The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03

stands ready to aid in an honor
able solution of the problem.
Life at The Citadel.
Editor The Manning Times:
Perhaps there are some alumni
Of The Citadel in my county who
still have an interest in the work
being done at this institution,
and who would like very much
to hear a word or two as to how
things are moving along at their
alma mater. In looking; through
the register of our school we find
not a few men from Clarendon
who have already received their
diplomas, and have gone out in
to the world to make a name for
themselves and for the school at
which they received their train
ing. We cannot as yet speak from
experience when we say it, but
we believe that a graduate of a
college has at ali times the inter
ests of his alma mater at heart
and stands ready to do anything
that will promote her standing
He is also anxious to hear the re-
suit Of a foot ball game, or some
oratical contest, because. the ''col.
lege spirit. which he had when a
student is not yet dead. It is our
purpose to keep those in touch
with the school, and to inform
others as to what we are doing
at the 'sWest Point of the South. .
AS the usual thing the life of a
cadet at any school is more or less
monotonous. From reveille until
taps the routine of work each day
is much the same. Guard mount.
ing, recitations and drill are daily
occurrences with the exception
Of Saturday and Sunday at such
a school. With all these. things
a cadet is kept busy and finds only
a little time for recreation.
The preliminary oratical con
test to select a speaker to repre-.
sent US in the state oratical con
test held at Greenwood in May,
will soon be held. Those who are
to speak in the preliminary con
test are hard at work preparing
their orations. Among the mem.
bers are ". S. Workman, '09: q.
P. Cornwell, 10; and C. NJ. Pill
gram, 10. It will be remember.
ed that our representative last
year come out third in the state
contest.
Our new superintendent, Col.
0. J. Bond, is up after a long at.
tack of typhoid fever, but be has
not yet taken the work Of the
academy again in hand. During
his sickness Maj. St. James Cum
mings, the professor Of English,
has acted as superintendent.
Much interest is being taken in
the track team at present. We
have only an hour in the after
Moons to practice for such, but
several boys can be seen at that
time out on the square running,
jumping, vaulting, and other
things pertaining to track team.
Capt. Louis S. LeTellier, instruc-
tor in drawing, is coaching the
squad. Some time in the near
future there will be a track meet
between (The Citadel, Charleston
College, the city Y. M. c. A,
Porter Military Academy, and
probably the high school of this
city. We are confident of carry
ing off many of the honors on
that day as we have some good
material. During the hour allow
ed for practice, one Of our best
runners runs around Marion
Square more than twenty times,
a distance of about six miles. He
has run a mile in less than six
minutes.
Our foot ball season has long
since close. We made the best
record last fall with the excep-
ton of the season of '06 that we
have ever made. In 1905 we not
only did not lose a game, but
were not even scored against, one
of the games was a tie, however.
The past season the Carolina
bunch was the only one to defeat
US. Among those defeated by US
were Charleston College, the
Medical College and Mercer I'm
iversity of Georgia.
In base ball we expect to be
more successful this season than
last. Christopher Matthews, man
ager Of the Charleston league
team, has been secured as coach
and it is believed that he will de-
velop a good team. We have some
good material in the freshman
class.
Our glee Clubs busy now work
ing up a minstrel which we pro-
pose to give at one of the thea
forums some night in the near
future. The proceeds will go to