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Athletics Editors,
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Local Editors,
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CoLvu1nA, S. C., SHNrranE 29, 1910.
Football!
Are you going out?
"You" are the man that we need oil
the ficld.
Don't say that the other fellows will
win the games, they don't need me1;
but go out andl help.
We are looking with anxious eyes
to the finishing of the new "gym" and
the Science Hall. When these two
constructions have been completed we
will have lots to brag about.
The Flinn Hall is the attraction
nowadays. Almost every hour in
the day a group of boys are found
there chatting together and enjoying
life. Go over, fellows, and join in the
social gatherings.
The whole student body joins in one
voice to congratulate Dr. Mitchell on
his work. We have one of the most
progressive presidents in the South,
and he, as well as we. should feel
proud of the advancement we have
made through his noble efforts. We
are proud of our president and every
one of us should strive to make him
feel p)roud of us.
TO FRESHMEN.
A\dvice 'is .sometimes goodI for igno
rant p)eole. There are niew~ men on
this c'amputs now whoi( come from
homies where temptation is never
p)lacedl before them. They come from
honest, Christian families, and they (10
not know what the out side world has
in store for them. To these men we
say, "lleware 1" Form your owvn ideas
as to wvhat is right and live up to it.
D)o not let a man come to you, and, be
cause you are new andl fresh, persuade
you to do something wvhich you (10 not
desire to do at all. The men who
entered here this year are to be the
governore of this U niversty n a few..
years. low will you govern it? Will
you raise it to a higher standard or
will you let it fall into darkness? The
answer of these qu'estiols will be ac
cording to the work you (1o here. If
you yield to the temptations which are
thrown before you, you will let our
school, as well as yourself, fall. We
ask you; yes, we even beg you, to set
such a high moral standard.lhere as has
never been seen before. And if you
will do this. old Carolina will continue
on and on in progress, and in a few
years .we will have a State University
as great and as good as any in this
country.
COLLEGE SPIRIT.
E",very man who has resided at this
institution for one year or more knows
what is meant by college spirit. Those
two wvords mean many things to us.
h'liey mean love, respect. honor, and a
never dying. lighting spirit for Caro
lina. There are some men on this
campus wvIho are overflowing with col
lege spirit, while others take no more
interest in the affairs of the University
than an outside man does. What we
want to (1o now is to take the class of
non-college spirited men and make
them realize that they are a part of
this University as well as any one else.
Fellows, the man that has the most
college spirit of any man in school is
that noble, that loved, that respected,
and that esteemed "scrub" football
man,. He is the man that wins the
game.. and the others get the glory for
tile victory. For a man to go out on
that field and work lay after clay'with
out the slightest chance in the world
to make the team, is certainly (leserv
ing of some praise. One fellow said
the other. (lay that he would not go out
because he knewl he couldn't make the
team, and this was his last year, so he
had no chance; but if he had been the
right kind of Carolina man he would
never have had such feeling about
himself. Fellows, let us drink down
somc of that dear old "scrub" college
spirit, and every man in the student
body, whether lie be small or large,
weak or strong, will be seen on the
football field at once.
COUNTY PAPERS.
Through the efforts of Secretary
\V. P. Mills, a movement is now on
foot to get every county newspaper in
the State to send one of tiheir copies to
Flinn Hall. We consider this one of
the wisest steps that has been taken in
connection with Flinn Hall. At a
recent meeting of the committee which
w~as appointed to look into the matter.
it was dlecided that the only practical
way to secure these papers~ was to ask
each student to write to his county
paper and see if they are willing to
send their paper to Flinn 1Hall free of
charge. If the editors re fuse to give
us the paper we ust sub)scribe to the
paper and pay for it.
Now,. fellows, it is up to us to see
that each county is wvell represented.
\Ve ask you to take it upon0! yourself,
indlividuially, to see that the paner is
sent to the hall. Th'le best way to take
this matter up is to have a meeting of
all the students from a single county
and apploint a chairman to dIraw ip a
letter and have all members to sign it.
Send this letter as a rest, to the
elitor, and we,.believe he will be glad
to send the papier. Get to work, jien.
"You" are the man whom we are call
ing upon.
The New "Gym."
The work of remodelling the former
Science I-all into a spacious gym
nasium lacks now but a short time of
conpletion. The re-enforced concrete
beamn and column construction' is now
in place, and the men are at work on
the naple floor to cover the entire area
of the building.
