Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? jr (asuccorI~ I 1'iu-1sia-:i> W.:E-:Ki.y uY Ti1. LiT:u. uy Socila:ri-.. TF-:u.ts $1.50 A Y.An. Entered at Columbia. S. C. i.ostofflce November 20. 1908. as second-class mail mutter. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 13, 1921 EDITORIAL STAFF'. W. L. Refo................... litor W. H. Thomas..............Associate 1USINESS. E. P3. Gai nes .................Manager O. S. Ulm2r................Assistant CI RCULATION. 1). .1. Jenkins...............Managcr L. B. Cox...................Assistant REIORTERS' CLUB. A. L. \'.lIIs N. H. I-uckaix U l son Teal I. If. Ita ma. y G. I. Rentz L. N. Connor - F. H. 'arker Hf. H. (,ro.rby W. K. Suggs Corneiia IIuggins THINK. There are very few of us who think before ;doing Isomething that in the end will be injurious to our health, character, or gen eral welfare. Thinking of this type is not at all difficult to do. We hear someone say that think ing is an art (not known to everybody, which is true of a different kind of thinking from that of which we have in mind. To think what the consequences of an act will be is quite different from thinking out a problem or think up an oration. It is a common custom in this country (and probably in others) to sit up on the night of the death of the old year and the birth of the new carousing around, getting drunk, making noises and raising Cain in gen eral. What is the reason for this? Is it for the fun to be1 derived therefrom or for the feeling of "the morning after the night before ?" We do not think so. It is to keep from thinking. Those socalled funseekers and frolickers of New Year's eve do not want to think, but instead 'they want to drown out their hibilities to think, which is all very well and good because we would rather have smiles and laughter than a serious face, of course. But we dispense with the non thinking of New Year's eve and go on. Have we who smoke ever hesitated before lighting a cig arette and thought what kind of a speciman of humanity we would be in ten or twenty years? We dare to say that not more than one out of every ten thou sand ever has. We go ahead and smoke. As a result of this non thinking, we look at ourselves years later and see a yellow, sunken countenance, expression less eyes. Our brain cells have been deadened and we are now hardly able to do any creditable thinking at all. We do not' breathe as easily as formerly. The tobacco has changed our whole being. The same illustration applies to drinking alcoholic beverages. If we would only stop to think as the glass touches our <lips of what the consequences of this act will be, the glass wnould un doubtedly go clattering to the floor. Using vulgar language is a universal affliction and prob ably will never be entirely wiped out. Some people have managed to think what the result of its continued use would be and have stopped it. It means a weak ened vocabulary and consequent ly a weakened power of speech and conversation. We find our selves using the words of our "vulgar language vocabulary" in conversation with persons with whom we would not want to use them. But we cannot help ourselves. All our refinement in manners and nicity of word use is gone. People shun con versation with us. They say that we use the same vvords over and over again and that these words are not fit for use. All because of failure to think just about thirty seconds before we started the use of vulgar lan guage. Many a fight and many a death would have been prevented by the principals' thinking before speaking. Words which we form sometimes would never have been uttered if our brain had been just a little quicker than the tongue. Had Alexander, Caesar, Na poleon stopped in the midst of a battle, looked around him and indulged in a few moments of thought, how changed would his tory have been. Had they stop ped to think where their ambi tion was leading them, what it was doing to their countries, and that it was causing the deaths of untold numbers of human be ings, probably they would have ceased their war-making and war waging. But instead, ther rushed madly, blindly, unthink ingly onward and finally the yawning chasm of the result of ambition and failure to think closed over them. So, as it is a New Year, and as resolutions are in order, let us resolve to do a little more thinking of the kind which we have been discussing, at least, if we are not able to do the other type of thinking. THE SCRIBE'S SQUIBS: Holidays are all right. The only trouble lies in the fact that they do not last long enough. The State of California is go ing to build a million dollar sta dium on its University campus. But then, California is a State of gold, anyway. * * * The recognition by Harvard of Carolina as one of the three leading universities in the South confirms our views on the mat ter. We will not ask if any of those New Year resolutions have been broken for the simple reason that we do not want anybody to ask us that question. Speaking of resolutions, some organization like the Tuesaya Ladies' Club 'ought to draw up a set of resolutions condemning New Year resolutions, and, sug gesting that we make our reso lutions on April 1, July 4, or Labor Day. * * * To think that examinations are only two weeks off ! Is it not enough to take all the joy out of life, especially college life, to have these things occurring regularly twice a year. * * * However, examinations are a good thing after all. We could very easily get along without them, of course. But still, the old saying that expression deep ens impression holds true in the case of examinations. * * * With the basketball season starting soon there will be a re vival of the now famous spirit shown by Carolina men during the football season. Soon the gymnasium will ring with the cheers and shouts of the Game cock supporters and the Game cock quintet will begin what we believe will be as successful a season as the Gamecock eleven had, which was all and more than Carolina had hoped for. NEW CLOTHES FOR OLD. A New Year follows each Old Year, As one suit of clothes follows an other * * * Nineteen Twenty is worn out, Raveled, frayed and patched; It has seen splendid service, But early showed signs of wear. Its coat was ragged ere the au tumn came, Its waistcoat worn to tatters, Its trousers held precariously in place By the safety pin of Hope * * * Father Time, ashamed longer to be seen in it, Discards it and calls for '21, Asking this of the Tailor: That tragic cloth be counted out of style; That class and mass strife be omitted from its woof ; Replaced by that of brighter hue, Making more for smiles and less for tears.. So '21 comes to us Pressed, creased and ready to be worn; Buttons firmly fastened, button holes securely sewed, No seams undone, no stitches loose ; Its fabrics of the finest. How will it wear? -Time alone can tell * * * and Time dloes not predict. What of the style? The Tailor tells: "The style will suit yourself Wear it in the sunlight of smiles And you will note its sheen ; Wear it in the shadows, in the dusk, And it will be sombre." * * * Well, here's the New Year suit How are you going to wear it? --A. Walter Utting, in New York Evening Post. LEVAN'S BARBER SHOP 604 Loan & Exchange Bank Building Special Attention to University Students Special Service Hair-cut 35c. Come and Guaranteed Shave 20c. See Us LORICK& LOWRANCE The College Man's Store Pocket Knives, Razors, Razor Strops Shaving Brushes, Shaving Soaps ATHLETIC GOODS Footballs, Baseballs, Sport Sweaters and Robes Special Attention and Prices Given to University Men Burnett's Drug Store One Block From University Campus Drugs, Drinks, Cigars, Stationery Candies and Toilet Articles. SPECIAL: Everett Waddy's Carolina Seal Stationery Phone 1261 909 Main St. CLOTHING FURNISHINGS Moe Finkelstein's YOUNG FELLOW SHOP 1604 Main Street Columbia, S. C. Snappy Clothes for Stueents 10 per cent. Discount on all Merchandise to Students Only HATS LUGGAGE "AS COPELAND GOES, SO GOES THE FASHION" LEARN THE WAY Clothing, Hats, Mens' Furnishings Stylish, dependable clothing, nationally known. Exclusive agencies for well known hats, everything stylish and seasonable in mens' furnishings. Alco Clothes, Styleplus Clothes, Hirsh-Wickwire Clothes Stetson, Toimble, Connett and Borsallno Hats COPELAND COMPANY, Columbia, S.C. 1635 MAIN STREET PHONE 301 The Wigwam Inc. 1248 Main Street * Cigars, Soda, Magazines Pocket Billiards * Agents for Johnson 's Chocolates COLUMBIA, S. C.