Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I NOTICES Symphony Orchestra Practice Thi regular orchestra proctice will he held Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock in the University chapel. Yellow Sheet April will soon be here and it will be time for another "Yellow Sheet." Everybody should contribute to this issue of The Gamecock. The staff will appreciate very much, any funny stories furnished it for April Fool's issue. Material is coming in now ! Clariosophic Loss Some time ago someone took the Clariosophic Literary Society treas urer's book from the hall. The loss of this book is a great one, not because of the fines recorded in it, but because it has in it many interesting facts of several past ge;icrations. Should any one know anything of the whereabouts of this book. or by chance find out anything about it. it will be greatly ap preciated if he will see that it is re tnrned to the society. The Drama club will meet Wed nesday night at 7:00 o'clock at the home of Professor Davis on the Uni versity campus. --U.s.c. Prizes Are Offered By The Mercury FOR MALE AND FEMALE $1,000 Offered For Best Papers On College Life The American Mercury offers two prizes, each of $500, for articles by col lege graduates of this year, discussing their experiences in college. One will go to the best article received from a male student, and the other to the best from a woman student. The conditions: 1. No article should be less than 3000 words long, or more than 8000. 2. Each must be the original work of a student graduating from an American college with the class of 1929, and taking the A. B. or its equivalent. 3. Each must bear the full name and address of the author, the nane of the college attended, and a state ment of the course followed and the deree to be taken. 4. Each must be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope for its return in case it is not accepted. 5. The Editor of the American Mercury will be the sole judge of the competition. All MSS entered for the prizes should be sent in not later than July 1, next. The two prize-winners will be printed in the issue for September. In case others are received that seem to be worth printing, offers will be made for them. But no contestant will be obliged to ac cept such an offer. There are no other conditions. The aim of the competion is not so bring forth learned treatises on the higher education, but to obtain records of personal experiences. How do the fonr years in collegge strike an intelligent young man or woman-and only the h3ggily intelligent will be able to formu late significant verdicts-immediately after they are over? Does the time seenm to have been well spent? How much was learned? What was gained in other directions-by social contacts, and so on? How many of the istructors en countered seemed to have anything gen uinely valuable to impart? Was life, in general, pleasant or not? Is there any feeling at the end that equipment has been improved Does college arouse a desire for further learning, or do the four years seem enough. The contestants will be exj5ected to name their colleges, and to give the names of any teachers 'they may discuss, especially those who have struck them as competent. The final day for send ing in MSS. has been put beyond com mencement time, so that frankness need .not imperil diplomas. The MSS. sub BIG TRIANGLE PRELIMINARIES Affirmative And Negative Teams Be Chosen Wednesday Night On tomorrow night the "try-outs" are being held to select the affirmative and negative teeams to debate in the Big Triangle contest against the Uni versities of Florida and Tennessee. The query is "Resolved, That Trial by Jury Should be Abolished." The contestants for the affirmative side will speak in the Clariosophie Hall, while those for the negative will be speaking at the same time in the Euphradian Hall.' The contest will begin at 8:00 o'clock. The debate will be held on Monday night March 4th. Carolina's teams will be away from home, one speaking at Gainesville. Fla., against Tennessee, and the other in Knoxville, Tenn., against Florida. Florida and Tenies. see will debate here on Monday night. The students are urged to come out and hear both the preliminaries on tomorrow night and also the debate on Monday night in the Chapel. their intelligence, their freshness of view point, and their interest as human docu+. ments. The competition is open to the students of all American colleges of good repute. Contestants will be free to discuss all of the matters suggested, or any one of then. It is desired to give them the utmost practical freedom. MSS. may be sent in at any time before July 1. The names of all contestants I save the prize-winners will be held strictly confidential. ABea BLI BLI BLL S TINSLEY HEADS GERMAN CLUE (Continued from Page One) - James S. Verner of Columbia was elected vice-president. Mr. Verner is a junior in the law school and. is a member of the A. T. O. fraternity, among other campus organizations Other officers elected are as follow,: Secretary, Hap Edens of Clio; treas urer, Charles Burn of Charleston; sen ior leader, Andrew Burnet of Camden: and junior leader, Burchill R. Moore of Wedgefield. -U.s.c. Zimmerman is worried, he has lost 16 pounds. He is sorely distressed, and wishes that the finder will return it to him at their convenience; this sur plus was lost Tuesday afternoon be tween the field house and the finish of the quarter mile track. HAVE YOU CHOSEN YOUR LIFE WORK? In the Field of Health Service The Harvard Universiy I)ental School -the oldest dental school connected with any university in the United States -offers throng well-balance(d courses in all branches of dentistry. All mod-I .rn equipment for practical work under supervision of men high in the profes sio11. Write for details and admission re quirements to Leroy M. S. 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