Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUn.1811ED WEEKLY BY TIE LiTERARY So CIETIES OF TIE UNIVERSITY oF SoUTH CAROLINA. TEnRs1: $1.50 A SESSION, PAY AIII.E iN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of larch 3, 1879." TiE GAIMECOCI 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 moncy orders should be made payable to it. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. Busine88 Manager, R. F. S111'sox, '11. Assistant Business Maager, T. S. MCMILLAN, Ulhners. I'diforial Rooms in Flinn iaIll. 1OAl) OF EIDITOlS. Bditor-in-Chief, H-. G. Orricerin.................Eddy Lake Associate Editor, D. C. HErFWAnII. Athletics Editors, -. C-- a :m.mxAN N...........Euphradian L. K. I lmoon.................Clariosophic Local Editors, M11. M. Jomi-so .................Clariosophic G. W. VAI-4, JIt............. 1uphrIIIadianl Y. '11. C. A. Editor, WV. 11 .10JoNST-ON. Student Body Editor, P. K. BOWMAN. COOUMIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 18, 1911. It certainly sounds good-that baseball noise! Iere's to Captain Wideman here's to Manager \\right ; and here's to the team Tlhere is room for the four hundred and seven of us on Davis Field. 1,et's he there every afternoon, either inl uniform to play or on the side lines to encourage. 1'rom the youngest, w\,il(lest, scari est freshman ill) to the oldest, grav est and most dignified p)rofessor: we are all needed to develop the best that we have into an unconquerable team. SENIOR ESSAYS. Several years ago the faculty abol ished the regular course in essays anl also the "Junior Essay." Th'lis year they decided not to let any one substitute an essay that had been re(uireld in any other department in place of the regular graduating essay. This in itself is all right ; but it seems to us that when a man has been here for four years; has done a large amount of work on the publi cationis, and( besides, has had to write articles upon01 the v'arious subljects taken up in the different dlepart ments, that he should b)e exemp)t from having to spend his time andl energy writing an essay, which, no miatter howv poorly written andl how~ little thought and( originality it may contain, is accep)tedl as sufficient for his "graduating essay." It requires much more time, thought andl energy to write ,a .good, short story that wvill be accep)tedl by ouir magazines than it (oes to write an essay that wvill be accep)tedl by the faculty. 'We hav'e men here wvho have written number less articles for the v'arious publica tions ; who have had to hand in arti cles of length, on some sub)ject undler stu(lv - nnrl yet these men ave to write their senior essay just as though they had never done more than write the required themes in the Department of English. There should be a committee appointed by the faculty and the power given to this committee to say who has an,d' who has not done sufficient writifig to be exempted from the tedious and often meaningless gradtuating essay. Several members of the faculty have already voiced their sentiments in favor of this, and we hope that body will take some action along this line in the near future. Breakage Fee Delinquents, Notice. The manager of the baseball team has prepared a good schedule, and with the opening of practice, prospects are bright. There is one feature, however, to which the man ager asks that attention be directed. For the support of athletics here the breakage fee fund is applied. Out of the 400 students at Carolina, 300 are are counted upon to pay this amount of $3.00 each. At present. however, only 150 have paid in. This is far from satisfactory, and the baseball management earnestly requests that the troulble he speedily remedied bf the remainder coming forward and (loing their share. To put out a good team a strong financial backing is necessary, anl now when things look so bright in every other respect for a successful season we trust that the management will not be hanldicapped by lack of sufficiemt funds. It's the (lity of every Carolina man to sill) port his. team as much as possible, and it is certainly possible for those who have not already (oie so, to pay the treasurer the $3.00 breakage fee. AT OTHER COLLEGES. \lfred Shrub, the noted English Marathon runner, has been engaged to coach I larvard's long distance ruiier. Last evening the annual mid winter concert at the College for Women was enjoyed by a large number of the University men. * * * I larvard University has a total enrollment of 6,279 students this year, a decrease of twenty-nine from last year's figures. Football has been abolished at George Washington University. * * * Of the 2,126 studlents at Mis souri, 1 ,564 are church members. * ** The University of Keio, Japan, is going to sendl its baseball team on a tour of this country in the latter part of May'. Standing by the entrance of a large estate in tihe suburbs of Glas gow~ are twvo huge (logs carvedl out of granite. An Englishman, going b)y ini a hack, thought lie would have some fun wvith tihe Scotch dlriv'er. "Ilow often, Jack, (10 they feed those two big (logs ?" "Whenever they bark, sir ;" was the straigrht-faced rl)ny.-... Interesting Letter. Yale University. 