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I Euphradian S< f Very Gl< ? , ? Many Famous Men Were Members Of Ancient And Honored literary Society By L. A. Williamson The glorious history, traditions, and achievements of the Euphradian society will be recalled when the 125th anniversary of the founding of the literary societies at the University of South Carolina is celebrated Friday and Saturday. Founded in 1806, to increase further the interest in knowledge but more especially along the lines of oratory, it has produced some of our most distinguish^ sons, warriors, statesmen, orators and writers. The society did not really begin to grow in earnest until about 1814, when the men who composed its membership began to appropriate sums of money for the education of students in school who had shown themselves worthy of the patronage. Many students received their education at the South Carolina college when otherwise they could not have attained it, except through the aid of this society. The members of the society were always in communication with the trustees of the University. The board often asked their advice on certain questions and sought their aid in setgBfe tling disputes between the students. A iHk pistol was fired into the Female :H Academy (where Columbia High School now stands) and the committee vH looked into the matter for the trustees, but found that a student had not been the origin of the crime. O General Lafayette and his two sons ,: I were among those prominent people I who were made honorary members of I the society. Colonel W. C. Preston presented to I the society a bust of himself in OctoI ber, 1837. Preston was United States I Senator from Virginia and later the I president of South Carolina College. Robert W. Barnwell, who became I president of the college in 1834, gave I the society $100 for the opening of a : 1 I fund to begin a library for the use of the members. The society later . I added to it until after the war between ;"B the states, when they appointed a I special librarian to look after the liHbrary. United States Senator Pierce Butler gave a collection of prize books to the society many years later, which Hit still possesses and is very proud of. Robert Bishop, a member of the soH ictv, died November 11, 1843. He was. Hiuried in the Presbyterian Church ^Lard of Columbia, S. C. The society Hvorc the badge of mourning for thirty Hlays as was the custom, suitable resolutions were drawn up, and were pubPJfishcd in the Columbia and Charleston ^?^Ppapers. A page still remains in the minute books with his name upon it, in memory to him. William Harper of Newberry, the first president of the society, had gained fame as a judge and the society requested him in 1846 to present his portrait to it, which he did. The society loaned this portrait to the Charleston bar association to have a copy made of it. The original is one of the highly prized portraits adorning the walls of the society now. General Zachary Taylor and Daniel Webster were voted into the society as honorary members in 1847. Webster came to the campus t^ be initiated and to make a speech. The historian says, however, that the student who introduced him made a much better speech than lie did. In 1848, the society appointed a committee to draw up plans for a hall. As Harper college was then being built, it was decided to have it there. The cost of building it amounted to $2100, plus the interest on money borrowed. The alumni helped out by generously donating five dollars each. The famous trial of two students, a Euphradian and a Clariosophic, occurred in 1848. The Clariosophic member had revealed to the Euphradian the egnima of his society, which \Vas strictly against the rules. Both were tried but were acquitted because they told the truth about the whole matter. In fact^the Euphradian society complimented her member on his courage and truthfulness. In 1848 the society asked Dr. Francis Leiber to sit for a portrait with . Mr. Scarboro as the artist, and it hung in the hall until 1800. Dr. Lieber had been a great friend to the students while living on the campus, but when he went north, he wrote harsh things concerning the South and slavery, even though he owned slaves while in the South. The society became enraged and took steps to revenge itself. Lieber's bust was thrown out of the window and smashed on the walk three stories below and' they were in the act of burning his portrait, but decided instead to send it back to Scarboro. It is said that he,later sold it to someone in the North and today vf ! i ' toil 1 >ciety Has jrious History Teachers Hear Professor Hill Stresses The Need Of Teaching Social Fitness And Reflective Thinking i "The Teacher and the Economic Depression" was the subject of Professor Guy H. Hill's address to the Aiken County Teachers Association last Saturday. He reviewed briefly the evolution of the position of the teacher from Greece to the present time. He showed that the teachers" responsibility is to interpret the social pattern as well as to influence it and fit the curriculum to the child. < Stress was put upon the need of teaching social fitness and reflective thinking through more creative teaching. , U. 8. C. Society Honors New Officers Co-eds Add Color To Clariosophic Reception, And Serve On Debate A reception was given Tuesday nighl by the Clariosophic literary society in. honor of the incoming officers. The occasion was enlivened by the presence of the members of the co-ed iterary societies, the Hypation and the Euphrosynean. W. C. Herbert, the new president, addressed the visitors with a few words of welcome. Short talks were then rendered ..by Roger Pinkncy, Lawson Scott, T. C. Hankins and John Bolt Culbcrtson. Refreshments consisting of punch, sandwiches and cakes were served, l'or a brief time the meeting was turned into an informal social gathering. Following the refreshments, a