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CO-ED EDITION - Pull for the Coeds 200 CO-EDS Vor Pull Out jSby 1925 VT01.. X V. UNIVERsirl"Y OF SOUTH- CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, 4.,. )(EIE1 ( 91 o ,CAROLINA TO ( SEXCENTEN FAMOUS ITALIAN WILL BE HONORED President of University of South Carolina to Make Address on Great Poet The sexcentennial of the death of the famous Italian poet, Dante will be observed by the Universi ty Friday night, December 16. Dr. Reed Smith of the English Department is Chairman of the special committee charged with arrangements for the exercises in the great singer's honor. The general public is invited; the ex ercises will be held in the Uni versity chapel. Professor Oscar L. Keith, head of the Department of Modern Languages, will preside, making a short address in which he will sketch the life of Dante and out line the background behind the )oet's work. A special musical progran has been arranged by Dr. II. 1-1. Bellamann, director of music at Chicora College. The piece de resistance of the program will be an address by Dr. William Spencer Currell, President of the University, on the poet's "Divina Commedia." Dante has been a particular sub ject of study of Dr. Currell's and his "Divina Commedia" was used by Dr. Currell as the subject of a series of three lectures before Chautauqua audiences some years ago. The quintessence of this series will form the basis of Dr. Currell's a(iress at the ceremo flies Friday evening. His analysis of tihe great Italian masterpiece is So designed as to include the study of each of the three divi sions of the poem, "Inferno," "Purgatoria," and] "Paradiso." "The year 1921," the Universi ty Committee says, "brings the 600th anniversary of the death of Dante. If it be well that we pause from time to time to honor those who have had noblest part in the building of our intellectual in heritance, now surely, we, of America, may fittingly join with other nations in paying grateful tribulte to a poet whose work is a common heritage. "Because he saw humanity sub specie aeternitis, his influence ex tend1s beyond the bounds of his own century. As poet, he offers still the wonder of his vision, the echoing harmony of his verse, the p)rofound insight of his humuan (Continued on page 3.) A IBSERVE NIAL OF DANTE DR. WAUCHOPE CHOSEN EXCHANGE PROFESSOR Will Deliver Series of Lectures at University of Virginia Dr. George Arimstrong Wan chope. head of the departmlenit of Enlglish. has belen selected as the IU i versity's relresentative in the ser'i(S of ! ,etulres delivered annu1 ally by professors "exelhanlged" among the Ulniversity of S. C., the University of N. C., the Uni versity of Virginlia, and Vander bilt Ini versity. Dr. Waulclhope will go to the University of Vir giia while a representative of one of the other Universities en tering into the "exchange'' Will colle here to deliver a series of lectires. In this way, each of the four instititions gets the benle fit of the ideas and knowledge of a member of another's faculty, anld at the same time carries its ideas to a sister Institution. Dr. Walchlope will be in Vir ginia one week, delivering a se ries of approximately five lec tures, one of which will be open to the public while the others will le before the classes of the Uni iversity. Dr. Wanchope at one time served on the Virginia facIil ty. This was in 1909 and 19101 dhriiig the absence of Prof. C. W. Kent, who was in I taly at that time. Ile has also beeni a memblier of the Virginia sunmner School faltY for twelve sessions. PROSPECTS GOOD FOR BASKETBALL Capt. Vaughn's Men Show Promise The basketball squad under the direction of Capt. Josh V1aug1in has been giving much promise of a winning team this coming sell son. Capt. Vaughan, Sparkman, and Wallace of last year's team are all showing i) well while Singleton, Lillis, Thompson and Wingard all give promise of add ing strength to the squad. A good schedule has been arranged by Afanager Buchanan, which in cludes a trip thru North Carolina a1n( Virginia and one thru the up per part of this State. No coach has b)een niamedl yet but it's expectedl that one will be secutredl this week. There aret sev eralI whom the Advisory lioard are cons(iering but it will not be known until later wvho will direct the squad. It is exp)ected that Belk, Woodson and( WVaite of the football squad will report for the teami1 later. MERRY UNIVERSITY GREETS FRENCH GENERAL HARRY LIGHTSEY REPRESENTS STUDENT BODY President W. S. Otrirell, Pro fe 'or Yates Snowden, and Har ry Lightsey of the stldent-bodyN went to Greenwood Friday, I.). cember 9, to greet Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Coimiander-in chief of the allied armies and one of the Imlost distinlgulished guests that South Carolina has ever had the honor to receive. This visit recalls the visit of La fayette almost I century ago. As the visit of that noble Frenchman is still remembered with pride by every loyal and patriotic South Carolinian so will the memory of this brief, thirty-minute stay of Foch in our State be long alive in our hearts and be recorded in our history, and the University of South Carolina will he proud to have written in her annals that she had a part in South Caro lina's ovation to the Hero of the Ma Ine. Greenwood being fortunate enough to be the recipient of so great a distinction, did the lion ors in such a way as to make all South Carolina feel justly proud and it is hoped that the gracious ness, hospitality and patriotism shown made perhaps i siall imli pression on the heart of the great Focli. 