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SOCIETIES Euphradian The egular meeting of the Eu hradian Society last Friday even ing resulted in the execution of the following abbreviated program: E?xtemporaneous speaker. Mun son, G. A., who spoke on the sub ject, "Ilow to get the City of Co lumba to boost the University." The query for debates was, "Re solved, ''hat armament is the sur est guarantee of peace." The af firniative was upheld by Messrs. McBride Dabbs and W. C. Floyd, while the negative was defended by Mlessrs. T. P. Taylor and Geo. 1. \Vittowskv. The judges favored the negative. The next meeting of the society, which will be held on Fridav even ing, May 20th, will be given over to the members of the senior class es, who will make their farewell addresses. Clarisophic The regular program of the Clar isophic Society for last Friday ev ening was posponed in view of the fact that it was decided upon to hold the intra-society debate and declaimers' contest on this (late. \V. B. Harvey of Hampton, a member of the Junior Law class, won the debater's medal, while W. IH. Folk, of Edgefield, a member of the Freshman academic class, won the Freshman-Sophomore declaim er's contest. Mr. Harvey debated the affirm ative side of the query, "Resolved, 'l'hat immigration to the United States should be suspended for a period of three years." Other de baters were O. S. Ulmer, J. C. IIsooks and Calhoun Thomas. )ther speakers n the declaimer's contest were E. C. Schneider, who spoke on "The South" and her problems," and J. E. Hankins, speaking on "Loyalty." S. H1. McLean, D. G. Bellinger and E. C. Bernard served as judges. Clarisophic Program for May 20 Friday, May 20th, being the last regular meeting of the Clarisophic Society, the regular program will be dispensed with and a smoker will be held, which wlil serve as a get-together for all members of the society. The Seniors will be the speakers of the evening. The present year has been one of the most successful in the history of the society, (Iue largely to the en thusiastic and zealous wvork of its mnembers. Refreshments wvill be servedl and and (luring the evening each Senior will lbe called upon01 to make a short talk. Tlhere will b)e a short business meeting before the smoker to ad just matters of imp)ortance and ev ery~ nmenmmher is urged to be pres (eit. .\ t the iiversity of Cali foria forty-six per~ cenit oif the stud(enits are sel f-suppor-ting, either wholly (a partially, with an average pay of fortyv-six cenits ani hour. "I1 once knewv a girlie named G arry ( )f men folks she always was wary But the milk maii came by, And winked his lue eye And now she is :xnninlg a diary. --H.. "GREA THE MAXCY Irected by the Clariosophic I A FATHER'S SHARE IN COLLEGE PREPARATION (Continued from page 6) Many of the students of Caro handle their money problems with the wisdom of maturity. Many of them have never even purchased their own clothes, kept an account of their own packet money, balanced an income against an outgo, opened a bank account, or even written a check. When such a financial infant, with more money in his pocket than he has ever had before, finds himself surrounded by innumerable good things all pur chaseable with his money, he acts, as might be expected, like a hungry child in a candy store. It is no wonder that his letters home are soon filled with excuses for past expenditures and pleas for additional funds; that he often be comes an adept in excuse-making, deceit and downright dishonesty; that his parents, growing suspic ious and harsh, "fall out" with their son and abuse the institution; and that a college course, begun with hope and promise, soon comes to a premature and inglorious close. 'or every student's career wreck ed on the reef of inadequate mental preparation, a dozen go to pieces for lack of financial wisdom and self-control. In fact, at least half of all failures in study and more than half of those ini 'onduhtct find their casual origin in the studlent's inability to manage wisely his money affairs. I f one-tenth of the timie and( energy ordlinarily sp)ent in teaching the p)rospectivye miatriculate to handle textbooks were investedl in training hini to handle his spend inig mloney, the astonishing divi dlendls returned (luring his college co urse would (only be surp)assedl by' those accruing in later life fromi the samie early inivestmient. How to Remedy Such Defects. \ Ioral p rep arat ion0 fo r co llege bieginis inl babyvhood, I raininlg in pe)rsona l hyvgienie as 5(soni as a childl canl wvashi his o wni hiands, and for mual mental p)repaattioll with his first (lay in school. All three are conitini tled without intermission till the boy~ checks his t riunk for college. So with training in handlling mo ney. l'very child should have some iixe'd income, if only fiv~e (cnts a TER CA MONUMENT .iterary Society in 1827 week and some regular duty on which this income is dependent, if only cleaning his teeth or brushing his hair, he cannot learn too early to adjust his expenses to his in come. to deny himself what he wants today for a greater good to morrow, to accumulate funds for some future investment, to keep money in his pocket in the midst of temptations to spend it, and to set aside for his church and Sunday School some fixed part of his own money. Such a boy is growing to finan cial manhood, while his companion whose every expenditure is deter mined by a parent's state of mind, and measured by his success in coaxing or deceit, will remain a financial baby, whatever his age and size. An essential part of such train ing is the keeping of accounts. As soon as the scope and size of his "budget" allows, the boy should open a bank account and keep an itemized record, with a condensed weekly statement, should be handed to his father every Monday morn ing, carefully examined by him, and filed for future study and reference. 'I'he form used in his own family is as follows: Statement for Week 1?nding March 28. 1921. 'l'otal on land and in bank March 21 . . . . . . .$17.85 Received (luring the WVeek . 2.00 $ 19.85 Spent dutrinig week .. .. ..8.40 1 al. carriedl over .. ....$11 .45 In lBank .. .. ...