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THE GAMECOCK PUBL.sED W9EK.Y nY THx LITERARY SoCIX TIES OF Tit UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO LINA. TERMS, $1.50 A SESSION, PAYABI, IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908 at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." Tus GAMIECOCK 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. Busincss Manager H. G. OvFIcER, Eddy Lake. Assistant Business Manager. R. E. SEine,s, Columbia. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief C. T. GRAYDON, '10, Greenwood. Associate Editor J. 0. SIEIPPARD, '11, Euphradian. Local Editors J. I. HAZARD, '11, Euphradian. C. A. Asi,EY, '10, Euphradian. Athletic Editors A. B. ADAMS, '10, Clariosophic. E. N. CARNS, '11, Clariosophic. Y. M. C. A. T. K. VASSEY, '10, Clariosophic. COLUBIA, S. 0., OCTOBER 7, 1909. Watch that team. Football hel-la-oo. "Big meeting" every Monday niorn mng. 'liose scrimmages. Don't they look good, Talk the game tip. The ball opens on Saturday, the ninth. Send The Carolinian and GArE COCK to the home people. Don't be a tight wad. Openi up. Be a wise guy. Subscribe for the GA1 VCOCK. NonI't put your college spirit in your trunk. Open it out and hang it on the campus, on the athletic field, every where. The football men feel encouraged when they see a large crowd on the side line. Coie out and watch the practice-everybody. OUR POLICY. What does the GAMECOCK stand for? What are we to work for? The answer to these important qlestions will outline our policy. First and foremost, we stand for a goodi, cleani, newvsy paper. Our aim is to issue a paper thlat wvill give tihe news ill an interestinlg manner. We shlali work hlard and earniestly for several muchl needled improve mlents. It was thirouigh tile conltinued knocking andl working of the GAMij COCK thlat tihe question of hlaving the lib)rary open at nighlt and( onl Sunday was brought before thle trustees. It is now open at nlight, but nlot on Sun dlay. May it soon be. Thereby we hlave accomp)lishled one great and last inlg good. W\e nleed better lights on tile caml pus. We ouight to have tile pulica tion room thlat wvas promised to tile Carolinian anid CAM icocK staffs. We mustelaveu some niac ...h.e.. we.. quench our thirst or we will die. We intend to discuss from time to time the important questions of college spirit. We are going to fuss at you if you don't support the athletic teams, and we will praise you to the stars if you (10. We will speak editorially of the gymnasium, and above all we expect to handle clean athletic news. - Thus, in brief, we state our policy. You hiave just read it. What are you going to do about it? Are you going to help us carry it out, or do you in tend to sit idly by and expect the other fellow to do all the work? The GAM:cOCK is not all our paper. It is yours as well. You own it. You must work for it. 'If you want a good .newsy paper you must get busy. The question is, will you do it? If you will, we will give you a hummer something newsy, so to speak. Be lively. With your aid we will suc ceed; without it, we will not try to predict the consequences. TRASH ON THE CAMPUS. It has been called .to the attention of the writer by several members of the faculty that, although we earnestly requested trash boxes to place waste paper in, these boxes have not been used as they should. It would seem to all outside parties that the students would be anxious to keel) the campus clean, yet some of the students care lessly, and seemingly almost malici ously, throw trash upon the campus. We might consider that the faculty may offer some excuse for the appear ance of our campus however bad it is to blame the students for all, but we have absolutely_io excuse now. Be fore the placing of the trash boxes around, that was an excuse, however poor it was, but now even that is re moved. The faculty has done their part, and now to use expressive slang, "it's up to us." THE HONOR SYSTEM. "The rewards and punishments of this institution shall be addressed to the sense of duty and the principles of honor and shame." This short sentence is the law of our University, it is the high court of jus tice, the supreme court of appeal. There is not a new student upon the campus, we venture to say, who has not heard something of the honor sys tem, one of the most sacred traditions of this institution, and yet we will fur ther venture to say that not a single one of these new students has exactly the proper conception of this system. This is caused from many reasons, among wvhich we may- mention that many new students consider that he will constantly be spied upon by par ticular p)arties; others think that per haps this is just a beautiful utopian theory, which has no practical results, but in each case there is a fallacy. It is one of the rules of the honor com mittee to have a meeting of the student body and there read .the regulations governing the carryitii>ut of this sys temi. There the whole system wvill be explained 'thoroughly, and- -it--is the duty of each new man to be present at