The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 20, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
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Associate Editor,
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Athlotics Editors,
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H. G. OrricEr, 'II ............. Clariosophic
Local Bditors,
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J. H1. JoHNsoN.
Student Body Editor,
J. C. VoNLi1.
CoLuMBIA, S. C., ,JANUARY 20, 1911.
One week of grace before "exams."
Get in some good work.
In the coming examination, for the
first time, the faculty will institute the
"one-week system." To our mind this
is a good system, as it is simply a
waste of valuable time to spend two
long weeks in giving examinations.
Iut one thing is certain ; the pro
fessors will have to make the examina
tions shorter, if they expect the men
to finish in the required time. For the
past few years it has been the habit
of our professors to give very long ex
aminations. We sincerely hope that
they will take note and will give
reasonable examinations that can he
finished in the required time.
The great celebration of Uoulnders'
Day showed one conclusive fact ; that
the University is alive and wide-awake
and that we are looking forward to a
greater an(d grander University. The
bringing within our hearing of such
men as Mr. Page. editor of the
World's IWork, and Dr. Knapp, of the
Agricultural Del)artlent. is a decided
step toward greater things. \We con
gratulate those wvlho were in charge of
the Founders' Day celebration upon
their excellent arrangement of plans
and the men of eloqluence whom they
broughlt be fore us. We likewise felici
tate the University upon entering her
107th year of great work and service
to tihe State.
It is a lamentab)le fact that it is nec
essary for the p)residlent of the studlent
b)ody to lbe forced to appoint two dloor
keepers, ini ordler to p)revent the men
from leaving tihe chapel (luring studoent
body meetings. It is certainly a sadl
display of college spirit to see tile
freshmen, the men wiio in a few years
will lbe the leadlers, leave tile hall.
They shouldl observe the eIler men
and copy from them.
WVe dloubt seriously if there is any
college or university in tihe South thlat
gives as much rung p..v.. to it st..
dents as we have here. It should be a
privilege and not only a duty to be a
member of the student body, and to
take part in its deliberations. Let
every one, and especially the freshmen,
remember that everythiig gives way
to a student body meeting. The pro
fessors will not mark a student absent
when he goes to classes late because of
a student body meeting. They rec
ognize the fact that it is a student's
duty to atiend all meetings. So let
none rush out of a meeting in order to
get to classes on time ; the professors
will wait. \Ve sincerely hope to see an
improvement in the next meeting.
There is one tendency of the men
on our campus that makes it very hard
for the managers of the various stu
dent organizations to make a financial
success of such. And that is the tel
dlency to either forget entirely their
obligations to them or else carelessly
put it off indefinitely. Fellows, this is
a bad habit, and you should give some
thought to it. It does not seem that
there is a lack of willingness to co
operate financially, but rather a care
less consideration of the time of such
co-operationi. Take for instance this
paper. We have subscrilptioins almost
enough to run us the entire year, but
those subscriptions have not been paid.
and unless they are paid we cannot
hope to run very much longer. The
publishers will ilot print the paper
with nothing better in view than a lot
of unpaid subscriptions. They have
to be sure of where their money is
coinig from. The paper nee(s your
support, and without it cannot live
very much longer. Take this to heart.
P'ay up your subscription now. You
intend doing it sooner or later, so why
not at his time, when we need funds
so badly.
ADIEU-AND REFORMS.
With this issue of TmHE G.m.xocK
the presenit staff goes out of office anid
turns "the bird" over to the newly
elected staff.
I I)i(l(liing farewell the editor de
sires to first say that personally it has
been a great pleasure for him to con
duct TII E GAMEcoc<. lie hopes that
he has given the student body a good,
newsy paper; if he has, his aim has
been fulfilled ; if he has not done so,
he regrets it, but has the satisfaction
of knowing that he has (oie his best.
He desires to thank his staff for
their goo(d work. At all times they
were willing workers and did cheer
fully and gladly all work assigned
them. It was their p)rivilege to issue
four early' edlitions ; that is, before the
regular edlitionls of Fridav', the Fair
Week, Thanksgiving, Christmas and
F'oundlers' D)ay edlitions, at wvhich times
they nobly rose to the occasion.
H aving disp)osedl of his valedictory
remarks, the editor begs the considera
tion andl patience of his readers to a
few things wvhich lhe has observed
(luring his connection with the plaper.
First of all he has observed that the
students do not take as much interest
in TiEi AM ECoCK as they should.
Few men realize wvhat a great privilege
it is to be able to write 'on a newvs
p)aper. journalism is one of the great
est callings of the (lay. The great daily
papers are calling for the college man
to take tip the jomral1stic -..rk, No...
is a great opportunity to learn some
thing about newspaper work and
newspaper style. In order to give an
opportunity to more men to learn the
business the writer would recommend
that four staff men be elected every
year, instead of three, as now. This
would likeise relieve each staff from
such lot3g terms of office. Further
more, the writer believes that this Uni
versity is large enough and has news
enough to support a semi-weekly
paper. Every week we have from six
to eight front-page stories which have
to be condensed into short stories.
when they could and should be used
on the front page. The news is here,
but we have not the money. The one
way to secure the money to put Tun
GAM EHCOCK on a steady financial basis
is to curb the unrestricted license of
'he Carolinian. We (1o not mean any
harm to our esteemed contemporary.
