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Vol. X. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COLUMBIA. S. C.- OCTORER R 1Q1U Wy COLLEGE NIGHT PROGRAM VERY 9NJ(YAl Y. M. C. A. Presents Interest ing Insight to College Life.' Dr. Currell, Mr. King and Other Give New ani Old Men Good Advice. Carolina spirit has not wainei if the enthusiasm which charac terized "college night" on Thurs day evening, September 22, ma: be taken as an index. C. D Brearley, president of the Y. M C. A., presided. President Cur rell, in his address of welcome highly commended each of thi student organizations and activi ties and made a plea for eacl student to take part in ever, phase of college life possible Coach Warren made a straight forward and effective talk on th football situation. His remark have produced many favorabl comments. Secretary King gav a brief history of the origin an growth of the Y. M. C. A. an an account of its present useful ness. He then touched upon thi plan for making the organizatioi still more beneficial than it ha been heretofore. H. C. James, speaking for thi Clariosophic Literary Society touched upon its past eminenc but based his invitation upon it present work and usefulnes rather than on its history. J. B Bates, representing the Euphra dian, extended an invitation t the new men to come into his so ciety. D. S. Polier in behalf o The Carolinian stated that thi magazine can maintain and im prove upon its present big] standing among Southern colleg< literary productions only throug] the contributions of new writers as the main former contributor, have completed their courses a the University. R. R. Harle; crowed loudly for THE GAME COCK. He predicted that wit] the cooperation of each studen this will be The Bird's mos successful year. The evening was made mudl more enjoyable by the songs o the University quartet and th cornet solos rendered by S. H Wilkerson. The college yell and songs which completed th, program were full of "pep" ani enthusiasm. Prof. James Woodrow, wh was recently married, is nos living at 1015 Pickens Street ROBT. R. HARLEY CHOSEE i PRESIDENT SENIOR CLASS - Other Officers Elected by Student Body. s R. L. Kerr Leads Athletic Association-Lana Sims to Lead Cheers. I The senior class met on Friday, - September the twenty second, - and organized. The following men were elected to fill the respec tive offices: president, Robert R. Harley; vice-president. R. L. Kerr; secretary, R. C. McGee treasurer, E. P. Hodges; honoi commiteeman, Pickens Talley a class historian, Miss Eva Sea - wright; poet, J. B. Rice. By virtue of being the president of the senior academic class Mr. Harley is ex officio president ol tne student body. At a meeting of the Athleti< Association on Saturday morning, R. L. Kerr was chosen as presi dent and Pickens Talley was elec ted secretary. The associatior is to be congratulated upon th( substantial men it has selected t< to guide their athletics this year. Mr. Kerr is the big football stai of the campus, and Mr. Talley i manager of the football team thi session. Mr. Lana Sims was choser cheer leader by the student bod3 on Saturday morning to succeed 3 Mr. Solomon Blatt, who refused to serve this year. Lana is onE of the most popular boys on th< campus, and with the aid of Mr. "Charlie Chaplin" Beck, wh< was elected to assist him, wil 3 undoubtedly develop much en thusiasm in this year's cheering. At the same meeting, Mr. E. P. Hodges was elected to servE as student body member of thE Athletic Advisory Board. Fout members of the student bod3 t were elected to attend to the so cial affairs of the campus. ThesE together with the president ol the student body and Professorz t Morse and Coleman make up thE t Social Cabinet. J. H. MARTIN ELECTED f JUNIOR PRESIDEN'T a At a meeting of the juniox class Wednesday, September 27, 3 the following officers were elect - ed for 1916-17: president, J. H. I Martin; vice-president, A. L Knight; secretary, H' J. Black mon; treasurer, L. H. Sims; hon /' or committe-man, J. S. Fehneid er: historian, J. E. Carpenter. THREE NEW PROFESSORS ADDED TO FACULTY; Professors Dennison, Lucian and Brearley to Teach Here. All Come Well Recommended Have Had Experience and Training for Teaching. The faculty of the University of South Carolina has recently been enlarged by the addition of three new members. Professors H. E. Dennison, A. N. Lucian and H. C. Brearley will fill the adjunct professorships in the departments of History, Physics, and English respectively. Mr. Dennison is an A. B. grad uate of the University of Ten nessee. While there he made special preparations for the teaching of History aud Econom ics. During the past two years, he has taught in the West Ten nessee State Normal School. In addition to that he has had five years of experience in the high schools of Western Tennessee. Prof. Dennison is a strong man and highly recommended by Dr. J. D. Hoskins, Dean of the Uni versity of Tennessee. He is ac tive in all student organizations and a born leader of young peo ple. Mr. Lucian comes from the University of Pittsburg where he has been an instructor in Physics for the past two years. He is a graduate of the Scheffield Scientific School of Yale Univer sity, Ph. B., E. E. 1911, Ph. D. 1914. During the past two years he has had charge of the major position of laboratoy instruction in Physics. During that time he has shown ability and aptitude in the designing and running of laboratory instruction. Besides actual teaching, Mr. Lucian has carried on extensive experimen tal research work. Prof. Lucian has not arrived yet but is expect ed to report for duty on or before October 7. Mr. Brearley, an honor graduate of the University 1916, will be an assistant in the department of English. All the old students remember him as an active worker in all student organizations during his undergraduate course. In addi tion to his work as assistant of English, Mr. Brearley will con tinue teaching coach Latin. Those who know him as a thorough en ergetic and industrious student, prophecy a brilliant success for him as an instructor. FOOTBALL SQUAD NOW AT HARD PRACTICE Many New Faces Will Ap pear in Line-up Coaches Warren, Mills and Hill Getting Men in Shape-Meet Newberry Saturday The University football squad is working hard these days getting ready for the first game of the season October 7 with Newberry on Davis Field. Coach Warren, assisted by "John Dee" Mills and Luke Hill, has been giving the candidates plenty of work since college open ed running single tackles, going down on punts, forward passes, etc. When the whistle blows for the first game, it is assured the Gamecocks will be right there strong with the goods and deter mined to win. There are sixty young men battling for a position on the varsity. Among the old men who are going at a terrific speed are War ing and Crouch, ends; Hendrix and Marion,- guards; McMillan and Hampton tackles, Boulware, center; Lindsay and Chandler, quarterbacks; Dick Kerr, full back; Simrill, Seaborn, Knight, and Bowen, halfbacks. It is not quite a month off be fore the annual Clemson-Caroli na game will be played at the Fair Grounds. The game was tied last year but the Gamecocks are crowing loud to break the tie Thursday, October 26, at 12 O'clock. The football lovers of Colum bia and South Carolina will have the opportunity to see the Game cocks on the gridiron in five of the nine games to be played. The schedule has been arranged: Newberry Oct. 7 Davis Field. Wofford Oct. 14 Davis Field. Tennesee Oct. 21 Knoxville. Clemson Oct. 26 Fair Grounds. Wake Forest Nov. 4 Davis Field. Virginia Nov. 11 Charlottes ville. Mercer Nov. 18 Davis Field. Furman Nov. 22 Greenville. Citadel Nov. 30 Davis Field. While the varsity is hard at work and because the first year men are not allowed to partici pate in the scheduled games, they must not be overlooked as idle for they are not. Coach W. Dix on Foster is teaching the recruits how to kick the pig skin as well as to run with the oval shaped (CONTINUE!) ON PA~OR FOUR.)