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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
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