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STATE HIGH SCHOOL EDITION VO . xII. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C, MAY 14, 1919. No. 6 STA TE HIGI MEET AT Athletic Contest Held on Davis Field. MANY STUDENTS HERE. Extension Department and Y. M. C. A. Take Charge of Intertainment. The Annual High School events that were held at the Uni versity the first week in May brought together more than 150 High School boys, girls and teachers. The different honors were fought for with a vigor and sportsmanship that did credit to all concerned. The vis itors began to arrive Wednesday noon and came in increasing numbers until Friday morning. Mr. Hancock and the Y. M. C. A. cabinet members handled the reception and locating of the vis itors in a manner that was en tirely satisfactory. Mrs. Park inson and the young ladies who live in the Co-Ed dormitory made all the girls who came to the University feel that it was a real privilege to be a Co-Ed at the University of South Carolina. Coach Foster and representa fIves from the different teams put the track meet across with dispatch and skill, the weather man came to the rescue Friday morning with good warm sun shine and made the track much faster than it was last year. The breaking of two State records is sufficient evidence of the good condition of the field. The unsettled conditions in the country and the influenza epi demic cut the attendance to about half of what the promoters had hoped for, but plans are already under way to make the next High School Track Meet, Ora torical contest and Debate the greatest ever held in this State.' Other State universities have much larger attendance than we have here at Carolina. Florida this year had 600 high school boys in attendance at the annual Florida High School Tract Meet and the Extension Department of the University of South Car olina is going to leave nothing undone to try to bring three or four hundred boys and girls to the University next year for the annual contests. f SCHOOLS UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL EXERCISES FOR DEAD HEROES HELD Dr. Whaling Delivers Address of the Occasion. Memorial exercises dedicating trees to the memory of Caro lina's twenty-eight fallen sons were held Tuesday afternoon, April 29. The opening exercises began in the chapel where sim ple but expressive services were carried out. The chapel was well filled by the large audience of relatives, friends, members of the faculty, and students who gathered to pay tribute to the boys who have gone. After the invocation by the Rev. E. A. Penick, Jr., rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, the address of greeting was made by Dr. W. S. Currell. Speaking of our duty in this life and refer ring to the men who have given their lives for their country, Dr. Currell declared that "their no ble example pleads trumphet tongued to us to crush out of our lives everything sordid, mean, petty, to follow after the worthiest till we die." Miss Louise Jones read a poem which she had written in honor of the heroes. Music was furnished by an orchestra and a quartet composed of Donald Sanders, E. P. Hodges, Maj. A. W. Chair sell and Maurice Matteson. Dr. Thornton Whaling deliver ed the address of the occasion. "These men have not died in vain," said Dr. Whaling, "but have died that the world might be relieved from tyranny and it is due to them, the most prec ious youths of our fair land, that we are living in a decent world. The people will sing in the fu ture 'God Save the People,' and not 'God Save the King," as serted the speaker. When the services in the chapel had been concluded those attending formed a procession and marched to the corner of Green and Bull Streets where the formal dedication of the twenty-eight elm trees was be gun. The procession was com posed of fathers and mothers of the boys, friends from all sec (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10.) CAROLINA T - WINS FR( FANT KELLY WINS CON TEST OVER OPPONENTS Union Retains Wisepape Cup for One Year. Union wins again this year in the inter-high school declama tion contest. Fant Kelly, who was one of the winning debaters from Union last year, was de cided the best speaker by the judges, L. L. Hardin, B. J. Win FANT KELLY, OF UNION gard and the Rev. E. D. Kerr. His declamation was "The Les sons of War." Jack Tierney of Greenville, speaking on "Amer ica's yUncrowned Queen," \won second place and W. Cherry of Winthrop Training School, won third place with "Wilson's Peace Address." The fourth place was won by Charles Young of Green wood, whose declamation was, "Wilson's Boston Speech." Having won the declamation contest, Union will keep the Wisepape trophy cup, which Macbeth Wagner won last year for Union. In addition, the win ner will receive a gold medal of fered by the Columbia Bank. The second and third place winners will receive medals offered by T. S. Bryan and S. E. Hendrix. T. B. Thackston of Hastoc, Neville Bennett of Clio, and Lesley Denniston of Sumter were given honorable mention in the preliminaries. Miss Elizabeth Douglas of Clinton won first place in the (Continued on page 12) RACK TEAM )M FURMAN Hampton and Mann Show Fine Form. WON BY SCORE OF 55 TO 44. Furman Team Fails to Over come Lead of Gamecocks Made Early in Meet. The second track meet with Furman was won by the Game cocks on last Saturday by a score of 55 to 44. The sprints and long runs were run in the public road that passes throu the campus at Furman and the records made in these events were not breaking ones by any means. The features of the meet were the vaulting of O'Dell and the 440-run as "pulled off" by Hampton. McAllister, who is a letter man of Georgia Tech and captain of the Baptist team, showed up well for Furman. For Carolina the stars were Hamp ton and Mann. The events and the winners were as follows: One Hundred Yard Dash Mann, Carolina eleven, second; Wright, Furman, second, and McAlister, Furman, third. Running High Jump-Hamp ton, Carolina, first, 5 feet 7; Ervin, Carolina, and McMan way, Furman. Half Mile-Gambrell, Fur man, 2:21; Barr, Carolina, and Hawkins, Furman. Running Broad Jump-Caro lina, 21 feet, 2 inches; McAlister, Furman, and Hampton, Caro lina. Two Hundred and Twenty Yard Dash-Mann, Carolina, 22 seconds; Wright, Furman, and Smith, Carolina. Discus Throw - Hampton, Carolina, 94 feet, 9 inches; Odell and Wright, Furman. Pole Vault-Odell, Furman, 11 feet; Ervin, Carolina, and Mc Manaway and McAlister (tied), Furman. 440 Yard Dash-Hampton, Carolina; Smith, Carolina, and Gambrell, Furman. Shotput - Odell, Furman, 34 :11; McManaway and Mc Leod, Furman. Hurdles-Hampton, Carolina; McManaway and McAlister, Furman. Mile Run-Vain, Carolina; Gambrell, Furman, and Ervin, Carolina.