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Baseball Practice Co-ed Buildingr Began Yesterday Almost A,ud University of South Carolina VOL. XV1_ COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 2,1923. NUMFR 14 EX-PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY DIES IN N. C. Maj. Sloan at Carolina Many Years A GREAT SCHOLAR Gave the Best Portion of His Life to Educating the Youth of South Carolina Major Benjamin Sloan, 87, who for twenty-eight years was closely connected with this institution, died from double pneumonia at his home in Biltmore, N. C., last Tuesday. For twenty-two years he was a professor and for six years lie was president. Few men have had careers as eventful as this great scholar. Not only was lie a great scholar, but one of the bravest soldiers that ever drew a sword. The foundation of his education was laid in his native village, Pendleton, at an academy conducted by a Mr, Gilman, of Maryland. In 1855 he entered the citadel where he remained for two years, at the end of which time lie received an appointment to West Point, where lie graduated in 1860. Among his class mates at West Point was Wade Hamp ton and others who later distinguished themselves in every walk of life. He ranked seventh in his class and was en titled to an appointment in the ordnance department, but at his own request lie was assigned to the cavalyy with the rank of lieutenant. His first and last cam paign as a U. S. cavalry offcer was against the Apache and Comanche In dians of New Mexico and Arizona. le distinguished himself in a number of engagements during the campaign. Soon the war between the States began and lie resigned his commission in the U. S. Army to return to fight for his native state. In order to reach South Caro lina lie was compelled to ride eight hundred miles on horseback before he could secure any other means of trans portation. A fter reaching South Caro lina he was commissioned captain and ap pointed to muster in and drill the first regiment of rifles organized by Governor Orr. He served with this unit for a time and was then placed in charge of a gun factory in Asheville, with the rank of major. He was captured by the Union forces, and for sometime was a prisoner. A fter the war lie returned to Pendle ton, and, for a while, conducted an academy there. He then became general superintendent of the Columbia and Greenville R. R., which position he he!d until the Carpet Bag and negro regime gained control of the state. He then re turned to his farm, where lie remained until lie was elected to the chair of mathematics at Adger College in Wal halla when that institution was founded. In 1880, when a State College of Agri cutu tre and Mechanical A rts wvas openedl in the buildings of the University, Major Sloan became pro fessor of mathematics and pthysics. W\hien the University was enlarged in 1887 Professor Sloan became dleani of the Agriculttural College. Upon the resignation of Dr. John McBride, and at which tinme the University was dis rtuptedl, Major Sloan wvas urged to accep)t the presidency, biut dleclinedl. Howvever, he was miade chamirmian pr~o tenmpore of the faculty. WVhen P residlent Woodward retiredl in 1902 he wits requested by the board of trustees to serve as president pr~o tempore, to wvhich he consentedl, but only oni the condaitioni that a presid!ent would( be elected at an early (late. Tfhe faculty unanimously asked him to con sent to accepit the presidlency, andl the students petitioned the trustees that lie he elected. The trustees elected him and he then accepted the presidency of the college, although lie did so against his own personal preferences. Under his wise direction the institution madle great pro~gress. It was during his administra tion that the School of Education was (Cnntinued on Page Thwre ) GAMECOCK'S LOSE TO INDIANS Birds Tired From Northen Trip SPECTACULAR PLAYING Carolina Men Outplay Red Skins in First Period of Exciting Game Playing the famous Newberry Indians to a standstill in the first half of one of the hardest fought basketball games of the season the Gamecock quintet was forced to taste defeat at the hands of the Lutherans on Monday night. Feb ruary 19th. The Birds were off with a rush from the opening whistle, and