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VCY9 14 N VOL. VII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 9, 1914. No. 29 PROF. TATE LEAVES UNIVERSITY WORK Will Take Up His Duties at Peabody College. After Sixteen Years of Splendid Service in South Carolina, Seeks Broader Field. Prof. William Knox Tate has left us. He has gone to the George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tenn. In losing Prof. Tate South Carolina loses much. In his work as rural school supervisor, and as pro fessor of elementary education in the University, Prof. Tate made many warm friends, and made a lasting and permanent impression upon the people of our State. His work for the schools in rural communities has been invaluable, and we can not even conjecture the ultimate re sult. Prof. Tate assigned as his reason for leaving the insuffici ency of money available for the prosecution of his work, s1rr the uncertainty of his tenure of office. He goes to his alma ma ter in his nativa stit?, and in his new position under the Peabody Board, South Carolina will be in cluded in his field of endeavor. The following are some ex tracts from his letter of resigna tion to State Superintendent of Education Swearingen: "After my election, I gave myself ten days in which to de cide between Nashville and South Carolina, and came home expecting to repeat the pains of decision which have with me al ways characterized a change of position. Fortunately, I was spared the necessity for deliber ation. The position of rural school supervisor of South Caro lina has been supported by the Peabody Education fund and the Southern Education board. With in two days after my return from Nashville, I had letters from the secretaries of both these boards, stating that the funds for the support of the position would not be available after next year. I accepted the Peabody position at once. . . . . "The legislature very promptly provided for the continuance of the work. . . . . "I confess to you that I am leaving South Carolina with many regrets and with great re luctance. Sixteen of the most active year3 of my life have been (ContIinued onI j'arte 5i'r 1 CAROLINA SUCCESSFUL IN TRIANGULAR DEBATE Wright and Dudley Win in Contest With Virginia. Jeter and McInnes Push Georgia Close in Contest at Univer sity of Virginia. Last Saturday evening at Ath ens, Ga., the affirmative team of the University of South Caro lina defeated the negative team of the University of Virginia in one corner of the Triangular Debate. The team that repre sented Carolina was composed of M. A. Wright and J. S. Dudley. J. S. DUDLEY The question for debate was: "Resolved, That the United States Should Cease to Main tain a Position Among the Three Leading Naval Powers of the World." This debate was held under the auspices of the University of Georgia and the judges were selected from the faculty of that institution. The decision was unanimous in favor of the affirmative. At another corner of the debate held at the University of Vir ginia, E. R. Jeter and J. S. Mc Innis representing Carolina up held the negative side of the same query as stated above against the affirmative team of of the University of Georgia. This debate was a close contsst. The five judges who were se lected fron the faculty of the University of Virginia rendered their decision by a vote of three to two in favor of the affirmative of Gortria.' WRIGHT WINS SECOND PLACE IN SOUTHERN Eugene Sloan, Vanderbilt, Is Awarded First Honors. Discusses War and Peace from Aspects of Human and Finan cial Economy. On Wednesday night in Nash ville, Tenn., the Southern Ora torical Contest was staged. Vanderbilt seized highest posi tion, University of South Caro lina second, and Translyvania, through H. S. Kalkins, was awarded the minimum place. The holders of second and third honors orated on Peace. Tran sylvania's representative spoke on "Armed Peace" and M. A. Wright, representative from the University of S)ath Carolina, advanced some grave and sub stantial points on "The National Mission." Either of the three honors in this contest carries with it an exceedingly ponderous amount and unexpressed public laud,-as the honor men must ".in out over the greatest universities in the South. Wright is one of most celebrated student orators in South Carolina and the con tiguous states. He has without an average report taken part in practically the whole of the University's forensic and oratori cal engagements, both at home and abroad, for the last two years. He has spoken several times on Peace, and much study and work on this inter-national and momentous topic has plac ed him in an authoritative and conversant position towards it. The following paragraps are a (f'"ntinii-1 n I'agv Six.) M.A.WRGH ANOTHER VICTORY IS WON FOR CAROLINA Waring Brothers Winners in Tennis Doubles. Fast Gamecocks Ride Tar Heels to Victory--Trinity Wins in Singles Contest. The Waring brothers, repre senting Carolina in the Southern Tennis tournament, won the championship in doubles over North Carolina Thursday. Monday was the first day of the tournament at Mecklenburg Country club. Elmar Waring showed the true Gamecock "come-back" spirit when he made a marvelous recovery in the second set of his match with Oates of North Carolina. After a hard fought battle Oates won by a score of 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. W. Waring outclassed his opponent, Burt, of Georgia. His reach and aggressive style at the net proved too much for the Georgian. Crawford was defeated by White, of Trinity, the score being 0-6. 5-7. Tuesday W. Waring took re venge on the Clemson Tiger by defeating Erwin by a score of 6-2, 6-2. By defeating both Georgia Tech and Trinity in preliminary matches in doubles on Wednes day the Warings won a place in the finals to be-played on Thurs day. On Thursday afternoon the finals were played. Henderson of Trinity won championship in singles, and the Waring brothers in a hard fought contest won the doubles. Carolina Loses to V. P. I. For the first time since April 2, Carolina was defeated on May 1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute made seven scores in the first round, but after that were held in check by Adams. At the start the Virginians made four home runs, a triple and a single. In the fifth they made two more runs. By a ninth inning rally the Gamecocks pulled their score up from 3 to 6. Adams struck out 12 men. Richards once more proved his ability to swat the pill by getting a double and a single out of two times up. Ben Sawvyer and .Julian Bush, the only two inmates of the infir mary at this time, are rapidly re covering. Both expect to be out in a few davys.