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UNIV. OF SO; CAROLINA With Which is Incorporated THE CAROLINIAN Vor. XI. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COLUMBIA. S. C.. NOVEMBER 20. 1917 No I FURMAN DOWNED IN HARD FOUGHT GAME Carolina Backfield Develops Old Time Drive. Score 26 to 0 Developing a drive that could not be stayed, Carolina's backs, aided b y the splendid work of t he line crashed thru four 14 minute peroids to a brilliant vic tory of 26 to 0 over Furman a t the Per Dee fair i n Florence. Though lacking two of i t s reg ular backs, Turner and Osborne, the team put up decidedly t h e best exhibition, both offensively and defensivlyshown this season. Only after a penalty of half the distance to the goal for what the umpire considered enough play, did Furman threalen Carolinr's goal, the rest of t*he game being in Furmans teritory. I n eveay phasa of the game Carolina ex eelled, Brown, Lindsay, and war ing plowed thru the line.for long, and ccnsist nt gains while Sea- I ( born showed h is usual drive1 i eround the ends. I n t h e line every Carolinean i seemed t o star. Only once did Furman make a first down by % line plunges. Furman's foward N passing was good, but the B.-b- I tist lost the ball on intercepted r passes three timesin their own teritory. Here Smith showed his alertness, the curley headed cen- s ter grfbbing no less than three v aed the townring Seaborn one. Warieg line plunging was the I best o f t h e backfield work. Clark and Weston did well at the t ends, especially going down nn- I der pvnts, when they repeately downed Furman's Safety man in',. tracks, Carolina won the toss and Speer < kicked off to Brown who came r back ten yards. An exchange I of punts, a forward pass, and a v series of line plunges carried the v ball across for the first touch- I down. Hampton kicked goal. i The first quarter ended with Car- t olina's ball on the 22 yard line. I A bunch of blocked forward s passes gave Furman the ball on f her eight yard line. Western blocked Speer's kick, shot under 1 the fence and. recovered the ball - for a touchdown. Two intercepted forward pass es, two line plunges, and an end i run brought the ball to Furman' s r two yard line. Seaborn carried I it across. Hampton kicked goal. c In the last quarter the Game- t cocks carried the ball on a 11 straight march to the 25 yard ia F. A. V. FALL DANCE DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR One of Biggest and Best Events of Carolina's So cial Season "Alas! for those who never lance-But die with all their music in them." Such seemed the sentiment of those "who lanced" at the breaking up of the first annual fall dance of the F. A. V. Club Saturday morning Iovember 10th, at about two P. M. And if the second "annual" mnd all the other "annuals" of :his organization equal its first, ;hen long live the F. A. V. Club! For it was a very successful, well >lanned and well carried out 'unction from start to finish. ['he invitations were pretty and Lttractive and the dance cards teat and cleverly gotten up. The latter especially showed areful and original work --and iobody failed to mention them. )n the front cover a ribbon bear ng the monogram of the club -an diagonally across. The above ised quotation stood on the in ide the cover and on the back vas one from Julius Caesar: "If ve meet again we shall smile, f not, then this parting was well nade." Toasts "to the chaperones" and 'to our partners" found a place omewhere within its covers vhich still gave space for the 'club roll" the "committee on he dance" and the "has beens." After a preliminary (lance or, wo, the opening figure w a s' ormed and led by the club's, resident, B. R. Earle with Miss ane Tucker Fisher. Then the ard of twenty dances began and ontinued till two o'clock. A iew feature was introduced just efore the intermission. This i vas the "F. A. V. Special" in vhich only those twenty odd toys, who wore the distinguish- t ng purple satin ribbon across heir shirt fronts, participated. t ffl during the dance, punch and ' herbet was to be had from a f rom a huge bowl in the corner. t Club officers: B. R. Earle, res., A. L. Ward law. vice-pres., t