Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY ]Y TIHE LITERARY SO CIETIES OF TIHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TER,%s: $1.50 A SESSION4 PAY ABI.E IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." THE GA3INECOCK 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 cheeks and money orders should be made payable to R. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. Business Manager, R. F. SI'NPsoN, '11. Assistant Business Manager, T. S. MCMILLAN, Uhers. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, J. 0. SIiEPPARD, 'II .............. Edgefleld Associate Editor, J. I. HAZARD, JR., '11. Athletics Editors, J. A. GAINES, '12.............. Clariosophic H. G. OFFICER, 'll ............. Clariosophie Local Editors, D. 1B. BRocKINGTON, '12.........Euphradian J. P. CoAMs, '11. ............... Clariosopnic '. M. C. A. Editor, J. H. JOHNSON. Student Body Editor, J. C. Vo -.LEI IE. OO,UMBIA, S. C., DEcEMBER 8, 1910. Citadel 5, Carolina o. Now, for class games. bet's make them "classy." The military boys deserved the game; they outplayed us. The se,d-off the boys gave Coach Neff shows that we have college spirit at Carolina. We wish to call your attention to the weekly exchanges; they may be found in Flinn Hall. The Charleston trip was gileat. Those who remained behind are kicking themselves for not going. In all, Carolina and the Citadel have met on the gridiron five times, Carolina winning four times and Citadel once. In 1905, Carolina 46, Citadel o; 1907, Carolina 12, Citadel 8; 1908, Carolina ii, Citadel o; 1909, Carolina i1, Citadel 5; 1910, Caro lina o; Citadel 5. In order to get the steel lock-ers for the gymnasium installed, Mr. Schofield has been so kind as to supply from his own pocket a con sidlerable sum to make up for money unp)aidl by thos,e ordering lockers. This ought to be attended to by those wvho have not come up wvith their coin, both because .they obli gate(l themselves to do so, and be cause they are putting Mr. Scho fi'eldl to considerable trouble. The lockers are going to be great, so pay Up) to the p)hysical ,director at once. We are in receipt of .the following reply to our editorial of last wveek, entitled, "Our Plain Opinion," .in which we statred our thought and op>inion of not having any holiday on Thanksgiving. The gentleman writes as follows: "The editor of "The Gamecock" may note that the ame g-entean, who, as governor of the State, calls upon the people to 'put aside their labors for the day,' is also chairman of the board of trustees, who order the University students to attend classes on Thanksgiving. 'Consist lency, thou art a jewel!' " The writer also sends us the Gov ernor's proclamation, but space for bids us publishing i't. It appears to us that the Governor is "on the fence." As the highest executive of the State, he orders us to lay aside our labors, and as chair man of the board of trustees, he puts us to vork.- We agree fully with our friend, really, "consistency, thou art a jewel." What say you, Gov ernor? COACH NEFF. The short<er our remarks concern ing Dr. Neff, the better we can ex press to him our appreciation of his services to the University. We say, without hesitation, that we have never had a more popular coach. This was conclusively shown when at least two-thirds of the stu dent body marched to the Union Station to see him off on his train. Sorrow fully they bade him good-bye, but still they sent him off with nine ringing 'rahs which att-ests their de votion to him. On the athletic field, on the campus, everywhere, he was always given a hearty good fellow ship greeting by all the students. NWhile w:e cannot say that our sea son was a decided success, for it was not, we can say that on.r failures were not due to any lack of training by the coach, for neVer have we had a more conscientions, hard-working, earnest, efficient coach. He worked wvi-th all his heart from the opening of the season to the very close. Dur ing times when men were laid out from injuries an(l were not in the game, he worked just as hard or harder than ever. If we did not have a successful season it was due simply to lack of material with which to make a winning team, not to the in .efficiency of the coach, for at all times Johnny Neff was on the job. Dr. Neff expressed the hope that he might be back next year if sat isfactory arrangements could be made. We earnestly hope that such will be the case, for there is no coach in the South tha:t we would rather se at the helm than Johnny Neff. Further words are not necessary. A Southern gentleman, courteous, refined, retiring, Dr. Neff has won the esteem of all Carolina. We wish him God-speed with earnest hope that he will return to us next year. CHARLESTONIAN COUR TESY. Every Carolin man who wvent to Charleston for the Thanksgiving game and hop, will take off his hat to 'the Citadel, Charleston College and -the M'edical College. Never before have we received such courteous treatmnent at 'the hands of the Charlestonians than on last week. WVe were the guests of the Citadel, and they surely upheld their old, true reputation for hospitality. On the streets 'everywhere we were saluted by the military clad boys with pleasant greetings. At