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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Application for Fund Ready to be Forwarded by Columbia City Council. The idea recently launched by the Cosmos Club regarding the public library on the University campus has been favorably re ceived by the city council of Co lumbia and the superintendent of education. The purpose of the library will not be to take the place of the present library of the University, but to be a free public library for Richland county and the city of Columbia. Every body in the city 'and county as well as those connected with the University will have free access to both libraries. The conditions, as proposed, are that the University will fur nish the lot for the building and the city of Columbia and Rich land county guarantee their sup port. T he application to Carnegie for $100,000 has been mane out and will now have to be formally forwarded by the city council of Columbia with their guaranteed support. 1 he Board of Trustees will have to take some action as to the lot for the erection of the building. The People's Forum is discussing what action to take if Carnegie will grant the request but not allow the building to be erected on Carolina's campus. Campus Improvement. A number of old trees have made shade for the last time on the University campus. In the past week the axe has made away with several prominent old oaks. Some, no doubt, were here in the early days of the old South Carolina College. These trees had all but died, and their removal makes a decided im provement in the appearance of the campus. Young trees are being planted in their placss. Personals. M. S. Clayton, of the class of '98, was on the campus this week. Mr. Clayton is in the government service. He is just back from the Philipines, and now has a position in the navy yard at Charleston. Harry Hicks Withers, class of 1900, passed through here this week. Mr. Withers was on his wvay from Chester to Arizona. Tommy McMillan is still seen hanging around. Tommy is act ing solicitor of the Charleston circuit, and will be in Columbia until the legislature adjourns. The Y. M. C. A. did not hold its regular weekly meeting on Wednesday night. This is the first time in quite a while that such a thing has happened. Alumni Notes. (From The Alumni Record.) Acting President A. C. Moore s still at work on the general records of all the alumni, al though since last May he has been too busy to devote much time to them. When these rec ords are published, they will tell the story of the worth of the ,University in the achievements of her sons. Selby Quattlebaum, B. S. 1909, will graduate in June from the school of mining engineering at Columbia university. Robert E. Siebels, B. S. 1910, will graduate this year from the College of Physicians and Sur geons in New York. Heyward Gibbes, B. S. 1909, received the degree of Doctor of Medicine last June from Johns Hopkins and has entered on the practice of medicine in Columbia. Another alumnus to open an office here during the past sum mer for the practice of medicine is Nathaniel Barnwell Heyward, A. B. 1907, who won the degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and also the appointment for a year as an interne at Belle view hospital. F. F. Covington, Jr.. A. B. 1906 taught for several years be fore going to Harvard for his M. A. degree, which he obtained at the mid-term of last session. He is now assistant in English at Clemson college. Victor E. Rector, A. B. 1907, after graduation, taught in the Columbia schools, at the same time taking the Master of Arts degree. He then taught in the Philippines. At present he is in charge of one of the finest rural schools in the State, near Harts ville, in Darlington county. W. S. McGraw, A. B. 1910, is teaching in the Philippines. W. D. Aiken, A. B. 1907, LL. B., 1907, is private secretary to Congressman Lever. Brooks Wingard, who was Mr. Lever's 'private secretary for several years, holds the same po sition with Senator Smith. Societie's Shorter Programs. The two literary societies have for the past several meetings hastened tnrough the exercises in order to allow members attend the basketball games played the same eights. Tonight will be no excep)tion and every student at Carolina should be on hand to support the team. The game to night will decide the State chain p)ionship) in basketball. Every body should be there; if you haven't the two bits, borrow it. The snowv indirectly prevented the meeting of ihe Moot Court Wednesday night. The program was postpone]l until next week. 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