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g!tjr 6 auitro ; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA "While I Live I Crow" PUBLISHRD WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIEs. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia S. C. postoffice November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter. EDITORIAL STAFF J. H. MARTIN..........Editor-in-Chief G. A. BUCHANAN,.... Managing Editor BUSINESS MANAGEMENT H. J. BLACKMON... . Business Manager G. E. SHAND, JR. . Asst. Bus. Manager H. 1). STEADMAN.. Circulation Manager REPORTERS. Evans, H. R. Stevenson, J. J. Thompson, R. C. Smith, E. B. W. E. Ackerman Rogers, S. D. Wardlaw, J. P. Lindsay, Wm. Columbia, S. C., April 30, 1918 PULL TOGETHER Occasionally one hears, on the sidelines during a baseball game, sharp criticism of players on the team. They are indica tive of a spirit that should not exist. The man on the team is doing his begt. He is doing more-he is fighting our bat tle. If we could play the posi tion better, we ought to be out there at it instead of occupying a seat on the grandstand. For the time being he is a part of ourselves and we ought to be doing all we can to help him; not trying to belittle his efforts. VANDALISM The theft from the library of reference articles, maps and debating material is nothing short of the purest vandalism. Every year cases of this kind happen. Two notable cases have come under the editor's observation this year. Out of an encyclopedia there was cut a sheet containing an article on Alsace-Lorraine widely used by the histor yclasses; a map being used by all the French classes disappeared, and at the time it was most needed. Such acts are worthy only of a typical Hun soul. We hang our heads in shame to think that there is among us so de praved a human being. What is the remedy? There are bound in the nature of the case to be other students who know of the theft. We can call it nothing less-of these articles, If the spirit of the student body as regards an act of this kind was sufficiently de veloped to make the thief feel the evil of his act keenly enough these things would not be constantly reoccurring. WANTED I I There are many things that the university wants-many things that the university needs. But of all things that we want and need the most outstanding and the most pressing is a constructive de bating policy. Athletics at the university are on a more or less firm foundation.. We have won one championship this year and are on a fair way towards winning another. The class room work is efficiently taken care of by an able faculty. The spiritual life of the college is cared for by its Y. M. C. A., under the leadership of a consecrated and earnest secretary. But as for the forensic activities, they seem to be--rather neg lected. The reasons we do not know. But it is apparent to any observant student that we need improvement and need it badly. Last week Carolina lost both ends of the big triangle debate. No discredit to men who repre sented us but rather credit for doing as well as they did. The Gamecock knows that these teams had less than a week's preparation and they were pit ted against teams that had been training for a month un der hired coaches. Let us put our heads togeth er on this question and see if we can not evolve a system that will bring us to the front in the forensic as well as the athletic world. THE END This is the end. Success or failure-which? If success, credit the staff ; if faiure, blame the editor. We would write a farewell edi torial but ve don't know what to say. Something has been said to the effect that the evil men do lies interred with their bones while the good they do lives after them. Let us hope" that such will be the case with the present staff--provided al ways of course there is any good to live after. To our successor we leave a~ hard task, a task more or less thankless. But a task which 'will satisfy his soul's inmost craving and his heart's secret yearning for work. A task in which he may bury himself in: a sackcloth and ashes or cover himself with glory. A task, from the completion of which he may come forth a sadder but a wiser man. We wish for him all the joys, the disappoint ments, the successes, the fail ures and the satisfaction that he has in store. May the best of his predecessors' work be the lower limit and the sky the upper. As a final word we wish to pay a word of tribute to the staff, who have been, in the main, unusually faithful. If there has been any success, the credit is due them for it. FUMBLES By Gab Is there no end to Democ racy? How can we say that a game has gone to Hades and still ad mit that it was because the pitcher went up! Cause and Effect. "Enlistment of college men' on increase."-H e a d 1 i n e exams coming-fact. Chef in Paris (according to Columbia State) : Garcon, put General von Hindenburg's din ner back in the oven." We would advise the garcon to eat it-it might spoil waiting. Names is Names. We venture to say that the highest ranking private at Camp Jackson is Major John son, 371st. (col.). At any rate he has good company in his corporal-President C I e v e land. 1acakward, turn backward, 0, Time, in your flight Give me my cits again just for tonight. * * * Our Weakly Conservation Poem. Now Mr. Iloover sho knew his rights When he invented sleepless nights As someun Has said But who in Hades begun The first genuine hairless head? More work---plus F'raneais I)oes Prof Beziat Think that we Have only time to geziat Lecons Francais? CLARIOSOPHICS ELECT The Clarisophic society held its regular election of officers Saturday night, April 13. The' following men were elected to~ serve the followving term: President, C. B. Seaborn ; vice president, C. D. Barr, Jr.; secretary, J. T. Waits; literary eritic, J. J. Stevenson; treasur er. L. S. M artin ; sergeant-at arms, J. P. Sifford; recorder, W. S. Miley; monitors, A. D. Mann and E. R. Smith. WASH AT 'w CAPITAL CITY The Big Laundry on Main Street 1. 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. SHOED' SHP W ALTE RS' "Best Styles for Young Men" 1420 Main Street Columbia. S. C. The New Broadway Open 11 a. m. to 11p.m. FHE UNIVERSITY BARBER SHOP Tenement 4, Room 3 (Opposite Law Building) )pen Daily from 2:30 to 6:30 P. M. 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