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Diplom i Formal Rules Rigidly Held Today Is Anniversary Addresses In Latin Marked Graduation Exercises In AnteBellum Days By George Warren If this were the year 181J'J instead of 1932 commencement exercises would be held in December instead of in June and the commencement day would prci*ablj be December For about 60 years after the establishment of South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina, graduating exercises were held in December. The change to the present system was made in 1866 probably for the reason that the University of Virginia was the model for the operation of the institution. The stately commencement with a formal procession from the State House to the campus and with addresses made in Latin were very different from the method of conferring diplomas in recent years. The first commencement was held on December 7, 180T. The senior examinations were held six weeks before the commencement was to take place so that they could prepare for the commencement exercises. In addition to the senior class, twelve juniors participated. They were assigned parts on the program for, orations, a debate, and a conference. There were two honors, the valedictorian, and the : - j salutatory. i Ante-bellum commencement was a great occasion. There was a grand : procession f;om the State House to | the College Chapel on the morning of commencement in which the GovI If You Want Service Call j University Drug Store i 1204 Green St. Phones 4331-4332 IP Bra* *vc? v Iks fit ^.. H Bu I actually find ] ! ing forward to when you pack t Granger. It's tin I like." Smokers like cause it is mad for pipes. @1932, lioctrr A Mykbs Toiucco Co. So CRANGER IS AMERICA'! la Day Yearbook To Add Features Campus Fraternities Will Be Represented By Cartoons In Annual A new feature will he added to the (/timet and Black this your in the form of a lampoon on the various fraternities on the campus it was announced yesterday by Editor Frost Walker. The cartoons will be drawn by Charles Crowson and Bland Hammond and will be used in place of the caricature of various campus figures which were placed in last year's annual. It has been announced the art motive for this year's annual will be Shakespeare, which is being done by Irving Geisburg. Geisburg has also drawn some views of the University which will be reproduced in full color plates to replace the usual photographs of University views. Saturday, December :i, will be the last date on which proofs for annual pictures may be returned to Toal's, it was announced. v. B. P. crner, Lt. Governor, the House of Representatives with its speaker, the Senate with its President, the President, trustees, and faculty of the College, all of the students, former graduates, and citizens in general participated. If a member of the Graduating class did not attend this procession, he would forfeit his diploma and be suspended from school. In a few years this procession was only a march across the campus and finally waS done away with entirely. (Now, the seniors form in front of the library and march to the Field House but this procession has no relation to the old procession.) The exercises to be performed by seniors at commencement had to be prepared several days before commencement and submitted to the President for his approbation. WIIIiM BUI myself look- A the moment he bowl with e aroma that Granger bele just r The tobacco agethat'aright 3 ^^^PIPE TOBACCO \ 1 ? < J j. . , . . y <.v ,, , , , ; % Held F. Students Take View, E Widespread Criticism Of Action In Removal Of Auburn Euphradia "In my opinion the students arc too willing to take offense over action of officials," said James Brailsford in an extemporaneous speech at the meeting ot the Euphradian society last Tuesday night in which he discussed the recent removal of the Auburn game to Birmingham. "I realize," he continued, "that I am taking an unpopular stand, but I am not attempting to uphold the efficiency of the officials, but I am saying that the students are taking the wrong attitude." Brailsford went on to discuss facts as to actual receipts at games and their smallncss in comparison to the popular conception as to their size and "Dr. Foster had more to lose by changing the location than any other person. He depends on the alumni for his position, and they as much as any other group were incensed at the change. We must realize, therefore, that he took this action to his great personal detriment," he said. Mr. Brailsford was one of the committee from the Student Body sent to interview Dr. Ralph K. Foster, director of student activities, concerning the removal of the Auburn game. "The lack of proper statement of the policies and conditions of our student activity fund has caused much misunderstanding and ill feeling," W. B. Norwood said in the weekly oraGolden Rule Fund Raised By Students Ten hundred and fifty students of Mount Holyoke College voluntarily went on sacrificial rations one day this week that they might raise their annual Golden Rule Fund which has become* a Holyoke tradition. Instead of the chicken, ice cream and customary dainties of the Sunday noon meal they had their choice of two frugal menus; cither Boston baked beans, brown bread and butter; or lamb stew and baking powder biscuits. The savings in the cost of the meal served, as compared with the more elaborate one, generally