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VOL. Vi. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 1i, 1913. No. 13 DEBATE WITH DAVIDSON HELD MONDAY NIGHT Annual Contest to be Staged in Winthrop Auditorium. Special Trains Will be Run from Two Colleges-Winthrop Has Begun Preparations for Contest. Rock Hill, Jan. io (Special) The second annual debate between the University of South Carolina and Davidson College will be held in the Winthrop auditorium next Mon clay evening, the exercises being opened at 8 o'clock. The initial for ensic meet between the two colleges last year attracted an audience that filled the hall to its capacity, and in dications are that equally as large a gathering will be assembled at the coming contest. Specikl trains, oper ated from Davidson and the univer sity, will bring several hundred stu dents to the city Monday and-hun dreds of the supporters of the two teams will come from other places. The query for the coming debate' is: "Resolved, That all American ships should pass toll free through the Panama canal: Condition, it be ing understood that by American ships are meant those flying the United States flag by authority of Congress." The university will up hold the affirmative and Davidson the negative of the above query. Both of the institutions selected representatives a number of weeks ago by preliminary contests, iii which six students spoke at Davidson and eight at the university. These con tests resulted in the choice of Messrs. J. M. Williams, W. S. Golden and W. C. Davis, alternate, for the Pres byterian college, and Messrs. A. C. Mann, M. A. Wright, and J. D. Brandenburg, alternate, for the uni versity. The two alternates serve as managers of the teams. It is ex pected that they will reach the city Saturday for the purpose of attend ing to the details incident to the debate. The two teams will prob ably arrive on the scene Sunday and their collegiate sulporters will come Monday afternoon. Five judges will (decide the result of the debate. It is understood that some of these have been selected, but the managers of the competing teams wvill not make their names public until the complete list may be an nounced. President D. B. Johnson of Winthrop will preide. SWISS DEMOCRACY IDEAL GOVERNMENT Prof. Tate Tells of Modern Ideas Ex ecuted in Alpine Republic-Gov ernment Ownership, Etc. Prof. W. K. Tate made a short talk in chapel Monday morning on "The Democracy of Switzerland." Professor Tate was sent in company with others early in October by the federal government to study the Swiss rural school system, but his remarks Monday morning showed that his eyes had also been open to other phases of life in Switzerland. Mr. Tate said the Swiss have a wonder fully perfected system of gov ernment ownership of public utilities. The railroads, telegraph and tele phone systems are entirely under government control and even the theatres are owned and operated by the cities. Railroad fare is ridicu lously small; ten cents will send a telegraph message and for the same price one may telephone anywhere in Switzerland. The referendum is in full opera tion, every law being submitted to a direct vote of- the people. The system works admirably and Mr. Tate gave it as his opinion that the reason for its success is found in the educational condition of the masses, which shows an extremely low percentage of illit eracy. The common people take an interest and pride in the trust placed in them and keep themselves in formed on all topics 'of the (lay so as to be able to vote intelligently on every law. The entire governmental system shows a spirit, not of paternalism but of fraternalism, and this is the secret of its great success. It is truly a government of the people, for the people and by the people. Special Train to Rock Hill? It is highly probable that a special train will be run from Columbia to Rock IHill for the Carolina-Davidson debate. If enough students will go it is thought that the train will be procured. At the debate last year there were very many Davidson men and scarcely any Carolina students. If this train can be procured a large crowd of university men will be pres ent at the debate. IMPORTANT MEETING OF DEBATING COUNCIL Query for Trinity Debate Selected and Program for All of Year's Contests Adopted. The Debating council held an im portant meeting last Saturday after noon. The following query was se lected for the Trinity debate : "Re solved, That the United States should grant independence to the Philippine Islands." This query has been sent to Trinity for that college to select the side it wishes to uphold in the coming debate. Any student in college may enter the preliminary to this debate except those who have received pay for pub lic speaking. The debate w%ill be held here in the chapel March 25, .provided Trinity does not object to this date. The council arranged the follow ing schedule for the remaining inter society contests for this year: Pre liminary to Trinity debate, February 14; preliminary to State 'Oratorical contest, March 14; preliminary to Southern Oratorical contest, April 9, and Gonzales Oratorical contest, May 7. It will be seen from this that there are a number of interesting contests to be held, and it is hoped that as many students as can pos sibly do so will enter these contests. The State preliminary will be held during the days that the State Teachers' association holds its ses sion here in Columbia, and many will doubtless attend. Historical Association Proceedings Told by Prof. Snowden. Professor Yates Snowden gave an interesting talk last Saturday in chapel, telling of his and President Mitchell's experiences while attend ing the meetings of the American Historical association in conjunction with eight other associations em bracing economics, sociology, his tory, and other studies. Ex-Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt delivered an interesting lecture before this body. During his talk Professor Snow den saidl that biographies of sonme wvell-known South Carolinians, Rhett and others, were sadIly needed. HeI announced that the next an-. nual meeting wvill be held here, bring ing famous scholars from all over the country to Columbia. PROGRAM FOUNDERS' DAY ANNOUNCED Notable Speakers to be Pres ent for Celebration. Charles Francis Adams Included in List-Alumni Will Meet and New Dormitory Will be Inspected. Charles Francis Adams of Boston and Dr. Walter S. McNeill of Rich mond, Va., will be the speakers from a distance on Founders' Day at the University of South Carolina Thurs day, January 16. Signal Speakers. The program this year is rich and attractive. Charles Francis Adams' address on the centennial of Robert E. Lee's birth has become a classic in the English language. It may be expected that his address on January i6 at the university will likewise be a notable utterance. Mr. Adams' father was the American minister to the court of Great Britain during the War between the Sections. His grand father was President John Qi'incy Adams. His great-grand father was President John Aflanis. Thus in the person of Mr. Adams New England and South Carolina will again clasp hands and interlace their influences. Dr. Walter S. McNeill. Dr. Walter S. McNeill is a native of South Carolina who has achieved distinction in scholarship and law in the great world without. A fter studying at Furman university, Mr. McNeill graduated at Richmond col lege, Virginia. Later he spent three years at the University of Berlin in Germany, where he took his doctor's degree in economics and history. Re turning to America, he went at once to Harvard university, where he spent three years in the study of law, graduating with distinction. He then began the practice of law in Rich mond and soon became dean of Rich mond college law school. He is one of the best trained publicists in the entire South, a man of great grasp and moral force. Upon this visit to his native State, he will meet with a warm welcome. Able add(resses wvill likewvise he mnade.by A. C. Carson, WV. H-. Scott, president of the student body, and J. Nelson Frierson of the lawv fac ulty. A reception in the gymnasium at 5 o'clock wvill followv. After the night exercises there will be a smoker at Flinn hall. The members of the Legislature are especially in (Continued on Page .)