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Columbia, S. C., May 19, 1921
EDITORIAL STAFF
A. Leslie Wells ........ ditor-in-Chief
J. C. Buchanan......Associate Editor
BUSINESS.
E. P. Gaines................Manager
0. S. Ulner................Assistant
CIRCULATION.
1). .J. Jenkins ...............Manager
L. B. Cox .................Assistant
REPORTERS' CLUB.
S. ). Ervin E. Ii. Folk
W. C. Floyd C. E. Haselden
G. II. Wittkosky T. E. Ilorton
'. It. Harvey W. I.. Brannon
J. F. Quinn MNry Graydon
COMMENTS
l.xam1s. lIxans. ther all.
1Ie who knows that he knows
nothing has the foundation of an
education.
)n(e week more and the excite
m)ent begins-too miuch so perhaps
for manty of us.
The thought of vacation in a few
weeks should instill in us a deter
nination to complete our work in
such manner as will enable us to
get the most out of it, without any
thought or worry of tasks unfinish
ed before leaving college.
The men whom I have seen suc
ceed are those always cheer ful
and hopeful. who went about their
bisiness with a smile upon their
faces and took the chances of this
mortal life like a man.-Kingslev.
As we near the end of the ses
sion we feel that we would like to
see next year even greater success
than the present. 1very student has
01p ortinities to make it so if
he or she will appreciate them when
they afford themselves.
\len and women of the Univer
sity were presented with a new type
of student last week when the adult
students were brought here
for a visit by the illiteracy commis
sion. While we cannot view such
a condition without a feeling of
shame, we are gratified to see the
step)s the State is taking to remedy
c'ond(itionis amonig the growvn-up) il
literates. May SouthCarolina con
tinue in her dIrive to wipe illiteracy
from the State.
At commencement Carolina will
bie hosts to many visitors who will
l)e on our campus for the closing
exercises. Every sttudent should
take adlvantage of this opportunity
to show the real Carolina spirit,
andl these visitors should be given
every courtesy and attention. The
imp)ressions created at this time
can he of an indelible nature, and
we have a splendid oppIortulnity to
make them favorable ones.
Th'le recent v'ictory of the UJni
versity in the annual Carolina-Clem
son-Citadel dlebate cdoses with a
per fect score our efforts in (de
cessful in years. This should im
press upon every student the fact
that there are too many hig things
in university life to work for to al
low petty differences to creep in
and (lestroV our aims and ambi
tions. This should never he if we
are to repeat our record from year
to vear.
To read the "yellow sheets" of
the Garnet and Black convinces us
that we have good talent on the
campus which would make possi
ble the publishing of a good comic
magazine. We feel that this is well
wvorth the while of those students
who are interested in this line of
worh;. and we woll(l like to see a
gcld comic publication at Carolina.
IN PASSING
With this isste of The (;1me
rock the staff retires from the stage
and "hibernates" for examinations.
We realize that we have fallen far
short of what shoul(1 constitute a
tlniversity newspaper stalT'. never
theless we have done our best and
the criticism showerd upon uts we
accept without a murmtur. We hope
that if our efforts have been a fail
tire the student body will profit
by them in its determination to im
prove the publication next year.
We thank those who endeavored
t4 help us, and may we take this
occasion to extend our appreciation
to those few members of the fac
ulty who were willing to give us
suggestions from time to time. Our
administration has been handicap
ped thruout by lack of sufficient
finances, which fact has made it im
possible for us to appear regularly
in f ull-sized issue. I Iowever, our
obstacles have not been along the
line mentioned above alone. We
must say in frankness that we fail
ed to get the support of the student
body that we expected. but we feel
that with the growing interest that
is being manifested toward campus
activities in general The Gamerock
will come in for its share. 'l'o pub
lish the best weekly in the South
should be the determination of the
students of 1921-22.
GREATER 1921-22
We are carrying elsewhere in
this issue an appeal from Coach
Metzger for cooperation on the
part of students in making possible
a winning football team for the
coming season. Tlhe p)lea comes to
us as a straight hleart-to-heart talk,
and( should arouse the dletermina
tioni of every trute Carolina man.
