The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 20, 1911, Image 1
VOL. IV. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 20, 1911. No. 15.
PROSPECT FOR TRACK TEAM.
Manager Hoey Has Almost Com
pleted His Schedule - Training
Will Begin as Soon as Exams Are
Over.
Manager Hoey is now at work ar
ranging a series of meets for the track
team and the prospects are that a very
good schedule will be arranged. It is
planned to have all the colleges of the
St.ate send representatives here for a
meet to be held the second Saturday in
May. Besides this, Mr. Hoey is try
ing to arrange a meet at Davidson
sometime in April, and also, if the
finances pernit, he expects to take the
team to Charleston to take part in the
annual triple meet there. This meet
is- between the Citadel, Charleston
College and Charleston Y. M. C. A..
and has always attracted quite a little
attention. Besides these proposed
contests, it is his hope to engage in a
few more, and these should make up
quite a schedule.
We have lots of good material here,
and if properly developed, we will
make an excellent showing against the
other teams. As soon as the mid-year
exams are over, the men will be seen
on Davis Field practicing. Everyone
who thinks he might be able to run,
jump, put the shot, throw the hammer,
or do any other track stunt, is urged
to come out.
Off to Panama.
Mr. '. Dixon, of the freshman
class, left yesterday for New Orleans,
from whence he will sail to Panama,
wher- he. will occupy the position of
private secretary to one of the officials
in charge of the work of digging the
"big ditch."
While only in college for several
months, Mr. Dixon attained some
fame because of his iasterly short
stories which appeared in The Caro
linian. Notable among them is the
"Queen's B1ody Guard." a copyrighted
serial now appearing in The Caro
linianl.
\Vhile in Panama Mr. Dixon will
write a weekly letter to 7he Stale,
which will be read with interest by his
Carolina friends.
THrE GAMECOCK wishes the best of
luck to Mr. Dixon, and hopes that he
will not become embroiled in any Cen
tral American dispute.
All quiet throughout the whole
campus at nine, no sound save a
voice in .the chapel.--Sbne.
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the matter. Be sure to advise us
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SECOND ANNUAL I
SCHOOL MEET
ON APRI]
Over Thirty High Schools Will C
ing Final Details-Further
Concerning Number of Even
Arrangeiments are now being rapidly
comiplete(l for the second annual High
School meet, which will be held at the
University on Saturday, April 29th.
Physical Instructor Schofield has
becn, working up the events an(l seid
ing out letters to the various high
schools for some time past, and judg
ing from the number of inquiries re
ceived, many high schools will send
teams. Last year about sixteen schools
were represented by at least sixty-five
men. This year it is expected that
over thirty schools will compete, with
over a hundred men in attendance.
Just as last year, the preliminaries
will be held in the morning, to which
no achmittance fee will be charged.
The Iinals take place that afternoon
and a small admittance price of 25 or
35 cents will be charged to defray, in
part, some of the expenses.
The order an(l number of events,
together with the prizes offered, will
be announced later.
Last week Instructor Scholield
went up to Union, where he appeared
before the Union County Teachers'
Association in order to interest them
Negro Life in the South.
ILast Nonday iiight about thirty
live or forty men met Professor G. B.
Moore an(d Secretary Mills in the
Green room of Flin for the piur-pose
of furnishing a class to study the
social and moral conditions of the
negro in the South.
After the class was formed Profes
sor Moore gave a few iitroductory
remarks concerning the social status
of the negro and outlined the scope of
the course. He then referred the
question for discussion, and for more
than an hour a lively debate was en
gaged in.
This course, which will be taught
twice a month, will appeal to every
Southern man who has the future of
his country at heart and who desires
to learn something about the all-impor
tant negro question. The hook which
will be read andi studied in connection
with Professor Moore's lectures is
"Negro Life in the South,." by the elo
qluent andl learned Dr. \Veather ford.
who will be remembleredl because of
his addresses which lhe dlelivered early
in the collegiate year. The ;;. e of
the book is 75 cents. If so desired,
twvo or more men may get one to
gethier.
The class wvill begin work immliedi
ately a fter examination. Conic and
all join. See Secretary Mills
NTER-HIGH
WILL BE HELD
TWENTY-NINTH.
ompete-Committee Now Arrang
Announcement Will Be Made
ts and Prizes Offered.
in the movement. After hearing Mr.
