Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EiJW masstroert PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY TIE LITERARY So CIETIES OF TIE UNIVERSITY OF SouTH CAROLINA. TERmis: $1.50 A SESSION, PAT AILE IN ADvANcE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." TimE GAMECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, 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 It. 1. Simpson. Business Man ager. Business Manoaer, It. F. Simi-sox, '11. Assislant Business Manager, T. S. McMim.LAN, Ulmers. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, C. G. WYCIIE, Newberry. Associale Editor, J. 13. MITCHELL. Athletics, Editors, R. F. GoonwiN, 'I1............Clariosophic F. W. WoonRoiw, '12...........Euphradian Local Editors, V. J. RECTOR, '11............. Clarlosophic ). C. HEywa, 'I1............ Euphradian Law Association Editor, J. -1. Hymucc. wSludent Body Editor, J. 0. SmEPARD. CoLuMnIA, S. C., OCTOBER 7, 1910. Coach Neff. Hle's one of the best in the South. Are you a prohibitionist or local optiolist ? Vhat about that Reception at Flinn Hall last Monday night? Something swell, el? There has been some talk about breaking the football pledge. Fellows, we must remember that we are on our honor when we sign that pledge. So, please be careful. Tile season tickets have been issued, an11d on Saturday afternoon we want to hear at least three hundred voices join in the yells for Carolina. We will show that Charleston College bunch what is meait by the word "rooting." The drinking fountain is now being erected. Every effort wvas made by the conlittee to get the very best fountain available. This will add %e,ry nteh to tile convenience of tile stu dents. It is so arranged that it cannot spread disease. This is something that we have needed for a iong while, and at iast we have it, an(d we wvill certainiy make good use of it. COLLEGE POLITICS. There is. we are sorry to say, suchl a thing existing at Carolina as college p)olities. it has existed here for years andl thec only way to stop it, is to (10 all il our p)ower~ to defeat the "seeker of hlonors." You see a junior, who is nlot a speccial friend of yours, come upJ to you and put his hand on your shoulder and 1augh anId talk with you, you canl mark it down that he is in the race for some college honor. WVe wvould like to say to tile freshmen to b)eware of these fellows, and do not think thley mean every good word that they softly wvhisper in your ear. We want old1 Carolina to take a step) backwaret in this respect. Le her.g back to the (lays of Butler, McDuffie, and Hampton, when every man was honored according to the stand lie took as a student and a college iuan. In those golden days men felt themselves humble when a position of responsi bility was thrown upon them. But nowadays men feel proud and often boast that they have obtained certain honors through tlAeir skill of pretend ing frieidship. We hope that the time is not far dis tant when we will not see seniors and juniors - with their arms around a freshman's neck, filling his cars full of words of golden praise, but we will see seniors with seniors and juniors with juniors. Then the freshmen and sophomores will be left to decide upon merits alone and not upon pretended friendship. We say, down with the nervy politician, and upward with the deserving. modest, hard-working man. THE SCRUBS. Manager Thomas is now arranging several trips for the scrub football team. The latest dope that was handed out is that there will be three trips. We have an excellent manager this year, and he is doing everything in his power to encourage men to conie out and work for the team. These trips will, of course, be great ekpense to him, but he is sacrificing that much to encourage the scrubs. Fellows, it is up to you to go out and try for one of the teams, if for no other reason than to show your appreciation. Those men who have the most col lege spi-it are those who are seen upon the football field every afternoon at four o'clock. Out of three hundred and seventy-five students there are only thirty-three upon the field. These figures show that there is something wrong. We hope, since the scrtibs are going to get some good trips, that four full teams will be seen on the field next Monday afternoon ready to work for dear old U. S. C. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. In the columns of this paper will be found a short piece concerning the engineering department of the Univer sity. It will be well for every man to read this very carefully and see if he has not some engineering talent. This department is something new in this school, having its beginning last year,. with 0111' two men to graduate. One of them is now an assistant instructor ill the lUliversity of Pennsylvania. and the othler is conlnectedl with I.alMotte, of Columbia. S. C. This year- the depar-tment has gr-own c-onsider-ably, andl therle al-c twe-nty-five or- thirty mlenl taking the cour-se. WVe have an ablec faculty in this depart mlen1t, and we believe that it will put out some~ serviceale men for this w~orkl. The plresident has just r-eceivedl a letter from Fair-fieldl county asking Pr-ofessor- Holmes to lbe present at a mecetinig for tihe putrp)ose of startinig off a goodh roads mlovemlent. We nieed men to wvork in this service, and the mcen who wish to enter into this line of work can find 1no better place to pre pare than right here at tile University. We look forward to tile day when this dlepartment wvill be oneC of tile most iniportant cou rscs in edan. THE FLAG. And where is that beautiful flag that ought to be flying in the