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ISENIOR ' MEETING CHAPEL FE__NG SATURDAY University of South Carolina V()L. Xvll. COLUMBIA. S. C., I'RIDAY, NARCH 20. 1925 NO. 20 Raqueteers to Engage Seven Tennis Rivals ENTER TWO TOURNAMENTS Carolina Men Busily Preparing For Hard Season-Schedule Announced 'T'lie Carolina Tennis Team begins its 1925 season Saturday with Presby terian Seminary as the opponents. 'the "Playing Parsons" usually present a good teahi, and the contest should b hot, with the heart of the Carolina at tack centering around. P. A. Wilson, a slashing player, with possibly Tally Elliott, Billy Coleman, and Raymond Gaston taking part. The courts on which the contest will be played is by the wall on Bull street, just behind DeSaussure. A good gallery should be out to cheer for the team, and ena ble them to open the season auspi ciously. Every afternoon one may see the tennis courts of the University crowd ed with aspirants to the title of "ten nis sharks." Thruout the past few weeks the campus tournament, chal lenge round, has been in progress, and the tennis.squad, from which the Uni versity team is to be picked, has been selected. The following men succeeded in making the squad, and from these a four man team will be picked: P. A. Wilson, Tally Elliott, Raymond Gas ton, Billy Coleman, Charley Fishburne, and "Ham" Beattie, each'ranking in he order named. Several meets have already been scheduled including two or three here, and several trips. Besides this Caro lina enters the State Tournament to be played at Spartanburg this year. The Southern Conference Tournament will be held at Chapel -ill with the University of North Carolina as host, an(l the tennis authorities contemplate entering this. Calhoun, Thomas, as manager of the Club, is working hard on the courts, and this year there are twelve availa ble. They are in pretty fair shape now, but by the time the college sche dule begins they hope to have them in extra good shape. Tennis is com ing into its own at the University. and more interest is being taken in the game by students and faculty. 'he schedule for this year follows: Presbyterian Seminary, March 21-. ('arolina. Furman, April 3-at Carolina. Wofford, April 10-at Spartanburg. Furman, April ll-at Greenville. Clemson, April 13-at Clemson College. Clemson, April 18-at Carolina. Wofford, April 25 (pending)-at Car olina. State Chainpionship at Spartanburg, April 29-May 2. Southern Conference Tournanment Chapel Hill, N. C., beginning May 8. COLUMBIA COLLEGE -'HOSTS TO CAROLINA Tlhe Criterion Staff of Columbia Col ge entertained the Gamecock and Carolinian staff of the University at SSaint Patrick's party on Tuesda&y vening, March 10th. The gnests were received in the Exp'ression studio by iss Kathleen Sellers, editor-in-chief athe Criterion, and her assis nts. The green color scheme was arriedl out in the (ldcorations ini the' placecards, and the refreshments which cere shamrock shaped cakes and ice ceam. D)uring the evening ganmes were fayedl and entertainments of music andl rOgressive conversation. IMPORTANT MEETING OF SENIOR CLASSES SATURDAY MORNING President Harold DeLorme of'the Senior Class has called a meeting of that group to be held Saturday morning during Chapel period at the Chapel. This meeting is said to be of utmost importance to this year's graduates and every member is. urged to be in the chapel promptly at 10:30 to morrow morning. "Circus Plan" of Entertainment For Teachers' Meeting PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD Many Social Events Will Feature Visit of Teachers to Columbia "The three ring circus plan will be used in the State Teachers Convention next week," said Professor Parkinsdn, president of the association. "By that, I mean that three different progranis will be going on simultaneously and the teacher can attend the one he like best." Two high school orchestras, Harts ville and Columbia will play during the convention. The Columbia College or chestra will play for "The Mikado," and the reception. Friday, noon, the University of South Carolina Glee Club will sing, and Thursday afternoon, the Chicora club will render a program. Community singing will be stressed. Professor Maurice Matteson, director of music at the University will be in charge of this part of the program. lie will be assisted by Mr. Moise, a graduate of Carolina and now director of public school singing at Sumter. "The Mikado," is a musical play and will be presented by the Columbia Col lege dramatic