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College Boys Spend Money For Shaves Univ. of Wash. Collects Data On Amt. Spent For Masculine Cosmetics Seattlee Wa,sh.- (Intercolegi'ate Or - and U. of Washington Daily) His masculine beauty above the collar costs Joe College $26.75 per annum for maintenance, according to ;la'a collected from district drug storcs abo. the Uni versity of Washington campws. The majority of the w- n shvve them selves, and thus save from ji to $75 a year in barbers fees. But this is far from clear profit. Although varing greatly according to the toughness of ti' -heird, the -average man shaves f;)r iites a week, or 200 times a year, thus. consum ing a 35 cent tube of sha' -u.g cream every five weeks, or $3.50 worth a year. Razor blades amount to $4, exctpt the straight edge artists, wh - diintnsh the total On top of that, th,ee bottles o' face lotion or after-shaving oils 3t*is him for $2.25 1 Talcum comes to $2 a ye-ir it was found, and $15 is expended in hair cuts and occasional shampoos. Usc - Florida University Wins High Point Mark 336 Points Turned In By Univer sity ofFla.-To Lead .... Nation Gainsville, Fla.-(IP) Although they failed to win the cham pionship of the Southern football con ference, the University of Florida. grid ders this year earned the distinction of winning more points during the late sea son than any other team in the nation. A total of 336 points in nine games were turned in by Coach Charlie Bach man's outfit for America's high pointage mark. I The Florida team also led the confer ence in points scored strictly within the association, having made 237 points to 187 for Alabawma, and 168 for Georgia Tech., the Southern and unofficial nation al champions. USC Football Incorrect Needs Another Name Nephew of King of Sweden Seeks to Change Name Of Sport Atlanta. Football is incorrectly named, accord ing to Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf V, of Sweden, who was initiated into the game at the contest between Georgia and Georgia Tech. "The game is played with the hands", he said. "But its a nice, pleasant sport, andl not so rough". His bride of a fewv (lays, the formier Estelle Romaine Manville, of Pleasant ville, N. Y., and President M. L. Brittain, of Georgia TIechi, explained the game to him. Faithful Servant of Carolina Dies of Flu Andrew Aided Library For Ap proximately Fifteen Years During Christmas holidays one of Carolina's most faithful servants died of influenza. Andlrew, to every student who visited the library, was an institution. Quiet, unassuming, he knewv the library from top to bottom. To the assiduous debater. to the library methods student, to the ambitious post-gradluate and to the pro fessor making important literary re searches he was an invaluable aid. No one asked his assistance in vain. For fif,teen years lhe served the Univer sity Library, coming to his work punct ually and attending to his every duty efficently and faithfully. In their high esteem for him students thought of him not as janitor but as assistant to the librarian, his death leav'es a void difficult if not impossile to fill. ECHOLS GIVES MUSIC PROGRAM IN UNI. CHAPEL Held Under Auspice of Dept. of Music and Accompanied by Mrs. Matteson NOTED ..TENOR SINGS Selection Divided Into Five Groups-Four in Tradition al Classic Style Weylnd Echols, promising young tenor appeared in a recital at the University Chapel, Thursday nikht, January 9, at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Echols presented his program under the auspicies of the De partment of Music and his accompanist was Mrs. Maurice Matteson, wife of the Director of the music department. Mr. Echols delighted an audience of music lovers not only with his able in terpretation and charming voice but with his disarming personality which seemed to put him and his audience upon a plane of cordial friendship almost at once. Especially noteworthy in the recital was his rendition of "Gesang Weyla's" by Hugo Wolf. He executed this difficult number with brilliance and sure tech nique. I Mr. .Echols is likewise remarkable for the facility with which he turns to French, Itaian or German music in the language in which they were written. This "gift of tongues" is most unusual in one so young and his mastery of such true fudamentals in deserving of much ,raise. Mr. F.echols' program was divided into five groups, of which the first four were rendered in the traditional classic style. 