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James Evans,'
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Alumnus Correspondent To The
Gamecock, lis Important
Philadelphian.
James Daniel Evans of Philadelphia,
whose letters from prominent
Americans commenting on the "Qualifications
of a University President"
arc reproduced in this issue of The
Gamecock, is one of the most distinguished
and loyal alumni of this
school.
Born at Mars Bluffj S. C., he moved
early to Florence. He attended the
University between 1894 and 1896 and
between 1898 and 1901 receiving his
LL. B. degree in 1900. After graduation
he lived for some time in Columbia
and afterwards in Florence.
From there he moved to Philadelphia
where he has lived since.
While at Carolina he was very prominent
and well-liked. At one time he
edited The Carolinian.
In Philadelphia he at first practiced
law but later entered business. At
one time he was connected with Leonard
First, prominent Philadelphia lawyer.
He is now with Merchant and
Evans Co. in the Pennsylvania metropolis.
He has been very active in alumni
and has always given the University
the greatest support. He makes fairly
frequent visits to Columbia and keeps
in close touch with University affairs.
The bust of Dante in the lilTrary is a
gift from him.
He is a member of the Maxcy Gregg
chapter of the Sons of the Confederacy
and of the University and Southern
Club of Philadelphia. Next to
the University his chief interest is in
genealogy, having at least one book
on the Evans family to his credit.
U. H. C.
Jack Crawford
Discusses Snakes
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is only one poisonous lizard. The redheaded
'scorpion' is often thought to
be poisonous. His bulging temples
make him appear dangerous. He is
nothing but the adult male of the fivelined
skink, since the male loses the
five stripes on reaching maturity.
"There are several differences to be
noted between the so-called glass
'snake' (which is a true lizard) and
the snake. The glass lizard's lower
jaw is one bone while the snake has
two elongated horizontal bones in the
lower jaw joined together in front by
an elastic ligament. This permits
snakes to swallow prey several times
their size in circumference. The glass
'snake' has eye-lids, but the true snake
has none. The glass 'snake' has external
ears. The true snake has no
external cars and needs none because
he hears with his tongue. The snake
sheds his skin entirely, whereas the
lizard sheds in patches.
"The reason one doesn't see more
snakes while walking in the woods is
that they go into hiding after eating,
sometimes staying away for ten days
or two weeks, during which period
| they assimilate their food.
V"S o in c snakes arc egg-layers.
Several of this type actually incubate
their eggs, at which time their body
temperature rises from ten to twelve
i degrees. Other species give birth to
living young. The common ribbon
snake that is seen near streams in this
i state has been known to have a litter
of as many as sixty-five young.
"The trend of evolution shows that
snakes arc becoming more and more
poisonous. Some of the non-poison'
OUS snakes have fangs which are solid
| throughout. Others have poison
glands in combination with fangs and
yet have no groove or orifice in the
fangs through which to eject poison.
I A very good example of this nonpoisonous
snake with fangs is the common
hog-nose snake, locally known
as the 'spreading adder.' Thi^ little
snake has fangs in the rear of the
upper jaw. It lives entirely on toads.
If you ever punch a toad with a
stick you will notice that he immediately
hunches his back and inflates
his body with air. The toad
inflates his body to the fullest when
attacked by the 'spreading adder.' The
adder commences swallowing and soon
finds that the toad is too large, but he
Will not be frustrated as nature has
Provided him with elongated teeth
which puncture the toad and exhaust
the air. The snake then immediately!
swallows the toad.
"In South Carolina there are six j
'Pccies of venomous snakes. One of
^ese, the largest venomous snake |
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Academic Life
Athletes Suffer
From Workout
Infirmary Inmates Number Few
Students, With Athletes The
Exceptions
Spring football practice and the late
rushing season 'are causes of the illness
of present inmates of the infirmary.
Henry McManus's ankle was injured
in recent practice, which is causing
him to be confined for a short
while. Redding DcVaughn will be
out in time for the next boxing match,
in spite of his bad cold.
Margaret Watson, according to Mrs.
Madden, was rushed into the infirmary,
"rushed" while she was there, and
rushed out of it Wednesday to take a
bid. She explained that Miss-Watson
was there because of a cold, but the
sororities continued to fill their rushing
dates with her. On Wednesday
they arranged for her to be released
long enough to accept a bid.
U. 8. c.
In The
Good Old Days
Copied from Files of The
Gamecock of 1012
Febru&ry 17, 1912
The Mid-Winter German, given by
the German club in the gymnasium
Monday evening, proved to be the
most delightful event of the college
season. This year the dance took the
form of a fancy dress ball. The University
orchestra furnished the music.
Carolina's fast and hard-fighting
basketball team beat Wofford in a
closely contested game last Tuesday
night, 27 to 2(3. Up until now Carolina
has played a number of g^mes
which resulted in ties and at one time
it looked like the Wofford game would
be another such contest.
Demos Jones made between 95 and
100 on all of his mid-term examinations.
There were a number of other
students who made this mark on more
than one course, thus winning for
themselves the title of "a double-star
student."
