The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 24, 1928, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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