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With Which is .Incorp orated THE CAROLINIAN VOL. XI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER, 21917. No. 1 FRESHMEN INTRODUCED TO "CAROLINA SPIRIT" Representatives of Various College Activities Talk to New Men Carolina spirit is not on the de cline if the enthusiam and "pep" which characterized the celebra tion of "College night," Friday September 21, may be taken as an indication. Dr. Reed Smith of the university English depart ment presided and to him is due much of the credit for the sucess of the meeting. President Currell in his address of welcome paid a tribute to all the college activities and urged that every man take an active part in as many as possible. H. D. Steadman, representing the Clariosophic Literary Society and G. C. Shand Jr., representing the Euphradian Literary Society touched on the advantages of society work and extended an invitatio'n to students both new and old to take advantage of the opportunity offered. J. C.. Kearse, speaking in be h ilf of the Gamecock urged that all men take an active part in its work and predicted for the "Bird" its most successful year. G. A. Buchanan, the Caro:inian representative pointed out that the weight of the respo.lsibility (('(,\TINI'KU O(N 1'.%(11% V1VE.) PRIZE OFFERED FOR FLINN HALL ESSAY Contest to be Open Only to Undergraduates. Flinn Hall is almost indispens able in the social and religious life of the university. Almost everything that can be expected from a Y. M. C. A. building is found there. Yet it ought to be filling still a larger place in the student life. In order to stimu late thought and interest it has been decided to of fer a prize of five dollars to any undergraduate student who will submit the best article to rHr GAMECCKO on "low Flinn Hall Can Better Serve The Carolina Student Body." The articles must be submitted before November first. They will be judged by a committee of three composed of ai memb)er of the faculty, the editor-in-chief of THE GAME cocK and the secretary of the Y. MC. A. NIGHT CLASSES FOR CAMP JACKSON MEN Classes Expected to Begin Monday.-- Registration Now Open. Night classes in history, Eng lish literature, French, German, civil engineering, mathematics, and criminal law will be offered by the university to the officers and enlisted men at Camp Jack son, according to an announce ment made Thursday thru the columns of the University Week ly News. In addition.' to these evening classes an afternoon class in topographical map draw ing will also be formed under Prof. Stephen Taber. The un'. versity authoritics have been eager to cooperate with the gov ernment officials at Camp Jack son, and these classes come as the result of a series of confer ences between President Currell and General Barth, commander of the camp. A charge of $3.00 a term for each course will be made With this nearly nominal fee it is ex pected that a large number of the men will take advantage of this opportunity offered them. The classes will meet from 7 to 4 p. m. in the university class rooms, and not at the camp as first suggested. Further courses will be added as the need arises. All men de siring to take courses in chemis try are asked to communicate with Prof. W. B. Burney, the head of that department. The classes as now organized are: History- Monday and Wed nes day, Prof. Yates Snowden: Tues -day and Thursday. Prof. *H. E. Dennison. French Wednesday and Fri day, Prof, Oscar L. Keith; Tues day and Thursday, Prof. Andre Beziat. Gernan--Tuesday and Tl'hurs dsy, Prof. L. P. Chamberlayne. Sociology or Philosophy or Ethics Tuesday and Thursday, Prof. Josiah Morse. English Literature Tuesday and Thursday, Profs. George A. Wauchope, Reed Smith, and Henry C. Davis. Mathematics -Tuesday and Thursday, Prof. J. B. Coleman. Civil Engineering Monday and Wednesday, Prof. Walter E. IRowe; Tuesday and T1hurlsdlay, Prof. HI. H. Quattlebaum. Criminal Law-Tuesday and Thursday, Prof. E. Marion Rock or' NEW PROFESSORS JOIN UNIVERSITY FACULTI Five Members of Last Year't Faculty Now in Service Several changes in the facult2 have resulted frcm the war Last spring Prof. Francis W Bradley and Prof. Frank G. Pott, f the Modern Language depart ment and Professor James Wood row of the Mathematics depart ment went into training at For Dglethorpe. All three eierge< as first lieutenants, bidding fare well to ''Old Carolina'' for at leas the period of war. Prof. M Goode Homes, dean of the engi neering department gave up hi; position here for that of captait f a company of engi eers an< is down in Texas engaged in con stuction work. Prof. James E. Mills, also fel it his patriotic duty to offer hi services to the goverment, so he too, gave up his position a professor of Chemistry and wil anter government work in som branch where special trainini in Chemistry will be needed. Prof. Andre Beziat, a nativ Df France who has taught ir. man; Df the leading institutions in thi country, including Wesleyan col lege, Tulane, Michigan, Columbi; and Princeton universities, come in to the Modern Language de partment. Prof, Beziat has prac tically all the classes in French To take the place of Proi James Woodrow the universit, has secured Prof. H. H. Quattle baum of Aiken, a gt'aduate o Clemson College, and instructo there. Prof. Quattlebaum wi also assist in the engineering de partment. Prof. Walter E. Rowe, former ly dean of the department o Civil engineering of the Univer sity of Kentucky will take charg of that department at the univer sity of South Carolina in Prof M. Goode Homes' stead. Prof Rowe has had a, unusually ex tensive experience in all branch es of engineering and has train ed many of the nations leadinj engineers. A: C, Summers, chemist of th South Carolina department o Agriculture, will serve as associ ate professor of Chemist ry at th Uiiversity of South Carolina un til a successor to Dri. James E Mills is elected. Victor E. Rector also begin his first year as professor of p)ed aoyv of agricult.ure here. BRIGHTENED OUTLOOK FOR GAMECOCK TEAM Season Opens Here With Newberry Next Sat urday. After two weeks of constant practice the Gamecock te.am is rapidly rounding into shape, and Coach Foster expects to have his team in fine form for the open - ing game with Newberry on the - University Field next Saturday. Owing to the unusual conditions caused by the war the one year rule has been suspended, there by allowing the freshmen a chance to make the varsity and opening up to Coach Foster a wealth of new material. There will, therefore, be no regular freshman team; but a trip has - been secured for both the "scrubs" and the "squirts:" so t practically every man out is al most certain to make a trip. Due to the fact that there was some doubt as to Erskine playing l her schedule this year, the Caro lina management was requested to release it from its contract to play here September 29. Since then it has been definitely decid ed to put a team on the field, so it is expected that Erskine will - meet the Gamecocks here about October 19. A game with F'lor s ida at Gainesville, October 13, (CONT'INUIEI (Ix rA (:i": i""i:.) STUDENT BODY ELECTS STEADMAN PRESIDENT r Classes Also Hold Annual Elections At a meeting of the Senior class held last 'Thursday, II. P. Steadman of Inman w'.as elected president. By virtue of his being the president of the senior class. Steadman becomes ex officio pres ident of the student body for this year. The other officers elected are: G. E. Shand, vice-president; M. K. Barr, secretary: R. L. Bowen, treasurer, J. S. Schneider, his torian, and .1. H. Martin, honor committeeman. At the meeting of the Athletic Association held in chapel Satur day niorning: P. R. Burn was elected cheer leader with J. M. H-agoodl and E. P. H-od ges as as sistants. The ot her officers elect ed were: J1. M. HIagood, president -Athletic Association; C lark War ing, secretary.