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* ;)Pw na ew PUnI.ISHED WEEKI.Y BY TIxE LITERARY SO CIETIFS OF TIlE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TERaMs: $1.50 A SESSioN, PAY ABLE IN ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, ' ;b postoffice at Columbia, S. 4... the Act of Mlarch 3, 1879." TuE GiAMECoCK 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 checks and money orders should be made payable to 11. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. Business Manager, It. F. SIaIrSON, '11. Assistant Business Manager, T. S. MCMIL.AN, Ulmers. Editorial Rooms in Flinn Hall. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief, H. G. OFFICER.................Eddy Lake Associate Editor, D. C. HEYWARD. Athletics Editors, F. W. CAPI'MANN.............Euphradian L. K. HAOOOD...............Clariosophic Local Editors, D. C. HEUSTrESS .................Clarisophic G. W. WAniNo, JR.............Euphradian Y. M. C. A. Editor, W. H. JOIINSTON. Student Body Editor, P. K. BOWMAN. COLUMBIA, S.C., MARCH 18, 1911. We reiterate, "Give us a new Bul letin Board." Captain Wideman, you hav-e a big job before you, that of picking the best from so much good. Good fielding, good hitting, good head work and good team work, all were very much in evidence in the last few gaines. The report of the treasurer of the Athletic Association will soon ap pear in these columns. A very close and careful study of it will show plainly that we, t'hc students, aile not doing as much for the support of our teams as the members of the faculty and the alumni. Some, but far from all, of the students have paid their broakage fees for both terms and have left the -treasurer's offioe with a big feeling of having done as much as, if not more, than anyone else. You pay your three dollars for a season ticket which admits you to from eight to ten games. You feel that you have given three dollars to a worthy cau.9e when you in all prob ability have only given fifty cents. Twice each year the members of the faculty and the alumni are asked for amounts varying from five to ten dollars, and they get no more for their money than we do. \V.e are not trying to 'have the price of the season tickets raised, but we thought it worth while to bring these points out, so all the members of the stu (lent body will realize a little more keenly their duty in regard to pay ing the breakage fee. It is indeed discouraging when the studenCt body uinaniimously agrees to (10 a thing, has a committee ap p)ointed to carry it out, and then promptly forgets its obligation to do everything in its powver to aid the work of such committee. At the be ginning of this collegiate year a the amount necessary to pay off the debt on the 'o8 annual. The men ap pointed accepted the task in good faith, believing that they would hav,e the co-operation of every man in col lege. Sad to relate, the great body of four hundred intelligent gentle men have so far contributed the ap palling amount of eighty-five dol lars. Think of it! An average of just a trifle over twenty cents each. It is only fair -to the few spirited men who did contribute to state that their share was on an average about $1.25 per man. Students, we appeal to you, has this group of about seventy-five men got to bear the financial burden of you all? Is it fair? It's true, you are not respon sible for the debt, iveither is any one else except the one or two in college now that were on the staff at tihe time. However, we can't look to them, the disgrace is upon us all, and we must do something. One or two dollars is a very small item, and wlhen you give it in this cause -think of the good you are doing for the name of the student body. Out of a student body of over four hundred, all of whom should sign the breakage fee contracts, and many of whom sign them and never pay, the Athletic Association has this term received $568.oo. Can we hope to put out a successful team with that amount? Certainly not. Every game played here by any visiting team requires a draft on this fund of from $ioo to $150. With five or six big games, you can easily see the problem confronting the management. Students, bestir your selvies and pay up the breakage fee. It is, remember, our only source of financial support, the games played on our own diamond barely paying the incidental expenses. "Loosen up!" At the College for Women. Dr. F. Lindsay Blaney, who gave such a splendid lecture last year on "Gothic Architecture," will again ap pear upon the platform next Mon (lay evening on "The Art of Renais sance in Italy." The stereopticon views, which promise to equal those of last year in beauty, and the delightful presen tation of the subject by the sleaker, assure a crowded auditorium. Tickets for studen-ts may be ob tained for 50 cents, the regular price -eing 75 cents. Prof. Snowden Postpones Lecture. TPhe regular Thur1sdlay ev-ening lecture, wvhich was to have been giv'en by Prof. Snowden, has been p)ostponedW unit ii the last of the co urse. Prof. Snowdlen stated( that wvhile he was very anxious to greet his audlience this week, he felt it his