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South Carolina 6 college Editors Eonjoy University of South Carolina VOL. XIX. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925 NO.8 FACULTY SELE OF HONOR.( Highest Student Honor Awarded at Univer sity of South Carolina FIRST BALLOT DECIDES Miss Voigt,Hicks, Polier, Mills, and Caldwell Are Seniors Chosen Membership in the Honor Club of the University of South Carolina was voted five members of the senior class by the faculty in executive session Wednesday afternoon. The highest honor that can be conferred upon a student of the Uni versity was awardcd: Miss Caroline Voigt, of Eau Claire, James Hicks, of Columbia; Isadore Polier, of Aiken; John Laurens Mills, of Camden; and J. P. Caldwell, of Winnsboro. Selection was made as the result of the first ballot. Miss Caroline Voigt has taught several years in the graded school of Walter boro and for the last few years in Logan school in Columbia. She is the daughter of Dr. Voigt, president of the Lutheran Seminary. Her brother, Gilbert Paul Voigt received his Ph.D. from the Uni versity at the last commencement. Hick Carolinian Business Manager James Hicks is the business manager of the Carolinian. He has also served as editorial representative. Last year he won the U.D.C. medal. Hicks is a member of the Euphradian _ litry so iety of which he was vice-president last term. .He is a member of the Chanticleer Club, an honorary organiza tion on the campus, and of the Univer sity Press Club. In several other orga nizations Hicks has taken a leading part; vice-p,resident of the Gildersleeve Greek Clrb, secretary of the Cercle Francais, and a member of the Y.M.C.A. Council and Cabinet. This year Hicks was chosen chairman of the Honor Committee. He is the holder of the honorary scholarship in physics; he held a similar scholarship in ancient languages last year. He is also a holder of one of the Kiwanis' s4holarships.- Jim played scrub foot ball last year. He is a member of the wrestling squad. Polier Editor of Gamecock Polier is the Editor-in-Chiei of the Gamecock. During his freshman year he won the Euphradian-Clariosophic freshman-sophomore declaimer's medal. His story in the Carolinian won the prize for the year. He was elected a member of the literary staff of the Carolinian, and continued in this capacity for three years. In his Sophomore year Polier made a place on the debating teams in the Georgia-Virginia-Carolina and Carolina Citadel-Wofford triangles and won out in the finals at Athens and Spartanburg. At the close of the year he was the joint winner of the Clariosophic-Euph radian debate. On the Carolinian he was 'joint-conductor of the economics deinartment. He was president of the German-speaking cleh. Last year Polier won the Roddey Medal for the best individual debater mn the contest. His short story, "The Gluck of Grosshertz" was awarded the Robert W. Gibbes prize at commence ment. He served two terms as manag (Continued to Page Eight) -- U.S.C. - DEAN BAKER RETURNS FROM ERSKINE TRIP Dean Leonard T. Baker returned Tuesday night from a trip to Due where he inspected Erskine CdIlc. Dean Baker made the Inspection upon behalf of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools to which Erskine is applying for member sh'p. He left Columbia Monday even CTS ROSTER LUB MEMBERS DR. MELTON RETURNS TO CAMPUS DUTIES Dr. Melton was on the campus Wednesday for the first time since his recent illness. He was present at the faculty meeting held in the law build ing for the election of members of the Honor Club. Monday morning Dr. Melton will preside at the chapel exercises and re sume his work at his office. His re turn to the campus will be welcomed by the student body and members of the faculty. Dr. Melton will be at the game today and also in the receiving line at the reception at the Woman's building tonight. - U.s.C. - DEBATE COUNCIL SETS DATES FOR TWO CONTESTS CONSIDER L. S. U. DEBATE Roddey Preliminaries Come on December 7-Finals Fol lowing Monday Night Dates for the preliminaries and finals of the Roddey debate and the Keitt oratorical were set by the Debating Council Tuesday afternoon. The Coun cil also announced negotiation for a de bate with Louisiana State University. Eliminations to choose the representa tives of the literary societies in the Roddey debate will be held in the Euph radian and Clariosophic halls Monday evening, December 14. The finals will be held in the Chapel at eight thirty on the following Monday evening. Three speakers from each society will he selected at preliminaries within the respective halls. The finals of the ora torical will be held the January The subject of the debate will be, Re solved: that the military and naval air forces of the United State should be united in a separate and independent de partment with a minister in the Cabinet. One affirmative and one negative speaker will be sent up by the Euphradian and Clariosophic societies. The decision of the judges selects the best individual debater who receives a medal awarded annually by John