The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-02
FURMAN UNIVERSITY.

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versity. The boys have left for
home. The usual animated life and
noise about the Campus has ceased.
The dormitories are dark, cold, and
closed. The boys'9ar with father
and mother, brother and sister, yes,
and sweetheart, too.
1t has been a fine session at Fur
man. 2S7 men have been matricu-
lated, which is 81 more than were
ever enrolled in an entire session be-
fore. They have been fine, sturdy
lot of boys, coming from all parts
of the state, and from other states. !
i One man came from China, though
he is not Chinese. The boys have
been steady lot, full of good, hard
work in their classrooms. At the
! same time, there has been an in
tense interest in athletics of various
kinds. The football season has been
particularly successful. Furman's
team played nine games, winning six
of them by defeating Wofford, Of
Spartanburg; Presbyterian College,
, of Clinton; Wake Forest, of North
2 Carolina; Oglethorpe, of Georgia;
j Citadel, of Charleston; and Erskine,
J of Due West. They played Clemson
to standstill with score of 7 to 7,
! ! in one of the greatest games ever
= seen in the state. They were defeat
3 ed by Georgia Tech, and by David
son, of North Carolina. 1t was a
] fine record and the material for a
Varsity team next year is very rr M
J ising. "Speedy Speer", star player
! of the club, will be back, and several
others of the leading men on The
team.
The literary societies have been
having fine work. The Adelphian So
ciety recently held it's 69th open
session in the chapel of the Univer-
sity. A large body of friends of the
young men and of the University
J were on hand to cheer the boys on in
their literary endeavors. The pro-
gram was an admirable one. The
closing item was very able debate
on the subject Resolved, that it
! would be best for both countries for
, the United States to annex Mexico"
DR.. D. M. Ramsay, Of Greenville
Women's College, was chairman of
the committee of judges. He COM
plimented all the young men on both
the matter and form of their ad-
dresses; but the judges gave the de-
cision unanimously in favor of the
| negatlve,-a decision which the peo-
pie of the United States would prob
ably approve.
During the holidays the great
Quadrennial Student Volunteer Con-
ventlon will be held at Des Moines,
. Iowa. Furman will be represented
by Messrs. E. M. Harrison, Jake Ra-
sor, H. M. Reaves and W. H.. Bar
field. Mr.: Harrison is president of
the Student Volunteer Convention of
: the state of South Carolina and goes
as the representative of that body.
They will come back full of enthusi-
asm for the great cause of foreign
missions and it is hoped that they
will bring to the University and to
! the churches in the neighborhood
! something of the information which
they gather and of the enthusiasm
which they will be- inspired by the
great speakers of the world whom
! they will hear.
. Repre- .entatives of Abbeville coun-
: ty at the University are: w. w.
Edwards, Due West; S. L. Hill, Alb
oeVllle; J. C. Todd, Due West, aid
Sam Watt, Due West. These young
men all fill large places in the life
OF he student body. Mr.. Edwards
Is Cheer Leader for the University
/ and 1t is needless to say that he has
made a large contribution to the
success of the football team by the
vigorous way in which he has trained
and led the students in cheering on
their comrades to victory. Mr.. Todd
has been one of the star players up
on the football team con+r;bu+;,n |