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VOL. III. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 12, 1910. No. 18. CAROLINA'S GREATEST SON HONORED. Statute of John C. Calhoun Unveiled IN STATUARY HALL OF CAPITOL. Work of H. W. Ruckstuhl-Exer cises Today. At eleven o'clock today, a statue of John C. Calhoun is unveiled in the Statuary Hall of the Capitol at \'Vash ington. The statuc is a magnificent one of Italian marble, and compares most favorably with any statue in the Statue of John C. Calhoun, in Stattuary Hall at Washington. hall. It is the work of Mr. \VWll ington Rickstuhl, the well-known scullptor-, wh,]ose por-trayal of Genl. Stade H Jampton in the State I louse grounds has beo a source of so Wch satisfaction. Almost two years ago, the General Assembly appropriated teii thotisand dollars for this statue, and of this sum something like $9,500 has been used. The supervisionl of the work has been ill the hands of a comn mission, created by the Legislature, and of this commission Governor Ansel has been the enthusiastic chair man. lie has given a great (eal of time and thought to the wVork, and to his interest is (tie much of the credit for its success. Tile exercises inl thle Capitol will consist of two p)arts. One is at eleven o'clock in thle Statuary H-all, which is entirely in the hands (If Southl Caro lina, and over which Governor Ansel wvil1l)presidle. The statue will he unl veiled at t.his time. andl all South Carolinians and admirers of the great statesman are invited to tile p)resenlt. (Continued on. Page TIhrec.) W. G. BREITENSTEIN TO COACH BALL TEAM. Columbia League Player Ac cepts Position. TO TAKE CHARGE AT ONCE. He Is a Good Player and Should Put Out a Strong Team. WVilliaim G. Breitenstein, a veteran well-knowi to Columbia-fandom, has been engaged to coach the University of South Carolina's ball-tossers, for the battles of the coming season. Mr. lreitcnstein is an experienced ball player, and a imai capable of inspiring youngsters with confidence. Hle played with the Columbia, S. A. L. team, dur ing the season of 1909, and held down every position on the field except that of catcher, during his sojourn iwith the club. He is thus capable of coaching every position equally well. Mr: Breitensteiii is to manage the Colum hia clib, (luring this year's S. A. L. peiait race, and will coach our nine until his managerial duties become too heavy for him tb carry both jobs at oice. Thei manager of the baseball team wishes to acknowledge the receipt of the following contributions for the baseball fund: Mr. John T. Roddey........$10 00 Mr. A. TI'. lardin........... 10 00 Mr. Lewis WN. Parker......... 5 00 Mr. lenry Hughes .......... 5 00 Mr. J. Roy Fant............ 5 00 Mr. Bratton lDavis ........... 5 00 Mr. Bernard Manning........ 5 00 Mr. David Uiamilton.. .......2 00 Mr. D. S. Matheson......... 2 00 Mr. D. R. Coker............. 1 00 Mr. Simon 11. Rich.......... 1 00 Baseball Game This After noon. The initial game of the varsity base hall season will be played this after niooni on Davis Field, with the Mechanl ics. The game will be called promptly at 4 o'clock, and the admission wvill be tweity-five cents. h'lie Mechanics al ways pt out a strong teai. and in tile game this afternoon will have Thack h1anm in the box. ''lhe game should he an interesting one. and it is hoped that a large crowd will be out. The re iaining games of this series will be played on the 16th and 19th of this month. Architecture as a Vocation. C. C. WVilson, 1EsqI., spoke in chapel last Monday morning upon the sub-. ject, "Architecture as a Vocation." Mr. Wilson is a very successful archii tect, andl was well qualified to speak on this subject. He is at p)resenlt the architect of the new Scieince Hall, in course of construction on Gibbes' Green, and his remarks wvere listened to with grreat interest by the students. TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN PROGRESS. Preliminary Games Being Played Off. THE FINALS NEXT WEEK. Association Trying to Arrange Inter-Collegiate Meet. The Tennis tournament is progressing very satisfactorily. Nearly all the first, second and third rounds have been played. President Ellis has given no tice