Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ATHLE The Part of Athletics in Greater Carolina lBv Sot Metzger The part that atiletics will play inl a -Greater Carolina" st'eels Clear cut to le. 1or 011Me thing, they Will arse m111ore en thiisiasin for tie U'niversity over the State thall any thing else done )y the i University. And that entiiusiasm. rightly directed, as it w ilI be. wit (l ) 11111(11 towa rd builing the support a1 great state educatioil institition iuist Iave to play* N its part inl the continued developIelnt of the state itselff. Fior another thing, intercolle giiate athletics trait younlig mlenl to play* fair. to cooperate, to keep fit and to stay on1 the job no miat ter wiat the ( odds. Is there any better preparation for the crises which we all face from time to tiile uring life than the training of the athletic field? I feel sure that the boy who4) paIyXS onl a teamn which hols its opponent for downs (on1 the one vard line, the One whIt) kicks a field goal for a victory whenl hle appreciates to the fli! that 10,000 people are cry ing for or agaiist his success. and the hall pl ver whot) call, inl the tense liomlelit of a gamie. scOop up 1 grodll(ler and1(l pe,g it to the exact spot at first which insures the finlal put-out have all had a tra21inling ini ma1kin1g qulick and( cor' rect decisions when subjected to grea t pressure, that w iIl stand theim ill good stead ill anl1y walk ( life. professiolill or bisilless. We elithluse 1m1(re over sport thlan1 over edulatioll hecallse of thle telnselless of j list such mom11ent.s. FortunlatelY, Sneh mng ments, which tihe atllete is traill e1 to( m) ieet, are a. direct traiinlg for life. I feel sire--ill fact those who a.Skel I Ile to colle to Carolina. were ) f the salle Ill i nd --tim t w4ateve progress tllt I'i-versity makes (In tile atlietic field will bi mrIe tn llet by a po),gresS ill edu1cational ivalcellelnt'. Ile two go hand ill hand. A co lege w it Iuo1t i Itercollegiate sporPt w'oil he like a1 counItry withbout a2 flaIg. 'Thle l'nited 12 Daughters of the Confed1ray hea i2s offe red 21 mledal2 to2 anyl memb'I1I er o(f the sen11ior 'laisses tof the University, the (Citad( et or (Clemisonl for tile best essayV on the subject: "1Johin (C. ('alhoun11. Southl Carolina'ls Ex I onlent of Stat(e Rights." he essay is to contam 2000( wolrdIs sign ed w i th2 11(1n1om e lumel( and1( must he in the hamds of Mrs. .J. II. West. hiistorianI of theW South (Car1olinal divisioni of U. D . (C., 1220) (Catlhoun1 Street, Newherry, by~ May 15. Thel ireal name 111 of th1 e conItestan lt mu tst he' senlt iln a sea led enivelope, w'ith2 the~ fictitious namlIe on the (2n ti (lC TICS MAKE FOR University of South Carolina Establishes Summer School For Athletic Coaches iThe p)rogr'ess of high an<(1l prep) sclool work inl South Carolina <liiring tle past three Years lias fOrTe< on tihe attention of sclool Imen the growing importance of atletics i te Iigh anl seconld ary .schools. Of all the whole sonie an<d const rIct i ve ways of using the siurpIs energyof.ig schtool boys an<d gtrls ntone has beenl founld the e(ial of righttly supervised atiletic work. So strongly has this fact beenl forcel 11pon the attention of sclool Inen lthat on everv han111d there is a chun1tioriig for Iigl chol O(teachers who can not Oily instr1ct boys a.:dI girls in tlie uisuial high school curr'ticiilum,i bit who, inl addition. are able to take charge of the atlihletic( teaniis an<1(i recess gIles (t te school. Anl earniest effort to find comt petaitly trainled Imlen and woienl for this work general1y results inl slowiig to tle high school prill cipal that the <lennid is greater thanl tle slippl y. It order to help solve this problem by inl creasing the suipplY of coliletanlt athletic coaches and phy. vsical di rectors for Iigh and prep schools the PlIysical Department of the IUlniversit y (if South ('arolina openled a sililunner school