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Let's Ride the Saturday t Tiger Given on the Rail ! oi Sas Holiday University of South Carolina VOL. XX. COLUMBIA, S. C.,TUES DAY, OCTOBER 19,1926 NO.5 142 E MANY CAROLU IN_HISTOR] Will Depict Story of South Car olina at Fair Grounds Thursday Night MISS SMITH LEADS BALLET Many University Students to Participate-Will Be in Football Stadium South Carolina's history will be staged next Thursday night, at the fair grounds. This will be a complete dipiction of the state's history, from the very beginning thru the world war, as well as a prophecy for the future, based on our courageous past, our in stincts for betterment and development of the natural resources of South Ca rolina. The pageant is divided into four main divisions. First, processionals representing each epoch. Second, the ballet. Third, the dramatic, dipiction of actual events. Fourth, the prophecy. The processions will be siown by means of floats with some prominent person of the particular period acting as a pedestrian. In the confederate section the confederate soldiers will be shown outnumbered by the opposition. The southern grief will be shown by a mother weeping over the body of her dead son. John C. Calhoun is to be pictured in one float representing his stand in the hall of fame. Seven floats wll be given, suggestive of seven dif ferent periods. A sky stage will be used thruout the pageant for inf?r mative explanations. Following the processions, will be an attempt in ballet dancing to express the spirit of the state thruout the his tory; the spirit and soul that made South Carolina. Miss Helen L. Smith, director of physical clucation for women at the University is to lead the ballet. Satyrs, nymphs and mereius will be characterist'cs in the ballet. The third part is the real dramatic production, accompaine I by the s:;v stage the opening scene begins with a group of Indians watching the landing of R'bault and his huguenot follower. Mr. Bruce Ravenel is to do the part of Ribault. The lord's proprietors arz to be represented by, A. C. Moore, Walsh, Crow and Mr. Chase of the University. The works of Gasden, Sumter, Pickens, Wastington and (Continued to Page Ten) - U.S.C. - Hlypatians Vote New Members in Society~ Meetings Are Not to Be Held for Two Weeks Because of Comnplications Wednesday afternoon the Hypatian Literary society held its regular meet ing. After a short business meeting the literary prograim was given. Miss Seabelle Jones told of the history of the Irish imovemeint. A group of Wil liams Butler Yeat's poems were read by Miss Sarah Stevenson, and M.ss Lillian Jones read a selection from James Orr. Several new members were voted in. 'I he president appointedl the various committees for the termi. The society dhecided not to have a meeting for the next two weeks on account of the fair and the Oraneu game iROLLM 4A STUDENTS [CAL PAGEANT SCHOOL HEADS HEAR LECTURE ON ATTENDANCE UNIVERSITY ACTS HOST Superintendents Given Compli mentary Tickets to the Wofford-Carolina Game What Action shall South Carolina Superintendents and Principals take in regard to a Compulsory Attendance Law? was the subject discussed by J. P. Coates, secretary of the South Carolina Teachers' Association, Friday morning in the University chapel. In his address he pointed out to the at tend'ig superintendents and principals the advantages and the necessity of a rigidly enforced compulsory attend ance law that woud give every child in South Carolina the opportunity to ob tain at least an elementary school edu cation. Mr. Coates gave his address the second day of the annual meeting of the high school administrators of the state, which was held October 14, 15 and 16. the first series of meetings was held Thursday evening with Dr. L. T. Baker, t acting president of the University, as presiding officer. At this meeting ad dresses were delivered by Major John W. Moore, superintendent, Florence city schools; Major James D. Fulp of Bailey Mil:tary Institute; Dr. Avery W. Skinner, director board of examiners. State Department of Education, Uni vers'ty of New York, Albany, N. Y.; and Ori. F. Crow, of the University of South Carolina. Friday morning, besides the address delivered by Mr. Coates, L. K. Hagood, superintendent, Beaufort city schools, spoke on How the City Superintendent may aid the Country Schools; H. J. Howard, on Adequate High School Records and the Necessity of them; A. B. Clark, the Teaching of Arith metic in High School; Miss