'hc Editor of "The Gamecock:" When I was at the University during the Christmas holidays, I told you a few things about customs at Yale, and usually pointcd out the ways in which Yale might copy from Carolina. But I hope the students have not gotten the imp.ression that the case may not be reversed. In many ways I think Carolina might well learn from Yale, and if you can spare a few lines for the purpose 1 will try to point out a few of those ways. The most striking characteristic of Yale-at least the thing that struck me most--was its fairmindedness. On every conceivable subject, na tional or sectional, religious or secu lar, the typial Yale man is eminent ly impartial. Particularly is this statement true of the attitude toward the South. Nowhere does a South erner meet any opposition or )reju dice here from the fact that he is a Southerner. If he is unpopular with the students, or does not (10 well, it is due to other causes. Last year one of the most prominent and pop ular fellows in college was a South erner from Louisiana. On this sub ject the professors are conspicuously fair. A few remarks made by some of them may better serve to illustrate this statement. Professor Phelps, one of Yale's most popular and prominent teachers, says, in the (Yale) Alumni Weekly: "In behalf of the South, I will say that it is gen erally conceded at Yale that the greatest graduate she has produced in the two hundred and ten years of her existence is John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina." Professor Fite, author of "Social Conditions in the North During the War," says: "The South ruled the country up to i86o, though she has had few men of na tiomial prominence since that time;" and again, "In one sense it may be said that it was the industrial re sources of the North, rather than the armies of Grant that defeated the Confederacy." I might cite innum erable examples of the same spirit. The remark of Dr. Lyman Abbott on the negro problem is interesting: "The Southerner likes the negro bet ter than the Northerner does, but the Southerner does not respect him, nor will the Southerner ever respect the negro till he deserves that re spect." Of course, there are good reasons for this state of affairs, why the North should be morec fair-minded towardl the South than the South towardl the North. The North did not have twelve years of reconstruc tion to undhergo, and cannot realize the bitterness then engendered to wardl the "radhicals," andl the hatred towvardl the "scalawvags." And, too, the North is p)ainfully ignorant that is, the young peolel-of condi tions in the South, both now and b)e fore the wvar, for, of course, South erners come North much more than Northerners go South. One fellowv remarked to me that he had always b)een interested in those p)ioneers down there in South Carolina. Peo p)le up here think we live in the trop ics, and are much surprised to know that we sometime hwa snow They think, furthermore, that every body in the South can-or at least thinks he can-trace his ancestry back to an English lord or a French count. "Sic Tacitus Ignatum pro mirifico." They have very romantic ideas of Southern people, such as one might gain from "Red Rock." But withal, they give us credit for all we deserve, and we have no right to complain, though they do think we are far behind the times industrially. Another striking feature of Yale student life is the democratic spirit everywhere prevalent. It may be a surprise for some of you to know that forty-three per cent. of Yale's academic students are wvorking their way through college, paying them selves, all expenses either in full or in part. And the wonder of the thing is that these fellows stand as well as the sOis of multi-million aires, provided they are capable and deserve respect. This year the cap tain of the football team, one of the most prominent fellows in college "politically" and socially-is work ing his way through. But the word "politically" brings me to remark that there is no college politics at Yale, so far as I can see. The best man is everywhere chosen, and merit and worth count more than wealth and political influence, though, of course, wealth and fam ily influence are no handicap to merit and capacity. The captain of the baseball team is a son of the president of the United States Steel 'Prust. But I imagine this will be enough for one time, nd I will try to write again sometime soon. With best wishes, Irvine F. Belser, '10. BIRD SEED. Seeing "stars," usually accom panied by physical pain, is welcomed after "exams." Lillian Russell is "In Search of a Sinner." Ace you one? * * * "Pair o 'dice Lostl" Not by John Milton. * * * The Universe-City of South Car olina. Caroline-ahf!! WVise freshman on history exam: "in Martin Luther's time people dlid not wvorship God, but p)apal bulls. H-owvever, after nailing him to the church dloor, Luther burnt him on top) of a mountain."* The Change of System. Bouchiertite : "We ought to have Washington's birthday holiday be cause we had only one week of exams." Little Johnnie told a whopper, Little Johnnie aged eleven Said his ma, so horrified; Badl boys never go to heaven. Little Johnnie laughed, then cried: "Very well, I'll g-o with popper."