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Virginia Crln Comes Crln S maturday oLet's Stage Comeback University of South Carolina VOL. XX. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29,1926 Students Take Trip to Game at Orangeburg Special Train Takes Large Num ber of Students and Col umb:a Supporters CARD GAMES AS PASTIME I Fair Co-ed Becomes News Butch -Proves to Be Great } Success Carolina's annual pilgrimage to the I Orangeburg County Fair took the usual varied means of transportation. The special train puhed out of Columbia at 8:30 Thursday morning, with a large crowd of Gamecock 'supporters, who seemed to have all the spirit necessary for the occasion. On the trip down the practical jokers were in their element and had full charge of the unofficial program which they deemed necessary to make the trip a success. Card sharks were in evi dence and the rotnd of tricks they dis. played would turn a professional gan bIer green with envy. Lovers of the game of bridge cotOd be found in every car and their less serious minded broth ers took up "setback" as entertaeiment. As the train neared the city of St. Matthews practically the entire crowl of weary travelers rushed to the doors and windows in a effort to catch a glim'nse of the town made famous by the biblical character and our own Bob Wimberly. The railroad did not have a monopoly on the modes of travel. The nore lucky ones, who had money in their pockets or friends in Orangeburg, left Columbia on Wednesday afternoon by the "hobo route." Al along the road, every thirty or forty feet could be seen a group of collegiate looking gentlemen, "bumming a way." Five fellows were seated on the side of the road about one mile.on the other s'de of the metropolis of Cayce. A t dark-skinned gentleman who was with- I out doubt a foreigner, stopped his large t car and. inquired the way to Orange- 1 burg. Thinking that they could show the straAiger the way better than they could teli him, all five started to climb in and before they knew what it wa: all about they were looking in the dark chambers o.f a forty-five automat'c. Needless to say the Carolina :ys im. -nediately changed their minds and in fact they had no desire to travel -i the gentleman's car to the City of the Edis to. A fair co-ed, having compassion upon the poor little butcher boy, who was va'nly attempting to sel, h:s wares to the college ladies and gentlemen, took his basket of apples, candies, cigarettes;, chewing gum and Brown's mule and(I wecnt un and down the. aisle calling her I products in such an appealing voice that she quickly sold everything in the boy's basket. The "Butch," knowng a good thing when lhe saw it, had the train stopped and took on a new supp;y of goods. By her charm and vivacity, her beauty and her personality this daring co-ed again met with success and in a m'nutes all of the wvares were soki again. Arriving in Orangeburg the pilgrinms led by the band made their way to the "ma'n drag" where they immediately took charge of the ent're city. The band dlemonstrated its ability by reni dlerinig soothing mus'c to soothe the sav age breasts of the more rabid Citadei supporters. This later turned out to be a complete fai.ure. Soda fountains and ice-cream parlors were frequonted at intervals of from (Continued to Pagre Eight) BID DAY TO BE HELD BY CLUBS NOV. THE FIRST ELECTS TO BE NOTIFIED Arrangements for All Social En gagements to be Made By Council Monday, November 1, is bid day for ill the clubs that are members of the :nter-Club Council. The names of all nen taken in by the various clubs must )e turned in to the council and the :ouncil will issue to each of these men uis bid from the club or clubs that elect d him. It is ruled by the council that io man elected to any club shall be totif'ed of the same before that day. ,trick adherence to this ruling is re juested from each club. "Of course rou can be nice to your men elect, ac luaint them with your club to a certain xtent and create in them a desire to >ecome a member of your club if it is ossible for them to do so," says the :ouncil. rhe Inter.-Club Counc'l is comparativ ly a new organization. It is a great 'actor. however, in maintaining a har nonic attitude among the clubs. Arrangements for all dances, or other ocial activities given at the Univer ity gym, must be made thru the coun 'A. The council works in accordance vith the approval of the faculty. This s the first year of the bid day election yptem, and by a hearty cooperation on he part of the clubs, It will create a cal fraternity-like atmosphere on the :ampus. FIRST EDITION OF CAROLINIAN NOW OFF PRESS OLD POLICY IS ADOPTED Two New Departments Have Been Added to Campus Literary Publication The October issue of the Carolinian, he monthly l[terary magazine of the Jniversity, appeared Friday. This is he first edition of the year, and con ains two new departments. "Drift vood," edited by James Hicks, and "In he Inkpot," a Who's Who of the auth )rs. Features of this number are: "A 'hesis on the Purely Feminine Art of Prevarication," by W. B. Moore, and t refut'ng editorial entitled "In De ense of Women." "The policy of the magazine will be he same as that adopted by the pre :eding staff, viz: an effort to extricate he Carolinian from the rut into which t, like so many other college publica ions, had fallen," says the editor. To his end the size, cover des'gn and generaI style, modeled after that used >y leading magazines andl formulated >y Mr. Polier, will be retained Gym Dance Members of the Virgin'a squad will be honor guests of the Univer sity of South Carolina athletic as sociation at a dance to be given Saturday evening, from nine to one, in the gymnasium. Music w'll be furnished by the Gamecock orches tra. Members of the Carolina varsity squad will be admitted free. Also scrubs bringing dates. The Gamecock wishes to acknowl edeg a typographical error in the notice for the Clemson dance. It appeared that all Carolina students br'ng:ng dlates would be admitted free, but should have read Carolina Bolivar Bull Elected Head of Honor Men Senior in Academic School Made Chairman at Honor Com mittee Meeting WELL KNOWN ON CAMPUS Committee Making Plans to Ac quaint Students With the Honor System Bolivar Bull, a senior in the Aca demic school, was elected chairman of the Honor committee at a meeting held in chape, last Monday night. He has shown a l.vely interest in the Honor system for the past year or two arJ is therefore regarded as a good man for the position. Mr. hull is well.known on the cam pus, being an instructor in the Chemis.. try department, and founder of the Car olina Sc:ent:fic Society, as well as a student of no mean ability. Chemistry is his chosen field, as nglit be inferred from the foregoing statements. 