'he Carolinian, because it is a great
magazine and fills a need in the lit
erary life of the University, but the
conclusive fact stands forth that The
Carolinian has more money than is
necessary to run it. Few students
know that The Carolinian cleared $300
last year. of which one-half went to
the business manager in gratuitous
payment for his services rendered, and
the other Cal f went into the treasuries
of the two societies. At the same time
TP Gi -%.iwocK (by a resolution of
the societies, in order to let The Caro
linian live ) was not allowed to solicit
enough advertisements to run the
whole year.
TII GA:\1EcocK is a far better ad
vertising medium than The Carolinian,
simply and solely because it comes out
four times as often. For this reason
it is not allowed to solicit ads until
The Carolinian has sufficient funds to
run the whole year. But is it right to
prevent Ti A MECOCK from living
while The Carolinian clears three or
four hundred dollars every year, wheln
the plirpose of the resolution is to
curb T G.:G-\mcoK so The Carolin
ian can live? The writer sincerely
hopes to see these conditions remedied
by next year, and "the bird" put on a
more secure financial basis, so we can
have a live semi-weekly newspaper.
Having preached his little preach
ment, the editor again thanking his
staff anl the few contributors who
were public-spirited enough to hand in
such stuff, for their services, lie turns
over the Bird to one of the best edi
tors-in-chief and staffs (as time will
ProVe) TI GAM RcocK has ever had,
and Wishing them the best of luck, he
bids adieu.
Law Association Notes.
The association has hiad tw~o fairly
successful meetings since the holidays.
On \Vednesday bef ore last the famous
case of the State v. E. T. Brown wvas
tried. The dlefendlant wvas extremely
wvell knowvn on the campus, and every
one in court except the jury was suir
prised wvhen the gentleman was found
"nlot guilty." Thle counsel acting for
the State were Guerard andl Cordes;
for the defendant, Arrowvsmith and
Stokes.
On last Wednesday night a libel
case was arguedl before Professor
Rucker, sitting as Judge. No jury
was imp)aneledl. The Court dlecidedl in
favor of the plaintifs Cou.se for
the plaintiffs, Etheredge and Murray;
for the defendant, Stoney and Cordes.
There has been a movement started
in the association to try to secure
credit for attendance and performance
at the Moot Court. The attendance
at the meetings so far this year has
been very poor. The performance, we
must admit, has been excellent. If
we can get the faculty to give some
credit for the Moot Court work, the
attendance wil pick up wonderfully,
and this a(lded incentive will make this
year the most successful in the history
of the organization.
Public Health.
A new course of study will be
offered at the University, beginning
February 1st, )y the Department of
Biology. This course, which will
be taught by Drs. Williams and
Ward, of the State Board of Health,
will be called "A Course in Public
Health," and is designed to give in
struction to the students who will
sooti go out into the State in ma-t
ters of which the av-erage citizen is
woefully ignoran't. It is hoped by
the teachers of this course to enroll
a large number of young men in the
class. If a large body of men are
sent out into the various sections
of t.he State each year, equippe(l with
a knowledge of the means of safe
guardiig the public health, much
will be accomplished inl preventing
sickness in South Carolina.
Managers Elect Managers.
On Monday morning the managers
of the several athletic teams and of
the college publications met and organ
ized what is to be known as the Man
agers' Club.
This club is to be a permanent or
ganization. Its chief aim is to pro
mote a thorough business manage
ment of all teams and publications.
The following officers were elected:
J. S. Hoey, president.
P. L. Wright, vice president.
R. P. Simpson, secretary.
A. G. Hart, general manager.
Members--I. B. Thomas, Football,
1910; A. G. Hart, Football, 1911; P.
L. Wright, Baseball, 1 9 11 ; J. S. -oey,
Track, 1911 ; E. N. Carnis, Carolinian,
1911; R. F. Siml)son. GANtEcOCK,
1911; D. A. Brockinton, Garnet and
Black, 1911.
Editor's Notice.
Because of the approaching exami
nations T H E G.\incocIc after this
issue will susp)endl publication for the
following twvo wveeks. The next edi
tion will appear the week after exams,
and wvill lie edited by the newly elected
staff.
Because of pressing business on the
p)art 'of the editor-in-chief, the work of
this issue is (due to the associate edi
tor, M\'r. .1. I. H-azard, Jr., wvho kindly'
edited the Bird in his place.
Editor-in-Chief.
NOTICE.-Group pictures will
be taken of the 1st, 2d and 3d
termi "Gamecock" staffs, at 3 p. m.
Saturday, at Blanchard's Studio.
Everyone is requested to be
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