$ 9.25 Cash.. . ... .. ..2.20 $11.45 'l'his kintd of p)relinminary college traiing is often as much needled by the p)arent as by his son. An ig noranlt and( "nplrepared"' father often ruins his soils collge career by giving him too much money, or awakens bitterness ando encourages (deceit by giving him too little. Such a p)ersonlal "'business course"' t here fore', as5 above carried also through the first year ini college, not onIly tenlds to dloublle the successes and hialye the failures of camphlus life, but will pr~ove a most activ'e andl effective agent in promoting iROLINI mutual confidence and family har mony, while the actual time and la bor involved is less than that re quired to gain half of a single "Car negie unit." Y. M. C. A. HOLS LAST MEETING OF SESSION (Continued from page 1.) Law class, E. B. Smith, spoke of the Y. M.. C. A. as a whetstone with which to sharpen our moral character. From his remarks one could not help being impressed with the importance of selecting a goal and working steadily toward it. W. L. Brannon and G. A. Wil liamson. both of the Senior Aca demic class, also made remarks that were well in order. Mr. William son asserted that he had received two-fold for all that he had put in to the "Y" work. Mr. Brannon spoke very enthusiastically of the work being accomplished at Caro lina by the Y. M. C. A. He hear tily endorsed the appeals for coop eration made by speakers preceding him, and predicted an even better year for the Y. M. C. A. during the coming session than this. Mr. Brannon based his glad p:e diction on the fact that the Carolina "Y" has been steadily growing in strength from year to year, and all things being considered, he thinks we have just reason to expect won derful blissings for the V. M. C. A. (luring the coming year. GROWTH OF THE LITERARY SOCIETIES lina are not as familiar with the origin and development of the Clar isophic and 'uphradian Literary Societies as they might be, in view of the fact that these two orgaiii zations are among the most impor tant on the campus. The success the University has experienced in oratory and debating this year and in former years has been due to a large extent to the wonderful work done by the two literary socie ties. 'The first literary society of the University was formed the first year the college opened its doors to receive students in 1805. This was known as the Philomathic Literary Society and was composed of prac tically the entire student body. It was short lived however, and the men realizel that for the best in terests of the University it would b)e b)etter to have two organizations, therebyw enabling a competitive spir it to p)romiote the efficiency of each. Be fore anyting could lbe arrangedl towardl this end( it was necessary to (dissolve the Philomathic Society. In 1806 the "Synapatian Conven t ion" was formed, the constitution of which providedh for the forma tioni of two( literary societies. These wvere to b)e independent, bunt wvere to meet every seven wveeks in joint assemlly--this being called the "'Sympatian Convention.'' Thius was b)roulght abiout the for mat ion of the Clarisophic and En p)hradlianl Societies, which were or ganlizedl in the year 1806. The consttutin ofthe'Convention" p)rovidhed that two men from the same section of the state be select ed to dhividle the nmembers and funds of the P hilomiathic Society. Ac cordingly Jamies and( .Joselph I lowry, "1921 two brothers, were chosen. Tt men as captains among stud assembled, threw coins for choice. In this way the sele was made and the Clarisophic liuphradian Societies were bei The first meeting of the two cieties was held in the old chl on February 6, 1906, at diffe. hours. One met after dinner, the other after supper, which ni ings were continued each Satur of the college year until 1820, w they were given new homes. luphradian Society was given of the upper floor of DeSaus! college and there it held meet; until 1848. On the 7th of Dec her of that year it dedicated present hall in the then newly er ed Harper building. The Cld sophic Society was given the over the chapel and held its n ings there until Legare build) was completed. The third sl was turned over to them; and February 10, 1849, that hall I dedicated and has since remai the home of the Clarisophic So ty. The selection of the names of societies is somewhat uncertt Clarisophic seems to have cc from the Greek words "klari meaning "distribution by lot," "sophos," meaning wise. "W distribution by lot," being the assembled meaning of the Gr words, which accords with the st. of the division as made by the L ry brothers. Euphradian me "correctness of speech," or "4 quence," but nothing is known, its selection as the early mint have been lost. The two societies prospa greatly in the clays before the u practically the entire student bi being members. But in the e; sixties during the disturbed colP tions of the war, when the Uini') sity was made a hospital for Sou ern soldiers, the two societies v forced to suspend operations al( with the other activities of the L versity. In 1862 the Clarioso' Society ceased its function but t were resumed on January 1 1866, after conditions of the U versity were once more adjus; The 1;ulphradian Society contini to operate until just before the trance of negroes into the Unix sity, when they dissolved and creted their constitution. A fter radical regime the Society renetl its activities in the year 1882. Since then the societiesh showvn a steady growth and are nv the most implfortant activities oni c'ampuIs of the University and p~ a dominant p)art in the standard the institution. Tlhere are two pi lications which are the pr*opei of the societies. The monthly v founded in 1882 andl was knio as the '"Collegian,'' but later it v changed to '''fhe Carolinian."'' Gamecock, the weekly, was foug edl in 1906 and took its name firr that given the varsity p)layers. 1[ of these publications have been p)ortanlt fac'tors in the dlevelopmll of the societies. Your eyes are vague andl int dlistinct."' said the seamstress e xa ining needlIes. "Following the line of least sistance is what makes rivers a nwen cronke~1."