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CAROLINA' vs. CLEMSON:: THURSDAY NOON Vol,. X. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C.. OCTOBER 1T7 1916 PROHIBITION CLUB REORGANIZES HERE Harley Heads Prohibs-Joint Meetings to be Held. C. C., C. C. F. W., and Local Club Will Cooperate this Year Buschman Wins Contest. At its first meeting of this year on Wednesday the Prohibition Club elected the following officers for the year: Robt. R. Harley, president, W. C. Mann, vice-pres ident, J. I. Rice secretary, G. W. Collier, treasurer, and J. S. Schneider reporter. This organ ization, it will be remember ed, did effective work in connec tion with the young people's church organizations of Columbia and thru its representatives who conducted rallies at several points in the State during the victorious campaign of 1915. Last year the University with the cooperation of the two wo men's colleges in the city enter tained the S. C. Iltercollegiate Prohibition Clubs. The coopera tion of the Chicore C. F. W. and C. C. organizations for this year has been unofficially announied. Joint meetings will be held reg ularly if the plan works out. This will doubtless add much to the interest in the Carolina Club. The Southern Prohibition Ora torical Contest at which every winner of the State Contests spoke, was held at Converse Col lege, Spartanburg, October 9. Leonard Buschman of Louisville won the first prize of $75. The $25 second prize went to C. M. Cox of Emery College, Virginia. Mr. Buschman in addition to winning the first prize is to represent the Southern colleges at the National contest to be held late in Decem ber. LANA H. SIMS HEADS TENNIS ASSOCIATION At a meeting of the Sonth Car olina Intercollegiate tennis asso ciction in Greenville Lana H. Sims of the University of South Carolina was elected president; Elerly, of Wofford, vice-presi dent; and Howell, of Furman, secretary. "Lana is one of the Univer sity's popular athletes. Besides being president of the local ten nis association, he is cheer leader of the Gamecocks, It comes as no surprise to see the young Gamecock as leader of the South Carolina tennis plavers. PROHIBITIONIST HOLD IMPORTANT MEETINI Harley Heads Club-Genera Secretary Gray Speaks. Club Plans Big Year-To Holi Joint Meetings With the Girl Colleges. The Dry Club held its firs meeting this year at 1:30 las Friday. Mr. Gray, the Genera Srcretary of the I. P. A., spokf to the club and urged its mem bers to keep up the good figh for prohibition and to make tho club manifest itself by its work The election of officers was hel< and the following men were cho sen: R. R. Harley, president; W C. Mann, vice president; J. I Rice, secretary; G. W. Collier treasurer; and J. S. Schneider reporter. Under this set of mei the club ought to do valuabl work against John Barleycori this year. Mr. Gray spoke to the stuben body at chapel Friday. He em phasized the fact that the collego bred men, who constitute onl: 2 per cent of the population o this country, are largely th< leaders. He urged the men o the University who will mak< the leaders of tomorrow to con tinue to agitate the question o prohibition, for if they don't keet up the fight whiskey will com( back into South Carolina as i has in Tennessee and other states Mr. Gray has also made sever al visits to the women's collegei in the city and has enrolled 6( in the I. P. A. at Columbia Col lege. A member of the Freshmai class, Mr. Heape, is now in th( Baptist Hospital, following ar operation for appendicitis. Hi: friends are glad to hear that h< is getting on nicely and hope h< will soon be recovered. Two members of the foot-bal team have been suffering witf sprained knees. Mr. Boulware ap peared on the field in uniform Sat urday after an absence of severa days. Mr. Hinson is also getting much better. The International Polity Clul will hold its regular meeting or Friday night in the green roon of Flinn Hall. A splendid speak er has been secured and all