The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 24, 1915, Image 1
VOL. VIII U IVERSITY OF' iOUTH CA&OLINA COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 24, 1915. No. 26.
TRIANGULAR DEBATERS
CONTEST NEXT SATURDAM
Carolina Teams Contest ae
Athens and Knoxville.
Georgia-Tennessee Debate tu
Be Held in College for Women
Auditorium.
On next Saturday night in the
auditorium f the- College for
Women, Georgia and Tennessee
will debate on the query, "That
the federal\ government should
own an operate all interstate
railroads both steam and
electric." Tennessee upholds
the affirmative, having taken
the place.of Virginia, who was
in the debate last year. Five
members of the University
faculty will act as judges. The
contest last year was well at
tended and vated to be one of the
best debates heard in Columbia.
After the debate an inform
al reception will be given by the
College for Women. It is also
probable that the literary so
cieties will give some function in
honer of the -visitinsg teams.
The two teamsseleci to rep
resent the- University in the
triangular debate have been very
busy since the. preliminazies re
constructing and. rounding out
their. debates into perfect form.
The teams are . composed of
Carolinals four hst.debaters.
Sch wartz and. Merrimon, com
posing the team, will-go to Ath
ens against the University of
Tennessee. Schwartz, now of
the law school, is a speaker of
note, and with. .Griflith .won, a
unanimous decision in the Rod
dey Contest last. Decembe'.
Merrimon is a fluent. speaser
and bears the reputation of hav
ing won the Inter-collegiate
State Oratorical Contest some
years ago.
The negative made up of old
heads, will face Georgia at
Tennessee. McInnes, of"the law
school and member of theGenera,
Assembly, is an - experienced de
bater, having represented the
University-on several occasions.
The Roddey Medal was awarded
to him in his first year at Caro
lina. Mr. Dudley of the aca.
demic department, has the rep
utation of being one of the
weightiest and profoundest de
bater3 .in Southern,.collegiate cir
cles. On more - than one occa
sion he has been instrumental ir
bringing victory to his alms
mater. The whole student boda
feels that Carolina's reputatior
PROHIBifN CONTEST
Represents Carolina ia' State
Liquor Problem Cottest.
Two Speakers Selected to Give
Public Meeting in Columbia
at Early Date.
A. E. Merrimon was elected
at the- prohibition oratorical con
test held in the chapel last night
to represent Carolina at the State
convention to be held at Wofford
College 'May 7+8.. Mr. Merri
mon. is, one of Caroina's ablest
speakers, and is expected to do
credit. to himself andto Carolina.
The other contestants were:
Messrs. Scott, P. K. Smith, Bolt,
McGill, Mann, and L. B. Harri
son. Mr. J. E. Bolt was sec
ond choice. The'first,and second
choices will give the same ora
tions at an evening service at the
First Baptist Church a Sunday
to be -named.
Mr. Merrimon will speak
against representatives from
Furman, Wofford, Erskine, New
berry, and Clemson. The win
ner or the State. contest will. go
to the Southern meet whi-h will
be held.in Knoxville, Tennessee,
the latter part of May. The first
speaker at this contest, in ad
dition to getting an award of $50,
will go to the national conven
tion a year later to compete for
prizes of $100 and $75.
The Carolina Dry Club elected
the following men as delegates
to represent their organization
at the State meeting: Scott, Han
na, L. B. Harrison, Gambrell.
These men and Gullick, who is
vice president of the State con
,vention,. will go to Spatrtanburg
along with the oratorical winner.
The club will render a program
Sunday night at the union ser
vices of the churches of Olympia.
There will be a special musical
feature.
Society Contests Soon.
The Euphradian oratorical con
test will be held on next Mon
day night instead of, tonight, the
time proviously set. The debate
will be held on Miy 8.
The Clariosophic oratorical con
test will be held in the Clario
sophic hall on the evening May
8. One week later on May 10
the declaimer's and debater's
conteta will take place.
