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!1' 6amcotI I itinI:t Wi.:KI.Y fly TIMl. LIT-R:ARY S4)IF:TrI.:s. TE:css $1.50 A Y-AR. utered at Columbia. S. C. ostofflcec November 20. 1908, as second-class iail matter. Columbia, S. C., April 14, 1921 EDITORIAL STAFF A. L,eslie Wells ....... . .;litor-in-(h ief .1. C. HIn.hanaun......A ssoiate Editor BUSINESS. E. P. Gaines.................MuJI nuyer 0. S. limer ................Assistant CIRCULATION. I). J. Jenkins ...............Ml nuyr L. 13. Cox ..................tssistant REPORTERS' CLUB. S. 1). E rvin l' 11. y"u11 W. C. Floyd . M. lIaseIlen . H. wittkosky T. . lorton w. It. Ha.trvey W. L. 13ratnnmon .1. Fl. Quinn .\1 ly Graydon COMMENTS. "The own reproach alone do fear."-Carnegie. "He that can have patience can have what he will." Frankiin. To be happy is not the pur pose of our being, but to de serve happiness.-Fichte. June approaches with its ever-present examinations. Those who begin now to pre pare for the mwill find it much easier when commencement ar rives. The State Oratorical which will be held tomorrow night at Greenwood is creating unu[1su,al interest this year. A Carolina victory in this contest would be particularly welcome at this time, and would be in line with our other triumphs of a similar nature. That cuts run hand in hand with low grades seldom enters the mind of the average student. The man who cuts as often as he can and "gets by" does not make the Senior Honor club. Men with highest marks are those whose attitude is such that they have few cuts chalked up against them. The nostponerment of the Harvard (debate until next year comes as a disappointment to us. We have full confidence in our ability to entertain them. Such a victor'y would have com pleted our schedule with big teams in a way that we would like to see it. However, next year will be time enough. That more interest is being taken in debating can be seen by the number entering the Lit tIe Triangle with Clemson and the Citadel. Many of these contestants have had their * speeches worked up for some * time, and have had time to pre pare themselves properly. Only by such systematic action car we produce debating teams that win and the importance of early preparation cannot be ~' over-emphasized. We understand the Univer sity authorities are taking steps to regulate certain social func tions held by students. Such action should be welcomed by all. Certain activities have surely furnished instances ne cessitating intervention on the part of the authorities, and it is sincerely hoped that regula tions will result in entertain ments that will not be con demned by those who like to see them above reproach. Oscar Wilde says "If a man is sufficiently unimaginative to produce evidence in support of a lie, he might just as well speak the truth at once." DEBATES. Carolina's debating victory over the University of New York fills every one of us with a sincere feeling of pride and gratitude. Seldom does it hap pen that a Southern university with slightly more than six hun dred enrollment invades the North and wins such a decision over an institution whose stu dents number more than eleven thousand. We are justly proud of our victory. To those rep resentatives of Carolina who so gloriously upheld the Garnet and Black we doff our hats, for to them the university is in debted. We are particularly gratified with the wonderful spirit man ifted by New York University throughout relative to the (le bate. The splendid and cour teous manner in which our proposition vas received and accepted by our Northern op ponents wins our whole hearted respect and admiration. With the aim in view of promoting a better . relationship between Northern and Southern institu tiois intersectional contests were resumed by the university. That they were quite as anxious as we were to participate in such a movement may be seen by the spirit of cooperation that characterized the entire proceeding. We wish that we could im press on every student the real value of successful debating teamis. We feel that there is no phase of college activities that means more to an institu tion than that which develops and trains men to excel in con tests where brains contribute the winning factors. Students and supporters of a college or university fail to appreciate the importance that should attach itself to forensic activities. Had our recent tri umph been an athletic one rather than one of debate our whole campus would have turn ed out perhaps in open demon stration of our enthusiasm. But as it is, comparatively only a few realize what favorable de cisions of this kind mean to us as a n'niversity. No better index is needed to an institution than the percentage of debates won with othr colleges nr nniverst ties of high standing. Colleges were founded to promote vic tories of this kind but we find that this original purpose is rapidly giving way to over valued athletic systems. Ath letics fulfills a very definite pur pose in a college curriculum and can not be eliminated, but it should always be of secondary and not primary importance. Men who make the biggest success in life are undviided in their opinion as to the value de rived from training furnished by literary societies and de partments of public speaking. Those who take an interest in promoting success in these branches receive a benefit that is of an everlasting nature. The wise student appreciates his opportunities when he has them. PERSONAL TOUCH. In an institution of any size where students are never gath ered together very often as a body it is almost impossible to reach them in a direct way. The influence that our professors have upon us is more important than the usual student thinks it is. The lack of opportunity to aid students in a personal way is felt by professors and instruc tors in the larger