Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Four A Fill Chairs ; Left Vacant Duties Start in January One Senator and Three Representatives Chosen from University Graduates Four alumni of the University of South Carolina were elected during the past summer to complete unfinished terms in the South Carolina legislature, three in the house of representatives and one in the senate. Succeeding resigned members, they perform their first official duties January 9, when the legislature convenes for the 1934 session. The newly elected legislators are Robert Ellison Dennis, senator, from Lee county; Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown; D. A. G. Ouzts, of Greenwood; and Frank Hampton, of Richland, in the House. A Bishopville attorney and brother to Circuit Judge E. C. Dennis, of Darlington, Senator Dennis was graduated from the University in 1902 and received his LL. 13. degree in 1904 from the University of Virginia. He served as a member of the House in 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918. Later he was a law partner of Governor T. G. McLeod. After attending the University, Dr. Sawyer enrolled as a student at the Medical College in 1901. He served as a member of the House from 1907 to 1912; from 1923 to 1926; and again in 1929 and 1930. Representative Ouzts, veteran statesman who dabbles in farming in Greenwood and Florence, attended South Carolina College in 1883-84. He was admitted to the bar in 1893. Elected to the Senate in 1925 to serve until 1928, he was returned to the state - political arena again in 1930 as a House member. Many other members of the legislature are alumni of the University. Included in the list are several students in the University law school. They are Frost Walker, Union; Jack Hall, Lexington; Rufus Newton, Anderson, Troy Stokes, Florence; Buford Worthy, York; and Carl Epting, Lexington. .I q. A Pocket RADIO The Season's Sensation! I MEASURES?only 2V4" by 4^" by 6"I I I WEIGHS?but 2 poundst 1 OPERATES?on both A.C. and R.C. I j PERFORMS?like a big set! 2 $12.50 Complete R. E. 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The brother founders of this group, j James and Joseph Lowry, decided to c form two separate societies and Feb- j ruary 6, 1906 tossed a coin to see who j would have first choice among the , members. Thus the Clariosophic and Euphradian socities were established. . By way of an historic parallel Pro fessor Roberts pointed out that at this ( time Napoleon was ruler of Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, George III was 011 England's throne, j Alexander, the First was Czar of Rus- . sia, Thomas Jefferson was President , of the United States, Charles Pinckney ^ was governor of South Carolina, and j Jonathan Maxcy was head of the Uni- , versity. Back in the pioneer days of the societies all students belonged to one of j the two. This was due in part to the lack of athletics at the college; some form of emotional outlet was necessary for the restricted students. Up until 1820 the societies used the ' old chapel as a common meeting place. ' They met at 2 o'clock in the afternoon * and often continued the heated dis- '' cussions after a short recess for sup- , per. The mystic stands are both very J old, the Clariosophic being 112 years old and the Euphradian stand being 118 years old. Both societies bestow a dilpoma upon their members at ! graduation. ] Continuing his excerpts from a 1 booklet on the histories of the two so- i cietics occasioned by the 125th anniversary celebration in November 1931, (Eljristnia: Worthmore C WHI QUALITY AND STY! $12.50 an Wl M MM Mt Worthmore 1425 Main St. GIVE SOMETI Footwear s MERIT SHO] 1531 Mai Given ?sOn y Of Societies iers Flipped a Coin to Form the n Literary Groups, While s President Professor Roberts named several men >n the roll of the Clariosophic and E?uphradian who had later become naionally famous. Beginning in 1812 md continuing untrl the war between he States the Clariosophic maintained i fund for the education of a man to >e selected by a committee. The two ?roups enjoyed a pre-war prosperity. It was on February 10, 1849 that the Clariosophic moved into its present lo:ation. Great publicity was given then to lie speeches made during the annual (rations. The two organizations would gather in the middle of the campus md proceed to the chapel where the rery classic orations were made. The societies continued until the war letween the States. During their adournment the invading negroes found he records of the Clariosophic and re:onvencd the society. The Euphralians records were placed in safekeepng during this time, and as a result he Euphradians sometimes call the usurping negro brothers to the Zlariosophians. Both societies reorganzed after the oppressing pall of civil strife had given way to a brighter jeace time