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Student Body Editor, J. 0. SHEPPARD. COLUMBIA, S. 0., OCTOBER 21, 1910. Lenoir next! Two straight games for us. The chances for winning the game Fair \Week are very bright. IBut the results of the Citadel game last Saturday show that we have got to work. The Gcorgia Meds. were easy Imloney for us. Ve must say that they treated the team very nicely, and we wish to thank them most heartily for their kind favors. WILSON. We are all initerested very muchly in the plrogress of the operation on M r. Wilson last Monday. le was in ex cellent training to undergo an opera tion. heing a Varsity football man. He is nlow iuproving very rapidly, and it is almost certain that he will soon be back at work with us. There is one thing that we regret most of all in the misfortune of our fellow student, and that is. lie was working so hard to get a block "C" this year, and had an ex cellent chance. but he was so unfor tunate as to have appendicitis, and he will probably be unable to get back on the field any more this season. Mr. W\ilson has the best wishes from the whIole student body' for a speedy re cov'ery. SENIOR PRIVILEGES. TFhere w~ill b)e a p)etition handed to the faculty some time dutring this year to give the gradutating students all their examination two weeks before the regular time, that is, two wveeks before commencement. There are many reasons wvhy this petition shotuld be grantedl: First, for tihe simplle reason that a Senior should have some p)rivileges over the und(erclassmen. As the cir cumst4ances are now there is not one single thing- to distinguish a Freshman from a Senior. They ac all tr.at~1 alike, a Senior being shown 11o more respect than if he had just arrived from the remotest parts of the back woods. But we will class the above as the weakest reason we have. Second, however, and most impor tant is the fact that all of the graduat ing students have to write essays and many of them have to write coin mencement speeches. The speakers are appointed by the faculty, and they are not appointed until just about three weeks before commencement. This makes it necessary for the speakers to work on their speeches during the ex aminations, and often causes a man to fail on his studies. It also keeps him from doing his very best on a speech. Now, it is very clear to our mind, that an early examination for the Seniors would eliminate all the difficulty. In the two weeks before commencement he could work on his essay and on his speech. I-e could make better marks on his examinations, and he could write much better essays and speeches. Thus we see that it would be best in every way to make this a rule. The third and last reason for this change is that it is worked to an ad vantage in many other universities an( colleges, and we know it would work here. We trust the faculty will look at this from a reasonable standpoiit, and grant this petition when it is presented. THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. Everybody is wondering when the drinking fountain will be ready for use. It has been lying in front of the Marshal's office up1)on tile ground for some few weeks. and it seeis that it is no one's duty to have it put into work ing order. As we have said before, we have purchased the very best that could be had, but what good will it do oil tile ground crumbling into ruin ? It doesn't seem that it would take very long to erect this valuable fountain. We wish to beg and insist that the proper authorities take this matter up at once, and have this fountain ready for use in as few days as possible, be cause it should have been ready at the opening of college. OUR ADVERTISERS. Fellows. do you realize that our ad vertisers make it possible for us to run our three publications? They buy tile advertising space in our )a)er and thereby give us money to pay outr ex 1)enises. Now, it is very good in tile ilerchatts to help us in this way, and what we want to impress upon01 tile stu (lent's mlind( is tile fact thlat we must p)atronliz/e themi. Thlere are some mler chants ill towvn who give us all ad for eachl of tile publications. Now, these are tile merchants that we wvant to buy from. They help us, so let us help) thleml. It is a v'ery easy matter to look over~ our list andi fmd1 out who is 0on it. There is one merchant in this city wh'io has given us wh1at we would call a (dirty dheal. lie sold, at tihe openin~g of schlool, mlore furniture than all the othler merchants put together. HeI mladle goodi money off tile students of this University, anld when our dif ferent business managers went to 11im1 and asked for aln ad, hle wanlted1 to take about two inches of sace in one of them, which, after due consideration, was refused him. He was so bold as to make the statement that the other fellows bought advertising space and he got the trade. Now, it is up to us to show him how much we appreciate his views. In )ur opinion, this is indeed a low typce of humanity, whose greed for gold-is so strong as this, and whose sense of appreciation is so small. But, of course, it takes all kind of men to make up this old world, and we can say without fear of contradiction that this human being stands in a class all by himself. There may be others near his class, but we know that they do not reside near the city of Columbia, be cause if there were several such people in one community, the demoralizing effect would be so strong that it would bring the degree of civilization to a much lower point than what we have at present. Now, fellows, we want to beg you to let this kind of furniture dealer alone. Try to keep away from his place of business, and warn other fellows that they are stepping into a bed of thorns when they )atronize a man like the one described above. There are many other men in town who will give us an honest. squar. deal, and not desert us when it comes his time to work. So, let us work for those who help us, and be very careful about whom we make our purchases from. The C. F. W. Girl. Around in front of glass she paces, Then' slowly turns and right 'bout faces; She touchos her hair with gentle hand, Then smoothes and primps to b.eat the band; She smiles o'er back to see her looks, All laced to neck with eyes and hooks; She views high heels with glance of pride As turniug slowly from side to side; Then rubs her check with pinkish stuff, Then gives each sleeve a little puff, And seizing gloves and dainty fan, She sallies forth to conquer man. "CHICKEN." A "Billet Doux." She was a winsome country lass, So William on a brief vacation, The time more pleasantly to pass. Essayed flirtation. And while they strolled in twilight dim As near the time for parting drew, Asked if she would have from him A "Billet Doux." Now this simple maid of Fresh knew naught, But dloub)ting not 'twvas something nice, Shyly she lifted her p)retty head, HeIr rosy lips5 together drew, and coyly said,. "Yes, Billy-do ;" And WVilliam--did. --From That Reminds Me'I. LiBRARY BOOKS Ask Us About Them The State Coms. SALES DEPARTMENT Phone 1848 Centm-l& S. n. About Visitors. Eellows, some of us have the idea 4tiat a visiting football team ought to be cared for only while on the grid iron. We do not seem to realize that this is the work of our team, and that there is also a job, which should be a pleasure, for each and every one of us. This work that I refer to is no other than that of being courteous to our visitors. Ah! but you say: I have been courteous, and I know I should be as well as you. Yes, that is true, but if each one of us would put our selves out a little more to do some thing for our visitors, they would always remember their visit. Not by the defeat that they received from our varsity, but by the gentlemanly man ner in which they were received. But how can we show our interest in 'them? Why, in a hundred ways. For instance, by taking them to Flinn Hall. by showing them the library, or by showing them the way to the famous "Topshe's." In other words, if you see a visiting man, introduce .yourself to him and let him see that Carolina is a place where we have true spirit, and, above all, the spirit for which our Southland is honored, that of Southern hospitality. TiHE GAMECOCK will print Lost, Found and Want ads for 25 cents per insertion. Columbia Ice& Fuel Go. "RED RAMBLERS" COAL and WOOD. PHONE 283 Leave orders with E. D. ELLIS, Agent JO ELLIOTT You College MYen I When you get ready for that Watch or 11ing, or get "her" something, drop in at Seitz's. We've a store full of things you want. Come in any way-we Want to show you through our beautiful store-any day, any time. "We Know What We Sell Is Good." Charles F. Sentz, Jeweler 1439 MAIN STREET OVAL FRAMES SUITABLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT Blanchard's ART STORE CLiFTON CLIFTON BEDFORD 96 in.high A - 9 n.htgb '~The VVew ARROW Notch COLLARS Se.9 for Me. lett. Peabode & Oo.1rake