the Ci-tadel-Carolina hop,n en esp cially in our honor, we were all in troduced to the fairest of Charles ton maidens, and given the time of our lives. We likewise appreciate the courtsy shown us by them, when exulting over their viotory they did not forget to head their parade from King to Meeting stroet, and to stop in front of the St. John's hotel, where they gave nine ringing 'rahs for Carolina. Citadel, we ap preciate your gentlemanly courtesy. The Meds. and Charleston College boys were with us. They rejoiced with us, th.y bet with us, -they lost with ps, they sorrowed with us. They stood by us. Their friendship towards us is expressed by the re mark of one "Med." who, having lingered over the flowing bowl, re marked, "Carolina, we afe with you; if you win, we win; you lose, we lose, anyway we die, happy or sad." The fraternities of both colleges lkept "open house" for us, and it is an assured fact that we appreciated this kindness. Long will the trip be remembered by the Gamecocks with pleasant memories. Charleston, -thy very name spells courtesy. THE i9o8 ANNUAL DEBT. A committee is now at work in the various dormitories getting the men to sign an agreement to 'the effect that they will pay a specified sum ($2 for seniors and $i for 'the other three classes) to the treasurer of the University, along with their term fees at the beginning of the second -term. This money to be turned over by the -treasurer to the committee and they to apply it on the debt of the 1908 "Garnet and lack." TIhis debt has now been hanging over us for three years, and is a real disgrace to the student body. It is frequently held up to us by the business men of the city when we try to borrov money, or receive ai<l from them in any financial matter, and if left unpaid much longer will simply mean ruin to our credit. It is not a debt which we individually contracte(l, but we as students of the University become responsible for it when we ally ourselves with this institution. The 'three lower classes were not even in school at the tim.e the annual was published, but, nevertheless, it is by their sup port that we hope to be able to pay the publishers their money. The present senior class was in college at the time of u4lication, and they have therefore agreed to pa~y $2 each as their share. Fellowv students, we can, and must, raise this money, and we want the suplport of every member of the University. When you have signedl your owvn card see to it that your friends sign theirs. There is no such thing as "can't," for didn't we raise over a thousand dollars among the students in several nights last year? Remember, you are not asked to pay now, b)ut in February, alonig with your regular fees. In this way you never wvill feel it exoept in the good it does to our fair name as a student bodly. Subscribe to Tra GMuCOCK EXCHANGES. We acknowledge receipt of the following exchanges: College Topics (2), U. of V. The Tar Heel (2), U. of N. C. The Tiger, Clemson. The Gamilicad, G. M. A. The Cumberland Weekly, Cum berland University. The Ring-tun Phi, W. and L. The Red and Black, U. of G. The Sewanee Purylle, U. of S. * * * As a result of a recent fire in one of the buildings of the University of Alabama, 'the students have formed a voluntary fire department. * * * Carn-egie recently gave one and a half million dollars to the Carnegie Teclinical Schools of Pittsburg. * * * The weekly publication in one of the large Norithern girls' schools states that their swimming pool has a capacity of 50,ooo "gals." * * * "Hello" buttons have been given out at Syracuse. Every student who wears one must say "hello" to his fellow student for two weeks. This was done .to encourage friend ship among the students. * * * It is a peculiar coincidence that both V. M. I. and W. and L., sit uated in Lexington, Va., have closed until after Christmas. V. M. I. be cause of "pink eyes," W. and L. be cause of typhoid fever. Class Games. The various classes 1mve organ ized itheir football teams, and are getting in first-class shape for the Sylvan trophy cup contests, which will take place in rapid succession very soon. The official personnel of the teams are as follows: Senior class -- Captain, P. L. Wright; manager, P. K. Bowman; coaches, Jack Crawford, Jno. Black burn; sponsors, Miss B. Tillman Rainsford and Miss Martha Ed monds; waterboy, D. G. Yar borough; chief surgeon, C. G. Wyche. . Junior class-Captain, D. G. Per kins; manager, A. G. Hart; coach, P. K. McNair; sponsor, Miss Cor nelia Seyle; waterboy, J. A. Gaines (resigned to play on team; successor to be elected). Sophomore class-Captain, H-amp White; manager, Roy Miller; coach, Church Whitner; sponsor, none eleoted; wa-terboy, Weston. Freshman class - Captain, Cor nelius Kollock; manager, A. M. Patui; coach, M. R. Mobley; sponsor, none relected; waterboy, C. M. Chitty. The first game will be played be tweeni the seniors and juniors on Saturday, December 3d1, followed by the freshies andl sophs on Monday, December 5th. The final game for the Sylvan cup will be played by the winning teams in the first two games as soon as possible thereafter. The teams are all p)racticing hard, and expect to be in fine condition when the games come off