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3&jv Easteco PUL.ISHED WEKLY BY TIE LITERARY SOCIET1ES 01 TilE UNIVERSITY-oF SOUTH CAROLINA. TgRuS: $1.50 A SESSION, PAYAHLr im ADVANCE. "lintered as second-class matter Novenmber 20, 1908, at the postoflice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879." TIF GAMECOcK solicits humorous sketches, essays. verses, etc., anld will gladly publish such as Is available, when acconpanied by the full natne of the. author. Unsigned manuscripts will neither be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and money orders should be made pay able to R. F. Simpson, tusiness Manager. Buesinsess Manager, R. F. Simrsox, '11. Assilat Dusiniess lana#er. T. "'. NIC'MLL.AN, UImers. :ditorial Roompis in Flinn lltill. nOA RD OF IDIToRS. lidior-in-Chief, II. n. Or IcER......................F.ddy Lake Associate E,ditor, ). C. IIEYWA;ID. Athletics lidilors, F. w. CArrP.MANN..................Ettphradian I,. K. IIAGoon.......................Clariosophic .ocal Eiditors, 1). C. 1lr..sTEss.....................Clariosophic G. W. VARING, .................Euphradian Lain. Editor, C. 1". FILACK. Student Body liior. 1'. K. BoWMAN. CoLuMBrA, S. C., Amm, 29, 1011. We offer hear-ty congratulations to the management and members of the track team on the showing made Tuesday afternoon. The points scored )y the team are only of minor consideration to us in our present unl developed state of this form of ath letics. The meet proved conclusively to us that a good track team is possi ble, it only being necessary to stick to it for three or four years. and by proper coaching, develop the splendid material here. Work hard, fellows, and i show\ the few skeptics that you CaI (1o things. The meeting ill the Green Room last Wednesday night of a group of about twenty of the leading spirits of the campus bids fair tv- mark the begin ning of a new era PH politics ill South Carolina, and the South. Realizing that at present but few of (1url best men ever go into politics ill this State, and that the word "politics," used in connection with a good name, imme diately casts a slur upon it ; and real izing also, that for nearly one hun111 dred years our Southern States, as a whole, and particularly our State, has had only a minor position ill the direc tion of the affairs of the nation ; these few men have earnestly, set about the Orgalizatioln of a society or club, of which the aili will be to bring tile men ill college into closer toll'Ih with all the great issues of tile day. and to foster ill the hearts and mninds of each tile highlest idleals of) hotnor ando jutstice ill o)1urI) poi iticalI aIfairIs. A\t lirst glance it miay seem1 anl im1 po0ssibility' for thlis small group to miake it sel f felt ill our political affairs; bnt1 to us5 tile possibilities are wVondler ful, and(, ind(eedl, the visionl is a glori t)us onle. Somle may say, a fter a few year's, that we hav'e accomplished noqthing. Tlhat may be how it wril appear to nlot only tile oultsidle, but to the mnembiers of the organization itself, but tihe growth of the sp)irit will of niecessity beC so gradutal that only after fifteen or twenlty years will its effects be realizedl. In the Course of coming events in thle history of our State, this movement, treated by the future hlis toriauls, will appear revolutionlary iln As yet the society is unorganized, it being deemed advisable to thoroughly discuss the problems before laying down any set rules and regulatiops. Any person in college, Who feels truly and deeply the crying need of our pres ent political condition, for the best of men, is urged to come to the meeting next Wednesday night. No person wlho expects to join for reasons of possible personal gain and advance. ment. either while in college or in after life. need apply for admission. Since1rityv is the watchword, and upon that will rest the future success of the organization. The trip of the team into North Carolina and \'irginia proves conclu sively that without better financial support of the athletic association by the individual student, we must con tinue to experience the humiliation of losing most of our games. When a team goes oil a trip. anul without a coach, there is nothing in the world for the men to receive support from after once getting "up in the air." No matter how good a coach your captain may be-and we all know ours is one of the best-he cannot give the men the feeling of confidence needed sim0 ply because lie is one of the team. If We had had a good coach along with the men there can be but little doubt but what the results would have been dif'erent. lut, we cannot have a coach unless we have the money, and before we pass judgment upon the work of the team, let us ask ourselves if we have given it our best moral and financial support. Something must be done by each and every man to wards placing the necessary funds at the disposal of the manager; for no matter what the quality of the players, it takes money. and lots of it. to back a winning team. Next year-it is too late now to help conditions for this season-we hope that every man in college will sign the breakage fee cards, and in that way make it possible for the management to spend a little money on a carefully selected coach. It would not be necessary to keep him for a very long time. Four weeks would be sufficient. and the result of his induence upon the players would be reflected in the ab sence of many overwhelming scores. such as were piled against us in one or two iistances this year. OUR DEPARTMENT. I .ast Saturday n ight, in joint,ss was elected as prlesiding officer for the G onlzales contest, which will be held inm chapel the 15th of Mlay. L.. KC. I Ilagood ( Clariosop)hie ) was electedI chief marshal. The following gentlemen are ini the contest: Clariosophic--Carns, E. N., and MvcMillani, T1. S. Eh.lradianl-Goggans, G.. andl W\oodrow, F. WV. With