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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY. THE LITERARY 'SocIsTIEs. TERMS $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at Columbia S. C. poutoflice November 20, -1908 as second class mail matter. Claumbia, S. C., Dec. 16, 1920 EDITORIAL STAFF. Cecile Huggins ....... Editor-in-Chief BUSINESS. E. P. Gaines.................Manager O. S. Ulmer................Assistant CIRCULATION. 'D. J. Jenkins...............Manager L. B. Cox...................Assistant ASSISTANT EDITORS.., Mary Graydon Fletcher Stackhouse Eleanor Ball Pauline Boozer Shirley Black Isabel Legare Mrs. DurhaJn Cbrnelia Huggins Margaret Hemphill Pansy Fox We Wish to every one a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. To Dr. Currell ,the faculty and the student body we wish a pleasant -holiday and also a prosperous year and may old Santa bring each of us some double stars and lots of other lovely things. To the R. 0. T.,C. Editors, Postman, Janitor, The mid nite oil and . all That reminds us of school we the Co-eds. Wish a- Merry Xmas. We wish to thank The Game cock staff for the privilege of editing this edition of the paper. We resign our temporary office feeling that it has been a help ful experience and we hope that our efforts will in part at least measure up to the standards of The Gamecock. The editor wishes to thank the assistants for their hearty co operation and for their punctu ality in handing in the assigned work. The life of any publica tirn depends upon the spirit of the assistant editors. Judging from the manifested enthusiasm this edition ,should be full of life. As usual, we see that The State is on the right side. We wish 'to thank The State for the inter est it is manifesting in the movement for the co-ed dormi tory. It has stated our need for such a building both logically and forcefully. The girls of the University ap pateIiate the efforts of Mrs. Cath cart in helping us get our rmuch needed dormitory. When the women of the State get, behind the project as Mrs. Cathcart and others'have done, the day will rnot be far hence wihen a new $bup4dlng wil adoin our campus. The -editorial In The State of November 8, which called atten tion to the question of discrim ination between the men and wo men students in regard to dor mitory accommodations at the University of South Carolina, has met with a gratifying re ,ponFe. from the citizens of the State. Surely none realize more fully than the students themselves the disadvantages under which the co-eds labor. We have- heard from the men and women outside of the University; where are the students? Why are they silent? Surely the sons and daughters of Carolina want a '"Greater Carolina." When the legislators come to Columbia, will the stu dents not put in a plea for a wo man's building? We believe that in a few years the student body of Carolina could be doubled. Will the students and alumni not take the lead in this move ment for a woman's building? By general consent, Mrs. Louisa J. McCord, daughter of the great Langdon Cheves, was one of the ablest, certainly the most masculine-minded of South Carolina gentlewomen. Mrs. Mc Cord was the translator of Bas trats' "Sophisms," and a fre quent contributor to the reviews, as well as a literateur of no mean rank. Miss Jessie M. Fraser received her master's degree sfrom the University last June, her thesis being "Louisa J. McCord." Why has the Bulletin Commit tee payed no attention to this thesis? Surely the theme is a timely one. The women have re ceived the right to vote and to share the responsibility of gov ernment, and yet the Bulletin Committee passes without a word this thesis about one of the ablest women of Carolina. The sons and daughters of Carolina should certainly be willing and proud to do homage to a woman of such intellectual ability as Mrs. McCord. Is it just to let such an opportunity pass? Chivalry. ' Southern -chivalry is no idle boast. We, the co-eds of the Uni versity of South Carolina, thank 'the rest of the student body for the courtesy it has always given us. Especially we appreciate the tribute to us in giving us a place in student activities, in letting us edit this week's Gamecockc. There are larger tjniversities than Carolina, universities more widely known, but we are sure 'there is no other one that treats its co-eds more fairly. It offers us special indycements to attend ; it welcomes us when we come. It treats us with consideration during our student life. To the University and men of Carolina, we owe and give deep gratitude. For here*a place they look on as their own peculiar heritage, do they live up to their traditions of courtesy and chiv alry. "A co-ed is an awful nuisance. If she's ptatt;gdistfacts the minds, if she's not h'e"terferes with our aesthetic developinent." -Penn Punch Bowl. Christmas. Once we heard of a~student of this University who stayed at school during' the Christmas holidays in order to study. We knew one or two who really did some hard studying at home dur ing .their vacation.. However, we feel that the ten days respite given at this time of the year is greatly needed to rest the jaded nerves of overworked freshmen and sophomores and juniors, etc. Examinations begin almost as soon as the- mistletoe is taken down from the chandeliers in the front hall and we are agoniz ed by the half yearly Chinese pu~zzles quaintly devised by in genious professors for their own amusement. "So while ye may, be merry." So runs the well known misquo tation. Everybody learns from the half million Christmas cards received each year that Christ mas is the merry season of the year. We should make the most