Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Some More American Effi ciency. Acting on orders from the German government, the offi cers and crews of the German ships interned in American wa ters inflicted such damage upon the machinery of the vessels as they deemed absolutely certain 8to keep the ships out of ser 0vice for two years. By that time the Germans thought the war would be over. . But American efficiency and American invention effected e ,ecessary repairs in from to eight months and at a t of $273,000; the Germans a-I fi rured the cost of repairs Y2,G0,000 and the neces sary time 24 months. All of these ships, except ..e that has been sunk, are row bearing American com merce on the seas or transport ing American soldiers to Eu rope. The navy department figures that the use of these ships between the time the ships were actually repaired and the time the Germans es timated they could be repaired will be worth $240,000,000 to the government at the present rate of tonnage. The Vaterland, one of these interned ships and the largest ship afloat, is now in the United States service rena'ied the Leviathan. Americans are able to operate this ship at a higher rate of speed than the Ger mans were able to do and do this with 200 tons of coal less a day. The Leviathan has one American captain in place of' five German captains of the Vaterland, and one American chief engineer instead " of a 1 ef engineer and five assist-i I at German efficiency re u ired. e-iors at the University of. are now drawing up a for to the effect that all; ho have made a "B" or higher in a course should rot have to take an exam. Their hesitation was removed by the news that the University of Kansas had recently granted that privilege. SiIx dances, three baseball games, and two shows will fea ture the celebrations of Easter wveek at the university of Vir ginija. The first five dances( will be formal, but men will be>s allowved on the floor in the reg ular R. 0. T. C. uniform-a Wartime concession. The last will be a hop on Saturday 1 night. First year men are ex tended the privilege of attend-r ing and inviting girls to all t dances. TRUSTEES MEET The university trustees met Dn March 7. The principal busi ess on hand was the distribu 'ion of the $136,300 appropria ion which the legislature re ently granted the university. With one exception, this is the argest appropriation in Caro ina's history. In 1913 the ap 3ropriation was $137,036.21. The legislature failed to in lude in this appropriation a und for the support of the isual summer school for teach ?rs. As a result the usual sum ner school program will be tbandoned this year. The trustees took advantage >f the increased appropriation ;o increase the professor's ;alaries. This was made nec-, ,ssary by the increased cost of iving. The cost of living is tbout twice what it was a short ;ime ago. Another act of the board of ,ital interest to the student )ody was that requiring each itudent next year to deposit vith the university treasurer, he sum of $25 for a uniform. 'he government will only fur iish them uniform. STUDENTS VISIT Rialto WOFFORD COLLEGE A Standard College of the Liberal A ris For catalog and infor,mation, address HENRY N. SNYDER, President The University Press Gives Work to Students. Ten Students now Em ployed. All Kinds of Printing The University Bulletins, The Gamecock, The Carolinian, Stationery, Cards. Carolina's Baseball Schedule. April 2-Davidson in Colum bia. April 3-Davidson in Colum bia. April 4-Un. N. C. in Co lumbia. April 6-Citadel in Colum bia. April 11-U. of Va. in Co lumbia. April 12-Trinity in Colum bia. April 13-Trinity in Colum bia. April 17-Erskine in Co lumbia. April 19-Wake Forest in Columbia. April 20-Wake Forest in Columbia. '1 April 23-Wake Forest at Wake Forest. April 24-Trinity at Trinity. April 25-U. N. C. at Chapel Hill. April 26-Guilford a t Greensboro. April 27-Davidson at Dav idson. April 29-Guilford in Co lumbia. May 3-Furman in Colum bia. May 4-Newberry in Colum bia. May 8-Wofford in Colum bia. May 10-Furman in Green ville. May 11-Wofford in Spar anburg. May 1.6-Newberry in New berry. May 17-P. C. in Clinton. The Great Duty. As we go about our daily ;asks in peace and safety men re dying every minute on the attlefields of Europe to save :ivilization. Our own gallant!' toldiers are shedding their >lood in France and our sail rs engulfed in the waters of ;he Atlantic as they go in de 'ense of America's rights and onor. Upon our performance of ;he work committed to us de >end the lives of thousands of nen and women, the fate of nany nations, the preservation )f civilization and humanity tself; and the more efficient tnd prompt we people of America are in dloing our >art, the more quickly will this var come to an end and the1 treater the number of our sol liers and sailors who will be aved from death and suffering mnd the greater number of the >eop)le of other nations releas d from bondage and saved rom death. To work, to save, to econo nize, to give financial support o the government is a duty of he nation and to the warrl Students' Accounts Solicited Lower Main St. Bank We furnish the Football Teams Watch the Equipment It will lead them to many a victory. S. B. McMaster, Inc. * Star Laundry Service at S. C. University Our Campus Agent MR. C. D. BARR, JR. Ten. 27, Room 16. Woodrow College Leave Laundry There See us before buy ing your Furniture H. A.Taylor, Inc. FURNITURE Main Street COLUMBIA LAUNDRY ODERN AND ODEL Up-to-Date John Schneider," Campus Rep. PHONE 254 1323 Taylor St. Columbia FURNITURE for every room in the house R. C. Williams & Sons COLUMBIA, S. C. THE PALMETTo BARBER SHOP Give us a trial and we will please you BA SEiIME NT PaIlmetto Bid.