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Vol. X. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 9, 1917. No. 10.
EUPHRADIAN WINS
RODDEY DEBATEI
D. S. Polier- Was Awarded'
Medal.
Adamson Bill Subject of Debate
-James DeTreville Wins
Second Place.
David S. Poiier, senior law
student and member of the Eu
phradian society, won the Roddey
Medal Debat> held in the chapel
on Tuesday evening December.
19. James deTreville, also a
Euphradian, was awarded second
place.
Mr. Polier spoke on the nega
tive side of the c uery: "Resolved,
That the Ad,,r F-, Fight-Houw
Labor Law was Lest solution
of the labor problem involved at
the time of its 9dopton ' His
debate was convincing and his
manner forceful. Mr. deTre
ville upheld the aflirmative.
The negative side, composed of
D. S. Polier, Euphradian, J. C.
Kearse, Clariosophic, was declar
ed the winner over H. C. Jienn
ings, Clariosophic, and Jimes
deTreville, Euphradiai , of the
affirmative.
The following acted as Judges:
Rev. C. E. Burts; J. J. McMahan;
Dr. W. S. Currell. The officials,
Were: Presiding officer, H. E.
Danner, Euphradian; chief mar
shal, J. S. Seymour, Clariosophic:
assistant marshals, 0. C. Black
mon and C. D. Barr, Clariosoph
ic, J. G. Sims and G. G. Watson,
Euphradian.
Broadus Mitchell, a son of form
er President 5. C. Mitchell, spent
a few days on the campus- this'
past week shaking hands with old
friends. He is taking graduate
work at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity.
FOSTER IS ELECTED
HEAD VARSITY COACH
Schedule Announced for
1917 Season.
Several Hard Games Scheduled
Clemson and Citadel Played
at Usual Time - Two
Dates Still Open.
W. Dixon Foster has recently
been elected head coach of the
University of South Carolina foot
ball team for the next session (of
1917-18). The newly elected
0oach is at present coaching the
basket ball team and will have
charge of the baseball practice
diring the spring montls.
Mr. Poster came to the Uni
versity with the opening of this
term as coach of the freshman
football team. He showed re
markable abil-ity in that capacity
and put out a strong eleven. The
first year imen had a brilliant sea
mn and those who s-_w them per
orin rea ize that most of the cred
it for their success is due Mr.
Fos ter.
Mr. Foster has a keen sense of
'ootbail strategy and knows the
:.me from beginning to end. He
Ase- a clever assortment of piays
conining the old style of play
with a roper portion of open
iield work. His ability to devel
>p a fiQhting spirit and teain
work into the players marked
Mr. Foster's work with the fiesh
men.
The new head coach recyived
his training at Hamlton-Sidney.
Instuitute, Virginia. Since his
graduation ht has had charge of
athleties at Greenbrihr Instin ute,
West Virginia, Allegaiiny 1usti
tute, Virginia. Millsaps College,
Mississippi, anl Porter Military
Institute, Charleston. At all of
these in1stituti(,n1s his teams were
noted for I heir successful records.
Carolina's I)oorshowing in 1916
is accounted for in )art by the
fact that the Jniversity had adopt
ed the one-year rule for the first
time in its foot.ball iistory. Next.
season the prospects are much
brighter, for the freshmen train
t-d by Coach Foster this year will
be eligible for service on the var
sity.
Carolina's footballschedule for
next year shows several strong
teams which have to be faced.
The date of the Clemson game is
uncertain but it is thought that
it will be played as usual on
Thursday of fair week. This
(((NTINI'EI) ()N I' \(i: TilliKi )
CAROLINA MOURNS
ROBERT EL]
FOUNDER'S DAY WILL D!
BE OBSERVED JAN. 11
Noted Speakers Secured for R
Annual Celebration.