of these few days of leisure and not fill our heads with knowl edge which could be much bet ter gleaned in the quiet and dig nified halls of Carolina. Besides plum pudding and stuffed tur key are not the best foods to in dpire. the tired, hard-worked scholar and so students of the University of South Carolina, our advice to you is to enjoy yourselves to the utmost during your freedom in Christmas time. But upon more mature consid eration, Is there anyone here who needs this advice? ADVICE WE MAY NEED IN THE FUTURE. "Having assumed the respon sibility of marriage, it becomes your duty to support your hus band in a manner suitable to his birth and education." If he is of a social and convi vial turn of mind, you will Hee that the cellar is kept well sup plied with choice "home brew," and that his friends are always royally entertained. Be careful and not shock his sensibilities by offering him spending money. This you can avoid by filling his'purse dur ing the night while he'is asleep. He may not openly refer to this little attention, but rest assured they will be appreciated. Should he come home some what early in the moirning f~ the club and other places of amusement, a little worse from press of business, sustain him with a wife's true devotion, and see that he is put comfortably' to rest. These suggestions are brief, yet they embrace all the cardi nal points, and if practically car ried out will save you the humili ation of ever being sued for a divorce l4EGRO POE T 'IfT. UNIv5S$rli CAMP$ B. Lester Homles, the negi-o poet, from Edgfield, paid a visit to the Uhiveralty catnpus last week. He brought with him sev eral volumes of his works, which he calls "The Idol Hour.", Homles is a large negro, black as/the ace of spades. He plays the violin and this fact may ac cont for the rythm of his verses, It is a wonder that his wife does not get angry with him kor some of these poenp, but be said "she doesn't mind' them at all there isn't a "jealous drop of blood in her." His best poem is. called "The Negro and the Mule." - The cen tral idea of it is, "Where'er duty calls, or service, there's a negro to obey." He runs a farm, -and writes poetry as a pastime. He has the advantage over many poets in not being entirely dependent. for his living on his pen. A .copy of the "Idol Hour," is going to be placed in the library. It will well repay your troubles to look over this remarkable work. rp LETTER TO OLD . SANTA CLAWS deer mister santa claws i hav been a good little boy sence you came aroun heer last year an i hope you will bring me somethin good this krismas. i live over in woodrows colledge with a little boy -named heywood Brockinton an he says he is goin to be a foot ball player when he gets big an he wants to be a law yer too. he wants you to bring him a little foot ball an says to put it in the wood box if you cant get it in his sok and to put an other sok in the won what he hangs up so he will then bav a pair. i want' you to bring me sum raisins and sum magic east and sum grape juice an a reseat to make sufn home brew an you dont hav to bring much becaws it dont tak but a swaller for me. i want to be a lawyer too like heywood wants to be an i want you to bring me sum bool5s tellin all about the law so i can hay a offis an mak sum money so i can ntarry my girl, she is named louise an goes to school over at mister winthrops colledge over at rock hill. jack Stevens is a boy what rooms acrost the hall from me an he says he wished he had a girl too so bring him somethin good for krismas be caws he aint got no girl an also bring me sum appels and candy an everything good 'but pleze dont forget that magic east an'd rasins an grape .juice your little fren julian johns,on. dont forget 'to stop at george town you will find it about eigh teen miles from andrews. -Who took the .hurry out of the Hurrveane? RC TCtJ, x found a scr aroas a4 today, I got it gathering .0p :es. soms for ybu One breathless :fte when spring was nw t And all the trees were we . white for May. I had forgotten my scar wa there I had forgotten, tog, the trifling pain Quite paid for-with a .k1 .. ,,. and then:thei$n Scattering transient 4iamond in your hair... .. You thought you loved me then .do you remember? And I, for, my part, poure out, I am sure, Brave words like "grow and, "strength" 'and "er But that, of course, was May - this is November, Time will bedim that night.. the blooms..... ...you face .. .. .. Even the scar will heal "to faint trace... .. .. -John V. A. Weaver, in Ne York Evening Post. A TRAGIC BIT. Cademus took a vigorous bi of bread and butter. As he ma ticated, it, he gazed thottul around, at the table, at me, a the piece of bread and. butter le in his hand. "It- is a peculiarity of hum beings," he remarked,' "that th' sight of a part invariably invite speculation as to the wher abouts of the whole. A fly' head," he continued meditating ly, "is not easily separated fro its body; it is not like a me wing or leg which may be d tached with more facility." He sighed as he laid aside t slightly specked piece of brea. and butter. "No," he said wistfully, "tha is the tragedy of the unkno able." A TRIUMPH OF ART. As the man and the mal strolled through the pictur gallery she stopped before on of-the exhibits. "Oh, how sweet!" sh breathed. "I wonder what it means he said, as hie eyed the picture pair who clung together in attitude of love. "Oh, Charlie,.don't you see? the girl chided tenderly." has .just askedLher to marry hi and she has consented. It' lovely! What does the arti call the picture?" The young man leaned-nea ey and eyed a label -on t frame. "I see I" he cried: "I printed on this card here 'Sold!' "...-otoan Pst.