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. Birds Subdue ThatBideC IThat Golden Tornado Stae itle University of South Carolina VOL. XIX. COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1926 MELTO] O'Henry's Wife Visits Campus -- Tells of Life TALKS TO ENGLISH CLASS Tells of His Experiences in Writ ing, and Financial Matters Money Advanced on Stories "Mr. Porter never owed anyone ex cept editors," said Mrs. William Sid ney Porter, widow of the distinguished author. O'Henry, in a talk to a group of English students Wednesday after noon. "He would always be able to obtain money in advance on his work from his publishers, up to a certain limit. But when the limit was reached, he would walk into the editor's office, show him a synopsis of some future stories, give him their titles, and walk out with five or six hundred dollars. He asked me once if I didn't think that clever. I told him I did not be, cause all that money had to be paid by such hard work. "Most people seem to be interested in knowing the size of people. Mr. Porter was five feet eight, heavy set, and had sandy hair. - "Mr. Porter seldom talked of his stories. He said it was just as bad manners to talk of your stories as to offer your toothbrush. "He was living in Nashville for his health when he wrote 'A Municipal Report.' When it was published and Nashville began to 'roast' him he asked me, 'Do you see anything harmful in that story?' "He felt ostracized in Nashville. He longed for New York. In speaking of offending people in small matters, he said 'a great artist should be above that.' "He wrote spasmotically when I knew him. A man who knew him in New York said 'he was in prosperity, gay and productive, in adversity, gloomy and unproductive.' "Mr. Porter's work was all worked out before he put it on paper. I have seen 50 pages of his work with only one word scratched out. "'How did he acquire such a large vocabulary?' The dictionary was ly ing on the table in front of him. "Some have compared him with Dc Maupassant. He hated De Maupass ant. He said De Maupassant wrote dirt, while his work could be read in a Sunday school. Yet, he must have ad mired the French writer, for a diction ary, a volume of De Maupassant, and a world atlas were always on the table before him. "In speaking of one of his plays on which he was working shortly before his death, he said 'I feel sure it will have a run of at least one night.'. "He always said I believed him when lhe was jesting, and thought he was jesting when he was serious, but this is the explanation he gave me for his pen name. "'0 was easy to make, and while I was in New Orleans, I picked up a pa. per andl decided to pick the first name I came to. The first on the list was Henry.' "Due to the frequency of his writing, he wrote under several other names 'Olivia,' and 'Peters' among themi. "His chief amusements were shoot. (Continued to n:are 8) M AKF DANCE IN GYM FOR GEORGIA TECH TEAM A dance in honor of the Georgia Tech basketball team will be given in the University gymnasium Saturday night. The Athletic Association of the University will sponsor the dance which will last from 9 to 12 o'clock. This dance will be run on the same scale as those delightful affairs which were held throughout the football season. - U.S.C. - DRAMATIC ART CLASS TO GIVE PLA Y-"SUN-UP" IS N. C. MOUNTAIN STORY Three One-Act Plays Presented Last Year By Class, iclud ing Pantomine The first rehearsal of the new play to be given by Mr. Reed's dramatic pro duction class, English 123, is being held this afternoon. The class will present "Sun-Up" by Lula Vollmer, a tragedy involving people of the North Carolina mountains, the people whom she knows better than any other because she is a North Carolinian herself and is deep ly interested in the people of her own native hills. Last year Mr. Reed's class presented a bill of one-act plays including a pan tomine written by the class, members of the class helping with the direction, stage settings and every phase of the production under the leadership of Mr. Reed. This year they will present a long play preceded by a pantomine taking in every member of the class. The cast of "Sun-Up" is rather small, there being only two women. The entire cast has not been announced yet, but Miss Louise Duke of Union will play the leading role; that of an ignorant hardened mountain woman, but a dom inating character. Mr. Reed predicts that Miss Duke will make the part of the most interesting played on the stage of the Town Theatre in so long a tine. The character was played in New York with great success by Lucille Le Verne. After "The Concert" is over "Sun-up will be practised strenuously in order to be ready for the public by the first of March. The remainder of the cast will be announced right away. Mem bers of the class are working on a pan tomine to be staged wvith a musical accompaniment as a curtain raiser. 