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The Gamecock I'PlLISIIEU WEEKl.Y BY TIIE ITERARY SocE.r:Es Or TIME UlNIVERITY OF So1'Ti CAROlINA. TERWIS $1.50 A SEs SION, I'AYAIII.E IN AIwANCE. Entered as sec"ond-class m:atter Novem her 20. 10, ti the piostoie at ('olunhia, S. C., under the At of Mlaarch 3, 187!). 'T'IHt: GA M E('oclc solcits humnorous sketches. essnys, Verses. etc., and will gIladly piblish such as IS a vaI il)le. w hen neompIlaned by the full namue of the 11utlhor. 11isignedl manuscrII)tS will neither he acknowledged nor r-eturnied. All c"heceks (Iin mone orders should be muade luynbnl le to It. I. Willi:ams, Jr.. Iiusiuess Jlanager., Eiditorial Nloomsx in !''linn 11(a11. Ituxiner.. Manla!Ier. It. It. WI .INAMS. J ............Norway .-txxilantl ltauxinecxx .laayer. T. T. CA nLI....................olum i BOAlRD O1F ED)1ITO!IS. E4ditor-ini-'hief. M. B. BOULWARE (Euph.)... Winnsboro AIxxociale llditor. J. S. DUDLEY (Clar.)...........Columbia A4.'xivlaial I;dilors. J. McB. DABBS (Euph.)..,.... Maysville H. C. BREARLEY (Euph.).............Lee 0. F. CROW (Clar.)................Pauline J. A. TOLBERT (Clar.).........Abbeville R. P. BELLINGER (Law)........Augusta W. J. SCOTT (Y. M. C. A.)... Edgefield M. A. WRIGHT (Student Body) Edgefield Columbia, S. C., March 14, 1914 Methusalah must have started this never-say-die spirit. * ** The co-eds, of course, refer to it as The World's Awomanac. One paragraph, at least, ought to be written about that State basketball championship, so here it is. * ** The question on the end of every tongue is: Where is Editor Waring going to raise that five spot? * ** If you room anywhere near chapel, you had better clap on your ear mufflers on Monday night. * ** Please don't use reform spell ing when you write of the Polka Dot club. The other fellows are not even organized. * ** The pleasant relief when a co ed walks in to be photographed must make Mr. Hennies giggle with gurglish glee. The man who fails to get his dip generally begins at once picking his All-Carolina grand rascal team and the choice posi tions go to the faculty. Did you hear that shrill whiz zing noise about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night?' That was a bunch of doctors rushing td$ the sprained ankle of Ethel Amorita Keally. Sure was tough on those facul ty members to be sick when the Follies hit town. We rise to remark that our eagle eye is still at the disposal of all tenement teams and any ambitious manager would do well to start now working us out to moving picture shows. The trend of the times may be noted by the remark of this young man: He was joint owner with his partner of a quart bot tle of liquid joy which he was using for headache on the even ing of a dance. The partner, who was carrying a lady, decided to take the bottle along also, but thought perhaps the fair one might discover the bulky vessel. He referred the matter to the owner of the refreshments and was told: "If she finds it, don't give her a drop." THE LIBRARY. Last year there was some discussion about having the li brary kept open until a later hour. At that time the closing hour was 10:30. This years in stead of lengthening the period, it was decided that ten o'clock was the latest that it was nec essary for the library to be kept open at night. Many have spoken to us of the inconven ience occasioned by this early closing hour. The library is or should be an institution frequented by every student on the campus. Most of us have to make use of it sooner or later. There are many stud ents-on account of work or other things who can only go the li at night. Almost twice as much work can be done in three hours as in two. We believe that it should be kept open for the same length of time that a night study period should last. The writing of thesis and es says always necessitate a great deal of research work which can only be done in the library. An hour longer at night would allow much more work to be done along this line. In the after noon there are usually many visitors from other colleges of the city, or from the city itself. They nave every right to the benefits afforded by the library, and are always welcomed by us; but nevertheless they form a disturbing element at least for some, and not as good work can be done in the afternoon.. The nights from now on will be short, ten o'clock will come very early. Many of us use the library as a refuge where we can study unmolested. Then there is much required reading from books that cannot be car ried from the library. Law students especially would1 be greatly benefited if the clos ing hour were changed to eleven o'clock. Many cases take/much time to prepare, and it ig very disturbing to have to stop in the midst of an assignment because it's closing time. Our idea is not for the libarian and assistant to keep the li brary open an hour longer gratis, but that it be arranged so that they be paid and requred to keep it open later. This is not un reasonable, and we believe is de sired by every student on the the campus who makes use of the library. SWIPING. Why cannot magazines be kept in the reading room at Flinn Hall? This subject has been harped upon ever since the writer has been at Carolina, but it appears that it has been a waste of breathe so far. Things have gone from bad to worse. As soon as new magazine is re ceived, it seems that thi first one who happens to find it takes it from the reading room and forgets to return it. This form of swiping may not come under the category of theft, but it cer tainly approaches it. Why can not one read the magazines in the reading room? If he really wants the magazine and has no intention of returning it, then it is clearly a case of theft. But we would rather believe that every paper or magazine remove edi from Flinn Hall was done so with the idea of returning it as soyn as the article or story had been read. This practice of swiping has grown into a custom of late. Only the most uninteresting of the magazines escape the hands of pilferer. This is not fair for the rest of the stuednts who help pay for the maiutanence of the hall. One goes there to pass away the time by reading the current magazines; he looks for a magazine only to be confronted with empty covers. This subject has come up be fore the student body more than once, but no definite step has ever been taken to put a stop to it. Some resolutions might be adopted putting it to the honor of every man on the campus not to remove magazines from the reading room. We think that this would be all that is necessary, for we believe that most, if not all, this swiping is done from thoughtlessness rather than a wilful pilfering of the magazines. 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