th< members are urged to be present There are about ten vacancies tA be filled. in the club and thosi desiring membership will pleas< apply Friday evening-. SOCIAIST CLUB IS REORGANIZED HERE I W. C. Mann Elected presi. dent for Coming Year. I Club Formed for the Study of Socialism-Dr. Morse Will Teach Study Class. t At a meeting on Wednesday morning the Socialist club, an as sociation for the study of social ism, was reorganized. W. C. Mann of the class of 1917 was chosen as president. The other officers elected were; vice-presi dent, Robt. R. Harley; secretary, Miss Eva Searight; treasurer, L. M. Cannon; reporter, J. C. Wa ters. About thirty students ap plied for membership. The club is not an organization of the Socialists of the campus but is formed expressly for the pur pose of studying the subject of socialism. A course of study will be offered soon under the t tutelage of Dr. Josiah Morse, who is official faculty advisor to the club. The club solicits membership up to a maximum of fifty. Ap plication for membership should be handed in to Miss Eva Sea right at once. Social Cabinet. Statement of account for ses sion 1915-16. RECEIPTS. Balance from 1914-15..... 7.72 Student collections........ 85.00 Half proceeds thanksgiving dance..................... 26.50 From Easter Queen votes. 5.50 Easter dance............. 71.45 Total ....................196.17 EXPENSES. Fresh reception ........... 46.36 Easter reception ......... 47.60 Easter dance............ 58.40 Total ....................152.36 Balance in bank Oct. 1 1916 43.81 Signed, J. B. Coleman Treasurer. Dr. Reed Smith has received a letter from John S. Hoey, whom many of the upper-classmen re member as one of the best cheer leaders that Carolinahas ever had. Mr.Hoey is now atSaranac Lake, i N. Y. He writes for a subscrip tion to THE GAMECOCK,and, in his letter, it is apparent that he still is deeply interested in affairs at > Carolina. He says that he is un a able to come down for the Clem a son game this year, but he is cer tainly groingr to be here in 1917. GERMAN CLUB GIVES SEASON'S FIRST BALL About Twenty-five Couples Enjoy Opening Ball. Many Visitors at First Event Four Others to be Given This Season. Last Tuesday night the Ger mam Club of the University gave the opening german of the season in the University gymna sium. The dance began at 9:30 and ran in full swing to the live ly waltzes played by the Colum bia orchestra. The grand march was led by Austin Parker and Miss Sarah Cain and the german figure by Frank Sims, senior leader, and Miss Caroline Walk er. Mr. Sims was assisted by Mr. Lana Sims, junior leader. Those present enjoyed the full time spent from the beginning of the dance until 2 o'clock, when it ended. The young ladies who attended were, Misses Ida Hand, Mim naugh, Walker, Wannamaker, Earle, Fisher, Minnie Willam son, Keenan, Currel,l Hampton, Murray, Bryan, de Graffenreid, Cain, Fripp, Waddel; Misses Celeste George of Lexington, Henrietta DeLoache of Camden, Isabel Wiliamson of Darlington and Ida Coles of Jacksonville. Members of the Club and other young men present were: Messrs. Frank Sims, Brown, Johnson, Ingman, Prioleau, Owens, Net tles, Lindsay, Langston, Meares, and McMaster of Winnsboro, Hagood, Browning, Allen, Moor man, Means, Shand, Colbourn, Lana Sims, W. C. Sims, Wilsorr Aughtry, Smoak, Major, Harris, Edmunds, Powers, Roberts, Bry an, Horton, Williams, Jim Ed munds, Walker, A. L. Wardlaw, Kerr, Tompkins, Miller, Cooper, Douglass, Heyward, Parker. The officers of the Club are: Austin Parker, President; R. L. Kerr, Vice-President; J. M. Ha good, Secretary; Roger Heyward, Treasurer; F. E. Sims, Senior Leider; L. H. Sims, Junior Lea der. The list of chaperones includes the names of Messrs. and Mes dames John Seibels, Ed. Cay, N. B. Heyward, M. C. Heath, Will Brooker, J. Chambers, J. J Cain, Donald Dial, J. S. Mimnnaugh, Ashley Tobias, Frank Culler, George Nickerson, Christie Ben (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.)