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VOL. III. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH >), 1910. No. 17. DEATH OF PROF. HERNDON MOORE. Passed Away Tuesday Evening. Was Dean of Law Department and Will be Greatly Missed on the Campus-Sketch of His Life. Prof. Maurice Herndon 'Moore, dean of the law department of the Univer sity, died at the Wallace Thompson Memorial Infirmary last Iuesday eve ning, at seven o'clock. Prof. Moore had been ill for several weeks, but was thought to be on the road to re covery, and his sudden death came as a great shock to his many friends throughout the city and State. About 2 o'clock he was seized with a)ol)lectic paralysis, which led to hemorrhage on the brain, resuking in his death a few hours later. The funeral was held from Trinity church, Wednesday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, and the interment was in Elmwood Cemetery. As a mark of respect to the memory of Professor Moore, all classes at the University were suspended on Wednesday and the studlents and faculty attended the funeral services in a body. Seldom has the University been called upon to mourn the death of a man so universally loved and honored as Professor Moore. The greatest sorrow pervaded the entire campus and was re-echoed in the affectionate tributes paid by members of the fac ulty in chapel and through the columns of The State Wednesday morning. Professor Moore will be sorely missed on the campus, and his place in college life will be hard to fill. * * * Maurice Herndon 'Moore, the son of Dr. J. Nott Moore and Lucy M. IIern don, was born at Cedar Grove, Union District, S. C., October 18, 1866. He w,vas prepared for college by Judge D. A. Townsend, of Union, and in 1880, entered Wofford College. graduating four years later with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered the Senior Law Class of the South Caro lina College, as it was then, in 1886, and was graduated one year later with the degree of LL. B. While at Caro lina he was a member of the Clario sophic Society and the Kappa Alpha Hera entered un the practice of law andl, in 1900, became city attorney for Columbia. HeI ,was a membier of the firm of Barron, Moore & Uarron, andl enjoyedl a very large p)ractice. Ini 1901 he was elected an Adjunct Pro fessor of Law at the South Carolina College, wvhich position he held until 1906, when, upon the (death of Col. Josep)h Daniel Pope, lie became Pro (Continued on Pane Thsrec.) TRACK TEAM IS ORGANIZED. Many Men Tryind for Positions Practice Bedan This Week. More Men Needed. Carolina's track team will have two inter-collegiate meets this spring, a:id probably a third. The management will try to arrange meets with Fur man, the Citadel, ad, if time permits, with some other college. Practice has already begim, and a number of men are working hard for places on the team. Others are com ing out after the class baseball games have been played. Mr. Schofield wishes every man to come out and try for a place. Often one is not cog-ii zant of his ability to become a track athlete. Only by constant practice can one hope to sticceed on any team. Practice begins at 5 o'clock, and some one will be in the gymnasium to rub the muscles at 5:30. The thirteen special events which are scheduled for the meet conAist of the mile, half, and quarter runs, the two hundred and twenty and the one hundred yard dashes; low hurdles, two hundred all( twenty yards; high hurdles, one hundred and twenty yards ; high jump ; broad jump ; pole vault; shot put, the hammer and the discus throws. The last of these events is a new feature in track ath letics at Carolina. It is a revival of the old Girecian game, bei:g intro duced into this country only about ten years ago. Although one of the new est, it is one of the greatest favorites inl college althletics. Mr. J. A. Crawford has been elected captain of the track team. The names of Messrs. Cohen, Mobley, Blackburn and Vassey have been submitted by the student body to the Advisory Board which will select from this num ber a manager. The track has been put in excellent condition. Forty hurdles have been provided, and all other necessary ap paratus secured. There are enough men at Carolina to put out winning teams in baseball, tennis and track. It is not probable that every man should wish to engage in all three of these forms of athletics. However, one should not only take an active part in at least one kind of athletics, but should also give his support and co operation to all other branches. Electricity and Madnetism. Prof. A. Courtenay Carson gave the secondl of his lectures in chapel on Thlursday night, February 24th. The rain and sleet again prevented many from coming, but the audience assem bled felt wvell -repaid for their efforts. HeI lectured upon01 the subject of Elec tricity andl Magnetism, and illustrated his exp)eriments by means