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oL. XIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., OCT. 16, 1919. Nn A R. MORSE LECTURES ON NEGRO PROBLEM iscusses Question of Politi cal Rights and Duty to Country An inspiring address was ade to a large crowd at the gular Wednesday night eeting of the Y. M. C. A. by r. Morse. He told of the eat war that has just passed, nd of the dawning of a new a, wherein the minds of men ave changed; they have a new ision and look at things from different point of view. He oke of the race riots through t the country, of the differ t lynchings especially in eorgia and that they would ntinue for some considerable me. The Negro, he said, was assing through one of the ost restless periods in his his ry; he has a new mind, es ecially the ones who were in e army. He stated that there ere at least 350,000 Negroes service 75 per cent. of which ould not read or write and had ever been in a large city or een any of the outside world. e shall have to grant that the egro has made more progress ince his liberation in the sixties han any other class; he con rasted them with the Russiar erfs, who have made very lit le progress in a much longer ime. He advocated that the egro sometime in the future ould be on the same levc ith the white man. The Ne ro, he stated, was willing and ould take advice from his hite superior. To better him ommittees of the most prom ent white in each community the South, should be appoint d to meet the Negroes in speci ed places and advise them long the best lines. He stated, that, the women ould soon have the franchise. hey bought liberty bonds and ar saving stamps, did Red ross work, took men's places n banks, offices, factories, and ven on the farms. The meet g was then turned ito a dis ussion of questions asked by ose interested in the subjects resented. A meeting of the Gamecock taff is called for tomorrow aft r chapel. Every new member surged to be present as mat ers of importance will be dis EXCITING GAME WON BY UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA First Quarter Allowed to Run Thirty-Seven Minutes Scores Come in Last Athens, Ga., Oct. 11.-The University of Georgia emerged victor in the game with the University of South Carolina here this afternoon by the score of 14 to 0. The victory was due chiefly to dazzling end runs by Reynolds in the first quar ter. After this score, the visitors stopped everything that the Georgians had to offer. The Gamecocks opened up a for ward pass attack, interspersed with end runs and line plunges that carried the ball to Geor gia's 10 yard line. At this point, the officials disallowed a forward pass that was real ity legal and! the drive was Ed Smith, Center thus checked. The third quarter went scoreles, with Georgia on the defensive most of the time. In the fourth quarter, Carolina renewed its attack in a desper ate effort to tie the score, and again carried the ball to Geor gia 10-yard line, but at this point Reynolds intercepted a pass and probably saved the game for the Red and Black. The light Carolina team had about exhausted its strength and the locals managed to score again in the last minutes t'CONTrINUED) ON PAGE 3.) LITERARY SOCIETIES HAVE INTERESTING HISTORY Euphradian and Clariosophic Organized in 1806-Hypa tian Hundred Years Later Shortly after the opening of the South Carolina College in 1805 the students formed among themselves a literary society, to which they gave the name of Philomathic. It ex isted until the beginning of 1806, when it was decided that the interests of the institution demanded the establishment of two literary societies. Two members from the same district were chosen to divide the mem bers and funds of the Philoma thic Society. Two brothers, James and Joseph Lowry were selected to perform this duty. These two as "captains" among the students assembled on the campus "threw up heads and tails for the first choice." Ir this way the selection was made and the roll of the Clariosophic and Euphradian Societies determined. On the 6th of February, 1806, the two new societies met for the first time at dif ferent hours in the old chapel. Here they continued to meet or Saturday alternately after din ner and after supper until 1820 when they moved into new quarters. The Clariosophic Society opened with a roll of twenty-four members, which must have also been the num ber in the sister society. The relations of the two so. cieties towards each other have always been friendly; a generous rivalry was main tained, which was rarely inter rupted. In selecting room mates and friends society lines have not been considered. Th whole proceedings of the societies were secret until the spring of 1915. Since then only the meaning of the insignas of the societies are kept secret. In the ante-bellum days the two societies embraced the en tire student body nearly equ ally divided between them, al though there was no require ment that a student should join either. For some years, since the college was reopened in 1880, the life of the societies has not been as vigorous as in (CONTINUED) ON PAGE 4.) ENGINEERING SCHOOL TRIES NEW EXPERIMENT Co-operative Plan Affords Students Opportunity to Pay Own Expenses The Engineering School at the University like everything else has the laigest ztrollment of its history. The tota! num ber now registered is 66 or twice as much as it ever has been. Perhaps one thing that contributes to the success of this school is the excellent equipment with which it is provided and the competent men at its head. Men comi pleting the course are given the degree of C. E., which can not be obtained at most col leges in South Carolina. A new feature of the school is the co-operative course in augurated by Prof. Homes. This gives students a chance to work and attend -chool at the same time. Employment is se cured outside and students work two weeks in every month. The school term is thus lengthened to six years br.t the practical kunowledge thus obtained is worth much to those taking this work. About 50 men wrote to Prof. Homes for informnuation regard ing the co-operat've plan and most of them signcd for it. The various business corpora tions that employ men for such work were enthusiastic over the plan and many have given positions to students in this deqpartment. such positions will probably lead to perman ent employment after gradu ation. Some of the firms doing this are: The Atlantic Coast Line, Southern Bell Telephone Co., Fowler Battery Co., Gibbes Machinery Co., and the State Highway Commission. Al though this is partly an experi ment yet it is proving itself very successful and will most likely grow beyond all expecta tions. Dr. W. S. Currel, president of the Universty, left last Sat urday to attend the cotton con ference being held in New Or leans. Maj. Duvall will assist Mr. Van Meter in gym work during the fall. Classes in fencing and broad sword are being ar rand.