The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 14, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
The Gamecock
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Columbia, S. C., March 14, 1914
Methusalah must have started
this never-say-die spirit.
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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.
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The question on the end of
every tongue is: Where is Editor
Waring going to raise that five
spot?
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If you room anywhere near
chapel, you had better clap on
your ear mufflers on Monday
night.
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Please don't use reform spell
ing when you write of the Polka
Dot club. The other fellows are
not even organized.
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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.
Things are certainly in a bad
way in the reading room and
have been for some time.
Something ought to be done, if
the reading room is to serve its
purpose.
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