debate "Resolved that Moonshine from the bottle is more dangerous than Moonshine from the sky," was held. The affirmative was upheld by Roger Pinkncy and Miss Doris Thornbcrg while the negative was represented by James Galloway and Miss Sarah Davis. The judges were unable to render a verdict. The society was favored with two brief speeches. The first was by Tom Wofford, a former Clariosophic president and a student in the Yale University Law School. The last speaker was A. H. Rawlinson, for many years a resident of Shanghai, China and now a student at Carolina. Students are warned that the last date for pictures to be made for the Garnet and Black is November 12. This is positively the last date. They will be made at Sargeant's. U. H. C. Co-ed: Waiter, didn't you tell me this was chicken soup? Waiter: Yes ma'ni. Co-ed: Well, why is it that there isn't any chicken in it? Waiter: Well, there ain't no dog in dog-biscuit, iff there? I U. 8. C. it is one of the most valuable portraits of the man in existence. The society celebrated the session of the states, and held long debates on the subject of secession and slavery. Many of the great generals of the Confederacy became honorary members of the Kuphradian society and it still has the letter sent by General Robert E. Lee thanking them for the honor. After the war political influences began to creep in; the legislature met on the campus. The radicals used some of the society's chairs which are still in the hall. Franklin J. Moses and Thomas J. Robertson were expelled from the society on account of their religious views, and turmoil ensued. In 1882 the college reopened its doors to the white youth of South Carolina and has ever since remained a glorious success. Strange things hav<v intervened at times but the society has carried on. The president's chair was said to be the one that Thomas Jefferson sat in while signing the Declaration of Independence, and the president's chair of the United States Senate. It was said to have come into the possession of Col. W. C. Preston who was a United States Senator from Virginia. He got hold of it and presented it to the Euphradian society. Truly the society has a great past. Today there are living over South Carolina hundreds of men who were members of either the Euphradian or Clafiosophic societies. L . _ / Glee Club Plans Trip Will Sing In New York Concert In Steinway Hall Is Climax Of The Biggest Tour Ever Attempted The most ambitious tour ever planned by the University boys' glee club is now being booked by Maurice Mattcson, director of the club, and J. W. Gaddy, president. The trip will reach its climax when the singers appear in Steinway Hall in New York City. The club will be under the National Broadcasting Company Artists' Bureau, one of the two largest booking agencies in the world and Steinway Hall is one of the three most important recital halls in New York. Following the performance the club will appear in a recital over the nationwide NBC hookup. "This is the most important trip in the history of the glee club," declared Director Matteson, Wednesday. "I have an excellent group of singers and all indications point to a success that will bring credit to both the club and the University." The tour will include Charlotte, N. C., Salem College in Winston-Salem, N. C., Greensboro Woman's Club at Greensboro, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. In Washington the club will present three programs, one at the Friday Morning Club, another at the Congressional Woman's Club, and the last at the New Shorum Hotel, after which they will be entertained at a dinner dance. In New York the singers will appear during the dinner hour at the Barbizon-Plaza hotel where they will stay during their engagement in the metropolis. Director Mattcson urges all people having friends in New York to write them about the concert at Steinway Hall. Tickets may be secured from the NBC Artists' Bureau in New York. The trip will be made in the glee club's own bus which transported them tp Chicago and back last year. v. R. o. # Callcott Loses Father Saturday Came Here Prom Texas Two Years Ago; Was Interested In History The student body sympathizes with Dr. W. II. Callcott deeply in his recent bereavement in the loss of his father, George Hardy Callcott, who died early Saturday morning at the Columbia hospital after an illness of several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Callcott came to Columbia two years ago from their home in Texas, where he was a successful cotton planter for many years, to live with their son, Dr. Callcott. Mr. Callcott was not a college man but his tastes were scholarly, and all his life he was an omniverous reader, especially of history. Dr. W. H. Callcott, in his notable work, "Liberalism In Mexico, 18571027," declares, "A word of thanks is due my father, Mr. George Hardy Callcott, for his painstaking work and thoughtful suggestions while he carefully read and proofed the manuscript." Following the short services here in Columbia, the body was sent to Corpus Christi, Texas, for interment. u.?. o. Freeman Is Selected Freshman President Robert Freeman of Columbia was chosen president of the freshman class by that body last Friday morning. The meeting was presided over by Troy T. Stokes, president of the student body. Others elected were Harold Mauney, vice-president; Katherine Bush, secretary and treasurer, and Katherine Cathcart, historian. u. s. o. Activity Books Admit To "An Ideal Husband" I'or the Palmetto Players' first production, "An Ideal Husband," all students will be admitted on ticket number one in the Student Activities book. With a strong cast which includes Prof. Joseph Stokes, Prof. Oscar L. Keith, Elizabeth Belser, Elizabeth Lebby, Margaret Mann, Martha Dowing, William Broughton, Jane Register, *<. H. Williamson, Milledge Bonham, Elizabeth Aken, Bennie Barnes, Robert McLane