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-.j ^ 11 i j .. 1,1 zmj^h!gtab undecided, r 7 ^^^Hferenc* With Columbia Uwivar?ity Head. i(liy Jno' K- Aull.) Sept. 16.?Whan the fcnfrom Clinton tome HpODr. Davidson McDowRresident of th? Pfesbyhad boon offered th? ex^^^^Hfency of the University of Boqth and that he had the matter advisement, it waa generally that Dr. Douglas must have Hpvcaiiy determined to accept the Kriirsity presidency, or else no an, pPBancement -would have been made sntll some definite decision had been arrived at?and none then unless th c I decision of Dr, Douglas had been to I f accept/ However, there was no basis L' r this conclusion other than the usuI fcpd course, that not very great public wlty if usually given to the processes V through which one who has been callV ed to so high a position as president of the univereRy makes up his mind whether or not he will accept the call. the situation now ia, the university m oyemr this week, with Dr. Douglas t still undecided, and with Dean . L. T. ?aker aa acting president. It had )>een hoped that before the opening of the session, the new president would be in charge, or that there would have been aome assurance as to ^rhen a new administration would begin. It is understood that when the board began tp cast around for a suitable man, Dean Baker let it be known, when his i oame wa? suggested in the public prints, that in no event did he desire the presidency, and that he preferrd it o that his name should not be suggested . J,pir considered. A close friend of Dr. W. W. Ball, dean of. the school of . journalism, made a similar statement ' as to Dr. Ball's attitude when his name was suggested in some of the newspapers. The board of trustees has given out HO statement in regard to the matter, r ? The first announcement that the position had been tendered to Dr. Douglas came from Clinton. Nothing went out from Columbia. The board has j sat quiet?though the newspaper? have been full of Dr. Douglas's consideration of the offer since first it was made. The Presbyterian College at Clin ton began its session last week, anc the board of trustees, the alumni, th< faculty and the students, all adopte< resolution's urging Dr. Douglas to re main at its head. That there will bi rgencrul regret in Presbyterian College circle* If he should leave Clinton is evidenced in the sincere tenor of the resolutions, and in the appreciation of the splendid Work which he has <lone , there, It is sated that the next move in the situation will be a request by Dr. Douglas <to Governor McLeod that the governor call a special meeting of the .board of trustees of the university, that Dr. Douglas may meet with them, and that even after that he will desire a little more time for consideration^ The board has already elected him, < but probably there are some details which he desires to discuss. It will be recalled that following Dr. Douglas' statement to a newspaper correspondent some time ago that he still had the matter under consideration, the names of other gentlemen in the State were mentioned and these gentlemen urged by their friends. In the event Dr. Douglas should now de-1 cline, after all the publicity that has , been given the tender made him, and 1 his difficulty in reaching a decision,1 the question has arisen as to whether or not the difficulty of the board in securing a suitable president would be^ncreased. It is a hard job sometimes to be able to get the right man just at the time desired. And* the presidency of the university is a hard job. The university is a big institution. keep its activities properly before the people of the State; to be in sympathetic touch with its various departments, with its large faculty, and with the personnel of. its student body, is a real man's job. It is wearing on the nerves, and it is grinding on the whole human system. It takes not only mental ability, but physical equipment, because when ope has been there for a few years it comes down almost to a test of endurance. Dr. Melton carried on, perhaps, longer than he should have, in the interest of his health. He was a sick man at the time of his last appearance before the ways and means committee of the house when it was considering the appropriation for the institution. He wore himself down in the work. 1 However, it is believed that it will 1 not be much longer before Dr. Doug' | las reaches a final decision, and those ^ | who are in close touch yvith the situatinon seem to think it will be to - j come to Columbia. 1, 2 j A Washington woman was recently 1 : arrested and fined for driving an au-! tomobile with one arm around a pel 31 poodle. ( Farm Power nod Machinery Dny. ?wwwai.i Clemson Collage, Sept. 11.-?In order to emphasis* the importance of using more power and labor-qpving machinery in farming , operations, a Farm Power and Machinery Day will will be held at Clemson College Thursday, September 23, acordbig to J. T. McAllister, Agricultural ' Engineer, who has charge of the arrangements. 