eaten, will amount to several hundred dollars. This fund is annually sent to the Golden Rule Foundation, the international headquarters of which are in New York, the foundation dispensing it according to the most pressing needs of the year. The Mount Holyoke College Golden Rule meal is the first to be held this year, the official date of Golden Rule Week being December 13-20. Owing to approaching vacations the college has anticipated the observance by two weeks. While needs in 'foreign countries Iwill receive a share in this year's funds, the greater part of Golden Rule gifts will be designated for underprivileged children under our own flag. u. a. c. Popular Leader Secured By "Y" The Rev. McNeil Poteat, well-j known young peoples' leader, and pastor of the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church of Raleigh, N. C., will be the principal speaker for the religious week program of the Y. M. C. A., speaking in the chapel at 10 a. in. and 7 p. m., December, 12 and 13, it was announced today by R. G. Bell, executive secretary of the Y. M. C. A. The Reverend McPoteat is one of the outstanding leaders for young people, having spoken for many conferences. He is also author of several books. u. a. o. Crawford Gets Tailless Snake A snake without a tail,' found by a negro in Kdgefield county, has been presented to J. A. Crawford, director j of physical education at the University. The snake has a head, perfectly formed, at each end of its body. Mr. Crawford, who is an expert on reptiles, says that this is probably the only snake in the world with this peculiarity. The snake has been offered to Dr. Raymond I/. Ditmars, head of the Newport Zooloical Gardens in New York. . ( ormerly j Wrong ^railsford Says Taken By University Authorities , Game Is Discussed At n Meeting tion, "between the students, the student activity director, our althetic teams, coaches, and ?hc University administration. Due to a lack of a proper statement of affairs many rumors of mismanagement, false or true, have spread and increased the i breach between the authorities and the students. A true statement would do , away with false rumors, bring light , upon the fallacies of our present sys- , tern, and would stimulate any needed { reform." The debate for the evening was j Resolved: That the "Lame Duck" ] session of Congress immediately repeal the Volstead Act. The judges' ( decision went to the affirmative team, ( composed of Luke Williamson and , James Maziugo over the negative . team composed of Thomas Inabinett ( and Floyd Rodgers, but the body as | a whole was opposed to the debated ( measure. The judges for the debate were W. B. King, Gene McNaul, and Frank Graham. During the meeting a committee composed of Luke Williamson, Jack , Payne, and Jack Levkoff was appointed to confer with the president of the , Clariosophic society concerning the , delegate to be sent to Winthrop with ] the debating squad next spring. John ] May was initiated into the society. < Schools Are ; Rapped By Old Grads i Ridiculing the whole public school ' system and advocating that drastic changes be made, two University ( alumni, Clemson M. Wilson '16 and 1 Vcrd Peterson '25 both of the State I Department of Education, spoke be- 1 fore the Columbia Rotary club Mon- ! day afternoon at the Jefferson hotel. : They appeared on the club's last vo- < cational guidance program. "What we need now is educational guidance," Mr. Wilson declared. He said the public school system was I based on the proposition that culture should be given to everybody, and that subjects were now being taught which were of no practical value. "We have clung to the orthodox subjects through all these years," he continued, "and we still teach Latin to nine out of ten boys because it benefits the tenth." ' Mr. Wilson said the schools had ! digressed "far from the field of use- ' ful education. In fact," he added, we have got about as far away from useful subjects as nearly as possible." He declared that education was not democratic, pointing out that in South Caiolina there were twice as many children of high school age not in school as there arc enrolled. "Only a small percentage of pupils ever finish high school," lie said. Mr. Wilson said the only revision in the public school curriculum in the past two hundred years was the addition of several vocation subjects. He ridiculed the idea of teaching Latin and ancient history to Negroes while at the same time they had not learned the first fundamentals of arithmetic. Mr. Wilson said the theory of transference of learning had been exploded. Mr. Peterson, who spoke only a few minutes, said the "probable trouble with South Carolina is that most people are looking where they came from and not looking where they are going." He said public school education had done little to teach people to protect natural resources and to keep people from leaving the farms. u. a. o. Alumnae Join Columbia Club Six University alumnae and students have recently accepted invitations to join Les Demoiselles, prominent Columbia social organization. They are the following: May Mann, Jessie | Coleman, Claudia Knowlton, Helen Iredale Bell, Elizabeth Douglas, Jane Gibbes. Les Demoiselles will give its annual ball this year on February 17, it has been announced tentatively and this event will be looked forward to with a great deal of interest by Columbia's young, unmarried set. This