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'11. ...............ChIrIosopni( Y. 1f. C. A. Editor, J, 11. .JoINsON. Stndent Body I Editor, J.). VONL,EnE. COLUMBIA, S. C., Novrimi1nt 18, 1910. North Carolina tomorrow. Are you going to Charleston )a'idson, 53; Carolina, o. Iet us weep Oh, cheer up ; we will win yet ; we were badly crippled. \Von four-lost tWo-not bad el? Go to Charles-ton and cheer the team. Freshmen out practicing for class games. Wake up1), sophs. WVelcome, oh fountain of youth, thrice welcome to the campus. Don't fail to see Hen-1ur. One of the greatest plays on the stage. The freshmen are rapidly learning to drink! Pardon us. we meant from the fountain. Th'le fountain-another feather in "T l Gaiecock's" cap. We got it by kicking oi the water (iuestionl. Conitribuite toward the "scrub fund(," so 'thme gamie bo0ys can go to Charleston Thanksgiving D)ay to pjlay Porters. It is rumored that Ponice de L4eoni is coming dlown (more probably up) to tak,e a drink from the fountain. E,ternal youth wvill be his rewvard. Th'lere is art in goodl adlvertising. Read the Fatima cigarette adls in 'The Gamecock." T1hey are changed ever~y week. TIhe Fatima p)eole have just issued a b)andblook of col, lege athilet ics, conytaining rules, scores of leadling gamnes and p)ictures of all the collee teams. Davidson should have a little more conscience about writing such gloomy advance "dope" in the papers ("Poor prospects; Kluttz and Booe out of game; no reason assigned; Coach Simmons very gloonj as to outcome") and then getting oul a 10-second back field and a strong line. No kick from us, Davidson, you beat us fair, but you i should be more careful how you write advance (lope. Is it that you want your victori,es to appea- so great:' THE CLASS GAMES. As the season for class games is approaching, it is well to consider some rules governing the eligibility of the players, and along that line "'The Gamecock" desires to mak.e somle si,gestions. Glaincilg over the Ring-Tum Phi, published by the students of. Wash ingtoni and Le,e University, we noted inl their athl-etic announcements the following rule regarding class games: "No varsity man of this or pre vious years may participate in an inter-class game, and no memlfet- of the squad. after it has been chosen, shall be -eligible." It appears to us that the above rule might be well applied to our class games. It is a certain fact that no varsity men of 'this or pre vious years should be allowed to play, because they are above the class games. There are several men on the campus who played in last year's varsity for a time at least, but were unable to play this year because of parental objections. Of course, these men of experience should not be allowed to play. We take the section reading, "No members of the squad" to mean the entire squad in the field, including scrubs as well as varsity. We (1o not believe that the scrubs should be allowed to participate in the game, as they have had some expe rience and can "rush it over" the new and inexperienced mien. After all, the purpose of class games., besides to incite athletic rivalry bet.ween the class.es, is to bring out new material for the next year teami, to enthuse new men With the idea of playing, so they will come out the following fall. If both the varsity and the scrubs are de barred, there will be a lot of new men ou-t who would not be able to play if the scrubs and varsity ply.1e (d, because their places would be filled by the more 'exper-ienced men. Trake, for instance, the fres.h men class, there are at least 150 men in the class, and of that number, about tenl or twvelve are on the foot ball squad. Barring these men, it is clearly seen that the "freshies" could (develop) some new material out of the remaining 140. TIhese are our views. WVe hope t-he advisor-y board wvill give them som.e considlerat ion. The p)ri mary endl is to get newv working material for next year, andl if only newv men are allowed .to go on the field, from that bunch will be dlevelop)ed som.e "goodls" for nexit year's varsity. Patronize onr adhertie. Trials and Tribulations. Vhen on Sunday morning, I am sloeping, The sun beams into my room come creepig, And I awaken with a start to hear, Beneath my wvindow near, The unearthly cry of, "shine." I hear the towii clock striking nine, And I know