these gentlemen as represen tativ'es of the societies, the contest p)romlises to be the best of the year. It will be the final contest of the ses T'here will lie no meeting or th s cities tonight, as both societies dis pensed with all exercises to attend the lecture to be given by Dr. W. D. Weatherford, in Flinti Hall tonight. There will be only a few more meet ings of the societies this year, and they ,hould be made the most interesting. Misogynous Mockery. If I-er-dearest, chose to pay love's debt iI wor(s awl to describe you stand ing there, Coin111e il faut. I judge. to VOw your hair Is "braided sunbeams." or if it be of jet, "Purpureal," vhich I)hrase, of course, I'd get From laname Browning. Then my theme should bear Soic referene to your eyes as "vio lets rare;" To make your cheeks "all roses ra) tures met;" Your lips are "rubies" (shamelessly averre(), "Where tinly dawns glow ;" in your voice is laid "AY\11 passion of all pleading songs tin heard!" .Inough of fiction. \Vidow. wife nor maid Shall ever sew my buttons. I can grin To see them rope you tender fledglings in! R. G. Team Returns After Hard Luck Trip. (Continued from Page One.) and the result u\as due almost entirely to the wildness and general ineffe' tiveness of the Garnet and Black twirlers. The bunch returne(d to Greeiisboro that night. and in spite of the defeat. all were ill good sp)irits. They again met the Davidson team. who were rejoicing in their victory of that afternoon over the -University of North Carolina. There was little doing in Greens boro that night, and several of the mei s)ent the evening in writing letters. \Vednesday morning saw our team en route for Chapel Ilill, which, after changing cars at a station calledl Ii versity. was reached about noon. 'lhe distailce from University out to the "Ilill" is ten miles. and a very medi ocre marathon runner could beat the train which hauls )asseiigers over that listance. Our students ought to be thankfuil that their University is locate(l somewhere and can be reaclhed from any point without the least di f liculty. Our tar heel brothers are not sofortunate ini this resp)ect. WVell, to lbe l)rie f, it rainie( consist ently from before noon till nearly four ''clock. by which t ime tihe impo)(ssib)il ity' of playing a b)all game became cer taini. It is worth while to remark here that Dr. R3ain, w~ho left us last year. met the team at the hotel in Chapel Il ill and gave the meni a warm wel comie. At 4 o'clock the p)arty (rove back toi the station, took the train for Uni versity, and from thence to Raleigh, where the game with A. & M. was scheduled for next (lay (T[hursday). The train reached Raleigh about 7 o'clock, andl the men hadl supper at the Yarhorough Hotel. Most -of the htchl went to a movinig n)ictse esmo. or Spent the evening in tile pool room close at hand. Thursday - niorning the weather looked threatening, but no rain fell. Dinner over, tile squad left the hotel about 2:30 for tile A. & M. athletic park. The game' was called at 4 o'clock, and proved to be the best of the entire trip. at least from our staid wint. Trommy McMillaT and "Bean" McSween were the heroes of the day. each of these celebrities driving inl two runs. Wyche pitched himself out of several bad holes. A half hour after the game the team took the 6:30 train for Greensboro. McMillan and Wyche were left in Raleigh, and were obliged to take a midnight train ill order to overtake the party. None of the party had time to get their mileage pulled, and for a time there seemed to be trouble ahead. The train conductor refused to pull the mileage, but finally consented to allow the men to get off at Durham and have it pulled by the agent there. [his was (lone in good order, and the party reached Greensboro at sometime after tenl. After an excellent supper of cereal, eggs and beefsteak at a restaurant, near the station, the man ager led hiis flock to the McAdoo Hotel for tile night. Ten o'clock l'riday morning saw the team on board the train for Lynch burg. This point was reached in timle for dinner, and the bunch was met by a rep-esentative of the Virginia Chris tian College. who conducted it two or three miles on the car line, outside of the city, where the college is located. A very attractive feature about this college is that it is co-educational, and the co-ed end of it is in a flourishing state. The game was played at the league park. and was featured by the rooting of the fanabelies, who came forth from tile co-ed department of the \. C. C. 'File game was some what loosely played by our team, and might be called an easy victory, but for a rally which the home team started in the ninth, by which they almost tied tihe score. Miills pitched a good. steady gane, while Owens and MIeSween did some timely work with the stick. That evening a reception was given to the visitors, and was much enjoyed by Manager \Wright and several of the. boldest spirits among the party. The night was spent at the Carroll Hotel, in 1- yncihburg, and at 6 a. m. the men were forced to rise to continue the joulrIey. Lexington, which is only fiftv miles fr oI I .ynchburg, was reached iin titme for bureakfast. Th'le game that a fternoon prioved to be the secondl disaster of the trip. fThings were going well at first, six of WN. & I ..'s b)atters being retiredh in order. I it in the third, the hame team got buisy, andh a fter' two meni had walked and another' got on by an error, a run was forced in. With tihe b)ases full (Catcher D onahuite then li ftedh the pill over- the left field, netting for a hiome run, Nine runs were scored hbefore the sidle wvas retired. The G amiecocks were ab)le to collect six runs, but this fell considlerab)ly short of WV. & L.'s score, A dIriving rain, which b)egan towvardh the last of the gamie, (lid not inmprove the p)lay to ally great extent. The night was spcnt at the Lexington Hotel. Sunday morning, at al)ou elev.,