The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 22, 1913, Page 2, Image 2
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J. B. MITCHELL (Student Body).. Columbia
Columhlbla, S. C., February 22, '1913.
On to Washington-Forward, March!
The distinguished president of our
.student-body will be a bright and
shining star in the inaugural firma
ment.
S'lthat Easter Week idea sounds
good to us ! Ball games, dances, lawn
frolics, debates-whoop 'em up!
Holiday today. Hurrah! for
George, long may his birthday be
remembered by our trustees.'
Popular rumor that Punch Ehr
lich was incarcerated in the city jail
for malicious mischief cannot be well
founded, for by municipal investiga
tion it is established that no cell is
larger than four by eight.
A member of the Legislature said
the dormitories at Carolina are not
as good as are provided for the con
victs. Well, if it takes this to secure
completion of the new building,
we'll stand for it.
It is planned by the "husband
ettes" of the country to liberate
large numbers of rats and mice on
Pennsylvania avenue on the occasion
of the suffragette parade at the in
augural. If the scheme is carried
out woman's rights will likely give
way to woman's frights.
If the Balkan (list urbances are to
hold p)opullar attention, the partici
p)ants will have to stage a new and
better war bill, for Mexico is getting
a newv government every minute, and
some of the changes are so rapid the
Associated, Press wires get choked
andl have to stop to cough.
The University maintains a De
partmnent of Engineering, in which
dlepartmlent, if speeches andl circulars
are any criterion, goodl roads and
their construction are madec much of.
Experts conme here, students of en
gineering journey to remote coun
ties of thle State, bui1ling-cncrete
culverts and putting on. top-dress
ings, and sighting curves and eleva
tions and what not. Thousands of
bulletins are published annually tell
ing people how to procure and pre
serve good roads. "Good roads" is
the hue and cry.
Now, we venture to assert that if
the Good Roads Bulletins were used
to cover the muddy and slushy places
about this campus, and that if the
students of engineering were given
each a shovel and a mop and an im
pulse to practice his theories, we
could better get about this place
when it rains.
Why Not Make a Big Show?
The University of South Carolina
has a record that we should be proud
of in many ways, but especially have
we been fortunate in turning out
orators and debaters who coped
with the representatives of other in
stitutions. There has never been a
time when the Palmetto State was
called upon to play her part in the
affairs of this country but what we
I were ready and waiting to send men
who were leaders as well as foll,w
ers. Among these noted statesmen
who met upon a common ground
and decided the vital questions of
government, there was always some
auspicious character, some great
man who was educated at the Uni
versity of South Carolina. Ve
might call over several names, or
point out the men that we refer to
and relate extensively of their
achievements, but this is not the ob
ject in which we are most interested ;
what we want is to continue this
record and make it better if possi
ble.
Every year we take part in inter
collegiate contests, and the results
have been gratifying in every re
spect. Last year was one of the
most brilliant and successful for
Carolina in all her history. We won
in every contest that we participated,
except the State oratorical, and even
there they were forced to give us
second place. The question for our
present consideration, however, is
not what we have accomplished in
the past year, but what will we ac
comnplish in the year of 1913. It.
will be only a few weeks until we
hold our annual debate with Trin
ity College of North Carolina, and it
is left entirely to the students and(
faculty wvhether or not we mlake thlis
occasion one of the biggest and
most attractive events of tile year.
We have every ireason to conlgratu
late and1( be proud of tile set of men
whlo have been chlosen to replreseint
us ini this (debate, butt it should be
remembered that they cannot win
without our: supp)lort. It miighmt be
possible for them to defeat Trinity
wtotthe preCsence adco-opera
tion of the faculty and stud(enlt-b)ody~
of the Univ'ersityv, b)ut ill doing that
they wvould be wvinnuing for thiemi
selves individually and not for Car
olinia.
It wvould he a piti ful scene for this
about a hundred students in the gal
lery and four or five professors
downstairs with the audience that
come from the city. Well, it might
be pitiful, but certainly it would not
be uncommon ; for there have been
just such representations at other
contests. How true the report may
be, we leave it for those who were
present to testify, and for those who
were absent to investigate, but there
was an annual contest held in
chapel this year, and had it not been
for the five judges and the small at
tendance from the city, the contest
ants would have made their humble
efforts before an audience of less
than a hundred people. It 'is useless
to say how these contestants and the
presiding officer felt over this cor
dial reception given them by their
professors and fellow students.
We do not propose to offer any
definite plan, or to dictate to those in
charge of the Carolina-Trinity de
bate, but we merely suggest that
now is the time to prepare for what
we hope will be not only a great oc
casion for the University, but the
city of Columbia as well. It ap
pears perfectly plausible that this
debate could be held in the theatre,
where there would be seating capac
ity for a greater audience than in
chapel. Too, the attractiveness of
the theatre would lend much to the
event.
Let us think about this debate and
arrange a program that will reveal
the true'spirit of Carolina and over
shadow all sins of the past.
"Bill" Clark Douglas Harbison
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