for athI letic conches the first two weeks of last Septeliber. h'lle puirpose was to give intensive training ff. these two weeks in football, bas ketball, track. baseball, wrest inhg, Iboxinhg, andc genteralI gymt nastics for Ilen: and itn basket hall, inidoor baseball track. and generaI gymastiS for- girls. Thiere wvere those whlo thtought that little could be accomplishel inl so short a period of tiie but ever*Vonie wiho catie to the sclol alreadv had soie know ledge of the silbjects taught, and inl the ninety-six lolrs givenl to schIol WVI the aou111nllt of knowledge iiparted was surprisingly great. The promioters of this school felt that anl attendance of fift,v mIen and wme wohtid he all that cold be Ioped for at this first session. Itnaginie their surt pise ant. d deliht w hen thle finial enrolhnitent showed that sevetv thr tee hiugh a nd prep) schtoo l teac.:h er's from nthtItree states hadI eni rollhed for thle two weeks of' in tensivye work. It spite of (lie very hiot weather thie attendanice at classes antd intter'est of thle stui denits niever lagged , andl at thie close oif thie sch'lool it was thie unaimtliiouts op)intion of aill the ini struci(tors thaiit t hey Itod nev'er faced: a mtore earni'iest arinl alhert body of sttudents. Mr'. J1. 0. VanMeter, (lie D)ireec totr of thiis Summner' School has r(ce i ved mior'e than i a scoi'e of let ter's fr'omt schools till over' thie sta te oif South Cariol inta pratiisinhg Sin (lie hItgliest termiis me work of ((ttntnnmi on jiig n7 . STRONG MINDS New Equipment Needed by Department of Physical Education There is a Imlore or less gelenil impression that the equipient of the I)epartient. of Physical Ed leation of the lliversity of souith Carolina is adlqate amd up-to-<hate hut a careful investi gationl of the actual con<itions shows that this is far from being true. Fmr instance, the building nIow uise<l as a ynaim a origiily I)uilt to Ie Itst(l aS -I :111itorim yi Ih). Thiornwel there beiifg no )IIi(linrg oi tlhe (emits tht w,as large enough to I1eC0omodate thle num11ber of people lesiI(Ius of heai tihe great man lectutre. The acouistics were so poor that 1 )r. ThornwIell 1a1banl dolned it as a leatuetIII lill 11and it was tilrned over to the depai-t imlent of Chieiiistr N. to be ulsed as a LaboratorN, then was finl-allY given to tle I PIysica I I )epa rt llent to be lsed as a1 gymnillasiumill. As it is nlow arranged it is iniad equlate for the purpose it is being Iused for and it is earnestly hopedI that inl the near fulture sich chian1ges inl the interior can be nIule as will permit its being lsel as m h larger InIIIIners of the studeit-hodI, at olle time than is now possible. Win1throp, Cleison, Citadel. F"rmian a P Presbyterian Col lege all have sWinninig pools in connection with their gymniasi umIIS buit the IlniversityI of South Carolinia has no pool of aniY kind. An aI'e(qIuate sw%.iinllning l pool is 0ne Of the primle neveds of the( IUniversity. Every man and wo m11an who coies to the IUiversi tv to stIdy, ought to be tauiight to swimi. No stuident Shoul be al lowed to graliate froimi th'e Unli versit Iint.il she or he ealn swim and it is hoped in the not distant fuitire I first class swinluintlg poo)l will lbe otldetd to the gene'ral pa rtmenit of the I 'niversity. It is a natter of tciionni knowltedge ini South Carolina that thie steat inrg caplacity of the gr.and( standit s on the Un'iivtersity ath!ltetic fiel d is netvter great enouilgh to steat the miajor atlttit' events oif the Universityv. Th'le Ui vtersity nieedls a stadiumui, onelt that would Ren t niot ltess than twtenty thlousanrd peoplle. Crowds of this size voulId certauin ly attend the great auth tlet ic tevenits of the foothball and1( biasebllI season ('tild they' lie as sutred of comtifortabile steats that atllowedl thiemi to set' what was irmir 0on AND HEALTHY Football and the Stadium Movement Ever since tle lavs of the old Circis Maximus