colleges and universities. This explains per haps why the small denomina tional colleges with a couple hundred students have been so successful in turning out men who make the biggest success in after life. Most of these small institirtions boast of men on their faculties who are out standing in their influence on members of their student body. As a student passes out he re members always the shining character of certain members of the faculty of the college he at tended. He remembers what these certain members did to bring before him and his fel low students problems of com mon concern. The class room furnishes the only means of bringing profes sor and students into close con tact in a college of five hundred or more students. Here the in structor has daily opportunity to present his students with facts and suggestions regard ing campus life and conditioins. Topics presented may not al ways be in point with the par ticular lesson on hand but there are more phases than one that go to make up one's education. We remember with pleasure the timely suggestions that are made to us from time to time by some of our instructors who feel sufficiently interested in their students to comment on certain conditions that need dis cussion. Every instructor has this opportunity. Those who are willing to spend a few min utes in putting before students matters of common interest that effect their daily life on the camnus are those wose influ ence will be longest remember ed. Conditions arise on our campus with which professors become acquainted and sugges tions from them go a long way toward remedying such condi tions when presented. HIGH SCHOOL MEET. Next week the University will entertain the high schools of the State in their annual meet here. Last year the meet was a very successful one owing to the splendid way in which the stu dents co-operated with the au thorities in making the event one of interest and value. As a re suit of the attitude taken by the students we have quite a number ofr these formr high school stu dents with us this year as stu dents of the University. We sin cerely hope that we will do as well this year and it should be the duty of every student on the campus to endeavor to make these young students' stay with us a pleasant one. Quite a few of the contests held by these high school boys and girls will be of lnterest to University men and they will be asked to take part in the carry ing out of various programs. We would urge every man who is asked to aid in any way to do his best to make his efforts a suc cess. Show these high school students that we are interested in them and thereby make an indelible impression upon them that will be of great value to Carolina in future days. The courtesy shown the prep school boys when they were here some time ago was very much appreciated by them and we are reasonably assured that we will have some of them with us next year as students. The same should apply to the high school boys and girls. It should be re membered that no better oppor tunity can be had to form an opinion of a college or univer sity than association with stu dents on the campus. Remem ber this and try to entertain these young visitors in the very best manner possible. MAN WANTED. Wanted--A man for hard work and rapid promotion; a man who can find things to be done without the help of a man ager and three assistants. A man who gets to work on time in the morning and does not imperil the lives of others in an attempt to be first out of the of fice at night. A man who is neat in appear ance and does not sulk for an hours overtime in emer.gencies. A man' who listens cargfully when he is spoken to and asks only enough questions to insure the accurate carrying out of in structions. A man who moves quickly and makes as little noise as possible about it. A man who looks you straight in the eye and tells the truth every time. A man who does not pity him self for having to work. A man who is cheerful, cour teous to everyone and deter mined to "make good.' A man who, when he does not know, says, "I don't know," and when he is asked to do anything says, "I'll try." A man who does not make the same mistake twice, who is not a goody-goody, a 'prig, or a cad, but who does the very best he knows how with every task en trusted to him. This man is wanted every where. Age or lack of experi ence do not count. There isn't any limit, except his own ambi tion, to the number or the size of the jobs he can get. H is wanted in every big business from Maine to California.-Ex. SAYINGS OF OTHERS Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails.-Sophocles. Nothing annoys people so much as 'not receiving invita tions.-Oscar Wilde. There is nothing thalt fails like success.-Chesterton. One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.-Oscar Wilde. The soul occupied with great ideas best performs small duties. --Martineau. Once the end in view is clearly determined, the means to the end becomes more important than the end itself.-Vivekanada. Wisdom is knowing what to do next, Skill is knowing how to do it. and Virtue is doing it.-Jor dan. Let us be of good cheer, re membering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.-Lowell. Men are always speaking gravely and earnestly and with the utmost possible care about the things that are not impor tant, but always talking frivol ously about the things that are. -Chesterton. Every man, however brave, who bgins by worshiping vio lence, must end in mere timidity. Every man, however wise, who begins by worshiping success, must end in mere mediocrity. Chesterton. .There is no sickly sentiment and not the slightest element of sentimentality about the Phil osophy of service when it is scientifically understood. It is, among other things, the one law of sound economics. - Arthur Frederick Shelon.