when the first half ended they held the long end of a 17 to 14 score. Nor did they slack up when the last period began, but when the game was about two-thirds over the Indians seemed to pull themselves together and staged a remarkable rally which put them in the lead. The Gamecocks, who had not fully recovered from the effects of their recent hard trip, fought gamely but where not ab'e to stop the Redskins, and the final score read: Carolina, 21; Newberry, 3?. The feature of the contest was the str prising amount of reserve speed that the Indians released in the last few minutes of play. The game was fast and interesting from the first tip-off, and was witnessed i by a large crowd among which there were many Newberry supporters. Wol lett was the outstanding star of the Luthera,ns, scoring 21 points for his team; he was ably supported by his team-mates. For the Gamecocks Wright and Gasque were the shining lights, while Capt. Wallace also played a steady game. Following this game Newberry sent a challenge to Clemson for a game in Greenville Saturday night, February 24th. This challenge was not accepted however. The lineup Newberry, 37; Carolina, 21. Gwilliam (6) .....F......(4) Wallace Wollett (21) ...... . (8) Wright McPhee (8) ......C ..... (7) Gasque Shealy ............ ......... (2) Lillis Butler (2) ........G .......... Baker Substitutions: Carolina-Abrams for Baker, McSwain for Abrams, Abrams for McSwain, Jones for Baker. Referee, Parks. Dr. Smith Recipient of High Honor At the installation of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Davidson College on March 1st Dr. Reed Smith, of the Uni versity faculty, was among the initiates. Dr. Smith graduate-I from Davidson in 1901, and was selected from his class to receive the covetedl honor of becoming a member of this vene rable and dlis tinguished honorary fraternity. D)uring his four y'ears at Davidson be made an av'erage in scholarship of ninety-seven Besides his A. B. dlegree at D)avidson he received his A. M. at the University of South Carolina in 1902. another A. M. at H arva,rdl in 1904, and also his D)octor's dlegree at Harvard the same year. As well as winning dlistinction iln the class r om. D)r. Smith wvon during his college care-er letters ini football. b)aseb)all , t rack andl( tennis ; won medlals in declamatio n. Bible, and, as an essayist, won tw~o scholarships at H arvard Uni - versity, also the Potter Prize, Compara tive literature, Hlarvard University. The installation ceremonies were pre sided over bly President Chase, of the University of North Carolina. Dr. H-enry Louis Smith, p)residlent of W'ash ington andl Lee, and an uncle of D)r. Reed Smith dlelivered the literary ad (dress before the members of the new chanter. 'PUNCH" EHRLICH PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY Graduate of Academic and Law Schools MEMBER ALUMNI COUNCIL Alway Intensely Interested ii Athletic Well Being of The University The University campus, as well as the !ttire city. was shocked last Wednesday xhen a message was received saying tha AXlbecrt Ehrlich had died fromt pneumoni: it Watt's Hospital, Durham, N. C., a II a. m. that day. "Punch," as he was )opularly known to his legimn of friends was sick only a few days. and the fac that he was ill was not known except h his relatives and a very few of his mos intimate friends until the sad news of hi: leath was received. He graduated fron the Academic school of the Universit) in June, 1914; the following fall he en tered the Law school and receive: hi: LL.B. degree in 1916. Soon after grad Liating from the law school he began th< practice of his profession in the Capita City, but only for a short time. Whei the United States entered the world con lict he volunteered immediately an served throughout the war as a privat )f infantry. After receiving his dis :harge from the service lie began hi legal work anew, specializing in bonds litd for several years lie has been recog lized as one of the best bond authoritie ii Columbia. He was manager of th< )ond department for North and Soutl Carolina of the well-known firm of Syd iey, Spitzer and Company, of Toledo Dhio, and it was while attending a bon( sale in )urham that he became ill. Carolina always occupied a very warn spot