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XJA IS dal_I_A_I Vol,. IX. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH .CAROLINA, CdiLMBA, S. C., MARCH 21, 1916. No. 21. CLARIOSOPHIC MAN WINS PRELIMINARY Orin F. Crow Will Represent Carolina in State. S. D. Turteltaub Wins Second Place--Contest Will be Held April 21. Mr. Orin F. Crow, of Pauline, has , been selected to represent Carolina in the State oratorical contest to be held in Greenwood the 21st of April. Crow is a member of the Ciariosophic Lit erary Society and of the senior class. He has several honors as a speaker, being winner of the Clariosophic oratorical and de bater's medal and Student Body representative at the Founders' Day exercises in January. Be sides, Crow takes an active part in college life: he was junior pres ident of the Clariosophic Society and was editor-in-chief of THEM GAMECOCK during the past term. The subject of the winning speech was "Southern - Leadership." Mr. S. D. Turteltaub, of Charles ton, will be alternate. His sub ject is "America's Duty." Tur teltaub is a member of the junior law class and the Euphradian Society. The preliminary was held in chapel last Friday night. The other contestants were: Robert R. Harley, of the Clariosophic Society, whose subject was "Signs of the Ages;" Marion W. Newbold, subject, "Armed De mocracy;" W. C. Mann, subject, "The Age Needs Men;" C. D. Brearley, subject, "Heroism." H. C. Brearley of the Euphradian Society was to have spoken but was prevented by sickness. Mr. Douglas Featherstone of the Euphradian Society was pre siding officer, and Mr. T. C. Joly of the Clariosophic Society was chief marshall. The assis tant marshalls were: W. W. Lind say and Patterson Wardlaw of the Clariosophic nnd Fred Town send and J. B. K. DeLoach of the Euphradian. Rev. A. W. Blackwood announced the de cision of the judges. Music was furnished by Comstock's or chestra. Dr. Wauchope's class in ad vanced English gave a Brown ing reception one afternoon lasi week at the co-ed home, 101t Marion Street. This was one ol a series of such affairs and was thoroughly enjoyed by all pres ent. CHAPTER ORGANIZED TO STUDY SOCIALISM College Students Interested in Political Question. Object Not to Make Converts, But to Create Intelligent Study of the Movement. Mr. Harry W. Laidler, organ izing secretary of the Intercol legiate Socialist Society was in Columbia last week. Wednes day afternoon Mr. Laidler spoke to Dr. Morse's class in sociology. After the lecture Wednesday afternoon a temporary organi zation was formed to establish a club among the students. The club was permanently organized Thursday and officers elected. Those elected were: 0. F. Crow, president; A. D. Odom, vice president: W. C. Mann, secre tary; R. R. Harley, treasurer; S. D. Turteltaub, reporter. Dr. Josiah Morse was chosen as fac ulty advisor. The club will meet on the second and fourth Thurs days of each month at 5 o'clock in the lecture room of Dr. Morse, LeConte College. Co-eds are in vited to join. The purpose of the organiza tion is to create an intelligent in terest in socialism among college men and women. Dr. Laidler said that in instituting the chap ters in the colleges throughout the country it was not the pur pose to make converts, but to set forth the real principles of so cialism. "Socialism has been greatly misrepresented and misunder stood. Despite this, however, the movement has steadily grown. In the 60's there were a few thousand socialists in a couple of the nations of the world. In 1914 there were nearly 11,000, 000 men who gave their political allegiance to Socialism and be tween 30,000,000 and 40,000,000 adherents. In the United States the movement has grown from ,2,000 in 1890 to over 900,000 in 1912, and it has now secured the allegience of some of the best intellects of the country. "Socialism may be defined as 'the collective or public owner ship and democratic management of the socially necessary means of production and distribution. Socialists are Socialists because they believe that a co-operative system is a logical development from the present economic sys tem. They are of the opinin BEN GREET PLAYERS HERE NEXT MONTH Present "Comedy of Errors" On Open-Air Stage. Piece Chosen Has not Been Pro duced in Columbia in Many Years. The Ben Greet' Woodland Players will be seen on the cam pus Monday evening April 3. in Shakespeare's "Comedy of Er rors." The terrace in front of Davis College furnishes a very conven ient stage for open air perfor mances. Ben Greet and his players have been in Columbia before and those who have seen them look forward to their re turn. It is interesting to know that! the players will present "Com edy of Errors" for it has been some time since it has beenpro duced on the stage in Columbia. In former visits to Columbia I the Ben Greet players have given "The Merry Wives of Winsdor, " "Twelfth Night," and "Taming of the Shrew." CAROLINA TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS James Howey Witherspoon President-Alumni Enjoy Banquet. Immediately after the recep tion Friday afternoon in the gymnasium, the alumni met in Flinn Hall. A course dinner was served and there were sev eral speakers. There were present members of the University Teacher's As sociation which is composed of graduates of the University, who are engaged in teaching. There were about forty mem-1 bers present. Among those to speak were Dr. W. S. Currell, president of the University; Dean L. T. Baker, of the University; Prof. Patterson Wardlaw, dean of the School of Education; Prof. Lueco Gunter, rural school su pervisor,and Mr. W. L. Brooker, of Florence, the retiring presi dent of the association. Officers were elected for anoth er year during the meeting. Mr. James Howey Witherspoon, su perintendent of the Gaffney Public Schools, was elected president, with Mr. Victor Rec tor, vice president, and W. C. Taylor, secretary and treasurer. OPENING GAME WITH MERCER NEXT MONDAY Carolina Will Start Season With Bright Prospects. Diamond and Ground Being Pre pared for Annual Event-Col leges to be Guests. Baseball season opens Monday, March 27th, when the Gamecocks will meet Mercer for three games on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday. With an improved field and promising squad, Carolina expects to open a winning sea son. The Mercer team is expected to arrive Sunday afternoon and will be the guest of the students on the campus. The first game will be called Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Music by a band will start about three-thirty. Governor Manning will pitch the first ball. The girls of Co lumbia and Chicora colleges have been invited as guests for the opening game Monday. The baseball squad for sev eral days have been practicing on the green between Davis and LeConte Colleges, on account of work being done on the field dia mond. The position of the dia mond has been slightly changed and the grounds worked over in general. Coach Clark has been giving the men some heavy work for the past week in spite of the cold weather and disadvantages of not having the regular grounds for practice. Everybody seems to be in fine trim and the pros pects are that Carolina will have one of the best teams that she has had in several years. In Chapel. Mr. Albert Sydney Johnstone, secretary of the Board of Chari ties and Corrections, spoke in chapel Thursday, March 16. Mr. Johnstone gave a brief outline of the work that has been doie by the board and some of the con ditions as found by the investi gation. Beginning in Sept.. Mr. Johnstone will conduct a series of lectures based upon the work ing of the Board in connection with the classes in sociology. Class Plants Tree. The senior class has trans planted an American Elm as a memorial to their graduating year. The tree is set in the Southern end of the campus near Snmter Street.