Tlhe p)resent session rapidly dIraw
ing to a close has been the most suc
cessful in many ways since the
founding of this historic institu
tion onie hutndred and twenty years
ago. This has b)eeni miade possible
by the sp)irit manifested-the es
phrit dei corps.
lDue to the wonderful work of
Coach Metzger last fall we had
oneC of tile best football teams the
University has lput out in years, andl
no0w whlen we have an even greater
poss5ibility of "a clean sweep)" it
shlould b)e thle duity of very student
to see thlat lhe (does his p)art to make
this a reality. Only by concerted
action call we accomp)lish those
things whlichl mean most to our uni
versitv.
Next year there will be more
high school and "prep" school grad
uates entering college than ever be
fore in the history of our State.
Many of the State's most promising
young athletes are planning now,
and will be (luring the summer,
their college course and where they
expect to take it. \Whether we get
these men will depend on the man
ner in which Carolina students go
about it during the summer. E v
ery student should see to it that the
high school graduate of his own
home town is acquainted with the
a(lvantages ofTered by his State un
iversity and a consistent effort
should be made to get these boys
with us next session. The recent
high school and "prep" school
meets held at the University have
been a great means of forming
such an acquaintance, but this will
have to be followed up by indivi(d
ual work if we are to succeed prop
erly.
We are expecting the greatest
athletic season in years next ses
sion, but whether or not we are suc
cessful will depend on the work of
students both on and off the field.
14et's leave for vacation with a de
termination to make 1921-22 the
greatest ever.
VALUE OF S. I. A. A.
We do not deem it necessary to
hold a brief for sports in order to
convince the present day reader of
the real benefits resulting from
football, baseball, basketball, track
and other athletic games. It is our
ol)ject to present briefly the aims
and ruling principles of the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic Associ
ation. The pur pose of the Asso
ciation as stated in the constitution
is to "stn(l various important
phases of collegiate athletics, to
formulate rules governing college
athletics, to promote the adoption
of measures in order that athletic
activities in the colleges of the
South may be maintained on an at
cal plane in keeping with the high
purposes of education."
There are certain temptations
and besetting evils against which
our athletics must be safeguarded.
The attention of the colleges has
been called to some of these influ
ences recently by the President of
the Association, R,ev. Henry D.
Phillips, of the University of The
South. He appeals for the mainte
nance of our collegiate sports ac
cordling to strict amateur rules,
calling attention to the dlangers re
suIting from the commercializing
of a sport, and citing the conse
quences of commercialism and pro
fessionalism upon horse racing and
b)oxing.
Tlhe following are briefly the
p)rincip)le rule intended to safeguard
the eligibility of p)layers. The pur
poseC of each is of such a nature
as to require no explanation. TPo
Participate in an intercollegiate
contest the individual shall:
1. Be a bona fide student (1o
ig regular work in a course to
wardl a dlegree.
2. He an amateur athlete, that
is, must not receive money for his
service in the sp)orts.
3. During his first year shall sat
fy fuill entrance requirements, or
in other years shall have passed at
least twvelve college hours dutring
the preceding year.
4. Not participate in a college
(luring the first year if he has pre
viously participated at another col
lege.
5. Remain in college at least six
months in order to play the year
following.
6. Not participate more than
four years.
7. Not have played on a base
ball team recognized by the Ameri
can Sports Guide.
The officers of the Association
do not constitute themselves a
grand jury for prosecuting stuspect
violations of the rules, but each
institution is primarily rsponsible
for the proper certification of play
ers. It is only on the basis of mu
tual understanding and confidence
amongst the institutions subscrib
ing to the general principles and
specified rules, that we may expect
to foster clean, manly sports, which
will be a vital moral factor in the
life of the community as well as of
the individual.
STUDENT BROTHERHOOD
In former years. American col
leges and universities were quite
independent of each other, and
the spirit of the respective student
bodies was one of more or less
jealousy, and sometimes studied en
mity. Smaller schools envied the
larger and the larger institutions
met the smaller with patronizing
condescension. F'requently whei
represent::tives of various colleges
met in athletic and forensic con
tests, the feeling was bitter and the
competition marked with vengeful
attitude and actions.
