The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 19, 1923, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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Leo, King of S
Biology Department Loses
Pet Snake-Created In
terest in the Study.
I ". itIg 41f I,'exilIgtin. tile pet
Kingsnake of the Ilillo4gy I1)epartmelt.
(lied Stliday. Octobier 141h. 1923. We
.11 Imwanl his leatl an<d he shall be
misse<l f4m111 the activities 44 tihe <lep.irt
Illeilt, its well as by 111 woIse acqtlaill
lance het had Inla<de.
"I -1" w,aks capturtd ui t lhc ( )range
htirg rala abinit fivc miles fromn Ctl
umbia i .\May 7th. 1922. The party
whot mla<de the capture con)[sistc<l of P'rti.
Corringtoii R. , " e<" je.I ti nIIgs. "Bsill"
Thurmai., an "Ring" C'layton. whoi we.re
taking at fiel<d trip ill cinnection with
tile biolojgy wfirk 4f that yar -. Red"
first saw "I but stiflicc it ti4 say\
"-'r)fess1r" calight him,;a,"Re<d" hei*
lieves inl Safety First as his mol()tti).
-x,)" was ilt star attractinil at tile
first tw,o leCtIres 4o1 snakes wiIch Ilni.
Cirringlmt giv( here <hriIIng the IpalSt Iw4)
winters. li c was knimwn by all in the
camplis a l attracted Statte-wi<t att -il
li44ll tht11 w th le pr s. hltItsl in I"itl1gy
an<I siakes was greatly stimulatc<l by Il
presenct il 1 the labrat(IrIY. \lny tiI4,
itfirt mamly spe.ttatrl hi c has <lem-1iin1
Student Has Hard Luck
D)ear F.<ditor:
I bieve thaltt you rint conltribtins
fromi 1 the sIct i ts if lte articles are (if
intelrest to you rIt<ItrN :nd if itey (if
no4t fall bellw ycr Alitr stalards.
I'lm) n t Saying that whllt 1Im g"ing I
write wil.l be aI literary n111tterplice, buit
I believe that it \ill he l I f inter..'t to
llt stildints. and if youit havel i tlt space.
I wiuld be very thnk fill i yu woI] b
publish it.
Wheln I welt hom111e this 1p. unr
i d that ne(.xt yevar I wIld have
a MuCh ice m1141 than I had lien
with rulgs, and .\l-ri chlair, . and ctir
tainls. and thle "ther1 thinlgs that mlake
(1 ttnt fel lieitdyn.gor t
stugyi Vta batcrdi old roeti ;mi is
Wibilityi. Bu to1( 11r lite CI44n 4 1i toft cush
iltn Ietit WI tXgltwig4 fire lt. I hirs m
tle fIet 1n 11'ersilnrs, l ookSill 14ut(
thruI~V urine44 d itlow upon i ath 11snw-i
covre intmrus;td thneanythings
prepres y batches Studying Spl
thiik uitlyfo a ewmintr atin
11 S etitie setn of lf,tntae gut my
roning plain fhi greealns out
was rpai ai andha mptoo n Sut
nakes, is Dead
stratetI his snake-killing and eating
powers. Another interestiig point is
that even the Gentlemet of the General
Assembly have become interested in this
pet andtt sOmlit. hayev made visits ito the lah
Iratory to me this specitlil.
.Manly stdtlents have bt-ee able to make
11b1servatiis ('1n fe(lilig halbits. shedI
Iing f the skin and locoimitin in a1kes
by situlying "I.c'." \iany petpIe have
beenl ablc to) coriIler their f(.arl filr r(.p
tiles by ilaking the act;talitance I
"Ieo."
was give i l illie 1)\ t'1 i11-lic
.\uais atnl other mnvinlher, f the State
Chemical I,ahoratory staT, whicb labor
atory is sittiatedt a ss tihe hall rini
tile Zticdogy I,ahorat(wry ill I,c(*'nte
C(illeme. Ile beh>ngs to 'I family , (f
II mwet fil conmstlrictors. whI, arIT 11"41n
p 5-iSI 14 1 a i W .4, Whilc ahe it4 t'ver
CoM l ;11 ther sniakes. ineluiding the
1io144I tS411. sliakcs. to, ilthe Ve (1m oIf which
thc\y are- immncn. exhibit a reinarkable
<d(wility tit m;mkind(. seldomi. if cver.
attm tnlt ie Their gract.f ill
m1;mets,lallcnss, anld hea.;tltll1 pat
ter1*1 Ilf vc illatio climbinet to) make them
ait attractive tilt' 4f !,;ake to keep as
a pet.
lTe piotograph by l1itticard. sl14\k,
i,ll inte ;act (if killing ;mld swal.
Smiw1g a l;rge specimlietl If the Ci ilI 411
Watersnake.
ilt. . were Ittiy. hlree layers. Iithrek
were a backgrth. a centerpliec. ;ld
a fregrolud. I think sit sai<d that it
w(pI tke a a "Miti t ird" rmi li ,]t I
Jhe three layers y. 1 cmllb jist ilnag
in( lIt,,w\ Illy rilwillijld 11)(IL; lit)\% Illc
curtailis wmtld "Ci rcopn" ye and
It(\\ I w millI "tIllyb ill ca"c ;and ggo
for1.
Cl igars | Irint ill vaill fill I Pt d
eckIned without th e rnVatip re
tillrited t1 Ilc va: ipti, it, fimd mY r*.ooml
painted in ;141ther. cldm anl cmaire
I'aills, My he;llitil citritainls, wiald llot
l. y urtiraiis arees
and I am trying to lsItty ing ;I t-b(
hWeak roml.
( Signed) . o. J l.
- '.S.C. --e - -
aTritlle(let amier (aypn alsie- o
BRS. Pnush
Bi lliaS.C
HYPATIAN RECEPTION
The l lypatian .Literary Sciety el
terneialid IWednesda%.V afltcri1Il at 14o1
;'e'Nek in the Clarios4 lphic I,iterary
Sticiety I lall inl honor i (f all Co-eds.
ald especially the rhme1111n. . regillar
\'*.lln s C iI'led C Ini Consistin1g 1f
the fol)wiig A readling irom "The
Ilack Hlrder" by Miss Helen Dnpre.
Miss Abel read a gr o of piems by- a
sonlth Cardilia plet. .\Mr. lilarlloll. (if
l,exingt(n. A play. called the "\V(rk
llousC \Vard" by , Gregry was
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Mat tie Varn. Wrenia Hancock and
Claire Cantwell.
Miss Grace King., tl.e president, an
nounced that the meeting was adjourn
ed for the time being and led the way
to the hiomie of Dr..and Mrs. Wauchope,
where a delightful half hour was spent.
M\iss Harriett Fishburne gave a piano
solo and Niss Mary Cantwell sang.
Refreshments were served by the fol
lowing: Misses Catherine Floyd, Sara
Meredith, D(wr% Snrasky and Claire
CantVell..
Y. W. C. A. MEETING
Thel. Y. \. C. A. met Mondav after
11144n1 at fiu 4"4'clck at Fliill iall. The
ilecting wa.is opened by singinig the
National V. W. C. A. Song "Hymn of
1,ight.' The devotions were led by
Nliss Mattie Varn. The speaker of the
()Cca';k.ii was Dr. Nlelton. who made a
Very ilistriletive and 1nspiring talk to
the girls. After this the can(le Ser
vice for the reccginitimn of IeW memill
hers was givell. The ineeting con
chided with a song.
A kindhearted haggagemaster turned
on the leat ill the express car inl which
\Villiasisn and his crow-d were riding
and let them sleep nntil they reached
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