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Md. rF.croR. /isa As9sociation I'dilor G. R. P'ETTIoHRW. CoLuMnIA, S. C., ICBRUARY 26,1910. APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY. The session of the General Assem bly just ended has been a very for tunate om for the University. With tile exception of the increase in scholarships, almost everything that was asked for has been granted, and the changes that these appropria tions will make on the campus will he very far-reaching. An account is given elsewhere in this paper of tile appropriation for con veing tile Old Science Hall into an up-to-(date gyi nasium. This will meet what, for a long time, has been the most press ing Ieed of the University. The poor excuse wh,Ilich has been serving for a gymnasiutm. is such as to (is courage ratiher than pr)llote phys ical developmlent, for it is poorly lighted, over half way below the ground, the floor is falling in, anl the apparatus, ol( an(d inlsufficient. This will be rem-edied ill the new gm - nasitim it is prolpos(l to make of the upper portion of Science ffail. now used as class rooms, andI tile i)ase Imleit is to be devoted soleiv to dress inlg rooms and bathing facilities. The result will give the University, one of the best gymnasiums in the South and go far towards the pro m1otiol of athletics. Another appropriation. small in itself, but of great impllortanlce, is three hundredl dollars whiich is to be given annually for the rent of a hlouse for Dr. Gordon Moore, thuls making av'ailable hlis residence on Sumter street for use as a social andi Y. M. C. A. hail. The plans for this hlall are also giv'en in thlis issue, as wveil as thme needis for it, whIich were emplhlasizedi ill the last number of "The Gamecock." T'wenty thlousand dlollars was ap propriated for the completion of tihe neCw Science H-ali. This was tile ex p)ectation wvhen its wvas begun last year; also $2,500 was given for tile furnisihing of the building as soonl as it Ts comleited. A further measure, which iS only thle beginning of a great undertaking, is the $5,000 which was given for a heating plant, with which to equip the new class room buildings on Gibbes' Green. This will be amply sufficient to in stall a thoroughly modern system of heating in these two buildings, and as rapidly as possible, this heating plant is to be extended to all the buildings on the campus. This will (1 mo;e than anything else to (o away with the almost mediaeval heating conditions obtaining at pres ent. If possible, the best plan wvould seem to be the gradual installation of a general heating plant, similar to tle one at Winthrop, by which pipes would go out all over the campus. carrying the heat from a common power plant. This system has been adopted in many towns, even, in the North, notably Germantown, just out of Philadelphia, w%hcre almost the entire community is heated by pipes from a common plant. The Infirmary came in for a share of the appropriations,and a thousand dollars was provided for proper fur nishing. This work was begun last y,ear, but only half way compiet-ed. Many things, such as inside blinds and shades, rubber carpets to deaden sound in the halls, and other very much needed appliances will be ob tained out of this additional fund. A nuiillber of minor appropriations were made, but the above are of the most general interest, and the effect they will have on the campus can be seen at a glance. Not,for years have so many and such vital improve ments conte to the University, and the results they will have wiil make possible the gradual up-building of a great University. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. There is published elsewhere in this issue a suggestion made by Dr. Mitchell for the forming of a coi niunity club. The object of such a chlb would be the general uplift along lines of health, school condi tion,, etc.. of the different communi ties represented at this institution. The plan is a good on.e and an untold aimount of good could be accom plished through the united efforts of three hundredl men scattered throughout the State. The result would be to bring the State Univer sity greatly into favor, as being as great a factor in the general better ment of the State as Clemson is in the promotion of agriculi tire. Whether such a'zlub is formed or not, is ot a matt.er of prime im p)ortance, so long as the ideas it con tains are remnemb)eredl by the stu dents, and carried out as far as po0s sible. Especially is this t rue of health conditions. Many~ students attendedl the recent Hecalth Confer ence held on Monday andl Tuesday or this week at the Columbia Thea ter andl all wvere impressed wvith the startling exp)osure madle there of the sanitary condlitions of this State. D)r. Stile's lecture wvas particularly interesting in b)ringing hmonie facts and showing the disgraceful state of affairs, some of them within a mile or twvo of the University. Such con ditions are what p)rodluce the hook wvorm, the plague that is doing more than anythingre to i retnrth 1)rno giess of the South, and' it is in the power of every man at the Univer sity to do something towards the ex termination of this plague. When. college closes and you go home for the summer,.a very little effort will sho%y 'you conditions, respecially aning the negroes that are a menace to the public health. These condi tions should be reported either to the health officer or the county paper, and something done to remedy them. Such an effort on your part may be productive of a revolution of feeling in the community, for the greatest results have sometimes come from very small beginnings. This oppor tunity to aid in the development of our State should be taken alvantage of by every man who has the State's interest at heart. Good Manners. "'he University of Missouri has recorded a remarkable indieation of progress:ii,that region. It is noth ing less: than the abandonment of the custom of young men standing in line before church doors to escort the girls home. And the K.rnsas Cit 'Star' very wisely remarks that 'is is jupt the forward march of civi lization.' 'lhe \Vest is advancing." If it was-and is-a bad habit "to stand in line before church doors to escort the girls home '' how much worse to stand without even offering the courtesy of an "escort home." I blush, Sunday after Sunday, to svee the young men of the University so standing-sometimes even with lighted cigar or cigarette-merely to gaze, without any offer of courtesy, and I wonder what their fathers and grandfathers-still more their moth ers and grandmothers-would have thought of such bad mannersI In my (lay we walked with the girls to church and from church, and sat with them and their parents in church-then, maybe, vent home with them to a Sunday dinner; but those days of sweet courtesy are done. I see our Carolina students standing to gaze at the street cor ners upon passing girls and ladies, but I rarely see any sign of courtesy or attention to women on the part of our students. Hence, perhaps it is that we so rarely see in the young men of this day those sweet and gracious manners which only good women can teach. Without such teaching no) young man's education is compl,cte, and I wish we had more of it in our University. At least ve may profit by the example of the University of Missouri, and abandon some of the wvorst of our had habitb. I hope the editor will agree -with me in this counsel. Edwvard S. Joynes. February 9, 1910. Two Names Confused. Junior H-azardl to Junior Shep p)ardl: Jim, why is it Dr. Burney talks so much ab)out Dr. Munsen? Hie often speaks of him as "Munsen is a great man?" Junior Sheppard -I dlon't knowv unless Dr. Munsen takoes 4th chem istry. Send a copy of TriE GAm1ueoc;r home. $15 ABBOTT'S CIGA R STORE Headquarters for Carolina GIVE US A CALL Cor. LADY and MAIN STS. GUARANTEED PATENT LEATHER SHOES. 4$4.00 REMEMBER THE NAME "Burrojaps" CALLAHAN-DOBSON SHOE CO. IE. D. ELs 10 ELkLkIOTT Represents the C. C. Laundry. Ask him for special rates to 44 Students Suits Cleaned $1 F Our equipment for Good Printing is up-to-date, and we solicit a part of your business. Our motto: PRINTING WHEN YOU WANT IT Bup= Printing Ca. ICdward C. Du Pre, Proprietor 1816 MAIN ST. 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