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Gymnasium Course.Improved. (Continiued from Page One.) sity or public building was to crowd out the ol. We will endeavor to do this with the present gym this year. Everybody get behind and push for a new gym and pool. Isn't It Natural? To see the old campus as green and pretty as it ever was. Don't you feel funny when you see old seniors ride up in hacks, juniors wear derby's and try to look dignified, sophomores sport class caps and scowl at the freshmen while the freshmen look just as green and fresh as they did one hundred years ago. Everybody greeting each other ex cept the new freshmen, who stand around with a dejected look and think of mamma at home. In a way it is the same old college, only a lot of new faces and still more improvements. Everything is natural to an old man. Dr. Burney's cows are still grazing _ behind Rutledge; Dr. Moore's chick c ens are fat and plump after a long c summer's rest in which they have been ' at peace with all mankind. Marshal Dyches still walks with his stately hexameter stride, and George Wash ej ington is off the gang for a season and c4 is on the campus. Indeed, it is the old campus. All the celebrities are here. EI Dr. "Dilly" blew in several days ago from "Nooark," "Mademoiselle" may be heard banging on the chapel piano, while down in Pinckney "Josh" Ash ley's sonorous voice may be heard singing a sweet, ear-splitting lullaby. The Buietyte and the Mitchelltyte are here, "Charleston" is here, and "what's a phact" is just .the same. In the quiet of the evening J. Shake speare Huey may be heard singing hel-le-oo hel-le-oo Kid McNair hel le-oo. Judge Fromberg has his usual wise legal expressions and all the old artists are still increasing the atmospheric pressure with effervescence. Everything is the same in a way, but still everybody is awake and the old historic University is on the for ward move. A bright future is ahead of us. Let us work for it. Happy, happy college days. Meeting of the Aesculapian Society. At the first meeting of the Univer sity Medical Society, it was decided to give at least two lectures in the early future to the student body, under the auspices of this society. The general subject of the lecture will be "Practi cal H-ygiene." This society is complosedl of those students who exp)ect to make the p)ro fession of medicine their li fe-wvork. The standardl of entrance .to the 2Esculapians is high, and it is quite an hoinor to join this society. The following officers were elected .for the year: Robert E. Seibels, _Presi dent ; Frank G. Cain, Vice-President ; Boggan C. Trippet, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Victor E. Rector, A. M., '09, is princip)al of the school in the Granby village and also of one of the night schools. Strong Engineering Course Offered. (Cotinued from Page One.) more opportunity for the civil engi.. neer. With the opening up of the Panama Canal and the exploiting of Cuba and the American colonies the field for constructional work and the opportu nity for the engineer will become almost unlimite(l. Already young en gineers are receiving from two to four liundred dollars a month and expenses in enterprises in these countries. One has only to point at the success in life of those students who have passed from these historic walls with the training of an engineer to see what a vast opportunity lies in the future for those young men who will submit to the exacting deman(s of an educa tion along these lines. The men who will assist Dean Col cock are: JAMK?S BRUCK? COLEMAN. He was born at Earle, S. C., February. 1886, and spen,t his early years at home. He entered the South Carolina College in 1902, and received the de gree of B. S. in 1906. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Pint, N. Y., the session of 1906-1907, and then attended the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, the session of 1907-08. Mr. Coleman was then the head of the departint of mathematics and gym nasium at the Peacock Military School of San Antonio, Texas, 1908-09. De siring to become still more proficient in mathematics Mr. Coleman spent last summer at Columbia University. He was elected instructor in Mathematics at Carolina this June, and has now taken up his regular work. Mr. Cole man, to quote is, in our opinion. both "a gentleman and a scholar." The other assistant is Adjunct Professor MARSHALL GOODiE HOMTES. Mr. Homes was born at Boydton. Va., where he spent his childhood. le attenled Randolph-Macon, 1900 1901. From here Mr. Homes went to the National Preparatory Academy to prepare for West Point, which school he entered and spent two sessions there, 1902 to 1904. After leaving \Vest Point lie attended the University of Virginia, 1904-1906, where he graduated with the degree of C. R. At Virginia, Mr. Homes' ability as a mathematician was recognized by his appointment as instructor in engineer ing. He was elected adjunct profes sor of Mathematics and Engineering by the board of trustees at their Juie mieeting. Mr. Honies conies to us wvith high rccommendlations, and( wve feel sure that he is both capable and willing to make his part of the wvork both inter esting and( useful. The Shandon Dance. On last night at the Shandon sum me pavilion a (lance wvas given to introdluce the new boys around. The p)avilion was