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DANNER (Enph.)......Beaufort MARCUS B. BOULWARE (Euph.).Wiinnsboro J. B. MITCHELL (Student Body).. Columbia Columhlbla, S. C., February 22, '1913. On to Washington-Forward, March! The distinguished president of our .student-body will be a bright and shining star in the inaugural firma ment. S'lthat Easter Week idea sounds good to us ! Ball games, dances, lawn frolics, debates-whoop 'em up! Holiday today. Hurrah! for George, long may his birthday be remembered by our trustees.' Popular rumor that Punch Ehr lich was incarcerated in the city jail for malicious mischief cannot be well founded, for by municipal investiga tion it is established that no cell is larger than four by eight. A member of the Legislature said the dormitories at Carolina are not as good as are provided for the con victs. Well, if it takes this to secure completion of the new building, we'll stand for it. It is planned by the "husband ettes" of the country to liberate large numbers of rats and mice on Pennsylvania avenue on the occasion of the suffragette parade at the in augural. If the scheme is carried out woman's rights will likely give way to woman's frights. If the Balkan (list urbances are to hold p)opullar attention, the partici p)ants will have to stage a new and better war bill, for Mexico is getting a newv government every minute, and some of the changes are so rapid the Associated, Press wires get choked andl have to stop to cough. The University maintains a De partmnent of Engineering, in which dlepartmlent, if speeches andl circulars are any criterion, goodl roads and their construction are madec much of. Experts conme here, students of en gineering journey to remote coun ties of thle State, bui1ling-cncrete culverts and putting on. top-dress ings, and sighting curves and eleva tions and what not. Thousands of bulletins are published annually tell ing people how to procure and pre serve good roads. "Good roads" is the hue and cry. Now, we venture to assert that if the Good Roads Bulletins were used to cover the muddy and slushy places about this campus, and that if the students of engineering were given each a shovel and a mop and an im pulse to practice his theories, we could better get about this place when it rains. Why Not Make a Big Show? The University of South Carolina has a record that we should be proud of in many ways, but especially have we been fortunate in turning out orators and debaters who coped with the representatives of other in stitutions. There has never been a time when the Palmetto State was called upon to play her part in the affairs of this country but what we I were ready and waiting to send men who were leaders as well as foll,w ers. Among these noted statesmen who met upon a common ground and decided the vital questions of government, there was always some auspicious character, some great man who was educated at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Ve might call over several names, or point out the men that we refer to and relate extensively of their achievements, but this is not the ob ject in which we are most interested ; what we want is to continue this record and make it better if possi ble. Every year we take part in inter collegiate contests, and the results have been gratifying in every re spect. Last year was one of the most brilliant and successful for Carolina in all her history. We won in every contest that we participated, except the State oratorical, and even there they were forced to give us second place. The question for our present consideration, however, is not what we have accomplished in the past year, but what will we ac comnplish in the year of 1913. It. will be only a few weeks until we hold our annual debate with Trin ity College of North Carolina, and it is left entirely to the students and( faculty wvhether or not we mlake thlis occasion one of the biggest and most attractive events of tile year. We have every ireason to conlgratu late and1( be proud of tile set of men whlo have been chlosen to replreseint us ini this (debate, butt it should be remembered that they cannot win without our: supp)lort. It miighmt be possible for them to defeat Trinity wtotthe preCsence adco-opera tion of the faculty and stud(enlt-b)ody~ of the Univ'ersityv, b)ut ill doing that they wvould be wvinnuing for thiemi selves individually and not for Car olinia. It wvould he a piti ful scene for this about a hundred students in the gal lery and four or five professors downstairs with the audience that come from the city. Well, it might be pitiful, but certainly it would not be uncommon ; for there have been just such representations at other contests. How true the report may be, we leave it for those who were present to testify, and for those who were absent to investigate, but there was an annual contest held in chapel this year, and had it not been for the five judges and the small at tendance from the city, the contest ants would have made their humble efforts before an audience of less than a hundred people. It 'is useless to say how these contestants and the presiding officer felt over this cor dial reception given them by their professors and fellow students. We do not propose to offer any definite plan, or to dictate to those in charge of the Carolina-Trinity de bate, but we merely suggest that now is the time to prepare for what we hope will be not only a great oc casion for the University, but the city of Columbia as well. It ap pears perfectly plausible that this debate could be held in the theatre, where there would be seating capac ity for a greater audience than in chapel. Too, the attractiveness of the theatre would lend much to the event. Let us think about this debate and arrange a program that will reveal the true'spirit of Carolina and over shadow all sins of the past. "Bill" Clark Douglas Harbison THE COLLEGE "Where Gentlemen Recreate' A BILLIARD HALL OF QUALITY 1231 MAIN STREET Fine Appointments, Luxurious Furnishings The Handsomest Room in the State All the Legitimate Sporting News on Tap; Come and Buzz With Us. College Barber Shop 825 Main Street Stylish Hair Cuts and First Class Shaves Shave I Oc; Hair Cut 5 for $1.00 I. C. SEASE, Druggist Sraesaer to WILSON'S DRUG STORE I URE DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY and CIGARS 908 Main Street Phone 1261 P ROFIT SHARING R EMIUM CERTIICATES TO OUR CUSTOMERS Ask For Catalogue of Premiums J. S. Plnkussohn Cigar Co. 1307 MAIN STREET CIGARS, SODA, POOL ROOM SAVE 20% By Buying A $1.00 Coupon Book; 24 Drinks Good at Smitifs, 3nc. ARCADE STORE & 1600 MAIN STREET Frem Our Representative Mr. W. A. 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