Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SO CIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. '.ERMS $1.50 A SESSION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter November 20, 1908, at the postoflice at Columbia, S. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE GAMECOCK solicits humorous sketches, essays, verses, etc., and will gladly pub lish such as is available, when acconi 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 \V. A. Schillcy, insi hess .\anager. Editorial Rooms in Flinn 11(111. liusiness Aanag'r. W . A. Sen I u:I.Y.............Orangebutrg Assistanl Business Manager BEN M. SAWYER....................Saluda BOARD OF EDITORS. Editor-in-Chief. BEN. M. SAwYER (Clar.)...........Saluda Associale I.litor. JOE 1. CoH EN (Euph.)...........Columbia Assislant E_ditmrs. HuGI O. HANNA (Clar.).......H:upton HowARu I,. DICKSON (Clar.).........York HARRY E. DANNER (Euph.)......Beaufort MARCus B. BU.wARE (Euph.) .\Vinnsboro J. B. MrrCIIEI. (Student Body).. Columbia Columbia, S. C., April 26, 1913. A Person of Temperament is one whose conceit has taken the form of deceit. A .1)ope l'iend is a bltiffer who raves for the drug when anvone not too wise is in hearing. Things are ooki1g bright for the Southern Intercollegiate Tennis toturnev in C'olhutil)ia shortly. The Latin students use jacks and lonies on the slyi-, but the agricul tural students talk about mules and cows ill class. lake a glaice at the roof of Rut ledge College and vu will think that Some younig im1an1 has tried to hitch his wagonl tI the stars. A Pianist is a gentleman with locks of ordinary length, feather edge hair cut, who has practiced three hours a day for a number of years. A Chorus Girl is a young woman living on 4 dollars a week, who would he delighted for a man to take her to dinner after the show for the novelty of the thing. T'here are six or. muore mhen nowv connected with the Carolina situdeCnt publllicationis who wvill go into news paper wvork templlorarily or permia nently in June. Somebody endowv a school of journualismn. "Tlhe ten-story building was on firec. A man in a top) windlow wvas trveaming frantically. \Ve wverec the crowd( below, and called up; 'Jump, you rube, jumpj~!' and( the rube jump)e,d, and we just hiad to laugh, 'cause wet did not have no0 blaniket !'' -The ball games p)layed by the di f ferent colleges onl the campus have attracted much attention - in fact they almost parallel the Varsity games. It is noticeable, however, that Legare College wins nearly every one of these games played on Davis Field, but still more noticeable is the fact that a Legare citizen umpires all the games l)layed against his college. Why all these victories we cannot say, but we ask the ques tion, is it IV'right or is it wrong? \Ve must con fess that editing such a paper as this is hard work, but there are things that amply repay us. One of these is the pleasure we have when some one hands us in a literary gem. We were handed one such last week and suggests the tit le, "Ode on Ola." The followi.ng is the first verse: "Dear Ola, i\ly friend, indeed, my only friend, And mine alone, \ly (lear one, I swear I won't forget you When I go home." Certainly there is a silver lining to every cloud. The Fellows Who Go Up. l'ormnerly it was the rich man's son alone who could go to the for eign university, indeed to the smaller home colleges. Now the lesser col leges are Ilooded with the childi-en of the poor and the great centers of learning bow to the leadership of the poor boy. And how has this come about ? ;y State universities, but especially by the giving of scholar ships. This last has helped wonder fully as is testilied by their rapidly increasing number. We venture to say that there are about twice as many schlarshil)s given out this year as im 1(yoo. The reason for this rapid growth is that educators and(l educaled per sons realize that a greater part of the genius of our )eOple remains dormant in the brains of the poor because of the dilicully of obtain ing an education. ''hey know that a majority of times the poor boy, if given a chance to go to a higher institution of learning a fter finishing a small college, will grasp the opportunity and succeed by perseverance, pluck and hard work. One of the orators ''hurs day even ing spoke of the "p)riceless heritage of being horn poor.'' There is more to that p)hrasc than the mere soundl( of the wvords. Are You Coming Out for Track Team? WVhy (10 so fewv meni go out for track here at the University? Track wvork can h)e (lone by a far greater number of men and a greater va riety of men than any ot her branch of athletics. It is the sport for the fleet, the strotng, and those wvho can endlure. From a studlent b)ody as large as ours, there should be at least seventy-five out wvorking for p)laces on the team. Why is this not so ? There is a reason for it. Let us consider for a moment the in ducements for track work here. The track man receives very little en couragement from the other students ; very few, in fact, know who are out for the team. How many meets with other colleges are scheduled for this season? No wonder so little interest is taken in track work. This lack of interest can partly be accounted for, in that baseball occupies the minds of all at this season of the year. As a re sult of all these things track here is almost a farce when compared with that of other colleges. It is almost too late to remedy things this year, but our team would be greatly helped by more fellows going out. We are to meet Davidson some time in May. and who is to put the shot or throw the hammer for us ? We have the men if they will only get out and do it. College Barber Shop 825 Main Street Stylish Hair Cuts and First Class Shaves Shave I Oc; Hair Cut 5 for $1.00 "Bill" Clark Douglas Harbison THE COLLEGE "Where Gentlemen Recreate' A BILLIARD HALL OF QUALITY 1231 MAIN STREET Fine Appointaments, 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 $98,61 Paid Policyholders Sir $233,1 Life Insurari $334,9 Why not have a Policy in COMPANY? One never f< 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 LTE RS 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 GOLLBGB BOYS BSPBCIALLY INVITED SPECIAL LINE OF Clothes for College Men Hats and Furnishings The Newest and Latest 10 Per Cent. Diseount to Students SCRUGGS & BAILEY G. W. WARD, Campus Representative I.C. SEASE, Druggist Successr to WILSON'S DRUG STORE I URE DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY and CIGARS 908 Main Street Phone 1261 Insurance pany )RD, CONN. ets: 23,775 lities: )1,043 ice Organization in 1850: 31,650 ce in Force: 26,352 STRONG, SUllSTANTIA L els "shaky" about his Aetna FARRIS, Special Agnt.