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Pave Our Streets! Pave Em University of South Carolina VOL. XX. COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRII)AY. I>1'E I I R 3. 1926 NO. 10 Alpha Chapter Represented By Wauchopa Goes to 150th Anniversary of the Founding of Phi Beta Kappa MEMORIAL DEDICATED Over Five Hundred. Delegates Attend From Twenty-Six States On September 27, the Alpha Chapte: of South Carolina was represented by Dr. George A. Wauchope at the 150th anniversary of the founding the Phi Beta Kappa, at the College of William and Mary. A memorial hall, costing $100,000, was dedicated by the highest officials to fifty young Virginians, who founded on December 5, 1776 the first Greek letter fraternity in the world. The building was the gift of about four thousand members of the organization. Over five hundred distinguished per sonages from twenty-six states came as delegates from seventy-six chapters of Phi Betta Kappa, nine learned soc ieties, and sixty-four fraternities. The academic procession presented a spectacle not to be forgotten. The im pressive pageant was more than half a mile long, and, headed by Dr. Charles. F. Thwing, president of the United Chapters, in a black silk robe and white velvet cap, wound its way from the old Sir Christopher Wren building of 1697 to the pew aud'torium of 1926, a replica of the Raleigh Tavern whose Apollo rooi was the birth-place of Phi Beta Kappa. Many iotable in education and fi nancial circles were in the procession, prominent among them, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton, in his Oxford robe of crimson,, a clorful contrast to th somber black of t'hose about him. The exercises were witnessed by over a thousand persons, assembled to pay homage to those romantic college boy., who bound themselves 'n 1776 by a solemn oath of fidelity to this "happy spirit and resolution of attaining th. important ends of society." The enter pr'se of these student adventurers had a dramatic touch, a prophetic vision and daring, which we now recognize as truly characteristic of American'smv. Atmong thet were John Marshall and liushrod Washington, both in a few years to become Justices of the Sup reme Court. Others became legislators. statesmen, orators, and planters. The presentation of the hall was made by Dr. Oscar M. Voorhees, national secretary of the United Chapters. The (Continued to Page Eight) STUDENT COMMI2 COUNCIL FO Russell Presents Petition to Cit3 Streets-City Fathers of Plea Made "l'ave our streets," requested D). {. Russell of the mayor and city council of Columbia. Tuesday morning, as sp)okesmlan for a group of studlents rep)resenitinig thle University of South Carolina student body. "Other towns have~ done more for the schools within their limits. Can't you (10 this much for the state university?" he asked. Agitation begun recently by several sen:ors andl approvedl by the faculty, resulted in a body of students appear inug before Mayor I,. II. Owens andl city council. The request maide was, that the city include in their extensive paving program, the paving of streets running through the camupus, andl ad( jacent to the campus. This dloes not include the streets running through the main campus. ASSOCIATION OF FENCING CLUBS IS ORGANIZED Southern Intercollegiate Fencing Association Is Name Chosen at Meeting WILSON ELECTED PRES. Reese and Finkelstien of Carolina Are Vice-President and Secretary Southern Inter-collegiate Fencing Association is the name given to the fencing conference of Southern col leges, organized here last week under the auspices of the University of South Carolina fencing team. Charles Wilson, of the University of North Carolina, was elected pres'dent ; W. R. Reese, of the University of South Carolina, was named vice presi versity, and the College of Charleston. Carolina, secretary and treasurer: N. G. Mcintyre, of the University of North Carolina, recording secretary. Committees appointed were : tourna ment, Douglas Jeter, chairman ; rules, Bill Boyd, cha'rman; and an executive committee consisting of the various of ficers and chairmen of the various con mittees Schools represented were : University of North Carolina, Univer sity of South Carolina, Furman Uni McIntyre, of the University of North Several others are expected to join soon. A strong desire on the part of those interested in fencing in Southern col leges tp effect an inclusive organiza tion resulted in the calling of the con vqntion. It was felt that such an or ganization was essential for the sys tematic control and spreading of inter collegiate fencing. Carolina has been a leader among Southern colleges in this sport since antebellum days, and was foremost among them to revive the sport a year or so ago. Accordingly it was fortun ately able to issue a general invitation to the other college fencing clubs to ieet in an assembly here. The pro gram of the meeting was partly busi ness and partly social in keeping with the general purpose of the local club and those of other colleges. Friday afternoon the delegates from the various colleges assembled in the F,uphrad'an society hall, and were call ed to order by W. R. Reese, president of the Carolina fencing club. N. C. McIntyre of the University of North Carolina. was appointed chairman of the imeeting. and V. M. Boyd and Douglas Jeter, secretaries. The meet ing then resolved into a constitutional 'Sonvent.on and most of the time was taken with the work of drafting the const tution and by-laws. The name Southern Inter-collegiate Fencing As sociation was adopted. 