The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 29, 1911, Image 1
Voi. IV. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 29, 1911. No. 27.
DR. W. D. WEATHERFORD
IS NOW WITH US
He Is the Guest of the Students and
Desires to Meet All of Us Per
sonally.
Ve are very gla(d to welcome to the
campus this week Dr. \V. D. Weath
erford, of Nashville, 'Tenn., Southern
Student Secretary'of the .hnternational
Y. M. C. A. Committee. He comes
pr-imarily to meet with our men per
sonally, but will deliver several ad
(Iresses while here. II a very real
sense he will be the guest of the stu
(lent body, as he -will occupy the guest
room in Flinn I-all (luriig his visit.
There he will be glad to meet with any
and all who may wish to see him.
'erhliaps our students may appreciate
all the more r. \Veatherford's pres
ence with us wlhen they learn how
busy a man he is. As long ago as last
Octoller Dr. Weatherford was invited
to come to us., but it is the last of April
before he is able to accept our invita
tion to spend a few (lays here. \VC
sincerelyl hope that scores of our men
may get to meet him while he is on the
campus, for the chance to know a man
like Dr. \Veatherford is too rich an
opportunity to pass by. And let every
mai resolve to hear the addresses he
will make in the chapel this week. for
they will be fhe event of this term.
and. in(lee(L of this college \ear.
Clariosophics Hold Annual Contest.
The Antinual itra-society contest of
the Clariosophic Society was held in
the society hall Alon(lay night It
was, a success in every way. Iloyt
Watson. president of the society, and
presiding officer of the evening, wel
coMied the audience, which filled the
historic old hall, in behalf of the soci
ety. The speakers in the (leclaimer's
contest were then introduced in the
following order: I. 11. Sawyer, sub
ject, "The Black 1lorse an( Iis
Rider;" L.ester Lewis. "Ilirth anl
Death of Robert Emmett;" A. P.
(Gule. "The Murderer Cannot Keep
I is Secret ;" . V. -arris. "The Con
vict's Soliloquy ;" E. U. I,radley, "The
Common People."
.-\ll of the declamations were well
render-ed, showinlg bright prospects for
some excellent orators in the future.
"The Black 1-orse and H-is Rider"
was, after some (leliberation, declared
by the judges to he the best delivere('
selection, an(l Sawyer, B1. 'M., wa!
awarded the declaimer's me(lal.
The (lebate was ably (liscussed,
strong arguments being put forth on
both sides5 of the query, wvhich was
Re'solved, T1hat the monopolistic ten
(dencies in AXmerica are dletrimental to
her best interests.
The gentlemen in the dlebate wvere:
A\ftrmative-Yarborough, 1D. G., andl
Birandenburg, J. D).; ne'gative: Culp,
C. K.. and Murray. J.
Tlhe medal for the best individual
dlebater was given to B randIenburg,
j. D.
TEAM RETURNS AFTER
HARD LUCK TRIP
Took Two Out of Five Games
Played-Rain Prevented One
Trip Greatly Enjoyed.
A few of our readers may be in
terested to kuiow just what a baseball
teain on the roa(l (loes with itself out
side of the'two or three hours spent
(laily in the natioijal sport. F-or their
sake "The Bird" offers the following
account as recite(d to the editor by a
member of the recently returned ex
pe(lition:
The entire party conisiste(d of the
manager, twelve players, an( one
bloated bondholder, whose shady
reputation forbids the mention of his
iame. Manager Wright, with four or
five others, left Columbia londay
afternoon, April 17th; the others ha(l
(leparte(d earlier for different points in
the upper part of the State. The ex
pedition ha(l its renidezvous in Char
lotte, where all but two members ma(le
their appearance and continued the
jouncy to Greensboro. These two
were McMillan and McSween, with
out whoi the trip would have failed
completely. The plai was to take the
train for Guilford College that same
night. a (listance of seven miles from
Greensboro. The party disembarked
in Greeisboro at 10 1p. in., an(d were
s001 somewhat scattered. They en
countered the Davi(lson team in the
station, and immediately an exchange
of news began. Several were at the
ticket window having their mileage
pulled for Guilford. Out of the gen
eral confusion live members of the
party hoar(led the train, while the
seven others were left. These last
spent the night at the (;uilford I Totel,
in Greensboro. anl were up the next
morning for a 9:30 train out to the
college. Most of these had lost their
baggage, it having gone on the trai'n
with the first division the night previ
ous. Much speculation was in(ulge(l
in as to whether those live "block
heads" wvould know enough to look
after the baggage of the laggar(ds.
\ c Iillan ld McSween arrived in
Charlotte in time for the Guilford
train, increasing the seconl division
of the party to nine. These reached
Guilford in good condition., but found
only three others there to greet them.
'le impression was that the other two
(Townsend and Barksdale) had
leaped from the train in the (lead of
night about three miles from Greens
boro. As they (lid not appear for
several hours, there was considerable
anxiety concerning their fate. About
1 :30. during dlinner in the college din
ing hall, these two prodigals strolled
in amul reportedl that they had not left
the train at the supposed time, but hlad
gone on to Winston, where they spent
the night. All the baggage had b)eenl
found. So far so good.
