Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J' Castcocti P' r.xt -:n WEEKi. : I.:M LYiIRARY S n.i :-r-:s. 'I-':IcMs $1.50 A YEAR. Entered at (olumbia. S. C. pcstoffice Novembier 20. 1908. as second-class mail matter. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20, 1921 EDITORIAL STAFF. W. L. RIefo....................Editor W. H. Thio as..............Associate BLUSINESS. E. P. Gaines .................a nager 0. S. Uim:r--..............Assisitant S ' 1 C I C U L A T I O N . 1). .1. .Jenkins................1lunagcr L. 13. Cox...................Assistant IEPl'OiTEllS' ('LU I. A. I. WeI! N. H. Huckance 1som Teal It. H. Itamsay G. 1. Itentx L. N. Connor F. II. Parker H. H1. ('roshy W. K. Suggs Cornelia Huggins LIBERALMINDEDNESS. Liberalmindedness, in the truest sense of the word, means openmindedness, fairminded ness, a mind open to conviction, a mind which sees the side of the other mind, a mind that is not dogmatic, a mind that stands for fairness and justice to the whole social structure. We hear of a Liberalist party in the political field, which we should presume to be a liberal minded party, but at times we are inclined to be slightly skep tical and, then, we are not think ing of political parties.' They are out of our range of com prehension. In the present age, and especi ally in the United States, liberal mindedness is considered to be a matter of course and a trait that is possessed by all the peo ple. We do not believe, however, that this is an indisputable fact. We do not believe that all the people are openminded and fair minded. Such qualities and characteristics as go to make up liberalmindedness are not in herited, but are acquired by the individual himself. Further more, this trait is difficult to ac quire. Many people can see only one side of a question or argu ment-kheir vision being con fined to the narrow alley-way just in front of their eyes, and many times it happens that there is nothing back of the eyes to even allow him to see, that is, comprehend, that. They are dog matic--determined to have their own way or none. The oft-referred-to senatorial oligarchy is a fine illustration of dogmatism and narrowmind edness fighting l iberalminded ness. They were going to have their way or none and, as it turned out, they had it-to the'r eternal and everlasting disgrace. Which further shows the conse quences of narrowmindedness. There is scarcely any liberal mindedness in religion in the United States. Now, the govern ment is liberalminded toward re ligion, but there is no liberal mindedness among the different sects and denominations them selves. Each church ha its own creed and rules, by which it strictly abides. There is a great deal of dogmatism among the churches. Each denomination cannot and does not want to see religion from any other view point than its own. It interprets the Bible correctly and the other denomination or sect interprets the Bible wrongly. There is no other way around it. "The other denomination cannot see things in the right light. We are right and they are wrong," says each of the other. Is there any liberal mindedness here-any open-to convictioness? However, we see in the present worldwide move ment for one great Christian church a sweeping-away and a blotting out of the old narrow mindedness, rivalry and dogma tism among the churches them selves. Capital has always maintain Ad a narrowminded attitude to ward labor. Capital has its own way, its mind being closed abso lutely to argument and convic tion. Capital, until recently, has never been openminded and fair minded. It has always worked for its own advancement and not for the betterment and advance nent of the people who were slaving for it nor for the good f the social structure as a whole. In the present day, how ever, capital is being forced to become liberalminded and to act with justice to the men and wo men who are keeping up its ban ners. Education is the chief means of bringing about liberalmind edness in the individual. But that education must be of the whole people, rich and poor, high and low. And the present cen tury shall see the birth of this condition. Then will liberal mindedness come into its own. Then, and not till then, will the whole world be openminded and fairminded, entertaining justice towards all. May those of us who have been educated, those of us who have been taught and who have acquired liberalmind edness, strive, work, fight for the education and consequent liberalmindedness of our less fortunate friends and comrades. Let liberalmindedness be world wide. ON WARD. We see in the Senior Honor Club, wvhich was founded last year at the University, an or ganization which will help to raise the standards at Carolina more than anything else of which we can conceive. Never before in all its existence of one hundred and sixteen years has the University had such an orgaInizaLlon. Tijis ciub, the members of which are chosen from the 'senior class primarily on their scholastic standing, will do0 more to give the University a higher rating in the eyes of larger institu tions of the nation than literary societies or athletics ever could. The larger universities will see that we have an organization which gives the students an in spiration to gain higher schol astic excellence, and, seeing this, all doubt will be removed from their minds that we are coming to the front when it comes to scholastic fineness. If the founder of this club, Mr. Joseph E. Norwood, of the class. of 1920, had accomplish ed nothnig else during his stay at Carolina than bring such an organization into existence, his time would have been more than well spent. It was a mas terful and brilliant step for ward-his founding of the Senior Honor Club. May Car clina's motto be "Onward to the Greatest University in the South." DEBATES. There are going to be more intercollegiate d e b a t e s t h i s spring at the University than has ever been the case before. There is going