The Southern College Press Association
will be invited to hold its first
annual meeting here April 9-11 it was
announced to-day. The Press Association
will be comprised of the
leading college newspapers of the
South, and is being formed to bring
them into closer contact with each
other. Delegates are expected from
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
Georgia, and Florida.
In this issue is found a letter from
Irvine F. Belser, now a student at Oxford,
England, and formerly a student
at Carolina, telling of Oxford.
IT. H. C..
(in bulk) in the world, is the diamondback
rattler. This snake never grows
to a length greater than seven feet
three or four inches in this State, although
in Florida specimens have been
found that measured more than eight
feet. A seven and one-half foot diamond-back
weighs more than a 17 or
18 foot king Cobra of India or a 13
or 14 foot Bushmaster of South America.
' These are the three largest
poisonous snakes in the world.
"Then there is the*rusty old water
moccasin .which inhabits ponds and
streams. The third species closely resembles
the moccasin. This is the
copperhead, often correctly called the
highland moccasin.
"South Carolina has one of the commonest
rattlesnakes in the United
States in the timber or banded rattler,
which never reaches a length of more
than five and one-half feet.
"The fifth type, the pigmy rattler,
never reaches a length greater than
wenty inches and whose bite is seldom
fatal to man but whose venom is as
fatal as that of other snakes in proportion
to his size.
"Last but not least is the beautiful
coral snake. Its coloration is black,
red, and yellow. This snake is seldom
seen as it is a subterranean snake.
This little fellow is closely related to
the Indian Cobra and its venom is of
a ncuro-toxic poison as is the Cobra's,
whereas the other poisonous snakes
that have been mentioned have a
venom that causes hemmorhage of the
blood.
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Students Form
, Press Bureau
Journalism Class Acts
Pressing* Need For University
News Service Supplied By
Students
Interest Jias been aroused over the
creation of a student press service in
the Journalism School to send out
news releases and stories dealing with
the University. The member:* of the
class in Journalism 48 are undertaking
this project under the direction of
Colonel J. Rion McKissick, head of
the department.
The need of a news service bureau
of some sort for the University has
long been felt. Members of the class
state that they intend to supply weeklies
and dailies over the State with
news stories dealing with students and
faculty members where they will be
of interest to the community. Not
all the work will deal with straight
news stories but feature articles, human
interest, and any other material
that will be of interest in the State
will be handled.
No legislative appropriation has
ever been given for a bureau and it is
hoped that the action by the students
in answering this need may bear some
such result.
Lewis Wallace has been chosen by
the class to be "city editor." Other
members of the class are: Jack Gile9,
Genevieve Reynolds, Bill Herbert, Ed
Gilmore, Bill Brooker, Bill Latham,
and LeRoy Want.
Dance Given By
Catholic Students
Newman Club Is Entertained By
Dance Given By Miss Niggal
At Her Home
Margaret Niggel entertained the
members of the Newman Club and
new Catholic students at the University
at a dance at the home ,of her
parents on Maple street, Tuesday
night.
The dance, which was given as a
pre-Lenten entertainment, was enjoyed
by about twenty-five students.
Cake and punch was served by the
hostess.
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Noted Journalist
Is Visitor Here
James 0. Latimer Is Guest Of
Professor And Mrs. J. Rion
McKissick
A former secretary of the Press
Congress of the World, James C.
Latimer of Far^iville, Virginia, was
the guest of Dean an<> Mrs. J. Rion
McKissick for a few hours Sunday.
He has for some time served as secretary
of the Virginia Press Association,
and is now editor of the Farmville
Herald.
Mr. Latimer and Dean McKissick
for several years were colleagues on
the staff of the Richmond (Va.)
Times-Dispatch.
F. O. Jones, manager, and H. A.
Birdwell, secrctar^ of the Farmville
Creamery, accompanied Mr. Latimer.
They were driving to Florida for a
week's outing.
Program Adopted
In Phy. Ed. Dept.
In connection with the First Aid
and vSafety program of the Red XTross,
the University has completed plans
to incorporate the program in the curriculum
of the physical education department,
under the direction of J. A.
Crawford, director, it was announced
yesterday.
The first aid and safety progra'm
has been in operation by the National ,
Red Cross for about a year.
U. 8. C.
Zeta Tau Alpha
Has Unique Feed
Waffles, bacon, coffee, and strawberry
shortcake ruled the dining table
of the Zetas Wednesday night in eel-, i
ebration of the end of rush week.
Elizabeth MacDearmon and Alcen
Horton assumed, the leading role of j
cooks and waitresses in the gastro- i
nomic orgy.
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"Is your tviby a girl or a boy?H
"Of course, what else could it be?" I
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Two Societies.
Publish Book
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Small History Of Clariosophic
And Euphradian Contain
Interesting Material
"The Clariosophic and Euphradian
Societies is the title of an interesting
booklet published recently by the two
societies of the campus on the occasion
of the 125th Anniversary Celebration
of the organizations.
Giving Judge J. H. Marion's oration
and the program of the joint celebration
in detail, the booklet is more than
a mere souvenir of the celebration. In
it are preserved the histories of the
two societies, giving complete rolls
of the presidents of each from 1806,
the date of founding, to the present
date.