T. Roddey of Rock Hill. Last year the medal was won by Isadore Polier of the Erphradian society. Subject Well Chosen In commenting on the selection of the query, one of the members of the Coun cil, said, "Colonel Mitchell has brought this question into the limelight, and, will i probably keep it there. It is fresh and interesting. It revives in a new form the very important question of national preparedness." Contract blanks have been signed and sent to the other members of the Florida Tennessee-Carolina triangle. They coii tain the provision that the debate shall be limited to undergradrates, with the interpretation that this shall not exclude law student holding an A. B. degree. Negotiations are under way to decide the trips to made by the affirmative and negative teams. As announced in the last wveek's Game cock, the finals for this debate will be (Continued to Page Five) - U.s.c. DELEGATES REPORT ON ATLANTA CONFERENCE Last niight the co-ed delegates to the World Court Coniferen~ce held in At lanta reported their observations at the Vesppr services. The meeting was de voted to this particular subject in keep ing with the present policy of the organi zations on the campus to stir up interest. Discussion of the Commandmnents was postponed until the next meeting on December 3. The holiday next Thurs clay resulted in a skip of two weeks be tween meetings. ORCHESTRA HAS RETURNED FROM ATLANTA JAUNT PLAY FOR DANCE TONIGH1 Gamecocks Entertained Royally During Trip-Program Well Received by Officials Dance Tonight There will be a dance tonight in the University gymnasium given by the athletic association in honor of the Presbyterian College football team. Music will be furnished by the Gamecock Orchestra. Members of the faculty and their wives will be chaperons for the evening. The Gamecock Orchestra returned to the roost Sunday night after filling an engagement to broadcast from Atlanta November 14. Enteitainment for the syncopators was furnished in hospitable style, as was revealed in an interview with a member of the orchestra. Upon their arrival in Atlanta the boys registered at the Biltmore Hotel, and, after brushing up, were tendered a re ception at the home of Mrs. Dozier Lownes. Mrs Lownes is a former holder of the Southern championship for women golfers. She is now the At lanta champion. Saturday the music-makers attended the Tech-Georgia game. That evening they offered a musical program from nine until ten o'clock, Atlanta time. The broadcasting room was described to the reporter as entirely enclosed in glass, making it sound-proof. Furnish ings were fit for a palace. In commenting on the performance. one of the officials in charge of the sta tion said that the bit of comic dialog be tween Sport Saunders and Tom Stone was one of the best pieces broadcast from WSB. Before one of the num bers, the announcer said that the boys were a little blue over the results of the gam with Furman, and would play "Mighty Blue." The new song num ber was given in fine fashion. At the conclusion of the program the orchestra was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foley of Columbus Geor gia. The trip was made in a twelve-pas senger bus, chartered for the occasion. No mishaps, excepting the time when they ran out of gas, marred the trip. - U.S.C. - Carolina's line ended the season with a fine showing. Their defense play squashed most of the Stockings' thrusts. The backfield exhibited a versatility most pleasing to Carolina supporters. The mixture of fake plays, end runs, line bucks, and p.asses made a sweet dish. -U.s.C. - IFIRST SOCIAL CABINET DANCE NEXT WEEK Next TIhursday night the Social Cabinet of the University will begin its activities. The annual Thanks giving dance will be the first affair mlanagedl by the recently elected officers. Waldlo La Motte's or chestra furnishes the music for the even'ng. Carolina students wvill b)e admittedl upon presenting their ath letic tickets. ITuesday morning the chairman of the Social Cabinet, "Pete" Sloan, met with Mr. Driver to discuIss the act'vities for the year. The presi dlents of the variotus social clubs will meet in Mr. Driver's office Tuesday morning November 24 sit 10 :30 to arrange dates for the dlan ces and other social events of the season. GAMECOCKS T. IN SWIFT A PHI BETA KAPPA PLANS SCHEDULED FOR SPRINC Installation of the local chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary frater nity be completed during the spring, is the statement made by Dean Baker yesterday to the representative of the Gamecock. The University of South Carolina was voted into the organi zation at its triennial session in New York during September. The charter has been received by the University and it is likely that election of student members will be !ield shortly after the formal organi zation. - U.S.C. - CHASE REPORTS 1310 REGISTER FOR SEMESTER IS HIGHEST ENROLLMENT Total Shows That 362 Are Women and 948 Men--Baptists Lead Thirteen hundred and ten students for the first semester of the school year 1925-26 are the final figures given out by the registrar