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ALUMNI > i. I ' I E. R. COKER i E. R. Mclver Coker, member of the class of 1926, died at the home of his ' parents, Professor and Mrs. E. C. Coker, on August 31. Young Coker lacked only five months to receive his diploma from ' the Medical College, where he was a prominent student. Dr. Coker was a student of the University for four years and had a great number of friends here. He was a member of a family which has sent most of 1 its sons here. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather ^ were all University men, and were long active in campus and Columbia life. alumnTmarry during summer / ^ . A marriage of interest to many University students was that of Miss Mayre Wall ,and D. Haye Eargle, ' which took place in Tulsa, Okla., dur- j ing the first part of the summer. 1 Both Mr. and Mrs. Eargle are South I Carolinians and both are graduates of 1 Carolina, Mrs. Eargle being a prmni- ' nent member pf the class of 1930/ ind ' Mr. Eargle that of 1926. Mrs. Eargle is a former associate editor of The '' Gamecock and a member of Alpha Kappa Gamma and Zeta Tau Alpha. The couple are making their home in Tulsa, where Mr. Eargle is connected with an oil company. intelligence of freshmen low AUTOGRAPHS GIVEN FREELY Three Upperclassmen Make Great and Unusual Collection x ___ Just as a preliminary intelligence test, about 300 freshmen/Were asked to sign a sheet of paper before going into the chapel to receive instructions as to < the details of matriculation. They all ' signed without question, and more would have signed had there been time, t It all came about in this wise: three \ upperclassmen, finding the iron benches i on the campus too small to hold three, I decided to get three chairs from the 1 chapel. Then one of the master minds suggested that they get a bridge table 1 to rest their feet on, and the next logical thought was to place the bridge ' table near the entrance to the chapel ' and collect autographs. About 300 names were secured, but it would take up too much space to go into all the gruesome details. Should anvone wish to che?k up on the figures, however, the complete list is to be found in The Gamecock, waste basket if the trash man hasn't stolen it. , The signatures of many outstanding personalities in high school circles ap- ; pear on tjie list, which goes to show that even the most brilliant freshmen are slightly belqw normal. Several uppe^lassmen started to , sign, not knowing whether it was a petition for shorter hours, a protest a&ainst such cubistic enigmas as semester fees, or just another station ( to be gone through in the process of matriculation. O tempora, O mores, O Hell! u. 8. c. prosh camp is great success Annual Orientatijjfti Outing Held At Camp Barstow By * Y. M. C. A. The Freshman Orientation Camp, held at Camp Barstow under the sponsorship J of the Y. M. C. A., came to an end on September 15, after four days of a pleas- ' ant and instructive outing. 1 The program, prepared by a committee 1 with Jack Hall as chairman, featured a < number of talks on different phases, of college life. Among the upperclassmyi to speak were Yates Williams, Nigel l<eagu-:, Wilson Weldon, John White, and representatives of practically every 1 organization on the campus. An address of welcome was delivered { by President Douglas, in which he told the new men of the benefits to be gained from college life. Dr. Josiah Morse spoke on "Why Go to College?" Professor Bradley, a leader in'the 1 honor movement last year, spoke on "The Honor System," in which he explained < it to the new men. R. G. Bell, executive secretary of the "Y," discussed "Voca- j tional Guidance." Dr. Isadon: Schayer made his usual speech to the freshmen on "Wine, Women and Song." . ?<?v. i. c. The power of sti|dents should never j be underestimated. Students were re- , sponsible for the recent South Ameri- ( can revolutions. Students were largely responsible for the change in Italy, and students were almost entirely respon- i sible for the new RUsaia. \ '.... <4;' k >>v& " ''"-'V -L i ' 'iv I NEWS ' i ? ALUMNI SHOTS Two graduates of Caroling who are working in "Columbia now, 'are F. L. May of ^Prosperity, and Ashley Halsey of Charleston. Halsey is writing for the Columbia Record, as is May. They both finished in the School of Journalism last year. N ^The engagement of Miss Anne Weinsel and Coleman Karesli has been announced. Both are graduates of ttie University. ^illiam Talley Ellioit, LL.B. 1926, has announced his engagement to Miss Mildred Gibbes, who received her A.B. from the University in 1926. Miss Elizabeth Monteith, who graduated from the University in 1930, was married during the month of September to Frank McNulty, Jr., of Columbia. RELATIONS CLUB CALLS MEETING The International Relations Club, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peade, will begin its second year