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PUBLISHED WEEKLY DY TlE LITERARY SO CIETIES OF THE UNivrnsITy OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TERMS: $1.50 A SESSION, PAY AB.E xx AvAxcE. "Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." TIE 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 neither be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and money orders should be made payable to 11. F. Simpson, Business Man ager. Businvss Maiager, It. F. SiaPsox, '11. Assistant Business Manager, T. S. MCMILLAN, Ulmers. Rditorial Roon1 in Iliut Hall. BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chiof, H1. G. OFFIcEt .................Eddy Lake Associate Editor, D). C. HE:YWAnn. Athletics Editors, F. W. CAPPI-LMANN............. Ephradian L. K. HAGOOn.................Clariosophic Local Editors, D. C. ll sn:Fss.................Clarisophic G. W. WAnING, Jn.............Euphradian Y. M. C. A. Editor, W. H. JoilNsroN. Student Body BEdilor, P. K. BOWMAN. CO[UMBIA, S. C., A r, 8, 1911. "-SoIme force" to that A. & M. bunich. el. Get bisy. Jun11le vill soon) be here. So let our slogan be. "Rei-ember the I'elruary exams." We would like to suggest to the baseball management that the grandstand be swept jtst before each game. Think of the new stits Vou vill soon be spoiling. Almost every time there is any lecture or contest in the chapel there are a few feillows who make so much noi,se bv coming ill and goinlg out as to relder it almost iipossible to hear the speaker. Of course ve know it is another case of thought lessness on the part of tle students, but it sholid not be tolerated. it's time, wvhen one goes to college, to beginl thinking abotit the rights of others, and get out of the habit of thinking yotu are the only one de serving of consideration. We invite otur friends of the city down oI vari ots occasions to hear our speakers. and are huiliated by the thought lessness of some few of our fellow students. It is not the sam.e person that makes the noise every time, but if each of us (1id irt onice eceh year it wVould( be Suffihucet to pult a stop) to our lectutres. Next time you go in t he chapel and arec latre be considler ate of those inside andl find your seat as quietly as possible, and if you are not able to stay the thing otut, make yotur exist as qtieotly as possible. It, will add( much to lhe p)leasuire of the er,ening for the others. This is not original wvith us, as it was suiggestedl by one of our pro fessors, bu.t the idea struck us so forcibly that we think it wise to pt the .matter b)efore our faculty and Why can't the University hav'e some sort of an exhibyit at the State Fair next fall? we cnannt hope to compete with Clemson and sone of the other colleges along their special lines, but it seems that we might be able .to arrange a fitting attraction, that while being dignified, as befits us, would at the same time bring to the minds of the people the immense work for the State ithat we are doing. Ve (o not exactly kno'v how the thing woulk be dlone, but it seems both possible and practicable. NWe cannot hope to compete with Clem son along the agricultural and indus trial lines, but we certainly can, with becoming dlignity, Compete wvitlh her inl an exhibit of some of our special ties. TIhis is a -thing that will bear mucli thought, and we trust the proper authorities wvill give our sug. gestion proper consideration. Our Graduate School. Thiis year is a record-breaking one in the number -of students enrolled in the Graduate School. The total enrollment is twenty-nine, repve sentiig soMIe fifteen of the largesit and best institutions of learning in the South, and we are to be con gratulated o the splendid d(Ievelop ment of this impoitant department of the State University. Next year it is expected that' the enrollment will reach forty or fifty, for it is only within the last year that any publicity was given of the many V Opportiities offered by the sclhool. lVor the person vho intends to take up teaching as a profession, it is essential that tihey have more than a Iichelor's degroe. Th'iey need the finishing touches that the Gradutate School alone can give, and the additional year of college life is worth as much to them for its broadening influence as the 'entire previous four years. It is hoped that many of oir grad uatin,- class this year will plan to retirn in the fall and get their , A. XI., and even tle first, second and third year men will (1o well to think of this opportunity and so arrange their work in thve early part of their course that they will the easier be able to return some day and get their Mas ter's degree. AT OTHER COLLEGES. Cumberland University gets the -'lennesse State Oratorical contest, to be held the last of this month. * * o g f Amuhierst took one game from N. C. by "ouit-hiittinig and( out-kick ing"' t'hem, -says "TIhe Tar I-Heel." The Chapel H]ill bunch is still wini-. *** G;eorgia has a Glee and .