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VoL. X. UNIVERSITY d 0 IdiAOLINA COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 2,1915. No. 1. CAM"M",S@ E VEMBER OF S. I. A. A. Objlt is, Purification -aid Rviulatioh of Atit%tis. Proftsional Students and Fresh m4n Must e Full Credit to Idy. Aft'Ar careful consideration of the idWAt'es 'to '1e deiiVed from joining the Southrrn Inter collegiate Athletic Association, the athletic authorities of Caro lina made this college a hiember of the association. For years the advfshbility'of sudh a move has been discussed by alumni, faculty, -and atudehts of the Uni -er:ity and the concensus of opinion among thei- was that the change should be made. The S. I. A. A. has as its ob ject the development, regulation and purification of college ath letics throughout the South. Its membership includes some twOn ty-six leading colleges of Alaba ma, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Under the rules of the associ ation no professional athlete may take part in any contest as a mant her of any team in this asso ciation. No piayer or contestant of any university or college can recceive lii'incial benefit, directry or indirectly, for his services on the team. Every member of a team must pursue a course that requires ten hours of lectures or recitations per week. Probably the nost important rule is that "no student shail be permitted to par,icipate in intercollegiate footb)all contests until he has been in attendance one collegiate year." There may be substi tdted for this rule the following: "t\To student shall participate in intercollegiate football contests uhless he has been in attendance for one college year; or has, upon first entrance, met the full en trance requirements to the fresh mhn class of a regular college cddrse. "Students taking pridfessiona; or srecial courses of study must have met the full entrance re quirments to the freshman class as above presci'bed. This rule shall apply only to gaines be tween members of this asso ciation." It is expected that as a result of the affiliationi of the University with Ithe other colleges in this' association, squabbles about eli gible men will be eliiinated and a more friendly feeling utill ha , 11My7I 1 DEA ~ fCS Ias-'aUnl't44i t'&resti'AI1 College Activities. Is St'u dents' Choice. Prof. J. Bruce Coleman, a'n al mMatlts of-thie UnitvfePtty A'"for five years a member of the fac ulty, has been chosen by the trustees as dean of the Depart ment of Mathematics in the place of Professor F. Horton Colcock, who resigned last year. Professor Colemen has actually been a member of the faculty for six years, being granted a leave of absence for one year in order to take M. A. work at Columbia University, New York. This promotion is justly deserved, and it meets with the enthusias tc approval of all Carolina stu dents. Since he became a student at Carolina and throughout the sulsequent years of his connec tion with the University in an oflicial capacity, Professor Cole man has been imbued with the traditional "Carolina spirit," :and is a warm supporter of all student activities. ie is at present a member of the Athlet ic Advisory Board. The trustees are to be congrat ulated on securing for this re sponsible professsorship a for mer student and graduate of the institution-- and a man of great executive ability. J. Campbell White Here. Dr. 1. Campbell White of Nev York, will begin a series 01 lectures iext Sunday afternoon before the congregation of the Presbyterian Chui-ch. The first lecture will be given at the city opera louse. Each evening, after Sunday, at8 o'clock he will lecture in the First Presbyterian Churt.h. Carolina students are cordially invited to attend all these lectures. It is through the efforts of Dr. Thornton Whaling of the Seminary that Dr. White is in the city. It is a rare and special privilege to hear this iidn %ho has a national ieputa tion as a speaker. Those wh'o h'eard him at Chkirlotte lst year initend to hear hinm at th'e Presby tbrian Chui-ch. cultiv'ated between all Partie's coWcened. EXTENSION DEP ARTMENT ADDED TO IMUERSITY oor a e c ivzties. Free Bulletin I-tas Been Issued. I Dr. Snith W bf PitbaIsh a Weekly Paper. Probably no more important step has been taken by the Uni versity in the last few years than its entrance this session upon systematic and organized exten sion work. In the past, through its faculty, alumni, and student body much public welfare and social service work has been done, and all causes looking to the edu cational advancement and the civic progress of the State has received hearty aid and coopera tion from Carolina. The session of 1915 sees the formal opening of an office for the purpose of en larging, coordinating, and in creasing the University's activ ities along all of these lines. A good definition of the prin ciples of extension work was made by Dr. S. P. Capen of the United States Bureau of Educa tion at the inauguration of Pres ident Currell, last Founders' day. Dr. Capen said: "A new conception of the func tion of a state university is abroad in the land. According to this new conception the state university is no longer regarded as merely a training school for the intellectial leaders of the state. Its stores of information, its resources for investigation, the talent of its teachers, should all be devoted to the general. up buildng of the state. Included in this newly conceived task are the i'mpi-ovement of living con ditions, the development of in distry, the scientific study of economic and policical questions. Nor must it wait to be asked for this service. It must carry its message to the people. And the modern state university must do these things without neglect ing its primary misson of provid ing formal collegiate and profes sional training." A bulletin has just been issued by the Universiy Press, describ ing the different plans and va rieties of this newly begup work. The btletin is for free distribu tion, and the students of the University are requested to se cure copies from the Extension Office to familiarize themselves with the work, and to send cop J. McB. DABBS CHOSEN PRESIDENT SENIOR CLASS Other Classes Reorganize and Elect Officers. Freshmen Elections May be Declared Illegal, Say Other Students. The senior academic class met last Monday and reorganized. The following men were elected to fill the respective offices: pres., J. McB. Dabbs; vice pres., S. N. Lott; sec., J. W. Coggeshall; treas., G. C. Gaskin; honor committeeman, L. B. Templeton; historian, H. C. Brearley; poet, 0. F. Crow. The class is to be congratulated upon the substantial men they hove chosen to guide them through the last year of their college life. During its first year this was the biggest class in the histriry of the institution. By virture of being the presi dent of the senior academic class Mr. Dabbs is ex oflicio president of the student body. This is the highest honor that can be be stowed upon a man by his fellow classmen. The entire student body rejoices over the election of their new presidert. Mr. Dabbs was vice president of his class during his junior year. He is a man, who from his entrance to Carolina, has been closely identified with evei y cerditable college activity. He is also president of the Young Men's Christian Association and editor of the Garnet and Black. At the reorganization of the junior academic class the follow ing officers were chosen: pres., H. C. James; v-pres., J. S. Stevens; sec.-treas., R. L. Kerr; honor committeeman, W. T. Henderson; historian, Ben Kil gore., The sophomore officers are as follows: pres. R. . I1. . Bowen; v-pres,, J. H. Schneider; see treas:, P. R. Burns; historian, J. H. Martin, honor committee man, A. L. Knight. The freshman class .is thought by some to be the most daring and defying, or else, the most cowardly in some years. They "slipped one over", the sopho mores, and took advantage of their private .meeting at the "Feed" and elected their officers as follows: pres., Edmunds; v-pres., W. T. C. Bates, .Jr.; sec., Simril; treas., S. W. New ton; honor committeeman, Sea