Ruth Allen, How to Provide Adequate Library Facilities for South Carolina High Schools; and George W. Wannamaker. on Proposed Plan for Seventh Grade Examinations. Due to the generosity of the Colum bia Chamber of Commerce and the University, complimentary tickets to the Carolina-Wofford football game were given to the high school princi pals and superintendents who were officially registered for the conference. TIhose present at the conference were city and county superintendents, high, school principals, and college profes sors of Education. These men were guests of the University and were giv en thei. meals at Stewards Hall. Lod ging was also securedl at the hotels of the city for the visitors. Up until last year, this mecting had been held around Christmas time. hc was decided, however, that the meeting should be held at an earlier date so that the good derived therefrom might be putt into effect (luring the current year. Last year there were 266 atten.l ing the meeting; this year, 275. This shows that more and more superintend ents and principals are becoming in terestedl in these meet'ngs and ar: seeing the benefit that might be derived from them. ENT BI SPECIAL DANCE Thursday night after the Clemson game there will be a dance in the gym. in honor of the Clemson team, lasting from nine p.m. until one a.m. Music will be furnished by LaMotte's orchestra. All members of the Carolina and Clemson squads will be admitted free. Also the Carolina bringing "dates." Admis sion will be $2.00. Student Body To Make Trip to Orangeburg Acting-President Baker Accepts Invitation from Orangeburg and Fair Association DINNER SERVED FREE ALL Citadel-Carolina Game One of Most Enjoyable Events on University Calendar Acting-President L. T. Baker has re ceived an invitation from the city of Orangeburg, and the Orangeburg Fair Association for the Faculty and Stu dent Body to attend the Orangeburg Fair, as their guests on the 28th of October, the day of the Citadel-Caro lina football game. This invitation has been accepted and the student body will be excused from classes on that date. A special train will leave Columbia early on the day of the game, and reduced fares will be sold to all students desiring to make the trip by rail. In Orangeburg, dinner will be served to all University students on the fair grounds, and a (lance will be given in the evening for those who wish to at tend. The Citadel cadets w:ll also be the guests of the Fair Assodiation, and th: city of Orangeburg on this date. The date of the Citadel-Carolina game is one of the outstanding events on the University calendar as it alway3 brings with it the kind inv'tation of the Orangeburg people. - U.S.C. - Grad. History Club Hears Dr. Ferrell Reads Paper on "The Decline of Imiperialism"-Uses British Empire As Basis Dr. C. M. Ferrell, newv member of the history faculty of the University, read a paper on "Trhe Decline of Imperial ismn" at the first meeting of the Grad uate H-istory club in Davis college, Fri day night. Taking the British Empire as the basis of his remarks he showed the changes in British public opinion con cerning the value of colonies. James Hicks, graduate student, was the critic for the paper and added sev eral supplementary remiarks. Several new members were elected, andl it was announcedl that the next meeting, that of October 29, will be held at the home of Professor Calcott, 2717 First Ave. Dr. Snowden, head of the Depart muent of History, is to have charge of the nrogram at that meeting. tEAKS MATRICULATE EXCEED TOT THINK DOUGLAS WILL BECOME HEAD OF UNIV DOUGLAS SAYS NO Statements Before Synod Causei Body to Consider Accept ance Assured Acceptancy of the presidency of th, University of South Carolina by Dr O. M. Douglas is considered assurei in view of statements reputed to hav been made by him before the Presby terian Synod which met last week. Dr Douglas publicly declares, however that he has not yet fully decided wha he will do and will make no announce nient except in an official communi cation to Governor McLeod as ex officio chairman of the Board of Trus tees of the University. Below is an article which appeare< in The State, Thursday, October l1 which gives the statements of Di Douglas. Following that is an articl in The Record of the same (late il which Dr. Douglas declares that hi statements were not intended to ex press his decision. While Dr. D. M. Douglas, presiden of Presbyterian college, has made n, announcement of h':s decision with re