Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

CAROLINA -REPRESENTED AT RECENT CONFERENCE Universities of Southeastern States Met at Virginia. Prof. Baker in Short Talk in Chapel Tells of the Purposes of the Conference. Prof. L. T. Baker, who has re cently returned from an athletic con ference held at the University of Virginia with representatives present from the jtate universities of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, made a short talk in the chapel Thursday morning, giving an outline of the purposes of the con ference and the methods which it will adopt to secure desired results. The convention was held with a view, primarily, in order to foster the ath letic interests of the institutions at tending. A conference will be held annually at one of the universities, though no rigid organization was gone into at Virginia. The conference placed itself on record as opposing any form of pro fessionalism in college athletics and will seek to eradicate this evil wher ever it exists and to prevent its ap pearance where it is not found by applying the honor principle to all collegiate members of the confer ence. No rigid eligibility rules to which a college must con form will be drawn up, and the matter of whether or not a student player is a professional will be left to the honor of the institution of which he is a member. However, it seems prob able, said Professor Baker, that the one-year and four-year rules which have become familiar here through their application by the Southern In tercollegiate Athletic association, will, of necessity, be adopted by the con f erence. The conference will undertake a campaign to educate the public con cerning the importance of college athletics when properly directed and controlled. The various benefits which result from intercollegiate athletic contests where 1professional ism is not found wvill beC showvn under the plans of the conu ferenice. Advisory Board Congratulates Team. The following commllunicationl from the seretary of the adlvisory b)oardl will be of interest: ''At its last meeting. Saturday, November 30o, the Athletic Advisory Boardl unanimously p)assedl resolu tions of thanks and congrat ulations to the football team of f912, First on1 its v'ictorions recordl, and secondily, on its gentlemanly depcrtmient and( honorable bearings on the field of contest. 'Reed Smith, Sec. "For the Board."' DAVENPORT MANAGER 1913 FOOTBALL TEAM Assistant Manager for Past Season Will Arrange Dates for Coming Year-Has Had Experience. At a meeting of the advisory board last Saturday B. Davenport was elected manager of the 1913 football team. This may be viewed as a well deserved promotion, as he has been assistant manager this year. He has done every (luty of this somewhat irksome and thankless job punctually and readily and has at all times worked cheerfully and dili gently for the best interest of the team. He showed there was some class to him as a manager by the way he handled the .. . ab team when that bunch vent down to mix things up with Porter. Consi(lerate of the men's comfort, he exerted himself to secure for them the best possible accomodations, and when the team got back there was not a single kick coming from the men who made the trip. With the team we are going to put out next year it looks like Daven port will be manager of a season that will long be remembered in the an nals of Carolina football. Sick and Near Sick. J. \V. Wilks, who has been laid up in the infirmary for two weeks, is getting along nicely and in a week or ten (lays will be out again. H. C. Brearley has been in the in firmary for the past week, and though he is getting along as nicely as could be expected, will not be out for some weeks yet. Murphy and McTeer were in the infirmary a few days this week, but are out again. M. D. Stoney, after several weeks' sickness in the infirmary, came out for the first time Thanksgiving (lay and left the latter part of last week for his home in Allendale. Extension Courses Planned. The course of extension lectures annually given by members of the faculty of the university -has not been announced, but plans are being quietly formulated for arranlging the courses. These will b)e dleliv'eredi in the chlapel here, and by request may be secured by any school 6r commu nity throughout the State. Dr. Mitchell says: "The purpose of the uiniversity extenlsionl work 'is to promote the fullest intellectual lifte of all tile citizens of tile comlmon wvealth, andl to rein force mloral causes that hlave to (10 with tile wvelfare of the State. The university seeks to b)roadlen tile horizon of those w~ho have not hlad the adlvanltages of a college edlucationi and to afford an~ opportunity for those wvho have at tendled college to keel) in touch wvithl acadiemlic thought alonig theCir fa vorite lines." SECRETARY FISCHER ADDRESSES Y. M. C. A. Worker in Mill Organization Spoke Wednesday Evening on "Physical Department of Y. M. C. A." Those who attended the regular weekly meeting of the Y. M. C. A. \Vednesday evening had the pleasure of hearing a very entertaining and instructive talk on "The Physical Department of the Y. M. C. A." by Mr. Fischer, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in the Olympia mill vil lage of Columbia. Mr. Fischer briefly outlined the history of the establishment and rapid growth of the physical culture side of the association. In early lays, he said, almost the only sources of a leader for this kind of work were the prize ring and the circus. Since then the sources have in creased, now including the college, and the college trained man is the most desirable for leadership among men. A man, trained both in mind and body, can bring about far greater results than he who is only developed physically, said Mr. Fischer. It is a high calling and affords an oppor tunity for Christian service not pre sented by many professions. In entering any business or pro fession, it matters not what motive prompts us, we must consider the salary we are to receive. Mr. Fischer said that he could state from per sonal observation that a man start ing out as a physical director re ceived a larger salary than the aver age man beginning some other life work. "Nothing is more pitiable,'' lie said. "than a misplaced man. He is rather to be pitied than blamed ; and the best thing for such a man to do is to seek a calling for which he is bet ter suited." This is why some men are more successful in life than others. They were fortunate in "hit ting the nail on the head," while the other man had the misfortune of be ing misplaced. In closing, he asked every man to think seriously of this work, wheth er he intended entering upon the work as leader in a college, or intend(edongit association work. It is a big fieldl and a big wvork and dlemaindls conlsidlerationi. The next meeting wvill l)e adl dlressedl by Prof. Patterson WVard law. Chief Justice Eugene 1. Gary ad dlressedl the law dlepartmnent and( many academic studlents in the cir cular room of LeConte college TIues (lay morning onl the sublject of gov eri nent. HENNIES, Photographer 1015 Main Street Over Lever's Shoe store First Class Work at Prices that Will Suit Y,.u. We Make Postal Cards and Penny Pictures, also Kodac Finishings Try HENNIES Once And You Area Custer. Alas. Men of Carolina YWe greet you and ask you to come and meet us. We are your nearest clothing shop. Always up to the minute. J. A. KNIGHT. Campus Agent BAILEY CLOTHING CO. Y. M. C. A. Bldg. Phone 1213 COLLEGE CLOTHING for COLLEGE MEN at COLLEGE PRICES 10% Less Than Other Folks 1405 MAIN - - PHONE 886 Just Think About It Only Takes Me 15 Minutes To Make Your Old Shoes New at the Columbia Shoe Repairing Shop HARRY ORENSTEIN, Prop. Phone 2018 - 1705 Main Work Sent for and Delivered "As Copeland Goes, So Goes the Fashion" "LEARN THE WAY" M^-.EN-MSREYWEA BLE SUITS $12.50 to $30.00 R. S. OWENS. Campus Ast. COR. MAIN AND TAYLOR STREETS Aoow ?1otch COLlARS OLASNOW 2In.BEMN MEDORA ZZIn. CHESTER3 2 n. 2 for 2 ote. CI.UETT PEABODY & CO., Makeri GEORGE TOPSHE RUNS 4Zofege f5ruit gtorg Cold Drinks, Fruits, Candies, Tobaccos GIVE IM A CALL MAIN & COLLEGE STREETS Columbia Hotel Barber Shop Runi on Anthiseptic Principle. EASY SHAVING STPYLISHI HAIR Especially Good Service andl Poltetenion t A