00V. BLEASE OBJECTS
TO FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Tnkcs tho Stand that Architects on
W( ? (?... Hi Building Should he Na
tive South Carolinian*.
Columbia, April 6.?A? chairman
px-offlclo of tho Winthrop College
board of trustees, Governor Bleaae to
day went on record asoppos ing the em
ployment of an out of the State archi
tect for the new building to bo erected
at that institution and repudiated the
contract that had been made by the
bni'ding comm.ttee.
A hurtled "nil for a meeting of the
board Monday, at noon, was also is
sued by the Goverm r. At this moot
ing the question will come up for dis
cussion and Governor Blouse will pre
sent his attitude to the board.
President Johnson Informed.
The governor wired his views to Dr.
I>. P. .Johnson, the president of Win
throp. Dr. Johnson is now North. His
roc rotary Informed Governor Bleaso
that his message would be delivered
upon the return of Dr. oJhnsou. The
inespage rails the meeting of the board
Jn Governor Blouse's office next Mon
day at noon.
Governor Blease had the following
to say on the matter:
"I want to go on record as repudiat
ing such a Contract. I have asked Ilm
committee not to sign the contract and
to hold It up pending the mooting. My
reasons for so doing are thai we have
as good architects in South Carolina
as there are In the Union.
Why Kni Home Man
"Our men are raising families in
Ibis State; they are paying taxes and
are helping to support our institutions
?then why should we pat ionize an
achiteel from another State for the
plans of a building to ho erected in
one of our towns and by one of the
State's institutions? Why should tho
State put Itself on record as favoring
tin- em ploy men I from men rrom be
yond her borders? We should em
ploy a SoutIi Carolinian. As soon as
I saw it reported that the building
committee was to employ a man from
Charlotte, I at ouce made known my
posit ion.''
Governor Please was emphatic in
stating thai he repudiates such a con
tract and.as chairman of the board he
?will never place his name to such a
?roccedlng. lie thinks that South
Carolina's professional men are good
enough to employ and that the State
should not set such an example as
this In going beyond the border to get
an achitecL
Building Committee.
The building committee at Winthrop
consists of the president. Dr. D. B.
Johnson .Mayor Roddey and D. W.
McLaurln.
The building that caused Governor
Hlense to oppose an out of tho state
architect is the new arts and indus
trial building, provided for at the
last session of the general assembly.
This bill caused quite a stir when
Senator Stewart fought for it in the
senate. He finally had It passed. Then
Governor Mlease signed the Act. Then
came the fight on the education Insti
tutions, and the senate, having agreed!
to give Winthrop a new building, gave
the other institutions what they ask- J
ed for. Governor Mlease vetoed the;
Item for the University providing for
a new building.
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Sprlllg? of Course. *
Crom Collier's Weekly. *
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Chameleons and fops deserve envy
when the "first real days of spring"
arrive. How we long, on some of
these sunny mornings, to celebrate
in expressive raiment the season of
expansion! Beside the push-cart of
the ol' clo'es man or before the mer
chant tailor's windows we stand and
picture ourselves now in "thrush
brown." now in "silver gray," now in
some shade of joyous green. To have
one suit of each would he too full a
cup. Happy chameleons! Lucky fops!
We knew one man who. whenever he
felt downhearted, could restore BOlf
confldenc > If he simply had his shoes
polished and then went sauntering
dowii the sunshiny side of the street.
Another acquaintance afllrms thai a
colored waistcoat may be the first in
spiration of a genuiuoicareer. "Never
trust poople who pretend that they
have no joy in their new clothes,"
warns Kenneth Grahamo in "Dream
Days." Least of all are such people
to be trusted i:' they affect indifference
to a sartorial season which this year ;
has a terminology almost poetic. "Mist '
blue" is a popular shade in men's
suits, and purple and lavender are ad
vertised as approved colors for hosiery
and scarfs. A suit for every mood is
the idc."! slate to which the chameleon
attains with ease and the fop with
Study. Lovers, doubtless, should dress
in gorgeous silks. How easy It might
be to declaim the Question if the stiit
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or wore nl'owcd to wear a costume ap
propriate to hiB state of soul! Suppose
that wheu he threw back his opera
cape she might see (like a maid of the
time of Elizabeth) a symbol of splen
dor and hope and joy. Idle longings,
these. Even the fop, nowadays, may
not express his mood in eloquent ap
parel; and for the rest of us, we vain
ly sigh, upon the coming of another
bright season, for evon one complete
change. In our personal experience,
two men have given spring a fitting
welcome. One fell heir to a little for
tune. Passing a jeweler's shop soon
afterward, he saw In the window a
watch-fob of yellow dogskin, from
which dangled an Ivory bulldog head
for a charm. He bought. Ilrst. the fob:
then a suit to match it: then tan shoes,
a dark brown derby, brown socks and
ties, and some brown striped shirt
to match the suit, with garters of yel
low silk for a dual touch. The otlt sr
man, being of the steadfast type, i
the same wlio as a boy sat on a hitch
lug-post at the corner of the court
house square in Lancaster. Missouri,
watching a circus parade, and :here
upon took oath that when he grew up
and had the money he would buy a
elicits of his own. Now, at fifty, he
st-11 r.members the vow: and th?lifh
his business is selling horses ami
mules, his heart Is in a new "side
line." and in the winter the basement
of his big red farm barn Is full of
noisy elephants and lions. And so. as
an orphan boy doing chores around
the town for his keep, lie also resolved
to have good clothes some day. costl.v
and in plenty. Every spring lie g? s
to Chicago and buys a complete outfit,
'ndividnul In color scheme, ami topped
with a hat of polished silk. "What!*
ihe bill?" he aska "Two hundred and
tlfty dollars." says the salesman after
some work in addition. "Its loo much
-I won't pay a cent over two hundred
and tyenty-flve dollars" Thus for
Wholesale lots, lie secures a reduction.
Bv the way, women's hats, though full
of color, ere smaller this spring. Had
you noticed? Perhaps not; at any
rato, a woman is likely to be happy
while she makes her Easier purchase.
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