'TEE ASKS R PAVED STREETS of Columbia to Pave University Promise Consideration by University C. W. Scott, p)resident (of the sttu denit body, stated the mission of the connnittee, atnd introduced Mr. Russell as spokesman. The speaker readl somec letters receivedl fromi presidents of other schools, telling what the cit ies, in which the schools were situtated, had done for thIem. He fuirt her stated the posit ion of thle U niversity in thle mat te--. 'The Untiversity of South Carolina b)rinigs to Columbia nearly a in Ilion and a half dollars aimnually. The total pay roll of (Columbia indust ries is not muttch over twice that amount. I,ook what (Coltumbia has (lone for her indtust ries." C :ty counimciliime' reliedl that t hey ha-I conisidlered the mtatter seriotusly. A fter a short discussion, the coimmiittee wa excuseol and returned to the camipuis SOCIAL CABINET DANCE There will be a Social - Cabinet (lance in the gymnasium tomorrow night, from nine to midnight. Mus ic .to be furnished by the Carolina Gamecock orchestra. A\dmission will be $1.00. Members of the Co lunbia and Gaffney high schools' football teams w'll be admitted free by courtesy of the Cabinet and the Block "c" club. Societies To Keep Crip On j Publicati ons Joint Meeting Kills Motion to Release Gamecock and Carolinian 1 THOMAS SUPPORTS MOTION Argument for and Against ls the Outcome of Agitation By a close vote, a motion to appoint a conimittee to propose plans for re leasing the control of the publications to the student body was kilhed at a joint meeting of the two men's literary socie ties 'l'Tuesday night. Many presented ar guments for and against the motion and debate had lasted over an hour before themotion could be put before the joint assemblage. As a culmiulation of much agitation which has bee ngoing on about the cam pus for some time this special 'joint meeting of the two societies was ca,7ed to consider the question. The meeting was held in the l;uphran an Society hall with C. \V. Scott, president of the Clar iosophic Society, presiding. 0. L. Warr made the motion stating that the present system of election of the officers of the publications unfair and undemocratic He cited the fact that there are over 1400 students at the Un:veriity while the ljub,ications are I controlled by 150. Also the entire stu dent body pays for the publications. 1 V. J. Thomas, present editor of the I Gamecock, seconded the motion stating i that after a careful study of the condi tions here and of newspapers of other schools he fe.t that it would be for the r benefit of the publications if they were a released by the societies. He declared that the societies controlled the elections t and there their connection ceased as the v societies as bodies contributed in no t way to the publications. Guy Tyler followed by opnosing the 1 motion anl cited that the publications had both won first places at the College I Press Assoc*ation meet recentsy. H." said that the publications were satisfac-, t tory under the present system but if they were thrown open to the student body, the editors would be elected by canipus 1 popularity rather than ability and expe - rience.A 1. R. Pate, for the inforniat'on of the societies, made a report of howv the pubh l'entions were financed. Others speaking on the question wvere Hildebrand, Shook, WVofford, WVitt kowsky, IPritchard, Karesh and others. At times the dlebate became quite wvarm. Firaly the motion was called for, Mr. Scott statedl that no action taken woutld. C be binding ;that binding vote could only he taken when the committee made its i rep)ort. Also that the girls' societies wouk(l have to be cenlsidIeredl before the ('arol:niian~ coui.d be changed. Bly a vote X of 35-31 lie motion was killed. I Mr. TPhonies t hen addressen t he sociec ies saying that he thought the action iake ha~d been unwise and not for thme C best interest of the University as a r whole. He' was arm'weredl by Mr. Prit chard and others. Tlhe joint meeting was then declared e adjoturned and the C'lariosophic Society V dIeptrted. The F.uphradian Society fin- 'I ihed some buisiness and then also adI. REED PRESENTS "SPOON RIVER" ON- BROADWA Y Jniversity Director of Dramatic Arts Appears in Two New York Theaters AUDIENCE IS PLEASED WMetropolitan Manager Terms Show Read Find-Recitals Being Arranged Before a large audience of New York heater goers. Mr. Daniel A. Reed gave in interest-holding rendermng of his Spoon R'ver" one man show, last :aturday night at the Waldorf theater. vw York Citv. The primary purpose of Mlr. Reed's rip to New York, was to appear before dr. Otto Kahn, philanthropist of Met opolitan opera. This appearance was avorably impressed with Mr. Reed. Is advice was to catch the reaction of New York audience before any ser ous steps to production were taken. Acting on this adv:ce, Mr. Brock enberton, %l r. Reed's manager. ar anged for a recital