'l'his meeting was the first that has lbecnt held since the elect;on of the new Honor comm'ttee. The new constitu tion provides- for the e/ection of thi5 committee by the student body except for the representatives from the two Freshmwls ciasses. According to the cccost'tution, the 'Frnshman Agademic class held its election October, 20th; the Freshman Law class chose its offi cers ten days earlier. The addition of representatives from these two classes made the Honor committee complete, and the meeting of Monday iight was for the purpose of organization. The new Committee is already mak ing plans to acquaint the students, es pecially freshmen, with the true mean ing and importance of the Honor sys tem. It is their op'4ion that the stu dents know too litt;e and think too lit tle about it. Detailed plans for the"r acquaintance campaign have not yet beent workel) out. NEW PRESIDENT OF UNIVE Dr. Davison McDowel Douglas Presidency of the University President of Presbyt4 Carolina for N PAGEANT WILL BE GIVEN ON_ THEATRE. STAGE "HAIL, SOUTH CAROLINA" Many University Students Par ticipated in Performance at Fair Grounds "Hai; South Carolina," the great at tempt to reproduce South Carolina's his.. tory in pageant form will be repeated matinee and iight, Nov.lOth, at the Columbia Theatre. There has been many requests that the pageant be gven again under ideal conditions. The stage soc.ety is not willing to rest contented wth the results of the pageant ; it wants to show to the public the really worth while value that such a performance has when given under reasonable circun stances. Two ,arge audiences are ex pected for the performances. Those peopje who saw it at the fair grounds want to see it again and those that did not see it there will see the indoor per. formance. The University students participated actively and numerously in the pageant part'cularly the students of the dramatic classes. The stage personnel coisisted entirely of Carolina students. Harry E.I Dav's was assistant to mi.ager. The stage managers were Ora Mae Jackson, Catherine Philips, F,izabeth Philips and Frank Woodruff. The art students took a leading part in the designing for the stage. The Stage Society will give a repeat of "Arms and the Man" on Nov. 3, the a fternoon performance being at 4 :00, night at 8:-30. Char.es Cuttino is the mascul:ne star. Karesh and Hildebrand also play important parts. The play is to he given at Coker College in Harts ville, on November 8th. under the auspi ces of the A.A.U.W. It is spoken for in Sumter, the home of Cuttino and Mrs. August Kol-r, Jr. Carolina students wl'o have not bought season tickets at the theatre can do so before next Wednesday and ge: n on the fall season. k a,.2f Yam t of Suth" CaolnaHa Bee Douglas Sits In President's Box at Game McLeod Is Gratified That Newly Elected President Accepts Trustees' Offer ELECTION IS LONG AFFAIR Before Acceptance Meetings Are Held With Trustees and With Synod Davison McDowel Douglas, I). D. President of the University of South Carolina by virtue of the selection of the trustees of the University and ac cording to the announcement of Gover nor Mcl,eod that Dr. Douglas, lately President of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, had accepted the of fer of the trustees of this institution, will come sometime within the near future to take up the reigns of govern ment of th's school. No (late has been set for the coni ing of Dr. Douglas to Columbia to take up the duties as head of the institution. It is not expected that he will do so before the end of the present semester. I)r. Leonard T. Baker will continue to act as President of the University in the meantime. Dr. Douglas occupied with Dr. Baker the "President's box" at the Carolina Clemson football game last Thursday. Gov. Thomas G. McLeod, ex-officio chairman of the board of trustees of the University, declared himself greatly gratified that Dr. Douglas had accepted and stated that he felt that I)r. Doug las would not be only a decided but a (listinguished success. I Long Affair The selection of Dr. Douglas as president of the institution and h s ac ceptance is a long affair. Immediately after the death of Dr. William Davis Melton, president of the University, last spring Dean Leonard T. Baker was selected to act as president pend ing the election of a successor to Dr. Melton. In seeking such a man the trustees considered the works and ideals of the late president and. kept in m'nd the need of one who could "carry on" the great work. Many men were considered, but the election of the President of "P.C." came very much as a surprise. A secret committee from the trus tees carried to Dr. Douglas the otTer of that body. The offer was made public on August 17th. Dr. Douglas himself made no public announce ment at that t'me except to declare that he had reached no decision as to his acceptance or rejection of the offer and that he must first consult with the trustees of the Presbyterian college. Pr'or to the meeting of that body for that pulrp)ose he would be able to reach no decision. But declared that (quot ing The State) "tinder no consideration wvould he accept the pres'dency for the beginning of the session and whatever his decision would be, lie would be with "P.C." at the opening of the 1926.27 termi." Meet P. C. Trustees September 9th, Dr. Douglas confered with the trustees of the Presbyterian college, andI at the end of the confer enice stated that he had reached no dIe cision as to offer. D)r. D)ouglas met wvith the South Ca rol'na board of trustees September 29, but reached no decision as to the offer. The trustees had been called together ini a spec'al session to hear himi. The State rep)ortedl that lie dliscussed with lie board "(livers educational policies which he would champ'on at the Uni versity'-as he had chamip'oned themi at "P.C." (Continued to Page II.ight)