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t;f U'E ~ItY O' SOYTH' CAIlt'JNA; COLUMBIA, S. C.,' SE Th'MBlrR 30, 1920.t
F at: SS :'DAY
~t a'is Field.
V ctal an .i anx
usl 3 ~. tor he resound.
t t pigskin, when
es' e+oe tack up
}old and Black
rf C x'1' Wiord. In .fact,
Iii bid oot i entht siasts
sye been tlekig tdrward to
Is g eever Since Carolina
Itadef ended the sseason last
a Wofford Is
n qo Carolina a well bal
ced and experienced eleven,
iXf Gamecocks will ap
r as an'almost.,nv team.
e admirer of . this form:of
ort are eagerly looking for
rd to see what kind of ag
gatlon in embrio i. being
eloped by oo of the great
football coaches in Ameri
,;Among te Aew men are:; W.
Fairey of OrAhgeburg,
ard , 'air of last year's
brubs; "e.. .. Wheeler, .flor;.
ce high school star, center
id gverd ; "J. V. VanMeter,
nivei ity of Michigan,: 1918
uad; full 'back ; H ;A. t4
senburg of AndersQn, army
am :stary I M, fie, Columna,
high; T. E. 5ifford, last
aYec u eg W.. S. Ho
,last. year.s scrubs; . .'.
hards, last year's scrubs; W.
, ompion, 1919 freshman
m; .Beckham, Jr., Co
bia high; "Bob" Moorman,
and of "Chief" Dion Fos
'sphampion f4eshmaft,eleven
d . ruty 'ndt In 1917 and
19l iwso 'ackffer work and
expected "t assist materiAlly
toward pasing play. J. E.
uf) T:omas, of the 1916
uadis ao out and will be
o leading contenders
or os ne in the line.
In spite of the extreme heat
e coaches1 Stobbs and Metz.
r, for the past two weeks
ve been whipping the candi
tes into shpe, and we be
ve tat when the whistle
unds a formidable Gamecock
even will appear on the eld.
e will have the opportunity
seeing only foir out of the
ne game&s acheduled played
Sour own soil.
SThe 1920 schetdule, as ,an
uxigod by 14anager Beck, in
Judes nine games, -four -at
~me and 'five oni the road.
The schedule follows:
October 2, Woford College
tColunibia.
October 4, OniYersity of
q ~at dolutnbia.
~ 16,University .of
.CL.A IOSOPI C I T Y
elVES SMOKER TO NEW
MEN
Te Cli 1alosophicS ciety held
its first meetingiof the ear Sat
urday night, September 18 This
meeting was a smoker given by
the class of 1920 for new men.
All non-society men of the Uni
versity were Invited, and an in
formal program was carried out
Among the fpeakers 'was Prof.
E. Marion Rucker, who address
ed;the Society on "College Spirit
and Value of the Literary Soci.
eties." Prof. Rucker's speech
was enjoyed by/everybody.
A. R. McGo an furnished a
brief period of entertainment,
when he gave his monologue,
"Down on the Farm." Numer
ous other speakers, both alumni
and old m mbers, stressed the
value of tli? place'that the lit
erary society holds in a college
career. Smokes and other re
freshments, consiting of lemon
ade and ice cream were served
and everyb?dy present enjoyed
an evening of pleasure.
-After the-featiesties. the .so
clety he d a short business see
"slon. 4,;..
FACTO DE A MINIS.
Herbert R. Smith, '20, former
editor of The Ganjecock, is head
of the mathematics department
at Bingham Militiry Institute,
Asheville, N. C.
George H. Varn, '20, is teach
ing school near Spartanburg.
Henry B. Refo, '20, is in Chja
teaching in the Canton Christian
Seloo.
F. Hobson Corley, '20, is now
in almost cbmplete control of the
University chemical laboratory.
J' .E. Norv rood, '20, is attend
ing the law school at Harvard.
J. P. Sifford, '19, is enrolled
at Columbia University.
Miss Louise Jones, '20, is tak
ing a few courses at the Uni
versity this year. She is also
"instructo; at McMaster School.
LYRICS AND SOILED LINEN
~ot(joyously)-"I wrote a
uuoton my cuff last night.
Witshall I do with it?"
Wifely (unsympathetically)
" dit to the laundry."
Optober 28, 'Clemson College
4tt olu4ibia (fair grounds).
November 6/ -Davidson Col
lege at Davidon'.
November/12, Navy at An
napolis.
.November 20, Newberry Col
Ie '~1 Goltimbia.
'C,4itadel at
kiel
CAROLINA .PO NS WITH
GREAT STUDENT BODY
UNIVE 5ITY ENROLLMENT
500 STUJDENTS.
The iniversity began its new
year on Wednesday, the 15th,
with an enrollment of five hun
dred students. This is the larg
est enrollment it has ever had
at the beginning of the session.
Many more are expected to en
ter $et and it is thought that
there will. soon be over six hun
dred. students attending classes
at the University. It is the big
gest beginning the University
has had in a long time and evry
body"is looking forward to a very
successful year.
Most of last year's faculty is
back ,including Dr. Wilson Gee
and Dr. Isadore Schayer, two
able instructors who* joined the
faculty last year.
