Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. VIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 20, 1915. No. 21 LAFAYETTE-CAROLINA SERIES BEGINS MONDAY First Baseball of Season at League Park Monday. Teams Play First Three Days of Week-Virginia Wesleyans Will be Here Saturday. Lafayette College of Eaton, Pennsylvania, will meet Carolina Monday in the first game of the season. Dr. Currell will pitch Captain Stoney, Who is Expected to Receive a Great Game Monday. the first ball. The two teams play Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday at the league park. Games begin at four o'clock. Lafayette always brings a good club and this year, as usual, has a number of veterans. In fact, they have five veteran titchers but will bring only two of these and two youngsters. Wright, the hefty catcher of the past three years captains the team. He is a heady player, hits well and in fact was the I est receiver seen on Davis Field inst year. M "uncho'' Stoney, ('aroiina': reliable captain, is alho a receiver of no mean ability. Myer. first baseman for Lafayette for two seasons, will be here, as will many others of the past year's team. CORNER STONE HAS BEEN LAID Students Have Dug Holes Awaiting Material. Blisters, Corns, and Dust3 Brows Are Evidences of Determination. The corner stone to Carolina's new fence and grandstand was laid last Monday when severa hundred post holes were dug At a meeting of the studeni body on Monday morning, def inite plans were made for th< construction of the fence am now the work is actually begun Owing to the fact that all of the students could not be used a one time, the committee on th< fence construction, divided th< students into groups in orde that their time might be utilized The young athletes became sc zealous in their work that beforf night-fall nearly all of the hole had been dugt. Because the ma terial of which the fence is to bE built had been delayed, those students who were to have ex ercised their brawn on Tuesda. were asked to wait until Thurs day for this pleasure. It is the purpose of the con struction committee to have th< carpenters to erect the grand stand and put on the stringers The students are to dig the holes and nail on the boards. Owing to the willingness and zeal with which the students have gone about the work it is a certainty that the time is not far distant distant when Da vis Field will once more be en closed by a fence. Altho ther< were many blisters and sor hands the next day, no one wa: heard to express his regrets a having done his share of th< work. The dusty and perspir ing brows are evidences that the home field will soon be the scen, of action. The work by the students is fulfilment of a pledge made tc the last Legislature that the; would construct the fencei the solons would provide the ma terial. Commencement Invitations The committee to get the com mencement invitations and orde the senior caps andl gowns he been at work for the past fes weeks and has sent in its order His friends welcome A. E. Gee hack to the campus. FARRELL WILL LEAD BASKETBALL SQUAD Center for Last Team Made Captain 1915-16 Quintet. Junior Law Student Has Made Good on Team for Past Two Years. Charles C. Farrell was elected captain of the 1915-1916 basket ball team at a meeting of the basketball squad Wednesday morning. Mr. Farrell is well fitted to lead Carolina to victory next year. This year the tall fellow worked out admirably at the center ring. Farrell plays the game to win, and his friends expect him to ac quit himself well in his new po sition of responsibility. He is a member of the junior law class. The new captain is from Wash )'ton, D. C. This makes his sec ond session at Carolina. He has played on the basketball team Ps+eh season and has been shifted to every position. Captain Danner, of this year's varsity, says that the names of the men who are to receive their letters have been sent to the ad visory board, but no meeting of the board has been held. PROF. SNOWDEN ATTENDS FUNERAL Was Closely Associated Here With Prof. Bain. At a call meeting of the fac ulty Monday morning after chapel Prof. Snowden was ap pointed as the representative of the University to attend the funeral of Dr. C. W. Bain. Dr. Bain was at the head of the classics department at the Uni versity af North Carolina. Prof. Snowden was closely associated with Prof. Bain when the latter was dean of the Department of Ancient Languages at this insti tution. The two gentlemen were intimate friends, having r made a trip abroad together at - one time. Room Fee in Advance. Every student who expects to - hold his present room for next r session will be required to pay 3 four dollars to the University 3 treasuirron or beftore J une 1. .Otherwise all rooms will be de clared vacant. This money is r' not refundable except in extra ordinary cases, if a studlent HADDON JOHNSON WINS STATE PRELMINARY J. S. Mclnnes Is Alternate in State Contect. Subjeets Are Well Chosen and Orations Are Beautifully Delivered. Haddon Johnson, Euphradian, was declared winner of first place in the State Oratorical Pre liminary on last Monday evening, and will represent the University at Rock Hill, April 30th. Julius McInnes won se cond place. Each speaker, re flecting high credit on his so ciety, delivered his oration on top i's unusually interesting to the comparatively small but atten tive audience.. Both are mem hers of the senior law class. Each orator deserved much credit and showed marked abil ity, but the one selected for first place was far above the average speech heard in preliminary con tests. The Aikenite, possessed of a natural born oratory, poised in natual grace of platform-ease, with smoothness of tongue and fluency of words, depicted "The Vitality of Ideals" in such a tell ing manner as to delight the whole audience. .Julius McInnes with "The New Woman" deeply interested his attentive auditors. and deserves special mention J. I). Griffith in a few fitting remarks introduced the speaket s and pr:?sided with dignity. The University orchestra rendered delightful music thruout. the evening. fails to return. The four (dol lars wvill be credited on the reg ular fees dlue in September of the followingr year.