Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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E%pv & amsuock PUaLISuXD W.EKLY BY TiE LITERARY SOCI TIES 01 THE UNIVERSITY oil SOUTH CARO LINA. TERMS, $1.50 A SESSION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908 at the postoffice 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. OVVICER, Eddy Lake. Assistant Business Manager. R. E. SEIDELS, ColumbIa. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief C. T. GRAYDON, 10, Greenwood. Associate Editor. T. M. Ross, '11, Euphradian. Athletics Editors P. L. WRIOIT, '11, Euphradian. C. G. WYCIiE, '11, Clarlosophie. Local Editors W. S. Bot.T, '12, Euphradln. J. H. FE.ERS, '10, Clariosophic. Y. M. C. A. Editor H. C. RIrER, JR. Law Association Editor C. A. ASnIy, '10. OOLUMB[A, S. C., NOVEMBER 18, 1909. Lost to Davidson. Let's win them both. Now for Mercer and the Citadel. Took second place in tennis. With a crippled team. too. Loosen up, ye Alumni, And sub scribe to the Flag Pole Fund. Coach Oliver looks good to us. H is work will tell by the next game. Thanksgiving is just a week off. XWork hard, fellows, and you can en joy it when it cones. AID NEEDED. Last week we published a letter sent us by one of the friends of the Uni versity. In this letter lie set forth very plainly why we should have a flag pole upon the Science Hall, and gen criously started a fln(l for this p1ripose by subscribing five dollars. This is a bright suggestion, and we hope it will coie to something. As stated, it will foster college spirit aln(l lend an air of dignity to the Univer sity. It is very gratifying to us to know that our city friends are taking such interest in our welfare. and are always r-eadly to conme to our supp)ort. So, all friends of the college, read last week's GAMECOCK and Sendl in your- sub)scrip t ion. AN UNNECESSARY FAULT. A fter hiearinig many suggest ions and( comp)laints from Gym goers, in regardl to the playing of basketball in the Gyminasinm, we wvish to call the atten tion of the authorities to this matter. At present the basketball court is p)laced in the very p)art of the building where the fellows wvish to take most of their exercise. The 01ld hand ball court is taken up and a 'goal is ar rangedl just so that it wvill interfere in every-hiand ball game. As matters is going on (and it usually goes on from 4:30 to 6:00 every afternoon), it is impossible to engage in a hand ball game; and the weights on the side of the wall cannot be used ,without con stant interruption from the players. Now, there is no necessity whatso ever for such a condition of affairs. In the first lilace, we have a very good basketball court on the athletic field, and it seems to us that the game would he much more beneficial if played in the open air. But still if. the game must he played inside, the court can be moved with very little trouble or ex pense so as to be in the way of no one. 'There is only one spot in the whole builling that is suitable for a hand ball court, and it is quite unreasonable that this shotild be taken up by a basketball court that be placed in any l)part of the Gnymnasium. So, in the interest of the Gym-goers, as a whole, we beg that the matter be taken in hanld at once. In Pulit. When 'tis nearly dinner (Say between one and two), \\'lien the economic class gathers . To hear of truths that are true, When the professors begins to explain Problems that are deep, I yawn, and curl up in my chair, And quickly drop asleep. I sleep in peace and quiet Until the hour is o'er, Then I arise, pick up my books And saunter out the door. But one thought lingers with me (Thoughts of pleasure. did you say) ? Sure it is to me, It means a nap every other day. Poue'. To the E.ditors of TiHE Gm:mcocx: At one game this season the football managers sent a special invitation to the girls of C. F. W. and Columbia College. Very few were there--not as many as the first game, which was a pay game. The ladies didt not treat us right. We are hurt by this treatment. No wonder the boys did not win wvith no "fair maidens" to cheer them on. We hope and trust it will not happen again. To lament the occasion I contribute the following: To the girls of C. F. V. And Columbia College, too, The managers sent tickets, And not a one to you. But you were at the game, And yelled with all your might.. Very few college girls were there, (They' must have had stage fright.) Nowv why (do they (desert us, We w~ho love them wvell, It's a ridd(le I cannot guess, It p)OSSibly you can tell. WVe ask them to the gamnes, And let them in free. But wh'len the games is called, Very fewv on the standl we see. Now if we p)aidh for tickets From our hard--earned cash, And didn't send them to them They'd sure give us a smash. But college girls are funny things, Them I cannot undlerstand, WVhen games are free, wveather fair, So few we see on the stand. An Alumni Letter. Greenville, S. C., Nov. 13, 1909. Mr. H. G. Officer, Business Manager, Tiil GAMEcocK<, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Dear Sir: I 'enclose you check for one dollar atd"fifty ($1.50) cents, for