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, r he i directed-by a n. . . yxt n, i1 colege Srnterial- out for '1i,)pfig ;it on the. job, ein alning r:ules are ainta keeping ths door en Orospective athletes Sto rg. up the college, on al o nd then backing the m it gaines. The latter is e aets important itein, tho cidedly the most showy of 1.-Sol Metzger in Carolina umnus. THE GAS BAG. To pull ahead ,pull yourself ther Adve'sity often precedes ad nceniit. It's usually uphill' work that ds one at the top. 'God does not give .us results, 't only -opportunities." Unhappiness can be apelled th ,four letters: Debt. If we 'never ha' 'clouds we uldn't appreciate surishine. 'Make your tbart before you rt.: Know what you're after ore you start out for it." ' After all, others can do very le for you. You must do your fighting and vanquishing, rting with self. "You cannot run away from weakness; you must fight it ut of you or perish;. why not ht out of you now, right where u stand?" Teacher: "Who was Roger con?" Bright Fresh: "Brother of akfast Bacon."-M. B. C. 'Hopeful Fresh: "If I could get ip here, I would take it." Wise Soph: "They don't have . tth t iin here." Jenkis. (to Thomas who has Issed tennis . ball) : "Watch that sand, .Thomas." Thomas: "That's the trouble. was watching the sand all the me." Freshman .(who has seen the s4rveying class on Gibbes Green sbveral afternoons)': "It sure ks those fellows a long time .survey the carnpus." English Teacher: "Who cari 1 me howr the story of Treasure nd enids?" - .1B (waiving his hand fran clf)"It ends with a period." Dr. Mor'se: "Iumjjan being ~axtbe d4eod because there is ot gliked t " Jo9 Blc ct"Doctor, i4 that n wn cn't 4eSag love d hter h as )i~~v~~d1 A(i0. aid 'taking gym): "You re' certainly look ing fines, Dot." EDt: "Yes, I think' so, too. And I weigh 110 pounds dressed foi gym." Father: "Well, who the devil is Jim ?" Dr. ' Morse: "Mr. Robinson, are clothes a part of the ego ?" -Robinson: "No, sir, not a part of hrdn's. ego." If . W-o-r-c-e-s-t-e-r is pro nounced Wooster, why can't rooster be spelled r-o-r-c es t-e-r ? .Freshman: "What is that hole in the library for?" Soph: "To let the bookworms ,in, of course." Prof.: "What would be a good water route for the transporta tion, of -the Canadian wheat out put?" Student: "The Bering sea." Miss Wingfield: "What is an earwig, Dave?" Robinson: "A wig that girls wear over their ears." - Teaf: "hen :is a door not a door,?" Wells: "When it's ajar." Prof. Olsen:' "Mr. McCall, what would you do 'if your trial account failed to balance ?" McCall: "I would fire my bookkeeper, sir." Thomas: '11id you fellows see my sweet patootie at' church this morning?" 'Wells: "No, 'she. was rushed so around there where she pooks that she couldn't get off." Prof. Cook: "Miss Dukes, who was Gannymede ?" Miss /Dukes: "Son of old man Gannymede, I suppose." If the president will allow us, we should like to propose a new name for the Cercle Francais-' Semi-cercle Francais, for in stance. EXCHANGES. "What's the matter, Edwin toothache?" "Naw, Preacher Thomas here for dinner, an' only one chicken !"-Exchange. "Prof. Gunter is saturated with educational ideas."* "Yes, sir, lets nothing suggest-. ing education escape him. Why he even srfiokes 'Educator' digars."-Hornet. No ?ickcet Necessary. Boss: "Don't you know''this is a private.office? How much disd you pay the office boy to let you in?" . Job Wanter: "I got in free of charge, sir. It says 'No admis sion' on the door."- Collegian. RODDEY MEDAL DEBATE QUERY DECIDED UPON. The 'query for the' annual Roddey mlaI debate is: "Re solved, That' South Carolina should have p divorce law.", This query has been selected by the Debating Council and has been approved Jy Mr. J. R. Roddey of Rock"Iill. This debate is one of the most important con tests of the year and takes place sometime in December. It is open to-all members of the stu dent body-both academia and law studenits. Only a short time remains and preparations should be made- at once to entei this contest. Much interest has always been shown towards it and it is. hoped that a large num ber of students will enter it this year as usual. The high water mark has been reache?1 in the fifth meet ing of the B. D. G.'s, with a to tal attendance of 179, and an enrollment of 214 men. Five classes had perfect attendance, with Blackmon's class still maintaining its record of per fect attendance for the entire course. The Woodrow class forged ahead with 31 men pres ent, and a perfect attendance for- the evening. The stand ings are as follows: Bell ......................... 