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THE GAMECOCK Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina. Terms, $1.60 a session, payable in ad vance. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908 at the Postofac at Columbia S. C., under the Act of March 8. 1879."' Te Gameeock solicits humorous sketches, essays, verse, etc., and will gladly pub lish such as is available, when accom panied by the full name of the author. Unsigned manuscripts will neither be acknowledged or returned. All checks and money orders should be made payable to Bernard Manning, Bus iness Manager. Business Manager. Bernard Manning, Sumter. Assistant Business Manager. B. S. Beverly, Virginia. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief. A. D. Oliphant, '10, Euphradian. Associate Editor. B. J. White, '09, Euphradian. Local Editors. J. H. Brown, '10, Euphradian. J. A. Marion, '09, Clariosophie. Athletic Editor. U. N. Sapp, '10, Clariosophic. T. K. Vasney, '10, Clariosophic. Y. M. C. A. W. S. Hutchlnoon, '09. COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 8, 1909. EXIMUS On account of the lack of funds, the present issue of The Gamecock will be the last of this session. The paper has been published entirely on the paid-in subscriptions and the money from this source has been exhausted. Although by no means a sinecure, our position as editor of The Game cock has been a very pleasant one. No editor ever had a more efficient staff to back him, and the staff has given The Gamecock the place it now holds among college weeklies of the South. We desire to extend our thanks to the Job Department of The State.Com pany for the many courtesies they have shown us. The whole force has been most obliging and painstaking. Editorially, The Gamecock has sometimes been wrong, but it has al ways been sincere. Had the paper con tinted, we meant to go on a crusade against the hazing pledge; for we be lieve that hazing is too deeply rooted in college life to be eradicated by an edict of the trustees. There will be hazing next year in a more or less mild form, and, in two or three years, the pledge will be a dead letter. This is our opinion, possibly worthless, but certainly honest. One last word. The Honor System must not be tampered with. After a residence of a year or more at Carolina, we become impregnated with the ethe real code of ethics for which the Honor System stands. To disseminate wrong ideas among the minds wvhich do not fully appreciate the scope of these ethical p)rinlciples, is a dangerous httsi ness. Every man's opinion is his Own, but, wvhen this opinion is against the fundamental princip)les of the H-onor *System, it is b)est left locked in his Owvn breast. A trule Carolina man canniot help but feel that anything ag'ainst the Honor System or any opinion which could possibly harm this centui'y-old institution is a dese cration of the shrine af which he and his fathers have worshipped. The Honor System is the grandest insti tultion at Carolina, representing as it does the growth of a century. If you don't believe in it, -you have got 'to con form to its rules. So what's the use in talkingr. The-majority goerns and the Honor System shall stand as it has. stood for a hundred years; un changed by imported opinions; unal tered by factional prejudice, and un harmed by any one's ideas. May The Gamecock crow again next session as lustily ,as ever and continue to be an organ for the free expression of student opinion, an advocate'of an unaltered Honor System, and of all that tends to upbuild the University. To our successors, whoever they are, we wish success and an'abundance of "chicken-feed," more than we have had, in the form of advertisements and subscriptions. THE SERENITY OF THE PRESENT SESSION The present sessioi has been one of unbroken prosperity. Acting Presi dent A. C. Moore has administered the affairs of the University most success fully. We cannot expect other insti tutions to be blind to his administrative ability and we fear that we shall not have him with us long. The student body as a whole appre ciate the just way in which he has dealt with them. There has been no clash between the students and the faculty. Everything has gone smooth ly. More work is being done on the campus than was being done last year. Everybody is well satisfied and contented. The two remaining months promise to be as unruffled as the seven which have preceded them, and if they are, they will make ip the most suc cessful session which Carolina has had since the glorious ante-bellum days. ON COLLEGE LIFE A man's college life is generally sup posed to be one of the most tranquil periods of his earthly existence. "Careful" is an adjective often ap plied to the college boy and his mode of living. It is commonly supposed that the college boy does nothing but jingle his father's silver in his trousers pocket. The uninformed think that he goes to bed at night and sleeps an(l rises next morning only to go to bed again at night and sleep. Thus, peo ple think, the college boy serenely lives out his four years under the pro tecting walls of his alma mater and that only after graduation does he know care and worry. I-ow mistaken is the general impres sion. The college boy toils, at times, over his hooks as hard as the business man over his ledger. Above him, dur ing his college career, hangs, like the sword of Damocles, the term exami nations. People who have never stood or wvho have forgotten college exami nations, may laugh at them, but the care and worry which they bring is as real as any in the "mad, bad wvorld" which lies just beyond the college wallIs. College honors, although they are emptiness itself, are worked for as