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PUBLISHED WEEKI.Y DY THE LITERARY So CIETIEN OF TIE UNIVERSITY OF SoUTI CAROLINA. TERMS: $1.50 A SESSION, PAY ADIX.. IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." THE GAMECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, etc., and will gladly publish such as is available, when accompanied by the full name of the author. Unsigned nanuscripts will neither be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and money orders should be made payable to R. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. Business Manager, Rt. F, SilmPsoN, 'l1. Assistant Business Manager, T. S. MCMILLAN, Ulmers. Editorial Rooms in Flinn Hall. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, H. G. OFFICER..................Eddy Lake Associate Editor,. 1). C. HEYWARD. Athletics Editors, F. W. CAPPEI.MANN............Euphradlan L. K. HAGOOD..................Clarlosophic Local Editors, D. C. HFEUSTESS................. ClarisOphi, G. W. WARING, JR............. .Euphradian Y. M. C. A. Editor, W. H. JoiNSTON. Student Body Ediior, P. K. BOWMAN. COLUIMBIA, S. C., M ARCH 11, 1911. Oh you voluntary attendance! Everybody out for track and base ball Last call. We have excellent material for a Glee Club, and Manager Buie is work ing hard for a successful season, but lacks the proper support. We hope that those members who seem so indif ferent will make the many small sacri fices necessary to membership and will get together and "harmonize" upon all possible occasions. The new bulletin board is an im provement over the old one, but there is still ground for complaint. Many important notices are posted only to be torn down within an hour or so, or else scribbled all over with telephone calls. Authorities, if you have not got enough money to get the right kind, let us know, and we will see what the students can do. MANAGER'S REPORTS. The University of Virginia netted $4,200 from football last season. The manger's report is printed in full in College Topics, and it shows every member of the G. A. A. exactly how money was spent and obtained. We think our managers should be obliged to make a report to the Athletics As sociation of how the money is spent. It would eliminate much of the unjust criticism, and would also arouse the studlents' interest in the financial con dlition of things. As it is now, there is not a single student in college wvho knows whether we have any reserve fund or whether we are in dlebt. This is altogether wvrong. We have an adlvisory board, wvhichi elects man agers and the general treasurer. Now these men are not held resp)onsib)le to the stud(ents, but to the advisory board. While they get some $2,000 from the students each year, they make no account of it to those from whom they get their office and -money. This is not, cnducive to the best possible financial support of the students, and we hope the board will see fit to have a report published at least twice each year, so the students and alumni may know the exact condition of things. We trust the board will see the wis-. doin of this and make public a report sometime in the near future. \Ve be lieve it would (to an immense amount of good for our athletics. AN ALMA MATER. A year or two ago the faculty, real izing that we should have a soul-stir ring alma mater, offered a prize of fifty dollars to any one who would compose such a lyric. It was expected that many songs would be turned in to the committee of selection. Strange to say, no one desired the money or felt the call of his college to bestir himself to the task. We have not made inquiries, but we feel sure that the offer of the prize is still open, and the call of college spirit is ever open. Will some one rise to the occasion ? At present we have only two songs, one of which is distinctly our own; that of "In Heaven Above." The other, "Carolina," while beautiful and inspiring, is taken from one of the Yale songs, and hence cannot be claimed as ours. Both of them are old, and we should have some new ones. Many are the traditions that linger around this old University, with its vineclad walls, and many are the great men who have been educated here all subjects and materials for a stirring hymn which only waits the genius of the songster. It is said that when "Old Nassau," the alma mater of Princeton, is sung or played, every one raises his hat and stands at attention. That is what we need-a stirring hymn, telling the glorious past of the University and carrying with it honor. respect and veneration, so that when it, too, is played or sung, all the men will take off their hats and stand at attention, displaying their love and veneration for their alma mater. We feel sure that we have men of ability on the campus who can compose such a song. If they will only bestir themselves they can render a great service to their University. Possibly some among the alumni, more advanced in years and experi ence, will write one. TiHE GAMECOCK will be glad to pub lish all suitable compositions sent to the editors. After being published they will be turnedl over to the presi (lent of the University, who wvill pass them to the pr~oper committee. Let us hope that this wvill bring fruit. A soul-stirring alma mater is an absolute necessity. Poets, bestir yourselves!I Seek inspi ration andl compose a hymn. "You say you once had a home ?" "Dat's what I had," answeredl Plod ding Pete. "Why dlidn't you (do something to make your folks comfortable and happy ?" "I di4. I left."