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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