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VOL. VII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1914. - No. 17 PROF. TABER TALKS ON EARTHQUAKE Discusses Charleston Earth quake and Its Causes. Says It Was Due to Re-adjust ment of the Rock Strata Under Strain. At the last meeting of the Le Conte Scientific society, held at 8 o'clock in the evening on Fri day, Feb. 6, Dr. Stephen Taber, professor of geology, gave a pa per on "Seismic Activity in the Atlantic Coastal Plain Near Charleston, S. C." In the course of his investigations Prof. Taber has compiled a list of over 400 shocks and tremors that have been felt in the coastal plain. Most of these are so light as to pass unnoticed except by people in the immediate vicinity of the origin, but they are important in studying the cause and frequen cy of earthquakes. After the historic Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886, Major Dutton made a detailed investigation for the U. S. Geo logical Survey; but in his mono graph on the subject he states that nothing was learned con cerning the precise nature of the forces that caused the disturb ance. Dutton was misled by the old centrium theory of Mallet's, which at that time was generally accepted as the theory of earth quakes. In the light of recent studies, it is certain that the Charleston earthquake was due to the re-ad justment of rock strata under strain, for there has been no volcanic activity in the eastern part of North America since the Triassic period. The strain grad ually accumulated as a result of slow crustal movements, such as those which have raised the coast al plain above sea level, and when this strain became too great rupture took place at the weakest point, probably along a fault plane that had been the locus of previous adjustments. Since earthquakes are due to crustal movements, the relative earthquake activity of a region during a given period is com mensurate with the amount of displacement experienced by the rocks during that period. No portion of the earth is absolutely free from earthquakes, but the South Carolina coastal plain has, had comparatively few seismic dlisturbances sincen etaceous CAROLINA CLEANS UP WITH CITADEL BUNCH Romps on Bulldogs to the Tune of 24 to 15. A Toss-U 1p in First Half, but the Gamecocks Come Back Strong in Second. Last Saturday night in the University gymnasium Carolina's quintette defeated the soldier boys from the Citadel by a score of 24 to 15. The game was hotly contested from start to finish, and at the end of the first half it was a toss up as to who would be the winner, but in the second Carolina got together and pulled out ahead with a good margin. The home hopes put up brill iant individual work, l1ut their team play was rather weak in the first half. However they work ed like a machine in the second period, and their improved team play was in large measure re sponsible for the victory coming Carolina's way. The entire Gamecock crew did good work, and it would be a difficult matter to mention the stars. Captain Stoney led in points scored,- with nine to his credit. Danner at guard did good work in bringing the ball down the field. Pat rick's goal shooting, foul after foul, was the feature of the con test from the Citadel point of view. He made 11 of the Cita del's 15 points. The soldiers played together well, and had they not been weak on goal throwing, the score might have been very different. The lineup was as follows: Carolina 24 Citadel 15 Poole C Folger Stoney (capt) L G Holmes, Seay Danner R G Buse (capt) Brooker L F Patrick, Hanahan, Chalker Farrell R F Myers Field goals: Carolina-Stoney 3, Brooker 2, Hanahan 2, Danner 1, Farrell 2. Citadel-Patrick 1, Holmes 1, Eason 1. Goals after foul: Carolina--Stoney 2, Poole 4. Citadel-Patrick 9. Appleton, referee. Civic Club Elects Officers. The Civic Club at its weekly meeting held on last Thursday elected the following officers for the coming term: president, J. F. Brookes; vice president, L. C. Wannamaker; secretary, H. 0. Hanina; treaurer, J. S. Dudley. COLLEGE MERGER BILL DEFEATED Killed by Vote of 65 to 36 Titled Held in Question. Defeat of Bill Unexpected as Committee Had Made Fav orable Report. After a debate of three hours and a half, which occupied the whole of both the morning and night sessions of Tuesday, the House of Representatives by a vote of 65 to 36 killed the Lump kin resolution providing for the coordination of the College for Women with the University of South Carolina. This violent death of the resolution was un expected as the Ways and Means committee had recommended it favorably and it was thought that it would have easy sailing through the lower branch. W. H. Stevenson, of Chester field, gave the resolution its death blow when he declared in a ringing speech that it was dan gerous on legal grounds for the State to acquire this property be cause unless every single stock holder of the corporation agreed to the transfer a suit could be brought to compel the dissolution of the two institutions. He said that an attempt had been made in 1909 to transfer the College for Women to one of the presby teries and that it had failed for this very reason. To this the friends of the bill replied that this was a matter for the trustees to decide and arrange and that the only thing required of the general assembly was to render its verdict as to the lasting value of the coordi nation of the two educational in stitutions and to show its willing ness to support a college giving university training for women. Various other arguments were brought by the opponents of the merger, among them being that the College for Women would compete with Winthrop, that the expense of maintaining another college was more than the State could bear at this time. and that the common schools were the in stitutions that are needed, not more colleges. Representatives Sapp, Irby, Moore, James, Greer, Stanley and IIutchinson spoke against the resolution. The champions of the measure called attention to the unparallel ed opportunity offered to the State. to acquire a very valuable arql beautiful piece of property, suit 1914 FOOTBALL TEAM HAS HARD SCHEDULE Ten Games Signed, With Six to Be Played in Columbia. Season Opens With Furman on Sept. 30---Play Virginia in Columbia in 1915. Although Davis Field is now peopled by the baseball and track candidates, and padded pants and football jerseys are stuffed in dark - lockers, and football shoes moulded in a dusty corner, football gossip is as abundant as ever. A dozen varsity teams have been doped out with substi tutes, all different, and we are predicted to do everything from winning from Virginia to losing to Furman. The names of the coach and manager are of course household words in every tene ment and need no mention here. The schedule announced some days ago has met with general approval, the interesting features being the new contract with Virginia and the games with Furman and Wofford. These two little newcomers into the State football family are reported as lusty, and will prob ably be factors in the State championship struggle. Both have been playing class ball for many years, and both have strong student bodies. The con tract with Virginia comes as a sort of reward to Carolina for her progress and achievements in the gridiron art in the last three years. Seven varsity old heads will drop out of the ranks next year, Mills, Vonkolnitz, Wehmann, McTeer, Boulware, and Dunn. Those returning are Stoney, Hampton, Going, Hill, Sligh, Heyward, Perkins, and McGow an. To fill the gaps Coach Ed gerton will have a galaxy of able for the higher education of its women, and pleaded that this chance to make that provision be not allowed to escape. They pointed out to the watch dogs of the treasury that this would save the State vast appropriations in the future to buy such a plant as was now offered to them gratis. There would be no competition with Winthrop because the two colleges would do entirely differ ent work. Representatives Li les, Lumpkin, McDonald, Belser, Mi ley and Youmans spoke for the resolution.