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Jap Visitors Speak Here One Addresses Class T. Richard Makiyama Gives Interesting Talk To University Students Three things of which a Japanese thinks when the United States is mentioned are: the visit of Commodore Perry to Japan in 1883, American relief work after the earthquake in 1923, and the United States exclusion law in 1924, according to T. Richard Makiyama, a Japanese student who recently visited the University. Mr. Makiyama is one of three students from Japan who are touring the United States sponsored by the Rotary clubs. This is a return tour of the one made by three American students of Japan. The Japanese are all planning to enter diplomatic service. One of them is a Ph. D., another is studying law, and the third is working on his Ph. D, thesis. On their tour they have been making talks before Rotary clubs and any such groups as University classes who request them. Mr. Makiyama spoke befort a history class studying United i States history since 1876 and taught by Dr. Wilfred H. Callcott. \ The visit of Perry which opened the doors of Japan to the outside world and the relief work after the earthquake are in Mr. Makiyama's opinion expressions of the cordiality of this country, but the Japanese object to the method of the exclusion of emigration by the law of 1924. He wants the citizens of his country to be admit- < ted on a quota system as in the European countries. He was particularly enthusiastic about the response of the United States after the disaster in 1923. This country sent aid direct from the Philippines in the form of food, Red Cross, and medical necessities. The trade between the United States and Japan is reciprocal and can be separated into two distinct divisions. Mr. Makiyama compared the trade relations from 1883 to 1904 to those existing between a kind teacher and his pupils; those relations from 1904 to the present have been on a more equal basis. Japan supplies the States with raw silk and other native products which cannot be produced here and this country sends raw cotton and automobiles to the Land of the Rising Sun. An open door policy in Manchuria is the purpose of Japanese fighting in that country according to the visiting student. He compared the controversy to that of the United States in Mexico and pointed put that Japan had vested interests in Manchuria and only wished to protect them. T7. a. a. Palmetto Literary Club To Hear Dr. Reed Smith "The Modern Short Story" is the subject of a speech to be made by Dr. Reed Smith, dean of the Graduate School, this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock before the Palmetto Literary Club and their guests in the community club rooms in Chester. Dr. Smith is well qualified to speak on this subject, having made a thorough study in this field. He also teaches several advance courses on the subject. FIVE POINTS DRUG STORE Call Us And See How Quickly You Get It PHONE 9-9139 Curb Service Motorcycle Delivery The Junior Leagn (Fraternity and Sor Rates By 1 1124 Lady Street ta Leave Your Sh Half 8oIm & HmIb I.OO-Lm NEW SHOE All Work < ] SYLVAJ Invite yon. Let aa get acquainted, way welcome. We have had the pleasure of servl ask your continuance. Certainly w patronage. Medals, Clu rings, Frat ptns, D1 presentation good*. Always remem lion, else means nothing, style and $1.1.00 to $15.50, as yon wish. SYLVAJ 1500 main street Corner Deliver Address t . \ | I " ""V* _ mm T. R. Makiyama of Tokyo, Tad Yam: three Japanese students and Roger Alt who delivered several addresses on th tour sponsored by the Oriental Culture Japanese Spea Taught By < The English spoken by K. Sumomogi, one of the Japanese students on a good-will tour of American Colleges, who spoke in the Chapel Monday, was learned in a conversational English class taught by a Carolina graduate, Luther Cox, '21, who is teaching in the famous Doshishi University in Kiyoto, Japan. Mr. Sumomogi's class was 'composed of 300 students learning to speak English. While at Carolina Mr. Cox was a Students May Attend Inauguration Chase Students who attend the national inauguration ceremonies at Washington on March 3 and 4 will be excused from classes, John A. Chase, Jr., registrar, announced yesterday. Submission of a written statement saying that the student attended the exercises will be required, Mr. Chase said. it. m. a. Service Group Gives Program In Anderson A group of students of the Carolina Christian Service Club will leave Sunday afternoon for Anderson College, where they will present a program Sunday night. Monday morning they will present another program at Anderson High School after which a talk will be given to the Hi-Y Club. Students representing the University are C. W. Cox, president; John Pruitt, Edward Sallenger, Francis Jolly, Lonnie Causey, Mildred Mitchell, and Alton Brown. tr. a. o. History Students Hear Paper By Meriwether "The Career of a Fire-Eater, Lawrence Keitt" was the title of a paper read by