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Eijr 6 asser eoE k PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia S. C. potoflice November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter. Columbia, S. C., Apr. 29, 1920 STAFF Editorial. 1 Icrbecrt R. Smith......Editor-in-Chief S. M. Derrick ........ Associate Editor Business. Jos. R. nryson............. Manager L. N. Connor..............Assistant C:rculation. B. E. Littlefleld............ Manager W. C. McCall...............Assistant Assistant Editor. J. C. Webb 0. S. Winer W. L. Refo Morris Marcus I. M. Lightsey J. J. Stevenson 1). J. Jenkins J. R. Sullivan C. E. Hazeldon 3. F. Quinn Isabelle Legare. THE COUNTY CLUB IDEA. The county club is not a new institution in the life of the uni versity. Heretofore, these clubs have been organized, of ficers elected, a picture taken for the Garnet and Black, and the club has then ceased to function. The Horry, Florence, An derson and Marion County stu dents have recently embarked upon a p'rogram of work which indicates a field of en deavor and usefulness all of the counties represented in the university should emulate. These clubs meet once a month with a regular program consist ing in a study of some phase of the economic and social life of their respective counties. After each of these meetings an account of the results of the study is sent to the home coun ty newspapers. Also, any hon crs received by a home county student are given mention. The editor of one of these papers said recently that he had rath er have such an item of news than to have the results of a presidential election; for live news of local interest is the only reason for the existence of a county paper. Such notices as these in the local papers serve to keep alive a county interest in the life of the university. Moreover, the county clubs vitalize the com munity of interest which fol low--countrymen and towns men naturally possess. A re ciprocal relationship is estab lished; the county influences react upon the student from that county, and the universi ty through the students reacts upon the life of the county. A warmer relationship with and a closer understanding of ach cther is established in a way that means a greater mutual helpfulness. A further end of these coun ty clubs is to perfect economic and social surveys of the va rious counties in the State. When the club has worked such a survey, it will be pub-' lished as a bulletin from the university. Much good is to be expected from this work, and it will un doubtedly serve to further re late the university to the life of the State. AN EXCELLENT DEBATE... Correspondent Comments on Contest Between High School Teams. The final debate in the con tests among the high schools of the State was one of the best of the sort that many of us have heard. It would have done credit to young men and women from the upper classes of many a college. While the decision was by no means un certain, the judges would doubtless agree that the affirm ative as well as the negative was worthy of praise. The weakest work in this de bate, as in most others, was in the rebuttals. In fact, it is a question whether each side was not stronger before its rebuttal speeches than after. In rebut tal the speakers were relying upon their extemporaneous gifts, for they had evidently planned nothing here in ad vance, whereas in their main speeches they were depending solely upon memory. This weakness was due also to a mistaken idea of what constitutes a rebuttal. John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster would never have dreamed of trying in four minutes to reply to five or six different argu ments, some petty and others unanswerable. The ideal re buttal concerns itself rather with the one outstanding con tention of the other side, and closes as a rule by showing how the speaker's own argument renders the opponent's posi tion untenable. By careful team-work the two sp)eakers on a side agree to give themselves to the two out standing contentions of the op position. As in football, each man takes care of one oppon ent, unless ordered to take care of some one else. It should be~ an open secret that where de batirs memorize their main speeches, they memorize at least a portion of their rebut tal. Many a debate hinge son these last few minutes, anda a wise speak-er leavesas little as possible to chance. Debating is pre-eminently the gentleman's game, and now it is becoming the ladly's game. Personally I thought that one of the speakers from Newberry treated his fair opponent in a way which was scarcely worthy of the highest chivalry, but others were Aiot so impressed, and I may have been mistaken. All will agree that wit and hu mor have their place in public debate, and the speaker from Spartanburg showed that she was able to hold her own. In common with all others who heard this debate, I con. gratulate these contestants, as well as those who trained them. I hope soon to see these prom ising young folk winning de bates for Carolina. I trust that a copy of these lines will go to the high schools in Spartan burg and in Newberry, for cer tain unfortunate words of my own may have marred what should otherwise have been a perfect day. Yours for Carolina, Andrew W. Blackwood. WISE OR OTHERWISE. Ask Buchanan for the swim ming pool schedule at Coker College. Sifford (at Coker banqu.et): "Take your finger out of my soup." She: "It isn't hot." Dr. Morse (viewing disor derly R. 0. T. C.) : "Some peo ple say there is no faith in the world, but there must be enor mous quantities of faith, hope and charity if they expect to make anything out of those an imals." We~hear a great deal about "spelling reform" nowadays. We don't think "reform" is very hard to spell. If a man fell in a barrel of whiskey and drowned we would say he died in good ipirits. Never put off until tomorrow hose whom you can do today. Can you remember the time when a man could get so drunk that mosquitoes biting him died of delirium tr-emens? Prof. Olson: "What does deficit mean?" Red Webb: "A deficit is what you've got when you hiaven't as much as if you had just nothing."~ He: "I bet you a k,;ss I stea a kiss from you." She: "I bet you two kisses you can't." "Faint heart never won fair lady." We wonder if there isn't many a man who wishes he hadn't been so courageous. Miss Fallow: "Are your salted peanuts fresh?" Burnette: "No, salted." Whenever a woman asks your advise, always find out what she intends to do, then ad vise her to do it. That evangelist said, "Rum has sent more men to the grave than bullets." He may be right, but. the most of us would rather take our chances with rum. Mark this: A pretty girl is one who can always get a seat on a crowded street car. It's not how you get your money, but how you spend it that interests people nowa days. Brockington (speaking to high school audience): I owe my success in college to one thing alone-pluck. Just take that for your motto. Pluck, pluck, pluck." High School Boy: "Yes, sir, but please tell us how and whom did you pluck?" McCORMAC'S Haberdashery Everything New in Men's Wear 1343Main Phone 745 J. S. PINKUSSOHN CIGAR CO. The Oldest Tobacconist in Columbia College Mens Headquarters CIGARS, SODAS, POCKET BILLIARDS 1307-1309 Main St. LOAF AT GITTMANS' BOOK SHOP