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SociFTir:s OF TinE UNIVERSITY OF
Sol'Til CAROLINA. TEAMS $ .5.0 A SES
SiON, PAYAILE IN AD'A NCI:.
I,n(ere its seconI-elass nttcr Novetn
her 20, 1908, at the posoillice at
Colluii, S. C., under tile Act of
Mareh 3, 1879.
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D. S. PoL.a (Euph.) .........Aiken
P. K. SMITI (Euph.) . Batesburg
G. D. GiFFITH (Clar.) ........ Saluda
.J. G. DENKINS (Euph.) Manning
B. G. Shuler (Y. M. C. A.) . Elloree
J. M. DAnns (Student Body) Maysville
Columbia, S. C., May 9, 1914.
If these was a call for volun
teers would Joe Bolt?
Carolina has had Wake Forest
some balled-up this spring.
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By the way, where will Harry
Thaw when the world lets him
go?
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The will in Wilson is sure put
ting the hurt in Huerta nowa
days.
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Coming down to baseball, Big
Mills of Carolina- grinds slow,
but he grinds exceedingly fine.
It's not so much a question of
who put the "punch" in Ehrlich,
but of where so much has been
getting to lately.
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If pyramidal poetry is as last
ing as the pyramids, the recent
edition of the Carolinian will en
dure through the ages.
That old adage about watching
a preacher's son still holds true:
Johnnie Blackburn was going a
little too fast about a week ago.
In our opinion, fighting is too
hot in the summer, too cold in the
winter, and too blamed uncom-:
fortable at this season of the
year.
We can stand for a good deal,
but Lester Perkins' latest instru-.
ment for the manufacture of
noise makes a sound h little too
much like bull for us.
Just wait, and you will see
what the University of South
Carolina will say to the Univer
sity of North Carolina in the
next triangular debate.
It is reported that the morn
ing a fter the night before a cer
tain fellow found his watch in
the pitcher. "Oh, well," he re
marked, "I often soak it."
A committee of seniors in the
University of Minnesota are sent
out over the State to lecture on
student life at the University.
We wonder if they tell the whole
thing.
In announcing the May festi
val held on the campus last week,
the reporter concluded his ar
ticle by announcing that 'crooks
will be provided on the campus."
We deny the charge most em
phatically.
A REFLECTION.
The remarks of-the editor of
The Carolinian relative to the
two literary societies are well tak
en. The situation is grave and
there certainly should be some
method for reviving the interest
of students in the literary work
of the societies. If there is such a
thing as "pep" in athletics, and
we believe there is, why could
that same pursuader not be used
in the literary sphere? The
same old Carolina spirit that is
so conspicuous on the athletic
field should find itself in the
society halls.
The literary societies should be
the strongest organizations on
the campus. For it is in their
halls that men are to be trained
to represent Carolina in the ora
torical and debating contests re
cently become so numerous. It
is in their halls that the strong
est bonds of college friendship
are to be found. We may for
get those with whom we work
mathematics and dig out Latin
and Greek roots, but the literary
society friendships will always
be cherished in after years.
The suggestions for reviving
this interest and enthusiasm in
society work made by The Caro
linian are very good. There has
been an atmosphere of vacancy
about the halls, and a feeling of
indifference in the members.
By having regular social com
mittees to provide by extra as
sessment if necessary--for
smokers and other social events,
we agree that the interest of the
students in literary society work
would be stimulated.
OUR SOCIAL SYSTEM.
There are not a few fellows
on the campus who neglect an
important element in their edui
cation, which is the social ele
ment. It has heen our observa
tion that a large percentage of
the men do not attend the recep
tons, smokers and other college
social functions which happen
on the campus. Generally, the
bunch that takes part in this
side of college life are those who
do not need the training as bad
ly as others who remain in their
rooms or go up town to. the
"movies.''
Such action on the part of a
fraction of the students is just
neither to the faculty or the Uni
versity at large. The faculty
kindly provides a social commit
tee, the duties of which are to
assist the students with the so
cial side of their college activities.
But the committee is powerless
to act without the support of
the student body. And we owe
it as a matter of respect and ap
preciation to the committee as
well as to the college girls and
other visitors to turn out in full
force and to help make the thing
a success. Now, we do not ad
vise a student to lay aside his
college work for every little so
cial event that comes his way out
in the ci'ty, but we do insist that
there are men on the campus
who do not often enough give
themselves up to free social in
tercourse with his fellow stud
ents.
Carolina is judged by the
character of her student body.
But if half the students refrain
from taking part in the social
functions, the windows that open
upon the inner court of the insti
tution, then the University will
be judged by that attending
fraction which may or may not
be representative of the entire
student body.
In less than a week of Sun
days commencement week will
be upon us. This is always a
week of social activities, and yet
every year scores of freshmen
and sophomores skip home im
mediately after examinations.
This is the very time when Caro
lina should work out in full at
tire and make a show. Let us
not allow the college spirit to be
smothered. Leti us bathe fre
quently our hearts in the warmth
of good fellowship.
Ben Sawyer and Julian Bush,
the only two inmates of the infir
mary at this time, are rapidly re
covering. Both expect to be out
in a few days.
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