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ENGINEERING SOCIETY J. N. Arthur, Editor Hampton- "Why not lay out the base line before we run it?" Prof. Sieberts- "Mr. English, Jvhat is a critet'ion?" English-"A panacea." ci In surveying class. Waring-- "Hand me that little Ttelescope with the bubble in it." Z-He wanted a Locke level. i The students in the class in ;bridge construction inspected the viaduct on the Seaboard Road last week. The trip was pre paratory to the study of that type of Lridge. They also in spected the South Carolina cot ton seed oil mill. At the regular meeting of the Engineering Society on Tuesday night Prof. Homes gave a very interesting and instructive re v'ew of the proceedings of the Americ m Road Congress, which met in Atlanta last week. The special theme of his lecture was "Highway Economics." He dwelt o.l the mea-ures which have been and are being taken by the (onrress for unilied and systematic road construct.ion and mnaintena:-.ce tamruout the United States. N) road should be improved iinil the money spp-nt for such improvement will give reasona ble return;. Road building and 1aintenance should be under i hw supervision of experts who :hall be appointed and hold oi::e during efiicient service. The cost of construction should :e borne by those benefited by 1 he improvement in proportion to the bene'is received. Dr. Currell to Speak. Trae memb;rs of the s;udent body have decided to meet at Minn Hall to-morrow at 3:45 to m1nar0h to the theatre to hear l)r. W. S. Currell speak before the city Y. M. C. A., on "Trans figured 'Moments." A section of seats will be reserved for the students, and the committee urges that every one be on hand thear' our new p)residenlt. Professors Speak. Dr. WV. S. Currell spoke t-> the girls of Summirerland November 18 n'Books-a Blessing and a Bane.'' Th'e speech contained P.-nd pra'tical advice and was f:avor'ed wvith enough fias;hes of humor to make it very pleasing. Prof. Patterson Wardllaw of the univerity sp)oke in the auditori u noE C.(a' 2>Ma N.vemnber thie thir.ewnth WEEKLY 4 (Nov. Sun Prof. Smith's Bible Class meet, President Currell speaks in the Tue Three of the Bible Classes meel Law men i Wedn Regular Y. M. C. A. meeting Thui Carolina meets the Citadel on t Student body dance to be given Fri Dr. Currell addresses the Char Satu Clariosophic Literary Society c< phradian al INTERESTING ADDRESS TO STUDENTS Dr. Mark Baldwin Sr eaks at Chapel Hour Wednesday. Dr. Mark Baldwin, the eini nrnt phychologist, addressed the University student body during ,hapel hour Wednesday. His ddress lasted only twenty min u:es but was full of intere,sting informat-on. The students pres .-nt regr-'t that Dr. Bald win did not have time to deliver a longer lddress. Many citizens of ('o lumbia were pres .nt to hear the address. The speaker summed up brief ly the trend of philosophical thought. He told of the ancient. rationalistic school headed by 'iato and Aristotle, who believ ed that the real stuff and mean ing of the universe can b' knOwnll thru reason; the volunt; rist.. rcp recsented1 by St. Augustine, who believed that the real essence a1d meaning of the world can be known thru the will, and finally, the Mystics, represented by Plotinus, who held that truth and reality are to be reached by pure feeling. He said that at present there is a movement call ed constructive affectivism, which seeks to coordinate and cornbne the elemeits of truths in the preceding 'systems. Dr. Baldwin is a native South Carolinian, being born in Co!um bia. He is here on a visit to his brother. II. C. Ba!d win. For years he was head of the depIart muent of philosophy at Johns Hop kins. 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