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PUBILIsIIED WEEKLY DY ,THE LwTERARY So CIETIES OF TIE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARoI.INA. TERMS: $1.50 A SEssIoN, PAY AnLF. ix ADVANCE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postofice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." Ti[E 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 manuscripts will neithir be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and ine ie- orders should be made payable to It. .. Simpson, Business Man ager. Business Managor, 1t. F. SimrsoN, '11. Assistant Business Manager, T. S. MCMILLAW, Ulmers. Rditorial Roons in Plina HIall. BOAlD OF EDITORS. hldilor-in-Chief, i. G. Ome:n..................Eddy Lake ssociale Editor, ). C. IIYWARD. Athletics Rlditor, F. W. CAPPmF.3Ax .............Eluphradian I.. K. IA0oon.................Clariosophic Local B'difors, 1). C. HEIUSTEsS..................Clarisophic G. W. W ARINo, JR............. .0uphradian Y. M. C. A. Iditor, W. H. Jolt-sTox. Student Body B(ditor, P. K. BoWMAN. COLUMBIA, S. C., Amman, 1, 1911. \'lhen we sawv the work beilg done oi the campus arc lights w-e were hoping that not only wvould the poles and wires be renewed, but that two or three more lights Would be atd d ed. We now\ have tvo arc laips placed where they can do most good, )ut ourl- campus is just as dark in most places as it would be if we had no system of illumination at all. We ice( at least three more are lights along the central line of the campus, and should have the clusters that \vlere once used to light up the entrances to the various colleges put in working order. Not only would it be much better for people from tovi coming to our evening lectures, but wvould to a cer tain extent prevent the passing of undesirable personages through ouir grounds after (lark. It wvould no doubt also putl ain end to the almost wholesale stealing that has been prevalent this year. Most of the stu ('ents leave their rooms unlocked all the time, and it is the easiest thing ill the world for a thief to slip in under cover of darkness and get avay with w%hatever he found that suited his fancy. We do iot know whether the ex pense5' of these fixtures and . the cur r.ent wvould have to be borne by the University or not, but even so we think the exp)enditure would be jus t ifiable. At the beginning of this collegiate year a movement was startedl to get all the Freshmen to wear a certain style cap so they mnighit be morie easily dlisti nguishedl. This, it seemis to us, is an excellent idea, and( we would like to see the custom stArted niext year. It is not a (difficult mat ter to (distinguish a Freshiuin from the other classmen, but when you go npj town it becomes almost an im p)ossibility to (list ingu ish thle new omen from the towvn peoDle. Or more exactly, from then ont' yme omths that come into town to see the sights. This is especially the case during Fair week wlien the town is filled to over-119wing with people, from all over the State. It is not that we think the Freshmen as un deserving of consideration as any other man in college, but because it would undoubtedly do much towards unifying his class. The typical Freshman knows no one wlhen he comes here, and only after a long time does he learn to t-ell his class mates from the great inumber of others wvitl whom he is thrown. WVe don't believe the Freshmen would consid-er it an indignity, and those who imlight, are the ones upon whom indignities should be thrust. If this is to be carried out next fall the movement will have to be started this spring, and a set of rules drawn up governing the style of headdress the "wild and woolly" ones will have to wear when they come from the shadows of the tall timbers to have the heavy machinery of their brains lubricated by the many problems anld experiences of college life. Ye 'reshimen, remember, you oily escaped this yourselv.es by a mere oversight, so (don't feel that just be cause you are Sophomores next year, and can tell a green cap from a derby, that you ar-e entitled to haze the wearer of said green cap. You were treated well upon your arrival and so let the coming Freshmen be. The Treasurer's Report. For various and sufficient reasons we did not deem it wise to publish the treasurer's report as read before the meeting of the Athletic Associa tion, but we (10 show, below, the present critical condition of the fi nances of the association, and hope the men wlho have our athletics in charge, and those who have not paid their much-needed breakage fee, will talie the matter to heart and find sonic means of removing this deficit in the near future. If 1,50 out of the 2100 who have not paid their break age fees would do their part the as sociation would, for this year at least. he on a fairly safe financial footing. Statement of financial condition of the Athletic Association. March 27, 1911: 0utstanding bills: McMaster.. ......... 12.30 'ThIe Al ess all.. .. .. .. .. 