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Eff e m sucock PunLIsIED WEEKLY BY T1r LITERARY SO CiETIES OF TIIE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTJ1 CAROLINA. TEnumS: $1.50 A SESSION, PAY AHLE IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November '20, 1908, at the postoflice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." TirE GANIECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, etc., an( 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 checks and ioney orders should be made payable to It. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. lusinese Maaiger, It. F. Sii'soN, '11. Assistant usiness Manager, T. S. MCMI,.LAN, Ulmers. 1"dilorial Rooms in Flinn Hall. BOARID OF EDITORS. HCditor-in-Chief, 11. G. Ortmcen.................Eddy Lake A1.sociate HCdilor, D. C. HEYWAnD. Atleieic cditorq, F. W. CARi-:M.uA .......... EuhIIradian L. K. HAUOOD..................Clariosophic Local B'dilors, D. C. EusTEss....................Clarisophie G. W. WAnttX0, .Jin.............Huphradian '. '1M. C. A. Editor, W. H1. JolixS-ro.m. Shudent Body !Mdilor, P. K. IHowaAN. COLUMBIA, S. 0., FEBRUAitY 2~, 1011. The class games give room for every man in college to show what is in him before the regular 'varsity practice begins. Are you trying for your team? Why don't the managers of last sea sons class football teams have the cup engraved ? We have a beautiful cup given for that purpose and so far there has nothing been engraved on it since it was given. What has become of the annual cross-country run ? This is an excel lent form of athletics, and we have a cup given for the best runner in col lege, who holds it for one year. There is a great deal of benefit to be derived from a good stiff training for a five mile run. and we would be glad to see this annual event revived. * The action of some of the students in the Senate gallery last Saturday night, when our appropriation bill failed to pass. was deplorable. 'We all had our feelings, but there was no occasion to make thei manifest. Such things do I) good and often do lots of harm. OUR YELLS. Amiong ourm college songs andl yells we have one or two that are rather ob)jectionab)le. There is nothing that helps a teami along more than good yells and songs. lbut it seems to us that we might (dispense with the ones whlich are not lit for ladies to hear. When the game is awvfully close and everyone is keyed to the highest pitch, it is only natural to want to give way to our feelings in strong wordls, but we must remlembler that the p)eop)le in the grandstand do not alwvays share our feelings, and wvordls that may seem appropriate for the expression of our own emotions, may shock then mor~ als. We are not endeavoring to begin a campaign naainst the nse of nrn.. fanity in general, but only in our pub lie places. Many complaints have been made about the careless way in which our fellows make use of their unique though thorough vocabuj)ry of adjectives. Dr. Daniel, of C6lumbia College, has repeatedly had us give him our assurance that the objection able yells would be dispensed with before giving the girls permission to attend the games. The College for \Vomen girls have often been placed in the samle position, many of the girls remaining away on account of their previous experiences on our grandstand. Mr. Cheer Leader, it is up to you and your assistants to see that nothing -bjectionable is allowed to reach the ears of those in the grand stand. SHALL WE REGULATE? While passing through Flinn Hall reading room the other day, we p-aused before the bulletin board long enough to observe the request for the person removing a certain paper to return same. Why is it that some of us are so selfish as to want to carry a paper which belongs to thet entire student body to our room for the pur pose of perusal at our leisure, or per haps to remove some cartoon thaL strikes our fancy. We might come right out and say in plain English what such an action is, but that is not necessary. \Ve all know that this is not the first time such a thing has happened, and in fact several very valuable books have been stolen from the library also. In any large body of men, you will always find a few who are always doing such things, and as long as no action is taken they will continue to. \Ve all have our opinions of such men, but that is not all that we should have. In a case like this, where the management of such mat ters is entirely in the hands of the students, the students should not be backvard in making their opinions plain. This is the only way to regu late such men, i. e., by public opinion, and while we have the opinion we are a little too timid inl making it public. That is tile only solution to the prob lem. AT OTHER COLLEGES. TIo "Vho's Who ill America" I-ar vard has contributed the greatest number of names-813; Yale is sec ond with 681, an<l Michigan third with 271 nlamles. * * * The trustees of the Utniver-sity of V'irginia are planning to butild a wotnan's dlormitory fot- that institu tion. Co-education is nlot the plani ill view, b)ut rather a sep)arate and( (is titnct w~otman's college. ** * WVashington atnd Lee has had a long be~sketb)all schedule this year. It include-i 19 games, all except thrmee of wvhich have beeni playedl. The fir-st wvas on December- 27, and( the last oneC will be Marchl 4. On Febr-uary 10, the University of Vitrgitnia dlefeated W*ashitngton atnd Lee b)y the close score of 24 to 19. At the latter place therec are intet-class contests in bas ketball for the champinship. An Opportunity for the Carolina