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Oratorical. Clariosophc Hall University of South Carolina VOL.XVIII. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925 NO.16 CAROLI I DR'. MELTOIN WANTS CLASS BUILDING AND PAVED SIDEWALKS Selections From The President's Speech Show Many of the Changes Intended Following the announcement that the total enrollment of the University had reached the approximate mark of 1250 comes the realization that room is need ed for expansion, that our present fac ulty and physical plant cannot stand the strain of this greatly increased student body. We take the liberty of publishing a few extracti from Dr. Melton's recent report to the Legislature on the Univer sity: "The entry of the University upon the one hundred and twentieth year of its existence has been marked by a spirit of optimism that has come from its unprec edented accomplishrients and successes of the past two years. Its hope for con ,ued support is now based upon its con .dence in the service it has render Dr. W, D. Melton d and Is now rendering the people of great commonwealth. During its Dng history 21,000 students have ta ten its regular courses and more than ,000 men and women have received s diploma. "The present student body is the largest in the history of the University. 1148 students (first term statistics in all instances) of whom 15 are pursu ing courses leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. There are 655 (Continued to Page 5, Column 1) BIDDIES VICTORS Freshmen Beat Presbyterians In thteresting Gatue y the Score of 30-2 The Cardlina Freshman Basketball Five, about the initial period of the game with the Presbyterian Freshmen from Clinton last night, suddenly woke up with a start and turned what at first seemed to be a game of the slow', drag ging type into an interesting exhibition. The pass work of the Bidies was at first disappointing to their supporters and the team seemed sadly in need of Captain Hiolcombe who Is. sti-ll sick, but somehow the tension snapped and instituting a bril liant passing system drew away to a safe lead which finally gave a 36 to 26 margin of victory. Both teams were there with splendid defensive work. Wi-lson was the star of the visitors and Fair and Clark for the youngsters. Carolina ( 36 Pres. Cr4. ( 26 ) Fair (14) ...F ... WVitherspoon (6) Lamar (8) ... ., F ...Wilson (12) Rliggins ..........C ... . Stamps (8) Parr ...........G ..........Degan Clark (10) ........CG........ Stevens Subsitutoins-Carolina: Brewer (4), Swink; P. C.: Montjoy, Grafton and Saddler. 4A ENRC I ASKS FOR ROAD INSTITUTE HAS GOOD MEET SIXTH SESSION IS SUCCESS Many Noted Speakers Are Heard at Flinn Hall This Week The Sixth Annual Session of the Road Institute convened here last Tuesday morning for its first meeting of the convention in Flinn Hall, with 75 delegates registered up for the meetings. Sessions were held Tuesday morning and evening and again Wed -sday morning. Wednesday evening a session was held in the state house with Governor McLeod as the presid ing officer. D. S. Jacobs of Laurens, vice-chair man of the Institute called the con vention to order, and Professor W. E. Rowe, Dean of the University School of Engineering, delivered a short talk welcoming the delegates, and stressing the .importance of the meeting. The opening speaker of the convention was A. B. Langley of the South Carolina State Highway De partment, who outlined the plan of the highway as to road construction and highway advance. He was follow ed by several interesting talks dealing with the many problems that face the engineer. Among the speakers who talked before the convention were: Walter E. Rosengarten. of New York, traffic enig;neer of the asphalt asso ciation; Charles H. Morefield, State Highway Department; L. M. Shu maker, Cincinnati; S. R. Lever, who was an honor graduate of the Univer sity School of Engineering in 1923, and who now resides in Charleston; ,C. M. Keer, field engineer of Chicago, and many others. - U.S.c. DICK WRIGHT ELECTED TO GA. TECH COUNCIL (Speeial to The Gamecock) Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.-Dick Wright of Sumter, S. C., brother of Jack Wright, star athlete at the University of South Carolina, was last week cho sen freshman member of the Student Council of the Georgia School of Tech nology. Wright was elected to the presiden cy of the freshman class last fall anj has distinguished himself in football and basketball since coming to Geor gia Tech. -U.s.c. Greenville, Feb. 19.