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The Gamecock Putl.IsiIEn WEmEK.Y nY TiE LITERARY SocIli:rws oF TIlE IJNIV1IISITY OF SoUrI CARHOI.INA. 'IERMS $1.50 A S-8 SION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCIC. EIitere(1 IS see1li-elalss Ilaltter Novem her 0 1905. at the p ostoflice at ('olumbia, S. C., unler the Act of Miarch 3, 1579. Tinl." CAXt ECOK SlieItS humnorous skcei(hes. ess.lys, Vers.es, etce., antd will glI1y publish suich Iis Is alvailabhle, vhen nl(eompalnicd by the full liimle of the a t111hor. 1nsiglne(l nmIntiri pts will neither he n1ekIovle(lge(1 nor relturne<1. All chocks 11l I monIey oriers shoih1 he nlunle pUay:ble to 1t, 1t. willinmls, Jr1.. ItisinIess Ma iaIger. I.<lilriaI Rr,n1ms in F-linn Hlall. In(xinexxas .1I((uana(er. R. It. W'Ii.iAas. J. . . ... Norwny I .xisltii lu.ines. :l(affler. T. T. (TAnno0.1 ........,........Columbin011 i:( AltD I) )Dl.)ITOlt . l:'ditor-inl-'hif M. B. BOULWARE (Euph.)...Winnsboro .1.Nx r'i i( ' Editor. J. S. DUDLEY (Clar. )...........Columbia J. McB. DAnns (Euph.).......Maysville H. C. BREARLEY (Euph.).............Lee 0. F. CRow (Clar.)................Pauline J. A. TOLBERT (Clar.).........Abbeville Rt. P. BELLINGc.R (Law)...Augusta W. J. SCOTT (Y. M. C. A.)...Edgefield M. A. WRIGHIT (Student Body) Edgefield Columbia, S. C., April 4, 1914. We don't approve of getting off horse play in chapel. "What is so rare as a day in June?" Mess hall steak. * * * Never has the fool been so strongly emphasized in April fool jokes. ** * Something must be wrong. We have heard nothing about folk lore in almost a week. * * The Democrats would do well to look into this Fellers-Arthur Brearley laundry trust. If those Columbia College girls had taken a tip from Hugh Han na, they would not have stormed The Pastime. We may be criminal and have a terrible past and all that, but we haven't the nerve to try to sell Shannon's books. If equal suffrage is carried to its logical conclusion in a few years Dutch Passailaigue will be queen of Easter Week. * * * If the women are sure enough going to get the ballot, we ought to have a sewing and dish wash ing dlepartment in the Univer sity. * ** We can conceive of no meaner April fool trick Yale students could have pulled off than p)lac ing a tack in the chair of Prof. Taft. Without further ado we nomi nate Madame Georgia Augusta Crowther as general secretary of the Young Woman's Christian Association, *** Co-educational courtesy on April first was, of course, all that kept the girls from sprinkling a dash of pepper on each other's powder puffs. ALL FOOLS' DAY. April Fool Day, or All Fools' Day, was celebrated in fine style this year as usual, though the ac tivities of the students were con sidered rather disgusting by some of the faculty. At this time it would be inter esting to note some ot the the ories advanced as to the origin of the custom. The following is taken from the International En cyclopedia: "The first of April, known as 'All Fools Day' has long been in America, and for a still longer period in many Euro pean countries, a day for mock ing unwary persons by sending them on some bootless errand or making them the victims of some other practical joke. The cus tom seems to have been un known to German antiquity. Grimm regards it as having been introduced into Germany from France, in comparatively mod ern times. Various theories have been held as to the origin of the custom. One traces the custom to the miracle play formerly rep resented at Easter, which some time showed the sending of Christ from Annas to Caiaphas, and from Pilate to Herod; another finds the origin in some ancient pagan festival where similar tricks were played, such "as the -uli festival held by the Hindus on March 31 or the Feast of F"is celebrated on February 17. In France the victim is called 'un poisson d'Avril (an April Fish); in Scotland an April Gowk.'' AN ADMONITION. Of recent weeks the custom has taken root for certain stu dents of the University to waste good hot air in the columns of the daily press, the subjects of their discourses ranging all the way from agriculture to under taking. This does no harm, of course, so far as the public is concerned, and does p)erhaps re lieve the overcharged mentality of the students. So there is no kick on the general practice of open letter writing. But these students who ex haust their literary efforts and the space of the paper and the patience of the p)ublic in this manner have un fortunately given the University of South Carolina as their address at the conclusion of their articles. Some of these letters have been atancks on men and measures in South Carolina, both of which-the man and t)e measure---have their followings throughout the State, constituen cies which believe in their merit. Now, if these letters are read -and some of them must be as they have actually attracted an swers-we fancy that the readers forget the name of the writer, but remember that he is a stu dent of the University and hence think that his views must be rather generally held on the campus. If the reader admires the man or thing ridiculed by the letter, he is inclined to dub the writer "a University upstart" and let the matter go at that. So the practice of signing "the University of South Carolina" as the address of the writer may give the University a black eye with a number of people, and it is against this that our feeble voice is raised. "Columbia, S. C.," suffices for all sensible peo ple as no one will likely wish sto look up the author to go into further discussion of the matter involved. A discussion of agri culture or undertaking or any thing else is just as logical and proper with the more abbreviated signature. MAKE A NOISE. The baseball games so far this year have been characterized by a lack of pep and even interest on the part of the student body. Such a thing is altogether unac countable at Carolina. We know that there is just as much of that old Carolina spirit stored away among us as there ever was, but it certainly hasn't been brought to the surface at any game this season. Every one who has been out to the games knows this to be true. The question arises, what is the matter? Some may question whether rooting really helps to win games. Ask the men who play. Ask them what part a student body can play in winning a game. All will tell you that it is the backing of the students that makes it easier to win games at home than at an other college where a hostile stu dent body is doing is best to make them lose their nerve. Why didn't we score in that second game with Lafayette with three on and only one out? We believe that a little overflow of sp)irit at that time would have brought forth some results. But everything was as quiet as a church yard, the visiting pitcher had perfect control, and we didn't score. Rooting is the overflow of col lege spirit pure and simple. The kind of rooting that is pull ed out by the chief rooter is not the genuine enthusiastic college spirit brand. The rooting at the game with Wesleyan College on~ Monday wna a grent improve ment in that when yells were called for there was a good re sponse, but it is not these college yells that count so much in win ning games of baseball. It is that continuous talking and in dividual rooting that makes a visiting pitcher blow up and lose control. . It appears to the writcr that there is a lack of old time pep and ginger all around. We used to celebrate a victory with a pa rade; and victories were just about s common then as now. We wish to reiterate what was said some time ago in regards to "knocking.," A knocker ought not to be allowed on the field. 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