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SOCIETIES. Clariosophic. The Clariosophic Society met at the usual hour on last Friday evening. After the initiation of Mr. J. L. Fleming, a member of the senior academic class, as regular member of the society the transaction of various busi ness matters was entered into. The following program was executed: Declaimers, L. C. Davis and W. F. Baxter ; Cur rent Events, C. C. Martin; Ora tor, J. E. Griffin, subject, "In cidents of Foreign Relations." Debate: "Resolved, That the United States army and navy should not be increased beyond its present status." The affirm ative was upheld by A. Leslie Wells and W. Bradley Harvey, while the negative was defended by Dewey Stevens and H. U. Sharpe. The judges rendered a decision in favor of the affirma tive. Impromptu debate: "Resolved, That the University unit of the R. O. T. C. should be abolished." Affirmative, Messrs. Young and Parsons; negative, Messrs. Blackmon and Lemmon. After the report of officers the society adjourned. Euphradian. At the usual meeting of the Euphradian Society on last Fri day evening the following pro, gram was carried out: J. T. Crouch, Vice President, presid ing: Witticisms, David Gaston; Weekly Orator, J. H. Fair; Ex temporaneous Speaker on the subject "Woman's Sphere, Past and Future." Query: "Resolved, That wo men should be eligible for ser vice on juries." Affirmative, W. T. Beasley and F. D. Townsend; negative, Heyward Brockington and G. L. Taylor. Judges ren dered a decision in favor of the negative. Clariosophic Program For March 18th. Declaimers, W. N. Allsbrook and N. W. Beckham. Current Events, R. E. Brun son. Orator, J. C. Hooks. Debate, "Resolved, That the Governor of South Carolina should not have the pardoning' * power." Affirmative, B. W. Jen kins and H. F. Lee; negative, M.1 Q. Marchant and H. U. Sharpe. MANN AND HOROWITZ WILL DEBATE NEW YORK. W. C. Mann of Pickens and Joseph Horowitz of Charleston, members of the Clariosophic So -ciety, won the preliminary last week and will go to New York University for the debate sched uled with that institution on April 8th. Trhe query for debate with New York is, "Resolved, Tfhat the A. B. C. powers be invited by the U. S. to cooperate in the establishment of a j'oint protec torate over Haiti." Carolina de fends the negative. TRIANGLE DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT The annual triangle debate be tween the Universities of South Carolina, Tennessee and. Florida will be held tomorrow night. The University's affirmative team goes to Knoxville to meet Flor ida's negative while the Carolina negative team goes to Gaines ville to meet Tennessee's affirma tive. The Florida affirmative team meets Tennessee's negative in Columbia at Chicora College. The query is the adviseability of passing the Smith-Towner education bill. Carolina's affirmative team is composed of Messrs. W. C. Mann and Edward B. Smith; the negative by Messrs. W. F. Par ker and G. H. Wittkowsky. FRESHMEN TO DEBATE WOFFORD SOON. Preliminaries for the Caro lina-Wofford Freshmen debate held last week resulted in the selection of R. M. Smith and J. E. Hankins of the Clariosophic Society as contestants against Wolford. The query for debate between the first year men. of these institutions is, "Resolved, That boards of arbitration, with compulsory powers, should.be es tablished to settle disputes be-1 tween (organized) capital and labor." The affirmative will be main tained by Carolina. The debate will take place in Columbia. DID YOU KNOW THAT Some of the buildings of the University of South Carolina are among the most historic in the United States. The walls were built in 1835. DeSaussure was built in 1804, out of the first appropria tion after the University was chartered in 1801. The "Old North Building," the oldest on the campus, is now thoroly overhauled and renovated and is as complete as a new build ing. Pinckney and Elliott were built in 1837; Harper in ,1848, and named after William Har per, the first matriculate of the University, then South Carolina College. Legare was erected in 1858. The Entomological Laboratory (1852) contained the big tele scope which was lost in the re adjustment of the University in 1867. The President's home was built in 1807. When Columbia was burned. by Sherman during ,the war it was used as a hoe pital for Confederate officers. The McCutcheon--Davis resi dence erected in 1813, suffered considlerably from the earth quake of 1886. Extensive re pairs were necessary to retore it to its former condition. The Moore-Rucker residence was built in 1837 at an original cost of $10,000. The eastern half was for many years the home of the distinguished geologist, Joseph LeConte; in the western half the great economist and publicist, Francis Lieber, wrote the books that have made his name illustrious. The Burney Wauchope residence was erect ed in 1853. The Gymnasium (1855) was long known as College Hall, a chapel, but never used to any extent for chapel purposes on account of its bad accoustic properties-the chemical laba tories being connected. Here the legislature met in 1865. Rutledge was built in 1805 but was burned in 1855 and re built in the same year. The Maxcy monument (1827) was erected by the Clariosophic Literary Society as a tribute to the memory of, Jonathan Maxcy, the first pres ident of the college. It was de signed by Robert Mills. The Latin inscription was the work of Professor Robert Henry, af ter an English inscription fur nished by George McDuffie. The Library (1840) is the first separate library building erected at any institution of learning in America. It pre cedes Harvard's by one year. All dormitories were built to accommodate students com fortably. The present arrange ment of a suite of three rooms. study room and two adjoining bedrooms, to each two students was planned in advance of the tendency of the times. Modern college dormitories seldom pro vide such comforts and con veniences. GROWTH OF LAW SCHOOL. The Law School of the Uni versity is growing steadily in size and prestige. For the past 12 years the increased growth in the number of students and also in the standard of work done has been gratifying to the University authorities. From 1916-18, inclusive, the enroll ment fell off considerably on ac count of war conditions. The following shows the growth of the Law School with in comparatively recent years, since 1907: 190'i-.......................32 1908........................ 35 1909--..................... 39 1910........................ 51 1911........................ 47 1912-----................... 75 1913........................ 98 1914.---.................... 96 1915.......................91 1916----.................... 75 1917 .'-.................. 75 1918........................ 42 1919 .......................8g Total..........956s Parisian Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine HAT CLEANING PARLOR P. PECHILIS; Proprietor 1214 Main St. COLUMBIA, S. C. Burnett's Drug Store One Block From University Campus Drugs, Drinks, Cigars, Stationery Candies and Toilet Articles. SPECIAL: Everett Waddy's Carolina Seal Stationery Phone 1261 909 Main St. g CLOTHING FURNISHINGS *: Moe Finkelstein's YOUNG FELLOW SHOP 1604 Mam Street Columbia, S. C. Snappy Clothes for Stueents 10 per cent. 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