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oPull Out by 1925 SPNll-- f or CarolinaC- 1000 STU D ENT !o.XV. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., NOVE\MlmR 10. 1921.No5 [JNIVERSITY LOSI Hon. C. E. Spencer, of Trustee for l The University of South Caro ina lost one of its csb friends vhen death claimed the Hon. 1harles E. Spencer of York, trus cc of the University for the past wenty two years. Mr. Spencer uffered a stroke of apoplexy vhile breakfasting at the Jeffer on Hotel where he and Mrs. Ipencer had rooms. le died at :30 last Wednesday night and vas buried in his home town Fri lay morning. Of his life "hjlIe 'tate" gives the following. In the death of Mr. Spencer the tate loses one of its leading at orneys and a man w;io for over ialf a century had actively aided lie University of South Carolina n its remarkable recovery from lie reconstruction regime and its radual and healthy growth from he small South Carolina College o the now University of South %arolina. Mr. Spencer was one of lie oldest living alumni of the iniversity, having been graduated n the class of 1869.. His departure riom the institution's "red old valls," however, did not sever the )onds that joined him to the state iniversity. Ever awake to the val ie of education and the need of Iouth Carolina in this field he pave a large part of his life to the dvancemnent of the university. le tad served continuously for 22 ,ears as a member of the board of ristees of this institution and at lie time of his death was the rank ig member of the board. He lov -d the college and university for i valued and sacred part of the tate and as great and as unselfish is this attachment was it was not iis only love. Over two score ,ears devoted to the practice of lie law found him with few peers it his profession in the state and a ife time as a private citizen gave iim a record of fine unselfish ser ie. Ile was born in Sumter county July 30, 1849. His mother, Mary klice (Fraser) Spencer, was also - native of Sumter county while is father, Elisha Spencer, born in Connecticut, came to Sumter 'ouinty in 1835. Mr. Spencer was 20 years old1 whlen he was graduated from South Carolina college in 1869. With a college education he then set out in the trying (lays follow'. lowing the Confederate wvar to earn his living when opp)ortuni ties for young men of ability w-nd ES ITHFUL FRIEND York, Dies Suddenly. lany Years. BAILEY ELEVEN DOWNS FRESHMEN Carolina First Year Men Lose in Hard Fought Game With Military Insitute. In a football gaie, which was anybody's until thle finlal whistle blew, Bailey defeated Carolina Freshmen 13 to 7. The game was a battle from beginning to end and Bailey had to exert her self to winl. In the first half Bai ley playing the second string backfield, with the exception of the quarterback, drove through the Carolina team for two touch downs. Payne madoe the first counter on a long end run. The secvoid touchdown was the result of a forward pass to Jamieson. Jones played a beautiful game for Bailey on the defense. Jeter, who got into the game the last few minutes, intercepted passes and tackled and ran with the ball like a demon. Payne and Jamieson vere good ground gainers for Bailey. Ii the second half, during the third quarter, Carolina played Bailey off their feet. Parlow showed himself to be a real gen eral andt(] ran all punts back to the middle of the field. Prickett was responsible for iany gains Imlade by Carolina and on the ldefense lie played all over the field. Carolina opened uip an aerial at tack inl the third quarter and completed seven passes out of eight attempts. Tie Carolina team hail good drive and worked the ball to Bailey's 12 yard line after the first touchdown, but here Bailey held and the ball went over. Score by quarters: Bailey ........7 6 () 0--13 Carolina ......0 0 7 0- 7 the position as teacher in King's Mountain Military academy, mov ing to Yorkville where lie had since thant time made his home. lie then took up thie study of law, receivedl his (degree of bachelor of lawv from thie U niversity of South C'arol ina in 1872, andl had been aie ti vely engageod in the practice of his p)rofession upj to the time of his death. In addoition to his in terest4 ini edlucation and1( law Ml~r. (Continued on page 5i.) SONTC ALL ABOARD FOR GREENVILLE! "Gamecock Special" Leaves at 8.30 for Greenville. Everybody's Going The "G'aiecock Special" which the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, with the C. & W. C. Railroad, will run to Greenville, will leave fron the C. N. & L. depot at 8.30 o'clock Sat urday morning. The depot is on lower Gervais about, two blocks below the Seaboard depot. You can't miss it. The cars will be there all decorated with the ole (arnet and Black, and wvitih the cgiimecock. The fare will be $3.i0, not counting the war tax that Uncle Samn gets, (even if the war is over), which amiounts to 8 per cent of the fare, making the total round trip cost $3.78. The gane will cost one buck, so you can go there and see the best game of the season, and collie back for $4.78. That is, if you ldon't want to eat "nothing." And the tick ets will be good coming back up to Sunday midnight. So if You don't get enough (f (Glreeiville by the time the special leaves there that ilight. yolu can stay over and Cole back Sunday. The CaIlrolina allinilli here in Coliibila have gottel a hand that is going up1) on the Special and