on the local campus at a special called meeting Monday night. It will take place in 7 Davis at 3:00. * ) Officers for the present Dniester are as follows: President, J. Woodrow Lewis; Vice-President, Rebecca Turbyfill; Recording Secretary, Mary Toney; Corresponding Secretary, M. H. Shepherd; and Treasurer, J. E. Craps. The president will appoint several important committees at the special meeting. The I. R^C. Chapters regularly send representatives to the national convention every year, arid the local chapter hopes to send one to the next conference. u. s. c. WORK ON NEW EDUCATION BUILDING TO START SOON '(Continued from page one) same general purpose as -the Winthrop Training School of Winthrop College. The school was made possible largely hrough a gift of $150,000 from the Gen:ral Education Board, a Rockefeller Foundation, founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1902. It represents the accomplishment of an ambition towards which Dr. Douglas and other officials have been working for several years. During the summer months Dr. Douglas, Professor Crow, dean of the School Df Education, and J. Carroll Johnson, the architect in charge, visited several cities in Alabama, Georgia and other states, to inspect schools of a similar nature. They were delighted to find that materials in use are unusually reasonable in price at this time u. s. c. The South Carolina Biddies have shown considerable strength in their scrimmages with the varsity. Several 200-pounders are out for the team. / Cast an orb to the flocfr of your room. You'll notice that the grease was left off. Such intelligence on the part^ of the room-staff is rare but welcome. OSCAR KEITH IN SOUTF i Prof. O. L. Keith, head of department of Romance Languages, made an extensive tour of Europe this summer aj the head of a sightseeing tour. There were no persons of local interest with \Dr. Keith, although he says they were all very interesting and charming people. Everything was ideal except the weather. To use his own words, "Professor Keith uid his party were continually besieged by mow, rain and ice during their entire stay in Europe. Pitiful reports of the drought at home made us long to return to a dry climate?but # not too dry," he amended .juickly. Dr. Keith and his party sailed from New. York June 13 on the "Conte de Biancamanu," of the Lloyd Sabaudo L,ine, and so dense was the fog that it took fourteen hours to clear the harbor. After a ten-day voyage, with a short stop it Gibraltar, they arrived at Naples: "... which is, and always will be the land of dreams?in a few weeks to be transformed by storms and earthquake* into a land of nightmares." Rather good that?dreams and nightmares 1 "Our tour included the classic trip through Italy with a short excursion into.France via Nice; then back to Italy and Switzerland, followed*by excursions into Apstria and Bavatfa." In the latter counjry they attended the Passion Play at Oberammagua, which lasted eight hoars. Dr. Keith pronounced it extraordinarily fine and entirely free, so far as he could ju^ge, of the commercialism of which it ha* been accused. It is even more impressive than in 1922, which is the first time it was held since the war. Incidentally, the professor gtayed at the home of Anton Lang, who BIBLE CLASSES I \ TO BE ORGANIZED BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT . ' 1 Discussion of Honor Principles Will Occupy First Four Meetings A new departure in the traditional 1( campus discussion groups will mark the J beginning of the season for the Y. M. C. A. on the campus this fall in that the "Y" co-operating with the Y. W. C. A., c will turn their first four meetings to the c Honor Committee and the Faculty for a a series of discussions on the honor idea t< at the University. Dr. Josiah Morse in c conjunction with the other members of the Faculty Committee 011 the honor a principle have prepared a series of talks v and discussions to be used in the various ti groups. ' t; The Y. W. C. A. in a meeting last s spring planned to organize * similar n groups, meeting at the same time in th^ various sections of the woman's campus d and sorority houses. The Faculty Com- s mittee plans to get groups in the frater- e nities as well. In this manner it is the hope v of the Faculty Committee to reach every ^ student with a clear discussion of the n reason behind the honor principle, some n of its history, and how it works at the j: present time. The committee feels that a large part of the trouble'in the past has n been on account of the fact that in recent years incoming classes have not been im- Sl bued with the principle. The Faculty n Committee is composed of Dr. F. W. Bradley, chairman; Dr. Morse, Dr. a Bruce Coleman, Dr. R. K. Foster, and * R. G. Bell. The classes will be organized on next Tuesday night, September 30, and will r hold the first regular meeting on October 11 7. The classes will