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DR. ROPER ADDRESSES MEETING OF Y. M. C. A. Interesting Talk Made by For mer Columbia Pastor At the regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday evening, Dr. Roper, formerly pastor of Main Street Metho dist church, delivered a very inspiring address which was enjoyed by every one who head it. Dr. Roper's subject was, "Foundation for Character Building." He said that in or de,- for a character to stand it must be established upon true and firm foundations. This he ilustrated by citing the erec tion of the new postoffice which was begun more than o two years ago. The founda C tion is the part of the build " ing upon which all the rest de pends for its durability and should, therefore, be very care fully planned and constructed. 'S The principle is exactly the same in building a character as in building a house. "The first element in the building of a good character is Truthfulness. This is the mud sill of a good character. The first thing a young man or wo man should set about in life is to stick to the truth like the magnetic needle does towards the north pole. Without truth one has the contempt of all re spectable people. - The second element of a good character is honesty. It seems at present that every class of people is trying to run away with the big end of the earth. Democ racy seems to be giving away to mobocracy. One cannot vio late the rules of honesty and get away with it for sooner or later he will face exposure. We should not only let alone that which belongs to someone else, but we should seek what is our own by legal rights. In per sonal matters we should al ways give the other fellow the benefit of the doubt. We should always be honest in taking an examination. lion esty and truhtfulness are very closely related. We should not only be honest with every body else, but we should be honest with ourselves. We should be able to look the fel low we see in the mirrow every morning in the face. The third element is Duty. Duty is two fold, first, the things that we should not do and secondly, the things that we should do. If we ignore duty and seek an easy way we are no more than parasytes. The fourth is Per severence. Many people make good beginnings, but do not hold out. We make resolu tions and forget about them. If we are not truthful, honest and do not see duty and stand by it there is no future for us. But the most important foundation of all for building a good char acter is the one laid in Christ. There is nothing like a pure Christion life. There is noth ing like Christ to build fires in the human heart." Another very interesting feature of the meeting was the special music, which was fur nished by a group of girls from Chicora College. There was a large number of students at the meeting in spite of the fact that the State Fair was on. RHODES SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO McGOWAN. (CONTINUED FROM PAOR ONE.) tioned at Camp Taylor during the war, being commissioned a second lieutenant two months beforethe armistice was signed. While at the University, "Wop" made a good record both in athletics and in scholar ship. He was a member of the famous Freshman football team of 1916, played varsity guard the following year and was assistant manager of base ball during the season of 1918. In the class room, he did es pecially good work in Latin and Greek. He was president of the Euphradian Society at one time. The Remedy. At the meeting of Confeder ate veterans in Atlanta the usual protest was made about the misrepresentation of the 'South in text books. These complaints have been heard the lasttwenty years and foun dation for them is abundant. The remedy is plain. Text books are written by scholars, teachers as a rule. When the South shall be willing to give professors in colleges and teachers in schools leisure to devote themselves to writing, text books will be written, but so long as the inflexible re qluirement shall be that they teach at least fifteen or eigh teen hours a week, they will have no time and no strength to devote to anything else. In the wealthy institutions, most of them in the North, are scores and hundreds of instruc tors who are expected to spend no more than a half dozen hours a week in the lecture room. They write the text books for the country.-The State. Marshall-Frost Company 1318 Main Street Society Brand and Griffin Clothes Wingtield's Drug Store 1443 Main Street Clemson Agricultural College W. M. RIGGS, President. (a) Agriculture-Majors in: Agronomy, Botany, Chem istry, Animal Husb. & Dairying, Entomology, Veterinary Science, Horticulture, Soils. (b) Agricultural Education. (c) Agriculture, (d) Chemistry, (e) Chemical Engineer ing, (f) Civil Engineering, (g) Electrical Engineering, (h) Mechanical Engineering,** (i) Textile Engineering, (j) General Science. (Agri. & Ind. Arts Elective, Natural Science Elective, Physics & Chemistry Elective.) THE NEW MEN'S SHOP 0.4 1213 Gervais Street, Facing the Capitol, Next to New Post Office WE HAVE a new complete shop for men and catering to the 0 wants of COLLEGE STUDENTS, carrying the finest in Men's Fur nishings and the exclusive designed and tailored Strafford Clothing. Our importations of Silk Shirts and Neckwear cover a large range of Exquisite patterns, in addition carrying Men's Hats and all other gentlemen's accessories. YOUR INSPECTION IS EARNESTLY DESIRED The Folks at Home Will Enjoy Zbje Gametoth It Will Give Them All the News of Your College Life ONE DOLLAR FOR THE SEASON