Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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With Which is Incorporated THE CAROLINIAN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA l " While I Live 1 Crow" PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia, S. C. postofflice November 20, 1908 as second class mail Imatter. EDITORIAL STAFF CYRUs L. SHEALY......Editor-in-Chief W. E. BoWEN.........Literary Editor BUSINESS MANAGEMENT J. C. KEARiEK.... . Business Manager G. E. SHAND, JR..Asst. Bus. Manager H. G. STEADMAN. . Circulation Manager Columbia, S. C., Nov. 6, 1917 IEitrial Thirteen Again President Wilson, in his inimi table way, had about convinced us that our old dislike for the number 13 was not well founded, but recent events have invited the old notion to come back. And this is the reason: for three successive ganes, our football team has lost on the score of 13. A Suggestion We think it a good plan for every man on the campus who receives a copy of THE GAMECOCK to send it home, or to some friend, when you have finished reading it. The cost will be very little, and such a distribution of our paper might help the university a great deal. It will certainly do no harm. We must not lose sight of the fact that the university is support ed by the tax payers of the State, and that we owe something in return. Our chief contribution is giving back to the State edu cated citizens. We are also help ing-in no small way to furnish valuable ideas and information to the people through the Exten sion department. And as a mat ter' of further information, we make the above mentioned sug gestion. No State institution can thrive nor perform its fullest service 'mnless the people are' made a part of it. There must he many interests in common and they must be based upon broad and liberal p r' i n c i p 1 e s. Our p)olicy must embrace the co-oper ative andl spirit--and every stu dent can help in this. The Greater Cause It is a source of much gratifi cation to know that so many of our Carolina boys have already gone into the service of the coun try to assist in the great fight which w e h a v e undertaken. Numbers of them now hold com missions in the new army; others are in training camps and will soon get their c o mm i s s i o n s. There are still others in various branches of the Federal service. Many of these left our student ranks, and while, in a way, we regret to see them go, yet we are proud to give them to the great er cause. And in answer to the country's call, our professors, too, have gone-and they con tinue to go. They might have remained for years in their places of quiet labors, but they have chosen the better field-service to their fellow-men. Students and professors will, we know, give good accounts of themselves wherever they may be. Instead of much talking, they have acted. They have placed themselves up on the altar of their country: that is service, and no man can do more for his native land. They will have to make sacrifices, suffer hardships, and maybe, lose their lives. But in victory or de feat; through sunshine and shad ows, may a Kind Providence guide and keep them, and if they return not again, theirs will he the honor and theirs the glory which none can take away. Look Forward The lack of enthusiasm at the Erskine game last Saturday was: very noticeable-even by the most casual observer. The fan.ous and effective Gamecock Pep was not there, and the results were not what we had expected, to say the least. In the first place, the student body was not out in force, and those present were more or less listless. That fact may not have caused us to lose, but a little more life around the lot would have helped. The team has to do the actnal playing but we must take care of the side-lines and the bleachers. Personally, we made a sacrifice of other en gagements just to be present not that we know so much about foot-ball, but we enjoy the game and we feel, moreover, that it is our duty to lend whatever aid we can even if it is nothing more than our presence and a few hearty handclaps. If the team is out of order, the coach will doubtless remedy that, but the studentbody must stick together and BE THERE! Our opinion is that we were all over-confident. No one expect ed the Seceders to make more than one touchdown, if that. So we went out hardly expecting an interesting- match. On the other hand, it was quite evident that the boys fiom Due West came here to fight, and fight they did from the first to the last sound of the referee's whistle. And that is what wins for any team. We have long since learned that it is a serious error to underesti mate the strength of an opponent. Go in prepared for a big battle, than if the contest is light, vic tory is easier and bigger. We have other games to play: let's not make the same mistake twice. Let the past take care of the past. Look up and go for ward! CKECKS AND CHANCES BY PHIL E. BUSTER The high cost of living and skirts seem to be going up in geometric ratio. Strange as it ma/ seem, some times winning is losing and los ing is winning. There's nothing effeminate a bout Uncle Sam's uniforms even if tkey are miss-fits. Girls are now accentuating their right to rule by wearing the purple. But it comes high! If men followed the fashion as women do, the makers of trunk cov'ering would have to go out of business. Since the Kaiser ordered every seventh of the mutineers shot, could we now call him a seven shooter? One reward for getting wound ed in the trenches is that a Red Cross nurse will hold your head while you die! When we hear of a man crow ing over his virtues we always imagine we hear others cackling over his faults. About the only advantage we derive from being poor is that we are not bothered by the in come tax collector. We know of several people who ought to understand this line: there is more wisom in silence than in much talking. When a girl calls you a pig in one breath, and precious lamb in the other, it's time to get your self in the safety zone. If some women loved children as well as they (1o poodle dogs, the congestion in the orp)han homes would be greatly relieved. If every man wvho has squan dered fifty dollars would apply for a Liberty Bond, Secretary McAdoo would have to issue wait ing orders. WASH AT CAPITAL CITY : The Big Laundry on Main Street * H. E. WESSINGER, Campus Agt. MENS' SHOES TO FIT We carry sizes and widths, and )ur salesmen know how tofit them Nethlar's, Hurleys and Educators THE BOOTERIE 1225 Green St. Phone 2162 "We 'Press for Men of 'Dress" J. W. BRUNSON Merchant Tailor Rates $1.00 Per Month J. S. PINKUSSOHN CIGAR CO. The Oldest Tobacconist in Columbia College Mens Headquarters CIGARS, SODAS, POCKET BILLIARDS 1307-1309 Main St. The New 1"Broadway1 n0.1 Oupeni11 a. m. to 11 p. M. 0 For Coal and Wood Call Reamer Fuel Co. Jellico Soft Coal JOHN SCHNEIDER Campus Agent Phones 3770, 3771 SHOE AT R S' E "Best Styles for Young Men" 1420 Main Street Columbia, S. C. THE UNIVERSITY BARBER SHOP Tenement 4, Room 3 (Opposite L.aw Iluilding) Dpen Daily from 2:30 to 6:30 P. M. All Up-to-date Work Give Us A Chance "If we please you, tell your friends; if we don't tell us. P. D. WILIS, GRN. Man.