to be a world of opportunities for th'e sons of Carolina to show their debating powers. And we believe that those powers will surpass those of the students of the other col leges with which we are going to debate. Besides the usual Triangular debates, with Florida and Ten nessee, the Citadel and Clemson, arrangements have been made for debates with New York Uni versity and Harvard University. The men who are past masters a,.it debating will need no urging to come out for debates like these. They will be out and they will be out in force to match their wits against the wits of the opposing team. But we are doubtful about the freshmen. We had not mention ed the fact that there will be a debate between Wofford and Carolina first year men. The freshmen will probably need a ttle urging and we take this opportunity to do so. We are fully aware that freshmen al ways carry heavy courses and it is difficult for them to find time for such work as getting a debate into winning form, but as this is an opportunity for a renown that has never been put within the reach of freshmen be fore, we believe that they should and will take time to prepare for this debate with Wofford. Furthermore, there should be a large number in the prelimin aries. Let them come out to win in these and they will lick WoffTord in the final battle of wits. ABOUT THE COEDS. We have been wondering for some time why there is so much opposition and smothered dis like for the girls at Carolina. We hear statements to the ef fect that a coed' building is not wanted here, and that coeds are not wanted at all. A charge was recently made that they were, in ,general, lacking in college spirit and, in particular, that they did not support the University band as they should have. We have no proof as to whether this charge has any foundation or not, so we will not discuss it, except to say that according to information furnished The Gamecock, more money' was contributed to the band' than was thought. But, why the sons of Carolina should not be broad-minded enough to see the reasons why women should be educated at Carolina is more than we can understand. It certainly is per fectly all right to wish that they were not here, if a stu dent feels that way about it, but why not forget that feel ing and that selfishness and try to share the coeds' point of view. In the first place, the state legislature has. made a law pro viding for their education here at the University, which law cannot be changed without making South Carolina the laughing-stock of the nation. Do we wish to be that? We doubt not that every red blooded South Carolina man would rthunder "No !" Then why talk of having women barred from an education at the University? Why even think of it? Even if the legis lature had not made such a law, women would still have deserved the right to an edu cation at their state university. We believe in equal rights to both male and female. This is an age of liberalmindedness why be narrow-minded? Again, an amendment has been added to the constitution of the United States giving the suffrage to women. Of a ne cessity, they must now be edu cated in such a way as to be able to take part in the momen tous affairs of the state and nation. They should be edu cated along with the men. Then why should South Caro lina men educated at the state university wish to have their women prohibited from a like education? Do we want South Carolina women to fall behind the women of other states? A gain we 'an.swer "N.o." Let the male students of the University, therefore, look the situation squarely between the eyes and reflect that they are1 behind the times when they do not want wvomen educated at Carolina. Let us be up with the age and cease talking about abolishing coeducation at the state university. AU REVOIR. Probably some brilliant French student who has pass ed French II, knows what the caption of this editorial means. No other can possibly divulge its significne. But what we desire to say is, that as this is our last issue, we want to say farewell, and to thank every one for the assist ance and encouragement which he or she has given The Game cock. It has been one of the great est pleasures we have ever ex perienced-this privilege of serving the student body of Carolina. We have conscien tiously tried to do our duty as servants of the student body, and, if mistakes have been made (and several have been made), we hope that they will not be held forever against us. We wish the best of luck to everybody on examinations and a happy Easter. THE SCRIBE'S SQUIBS. Every act is a boomerang. Read that again. Isn't a chip on the shoulder too heavy a load to carry around thru life? Wonder if there is any chance of examinations ever being elim inated from college worries? The basketball team did not seem to get off to a flying start, but watch it end the season with colors flying. We were told to get Dr. Mills to inform us just why we should stand examinations. We believe we'll ask him. Employers now want to know a young man's school record. They like leaders. A word to the wise is sufficient. The basketball championship of South Carolina looks good to us. And that Gamecock quintet is out for it. Watch it go. We think that the manner in which Founders' Day was ob served last Thursday was a big improvement on the program of past years. We hope that the new program will continue ii effect. If any athletic team ever mer ited a banquet, it was purely Carolina's 1920 football team. We have never seen a football team train so hard for a game nor fight so fiercely during the game than that Gamecock4 eleven of 1920! No doubt, the examination schedule has already been ob served on the front page. If anyone can figure out on what day and at what time his ex amination comes, he can go ahead and stand it; if he can not--well, he can do as he pleases. Curran Earle Cooley, A. B., '08, and also M. A. and Lb. B., '10, is an attorney at law at An derson.