The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 25, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
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ager.
lusinese Maaiger,
It. F. Sii'soN, '11.
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D. C. HEYWAnD.
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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