built upon the campus. With these buildings the College had sufficieit room for all purposes until IIon. R. V. Barnwell became president in 1835. The South Carolina College now entered on the second pliase of its existence. Three students had to be lodged in each room, which the trustees wisely saw was not conducive to 9tudy, and so the General Assembly appropriated money for the buildings that bear the names of Elliott, Harper, Pinckney, and Le gare. Thee. was now room on the caiptis for two hundred students. The last dormitory was l,uilt just sixty years ago. For several years the con ditions had been prevailing that about 1840 compelled the erection of more dormitories. The plan of the dormito ries of the Uiiiversity is a most admir able one-a large room for a study. with two small rooms for separate bed rooms, running through the building, and so having plenty of air and light ; but they were meant for two students, and not for three. Besides, three men cannot have the requisite quiet . for study. Such is the dormitory question at the present time. The University authorities are build ing for the future of an institution that belongs to the State, long the pride anl boast of the State, to which she will in after years point as the equal of any. This will come about slowly and at the least cost. THE Y. M. C. A. On next Sunday afterinoon at 3:15 Dr. Henry% Sweets, of Louisville, Ky., wil! address the Y. M. C. A. on "The Ministry as a Calling." Dr. Sweets is the E-ducational Secretary of the Presbytei ian Church. He is a very attractive speaker, and it is indeed for tunate for the Association that it can have him speak. Let there be a full attendlance. At the regular meeting last Sun dlay Dr. Twitchell gave the second lec ture of the "Science and R'eligion" se ries, wdhich lie is dlelivering once a month through the year. His subject this time wvas : "Non-Biblical Reasons for Belief in God." These lectures are full of thought. PLAY AT COLLE4 "The Cricket o: WILL BE GIVEN BY Friday Night, Janua *ADMISS] BETTER MEN TEACHERS NEEDED The Mission of the Department. The De. partment of Education. The Department of Education is de signed to mect - a real, definite, and pressing need-the need for more and better men-teachers. This dearth is recognized by the in formed as nothing short of disastrous. In South Carolina it has now reached an acute stage. Men have been indis pensable in the schools always, but never has the cry been so urgent as to (lay. The multiplication of graded schools calls for, more superintendents and principals. The high school move ment, so phenomenal in its promise, must suffer a severe check unless well equipped men can be obtained'in much larger numbers. The growing ten dency to require expert supervision for the couitiek will soon swell this de mand still further. Here, then, is the mission of this Department. The guiding principles which it adopted are those that are now win ning the acceptance of the educational leaders of the nation. It has been learned from the meritorious experi ence of many generations that mere scholarship in a teacher is wholly un satisfactory without professional skill. A shorter .but equally decisive expe rience has shown the futility of mere professional training without the solid basis of broad scholarship. From the first, the teachers': curriculum has aimed at combining the two qualifica tions. The course in Pedagogy. is meant to open the student's eyes to the recent immense progress in the science of education, and to give some skill in usiug the tools which that science has made to his hand. At the same time, the curriculum, as a whole, is in tended to be equal in severity, in cul ture, and in breadth to any other in the institution. And this is exactly the conclusion toward which the best edu cational thinking of our (lay is mov ing. What of results? The answer to this question must be left to others. Suffice it to say that the State is dot ted with young men of devotion, zeal, and broid umlerstanding, climbing surely toward places of leadership and beneficence. . These men are found in schools of all kinds, from the backwoods district to the University. It is a striking fact, just now, that those leaders who by brain or' pirse are getting things (lone in the wvar for education, are turning their attention to the State Universities in their De p)artments of Education. Patterson \Vardlawv. The friends of Mr. B. S. Beverley are glad to knowv that lhe is improving, andl that he will be out soon. 3E FOR WOMEN n The Hearth" THE SENIOR CLASS ry 22d, at 8 O'clock [ON 25c.