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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