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I a.-Tenn. L et's Win Debate Chapel the Basketbal Monday at 8 Conferec University of South Carolina VOL. XXI FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1928. N . CAROLINA WINS FIRST DEBATE OF THE SEASON Daniels, Karesh and Wofford Victorious on Question of Government FIERY ORATORY IN USE Finley Presides-Jones Chief Marshall-Culbertson and Morgan Assistants Opening her forensic season, the Uni versity of South Carolina debating team, A. T. Daniel of Mocks ville, N. C., Joseph Karesh of Colum bia and Thomas Wofford of Laurens, defeated the University of West Vir ginia in chapel on the question :"Re solved, That the Increased Power of the Federal Government as Shown During the Past Quarter Century Indicates a Wise Tendency." Carolina's debaters de fended the negative. This was West Virgina's first defeat on its extensive southern tour. Repre senting West Virginia on the piatform were Herbert A. Kay, Bernard Sclove, and J. Brooks Lawson. Carolina's debaters gave themselves to oratory in their declaration that the in creased power of the federal govern ment is unwise. Throughout their argument they decried bureauccy, standardization and the usurpation by tlw federal government of the rights of the state which is destroying the duaj system of government inaugurated by the fathers. West Virginia in no uncertain tones lauded centralization of powers in the federal government, declaring that is was a blessing to the several states. Their speaking was of the quiet type as con trasted to the vigorous delivery of Caro lina's debaters. West Virginia traced the acts of congresses, mentioning among other things federai aid for roads, fed eral aid for schools, and federal aid for health, to uphold their resolution. T. R. Finley served as presiding of ficer in the contest while John Bolt Culbertson and Robert Morgan served as assistant marshalls, with W. W. Jones as chief marshal. --USC Clariosophic Society Holds Short Program William Parrish Cho-en as Ora tor-No Decison in Debate William Parrish, of Batesburg-Lees ville, was selected to represent the Uni versity in the next state intercollegiate oratoricai contest at the weekly meet iug of the Clariosophic literary society Tuesday night. H. B. Stevenson rendered a short declamation on the Latin-American dis trust of the U. S. C. 1,. Scott gave i reading on the New Oxford Dictionary, hich has just been completed after seventy years of preparation. No decision was renderedl on the (de b)ate, Resolved, 'fDhat each State should Maintain a Special Institution to per manntllty c :)finle those criminally in san e. Roger Pinckney and Calhoun ('lenment upheld the affirmat ive against lE. 11. Norris and W. W. Jones. H. L. McSwvain, Guy Barnes. of Man ning andl Robert Conyers, of Manning, wvere new members :nit:ated into the so ciety. The Universtiy of South Carolina chapter of B;ue Key fraternity held a meeting last night in the Clariosophic hall for the purpose of voting on local by-laws to be added to the lawvs p)rescrib) ed by ra'ional headqiilters. Aurel Rosin, of the Florida chapter was pres ent and extended the greetings of his chapte Spartanburg Alumni to Meet March Fifth Dr. Douglas-Prof. Hodges and Coach Laval Will Attend An alumni meeting will be held in Spartanburg on March 5. Alumni of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Greenville, Union and Laurens counties are expected to attend the Spartanburg meeting. President D. M. Douglas of the University, Prof. B. D. Hodges of the law faculty, and Supervisor of Coaching Wiliam L. Laval will attend the meeting and address the alumni. Alumni meetings which will include alumni in every county in the state are being planned by Barney Early, alumni secretary. The recent Florence meeting was a signal success. Plans are now being completed for the following district meetings: At Orangeburg for Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg and Dorchester counties; at Anderson for Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties; at Greenwood for Greenwood, Abbevile, Edgefield' Salu da and McCormick counties; at Colum bia for Richland, Sumter, Kershaw and Lexington counties. Other district meet itigs will be announced soon, Mr. Early said, until every part of the state has been covered. The Richland county alumni chapter will meet with the Columbia district and as over 1,500 almuni reside in Rich land county it is expected that this meet ing wili be the largest held in the state. It is highly probable that the Columbia meeting will be heid within the next two or three weeks, possibly even pre ceding the Spartanburg meet. -Usc TOWN THEATRE PREPARING FOR RUSSIAN BALLET Very Successful Season- "The Show Off" was one of Season's Best PRESENT CONTEST SOON Art Department of the Univer sity Aiding Work of Mr. Dean 'T he Town theatre is going through a period of intense activity in rehearsing and preparing the orchestration for the Russian Balet which is to be staged in the near future, and in study and re hearsal of other productions. Galsworthy's play, "Justice" has had its initial rehearsal. It is to follow The State's prize plays which are to be given at an early date. The cast is rap:dly being assembled . The Art de partment of the University is making sonic attractive posters for "Justice" and the stage settitg for the Russian Ballet. The activity of the rown theatre s not being conlfined to p)rodluct ion alone. It is conducting the State one-oct prize play contest as wveil as the amateur pro duction contest which takes place later ini the spring. TPhe wife of a member of the faculty is dramatizing "The Wizard of Oz.' Undler the encouragement of the Tlowvn theatre a good hit of work of this type has b)eenl donie. 