The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 24, 1932, Image 8
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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932
Frosh Track'
Menu Given
Blue Hose Boxer
K Enters A. A. U. Tilt
Plans for the colleffe Y. M. C. A.
in 19S2-33 are being perfected. The
program was launched last Thursday
morning with the new president, Bar
ney MacLean, making the announce
ment of the selection of his cabinet.
There has been an internal reorgani
sation in the “Y” work, the cabinet
having been divided into eight de-'
partments, wdth the ultimate' object
of having a group of men covering
the various fields of activity of cam
pus life, as connected with the^ocal
association. ^ '
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(Written for The Chronicle by Caleb
Johnson Through .Autocaster
Service). ,
The restoration of silver to it)! for
mer position in the world’s currency
system would put ap ^nd to a great
many of the w'orld’s present economic
troubles, according to many experts
on the subject who have been heard
that 1^,
portion
of^^siiver to'^\>asrVeuls*’7nr^*''c Meetjs Arranged For year-‘ f*resbyterian Freshman Fighter
their minor coins. And this ha.s had
the-effect, in Mexico and elsewhere,
of further 7 stimulating "the hoarding
of gold./
All of this has* had an important
effect upon international tradlB, and
the United/ States has suffered along
ling Squad. Coaches Hopeful
for Excellent Season.,.
by, the congressional sub-committee i the re.■<t ^f tlw |world, from the
w’hich is considering a resolution in purchasing power of the
call an international conference on
silver.
M’bether such a conference will he
called or not is as yet uncertain, but
more talk about silver as money has
been going on in W'ashington ip the
part tw’O or three weeks than has been
jbenid there since the days, now near-
I ly forty years ago, w'hen “Silver
f nCk’- Bland fulminated about the
, “ 'rime of ’73,’’ and the Populists led
-rhe unsuccessful fight for the prin-
The cabinet for 1U32-33 us announc
ed » given below’: ,— —
.Department of Programs.Norton Iple Which later became William J.
Dendv, chairman, Cecil Lawler, asso- Iryan’s chief plank in his presiden-
ciate chairman. Thi.** department is in tial campaigns of 1890 and 1900, “th
charge of all the programs. The dii- fre<^ unlimited coinage of silve
ties of the members are to pep up the , ,,
.1 one ounce of gold,
weekly meetings, secure outsipe
speakers, and plan open discussions
with other associations.
I>epartment of Freshman Work—
i
at the ratio of 10 ounces of silver to
John F. Osman, chairman, Johnson
•McCutchcn,. assm’iate chairman
There is now’ no talk of “sixt<en to
' one’’ nor any attempt to fix a given
i ratio between the two metals. But
there is a growing urularstanding that
more thafn half of the people of the
ThisY-w’orld, the inhabitants of India and
China, cannot use gold as money with
out great difficulty and unle.“S sil
ver is restored to use as' money in
those and some other countries there
can be no important revival of inter
national tradeI
tions,
Chinese merchant.s, Indian matiu
to and from those HiH-
department meets the freshmen ijpon
their arrival, acquaints them with the
college, and plans the “rat’’ recep
tion.
Department of Deputations — (5. j
Barron, chairman, <’harle.s PlOwden, j
associate chairman. This department j
makes engagements with .other col-i French, German and Amcr-
leges to exchange* programs. | ican cxf)erts on metals and foreign
“Department of Hi-Y Work—(’loriesjexchange have been telling their sto-
( arson, chairman. Frank Waldrop, .»s-lries to (be sub-committee of the^hou.se
scK-iate chairman. This department j committee on coinage, weights arrcl
.seeks to organize the Y. M. C. A. in nieasure.s, of which Representative
Andrew L. Somers of Brooklyn,
nations in w'hich the common people
use only silver in trade, and whose
buying power has been reduced by the
fall of the ‘price of silver from the
average of 58 cents an ounce from
1900 to 1914, to the present price of
about 30^pr 31 cents.
The Hon. Winston Spencer Church
ill, who was chancellor of the ex
chequer of Great Britain when the
gold standard was established for In
dia, was so convinced by arguments
brought out before the congressional
subcommittee that he stated, before
sailing for England a few days ago,
that he would immediately “take steps
to induce his country to take part in
the '-proposed international conference
on silver. *
While the United States has stood
alone in maintaining the silver con-“
tent of its fractional currency, no one
nation today cap control the economic
relations'of the whole world. There
is every reason why this country
should take part with the other na
tions in a conference oh sliver, espec
ially a.s the United States is the larg
est producer of that metal. And the
“silKiT question’’ of 1932 is not a po-
litu'^l q'ue.stion, as it was in 18%.
With the recent addition of the Da
vidson frosh to the Pre8b)rterian Blue
In Light-Hevyweight Class In
Atlanta Meet.
shape
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chairman. K. .Li, president (»f the
Wah Chang Trading corporation, and
a governor of the New York .Metal
exchange, told the committee that the
to
high schools. •'K;.
