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VOL. VII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 11, 1914. No. 25 MANY HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE REPRESENTED Orators and Athletes to Visit the University. High School Boys Will Hold Ora torical Contest and Track Meet April 23 and 24. The annual athletic and orator ical contest for the high schools of South Carolina will be held at the University, April 23 24. On Thursday afternoon the repre sentatives will meet in Flinn Hall and draw for places. Pre liminaries will be held and the speakers will be cut down to eight or ten, the best two being taken out of each section. That evening the eight or ten will meet in chapel for the final con test. Prof. Henry C. Davis will have charge of arrangements for the contests. He managed the affair last year and did it without a hitch. Friday morning the prelimi naries for the track neet will he pulled off. In the afternoon the finals will' be held. F. H. H. Calhoun, of Clemson college, will be in charge of the meet as ref eree, and Coach Blackburn, of Carolina, will assist him. These high school boys will be the guests of the University, be ginning with Thursday at sup per. Sylvan Bros. will again give a cup to the winning team in the track meet. The association is growing in interest and number. There will be more than 30 schools repre sented this year. There were only 23 last year. This is one of the most important gatherings of the high school boys of the State during the year. They are al ways welcomed at Carolina. All communications about the meet and the oratorical contest should be addressed to IR. C. Burts, Greenville, president of the association. Infirmary Notes. Messrs. Harper, Dabbs, Cas tles, Smith and Dinkins are re covering from the contagious spring disease of mumps. Arthur Jones, who for several weeks past has been in the in firmary, has recovered from the mumps and is now at home. PAY Y( MR. WHITESCARVER MAKES ABLE ADDRESS Lectures to Students On Civil Engineering. His Subject, "A Grand Oppor tunity for the Young Men of Our Southland" The series of life work lectures offered by the Y. M. C. A. was continued on Wednesday even ing with an address by W. 0. Whitescarver, a civil engineer in 'the employment of the United States government, and teacher of the Baraca Class of the First Baptist Church of Columbia. Being an experienced engineer, he presented first, the dark side, and, then, the bright side of his profession. In discussing the dark side of civil engineering, Mr. White scarver declared that one of the most regretable facts about the profession is that so many enter it and then quit. He pointed out several reasons why men be come.discouraged and give up the profession. There are, he held, too many undergraduates who enter upon the engineering work not adequately equipped. Consequently they soon find the work -too difficult and beyond their capacity. "Civil engineer ing," said Mr. Whitescarver, "is a prophecy rather than an estab lished fact." He proceeded to show that civil engineering is one of the most sensitive of profess ions, there being such tremend ous financial responsibility upon the men involved, and that it calls for a great deal of wander ing, which often causes the young engineer to become dis gusted with his work because he is constantly separated from his affinnity. But the dark side affords large opportunities for the man who sticks to the job. This is the bright side presented by the speaker. Since the world has come to appreciate the great con structive power of the engineer, he is often now the leader of large business enterprises. The profession has been elevated up out of the technical sphere into a larger and more stimulating at mosphere. The present day en gineer has as his ambition to be )UR SUBS GAMECOCKS ENJOY WEEK OF RESTING Carolina Team Ready for Davidson Next Week. Practice Early and Late---Scrubs Play the Richmond Military Academy in Augusta. The Gamecock baseball team for the past week has had a rest in that no games were played, but the entire week was occupied in practice and further develop ment of their already good team work. "BABE" ADAMS Who pitched a great no-hit game against Guilford College. Last Saturday, the day follow ing that great no-hit game pitch ed by Babe Adams, the Game cocks tackled the Comers in a last practice game of the leaguers. The score was small in spite of the fact that Carolina had many subs in the lineup. The Gamecocks are sharpening their spurs for the coming battles with the ancient rival, Davidson, which will take place on Davis field next Wednesday and Thurs day. The scrubs went to Augusta yesterday to meet Richmond Mil itary academy. Those who went were: Thomas, Kendall, McTeer, Cooner, Ingrnan, Leach, Jeter, Graydon, Richards, and Fort. SCRIPTIOl MEN OF COLUMBIA HEAR PROF. TATE Masterly Address Delivered in Columbia Theatre. His Last Lecture in Columbia Before Taking Up Duties at Peabody College. Prof. William Knox Tate, State supervisor of elementary rural schools, and professor of elemen tary education in the University, delivered a masterly address at the Columbia theatre Sunday afternoon on Constructive Chris tianity. He spoke under the auspices of the city Y. M. C. A. The speaker dealt with the most pressing problems and needs of South Carolina, which at this time claim the attention of the State's best citizens, and showed that by the application of the basic principle of Christianity, these questions could be solved and eventually eradicated. Chris tian education was the remedy suggested for many of the evils that exist. The problems in South Carolina which Prof. Tate made especial reference to were those of land ownership, illiteracy, health, liquor, attitude towards crimi nals and measures for the relief of the State hospital for the in sane. How Prof. Tate dealt with those questions is given in The State as follows: In speaking of land and home ownership, Prof. Tate quoted statistics showing that 63 per cent. of the farmers in South Carolina rented the land that they tilled. He called attention to the nomadic characteristics of such people, and, as a corollary, how difficult it is to instill in them a lasting patriotism. He urged his hearers to invest in land in the State. "In this problem of ownership," he said, "is hound up our lawlessness and political questions, and by edu cating the people up to desire and practicability of ownership, we will pave the way for con structive work in many other lines." Prof. Tate said that there were over 50,000 white people, 10 years of age and over, in this State that were illiterate, and that 17,000 of these were voters, I NOW!