Man. The following interesting letter and announcement were handed to us for publication by Dr. Reed Smith. It means a big opportunity is open for some of us: The Harvard Alumni Association, Office of the General Secretary, 50 State Street, Boston. February 15, 1911. Dear Sir: Harvard University can now offer a certain number of scholar ships to young men from your State, as set forth in the accompanying cir cular. I am inclined to believe that the fact of the Rumrill Scholarships is not widely known throughout the South, and, therefore. I venture to ask if-you will co-operate with us in spreading the news whenever possible. This year the scholarships are held by Stewart L. Garrison, of the junior class, from Mobile, and Walter F. Rogers, of the junior class, from Ten nessee, who is a graduate of Pied mont College. Georgia. The gradu ate scholarship is held by Thomas J. Moore, now a student in the Harvard Law School, a graduate of Richmond College, Virginia. i-loping that I am not troubling you too much. 1 remain, Very truly yours, G. H. V.S. HARVARD UN IVERSITV MEMORIAL SCiOi.ARSHIPS FOR SOUTIIERN STU DENTs. Harvard University has received from the widow of James Augustus Rumrill, A. It., 1859, of Springfeld, Mass., the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to establish in his memory three scholarships to be known as the James A. Rumrill Scholarships. TWO SCHOLARS11 IPS OF $225 EAc FOR STUDENTS ENTERING HARV'ARD Col. LEGE AS UNDERGR.\DUATEs. Two scholarships of $225 each will be offered every year to properly qual ified students in their first year of residence as undergraduates in Har vard College who enter Harvard from seconlary schools in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Geo-gia. Tennessee or Kentucky. In the assignment of these under graduate scholarships consideration is to be given, in accordance with the terms of gift, "to the qualities of man liness, leadership and well-rounded de velopment, as well as the scholarly attainients of the candidates as shown by their school records or their records in the admission examinations, or both.'' Thue assignment of scholarships for the year 1911-12 wvill be made on or about April 1, 1911 , and app1lications for that year should b)e in the hands of the secretary nlot later than March 1, 1911. Applications should state clearly the grounds on wvhich financial aid is required, and they should be accom />anied by testimonials from teachers and others regarding the qualifications mlentionedl in the terms of gift. P'RICE G;REENL.EAF AID. Each apl))ication for a James A. Rumrill scholarship will, if unsuccess ful, be treated as an application for "Price Greenleafi Aid1." The President and Fellows of Har vard College are enabled by the be quest of Ezekiel Price Greenleaf, of Quincy, Mass., to appropriate annually about sixteen thousand dollars "to reduce the general expenses necessa rily incurred by undergraduates of the college in pursuing the studies re quired to obtain the degree of Bache lor of Arts, who are not of theni selves, or with the aid of their par ents, of sufficient pecuniary ability to pay for the same." The income of the Price Greenleaf Fund is distributed, in sums of from $100 to $250 a year: first, to under graduates in tne first year of their residence; secondly, to deserving stu dents who have not succeeded in the conipetition for scholarships. The regular assignment to first year students is made before or at the time of their entrance. To hope for a share in this assignment the applicant must be strongly recommended by the col lege. academy, or school with which lie has been connected ; and must see that his application is in the hands of the secretary of the faculty by the first day of Aarch. A subsequent assign ment is made in February to some other first year students of high stand ing: applications must be in the hands of the secretary by the fifteenth day of December. In every case the amount assigned is payable (but only to persons who may be undergraduates at the time of payment) in two instalments, at the time of presentation of each of the two term-bills of the year. The recipients of P'rice Greenleaf Aid may be called upon for service as monitors or assistants to an amount not exceeding four hours a week. For blank forms of application, and information about necessary expenses, address the Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. A scholarship of $225 will also be offered each year to a properly qual ified graduate of a college or univer sity in the States above mentioned who desires to pursue his studies in one of the graduate departments of Harvard University. These depart ments are: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Applied Science, Graduate School of Business Administration. Divinity School, Law School, Medical School. For information concerning any of the departments of Harvard Univer sity in which the above scholarships may be held, the courses of instruc tion offered, the cost of living, etc., application should lie made to the secretary, Mr. J. G. Hart, 20 Univer sity' H-all, Cambiridge, Mass. The second of the series of sacred concerts wvill be held in Flinn IHall this coming Sunday night, February 25th, at 7 :1 5 o'clock. These concerts are among the best things of the year, and no lover of good music on the cam puIs can afford to miss them. There are a number of men on the campus and among the Alumni who still owe The Gamecock. We need money; so these will do us a kindness by making a check at once, made payable to R. F~. SIMPSON. Business. Manager