Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i, Casmtrotc PUBLISHRD WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia S. C. poctofice November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 23, 1919 Editoriai R. C. Thompson, Editor . Business Staff J. R. Bryson, Manager L. N. Connor, Assistant Cireutation B. E. Littlefield, Manager W. C. McCall, Assistant Assistant Editors A. J. Beck H. Brockinton H. B. Refo G. A. Buchanan C. T. Hunter H M Lightsey Miss Huggins S D. Rogers A. Kohn, Jr. J. J. Stevenson E. G. Quattlebaum Our enrollment has reached 516. Going up, don't you think? A Greater Carolina. The beginning of a new era faces the men of today. The year just beginning finds us with an enrollment already ex ceeding 500, and indications point towards an attendance never equaled before. But why is it that Carolina, the oldest college in the State, the best situated, with ample facilities and a faculty as good, if not better than anyother institu tion of higher learning in the South, hasn't an enrollment twice the present size ? Are we to sit calmly by and let the other colleges of S. C. forge ahead? Every son of Carolina ought to have, and we believe has, that spirit, which desires to place her on a pedestal far above the rest. Why not awaken that dominant pep and put it into action? The reason why Carolina hasn't the enrollment today that is her due is because the opportunities and advantages offered here haven't been placed fairly and squarely be fore the high school graduates of the State. What wve need is a club-a greater Carolina club--whose members should consist of every man in the University. Every man for Carolina, Caro lina for the State. One man from each county should be appointed to place before these future high school graduates the advantages found hre, thru the medium of the county papers. Tell them of the new departments being opened in Rural Sociology, Rural Economies, Bible Studies, Business Courses. Why not every graduate send a man in his place and every student return in 1920 with another? In Spite of It. All forms of slavery have been abolished. Except one. Slavery to our weaknesses. Therein all fail and ween the fight before the battle has been fairly joined. And the meas ure of our bondage is the dif ference between what we are and what we might have been, but for that. "They set the slave free, strik 'ing off his chains* * * Then he was as much of a slave as ever. He was still chained to servil ity, He was still manacled to indol ence, and sloth, He was still bound by fear and superstitition. By ignorance, suspicion and savagery His slavery was not in the chains, But in himself." Our weakness; the gap in the hedge.; the break in the wall; the weak link in the chain; the feet of clay ; the rift in the lute. Our weakness: Oversensi tiveness to ridicule; too great fear of making a mistake ; tow ering ambition, which refuses to follow when it cannot lead, and which wrecks where it cannot rule; jealous vanity and envy of another's success; pride of opinion, which cannot ac knowledge even an honest mis take; stubborn fanaticism of belief, unyielding to argument and persuasion; self-indul gence; plain, down-right lazi ness; over-eagerness for praise, physical frailty. What might we not do-and be-but for that. But for that, then would we prove ourselves indeed. Then would we show the world the true measure of .our worth. Take courage. The world's ramparts have already been manned by determined medroc rity-in spite of it. The eter nal sanctions are maintained in spite of it. The crown of achievement is won and worn -in spite of it. The bars of d (estiny fall, the gates of heaven swing wide, the radi ance of eternity streams forth, and the army of those who nev er g-ave up march in, vicoious,n with all their imperfections on their heads-in spite of it. College Spirit. "Some men mean by college spirit something finer than law lessness, dissipation and rowdy ism. They mean the loyalty of an institution which makes 'a student guard its iood name by being manly an'd courteous in conduct at all times and in all places. They mean the sense of responsibility which aids a student in forming habits of temperance and industry. They mean that eagerness to make a grateful use of his opportuni ties which leads a student to keep his own body fit, his mind alert and thoughts pure. By college spirit some men mean this, and far more; they mean that loyalty to a college which rivets a man to the severest tasks of scholarship, through which he gains intellectual power and enthusiasm, with out which no graduate is an entire credit to any college; and, finally, they mean that vision of an ideal life beyond commencement, wlfich shows a man that only through the rigid subordination of transient and trivial pleasures can he hope to become the only great victory a university ever wins- a trained, devoted and inspired alumnus, working for the wel fare of mankind."-The Atlan tic Monthly Exr1ingr Note Seeing Is Believing. Touchdown, Tigers! Ride 'em on the rail; We're gonna take the feathers out. The Gamecock's tail! -The Tiger. Coach Foster belongs to the breed of Gamecocks raised in Missouri. You'll have to show him. 'Tis True, 'Tis Pity. The co-eds at Millsaps are not received on an equal foot ing with the men. -Purple and White. Most eo-educational institu tions in the South are in the same condition. It is to be hoped that time will change the situation. Becoming Universal. Freshmen at New.comb Col lcge must wear green caps un til after midterm. Over thirteen hundred stu dents are registered at the Uni versity of North Caronann Waki Up. Greatness is good, but good ness is far greater. Many. a city has been seized while the watch slept. A sleeping sen tinel never gave an a,arm. Wake up! -The Davidsonian. Almost three years ago a slight disaffection became evi dent between G. W. C. and Fur man, and it has gradually broadened, until now it is eas ily recognizable. -The Hornet. The University of Cincinnati has an enrollment of 3,300. I roused me from my slumbers, I hied me from my bed; If I had known what breakfast was, I would have slept instead. -Sewanee Purple. Seems from the above that all colleges have one thing in comnion-a mess hall. LOAF AT GITTMANS' BOOK SHOP Nothing but Books + We furnish the Football Teams Watch the Equipment 0 It will lead them to * many a victory. S. B. McMaster, Inc. Globe Dry Goods Co. College Boys' Trade Solicited J. S. PINKUSSOHN CIGAR CO. The Oldest Tobacconist in Columbia College Mens Headquarters CIGARS, SODAS, POCKET BILLIARDS 1307-_1309 Main S.