reconstruction. Due to the inroads other activities lave made into student affairs the so:ieties can never hope to attain the opular and admired position of former imes. But even today, as expressed >y graduate members, the societies lave a place all their own. The poliical and oratorical training received is a member is invaluable. U. 8. O. English Students May Take Russian Course American and English students may study under "Red Professors" at the First Moscow University's 1934 summer school. Six weeks' courses ranging in subject-matter from "Political Economics of the Reconstruction Period" to "Crime and Punishment in 5 a g>pmni& llothes Shops 3RE LE PREDOMINATE We Pride dlP*1! C A A Ourselves OlO.UU in the FIT of our Clothes Slothes Shops Columbia, S. C. IING USEFUL E COMPANY n Street + V T T T1 I \ ^ . Seats j JV. It. A. Tests ] Tipping Idea Keith Writes Of Need D Professor Says Servants Abroad Expect Fees and Accept Them Sub-rosa c< " # .In a lcngthly articlc on the practice of tipping and the effort to do away ^ with it in the N. R. A. codes for hotels ^ which are being drawn up, Prof. O. L. Keith, head of the department of Ro- . mance languages at the University, was quoted at length. The paper was published in many publications all over the country, also being sum- ? marized by the Associated Press. It was also presented at the public hearing in Washington on the codes for the restaurant industry. The part referring to Professor ^ Keith is as follows: at A Southern UniversJty professor who travels abroad every summer, sometimes privately and sometimes in ^ charge of a touring party, Prof. Oscar L. Keith, of the University of South ^ Carolina?finds tipping necessary "to guarantee expeditious response to legitimate demands." In the hotels of ai Italy, he says, it is customary to give U| tips "only for extraordinary service," but certain officials, such as the head guard in a public building or gallery, w expect fees and accept them sub rosa. s* OI In other countries there is consider- _ able pressure to force tipping in addition to the charge for service. "This year 1 (1933), in Spain and France, "declares Professor Keith, "It seemed impossible to avoid feeing certain servants. They run after the departing guest, i! insist upon shaking hands, and expect to feci the touch of silver passing from ^ palm to palm. I yielded every time and paid tips to servants with itching palms in addition to paying to the proprietors the usual ten per cent service charge." n tr. . o. ai the Soviet Union," ten in all, will be la given in English by the foremost teachers of the USSR. Sponsor in the A U. S. is the Institute of International a Education. The courses are under the E auspices of the Anglo-American Insti- f< IS P h a lc f< tl w b ti _ a , ml " .up-?/ ? b UNUSUAL GIFTS FOR ? EVERYONE t Studio open Dally 10 a. m.?ft p. m. t E. Reed Whaley h 4908 COLONIAL DRIVE t c j! Get Your Christmas Hats ! v !; from j II LEON HOOK I 1 J; 1406 Main Street ' * Flowers For All Occasions DeLOACHE RAWL FLORAL CO. 1415 Main St. Phone 4724 THE R. L. BRYAN 00. "The House of Quality" Books, Stationery, Student Supplies 1440 Main St. Columbia, S. C. BHBBSSSBHHBBIHPHBBIBSBSBBKSB In Leg Dr. Reed Smit Educati 'eclares in Leoture to Students 1 About Everything and Evei Have a Well-rou "The purpose of a curriculum is to iucatc," said Dr. Reed Smith, Proissor of English, in answer to hisj uestion, "why is a curriculum?" at ie opening of his lecture in chapel /eanesday. He defined an education as "knowg something about everything and 'erything about something." A per>n should know all about that profes011 by which he expects to make a zing. The specialty of a person's eduttion is the depth; the "something >out everything" is the breadth and idth. "Too many are going deep :>wn and not spreading out. Let us :ep our eyes on the things happening ound us." He advanced the opinion that few udents could pass the last year exams lis year, and followed by asking if e were forgetting faster than we arned. "Why then study, at all?" He said the officials at Harvard exnined him closely for physical defects pon his matriculation as a graduate udent. They prescribed for only lose dcficienccs in his anatomy. By ay of analogy he said a curriculum >ught to cultivate the weaker traits a person's mental makeup and round M. R. A. Used 580 Years Ago Imperor Fixed Prices ttempt in Roman Empire Ended in Failure Attributed to Various Causes The N. R. A. was attempted some 30 years ago by the English governlent. This information from an rticle issued by The Gatttccock stimuited considerable interest. Under the Emperor Diocletian in 301 . D., sixteen hundred thirty-two years go, also a system much like the N. l. A. came into being. The authority 3r this statement comes from the few Yorker magazine in the Encycloedia Brittanica. The article