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VOL. IV. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 25, 1911. No. 18. PRESENT PROGRESS IN RURAL SCHOOLS. Subject of Address by Professor Tate Delivered Last Thursday Evening-Of Especial Interest to Near-Teachers. The regular Thursday evening lec ture was delivered by Prof. W. K. Tate, supervisor of the rural schools of the State. Prof. Tate has in this capacity made a close study of the ex isting conditions in our rural schools, and he was therefore able to give in his address, "Present Progress in Rural Schools," the results of his per sonal observations. Prof. Tate is a very forceful speaker and spoke in his usual inter esting manner. He emphasized many well defined movements now in prog ress toward elevating the standards of our rural schools. The first point was lietter supervision in the schools. He eilphasized this by showing the de mand for better principals and su perintendents in the rural schools of the State. This step is further ex emplified in the recent steps in many States to make the county superin tendent an educational position and not a political one. The second chan nel of progress given was better sup port. The recent special taxation by local districts is inevitably a sign of greater interest from the people. Besides this, the improvement of buildings and the consolidation of schools are the result of local efforts. It is clearly seen that not only are the educational leaders realizing the pres ent needs of our schools, but the people of the school districts are also being awakened to this fact. Co operation of the people and the edu cational leaders is the essential fac tor in the future progress of our rural schools, and it seems that every effort is being made to obtain this. The last and most important point mentioned was a better course of study, the condition on which so much interest is now being centered. Efforts are being made to make the course of study in the rural schools so that it will fit the pupil for rural life in the future, thus stopping the immigration from the country to the towns. This condition is the one that has so many defects. The course of study in the rural school is such that (hoes not properly fit the pupil for the future, and not until this condition is made better will the immigration from country to towvn be checked. Prof. Tate had a large and varied audience. HeI treated the subject in a very forceful manner, and those among the audience who wvere pri marily interested were inistructedl in a benenicial and practical way. "Pa, wvhat is a fdotball coach?" "The ambulanne,. I suppoe."--Ex. IN BATTLE ROYAL FRESHIES ROUTED. Outplayed at Every Point of the Game, Freshies Lose to Sophs, 14-3-Watts, Mills and Mar shall Star. The rival forces of sophomores atnld freshme.n met Monday afternoon on Athletic Field in the first class contest of the season. In spite of doughty work oii the part of the freshmen they lost to the tunc of 1.1 to 3. The sophomores played better ball and deserved to win. At the bat, in the box, in the field-they had their oppionents defeated. The freshmen seemed un(lecided as to their line-up, for this was continually being changed. The mysterious mazes of the coim plicated game were followed closely by the assembled clans of both classes, who often exhibited great enthusiasm an(l lent much interest to the contest. The features of the game were the pitching of Mills for the sophomores, the batting of Watts, and the catch ing of Marshall. The seniors and juniors had planis lai(l for playing Tuesday, but the sud (Continued on Page Four.) CAROLINA QUIN TETTE DEFEATED. Wearers of Garnet and Black Lose to Scarlet and Grey Team by 38-5. Tlie Carolina basketball team made .their first trip of the season to New berry last Saturday. Although the team played a clean, fast and snappy game, the wearers of the Scarlet and Gray proved to be superior to them, the final score being 38 to 5. It must be unlerstoo(l, however, that Caro lina's team was made up almost en tirely of new and inexperiencedi men anl was up against an experienced bunch that (id fast an(l steady teai work. In spite of these (lisadvantages the Carolina men llput themselves into the game and showed good form. Reeves played star ball for Carolina anl niy spectacular plays were made by other members of the team. We have some good material and it is hoped that Carolina will soon have a team seconl to ione in the State. The line-up wvas as follows: Carolina. Position. Newberry. Poole.........C..........W \olfT Reeves .......R. F. ... Cappehnann H[anahian. .. ....F. ... .. . .Doscher Stonev ... .. ..R. G. ...... .Smlzer~ Fitzmiaurice . . .L. G. .. .. .. . .Moyes Field goals: Cappelmann, 8 ; \Volff. 