A goodly: n'um:ber of meun are
expected to enters each contest.
will be well sustained by these
teams in the approaching strug
gle
CAROLINA AND WAKE
FOREST DIVIDE SERIES
Gamecocks and Baptists Pile
up Big Scores.
Babe Adams Won His Game.
Smith Pitched Well in Spite
of Poor Support.
By hitting Moore hard and op
portunely in the sixth inning,
scoring ten runs and driving him
from the box, Carolina defeated
Wake Forest Monday 14 to 2.
Aside from the terrific hitting
of the Gamecock batsmen in this
frame, the game was hotly con
tested, giving promise of being
one of the best exhibitions of the
season. Sixteen hits, including
two home runs and one three
base hit by Richards, Plaxico and
Adams, respectively, furnished
enthusiasm for the spectators.
"Babe" Adams pitched his
best game of the year, striking
out eleven men and allowing the
Baptists five scatterd hits. He
also was there with the willow.
With the bases Aloaded in the
memorable sixth, Adams cleared
the sacks with a three-base swa
to right field, starting the merry
go-round which caused the retire
ment of Moore.
Both catchers suffered injuries
which forced them to be relieved.
Davis, of the visitors, was hurt
in the second inning when he
and Clark collided at the plate,
his knee being badly twisted.
Barksdale was tripped up by a
small boy when going after a
foul and had his hand badly hurt.
Rutledge relieved the former.
while Captain Stoney took Barks
dale's place.
From a Carolina standpnint
the game was featured by the
heavy hitting of the entire team
and the excellent pitching of
Adams. Plaxico and Richards
secured three hits apiece. Lang
ston, Smith and Adams were
credited with two hits each in
the box score. For Wake Forest
two long running catches by
Truqt, centrefielder, and'the hit
ting of Beam, who secured three
of the five hits off Adams, are
worthy of mention.
Score by innings:
R. H. E.
Carolina 020 001011-14 16 3
W.Forest 000 100 100-2 5 5
Batteries: Adams, Barksdale
and Stoney: Moore, Ferree and
Davis and Rutledge. Umpire,
Weir.
SECONfl GAME.
In a slugging match, Waks
(Continued orn Pagre SIx.)
GREENVILLE BOY WINS
DECLAMATION CONTEST
Pickens Cops Track Meet by
Good Score.
Stover, the Speaker, and Sea
burn Best Track Man-In
dividual Score.
At the third annual Inter-High
School Oratorical contest which
was held in the University chap
el Thursday night, Dakyns Sto
ver of the Greenville High
School won the medal. The win
ning oration was "At the Trial
of Reuben Dunbar." In addition
to getting the medal, Mr.- Stover
won for his school the trophy
cup which will be held until the
next meet.
Edwin Quattlebaum of Colunh
bia won the second place. His
subject was "Affairs in ,Cuba."
The third place went to Colie
Seaburn of Pickens. He gave a
splendid interpretation to Pat
rick Henry's appeal.
The other speakers in the finals
were: John Sherwood, Furman;
W. R. Sowers, Florence; Felder
Smith, Sumter; Maynard Sellers,
Dillon; Pritchard Payseur, West
ininster: John McLaurin, Clio;
Louie Perry, Easley.
There were thirty-six high
school representatives in the pre
liminary held in the afternoon.
This number was cut down to the
ten best, who spoke in the final.
These young speakers show re
markable oratorical ability, and
will make valuable men in college
societies. Everyone of the thir
ty-six orators exhibited himself
with credit that redounds to his
school and to his teachers. Any
college will be glad to enroll
them.
Carolina has profited by this
meet and looks with pleasure to
the next meet. It is a pleasure
to the students to have the high
school boys associate with them
on the campus.
Supt. Burts of Rock Hill is
president and organizer of the
association. He presided over
the contest Thursday night. A
big part of the success of the oc
casion is attributable to Prof. H.
C. Davis, who delivered the ad
dress of welcome, and aided so
much in the preparation of the
event.
SIn the traqk meeL Mti.. Sea
burn of- the Pickens High School
won out, the school scoring 23
points; Seaburn scored 23 points,
winning first place in the 100
(Continued on Pagre Six.)