Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Gamecock PUn1.IRHFU wE1CKLY.'DY THil ITERARY Sor0ETIEs OF - THE UNIVERSITY OF SoUTH CAROLINA. TERMS $1.50 A SES SION, PAYABLE IN AOYIiNOE. Entered as second elA t4ar ber 20, 1008, :n the postq$A at Columbia, a.. C. uder th Act..of March 8, 1879. TIIE. GAMECOOK solicits- hutnorous sketebes, essays, verses, etc., and Will gladly publish such as is available, when accompanied by the full naine of .the authot. ,Unsigned manusclots will neither. be ackhowledged nor returned. All checkm and ioney orders should be inade payable to R. B. Williams, Jr., nusinsta Manager. Jditorial Rodm in Fiinn Hall. .Buinies Manager.. n. R. WILLIAMS. Js......-......Norway A8RIRtant BuRin1esR MananQcr. ''. 'T. CARROLI...............Columbia . BOAR. OF EDITORS. - . . ;dltor-t"Chlef. E. R. JETER (Clar. ).............Richland ARoclat )'ditor. M. W. PRICE (Clar.).....,.Danville Va. AaJi ant Editors. E. S. GAMBatLL (Clar.).......Anderson HADDON JOHRsdN (Euph.)........ Aiken C. P. BARRE (Euph.)..........Lexington H. C. BREARLEY (Euph.).............Lee Ei. W: MULLiN8 (Law)............Marion W. J. ScoTT (Y. M. C. A.).. Edgefeld M. A. WRIOHT (Student Body) Edgefield Columbia, S. C., Novesmber 2e, 1913 Thanksgiving night a number of the students worried like lamp posts and got lit. - One thing about that co-ed let ter was the charming air with which it was written, - Did yer read the news about the tennis club and Dorcas circle last week? Vox co-edi, vox Game cocki! Anything but a tightwad fac ulty would allow a fellow to be two or three waffles late to 8:40 classes. Pink Bellinger really hasn't become excited over. .anything until he blossoms out in his boud oir bonnet. Was it these' . Thanksgiving dinner parties which inspired the poem beginning "The stag at eve had drunk his .fill?" Our bunch of r6oters in Char lotte somewhat resembled as to number the group of Sherman admirers in Columbia. Notice with what ease the co eds arranged the dates for their tennis matches. Arranging dates, you know, is their specialty. Athletic stores in the efiy would do well to pick handsome . campus agents with all this co-ed tennis trade to be drummed up. One of our spies who looked over the Thanksgiving'- situ atiorn sends the lfollowing dis patch: "Prof C-----.st on his porch at night, holding his turlkey by one leg and joggling the baby to sleep on the other." ntln bu t ft : cord straight-A ?reshinan the other day squinted his -ye at' a sign on Main Street And read: "Pool room, 9 1-2 acre," noting which he remarked .Gosh ding, that's some large joint," ,Co-ed Tennis. . association, here's a hand! Mewling infant in the world of canipus organiza tions, may you sdon attain to the statue of full blown womanhood and enter into free fellowship aw, shucks, girlshipt-with older and more pretentious athletic clubs. May your members labor to promote your growth and de velopment and When you fling your battle line afar in conflict with foreign foes may loyalty and patriotism and a prayer for your' victory spring forth from all hearts that worship at Caro lina's shrine. APRON STRINGS Ever notice how much better the student body cheers when at football games, 'between the halves, the members of the fair s'x in the grandstand oppp ite respond to the cheers with elap ping and applause? Ever notice what a sudden influx of students there is in the library when the C. F. W. ladies come down there to work? We have. Last week we wrote a gem of an editorial upon the fact that the. students are neglecting the opportunities offered them at the library. Monday morning we went to the library. When we entered the door a pleasant feeling of import ance stole over us. The room was crowded. A great throng of men was there. We felt as do those public spirited citizens who have advocated a .reform which has been put into practice at once. ,We knew that The Gamecock was a strong organ but never, never had