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VOL. VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH I, 1913. No. 18., UNIVERSITY RECEIVES IMPORTANT DOCUMENT An Attractive Record Was Returned. W. K. Bixby of St. Louis Finds Old Catalogue Among Letters of Thomas Jefferson. An interesting document has re cently been received by the univer sity. Mr. W. K. Bixby, a millionaire of St. Louis, recently bought a num ber of letters written by or to Thos. Jefferson. Among these was an old catalogue of the South Carolina col lege. It was suggested to him that this would likely be highly valued by the university, so he kindly sent it to our president, stating the facts. This catalogue was sent to Presi dent Jefferson by Benjamin F. Whit ner, a senior. The catalogue is on one large sheet and Whitner wrote on the back a short note. At the top may be seen a few notes written by Jefferson himself, giving the dates of sending and of his receiving it. "Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of the South Carolina College, February, 1809." Then follows many famous names: John Drayton, president of the board of trustees, governor of South Caro lina; Wm. J. Grayson, the famous poet, then a senior ; James Pettigrew, a freshman; Wade Hampton, father of the famous general: and many other well known names. The fac ulty consisted of the president, two professors and two tutors. It is in teresting to note that Benjamin F. Whitner, the senior who sent this catalogue to Jefferson, is an ancestor of Professor Marion Rucker of our Law department. University Students Will go to Inauguration. At a student-body meeting last Monday morning ways and means of Carolina's sending a large delega tion to the inauguration on March 4th were discussed. A communica tion from Washington was read urging the University to send a rep resentation. Professor Colcock made a strong speech urging the im portance of a large representation. ~He was received with loud applause. After rapidly outlining Carolina's part in Wilson's camp)aign, lhe dis cussedl the possible advantages. that wvould accrue from a small expendi ture, as special rates have beeni se cured. From all hlleations a great number of stmdents will take the trip. DR. JOYNES LECTURES ON TEACHING ENGLISH Fills Engagement for Absent Teacher. Students of Educational Depart ment Enjoy Rare Occasion. In the absence of Professor Wardlaw, Dr. Joynes lectured by request before his class in pedagogy at io o'clock Tuesday on "The Teaching of English." The lecture was largely attended, and was fol lowed with great attention and in terest. The subjects discussed were, in brief: i. The Elements; 2. The Grammar; 3. Spelling; 4. Reading; 5. Speaking, including Pronuncia tion and Articulation; 6. Writing; 7. Penmanship. Of course only brief discussion could be given to each topic, its importance, and the methods or defects in its teaching. Special stress was laid on simplicity and vitality in the teaching of gram mar; on the comparative neglect or 'subordination of spelling and read ing in many of the schools of today; on the importance of right pronun ciation, and more especially of clear and distinct articulation in speech ; on naturalness, clearness and brevity in writing, and on the teaching of penmanship, now so greatly neg lected. The lecture was enlivened by in teresting comparisons between the teaching of earlier lays and of the present, and by happy illustrations, some of which were heartily ap plauded. The lecturer dwelt upon the simplicity and power of English, as shown in its parts of speech and in the structure of its sentence. Especially he urged more and longer continued reading in schools; the value of correct and clear speech, and the "happy art of knowing when to stop," in speaking or writing. He commended Professor Ward law's essay on "A Simpler English Grammar," which he hoped Profes sor Wardlaw would yet write, and referred to his own pamphlet on "The Parts of* Speech in English." Finally he enforced the duty and value of teaching by exam ple. Ways anid means of buying Dean Moore a necktie have been seriously discussed by the student body, since he came to chapel Friday without that ornamental article of modern -:ress. WAKE FOREST WINS BASKETBALL GAME Large Crowd Attended Exhi bition. Baptist Tarheels Won Last Game of Season by Score of 27 to 20. The Tarheels kind of handed it to our quintet last Saturday night to the tune of 27-20. The Gamecocks were not in their usual form and lost out in the first half, but came back with such pep in the second as to make us reasonably sure that if they could have gotten into the mixup from the jump they would have Won. In spite of having lost three out of the five games played, Carolina pulled off the State championship this year in basketball as well as in football. Twice champion in one year! Going some ! Six out of this year's seven regu lar varsity men will be back next year, and with as much imp:ovement over this year's work as they have already shown over last we ought to mop up with everything. The game Saturday night started off tame. Wake Forest got away with several goals before our fellows could get into the game, and in the first half piled up 17 points to our 1o. Things began to warm up, however, as soon as the whistle blew for the second half, and from then on the Gamecocks showed more of their fighting spirit By the time the last whistle blew the mix-up had become quite footballish. The two teams tied scores for the half, each making ten points. Jim Rhea, captain of the Garnet and Black bunch, played a fast and telling field game, making two of the prettiest field goals ever pulled off in our gym. Bernard Stoney gave ample evidence that he was on the job both in defensive and of fensive work. He got away with two excellent dribbles the entire length of the court and sc .-ed four of Carolina's points. Fitzmaurice, who wvent in for the second half, played a strong game, doing .some good dribbling and passing. For the Baptists B. Holding at center and W. Holding at forward were the stars. The former of these brothers scored ten points by field goals and the other proved himself an accurate shot in throwing fouls. PRESIDENT JOHNSON IS HELD RESPONSIBLE Throws New Light on Investi gation. T. 0. Mabry Declares Winthrop Pres ident Did Make Assertions Charged to Him. Verona, Mississippi, February 18, 1913. Miss Kathryne Connor, President of Student Body, and Misses Edith Fraser, Chairman, Harriet Her bert, Lillian Snelgrove and Eliza beth McNab, Committee on Reso lutions from the Student Body of Winthrop College. My Dear Young Ladies: Commenting u)on your resolu tions of the I Ith inst., as contained in the enclosed clipping from The State, I beg leave to say that while your purpose in passing ~ the same was eminently praiseworthy, yet you were evidently unacquainted with the main facts in the controversy between President D. B. Johnson and President S. C. Mitchell. In the interest of justice, and at the risk of being considefed a malicious icon oclast, I will say that Dr. Mitchell is unquestionably correct in charg ing that Dr. Johnson is primarily responsible for the charge that Dr. Mitchell sought to knock \Vinthrop College out of every dollar in the final distribution of the Peabody fund and to favor negroes instead. Dr. Johnson made that statement to several gentlemen connected with Winthrop College, including my self, several months ago. Evidence already adduced before the legisla tive investigating committee shows how much truth and justice there is in the charge. Your friend and former teacher. T. O. Mabry, Head of the Department of Natural Sciences at Winthrop College 1901-1912. The score was: Carolina 20. Wake Forest 27. Hanahan ...... L. F. . W. Holding Rhea (Capt.) . . R. F. .. .. .Cuthrell Poole... . .... C. B. Holding (Capt.) Danner. .... .. .R. G. . ... ..Utley Stoney........L. Gb .Billings Referee: Appleton. Substitutes: Carolina, Fitzmlaurice replaced Poole, Rhea shifting from right for ward to centre, Fitzmaurice taking rig-ht forward.