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)ge easTecovk PUBLISHED WEEKLY nY TIE LITERARY So CIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARoIxA. TEn3s: $1.50 A SESSION, PAY AnI.E IN ADVANCE. "Entercd as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." THE UAMECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, etc., and will glt.dLy 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 money orders should be made payable to It. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. BusinOss Manager, It. F. S i'soN, '11. Aesistant Bm1iness Manager, T. S. MCMIL.AN, Ulmers. Editorial Rooms in Plian Hall. BOAlRD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, Ii. G. Orrmcn..................Eddy Lake A"ssocfile Editor, ). C. IIEYWAnn. Athletics BCditors, F. W. CArm a:As............E'uphradiani L. K. HAGon...................Clariosophie Locat b'ditors, D. C. IIEs-rE.ss...............Clarisophie G. W. WARINo, Jit............. .uphradian 1'. M. C. A. Editor, W. 11. JOHNSTON. Student lody hdilor, P. K. BOWMAN. COLUMBIA, S. C., MAnRc 4, 1911. Sophs 6, Juniors 0. Juniors 10. Seniors 9. Some of the material looks good to us. The game Tuesday was the best class game played on Davis Field in many a day. T"he material that has been out looks very promising. anlN we see no reason why we can't have the best team ever. ()ur only two supposedly weak points can be well strengthened by some of the new material. \Ve have a fairly heavy schedule, and we trust every stldcnt will (10 his share in getting out a winning team. Chase balls, carry water, do anything and every thing possible to help. Show the men that you are backing them for all you are worth. The nine men do not al ways win the game. It is more often the "four hundred." It seems to us that some steps should be taken by the students to have all of our holidays except those of Fair week and Christmas during the baseball and football season. If we had petitioned for the holiday last week to be given while our team was onl its trip) in the sp)ringL it would have helped matters considlerab)ly. \Ve wvould all have enjoyed it more then, and the team w~ou1ld have had time to play aniother game, or. else take its tsime andl enjoy the trip) more thor oughly. We have several holidays that might, wvith advantage, be utilized by our athletic teams wvhile playing away from home, and we feel sure that the rest of the students wvould as soon have the holidays at one time as an other. AN EXCELLENT STEP. The students Monday morning made a long stride towards purifying our athletics when they exprsse themselves on the subject of profan ity and drinking on our athletic field. Even though it be the men who are not athletes who have committed these offenses, yet the atmo phere of the field is more or less afected and there can be no doubt b'ut what the effects of the meeting will be felt by our men working for the team. But the greatest good of all will be the effect upon our supporters from the city, who will now feel that they may conic -down here to an athletic con test without having the stimulating effects of seeing young manhood at its best marred by actions of a few thoughtless students, which are dc cidecdly out of taste with the spirit of the occasion. Many of the men have objected to the action of the students on the ground that it should not be necessary to so regulate the actions of gentle men. The expression, as we uncder stand it, was not to try and regulate the gentlemen of the student body, but simply to call their attention to the thoughtless and childish actions of a few who, while being gentlemen, yet so far forget themselves that the im pression u1pon outsiders As likely to, be that they are not. The expres sion of the students Monday morn ing does not in any way imply that there is a single man among us who is not a gentleman, but it simply asks that everyone be awake to the fact that the plblic does not always see things as the college mianl sees them. So we must so conduct our selves that no one can find fault with ouir actions. If the student body had passed a resolution authorizing the manager or cheer leader to put such men off the field we think there might have been some ground for complainlt. At it is. we think the action of the student body was very wise, and we congratulate each and every man therein upon the stand lie has taken. WANTED-A NEW BULLETIN BOARD. Our present facilities for posting notices, official and otherwise. are most ancient. We would not at teml)t to say how\ long the present bull-etin board has been in use, suf lice to say that it is very old. We should have a new modern board, e<nipped with a door or wicker gate so it could be closed and locked, thus preventing important notices from being torn down. A slat,e could also be provided at small expense for p)ostinug telephone calls. P rob)aly a hundredicc calls are sent in to tile Univ'ersity every clay. Some one takes the niames of the per-son callinlg andc simp)ly wvrites a small notice on the corner of sonic large p)lacardl. The chances arc that the person dlesiredl will never see the niumber that wvants him. This causes much inconvenience to bot,h p)arties. Frequently relativ.es