Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED WEEKILY BY TI LITERARY SOCIE. TIEs or THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO LINA. TiRMs, $1.50 A SESSION, PAYAyL IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter Novembei 20, 1908 at the postofice at Columbia S. C., tinder the Act of March 3, 1879." Tim 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. OFFICER, Eddy Lake. Assistant Business Manager. R. E. SEiiELS, Columbia. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief C. T. GRAYDON, '10, Greenwood. Associate Editor J. 0. SHEPPARD, '11, Euphradian. Local Editors J. I. HAZARD, '11, Euphradian. C. A. AsiumEY, '10, Euphradian. Athletic Editors A. B. ADAMS, '10, Clariosophic. E. N. CARNS, '11, Clariosophie. Y. M. C. A. T. K. VAssrY, '10, Clariosophic. COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 28, 1009. Save up for Fair Week. Wake 'em up, Shakespeare. NVasn't the poem issue a stunner. Get ready to cheer for Fair Week. Cheering improved a little. Do better. We call for a meeting of the Fresh men class. Carolina won. Charleston lost. That's the news. Doctors, Yellow Jackets, preachers. \When ! What a combination. Now for a riffle with more doctors. BETTER MAIL FACILITIES. Ve need, and need badly, a change in our present system of (elivering mail. The college has outgrown the system, und hence a new plan should be immediately established. as the de mand is a pressing one. In our pr-es ent condition we have only one man to manage the mail of over three hun dredl men, besides the professors' mail and the large library mail. This is inadequate to the demands. Think of one man handling the mail of a whole college. It is preposterous. What is the result ? You have to wait sometimes half an hour to get a single letter. You have to fight and scramble to get up to the window, andl then you have to hold to the bars to keel) from being shoved andl jostledl awvay. You hav'e to standl patiently l)y and hear every' letter and paper calledl out until they happen to strike your~ name. All this is unnecessary and should be immlediately remedied. Again the postoflice booth, or wvhat ever we might call it, (suppose we say an out-house), is entirely too small. There is ordlinarily hardly room enough for the postman to move arond( in, and when it is full of mail, moving is entirely out of the question. This should andl could easily be remerdied. There is another phase of .the ques tion. Why' have we no place where we may secure stamps and postal cards? It is bad enough to have to go up-town to get a post office money order, but it should be unnecessary when we wish stamps. Why not let the postman sell stamps, etc., or, if that is not practicable, why not let a supply be kept at the office or in the library? Anywhere, just so it is a convenient place to the college men. To recapitulhtg. We need a larger postoffice. At least two men are necessary to handle the mail of three hundred men or more. \We should have longer opening hours ; and last, we ought to have a convenient place to get stamps and postal cards, etc. We hope and trust ithat the college authorities will give this matter imme diate attention, as it is a pressing mat ter. Take our water, our lights, our all, if you will, But do not fail To give us, we pray you, At least our daily mail. JAMES H. CARLISLE. Last week the University of South Carolina lost her most distinguished alumnus. Death called Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle, president emeritus of Wof ford College, to his final reward. He did not write his name into the pages of history with the emblazoned rod of w%ar, but he impressed his memory lpon the hearts of his fellow-men. He did not stand uipon the rostrum and there with one brilliant blaze of ora tory sway momentarily the minds of men, but by his quiet and simple con versation he has led thousands into paths of eternal righteousness. His birth was not heralded by the blowing of trumpets, the waving of flags and the shouting of a multitude, but his death has hushed the trumpets of fes tivity, placed the flags into half-mast and brought the multitude to grief. A life so simple and pure, a death so calm and quiet, has given us an exam ple of true greatness, and today Caro lina's head is bowed with sorrow at the loss of one whose life was indeed up lifting to our people. A SIN OF OMISSION. The twelve men who were in the library on Wednesday night and the thirty or forty men who were there until ten or fifteen imintes before closing time will probably agree with us when we say that ten o'clock is too early ito close the library. Last year THrE GAm.:cocic worked to get the library to stay open at night. We accompllishedl what we were wvork ing for, bu1t the hours of closing arc too early. People wvill say that "you kicked whenm'it wvas not open, and now you are not satisfiedl." Of course we are satisfied to a certain extent ; we are glad it is open~ at night ; to prove that, look at the number of studlents that go there every night, but wve ask, Is there not always room for improve meint? When you go,to the library at night, you go for one of two things, either to studly or to read and enjoy yourself. You are not able to get there be fore eight o'clock, becaue of the latnes of supper. When you get there it is probably fifteen or twenty minuittes after eight. If you have any books to refer to it takes some time to find them. It will be nearly nine o'clock by this time, and yet you have not worked any. You then have one short hour in which to do your