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Vol,. X. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 13, 1917. No. 17_ NOTED PROFESSOR TO DELIVER ADDRESSES Dr. Brown to Come Under Auspices of Y. M..C. A. Professor of Church History and Comparative Religions at Vanderbilt. O. E. Brown, Ph. D., professor of Church History and Compara tive Religions in Vanderbilt Uni versity will deliver a series of DR. O. E. BROWN Who Speaks Under Auspicies of Y. M. C. A. This Week addressses on "The Fundamen tals of Christianity" at the Uni versity under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, March 20-22. There will be four addresses. Three of these will be given at night and one at the chapel hour. On the invitation of Prof. John P. Thom as, dean of the law school, a special address will be delivered to the law students at twelve o'clock on Thursday, March 22. Dr. Brown is very intimately connected with the work of the association. [He is one of the leaders of the Southern Student Conference and in the Secreta ries' Summer School; a member of the International Committee, Chairman of the State Commit tee for Tennessee, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Vanderbilt Association. The University of South Caro lina is indeed fortunate in secur ing the services of Dr. Brown. Carolina students have a treat in store for them, both in ad dresses and the privilege of knowingr Dr. Brown peonally. KILGO WILL DELIVER 1917 BACCALAUREATE iS METHODIST BISHOP Former President of Trinity College and Eminent Southern Educator The baccalaureate sermon of the 1917 commencement will be preached by the Rt. Rev. John C. Kilgo, D. D., LL. D. of Char lotte, N. C., eminent Southern educator and bishop of the Meth odist Episcopal church. South. Bishop Kilgo was educated at Wofford College and entered the ministry in 1882. He returned to Wofford in 1890 as professor of philosophy, and served until 1894; during which time he re ceived his M. A. degree. In 1894 he went to Trinity Col lege as president, where he serv ed until 1910 when he was elect ed a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Randolph-Macon Col lege in 1895, and the LL. D. de gree by Tulane University in 1910. The speaker for commence ment day has not as yet been chosen. BASEBALL PRACTICE NOW IN FULL SWING Warm Weather and Large Squad Make Prospects Very Encouraging During the past few days the warm weather has given thebase ball fever to quite a few addi tional men, and Coach Foster now has a large aggregation of tryouts. Only light practice has been engaged in thus far, but with the approach of scheduled games it is expected that sever er work will be given the candi dates soon. The following list covers those now going out in uniform: cat ehers, Seaborn, Simri I, Chan dler, Mims, Hagood; pitchers: Waters, Waring, Wolfe, Toney, Brown, Means, Seymour, Hogan, Steele, Hinson, Smith, Tom; in field, Captain Horton, Sims, Clarke, Chandler, Turner, Bates. Evans, Dukes, Kohn, Childs, Ingman; outfield: D)uckworth, Allen, Smith, B. Marion, Kerr, Brockinton, Steward, Noble, Galletly, Weisiger, Waring, R., Browning. STATE TEACHERS TO ASSEMBLE THIS WEEK MANY IN ATTENDANCE Program Includes Many Notablk Speakers and Helpful Discussions. The annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association wil be held in Columbia this week, The dates of the gathering are March 15-17 inclusive. An ex cellent program has been ar. ranged and the largest attend. ance on recoi d is expected. The students of the school of education are peculiarly fortu. nate in having this opportunity of getting a broad outlook into the work of their chosen profes. sion. The program is wide ir its scope including a considera tion of every phase of schoo work in the State. The sessions will be held ir the ColumbiaTheater and wil include addresses by some of the most prominent educators of America. Among those address ing the association are: Gov. Richard I. Manning, Dr. W. S. Currell, Dr. James P. Kinard of at'lN lN i ON P \4. 1. SI LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONVENES THIS WEEK Meetings Promise to be Very Interesting and Instruc tive for the Public The first session of the Souti Carolina Library Association will be held in chapel Wednesday a 8:30 P. M. The meetings prom ise to be among the most inter esting and instructive held or the campus this spring. The association is not an organ ization for professional librarians but is primarily to promote th building and improvement of li braries thruout South Carolina The students, faculty and publi< are cordially invited to attend al meetinrgs. The opening session on Wed nesday night will contain many short talks and music. The lat ter will be furnished by the quar tet. The program is as follows Address of welcome by I)r. Cur rell. Report of library situatior in South Carolina by Mr. R. M'1 Kennedy, presideCnt of the asso ciat'on. ''What a Modern 1Li brary Means to a Ton. Mis C. D. BREARLEY WINS STATE PRELIMINARY Euphradian to Represent Carolina at Rock Hill Tyler of Clariosophic is Alter nate from Field of Excep tional Orators C. D. Brearley, of St. Charles, a member of the Euphradian Society last night won the honor of representing the Univerity C. D. BREAIRLEY Who Represents Carolina in State Oratorical at Rock H-ilt at the South Carolina Inter-Col legiate Oratorical Association meet to be held in Rock Hill on Airil 20. He won over a field of perhaps the best orators that ever contendled for the place. D. Swift Tyler, of Norway, a member of the Clariosophic Society is t he alternate. Mr. Brevriey is a member of the senior class, president of the Y. M. C. A., and prominent in all college activities. The sub ject of his oration was "'Shall America Fail." Trhe other contestants and their subjects were: G. W. (CoI lier, ''America's D)uty'"; 1). 8. Tyler, ''The Awakening of the South;" E. P. Hodges, "The D)awn of' internationalism;'" X. C. Mann, 'An Enduring Na tion R''. R. H-larley, "Wonder ful A tre Thy Works." Miss Salley of Columbia Col lege and Miss Purcell, of chai ora College rendered two beautild solos, while Schumaker's orches tra helped to make the eveniny a most delightfl occasion. The judges of the contest were: Hon. .,as. A. iloyt. Robert Moorman, Sr.. Fl<".. Mr. .Iouh NoPwo.d Hes, .1. 0