they will furnish mu11sic and such. all the time the trainl is "eln rolite. A goodl many of the -old fellows" will be on the Special, but of course they will be in tile PlIl man. Oh ily yes! There will be a r'Val honiest to goodllesS Pill mnanl, nu11e byv ol Inaln Pullmnanl himself. The conches of the trainll will he regular equipment that is used onl one of the larger rail roads and will be as good as those of ally other railway Operating out, of Columbia. As the C. N. & L. railroad was the first to mIake us the qiotation of this very low rate it is agreed that all the students should take advalntage of this railroads' prop osition, anid go on the "Gamnecock Special." And then we don't want to get 111 scattered out Over two or three diffreient trains, for we wouldn't be able to ma111ke as mu111ch noise as we will when everybody goes 01n the " Iamecock Special." Thle (comm11ittee of a rranlgemenlt who aigreedi to tile C. N. & L. rates dlid so with the undl(erstaninhg 1an1( knowledlge that all the stul dlent b1ody~ wvouldl back thlemupl in the'se ar11 ragements. So) e(iv(yd beIt the(re Sa turdayli 110 morning at R.3( fori we're going to "'strut our1 mud"(1 ill thlere in thle mlounitain city thait eveiIng and1( tha t nig'ht. > GREEN' GAMECOCKS DR) FLORI Carolina and Florida Gamecock Stil Pliin( its first gane o for eign soil the Gaiecock collection of football warriors played the Flori<da 'Gators to a stan<lstill SCOrle oI Satulriay, the 5th. The invatling Soith Carolina eleven playedl the hiomie teami off t,heir feet inl the first rack, but the Floridians c;itlne back inl ti last three framlies and got evenl with tle seven poilts that Carolain had( Iade by a steady m1arch dowi the fieh I for eighty yards :and a touchilown, foiIowed by the goIl kick. The lir<ds displayed their great line of, defense to such anl extent that theY shoved back tilme and time again the much-touted 'Gator forwards. This good of feisive and defensive 'work weakened at a critical time inl the second <iuarter, when Captain Perry of Florida got thiru the line and blocked a piulnt, ulponl which his teainuiate l1irnett fell for the toiuchdown that evened the count. liut, at. all times the appropriateness of the lialie "G1'aiecock" stood out, for the Garnet and Black line held sev eral tinies in the last three divis ions when even the smallest slip world have given the Alligators a cbance to cross the goal line and in this way break Carolina's record of no (defeats during this seasonl. The Carolina toulclhdown caie in the first qua rter. After an ex (dinange of plints Carolina started ofr with her drive. amd froi her 20-y a rd linl(e, downi over eight successive ten-yard zones did the tea p)lougl. With the line ram mling the Florida defense for oPeniinfgs. Belk and Waite, car v ing the ball, alternated vithI Bro(kinligtoni andl(] Amb11h)S oI the re ceivilg emids of passes. the swine cover was soonl placed behind the final and ]list white-washedl niurk er. O1)nly twice was the aerial route used for the a<1vanceimlent of the ball. the rest of the dis tance it was broIght protected by the Gamnecock hacks. It fell to "Rock" Sipeixs to ca rry the ball ove'r froim the one-yard line and then the 'Fight ing Pa~nrson" boot ed the ball betwveen the bar11s for the (o<(1h) oint. TIhe first frame was then over. In the second (<iuarter, the Florida hunch got to gethier and1( Carol inn foundm her (Conitinued 01n Page 4.) hI/ILLE ! LW WITH DA ALLIGATORS . Fight to 7-7 Count. I Undefeated. LOOKOUT FURMAN, YOU'RE NEXT Gamecocks Invade Green ville. State Championship at Stake. With a clean slate the Game coclk ill stack i) with the Pur pIle l1111rricanue. Manly Field will be the scene of action. And it is 1111derstood uthat the Hurricane will extend its greatest force, hop ing to blow tle sturdy Gamecock from the state championship ban ner. But it is rumored in the barn yard where the (namecock keeps himself that the 11urricane will blow to no avail. The (Lawn of a new week will find the Bird strut ting under the shadow of the ban ner that is fought for every year, by all the inhabitants of the foot ball yard of South Carolina. The Bulldogs. Terriers, Tigers, In dians. anr1d last, but not least, the Gamecock, all take a crack at the coveted bunting. Now the Pur ple Hutirricane lhis blown over several of these rivals, and ait last the tilie hIs come when itiiust show itself to be supreme or to be bested by the fightingest piece of machinery in this neck of te wood.s. the Gamiecock of 1921. Much dust will be stirred l) by the mleetilig of these two contes tants. but it is oily a matter of time, for tihe Bird is this year out for blood. She has done already what has been the prayers of her SIpporters,-put the rollers uin der the 'iger from the hills of Clemson, aId now it is up1) to her to (qiel I tle big noise that has been (0111ig from the direction of the Moluitain Citv. As filr as (o)e goes, the pot is boilin,g. ljit comparative scores 'Ire no)w tab)oo when it coies to figulriig out the results of the comlinrg gam rites. This is the case in this inlstince. Both teams are in thie best of conidit ion, as they have be(en1 t riminrg a nd groOming thrermselvyes, for this game for the last several weeks. Furmrran aind (Cletmsoni battled to a goose-egg tie and1( then theh Carolina eieern stunk the Tigers for 21 p)oitnts to nioth uig. Fturmian and1 Carolina play ed1 last Saturday. thie '(Gators of