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CHANTICLEERS NOW FORM CAROLINA HONOR CLUB HAVE FIFTEEN MEMBERS Take Place of Honor-Frats Found At Other Schools The Chanticleer Club was organized in 1921-22 at the instigation of Dr. George A. Wauchope. Dr. Wauchope believed that there was a need for a students' club which should be devoted exclusively to the consideration of intellectual and literary subjects. Accordingly, he con ferred with a number of the students and the result was the organization of the Chanticleer Club. As its founder, Dr. Wauchope was elected honorary president of the club, which position he still holds. The club began to function the second term of 1921-22, with W. J. Gaines as its first president. To avoid unwieldiness and to preserve the informality requisite to free discussions, it was decided to limit the ,membership to sixteen, all new members to be elected by those then in the club. The attempt was and is to elect only men who have shown interest in intellectual pursuits and who are suf ficiently broad-minded and tolerant to allow for free discussion. These are the only standards applied in the selec tion of members. During the two and one-half years of its existence the Chanticleer Club has proved an unqualified success and has more than justified the wisdom of its founder. The usual mode of procedure is to have first a rather full discussion f some topic by one of the members and then a general discussion of the same topic by the club. The wide range f these topics is shown by the following partial list of subjects discussed: "The Negro Poet of Edgefield," 'Nietzsche," "Charles Lamb," "Darwin sm," "0. Henry," "Breeding Plants and nimals." Farming as a Vocation," "The rench Revolution," "Idiosyncratic Side ights on Lincoln," "Lord Byron," "The merican Short Story," "Immigration," ,Ralph Waldo Emerson," "Comparative eligious," "Beauty's Part in Man's evelopment," "Sir Walter Scott," "As cts of Art," "Walt Whitman," "The ldea of Progress," "The Code Duello n South Carolina," "Some Aspects of iology." At intervals outside lecturers are ask to address the club. Some of these tave been asked: Dr. Morse on "Mysticism;" Dr. Stan ope Sams on "Contemporary Politics;" r. Currell on "Literature and Life;" r. Wauchope on "The Irish Drama;" ean Baker on "The Theater;" Profes or G. Croft Williams on "Religion and ife;" and Professor Norwood on "John eats." Below is given a list of its past and resent members. Those now in College nstitute its present membersship: W. . Gaines, W. A. Clark, E. M. Smith, C. McCall, Maurice Moore, E. T. 'hompson, E. W. Folk, Coleman Karesh, .W. Wittkouesky, C. S. Chewning, .M. Huckabee, S. D. Ervin, J. A. hase, 5. T. Sporkman, McBride Dabbs, . E. Hankins, W. C. Floyd, W. T. Beasley, E. L. Roberts, S. A. Black, ). W. Spencer, W. J. Ready, R. H. Ramsey, R. R. Williams, J. M. Wells, 2C. Fishburne, G. W. Collier, J. A. lenry, Dubose Boylston, M. K. Walsh, dorris Marcus, J. L. Mills, Robert Barn elI, Donald Russell, J. V. Nielsen, Isa ore Polier, and J. H. Black. --U.s.C. ROF. RUCKER SPEAK AT SUNDAY MEETING Y.M.C.A. Quartet Sings "Football teaches manliness," said 'rofessor Rucker in the weekly "Y" leeting Sunday night in the chapel. This Sonle of the greatest benefits of foot alI. It teaches you how to tackle the roblems of life and to have enough rit to endure. "We have just closed one of our most accessful seasons in football, and the udent body has shown the least cour sy it ever has shown," he said. "But nlce football is now over, we must get Sour books and other activities." "It is not putting time on a study that )Unts," he asserted, "but. it is putting stelligent time on it. The man that ac >mplishes most is the one that is al ays busy. "Your after years are going to repeat >ur successes that you had here as well your failures. They will repeat them lves. GRAD TELLS OF CLUB WAY BACK IN FIFTIES "Did you have secret societies in the college in your day?4' The undergTaduate 40 years ago addressed the question to his friend, the "old grad" of '51. "No," was the answer, "not of the kind that you tell me of, I never heard if them, but I do remember one society besides the Clariosophic and Euphradian. I was a member of it, too, but I took little interest in it. "What was it called?" The sopho more of 1884 asked. "The Hermesian Club-in honor of the God of theft I suppose. Probably it had its origin in a turkey stealing escapade-such things were heard of in my time. But the little society, of limit ed membership, although it had a dinner or banquet at every meeting, they were monthly, had its serious purpose. "The table was arranged in the Roman fashion, of a horseshoe, and the mem bers wore cowls. One member, at each meeting, read a paper of some pre tension, usually on a literary topic After that, eating and drinking and mer ry-making were the order. "One could join only upon invitation, and the membership was confined to men of something above average standing in scholarship. It was composed of men ol taste and some accomplishments in liter ary affairs. But I never heard of whal you call 'fraternities.' Certainly ;xbout the middle of th< decade, 1850-60, Greek letter fraterni. ties were existent in the South Carolina College and Major J. F. Caldwell ha. told of the D. K. E. Chapter. He has said, it will be recalled, that it had a literary character. The "old grad" ol '51 had never heard of one of thesc societies; perhaps they had not ther en established, or, if established, were so secret in their operations that outsid( students did not know of their presince The late General M. C. Butler, of th< Confedarate and Spanish-American wars long United Sta6tes Senator, was' a "Deke" in the South Carolina Colleg( about 1854 or 1855. It is possible that the "Hermesior Club" became a chapter of a Greek let ter society. Old Grad. --U.s.c. MANY SPOTS IN COLUMBIA INVITE STUDENT HIKES Some of the best forms of recreation that we students can indulge in, especiall) i Sunday afternoons, -are hikes. I suppose even those with the strictest reli gious scruples would not object to thei on Sunday afternoon. There are many points of interest around Columbia, such as Millwood, or the Canal locks, or the Granite Quarries at Cayce that could very easily be visited in one afternoon on foot. There have been small squads, sometimes some of the fair co-ed among' them, that have essayed from the campus to take a few pictures down by the riverside or elsewhere. But there are some freshmen and others too whc know nothing of the various points ol interest in and around Columbia and would benefit by visiting them. They could effectually handle "public" hikes on Sunday afternoons, and we would like to see something done. tunities," he concluded. "The greatesi successes lie in the finding out of one'! opportunities." His lecture wvas marked by his charac teristic humor and abundance of illus trations. The "Y" quartet, composed of Messrs. Bryan, Hays, Caligan and Eargle rendered a selection. 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