last Saturda, ight after the performance of "The ,adder" was over at the Waldorf heater. The audience, highly pleased. tcclaine(d and confirted Mr. Reed's aith in the experience. This served as in excellent barometer of Metropoli an attitude toward such an uniqute ine-man show. "tSpoon River" is a dranatic render ng of verses taken from "Spoon River \nthology," publ'shed in 1914, by Ed ar Lee Masters. It has been presented >y Mr. Reed since that time, as stunts. lrawit& room readings, and somle inies as serious presentations in heaters. It permits, on the stage, laborate lighting scenes. and settings. tiusical accompaniment is essent'al. ''he setting is a graveyard on a hill bove Spoon River. The verses are written in the first erson, relating confessions aIfirna ons. coinfilences and aspiration t. ersons who have left this mortal toil; c'ng retoved irot the world of thi': iv:ng. they are not ashamed to tell ltate they know. .I r. Reed takes the 4t1 differet haracters and presents them as they re stpposed to have acted. Upon s licitat:on of a liroadway heater manager, to test the theatrical alut of the show. .\Ir. Brock Inember on. a man who hats great reputation or finding theatrical value in new iaterial, responded: (n hearing "Sp on River,'' .\I . I eni erton ternietI it a "real findt." ie ha, eted as Ir. Reed's manager in th xperiment. A course of recitals are being a. anged, with dates pending on \ir. Zeed's productions in Cotluia. FIRST UNIV ERSIT I UJ.D.C. FOR A Vliss Alice Beard, Vice-President Movement for Organizal United Daughter Under the supervisiotn anti dtirect ion f Mrs. Alice Beard, vice-piresitdetnt of lie South Carolina div'isioni of tthe U. 1). ,a junior organ'zat ion of theit United )atughters of the C'onfetderacy, wits a>rtied among the co-eds of the Urn ersity, at a meeting heldi in Mfelto: alt last Fridlay night. Mrs. Beardl re tirts this to lie thec first organizat ion, f its kind in Ameitrica; it consists only" ithe co-etds of Carolina andl tlih thou At the organization tmeetinlg, inearly fty wvere prtesetit. Miss Harriet Itak r, tdaughter of Atcting- President Batker, -as elected presidecnt of the eblalter. he other officials are: Mary McNult ,vic-presitdent ;Julia F.argte. reecord ig scrretaryv ('.;ertuitt Righy, reeortl. Dr. Kilpatrick Makes Talk at Club Meet Relates Experiences He and Girl Had as Captives of the Bolshevists STRIPPED TO HIS B.V.D.'S Press Club Has Honor of Hear ing True Conditions in Russia 'T'hat "America may be a land of un limited possibilities, but Russia is a land of unlimited impossibilit'es" seem ed to be borne out by the statements made by Professor Emmet Kilpatrick in a talk before the Press club at the home. of )r. V .W. Ball. Wednesday evening. Professor Kilpatrick recount ed his cxperiences as a prisoner in Bol sheviki Rassia. W. L. T. Crocker, pres:dent of the club, presided and introduced Profes sor Kilpatrick. The speaker first told of the force of the ol regime before the World War and of the present government. Russian leaders told him that Bolshevism was not merely a Russian revolution, but was a world af fair, and would spread to the ends of the earth. They considered the Amer ican laboring class as a good field for the spread of the new ideas. Professor Kilpatrick was in Europe as a soldier during the World War. At the end of that conflict and the peace conference, he joined the Lithuanian army. later lie went to Russia as a tember of a relief organization. While there he came in contact with the rem nants of old Russia. Under General Wrangel, these supporters of a lost cause were bitterly resist:ng the spread of a movement which had taken from themu all they had to live 1for. '1'heir'S was a hopeless tight, while their op ponent Were obsessed with a deter mination to crush all resistance to a cause they held to he world wide. The cream of Ol Russia was falling before the onslaught of those t hey had for rmerly held in subjection. ".One day. said Professor Kilpatr!ck, "ie, a young man. and a g'rI were on an expe(lition near the enemies terri tory. when they were captured by a force of Russian cavalry who came charging upon them madly and wildly. with loud cursing and threatening. Im. mreliately they derohed their two new.v mrade male prisoners of all apparel save 1.V.).'s, and took the young lady's coat. The Holshevists took the three to camtp, antd lined them up w'th other; to be shot. (Continued to I'age Flight) CHAPTER iED HERE FRIDA Y f South Carolina Division, Leads ion of Junior Chapter of i of Confederacy ing secretary; Agnes Carson, treasuirer: Thelma L.ockmian, registrar, and Thelma Penland, historian. Mrs. Fuinderb)urke, p)residlent of the Wade Hamptoii chapter, Mrs. Hanm mond andl Mrs. Swindell were present offering their assistance. They de claredl that tihe entire U.D.C. wvas b)ack of the new organization. Mrs. Beard is attending the state conveintion of the U.D).C. in Camden, this week, andi tells of one hundred chiarter nmeimers for the chapter. Plans. nor tiime of regular meeting have not yet been dheterimined, btut will be (lone so upon Mrs. Heard's returin when she repiorts the action of the state conveintion. Some of the meet ngrs wvill be in the form of soeials.