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PUBLISIED WEEKLY BY THI SOPHIC SOCIETIES. Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffi mail matter. Columbia, S. C., J Edgar T. Thompson . Edwin Folk....... ............... Julian A. Cave ................... George Wittskowsky .............. Fant Kelly ...... ................ G. M. Dabbs . ..................... H ad E. HIorton. ........ ...... Miss Fletcher Stackhouse.... ...... E. M. Smith . ...................... Otis P. Huff.. ... XV. J. Ready ....... .......... J. A. Wiggins...... .............. C. II. 1laselden .................... Coleman Karish .................. C. S. Chewning........... ........ N. M. Htuckabee .................. Roomm111ates arel necessary evils. The janitor swept behinul our tru1nk today. Kipling's "If" takes on new neanin,g before exams. Yes, Frleshmlenl, theyN also hav1%e exalis at Colimibia and Chicora. This is caipaign year. We view with aarhim11 the Legislative coninlittee's suggestion that ourl rambling engineering wrecks he sent to Clemson and11 point with pride to the high standard of our engineering school. An Opportunity. In order to stimulate iiterest in Iatters literary. I'he Coluii, bia State has announced a con test among college students Of the state for the best conip(si tions. The State offers three prizes-first prize $50.00, Seconld $30.00, third $20.00, and tel prizes of $10.00 each. The con test is open to all noni-gradiuate anod non-professional stud(enits of p)rattical ly every college in thie state. This anntouincement should1( arus it1c (onsidlerab)le imiterest ont the more or less5 Iitera rily icinedi memblers of the acadlemlic depart mient. T1hie ranige alilowed for type of comnpositioni is ia very wVideo one, no( form of l iteratry p)roducition be(intg pro)ihiited, the c'omfpostion shallI not e'xceedl twVo thiouisando wordls. WVe hope thait thiose' who can write, or think they cani write, will conid er The( Staste's offer' with the seriouIsness it merits. As the State Un'iiversity agil as ant institution whose r'ecordI in the litera ry fiel is excellent, the Universitv uhniil ha enn)esenniemi mest. ef El'HRADIAN AND CTLARIO 7ERMS. $1.50 A YEAR. e November 20, 1908 as second-class knuary 12, 1922. ........ I....... E.....Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor-in-Chief .... ............Business Manager .........Assistant Business Managcr Circulation Manager .. Assistant Circulation Manager ........ . ...... ........... Athletics . Co-eds S Y. M. C. A. ..... ......... .Law ....... .........Clariosopiic Society ....... ..........F.uphradian Society . .............................Jokes .E.......................Exchange .............................. Local ................Contribting Editor wvith a lage (i11ntity of Iiatei-ial sutIIIitte l. It will be no Imleanl honor fr the 11n1iversity to ha11ve one of its stlents first in the competition. for the best mimls in the colleges of the entire state will contest for a reogllition of their literary ablity. Of coirlse a ImIldsomle stumli of money vill he awar<le<l to the winner, tIIs ma1.11king the i<len of personal gaill soIewlat attrac ti ve. Bit it is our opinion that anYthling that wvill maddto thet'ni versity's fame is stillicient stimn hlls. The ITniv-er-sity needls to olis play its talents inl the intellectual fiehl, and the occasion that TIhe State presents shouhl appeal to those who live any inclination towards writing. So get busy nmld work iu) tlat idea. The time is ample: contributions need not he in until A pril 5thl. l-Niieime her thit Your efforts Itre the Tni versity's efforts and your gain its gaIn. For fiurther 1)a1rticilars con stult a copy of the Staite, anid when you aire futlly satisfiedl as to all condoitions, Set your! mtenital mac~ihiinery to work to win a lprize for the U niversityv of South CaIir ol inia--thie state's reprtesenitativye schiooI of l iberia arts. Luke-Warm Loyalty. Vrmany of the( sttudenits at C a rolhina comt e here a fter lait'ing spenit a year or two at other i nsti tutionts, or having gratuuted else wvhere they comie here for p)ost graduaittte work. It is ent irely natutral t hat they shiotuhl feel at love for thle ii ot her sch ool grellt i'r perhiaps thani i thIeirt love for (Cartol inal. Somt etimaes fi rst loves reailvlyiare fierete*ost. No onie cani h onestlty blamuie ouri Ca rotlin ron - verts if t.hey Iit o oponen the school they first attende<d. No 1ne looks them askance wvihen they fil to entlItsiastica lI velI against Clemson, Wolorl, Cita (el, Presbyterian College. or Fur nin, as each individual case may be. No one nmakes remarks when they refuse to forget the delusion that they first atten<led a better school thaln Carolina. Iuman na ture cannot be changel its easily Us a<hlresses. But oil the other ianal, 'and this is probaibly the <irect' Cau11se of the statement sometimes heard that Carolina lacks spirit-these stldents froiml other colleges too often make no attelipt whatever to becone Carolina mien in fact, is well as ill 1U1ne. They take but a siperficial interest in the stl dent activities. TheY sipport the Uni versity il U weak-hleartel way,--a111 ny of theil displaying ia contemptible narrow-minded nless aboit, :1Ay thing colected vith their former Alm11a Mater. Some of themll are statimchest imim h)er.S of the Unljiversity Knlocking ('lub, an1d some. onlv U few for tunlatelY, are world's champion spirit-killers. Th'lle sitiation leman<Is thought. Bobbed Blessings. 