That spirit is practically a matter
of the past except perchance in a
few isolated instances. Today there
exists between the various higher
institutions within a state, and be
tween certain representative schools
of different sections a spirit of the
finest comradeship. It has been
well said that there is no fraternity
like the brotherhood of college and
university students.
Several factors have served to
bring this about. The increase in
intercollegiate athletic competition
has probably been the most widely
used factor. The larger number
of oratorical contests and debates
have brought together men of com
mon interests which were not su
bordinate to the mere fact of com
petition. The democratizing in
fluence of the war contributed
much to a feeling of fraternity af
ter the war. In recent years, the
organizations of the editors of col
lege and university papers for the
purpose of (discussing common p)rob
lems has (lone much to yield a good
influence and to cement student
groups by a wider knowledge of the
history of the various institutions.
In this same connection the organ
ization of intercollegiate news bu
reauis has furnished an incentive to
combine friendship with completi
tion. The growth of the ideals of
good sportsmanship has helped to
bind rival schools more closely to
gether.
But one factor, tho it has not
been given as much p)ublicity as
somne that have already been men
tioned, which has had a really deep
er in fluence andl possib)ly a larger
one, has been the allegianice of select
sttudents generally thruout the coun
try to larger civic and moal ,oe
ments. Chief of these have been
the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.,
the Intercollegiate Prohibition As
sociation, and the Student Volunteer
Movement. Meeting together in
periodic and large conferences to
discuss the work of their respective
organizations and to respond to the
inspiring challenges to service for
the highest civic and moral idealism,
gave a tremendous impetus to the
feeling of kinship. Larger com
munity interests absorbed the stu
dents to the exclusion of petty ri
valries. Spiritual brotherhood, as
it were, became firmly established,
and now permeates the colleges and
universities of America.
This same spiritual brotherhood
is the goal of the students of the
world. It will be attained not only
by having baseball, track and foot
ball teams compete in international
competition between the universi
ties. It will be attained not alone
by evolving world-wide organiza
tions for social fellowship. It will
he attained not alone by the ex
change of students and professors
on educational foundations. It will
be attained more largely by the com
mon giving of service to such great
causes as the anti-alcoholic move
ment. International st'ident friend
ships. in large degree, hang upon
such tasks. American students de
sire to contribute their part in al
legiance to world causes.-Intercol
legiate Statesman.
THE STUDENT IN CIVIC AF
FAIRS
BY IRA LANDRIrI
For what high thing is intellec
tual accomplishment had ?
Well-developed mind in sel f-ser
vice is blasphemy. Influence, which
culture always enhances, often mul
tiplies. is the sacredest of all divine
trusts. Stupidity and ignorance
might be pardoned for selfishness.
''he college man who devotes his
gifts to mere self-advancement, or
who in complacency and cowardie
silently sees his weaker and 1ess
favored neighbor end::r,' great
wrongs is a beast--no less a hog
because an educated one.
Of all the pharisiasm that ever
wrapped its robes about it and shut
away from its vision the nearby
needs of others, intellectual plar
isaism is the meanest and least par
donable.
Faithfully to give your upport
and your personal hlelp to tile ef
forts which are making to elevate
and purify tile social life of the
worl--thlat is what it meanls to
have salt in your chlaracter.
Henry Vail Dyke.
Inl a recent survey at tile Univer
sity of Kansas, it was found thlat
tile average expenlses of tile average
studlent was $827.29 annually. It
was found thlat fifty per cenlt of tile
students earnled all tile monley thley
spent, anld seventeenl per cent earn
edl all whlile in school.
Students of the University of
Michigan receive free medical at:
tention from tIle University Health
Service, whlichI is supported by a
portion of th estudents' annual fees.
A staff of five phlysicians, including
one woman, two nurses, and assis
tants, dlevote their whole time to the
hecalth of the stents.