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Vol,. Ix. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 14, 1916. No. 20. PAGEANt IN HONOR OF ENGLISH POET Dr. Wauchope to be in Charge of Arrangments Thousand Will Take Part-In cluding Students of CollegeR and School of City. Active plans are being made in Columbia for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. This celebration will probably be h*ld between April 23 and May 1st. As yet the various minor details have not been worked out, but Dr. G. A. Wauchope who is in active charge of all arrangements states that the celebration will probably take the form of a grand pageant in afternoon, the festivities culmi nating with a dramatic perfor mance in the evening. The University will play a leading role in this notable undertaking, assisted by the various public and private schools, denomina tional colleges, the Drama League, and Coluni'a general ly. Miss Sara A. Spencer has been secured by the University to or ganize and direct he pageant and dramatic performances. Miss Spencer is one of the most experienced pageant mas ters and dramatic directors in the South. She devised and di rected the beautiful old English pagean t representing Queen Elizabeth's visit to the Earl of Leicester at Killingworth, which was given at Winthrop College several years ago. In the hands (f this talented and experienced director the success of the pag eant is assured in advance. Miss Spencer is expected to ar rive in Columbia next Satuerday and will devote her entire time 1to the work. FRENCH STUDENTS WILL GIVE PLAY The histrionic elements of stu dents are being developed in con nection with the Modern Langu age department. Prof. Brad ley's class in Moliere will present "Le Medecin Malgre Lui'" before the Cercle Francais on Monday evening, March 20th. The stiA dlents taing part in the rendition will be Mademoiselle Etta Plum mner and Messieurs Simms, Ha good, Wilkes, and Rollins. This p)romises to be interesting for all French students and lovers of the French lngagne. SOME OLD BUILDINGS TO BE RENOVATED Several Domitories to Have Running Water. Work on Infirmary Grounds and Walks Through Campus Already Begun. Dr. Currell in an interview on last Friday outlined the improve ments he intends to make on the campus and buildings during the ensuing year. There will be a more complete water supply in stalled in all of the old buildings beginning- with DeSaussure and continuing through Rutledge, Elliot, LeGare, Pinckney, and Harper. New shower baths will soon be installed in the gymnasium and various improvements will be ma(le ii the equipment. Some of the buildings to be re paired are quite old and have in teresting- histories. Rutledge, the oldest btilding on the cam pus, was completed in 1805, the year that the Uiniversity was opened f>r the firt time. De Saussure was finisheo in 1806, Elliott and Pinckney in 1837. The building now used as the gymnasium was completed in 1853 and probably has the most interesting past of any of the buildings now standing. This hall was formerly the science building and served as such for many years. It was used as a hospital for United States troops during the latter part of 1865. The State Legislature met in this building in the year of 1865, but on account of the imperfect acoustics it adjourned to the li brary. It. was given by the Leg islature as a gymnasium in 1892 when the appropriation for im provements on Davis Field was voted. I)eSaussure was used during a part of the Civil War as a hospital for Confederate sol diers. Dr. E. L. Green has Just pub lished a booklet. on the history of the buildings on the campus. Plans have been made to im prove the grounds around the in firmary. The walks and drive ways on the campus are being worked over itow. BASKE' BALL MEN AWARDED LETTERS At a meeting of the advisory board last Friday letters were awarded to the basketbrll meni. Farrel, Talley and Bo, en re ceived stars, and the block "C" was awardled Sims and Martin. C. D. BREARLEY ELECTED Y. M. C. A. PRESIDENT Other Officers Chosen For Another Year. Members of New Cabinet Will be Selected Within Next Few Weeks. The Y. M. C. A. elected offi cers for another year, at the reg ular meeting last Wednesday night. The new officers will be installed and enter upon their duties about the first of April. The following men were elected: pres., C. ). Brearley; vice-pres., W. C. Mann; see., B. C. Pigg; treas., J. H. Martin. C. ). Brearley, the incoming president, will succeed Jas. MeB. Dabbs. Brearley is in the junior academic class, and has taken an active part in every phase of the Y. M. C. A. work for the past three years as well as in other college activities. Members of the new cabinet will be selected within the next few weeks. GLEE CLUB TO GIVE CONCERT NEXT WEEK Scene in German Student Life to be Part of Program. The Glee Club will have its an nual concert during the early part of next week in the chapel. Together with the regular pro gram, a short German play will be given by the advanced sti dents in German. On the program there will he four numbers by the varsity quartet, composed of Frank Sims, M. G. Stannard, J. W. Wilkes, and E. P. Hodges- four numbers by the entire Glee Club. four so los, one duet and one trio. The management is trying to add a humorous number in order to use the talent in the club. During the intermission an ep isode in German student life will be given in the form of a short German play. This will last about twenty minutes. The dia logue will be simple, and the scenes will be as realistic as is possible to have them. Several popular German stiadent songs will be sung by the players. Prof. Bradley and Prof. Potts have ar ranged this feature of the pro gram. based upon their own ex periences in studlent Ii fe in Ger many. A small admission fee will b)e charged. Thei exact date has not yet been dlecided on but will be announced in a fewv dayv. SKELETON FOUND BY WORKMEN ON CAMPUS Some Historical Data About the-College in the 60's. Dr. Green Furnishes Interesting Facts of College During Civil War. Last week while an excavation was being made in the southeast corner of the campus, workmen came upon a skeleton. They also found a silver spoon and knife. Dr. E. L. Green, profes sor of ancient languages, and an authority on history of the Uni versity says that there is no doubt that the bones belong to one of the corpses buried in this section of the campus dur ing the Civil War, when the buildings of the University were used as a hospital. After Columbia was burned by General Sherman the care of the wounded soldiers and bury ing the dead became a serious problem. Owing to a scarcity of material and available help, many were entered without cof fins. The following extract from a pan,phlet published by William A. Nicholson, of Union in 1895, gives an account of the burial of Confederate wounded who had died at the hospital which the college then formed. He says: "The duty devolved upon me to make preparation for the bur ial of the dead that had been accumulating since the occupa tion of the city on the 17th. I found, on examination, 17 corpses. It w;as impossible to procure planiks to make coftins. and it was with the greatest dir ficulty I was able to get a trench dug to bury them in. There was no white help I could call i) on, and the negroes were de fiant and insolent and refused to aid in digging the graves. I was, under the cilreulistances. coipelled to use arbitrary ieas tres. I selectt.d a few of the hospital attendants, armed them with muskets and impressed such able bodied hell) as we met alndl marched them to the fie!d in the rear of the president's house in the South Carolina c;mqus and had a trench dug siflicient to lay side by side those 17 men. As I state'd, I was unable to pro0 cure planks or nails; all I was ab)le to do for themt was to wrap their p)reciouIs forms up in a sheet, andl wherever it was pos (4f 'FI\T I -II) ''N l' 4UIfI 1(il?l'