'The activity of the loc al group has attracted much attention thlroughout tile state. Each year there has been a considlerable amount of wvrit ing done, an&d all of a high quality. Thle theatre is (doinig its hit to hlp in the iterary revival of the south. The seasonl thus far hlas been very successful. Mr. Dean hlas been quite active and has put on some shows that w ~ould do0 credit to a professional group. The presentation of "The Showv Off" was one of the best that theatre-goers have wi'nessed in quite a while. Junior Dance There wili be a dance in the Uni versity Gymnasium Saturday night sponsored by the junior class. The dance will start promptly at 9:30 and will iast until midnight. The Game cock orchestra will furnish the syn copaction. Over thirty juniors have already signed up to escort "dates" by nine-thirty. Your junior-senior banquet depends partially upon your dances-SHOW UP. RICHMOND AND OREGON STATE DEBA TERS HERE Joseph Karesh and Thomas Wof ford Will Oppose Thursday and Friday VISITORS ARE FORMIDABLE Both Teams Are Engaged in Ex tensive Intercollegiate De bating Tours Close on the heels of the Big Triangle debate with the Universities of Florida and Teunessee, Monday night, a team from the University of Richmond and one from Oregon State College comes to Columbia to oppose the debaters of South Carolina on March Ist and 2nd, respectively. On Thursday night, Carolina's team, composed of Joseph Karesh of Colum bia and Thomas Wofford of Laurens, wil, uphold the affirmative of the query: "Resolved, That the United States Should Cease to Protect by Armed Force Capital Invested, in Foreign L.ads, Except After Formal Declaration of War," against Richmond's negative team. On Friday night Karesh and Wofford wil take the platform to argue the af firmative of the query: "Resolved, That Americani Investments in Foreign Coun tries Should Receive Protection Only From the Countries in Which They Reside." Richmond and Oregon send formid able teams with envible records, Richmond is engaging in an extensive southern tour which wi,l take several weeks. Oregon is touring the nation, opposing institutions of note, in a jaunt which will take some two months. Ac companying both teams will he a third maii and a coach. Richmond boasts of plat form victories over the best teams in the east. Oregon last year won the debating title. Richmond and Oregon will, however meet mein who like themselves have won intercollegiate victories. Both Karesh (Continued on Iage Eight) USC 1601 REGISTER SECOND TERM NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED 45 Students Increase Over Last Year-553 Women Enrolled E,mrollment at the University of South Carolina has reached a total of 1,602, the greatest enrollment in the history of the University, accordling to figures re.cased by Registrar Jack Chase. This represents a net increase of 45 over last year. Of the to:al of 1,601 the men numn her 1048 and wvomen 553. The increase in the number of women registered over last year is 58; while the men show a dlecrease of 13. Miss Elizabeth Strickland of Cherawv was the 1,600 student to register at the University. Miss Stricklanad is assist ant to the governor's secretary. Statistics for counties and denomina tions will be ready for publication next week. Carolina Basketeers Off to, Conference Play Kentucky First-Carolina Won First Contest Last Year At the time this article goes to- press the Carolina basketbail team will have already pliayed their first conference game against the strong Kentucky quin tet. The team left yesterday with nine men including: Captain Fair, Windus, Chandler, Ciark, Holcombe, White, Farr, Pritchard and Lamar. Jimmy Driver, Coachs Stoney and Laval ac companied team. The Kentucky team is reported to be one of the strongest in the conference, having overwhelmed the Universtiy of Virginia who trimmed the Gamecocks in three contests. The Birds, however have been steadily improving during the past games and since they dropped the last three, it will only be reasonable that they should stage a comeback. If the first game is won the Carolina men will then meet the winner of the V. M. I.