-Ex. Always put off tonight what you are going to npit on in the mno-ning.-TEx. AT OTHER COLLEGES. At Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., the teAnis enthusiasts are com ing out in 'full force. More players are to be seen on the courts each day than during any other season. A "Cosmopolitan Club" was re cently formed among the students of the University of Georgia, says The Red and Black. This club will be composed of all the foreign-born stu dents at that place, and a constitu tion and by-laws will be drawn up. The February issue of The Wake Forest Student is devoted to the sketches of the careers of that institu tion's distinguished alumni.' W. W. Kitchin, the present Governor of North Carolina, heads the list, and is followed by others prominent in the State. Each sketch is accompanied by the subject's protograph, and the whole issue seems to have been pre pared with much care. The Univyrsity of Michigan has established a six-year course in the conservation of resources.--Ex. To encourge the art of drop and place kicking and punting, the Uni versity of Virginia has offered a separate prize for )roficiency in each. A call was issued last week for all who think they might have some ability along this line to come out and practice these various kinds of kick ing. The Red and Black: "A resolution from TiHE GAMECOCK (Univ. of S. C.), 'Resolved, That I will be a boost er's club, all by myself, and that I will talk my college to my home people, and thereby secure their sons as stu dents.' Suppose we make this reso lution here?" Literary Societies. At a joint meeting of the societies Saturday night, Messrs. Bradley, R. F., and Mitchell, J. B., were elected delegates to the State College Press Association meeting to be held this year at Clemson. At the same time T. M. Ross was elected presiding officer for the pre liminary to the State Oratorical Con test. Bradley, R. F., was elected chief marshal. The assistant marshals are: Clariosophic, Sawyer and Stewart ; Euphradian, Stoney, A. B., and Wright, M. A. Tuesday afternoon those interested andl intendling to join the intra-so ciety contests of the Clariosophic So ciety met and diecidled upon the first Friday night in April as the time to hold ithe ,contest. There will be a great number to enter the dieclaimer's contest. Those in the debate at pres ent are: Affirmative. Bradley, R. F.; Brandenburg, J. D., and Yarborough, D. G. Negative. Watson, H.; Culp, C. K., and Murray, J. The query adopted is: Resolved, That monop)olis tic tendlencies in America are detri mental to her best interests. The Eunbradiams have not aset nitken atg definite steps regarding their ita-society contest. The programme for Saturday night in Te Euphradian Society is the same as hat given in our last issue. The Clariosophics are to have the follow ing. Declaimers: Farris and Dickson. Reader: J. F. Covington. Orators: Hill and Covington, C. W. Debate: Affirmative, Huestess, D. C.; Shuler, M. A.; Mace, J. A. Neg ative, Hagood, L. K.; Brandenburg, S. L.; Murray, J. Query: Resolved, That the Presi (lent of the United States should be elected for a term of six years, and should not be eligible for re-election. Who Was It? It was the beginning of the eighth inning and the game was already lost, when the captain called me to him and bade me get ready to go in the box. I was a freshman, timid and wild looking, and while I was eager to show my fellow students what was in me, I knew that I was going to be laughed at. When I stepped into the box there was an awful hush over the crowd for an instant, and then the bleachers broke into a continuous roar of deri sion. Surely my college mates would give me a cheer, if only out of sym )athy. but no, they too were silent. I did not have a friend in the whole crowd who dared raise his voice in a word of encouragement. What lit tie nerve I had completely left me and I could hardly see the ball, my eyes were so full of tears of shame and anger. As the batter stepped into place everything swam before me, the grandstand was only a blurred back ground of unfriendly spectators. As I prepared to deliver the ball, above the derisive cries of the fans in the bleachers, I heard a voice, a friendly, familiar voice, cry, "J , you're all right ! Go for 'em." There was one person in that crowd who, although knowing I was no good, dared raise his voice in that tin friendly mob for a word of encour agement. He who only knew me for a friendless freshman, had enough true manhood in him to understand and sympathize with me, a poor, be nighted first year man. The inning passed like a dream. I don't knov how I managed to pass through it, but my heart was warmed by the knowledge that somewhere in that vast crowd was one who was watching, andl feeling, and suffering with me. ,Who was it? Can you guiess? It was one of my professors, andl I thank God that there are such men as he. Confederate Medal Essay. The subject chosen by the Wade Hiamp)ton Chapter, U. D. C., for the next Confederate Essay is "The In fluence of the Freedmen's Bureau During Reconstruction." The compe tition for this handsome gold medlal is restricted to students of the Univer sity. All essays must be handed to D)r. Wauchope not later than January 3, 1912. Subscribe to TuE GAMEOCK.