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THE GAMECOCK PUBLIsHEI WIEKI,Y BY THE LITPRA1tY SOClE TIEs olt THE UNIVERSITY oP SOUTH CARO .LINA. TERMS, $1.50 A SEssIoN, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908 at the postoflice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." TiE GAMECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verse, etc., and will gladly publish such as is available, when accompanied by the full name of the author. Unsigned manuscripts will neither be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and money orders should be made payable to H. G. Officer, Business Man ager. Business Manager H. G. OFImCER, Eddy Lake. Assistant Business Manager R. E. SEIDELS. BOARD OF EDITORS. Edifor-in -Chief C. T. GRAYDON, '10, Greenwood. Associate Editor J. 0. SIIEPPARD, '11, Euphradian. Local Edilors J. I. HAZARD, '11, Euphradian. C. A. AsmI.EY, '10, Euphradian. Athletic fiditors A. B. ADAMS, '10, Clariosophic. E. N. CARRIS, '11, Clariosophic. Y. M. C. A. T. K. VAssEY, '10, Clariosophic. CoLUMBrA, S. C., SEPTEMBER 80, 1909. Coach White is on the job. Lets have bushels of college spirit. "Endurance in athletics is the thing," says Dr. Babcock. He's right. That Monday morning athletic meeting was a hummer. Let's have another. Didn't it sound good when Coach White compared Carolina College spirit to Harvard? That talk about the new gym sounds mighty good. And that swimming pool. Let's have 'em. Gymnasium Instructor Schofield is right when he says, "athletics include everything, football, baseball, track, basketball, tennis and gym." Take them all, boys. WELCOME. TH1 E GAI-',COCK gives it right wing to each and every new man upon the campus. We want you to feel, as we hope the old men feel, that this is your paper, your means of free expression of opinion, and your own news bud get. We will be glad to receive any sketches, poems, news items, jokes and the like from any of you. Such papers~ may be handed in to any mem bcr of the staff. There is no need for uIs to welcome in the name of our president. His kind and courteous mannier, his glad hand-shake, and his genial smile, has already won the hearts of us all, and if youl have not already been wel corned by him (almost impossible), there is indeed a treat in store for you. LITERARY SOCIETIES. The aim of a college education is to develop a well-rounded man. A man not only well-versed in Latin and Greek, not only capable of standing severe physical strain, but one also able to comn)ete with his fell,. in every branch of life. The world has issued, is issuing, and will forever issue a clarion call for earnest and capable workers, and it is the ultimate aim of a college education to still into men earnestness of purpose and capa bility of accomplishment which tend to success. The advantage of a literary society training in making such men can not be overestimated. The Latin and Greek that you learn is soon forgotten. Twenty years from now the name syllazism will have connected wilth it only a hazy association of unpleasant ideas, but the training that you obtain upon the floors where Preston, Cal houn and other famous Carolinians have stood will ever be with you. Whether you be at a Sunday-school picnic or a political barbecue the de mand for a speaker is the same, and in many instances in places and at times when you are least expecting, a call may be made for you to speak. At present no one of us knows ex actly what we are going to do in life. You may be called upon by your peo ple to represent them in the law-mak ing bodies of the land, and there, too, the society training will serve you well. Parliamentary laws are learned and applied ; the mind is taught to think much faster. The whole being is made more alert. There is an old and some what common place saying, "you can not teach an old (log new tricks," and this might be well applied here. Learn now and know hereafter. Then, we may say in conclusion, that the society gives training to men which can not be obtained in any other way. It .teaches them self-confidence; it teaches them to be able to think quickly; it teaches them to express such thoughts forcibly; and, lastly, it develops that part of man which is at this (lay one of the most essential parts of man. PATRONIZE OUR ADVER TISERS. The students of this University pub lish three different kinds of papers or magazines each year; a weekly, TIHE GAMECOCK; a monthly, The Caro linian; and, lastly, an annual. The Garnet and Black. The last two of the publications are dependent for their existence almost wholly to the advertisements therein, and the first mentioned, in a measure so. Those men who advertise in the college pub lications do so from business reasons. They desire that we give them our trade, and it is our duty to do so, for in so doing we help ithem and help our selves. The manager of The Carolinian has placed a list of their adlvertisers on the bulletin board, andl we feel sure that the other managers wvill (10 like wise. When you go to buy anything look over those lists and see can't you find it at one of our advertisers. This will not be much trouble, and ist is your duty to your college papers. Dr. Mitchell (addressing the stu (lent body): "There will be an import ant meeting of the German Club this evening. All interested in this branch of study will p)lease be p)resent." Send a copy of THE GAMECOCK home. THE PUBLIC DRINKING CUP. Up to last year there was near the mail window a pipe with drinking water therein. This was removed by order of sonic one, and nov we have no water convenient. We have heard that the regson for this was because of the disease which was spread there from. 