club. "This year," says Professor Parkiit-. son, "a meeting will be held on Thurs day morning. Before, we did not start ed. until Thursday afternoon. Rvery min ute is precious and should not be vast "Friday evening, however, the pro grain will be suspended for social af fairs. Alumni of all colleges will have receptions or banquets. The Univer sity Alumni are expecting over 250 t,i be present at their banquet which will be held at the Y. W. C. A. banquet hall." h'lhe convention will open Thursday morning, March 26th and last through Saturday, March 28th. - U.S.C. - U. S. C. GLEE CLUB ENTERS CONTEST OF MEN SINGERS TO BE HELD IN GREENVILLE Third Annual Meeting to Contest for Rotary Club Cup on April 24th A meeting was held at Fumain UI..m versity last Friday oif rep)resentaitives~ of the Glee Clubs ofi the state ta ar range for a conte'st this year, and it was decided to hold it in Greenv'ille on April 24. At this me(eting a.constitu tion and by-lawvs were also dIrawn un for the Souith Carolina Glee Club A\s sociation, of wlhch the Carolina Club is a member. This contest is an aniual affair. and last year the University of South Caro lina Club won the trop)hy cup of feredl by the Rotary Clumb of Columbia. Present at the meeting in Greenv'ille Friday were M aurice M atteson, D)irec tor of the Carolina Glee Clumb, andl A. Big Triangle Debate Goes To Florida U1 CAROLINA TAKES SECOND Gamecocks Win at Home, But Lose to 'Gators in Gainesville The University of Florida wVoi th, triangle debate among the Univers! ties of Florida, Tennessee, aid Sotiuth Carolina. ihey defeated the Tennes see affirmative in Knoxville and fit. South Carolina negative in Gainesville. The query was the adoption of tle Sterling-Reed bill. 0. L. Warr and George Wittkowsky representing the affirmative siole of the debate for Carolina defeated lie University of Tennessee negative team. composed of Charles ,dmondson and Milton W. Goldberger. The debate was held in the Univer sity chapel. Professor l'. M. Rucker presided and W. L. Crocker was 1 1 ief marshall. Tle judges were: Bishop Finlay, Dr. J. C. Guilis and James S. Verner. While George Wittkowsky was de fending the affirmative side of 'he de bate here, his brother Cecil was uphold ing the negative in Florida. (SWeial to The ('..1n1teock) Gainesville, Fla., March 16.-The University of Florida affirmative 'am won over the University of South Caro lina team here tonight by a vote of two to one. The South Carolina de baters were Russell and Wittkowsk. Creech and Quincy were the winning team. (Special to The 01am1ecock) Knoxville. Tenn.. March 16.-Tbc University of Florida defeated the University of Tennessee in the an nual debate here tonight. Tennesset had the affirmative and was represect ed by Ottinger andI Vosse. Vlorida was represented by Curry aid Coh LITTLE SICKNESS A T UNIVERSITY TWO IN HOSPITAL PLACE OF MUCH BEAUTY Many Flowers Abloom At The Infirmary-."Dr Red" Is Sick As a reporter of the "Gaimecock" walked up to the inirinary to get the weeks report on the sick list, lie w-as impressed with the beauty of the plaec The front yard is proftuse with flowe:s of many varieties, and everything hints plainly of tIe "coming of spring." The lawvn, sp)otted wvith beds of .beatiiful flowers bloomiing p)roftusely, and ar raniged in an ordlerly' manuier, p)resent - edl an admnirab)le scene. Several whlo were on the sick list wvere dismissed dutrinig the p)ast week, and Thursday only two were contined, these being. A'. M.S Sullivan, with Iimala ria, DeWitt lyver with I,a Grippe, and "Docwtor Red" Jennings is indlisposedl. The followving were dismissed duiring~ the week: Jack Wannamaker, W. B. Bruce, J. I'. Coggeshall, II. I,. Shuler, andl W. C. Riggins. Mrs. Madden saidl that thle health of the students on the whole is very good,. but there are still a great many reporting for treatment dlaily. W. Holler, Jr., the Manager. Six elubms were represenited at the meeting, anid abotut that number will enter Ite con test in Anril. BERNARD M. BA COMMENCEM AT UNIVEI . ... . . .. . BERNARD BAPUCH EYE TROUBLE KEEPS DRIVER IN DARK ROOM REPORTS GOOD PROGRESS Activity Director Hopes To Be Able to Return to His Desk Soon James C. I)river. director of stu dent activities at tihe University of South Carolina, is still suffering fromn the eye trouble which devehpcd two weeks ago. He is confilned to a dark room, and is able to be out only for his meals, anel then is cm()npelled to keep his eyes covered. He is still being treated by. specialists. Id