Department of Religious .Activities
Bob Sim.'». chairman, Powell Free
man, associate chairman.
Department of Publicity—Joe Han-{ depre.s.sion is due either to
ey, chairmans'William Clarke, associ-!the short supply pf gold, or the mal-
ate chairman. Thi.s department seeks [distribution of gold, or the practice of
to keep the students informed of the' hoarding gold. And in the Orient, he
-work of the “Y.’’ v j said, hoarding was the principal trou-
Department of Social Work—1^*.,-. ihle. The low price
w- * u : uMi u’uu . i frightened people away from that moulded,
ron Wmgate, cha'rman, Bill White, • ...
rri.:. j _* metal, and if the coinage of silver Thornw
were resumed, so that the white met
al could perform a part of the ser-
Fine Season For
Thomwell Girls
Sox track card, the total number of ] Southeastern j A. A. U. boxing meet
me^'t.s on the freshman schedule is being held in Atlanta. Being unable
brought to fiVe. Four "of these are
dual meets, and, one js the state fresh
man meet, instituted last spring and
to be continued this season.
The first meet is with the Carolina
Biddies, when the frosh accompany
the Blue Stocking varsity to Colum
bia April 2. 'Two weeks later the rats
again go along w’ityjl their big broth
ers when they tackle Clemsbn, on the
16th. On Saturday of the same week,
or April 1^, they journey ialone to
North Carolina, whjer© they will hold
a dual flieet with Davidson’s yearling
Wildcats. The Furman meet on April I
23 is the last of the dual affairs for,
both freshman and varsity teams.!
From then on until May 6 they point
for the state meet, which is to be held
in Clinton. ~
This is the best schedule a fresh
man team has had here in some time.
La.st -season only a few frqshmen
tried-out..for the team, and’they ran
only once, in the state meet. This sea
son, with a ‘larger and very promis
ing s<iuad workout out, the athletic
director.s felt justified in arranging
a hard schedule for the freshmen and
this ambitiotrsr' schediife is the result.
packs alerrific punch. He plave^ full
back land, halfback on the freshmaft
football team this year, and was a
star guard 9h the basketball team.
I^st year, Neil “Nubby” Trviesdell,
representing Presbyterian college,
took away the honors m the feather-
weightjplass at the A. A. U. boxing
meet, b^t was unable to go to New
York to the finals because of an in-
Jjury to bi^hand.T , ^
Bolick has '^very possibility' to re
peat “Nubby’s” feat and honor
to find sparring^^* partners here, hej^o T. C. and to himself. The winners
'went to his homif in Charleston .for Southeastern meet ,w.]} go to
Harry Bolick, ifreshman boxer at
Presbi-terian college, ds-entered in-the
the finals, which are to be held at
Madison Square garden, in New York.
Bolick was accompanied to Atlanta
by Coach W. A. John.son and “Red’^
few' days last w“eek to get in
for the bouts.
Bolick, who proved to ,be spectacu
lar in several exhibition bout.s this!
season, attended Charleston high! A
school, where he was captain of thej The party left yesterday so as to
boxing team* his last year.1 Fighting j be in Atlanta in time to w eigh in a.t
in the light-rheavy class, he is one of ten 'o’clock this morning. Tne first
the StT^gest men in his w’eight aiid
bouts will be held this afternoon.'
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Twelve Games Won Out of Six
teen. Four Players To Gradu
ate In June. "
Thomwell orphanage high school j
'girls have finished their most sue-]
cessful season in basketball. At the /
beginning of the season the prospects j
were not very bright, but under Ahe
watchful eye of Coach Templeton aj
of silver had! well balanced basketball s<iuad wasl
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associate chairman. This department
is in care of all social work. It will
assist in the-"rat” reception and lookjyi^^ which gold alone rsiw’ performs;
out for the social welfare. hoarded gold would be released all
Department of Music — Raymond through, the Far East and in many
MacKendrte, chairman, Woodrow Tis-jother parts of <the world. It is qot a
dale, associate chairman. j question of bimetalism, Mr. IJ-suid;
Corresponding .S<H‘retary--James X. i**^'***^ could be used in the form of a
H I A- .1* ; 4 ..'reserve against currenov or as token
IS duties are to keep in touch v,. <> .v^.i
money, so long as its former market
Neely
with the national and state asswi-
ations and supply the organization
with literature. .
value was restored.
“In the last few montjis,” said Mr.
