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411 'Vo IV"ZIV UNIVERSITY OF .SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., DECEMBER 16, 1920 N.1 EDCAtON WEEK IS D AT CAROLINA D W.Sikes and the Hon. J. E'$Wearingen Were Amonk Those Making Addresses. Prof. E. W. 'Sikes of Coker College; Hartsville, S. C., was t an entertaining speaker in the Jniversity chapel Tuesday pnorning, December' 7. "The American President" was his subjet and this he treated from he point of'view of an historical 1aritic, considering the most im portant=flgures in our,presiden :tial catalogue from 1789 to 1920. lie mentioned the significant "act that a president's popularity can -be estimated by the~ number of' his,. namesakes, while true presidential greatness is too of Aen.unappreciated except on the page of history. Two prominent alumni of the University, State Superintendent of Education' J. E. Swearingen nd Attorney J. W. Thurmond. f the Western District Federal Court of South Carolina, ad ressed the , student body at chapel hour Wednesday, Decem er 8. Superintendent Swearingen resented the problem of illiter cy' in South Carolina and the 6hallenge to young citizens to eet the situation. He cited North Carolina's recently im proved school system as the ause for .her stride ahead of odth Carolina in the ranks of iteracy and discussed compul ory attendance as the first re lief measure with a supply of ompetent teachers as the sec nd. Attorney Thurmond empha ized Mr. Swearingen's last re arks upon literary competence y a discussion of college train ng as a requisite to success. "What has education accom plished ?" was the. question he nswered by illustrating and stressing the fact that 'every hing worthwhile has a literary oundation. At. Friday's chapel hour State igh School Inspector B. L. arkinson spoke on the financial ide of our school system. He ave statistics showing the mmm iplied advantages in life whiich ducation afford. and stated that he maintenance of the right type of education is due to the .main nance of the right type of eachefs, which in turn depends Upon 'the salaries paid. The oney basis of our public school fileiency he treated in detail. ~.Wyatt Aiken, Jr., LL.B.,''20, located in Columbia on Law anAge. -Benjamin Wilfred Baker, A. ,'20; is 'taking a theological, ourse at the Columnbia Serp1in- I ,Columbia. GAME WITH FURMAN WILL NOT BE PLAYED Football, Championship Re. mains Undecided-Cannot Agree on Dates. Because of a failu're to agree upon a date for a post-season game, the University of South Carolina and Furman University will not meet to decide the State championship. The two institu tions agreed that it would not be advisable to-play a game, as late as the sixteenth and as this was the first date on which Fur man could play, the title is still undecided. Carolina had de sired to play Furman last Sat urddy in Columbia. INTERESTING LETTER, FROM DR. W. M. RIGGS. Gives Views on Citadel-Caro lina Game. A very interesting letter from Dr. W. M. Riggs, Presi dent of Clemson College, to Dr. Currell, was read by Dr. Cur rell in chapel Monday morn ing. Dr. Riggs wrote that the Citadel - Carolina ' classic in Charleston on Thanksgiving Day ,was the best football game that he had ever seen, and that Carolina deserved a 21 to 0 victory over the Citadel. He seemed to have. been very much impressed by the playing of the Gamecocks. The message from Dr. Riggs was received with' pleasure and caused much favorable comment among the student body. EDUCATORS MET LAST MONDAY IN COLUMBIA. Important Topics Discussed at Conference. Last Monday a conference was held in Columbia in which North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida took part. Some of the important topics discussed were: important recent prog ress, proposed legislative pro grams, an adequate supply of competent teachers, adequately prepared and paid, special needs of rural schools, sotfrces of rev enue and relation of education to the produgion of wealth. A similar r#eeting was held in Memphis last Saturday. The States taking part in this cond ference were Tennessee, 'k1en.. tucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. 'Thornas Cloud Jolly, '17, is teaching in Union.. . Miss Jessie AQreTla Clapman, '18, has been engaged in teach ing in the Surnmerville HiJgh School since leavingr college REV. PAUL KANAMORI ?. ADDRESSES Y MEETING Noted Japanese Lecturer De livers Talk to Weekly Au dience--Good Lecture. The' University Y. M. C. A. was indeed fortunate in. having Mr. Paul Kanamori, the noted Japanese lecturer, to address the weekly meeting on last Friday night. A very interesting and instructive lecture was given by this distinguished speaker and everyolie present enjoyed his re marks. In spite of newspaper com ment only the kindest relations exist between America and Ja pan, said Mr. Kanamori. War can never result with such a feel ing prevailing-between these two nations. Japan with her recent pro gressive strides Is rapidly as suming her place among the great nations of the world. To -day finds her the strongest pow er in the Far East. The spread of Christianity in