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TEB 2' Vor.. IX. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUM1BIA,S C., FEBRUARY 22 196.. No. 17. McMILLAN ELECTED CAPTAIN FOR 1916 "C" Men Name Star as Leader of Football. "Mac" Succeeds Captain Going Who Withdrew From Col lege to Go in Business. At a meeting of the "C" Club men Monday, W. K. McMillan was elected Captain of the 1916 W. K. McMillan. football team in place of "Doe" Going who has withdrawn from college. Every one regrmtted to see Capt. Going leave, but all feel fortunate in having the old! reliable "Mac" to fill the place: he so well deserved. Captain McMillan is now in his third year at the University, and has played star ball for two sea sons. Many of the teams that have met Carolina on the Gri<' iron [now of his strength at tackle. Wh(n in action he is s?loni heard I ut often felt. Against Virginia, at hom-, aiu Georgetown, in Washington, McMillian did star work. The referee of the game in Washing ton said that he did the best line work seen on the field. Ccpt. "Mac" coi:es from Mul lins; but in spite of this has made a good stident, a star on the field atid is an ali round good co! lege mar. "Jim" RZhea, B. S. '13. who has been with the State Bureau of Agriculture since his grad uation, has accepted a position as chemist with a cement plant at Bridg-ennrt, enn. OFFICERS ELLECTED BY VARSITY GLEE CLUB Dr. Reed Smith Will Direct the Singers. E. P. Hodges President-J. W. Wilkes Manager- Extended Trip Planned for Spring. The Glee Club has been organ ized and after many try-outs the lucky ones have been awarded aI place for their efforts. At a recent meeting E. P. Hodges was elected president and J. W. Wilkes manager, with Dr. Reed Smith, director. Under this trio,with the material at hand, the club promises to be one of the best Carolina bas had for a number of years. The University is deeply in debted to Dr. Reed Smith for the work he has done in promot ing the Glee Club; for several years he has s ent much of his time in pushing forward this part of student activity. The list of members, some of whom have made good records in college stage work before, are as follows: First tenor, William Heyward and M. Stannard; second tenor, R. L. Osborne and Frank Sims; baritone, J. W. Wilkes and W. E. Snipes; bass, E. P. Hodges and Newton; accomplnist, A. G. Horne. These men w ill form the regular double quartet. Others will be added to the list of members for the concert. The varsity quartet composed of Frank Sims, M. Stannard, J. W. Wilkes, and E. P. Hodges have made several appearances dur ing the year. The first concert will be in the chapel within the next few weeks. The date to be given out later. After this nianager- Wi.k es will take his troop through the upper part of the State where they will visit several of tle towns and girls' colleges in that section. Other engage ii.t nts, t-e dates of which have i-ot Lcen set, will be filled after .ie trip up State. The varsity quartet l.as filled several dates along with the speaker on the extension program. The Glee Club may be able to deve:op a good vaudeville as we have a good supply of "Mutts" and "Jeffs" andI even "Charlie Chapi:ns," who seem to be anx ious to exhibit their ta.ents. Fred Rudisill, who played sec ond base for Carolina in 1914, passed thru last Thurday. BASEBALL PRACTIC SOON ON U CAROLINA NINE WILL [ HAVE HARD SCHEDULE Manager Blatt Does Good Work. I Gamecock Meets Tiger at Anderson April 12-13. S The present prospects for a winning team this year are ex ceptionally good. The Game cocks will open the season in col- s lege baseball on April 3-4, when tl they will meet on Davis Field a their old rival, Guilford College. nY The contests which are being b anticipated with most enthusi-Jt asm are the battles between Car- t] olina and Clemson, at Anderson, May 12-13. These rivals have t] not met on the diamond since tI 1909, when -Carolina copped two t< out of three games. It is sure 0 that the struggle for supremacy 1' will be fierce. Virginia makes her initial ap- .h pearance in baseball on the Car- s o'ina diamond this year. After 1) the football game this year Vir- fi ginia no longfr thinks she is "hopping a crip" when she meets a the Gamecocks. s Two other important contests ' that will be played on home E ground are the.games with Ten- h nessee and Washington and Lee. L Two games will he played here S and one in Lexington, Va., with u Washington and Lee. Wake I Forest and Wofford will also he fi played On Davis Field. On the Northern tour the team s will meet Richmond College. Uni- n versity of Virginia, Virginia Mil itary Instinite. Washington and Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Insti- s( tute, Elon. Guilford, and Bel- f mont. n The season's schedule is as fol- S lows: 1* April 3-4, Guilford. in Col'a. c April 5, Virginia in Col'a. 1 April 10, Wake Forest in Col'a. %% April 11-12, V. P. 1. in Col'a. c April 15, Wofford in Col'a. ' April 21-22, Tennessee in Col'a. n1 April 25, Richmond in Col'a. s April 26, Virginia at Char- ti lottesville. t April 27. V. M. I. at Lexington. J April 28, Washington and Lee at Lexington. e Al.riI 29. V. P. 1. in Blacksburg. 2 ialay 1. Eloni at Elon. I MVay 2, Ghuilford at Guiilford. 11 May 3, Belmont at liehn,ont. Ii May 9-10, Washington and l#e ( in Columbia. E TO BEGIN NIVERSITY FIELD liamond Being PreparedTor Spring Work-out. ROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT everal of the Old Squad on Hand With a Good Pick Among New Men. The baseball diamond is being 1aped out of the old form of ie gridiron, and the bleachers re being placed so that boys kay see with one eye the base all games and with the other ie fair ladies who will occupy ie grandstand. Bill Clarke, the coach, with ie assistance of Soloman Blatt, le manager. has the best ma wial ever seen on Davis Field, it of which to mould his team )r the coming season. On Davis Field this year will e seen a number of last year's ar players, as well as a good uinch of recruits, including men on other colleges. The left overs from last year re. Babe Adams. captain and ;ar pitcher. Carolina's pride: Big" Martin, another pitcher: ruce Barksdale, the man be ind the bat: Hoil) Ingman, -,Jce each. Jeff Hates, and.Enna ims. fast infiolder w%ho did gocd ork la,.t yeav.: Bob Waring, 'ick Kerr. and Ed Ellis, out elders of high standing. Some of the recruits to ie en are, Allan Schachte. a ighty twirler fron Clemsoi, Big" Newton, who won a rep" at Cluster Spwings prep -hool. Va., as a pitcher; ILairer, om Statintoi Military Acade y: Simril, from Rtwk Hill High ehool, and "Rut" Osborne, *oi Wofford. will . attle Ifor itcher's J),ace, KeIshaw De oael e. from Can.den. says hiE -antis third sack, and Chandivr >oks like I he i an for second; rowning. fioni Helmont, the lan u it h rcfiord. will give )mebod.\ a good run for an oit eld place, and Sni!es will try > roh some r-egilar of' his ). The initial workout of' the rew ws Oil Monday. Feb. 1. .nd it is hoped that every odly w~ho ex) ects to go out1 for a'seball this year' n ill be oin ned( thbe lirst (la.s so liat Hill !arke will have an opportunit y isee wvhnt materinl he has to