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Vor.. X. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S. C., APRIL 4, 1917. No. 20. NEARLY 200 MEN FOR MILITARI ORGANIZATION BEGUN Gen. H. T. Thompson to Con duct Training in Lieu of Army Officer At the largest student body meeting of the year held Wed nesday, 173 Carolina students volunteered for the reserve of GEN. THOMPSON ficers training course soon to be inaugurated at the University under General Henry T. Thomp so . Since then the number of enlisted men has increased to 190 and it is confidently ex pected to total 200 before organi zation is completed. General Thompson was chosen to conduct the training course by the executive committee of the board of trustees. He immedi ately accepted the invitation, and will give his services to the Uni versity without remuneration as his patriotic duty. The four companies which were organized Tuesday will drill from 7 to 7:45 A. M. every clay except Saturday. A few of the faculty have organized a squad and will drill the same number of hours. The co-eds have arranged for Gen. Thompson to drill their Red Cross Unit. Yesterday Carolina heard for the first time since 1876 the note of a bugle. Reveille will be sounded every morning at6:30 and drill call at 6:50. Twenty squad marchers, or temporary drill srgeants, have been ap p)oinlted to assist Gen. Thompson in his worik of drilling the stu dents. Enlistment this year is (ONTIN[UE.D ON P'AOR I.1I11.) VOLUNTEER TRAINING COURSE TEAMS CHOSEN FOR TRIANGULAR DEBATE Brandenburg, Harrison De bate Affirmative, Kearse and Polier, Negative At the preliminaries held Mon day evening two teams, one on the afiimative, the other on the negative of the query "Resolved, That immigration should be re stricted by a literacy Lest" were chosen to represent Carolina in the annual triangy ular del ate to he held A pril 21 between the universities of Florida. 'Teitnes see and South 'arolina. The affimative debate was held in the Euphradian Hall where J. D. Brandenburg, Clariosophic, and L. 1. Harrison, Euphradian, were chosen . with John I. Rice alternate over a field of eight contestants. Charles L. Smith of the senior law class presided over this contest. On April 21 the affirmative team debates the University of 'ennessee at Gains ville, Florida. At the negative preliminary held in the University chgl-el J. C. Kearse, Clariosophic, and ). S. Polier, Euphradian, were nam ed to uphold the negative aigainst the University at Knoxville, Ten nessee. C. R. Spenser was chos en alternate, E. P. Hlodges of the Euphrac'i m Society acting as presiding oficer. EASTER WEEK TO I OF GAY Miss Marie Salley to Be Cr ception Tuesday < The various organizations hav ing in charge the plans for Eas ter Week h-lve been hard at work and the final arrang nents have been concluded. 'I he events promise to be unusually interest ing, and the whole campus is awaiting with expectation the beginning of fest ivities. The gaities of the week will commence with the crowning of the queen, Miss Marie Salley, on Monday evening at a reception to be held in the University gymnasium, to which the girls of the local colleges are mnvited. The queen has chosen as her maid1s of honor tihe following young ladies: Misses Elmira deC Graffenreid, Ed ith Purv is. El lie GAMECOCKS COP H CONTEST FN 1917 SEASON OPENS WITH REAL BASEBALL Tie Opener With Newberry, Drop Second to Wofford by 2 to 0 Score. Carolina's baseball season opened Friday with a 7 to 7 tie with Newberry, the game being called in the tenth. The stars for Carolina were Captain Hor ton and R. Waring. The game was a see-saw from beginning to end and it was a toss up until the last inning had been p.ayed. NE w1. erry start e( things with a lead of one run in the opening inning. The Gamecocks, however, ran up three in the third and two more in the sixth. The Indians came back strong with five runs in the sixth. Carolina tied the score in the eighth and forged ahead in the ninth only to have Newberry tie the score in her half. C. Waring put up a fine exhi bition in the box. fanning eight and allowing only one free tick et to first. The pitcher's battle Saturday ended in Carolina losing her sec ond game by a 2 to 0 score. There were no earned runs, Wof- i ford's two tallies resulting from 1 Gamecock misplays. The game was a fast affair and Toney, al tho playing his first game of col lege ball put up a pretty fight. IE WHIRL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS owned Queen Monday-- Re. n Campus Green t Hreeden, Ialla Salley. Grace Stronan, and I,uci le Stoney. The elect ioon of Miss Salley as queen has been most favorably comnment(d Ipn, it being known I that in addition to her literary and musical attainments, she is; a most entertaining conversa t ion)alist and a graceful dancer. On Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, a reception will he given on the campus green. To find a more beautiful and fittit g place would hardly be possible, and this event is )reldivted to be one of the most pleasir.g of the ent ire:4 p)rograml. TIhe( recep)tion will be' n followed by a dance, to take a ARD FOUGHT OM TIGER CROWD FINAL SCORE 2 TO I Chandler's Three Base Hit and Horton's Single Break up Game Carolina drowned ( Inm n in the opening game on the hone diamond Monday afternoon i by a score of 2 to 1. The game at It. COACiH FOSTER irst was rather slow because of lumerous bases on balls and oose fielding but after the third nning was perhaps one of the astest games ever seen on the niversity tiel(. Ryan Chandllr, pla.ing left ield was th( particular star, >} ening upI) the ninith intniiig Ohei the - core stoc(l at a I to I ie, with a three base hit do\\ n he first base line. He was, how wer, ably secoided a few miin tes later when Captain Horton mashed one over third that vould easily have been good for wo bases had the occasion re tuired it bu.t the game was ov r .nd the crowd surged on the iamond to demonsti ate in a ost enthusiastic w y , their i iroval of the climax. Carolina started the scoring in he first inning. Sims heat out n an infield roller, took second n a passed ball. Hortoi w as tit at first on an inflield llay. lark grounded to short but was are while Sims scored when ,rahan threw wild to first. Neither team was able to do tuch with the big stick. Both Varing and Long pitched excel >nt b)all. Long struck out nine wi, gave no bases on balls and Ilowed only four hits. Waring truck ount six men, gave six bases n halls and allowed seven hit.x