Japan has done more than any thing else to develop Japan. America's part in extending the gospel there has been great, and the Japanese people are indeed grateful for this. She realizes that she cannot attain those heights she is capaole of reach ing\ without a wider spread of Christianity. Mr. Kanamori pleaded with the American peo ple to send to Jap.n more mis sionaries to extend the gospel of Chifiist, and to forget any differ ences of a nature not-in keeping with this great movement to Christianize Japan. PROF. J. BRUCE COLEMAN AT S. I. A. A. MEETING U. S. C. Representative Op posed One-Year Rule. Prof. J. Bruce Coleman, form er faculty manager of athletics at Carolina, represented the Uni versity at the sessions of the Southern Intercollegiate Ath letic Association, which met last week in Gainesville, Fla. Pro fessor Coleman opposed the "one year rule." In previous years the University has been a lead ingnfgure in the fight for the one year rule, but it was thought that such a regplation would place the University team at a disadvant age unless all -the members of the S. I. A. A., whom the Uni ity plays, follow the same rule. George William Cox, '18, is located in Richmond, Va., where he is manager of the Richmond office of the Southern Teachers' Agency. Marion L. Coggleshall, '17, is with the Carolina Ice and Pack ing Co., of Darlington. S.CC.P.A. CO1 WAS GRI TATUM GRESSETTE TO LEAD 1921 GAMECOCKS Star Fullback Elected Captain by Letter . Men-Will Make Good Leader. Tatum Wannamaker Gres sette of St. Matthews, star full back of the 1920. Gamecock eleven, was elected to the cap taincy of the 1921 squad at a meeting of the letter men last Saturday. The big back's playing and kicking were in a large meas ure responsible for the two vic tories 'over Clemson and the Citadel. In the latter contest he made the touchdown for the Gamecocks and his trusty toe, which had scored the three points sufficient to , win the Clemson battle, s'ent the ball thru the bars for the winning point. Tatum also proved to be among the best punters of the state, and at times developed considerdble drive in line plunging and end running. He is a hard, conscientious worker on the-field, and will make an excellent leader for the team. MEETING OF RICIILAND COUNTY TEACHERS. Professor H. C. Davis Discussed . . English. The Richland County Teach ers' Association met at the Co lumbia high school auditorium Saturday at noon, and an in teresting program was given. Prof. H. C.. Davis of the Uni versity discussed English before the intermediate department. Other speakers were President S. J. Derrick of Newberry Col lege, Supt. W. H. Hand, Dr. J. A. Hayne and Mrs. E. B. Wal lace. CO-EDS ORGANIZE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Co-ed Athletic Association was organized last Thursday af ternoon and the following offi cers were elected: President, -Frances Wanna maker; Vice President, Ruth Folk; Secretary and Treasurer, Eleanor Ball; representative on Advisory Board, Mary Graydon. The co-ed basketball team has begun practice and expects to challenge other teams. Some very excitigg games are ex pected. A. C. .Flora, sihce 1917, has been principal of the Columbia High School, Columbia. VVENTION AT SUCCESS "Carolina, Alma Mater," Best Poem Submitted. DELEGATES GET IDEAS. Woiford and Converse Enter tain Visitors-Meet at Furman and G. W. C. . Next Year. The annual convention of the South Carolina College Press Association, which met last week, from Dec. 8-10 in Spar tanburg with Converse and Wofford Colleges, was one of the most successful in the his tory of the association. Dele gates from the following col leges were present to offer sug gestions and get new ideas for the various college publUca tions. College of Charleston, Furman University, Converse, Wofford, Chicora, Columbia College, Winthrop, Coker, Due West Woman's College, Pres byterian, College, Newberry College, Anderson College, Greenville Woman's College and the University of Souti , Carolina. The Convention opened on Wednesday night with an in formal reception in the parlors of Converse, at which time Miss Leila Elliott pf Converse, the president of the association, ex tended a warm welcome to the delegates. The business meetings on Thursday and Friday morn ings were held in the chapel of Wofford, while Converse was hostess at all the social - meet ings. The convention was brought to a close on Friday night with a brilliant banquet given at Converse. At this time" prizes for the best poem, essay,, sketch and short story submit ted by the various colleges were announced, Carolina winning first place for the best poem-"Carolina, Alma Ma ter," by Miss Mary Louise Jones. At the close of the meeting it was announced that the as sociation will meet'next year in Greenville, with Furman and Greenville Woman's Col lege. Cariolina sent six delegates to the convention. They were: Messrs. L. N. Connor, E. P. Gaines, Henry Thomas, D. J. Jenkins, H. M. Lightsey and Miss Cornelia Huggins. Miss Lee Belle Cravens,- '17~ has a position as bookkeeper with Charles Bolker & Co, manufacturers of wheat and corn goods in Owensboro, Ky.