317.32 IBryan, State Co., et al.. . 88.00 C..ashi on hand1( from collec t ionis andl gaimes.. .. .. ..$132.-19 Deficit.. .... .........$185.13 J1. 11. Coleman, Secretary and Tlreasurer. "Yu see," saidl the professor, "'the science of chemistry dlepends on the dliscovery of certain affmities--" P rim, "I trust the conversation can prioceedl without drifting into scan dlal." "lvery little movement has a mean ing of its own."' So thought "'Brother'' WVoodrow wvhen the oflicer in l)lue ire tired him from the theatre doore "Never More." (Apologics to E. A. 1.) Once lponi the midnight dreary, As ie sat and called her "Deary," On a sofa built for one btt holdilng niore. Suddenly there caine a rapping, As of soic one gently tapping, Tapping at the' parlor door. "'Tis my father, sir," she muriured, Only this and nothing more. WN'hat caredl he for her rclations, lie was full of exclamations, Such as "l,ovey does 00 love oo deary more?" WN'hen the father, tired of waiting, Waiting being aggravating, Opened wide the parlor door. Only this-but wait, there's more. Ah! distilctly lie remembered, That Cold night in bleak December, 1or in place best unmentioned, lie's still sore. When the father's foot had landed This vonilig man for life was branded As lie flew out twenty paces lie did roar: Your old man has hurt miy feelings. WNith vou I w0l! have 110 dealing "Never more." N-Whist-Broom "B." At the CollegI for Women. 'T'lie few University mien who welle f4wtunate enough to hear Dr. Vinceit, presideit of the University of Minnesota, last Tluesday evening. are to be congratulated. Dr. Vin cent spoke uponl "ie MinI of the Mlob," anl explained how lawy-ers, book agents, patent medicine men an(d politicians gailled control of the minds and feelings of the crowd, and by insistent repetition of thought aid appeals to the imagination, they swayed the in(livi(du-al from a sane and common-sense frame of mind to a belief that everything spoken and suggested by the speaker was the truti, the whole truti. and nothiing but the truth. \Vhile not of the ordilary illus trat-ed variety of lectures it was for all that all illustrated one, the very methi ods of appeal to, amd control of, the audience could not have been better shown tliai by the way Dr. Vineceltli held his audience. Every change of tone, every gesture, every word was a little trick wihich Ilade his wlhole address a nasterpiece of spellbinding of a stuperior kind. Next Saturday evening, \pril Sti, the aninual oratorical and (debating contests between the "Odd and I'venl" classes will be held. 'Two sp)eaker's from each class ar'e chosen and( the Freshmeni andl Juniors are to dlebate against tihe Sophis and Seniors. Th'le contest prlomises to be in te(rest inmg indl(eed. "Did you ever," said MIr. Lock woodl to Mr. Lavender, "stand at the (door after yotr sermitmn and listen to wvhat people saidl as they wenlt ott?" Replied Mr. Lavender: "I (lid once ( pause andl sigh) btut I'll never (do it again.'' The linme of Poe: "And the Rav'en, niever flitting, still is sittinig, still is sitting," has been pro nounced Raven-ously Poe-tic. Subscribe to TIlE GAMeOCK BIRD SEED. "Oolcaf." * *. * The baseball bird-the bat. * * * T"he baseball insect-the fly. The baseball iineral-the dia 111olu(1. The baseball drink-the high ball. Harry Gan is seldom, heard of HOw. Monte Carlo is but the shadow of its former self. * * *: The hareim skirt causes a division -of opinion. * * * \Vhere does Mliss Otiri niet Miss I ssippi ? "'he ending of tile mai(len's prayer, 'WVorldl without mnen, ah nie!' * * * "Frien(s, Roians, countrynen, lend ie your ears, "I'll return them lday after tonior rOw. * * * James Russell Lowell at the re (u'est of a friend wrote the following famous line of his in an autograph album: "AnId what is so rare as a day in June?" Some years later on returning to the same house, le was surprise(d to see the following scrawled beneath his verse in seem ing answer to his question: "A Chinanlan with whiskers." * * * "Bum-Comedy." Ilright One: Your finger ring ought to be able to give a concert. Dull One: Why? Bright One: liecause it is a brass ball(l. Safety vaults are underground; pole vaults are up in the air. little Willie had a mirror, And lie licked the back all off, Vainly thinking in his terror It wvotl(d cure the whooping cough. At the funeral said his miother T'o her neighbor, Mrs. B1rown. 'Twas a chilly (lay for Willie WA"hen the mercury went (lown." -Exchange. * * * Thlere was a young girl from Japan, Who eloped with a cannlib)al man; Ace-black wvas tile fellowv, TPhe girl a bright yellow: Tlhe children wvere all black and tan. -Exchlange. At the Universtiy of Northl Caro lina the fourt.h series of MceNair lec tures have recently been dleliveredl. The foundation of the lect uresipl is lhe nesult of a "bit of forest landl in Robesoni county," left the University by TI. C. McNair, of the class of '49. Georgia has twenity-thlree games oni her baseball schedule, .five of w ~hichi are wit.h A\uburnl.