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* *A6 VOL. XII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C, MARCH 7, 1919. No. 3 S. C. C. P. A. SUCCESk COKER ENTERTAINS. Big Recejtion Given Delegates. The South Carolina College Press Association held its an nual convention at Coker Col lege February 25 to 27. The various meetings were attended by a large number of represen tatives from practically every college in the State. Beginning with a lecture by Mr. Lynch of Florence on Tuesday night and ending with a banquet on Thursday, these few days pro duced the best possible program of benefit and enjoyment. The convention opened with an address of welcome by Miss Mary Byrd, president of the as sociation. Dr. E. W. Sikes then made known his delight at hav ing the delegates as guests of Coker. Mr. L. B. Woodson of Presbyterian College replied to these greetings by praising "Coker 'n everything !" The ad dress of the evening was made by Mr. Lynch. He based his remarks on several very impor tant questions of the day, com plimenting the actions of Presi. dent Wilson in securing a league of peace among the na tions and ending with an appeal tothe young journalists to serve their country by influencing the public in the right direction. The first meeting was concluded by the song, "Coker," sung by the very charming student body of the hostess college. The meeting on Wednesday morning was taken up with dis cussion relating to the maga zines. J. M. Bates of Clemson began with a talk on "Stimulat ing Contributors." This was followed by an expression of the difficulties encountered by the various editors. "College Maga zines and College Organiza tions" were discussed at length by C. B. Caughman of New berry. Miss Finley of Winthrop read a paper on "Special Is sues," and Miss Unger of Co lumbia College spoke of "Fa culty Contributors." On Wednesday afternoon the delegates enjoyed an outing at Prestwood Country Club. No official business was transacted at this time. Dr. W. L. Poteat, president of (CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE.) AS BIG S' THIS YEAR LARGE APPROPRIATION MADE BY ASSEMBLY University Will be Able -to Renovate Buildings The State legislature at its last meeting made the largest appropriation to the University that has been made in several years. Some of the items in cluded in this appropriation have been asked for by the Board of Turestees during the past several years and it is pe culiarly gratifying to the stu dents and friends of the college that they have finally succeeded in realizing these needs. An appropriation of $30,000 was made for the complete reno yation of Rutledge College. At a recent chapel meeting Dr. Cur rell announced that steps would be taken in the near future to put Rutledge in the same state of repair as DeSaussure. It is the hope of Dr. Currell and the Board of Trustees to thorough ly modernize all the dormitories within the next few years. Another item of importance was that of $3,000 for the pur pose of establishing a school of commerce and finance. This ap propriation is of immense value in the light of the recent awak ened interest in college courses for men who intend to enter the various commercial enterprises. The sum of $2,500 was set aside to .mount the telescope which was recently presented to the University by Mr. J. R. Han ahan of Winnsboro. This tele scope is to be used by the de partments of rnathematics and physics. The appropriation bill author ized the Board of Trustees to accept any gifts or donations to the University, provided these gifts involve no further financial obligations on the part of the State other than the usual appropriation. The trustees were also empowered with the right to permit the erection of a free public library on the Uni versity campus. The following isan itemized statement of the various ap propriationsa: Maintenance, .sal aries and exten (Continued on pag-e Beven) STA TE HIGH MEET COj GERMAN CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL MASK BALL Young Dancers Enjoy Long Evening of Pleasure Last Monday evening, March 3, the German Club gave its an nual mid-winter fancy dress ball at the gymnasium. About fifty couples were present and danced from 9:30 till about 4 in the morning. The gymnasium was beautifully decorated for the oc casion and the bright and varied costumes of the dancers made the scene one of fairy like gorgeousness. Halls full orches tra furnished delightful music. The dancers came masked and general dancing was allowed for about two hours. At 11 o'clock thirty masks were removed and the ball was opened with a grand march led by the club's new president, J. H. Moore, with Miss Jean Hagood of Charles ton. A card of twenty dances was then begun. About 1 o'clock during the intermission hot coffee and sandwiches were served a number of cotillon fig ures were led during which fa vors were handel out, gayly col ored caps, confetti, horns, etc. The second term officers of the German Club are: J. H. Moore, president; C. T. Waring, vice president; Bob Moorevan, secretary; William Weston, treasurer; John Simmons, senior leader; R. L. Crawford, junior leader. PROFESSOR SNOWDEN ATTENDS CONGRESS .Represents the University. Prof. Yates Snowden of the history department represented the University at the Southern Congress for a League of Na tion which was held in Atlanta February 28 and March 1. Pro fessor Snowden repofts an in teresting and instructive con ference, including lectures by Ex-President Taft, President Lowell of Harvard and Profes sor Dabney of the University of Virginia. It is rumored that one Caro lina man became so enamoured with Coker that he attempted to locate himself there permanent ly, by falling into the lake. SCHOOL VES IN MAY CAROLINA IS HOST. Young Debaters to Compete Here. The annual State high school oratorical contest, athletic meet, debate and girls' expression con test will be held at the Uni versity of South Carolina May 1 and 2. This annual State high school meet attracts attention all over the State and is one of the most important events of the school year. The executive committee of the State High School Oratori cal and Athletic Association held a called meeting in the office of President Currell on Febru ary 22nd and decided to hold the meet at the latest possible date in order to allow the school of the State that had been hit by influenza all the possible time for preparation. The date for entering a school in the State debating contest was moved from February 9th to March 25th so that every school in the State that is rated as a high school by the State high school inspector will have an opportunity to enter the con test. The bulletin giving the query for debate will be mailed not later than the 12th of March to every school in the State rated as a high school by the State in spector so that every one will have an opportunity to review the query and decide to enter the debate before the final date for closing the entree list. The schools entering the de bating league will compete in a series of preliminary debates on the query selected as has been done heretofore. After the best affirmative and best negative teams have been selected from the State these two teams will be pitted against each other on Saturday morning, May 3, in the University Chapel to decide the question of State supremacy. The school which is success ful in winning the State debat ing contest will have its name and the names of its represen tatives inscribed on the cup do nated by Governor Richard I. Manning. Any school winning the debate for two successive C'ONTINUEDn 1PROM PAGE TWO