of col lege men are in town and call them up, bunt arc not ab)le to get them. All this trouble could be very easily remedied by having a slate for tFele phone calls, and everybody would know wvhere to find -their numbers without having to search over the whole b)oard. Furthermore a new board wmu add to the attractineness of the marshall's office surroundings. As it now stands, the present board is an eyesore, hacked with knives, tacks and nails driven all over it, make it most unpleasant to the eye. This need could be filled at small cost, and would add so much to the general appearance of things on the campus. We hope those in author ity will consider our suggestion. AT OTHER COLLEGES. Last week the University of Vir ginia defeated North Carolina in basketball by the score of 18 to 15. * * * Below is a list of football captains efected by some of the universities for the season of 1911, with their positions: North Carolina-\Vinston, quarter and en(l. Virginia-3owen. end. Louisiana-Thonas, guard. A'labama-laumgardner, half. Auburn-Bonner, guard. V7at(erbI)ilt-Ioiison, quarter. Cornell-Munk, tackle. Pennisylvania-Mercer, full. Hlarvard-Fisher, tackle. Yale-Home, quarter. Princeton-H1fart, full. Irown-Sprackling, quarter. Navy-Dalton, half. Army--Hyatt, quarter. Carlisl -Ilen(d, guard. Trinity-lowell, tackle. Michigan-Conklin, tackle. In the 22d of last month the V. .\I. C. A. department at V. 1. 1. got uIt aI "Y. I. C. A. edition" of 'he, I Uir-inia Tech. II this number the history, present standing and purpose of that department there, was fully\ treate(l. The "Georgetown .eet" is to he held in \Vashington today. This is one of the most important indoor meets of the year. Colleges from all aron( that section of the country and many of the larger Northern ones always take part in this meet. The Hodgson Mlemorial Infirmary. at Sewanee. was a short time ago de stroyed by fire. Professors and sti dents worked hard to save it. and we learn that "hair-breadth escapes and amusing incidents followed each other in b)ewil(ering succession." * * *. At Virginia b)aseball p)ractice was suspendled for one afternoon, and the entire squadl, from captaini dlown, w~as p)ut at work wvith shovel. hoe andl wvheelba rrow getting the d iamiond in shape. They dlid it, too!I Changes in Rules. Th le Intercollegiate Rules Commit tee have made the following chaniges in the football rules of 1910: Rule 4, Section 2-There shall be two minutes intermission between the third andl fourth periods. Rule 6, Section 7-If the ball strikes an official it shall not be considered dead, but the play shall proceed. Rule 18-All p)enalties tinder the rules relati n toeora passes whic heretofore have been applied upon the spot from which the pass was made shall hereafter be applied upon the spot of the preceding down. Rule 18, Section 2-Strike out the words, "and taken more than one step in any direction." This is the rule which forbade a player to tackle or block a player receiving a forward pass until the latter had caught the pass and taken more than one step in any direction. Rule 19, Section 4--I-f the ball, having been passed legally and having been touched legally by a player, shall strike the ground before being actu ally caught it shall be considered an incomplete forward pass. Rule 25, Section 4--Only three men shall be permitted to walk up and down the side of the field. Rule 30, Section 4-Time shall be called by the umpire. A new rule' was added to cover a defect in the present rt.les as follows: If a foul is committed followiing a first or second down behind the goal line by a player of the side in posses sion of the ball, while the ball is be hind the goal line or in flight from a pass or kick delivered behind the goal line, the penalty shall he the loss of a (owNl, the ball to be put in play by the offending side upon its one-yard line; if such a foul occur a fter a third down the referee shall declare a touchdown in favor of the offending side. Exquisite in Every Detail. Mellow lights, perfume of pinks. smiles, white gloves, marble shoulders, music, puncl-the great junior-senior recel)tion at the College was lacking in none of its particulars that make of this the time at C. F. V. The fair ladies nmibered some thirty-five, and the men, mostly Caro lina knights, more than twice as many. The left marlor was decorated in pale pink and green, the hall in yellow aid green wilh a (levice 19 11 over the archway, and the right parlor in two shales of green. The plnch room was lit through havender shades, an(d was perhaps the happiest of all inl effect. 'The air of the whole was consum mate. Closing one's eyes to the pres ent (lay hairdr:essing, it was easy to see a festive occasion in the days be fore the war, to hear the fiddlers from across the river, until a minuet was almost expectedl next. L1 H BIRD SEED. The jailbird has 110 wings. T[um m (vu.:cocK has no feathers. Final answer to a persistent ques tion: "Nobody here has seen Kelly." "Affectation is dignity making an ass of itself." * * * The studlent got p)ink eyes because he "redl" too much. Variations of once p)opular songs: (1) "Love Me and Your Money's Mvinet." (2) "Just Break the Eggs for Mothwr."