ne, where Seaborn dashed 22 ore to the three yard line. Here 'urman stiffened and held on the< ne-foot line. Speer kicked to a Brown and Carolina resumed i er march, a line plunge by War- . ur netting- the last touchdown. INTERESTING CASES UP BEFORE MOOT COURT Co-eds on Counsel for First Time in History of Association. At t h e convening of Moot Court on Thursday evening, No vember 8th, a large crowd had gathered to hear the trial of the case of State vs. Shade Johnson, indicted for arson. This was a very interesting case, not only on account of its merits, but more especially be cause of the fact that for the first time in the history of the Moot Court of the university, or in the courts of the State, women appeared as of counsel in the conduct of the case. The at torneys in the case were, for the State, Solicitor C. L. Shealy, as sisted by Mrs. M. L. Holman and H. C. Bowen; for the defend ant, C. H. Wells, Miss Claudia J. Sullivan, and J. L. Palmer. The case was tried before His Honor J. Nelson Frierson. Shade Johnson (impersonated by Mr. J. I). Dusenbury) was charged with the burning of a store building, on the first floor of which the prosecuting witness (Mr. J. C. Kearse) conducted a Zrocery store, the second story being occupied by the proprietor ind his assistant as sleeping ipartments. The State was un ible to prove beyond a reasonable loubt that defendant was guilty )f the crime charged, and the jury, after being out for some :ime, returned and announced :hru Mr. Murchison, foreman, -hat they were unable to agree, md a mistrial was ordered. The case coming up for trial at 1oot Court on November 15th, vas that of Frank. Price vs. ,ounty Fair Associatjon, suit for )500 damages for loss of a work )f art. Attorneys appearing in he case were J. C. Kearse, C. L. shealy, and W. E. Bowen, for' laintiff; J. D. Dusenbury, J. B. Vliller, and M. K. Barr, for de 'endant. This case was also ward by His Honor J. Nelson "rierson. This was a suit for he loss of an oil painting, valued tt $500, sent by the artist, Frank 3rice, to the County Fair Asso :iation, to be placed on exhibition it the fair held in September. ['he plaintiff alleged negligence mn the part of the defendant in iot using duc care in shipping he picture back to plaintiff. The (CONTINiURD ON P7RTilRf COL DAVIS APPOINTS TEMPORARY OFFICERS Keith and Dennison Assist ants With Rank of Lieu tenant Colonels On November 7th, temporary appointments of officers were made. Professors O. L. Keith and H. E. Dennison were desig nated by Pres. Currell as assist ants in the Department of Mili tary Science. Accordingly they were appointed instructors with the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Students. The follow ing students were appointed tem porarily to be Corporals: Dusenbury, J. D., Earle, B. R., Mobley, H. C., Beckham, W. K., Canady, D. R., Huff, P. D., Hampton, H. R. E., Porcher, W. B., Shand, G. E., Wardlaw, A. L., Miller, R. I)., Baker, P. R.. Kearse, J. C., Simkins, F. R., Wells, C. R., Bowen, R. L.,. Rog ers, S. D., Price, M. W., Burn, P. R., Moorman, R., Derieux, T. B. Haigler, P. F., Rice, J. B., Trotter, W. L. K., West, T., Ay cock, L. M., Nance, C., Riley, T. C., Hagood, J. M., Sifford, J. P., I Weisiger, W. M., Buchanan. G. A., Prioleau, W. H., Means, J. W., Woody, J. H.. Latimer, C. T., Gage, G. Until officers are appointed permanently the senior non-com missioned officer will be in charge and the various officers will be held according to seniority. Soon however there will be a regular appointment of men to the va rious offices. Mcllwain, W. A. was also ap pointed temporary Corporal but has been unable to enjoy his command owing to an inoppor tune case of German measles. S. C. C. P. A. CONVENTION Gamecock Men Leave For Rock Hill Carolina will send four repre sentatives to the College Press Association which will be held this year at Rock Hill on Novem ber 22 and 23. Our men will leave Wednesday afternoon to be present at the first meeting. Wednesday evening. The representatives are, Cyrus L. Shealy, E. P. Hodges, J, C'. Kearse and G. A. Buchanan. Mr. Kearse is the first vice p)residlent of the association, a n d Mr. Hodges is a member of the exe