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MAJ. DUVALL PLANS DANCE FOR FAIR WEEK Other Items of Interest From ' Camp of Training Corps The Reserve Officers Train ing Corp at the university has begun work in earnest and un der the competent leadership of Major Duvall, is enjoying the best program of its three years' eyistence here. There are 14' tMen. enlisted li the corp, most of them.Sophomdres and 1 reshmen. Five men who have seen service in the regu lar army are giving part of their time as assistants to the commandant. Companies A. and B have been formed with practically 75 men each. No officers have yet been appointed to perma nent -positions, the system thus far carried out behig the ap pointment of temporary cor porals, sergeants, - etc., every two weeks. Those proving their superior qualities to command will be selected later on. An order for woolen uni iforms has been sent in and they are expected to arrive at an early date. The text books for classroom work will proba bly be here in the next week or two. Classes are being carried on without them, however, the instructors giving lectures on various military subjects. Major Duvall is making plans for a dance to be given on Friday of Fair Week under the auspices of the R. O. T. C. This will take place in the university gymnasium and will be open to everybody who pays the admis sion fee of $1.50. Punch will be served by the entertainment committee and a down-town cafeteria will have a booth in the hall where those desiring other refreshments may secure them. Ladies will be admitted free. R. O. T. C. students will not be required to wear uniforms, although it is requested by the commandant that all who can will do so, in order to give the dance a military air. Tickets will be on sale at the Treas user's office and those who de sire to purchase them should do so immediately as the commit tee wishes to know now many will be present. The Poor Bird. Cartoons Magazine. Wifey-You have not said a word about the bird on my new hat. Hubby-I have not seen the bill yet. PRESSLEY ADDRESSES MEETING OF Y. M. C. A. Noted Physician Makes Mas terful Speech to Large Audience Dr. E. W. Pressly, formerly lieutenant colonel in the Medi cal Corps of the United States army, in charge of the Base Hospital at Camp Sevier and at one time president of the South Carolina Medical Asso ciation, lectured at the regular Wednesday night meeting of the Y. M. C. A. He told to those present that within ten years practically every medical col lege in the country would re quire a student to bean A. B. or B. S. graduate before they could begin the study of medi cine, because the profession was becoming to demand such experienced men. He spoke on the Christian physician. "Time rolls its ceaseless course, time has not swallowed up the achievements of hands, hearts, minds and talents of men of the past. You will take our places, young men of today, profit by study, debate and by engaging in anything which can be per formed in a gentlemanly way; above all be a gentleman. To be a gentleman, 'one must walk uprightly, work righteousness and speak the truth. There are two kinds of physi cians; first, there is the physi cian who practices medicine as a profession-it is midnight, a storm of mud and rain is rag ing, before sleep comes to him, he receives a call that a neigh bor's wife is in desperate need -true to tradition, true to his profession, he goes through rain and mud, he finds the hus band beside the bed of his pale wife. Hp does an operation, restores her sound and well to her husband. He goes back home, cold and exhausted, thanking God that he was able to do the thing in the right, do ing his Christian as well as his profesional duty. "Then sec ond, i t is mid-morning in spring the birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom. A physi cian rides out in his Twin Six, finds same case as in picture one, performs same operation, with the same result. He goes home thinking of how many dollars he can wring for that operation ; this is done from the wrong motive, and such men are sucking the blood of their fellow beings. The former was a real physician and the latter a product of a money lover,"~ he said. Norman Huckabee visited his parents in Camden last Sunday. INTELLIGENCE TESTS GIVEN TO FRESHMEN Experiment Will Most Likely Result in Permanent Adoption Intelligence tests similar to those given by tie United States 'government/ in examin ing men for the 'army during the war days are now being given to freshmen at the Uni versity of South Carolina. These examinations are in the nature of experiments with the uni versity, but they may have a significant meaning for future classes as it is planned to judge a student by the response he gives'to the test and thereby be able to place him in the proper classification. During the last two days a number of examinations have have been conducted by several professors with interesting re sults. The tests are' what are known as mental Intelligence examinations and give a clear idea of the mental status of a freshman or any other student. Early last summer the uni versity determined to give the tests and ordered i number of different kinds in order to get a line on the various aptitudes of the students. In this man ner if a student is found to be good in. mathematics, English, HABENICI McDOUGA Athletic I "As Copeland Goes, LEARN l CLOTHING HAT! Stylplus Stetsc Alco Trimb Hirsh-Wickwire Hole .proof*i i i Hoisery 1835 MAIN STRE Wingtield's 1443 Ma: reasoning or other branches of studies he can be easily placed along the right course or aided in the study he is not apt in. While the tests being given now are merely experiments they may be used to classify students in the future. CASE FOR MOOT COURT The first civil suit of the ses sion was held at the regular* meeting of the Law Association Thursday evening. The case on docket was that of-James Andrews vs. Southern R. R. Co. The plaintiff alleged that he had been severely injured, due to the negligence of the defen dant, when he had been struck by a bird dog which, in turn, had been struck by the train of the defendant running at an excessive rate of speed through the populous city of Ledburg. After the attorneys had put up able and' brilliant . argu ments in favor of their clients, Dean Thomas, who was sitting as trial judge, ably charged the jury what the law really was. The jury retired and could not agree, and the case, therefore, resulted in a mistrial. The plaintiff was represent ed by D. M. Winter and S. Wengrow. The defense by Messrs. MacDonald & Lee. V. W. Sanders spent the week-end at his home in Aiken. 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