of illus trated slides. Prof. Carson's lecture was a most interesting one and wvas greatly enjoyedl. ACKNOWLEDGMENT MADE TO MR. BENET. Appreciation of Students for His Work Last Fall-A Silver Waiter Presented. Last Tiesday morning, as a -token of the affection in which lie is always held, and especially as an evidence of aIpreciation for his services in Caro Iia's great hour of iieed, the stuidenits of the University )resented a hand some silver waiter to Mr. Christie lIenet. The gift was made il) by ge!i eral subscriptions from the students and contribiutions were made by )rac tically every man at the University. Last fall, just a week before the Clemson game, Robert V. White, of Harvard, resignied his position as coach, aid had it not been for Mr. Bienet. Carolina must have been over whelminigly defeated. Through his untiring efforts, at great )ersonal sac rifice, and his great ability as a coach, Mr. 1enot, to all intents and purposes. made a team in one week. How well that team acquitted itself is a matter of ride to every student and alumnus of Carolina, and much of this credit must always go to Mr. Benet. A Tribute. The following tribute, by Dr. Joynes, is col)ied from The State of \Vednesday mornig: iII:RNOON MOORE. "Dr. Edward S. Joynles, emlerituis professor of modern languages, to whom the late Prof. Moore was suc cessively student, friend, and col league, writes thus: "The sudden death of Prof. and Dean M. Herndon Moore gives a pain fil shock not only to the community at large, but most especially to the Uni versity and to the law class, by whom he was so honored and, beloved. Time is too short, and the shock too sudden aid severe, for anything like a just estimate of this great loss to the Uni versity and to the State, or for any fair appreciation of the virtues of this usefil and admirable maii. "This writer first saw Hernlon Moore when, in 1884, lie took his de gree of bachelor of arts at Wofford College and delivered there his gradu ate address. I marked him then as a young man of rare charm aid promise. Later I have known him as lracti tionier of law in Colimbia-and later, still, as my colleague and friend in the University faculty. Always able, ti-ue, and modest, too modest for his owvn merit and reputation, he won the re sp)ect and love of all his associates, and was felt by us all to be dlestinedl to gi-eat usefulness and dlistinction as a lawyei- and a teacher. HeI was, ini every sense, an ornament to his fam ily, to his p)rofessionl, to the Unive sity, anld to the State. Great hopes are buiried in his untimely death, and (Conitinu:ed on Page TIwn) THIRD SOCIETY MOVEMENT KILLED In Joint Assembly Sat urday Night. Society Situation Thoroughly Re viewed-Interest Aroused in So ciety Work. There will be no third literary so ciety at Carolina for this year, at least. L,ast Saturday night in joint assembly the Euphraldian and Clariosophic So cieties disclssed this important icas tre for nearly three hours, and at the end of that time, by a vote of forty nine to forty-six, tabled the motio:n for the establishment of a tllirld society. Ily special request )r. jJovnes first ad dressed the joint assembly on this sub ject, and, as always, his speech was full of wisdom, and was closelv list elned to by the societies. Dr. Joynes concluded his remarks by touching oin several other phases of college life, all of great imiportance for the well-being of the University. )i. joynes was was given an ovation at tie close of his speech, and was tendered a rising vote of thanks. The discussion then pro ceeded, and was very spirited, and at timcs almost stormy. Mlany argu ients wer-e advanced by both sides, and -tile question discussed in all its phases. It was finally decided by the vote given above, that a third society was not a pressing necessity at tie piresent time, and its estblishment was postponed tintil another year. Excavations in Greece. Last 'lhIrsday night. )r. I'dwin L. Green delivered a highly entertaining lecture on "Receit Arclhwological Dis coveries in Gi-eece." The lecture was illistrated by numbers of photographs, which we-e showin by aid of the stere opticon lantern and were very inter esting, as they showed the very latest investigations. )r. Green was i-t Greece most of the past suimmer, and thus gave an added interest to his lectire, by his Iirst-hand interpreta tion of his subject. In the audience we-e a number of the young ladies from the colleges, and' also quite a delegation from >the Greek colony in town. Tlhe uninspired idiot was dlescant ing on the race suicide situation. "Those,'' he d.eclared withi convic tioni, "who1( (do not marry in this world will be marriedl in the next.'' "'But,"' interp)osedl the bachelor girl wvho hadl once refused him, "ini heaven they neither marry nor are given in ma riagwe." "I know it," replied the idliot, seeking a toothpick andl with dlrawving hastily.