The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 21, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
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Athletica Editors,
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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.
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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.
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