'rhe last division was strictly modern, comprising such works as Char les T. Griiffes' Symphony in Yellow" and others. In encores the young tenor showed himself generous. He gave four, of which the lovliest was perhaps Massenet's fa mous Elegie. For his last encore, Mr. Echols was his own accompanist, which pleased his udience greatly. Mrs. Matteson throughout the even ing gave to the piano score a sureness of touch and a sensitive interpretation that added much to the evening. Fletcher Brockman Talks at "Y" Meeting Secretary of National Y.M.C.A. Tells of Experience in China Fltcher Brockman, assistant secretary of the national Y. M. C. A. and general .,c.retary of the "Y" in China, gave one of the most interesting talks heard at. the Sunday y meetings this year. It was given color by the personal and in timate experiences of the speaker. In th lxunning of his speech, he poinltedl out how, due to modern inven tions, the world is becoming smaller. Mr. Fletcher reviewved his experiencs in China, told how the students num bering 30,000 would come to Nanking once every three years to take the ex ami nations. Continuinig, lhe said : "[t took the stu dents nine (lays to complete the exams, many of them dying from the strain and only one half of one percent could get their degree according to lawv." "China in 1898 was backward", the government was undler an absolute mon arch, who at one time ordered our execution but fortunately we escaped, it looked as if our chances to organize a Y. M. (C. A. was impossible." "There was only' one Christian in the town. The p)eople refused advice but many of thenm went to Japan where they received and took counsel. From this point, success was ours. At this junicture, a revolution was sta.rting in the interior of China an C.rist.*,'m 'v was given a good impetus and has grownl ever since. In concluding Mr. Blrockmanl made a strong plea for the student to seek .jnly a useful career. He concluded: "No generation ever had suich opportunities as we have here in this age, so plan you-r lives only for thie great things; let your souls expand and you will have success." Library Will Open Museum Room Soon Many Interesting Documents Relating to Old South Caro lina College The museum room of the library has just been reopened for the use of stu dents. This room contains several busts of famous men, pamphlets and books relating to the early South Carolina, ancient silhouettes of prominent states men, and many other articles of interest. Of particular interest to the univer gity students are the many old docu ments, pictures, cartoons, etc. relating to the old South Carolina College. Among other things, there is a message to-the governor signed by a large number of students, requesting that they be fur nished means of transportation for getting in action against the Union sol diers. In this letter the students made it known that they were taking full respon sibility on themselves, saying their pa rents would approve. Great aches from little toe corns grow. An eminent scholar complains that college graduates are earning more in their chosen professions than the pro fessors who taught them the professions. What better way for the students to get even for all the flunks? that Fit the A majority of the beacon lights used in airport and airway illumination have 4 been designed and manu factured by the General Electric Company, whose I specialists have the benefit of a generation's experi ence in the solution of p lghting problems. GENE]I Mon.--Tues.--Wed. A 100% All-Talking Picture "CONQUEST" With Monte Blue, Lois Wilson, Tully Mar shall, H. B. Warner Also Two Vitaphone Acts and Fox Movitonews Thur.--Fri.--Sat. "THE SPIELER" in sound With Renee Adoree and Alan Hale Home of One of The Paramount ," Publix Pictures Theatres zes with Commerce T HE air map of America is now in the making-on the ground. ren years ago, there were 218 miles of air mail routes with wo station stops; to-day, a network of sky roads bridges he country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from canada to the Gulf of Mexico. 2an you imagine this growth without electricity-without Iluminated airports-without trunk lines studded with :lectric beacons? Vien of vision are building for increasing traffic of the air. oon, the skies will be filled with commerce. ust as electricity is helping to conquer the air, the land, Lnd the sea to-day, so to-morrow it will lead to greater ccomplishments in aviation and in every human activity. 90.604DH LAL ELECTRIC C O MPANYqSCHaE uN mECTADY NEW_ YOR Kvam