and others to be announced, "An Ideal Husband" expects to take the boards at the campus theatre the third week in November. The play is being rehearsed by Prof. William Dean. Prof.: "What is a geyser?" Fresh.: ."It's a waterfall going up." / Harassed Stud Details CM ? < Dean Of Women Is Recuperating Mrs., Irene DiU&rd Elliott Expresses Thanks For Many Kind* nessea Shown Her The condition of Mrs. Irene Dillard Elliott, Dean of Women at the University, who went to the. Columbia hospital some two weeks ago for an appendicitis operation is reported favorable. Although she is not yet permitted to receive any visitors and still has two special nuYses she will probably be ablo-to be removed from the hospital in about two weeks. She has asked that her many friends be thanked through the columns of the Gamecock for the lovely flowers^and innumerable kindnesses shown her. The messages sent by members of The faculty and present and former students all reached her hands and were greatly appreciated. Her sister, Miss Mary Dillard, has returned to Beaufort where she is a member of the Beaufort High School faculty. V. 8. o. Applications Due December First I # Candidates For Degrees Can Secure Blanks From Registar's Office All candidates for degrees and certificates arc requested to file their applications for same with the Registrar on or before December first. Application blanks will be supplied at the Registrar's bffice. Before filing applications, candidates are requested to pay the Treasurer of the University four ($4.00) dollars in payment of diploma fee, submitting their receipt to the Registrar when they file their application. This applies to candidates for all degrees awarded by the University. Candidates for degrees and certificates are further notified that there will be a late fee of two ($2.00) dollars for any application received after December first. The Registrar's office will be open from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. daily to receive such applications. Department Has . Iodine Exhibit Great Importance Of Iodine To Human Body Is Shown Clearly In Displays The Pharmacy department has recently acquired an interesting exhibit that stresses the importance of iodine to the human body and shows something of the nature of the iodine campaign that has sprung up in South Carolina in the last year or so. "The exhibit is in the form of a large wooden keg of the type used to transport crude iodine from South Carolina to the United States. This keg holds 100 pounds of crude iodine and is entirely covered with green horschide. The horsefiide cover keeps the iodine from drying out and this in turn prevents the iodine from shifting out into the hold of the ship during transit. Above the keg is a large placard giving "The Story of Iodine" as it was first used by the Chinese more than four thousand years ago to prevent goiter, and also the discovery of iodine as a separate substance by the French Pharmacist, Courtois in 1812," thus Dr. Motley, head of the Pharmacy department described the exhibit.The exhibit was secured through courtesy of Merck & Co. of Rathway, N. J. and makes a fine addition to the already large Pharmacy exhibit of the University. U. 8. o. Nancy Phillips Has Appendicitis Operation Because of an attack of acute appendicitis which she suffered at the beginning of this week, Nancy Phillips, prominent Columbia senior and daughter of Dr. Henry D. Phillips, will probably be out of-school for the remainder of this semester. Miss Phillips was carried to the "Columbia hospital Monday and underwent an operation the following day. She is improving nicely, according to physicians. , v. m. a. The grammar lesson proceeded smoothly until the teacher asked what kind of noun "trousers" was. "It's an uncommon noun," was the reply, "because it's singular at the top ?nd plural at the bottom." \ lent Gives I French Class > Sketch Is Given Of Happenings In Typical French Class At The University By Sue Kibler ' _ One, stealing silently into a certain Tuesday <and Thursdayiclass of French, would witness a very individual and interesting scene. Le professeur, just as this keen group of thirteen has decided to cut, ambles nohchalantly into the room, cigarette imprisoned between lips, gives the room a piercing onceover stare, and flops into his chair. The class continues its interrupted conversation of utter importance to be', bothered again "by the roll-call. A pupil had cut which led to a dissertation upon the number of alloted cuts, by the professeur. One monsieur, to convince the teacher that he'd driven his point home, piped up with a "I never cut classes?that is, eh, when I can remember to come." An enthusiastic chatter of similar remarks ensued, each trying to out-do the one preceding. "Monsieur A,4 begin reading," commands Prof. X. With a deep sigh and an impressive sound in his throat, the called-on one commenced, only to be stopped immediately by a prolonged series of "z, z, z, ing" sounds by the professor. Monsieur begins again, to be stopped for another offense. As "Keep on sucking until you succeed" is the motto of this class, our hero stuck to his guns until at last the words "Finissez" fell upon his thankful cars. "Does everyone understand the reading?" demanded the professor. "I understand the French but not the English," piped Monsieur B, in an ever-confident voice. "Belle, belle, he's now thinking in French I" bursts from Prof. X, then, resuming the lesson, "Mademoiselle C, what was in Monsieur Dubois's letter?" ^ 1 "I think,?faltered Mademoiselle C. "That's the trouble with you American people, you always stop to think. In France we never think!" As the pupils have so intelligently perceived that their instructor would be badly hurt if no one asked a question about French customs, Monsieur athlete inquired if the French played any golf. 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