13obbed hair is one of the pre valent and altogether pleasing at tractions the stidents oin this Alm plus have to offer. I1alf of the co-eds. at least, wear. their 11air inl this short and saucy fashion an(1 by actual count sixty-foulr of tile boysv wear theirs semi-bobbed. It is decdi(le(lly beo ig to the girls. I[owever, a frank state ment like the ininiediatelY pre ceding one is exceedingly dan gerouts. Every round faced. straiighit ha iredl 'o-edl. with sense enough to realize she'll look like the devil if sie bobs it, will rise u1p in righteous iilignation at suich scatida lolls approval of that "barber-ous style." EverY sorely troubled professor on the faculty will snort a bit and 1111e some muttered remark about bobbed bra ins. But the girls, with a charming disregard for the ex pressed opinlions of mere men and jealous sisters, will continue to wealr their hair bobbed until fash ion decrees that it be piled oi top of the head, or twisted around the (iairs. or draped over the face. We might as well like it, learn to ilike it, or pretend to like it. All the volubile and1( vociferous dliscuissioni the fad has raised thliroaughou2 t the ('oiuntrv is largely tell 'olumnitls ablout the fil)lippany o,f the bobbed hauir flapper, and1( business mien have refused1 to em ploy short-hai redI girls oni the groundi( that the ab1senice of lonig anid flowing tresses iniencltes uni rel iabil ityv and frivolity. Sutch ar gumienits are aubsutrd. Womuen (10 not ('it ofi their miorails tand vir* tites a long with their locks. TIhey ean be jutst as5 bus5iiess-like. Thley 1(ook b)etter and1( they spenhd less timte aIrriantgintg bobbed ha ir. Th 1ey aire goodl students now iand( they will maike goodl wives a111( moUthi ers. Why~ dlebatte? The quiestioti has1 bleeni settled with scissors. Suiccess to the short-hiiredI sister hmmod THE OPEh OF, BY AND FOR Editor, The "Open Forum: -" Recently there has been much discission aibmit senior privileges. This matter is of great import ance and should be taken up by the faculty. One exemption all seniors should favor, and to that end a petition should be presented to the faculty, is chapel attendance for the second term should be voluntary to the senior class. It is very trying to a senior's digni ty to be going to the Dean's olice every week or so to answer to a notice aboit "Chaipel Ab sences." It is to be hoped that three and a half years of this religious at mosphere has belen suflicient for all practical purposes. Of course all seniors realize the importance of Chapel aid will attend evenl after their presence is not con Scripted. Now is the time for the Class of 1922 to gain the thanks, res pect and esteem of all classes yet to comle. Such an opportunity for service should not be neglect cd. How about getting that peti tion up and getting more time for the second terni? "Chapel Song Bird." Editor, The "Open Foru1:" It has been called to the atten tion of the writer, and to readers of the Gamecock in general, that the co-eds have been grossly in jured by not being invited to be come members of the Scribblers' Club. The Scribblers' Club was or ganized by the present members to promote more and better writ ing for the several plublications Stop, Look, Listen. It seems almost trite to write an editorial on the New Year, so many have already been written. It is almost as useless as making 1 thousand and onle new resolu tions which are not intended to be kept. The effect, good or bad, is usually slight. We U n iversity stud(ents are somehow pr~one to live day by (lay and never really stop) to see where we are going or wvhy. Perhaps, now, as we are entering anew into our wvork, is a good time to stop) andl take stock of ourselves that we may reconsecrate andl recon centrate our efforts to the work aheadl of us. So few of us ever' really stop) to think. Of course - we have thoughts, occasionally. If one's giril beginus to go with another' fel low one may have quite a few thoughts of a kind, an(l definitely conchlude to forget her antd then some bright morning wvhien she smiles at him all the resolutions are reconsidlered1 and forgotten. It is so easy to take things for I FORUM. THE STUDENTS ol the campus. We admit that there are some writers of note among the lady stuldelts of the University. In fact the Carolin ian has oft been styled "The Co ed Magazine." We do not intend to discoulrage the co-eds from writing, if their contributions are enough to fill most of the sace in the Carolinan, all hail to them, the poetesses and au1thoresses of Carolina. The point, however. is this: The Scribblers' Club was organ ized to promote niore an<l better writing, and we wish more and better writing fron all the sti dents of the University, men as well as women. The clu1b was organized and functions acord ing to the best jimdigment of its menbers. They are catpable of managing its affairs. If the co eds feel that it is not up to the standard of past years, that it is just a hastily organized club without a standarl. why N should they feel So grossly Ieglected that they vere not admitted. The natural thing to do would be to organize a Scribblerettes ('lub) or something of the sort. The co-eds are members of the stuldent:body, yes. IHowever, they have their co-ed association, atlletic association amd Iypatian Socety, why not tilerr clb of writers. We haven't asked to be adhnitted to their co-ed associll tion, to play basketball under the auspices of their athletic associa tion, or to declaim in their IIypa tian Society, why should they seek to become imleiem's of the Scribblers? Whlienever we feel that we should a<lit a particll lar one to 01r club we shall go through the ordinary procedure in such cases. A Scribbler. granted, to accept oir blessings as our duce and go ahead follow ing, irresponsibly, the course of least resistance. Of course we realize we are here at Carolina and we have some vague idea of reaping the benefits or 21 college education. Bit (10 we thiklic of the faith in us held by those whoso sacrifices at home are keeping us here? Are we justifying their faith? How a ~mn per'forms the dluty alssignedl to himi seems1 to us a2 mark of his tru'mstworthiness. Whether' it is to h)low a field, to repir'1 anlutomnobile, to keep an1 account, or to learn' a lesson the principle is the samte. While at ('01lege, getting an e.ducattioni is our business. Of course at certain amount of stu2dy ing must he (lone to sta1y her-e. Whether that extra amount of' work is (lone whIic'h malkes the difference betwe'en mediocrity a nd suecess dlependls on our sense of duty. It has beeni prov~en here that One c'an enlgalge inl sports and still excell in classes. D)o you think a grade(h above 75 is wvasted effor't? Do time home folks think so? Arme you a good in vestment?