Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Professor L. P. Chamberlayne. i. Buried Cities of Crete. (Illus trated.) 2. A Visit to Greece. (Illustrated.) Professor F. Horton Colcock. I. Why and How the Federal Gov ernment Should Build Roads. 2. The Economic Reasons for Ex pert Supervision in Road Build ing. 3. Astronomy: Man's Nearest Touch with the Wonders of the Divine Creator. (Illustrated.) 4. The Aesthetics of *Mathematics. 5. Mathematics. The Ease of Its Mastery When Properly Taught Early. Professor Henry C. Davis.. j. English, a Living Language. 2. Beowulf, The Early English Epic. 3. Provincialisms and Present Ten dencies in South Carolina Speech. 4. Mark Twain: The Man and the Humorist. 5. Edgar Allan Poe: The Poet. 6. Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Short Story. 7. Making the Sentence Structure Tell the Truth. (For High School Classes.) Professor Elbert D. Easterling. i. The Picture Side of Mathematics. (For Teachers' Meetings.) 2. Are the Planets Inhabited? 3. The Consolidation of Rural Schools. Professor Edwin L. Green. i. Helen of Troy. (Illustrated.) 2. Pompeii. (Illustrated.) Mr. W. P. Mills. i. Student Life at Oxford. (Ills trated.) 2. Palestiie., (Illustrated.) 3. The Problem of the South.* (Il lustrated) *This lecture treats of the social and economic conditions of the negro in the South, and our duty in view of the facts. Professor Geo. McCutchen. r. Co-operation Among Farmers. 2. History and Present Condition of Agriculture in South Carolina. 3. The Petroleum Industry-A Study in the Problem of Monopoly. 4. Robert Owen, Social Reformer. President S. C. Mitchell. T. The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century. 2. The Foremost Figure in the French Revolution. 3. Martin Luther. 4. The First Martyr of Intellectual Liberty. 5. The Moral Mission of America. 6. Rome. (Illustrated.) Professor A. C. Moore. i. The Typhoid Fly. 2. The Mosquito as a Carrier of Disease. 3. Bacteria as Friends and Foes. 4. Plant Breeding. 5.-The, Trees of South Crolina. Professor Josiah Morse. i. Education and Citizenship. 2. Phychology in Crime and Court. (Illustrated by Experiments.) Professor W. K. Tate. i. The Master Teacher and His Method. 2. Rural School Conditions and Tendencies in South Carolina. (Illustrated.) 3. Some Rural Schools in Ontario, Minnesota, and Iowa. (Illus trated.) 4. Nature Study and Agriculture in Rural Schools. (Illustrated.) Professor Mayville W. Twitchell. i. Picturesque America. (Illus trated.) 2. Volcanoes and Earthquakes. (Ilustrated.) 3. Glaciers and the Ice Age. (Illus trated.) 4. Gold and Diamonds. (Illus trated.) 5. Animals of the Past (Illustrated.) Professor Patterson Wardlaw. i. The New Life of the School. 2. The Reasonable Man. 3. Sunday School Teaching in the Light of Child-Study. 4. The Simplifications of English Spelling. 5. The Reorganization of Grammar Teaching. *Professor George A. Wauchope. i. William Shakespeare in Stratford and London. (Illustrated.) 2. VOrdsWorth and the English Lake Country. (Illustrated.) 3. The World's Most Famous Pic tures. (Illustrated.) 4. South Carolina Literature and Its Makers. 5. The Story of the Making of Our English Bible. 6. Alfred Tennyson, Poet-Spokes man of Victorian England. 7. The Education that is Worth While. *To Teachers' Associations, Lit erary Clubs, or other groups desir ing a series of monthly lectures, Dr. Wauchope offers also three courses of five lectures each on South Caro lina Literature, Robert Browning, and the Development of the Short Story in the South. In addition to the above lectures, which may be given in other parts of the State, there will be given at the University of South Carolina in Columbia: (i) A popular lecture course on Thursday nights in the chapel. (2) Night classes by Prof. 0. L. Keith, F. W. Bradley, and J. Carroll Johnson. (3) A course on the Short Story in the South, by Dr. G. A. WVau chop)e, at noon on Saturdays. (4) A course on the Teaching of English Grammar, by Dr. E. S. Joynes. (5) A course on Latin, for Teach ers, by Dr. E. L. Green. (6) A Correspondence Course in English, by Prof. Henry C. An astute and poetical critic of student and pedagogical fife has been refreshing in handing to THE GAMECOCK a number of verses on campus characters. We publish these the more joyfully since they are so extraordinarily to the point and novel. They appear scattered like bright spots in a dull world of dreary copy, and sometimes laugli at and sometimes perhaps sting the ob jects of their attention.-The Edi tors. Some Presidential Memoranda. "As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list-I've got a little list Of social offenders who might be under ground, And who never would be missed who never would be missed. * * * * Then the idiot. who praises with euthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own ; * * * Scenle From1 tihe Carolni -( And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife, The judicial humorist-I've got him on the list! All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns in private life They'd none of then be missed they'd none of them be missed. To Editor J. B. M. (With apologies to Rudyard Kipling) "Shun, shun the bowl! That fatal facile dlrink Has rulinedl many geese wvho dipped their quills in't. Bribe, murder, marry-but steer clear of Ink, Save when you wvrite receip)ts for paid bills in't, There may be silver in the 'blue black, '--all I know of is the iron and the gall." * * * On Dit. Men wvho spar wvith faculties need, to back their blows, Something more than ordinary journalistic prose. To Young Lovers on the Campus. (Verbai volant : Scrip>ta Manent.\ "If She have spoken a word, reniem ber thy lips are sealed; And the Brand of the Dog is upon him by whom is the secret revealed. If She have written a letter, delay not an instant to burn it. Tear it in pieces, 0 Fool, and the wind to her mate shall return it! If there be trouble to Herward, and a lie of the blackest can clear, Lie, w,hile thy lips can move or a man is alive to hear." "I'm sure I'm no ascetic: I'm as pleasant as can be; You'll always find me ready with a crushing repartee; I've an irritating chuckle; I've a celebrated sneer; I've an entertaining snigger; I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a ninute-and I do lemson Game in 1909. But although I try to make pnyself as pleasant as I can, Yet everybody says I'm such a dis agreeable man! And I can't think whv!" Beecham. "King Borria Bungalu Boo Was a man-eating African swell; His sigh was a hullaballoo, His w1hisper a horrible yell 0 horrible, horrible yell!" Do You Want to See SOMETHING SMART If so, ask "Billy Monck ton" to show you his full line of Carolina Pennants, Pillow Tops, Ribbons, etc. Globe Dry Goods Company 1620-24 MAIN STREET