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MAY 2a ;916 VOL. IX. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 23, 1916. No. 29. E. R. JETER, WINS GONZALES MEDAI Win. Reynolds a Euphradiar Man Gets Second Place. Biggest Oratorical of Year Well Attended-Browne and Henderson Officiate. The annual contest for th( Gonzales oratorical medal wat E. R. JETER Winner of Gonzales Oratorical Medal held last Wednesday evening ir the University chapel. E. R Jeter of the Clariosophic societ3 was awarded first place. H< spoke on "The Menace of the Gallery" and showed how th< manin public affairs may huri his community or his state by al ways doing the popular thing ir order to maintain his positior just as the second rate actoi lowers his profession by inde. corous appeals to his audience, He closed with an entreaty foi more conscientious office holders, Second place was awarded t< W. M. Reynolds of the Euphra. dian society, whose subject wa ,'World Peace Through Worl( Unity." R. E. Browne presided and W. T. Henderson was chief marshal. The committee of judges con. sisted of Messrs. Robert Moor. .man, G. C. Taylor, C. A. Freed, D. W. Robertson and J. C. Seegars. Comstock's orchestrc furnished music. There were six speakers, thre( from each society. Besides th( winner the Clariosophics werd represented by HI. C. James, whose subject was, "Twentieti Century Citizenship" and C. M. Wilson on "New Appeals foi (CONTINUEDI ON P'AGE SIX.) JUNIOR-SENIOR FEAST IS BIG SUCCESS Professors Woodrow and Snowden From Faculty. I James, Dabbs, Harley, Crow and Others Respond to Toasts. Browne Leads Committee. The annual Junjor-Senior Ban quet took place at the Jefferson Hotel on the night of May 17th. There were fifty-three guests present including Prof. Yates Snowden and James Woodrow of the faculty. H. C. James, President of the Junior Class, presided as toast master and after the feast was over made a very pleasing speech of welcome to the Seniors. This was responded to by J. McB. Dabbs, representing the Senior class. R. R. Harley responded to a toast on "Chickens" and despite the fact that those present had already had enough of this sub ject he made a five minute speech bubbling over with witti cisms. Mr. Crow answering to "Woman" (as he usually does) was particularly good. Mr. Po lier followed with a thoughtful dissertation on "Friends." Mr. R. W. Wade, representing the alumni, handled the old fa miliar "Carolina, All Hail!" in a peculiarly pleasing manner. Then came Prof. Woodrow on a subject which he is adequately capable of handling, "Love, the Greatest Thing in the World." Prof. Snowden then brought the - evening to a close with a delight ful discourse on "A Plea for Pre judice." The committee on arrange ments was headed by R. E. Browne and was composed of Messrs. Stevens, McGee, Jen nings and Harley. To this com mittee is due the credit for the success of the occasion. H. C. JAMES WINS SOPHIC CONTEST H. C. James won the Clari osophic Intra-Society Oratorical contest on last Monday evening. His subject was, "Twenticth Century Citizenship." W. (. Mann speaking on, "Sacrifice the Price of 'Victory'' won second phc.R. R. Halyspoke on, "The Decision of Character." The judges were. Dr,. Finley, IMr. T. C. Browne and Prof. George Barr McCutchen. WAUCHOPE GIVES PAGEANT REPORT Issues Financial Statement or . Festival. Hopes "W 2VoOR Was Pleased-Thanks' to Unselfish Workers. Information concerning the Shakespeare pageant given sev eral weeks ago is contained in a statement, which The State re ceived yesterday from G. A. Wauchope of the University of South Carolina faculty. The statement follows: "May I have a little space in your val uable paper, which gave so gen erously many columns to our Shakespeare pageant, to give the public some accurate infor mation regarding its fnancial status. There have been such varied and conflicting rumors and so many inquiries concern ing the financial outcome, that I think it proper to issue the fol lowing statement which was handed me today by the treas urer: Receipts. Theatre . . I. . ........ .$ 675.75 Afternoon performance and programmes.. .. 946.15 Rent of costumes...... 455.25 $2,077.15 Disbursements. Theatre ............... 133.00 Rent of costumes...... 1,300.00 Express on costumes... 112.15 Directress............. 200.00 Printing programs, etc. 93.58 M usic................ . 15.00 M ay-pole............... 2.25 Queen's palanquin ..... 4.O Refunds on costumes. . 192.50 Incidentals ............24.67 $2,077.15 "I wish also to take this op portunity even at so late a day to thank publicly all those who contributed so untiringly of their time and effort in making the festival a succees. To these un selfish workers in a great com munity enterprise the hundreds of expressions of praise of its artistic merit and educational value are sufficient reward. "The lack of music of suffi cient volume for so large a set ting has been repeatedly criti cised, and I feel that it is due the directress to state that the band which she had engaged (anceellItd the engagement. 11 it had not been for the kinidness of the yong ladies who'l came t( YEAR OF SUCCESS FOR UNIVERSITY More Than 100 Applicants for Degrees. JThe Rev. Melton Clark to Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon-Ad dress by Bennett. The one hundred and eleventh commencement of the University of South Carolina will be held June 11, 12, 13, and 14. One hundred and seven applications for degrees have been received. Of these 33 are for bachelor of law, 33 for bachelor of arts, 10 for bachelor of science, 20 for master of arts, and five for civil engineer. The Rev. Melton Clark. pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Charleston, will preach the baccalaureate sermon. Mr. Clark is a native Columbian, a son of W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina National bank. He is one of the most eminent divines of the Southern Presby terian church. W. H. Bennett of Atlanta, a speaker of unusual gift, will make the graduating address on Wednesday morning in the uni versity chapel. At this time diplomas will he awarded, and J. D. Featherstone, J. L. Love, and H. C. Brearley of the senior classes will also make addresses. D. S. Polier of Aiken is senior speaker and J. McB. Dabbs of Mayesville is valedictorian. Society night is Monday night and this is always an important feature of the university finals, especially for the members of the Euphradian and Clariosophic bodies. R. W. Wade, Euphra dian, and 0. F. Crow, Clario sophic, will be the valedictorians and W. M. Reynolds, Euphra dian, and R. R. Harley, Clario Hanna Attends Convention. Hugh 0. Hanna, delegate from the University of South Carolina, left Tuesday for Washington to attend the annual convention of the League to Enforce Peace, which will be held May 26 and 27. This is one of the most important conventions that Carolina is con ne.e with. E x -Presi&en t. aft will be the p)residing omeier. MIr. Hanna, better k~nown as "'Hugh'' will stop at the New Willard Hotel. He said he had ordecred a $5 dinner for Friday