R. L. Meriwether, professor of history, before the History Club, Friday night, February 17, in Wardlaw College. Clarence Snelgrove talked on "Life in the Eighteenth Century." le Shop & Tavern ority Parties Gifts) Hie Month Phone 7713 oes At Canteen thw Elbow* on Swmtf Mo. HOSPITAL Ghiaxanteed ST BROS. Make ii your meeting place. AlInjf you for over thirty years, ind shall do oar part to deserve your amond Jewelry, and all high ehia iber, In the purchase of a preeentaquallty mean much. Class rings aft ST BROS. Hampton COLUMBIA, S. C. | * ** \JT J e On Campus ida of Tottori, K. Sumomigi of Kyot on Pfaff of the University of Oregoi e campus last week. They are on society and the Rotary club of Japa ker Was Carolina Grac member of the Clariosophic Literal Society and was Secretary of the 1 M. C. A. After graduation he wei into the foreign missions teaching fiel working in Hawaii and other ml Pacific islands. In 1929 he conducted a good-w tour similar to the one in which tl Japanese students are engaged Japan, China, and Manchuria. As result of this tour he was offered tl position of instructor of conversation English at Doshishi. Carolina Cagers Lead Entries In Tournamer (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Today: 3 p. m., North Carolina ai V. P. I. 4:30 p. m., N. C. State and Washin ton and Lee. 8 p. m., Duke and Virginia. 9:30 p. m., South Carolina and Mar land. The winner of the North Carolin V. P. I. game will play the winner the South Carolina-Maryland gar Saturday at 8 o'clock in the secoi round and the winners of the N. State-W. and L. and Duke-Virgir games will meet an hour and a h; later. The finals will be played Mc day night. Perhaps the crucial test of t tournament will close when the Can cocks meet Maryland tonight. T Old Liners have had a spotted seas and have dropped some games t they have scored frequent upsets a may be regarded as a dangerous tea Other conference leaders, Duke a N. C. State have already been beat by the Gamecocks and the record North Carolina though not poor, Ii not been strong enough to warra strong consideration of her as a ti' contestant. Clemson did not ask to enter a tea and V. M. I. wa9 eliminated becau of the poor record of its team tl year. The tournament will get under w this afternoon at 3 p. m., with anotii first-round game to follow this aft< noon. Two tilts are set for t night with the semi-finals Saturd night and the championship game t following Monday night. All gam will be played on the large court Raleigh's new auditorium, which has seating capacity of 4,500. The local Junior chamber of coi rnerce and Civic clubs will entert. the visiting teams. Each Civic cl has agreed to "adopt" one or mc clubs during the stay in Raleigh. G> privileges have been extended t athletes at all local clubs. After t championship game, a dance in hor of the visitors will be held. XJ. i. o. University Observes Yates Snowden Rit< (OONTINUEI) FROM PAOE ONE) mother. A large delegation of s1 dents and professors are expected attend the services at Trinity. Professor Snowden died Wedncsd afternoon of a heart attack while tending the tree-planting services Maxcy Gregg park. v. a. o. Maybe Congress will hear m< harmony now that the lame dt quartet has rendered its swan soni S m K U U U Al ssaasaaaaaaaHnausBSBseansssssss 1 Bird Cagers Win Crown Clinch State Title Win Over Purple Hurricane Ii Greenville Gives Birds Clear State Record The University of South Carolim Gamccocks clinched the state basket ball championship with a 36-26 victory over Furman University Wednesda) at Greenville. The Gamecocks left for Raleigh ant the Southern Conference tournamen immediately after the game. Early ir the second half the Hurricane drev within two points of a tie but the Bird! put on extra steam and pulled away never yielding the lead. Bennie Tompkins, Gamecock guart and spark plug of the entire team, le< the scoring with 9 points. U. 0. O. Biographical Sketch Of Dr. Snowden Giver (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) his successor. He was universally re garded as the logical, inevitable choice, for, like Professor Davis, hi was an ardent defender of Southeri policies, and during his life had showi n> himself "still true to those Con a federate States whose flag is furled,1 n- as he wrote of another in his exquisit poem, "A Carolina Bourbon." At th time of his election he was regarded a probably more deeply and broadl; I versed in the history of the State thai any other man. It is a tragic loss that both Pro ry fessor Davis and Professor Snowdei if. recorded so little of the vast an< tit varied information they had abou d, the history of South Carolina. Wit! d- both perished much knowledge o many phases of the subject, ill After his election to the chair o ie history, Mr. Snowden spent a year ii in Columbia University, pursuing grad a uate studies in history. lie In the fall of 1905 he began his set al vice upon the University faculty. Hi charming personality, his keen wi his lovable and inimitable characters tics, his gifts for fellowship, won hir from the outset the affection of hi students and his colleagues. Thz love for him never waned. 