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VoL. XIII UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., FEB. 26, 1920. No 16 DAVIDSON WINS GAME BY SMALL MARGIN Gamecocks Lose to Wildcats By One Goal. RADICAL CHANGE WINS Foy and Skinner Show Great Form in Shooting Goals The Davidson Wildcat de feated Carolina by staging a sensational comeback in the second half, gave the fighting Gamecock its second taste of defeat in its invasion of North Carolina soil on Saturday night last, in one of the best basket ball games ever seen on the Davidson court. It looked like a complete snow under for the Davidsonians at the beginning of the game, and it should have been, but the Gamecocks seemed unable to get together in the second half, ringing up only one field goal. In the first half the Cocke rels shot goals almost at will and nearly played the Wildcat to a standstill, the half ending 21 to 10, with the former in possession of the big end of the score. It was a sure victory for the Gamecocks from their viewpoint. The shooting of Foy and Skinner was a brilliant dis play of accuracy, both caging the ball from almost any point on the floor. But the second half saw a radical change in the playing of both teams. Carolina seem ed to slow up, or to be slowed up by the Davidsonians, while the latter came forth with such a brilliant shooting of goals that the score was soon a tie, 25 and 25. Skinner then lost a foul and a few seconds be-I fore the end of play, Roberts shot the goal that won the fight for the Wildcats. It was indeed a sensational rally for the 'Cats. For Carolina, Skinner and Foy starred, while Brice and Roberts played the best game for Davidson. Carolina (25) Davidson (27) Skinner .R. F ............Hall Quattlebaum. L. F .. .. .. .. ..Roberts Foy ............C. ........Streibech Vaughan ...R. G.............Brice Waite ........L. G.........Romefei. Substitutions: Chalmers for Steibeck. Referee, Long. 'SECRETARY SMITH SPEAKS IN CHAPEL Noted Secretary Addresses University Student Body. GIVES SOUND ADVICE "Stay in College at All Cost and and Get Good Education" Fred B. Smith, Secretary of the Federal Council of Church es, made a short talk during the chapel hour Tuesday morning. Mr. Smith said that he was now doing the thing that dur ing his college days he vowed never to undertake, namely, speak to college students. He recalled the applause that he used to give the speakers when they uttered the familiar sen tences, "Gentlemen and ladies, it gives me great pleasure to speak to you this morning and to look into your smiling coun tenances," and "I have no doubt that many of you will be great men and possibly one of you a future president of the United States." He refrained from using these sentences, but said he came to congratulate the university on being one of the few in the world that was functioning normally. "The universities of England and other nations," he said, "are practically void of students. Every generation of college men is important, but the pres ent generation is by far the greatest, because upon it rests the responsibility of putting the world right." His advise was, "stay in col lege at all costs, even if you hardly know where you will get the next week's board. A man in this audience is going to fail," he said, "and that man is not the one that finds it hard to pass his courses or has a hard fight to stay in college, but the man who must fail ut terly is the one whose morals are slowly collapsing. Get Mathematics, get History, get the languages, but, above all, see to it that you are laying the foundation for a good charac ter." "So live that you don't care whether the telephone girl lis tens in or not." STUDENTS OBSERVE ARBOR DAY Use Holiday as Time in Which to Clean the Campus MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Occasion to be Annual Event at the University At the stroke of the big bell at 9 o'clock Monday morning General Gullick of the tree planting and campus cleaning army marshalled his hordes in front of the marshall's office and- issued to each squad their arms, in the way of shovels, picks, rakes, dinner tags and young ladies. Just what was to be done with the young la dies was not clearly understood at first, but later it developed that they were for inspirational value. However, Miss Shirley Black insisted on using a pick which turned out to be a tooth pick, and Miss Jones showed her capacity in chauffeuring -a mule. Chaplain Riviere re ports also that the Misses Wan namaker, of Capt. Brocking ton's squad, lead the entire squad for the amount of dirt thrown off the front walk. All the dignitaries of the col lege, Dr. Moore, with his sage advice in the matter of bugs and trees, Major Duvall, with his scientific laying off of the front walk, Major Bradley, Prof. McCutcheon and Prof. Harry Davis, resplendent with a new pair of fatigues, all did their part. And the stump dig ging squad, under the leader ship of Miss Mary Graydon, did manful labor. But it was, a glad sight to the army of the Philistines to see how the army including General Gullick, did take to its heels an flee when a playful stick of dynamite at tempted, and did, raise a large cedar stump from the ground and scatter its chaotic remains over the campus along about dinner time. Prof. Snowden took five strokes with a small sized shovel and then marched off to attention, looking for a meal tag. He got it. Prof. Mercer was the only man on the campus who insisted on go ing back to work after they had washed his hands. It is rumored that a second asking was not necessary before par (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.) LOSE FIRST GAME ON FOREIGN SOIL Charlotte "Y" Victor in First Battle on the Road. PUT UP GREAT FIGHT Brilliant Playing of Gamecocks Makes Tarheels Fight The Carolina Gamecocks met with defeat in their first battle on foreign soil last Fri day night, when the Y. M. C. A. of Charlotte, N. C., emerged victor in a brilliant game of basketball. The Cockerels put up a great fight, however, and left the Charlotte "Y" compli menting itself on its luck. Car olina gave it a game that will stick in its memory for some time. The spurs of the Gamecock drew first blood, but this seem ed to wake the Tarheels up, and they started throwing bas kets in rapid succession, until the score was 18 to 6 in the "Y's" favor. Then the Caro lina five got together again and tromped on the "Tar "Heels," the latter leading by the score of 30 to 28 at the end of the first half. The brilliant passing of the Cockerels aided them in catching up with the Charlotte quintet. In the second half, Carolina gained the lead and held it un til, in the closing minutes of the game, a certain fellow by the name of Long, got smart and started shooting goals that put the game on ice for the "'Y.", The Gamecocks put up a tight worthy of their name, the whole team playing a brilliant game. Foy led with the scor ing, ringing up six baskets. The playing of Long featured for the "Y." Skinner ......R. I............. M arsh Quattlebaum. I. L F............. Long Fo . ........... . ............ Howell Vaughan .....It. G . . ..... Cuthberson Waite .......L. G...... Cunningham Substitutes: Reisler for Marsh. Time of periods: 20 minutes. Referee, Corbet. Goals from floor: Foy, 6; Skin nee, 5; Quattlebaum, 5; Vaughan, 4; Long, 9; Marsh, 5; Cuthberson, 7; Howell, 1. Goals from foul: Skinner 1 out of 2; Longr 5 out of 8.