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VOL. VIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1915. No. 18 STUDENTS MUST BUILD FNC ON DAVIS FIELD Legislature Granted Money on This Condition. Grandstand Will be Built by Contractors-Constrnation Begins at Once. Since the money raised by the students and alumni of the Uni versity is not sufficient to pay for the construction of a fence around Davis field, it becomes the duty of every -stddent td do -his share in the actual construction of this fence. Now. is the time when the students must prove that they have the real college spirit, by upholding the resolu tion passed by the student body. This resolution as it was sent to the Legislature is: "Be it resolved, That we, the students of the University of South Carolina, do hereby ap point a committee of five to me morialize the Legislature of South Carolina to add sufficient funds to pay for the entire work, we do pledge ourselves to- be re sponsible for the actual construc tion; provided they will appro priate a sufficient fund to pur chase the necessary material." It was on this condition that the Legislature granted the $2, 500 to pay for the material of the fence and grandstand. It is therefore -up to every man of the student body, as a true son of Carolina, to do his best as a car penter in 'building this fence. The work will probably be begun next week and, every student is expected to report on the field, ready for work at the appointed time. The exact day will be an nounced later. The $125 raised by the stu dents and alumni, inculding $50 given by one loyal alumnus, will go towards paying for the con struction of the grandstand. The students will not do the work on this, since experience will be needed to carry out the requirements for a strong build ing. The remaining expense of its construction will be covered by the $2,500. It is either up to the student body to subscribe money to hire this fence built or get out and 'hit the nail on the head'. This matter must be decided at once. W. F. Thomson, who under went an operation for appendi-' citis at the Columbia Hospital, is now recuperating at the in-: firmarv. STATE- PRELMIARY TO BE HELD ONMARCH 15 Society Primaries Will Prob. ably be on March 9. Many Contestants for Coveted Honor-S. C. . 0. A. Con test on April 30. The contest to decide who will represent Carolina at the S. C. I. O. A. contest to be held in Rock Hill, April 30, will be held in the University chapel on Monday, -Marell 1'5. Already there are many men who have signified their intentions of try ing out in the society primaries. Mr. Haddon Johnson repre sented Carolina last year and made a most creditable showing. All remember that M. A. Wright won first place for Caro lina two years ago. The win ners of the various.Carolina de bates and oratorical contests during the past few years will speak this year.. besides many new aspirants. In fact, it is im possible to predict who will win the contest. This meeting is held six weeks before the final contest at Rock Hill, in order that the judges may pass upon the various. ora tions, and also to give ample time for the different prelimin ary winners to be prepared in their best form. Carolina's representative will speak fifth in the contest this year. This place is probably best of all the places, and a good speaker with a good oration will certainly *in for Carolina, or make the man who does win fight hard for his place. The date of the contest is an nounced early so that a large audience may be on hand. It is hoped that the ladies' colleges of the city do not have anything on this night and that they will turn out "en masse." The suc cess of the contest depends partly on the size of the audi ence. Too, nothing could be more inspiring to the speaker than an audience of college girls. Civic Club Banquets. At a special meeting of the Civic Club it was decided that the club would banquet Monday, March 8. In all pr bability the affair will be held at the Jeffer son Hotel. A committee was ap pointed to arrange a program. There will be several speakers. Start o i the Triangular Debate. BASEBALL PRACTICE IS UNDER FULL SWAY Coach Smith Putting Men Through Trying Tests. Prospects Are Bright for a Win. ning Team--Practice Games Daily. The baseball squad is working out"daily under the tutelage of Coach Smith. Excellent weath er conditions have prevailed and much progress has been made as a result. Each afternoon a game is played between chosen sides, and every candidate is given a chance to show what there is in him. Coach Smith has adopted this method in order to expedite matters, and at the same time give him a better idea of the ma terial he has on hand. Because of the shifting of the men every afternoon, no definite idea can be gotten as to the per sonnel of the 1915 team. The loss of the entire infield of last year will be felt very much. So far Coach Smith has given no lit tle attention to the development of the infield. Horton is the only man who has had previous ex perience on the varsity. From a bun3h of about twenty men a good infield is expected. Some of the men trying for these po sitions are: Leach, a member of last year's scrub team, Sims, Clark, Whaley, Wells. Jordan, Walker, Bates, and Ingman. Battery candidates are also be ing given a great deal of atten tion by the coach. Stoney is the only regular back. Barksdale and Levy are the other candi dates for the catcher's position. Flowers is showing good form in the box. Martin is also coming fast and has the making of a good pitcher. "Babe" Adams will probably enter college this week amd will add much to the pitching staff. Manager Edmunds has ar ranged to play several practice games with the Columbia South Atlantic league team. These games will be played about March 15th. These pre-season games will show what the men can do when under fire, and will be of much profit to the team. The exact dates for the games will be announced later. The practice-uniforms have been given out, but Coach Smith said that the men who have them are by no means certain of mak ing the team. These uniforms are gray with a small garnet strine. The stockings are garnet CAROLINA MAY PLAY TENNESSEE NOVEMBER 6 Negotiations Under Way to Play Southern Champs. Davidson Game for This Date Will be Cancelled if Deal is Completed. The University of Tennessee has written Carolina for a game of football with that team at Knoxville on November 6. Coach Edgerton and Grad-Man ager Gunter now have this un der consideration and will an nounce their decision in a few days. A game with Davidson had been scheduled for this date according to an ' arrangement made last year, but the usual unavoidable hoodoo still hangs over the Davidson Carolina game and no agreement can be reach ed between the two colleges. Davidson wants the game at Davidson Hill, and wants Caro lina to sign a contract that will scarce!y pay expenses. Carolina wants to bring the game here or play at Charlotte, preferably the former. A representative from Davidson is expected to meet Mr. Gunter here in a. few days. Coach Edgerton says he hopes that if Carolina does play Ten nessee that the game will be brought here. This will give Carolina her two hardest games in succession, for Virginia comes here Nov. 13. However, it will afford the students and public two of the best football ma chines in the South. Tennessee belongs to the new athletic asso ciation of which Carolina is a member and;this will have much to do with signing the game with Tennessee. At 8 o'clock last night Man ager Gunter stated that David son's representative was to have arrived Thursday night, but as yet he had not. Further, he stated that he had just wired Tennessee that a contract would be signed for a game here on Nov. 6. He expects to receive an answer today. Dr. Currell returned to the University Wednesday, after de livering addresses at Prosperity, Cherleston, and St. Matthews. with a white band. The cap matches the uniforms. in all probability new uniforms will be ordered for the varsity, but as yet Manager Edmnunds is not certain what will be done.