Schofield's elucidation of the plan,
the association voted unanimously
to organize the athletics of their high
school on the plan outlined and to send
a tehm to the meet. Union did not
have a team at the meet last year.
At the same time as the meet the
annual meeting of the State Teachers'
Association will be held in the chapel.
Many of the teachers come in charge
of the various teams.
This annual inter-high school meet
means, much to the University. It
mean.s better organization, thus secur
ing better training for the high
school boys. It tends to keep the boys
in the high schools uitil they graduate.
lest of all, it provides a drawiig card
from which we can secure men who
have had some athletic experience.
This is the secret of the success of
Sewanee, Vanderhilt., Virgiiiia and
other Southern schools which turn out
great athletic teams.
The Committee of Arrangements
consists of Messrs. Schofield, Baker,
Hiiand, Tate. Powell, Hoey, Wright,
Capplemain and \Vardlaw. FurtherI
announcements later.
Addresses by Lueco Gunter and Prof
Riggs, of Clemson.
At the assembly hour Monday, the
faculty and students were addressed
by I.ueco Guinter, .\ssistant State Su
perinltendent of E.ducation. The sub
ject of tle addreNs was, "The Salient
Facts in the Report of the State
Department of Rducation." In his
disclssion, M r. (Ginter called atten
lion to the excellent work of Prof.
Tate, the report of the rural school
agriculturist, the tern extension act.
the report of the agricultural coilmis
sionl, and the m1lethod of certifying
teachers.
On Tuesday morning at the assein
bly hour, President Riggs. of Clemson,
gave us a very line but short talk on
the feeling which existed between the
colleges of the State soie years ago,
when each thought it a rival to every
other. Things have changed, and to
day every college realizes that-it is one
of the members of a whole. As a t
result, the attendance of every college
in the State is the largest in its his
tory.
President Riggs closedl his address
by congratulating the University on its
marked growth, and( wvished that we
may soon met in a new chapel.
A club for the studly oif Darwin's
theories has been organized at the
Univ,ersitIy of Wisconin.
MR. PARKER LECTURES.
At Ten O'clock Wednesday Morn
ing Mr. Thos. F. Parker Addressed
a Large Audience Upon the "Tex
tile Industry in South Carolina."
On Vednesday morning at 14)
:clock M1r. Thos.'F. Parker, of Green
ville, addressed a large audienice of
(tudents, legislators and friends of the
University, uiponi the "Textile Industry
in South Carolina." All classes were
.1djourneld from 10 to 11 o'clock in
:>rder that every oic might hear Mr.
Parker's splenlid address.
In order to impress the importance
:)f his subject, Nir. Parker openied his
iremarks by reviewing the wonderful
;trides in the agriculture and manufac.
ture of cotton in South Carolina. He
*emarked upon the pheniomenal growth
>)f educational advantages along agri
:ultural lines, mentioning the aid of
:lifferent institutes, funds, and cor
)orations. In contrast to the above,
[le showed the lack of aid by the State
to industrial education for the manu
facturing and textile classes. These
)eople, ie says, comprise one-tenth the
nitire population of the State; they
1re the progeny of the best families of
)ur Commionwealth, and deserve all
2ducationi.
WIe are prone, as a whole, he says,
1o overlook the manufacturing class,
)v lack of interest ill their education.
Possibly this is caused by the phenom
nl(al growth of the industry, lie ex
)pailled. Ilut he thllnks conditions
1ould he rectified. I le advocates a
[raining ill diversilied manufacturing
for the villages. They should have
light schools, kindergartens for tile
younger children ; sewing and cooking
:lasses for the girls and women. The
social relations should be) bettere(l. I le
thinks the State, tile comllunity, and
itizens generally should aid them inl
m educational way. They leed (our!
wpllpathyI. our tonie, and not (aur.
:harity ; they lack opportullities ald
leserve our help.
Mr. Parker's address, issued from
Ihle; rich fullness of his experielnce. had
I wonlderfuil effect upon(m his hearers ill
M eilightening and sy,mpathetic man
Ir. I Ie alswered several questions.
n1 an ilnflormal way, from several of
]is audienlce.
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