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VOL. VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1913- No. 17 THE WAKE FOREST TARHEELS COME Fight Gamecock Team-Last Game of Basket Ball. Fast Exhibition in University Gym nasium Tonight-A Large Crowd Expected. The Carolina quintet will mix things up with the Wake Forest bunch in the gym. tonight. The whistle vill blow promptly at 8 o'clock, and one of the hardest games of the season will be on. The Wake Forest crew will be no cinch and will give our fellows a stiff fight. Last Saturday they mopped up with North Carolina, which victory put them only one place from the State championship. Coach Driver, however, has been working his squad every (lay this week and has infused into them more of his pep and ginger. In short, everything looks mighty fa vorable for a pretty neat scrap over in the jamesnasium tonight. The team, though it has won the State championship, on account of the heavy teams they ran up against on the Virginia trip, has only an average of 50 per cent. for the sea son, and is, therefore, especially anxious to cop the olive branch to night. Doubtless the regular 'varsity will be the same as it was in the Newberry and Clemson ganes. Capt. Rhea and Hanahan will be right there to toss them in the basket, Poole, our extenuated center, will uncork things as soon as the ball is snapped, and Stoney and Danner will keep the Baptists from piling up an unhealthy score. Reeves and Fitzmanrice will work out as subs. The attendance at the last two games has been all that could be asked for on the part of the students, and TIE GAMECOCK is sure that there will be a crowd of Garnet and Black rooters on the job tonight to cheer the team to victory in this the last game of the season. Civic Club Elects Officers. At the last meeting of the Civic Club Thursday, the 13th, the follow ing officers were elected for the niew term: T. McMillan, president; A. M. Greenfield, vice-president ; B. Daven port, secretary; G. IH. Edwvards, treasurer. Professor Morse was re electerd as faculty adlviser. MR. C. S. REEVE ON BITUMINOUS ROADS Speaks to Engineering Stu dents LeConte College. Member of United States Office of Public Roads Delivers Series of Interesting Lectures. Mr. C. S. Reeve, chemist of the United States office of public roads, the first part of this week delivered, in the semi-circular room in Le Conte College, a series of three illus trated lectures on bituminous bound roads and dust preventatives. The first of the series was delivered Mon (lay at 8:30, and the second and third on Tuesday and Wednesday at noon andi o'clock respectively. Professor Homes was mainly in fluential in securing these engage ments with Mr. Reeve, who, coming direct from the office in Washing ton, could give to his hearers the benefit of his first-hand knowledge from the highest authority on roads in this country. He disclosed many facts that had never been published. In short, he had the inside dope oil the subject. In his first lecture Mr. Reeve dealt mainly with the chemical composi tion of various road binders, and le scribed the various laboratory tests to which they are subjected. He showed how materially an engineer is handicapped when he does not un derstand the common tests of mate rials which many specifications de mand. The next lecture took up another phase of the work. Mr. Reeve showed how macadam and tel ford roads were first constructed, and traced the gradual improvement of methods down to the present day. The effect of automobile traffic on roads was also fully discussed. Still another phase was treated in the lecture Wednesday. This time more stress was laid upon the meth ods of applying road binders, and many hints of great practical value were thrown out. Attention was called to various details of the work that are oftentimes neglected, but wvhich are really of great import anice. For instance, the propler method of sprinkling wvith tar so as to cover all the rock was clearly (Ie fined. All three lectures were illustrated wvith stereopticon viewvs, wvhich add(edl much to their interest and b)ene6lt. The most instructive slides were those in wvhich ronads const ructedl by MR. DAVID WILLS SPEAKS IN CHAPEL Pays Tribute to University in Eloquent Address. Aged Alumnus of Columbia Semi nary Reviews Carolina's Past. Praises Dr. Mitchell. Dr. David Wills, a graduate of Columbia Seminary in 1850, and who is now visiting here, spoke to the students last Tuesday morning. Dr. Wills is one of the oldest men who have appeared on the platform lately. But in spite of his age and infirmity, he gave a strong and in structive talk on the University and its alumni. He said that the United States had been glorified for the past hun dred years by the alumni of the Uni versity. '[he alumni to wlhom he especially payed tribute were \Vil liam C. Preston, the great orator; the renowned Thornwell, famed for his great intellect, and Dr. James Wood row. Then the speaker bestowed great praise on Dr. Mitchell, our present president. He said that his name would go down in history with the other great college presidents throughout the country. The main point that he discussed was the indi cations of today. A student of to lay has a great opportunity for great usefulness. The speaker stressed the fact that we should place moral ex cellence and character above intelli gence, science or anything else. Goodness, connected with greatness, is what we should ever strive for. He gave several instances showing that no matter how intelligent a man is, unless he has character to back it up, he is i.ot really consid ered great. different processes were shown side by side, thus showing the relative durability of the different kinds of roads. Although Mr. Reeve came from Washington mainly to deliver this series of lectures, lie has other busi ness in this part of the country, and went from here to Fort Meyer, Fla., wvhere lhe wvill inspect a newv exp)eri ment in oil bound shell roads ; from there lie will go into Tlexas. LaBlorde (on observing a lady wvith cheeks of a (delicate rouge tint): You can't tell these days whether a lady is p)ainlted by God or whether "by godl" she's n)ainte(l. ANNOUNCE PROGRAM, FOR EASTER WEEK Varied Entertainments Ar ranged for Five Days. Believed that Week Will be a Big Success-Visiting Young Ladies Are Expected. The Easter week committee has announced the program. Last year a committee was appointed by the then-president of the student body to arrange for the university an Easter week, similar to that had at Virginia and other universities. With the point in view of making the program varied and pleasing to all, the committee has carefully con sidered the matter, and after getting the consent of Dr. Mitchell an nounces the following program: Monday, March 24, 5 p. m.-Lawn party, campus. 9 p. m.-German club's Easter german. Tuesday, 4 p. m.--Baseball, David son vs. Carolina. 8 p. m.-Debate, Trinity vs. Caro lina, chapel. WVednesday, 4 p. m.-Baseball, Davidson vs. Carolina. 8:30 p. m.r-Reception, Flinn hall. Thursday, 4 p. m.--A fternoon pic nic, on Columbia canal. Friday, 5 p. m.-Crowning of Qneen, Gibbes' Green. 9 p. m.-Easter week ball. No holidays will be given. )ur ing the week each student will he given the opportunity to cast one vote for his choice for queen. The queen will select her partner to lead the Easter week ball on Fridav evening. The dance Friday evening is open to the student body. The dance Monday evening is for the Germian club. It is urged that all co-operate to make the week a success. It is hoped that all the men of the univer sity will enter heartily into the move ment. The young ladies from the College for Women and Columbia College will be invited to attend. It is expectel there will be many vis iting girls here for the week, and there are many y'oung ladies from the city' who will enjoy the entertain ments. Sandi fer (a fter looking all over chemical laboratory) : Pro fessor, will you please show me where the H2 0 s