this meeting, as well as the p)leasure of the older students. This meeting has not been held a yet from various r.. sons, but the date for it will be an nounced in the near future. Let every, student of the University be there present, and thereby show his interest in the pepetuation of this system tp the posterity of the University. CMMISSION AND OMISSION. There are some things that the stu dents -desire the faculty to do upon the campus, and these demands are seem ingly just ones, but we must consider how we use the things which we have. For an example, in this column you will find an editorial about using the trash boxes placed around at different places. You must use these improve ments in order to merit more. The GAMECOCK intends each week to criticize some sin of commission by the students, and to point out some sin of omission by the faculty. Let us remember, men, that sins of omission only follow from sins of commission in this case. Y. M. C. A. Meeting in Chapel. (Continued from Page One.) tanburg last Friday night, was made by President Mitchell. The Y. M. C. A. at this place.was represented by the folowing young men: J. C. Vassey, H. C. Ritter, C. E. Knight, P. W. Jayroe, T. W. Boucher, J. P. Evans, W. H. McMurray, P. L. Wright. Basket-Ball Team Now at Work. (Continued from Page One.) teresting contests before the end of the season. Let us each one take an in terest in this sport. Let Carolina put out a winning team this year. Alumni Notes. Mr. J. 0. Allen, '09, is teaching school at Webster, North Carolina. He is principal of a school of two hun dred students. Mr. William James, B. A., '09, was on the campus for a short time last week shaking hands with old friends. Mr. James is now principal of a flour ishing school at Statesburg, S. C. Mr. Murry M. Miller, B. A., '09, is now principal of a school at Reidville, S. C. Mr. J. C. Sheppard, B. A., '09, is now teaching Latin in the high school at Bennettsville, S. C. Mr. J. Copeland Massey, LL. B., '09, is practicing his profession -in Cheraw, S. C. Mr. Bernard Manning, B. A., '09, is working in a bank at his home, Sumter, S. C. The following notice is taken from the Greenwood Journal: MR. EUGENE H. BL4AKE. Mr. Eugene H-. Blake left a few clays ago for Columbus, Ga., where lie goes to take charge of the department of English in the high school of that city. ' Twvo years ago Mr. Blake graduated from the South Carolina University and the same year was elected Super intendcent of the McClellanville, S. C., High School. Last year lie taught in the Kirmeyer school for boys in New York city in which city he also took graduate wvork at Columbia Univer city. He goes well equipped to fill the p)osition to which lie has' been elected. The Herol Ten thousand eyes were on him As he swung his foot with grace, And smashed the yellow oval In the middle of its face. Five thousand tongues applauded As, with blood upon each cleat, He trampled the opposing line With unrelenting feet. An end-man got into his path, It was a ghastly sight. They found two teeth, one leg, one ear, Before the close of night. But once, for just a moment, He stopped his mad career, To run his gory fingers Through his shock of matted hair; And cast a long, approving glance Upon the females there Intent upon his gruesome work, And on his form so fair. Again the center snaps the ball; This time an open field; But one man guards the hostile goal, And that man's fate is sealed. He dashes on the doomed wretch; His foot is raised on high; He'll send his victim to the place Where summer's always nigh. But what is this that happens? A fierce tackle has him down. His haughty mouth and nose are crushed In the resisting ground. And with a start the Freshman woke, To find his bed on top, And that a fiendish Sophomore, On him had got the drop. C11u. Taxation with Representation. A Prof., who's known to us real well, Left us all in darkness drear. Anxious we were to hear him tell Of what was done that we could hear. Toward the North lie went one week To learn of taxes, we have heard; In chapel ihall lie then did speak Of what in Louisville occurred. They talked, he said, of taxes old And taxes new and taxes all, That "economically" hold' The qualities that help us all. Howe'er we fear, with minds so lax, His trip was made for reasons two: The faculty intend to tax Our minds the livelong season thru. Alas! alas! the gods do hold Our fates within their powerful sway But may we be so Viking bold As to annul that tax some day. XIPPINS. Junior Class Organizes. Oni last Thursday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock the Junior Class held its first nieetinig amid organized for the ensding year. The officers elected were, Pres ident, R. F. Bradley, Jr.; Vice-Presi (lent, P. L. Wright ; Secretary anid Treasurer, B. T. Rainsford ; Historian, J. 0. Sheppard; Representative to the Honor System Committee, C. G. WVyche. Lady to "Red Russell :" Mr. Rus sell, what is a kiss ? "Red" (2d E~nglish) : An indescrib able something that is of no value to any onie, but is much surprised by the right two.