P. H. Gadsden, Chas. Dabney, Gc
Jno. E. White Will Make
ge
Addresses. ha
The annual Founder's day of sn
the University will he celebrated pr
on January 11th with exercises w
in the afternoon and evening. ali
This occasion will commemorate ou
the 112th anniversary of the ge
establishment of the institution. fir
At 11:30 o'clock the alumnim Hi
association will hold its annual ge
meeting in Le Conte college. fri
Many alumni organizations have ac<
been established thruout the state
and all these are expected to be hit
well represented at the meeting he
of the state association. "61
A procession of the students a
and faculty will march from the Im
library to the chal;pel at 3:15 (ti
'clock. The afternoon exercises a b
in the chapel will begin at 3:30.
The occasion will be featured by '0.1
ad,dresses by Mr.. p.H adsden. te,
'8 of Charleston and Rev. John fo<
E. White, D. D., president of ty,
Anderson College. M. A. sit
Wright. a member of the jLunior ch
law class, will speak for the ha
student body. '0(
Mr. Gad-den, an alumnus of te,
the University. is well known tr,
thruout the state. He is a mei- '0
b)er of a distinguished Charles- tii
ton faMi ly and is p esident of the te
Consolidated Railway company id(
of that, city. l)r. White is one ed
of the leading Baptist ministers as.
of South Carolina, occupying the set
pulpit of the largest church of col
the state. He is well known as (Ie
an able speaker and college head. as
Mr. Wright is one of the best oli
college speakers in the state. '(l
He won the first place in tle (,h
State Inter-Cohegiate Oratorical set
contest at Rock Hill in 1913. He '08
has represented Carolina in many soi
other oratorical and debating na
contests with great success. eX
At the night exercises, which Soi
will be held in the hall of the in
house of representatives, the ev
closing address of the day will be chi
WV. D)abney of the University of ITh
Cincintnaui. Dri. D)abney has a'7
national repit Iationi as a speaker inw
DEATH OF
LIOTT GONZALES
[STINGUISHED ALUM
NUS DIES ON BORDER
,solutions of Sympathy Sent
by Students and Faculty
to Bereaved Parents.
In the death of Robert Elliott
nzales, patriot, journalist, and
ntlemen, the whole nation
s sustained a loss. He was
atched away at the dawn of a
-miising literary career. His
>rk as a paragraph writer had
-eady won him fame thruout
r land. The seeds of his
nius had sent forth but the
At tender shoots of growth.
s kindly humor, modesty and
ntlemanly character won him
ends among his associates,
uaintances and readers.
But mostly in remembering
n as a student of Carolina is
mourned on the campus.
'ob' was beloved by all. and
eader among men. The fol
ving, clipped from the (arnt
/ Blark of 1909 hints at his
1iity:
VCentre, scrub foot ball team
-'05: centre, class football
Lm, '04-'05; coach, senior class
>tball team, '08: centre, varsi
'07: ca)tain and tackle, var
y tootball teai, '08: shortstol),
ss baseball team, '08: second
ie, '09: member track teani,
, '07, '08, '09: manager track
Lm, '08: member Columbia
ek squad in Charlotte meet,
; president, Athletic associa
n, '08: literary eritic (two
mns), vice presieent, and pres
nt, Clariosophic society; elect
president State College Press
ociation, and corresponding
retary Sotth Carolina Inter
legiate Oratorical associati(n;
egate to meeting College Iress
ociation, '08; won Sou1thl Cat'
,a 1. 0. A. preliminary. '08,
as relresentative from the
0riosophic society, and repre
ited Carolina at Greenwod,
-'09: represented the Clario
)hic in the S. 1, 0. A. prelimi
'y, '09; marshal, centenial
1rcises, '06: member the Tle
'ibes, '0G, '07, '08, '09: editor
chief, Garnet ond ?/ack; twice
-hange editor; twi(e editor-in
e' and bisiness manager of
e Cal inlUian ; won Garn'et andI(
ice' medal for' be.st short story,
,'T/he (Caroliianl short stor'y
daIs, '06, '07, '08: The Car'o
OO't II'lI) (\ I'lut: SI \