The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 17, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
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Cor,u1BIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 17, .1910.
OUR POLICY.
With the passing of mid-term ex
aminations and the individual pass
ing or flunking of the same, a new
teri opens and the work of the Uni
versity again resumes the even
tenor of its way. A.long with the
ilestimption of classes, of Thursday
night lectures, Monday morning
talks, and all the other activities of
campus life, "The Gamecock"
emerges from its chrysolitic state of
the past two weeks, and with the
present issue, a tvew staff takes
charge. It is always customary to
outiline the policy the paper will pur
sue, so While in the main ours will
he very much the same as our pre
decessors', we take this occasion to
give a few of our views as to what a
weekly paper should be, and what
we shall try to make of "The Game
cock."
First, its scope: A weekly paper
tills a long-felt n.eed in college life
and has a sphere entirely its own.
It is essential4y the organ of the stu
dent body, through which the stu
dents may make known their views
and wishes for the betterment of
conditions at the Uniyersity. "The
Gamecock" has already, (uriig its
brief career, been prodIuct ivc of much
good, and with proper support from
lhe stud(enlt b)ody,' shou (1ld)pove ani
evneni greater factor in the future. It
inivites co-operation from every stu
dlent inl the Univ'ersity, andl will
gladly p)rint anything wvhich anyone
thinks should fiind a p)lace in its col
umins. Only in this .way can tIhe
paper be mlade a success and of in
terest to its readlers.
Another aim of a coliege wveekly
is to be a chronicle of local happen
ings--in a sense, a (diary of every
thing of interest on the campus. Its
news is primarily local, and it makes
no pretensions to (deal wvith things
other than of campus interest. In
tny. paper appearing only oce a
week, much. of the news is neces
sari-ly old, hence wve ask indulgence
wvhen itemsappnear in "The ame..
cock," which must find a place there,
although aleady known to a great
many of its readers.
Lastly, it is in the province of
"The Gamecock" to entertain and to
further carry out this function, we
have introduced a new department
of strictly local happenings, of the
comings anl goings of students and
alumni, and of jokes and anecdot-es.
All of these things, as we see it,
should find a place in "The Game
cock" and will prove of benefit to the
paper, and ultimately to the Univer
sity'.
EXAMINATIONS.
'Phe tWo weeks just passed arc the
most strenuous, and with the excep
tion of final examinations in June,
the most important time of the en
tire college year. More work is
crowded into this brief period than
during' all the rest of the nine
months combined, which, if evenly
distributed throughout the term,
would be not only more easily ac
(Iiired, btut more thoroughly assimi
lated and productive of greater last
ing good. A great many men with
the procrastination common to lii
man, nature, slight their work during
the term and allow it to accumulate,
knowing that it is possible by two
weeks of unceasing labor to learn at
least enough to pass the exaImina
tion. Thus an iml)ossible amount of
knovl'edge is crammned in the short
space of two weeks and remembered
only until the examination in the
particular subject is over.
This evil of craniming is one
whose existence has always been
coincid-ent with the -present system
of examinations and can only be
remedied by some cliange in the
method of arriving at the amount of
a man's knowledge. In other words,
the place of examinations must be
taken by some system, which .elimi
nates this intensive method of study
and distrilutes the work throughout
the year. A method suggests itself,
which has already been tried in
many of the leading colleges anid
universities of the country and
proved its efficiency to deal with this
lroblem. The plan is practically to
make t-erm work of paramount im
portance-that is, if a man's work
(luring the term is of a sufficiently
high grade, say, 9o, for instance, he
is exemptel from standing an cxami
nation in that subject, and is graded
by the standard of his work during
the year. With such an incentive,
the class work assumes a much
greater importance, and conse
qu'ently, is rarely slighted. A man
learns his work day hy dIay, andl thus
the strain of acquiring it is -lessened
andl the knowledge gainled is of an
endulrinig (quality. This p)lan is be
ing more andl more wvidely adopted
and1 would seem an excellent sub
stitute for the semi-annual night
mares we indulge in at p)resent.
"l)r. Moore," saidl Dr. G. B.'s
gardlener, "the hens have scratched
upb all that 'egg-plant seedl you
sowedl." "Ahi, jealousy !" miusedl the
p)rofessor. And he 'sat down and
wrote a twventy-p)age article on the
"D)evelopment of Envy in the minds
AN IMPROVEMENT.
As the session of the General As
sembly is nearing a close, campus
interest is almost universally cen
tered upon the bill providing for the
University's appropriation for the
ensuitAr year. During the past two
yearg Carolina's growing needs have
been recognized by the erection of
t,wo handsome and well equipped
buildings, which will adequately
moet the demand for more class
rooms. Thus the needs of one im
portant p-art of tie University's
wvork-that which is done in the
class room, have been met and am
ple provision made.
Another equally as important divi
sion is in crying need of recogni
tion. The social side of life at the
University has, up to this time, been
almost nil, and even less so far as
regards official rectgnition. The
boys have absolutely no common
groun(l upon which to meet and en
joy the pleasures of association.
They see each other in classes, they
go to chapel, they pass three times a
(lay at the mess and go back to their
rooms. Further association must
be had here, if at all, and this is of
necessity, limited. Time is lacking
and alRo,the desire; whereas, were a
coniion meeting ground provided,
companionship would be less diffi
cult and coisequently more general.
Such in tli main are the needs to.
meet which an item has been in
cluded in the appropriation bill for
this year. The House has already
passed a bill providing $300 for the
rent of an additional house, which
vill make the residence on Sumter
street, now occupied by Dr. G. B.
Moore, available for this purpose.
Efforts are being made to have the
Senat-e change this bill, so as to pro
vide $5,000 for the erection instead
of the renting of a house for Dr.
Moore, and if this is done, the estab
lishment of the stud,ents' building is
secured. The matt-er has not yet
been finally decided, but its success
is practically assured.
If the present plans are carried
out, the new building w.ill take on
somewhat the character of the
1Brown and Harvard Unions and
meet almost the same demands. The
lower floor will be used as an assem
lage room, where the students may
meet and entertain their friends, re
ceptions given by the 'college may
be held and alumni may find a means
of coming in touch -with the Univer
sity life again. On the upper floor
a place will be provided for the meet
ing of the Y. M. C. A., in addition
to twvo or th;ice bed-roonms, for the
use of alumni,' who may wish to
sp)endl a night on the campus, or for
the student manager. Eight hun
dlredl (doHars has alreadly b)een col
lected by one of tihe Univ'ersity's
most loyal friends, the late Dr. J.
William Flinn, and this fund wvill be
used for the furnishing of the build
ing.
Such, in general, is the outline of
the proposed Carolina Union, and( it
is the earnest wvish of the student
bodly that this incalculable b)enefit to
the Univ'ersity may' soon b)e realized.
Send a copy of Tiix GAuM.coerr
The following is probably from
the pen of some one of our Y. M. C.
A. .men:
"Dear Charlie," wrote his father,
"I would have you to see,
That crops of wild oats sown at
school
And morals disagree."
"Dear father," wrote his Charlie,
(The time was half-past fire),
"Were there no wild oats sown at
school,
Ilow could hack horses thrive?"
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