gard to the invitation to become th president of the University of Sout] Carolina and will not do so exceo through a formal communication ad dressed to the board of trustees of th University and the governor, it is con sidered a foregone conclusion by th, South Carolina synod that he w'll ac cept the call to what he considers larger opportunity to serve the state. It is believed by the great majoriti of the preachers attending the syno: here that Doctor Douglas has made ui hir mind to accept the presidency o the University and that announcemen of his decision may be expected withi, the week. Doctor Douglas h'mse! would neither affirm nor disclaim tho correctness of the general feeling. H4 stated that he could make put?lic hi decision only through the channels bi which he received the i-nvitation. Addressing the delegates to the sy nod at a luncheon served in tht Y.M.C A. today by the women of the Presby terian church, Doctor Douglas all bu declared that he had made up his mint to go to Carolina. Many present char acterized his address as his valedictory Expressing the highest appreciatio (of the action of the board of trustee of the University, Doctor Douglas de clared that while he believedl in churci education he also believed in two sys tenms of education. It wvould be dan gerous for e'ducati'm. to lie so,lely ii the hands of the chunrches, het said "That would," he said, "mean rever s'on to the Middle Ages. I am con vinced to the correctness and the sound ness of academy freedom and believe~ inl religious freedom, and if I go to the, University every Jewv, Gentile, Catho. lic and Protestant will find that he ha' a friend in me. I (do not believe it conmpulsion in imatters of religion, bu1 in enicouragement and sympathy. "I app)reciate tihe bigness of the job I realize the University's influence it all phases of our state life and govern ment andl that it offers tme the oppor tunity to use my life for something bigger and to servc tihe whole Christ. (Continued to Page Tenl) RECORD ,S FIRST TERM AL LAST YEAR 1000 Men Registered and 429 Women-Last Year Was 1006 and 413 BAPTISTS HAVE MOST Methodists Come Second-Few er Show No Preference Than Last Year With 1429 students enrolled by the end of last week, all enrollment records in the history of the University of South Carolina have been broken. The complete total for the whole of last year was only 1419 and this record has been passed within less than q month of the official opening of the school for this term. -Registration for this semes ter is practically over, but many more students will enter in February for the second semester, and from all indica tions the enrollment will go well over 1500. In separating the -numbers of the sexes, several interesting facts are found. There are exactly 1,000 men en rolled against 429 women. Howeve, last year there were 1,008 men, ,o there is a decrease in the number of males. On the other hand there were 411 females last year so the co-eds are t increasing in percentage as well as in numbers. Denominational statistics show little change from last year. The Baptist; again lead the field with 462, an in crease of 24 over last year. The Meth od'sts continue to hold second place with 408. an increase of og ly four. The most favorable number given out are those of students with no clurch preference. There are only 12 of these in school this year, as against 31 during 1925-20. The total denominational statistics I are: Denomination 1926-27 1925-26 [ Baptists 462 438 \Method;sts 408 404 Presbyterians 214 207 r Episcopalians 138 147 Lutherans 85 87 . Hebrews 42 37 Cathol'cs 32 31 A.R.P. 18 7 Christian Scientists 4 6 Church of Christ 2 4 Dutch Reform 2 2 Friends 1 0 United Brethren 1 0 1 Congregationalists 0 3 No preference 12 21 Total 1429 1419 --U.s.c. - Hallowe 'en Helps Obtainable Gratis Extension Division Offers Num erous Suggestions Free of Charge Sutgges;tions for novel Hallowe'en in v'itations, dlecorations, costumes, re freshments, stunts, games and drills, as well as playlets, recitations, and in forming articles on the origin and observance of Hallowe'en are ready for use by schools, conmun'ty groutps, in dividluals, and1( young people's organia zations. These helps are free of charge, except for p)ayment of trans portation charges by the borrower, an:1 may be obtained by individuals who either wvrite or call in person at the offices of the Bureau of PublicDis cussion, S'uth Carolina University Fa tension Divisinn. Columnbia. S. C.