The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 30, 1909, Page 2, Image 2
THE GAMECOCK
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TIEs olt THE UNIVERSITY oP SOUTH CARO
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"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.