I peOple have heenl crow<ling into this 01r that stadi 11111 to enjoy their particillar form of spor.t. With the ol Romnns, chiriot racing or lion baiting uised to be the chief attraction an<d somie historians have figures to prove that fron 260.000 to 485,00 persons coild be crowed into the Circus Maxilmus. Then tlhere'was the C(oiseun at Home, which al though not exactly classed as a stadium,iil is of the auiphitheatre type with a seating capacity of fromn 50,000 to 87.00. A Ierica footImball. which since its start has beenl the Iost )O)II. lar of c(dlege sports, hals beenl at tracting thousands of spectators, and the big gaines of tle last few yearI's have drawn record break inig 'rwds. One resilt of the great war was a nation-wide re (1ogniitioni of die (onliinaniding ili portalnce of pliysical education and conlse<iiently c(fllege athletics have outgrown their facilities and scores of educational institutions are miakiig phans for 1etter- athi letic fields. Mhost of the larger universities have already % erected huge stadia. Yale is known the couitr oel becaluse of the Yale bowl. whicb seats 1,000. This is the largest stadimill in the couiitry and So eniorm1ous have beeni tle crowds attracted by the hig gridiron con. tests that plans have been drawn for a<hlitions, and the seating ca pacity will be greatly enlarged. Thie Ilarvard stadiumi is the oldest large stadiuii inl the colantry and r)iginllyli seated 23.000 blut tenm pora ,y stands give it ai capacity )f -15.000. At Princeton the sta 1imn is U-shaped with a seating New Hal from Old On( Why throw away the old hats v them they will look like new and them. Dig out that last fall hat ai guarantee workmanship and satisfr You will find our clothes cleanin and the service prompt. Palace Hat Cleaning a THE HOME 0] Two Doors from EXPERT DRY CL] AND RE Called for and Delivered. 1206 Main Street. CONSTAN & JA( Telenh BODIES cap)acityN of 412,000. The College of the City of New York has a stadituml circl1111 inl shipe seating abouit 6,000 people. Th'le Unvr sityN of Washington at Seattle is U-shaped and seats 60,000. The Washington. 1). C. Central IIigh School Staldiiml seats 6,000. The IlniverAty of Micliganl erected a stadilin in 191- tit seats .50,000. Lehigh I Uni ve rsitv at Bethlehemi, Pa. las a staldium,ll. erected ill 115 that seats 15.000. The Iiversit y of Chiengos stadium seats 10,000 people and will have to be en larged to accomlodate the crowds that dellanl(d adhllittalce to the gamles as the temporary stands are iladelaitte. Ohio State Uli versity N has a hIige stadiill 1111der construction at the present time, while Illinois aund Kansas Ulni versitie a& 1re cairrying on camii paigns to secure funlids for the erection of stadia inl the lear fli ture. Wherever 1huge crowds assem ble to tch football gailles the question of safetyN is 1 Iost im portant one. It is for this reIa Sol that reinforced concrete is now iised abnost exclisivelv for stadia. Not only is the safety of the crowds assilred by such con structioi, blt there is no ( danger from fire an1d 11o expenlses for repair's and upkeep. Ih'e stadilium Imlovenient is not coifinled to the college and uni versitY towns, becaulse maNy sm1al ler conuntities have n PITe preP arations for the physical develop mlent of the younmg folks and sta dia ha1ive been erected that serve Us athletic groulI(ls, fair, groundlj(ls and recreation centers. In1 ('i cago plans have beenl 111aie and finds secired for the erection of 21 huge concrete mu111nicipal Stiadi 11111 on) the hake front which will hae a1 seting capacity of 100, 000 and will be the lrgest Stadi 11111 ill the couitry. hen by having us clean and reblock ~ou get another season's wear out of dsave the price of a new one. We ction. g and pressing department satisfying nd Shoe Shining Parlor ~GOOD SHINES Central Drug Co. EANING, PRESSING PAIRING Give Us a Trial. Columbia, S. C. - KSON, Proprietors ane 60n4