chivalrous (duty to give way to the "'Di vine Sarah.'' "'In fact ," he said in a cot: lential tone, "two out of a cer tain a J supposedly reliable fiv'e had the nerv'e to tell me that they were afraid they would have to go to see 'Camille.' Of cours-e that ruined my show, for I was diependling on them for ap)olause, when I should give the sigrnl." Wideman's Gamecocks Draw Blood Every Time. (Continued frlom Page One.) one a double 'by Whitner. Barks dale, McMillan and Whitncr are credited with two hits each, while "Tack" Townsend, once furious bat ter at College of Charleston, re sunied his old form with three slash ing safeties. For the Alumni, Jones, pitcher, got three of the seven hits allowed them, the other fortunates being Davis, Reid, Swygert and Childs. The pitchers were about on a level. Terrell Jones, recently signed with Spartanburg, showed great vim, but was hampered by poor.sup port. Wyche struck out nine men. At one stage, however, the big fel low was unfortunate enough to force in two runs by hitting one man and passing another. Features were plentiful. Of the "old ones" honors go to Bratton Davis for his fielding and his pretty bunt in the ninth, and to Jones for his pitching apd hitting. "Big" Whitner for Carolina deserves ien tion for his two stolen bases. Both sides were alive to the game and in terest was intense. Although there were as many as nine -errors in the contest, the spectators experienced few dull moments and were made to feel that the baseball season is with us, although winds as biting as win ter produces were chilling all to the bone. Mr. Douglas McKay Addresses Students. (Continued from Page One.) vas that of forming a club for some particular line of reading or study. TI"he speaker showed how important it is for a man not to think that he has finished his education, that he knows enough when he leaves col lege, but shoud keep up his work and try to broaden others. Mr. McKay then talked on the "weaker race." It is only the small man who poses as hating the negro. We should remember that they are helpless and always treat them with justice and fairness, but be firm in punishment. Mr. McKay's address was very effective and was thoroughly en joyed by all those who heard it. Again Mrs. Twitchell Entertains Audience. (Continued fronm Page One.) ence in touch wvith the work they TPo hav'e the pleasure of hearmng M rs. Tlwitchell was indleed a priv ilege, and wve all apreciate her ef forts to give us an insight into the Italian operas we ot'herwvise could never get. Mrs. M.'s patience was much triedl b)y a serv'ant wvho had a habit of standling around wvith her mouth op)en. One day as the maid waitedl upon01 the tale, her mouth wvas open as usual, and her mistress, giving her a s'evere look, said: "Mary, your mouth is open." "Yes'm," replied Mary, "I opened BIRD SEED. "A bean, a bean !" The Gamecock never cats. "Hoier"-A classical name in baseball. * ** Drink the Carolina Special, a Game-Cocktail. What is the object of the harem skirt? Chapel is badly mistreated by sev eral memnbers of the faculty. Alarm clocks needed? "The call of the wild," the Amer ican college yell, according to Presi dent Lowell, of Harvard. * * * "Some people would not pay five cents to get into the pearly gates." (Extract from "Red" Metts' lecture on "Tight-wads.") The following communication was handed us for publication by the notorious trio, "Lord Robert," "Sir Oliver" and "Duke Charl,es:" Wichita, Kan., 12th, 1911. To The Gamecock, University of South Carolina. My Dear Bird: It having now been over eight months since I was within the realm of your lusty crows, I thought that I would like to our acquaintance renew. Dear Birdie, would it interest you to know of the progress your faith ful servant has made since leaving those historic walls which are the boundaries of your walk? If so, I shall take great pleasure in apprising you of my career up to the time of writing. I am now the superintendent of the Wichita Sanatorium situated at Wichita, Kan. It is here that I am beginning -to realize my fondest am bitions. I have quite a wide scope in the practice of my chosein profIes sion, and with a knife, am egotisti cal enough to say that I am some cutter. Already I have performed some hundred operations vith only a few failures, and as recognition of my unpreoedented success, was last week elected ninth vice president of the Kansas Medical Association. To this wonderful success I .have no hesitancy in saying that it can b)e attributed to the fundamental ground work that was instill'ed into me so thoroughly by such pecerless scholars as your esteemedl professors, G. B. Moore and Mister McCutcheon. Also let mec in passing pay tribute to the studlent b)ody in the person of Dutchman Von Lehe. To this -honored gentleman, I owe a debt of lasting gratitud(e in teaching me to successfully comblat the evil habit of intemp)erance, which, under the mas tering influence of Bush Brothers, had all but conquered my feeble will. As an alumnus, 0 Gamecock, ac cept the best wvishes for continued lprosperity andl advancement from your most ardlent admirer. M. B. Monn