The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 12, 1922, Page 2, Image 2
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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?