we imagin ed that we could so mold public opinion. There is a verse in the Bible: "Pride goeth 'before de struction and a haughty spirit before a fall." That was - us. We fell, fell,- fell from our lofty pinele when that erushei' of human hopes, the assistant libra rian, informed us that the fel lows had come there to see 4the C. F. W. freebies working on their bibliographies. We left with canker gnawing at our heart and stern resolve clutched fast in our soul. Re venge would be ours. We would so shame the'men of this 'college that they would not even raise their avei'ted faces to gaze oni a bright, sweet lnas wit a greeh eli ; skirt a$i red ; bto Ing Whtarefore. the follofwingw ' ie. 'f thi a e ted th 9t1em and:* t :rad 'vitho .tthem. Wh '~ he matter? Are we-all sufragists?. Havewe become.o *rap dup in -9ff s de amour" that 'oui' whole J fe iS ded by fight that glistens, in lustroud yes '4 browri, of blae' or graj? Awcani it. We are. men, not simps. Get your ginger up. Janes are good. enough in the right tine and place. Con0dn't get along With out them in act. But the place shouldn't be everywhere and the time eternity. CRAP-SIOOTING Many of the, professors, quite a tew undergraduatcs. and'innum erable outsiders who have passed thru the campus since the firet term opened, .have been heard 'to express their surpris'eY.Indigna tion and disgust over the sight of groups of fellows engaged 'in the noble and edifying practie of shooting craps . before the doors of the collegiate halls. There - is~ no doubt whatever that this evil influence has had a bad effect upon the fellows .on the campus. We are not trying to pose as reforners nor do we say anything against throwh dice in the rootns. That is a miatter that is left 'to the iindi vidual taste of every' student. It is only where - this practice touches the "University in any phase that we cohsider ourselves entitled to cuss and discuss it. To watch the gyratiorfs of the osseous cubes, is a practice in which our Ethiopian and' Sene gamian brothers take great d. light and it is also pleasant to the students of high class uni versities. But those who engage in this pastime should remernber that among the elect it is pretty generally condemned Apd that those who see dice shooting before the college buildings carry away a Very: bad impression of the standard of intelligence of the' individual students with them.' Therefore it behooves the fellows to remove the scenes of their operations to the dim background where the aesthetic tastes of no one will be offended by the sight. -NOISE IN THE LUBRARY Those students who have done any studying at all in the lI brary or who have attempted to do any work whatsoever In that~ efassic building have been raising a noise however the fact that It is. almost impossible to work there because of the noise that arises. The la:w students especially are annoyed by It when they, are reading up caes for to d. thi uires the .b tite n man andit i xact of 4 I ibY?to; foeuVone'i tho =h.. rbbging o n i h ws seem tQ fort~ e'rle'o alene tiat obt7 and seem to regard the -aa'as one of thie oldfash#of "i" stciools. It is impossible wf for the libarian to niaintain Z les should be: posted: in the { 'llbrar '.r Iconpicuous places and we 'eel sure that fellow" see.. g4hem would. be. considerate enough to regard the rights of others and to be silent or at least reatrain their voideto a lower'key The e Univer sity Man can fnd what he wants in Clothing Hats nd Furnishings S at Scruggs & Bailey 1412 Main Street 0 J. L. 1PERKiNS * Campuis Representative 4 Maini Phone 372 The Savoy S. W. Weabenv, prop. -Hot Lunches Candy, Cigars, Tobacco New Fountain and Dool Room,- Installed Coleg Boya Espelaly Invted 'We Feature Eagle Caps The classiest cap for YOUNG men Bailey Clotiing Co. Old Y. M. C. A. Bld g ABBOTT'S 1300 MAIN STREET. TOBACCO, CIGARS and COLD DRINKS AGENTS FORi BELL'S FORKDIPT and APOLLO CHOCOLATES H~EADOUAR'Eros3oR COLEaMNd