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VOL. VIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 6, 1915. No. 19 BASEBALL ARTISTS ARE SHOWING FINE FORM Gaps Left By Last Year's Team Are Being Filled. Every Thing Points Toward a Good Season-Practice Games Next Week. Coach Sid Smith says that the baseball prospects are very en couraging, and that if honest endeavors and hard work can make it, Carolina will have a strong team this season. At the beginning of practice, the big hole left by last year's graduates looked bad and the outlook uncertain, bu, with the strong workout of the new men under Sid Smith and the four members of last year's team, the pros pects are bright for a successful season. In the pitcher's box Jackson, Seymour, Martin and Flowers are showing up in good form. At shortstop Wells and Whaley are doing speedy work. Bates, Jordan, Sims and Smith are working hard after third base and make a good bunch to choose from. Smith may also be a substitute pitcher. Horton is working out at first base in great style. This passing glance at the infield shows that there are a number of good men hard af ter each position and this gives reason to believe that a snappy infield can be produced. The outfield needs no comment. Richards, Langston, and Plaxico, chiefly last year's outfield, are all swift fielders and heavy hit ters. Stoney .looks better than ever behind the bat. Barksdale is no mean catcher. Practice games will be played soon with the Columbia S. A. L. team, and games next week every afternoon with amateur teams. On the whole, Coach Smith thinks that we have reason to expect that our team this year be will a great success. Dr. Currell Returns. Dr. Currell returned today from Vanderbilt University, at which institution he has been acting as 'exchange professor from the University of South Carolina. There he delivered class room and chapel lectures on "The Modern Drama," and a popular lecture on "Marginal Lives." GOVERNOR RICHARD DELIVER COMM REV. HOWARD LEE JONES PREA( Men Prominent in Affairs of South Ca Both are Orators The commencement speakers have been announced. Governor' Richard I. Manning will deliver the annual commencement day address and Rev. Howard Lee Jones the baccalaureate sermon. The University is indeed fortu nate in securing these two promi nent men. Governor Manning is so well known to all -South Carolinians that it would be useless to intro-1 duce him to the students of the University. He is a man of ster-1 ling worth and a good and force ful speaker. Although he is busy attending to the duties of, his office, he has consented to H come and deliver this annual ad FEW MEN WILL EN TER STATE CONTEST Quality not Quantity in S. C. I. 0. Primary. J. D. Griffith was elected pre siding officer and J. M. Dabbs I was elected chief marshal of the State oratorical contest prelim- 1 inary to be held in the chapel March 15 by the two societies in joint session - Saturday night. Mr. Griffith has been president of the Clariosophic Society and no doubt will preside over the af fair of the evening with grace 1 and dignity. Mr. Dabbs is a member of the Euphradian So- 14 ciety and will pilot the occasion well. The society preliminaries have not been held yet, but will prob ably be held within the next I week. The names of all the I men who expect to enter the 4 contest are not obtainable, but it is certain the following men will try for honor of speaking in chapel: Haddon Johnson, who was our representative last year; McInnes, who spoke twice in the' final contest as the representa tive from Charleston College; Scott, Crow, Brearley and Tol bert. Others also are expected . to enter. To represent Carolina at Rock I Hill is a great honor and the fact is to be deplored that more meni do not try for the place. "Doc" Going is expected to re-4 turn to the campus soon.1 I. MANNING WILL ENCEMENT ADDRESS :HES BACCLAUREATE SERMON rolina Will Speak to Senior Class of Wide Fame. iress. Suffice it to say, that the student body rejoices in having 3overnor Manning as their speaker. Rev. Howard Lee Jones, D. D., s one of the foremost pulpit ora tors in the entire Baptist Church. He was for many years pastor of the Citadel Square BaptistChurch )f Charleston and only recently ave up that charge to become ,resident of Coker College. The University authorities are to be ,ongratulated upon securing Rev. Jones the senior class ooks forward with pleasure to' earing him on commencement 3unday. STUDENTS ORGANIZE FLYING SQUADRON kre Working Out Plan for All Colleges in State. Tuesday night eleven students net at Flinn Hall to organize a 'Flying Squadron" or a prohi-1 >ition movement among the itate colleges. These students tre formulating a plan whereby hey intend to get every man n South Carolina to vote on tate-wide prohibition, which he last Legislature made possi )le. Also, they intend to ndeavor to influence many o cast their ballots in fa ror of State-wide prohibition. A committee was appointed to ormulate some definite working )lans for Carolina. When these )lans are completed, an exact opy will be sent to the other! olleges in the State in the hope hat they too may organize. f this work is carried out as it hould be, no doubt many people vill be influenced to cast their rotes in favor of prohibition. Carolina is proud of beginning uch an organization and hopes hat some good will be obtain d therefrom. When the plans re completed, they will be laid )efore the student body. W. J. Scott was elected chair nan of the movement. Those wiho attended the first meeting w'ere: Scott, Hannia, Mclnnes, leer, Templeton, G. B., Mann, 3rnarlev. Carroll, Gullick.I BASKETBALL VICTORY TO CLEMSON TIGERS Carolina Loses Last Game by Score of 37 to 29. Contest Was Devoid of "Pep" and Poorest Exhibition of Year. Thursday night in the gymna sium Clemson defeated Carolina at basketball by a score of 37 to 29. From the beginning of the game until the whistle blew, the outcome was always in doubt. The first half was a see-saw af fair, ending with the Tigers in the lead 14 to 13. In the second half, Carolina came back strong and soon forged ahead. However, they could not hold it long for the Tigers again rallied and took the lead by one point. The lead changed every few minutes until the last stages of the game. Here Clemson did her best work, for ging eight points ahead of the Gamecocks. For Clemson Bull did excellent work. Altho playing a guard, he made sixteen points for the visitors. Capt. Gee also played well. For Carolina Capt. Danner did excellent work. He was the mainstay of the Gamecock attack. Farrell also did good work. But Dn the whole the game was the sorriest exhibition of the season. Carolina.. Clemson. Talley ....... RF...... . Thornton Bowen...... LF .........Glover Parrell...... C.........Stribling Waring......RF............Gee Danner......LG ...........Bull Substitutes: Carolina, Sims, stuart; Clemson, Schachte. Referee, Van Metre. Tennis Team. Carolina will make a strong pull for the college tennis cups at the meet in Charlotte during May. Carolina had both teams in the doubles of the State college finals last fall and one man in the singles. R. G. Reed, of Presbyterian college, who won the singles, recently entered Car Dlina. Crane Waring will be eligible for the meet in Char lotte. Thus Carolina will have the six men who were in the single or double finals. There is no reason why these players should not bring home one, if not both of the cups from the Southern Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament to be held in Char lotte during- May.