The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 20, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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EXPLAINEJYY B W .1
Prominent A*wina.. Tdhlide of
Plans to Aid Govornment
The whole of the chapel hom
last Tuesday was given over t<
the report of Hon. Chistie Bennel
who has returned from Washing
ton where he reresented the Uni.
versity at a conferenceof univer.
sities and colleges to considei
ways and means by which college
men of the contry may help ir
the presentu prp red'ess move.
ment. Themost important move
the con fereae decided upon was
the creatiba of an.s"Intelligence
Buretui," This bOreau which is
to b6elouated .atiWashington, is
to datalog-with ithe,aidi of an offi
cer irI each colle@ 4he.akimni anc
grad uaing classpa:;i.the-chools.
Their objct-tie,t.to -.estignate the
numbe..o.and to classify. *vail.
able mert in all llitea,i. speeially
trained rueu. The,rgevernmreni
has great upe# of men who1Akupw
foreign la1ggag,4; particn1alr
Spanish; itineeds. chemist- and
physicist; the bureau. 4planet<
make it ea?er: fOr; the, govern.
ment to fi l*these men.
Mr. B s#ineHpoke feelingly .of
the dt .we ow* notsnlyi to, *%
natio ..but. tp .ourselves ;ta.4el#
such h nomen ert. ;The, geo*d tbi
will tesult'to ouselv,es, wi1 .l o4
than recompence us for the trou
ble.- -"Americap -Prepared, " saic
the speaker, "means more that
mere millitary efficiency.' Our in
dustrial, preparedness is just as
rmportant. After this war, the
gretest idustrial; readjustmen
that the world -has.evev witness
ed are bound to come about. WO
men in Europe have promise<
theuselves infiniteky better work
ers than men in -many. lines .o
work. This,will result when peac(
comes to Europe in an abundance
of cheap labor and cheap produe
tion. To compete with this Amer
ica must-prepsre-for it."
Mr. . BenneL. laid particulai
stress unon the-mil1itany trainin
which the war .department ha
offored -the. Univ.esity.. He toldi
the great inter,est manifest b3
Yale, Prinetn ,:,. ando othei
schools where severaL hours arE
devoted each week to drill aswel
as to the acienc.of,war. He urg
ed the stud6it--body to do all it
its pgwer to bring this system t<
the University
D)r. A3. C. :M*wre -spoie las
Monday:beforethe,ity each.jen
association- en.the+alI I weevii.
Prof. Lewia.P. Chamberegei
Ph. D. spelebefore the,eurreal
i4terature Club. last . Tuesday
afternoon in Davis College. Hii
subjekte iash. "AAienuicam a Setdp
tors." The leeture 'was.-,richl3
illustrcited-with 'stereopticon--'pic
tures.
In a recent issue of 'HE GAiME
COCK there appeared quite a crit
ical *ditoVii.tagainst 'thei co-eds
Wr are -sorry that the 'sona' o
Carolaina.have euch 'an iattitWdi
towaul us1.Surely, "we have'nev
enorie,anythw, to. warranti.it
W*'.ar'e veely .criticisedtbe
cause we have notnyally enougl
UQ ge .up, .basket .ball ,team
Now Mr.. Critie,.have ryou. eye
s1pped.to thiuk.where.w oih
practice if we did, attemwt this
Do you realize that There is no
a -brick'or a 'chunlk'of wood .oi
the Uhivreitt eampus' that th,
girlaianay calitheiraown, exoep
theiedwifleoraf a etitdhbuse
It-is not.our.. fault, ..of course
nor. urs, and we are pot com
plaining." It is simply a fact tha
we need~to fae. We' eWkh prob
ably . ba&e-gt4tet, a hoane.thi
year, if we hAd worked for it
but we realized that Carolim
coul.,nptg" iwo appropriation:
t in one year, so we sacrificed ou
-desigsa' that- the "lords of crea
tion"- mig have theirs ftilfitUed
Tbi boys have their gymnasium
AthlticAdidaud-epecial.Aoachoo
4 The *opedw.hpv -never"hat-on<
Sword of :en?osragemeot fmn
trustaearaouly or)Ana 4i., ar
'only an amused interest from thi
'student body. This is why "thi
.i boys have a 1nonoply on ath beti
-teams representing the Univer
i sity. "
When it comes to tennis we ac
"knowledge- that- we have not-tak
- en advantage of our -opportuni
ties. The- Tennis Associatio
l very . ki-nd-ly-invited-.us'to join
-- and reserved'-n special- court- fo
us. We appreciate their intei
est, altho we have been slow i:
accepting it.
We are often asked why. wed
not stay- for" student. body meel
ings4 Thanswer frankly', becaus
there are some few who seen t
forgett.that. we are ladies, an
thatcthey ave-gentlemen, orasux
posed 4o. be. We -have.-our ow
-meetings on Saturdays, but a
other times most of us woul
gladly'stsyt if' We"eould -feel -sur
that our pres eaeewoald .be rF
spected.
We "axe,.fairmindedenough .t
acknowledge that'we'do' not tak
as active a.pararin thecoidegalif
as we should,. but-we wilInot.tak
- editdrial said, partrof this toubl
lies with athe .Jniversity titho,
ities, part with the student bod
and ipart, we adituit, with .the cc
~eds.. But why caninot we all wor
toge$iherJ'to'ch ange 'the--preseni
state. of affairs.? SurLy , th'ies
who sing so lustily about- thei
loyah devotion to Carolina ar
ready to'h belir,solva, bere didi
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