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r1j c asmtotI PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia S. C. pogtoflice November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 30, 1919 Some college students make excellent coat-tail swingers. "A Byrd at Coker is worth two anywhere else." So runs the proverb of a well known Carolina man. Customs. Every man, every animal, every blade of grass, every tree, in fact, everything is gov ernel by the laws of niture. Even nature herself is at times restrained by her own law. Without some fixed path in which to go, the universe would be lost. It is not strange, there fore, that students of the uni versity should be guided by fixed laws and customs. The things that affected the lives of our predecessors are the things that now affect us. Certain customs and conventionalities have always been present at Carolina; those before us kept them and found that they tend ed to make every student a gen tleman. It is a sad disappoint ment to those who have ad hered to this principle to see some students of recent years disregard the trust placed in us. They have either forgotten themselves or are not gentle men enough to care for the con seqluence of breaking these rules. It isn't the custom to remain seated in chapel while the faculty are leaving any more than it is the custom to talk aloud in the library. Neither is it customary to doff one's coat in a class room, specially when Co-eds are in the class. Nor have we been going to the mess hall without our coats. We hold it an especial cus tom for Freshmen to speak to all upper class men ; all stu dlentsto salute or raise their hats to membrs of the faculty and every student to greet his fellow students. It is also cus tomary to walk as quietly .as possible in and out of classes, to remove your hat while in the office of any of the professors, the dean's office and the presi dent's office. We are also ignorant of any custom giving a student the rightto monopo lize one of the telephones we have at our disposal when he knows there is some one else waiting. When a student follows these rules, he has done what is re cluired of a Carolina gentle man. It is only fair that the professors take note of this fact. Much to our sorrow and to the discredit of our college, one or two professors have fail ed to act as students have a right to expect them to do. When a student tips his hat to a professor, the salutation should be returned. Several instances have been noted where this was not done. We are bound by these cus toms; if you fail to follow them and respect them, then your place is somewhere else. A man at this college has to be one hundred per cent. "Game cock." We won't have goats mixed with the sheep. What About Those Resolu tions? When you were leaving home a little over a month ago; when you were telling loved ones and home folks good-bye and they were extending to you their good wishes, what did you tell them? Surely you have not forgotten your remarks on that occasion already, or prob ably you remember them too well and the fact that you are not carrying them out at all worries you. Did you not promise them (and rightfully too) that you were going to make this your best year at col lege and that your conduct would only be such as they could put their stamp of ap proval on ? At this stage of the game, let's take a little inventory of ourselves and get our bearings in order to see in which direc tion we are going. Success or failure. By taking this inven tory early we can get back into the right channel before it is too difficult to attempt or be fore it is too late. In your acadlemic work, have you been putting the required time on your studies? Have your professors been well im pressed, commending you for your good work, or have they been censuring you for not properly preparing your les sons? Do you feel satisfied that you are getting results? Surely, that was one of your promises upon leaving home. are you entering into them be cause they most surely make up a very important part of your college course and career? If you can play football, have you been out each and every after noon doing your bit? If you are a track man, are you out each afternoon now doing your part to help Carolina win out? Have you joined one of the literary societies and do you at tendregularly,/taking an active part? You can get training in the literary society that will be always beneficial to you, no matter what vocation you take up. We have two good literary societies at Carolina, and in our humble opinion you will receive training in one or the other of them that will mean a great deal to you in after life. Don't delay, join one now. Are you going every Wed nesday night to hear addresses by Christian gentlemen, who have made successes in their respective lines in life? You will get valuable ideas at these meetings and hear how these successful men overcome ob staecles that you are going to met later on in life. Be on hand next Wednesday night and be convinced. Are you being kind (upper classmen) to the frshmen? Are you giving them a royal welcome, making them feel we are glad to have them? Are you ,attempting to cheer up those that are homesick, blue and despondent? Surely this is a wonderful field for us and great good can be accom plished by even a kind word. A kind word is even appreci ated by dumb animals, and when spoken to a dog it goes all the way through him as demon strated by the shaking of his tail. Let us awaken to our oppor tunities, both for service and self. Let us each do our best cheerfully and well, and in so doing feel happy that we are accomplishing something not only for ourselves, but for our fellows, our university and our State. The daily announcement of some new strike is about the only evidence left that anybody is still working.--Kansas City Star. We're for Herb Hoover if he runs on the meal ticket.-Co lumbia Record. Just as the average man reaches for fame, his pipe goes out.--Winthrop News. o Shantung, where is thy sting; 0 Lodge, where is thy victory !--Columbia Reorndl William Pitt once said: "The atrocious crime of being a young man I shall attempt neither to palliate nor to deny. A university, it seems to me, should be a place where the primary object is not repres sion of youthful exuberance nor the correction of youthful failing (though both may be necessary on occasions), but rather a place for the encour agement of the great and vital qualities of youth-enthusi asm, energy, power of acquisi tion, the sensitive retina. It is the place where the older of the community have the best chance to stay young. The university should be essential ly a company of enthusiasts, of pioneers. There is a frontier for every worker to clear-no matter how narrow or how wide his horizon may be. In a university there is a proper place, among faculty or stu dents, for the disillusioned, the cynical, the defeat." LOAF AT GITTMANS' BOOK SHOP Nothing but Books We furnish the Football Teams Watch the Equipment 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. 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