The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 14, 1914, Image 1
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.