The feature of the booklet is the oration,
"The South Carolinian," delivered
by Judge Marion, a former
Clariosophian, now attorney for the
Duke Power Company with headquarters
in Charlotte, N. C. This address
was classified by those fortunatcs
who heard it as one of the most
masterful and inspiring addresses ever
delivered from the rostrum of the University
chapel.
In the next division of the pamphlet
is the history of the Clariosophic and
Euphradian societies, which is a revision
to date of the history of the
societies as written by Dean J. Rion
McKissick on the occasion of the Centennial
Celebration in 1906.
Very interesting is the list of names
of those men who have been presidents
of these two organizations. The
booklet closes with the rolls of the
two societies as of the present date.
Carlisle Robert^ was chairman of
the committee in charge of the celebration
and the printing of the booklet.
Any society member of alumnus desiring
to obtain a copy of this booklet
may do so by communicating with
Carlisle Roberts, 2900 Millwood Ave.,
Columbia, S. C.
U. 8. C.
Chinese Excel
Us In Morals
Comparison Is Made
Honi Soit, Chinese Scholar, Says
Asisatic Society Is Superior
To America's
"From the point of view of physical
efficiency the western family is superior
to the Chinese family, but from
the moral and social point of view the
Chinese family is much better," writes
a graduate of Hangchow, in commenting
on family life in China and Europe.
"The Chinese family lacks physical
efficiency," he said, "because it prevents
industrial development by discouraging
individual initiative." To
clarify this statement he explained
that in China two or three generations
form one household, governed by the
Csia-Csang, who is responsible for the
conduct and financial support of the
entire group.
The head of the family is one of
the senior members of the household,
chosen because of ability and character,
irrespective of sex. "Every member
of the group must turn in his
wages to the Csia-Csang to be used j
for the good of all," continued the
writer; so, although the tragedy of
the struggle for existence is avoided,
and old peoples' homes are unheard
of, no one person is encouraged to
try to get ahead."
The family is the foundation of the
Chinese democracy, for through its
training children become good citizens.
It is also the best agent for socialising
individuals, for the children are taught
tO'obey, to serve, to love and to respect
the rights of their elders.
"A function of the Chinese family
that is unknown in the Western world
is the checking of crime," observed
the writer. "In China anyone who
has violated the law is despised by
his family, and forced to leave home.
Without the support of his family, he
has no opportunity even though he
moves to other communities, so he becomes
an outcast. In this country it
is possible to move to a new locality
and get a new start."
?Honi Soit.
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Dennis And Sparkman
Are Weekend Guests
Blanche Dennis of Converse and
Darlington, sister of Ed Dennis, spent
a few days last week with Margaret
Douglas.
Nora Sparkman spent last weekend
it Converse with Mary Lowndes Barron
of Columbia.
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Soph: Don't act like a baby.
Frosh: I can't help it. I was born
that way.
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Robert Wauchope
Bob Wauchope
Makes Journey
Carolina Graduate Leaves On
Archeological Expedition To
Central America
Robert Wauchope, graduate in the
class of '29, and now a student of anthropology
at Harvard University, left
last week for New Orleans where he
sailed for Uaxacun, Guatemala, Cenral
America, to tal^ part in an archeological
expedition sponsored by the
Carnegie institution.
Wauchope expects the expedition to
consume about thrde months. He intends
to resume his work at Harvard
next year.
The expedition party is made up of
Wauchope, Mr. and Mrs. Ledyard
Smith, Robert Smith, and a number
of helpers.
Wauchope is the son of Dr. G. A.
Wauchope, head of the English department.
While at the Univesity he
took a very prominent part in student
activities, being editor of both the
Garnet and Black and The Carolinian
among other things.
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Page Seven
W.A.A,. Adopts
Point System
Letters Based New Way
Class Tennis Tournament To Determine
Star Players
Among- Raqueteers
The awarding of letters to co-ed athletes
will be based on the point system
in the future, according to the
amendment adopted by the Women's
Athletic Association recently.
The merit and qualifications of candidates
for letters will be based on the
attainment of a minimum of 1,200
points in specified fields. In adopting
this amendment a change was made
in the method of conducting the tennis
tournament. There will be class
tournaments in the future and the
class champions will take part in a
separate tournament to determine the
school champion.
, Class basketball managers were
elected as follows: Helen Coleman,
senior; Motie Purvis, junior; and Gertrude
Harrcll, sophomore. Elma Westbury,
assistant basketball manager,
will manage the freshman team until
it is organized, when they will elect a
manager.
Rucia Abercrombie was elected to
replace Annie Madge Weldon as basketball
manager, and Bonnie Shand
was named assistant hockey manager
to replace Judy Morgan.
To take part in the tournament, a
girl must participate in at least seven
practices. The practices arc on Monday
and Tuesday for the seniors and
sophomores; Wednesday and Thursday
for the juniors and freshmen; and
general practice on Friday and Saturday.
The basketball tournament will take
place Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
February 29, March 1 and 2.
U. H. C.
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is the third he has made. In 1927 he
went to Pecos, New Mexico, and in
1929 to an Indian mound on the
Savannah river in Georgia.
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