late yesterday after noon. The figt:res represents the high est point of enrollment in the history of the University, and bears out the pre diction of the Oa;ecdck that the 1300 mark would be reached and passed be fore the books were closed for the semester. Official matriculation closed on the fifteenth of October and the of -ficial count is released for the first time by Mr. Chase. Comparative records of the past en rollment records have appeared in pre vious issues. An official tabulation ob tained yesterday permits for the first time this year a study of the enroll ment by denominations. Students of Baptist faith are in the largest numbers this year, taking the lead from the Methodists. Both, however, show an in crease. The total of 1310 is composed of 362 women and 948 men. Comparisons be low are based upon figures for 1924 ob tained October 15. 1924, and cannot be quoted as the official and final count. There are 19 strdents who have no re ligious affiliations. The results for the first semester are as follows: DFso..INATIONS 1925-26 1924-25 Baptist ..............412..........319 Methodist ............377..........339 Presbyterian .......181..........153 Episcopal ............134..........133 Lutheran ............. 82.......... 72 Jewish ............... 35.......... 29 Catholic .............. 29.......... 27 A.R.P. ............... 24.......... 17 Christian .............. 7.......... 9 Church of Christ ..... 4.......... 1 Christian Science ..... 4.......... * Dutch Reform ........2.......... * Pentecostal Holiness ..*..... 2 Odlventist..............*...........I Universalist............ *..... Non Affiliated ........19.......... 16 T1otal............1310.........1119 - U.s.c. - DISCUSSION BY EDITORS AT THURSDAY MEETING .Round table discutssion of the work ii tI-e literary publlications andl newVspap)ers took the place of the address at the meet ing TIhursday afternoon at Columbia Col lege. Tlhe magazine discussions were led by Miss Gladys Tolbert and the news paper by Mr. C. B. Williams. Mr. Nielsen, Mr. Cunningham, Miss Walker and Miss Dane spoke on dif ferent phases of the wvork in college mnagazies. In the newvspaper discussions Mr. Polier, Mr. Bryan, and others gave Inews and tI.e edlitorial policy. interesting lights on the athering of ROUNCE P.C. ERIAL ATTACK Passing Skill of Bill Rogers and Stamps Figures In 21-0 Victory JEFFORDS CATCHES THEM Fleet Halfback Nabs Three From Air and Turns Each Into Touchdown-Presby terians Play Prettily (By Fred. Minshall) Bill Jefford's individual playing had much to do this afternoon with the Gamecock's 21 to 0 defeat of Presby terian College and he is, by his fine performances in three instances which resulted in touchdowns, the all-Caro lina receiver of the forward pass. The slender racehorse from Orange burg has already made himself known this season by his ,work in receiving the pigskin, especially in the Citadel conflict when he totaled 50 yards against the cadets, but his polished style of receiving them here this after noon eclipsed even his work then. The Men of Bocock this afternoon did not show evidences of a heart breaking defeat the week before, and played with a dash and drive that caused lusty crowing and cackling from the stands. If the fact that the team has been injured by being de prived of full possession of the Focus 2lub cup this year it could not be dis cerned from the sideline. Birds Score Quickly In the first three minutes after the upening whistle sounded, the Birds put in their dirty work. Bill Rogers took the first kick-off near his own goal line and pranced up the field for 30 yards before being stopped by the .afety man. Then after a few plays Emmett Wingfield returned a punt 20 yards and a ten yard pass, Rogers Ilolcombe, put the ball on the 30 yard line. Jeffords circled right end and the ball rested on the 21 yard line. .t<ogers got the first down and "Red" Swink soon had another. The first "Pass-to-Jeffords" touchdown occured here, after which Red Swink booted the goal. On the kickoff following, Red Swink recovered after P. C. fumbled. Two passes to Jeffords for 20 yards each with a few other line plays mixed :n netted the second touchdown. Swink got another goal. Another In Fourth Carolina (lid no more scoring until ,he last quarter. P. C. kicked to mid field and Red Swink made first down on the 35 yard line. Rogers and Swink .1 another and Dugan got a fifteen yard penalty placing the ball periously near the Presbyterian goal. Carolina went over for the goal but was called b)ack and penalized 15 yards for hold ing. The third quarter ended andl from a field goal formation Rogers p)assed to Jeffords who ran ten yards to the goal. Swink again added the point. (Continuedl to Page Eighit) - U.s.c. - BREVITIES SNAPPED FROM SIDELINES D)uring the entire game there was some splendid tackling shown. When~ some body stonped, he stopped hard and hur riedly. Wilson of P. C. was a shining light on defnese. Trime andl time again he brought down the Gamecock backs. Ste vens wvas another great factor in Pres byterian's defense.