hard as those in the world at large. To make the team involves pIroportion ately as much wvork as the acquirement of a substantial job. The p)olitical seeming involved in reaching the leadership among five hundred men is almost as great as that which it re quires to carry a county (luring an election. Men out in the world are no0 different from men in college. A leader in college will be a flede in th worl. Then there is financial trouble. Men with an unlimiteoAll6wance never:ex perience it, But the majority of men in co.lege know. it just. as do men out in the world, Board is due every month and is as real an .evil as rent. Then there is the ever-present "wash lady," and a multit de of financial evils, some large a d.some small, but each makes its inr'oads on the month's allowance. Let not the unsophisticated suppose that the mimic college world is one of unbroken serenity, one over which care never spreads its "brooding pinions," and which worry does not visit. The toil and strife of college days is as genuine as that which counts in after life. A PUBLICATION ROOM The office in Legare College, lately vacated by Prof. Hand, would make an ideal room for the use of The Game cock, Carolinian and Garnet and Black. The room could be furnished with desk and tables, drop-lights put in, .and, before cold weather comes again, a stove. The little room could be made very comfortable and would be a good place to hold meetings of the staffs of the various publications. Here the editors pould work free from interruption. The "copy" could be kept in the room and be free from the danger of being misplaced or de stroyed. A couple of typewriters might be rented and kept for the use of editors. A cabinet for the cuts which appear at various times could be installed and the cuts kept where they gould readily be had if wanted again. We would like to see the faculty give us this room. The opening of the new building for occupation will give all the needed room for classes and the little room in Legare could be put to no better use than that of a publication room. THE Y. M. C. A. ,Our speaker last Sunday afternoon was Dr. H. W. Bays, pastor of Wash ington Street Church. Hle gave us an excellent talk. We regret very much that there were so few out to hear him. But the boys evidently had a bad at tack of "spring fever." It must be ad mitted that this April weather is very alluring, and I don't mean to find fault with anybody for wishing to enjoy it. But we feel very bad indeed to invite a speaker here and then have no audi ence for him. We have secured Rev. Mr. Beden baugh of Olympia as our speaker next Sunday. Fellows, come to the meet ing as a matter of courtesy if you can find no better motive. For truly there is a point of courtesy in this thing. Let everybody remember that on the third Sunday in April Dr. Twvitchell -will deliver another one of his lectures. His sub)ject this time will be: "The Story of the Flood : As Told by Sci ence and as Told by the Bible." These lectures are not ordinary talks on re ligious topics. They have a dis tinctly scientific point of view. There is nothing like them available else where. We cannot afford to miss one of them. The minstrel club went to Lykes land last Thursday for one perform ance CLAIOSOPlIC SOCIETY. The society met at the usual hour last Saturday night with President Callison in the chair. The Euphra dians met us for a short joint session. After the joint session the society took up its regular work. S. L. Brandenburg was initiated. E. W. Carnes, having decided.to go into the Intra-Society debaters' con test, resigned as marshal for same, and B. T. Rainsford was elected in his stead. The following programme was rendered: Declaimers, Russell and Crout. Reader, Altman. Orators, Ritter and J. A. Marion. The query for- debate was: "Re solved, That capital punishment should be abolished." On the affirmative were Quattle baum, Jackson and Graydon; negative, M. L. Marion, Sullivan and Page. The committee on debate decided in favor of the negative. Mess Halls and Gymnasiums, Old and New The first steward's hall at the South Carolina College was built in i8o6, and occupied the position where Har per College now stands. This was used until 1848, when the house of a Mr. Beard, on the corner of Green and Main street, was bought for this purpose. This lasted until 1goi, when the present mess hall was built. The old building on the corner was only torn down about two years ago. In 1857 $2,100 was appropriated for a neat and commodious cottage to be located on some convenient lot on the campus" for the college marshal. The house on Sumter street now occupied by Prof. Baker was then built for this purpose. The earliest gymnasium of the col lege stood somewhere abdut the spot on which Prof. G. B. Moore's house is located. It was afterwards moved to the grounds east of the Science Hall, presumably where the athletic field now is. These earlier gymnasiums were, however, very crude and simple. New Building Being Used The new Administration building is occupied at present by two professors. Prof. Colcock has moved his surveying and drawing classes to the corner room on the first floor on the left hand side as you enter the building from the direction of the infirmary. None of his other classes have been moved so far. Prof. Davis also meets the public sp)eaking class in this building, but his regular English classes have not been changed as yet. All other assign ments have been made to this build ing, but they have not yet been made known. The Sadness of It The mournful days of Spring are come, The saddest of the year, It's -much too warm for whiskey straight. But still ,too cool for beer. -Selected.