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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
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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,