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W %j*___s_e_____ VOL. VI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 8, 1913. No. 19. PEABODY COMMITTEE MAKE THEIR REPORT Majority of Committee Exon erates Dr. Mitchell. Does Not Find That He Made Effort to Secure Winthrop's Money. The committee of six of the House and Senate to investigate the distri bution of the Peabody Fund in South Carolina, handed in their report last Saturday, March ist. The investi gation arose from part of the gov ernor's inaugural speech in which he said that Dr. S. C. Mitchell had perverted $90,000 from Winthrop in his endeavor to obtain part for the University of South Carolina, and had expressed his willingness for the remainder to go to negro education in the South. This information the governor said he received from Win throp's president, Dr. D. B. Johnson. The committee found that the gov ernor was misinformed and com pletely exonerated Dr. Mitchell. During the investigation the follow ing testified before the committee: Dr. D. B. Johnson, who made the original charges; ex-Gov. M. F. Ansel, a member of the Peabody board; Gov. C. L. Blease, who brought it before the legislature; Dr. Wickliffe Rose, special agent of the Peabody fund; Mr. August Kohn, a .trustee of the university; State Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen; Mr. F. H. Mc Master; Mr. D. W. McL.aurin, a trustee of Winthrop, and Dr. S. C. Mitchell. Part of the report follows: "We do not find that Dr. Mitchell signed an agreement by which any money of the Peabody fund, that had heretofore been designated to be given to Winthrop college, should be transferred from \Vinthrop and be given to the University of South Carolina and to negro schools. In this the governor was misin formed." * * * "In all of the communications from the Peabody board * * * it was ilways made clear that the negroes of the Sotith would receive a share of this fund in accordance with the terms of the trust." 'Under the recommendation (signed by Dr. Mitchell and other prominent Southern educators) the negroes of.the South would have re ceived less 'thafl they did actually re (C6ntinued on Page $.) FOOTBALL EDGERTON VISITS UNIVERSITY Hard Schedule For Next Season. Manager Davenport Announces List of Games-Coach Is Pleased With Outlook. Next year's football season is already being anticipated with much pleasure. Our fine record this year and the fact that most of the husky varsity are coming back to fondle the pigskin another season have put lots of pep into everybody and we HOUSTON WHEN are all looking forwaird to a big sea son again next year. Big John Mills will lead the Game cocks in the fray, and if he can't put pep and some of that other stuff that starts with a "g" into the team no body can. Why, lie's the guy that put pep in pepper. Some of the "hefties" who made good records this year and will be back to get into the mixup whleni it b)egins in September are: Big Mills, Dick Sly, Tled Girardeau, Stoney, Wop McGowan, Dutch Passalaigue, Luke Hill, Dan Heyward, Billy Harth, Bristowv, Booty Avinger and Boulwarh. Coach "Red" Edgerton said last. Saturday that the schedule will be a (Continued on Page 4.). PRES. WILSON CHOOSES UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS Graduate of 1887 is Member of Cabinet. David Houston Gets Portfolio of Ag riculture in New Admin istration. David Francis Houston, appoint ed to the position of Secretary of Agriculture by President Wilson, was born in North Carolina, but is an adopted son of South Carolina. He spent his boyhood in Darlington County, where he was prepared for HE GRADUATED) college by D. E. H-ydrick; wvho is now circuit judge. In 1885 young H-ouston entered South Carolina College and was gradluatedl with the dlegree of A. B. m 1887. Mr. Houston was a tutor at South Carolina College fo'r a year after his graduation, and theni went to Spar tanburg, where he was Superintend ent of the public schools for several years. After taking a post-graduate course at .Harvard University, he wvas elected President of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, and later of the University of Texas. When Washington University, at St. Louis, was founded somie years ago, Mr. Honsfon was electedl Presirdent' STUDENT VOLUNTEERS MET IN SPARTANBURG Largest Attendance in History of Institution. University Sent Delegation-Enter tained by Wofford and Con verse Colleges. Perhaps the best Student Volun teer Union of South Carolina was held in Spartanburg on February 28 to March 2nd, under the auspices of Wofford and Converse colleges. The union consisted of all student volunteers of South Carolina and the delegations from the Y. M. C. A. and Y. \V. C. A. organizations of our various colleges throughout the State. The conference was large in attendance and enrolled one hun dred and twenty-two women dele gates and one hundred men dele gates. The university sent a delega tion of ten. The features of the meeting were the striking addresses on patent problems of the foreign mission movement, such as "The Needs of the Far East," "The Unoccupied Fields of the World," etc. An im portant topic of the meeting was "The Problems Existing in Our South Carolina Colleges." These questions were ably discuss ed by such speakers as Rev. C. R. Watson, of Philadelphia; Rev. E. C. Cronk, of Columbia Rev. C. G. Hloundshell, of the Student Volun teer Movement ; Dr. Snyder, of \Vofford, and others of prominence. All meetings were instructive and interesting. It was thought that the next conference will be held in Co lumbia. The delegates were entertained in the two colleges of the city, and the homes of Spartanburg, in a most delight ful manner. Two enjoyable social affairs were held in the chapel of Converse college in honor of the visiting delegates. Those in the Carolina delegation were: Daven port, - Woodruff, Ward, Kizer, Gwinn, Gaskin, Weathers, Snyder, Riley and Hanna. and has since been connected with that great institution. *Mr. Wilson's knowledge of agri cultural questions enabled him to seek a man familiar with the pro cesses of advancing scientific farm inig, and he chose folr the portfolio of agriculture Mr. Houston, ati 'adopted son of the Palntetto State andl an' ahimnus of the Uw'ersity df \South Carolina.