says that "not only were ours of labor fixed, but prices too, nd the penalty for violation a whole >t stiffer, either death or deportation." The historian's summary after some ;w centuries is disturbing to read, hough perhaps not significant. He writes, "the edict was a well intended ut abrotive attempt to meet the dis ess caused by several bad harvests nd commercial speculation. The acjal effect was disastrous, and the edict oon fell into abeyance." In fairness to Mr. Roosevelt, we hould ad(J that it was probably the rice-fixing function, not the regulaion of work hours that gummed verything up for the Roman Empire." n. . o. Science Club Makes Visit to Observatory The Columbia College Science Club ers. Anyone interested in science is yill visit Melton Observatory Monday light, December 18. They will view he moon, Saturn, and other ineresting sights through the Hanalan telescope. There is always an enhusiastic group of visitors from the ity present on the regular visitors' lights, Monday and Tuesday of each veek. p. ?. o. ute of the First Moscow University, . V. Sollins, formerly of New York Jniversity, is director. ! ^YOUR JTOR^S^p | I THE CANTEEN ?j il 8andwlohee, Cold Drlnke, ffi.l i i Toilet ArtlolM, College !g|: Jewelry :jB:| UNIVERSITY BOOK 8T0RE ^ Th? Official Book Store CAROLINA PRESSINQ M club For fine dry oleanlno JM CAROLINA DR1 Phone 8166 "IF IT GAiN BE GLEAN: The Canteen and Q * ss # islature h Defines > on In Chapel *bat One Should Know Something ything About Something to inded Education out his perspective. He then cited a few cases where students had done excellent work in some fields but had been miserable failures in other branches of their studies. \Dividing the University curriculum into three divisions; language and literature, social sciences and natural science and mathematics, he stated that there is 16 times as many courses as a student is able to take at Carolina. In closing he gave William DeWitt Hyde's definition of a college education. ' "To be at home in all lands and ages; to count nature a familiar acquaintance and art an intimate friend; to gain a standard of other men's work and the criticism of your own; to carry the keys of the world's library in your pocket, and feel its resources behind you in whatever y'ou undertake; to make hosts of friends among the men of your own age who are to be leaders in all walks of life; to lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for ' common ends?this is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life."' Professor Ball Reviews Book Text Is Praised Highly Engineering Volume Has Also Been Reviewed by Hoover, Pershing, and Others Vocational Guidance in Engineering Lines is the title of a book recently reviewed by Thomas F. Ball, professor of electrical engineering at the University. This publication has received favorable comment from such men as exPresident Herbert Hoover; Nicholas Murrey Butler, President of Columbia University; John J. Pershing; Charles M. Schwab, President of United States Steel Corporation; Former Senator James W. Reed of Missouri; Michael I. Pupin, an outstanding authority on electrical engineering; and other prominent men who have also reviewed it. "The book," wrote Prof. Ball, is logical in treatment, unusually well 1 written, and most attractively arranged from every standpoint. The style is I such as to attract even the most casual observer, to say nothing of the many young men who may be contemplating some branch of engineering as a profession. "The book is so inclusive in its arrangement as to give one a real sense of appreciation of engineering as a profession and not as a tradel This is exactly what the national engineering societies have been striving to impress upon the general public?that engineering is truly a profession and not simply a trade. The publication of this book will do much, I am sure, to help give the engineering profession the dignity and respect to which it is so justly entitled. "The editorial committee that has supervised the accumulation of material for this book is to be heartily , commended for having published such ' an interesting and helpful work." i The writing of the volume was spon- , sored by the American Association of Engineers, Prof. Ball explained. The undertaking is purely artistic and no one, except possibly the printer, will make any money on the publication. High praise for the book was also expressed by Robert L. Sumwalt, professor of civil engineering at the University, who said it would be an excellent text book for freshmen engineering students. u. a. o. . Mary Howze Dillard spent last weekend in Clinton. Margaret Sue Copenhaver spent Thanksgiving in Marion, Virginia. Mary Pinkney visited in Bluffton last week. TOAL'S STUDIO J 1435 Main Street Columbia, S. 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