-The girls of Greenville Woman's College have chal langed the senior class at Furnman University to a cross-word puzzle con test. Much interest is being showvn in this new intercollegiate sport. T he Yellow Sheet 'rhe editor wishes to announce that the Gamecock Staff is planning to is sue a "Yellow Sheet" edition on the First of April. This edition calls for a lot of extra work and material. It should b)e an edition of the students, filled wvithl campus wit and humor. This has become a special feature on the campus andc, thle presenlt staff wishes to make this the 'est me ever 1pub) lied. All students having good wvrite-ulps oni their room-mate,or wishinig to try their hand at something humorous, are req1uested to get b)usy at onice and turn these wvrite-ups in to the mem hers of the staff before March 20thi )LLM EN' AN IMPROVI GLEE CLUB NOW ON WEEK'S TOUR ORCHESTRA IS WITH THEM Personnel And Set Program Is Announced By The Management The Carolina Glee Club left Wednes day on its annual tour of the eastern part of the state. The first concert was in Sumter Wednesday night, while last night they sang to the girls of Coker College in Hartsville. Tonight they are to sing in Cheraw, Monday in Conway, Tuesday in Mullings, Wed nesday in Lake City, and Thoursday in Florence. The program this year includes the following numbers: First the club sings the "Song of the Volga Boat men," a Russian Folk song, and the "Forrester's Chorus," from Midsummer Night's ' Dream," by Mendelssohn. Next Mr. Newell Wimberly plays seve ral violin solos. Then the club sings a group of three numbers: "Integer Vital," by Flemming; the "Mariner's Chorus" from the -"Pearls of Brazil," by David; and, "Oh, Susanna," by Fos ter. Messrs. Stone and Saunders then entertain by an instrumental duet, which is followed by the Male quartete composed of Messrs. Caligan, Hall, 'Bryan, and Eeargle. Ted Lewis then denlonstrates "Bits of Magic," and Patton and Jeffords then give, "Imi tations and Saw Dust Melodies," fol lowed by the "Harmonay Boys," Mes srs. Zeigler, Law, Neeny, and Saun ders. The Orchestra follows this with several bright snappy pieces. The pro gram ends with the "Finals" which is composed of rollicking college songs and the Alma Mater. The following men compose the per sonnel of the club: First Tenors: C. E. Saunders, Florence; Newell Wim berly, Charleston; H. C. Ziegler, Col unbia; Lindsey Hall, Batesburg; Frank Law, Lakeland, Fla.; Roscoe Riggins, Liberty; J. R. Loyal, George town. Second Tenors: LeGrande Hum rough, Columbia; Ted Lewis, John ston; Harry Bryan, Birmingham, Ala.; William Lemmond, Spartanburg; Ro bert Coker, Hartsville. First Bass: A. M. McGregor, Lykes land; William Otis, Columbia; James H. Caligan, McColl; Tom Stone, Flor ence; Newell Patton, Cross Anchor. Second Bass: A. W. Holler, Jr., Columbia; Sam Ready, Johnston; D. H. Eargle, Blythewood; Edmund Fur tick, Columbia ; P. M. J,effords, Orange burg; Alphens Neely, Florence. The Orchestra is composed of : Newell Wimberly, Director, Violin, Saxophone, antd Euphonium. Edgar Whitehead, trumpet; Louis Edwards, trombone, baritone; Frank Law, piano, Saxophone ; Tonm Stone, drums, man dolin, and Manager; Irvin Sanders, b)anjo, guitar ; Frank L4upo, saxophone ; James Coggshell, saxophone. Arthur W. Holler, Jr., is manager of the Glee Club, Maurice Matteson is Director, Harry Bryan, Leader, and Robert R. Coker is Assistant Manager. On the first week in March, the trip to the northern part of the State will take place. They will visit Anderson College, Greenville Woman's College, andl several other places. --U.s.c. Osteopaths are not the only ones who make money rollimr the bones. T REACI EMENT APPI WITH REGISTRATION YET F COVETED 1250 MARK Greatest Student Body in Now Enrolled - Surl Years Ago By 312 With the close of the registr4 University of South Carolina had registration that never hitherto previous high mark set in former for with registration blanks comin passed, the total enrollment of Ca 1221 mark with every indication c dreamed of, but always distant, ear announces that registration is far CAROLINE SAMS LEADS TICKET AS BEAUTY CHOICE SIX CO-EDS ARE SELECTED Novel Feature Is Arranged For 1925 Garnet and Rack Miss Caroline Sams of Columbia was Wednesday elected to head the selec tion of the six prettiest co-eds to pro tray six different periods of American History in this year's "Garnet and Black." The election was announced at a student body meeting after chapel Wednesday morning. The