University of South Carolina Libraries
LIBRARY COURSE FILLS A LONG FELT NEEI Upper Classmen as Well as Firm Year Men Enjoy Privilege. A decided step in advance o other Southern colleges has bee: taken, and a real need of the stu dents has been satisfied in the in troduction, by Mr. Kennedy an the English department, of practical course in library meth ods and uses. At the suggestio of Mr. Kennedy, the board o trustees recently decided tha such a course should be requirei of every first year man workinj toward a degree. This course covers a period o six weeks, with a recitation o one hour, and reference worl additional, each week. The firs lesson consists of the classifica .tion and arrangement of book on the shelves. Number two i the use of the card catalog. I: the third recitation, the studen is taught how to use a book Number four treats of the us of reference books; five teache how to use the Reader's Guid and periodical reference material six, and last, the making of card bibliography of a specif subject to be assigned each seps rate student. This course is proving to b very popular. There are fiv large sections taking the trair ing. Many of the students hav told Mr. Kennedy of the grea benefit they are deriving fror the study. The library is in r( ality .a laboratory for researci and its use one of the most irr portant factors in educatior Yet many students go throug college without ever knowin how to take advantage of th wonderful opportunities the L brary presents. Dr. Currell is charmed wit this work. He says the cours will become a permanent part o the curriculum. It is hoped t be able to extend the traininj from the meagre six weeks t cover the whole nine months, s that prospective teachers ma prepare for "cataloging and oth erwise handling school librarie after modern methods." Mr. Kennedy recently attend ed a meeting of the Georgia L brarians' Association, and whil there was asked to explain th outline of his course here at th University for the benfit of th librarians of the other school present. The Southern college are slow in realizing the import ance of this work, but in th Northern universities librar training is repuired of all matric ulates. Mr. M. S. Witherspoon, one o Professor Wardlaw's first stu dents after he came to South Car olina College, died recently a Lancaste. ACCUSERS AND THE ACCUSED The editor of the Gamecock t has received the following for publication: f There is, of course, something n to be said in favor of letting the i- recent disagreeable occurence, in which certain charges were pre I ferred against a student of the a University, drop without com ment or expression of opinion.in n the Gamecock. There is ftr more f to be said in favor of tiis publi ,t cation's going on record and put I ting into words what we believe . to be the overwhelming opinion of the student body as to the f charges themselves and as to the f act of several score of its mem k bers in going to the accused's t room as a mob and there brow beating and finally actually s striking him. s "The accused?" Accused of n what? Accused of reporting to t the recognized authority of the . University that certain students e had beaten two freshmen. s Let us understand this. How e ever wise or unwise it may be, l; the opinion of enlightened think a ers is that hazing has but little to Ll commend it and everything to - condemn it; that hazing is too frequently nothing but an agree e able guise under which assault, e masquerade and cowardice con i- ceals itself. It has been known e to be a pretense for skulking be .t hind masks and beating fresh n men with electric light wire un ,- til the blood comes, and the men , are maimed for weeks from their i- njuries. . The University has a law h against hazing. Each student g on entering is required to sign a e pledge that he will not engage i- in this practice. The University has this law. We are members h of the University. e Is it, or is it not, the duty of a f student to uphold the laws? Are o college students amenable to no g law? Are they above the law? o The interests of the University o suffer in the eyes of the public y when hazing occurs. Are stu dent's hands tied and his mouth s sealed when the honor of his University is jeopardized? Does a student owe a duty to his Uni versity? Does he owe as great e a duty to students whose acts e bring the University into disre e pute? When the interests of the e University clash with the inter s ests of a clique of men who, their s faces hidden by mask from the -sight of other men, beat and e maltreat those whose only offense y is that they have come here to -get an education-is it the duty of a student to keep his mouth shut and leave his protest un f spoken? -Who accuse? A gang of men. -Not one or two or three but a ,t gang of men. They say they went after information when ART ASSOCIATION HOLDS FIRSTMEETING ~ 15 Professor Snowden Reads Paper. Many Slides Shown. "Art in ChicagoPublicSchools" was the subject of a lecture read _ by Professor Snowden, before the' H Columbia Art Association, at the . Columbia Y.M.C.A. last Friday evening. The lect.pre was prepared: and the fifty slides furnished by I American Federation of Arts,and was of special interest and value to school teachers, present and - prospective. It was what is called C in ordinary parlance a "canned" lecture:but the excellence of the Ai slides, under the skillful manipu- - lation of Professor Pott's "magic lantern" by Electrician Layton, and the apposite comments of Pro fessor Snowden relieved itof any stilted, or "cut and dried" fea tures. This is the first, this sea son, of four free lectures to be given by the Art Association. Sev- i eral Carolina students are mem bers already, and others are wel come at any time. - they visited the defendant's room. Does it take a mob and S do they have to act at midnight? Couldn't two or three men have questioned "the accused" and and elicited all' the information that a mob could reasonably have expected to get? Or is the ex tent and value of information in proportion to the number of those who attempt to extort it? Cowardice not one whit less , thon misery loves company. Cowards are birds of a feather and, when there is dirty work to be done, they go in droves. Let one thing be said for "the accused." He did not quaver - in the face of the mob. With fifty men against him, ringed about with a living circle of hos tility, hedged with an animosity that expressed itself in filthy oaths, he stood his ground. The T Old Guard at Waterloo was shot! to pieces and surrounded by Eng lish hosts under Wellington. The English commander, halting his! fire for a moment, asked: "Do you surrender?" The reply came; "Go to Hell!" And so "the accused," one against fifty, with no friend except his courage, no; supporter but his nerve, no ally. save his grit, flung into the teeth of the leader of the mob and the men to his back, the charge:~ "You are bunch of rough necks!" Let us not forget this: "the accused" at least was not "the, intimidated;" "the afraid." The: expression of his hot anger at the cowardly action of the mob speaks for itself. Without shrinking an inch. "the accused'' flunf in their - faces the expresion of his con tempt "You are a damn bunch of rough necks!" M. A. Wright. VIS'rING CARDS. 50 FOR 7ie. 24 Main St. Phone 1831 Tom Hook -lothing and Furnishing Goods Suits Made to Order 10 Per Cent Discount to Students ave You Tried the New Cigarette 'INKUSSOHN'S POTPOURRI" Its in the Blend Price /Oc S. PINKUSSOHN IGAR COMPANY Agents sk For it at Your Nearest Dealer The American Cafe 1248 Main Street Only ./merican Cafe in Town k Cafe where you can always depend on getting your money's worth. Home cook ing. Best chefs in city. B. McMASTER INC. Sporting Goods OLUMBIA, - - S. C. Scruggs & Bailey, Inc. Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods 104 discount to College Students. ;AMUEL PRESTON, Campus Rep. COLUMBIA. S. C. 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