'he streets were hung with flags and a liandsoie "Arch of Triumph" blazed forth with hun dreds of electric lights. The day was ideal for so unique ain occa sion in South Carolina and the fact that hearts beat high was manifested by the expression of enthusiasm, excitement, and ex pectation which shone on so many of the approxiiately fifteen thousand faces in GreeIIWood to see Foch. At 4 :15 the special train carry ing Foch and his party !riiived in Greenwood where distinguish ed citizens of the Palmetto State greeted him and amidst much cheering escorted him to the pub lic square where he was formally greeted by Governor Cooper. As the Marshal ascended the plat form the girls of Lander College dressed and arranged to form the tri-color of France sang the Mar seilles. The Marshal stood at sa lute thru three verses. The chair on the platform occupliedl by Foch was one which La fayette had oe cuiedC at ai recep)tionl in Coluim bia1 in 1825. After the 10oud c'heerinig had suibsided Marshal Foch made a brief addressa in a few well-chosen (Continued on Page 4.) X MA S DR. CURRELL I RESIGNATIC S. I. A. A. ADOPTS MIGRATORY RULE Dr. Henry Phillips Soon to Move to Columbia-Reelected President With the S0outhernl intercol legiate Athletic association un broken,) but with anl iindoubted Split iito two factions, the S. I. A. A. annual conventioi caime to a close with each party retaininig Some portioni of the victory. The Imligratory rile. to preveit trai> athletes froi wanderiig fron one school to another, aIls passed. which gave the smaller colleges represeitiug one faction a victory over the larger collerp._; represelitinig the other faction. TherI passage of the miigratory rule is regarded as significant of the fact that great plrogr-ess towards absolutely clean college athletics in the South is being inade. The new migratory ile pre vents athletes from representing more than one college during their athletic career. If a man is on a college team varsity. re serve or freshman, he is not eli gible to represent another college on any of its athletic teamnis. The new aimendmet went into effect with its passage. anidi men who played on 1921 football teams cannot represent other (ol leges during their athletic career. The migratory rule ofIsets the ad vantage the one-year rule gives the larger colleges. it is thought. The one-year rule, of course, is not so hard on larger colleges as it is on smaller iistititiois,, so it is thought to favor the bigger schools. A small school with its small student body had trouble enough making up its team with fresh men in the lineup, oflicials of some Dixie colleges say. but without their first year meni it becomes an almost imlpossible task. Where the migratory rule works to the advantage of the smaller schools, representatives of this faction as sert: Stars are developed at a small school, anid then. their lplaces on varisity' teamIs are as sumred,I the attrua ction of playiig on hiarge colleges is too great, and1( thle smniall inmst it ution nm lst lose status. Tlhie miiigratory rulhe preven'its thiis. A mendIment to this onie-vea r rule was paIsed this mmorning( wvhich providedl that fr'eshmien (C(ontinmued on p)age .I.) STOAAL [ANDS IN TO TRUSTEES EFFECTIVE YEAR FROM JUNE Board Postpones Action W'atil A Later and Better Meeting Dr. William Spenser Currell,1 fOr se en yea rs president of the un iversity, tendered his resigna tion to the board of trustees at its meeting fol last Wednesday. Dr. Currell reqiested that he be alowed to retire on May 23, 1923, his 65th birthday. Dr. Cuirrell has been president since July 14, 1914, during which time the Tjiversity hIas enjoyed remarkable growth un1der his 111a iageient. Durin(g his presi dency the enrollment has averag ed n(earl1Y 500, and for the past two years it has gone beyond wo. Probably the enrollent vould have been even harger had it not been that Dr. Currell has turned his efforts to a continual raising of the stamird. Due in a large Ieasu,Ilre to him, ourl diplomlla is nov recognized and accepted by all graduate schools in the coun try, and the college has become one of the four edlcationlal insti bitionls inl Smuth Carolina mneml bers of the Souithern Association of Colleges and seconlda ry Schools. Dr. Currell has spent an entire lifetime devoted to edlication and t,e pursliit of learning. Today le stands Is one of the best known and most honored educators in South Carolina. Ile was born in Charleston, May 1 , 1S53 and was educated at Washington anld Lee University, receiving the degrees of baelielorl of arbts and hachelor of pedagogy. IIe is also the hold er of many honorary degrees, aiong them: doctor of law from University of Alabama, David sol College a Id the University of Florida. iIe has had a long and 1illIIianut caireer as an educator, hav iig hel the chiairu of English at IIampdleni Lidniey, Davidson anud Wash inrgton anod Le~e. No formiah action concerning the resignation of D)r. Currell w ill hoe taken by the board until a hater dlate. mL.E