\Landol in Club of twenty-four members. Last evening was the stime set for-them to sing for the first time their "Georgia Alma Mater." The students are to decide whether oi not they will adlopt it as their alma mater sonig. Yale D)ramiatic Club wants a .theatre. Thhey already have a fund exceedhing $10,000. * * * Virginia, WVashington and( Lee and Georgetowvn are tiedl for the chamn p)iOnshipl of the South Atlantic States in basketball. Virginia and George town each have two men on the all South Atlantic five, and 'the other place is filled by a W. & L. mian. Virginia dropped two gaines to the strong Amherst bunch. The suffragette spirit has seized the University of Michigan; the co-eds have started a campaign for the right to vote in the Athletic Associa-tion. * * * They finally decided to substitute pushball for the Fresh-Soph "tank fight" at Tulane. Life Work Talk. On Wednesday night, in Flinn Hall, Prof. Patterson Wardlaw gave the second of the series of life work addilesses on "The Opportunity of the Teacher." It was a good, straight-from-the-shoulder talk aid of a very practical nature. The speaker pointed out that the teacher could not expect much money or fame, and must be willing to work hard and to put up with a great deal of petty criticism and annoyance; but while ifioney and applause and an easy job and freedom from need less criticism are not things to be despised, they are not the biggest or the best things in life. What is really most worth while in life is the chance to help in building up men's character, and in this respect the opportunity of the teacher is second only to that of the parent. Prof. WNardlaw closed by express ing a wish 'that. there might be a Student Volunteer Xlovement for Education in South Carolina which would do for education in this State what the Student Volunteer iove ment does for foreign missions in the way of calling out gifts of in terest and money and life from our college men and women. Four addresses are to follow in this series of life work talks. April 12th AIr. 1). W. Robinson, on "The IP1rofession of Law ;" April 19th, Rev. T. G. Herbert, on "The Alin ister and the Alodern Church;" April 26th, Dr. Ern.est Cooper, on "T'he Doctor and His Patients;" AMay 3d, Al r. 1'. H . I Iya'tt, on "T'he Right Sort of a Bisiness Alan."' The attendance has been fine so far, but it is hoped that Flinn Hall may be Iacked for the remainder of the series. Y. M. C. A. Secretaryship as a Life Work. Our Y. M. C. A. sent a dlelega tion to the life work conference, wvhich was held in the Charlotte Association building from March 31 to April 2. This conference was small (in number of men), but it was great in the things it stoodl for and in the earnestness wvith wvhich the men present enteredl into the sp)irit of the work. It was great also in the calibre of the men who sp)oke at the meetings. Some of the greateest leaders in the Y. M. C. A. wvork in the country were there alnd exp)lainedl t the conference w~hat the Y. M. C. A. means to the cities, to studlents and to industrial communities. They also sow..d forth v-ery clearly the splendid op portunities for service in the Y. M. C. A. secretaryship as a life work. It was a revelation to every member of the conference to get a glimpse of the great work the Y. M. C. A. is doing. "Buried Cities of Crete." On last ''hursday evening Prof. L. P. Chamberlayne addressed a large crowd in chapel on "The Buried Cities of Crete." Professor Chamberlayne has traveled through various parts of Greece and was therefore able to give first-hand knowledge from his personal experi ences. Prof. Chamberlayne pointed out thoroughly the new facts of the early European history which have been laid open to people of the twentieth century by the excava tions that have been ma(le in -the ancient island of Crete. In this re nowned little spot of the eastern M-editerranean many priceless treas tires, which seem remote -to . the people of today, have been brought to the surface by the excavations. By the use of stereopticon views these inestimable treasures were throwii before the eyes of the audi ence. thus giving them a clear in sight, and transporting them, into the unknown world of ancient (lays. It was here that the foundation of European civilization vas laid, and this civilization as revealed to(lay is contemporary with those of ancient 1 ebrew writers. The lecturer shoved the 'everyday life of these ancient Europeans an(l gave excellent illus trations of their architecture, art, warfare, sports and (Iress as re vealed by the (liscoveries of the l1ritish luseum during the last de ca(le. He described particulaily the peculiar dress of the women and the astonishing modernness of these pre-Homeric peoplc. He told of the astonishing part that this small island played in the progress of European civilization. The resur rection which this island has under gone has brought to light many in valuable 'facts that the educators of the present would have never dreame(l of. BIRD SEED. L++++++.++++++++++++++, Gee !-ology. * * * I adl form--chloroformi. * * * The collection p)late spares no one. * * * "Thle Gamecock" 'has the spring fev~er. The harem skii't has also been call "'the ankle skirt." I y exact Bostonians the "sp)it b)all" is caled the "saliv'a sphere." A noble hbasehball p)layer- is one who makes mlany "sacrifices." Bright One: In what does every baseball team resemble Charleston? Slowv One: I dlon't know. Biright One : Eaoh as a "battr."