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pMIVEiRSITY OF 8, 0, FEB 1 1 19 Vor . IX. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 8. 1916.:. ANNUAtIl"NERsWAY CELEBRATION OBSERVED Preisident 'ayder *aabP to Speak Biause of Mines. Address by Presideut Ban' - Colg*te University and Award iug of McMasteiMedal. The annual exercises -for the celebration of Founders' Day were. held- on.-Thursday, January 27, 1916. 'The program consisted of 'two .parts. AFTERNOON An academic' pr.ession start ed from the Library at 3:15 and ended at the chapel. The line divided at the entrance to allow the visitors to pass through. The freshmen brought up the rear. 8:30 Exercises- in the University Chapel, President Currell presiding. MUSIC Song: University Quartet. Mr. Orin F. Crow, for the Stu dent Body. --"Support for the State Colleges." MUSIC Colonel Jstmes Armstrong, Char leston..-"The College Stu dent in the War." MUSIC Every one present regretted that -iekiess- prevented Presi dent Snyder of Wofford College from delivering his address. EVENING 8:00 Exercises 'in the State House, Governor Richard I. Manning presiding. Address by President E. B. Bry an, Colgate University. "The Child, the State's Chief Asset." Awarding of the McMaster Med al by Senator -Alan John stone of Newberry to Mr. David R. Coker of Harts ville, -'for-distingui4hed ser vice to mankind.' 10. Smoker at Flinn Hall for alumni and visitors. Music by University Quartet. German Club Elects. At a recent meeting of the German Club the following offi cers were elected for the ensu ing term, Wn. Heyward, presi dent; F. M. Williams, vice-presi dent; .C. C. Farrell, treasurer; "Buster". Parker, .secretary; T. M. Gilland, senior leader. The midwinter dance will be' held on the 21st of Ferary. GAmOmIA MylE BRIAIS EVEN IN -ASKEt--ALL Cop CleInso tContest--Lose' tW Woff6rd Pive. Ahletit,infWest Centers' Now oDBaskehbaMl at the University. After outplaying their Oppo nents at every angle of the game bhroughout -the first half of Fri lay's ebtifest ii 'the University ymnasium, the Gamecocks suf Cered a decided slump in the fi. nal frame and went down in de reat before* the' fast Newberry ive by a score 35 to 25. The contest proved one of 'the Dest exhibitions of basket-ball 3taged in the gymnasium in many ,noons. Taylor at left forward For the visitors-was the outstand ng star for his team, scoring ,wenty-one of' the thirty-five ?oints made by the winners. Bowen at left forward starred For the Gamecocks, making 19 of :he 25 Carolina tallies. Captain Farrell also gave a pretty exhibi ion of the indoor game, but was ,ot up to his usual form. Jewberry 35 Carolina 25 raylor LF Bowen Baker RF Brooker -ubberly C Martin otschall RG -Sims Brooks LG Farrel Newberry scores: fieid goals, raylor 7, Baker- 3, Cubberly 4; roals from foul, Taylor 7. Carolina scores: field goals, Bowen 6, Brooker 2, Farrell 1, &artin I, Newton 1, goals from 'oul, Bowen 3. The University Lecturers. Presideit Currell delivered ;hree addresses recently, as 'ollows: before the School Im >rovement Association at North,' fan. 19th; before the Teachers' kssociation at Gaffney, Jan. 22; it the St. Paul's Lutheran Jhurch, Jan. 23. Prof. Wardlaw addressed the reachers' Institute of Marion ,ounty, at Mullins, Jan. 22. Prof. Gunter also -spoke on that >ccasion. Prof. Smith made an 'address it the St. George School near )rangeburg Jan. 21, and spoke! ;o the Orangeburg Teachers' association Jan. 22. There will be a regular meet ng of the Law Association Fhursday night. All'mentbers irgred to be present. DR. A. S. JOHNSTONE H. GIVES LECTURE COURSE Departiimen of Sociology to U be Extended. Dr. Josiah Morse Succeeds in Pr Having This Feature Added to the Courses. With a desire to relate the work of the department of So-. of ciology still more closely to con- m crete problems in South Caro- ty lina, the faculty of the Universi ty, at the suggestion of Prof. ei Morse, head of the department, gi invited Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, sil secretary of the State Board of on Charities and Corrections, to: th conduct a special course in the a 1 department. Mr. Johnstone cj has accepted, and the announce- an ment that a course on ,"Penal of and Charity Problems in South pr Carolina" will be given the next U, session and will be received R( with interest and pleasure by all friends of the University. by It will comprise two hours a of week during the first semester, fe and students taking it will re- E( ceive full University credit. th The State Board of Charities and Corrections was created by do the General Assembly of 1915 inj and actually began work June 1, ce lIst. Through its employed to] force, of which Mr. Johnstone is the head, the Board has accumu- gr lated a great deal of very valuable: b information regarding the con- - ditions and problems related to ou the penal and charity systems of the State. At the time of mak- go ing its annual report all the State wi institutions coming under the su- 1ch pervision of this Board has been pu iispected; 'likewise 112 county tf( and city jails, chaingangs, and an almshouses had been studied Iy, in 27 counties. These inspections re are being pushed ifl tbe''remain- an ing counties' of the' Stat ',and 'mi will be made at least' annually el( in the future. wI The .data gathered by the ne Board's' secretaries during 'these ad investigations will be used as sy showing the actual conditions pr that exists in our 'tate, county or and city institutions; that is, in be the State Penitentary and at the State farm, the .Hospital for the of Insane, the South Carolina In- ou dustrial School, the State Re- an formatory for negro boys, the Si! Confederate Infirmary of South 'pr Carolina, the county and city m jails, the county chaingangs and of ahnshouses. All this, of course, will' involve a cv-o'n1 qtldol of C. BRAfEtWINS IN ESSAY- CONEST D. C's. Anpual' Meeting In Varsity Chapel. of. Snowden Speaks on "Per sonal Reminiscences of the Civil War." The local chapter of Daughters the Confederacy held me )rial exe-cises in the Universi chapel T'hursday evening, n. 19th. Each year these ex -ises are held and a medal is. ven to a student of the Univer y who writes the best essay some subject pertaining to e Civil War. H. C. Brearley, nember of the senior academic tss, was the winner this year d read his paper "The morale the Confederate Soldier." ofessor Yates Snowden of the iiversity spoke on "Personal !miniscences of the War." rhe meeting was presided over Mr. W. A. Clark, cominander the Columbia Camp of Con lerete Veterans. Mr. H. N. Imunds of Columbia delivered e medal and congratulated the Lughters on the splendid work ne by the chapter in promot interest among students con rning the Civil War, and his .y of the Confederacy. Music added much to the pro-. am and 'itade the exercises. th delight'ulFand iritertaining. r penal and charity systems. An analysis of our State, inty, and city governments i be made from the point of arities and corrections. The lice systems of our larger ci s, the work of our recorders d magistrate courts, especial will be examined, particular ference being had to juveniles. d females. An effort will be: ide to determine just the best. -ments in our present practice, iat changes and additions are, eded, and so to formulate an equate, closely interwoven stem. In other words do our esent methods tend to decrease foster criine? How may they made better? Our charity syst(m, consisting the almshouses and of the t door relief given by the c-ity d county governments, will he niliarly studied in its relation to oblems of pauperism. F'eeble ndebness as underlying much crime, pauperism, and doo-en