1(j Scores of anecdotes of his witt sayings, his striking mannerisms, liv g_ in University tradition. Students looke upon him as the most original, mo< striking character of the whole facult; y_ Although his own writing w largely confined to occasional new! a_ paper articles, he delighted In er of couraging others to write. For thei ne his store of information and suggej n(j tion, as well as his library were glad q opened. In preface after preface at jja thors of books most of them, bt ajf not all, of historical nature have ai )n_ knowledged their indebtedness to hir He encouraged, inspired and helpt he a troop of students to conduct r ie_ searches and to record the results. jie After having spent so much of h on earlier life in the long vigil of tl mt morning newspaper, it was natur n(j that he continued his late hours < m work. Until recently his lamp burnc n{j until long after midnight. Asked cn he had noticed the glory and beauty < q a particular sunrise, he replied, "N< as I have never seen the sun rise. nt must be a horrible sight!" tje His last official communication as member of the University faculty wi im characteristic of his whole life an 13e thought. It was in reply to a circuit 1j3 letter from President Baker, inquirinj in obedience to a legislative resolutioi ay whether members of the faculty ha ier received any compensation from th ;r_ Federal government. Doctor Snowde 0. answered that in all his life he had n< ay received so much as a penny from th: he government, but that, on the oth< ie3 hand, it still owed him for the slav< jn and other property which it had take , a during and after the war from h family and himself, and which, I said, the government had confiscatc t;n in violation of the Federal Constiti ub tion>re u" "* * oh Trees Are Planted In ',c Honor S. C. Educator he lor (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) chemistry for over fifty years. Prof. R. Means Davis, professor < history at the University from tl date of its reopening. Dr. W. D. Melton and Dr. Davisc M. Douglas, both recent presidents < the University and important figure to in Southern education. Four of these men, Sloan, Joync ay Burney and Davis, came to the Ur at- versity at the time that it was r at opened after the period of recoi struction and gave their services the State for a number of years. Tl >re cost of planting the trees is beir ick borne by various interested organiz g. tions. Death Comes 5 To Dr. Yate At Memc 1 (CONTINUED FRO to his dear friend and associate at the a University, Maj. Benjamin Sloan, v i president of the University when Dr. 1 Snowden joined the faculty. L r Three tributes in the commemora- r r tion exercises followed Dr. Snowden's h and a fourth one was begun when it t 1 was noticed that Doctor Snowden had t apparently fainted. Those nearby supi ported hiin and gradually let him to / the floor of the stand. Doctors said , s death was instantaneous. , Colorful Figure Professor Snowden was easily the f 1 most picturesque figure on the Uni- > 1 versity of South Carolina campus, with his fine mass of gray hair and . mustache, his black cape and long stemmed pipe. Having worked for A several years as a newspaper reporter * before becoming professor of history * at the University, Prof. Snowden never abandoned his custom of going to Main street at midnight to get a cup t) 2 of coffee. 1 e He would never teach a class that 1 1 began before 9 o'clock, contending ( 1 that "9 o'clock is a gentleman's hour." C Me was probably the best loved pro- * fessor at the University and the sub- 1 e ject of the greatest number of jokes, } e most of which he knew and aps preciated. ' y His library of books and pamphlets 1 concerning South Carolina is prob- \ ably one of the most extensive in the < state. He often said, as he showed "j J some particularly rare volume to a friend, that he was "collecting these J t books for posterity." ( h Professor Snowden was an enemy to modern speed, believing in the leisurely ways of the older days. His examinations were long and he was n almost the last professor to report his grades to the registrar. Several years ago when the Univer- < sity of South. Carolina celebrated the , 3 Shakesperean centennial with a pagt eant lasting several days, Mr. Snowden ' took the part of Sir Walter Raleigh. " Lover of Charleston ' it A close friend of Mr. Snowden of ' forty years* association with him said: "Yates Snowden's affection for rg Charleston amounted to a passion. He loved every brick, flagstone and ,t timber in it. What is more he knew them all. There is scarcely an o.ld ig house standing about which he could s_ not tell a story, and usually it was j. a 8ood story. In the University for n the last twenty-seven years it was a 5_ story joke among the students that , Dr. Snowden could not hold an hour's ^ session with his class without telling lt something of the history of Charlesc_ ton. That, of course, was not literally n true, but there was essential and valuable truth in it. The history of South e_ Carolina and of the South was inwoven with that of Charleston until js 1865, and Snowden's students could ie not help learning from him. al "Once during the World War he was in Charleston and a young fellow !tj from the interior of the state came if and spoke to him. He was serving 5f as a lieutenant in the navy. At first Snowden didn't recognize him. 