'rhe class will get much actual ex perience in this production with stag ing, lighting, direction, costuming, make-up and all the other arts of the theatre. -- u.s.c. - CHAPEL ASSIGNMENTS EFFECTIVE MONDAY 'rhis morning, the chapel seats as signment wvas put on the bulletin board showving the seats to be occupied and the days to attend. This will go into effect monday morning at the chapel period, and all who are abscent the first day will be marked. Seniors will not have to attend chap el this term, so if aniy are assingned seats, they should see the registrar aboust it. REPOR Big Triangle's Columbia Leg Saturday Nite HELD AT CHICORA COLLEGE Florida and Tennessee Debaters Speak Here-Carolina Teams in Knoxville and Gainesville At eight o'clock tomorrow night at Chicora college auditorium, the Univer sity of Florida affirmative team will debate the University of Tennessee negative team on the query: "Resolved That the United States should enter the World Court without reservations." This is a part of the Big Triangle debate that is being held between Carolina, Tennes see and Florida. At the same time these men are debating here, our affirmative team, composed of Joseph Karesh and W. D. Simpson will be debating the University of Florida negative temn in Knoxvil,e. Our negative team, Guy Ty ler and Donald Russell, will debate the Tennessee affirmative team in Gaines ville, Florida. The members of the Florida team are Robert E Hodges and Fuller Warren. The Tennessee men are Fred M. Vosse and Charles G Morgan. Professor E. Marion Rucker will be the presiding officer and John Pate the chief marshall. The judges are: John J. McMahan, Hunter A. Gibbes, and Thomas H. Peeples. All the Chi cora girls will be there and all the Uni versity students should attend if possi ble. Music will be givs, and a recep tion is promised after the debate in the Chicora parlors. Last year, our affirmative team won the decision over the Tennessee team in Columbia, but the negative team lost in Florida. George Wittkowsky and O. L. Warr were on the affirmative and Donald Russell and Cecil Wittkowsky on the negative. - U.S.C. - POLIER CHOSEN NEW PRESIDENT OF EUPHRADIAN HOLLER VICE - PRESIDENT Elections Completed Tuesday Were Deferred During Exaninations The election in the Euphradian soc iety were continued Tuesday evening. Trhe president was elected at the last meeting before exams, but the society took a recess for a basketball game. rsadlore P'olier was elected presid!ent on the first bollot over Tr. K. Collier and JT. D. Pruitt. Election or nominating speeches were debarred and the elections wvere run off in short order. All the higher officers were chosen by acclamation, which is a remarkable thing for either society. A. W. Holler, of Columbia, w~as elected vice-presidlent by acclamation and 'T. K. Collier was acclaimed liter ary critic. Tr. B. Bussey was selected as secretary and R. B. Hildebrand| treasurer. H. B. Barnett was madc censor and P. V. Gressette recorder. \V. A. Brunson received the majority vote for orderly critic and Sidney Heyman for financial secretary. D. R. Jove wvas miadle cemis forum. 0.TTOAS. BIDDIES MEET P. C. FRESHMEN TONIGHT After winning from the Furman freshman to the tone of 40-31, last night, the Biddies go down to Clinton to meet the Presbyterian first year men tonight. They return to Colum hia tomorrow. So far, the freshmen have a clean slate in the race for the state title and have only two other state teams to beat to have it cinched. - U.S.C. - STATE TRIANGLE ON MARCH 15TH -PITT APRIL 6TH TO PLAN AUDITORS' VOTE Unofficial Votes to Determine Debates' Influence on Decis- 1 ion of Audience Two triangular debates and a debate with the University of Pittsburgh have been arranged by the debating council for this term. In the debate with the University of Pittsburgh, a novel idea is being tried out. Three judges will render the officiai decision, but in addi tion, a vote of the audience before and after the arguments will be taken to see if the listeners have changed their opin ion. This last vote will, of course, be unofficial. '['his debate will be held Wednesday, April 6, and the query is "Resolved, that the military and naval air forces should be united in a separate and independent department with a minister in the cabi net." Pittsburgh will uphold the affirm ative side of the question. The Little Triangle debate with Pres byterian Coliege and The Citadel will 5e held on M'arch 15. The query offered is, "Resolved, That South Carolina should have a divorce law.' The Uni versity affirmative will meet the Pres)y- ' terian negative in Charleston, and the s negative will meet the Citadel affirmative at Cliinton. The Citadel negative team and the Presbyterian affirmative will I meet in Columbia. Several times, in the e last few years, the University has won a this debate. 