Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

NEWS of PRFESSoRS: Ho and Where They Spent Holidayb Briefly 'old. r, app.ac variously in this is sue of the Q'niecoekbmnrnerous merbex bfthd Uniersity fac u t .have ien'usy rei ntly 'at, W4ndin imiortk conferences, 4nventions and 'edupa149nal naeliti#ge, seve al of the faculty havin'' beeist he rcelpients of quite-signal honors' that reflect distinction, not only upon the in dividuals themselves, but upon this University, which they rep resent. At the recent annual meeting in Atlanta of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, Dr. Morse, of, the University of South Carolina, was a conspicu ous and leading figure. Dr. Morse is coming to be more and more generally recognized as one of the leading American' scientist of the present day. He is an authority on philosophical and .-psychological matters, and to these has dontributed much. In recognition of his services and ability he was elected - vide president of this society, which is one of the foremost scierftific societies on the American conti nent today. . Dr. Reed Smith* and Prof. H. C. Davis sp9nt the holidays in Boston and New York, studying in the Harvard library and at tending educational gatherings. While in Boston they attended the annual .meeting of the Na tional Association of Modern Languages. 'In New York they were present at the annual con vention of the American Folk Lore Society and contributed to the program of the convention, Dr. Smith reading a paper on '.'The Ballad in South Carolina" and Prof. Davis entertained his audience with an article on "Ne gro Lore in.South Carolina."' Both of these- gentlemen, of the University, have been mov ing factors in 'organizing a folk 'lore society in this State, a move ment that bids fair to generate a great interest in South Carolina folk lore and to gather. togethpr for permanent preservatign the rich material that the State has been in danger of forever losing. Prof. Lewis Parke Chamber lyne was accorded the rare honor of presiding over a session of the .American National Historical As sociation, meeting in Charleston and.Columbia, and opened a dis cussion on "Ancient History," his treatrmt of the subject *'be ing -received, it is ' said, with mueh inseriest. Prof. W. IK. Tate attended sev eral Important educational con ferehces and conventions, besides -going to Atlanta to the ann'ual eont,ention of the Society for the Advancement of Science. ABOUT THE CAMPUS. More or Less Interesting News Items. The U iversity Press has just Issued a pam hlet written by Mr. B. '.'lr bi the "Darlington 1Riot." Puring the last, few nonths the 'following alumni have died: Ben H. Heyward; Gee. Rembert, LL. B., 1901; J. N. and H. New ton Fowles, antebellum; and W. P. Murphy, 1899. Part of the editorial "we," that is the part th'at dopes out the snickersifor the co-eds, is just know engaged more or less strenuously in a journalistic ca pacity with the General Assem bly. I J. Chester Bnsbee, who grad uated last year in law, has been on the campus this week. Mr. Busbee is a member of the House of Representatives from Aiken county, having been elected to this office while still studynig at Carolina. . The Clariosophic Literary So ciety has donated its library to the library of the University. The terms of the gift are that special plates must be put on the inside and outside of the cover of each volume. These plates are ,being prepared by Mr. Kennedy, the librarian, and the books will be moved over at An early date. It is understood from an au thentic source that the noted Coburn Players are to be seen on the University campus May 6, in some of their extensive reper toire of classic drama. Mr. Co burn, who heads his players, is an ardent student of drama, an interesting and instructive speak er, and is usually forced to de liver one or more addresses wherever he and his troupe ap pear. Prof. Walter LeConte Steph enson, who was recently the guest of Henry C. Davis, at Shandon, is of the physics de partment of Wpshington ana Lee University. He is a former student of Carolina, having been of'the household of his distin guished uncle, Dr. Joseph Le Conte, and was very much in terested in the University during his visit here. He was particu larly pleased with his alma .ma ter's physics department. Acting President Moore, Dean Baker, Profs. Sn,dwden, Mills, Green, Kennedy, and others; were more or 'less actively and variously engaged during the holidays. Do' YOU reads YOUR~ paper or the.otherfellow's? OFFERS A Special 25 Per Cent Discount to the University of South Carolina Men You will be glad you attended our College for you will have the satisfaction of knowing you pur sued your course in the most thorough business training institution in the Sout1. 'aookkeeping and Penmanship are worth a great deal to a Man in Business I Let us Prepare You in these Branches Shorthand and Typewriting Will Aid You in Your College 'Work Onr System Easiest Learned Join Class at Once' CALL FOR PARTICULARS M. H. BOWEN, Manager Mansion Building 1207 Taylor Street COLUMBIA, S. C, SMOOTH ?ST All the comforts When good fellows get together then Velvet is supreme This su. perb leaf has hung in the warehouse over' two years-a tremendous, change-all hwrshness is nullified the..:leaf grows rich-remarkably. smooth-and in the pipe, Ye cod:! what a smoke! h's too pmooth to bite-4oomellow to be anything but thebest smoke on earth. That's why it's called Velvet. - One tin is a tevelation. At all dealers. \m\ .One ounce. \ t bags, 5 cents, ' * Convenient A for cgeto Full Two HENNIES'Bre Photographs- . 2 anSre Better than the restStlsHarCtanFitCasSh'e Stdo 1615 Mai St Saelc arCt o 10 StuColumbia, S. C.