'Pro[t fessor/ said the youth, 'you know I never bothered to study in your a classes, but I have been down here on l3 a boat with half a dozen officers, all d Northern men, and we talk about lr Southern questions. I don't know how I could have held up my side if I had rt( not remembered what you told me.' d Snowden said the boy was accurate te when he said that he was not at all n a 'student.' >t Entertaining as Teacher it "No man, however lazy or dull, :r in Snowden's classics failed to ab;s sorb history. He was a teacher who :n could not help making his subject enis tcrtaining. In the methods of teach e ing, the scientific theories of history :d of late years, perhaps he was not pro4 foundly versed, but he knew his city, his state and his country so lovingly that he always made them interesting. He was the only man that I have ever g seen who could tell the family scandals of the colonial period. "Until he had a severe attack not quite a year ago, Dr. Snowden's library was always open until 2 or 3 ie o' clock in the morning. He was there, | >n 2 BURNETTS 1 ;s, Carolina Seals, Jewelry, I tiCarolina and Fra ie One Block Prom Campus xe Corner Main anc a Page Wye " Suddenly s Snowden J >rial Exercises M PAGE ONE) nd many a time two of three students vere with him. That is when they earned history and not only history, >ut literature. In very truth he was nore a man of letters than a historian, ad it may be that all historians should >e that." Burial in Charleston He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vnnic Warley Snowden and a sister, Hiss May Snowden of Charleston, a ister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Snowden, vho has lived in the Snowden home or a number of years, and a niece, tfrs. Kirkland Trotter of Camden, who vas also a member of the household >efore her marriage. The funeral services will be held at Trinity Episcopal :hurch at 11 o'clock Friday, and will >e conducted by Bishop Kirkman G. "inlay and the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, ). D., rector of the church. The burial vill be in Magnolia cemetery. Chareston, at 3:30 Friday afternoon and vill be conducted by the Rev. Van ie Erve, pastor of the Huguenot :hurch, of which Doctor Snowden was i member, assisted by Dr. Cary Beckvith of St. Phillip's and for many fears secretary of the congregation, rhe pallbearers will be: Active, the listory department at the University, R. L. Meriwether, W. H. Callcott, . M. Ferrell, E. T. Bonn, R. H. Wienefeld, and his god-son Yates Snowden Williams; honorary, Dr. T. M. DuBose, Sr., the board of trustees ind the faculty of the University and the members of the Kosmos club. Engineer Talks Before Classes Dr. Charles H. Moorefield, President of the Association of State Highway Engineers of the United States and Chief Engineer of the Highway Department of South Carolina, addressed Professor Robert L. Sumwait's classes in Highway Engineering Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in Sloan College. Dr. Moorefield touched briefly upon the following vital questions: Should highways be publicly owned and operated, and why? How can we determine how much the government can afford to spend for highways? Relationship between highways and railways. How can we develop a fair schedule of charges as applied, to different classes of vehicles? C. I. o. Society Honors Mary B. Ligon Members of the Euphrosynean Literary society presented Mary Begg Ligon, former president of the society, with a gift as a token of their appreciation of the service she rendered during her term of office. The gift was presented by Cecil Abrams, vice-president, at the meeting on Wednesday afternoon. An impromptu program was carried out at the meeting. Those called on to take part were: Francis Cardwell, Rita Horton, Dell Goodwin, Edith Woodruff, Martha Tompkins, and Evelyn Lipscomb. A representative from the Hypatian Literary society invited the Euphrosyneans to meet with her society when tryouts for the debates are made. Leah Zeigler and Anne Moore were initiated into the society. The members and visitors enjoyed a social after the meeting was adjourned. Punch and cookies were served. NO7 ISSUE There will be no issue of the Gamecock next week due to curtailed revenue. v5l Have Your Next Banquet At THE ROSE MARY TEA ROOM 1128 Hampton Ave. Phone 3207 Catherine W. 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