R. G. Bell, who showed his
ability to manage the, X. M. C. A.
affairs last year-is alsd back and
is starting things up around the
campus.
Captain W. E. Duvall is again
in charge of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps.
There. is a fine outlook ahead
and both faculty and students
are-looking. forward,with eager
ness to a successful year.
8EE CLASSES TO BEGIN.
l1tEItingr to. Vommene Next
Week.
The University Y. M. C. A.
announces that Bible classes
will begin on Friday night, Oc
tober 8th.
These classes have been a
success for the past few, years
and will -be revived this year
with an even-greater prospect.
A new system has been inau
gurated this session which elim
inates the regular texts and
substitutes instead the study of
problems arising from every
day college life. After the
classes are organized and
placed under capable leader
ship each member will be asked
to submit a list of problems and
questions concerning life on the
campus,. and these will be
studied thruout the year as they
are rendered. Signal success
is predicted for this method.
Classes will be run on a com
petitive basis with entertain
ments later in the year for .the
men who have not missed a
meeting, and foi- those compos
ing the leading class.
The following rules govern
the classes:,
Two points for each member
present.
One point for each visitor.
One point for each man ha:v
ing- read the Bible r'eferences
to the week.
~'ve ponts each week for
each class havdt perfect At
RHODES SCIOLARSHiP
TO UNIVERSITY STUDENT
JOE NORWOOD WINS
OXFORD APPOINTMENT
Was 1920 Graduate.
Joe E. Norwood, star student
at the University for the last
three years and one of the most
active workers on the campus
during -that. time, was selected
by the Committee on Rhodes
Scholarships as one of the two
men to attend Oxford niversity,
England, from South Carolipa.
Mr. Norwodd will take up resi
dence at Oxford on October 1,
1921. He Is at present study
iAg law at Harvard.
It is a distinct honor to the
University to have one of its
graduates selected as a Rhodes
man, there being about fifteen
other men to select from. Mr.
Norwood is a brilliant student
and 'a literary genius. The com
mittee could hardly have selected
a better man.
FRESHMEN RECEPTION.
New Men to Be Formally Wel
comed Friday Night.
The 'anntial freshman recep
tion will be held on Friday
night of this week, October 1st,
in the Gymnasium, and prom
ises to be a very.successful oc
casion.
This event has created a
great -deal' of iterest, in the
past, and this year will be no
exception. Plans have been
completed which assures an
evening of genuine enjoyment
for old and new men alike., Co
lumbia and Chicora College
girls will be present to lend
charm and pomp, to the occa
sion, which feature alone would
assure the success of the recep
tion.
Announcement is made that
Dr. Currell and the other mem
bers of the faculty, with their
wives, will be on the reception
committee. Music will b% fur
nished by Hall's orchestra'.
Light refreshments will be
served-the refreshment stand
being under the supervision of
a charming co-ed.
It is hoped that every new
man, as well as all old men, will
be present at this reception and
make it as big .a succesa as we
possibly can.
endance.
The redord -for attendance
last year was very good in
deed-sixty-three men not hav
ing missed a class. Chairman
E. B. Smith wishes to ask that
all men, old and new, enroll
themselves in these classes and
help to make them a greater
success this year thain ever be
forep flasses will last only 80
nzinutes atrl.will prove both
jrofttable and intae~tine
OPEN MEETING IN ,
EUPIRADIAI
EUPHRADIAN SOCIE
REMARKABLE ME
When the president rap
order at the first meeting'
Euphradian Literary Soc;
the University of South.
lina last Friday night, a
of succeas and prbsperi <
this ancient and honor,b I
ciety was installed. The hM
crowded to its capacity with
proximately 300 students.
tors and alumni. To add
to te occasion there W".',,
on hand 60 or more dainty y
ladies, from the Kratian Lie
Society of' Chicora Colletesi
vited gues}s of the Euphie
The address of welceom
made by President Benet
koff, who sounded the n4
of the meeting when
that the Euphradian
stood for all that's best for
olina. A regular progran o
society was carried thru. M
Sullivan and Jenkins de t,iu
the excellent declamatio
gus Macaulay then helc
for about ten minutes wi
unq oue, dialogue which. }
have done credit to any
comedian - ever seen in ;4
bia. A debate was held
query, "England should
Ireland Home Rule." The n
tive teams comnosed of,
Herbert and W. K. Sugga
spirited argument defeate .
affirmative team compose
Brooks Alford and Jn
Quinn.
The meeting was uEyt
dressed by Sol Metzger, the
football coach at Carolina, >
is an honorary member :
society. -Mr. Metzger '.
very -interesting talk on
velopment of sports
football. Dr. Byrd, presi
Chicora College and chief
er of the evening, spoke
advantages of a literary' '
training. The last speak
J. 0. Van Meter, an active
ber of the society, who
enthusiastic speech on t1
vantages of being a me
the Euphradian Society. ' '
The last and most '
part of the program was.
tiation of a sponsor. S8
is known this is the fi
that a sponsor has ever
pointed for tihis or
The young lady thus ,
was Miss Jean Wilson .
ing daughter of Mr. C..
son, himself a former p
of the Euphradian Societ)*
Wilsoin walked up the
dent, where she s
ised aleglance