it is hoped that he will soon regain the use of his eVes. Mr. I)river, when interviewt 1 1 a "Gainecock" reporter. stated that he had felt sonmewhat better in the last few days and that he hoped to be out soon, and back a: H: dsk. While NIr. D river is absent Coach Stoney, director tf freshman activities. is inl full charge of tle office. nv one wishing to see Mr. Driver on mat ters connected with his office is re (uested to talk with Mr. Stoney. Mr. Driver's trouble originated while he was a medical student at the Uni versity of Virginia. forcing him to give ilp his wo,()rk there and enter the coach ing game. He was operated on in L'anada some eight years ago and seenml d entirely recovered 1util the secnd recurrence of tle trouble. JOYE IS WINNER OF PRELIMINA R Y -TO STA TE MEET IS EUPHRADIAN MEMBER Sumter Man Defeats Field of Four-Goes to State Meet at Greenwood Rease J1oye, F.uphradianm, spe ak ing on "Are You I,isted" won first place in the preliminary contest for the State )ratorical contest. 'rThe other contestants were: Joe Griffith, speaking on, "Brothterhood Amtong Men and Nations,"; Robert lHass, speaking on "Amterica's Aniswerm to lEurope'," and I,ee Crocker, speaK ing on "'Which." Three of the contestants received a vote for first place on the first b)al lot, but after contultation, Joye was :mwarded the decision. D). S. WVest bury wvas the presiding officer and C. W. Scott was the chief marshall. D r ('urre'll, l. WV. Robertson, Sr., anid *.. l-'. loens were the judges. RUCH TO BE ENT SPEAKER ?SITY THIS JUNE Noted New York Financier Will Address Carolina Graduates IS NATIVE OF THIS STATE Prominent in the Activities of Government Under Wilson Administration Bernard Mannes Baruch of Ne,v York, noted financier, will be the coni mencenent speaker for the University of South Carolina on June 10th ac cording to an announcement iade pub lic by President W. ). Melton Thurs lay morning. Mr, Baruch is a native South Caro linian having been horn in Camden. Dr. Simon Baruch the noted surgeon who performed the first successful operation for appendicitis was his father and Belle Wolfe Baruch of Winnsboro his mother. He is at pres ent at his estate, Hobcaw Barony, ne.r Georgetown. This noted South Carolinian received his A. B. degree from the City College of New York in 1889 and his L. L. D. front Williams College in 1923. He iarried NFiss Annie Griffin of New York City in 1897. For many years Mr. Baruch was a nenber of the New York Stock ex change. Ini 1916 he was appointed by President Womdrow Wilson as commissioner of the council for natio nal defense. He was made chairman of the committee on raw materials, mine rals and metals and also comnmissioner in charge of raw materials for the war inidust ries #hoard and comissimsoncr in charge of all purchases for the allies. He was appointed chairman of the way industries board, MIarch 5, 1918. re signing January 1 of the next year. The New York capitalist was con nected wvithI the American conlinlission to negotiate peace as a mnember of the drafting committee of tle econioitic section. He was also an American del egate on economic-, and reparation clausese and economic adviser for tihe .\mlerican Peace cotittimissiont. iIe was a miember of tile president's confedera tion for capital and labor itn P)19 and for the president's confederation (o agricultire in 1922. , Mr. aruch Iis a trustee of the Col lege of the City of New York and a ,donor of fluds for the international instltitte of politics Of WilliasS Col lege. He is an author as well as a capitalist. lle wrote the making f economic andI reparation sections of the Peace treaty, 1920. The t'niversity of Souith Carolina is indeed very fortunate ins secin ing NI Baruich for the cosniiencemt speaker ,o tlie Iargest class eve(r to graduate. NOVICE MEET HELD DAVIS FIELD TODAY Tlhe tmnagemient of the Caiirolinam track teamt putt oti this afterniooni a nov el n ov ice track mseet. TI'he reason11 it is siovel is thtat any mtasi on the cami pus is allowed to participate. All track and fiel c,vensts were st aged andc blue ribbonis piresetted to the witsnters it each'. One novice mieet has beeni held at Carolinta before, that beitig in 19)22. It was gotten up by Charles F. Mer cer, then track coach, asid Alex WVaite. Itn that onie, all varsity mieni were de clared ineligible. The officials thIi a fternioosi were: Timners, Professor George Olson and Professor Mlercer; Starter, Jack Craw ford; Soc Frvini, former Gamecock tracke star was also an official.