which you, will please send me TiE GAAcoc- K for the balance of the year. I notice that there are only fifty stu dents not members of the literary soci eties subscribing for the paper. The remarkable thing to me is that there are fifty students who do not belong to one or the other of the literary socie ties. Such students surely (1o not real ize what privileges they are missing. In my humble judgment, the work of the literary societies, when honestly and earnestly prosecuted, ill proportio to the time spent upoin the same, gives better training, is generally more stim ulating, and does more to fit a student for life work than the academic stu (lies. Of course, each class of work is complementary to the other branch. If yot think it would stimulate in terest in the work of the societies among the students, I would furnish you the manuscript copy of my ad dress on the importance of the literary societies, deliNered at the centennial exercises of those societies. This ad dress could be printed in sections or installments, each section treating of a special idea. Personally, I am very jealous of the prosperity and usefulness of those old and historic societies, and am sure that they should be miiade the chief centre about which the University life should rotate. I sometimes fear that mere athletics, which are non-intellectual pursuits, are engrossing too much of the attention of our students. I am not opposed to athletics by any means, but insist that the literary societies should be maintained as the chief activity among the students. I should favor a rule of the Trustees that all students in the academic department be re(uired to join one or the other of these literary societies, except when excused by the faculty for cause. I commend, most cordially, the energy manifested in the publication of TiHE G.AM cocx, as the work in getting out this periodical is bound to have high edtucational effects. With best wishes for the old Utni versity, her literary societies, all of her permanent an(d beneficial institutions, and for the ambitious young men who are there finding an opportunity to ac (Itire knowledge and culture, I am, Yours very sincerely. j. J. McSw.u.N The Boner. To one whom in the depths of night, When all the wvorld is sound asleep; One who bones and grindls and toils O'er many books and lore so deep); One who burns the midnuight oil, And wvears the bottom of his chair. We dedicate this little skit, may TlTe pass5 all exams this year. Exchanges. We acknowledge the following ex changes: C u n her I ani d W e e k ly. Sewance Purple, Tar Heel, Tulane W eekly, News' Letter, Clemson T iger, The Red nnd Black. \? ? - 3W ? All the college ladies Like the Widow mighty well. They say that as a sporting lad He has no ||. Some say that he is charming, Others think lie is perfection. 1tit all agree that there is none Just like himl in this @. He iever does anything silly, And he's never very rash. lit after every pretty girl He will always make a - He's a very courteous boy, And his manner is very bland, l1tit, beware, my dear young ladies, He will try to. hold your gW All the college ladies love him, Yes, they all are fond of "Merry." But what will they say, I like to ask, In answer to his ?. Many. I guess, would answer, "Yes." Others, "No," in a tone that would jar. 1it I think that some might answer Gus, So that he'd see a *. To University Students. The opportunity to compete for the Economic Prizes offered by Hart Schaffner & 'Marx has been brought to the attention of students of this University by I Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, of the University of Chi cago. who is chairman of the commit tee in charge of the contest. Papers for the prizes are to be sth mitted before June 1, 1910. There are five prizes, totaling $2,000. The con testants are divide( into three classes, fuller details of which may be had from the head of the department of political economy. The prizes are divided as follows: Class "A," first prize $600 ; second prize $400. Class "B," first prize $300; second prize $200. Class "C," olnc prize $500. Classes "A" and "B" refer partict larly to college graduates and inder graduates, and the following subjects have beien suggested by Professor Laughlin's committee: 1. The effect of labor unions on in ternational trade. 2. The best means of raising the wages of the unskilled. 3. A comparison between the theory and the actual practice of protection ism in the United States. 4. A scheme for an ideal monetary system for the United States. 5. The true relation of the central government to trusts. 6. H-ow much of J. S. Mills' econo miic system survives? 7. A central bank as a factor in a financial crisis. The members of the committee, aside from Professor Laughlin, are: Professor J. B. Clark, Columbia University; Professor H-enry C. Adlams, University of Michigan; IHor ace White, Esq., New York City, and Edwin F. Gay, H-arvard University. Dr. Moore: "Mr. Youmans, if you get vexedl with anyone and get in a fight, what will your mind expect the muscles of your body to (10?" "Madamoiselle" Youmans: "To run, sir."