that all preliminary games must be finished by tonight, so that the tour nament may be ended early next week. Every one interested in tennis should come down to the court on Gibbes' Green Monday and Tuesday to see the semi-finals and finals. Much rivalry has been manifested through out these contests, and as they come nearer to a close greater efforts will be put forth. A fter this week the re nainder of the tournament will be played on Gibbes' Green, and Mr. IlAmore Waring will act as the official referee. It is hoped that after the tourna ment the Tennis Association will ar range an intercollegiate meet with one or more institutions in this State. \Vith the interest which the tournamet is creating Carolina should be able to put out an excellent team this spring. Thursday Nldht Lecture. The second of a series of lectures by Dr. Green, on recent archaeological discoveries, was held in the chapel 'I rsda night. Dr. Green's subject this w\,eek was "Rome" and lie handled it in a way that was most satisfactory to his audience. Dr. Greei was in Rome a short time ago. and biy reason of this fact imuch interest was added to his treatment of his subject. A large audience heard the address and showed great enjoyment. "No," remarks the editor, wim a mocking smile, "I cannot use your verses. You will pardon me for say ing that -they utterly lack sense, rhythm, meter, idea, form, construc tion and everything else that should he in a poem." With a proud though peeved heart the poet strode from the magazine office, took his verses to a popular song publisher, had them printed, and wvithinm six months, a millionaire, came back, bought the magazine, and fired the editor.--Chicago Post. Student (home for vacation): "Bridget, i've just found another fly in the milk.'' Bridget (appreciatively): "Begor rah, it's wvonderful what collidge trninin' wvill (1n for ye.'' CLASS BASE BALL OVER. Sophomores Win Champion ship. THREE EXCITING GAMES. Much Good Material Brought Out. The Score by Innings. fit the pioiieer baseball game of the season, last Friday, the Seniors were completely overwhelmed and annihi lated by the Junior nine. Up to the eighth inning, the victims were only one run to the bad, but in that fatal roun(ld, Graydon, the veteran twirler, was driven from the slab, in favor of Ben lieve:-1y. At the end of the eighth the score stood 11 to 0, in favor of the Juniors, and thus it remained. The entire Junior team hit the ball hard. Stoney, however, led the field vith four singles out of five efforts. 14e likewise assisted in a speedy double. Havird did the best hitting for the Seniors, with three out of four times up. 1zlar, at short, robbed "\Vild Bill' McGowan, the foxy slu ger, of a hit. Score by innings: R. 11. 1-. Junliors . ..212 000 060-11 15 5 Seniors. .010 201 010- 5 7 6 IBatteries: Junior:;, W'yche and Kirkland: Seniors, Graydon, Beverly and lelser. )n Saturday, the Sophs and l'resh mlleni Imlixed it ill). Ten ronlds of heartrenidiiig baseball resulted, with tle flial count, in favor of ;the Sophs. Lrp to the last three innings it looked as if the lreshmen were destined to battle in the finals. but the Soplis rallied. and drove Irooks from the box. l'oxwortli crossed the plate with the wining run. I [s steady work be hind the bat, and timely hitting was one of the features. Watts robbed Melillanl of a three bagger to deep center. In the one inning in which he operated. Harper struck out the oIly\ three batters to pass him. Score 1y inigs: R. Hf1. I. Sophs. . . . .01 l 101 211 1-9 9 3 Freshmien. . . 100 100 201 0-' 1a 5 1atteries: Sophs. Shaw, I-arper and Foxworth ; Preshlien, I rooks Rile% and Mills. s a result of AlonidaNy's fusillade, he Sophomores will hold tihe Flinil cup for a y.ear. In that scrilimange. the viclors acte en tirely withonit re g~ardl for the J unior feelings. WVychec was (drivenl from the mound11( dutrinig the pro gress of the a ft ernoon,. and was supl ercedled by Jones. A\ comb)inlation of hits and miscues, hlowever, add(edi still further to the score of the onrush ing Sophis. [-arper pitchedl steady hall, and was caught in masterly style by Foxworth. McMlillan covered several square miles of territory. and( (Continued nn Pnne Threc.