in "Punch" Ehrlich's heart, and wi feel that she has l(ist one of her nos loyal sons. As a student and as at tdumnus lie was deeply interested in tih welfare of athletics at the University Itid in order that Carolina might pit oul better teams, lie gave a great deal o hlis time and motiey for this purpose. T( bim and a few others is due the credi :>f securing Coach Sol Metzger as out liead football coach. Well, indeed, d, hose of us who were here four years ag, remember the morning when he an< 'Chick" Hendrix came down to the cai pus and annouticed at a student bod, meeting that the great mentor had ;c :epted the offer to coach the wearers o the Garnet and Black oti the gridiron for Ale next five years. Very, very few hav, eeii the football aid baseball games or Davis field in the past thirteeti year that he has been absent from, aid his )resence at these contests in the coming years will be greatly missed. For a tini hie served as a iember of the Universit) Athletic Advisory Board and was member of the Alumni Council. A tcarly every alumnui reniiotn sitice hi .radutationi '"Puntch'' had charge of th< (tutits oni the prorgram and( well, itndeed was this part of the program carriet >uit. While, a studenit, lie was a membet if the German Club, Euphiradiani Society Unisoca Club, and( Cobiamtbia Club ince graduiatinig hie had become altiliater withi a nuimber of piromiiinent orgaiiiza ains ini Coh:mbuia as follows: Masons Kiwaniis, Focus, Columibiai anid Ridge. wvood1 clubs, lHe also was a memiber o: lie Wasingtoni Street MI. H. church. Inttermuent was int Ehnwi~ood cemieters Tlhursday. D)r. MI. L. Carlisle andt Rev Schroeder cond(utctedl the funieral set vices. Th'le great nutmber oif beauti fi loral offerinigs attested to the esteeni ni which lie was held by his numtero. f rienids anid acquainttanices ini Columba id th roiughout the state. "Look out there, don't sit in thal "That's all right ;the base of m)~ pine will coutnteract it."--Harvard Lam. PULLETS OUTCLASSED I CHARLESTON LASSIES Carolina Co-Eds Win Two Games IMPROVEMENT IN TEAM College of Chrleston and Ash- I ley Hall Teams Defeated In Fast Games In one of the fastest games of the sea son the Pullets downed the co-eds of the c College of Charleston on last \Vednes !ay night by the count of 29 to 22. The anie was fast and hard fought, with s he Carolina girls playing the better t ball in every department of the game. t For the winners Nlerideth led in scor- - ing with 19 points, while Al len. played a t fast game at side center as did l3arrow at guard. Misses Igoe and Gregg were I the stars for the visitors. The lineup: Carolina, 29; Charlest-n. 22. M eredith ..........F........... Gayer W ilson ............F............ Igoe W annamaker ......C............ Gre-! Allen ..............C ......... Gooding Barrow ...........G......... Simmons Cantwell ..........G........... Pieper Substitutions: Carolina-Floyd for Cantwell, Hancock (2), for Wilson, wil son for Hancock. Referee, Miss Sara Godhold. * t Gosh! but those Pullets did strut their stuff against Ashley Hall last Saturday night. Why those girls from Charlesto:1 didn't have a showing against the de fense that our co-eds put up! Playing a bang-up game at passing, and putting Ip an almost impenetrable defense, those co-eds took the girls from Ashley avenue to ride to the tune of 23 to 17. Teli Pullets were off to a good lead at the start and held it, the first half en ilng 14 to 6 in their favor. Although the girls from Charleston fought hard they were no match for the co-eds who were going at top speed from the first tip-off. ] At times the Ashley Hall girls shov:ed I sonic real stuff, and near the end of the game they pulled themselves together. with the result that they scored sever:C: points in quick succession. As for stars that Sarah Merideth just couldn't miss 'em. Her accurate shoot- i ing accouinted for 20 of the Pullets' 23 r points. Barrow and Captain Cantwe!, at guard, played a beautiful defensive I game and broke up many of their op poneits chances to score. A feature of the game was the passing of the entirc Carolina team. For the visitors lirewer. at forward, led the scoring with :2 points. 