7 The lateot typess of improved laborsaving machinery will be on display, motion pictures will be shown, and -there will be short talks by farmers who are using power machinery. The main feature of the day will be a tractor demonstration, performing all the. various farming operations, especially cultivating. All companies manufacturing tractors that are euitable for cultivating and other farm operations are invited to participate. Senator Graham Dead. . ' V ' fr * ,l - j 1 Kingstree, Sept. 18.?State Senator S. A. Graham, of Williamsburg county, died at 12:80 o'clock this morning in a hospital . here. He suffered a stroke some days ago and never re1 covered. He was bom in Williamsburg couAty March 16, 1860. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock at New Market, near Greeleyville. Senator Graham owned perhaps the largest private collection ! of rare books on South Carolina his! tory. A Canadian outdoor rose, the 'Agnes', won, the American Rose Society's Walter Van Fleet gold medal. It was grown by Dr. William Saunders, father of Dr. Charl^ Saunders, discoverer of Marquis wheat. Misses Bernice and Phyllis Viten-fteld, twin sisters, aged 12 years, on Monday swam seventeen and a half miles, from Yonkers to the Battery, New York City, in six .and a half hours. Now they want to try the English Channel. 7 Senator Jim Reed, of Missouri, has announced that he will not dgain be s candidate for the senatorship. It ii intimated that he will seek the Demo cratic nomination for the presidencj in 1928. Major Arthur Brooks, negro, vale to the last four presidents of the Uni ted States, is dead. Brooks was : ' lieutenant colonel and before passinj the age limit of reserves was com t. mander of a battalion of militia of th< District of Columbia. * THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Interesting Notes ^ Gathered From MaiX Sources. Tbe east coast of England is rapidly being eaten awpy by the %??. The town of Dunwich lies ' beneath the waves, and Holderness is fightin#-? | losing hat tie. A half million people live on the desert lands of the Sahara. Horses of the London police department are being experimentally shod with rubber shoes. The best catch in 'sixteen years by j Canadian sealers is attributed to the i cooperation of air men who from their machines indicated where the animals congregated in the largest numbers. All telephone lines in Japan are to be placed in underground conduits. Annabel E. Lewis, 14, Deerfield, N. J., girl, committed suicide Monday because she could not get her hair bobbed in time to join her school classes on the opening of school. Ships arriving in New York Tues-' day report passing through a fog at sea on the last trip from England that lasted for thirty hours. It was said to be one of the worse fogs on Tecord. An animal strong as a mule, possessing as great intelligence and able to withstand terrific heat, has been produced on a Kansas farm. It has been christened a 'zebroid,' being a cross between a zebra and a Percheron. Thurlow Lieurance, composer of 'By the Waters of Minnetonka,' recently made his first visit to Lake Minnetonka. On an Indian reservation in | Montana Lieurance received his in! spiration from the song of a Sioux (Indian. | Catnip being grown by the Unij ted States Biological Survey. The oil j obtained from the plant is to be used in trapping mountain lions. Catnip is a lure for all members of the cat tribe .4 save the cheetah, or hunting leopard | of India. s | French fliers have adopted as thei: i j patron saint Father Camus, whose j name will soon be entered for canoni J zation. He made a memorable bal r loon ascension, August 6, 1784. j Municipal guards in full uniforms I with bayonets at their sides, saw to i - that there was no cheating at thi \ matriculation examination of Sor ? bonne University. Tornadoes in the United States e during 1925 numbered 115, and caus ed aggregate damage of $25,000,000. The Williams-Ratliffe Plying Serv- r ice, after a week*s postponement on ^ account of. necessary motor -replace- '3 1 jnents, will resume their passenger < I and exhibition flights from the 1 1 Springdale field Saturday morning. .1 As announced last week a special , feature of their stay in Camden will j be wing stunts by Verlin Ratliffe and i * the distribution of copies of zThe j , Chronicle by one of its staff mem- j . bers. Readers are invited' to search 1 . carefully the contents of The Chron- < icle as it comes from the air Saturday j afternoon. 1 t - Mr. Ratliffe and Mr- Williams, 3 pilot and former army air service - man, and Mrs. Ratliffe and Mrs. Williams, who are accompanying the airmen on their way North toy motor, - have been registered at the Camden Hotel for the past week awaiting no lor parts from an Ohio factory, fl rVith the arrival of complete fitment* I yesterday the Tepairs will be made at mce and the biff five-passenger ship I vill again be seen over Camden Sat-1 irday and Sunday, l"-T'I Copies of The Chronicle will befl brown over the business Bection ofO Camden Saturday afternoon and im-fl mediately following Mr. Ratllfle_.wiM jive a daring stunt exhibition ovejfl the Springdale flying field which, aJg. cording to almost every aviator \M?m itin^ Camden, is one of the best ^^9 safest in the South. Big game animals are increasiiw , V the National Parks. 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