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SOCIETY NOTES. The two societies Saturday night had a joint meeting to consider two important matters. First, there was a challenge from Wake Forest to have a debate. They proposed that it should be held in Asheville, so neither side would have an advantage. After very careful consideration of this invitation to debate, the joint as sembly decided, as they thought it more profitable to debate Trinity, that they could not accept the challenge. Trinity also desires a debate. The chair appointed Messrs. Officer, Wyche and Sheppard to look into this mitter and make a report as soon as possible. Now, as to what action this committee will advise, it is hard to say. Fellows, I suppose you wonder why we are receiving these requests to have joint debates. If we think a while, we will see it very plain. All of the colleges of the State and of other States, most of them at least, pride themselves on their societies. For this reason they desire to have a de C-; bate with a university. Of course, if 1A they are beaten it does not make much difference, but if they arc fortunate enough to win, why, it is a great honor, especially to defeat a univer sity. This means that we will have to take more interest in our society work or that we will always have to answer "No" to these frequent challenges. Of course, we can put up the excuse, that we have too many contests among ourselves, but that will not last always. They will soon accuse us of having "cold feet." Now, how can we take more inter est in society ? Well, first of all, we ought to have every man, at least every new man, in one or the other of the societies. Fellows, you don't know what you can do until you try. In each society you will derive unthought of benefits. And, then, the time will come when our University will be able to have contests at home and also win glory by debates with other colleges. The New Science Hall. A walk through and about the new Science Hall, on Gibbes' Green, will serve to show the beauty and practi cality of design rendered by the archi tects, Messrs. Vilson & Sompayrac, and the excellencies of its construction by Mr. G. W. Waring, the contractor. Every feature has been included in the building that would make for useful ness in the studly of science. The dec sign is in accord with the best ideas in laboratory construction, the architects andl building committee having visited the leading schools throughout the South and North with a view to ob taining the very) best building p)ossible. The elevation is in the Greek typ)e, simple but effective. The portico is especially fine. The building is of brick, wvith stucco over the face of it. In the basement is the State Board of IH[alth, with a consultation room, private offices, library, laboratories, Pasteur laboratories, waiting room, etc. These quarters are idal, a the fact that the Board of Health is in the Science Hall of the University is ap propriate. Also in the basement are private laboratories for the different depart ments, a room for geology and mineralogy, another for physics, a combustion room, chemical stock room, biology and geology storage rooms, a (lark room, and the seismo graph, for the detection of earth quakes. The semi-circular room at the back is for the heating plant. Going up a broad flight of stairs the first floor is reached. Here are class rooms and laboratories for the depart mesits of chemistry, geology, and mineralogy, with offices and depart mental libraries for each. The parti tions at the ends of the corridor cut off private laboratories. One of the finest features of the building is the demonstration lecture theater on this floor. It is semi-cir cular in form, with rising tiers of seats. Facing the theater, cut off by elevating blackboards, is the prepara tion room, for the arrangement of ap paratus before a deionstration. This demonstration hall is for use by each of the departments. The plan of the second floor is much the same as that of the first. Here are two additional chemical laborato ries, a zoological laboratory, botanical laboratory, a museum, balance room and offices. The botany room is above the lecture theater, thus having an abundance of sunlight for the growing of plants. If one desires to go still higher, a Do you realize that THE C In that case you owe it Subscribe and se See the 2 VSIJVESS for Nearly Tbree-Qi THE STUDENTS Of HAVE MADE THI! HEADQUARTERS F( AND SUPPLIES. K: SET BY YOUR FAT The R. .L. Br Booksetters :: Stationers 1425-1427 MAIN STREET - - COLUMBIS STORE OF STYLE I10 PER DISCOUN'I . We carry the Kind o Chap wants. Hats P. L. WRIGHT, Ca Phone 306 coLUMB YOU OWE IT TO YOURS] --- SuJbscrIbe to TH Do It Now ! beautiful view of the country toward Shandon can be had from the roof. Dormitory Space Needed. On Tuesday, October 4th, the en rollent of the University had reached 368 students, and was constantly in creasing. To meet this enlargement all of the space possibly available for dormitories was pressed into service. The building near Green street, back of Legare, formally occupied by the biology department, was divided into room for five students. The rooms use( heretcfore by the Board of Health have been converted into lor mitories, as have the old Y. M. C. A. room and the former class room for logic. Also some of the law lecture rooms and the building back of Flinn Hall are now filled by students. Up to a certain point this making of new dormitory space is all very well, but we have now reached our limit. If the increase next year equals that of this session, rooms will have to be secured in the city to accommodate the ilen. The point is this: We need a new dormnitory building. Without this we cannot hope to grow. But. a new dor mitory to house fifty or sixty men would make all the difference in the world. We have not had a new dor mitory for about a hundred years, and we need it badly now. Think this over and talk it tip. Send a copy of THx GAMECOcK home. ++4+h1++*i ~ 4'44q41 ~it-+~~s OWS! AMECOCK is your paper? your financial support. .nd a copy home. MANAGET ca once +++++++++++++++++++++++++. jartera of a Century THE UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHMENT )R COLLEGE BOOKS EEP UP THE PACE HER'S FATHER 3:: yan Company :t Prnters n Bindse - - . - COLUMBIA, S. C. BETTE AND QUALITY '-TO STUDENTS f Clothes the College md Furnishings too. mpus Representative IA, S. 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