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vol,. XIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S, C., JAN. 15, 1920. No 12 MEETING 01 BRINGS GO Athletic System Completely Reorganized by Board ENTIRELY NEW PLAN Motion Made to Erect Homes for University Professors on Sumter and College Streets The most important feature of the trustees meeting, held in the library several weeks ago, was the complete reorganiza tion of the athletic system at the University. Upon the sug gestion of the University al umni association the board adopted a plan which provided for the placing of all matters connected with the manage ment of athletics inthe hands of an athletic board, to take the place of the present ath letic advisory board. The new organization will comprise two members of the faculty, includ ing the president of the Univer sity, two members from the stu dent body and two members from the alumni association, the faculty members to be named by the faculty, the- stu dent representatives by the stu dent body and the alumni mem bers by the alumni council of the alumni association. The present athletic advisory board is practically similar in per sonnel with the one exception that it is largely made up of ex-officio members while the new body will include only especially elected representa tives with the exception of Dr. W. S. Currell, who represents the faculty as the president of the institution and, therefore, concerned in all matters of Uni versity administration. Under the plan as adopted the athle tic board will be the supreme authority inall questions relat ing to athletics, its decision be ing final in all matters except such cases in which its author ity may be limited by action of the board of trustees or faculty of the University. The plan also includes the authorization by the board of trustees of the establishment of a faculty manager of athletics, to be a regular member of the University faculty and the per (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2.) TRUSTEES OD RESULTS CAROLINA DELEGATES ATTEND CONVENTION Interesting Season of Confer ences Proves Helpful and Instructive The university was repre sented by five male delegates, one coed, Secretary Bell and Professor Riviere at the puad rennial meeting of the Student Volunteer Convention held in Des Moines recently. This was the largest delegation from any male institution in the state and the second largest of all the in stitutions, Winthrop having the largest number of representa tives present. Between seven and eight thousand students. from at least forty-two different countries at tended the convention. Ses sions were held during practi cally every hour of the (lay and for several ho,w each evening. Speakers of world wide renown presented the call of the times to those assembled. The key note of the whole series of meetings was the opportunity the present day students have for Christianizing the world. Sherwood Eddy, the great (Continued on Page 3.) Dr. Frank UNI VERSITY TO BE HON( FAMOUS KENTUCKIAN COMES HERE TONIGHT Distinguished University Pre sident to Speak at State Capitol Dr. Frank McVey, who is to deliver the principal address of the Founders' Day exercises at the State House tonight is Pres ident of the Universityof Ken Lucky, and one of the South's greatest orators. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1893 and two years later re ceived his Ph.D at Yale. lie was an editorial writer in New York (luring part of the year 1895, taught in the Teacher's College (Columbia) during the :ession of 1895-6, and was pro fessor of economics at the Uni versity of Minnesota from 1896 to 1907. He was elected pres ident of the University of North I)akota in 1909 and served in that capacity until 1917, when he was chosen president of the University of Kentucky, the po sit ion which he now holds. Since the year 1896, Dr. Mc Vey has been very prominent in the field of economic endeav (Continued on Page 7.) L. McVev FOUNDERS )RED TODA Y Exercises to be Held in. Chapel this Afternoon STATE HOUSE TONIGHT First Celebration of This Event to be Held in Several Years Due to War Conditions Exercises commemorating the one hundred and eigh teenth anniversity of the found ing of the university will be held today in the chapel and this evening at the State Capi tol. It has been the custom to celebrate this event here since 1910, but the authorities were compelled to postpone it for the last two years. The procession of facuity members, students, alumni and visitors will begin at the library at 3:15 this afternoon and march to the chapel, where the exercises are to be held. Lieu tenant-Governor Junius T. Liles will preside. Addresses will be made by W. C. Mann, representing the students; Hon. Christie Benet, of the alumni, and Dr. David M. Douglas, President of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Mu sic will be rendered by a local orchestra. The night session will be held in the State Capitol at 8 o'clock, where Governor Rob ert A. Cooper will preside. The addres_ of the evening will be delivered by Dr. Frank L. Mc Vey, President of the Univer sity of Kentucky. Following this, the alumni will entertain at a smoker to be given in Flinn Hall on the university campus. Modern Dormitory Finished. The work of remodelir.g Rutledge College, which was begun last summer, has now been completed. The buliding was sufficiently prepared for occupation at the beginning of the session, but minor improve ments have been added from time to time since then, until it is now the best dormitory on the univers-ity campus. Dr. Currell intends to have all the other buildings equipped with modern conveniences within the next two or three years.