5; Smelzer, 4; Doscher, 1 ; Reeves, 2. Foul goals: Doscher, 1 . Points awvardled: Newberry, 1; Carolina, 1. Referee, Mr. Schofield ; umpire, Prof. Voigt; time-keeper andl scorer, Krens. ABLE ADDRESS BY MR. THEO. MARBURG. On the Subject of the Interna-. tional Court of Arbitration Representative Audience Pres ent. Last Wednesday evening, in the chamber of the House of Representa tives, the studelts and faculty of the University and the people of Colum bia wcrc entertained by Mr. Theodore Marburg, of Baltimore, who delivered a most able address on "International Peace." It was through the efforts of Dr. Mitchell, who is himself an en thusiastic advocate of peace, that Mr. Marburg was brought here. The speaker was introduced by Associate Justice \Voods, of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Mr. Marburg first gave a brief his torical sketch of the peace movement. He traced it from the Quakers downi to the great conferences of the last decade. ie also enumerated the great wars of modern times, stressing Na poleon's campaigns and the \Var Be tween the States. Mr. Marburg said it is hard to get a substitute in a ro mantic line for war on account of its great chances for heroism. The development and growth of arbitration was discussed. Since the first conference for this purpose in the eighteenth century there have been MO. The Hague court was taken as an example to show the use of arbi tration. This was used, too, to show the practicability of arbitration as a means of maintaining peace. Had the Fisheries dispute been a quarter of a century earlier, war would have been inevitable, Mr. Marburg thinks. The defects of arbitration were then (Continued on Page Three.) MONDAY MORN INC. MEETING. Prof. Wardlaw Tells Briefly of His Trip to Moral Education Confer ence. The Monday morning lecturer in chapel this week was Prof. Paterson Wardlaw. I-e has been attending a conference in New York at which moral education was the sub)ject dis cussed. I 'rof. \Vardlao, gave a brief sketch of the work the conference had done; the essential notes of which were encouragement to stuldents aid moral edlucation. The moral sidle of eduication should b)e, and is -to b)e, given more considlerationl. 1Pe also visitedl classes in the Teachers' College of Columbia University. Prof. WVard law thinks that they have about the same p)ercentage of workers and loaf ers as are found in the great majority of colleges. Tihe add(ress was' short but to the point, and very instructive andl interesting APPROPRIATION BILL. FAILED TO PASS. Much Needed Auditorium and Improvements to Heating Plant Are Denied Us-Great Interest Manifested by Students. Ile members of the General As sellbly were not the only persons who sat up into the "wee sma' hours" of last Sunday morning. Over one hun dred interested and excited Carolina students crowded the galleries of the House and Senate chambers, showing plainly their spirit of loyalty to the 'institution. Late Saturday afternoon word reached the campus that Governor 1llcase had seen fit to veto, among other items, the appropriation of $16,666.66 for each of the next three years for the much needed nev chapel and $5,000 for the imiproveien-t of the heating plant. Fron student to stu dent went the announcement until in terest became so intense that the liter ary societies adjourned to, attend the deliberations of the General Assem bly. All hopes were that the able and excellent legislators would pass the bill over the Governor's veto. When the item caie ul) in the I louse a deep silence reigned while the memlbers voted. The hearts of the Carolina men were in their throats as it seemed that they had lost1by a narrow margin. Btut the tabulation showed the result to be 47 to 22, a two-thirds majority against sustaining the veto. Joy gave expression inl hearty applause, which, however, shocked Speaker Smith. Nevertheless, that genial gentleman understood the situation and was very considerate. To the Senate the crowd next took its way. It was far after midnight when the University item came ill), and this was the signal for a warm contest. Senators I.aney, Stuckey. Montgomery, Croft, Christensen, Mars, Young, and Clifton ralliedl he roically to the defense of the Univer sity and made most logical argt iments. Their claim--and it surely seems a just one-was that as Clem son, Vinthrop and the Citadel were not materially disturbed in their re qluests for money, neither should Caro lina be. Carolina needs improvements as much as the others. Carolina as the head of the educational system of the State, should be encouraged in her progressive efforts. \Vhy should Caro lina he so unjustly discrimlinatedl against ? IBut these arguments, logi cal to us, could not convince Senators Appelt, Islack, Crosson, Earle, Epps, Forrest, Hall, Hlardin, Tide, WV. L. Mauldin, Strait, and Sullivan. At 2 o'clock Sunday morning Caro lina's tired enthusiasts filed gloomily out of the Senate chamber, sorry that (Continued on Page Four.)