that I must fast that (lay, Unless I can get in some other way, Than through the mess hall door. Then in nervous haste I dress, And make my way towards the mess. I see the (1001- is open still, And my heart with joy does fill. l1it my spirit falls When I se-e the fish-roe balls. And right then and there I resolve anl swear, Next time I'll sleep 'till 1oonl. F. R. Hemingway. Bad Billiken. Billiken, that cute little god, has deserted us of late, and in his place has come "lilu,efunk," that horrid god of "had luck." Wke have met in the last two wveeks two disastrous (lefeats at the hands of Clemson anl Davi(lsoi. Hlowever, we are not going to be (liscouragedl by the reverses of fortune, for we know that football luck is very changeable, anl our hard luck streak is on. We had good luck the first of the season, when we won the first four ganmes. That hard luck streak is going to break right away. \Ve won't pre dict that we will wipe North Caro lina off the earth, but we vill say that the team will pull .together and give them a good tussel, aml next veek, wvatch us hit the Citadel vith a strong bo(ly of rooters in support. Wh.en they wake up they will knov that Carolina has been along. That game will be the fifth feather in our cap. We realize that the team was "bunged up" when they went to Davidson. Every man in the squad except two was cripple(l in some way or other, and they vere simply too sore to catch the 10-second backs of Davi(lson. They gaine(l nothing through our line. Varsity, (lon't be disheartened by the two (efeats. It vas hard luck. Remember the student body is be hind you to a mai. and its spirit will be shown by the number of men who will go to Charleston. Cheer up, a b)etter day is comning. Billiken is going to b)e goodl. Fresh Browvn: "In the class this morning the professor of English Literature said something about Beaumont andl Fletcher. I know who B'eaumonrt is, of course; lhe's the newv outfielder for the Cubs ; b)ut who the Sam 1-ill is Fletcher ?" Fresh Congdon :"Why, you b)one head, he's the guy that says you must chew your victuals one hmun dlredl and thirty-six times before you swvallow 'em." Send a copy of THEx GAMiEcocI home A Ballard of Forgotten Booze. We have read all about the knights of old, Tlhat fought for their ladies fair, And many a monkish chronicler's told Us the color of Guinevere's hair. Now, this is the question I'm most ly concerned ill, And it cannot be answered, think Not what kind of marble these knigihts are enurned in, Bitt what kind of rye did they drink? How many toddies could Lancelot hold Wi.thout getting up in his chair, And lifting on high a bottle of cold Fizz, biff a knight in the car? I've said before, I'm not vastly con oerned in The man that from fear would not shrink, But what time in the morning the Round Table turned in, And what kind of rye did tlleY drink? I've bLought musty parchments for their weight in gold. Pre-renaissance manuscript rare, I have searched through old vellums and rolls 'that were scrolled; Inl some prehistoric year. And there I've learned much, this much I'm not learned in, In what social club did they slink, low tight did they get, whose room they adjourne(l in And what kinl of rye did they drink? Prince, this question may be spurned in Some solemn councils wlhere no glasses clink, lut of the ancient kinights I'm most ly concerned in, What kind of rye did they drink. -1908 Gamecock. Oh Slush I "Ah, dearest," he sighed, "I love you; you are the apple of my eye." Her chestnut hair, her cherry lips, her orange blossom cheeks ,only tended to egg him on. My heart, darling, beets only for you. Lettuce elope." "No," she said, "that would squash everything. We cantaloupe until we have cabbaged some of papa's greens." Then he realized that this girl was sure enough a peach. -A. R. Rawls, in 'o8 Gamecock. The band around his summer hat, he lent her for a belt, So wvhen she gav'e it back again, he saw tshe little welt Her buckle had inflicted, andl he whispered, b)endling low, "If I but look on this, dear me, your mreasure I sha,ll know." With just the least suspicion of an noytance on her p)art, "Is that the only way," she said, "you have of finding out ?" --Selected. His name was Wrath, and when he asked his girl to marry him, she gave him a soft answer, andl a soft answver turneth away mwrah