The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 04, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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PUBLISHRD WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY
SOCIETIES. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR.
Entered at Columbia S. C. postoflice
November 20, 1908 as second class
mail matter.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 4, 1919
R. C. Thompson, Edltor.
J. R. Bryson, Manager.
Welcome!
It is with a great deal of
pleasure that Columbia College
and Carolina welcome the dele
gates to the Press Association
that is meeting with us. 'he
opportunity to entertain a
group of men and women who
represent the most important
part of college life is one rarely
given to our schools in Colum
bia, and it is our intention to
exert the capacities of hospi
tality of these two institutions
during the next few days. In
the words of a Carolina man,
"all that we have is yours. The
old red walls welcome you."
To Freshmen.
You will find in another part
of this paper a list of the regu
lations by which the new men
are to be guided. This is rath
er late to begin but better now
than never. All freshmen must
follow them strictly-that's the
only way for the undertaking
to succeed. If there is any mar,
who desires to disregard this
ruling, it is up to the others of
his class to see that he changes
his course. The new men
should all work together to co
operate with the student body.
Your actions now will express
what loyalty you have for Car
olina. It is not a disgrace to
wear the red cap; it is an honor
to be known wherever you go
as a Carolina man. And that
is the best way for the older
students and the citizens of Co
lumbia to get acquainted with
the men who are to be the fu
ture lights of this college.
Make it unnecessary for the
vigilance committee to have to
rigidly enforce these rules. Co
operate with the older students
for a greater, bigger and better
school. How will you expect
a freshman to act when you be
come a senior? Let that be
your guide, and act according
ly.
Little Things.
In the hurry of the present
time we are given to overlook
ing the little things in life. All
of us more or less have a ten
dency to pass them by. We
have a goal in view, and while
our eyes are set on it, we ig
nore those little things which
bob up, and which to us have
no bearing on the subject. Some
f us don't seem to realize that
it is the little things as well as
the big that count.
Have you ever stopped to
consider just how little you live
in today, but to what a great
extent your life is made up of
a succession of tomorrows?
We all do it. In the rush of af
fairs our minds and our actions
are based on the events of the
coming day. And while we are
thus occupied, some little
thing appears that should be
attended to but "I'll do
that tomorrow."
Today is today and tomor
row never comes. What we
call tomorrow looms up on the
horizon and it is the same old
thing over again. We are
eternally planning for the next
tomorrow, and the things we
promised ourselves to do are
forgotten, or else we haven't
the time. What are we going
to do when that time comes
when there will be no tomor
row?
One can't thrust aside the lit
tle affairs in life in order to
hurry on to the large tasks that
enfront him. Life itself is
made up of a series of little
things which go to make up
the whole. Turn back the
pages of history and you will
find incident after incident that
will give you the proof. Little
things which were insignifi
cant in themselves have led to
things on which the destines of
an empire or the discovery of
a great invention have been
based.
There once sat in a hut in
Northern England a man whom
history afterwards called Al
fred the Great. As he sat
there in the fading twilight he
saw a spider strive to carry her
silken skein from beam to
beam. On the eighth attempt
the breach was crossed. Seven
times had he been defeated,
but from this he gathered new
inspiration and went forth to
battle, knowing he would suc
ceed. It is useless for me to
write on and tell you the re
sult. All of us remember that
pathetic story from English
history of how an old man
saved his country from the rule
of the )anes.
No one ever bothered to
think why objects fell to earth
when released in the air, or
why they didn't fly out into
space. Newton, lying in the
shade of a tree, saw an apple
fall to earth. He began to
wonder why it should fall
straight down instead of going
up in the air. The result is that
today we understand the uni
versal order of things a set
forth in the "Law of Gr-avita
tion."
Watt, dreaming by the fire
listlessly, watched the steam
ascend from a boiling kettle.
He saw the possibilities in the
force of escaping steam, and
today we have the steam en
gine. Wright watched the
birds and so now we are able
to fly thru space. Holland was'
once saved from a fioid by a
boy who saw the danger in a
small leak in the dike and don't
forget that the cackling of
geese once saved ancient
Rome.
Hlow much attention are you
paying to the little things that!
are coming up in your life? If
yo can't accomplish the little
affairs, how are you going to
make good on the big tasks?
Look down on the ground some
time and see some of the small
things. Don't go thru life gaz
ing at the stars or else you are
going to stump your toe on
some of the stern realities
which you are given to thrust-'
ing aside. Hitch your wagon
to a star, but don't be eternally'
gazing in that direction to see
if the two are still attached.
It's time to turn over a new
leaf and strive to do those
things we have befor7 us, and
do them well be they little or
great. And please think these
facts over after reading, before,
you say, "Why turn over a new
leaf and spoil another perfect
ly good page."
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NOTICE.
Owing to the refusal of our
help to work under certain ex
isting conditions we were un
able to have the Gamecock
folded and mailed out the las.
two weeks. We have secured
other assistance and we are
sending the back issues along
with the new one of this week.
It is our plea that the subscrib
ers, exchanges and advertisers
sympathize with us and accept
the situation with all the pa
tience that is necessary.
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