Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DR. MITCHELL TELLS HOW "Y" WAS STARTED FLINN HALL DONATED Mills Was First Regular "Y" Secretary To Be Employed Full Time The coming of W. P. Mills, the first Y.M.C.A. secretary at the University calls to mind how Flinn Hall was se cured for the use of the organization and how the work was really placed on a firm basis at the University. Dr. S. C. Mitchel, then president of the University, related how this was done in an interview with the Gamecock reporter this summer at Blue Ridge. Dr. Mitchel said that in his alma mater dur ing hip school days the Y.M.C.A. con sisted of a half dozen students who met every morning for a prayer meeting be fore classes started. The hour was early and as far as he could see there were little results. Later, as a teacher he saw in other colleges what could be accomplished by the organization under 'p.roper leadership. 1/ W. P. MILLS At the University at that time there had been a mhovement to build a Y.M. C.A. building and some $2,000 had been set aside for the use of the organization. collected to that end and turned over to the supervision of Dr. Flinn, then chap lain, who was very much interested in the work on the campus and did a great deal to help it along. The "Y" was a student organization with a few very interested students carrying it on. A movement was also set on foot to have a full-time "Y" secretary to carry out the work as it should be done. This of course brought up renewed discussion of a headquarters. The whole proposition was fully discussed r,t a meeting of the Board of Directors at the University and Mr. August Kohn moved that Flinn Hall, the former home of the beloved Dr. Flinn, be used. The board sct aside a certain amornt to pay the salary of the one to be selected secret-ary. Besides this money, Dr. Flinn left a legacy of $1,000, the interest on which was to be used for the permanent improvement at Flinn Hall. The matter then came up for the selec tion of a secretary. A number of names were suggested, but the committee finally Lelected Mr. Mills who had just returned from Oxford, where as a Rhodes scholar he had made a splendid record. There was some objection to Mr. Mills at first as lie was not at that time an experienced Y.M.C.A. man. However as Dr. Mitchel said later, Mr. Mills character and p)er sonality more than made up for the lack of ex'perience. Under his direction the Y.M.C.A. at the University was put on a most firm basis and played a great part in the life of the students at the Univer sity. Mr. Mills later accepted a call for the Y.M.C.A. in China where he has been since, returning this year for a furlough. BILLY BULL'S A Meal a Minute ! "An American Restaugranl" 1211 Gervais Street REGULAR DINNERS, SHORT ORDERS, SANDWICHES AND WAFFLES Sweet Milk--1e Per Pint "It'e a Nice itte. Place MEMBERSHIP POLICY CHANGED BY Y.M.C.A. "Purpose Basis" Chosen As the Method of Selecting New Material For Work The University Y.M.C.A. has adopted a new poficy this year on membership according to Jim Hicks, chairman of the membership committee. In. times past the "Y" signed up the members of the Freshman class at the time of thie Freshman banquet and then in a whirl wind campaign signed up those who were missed at this time. Membership then and now is on the basis of the period of the members' school life as in the literary societies and other campus organizations. This year the membership, committee will see each man on the campus and ask them to sign the membership on the "Pcrpose Basis," the purpose of the membership being to engage in some form of work for the "Y.' The com mittee will of course have to take almost the entire first semester to reach the en tire student body who are not now mem bers. However as each man signs a card he will be assigned to some committee and will immediately start to putting into action the spirit of service which is the real spirit behind the ".Y." The "Y" wants to have the entre cam pus as members on this basis. There are at present 179 men serving in some capacity, such as Bible class teachers, Afficers, religious meeting committee, etc. There is enough work on the campus to employ a much larger number of men. 'he membership committee is as follows, Jim Hicks, chairman; A. 0. Kafer, E. W. Youngblood, R. B. Hildebrand, W. A. Todd and J. W. Johnson. - U.S.C. - DR. CULBREATH SPENDS TWO DAYS ON CAMPUS Is One of Travelling Secretaries of Southern Methodist Education Board Dr. Marvin Culbreath, one of the traveling secretaries of the Board of Education of the Southern Methodist Church spent two days on the campus tnis week, in the interest of the Meth odist Students at Carolina. Dr. Culbreath was invited by theY. M. C. A. to work out plans how best the Methodist students at the Univer .sity could be accomodated by the local Methodist Churches. In his investi gation he found that there was about 700 Methodist students in the three colleges and but very small percent age of them were in Sunday school or Epthworth League work. The main cause of this condition was found to be ,the lack of room in the various Meth odist Churches to accomodate even their own congregation. He has had a conference with the officials of the Washington Street M. E. to see if room can't be found in sonme way for a great Methodist student Sunday School class. This plan has been worked well in other student centers. The problem here it to find a p)lace to put the class. The visitor spoke at Chapel on Wed nesday and Thursday, had two con ferences with the Methodist students at Flinn Hall and gave a talk to one of the gym classes at the Gymnasium. Gayden 1248 Main Street as ;We carry complete ii pipes, candy a POCKET E Try one of our lunche: cou: We A Poreciate BIBLE CLASSES HAVE SPIRITED RACE FOR LEAD* TENEMENT 17-2 STILL LEADS Closely Followed by Ten. 28 and Ten. 24-Latter Has Larg est Attendance The Bible class meetings last Tues day night were the best of the series of meetings that have been held on the campus this session. With twenty four of the twenty-nine classes report ing the atendance shows a high water mark of 356. This will undoubtly go bver the four hundred mark by the time that the late reports are in. These meetings grow more interest ing as they go along. Next week the topic for discussion is "Relationships to Man-Business Relationships." The program for the Bible classes has been well planned this year and the result is seen in the interest that has been created. The race for the attendance banquet is also close. Ten 17-2 is in front by a scant margin and is being closely followed by Ten 28 and Ten 24. Sev eral other classes are also in the race and as soon as they can make up a back meeting will furnish a little more opposition for the leaders. Ten 24 had the largest class this week with 27 students in attendance. This class is taught by "Hamp" Gra ham and has been steadily increasing all the year. Ten 1 and Ten 28 were tied for second place with an attend ance of 23. The standing: Ten Score 17-2 654 28 649 - 24 636 18 615 14 612 16 609 7 605 2 592 3 587 6 584 15 578 22 572 5 561 1 557 19 . 540 26 527 23 522 17-1 505 29-1 477 10 477 29-2 462 25-2 408 12 382 9 376 For Sun-Kist Drinks -VISIT -. HAMPTON'S FRUIT DRINK Home-Made Cansdies Only Place of Its Kind in the City 1218 Main St. .Columbia, S. C Brothers id 1427 Main Street ie of cigars, cigarettes. nd periodicals ILLIARDS s at our sanitary lunch nter Your Patronage OWEN & PAUL MERCHANT TAILORS Repairing and Altering 1117 Washington St. - Phone 6963 - Columbia, S. C. 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