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VoL. X. UNIVERSITY d 0 IdiAOLINA COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 2,1915. No. 1.
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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
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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