As to the game wvhich was p)layedl
that a fternoon it is needless to go into
(details. It was an unfortunate affair.
(Continued on Paae Two.)
HEFTY TRACK TEAM
GOES DOWN IN DEFEAT
Much Interest Shown by Students
and Town People in This Form of
Athletics.
Carolina's hefty track team met the
I)avidson )unch on Tuesday afternoon
on )avis Vield, and they were a hard
proposition indeed. To the sorrow of
the asseinled students, Davidson piled
up point after point until she had
reached 87, giving up only 29 to Caro
lina.
Thus the day was a bad one for the
Ganecocks, but it was not all gloom.
Alan I'aul was the bright and glitter
ing star. First places were awarded
him in the hanner throw, the (liscus
hurling, and the Jwt-put. wihile lie
obta-iedthird position in the 220 yard
(lash. If track work this year has
done- no more for Carolina than tle
velop Paul, it has been a success in
(eed.
Kerr, for Davidson, stood out along
side of Paul in merit. He was active
and quick. and rouised great al)I)lause
b)y his clever work. Quay \Villiford,
captain of the Davidson team, a South
Carolina boy, from Sumter. netted 11
)oints for his team.
Two accidents lowered Carolina's
score. 1inunlie Green, running the
'(hurdles b)eautifully, had the mis
fortune to catch a spike in a hurdle
and fell down. UIarth. in the 880 yard.
running an easy secon(l, fell down and
was (is(jualified because one of his
teammates helped him ill).
ll meet was a great success and
augurs well for future developments
in this imlportant plhase of athletics.
Life Work Talk by Dr. Ernest
Cooper.
On Wcdneslay night last, Dr.
Ernest Cooper gave an excellent ad
(ress on "Medicine as a life \Work"
at the regular Y. M. C. A. meeting.
He treated the subject from the stan(l
point of the doctor's responsilility to
his patient-showing how close and
intimate his relations were with those
who come to him for treatment, and
just w1hat opportunity for doing goodl
was thereby afforded him. As the
doctor's work< is one of such )eculiar
responsibility, it is necessary that he
have the very best possil)le equipment
for it, andI one of the chief elements
in this equipment is an unblemished
Christian character. Indeed, if there
is one thing that comies out more
clearly than another in this series of
ILife Work Talk, it is the imlortance
of a Christian character as the basis
on which we must needs build in life.
Each add(ress has emphasized this
point, and its fundamental importance
is the reason for this constant empha
sis upon it.
Hlusband: "What, twventy- live (101
lar-s for. that hat ? It is a sin."
Wife: "Don't bother. The sin shall
he 01on', mvhen(l!"-.Trr
ALAN JOHNSTONE
WINS PRELIMINARY
Will Represent Carolina at the S.
I. 0. A. Contest Held This Year
at Virginia.
ILast lthursday evening, in the
chapel, a large audience listened with
interest to some excellent orations in
one of the best contests of the preseit
year, the preliminary to the Southern
Oratorical contest.
\lan jolnstone, Jr., was selected
from seven contestants of the two so
cieties as the representative of the
University from the Fuphradian So
ciety to the Southern contest, to be
held this year at the University of Vir
ginia. Mr. johnstone was awarded a
medlalI by the two societies as first
hnior speaker in the preliminary, aid
lie now goes to Virginia to compete
with representitives from five other
leading colleges of the South.
The preliminary contest was a credit
to each individual speaker. and to the
University at large. Cams, E. N., of
lie Clariosophic Society, was presid
ilg officer of the evening.
The julges were, Rev. C. E. Burts,
Dr. \V. \V. Daniel. Dr. William Wes.
ton, A. J. Ilthea and Diouglas McKay.
I'he medal was presented by Dr.
Daniel.
The speakers and speeches of the
evening were as follows:
(. M-. Pilgram (Clariosophiic
"Young M.anl, Look iligher."
C. G. Wyche, "The Rules of the
Game."
\V. K.. Ma' , "A eric for
l (Ieals, Not 1(ols.'
). G. Yarbrough, "'[le Submerged
f Tumanity."
J. B. Rawls, "An .\ppeal to P1atri
otism."
F. WV. Capplemain. "Thie South and
the Nation."
.\lIan Joh1nstonle, Jr., "'he 3rotheir
to the Ox."
Monday Morning Talk by Mr. J. S.
Verner.
J. S. Verner a(ldresse(l the students
at the assembly hour Monday morn
in!g. Hlis su1)ject was, "The First
Step in Government, Self-Control."
Ir. \erner's talk was limited to the
government of the individual. Tile
control of one's self is really the con
trol of two, the higher nature and the
baser nature. The speaker likened
man to a republic, his mind consisting
of legislative, judicial and executive
(lepartleits. and his emotions the citi
zens of the republic. Tlie mind is
performing legislative functions when
man makes irules, judicial when he
judges, whether they aire right or not.
The executive dlepartmenit is the will.
Mr. Verner pointed out howv useless it
is to make rules andl to judlge whether
they are good ones or not if the will
(hoes not strongly assert itself. Fear.
selfishness, indolence, and like citiz.ens,
are daingerouis to the republic, and
should be guarded against and-l kept