work. This is too short. Yt is impossible for a col lege man to,do his work in one or two hours. It requires hours of lard work. Say you are reading a novel, in the most thrilling part, just as the hero is about to propose or do some rash thing, lere comes the tap of the librarian's pencil announcing that time is up. This is exasperating. Again, many men go to the library to keep from making a fire in their own room. Coal and wood cost a lot to a college man. No modern college man can go to bed as early as ten o'clock, because le has work that keeps him up until eleven, twelve or possibly later. When you leave the library at ten o'clock your room is cold and uninviting. The bed is the only warm place. You seek it, and hence leave your lessons unlearned. This will not do. So we contend that the library should remain open longer. \Ve are not kicking; no, indeed, we are delighted that it is open for even a short time, bug we hope that our ap peal will reach lionie and that the library will remain open at least until eleven o'clock. DR. JOYNES' GIFT. In last week's GAMICOCK we pub lished a letter from Dr. Joynes stating his iitention of giving the University his magnificent collection of modern language books. This gift was ac cepted, and now the University of South Carolina has one of the most complete sets of modern language hooks in the South. This collection contains about one thousand voluies, and each volume was selected on ac count of some especial fitness which it had along this line of study by one of the foremost connoisseurs in our coun try. Dr. Joynes spent years of ear nest study in developing his natural adaptitude for modern languages, in order to be a better teacher, and then with his study as a guide, lie began to collect the books which are now of so much value. We would extend our thanks to the venerable doctor, but we feel that his l6ve for this institution, and his solicitude for her welfare in a measuire prompted this gift, and we feel that it would be an insult to sich love for us to attempt to thank him for a gift mla(de so cheerfully anld 0on account of motives so unselfish. "Oh I You Seisfi." To whlom it may conlcern : 'Take niotice that tile wvord "seisin," hlereto fore p)ronounlcedl by the legal frater nlity "sEEiz-TN," shall, hereafter, by tile authority of the modern Blackstonle, heC pronlouncedl "sTzl.-IN." C. F. W. girl to University stud(enlts: "You all have b)rokenl nearly all the sp)okes off our iron fence." "Merry Widow" H-art, gallantly: "Madam, whlile we wvould evenl b)reak steel b)ars to reach you all, yet we must, ill this case, plead nlot guiltv." The Y..M. C. A. Rev. Kirkman G. Finlay, rector of Trinity church, made an address be fore the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday after noon. Mr. Finlay, in a very informal manner, talked heart to heart with the men. He drew a beautiful lesson from the Old Testament, an( then applied it in a practical manner, thus appealing to the intelligence of his hearers. ie showed that men who were entering college stood as it were upon a sacred )lace; that habits were being formed, and that these habits would go with us through life. He then appealed to the men to let no habit stand as an adversary to prevent us from entering upon a life of nobleness and of ser vice. It is to be regretted that the whole student body was not present to hear this stirring address. The ser vices were opened with a prayer. by Dr. Green and closed with a prayer by Dr. Mitchell. We always welcome the members of the Faculty to these services, and hope that they will con tinue to come. After the religious services, a busi ness meeting was held. As cold weather is approaching it was decided to hold the meetings after this in the Y. M. C. A. Hall. A new Y. M. C. A. editor was elected as a member of Tim GAMT:cocI Staff. H. C. Ritter, Jr., was elected to succeed Mr. T. K. Vassey, who has made us a splendid editor. It was also decided to hold a mid-week prayer meeting service on every Wednesday evening at seven thirty. These meetings will be con ducted by the students, and will serve a twofold purpose. It will help to develop leaders and will also serve to draw the men closer together. Every one is cordially invited to attend these services. At this meeting it was decided to make a thorough canvass, and invite every man in college to join the Y. M. C. A. As we all know, the Y. M. C. A. has not the united support of the whole student body. As a college organization the Y. M. C. A., like the Athletic Association or the Literary Societies, should have the active sup port of every man in college. Its very life depends upon this. The life of the Athletic Association depends entirely upon the support of the stu dent body. Without the aid and co operation of every man in college our teams must inevitably meet with dis aster. And in the same way the Y. M. C. A. can never amount to much without the support of the entire stu dent body. For this reason, men, the Y. M. C. A. has a right to expect yea, even to dlemland--the active sup-. port of every man in college. Let uts, then, ind(ividulally, give this support b)y at least joining the Y. M. C. A. Professor G. B. Moore to junior Furse: "Mr. Furse, where is the brain located ?" "Bones" Purse: "In the back of the heaid, doctor." Professor Moore, pointing to his forehead: "Is there any brain here, Mr. Purse ?" "Bones" Purse: "No, sir." Lives of footb)all men remind us, That they write their names in blood; A'nd dleparting leave behind .them, H-alf their faces in the mm1....n.