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VOL. VII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1914. No. 19 STATE HIGH SCHOOLS TO MEET AT CAROLINA Hold Annual Oratorical Con test and Track Meet. Twenty-five High Schools Will be Represented Here April 23 and 24. The State High School Track and Oratorical contest will be held at the University on April 23 and 24. This is the second year that this contest has been held here, last year being the first. This event will be of much greater importance and interest this year, but even last year it was no small affair. There were some two dozen high schools repre sented, and over one hundred contestants. These were enter tained on the campus. The faculty of the University is doing everything possible to insure the present and future success of the contest. Prof. J. B. Coleman, as secretary and treasurer of the Inter-High School Track and Oratorical Association is deeply intere_ted. The faculty has revised a bulle tin on "State and County Ath letics for the High Schools and Rules and Regulations for Con tests." This revised edition con tains the following preface: "The University wishes to co operate with the high schools of the State in encouraging amateur athletics and public speaking among high school students, also in encouraging county, sectional and State contests as a means of stimulating the interest and pride of students in their school. These contests should, in addi tion to the benefits of the train ing, afford incentive to students to complete the full high school course, and by bringing the var ious schools into contact, should help to cultivate a broad and wholesome community spirit. To this end the annual State high school track meet was organized, the University entertaining the contestants and issuing each year a bulletin of regulations and sug gestions on athletics for the high school.'" Thi sissue of the bulletin also contains the constitution of the high school association, together with a brief review of the devel opment of athletics in the high schools of the State. The revie w gives the records made at the contest here last year. Of par ticular value to the high schools* are the instructions for training. CAROINA QUINTETTE DEFEATS METHODISTS Wofford Loses Fast Game . by 37 to 21 Score. Game Brings Carolina Within One Notch of State Basket ball Championship. The Carolina quintette made one more march toward the State basketball championship last Saturday night when they defeat ed Wofford by a score of 37 to 21. The Methodists opened the game with several long, difficult shots that quickly put them ahead of the locals. But the Gamecocks quickly came to themselves and decided to pre vent goal throwing by Wofford by keeping the ball in their own possession1the entire time. Af ter much scrambling and hard work Carolina ended the first half in the lead. The second half was all Carolina; the team worked together well, and scored with regularity. Earle at forward did brilliant goal throwing for the Methodists. In fact his throwing was the best seen on the local floor this season. Carolina won on team work and not on individual starring. The work of Brooker, however, was a little above the average of his teammates. On the whole, this was the best game of the season here. The lineup was as follows: Carolina 37 Wofford 21 Brooker R F Grenniker Farrell, Reeves L F Eorle Farrell, Poole C Anderson Danner R G Patterson Stoney L G I)eShields Referee: Appleton. The oratorical contest will be held on the night of April 23, probably in the chapel. The next day the track meet will take place on Davis Field. The con testants will represent the pick of the high school boys of the State, both in oratory and in track. Many of them will be in their last year of high school work, and will be thinking of go ing to college next fall. We need those boys here, to hold up the University's oratorical record, to keep athletics in the front. It's up to us to show them a good time while they are with us. C. S. Mitchell is also on the sick list this week. Mitchell has measles and seems to be pretty sick at n)resent. BROOKLYN CLUB WILL TRAIN AT CAROLINA Ward is Pleased With Colum bia and Campus Grounds. Advisory Board's Action Means That Forty Big Leaguers Will be Brought Here. Christie Benet, acting for the advisory board of the University, yesterday telegraphed John M. Ward, business manager of the Brooklyn Federal League team that the board had agreed to the terms made by Mr. Ward on his visit here on Thursday. As the Brooklyn magnate said that the only condition incident to bring ing his club to train here was the matter of coming to terms with the University authorities, it is now practically certain that the Brooklyn Federals will go into camp on Davis Field. According to the proposed agreement, the big leaguers will use the grounds and gym only when it is not in use by the Carolina baseball ag gregation. The athletic associa tion is to receive $300 compensa tion therefor. Mr. Ward was pleased with Columbia, and more especially with the advantages that the campus field and nearby gymna sium afforded as a training camp. He also went to the fair grounds and though struck by its level surface, yet from a baseball standpoint he saw the disadvan tages in having to go so far to practice. It was pointed out that some of the buildings could be fixed up for the squad of players, but he favored the grounds at the University. Owing to the fact that the Brooklyn club did not join the Federal League until about two weeks ago, the personnel of the team and the names of the men who will be on the squad could not be announced. Christy Math ewson has been offered the posi tion of manager of the Brooklyn club. He has not accepted as yet, but it is thought that he will. P. T. Mace has been in the in firmary for several days, suffer ing from tonsilitis. It is hoped that he will soon be alright again. 0 . Shealy is in the hospital, having undergone an operation for appendicitis. We all hope that he will soon be well, and back at his work in the near CAROLINA MAY YET. HAVE LAW BUILDING The House Refuses to Concur With Senate Amendment. The Governor Thought to be Favorably Inclined---Jerry Pate Makes Speech. After its life had been dispair ed of even by its stoutest friends, the item of the general appro priation bill providing for the erection of a $40,000 law building came to life again on Thursday when the House by a vote of 48 to 47 refused to concur in the Senate amendment striking out the item. Jerry Pate, making his maiden speech in the House, ex plained his connection with the University of South Carolina and declared that the present condi tion of the law department was intolerable and that the item was too important to be omitted this year. On Tuesday, at the night ses sion, the Senate had adopted on section 20 of the appropriation bill relating to the University the report of the Finance Committee, which recommended that the item for unusual repairs be cut from $4,704 to $2,704, and the item of $40,000 for a law build ing be stricken out altogether. Senators Hardin and Johnstone, speaking for the Finance Com mittee, explained that the com mittee had decided that the tax payers of the State be given a breathing spell ani that the cut ting of appropriations for new buildings of the educational in stitutions of the State was, in their opinion, the best way of accomplishing that end. It was pointed out by others that although the State provided handsomely for its medical and pedigogical students, the law students were left on such hard circumstances that many of them annually left the State to get their law education elsewhere. They said that the law school was getting along with the same equipment with its present 100 students as it did when it had 20 students. If the item can safely weather the Committee on Free Confer ence it is believed that it has a chance of ultimate passage, as it thought that the governor is fav orably inclined toward it. 0. F. Crow has been some wvhnt indispaoed for several davs.