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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.