Oni, the first floor, where the gym
nasium classes met heretofore, the
baths will be placed. These are to in
clude both tub and shower baths, and
a heating plant to supply warm water
will be a part of the equipment. All
the fixtures in connection with the
baths will be of modern type, nade of
sanitary glass. At least a portion of
the lower floor will be tiled this year,
and the rest completed% when more ap
propriations can be had for the gym
nasuini.
While ve have not as much gym
nasium equipment as we could use to
advantage. still the floor Fpace is all
that could be wished. It will be suf
ficiently large to admit of any number
of men working on the floor at once,
or even while a class is in session other
men miay, still work on the apparatus.
As a dance hall the gymnasium will
be excellent. The floor is to be of
heart maple, and the ventilation of the
building is exceptionally good. The
gymnasium will be more convenient
and more appropriate than a hall in the
city, besides being without expense to
the men.
For the few (lays before the gym
nasium is comipleted the classes will be
met on Davis Field.
A Real Friend a Rare Treasure.
E.dman J. Ridgway has written an
entertaining paper on friendship for
the October Dclineator. Among other
goo(l things, he says:
Oh, rare treasure-a friend! Wo
men have them, I know. One is in
your thoughts this minute as you read
these lines. Your lives may be wide
apart, or she may be your neighbor:
but somewhere she is, as certain and
restful as the everlasting hills. When
you introduce her, even if the words
are formal, there is something in your
tone or manner that tells the story.
It is a beautiful relationship, and
almost wholly above selfishness. There
is no thought of getting, or giving,
either. It is just being, and so glad
to be.
I supposeC wVomenC souAnd the dleps 0of
it. I hope they (10.
Yon cannot have many friends like
that. You do not need many. A few
p)eople in the world, of your- owvn sex,
wvho knowv you through andl thr-ough,
and love you. They (10 not have to
try. They can't help it. They love you
b)ecaulse you are yoU, and youi know
they love you, and find peceC in the
knowving.
May I paraphrase Gelett Bur-gess's
famous lines on the Purple Cow to
this effect:
I never saw a perfect friend,
I never- hope to see one ;
But this I'll tell you, anyhow
I'dl sooner see than be one.
LAW, ASSOCIATION.
The Law Association wishes to ex-'
tend to all new law. students a very
cord"11 aitnvitation to become members
of,'the association. The association
mects once a week, principally for the
purpose of conducting a inoot court.
I feel as if I voice the sentiment of
the members- wlen I advise the new
students to join' because the training
that a law student would get by being
a member of the association Would be
of great benefit to him in after life,
especially if he intends -practicing law.
Mr. Marion Rucker, of Anderson,
who was elected to take the place of
the late Dr. M. H-. Moore foi- the lat
ter part of last session, has -been
elected as one of the regular instruc
tors in the law -department. Mr
Rucker is one of the most prominent
lawyers of the State, and the associa
tion is very glad that he has accepted
the position. The law students are
exceedingly fortunate in being under
th einstruction of such a man is Mr.
Rucker.
The first meeting of the association
has not yet been announced, but when
it dIes occur, we earnestly request of
all new law students to be present and
sign their names to the roll.
" Careful, Fellows."
TO TIlE EDITOR OF TinE GAMECOCK:
There has been observed a tendency
on the part of some of the students to
use our campus in much the same way
that they would use a very secluded
backyard. Some of them have hebn
seen to cross the campus in no more
conventional attire than loosely girded
bathrobes or in other forms of ex
treme negligee.
We must all remember that the
University campus is one of the pub
lic streets of Columbia, just as; much
as is Pendleton, Sumter or Green
streets. On none of these latter
streets would they dare appear in such
scant garb as a bathrobe.
Let it be borne in mind that there
are ladies living in the dwellings that
face the campus. Let us also remem
ber that there are ladies studying with
us here, and let us e-er demean our
selves as gentlemen in the public
places where ladies have as much
right to be as any of us. J. A. G.
Y. M. C. A. Reception.
Monday, October 3d, is the (late ar
ranged for the Freshmen reception.
At that time the (loor-s of Flinn H-all
wvill be throwvn open andl all the college
men, newv and old, will be welcomed
by Secretary Mills andl his reception
committee.
Both Columbia College and College
for Women wvill be out in full force
p)lenty of fair and charming maidens.
Seniors, forget your dignity, Fresh
men, lose your timidity, and let's all
join together in one royal welcome to
the new men and the college girls.
Rememb)er the date, Monday, Octo
ber 3d.
Prof. Easterling: "Mr. Gud, are vou
very good in 'math ?'"
Fresh Gud: "Well, Professor, I'm
not as good in 'math' as I am in alge
bra.'