crowded wvith exhuber ant college boys and many maidens fair. Pinckney aind his orchestra fur nished the music. This is the first of a series of three (danices, the other two to follow soon. These no dloubt will be looked forward to wvith great pleas Opening of Societies. On last Saturday night both the Clariosophic and the Euphradian So cieties had their annual opening. From the number of names presented and the number of new members initiated this promises to be the most successful year ever had in this branch of col lege activity. Both societies had almost a full number of old members present besides the many new recruits. In the Euphradian the society was called to order by President J. -1. Cooper, and after the usual prelimi naries ithe new members were pro posed, accepted and initiated. The society then continued with the regular routine of business. In the Clariosophic President I. N. Edwards called the society to order, and here likewise a number of new men were initiated. Both societies met in joint meeting in the Clario sophic, with President J. H. Cooper, of the Euphradian, in the chair. This being the first meeting of the joint assembly, Mr. H. G. Officer was elected Secretary of the assembly, suc ceedhing Mr. H. LeRoy IzIar. After the joint meeting both societies retired to their respective halls aid continued the regular order of business. Dr. Joynes Speaks in Chapel. Among the pioneers of this institu tion there is no one who is better known by the public aud better loved by the students than Dr. E. S. Joynes. As will be remembered by the older studlents, Dr. Joynes was'formerly ac tive head of .the modern language de partment, of which departimiiet he is now Professor Emeritus. Dr. Joynes is knowin throughout the South as a great educator, and it was with no small degree of pleasure that the stu dents heard him speak -to thei this mormnig. The Doctor began by congratulating the University upon the successful opening this year. He then went on to enumerate the advantages that the State had given her youth and the debt of gratitude that the boys owed the State in return. He then paid a passing tribute to the faculty, and showed the students the necessity of earnest co-operation. Vhen Dr. Joynes was seated both the students and faculty gave him a wvarm rotud of applause. The German Club. At -the first meeting of the German Club the following officers were elected for the current term: Randolph Mur dlaugh, President ; Robert E. Seibels, Vice-President ; Ben. S. Beverly, Sec retary ; H-Ialcott Thomas, Treasurer; James H-. H-lammonid, Leader ; WV. C. McGowan, Junior Leader. The opening German will be held Thursday, the seventh of October. A number of new members have b)een elected to the club, and a most successful season is anticipated. Very Fresh Lewis to Junior Shiep p)ardl (upon seeing the elevator in the skyscraper) :"Jim, let's take a ridle on that alligator today." Mr. Paul Fellers, class of '07, is pay master for the Capital City and Rich lan(1 Mills. "That's a Fact." SPEVCII AT SE.NIOR-JUNIOR TIANCIUET. When I look uipon the faces Assembled in this hall, And think that in a few (lays They will each have heard .the call Of the world for earnest workers, And that each vill take his place \Vith the courage of conviction That he can win the race. That the college walls shall echo \Vith their ringing songs no more, The campus be deserted By the ones we loved of yore, My heart feels sad and heavy, And, perhaps I lack in tact, But I feel like weeping softly "That's a fact." When I think of happy (lays That together we have passed. And that tonight may be The very, very last On which we meet together, As we've been wont .to meet And mingle smile with laughter, As eye, eye doth greet As I think you'll soon be scattered O'er the country far and wide, And may perchance forget us In your struggles 'gainst the tide, The heart grows sad and sadder And struggles in the act Of suippressing its emotion, "That's a fact." Where'er your feet may wander, Where'er your lot be cast, Our thoughts will ever linger 'Round the memories of the past, 'Round the memories of the faces Of the boys of naughty-nine, 'Round the memories of this banquet As together here we dine, 'Round the memories of the campus, Where your happy faces shone. These memories will be sad When the faces all are gone, But the heart will see those faces And the memory re-enact The scenes now gone forever, "That's a fact." F. HORTON CoLCoCK. The Y. M. C. A. Reception. Tonight at the Steward's Hall the University Y. M. C. A. will give a reception to all the new men. This reception is given by the Y. M. C. A. each year, and is always looked for ward to with great interest. Both female colleges will be out in full force, and it is useless to say that a great time is in store for each and every one. The Y. M. C. A. forms a part of studlent life in which we should each one be interested. It helps to buildl up the third and p)erhap)s the greatest sidle of man--the moral. This social fea ture is indleedl a good one, and we feel sure that the Steward's Hall will lbe overflowving wvith goodl fellowvship andl fine refreshments. Cards (from Chas ton, seeing the boys put in church slips): "'What are they voting on there ?" Send a copy of 'ITrm GA\M1cocv home. Subscribe to Tiix GaMI.cocK. Patronize our adhveritisers.