ball will be one of the outstanding events of the period before Lent. U. H. O. Dear Son: Please join a fraternity, as I cannot afford to keep you in clothes. Yot;r Dad. ' In Dec Number Take Water Course Dean Of School Of Engineering At University Presided At Meeting i i Approximately forty people from all over the State and elsewhere attended a short course in water and sewage treatment given at the University November 18 and 19, in co-opcration with Citadel and Clemson engineering departments. Professor Walter E. Rowe, dean of the School of Engineering at the University, presided at the first morning session of the meeting and A. E. Les?are, State sanitary engineer, presided it the afternoon session. A welcome ing address was delivered by Dr. F. W. Bradley, dean of the University. During the course lectures v^erc given by a number of the leading specialists and authorities on the study of sewage treatment in the State and afterward the group visited the Veteran's hospital near Columbia and looked over the sewage disposal plant constructed there by the city. The following were the lecturers and attended the school: T. S. Harkon and J. O. Dunston, Newberry; L. P. Pobing and O. A. Rcasonover, Camien; A. H. Stught, A. E. Johnson, Y. L. Amick, Lexington; V. D. Lamarcux, Washington, D. C.; J. F. Pearson, Orangeburg; W. L. Davis, Albert E. Johnson, Columbia; T. M. Rogers, Easley; J. K. Marquis, Spartanburg; Guy H. White, P. G. Hasell, A. E. Legare, Prof. Robert L. Sumwalt, Prof. W. E. Rowe, Prof. R. C. Johnson, Prof. W. A. Whitsell, Prof. J. E. Copenhaver, Dr. James A. Haync, all of Columbia; Harwood Beebe, Spartanburg; J. P. Kavanough, Charlotte, N. C.; S. R. Kavanough, Chattanooga, Teim.; C. G. Shipley, Dr. Frank L. Parker, Edwin E. Gibson, James E. Gibson, all of Charleston; J. A. Deadtvyler, Greenwood; F. E. Miller, Newberry; Wilbur E. Long, Jr., Newberry; G. V. Setzler, Saluda; R. L. Swiltenburg, Anderson; F. S. Miller and C. P. Townsend, Abbeville; Walter M. Hix, Lockhart; J. H. McLurc and L. H. Weir, Chester; Prof. L. S. LeTellier, the Citadel; W. C. Wright, Woodruff; Dr. Stephen Taber, Columbia; F. E. Dunham, Walterboro; and H. W. Schumpert, Newberry. Talk Made By Dr. Murchison "Share the work" policy of financial magnetes was discussed by Dr. H. R. Murchison, chaplain of the University, in a chapel talk recently. By quotations from business men of the United States, Dr. Murchison BURNETT'S Carolina Seals, Jewelry, 1 Carolina and Fra One Block Prom Campus Corner Main an< METR0P0L1 "THE OLD! THE STUDENTS' 1520 MAIN STREET .77, CAROLINA DRY Phone 8156 "IF IT CAN BE GLEANI The Canteen and G < ?r t l t "The House THE R. L. BRY BOOKS, STATIONERY 1440 Main Street UNIVERSITY CO-O The Gc University ] Gamecock Pi Operated for the Students and All Profits go into Stu If we haven't what you wa "The Center of member Players To " Make Debut Dean Announces Playl Fourth Season To Open Middle | Of December With "As ' ^ Husbands Go" The Palmetto Players of the Uni-|S| versity will open their fourth season on December 14, 15, and 16 with "As Husbands Go" by Rachel Crothcrs, it was announced this week by Wil- "3 liam Dean, director of the Players. The production will mark the initial appearancc of several new faces on the University stage as well as the return of several old figures. Helen Middleton will make her debut in the role of Emmie Sykes and William ' Baldwin will play the role of Hippie, % the "suave, wise old fellow of many nationalities." Another newcomer will be Professor Ewing Tucker Bonn, who will play the part of Charle* Lingard. ywjjft Among the old favorites who will I appear again will be Mrs. William Dean, who will play opposite Pro- j fessor Bonn in the part of Lucile $3 Lingard, a comic role quite different | from the tragic role in which she last .7$ appeared in "He Who Gets Slapped." Millcdgc Bonham in the part of 1 Ronald Darbyshire. Bonham's last appearance was in "An Ideal Husband." Olive Nettles as Christine, will also make her first appearance on the University stage. Other members of the cast arc as follows: Peggy Sykes played by Elizabeth Lebby; Jake Cannon, by Johnny Bowdin; Wilbur, by Peter Coggeshall; a waiter, by Jack Payne; Katie, by Jean Harvey. Rachel Crothers is one of America's foremost woman playwrites, and critics have everywhere acclaimed "As Husbands. Go" as one of her best j pieces of work. When it was first produced in New York so great was $ its success that Walter Winchell said, ^ "You arc breathlessly urged to enjoy yourself at Mr. Golden's playhouse, where an event took place last night? a good show came to town." In the past, the Players' productions have been put on in the chapel, which has proved highly inadequate, but yJ "As Husbands Go" .will mark their first production in Drayton Hall ??-?>'i demonstrated that they are thinking more of the human beings than of , profit. They are trying to give more men work in order that they may support their families. ? 1 T?????????????? TOAL'S STUDIO I 1 1435 Main Street Columbia, S. C. ~ I DRUG STORE | 3rugs, Drinks and Cigars ternity Stationery Phone 3191 M i College Street ? TAN CAFE IELIABLE" I MEETING PLACE PHONE 7849 | H H I 1 I H 1 - - I 1 CLEANING CO. J 1608 Barnwell Street !D, WE CAN CLEAN IT" amecock our Agents of Quality" AN COMPANY STUDENT SUPPLIES Columbia, S. 0. j ?M?B??I??P?? 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