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PROF. CHAMBERLAYNE ADDRESSES FORUM Speaks to Large Audience on Woman Suffrage. Says Movement the Result of Progress Along Economic and Social Lines. Professor L. P. Chamberlayne, speaking to a large audience on Tuesday night at the weekly meeting of the people's forum in the Richland county court, house made a strong plea for suffrage for women in this State. Previous to the speech of Prof. Chamberlayne, Mrs. Westley Martin Stoner of Washington, chairman of the Southern States Suffrage Associaton, addressed the Forum. Prof. Chamberlayne showed that the present strong move ment for extending the ballot to women was the result of pro gress along economic and social lines. Against this was opposed the natural conservatism of the average man. He continued that unless an effort is made one cannot prevent doing things in the same old way, because self pride is flattered by keeping things as they are and have al ways been. The economic side of the ques tion was discussed. "With the ballot in her hands woman will alleviate the conditions which surround her." He cited num erous laws that had been put on the statute books in other states through the influence of women. Among the laws were those rais ing the age of consent, local op tion, making the hours of labor shorter, a minimum wage law, increasing the age limit for em ploying children in the industries, pensions for the indigent mothers and statutes for the injunction and abatement of houses of ill-repute. Prof. Cham berlayne mentioned the fact that a compulsory school attendance law with provisions for its enforcement had been passed in all the ten states in in which women can vote. He held thatallowing women to vote would in no wise affect the ne gro suffrage in the states of the South. "The interests of a community are not the interests of the good peop)le in it, but of all the human. beings in it," said Prof. Chamberlayne. He continued, "1 do not believe that we will ever have compulsory education in this State until we give women the ballot." Prof Chamberlayne concluded, "the only unanswerable argu ment against woman suffrage is 'things didn't uster be that way andl I'm agin it.'" From a Senior. Editor of The Gamecock: In reference to your editorial of March 28, on tennis, I desire to say that for myself at least, it was exceedingly well taken. To my mind the writer, who ever he may be, has the happy faculty of putting his finger di rectly into the hospitable pie of college life and pointing to an in gredient of college activities which needs regeneration and reform more than any other. He is evidently not a tennis player himself but nevertheless is one who believes in the game, as every right minded man should. He would have the game played not for the game's sake but for Carolina's sake, and that is cer tainly how all college games should be played. It is not that those who are es pecially interested in intercolleg iate tennis are not interested in its future welfare, or in tennis as a whole at the University, as a splendid exercise and a pleas ant pastime; but it is rather their despair after many futile efforts to accomplish anything toward overcoming the inertia, listless ness and lack of cooperation on the part of those who would play if ideal conditions prevailed, and most especially on the part of those who are in authority and who sign the checks. Since 1900 the Tennis associa tion has not charged any dues for membership, hence has not' been self-supporting, and has been in practice incorporated in the Athletic association just as baseball and track. The last officers of the Tennis association were elected in September, 1912, and this was merely nominal. As secretary and treasurer of the association continued over as it were from the last e;ection eighteen months ago, I have upon authority of the treasurer of the Adyisory Board been act ing as manager for this spring. A man,er will be elected at the next meeting of the board, and the student body should elect regular assistant managers. The Southern Intercollegiate will be held the last part of this month probably in Atlanta, and a trip has been scheduled for May in eluding certainly Davidson, U. N. C., Trinity, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, and probably two of the three following: Catholic university, St. Johns, andl Virginia. Besides this D)av idson plays here next Saturday, Trinity April 25, and North Car olina at an early date. So b)esides a strong team, a well organized management and hearty cooperation of everybody seems essential. 10lmar S. Waring. Why not send The Gamecock to the home folks? Keep a-going! We are all prais: for the fellow who can '. i..l iiy tie b;y, you lellows started a W years ago. We first offered 1,; ,:a:, ;.igarettes for sale in the college -.tts. We n)aut ?xct ietrt tobtcco inl this ano>>ul": -wc. wa":tched y.,ti Q,uick enough yu ic v( l e:"ed thetn, and that the tobacc"o Ss':- ' , :.. .d from this small begin 9 .: ti f they have kept going'' all over C___4a7 'Sihis lbi: tcountry u.til tcday they are the biggt': Fellinr ei: ",rette inl the U. S. A.1 P v::n 'm:c".ge, but 20 c':oice ones. 2O,for5 A "Distinctiveiv Individual'" TURISH BL.END V/ CIGARETTES Richiand Drug Company Next to Abbot's A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO Toilet and Medicinal Articles We are Exclusive Agents for Maillard's Celebrated Line of Candy PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY "As Copeland Goes, so Goes the Fashion." LEARN 'rIIE WAY Tailor-Made J. D. O'Brien, Suits Campus Agent Our Specialty Suits and Overcoats---$12.50 to $35.00. Corner Main and Taylor Streets CENTRAL DRUG CO., Inc. Heyward's Pharmacy W. E. CAUGHMAN, Mgr. Telephones 170 and 415 1202 MAIN STREET Why not send "her" The Gamecock?