breeze on the "gym?" We remember last year that several contributions were made to buy a flag to put oil top of the "gym." Surely we have no "grafters"on. our campus. We would just like to re mind the collectors of these funds that we want to see that flag it place at once. It is someone's business to look into this affair, and we trust that it will not be necessary to mention it again. The Nineteen-Ten Football Coach. (Continued from Page One.) bia; October 27th, Wake Forest at Columbia; November 3d, Clemson at Columbia (Fair Week) ; November 12th, Davidson at Davidson, N. C.; November 19th, University of North Carolina at Durham; November 24th (Thanksgiving), Citadel at Charles toin. This is the final schedule, which shows that Carolina has four games at home and four abroad. The Department of Engineering. The department of engineering of the University of South Cajolina is destined to play an important part in the future growth and development of the State. Two of the greatest causes of growth and developtnient in any State are the manufacturing industries and anple transportation facilities. The State of South Carolina has well nigh an unlimited supply of water power. undeveloped ; and the possibili ties of as fine a system of roads as can be constructed anywhere in the world. From these two'facts there is but one conclusion to be drawn: that is, the water power of South Carolina is go ing to be developed; and she is going to follow in the wake of her sister "Good Roads States" in the establish ment of a Highway Commission, and the extension of "State Aid" to all of those counties that fulfill the required conditions. Th'ese two great movements are go ing to require a large nber of highly trained engineers. The Uni versity of South Carolina. with her large and ably trained engineering faculty. is fitted and prepared to sup ply this diemand for competent and thoroughly trained men; for the Course offered in engineering is sec ond to none, and the wvatchword is thoroughness in training. Beginning with this session especial attention will be devoted to the courses in wate power and( hydlro-elctric wvork, and road( construction. The course in road construction embraces the loca tion, construction andl maintenance of earth, grav'el, sandl-clay. andl nmacadlam roads, andl the dlifferent classes of p)avemlent ; this also includles the re pairs and maintenance of old1 roads where improvedl roads are not yet pios sible. A large part of this course is dlevotedl to fieldl work, and w~henecver it is p)ractical the students will be taken out to assist in making actual road suir veys andl computations andl estimates for the improvement thereof ; andl also to view actual road construction and make reports thereon. M. G. H. Send a copy of THE GAuscCK home. LAW ASSOCIATION. The first regular meeting of the Law Association for the session 1910 1911 was held on Vednesday evenig, September 23, 1910. The principal object of this meeting was to appoint a committee for the purpose of drawing up a petition to present to the Board of Trustees. The petition is to request voluntary atten (lance to chapel for the law students on all days excepting Mondays. This matter has been under discussion for several years by the law classes, and several petitions have, from time to time, been presented to the faculty, but they have -never deemed it advisable to grant any of them. The law de partnent of this University is entirely sepairate from the academic depart ment. This fact I hate to admit, but it has been very plainly illustrated upon several occasions. This petition could not have a very great effect upon the regulations, because the students who room in the city are required to attend chapel only on Monday morning. It is not that the law students so seriously object to attending chapel; they object only to that requirement, especially when it interferes with their studies. When a man enters upon the study of law, lie is supposed to have had some theoretical training; I mean by that, that lie has already had some chapel services to go through with at another college before entering this Univer sity for the purpose of studying law. So long as the chapel services do not interfere with the studies of the law student, and so long as they feel that there is not a switch hung over their heads to make them do, then the law students will attend chapel as regular as the academic students-a great many of the largest universities of this country do not require the law stu dents to perform the regular college exercises as do the academic students. I, therefore, see no reason why the University of South Carolina so strenuously insist Upon it. We are all glad to see Prof. J. P. Thomas back again. He has been off some time for his health. and returned just a few days ago. J. H1. HVDmICK. Law1 Editor. Newberry President Visits Carolina. President H arms, of Newberry Col lege, made a visit to the University on Monlay morning. He gave a very short but interesting talk in chapel. Ilec saidI that the time was coming when the University of South Caro lina would b)e secondl to none ini this country. HeI also wished us great success in our football game, advising us, however, that Clemson had a very strong b)unch, and that we would have to work hard to defeat her, but lhe be lieves that Carolina will rise to the occasion and come off the field wvith flying colors of victory'. We thank him very much for his good wishes and confidence, and our dloors will alwvays be open to the Newberry president. THlE GAMECOCK will p)rint Lost, Found and Want adls for 25 cents per insertion..