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Alunut Alumni ApproVe Of Stadii i CITY SHOULD DONATE LAND Architect Who Built Great Stadiums Gives Plans Of Building Approval of the movement to erect a stadium at the University of South Carolina was the main action taken by the stadium committee of the Alumni Association when they met on December 30 in the office of Barney A. Earley, secretary of the Association. Members of the committee unanimously passed resolutions sanctioning the erection of the stadium. However, they expressed the feeling that the city should donate the land and thereby facilitate the financing of the stadium. T. C. Atwood of Atwood and Nash, architects and engineers, builders of the Yale bowl and stadiums at North Carolina, Duke, Georgia, and Alabama universities, discussed plans and gave interesting information relative to the erection of South Carolina's stadium. The Alumni committee is composed of G. B. Timmerman, chairman, of Batesburg, A. F. McKissick of Greenville, Edwin R. Lucas of Chester, Edwin G. Seibels of Columbia, J. Ross Hanahan of Charleston, D. R. Coker of Hartsville. Mr. Seibels, being in New York, and Mr. Coker, due to sickness, were not present at the meeting. . _ . Mayor L. B. Owens and City Engineer W. S. Tomlinson represented the city at the meeting; Claude Davis and S. M. Busby represented the school board and James A. Cathcart represented the city at large. The resolutions of the Alumni Stadium committee were as follows: "Resolved by the University of South Carolina Alumni Stadium committee: "1. That a stadium with approximately 20,000 seating capacity is urgently needed at the University of South Carolina; and this committee approves the movement to erect one. "2. That additional land should be acquired for the stadium and other activities of the University, so as to release the two blocks of land now being used for that purpose to the academic development of the University. "3. That the University has in the past and will in the future contribute largely to the prosperity of the city of Columbia and for that reason, the committee feels that the people of the city of Columbia should procure and donate to the University a sufficient plot of land not less than 25 acres, whereon to build a stadium and develop new athletic fields. "4. That the committee is convinced that the building of a stadium at the University can be adequately financed provided the land therefor is donated. "5. That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mayor L,. B. Owens and to the president of the chamber of commerce of the city of Columbia. U.B.O. MARRIAGES FOSTER?BOWMAN One more has been torn from our ranks?no not disease, the dean, nor math?but matrimony. Julia Belle Foster of Marion was married to Mr. L. S. Bowman of Charleston. The marriage took place at the brides home in Marion on Wednesday, January 1. They left soon after the wedding for an extended honeymoon in Florida. Mrs. Bowman is a sophomore here at Carolina and is a member of the Chi Omega sorority. Mr. Bovvman is a former football player of the University and is at present president of the State Highway Engineers and Associates. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman plan to travel for a year and later to make their home in Charleston. HEDGEPATH?GAUSE I The wedding of Miss Catherine Eulalie Hedgepath and William Edward Gausc of Coward, was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eoyd Cephas Hedgepath, Tuesday afternoon, December 24. Rev. E. Z. James, uncle of the bridegroom, performed the ceremony. Only a few friends and close relatives were present. Miss Reba Amick of Spartanburg and Miss Eloisc Hedgepath, sister of the bride were bridesmaids. Francis Wood of Anderson was best man. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Gausc of Coward and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He is now principal of Abbotsburg 3chool at Abbotsburg, N. C. (Continued on Page 7) t Kpuih ! Erection lm For Carolina ? Alumni Trail South Carolina's Alumni Stadium committee, after thinking over the ways and means of building an athletic bowl at the University of South Carolina for about six months, held a meeting on December 30 and decided that a stadium would be a good thing for the University. And furthermore they even went so far as to adopt a resolution endorsing the movement. Everybody knows that we are in sore need of a stadium that our athletic department cannot survive many more stadiumlcss seasons financially; that our teams must play all of their major games on foreign fields; that in every way a stadium is indispensable to the continued development and success of athletics in the University of South Carolina. More Action We are glad to see that the Alumni association approves of the plans to construct a football bowl here and that they have resolved to sponsor the move, but we expected more real action to emanate from the committee meeting after its members had deliberated for more than six months. The Alumni at present are awaiting the answer of the city of Columbia in regard to the donation of sufficient territory on which to build the stadium. They declare that the project can be financed if the city donates the land. And if the city donates the land, it seems that the former predicament to which the alumni objected so feverishly will again evolve?that of a municipal stadium. Wc anxiously await the answer that Columbia will give to the proposition of the alumni, but if it is favorable and the city is willing to donate the land wc hope that the subsequent arrangements will not provide for a public entertainment arena, circus tent, athletic bowl, skating rink, and High School field in one structure. Need Room In the alumni stadium committee resolution we noticed that u bowl of 20,000 seating capacity is recommended and advised. L,et's hope it was a typographical error and that 1: really meant 30,000 with sufficient room to annex 10,000 or more seats. A 20,000 seating capacity stadium would be almost a farce. With last year's Clemson game drawing a crowd of 17,000 fans and with a complete sell-out one whole week before the game, we can easily see that other big games in the future would soon find the 20,000 seats inadequate. It would be a matter of only four or five years until another stadium drive would be necessitated and another Melton Field, this time with 20,000 seats instead of 7,000, would be standing idle on the campus. On the Way A press bureau for the University is another nut that the alunr.ii have been trying to crack for quite a while, but no particular progress has been reported as yet. However, we hope we are not too optimistic if we vision a press bureau at the University soon heralding the erection of a stadium that will be opened during the 1930 season. U.H.O. PERSONALS Amos Pittman, who last year completed work for his master's degree at Carolina and was for several years a member of the Columbia high school faculty, visited at Camden and in Columbia during the holidays. Mr. Pittman is an instructor of physics in the dental and pharmacal department of the University of Maryland. He is also attending Johns Hopkins university. James A. Duncan, formerly of Columbia and an alumnus of the University, was a visitor in Columbia last week. He was at one time an assistant in the department of physics at Carolina and now holds a responsible position in the research department of the Brooklyn Kdison Power Company in Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Carrie Williams, an alumnus of Carolina, visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. Croft Williams, during the holidays. Miss Williams holds a position in New York City. Dr. Charles N. McBryde, class of (Continued on Page 7) DOCTOR FERGUSON PASSES AWAY WAS ALUMNUS OP UNIV. Attended College Here And Later Graduated From Medical College of South Carolina Dr. W. D. Ferguson, widely known Laurens physician and alumnus of the University of South Carolina, died at his home in Laurens, S. C. early Monday morning following a collapse three days previous from heart trouble and complications. He had been in failing health for several months. William Dorroh Ferguson was a soti of the late Col. John W. Ferguson and Mary Dorroh Ferguson, and was born Feb. 22, 1872. He was educated in the Laurens public schools and attended the University of South Carolina for three years, 1887-90. He graduated from the Charleston Medical college and entered upon the practice of his profession about thirty years ago in Laurens. He took post graduate work in some of the Northern medical colleges, and was one of the best equipped and successful doctors in this part of the state. Doctor Ferguson married Miss Claudia Irby. He is survived by his widow, one sister, Miss May me Ferguson, and one brother, George Y. Ferguson. Being president of the Laurens Rotary club at the time of his death and resident of the Laurens County Medical society, Doctor Ferguson was prominent in business and social affairs of Laurens. U.S. c. ^r.s" Shafer?"Say in Sheakespearean English, 'Here comes a bow-legged'." Eugene Booth?"Behold, ah, what is this I see approaching me in parenthesis?" ^ ' ?* -? -..vtgL*- ,?is ; --.'. 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