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With Which is Incorporated THE CAROLINIAN _ VorL. XI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., NOVEMBER 6, 1917. No. 4 CAROLINA PROFESSORS IN GOVERNMENT TASKS Eleven Faculty Members En gaged in Government . Tasks Since the declaration of war with Germany the University of South Carolina has given the services of eleven of its profes sors to governmental tasks which have developed as a result of the war. Nine of these are on leave of absence from the University, giving full time to their duties, and two are devoting a part of their energy to outside tasks while continuing their connection with the university. Professors F. W. Bradley put' F. G. Potts, of the modern lan guages faculty, and James Wood row, professor of mathematics, received commissions from the first training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe in the adjutant general's department of the army. . James E. Mills, professor of chemistry, has been appointed captain of engineers and is now undergoing training at a camp near Washington. He will serve as a chemist. M. Goode Homes, dean of the departmen of civil engineering, is a captain of engineers, sta tioned at Marfa, Texas, where he is engaged in construction work for the government. Dr. Josiah Morse, professor of sociology and philosophy, has re cently been appointed director of Red Cross activities for South Carolina and field director of the work at Camp Jackson. Last week Prof. George Mc Cutchen, of the economics de partment, left for Washington where he assumed duties as su pervisor of inspection of meats in several states. Dr. Reed Smith, professor of English, is giving half of his time to work of the State Council of Defense, of which he is execu tive secretary. Stephen Taber, professor of geology, recently prepared for the government a bulletin show ing kinds and location of certain mineral deposits of this State. Prof. Taber is State geologist. Prof. Oscar L. Keith and Prof. Victor E. Rector have been as sisting in the work of organiza tion for Liberty bond and food conservation movements, serving at the direction of the food com mission and State Council of Defense. KOSMOS CLUB HEARS SPLENDID ADDRESSES Stephen Lauzanne and Gov. Whitman of New York are Speakers M. Stephane Lauzanne, the' distinguished editor of Le Ma tin, of Paris, who gave a very Iremarkable lecture in the Uni versity chapel, Friday evening, delivered a message equally impressive to the members and guests of the Cosmos Club Sat urday evening at the home of Col. August Kohn. A distinguishei assemblage welcomed the Frech editor, among whom we e Gov. ChaQ. S. Whitman of New York, Gov. Manning of South Ca:rolina, Maj. Gen. Charles J. Bailey, commander of Camp Jackson, many officers attached to the camp, members of the Cosmos club and prominent ci'izens of Columbia who were guests of the club. Beyond a doubt there was not present a man whose sym pathies have not alway,' been with France from the begin ning of the great war; but there was not one whose sjmpathies and whose understanding and love for France were not more deeply stirred ard enhanced by the eloquence o; the great French editor. Hi3 was the voice of "La BAlle France," and with the grace that enly a Frenchman can command he told the story of the sufferings, the heroism, the sacrifices of his country in such a manner as to bind more c'os 1/ to her than ever the hear's and affec tions of his hearers. M. Lauzanne spoke with deep feeling of the Lrivery and devotion of the soldiers of France . "It is the men of France, the soldiers, who are the great and inspiring exam ple." He told of what Gener al Petain, the hero of Verdun, said to a newspaper corres pondent. "Do not speak of me," said the gereral, "do not speak of the offices s. Tell about the men. We, the chiefs, can only kneel down before them." He desribed the situa tion at Verdun, the trenches of the French army on thi; side, those of the Germans on that side, and between them a ridge a summit, which was no man 's land, down the slopes of which (CONTINUED ON P'AGE SIX. NOTED FRENCH EDITOR SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY "Fighting France" Subject of Address by Stephane Lauzanne. M. Stephane Lauzanne, distin guished editor of the Paris Le Matin, and head of the French national commission in America, made a stirring address on the part of France in the war in chapel last Friday. M. Lauzanne, who makes a splendid appear ance, used very concise and ef fective English. M. Lauzanne traced briefly the part played by the French in the war since 1914. In touching on its causes, he quoted from a tele gram from the ex-czar of Russia to Emperer William of Germany in which the former urged that the question be placed be fore the Hague Tribunal. This was suppressed by the German authorities because "it was not of interest!'' A part of his address was de voted to the question of Alsace Lorraine. He stressed the fact that these provinces were essen tially French in population-that they were acquired by France by friendly and peaceful methods ahd were taken forceably by Germany against the loud pro tests of their inhabitants. To show the sentiments of the population of these provinces, Mr. Lauzanne stated that despite the fact thas Germany had held them since 1870, only four natives of Alsace-Lorranne were now serving as officers in the German armies and several hundred in those of France. "The impression is abroad," said Mr Lauzanne, "that France is exhausted. This is untrue. At the Battle of the Marne, France had an army of 1,500,000 men; today France has 2,700,000 men in arms - this is how France is exhausted! "In 1914, we were manu f actur ing 12,000 shells per day; today, 250,000 - This is how France is exhausted! "Today a half million loyal Frenchmen are working in the munition and gun factories. France has, to date, borrowed only $2,000,000,000 abroad. Loy al Frenchmen have loaned her $18.000,000.000. "And today on the Western front the French are holding 300 miles of the allied front-over (C'ONTINUERD ON PAGE EIGHT) ERSKINE TAKES SLOW GAME FROM CAROLINA Spill Football Dope and Win Game by One Point Margin Spilling all football dope the Erskine Seceders defeated the crippled Gamecock eleven in the first game played between the two institutions for several years, winning by a 14 to 13 score. An unfriendly gust of wind meant a missed goal and an Erskine vic tory, but such is life. The game was one of contrasts, the Erskine team showing unexpected speed and knowledge of football; Caro lina an almost entire lack of teamwork and none of the drive which characterized the other games of the season. The game was marred by fre quent fumbles and penalties by the Gamecocks. These probably were the greatest cause of their small score. The few times they had possession of the ball were of little value. A penalty or fumble left them with no alter native but to kick. Carolina was also crippled by the absence of Turner and Smith and Brown for the greater part of the game. Osborne, the Gamecock quarter, was also handicapped by a broken rib, sustained in the first play. Colie Seaborn was as usual the star for Carolina, crossing the line for both of the Gamecock's touchdowns and was one of the few Carolina backs who even tried to play a defensive game. Phillips, sensation of the Ches ter-Florence football game last year, was easily the Seceders best bet altho Gault did some of the best sidestepping seen on the university field. Neither team seemed to be able to make much headway in the first quarter, altho Erskine had possession of the ball by far the greater part of the period. Car olina had already begun work and the fumbles and penalties had al ready begun to exact their toll. At the beginning of the second quarter the Gamecocks lost twen ty yards by two penalties, and were forced to kick. A forward pass by Phillips to Gault for 25 yards, an exchange of kicks and second pass from Phillips to Blakeley spelled Erskine's first touchdown. Rogers kicked goal. Carolina evened things up in the third period when Hampton recovered a fumbled punt on the (ONhTINUI'R ON P AGE TIlltREE.)