31 236 Cox ......................... 17 206 Williams ................ 17 f84 Smith ..................... 16 183 Ulmer .............-....... 14 157 Foy ........................ 15 156 Hooks .................... 14 132 Lightsey ................ .2 124 Jennings ................ 9 119 McGowan .............. 8 102 D. J. Jenkins.......... 12 95 B. W. Jenkins ........ 10 87 Blackmon ............ 4 84 Topic for Next Friday. "How 'can you find' time for a rounded college program?" Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 and 17. Matt. 6:33. Matt. 24:45-51. M. A. Miller, M. A., '09, is as sistant professor of English at A. and M. College of Texas, Col lege Station, Texas. E. Kellers Mitchell, '11, is with the Southern States Sup.. ply Co.; being manager of the Greenville, S. C. branch office. /4. C. Massey, LL. B., '09, is an attorney at law at Kershaw, S. C. J. A. Mace, LL. B., .'12, is practicing law at Hampton, S. C. Professors' Song of Hate. .Aihes to ashes, And dust to dust, If you don't get to studying jYou are going to bust. John: "Why is -the Athletic Assoclition like a baker?" SBob: "Don't know, why ?" John: "-Because it needs (kneads) the dough."--.-Ex. 43 M ain Street y ,5 THE ARCADE BARBER SHOP ROOM 3 ARCADE BUILDING WANTED-our friends and the boys at the Univer sity to know that we have left the' Palmetto shp and have purchased the-Arcade shop, where we are prepared to give the very best service. Give us a trial LEO and ALBERT MAYFIELD PROPRIETORS The Murry Drug Company 921 Gervais.St.' 314 Lincoln St. 1216 Main St. Manufacturing and Jobbing Druggists and pice Grinder Paints, Oils, Varnishes THE STATE BUILDING Complete line Fountain Pens, Examination Pads and other stationery for student's use We W ant Your usiness WALTERS SHOE --. SHOP 1425 MAIN STREET , 411 How Large is an Atom? ATOMS are so,inhnitesimal that to be seen under\ 4 A._ the most powerful microscope one hundred mili must be grouped. The atom used to be the - mallest indivisible niit- of matter. When the X-Rays and radium were discovered physicists found that they were dealing with smaller things than atoms-with par 1ticles they call "electrons." - Atoms are built up of electrons, just as the solar system is built up of sun and planets. Magnify the hydrogen atom, says Sir Oliver Lodge, to the size of a , cathedral, and an electron, in comparison, will be no bigger than a bird-shot. Not much substantial progresa can be made in chemical and electrical industries unlessn the action of electrons is studied. For ,that reason the chemists and physicists in the Research L abora tories of the General Electric Company are as much concerned with the~ very constitution of matter as they are with the develop ment of nlEw inventions. They use the X-R ay tube as if it were a machine-gun; for by its means electrons are shot at targets in new ways so as to reveal more about the structure of matter. As the result of such experiments, the X-Ray tube has been greatly improved, and ths vacuum tube, now so indispensable Ina radio communication, has a>een developed into a kind of trigger device for guiding electrons by radio waves. Yasm thus be spent in what seems to be merely a purely '.theoretica * investigation. Yet nothing Is so practical as a 1 good theory. The whole structure of modern'mechanical eng. - neerimg is reared on Newton's laws of gravitation and motion - theories stated in the fosm of Immutable propositions. - In the past the theories that resulted from purely scaentific re- - -' search usually came from the university laboratories, wherepo the industries applied them. The Research Laboratories of the General Electric Company conceive it as part of their task to ex plore the unknown In the same spirit, even titough there ma~y be no Immediate commercIal goal in view. Sooner or 1ate the world profits by such researchs in pure scIence. Wireless comn snunication, for example, was accom plisne. argely as the result' of Hera's brillant series of purely pcientific ex periments derpon. .strating the existence of wireless waves \General*Electric '- ---c m ayShncayN