follow the usual plan of competition, with a feed for the win- a ning class and all members who have attended all meetings of the group. k u. s. c. a JOKES i. ti Guide (pointing) : "And this, ladies and gentlemen, ip a skyscraper." ti Old Lady: "Oh, my 1 Isn't it wonder- a ful? And When can we'see it at work?" ti ?American Boy. p Ned: "I can't give you anything but a love." e Sue: "Well, hurry up, let's have it." c< ?Missouri Outlaw. * Co-ed (at end of the semester) : Now that you have kissed me, Professor, what 0 do you think? Prof.: You will fail. I need you in my t] class next quarter. . ?West Point Pointer. "Er?how are you, Mr. Skunk." "A little stronger today, thank you." While giving a startling performance, a great magician spread a blanket over a ^newspaper and proceeded to read the paper through the heavy woolen cloth. All the co-eds at the show got up and walked out. ?Broitm Bull. Diner: Do you serve lobsters here? Waiter: Sure, we serve anyone; sit down. [TRAVELS IERN EUROPE has established a record by portraying the role of Christus three times. Anton is now too old to play the part, which is now being taken by his cousin Alois who, however, according to Professor Keith, is not as fine as Anton, who is now leading the chorus. When asked if he thought that Alois might not improve by the next performance, the French instructor smiled and retorted, "But that will be ten years." He changed this later by remarking that they were discussinggiving it again in 1934, which will be the tri-centennial of its inauguration. "One of the most interesting experiences of my whole summer happened at Anton Lang's. We could not get in for ' supper one night and were waiting outside until the door would be opened, when we saw Anton come out of the dining room followed by Ramsay Macdonald and his daughter. This was the first tirmS since the war that a British premier has set foot on German soil, and this visit was of course unofficial." From the scene of the play, the professor and his party visited most of Germany, including the leading cities and a trip up the Rhine to Fast Baden and on to France. Arrived in Paris, it was discovered that a leader was needed for a group whose former guide had left. So Professor Keith went to Interlaken, Switzerland, to collect them, and in this way made a rather extensive tour of Western Europe. In fact,.he was so busy traveling he had no time to study, he declared, as he nonchalantly lit a fag from a natty little lighter which his group presen^^tlim at parting in Lon X)UGLAS ADVI TO PICK resident Announces Appoin ment of New Personnel Bureau and Outlines its Duties "You are going to find that your 01 3ok on college life can pretty well etermined by the class of students w ppeal to you," said Dr. D. M. Dougl; ? his first address to the new freshm lass, delivered Monday during freshm hapel. "Pick the right kind of asso? tes and you have accomplished mu swards the completion of a success! ollege career. In order to aid those students w! re not successfully carrying th^ir woi ic are establishing a personnel comm ee which, among other-vthings, will < ablish a voluntary study hall and w tudy the records of the freshmen ai nake recommendations accordingly." Dr. Douglas stated that it was t lesire of the University to save eve tudent who could be saved; the 400 wi nter annually, unable to carry colle fork, being a tremendous financial dra ipon the state. With that purpose iind, he has appointed a personnel coi nttee, consisting of Prof. W. C. McCj >ean Irene Dillard, R. G. Bell and Pr< t. L. Sumwalt. The duties of this coi nttee arc as follows: (1) The conrtnittee will study the hi chool record and mental and achiex lent tests of each student. Then he w e advised what course to take and t mount of work that can be carri afely. (2) Professors are requested to kc ie committee informed as to the pro ess of the students. If work remai msatisfactory, the committee will c eavor to locate the trouble and sugK< remedy. (3) Professors >and parents will ept informed of efforts and recommen tioiis of committee. (4) If the student gets over his he i a course or finds his work difficu ie committee will suggest a remedy. (5) A study hall will be provided a Jtors will be employed to meet studer nd try to help them over their diffici es. f (6) The committee is not to use coi ulsion. When/ it has done all possil nd the student has not responded to fforts, it will be up to the discipli ommittee to ask students to withdr, rom the University. u. s. c. The erection of the new high scho n the campus proper was narrow verted. As it is, it will be placed < lie vacant lot facing Main Street, at ost of half Dr. Morse's back yard. COLLEGE : FallS FLORSHE Most Styles v Son $ / a ' ' SES NEW MEN < L PROPER FRIENDS ,t- DR. SMITH WILL WED IN WINTER i Professor L. L. Smith's EqgageJt. ment to Miss Hoagland is bc - Announced ho '* 1S Engagement