The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 01, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
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Assistant Business Manager,
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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.
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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.