1 The Virginia-Carolina-Georgia debate ? wlI be held either April 19 or the 23. I The query for this debate is, "Resolved, g That the government of the United i States recognize the Soviet Russian it Government." This debate is one of the most important on the University p schedule. and should be the most warmly i: contested for the question is one that o comes before the public at this time. t North Carolina has been in Commu- t niiication wi'th the Seeetary of tihe l. D)ebating Council here, for a debate in is April, hut the other dlebates coming at h this time wvill make it imp)ossible. Pro-e piosals have been mnade for a dIebatt p early in May and if this is accepte< d wvall end the inter-collegiate debates foi the y'ear. EUPHROSYNEANS TALK ON POETS OF CAROLINA e The Eup)hrosyneans dliscussed South p Carolina p)oets at their meetint 'l Wednesday afternoon. Cla rese Harmon read "A Tribute t< Yates Snowden," (Gonzales), Lilli d "TIhe South Carolina College Glens' b "The Reason Why" was recited b t; Annie Mae McGrady, Annie McGi readl "Tromiorrow's Task" and "Whe mm the World goes Home," and Ida Johi 41 stnn red "The Road." oEMBLY Asserts That Future Rests On Education %LL SHOULD RECEIVE IT rells Needs of University-With Emphasis on Lack of Class Rooms "The strength, character, reputation, inl influence of a nation depends up )n the education of its citizens. Ed ication goes hand in hand in support mnd as a part of religion and piety." [hese were the opening words quoted )y Dr. Melton in his report of the Un ,ersity at the request of the board of rustees. Dr. Melton began by telling of the -alue of an education to the individual, o the state, to the nation, and to the vorld at large. Step by step, the ,rowth of the North over the South v"as traced, showing how the South teglected the educational side. Con rast was made with our sister state, ' orth Carolina. "I am firm in my belief that every 'oung man and woman who success ully completed the courses prescribed y the state high school diploma should e permitted to enter the state institut ons of higher learning and be given he opportunity of receiving a college ducation ; and that the eager in spirt, he morally strong, and the intellect ally capable, proving themselves wor hy, should be allowed and enabled to ompiete the prescribed courses. Ed ication is not a special privilege to be njoyecd by a favored few. It is the ctual right of every citizen The University ought to be main ained as the head of the educational ystem of the state. It should be con idered as the keystone of the arch olding the entire structure together. 'he University should be expected to rovide not only the higher quality of ducation provided in the state, but Iso the greatest variety of courses. 'ractically all of the graduate work f the state is being carried on by the ?iniversity. Under our present system, raduate work can only be carried on i the University in connection with ndergraduate work. After the introductory remarks, the resident told of the conditions ex ting at the school now, telling that nly four states in the nation compelled te students at state schools to pay :ition. Next, the enrollment at the nmiversity was touched on, wvith spec I emphasis on the increase in the .st live yea rs, without a parallel in rease in appropriations. He also ointedl out the wvork of the Extension eparmt Iment andl the sunmmer school. Among the things asked for were lass room buildings, with an appropri ion of $75,000 for a new building to ike care of the classes compelled to IceLt in chapel, in p)rotTesors' offices Ic. $65,000 was asked for the the comn letion of wings on the uncompleted hmornmwell college, wvhich would take are of 144 studlents. $35,000) wasi requestedl for new ad it ions and improvements to the li rary, which is wholly inadequate to Lke care of the precious volumes. $40,000 wats dlemandedl for enlarg ent of the chapel. At present only 0can be comfortably seated. (Continiuel to n)am. 8)