of Dr. L. L. Smith, asso- s an cute professor of geology at the Uni- < cn ferstty, to Miss Anne Hoagland of c cj. Oxford, N. J., has been announced by ch Miss Hoagland's parents, Mr. and Mrs. s uj Walter T. Hoagland. The wedding will , take place early in the winter. j |10 Miss Hoagland is a graduate of the \ .jj Newark State Normal School and is a ] teacher in the New Brunswick public \ ,s_ schools. She cotncs of one of New Jer- j jjj sey's well-known families, and is a direct ( |1(j descendant of William Bradford. a Dr. Smith is a graduate of Lafayette \ jie College and Johns Hopkins University, c ry where he received the degree of doctor i h0 of philosophy. He belongs to Sigma \ ge Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Xi, honorary ^ scholastic fraternity. . in u- s. c. a Dr. Babcock holds freshman spell- ' ing-matches and makes every one con- J tribute a nickel to the winner. Page v rn" that. U. S. C. 1 t CHANGES MADE ! IN CAFETERIA ' he ccl Block Ice Cream and Milk Sold j For Five Cents; Phonograph n eP Installed >g- s Ins During the past summer a Frigidaire ' !n" was installed in the Mess Hall, making ^ :st possible the sale of ice cream and ice- ^ cold milk to the patrons of the Mess . be Hall. The ice cream is served in blocks, d- which only cost five cents. The half-pint bottles of milk are likewise sold for five j ad cents. Last spring the sale of milk m* lit, small bottles at the Mess Hall was inno- j vated and proved so popular that it was n(j continued this year. j its Perhaps the nfost beloved object added ? jl- lately is the Columbia phonograph, which a is played regularly during feed time. Tl. Although the number of records is few and there is little variety, the music box c jts would instantly be missed if it was t nc taken away. "If 1 could be with you oUfe i lw hour tonight" seems to be the popular favorite, with "Springtime in the Rockies" running a close second. tyrs. s. P. Henning, the genial matron, has built up an excellent reputation ly for serving tasty meals at the Mess Hall. \ an Assisting Mrs. Henning is an array of t a students, who are ever ready to slap grits < on the waiting plate. < SHOES FOR COL v ^ ^ < H >. Univer the styles BhS and mor ' MB sheims a KJBHwSHI HH any othei tyles For T>resst For Street, Foi :iMS FRIEND MO All, 1813 MAIN STREET ' GRADUATES SECURE EXCELLENT JOBS TEACHING POPULAR ' VIany of Last Year's Class Now Lawyers and Four Are Pursuing Graduate Work Thrust from the arms of a beneficcnt ilma mater, graduates of the Univer>itjr of the class of 1930 have proved mew to the cruel world that they are :apable. Teaching and the law courts have igain proved most popular. Among the epresentative . students now imparting ;nowledge to the young are Burt Moore, vho is teaching in the high school at ?ock Hill; Catherine Cantwell, who is in s: he Columbia system; Harriet Whitaker n York; Virginia Muller is teaching in Greenville, and W. W. (Red) Jones is it Conway. Malinda Barnwell is teaching n the Episcopal high school, which is onnected with Suwanee. Wylette Cul reath is schoolmarming in North Caroina. Several of the class are combining the luties of high school coach and teacher, imong whom are Julian Beall, at High Point, N. C.f Karl Wingard at Swansea, -aNyrence Case at Pelion, and Hugh stoddard at Sumter. Budding young lawyers are: Blood -lildcbrand at York, and Legare Walker n Summerville. "Corn" Williams will frace the House of Representatives, as vill "Punk" Atkinson and Sam Pratt. Not a few will pursue their studies at )ther universities and colleges. Frank iuie has a fellowship in geology at Leligh University. George Meetze is tudying at the New York Biblical Semi- ' lary. Evans Brown is at Richmond The- , logical Seminary. Joe Bauknight has a ellowship in chemistry at Northwestern Jniversity in Chicago. Calhoun Clement s a fellow in biology at Columbia University. Frank Taylor is assistant treasurer iere. Wesley Hunt is with the Certified \udits Company of Columbia. Anne ^ew *s secretary to an associate editor )( the Pictorial Review in New York. ranees Wood is working with the 'State" newspaper, and "Foggy" May ind Ashley Halsey are on The Record. u. 8. c. Where are the freshwomen's new :aps? We've cast about querulously, >ut nary a one appears. It's so confusng trying to discriminate. u. s. c. OPEN HOUSE The co-eds at the Women's Building vill entertain with a free-for-all recepion Saturday night, September 27, at sight o'clock. All members of the stu-' lent body and faculty are invited. -.vl LEGE MEN V. I Florsheims i , ; mdly Fives e ive just opened an exten's department, featurheims and Friendly Five n, look over the new in twear. Smart shoes are t to your comfort and. ap, and you will be pleased variety of styles that we ing. sities and Colleges set 3 for the younger crowd, 'e of them wear Flornd Friendly Fives than r shoe. r Sports LY FIVES Styles $5