Li, “there has been a'gi*adual awak-
Exec’uiive l ommlttre—Barney Mac- >ning to-the fact that silver, after all,
Lt'an. t'laud Pepper and Robert I^'DmlpJa3^ a big-^utrC in the monetary sys-
' " I teins of the world.’’ —
' S. R. Bomanji,.Ha'.cotton nianufac-
turer of Bombay, pointed out that the
yUnlted States could make money by
1 accui^uluting a stock of silver at its
I pr^.seht low price and later selling it
to other nations which wi)l m>ed more
[silver in order to "restore thetlr de
based subsidiary coinage. S«»niething
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like that was done in 1918, when the
i Indian government purchased from
I the United States government 2lK),000
! ounces of silver at $1 an ounce,
j R'cne I.eon, regarded as one of the
I foremost authorities on silver, declar-
|t*d that the fall of silver began in
1926 when th^ Royal Commission on
Indian Currenry and Finance under
took io put the monetary sy.stem of
India on a gold-bull[on basis. This
made it necessary for India to obtain
.. gold, which it could get only by sell-
I ing its silver. ' "
“.All tho.se possessed of silver, ei-[ Thornw«/ll
ther as money or savings,” -says the j Thomwell
subcommittee’s statement, “or in oth-1 Thomwell
.M’ words, one-half the population of|Thornweil
the world, were put pn notice that | Thomwell
their money and savings were a’oout | Thomwell
Thomwell played 16 games, win
ning 12 and losing four. Most of their
opponents were much larger and in
most instances more experienced, but
their fighting spirit and good sports
manship led them to victory in nearly
every contest.
'The squad loses five of it.s stellar
players by graduation, Cannon, cap
tain, McKee, alternate capitain, Ken
nedy, Prather and Anderson. But the
prospects for a good team next j^ear
are bright.
Thomwell has no gymnasium and
in the past has played on an outdoor
coiH’t, but arranjfeme^Jt* Iwe«r n«de
to use the Presbyterian college gym
nasium this year. This being their
first year on an indaqr 'court .was a
little handicap to them; but after g«'t-
ting accustomed to it^they were able
to play good ball.
, -In the district tournamen-t-held in
Lauras, Thomwell entered as the fa
vorite, but having ,to play three
games in 24 hour^ was too great" a
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strain. Thomwell won the first two
games, losing in the semi-finals.
The seniors from Thomwell and
Clinton high school are looking for
ward to being on the Presbyterian
college co-ed team next year.
Results of the past season:
Thomwell.
Thomwell
Thomwell
Thornwell
Thomwell
Thornwell
Thomwell
Thornwell
Thomwell
Thornw^
Thornwell
18
Fountain Inn
10
25
Fountain Inn
' 15
34
G. Court-Owings
. 18
25
G. Court-Owings
[15
19
Whitmire Y
-38
24
Little Mountain
21
24
I.aureiis
.OK.
17
Newlierry
27
34
P. C. C«-ed.s
n
36
P. ('. (V-eds
15
27
Whitmire
13
27
Whitmire
23
29
('linton
15
17
(Minton
22
20
(Minton
•19
20
Greer
36
22
Greer
44
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li
to be destroyed.”
Chinese and Indian capitalists im
mediately began to proU*ct their oap-
i‘al by buying gold or gold exchanges
and holding the gold in reserve, but
! ihe ordinary inhabitant of those coun-
! tries never accumulates enough to
make gold investii^nts. The savings
of the people of India are almost en-'P'
tirely in the-Torm of precious metals]
and, owing to custom and tradition as |
w,.|| a, to the lowly ,tatu» of tho Selected By Team-
erage individual, silver is their prin-! -. ^ ."1
cipal hoard. The average Hindu has i Males After r irsl Year As
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lOWESTniCES
for quality work
; little or no banking facilities. So he
has continued to take depreciated sil
ver and has faced a steadily lowering
I iiuiividual purchasing power.
There is strong ground for the con
clusion that the Nationalist move
ment in Injlia, a revolt against Brit
ish rule, is in large part diK* to this
f depreciation of silver and the corre-
Member of Group.
At a meeting of the rifle team held
Wednesday morning, A. I). Ferguson,
of West I*ioint, Ga., was elected cap
tain for next season.
Although the past .season was Fer
guson’s first as a 'member of the
sponding ie<iuition of the already low team, his record stamps him as a real'
economic status of the average Hin-, mi^rksnian and he is- well-<leservingj
du; while it has lieen stated in thejof the honor bestowed on him by his;
, hesrings at Washington that the <ie-j team-mates. He stood sixth in total
;m.«.,.l China ..xchaiiip.,, arising “mail'Qi-har" matches
; tro.n this same cause the chea|.emng ^
of Sliver because of the cessation of ,, ^ ,,
ilE use a. money on e,,ual terms w.thi »ill gvaduate in IWi. He
gold, has had a serious effecit upon 1 school in 1928 and finished
the economic life of Japan .the prin- p’*'* sophomore y^ar in the spring of
I cip.al nation with which China trjides, 11930,i but did not return for the fol-
and that, therefore, the threatened | lowing session, ke oaine back this fall
wy between Japan and Cina may bet to finish; his course. He will go to
.said to have its roots in silver. -Camp McClellan this summer with
The device of turning .public atten-ithe R. 0. T. C. juniors.
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ing a foreign war is'an ancient one;
which has been resorted to many
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