Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISH~D WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY So CIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TERMS $1.50 A SESSION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter November 20, 19o8, at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, i879. THE 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 be made payable to W. A. Schillcy, Busi - ness .\anager. E3ditorial Rooms in Flinn 1Ito!. Business Alanager. \V. A. Su mi rri.:v.............( )raigelnurg Assistant Business Manager. BEN M. SAWYER....................Saluda BOARD OF EDITORS. hditr-in-Chicf. BEN. M. SAWYER (Clar.) ...........Saluda Associate E.ditor. JOE I. COHlEN (Euph.)...........Columbia 'Issislaut Eidil'rs. H'IUGiI O. HANNA (Clar.).......-ampton HOWARD L. DICRSON (Clar.)......... York HARRY E. DANNER (Euph.)......Beaufort MARCUS B. BOui.wARE (Euph.). \Winnsboro J. B. MITcHELL (Student Body) ..Columbia C'olumbila. S. C'., April 19, 1913. Rock iI ill is a good town. This is the year that Carolina is scheduled to take the stakes at Rock IIill. * * * Well, the spring cleaning time has come for those Northern teams, and Carolina's got the big mop. * * * Spring fever reminds us of the adage, "If you feel yourself slip ping, tie a pillow to your back." * * * That new class rating plan of the Dean's is reminding some of the passage from Scripture about the first being last, etc. * * * The motor boat was going full speed into the wharf. From the bow : "Put on the brakes !" From the stern : "There ain't no brakes !" Gee ! How she hit that (lock! How About That Carolina Hospi tality? Next Thursday there will come to the University of South Carolina a great numb)er of young men from nearly every section of the State. Coming under the auspices of the State High School Oratorical and Athletic Association, and as repre sentatives of twenty-two intitutions, it is not extravagant to say that nothing but good, and a great good, can come from such a meeting. These young men are not only rep resentatives themselves, but they come from representative homes and communities ; thus their stay on the campus will inevitably have two effects: First, if we, as students and faculty, receive them cordially and show them the hospitality that has alwvays characterized Carolina and made her dlistinctively a place loved by visitors, it will leave an indlelible impression that can't help but make many of them seek Caro lina for their would-be alma mater; and second(, two clays' association with these young men in a social way will result in an immortal influ ence that will certainly permeate more than twenty-two communities in South Carolina. Now, fellows, what we want to do is to make those high school boys have a good time; take them in your room and let your bed be their bed; in fact, let them live with you for two (lays and show them that Caro lina hospitality. The Faculty Again. Every student of this University, (uring the very important period when he was reviewing the multi farious catalogue of multi farious and various colleges with a view of selecting one of said colleges for his (111)1a mater, came upon the follow ing statement in the catalogue issued by this University : "Books, sta tionery, etc.. will cost about $10." This, of course, sounds iindeed love ly, and it is a good point in favor of this college. The prospective stulent or his fond parents is influ enced by it in making his decision in favor of this University as well as in making upl) his budget for the en suing year. I f the student on arriv ing upon this campus finds the above quoted statement a dclusion and a snare, nobody can blame him if he says that the University has ob tained goods upon false pretenses. Of course, we do not expect the Faculty to be able to state exactly how much books will cost, but we do expect books to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $io, and more important still, we expect the Facul tv to try conscientiously to make their statement in the catalogue as 1 rue as possible. We are thorough lv convinced that they do neither. 'he author has been in college three years and each year his expenditures for books have gone well toward $30, and he did not buy all the books required, at that. He has taken the regular course with no burden some extras and believes his case to be typical. So much for the actual expense, now the trying part. The author takes his own case again only for cdnvenience. He has taken one course this year where there has been three books used already, the total cost being $7. Only a third of the subject matter of any were covered, and that merely skimmed through. He has taken another course wvhere a $1-.50 book wvas re quiredl to read only a fewv chapters of p)arallel; he has taken another wvhere there has been already an even (dozen books used, three of wvhich have never even seen the class room at all. Surely this is rank and reckless ext ravagance, and surely no student got the tiniest toenail hold on any of these, much less a thorough grasp of them. Another form of this book nuisance is for a professor to change a book because his own whim or because a new edition by another au thor comes out withi possibly a brighter cover or a few extra facts. A fter this the old books become. of course, unmarketable; everybody has to troop down town for new books, and the college community is out many dollars just because of one professor's fastidiousness. The University of South Caro lina's only excuse for existence is that it is a poor man's college. The State would not support a university for the rich man's son: they can go' anywhere. This University is in tended as an educational bargain counter for the youth of the masses. An education is so precious and it is such a vital necessity that an edu cation should be extended to as many as possible of the youth of this State that it is indeed serious that professors should indulge in need less and wasteful extravagance. -fow many good fellows were forced to leave college or could never come because of this abuse we can not say, but we doubt not that there were many. We believe we have every right to demand of the Faculty that they either purge the catalogue of this statement or, better still, turn their attention toward giving us a real reform. "Bill" Clark Douglas Harbison THE COLLEGE "Where Gentlemen Recreate' A BILLIARD HALL OF QUALITY 1231 MAIN STREET Fine Appointments, Luxurious Furnishings The Handsomest Room in the State All the Legitimate Sporting News on Tap; Come and Buzz With Us. P ROFIT SHARING REMIUM CERTIFICATES FREE TO OUR CUSTOMERS Ask For Catalogue of Premiums J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar Co. 1307 MAIN STREET CIGARS, SODA, POOL ROOM Aetna Life .Com OF HARTF( Ass< $110,5 Liabi $98,64 Paid Policyholders Sin $233,1 Life Insuran $334,9 Why not have a Policy i COMPANY? One never fe Policy. Be protected! T.N. Norfolks and Canes AT SWAN'S NEXT TO ARCADE Rubber Covers for Straw Hats, 50c 10% Discount to Students BROADUS MITCHELL, Campus Representative SHOES Good Selection, New Styles for Men and Boys WA LTERS 1420 Main Phone 573 OPEN ON SUNDAY 1345 Main St. Phone 372 THE SAVOY S. T. WESBERRY, Prop. Candy, Cigars, Tobacco New Fountain and Pool Room Installed COLLEG BOYS BSPECIALLT INVITED SPECIAL LINE OF Clothes for College Men Hats and Furnishings The Newest and Latest 10 Per Cent. Discount to Students SCRUGGS & BAILEY G. W. WARD, Campus Representative I. C. SEASE, Druggist Succes.r S. WILSON'S DRUG STORE PURE DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY and CIGARS 908 Main Street Phone 1261 Insurance pany )RD, CONN. ets: 23,775 lities: )1,043 ce Organization in 1850: 31,650 ce in Force: 26,352 STRONG, SUBSTANTIA L els "shaky" about his Aetna FARRIS, Speial Agnt.