students were instructed to cast their ballots, each for those whom he thought to be the six prettiest girls attending Carolina. In this new feature in the annual the six young ladies will be dressed so as to portray the period of history they represent, such as Miss Revolution, Miss Civil War, Miss 1925 and others. A ballot boac was placed in the lob-' by of the chapel and the polls were kept open until 3.00 P M. The tel lers in the counting of ballots were F. R. Gressette, H. M. Wise, S. W. Burns, and W. 0. Varn. The final result of the votes show the six elected to be: Miss Caroline Sans, of Columbia, 369 votes; Miss Mercer Vance, of Clinton, 362 votes; Miss Virginia Utsey, of St. George, 183 votes; Miss Margaret McCall, of Florence, .168 votes; Miss Harriett Scarborough, of Columbia, 139 votes; Miss Mary Gilliard, of Columbia, 88 votes. Miss Irene Shaver of Union, was the runner-up with 86 votes. Other lead ing candidates were: Miss Irene Sha v'er of Union, Miss Alice Mikell of Columbia, Miss Ethel Ann McClure of Chester, Miss Virginia Evants of Lexington and Miss Delle Evans of Augusta. --U. S.C. FRESH. CAPTURE FLAG IN ANNUAL FLA. RUSH (Special to The Gamecock) The Freshmen class of the Univer sity of Florida were victorious in the annual flag rush winning the "skull and crossbones" fronm the Sophomores in two minutes and twelve seconds. The second year men succeeded in winning the tug-o-war only after a hard-fought struggle. The Rats lined up in a wedge for mation and though that was intercept ed by Soph. football men the first year men overwhelmed the Sophomores by sheer fight and weight of numbers. iES 122-1 :tOPRIATION AR FROM COMPLETION APPEARS TO BE REALIZED the History of Carolina 5asses Total of Two Due to Dr. Melton ar's office Thursday evening, the i once again scaled to a peak of been reached, once again was a registrations equalled and passed, g in slowly but surely as the days -olina as a whole had reached the )f reaching and passing the long ollment of 1250, as Dean L. Baker from complete. President Melton, Regiistrar Chase and other officials of the University were re luctant to publish these figures with the preat possibility of their being surpassed in the next few hours. At the beginning of the term in September it was hoped that the total enrollment for the year be somewhere between the 1150 and 1200 figure. The first semester enrollment fulfilled that hope for the final figure stood at 1155 students. The session of 1923-1924 enrollment was 909 students. Included in the present enrollment are in excess of 300 women students a great mjority of whom room in the Co-ed buildiig and the annex. Prospects for the future of Carolina seem brighter than ever before in its his tory. In the immediate future1 there looms in the offing a prospective enroll ment of at least 1500 students for the next scholastic year. High school grad uates and students who have attended other schools, have learned the increas ed value of an education at the Palmet to State University, how its degrees are recognized throughout the country, the value of spec;;lized training under ex perts in all lines. its central location, its social advantages and its officers. Praise for Dr. Melton. To one man goes the credit for the buildig of a truly "Greatcr Carolina" Dr. William D'avis Melton, now serving (Continued to Page 5, Column 3) MUSIC4 L RECITAL Mrs- Strassburger Graduates In Voice at Woman's Building Mrs. L. Strassburger of Columbia gave her graduation recital in voice last eve ting in the reception hall of the Woman's Building of the University. About 125 guests wvere present and heard a very de lightful program. Mrs. Strassburger has a good, stregng voice and the recital was pleasing in its variety. Mrs. Maurice Mattesoni accompanied on the piano. The program was in four parts as follows: I.-(German) The DaffodiJs (Easthope Martin); Maria Weigen.lied (Max Reger); Mariettas Lied Zur Lante Die Tote Stadt (E~. WV. Korngold). [I.-(French) Les Troes Preres (E. Pal adilhe); Beau Soir (Clatude Debus .sy); Ariette (Paul Vidal). [III.-(German) Isolde's Liebestod-Tris tan and Isolde (Richard Wagner). [V.-(Ehglish) Fmuttering Birds (Man na-Zucca) ; A Dream (Edvard Grieg); There's a Bird Beneath Your WVindog~t ((Lisa Lehmann); If I Were a Bird, I Would Sing All Day (Lehmanm); Sing To Me, Sing (Sidney Homer). Mrs. Strassburger was enthusiastically receivedl and twice was called back for encores. The recital was followed by ireception in her hnor.