-Georgia game. The Game cocks have aiready trounced the Flying Squadron, so they will stand a better chance in the second game of the series should they get that far. Last year Carolina came from behind to defeat N. C. State in the opening colitest. In the second game they up set the dope by crushing the highly toutcd Georgia Tech five, and in the semi-finais they were barely nosed out by Josh Cody's Vanderbilt quintet, who easily took the final affair to win the Southern championship. _USC ANNUAZ DEBA TE WILL BE HELD MONDA Y NIGHT Karesh, Wood, Russell, and Wof ford Journey to Knoxville and Gainesville FLORIDA-TENNESSEE HERE Universities Will Meet in Verbal Clash in Chapel Beginning . at 8 O'clock The Big Triangle debate between the Uiiiversities of Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina, wiil he held the com ing Monday nigait, February 27th, in Gainesville' Florida; Knoxville, Tennes see; and Columbia on the question: "Resoived, That the United States Should not INterfere in Latin America by Armed Force Except in Time of Wa r." Carolina's affirmative representatives, Joseph Karesh of Columbia and Francis Warren Wood of Anderson, will jour lcy to Gainesville to take the pliatforn tgainst a negative team from the Uni v,ersity of Teannessee. Donald Russell of Union and Thomas Wofford of Laurens, I arolina's negative representatives wili make a trip) to Knoxville, there to oppose mj, affirmative team from the Univer ~ity of Florida. While Carolina's dlebaters are clashuing away from home, an affirmative team >f the University of Tennessee and a legativ'e team of the University of Flor dIa will meet in chapel. 'The contest will begin at 8 o'clock. Ray Godshall wvill presidle. It is hoped hat a large number of students wvill uirn out for the contest which promises 0 b)e interesting and hard fought. -usc The Hercules club gave an informal moker last Monday night in honor of he manager and members of the Duke oxing team. The affair immediately ollowed the bouts in the field house. Af. er playing bridge, light refreshments vere servedl followed by smokes. Lonnie .angston, president of the club was niaster of ceremonis. BONEY SPEAKS TO PRESS CLUB ON NEWSPAPERS Mr. Boney Was Formerly City Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger SOUTH CAROLINA MAN Speaker Expresses Belief That Power of the Editorial is Waning "'The purpose of the newspaper is two fold," said Mr. S. E. Boney in speaking before the Press club in the school of journalism Wednesday night. "These purposes are information and news" continued Mr. Boney. Mr. Boney is a native of South Caro lina and was formerly the city editor of the Philadelphia Ledger and is now connected as a publicity expert with a large power interest in the Carolinas. The speaker went into the details of the ordinary problems of the newspaper man and said that a lazy man is as much out of place on a new*spaper as a fish out of water. He also told of the ordinary pitfalis that an aspiring journalist might avoid if he would take into account that his is a manufactured product and not just an ordinary commodity. Ii speaking upon the suppression of news, NIr. Boney said "the whole news should no more he published than a half truth which is ostensibly a lie." He also said that the news should be written iii the spirit in which it occurred. In this way said Mr. Boney, the news will usuaily be unconsciously interesting which is after all one of the prime requisites of a well-balanced paper. "I firmly believe through iong years of experience ias a journalist that the editorial is slowly becoming a thing of the past. It will not entirely (lie out, nor is the quality of the editorials now written inferior to those of former years, but it is being supeseded by straight news and advertisements. In years to come the editorial will be relegated to the country weekly and to the magazines as a power of strength be cause editorials are first of all benders of public opinion and it is necessary to write them in a hurry o dly p;.pers and they necessariiy require more time than is justly given to t1:wm. And als' because the magazines coer i large range of territory than ;I d.! ily papirs are able to cover. Wantinued nn Page H.:igho -UsC Former Carolina Man Shot by Bootlegger W. R. Tolbert Killed While in Performance of Duty W. R. To.bert, a former University student was shot and kil.e dby a gang oif Hootleggers while in perfornmance of his (luty' near Harlem. Georgia, F'ebruary 22. Tiolbert, Fu.ler and WV. S. Harrison wvere returning to their car after a series of ra(ds when an unexpectedl volley rang out from an undlerb)rush screen. Har-, rison, who had lagged a hit, ran to the cene to find Tlolbert shot through the heart and Fu,ler wound(edl. His effort to trail the ambushers wvas uravail:ng, andl be sent to Augusta and Harlem for help, giving a description of two men whom he suspected of the crime. Tlolbert was a native of South Caro .ina andl a membler of a wvell known Ah beCville far.nily. His brother is United States dlistrict attorney for the Western district of South Carolina. The young prohibition agent had been a member of the University of South Carolina track