1iturton, at guard. and Robertsonf at side center both played stellar ball. This made the third game the Pullets t won within the week, having defeated Columbia Hi 19 to 11 on Tue(lay and the College of Charleston on \\'ednesday 29 to 22.t TPhe lineup : Carolina Co-eds, 23 ; Ashley HlaIl. 17. Wilson (3) .......F..(5) Cogswell Meredith (20) .. .. F. ... (12) lBrewer Wannamaker...C........ Whitaker Al len ..............C........ Robertson Cantwell ......................StarrI Barrow .........G...........urton Suibst itut ionus: ;\shl1ey llal l-Cates for. ltrewver. 8rewver for Cates. R.feree. MIiss Sara G,odhoh(l.t Misses Prevost and Rowlette Elected Co-ed Cheer Leaders I,a1st week the co-eds elected NI iss Mary Prevost and MIiss Celeste Row lette as their cheer leaders. Sub sequiently the twvo. arrayedI in white andl C dleckedI with Gairnet and IBlack pennants.i a 'ppea.red at the hasketball games, lead-- r ing the cheering of the co-e'ds, and coun- f seqluenitly having much to do with the recent victories of the Pullets. 1,et's help v them out-let's sit in the Carolina cheer ing section, nde let's Yell I .,r .AROLINA VARSITY WINS FROM MILL TEAM Score 28-14 In Favor Gamecocks SPARKMAN IN ACTION dakes Second Game Won by Birds From Local Teams Within Week F7aturday night the Gamecocks triumph df over the basketball team if the Co Lmii ia Mills by the score of 28 to 14. he Birds grabbed a good lead at the tart andl held it throughout the con .st. The game was fast although both L-ims plaved rather loosely at times, Id te passing was somewhat erratic, lie NiMls holding a slight edge in this epartment of the game. However, the lirds made their shots good more fre uently than did their opponents. and. fier all, that is what wins bIsketball alles. Tlhorne Sparkman led the Gamecocks 1 Fcoring with 13 points, and he also !ayed a fast passing game. Jack Vright. as usual. was a flash on the oor, and added six of the remaining oints, while \Vallace was close behind im with four. "Skeet" Gasque. when lie ot in the game gave a good account of imself and contributed 5 points to the otal. For Columbia .\ ills, Johnny Vright played a fast game at forward nd acciunted for 12 of his team's 14 oints. Gaskin, at center, also played good game for the Mills. This makes the second game thle Birds ave won from local teams within the ve:k, having dowined the fast Pacific Aills aggregation oi \\ednesday l'ight 8z to 19. The lineup Carolina, 28; Columbia MIills, 14. Wallace (4) ......F ... (12) Wright Wright (6) .......F........ (2) Lee sparkman (13) ... C.......... Gisi 3aker ............. G.. 1. Speigleir vcSwain .......... ........ W' illiais Substitutions: Car(olina-Abrams for dcSwain, Ca,npe (5) for Sparkman, parkiaii for Wallace, Wallace for taker. .McSwaiin for Abrams. Floyd for :parkinan. Iaker for \ICSwain, Jones or Wallace. WVallace for f'loyd, Spark ian for Gasque. Columbia Mills- ). wpeigner for .\1. Speigner. Re feree. tell. Spencer Elected Editor of Carolinian D4nnom V. Spencer. knmii to most u1s as ")ick," was elected editor-in hief c)f The Carolliniain fir the second rni at a joit i meeting if the I lypatian. 'lariosoliic atd liiphrdlli;mi s1cleties ist Vedlnesday norimning. "Dick" hails1h rom the city of Y*ork, is a memlbcr of lie seconid yea r I,.aw class an I the Cutphradliani society. IHe isawriter iarkedl ali ity in several In ies of l itera rv 'ork. and the siocietie's actedl wisel v in lect ing hiim ti this editorship. "D1 ick' ats been at Carolina only a year and a alf, coming here friom Davids~on, butt ini his time hie has so aly demoi nst rated is abiility as a writecr that he was elecied in associate' editor iif Tlhe Gameci cka Ihi rt time ago, and tuire receiitly toi lie gr-eatly c 'veted position of editor-in hief if The C'aiolintian. \\'e feel that eis giimg tii hut iiut a first-class pubh ication, and( wvishi hint ithe very hiet iif ick in his undertaking. wuperintendent J. H. Hope Ad dresses Students and Faculty ILast 'Tuesday. at the chapel period(, ur genial andi good looking State Super titndent of htcation. .\Ir. J . 11 iope, iadle his iniitial appearatice before the aculty and studen'tts of the University. 'rom his address we inferire:l that lie ;as an ardent suippoirter of Carolina and at~5 going to do til: in hisi power to iake it a hiigger ami better ;;int;in,