Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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log Camcwcoct PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY .TIE LITERARY So CITIES OF TIlE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TERMS $1.50 A SESSION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter November 20, i9o8, at the postofice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. TIE GAMECOCK sOlicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, etc., and will gladly pub lish such as is available, when accom panied by the full name of the author. Unsigned manuscripts will neither be acknowledged nor returned. All checks and money orders should he made payable to T. S. McMillan, Busi ness Manager. Editorial Rooms in Flim Hall. Business Manager, T. S. MCMILLAN, ................Ulmers Assistant Business Manager, GEo. H. EoWARDs, JR...........Darlington BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief. BROADUS MITCnELL, '13........'..Columbia Associate, MARION A. WRIGHT, '13..........'Trenton Sporting Editors, ALVA I. GREEN, '13................Sumter J. H1. ELKINS, '14...............Cohunbia Local Editors, LESTER LEWIS, '13........Gallivant's Ferry J. A. KI(IIT, '12................JeffC rSO11 Law Editor, C. E. BLACK, '12................Bamberg Student Body Editor, F. WLLAM CAPPEL1M.ANN, '12...Charleston Columbia, S. C., September 30, 1911. Carolina! Carolina ! Carolina! Carolina ! Carolina ! Carolina! A promising freshman class. Capable of growth. Some coaching. Some team. Get in behind John Hoey with the leather lungs. Hear that braying on the campus? Grease Graydon's back. Glad to taste sone ice in the foun tain aqua. The University Hand Book, the colplilents to the students by the Y. M. C. A., is a concise and durable statement of the features of the Uni versitv and the life of the students. Much credit is due Mr. Mills for his thorough and wise work in this con nection. Whereas it was once thought that a pre-session issue of 'HE GAMECOCK would be useful as giving help to new students, the con tents of the Hand Book are so com p)lete that the idea was abandoned as superfluous on the appearance of the Y. M. C. A. putblication. Our Policies. D)irect ly upon the assump)tion of our dutties as foreman of Tuii GauMa cocic we were ap)prisedl of the grav ity of our p)osition by an esteemied member of thle faculty. The im p)ortance of the paper in the life of the university and the possibilities of turning the tide of college op)inion to good or wvrong channels wvas dwelt upon01 in a way that had never struck home to us before. And so, to be perfectly frank, equally wvith upon us as head of this portentious machine, we quake a little at our po sition. To be on the safe side, we shall endeavor to make sanity the spirit of our administration. We shall seek to deal plainly and fairly with stu dents and with faculty, and in the relations of the one to the other. It will be our desire that TiHE. GAME COCK appear in a good light to the readers in the larger college con stituency. If the columns of the pamper liIve sometimes been assailed as mere kicking against authority, anything that we can do to wipe out this judgment will be our pleasure. But while qtuarrels and unpleas antnesses will not be indulged in, they will never be avoided when the nature of the situation calls for im plication iii the same if justice be done. We shall, throw no covers ovri- things, and shall leave none on where we detect them. If we may sometimes offer criticism, we openly solicit communications pointing out our defects. And in it all, remember that we are but mortal and man like as thy self. The present opening of the uni versity has been all that president, faculty and students could desire. In iumibers, in character of students, and al)ove all in spirit, the beginning is commending. Ve count the graduate school and the law school, in so far as it em braces students already holding col lege degrees, the finest part of the university. As an uplift to the tone of the whole college atmosphere, as students of a high order, and as splendid exemplars to the body of underclassmen these finished aca demic products are the real represen tatives and the function of a univer sitv. The Steward's hall may properl)y he taken as index to the general humor prevailing on the campus. A fter careful observation we are pirel)ared to say that there is more satisfaction with the culinary treat ment than has ever been the case before. Everything looks propitious Flinn Hall with a new writing room, prospects for some apparatus in the gym., all athletic dlirector and a coach wvith rep)utations, big athletic schedules fairly in viewv, valuable additions to the faculty, a law school twvice as large as two( years ago--we ought to and wvill make this a large seSslOn. In the popular mind there have arisen conlcepitionls of certain human types as amusing as thley are errone ouis. Tihe distorted imlagination has the mother-in-lawv a fleshy individual, with flashing eye, square chin and an unmistakable affinity for sticks, b)roomls, frying panfs and rolling p)ins. The farmer is depicted as wvearing a scrlbv beard, onera amdi corns in his hands. He generally carries with him a pitchfork and the odor of new mown hay. . The same fallacy of judgment has the freshman a timid youth who is as gw-een as his neckties and as fresh as the morning dew. He is un kempt, unshorn, and unshaven. His trousers are knowd as "jeans" and are neither shai-t'nor long, but con servatively steer from either ex treme. The toe of his knit sock is supposed to contain some of the good old- fashioned "mezuma" that brings him merited popularity. The last sunmer's straw never gets too old or dilapidated for him. And So on. Such are pictures of fancy. The mother-in-law, as a matter of fact, is a sweet-temperel little woman with a winsome smile. The farmer is clean-shaven and either sits on his porch or from his up-to-date tour ing car surveys his growing fields. Likewise, the real freshman bears no resemblance to the commonly ac cepted conception of the species. He is informed-knows the latest slang and baseball averages. He strictly eschews strawberry sodas at the soda fountain, b1V gormandizes on "tips." He dresses loudly but in good taste. Such is the 191 1 model. We remember writing at just this time a year ago an admonition to students new and old in regard to the surroundings in which we are to live now for nine months. It is mighty easy to throw a couple of split-bottom chairs onto the bare and Whi tewas.h-spattered and ancient floor of a room. stand a sad old kitchen table on its one good and its three game legs, use newspapers for mantel scarfs, hang collars and ties on a twine string, and let surround ings go at that. This is the way to (o all you can toward impoverishing your college year and toward dispell ing from it any enthusiasm. If you begin this way you will never fix things for all your good intentions. We (1o not advocate large expenditures, but we do plead for interest ip the room where you are to live. To covert up these staring winuows, even with i unbleached cot ton, to tack some cheap matting on the rough floor boar-ds, to hang some pictures on the v'acant walls, to have, in a word, an eye to the conditions of living as they affect the products and the conduct of life, goes a long wvay toward making college years pleas We aic leasedl to welcome back to the campjus, among other- old friends, Mr-. Clinton Tompkins Gr-aydon, alias Grease. As foirmer Biid feeder for two teims he knowvs all ther-e is of Car-olina life, and we count him a son that was lost and is found. Men of Carolina We greet you and ask you to come and meet us. We are your nearest clothing shop. Always up to the minute. BAILEY CLOTHING CO. Y. M. C. A. Bldg. Phone 1213 GEORGE TOPSHE RUNS ~offitse sVruft 'Move Cold Drinks, Fruits, Candies, Tobaccos GIVE HIM A CALL MAIN & COLLEGE STREETS Sty- Columbia's Best Store y To the College Chap who wants the newest and best in Cloth ing, Hats and Furnishings, will find them here. :-: : 10% Discount to Students D. G. PERKINS, Campus Representative SCRUGGS & SWAN Phone 306 1404 Main St. COLUMBIA, S. C. College Pennants and Banners FOR U. S. C. The State Company Books, Stationery, Printing COLUMBIA, S. C. ABBOTT'S 1300 MA IN STR EET TOBiA CCO, CIGA RS and COLD DRINKS AGENTS FOR MAILLARD'S and APOLLO CANDIES DBADOUARTDE FOR COLLBGB MBN Parlor Restaurant Headquarters .for Carolina Men at Meal Times GIVE US YOUR PATRONIGE AND BIE CONVINCED) 1320 Main Street Ben David, Proprietor