'Now, the college men are forced to drink from the pipes at the rear of the buildings, which, in our opinion, is a much graver thing. When the cup was at the marshal's office a man could come there and- rinse the cup and drink, but now the men put their mouths on the pipe, which is a much worse habit. We are itold by bacteriologists that thousands of harmful bacteria float upon particles of dust which we breathe in daily. Then if we have to have these abominable things, the very sight ( ?) of which we abbor, let us at least have the pleasure of drinking them. Take our food from us, place us upon the grass with only the heavenly canopy above us to sleep, but do not, we beg and pray you, do not refuse our parched lips a drink of God-given, heaven-purified water. The Y. M. C. A. The Y. k , C. A. held its first meet ing of the session last Sunday after noon. The meeting was well attended by a representative body of students from all the departments. Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, of Green Street Methodist church, gave a strong and impressive address on the subject of Completeness of Character. He urged the men to connect themselves with the Y. M. C. A. and attend to the development of their religious natures as well as their intellectual and physical natures. Dr. Mitchell then outlined some plans which he hoped to see the Y. M. C. A. carry out. The plans are these: The trustees have on hand $850 to be spent in equipping a Y. M. C. A. hall. The buikuing occupied by Dr. G. B. Moore can be converted into a hall, with reading rooms, reception rooms, and an auditorium for the Y. M. C. A. This will then be the students' build ing, and when educators and speakers visit the University they will be the guests of the students, and can be entertained in the Y. M. C. A. build ing. It is up to the members of the Y. M. C. A. and students to mature these plans. Dr. Mitchell will address the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday afternoon at 3:15. The association is going 1to continue its custom of giving a reception this year, wvhich will be tonight. There will also go about six dhele gates to the Y. M. C. A. convention, which meets in Spartanburg next Fri (lay night. Dr. Mitchell will be the first speaker a:t this convention. Senior Class Elects Officers. At a meeting of the Senior class on Monday afternoon the following offi cers were elected: President, I. F. Belser ; Vice-President, A. B. Adams; Secretary andl Treasurer, E. D. Ellis; Representative to the Honor System Committee, A. D. Oliphant, and H-is torian, C. TI. Graydon. Patronize our namdvesrs. University Notes. The University opened on Wednes day morning with an exceptionally good attendance and bids fair to stir pass any previous year before the close of the session. Exact figures will be given later. Hon. W. A. Clark has presented the University with a bound file of an old Columbia newspaper for the year 1830. It started in January of that year as The Southern' Times, but be fore the end of the year it was known as The Times and Gazette. It was printed at first by McMorris, later by McMorris and Wilson. The original subscriber for the numbers in this file was a Mr. A. Fitch, who was a drug gist of Columbia. The University has a large and growing collection of Co lumbia newspapers, and Mr. Clark has the thanks of his alma mater for this most acceptable gift. Dr. J. W. Babcock, one of the Uni versity's best friends, addressed the student body Monday morning on "Health," the need of sunshine, fresh air and exercise to make the best man. Mr. R. C. White, who is training the football team, has made a fine impres sion on all for his manly character as well as for his knowledge of the game. Most pleasant evenings have been spent by several groups of students during this week at the house of Presi dent Mitchell, where he and his charm ing wife entertained them at supper. During the coming session the stu dents will have the care and attention of a thoroughly competent physical director, Mr. Schofield, who will make earnest effort to help each one to over come any weakness in his physical makeup. They will be shown how to take that form of exercise most bene ficial to each man. A large number of the students of the University have gone to West Point and in their careers have won distinctions and honors that their alna mater looks upon with pride. Capt. Frank Parker, of the class of 1889, graduate(d at the military aca demy with a high stand in his class and afterwards taught Spanish in the academy. Being an exceptionally fine cavalryman, lie was sent by the gov ernment to the celebrated riding school in France. He is now in command of one of the army posts in Cuba, where he has built barracks, target range, academy, and all the other buildings necessary to a military post. He is an enthusiastic polo player. Capt. Par ker is a native of Georgetown. Dr. George A. Wauchope has in the press oaf H-. Altemus, Philadelphia, an edition of Pope's Rape of the Lock and Critical Poems, which wvill appear some time this winter. The chief rea ture of this edition is a stud(y of the text of these poems. Dr. Wauchope will represent the University at the annual meeting of the State Universi ties of America in Massachusetts, and wvhile in that State he will attend as representative of the University on the inauguration of .the new president of H-arvard. Prof. George McCutchen attended from the 22d1 to the 24th the annual meeting of the International Taxation society in Louisville. Mr. J. L. Wilds, B. S., '04, is going to' the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology the comning sesin.