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l't'11.lSITlD WEEKLY lY TH! SOl'lIC SOC I.1'.S. Entered at Colunmbia, S. C., postof 111ail matter. Coluabia, S. C., Edgar A' 'Il om son . Edwin Folk . Juliaii A. Cave .. . George Wittskowsky . Fant KelY . G. Af. Dabbs . T'ind E. Ilorton . Miss Fletcher Slackhoise . E. M. Smith . . Otis P. Huff ... W. J. Ready ... .. J. A. Wiggins . C . H-. H aseldenl .................. Coleunan Karish . C. S. Cewning . N. M. Hluckabee With this issue the first term (Gaiecock stall, completes its work. It is natural for us to look back over oIlr perio<d of e<litorship and criticize ouirselves: for the things we should have donle an<d di<ln't or thie things we <did< an<d shohli not have dlone. But in everv issie we have enleavored to arouse the pride of every loyal Gailiecock inl this grainl oi( ini versity (d ours, pride in its tra<li tions an<d i<leals an<l pri<de in its abilit v to tutn out ien. Our pride wolhIl not allow Carolina to ret I I in Il ways as it is for we have1 VisiOlns Of a gIo rioils an( isefiul fituire for her. a f,ture as f1,ull of service to the staite an< lintionl as its past hts been. "GIeater Citadel" cam pa iglis anld "G"reater Chicora" calulniniis have serve<d to increase olr <lesire for a "(reater Caro lina"1- a <11(l we long to see it a reali Iv. We ave therefore <felicated this issuel(. of the Gamllecock to "(re-vater Carolinm" and at the smnell timie we <I(edicte ourVselves to thle taisk of t rying to bring it abou11 t. Let :all Carolinians (10 the Greater Athletics for Greater Carolina. It is uniuhiest ionabIly trite thalt comptletitive athlletic activities formt thle greaitest single factor ini thle uphilinug aw11( m1ouling of thle spi rit ofi a school am11( in lie estaihinig (If a1 repuitationi forP the sch ool, noI't oily in the sectio o(1(f the couniitry in wh ichi lhe sch ool 1121ppensI to beI, buIlt also thiroughout. the naltioni. It is not outr purposeI5 at this time, to <iefemil t his position which iui HAVE YOU E EUI'lRADIAN AND CI.AlAIO TERMS. $1.50 A YEAR. ice November 2o, io8 as second-class January 27, 1922. 1.ditor-ini-C lief .. Associate Editor-iii-Chitf . usiness Manager Assistait Business Mianager Circulat ion Mlanager Assistant Circulation Manager Athletics Co-eds S.....Y. N. C. A. ........................ . . . ...... ...........................L aw .................... Clariosophic Society ..... ......... ... uphradian Society ...J..........................jokes .e...........................Ex a ge ................................ Local .................Contributing Editor leties hohl but to briig to the at tentionl of the Carolina student bodyIN thle paeWhiCh Car1OlIna holds am1i1onlg Soithlern1 colleges a1long the line of college activity whic is most before the atten tioni, nlot only of the colleges, bIt of the people at Ia'rge, and the high school and prep school stl dents whoimN we want for future Carolina melt and wollen. )o ve nlot want to imil down 'to fitire generations of Carolina imlenl a history ald tradition of victoryv, of glorious fighting spir it, a spirit that knows nlot defeat. a spirit whicb will mark Caro lina as a leader, nlot oIly of Southern unit versities, bult of IIi versities throu.ghiot tle nation ? )o we not want it to be sa'id of Carolina Imnil that they gave their best, to their school. that Io sacri fice was too great for them, by whichI they Imlight uphol the honor and glor-Y (f their AlmIIa Mater? That, no matter what line of activity they entered, while repr)iesenitinhg the ( arnet andto B l ack, th ere shoth he1 to no such'l wordo its dlefeat ? Such at spiit as tis is the se ocret of winingii t.eamsi. We want ntot ontly wVinninig footbll teamits. but wininig teamtis ini every~ in terol legiat e sp)ort whlich'l we (en ter. Last fall we hatd it wintiir footbll team, ni wh ose rec')od was mtarred'o by butt otte defeat. We art n0' 1ot st isfiedt wci IIi it. Weha Ir, C'oach' Soil Mletzger. and i a thiaistic' andto spiite stud(enit botly. It wats thtis whtichi matde poswsibtle suchI at teamr as we had, BOUGHT YOUR an<l which vill Iiake it possible for its to wiln oir basketball gmuIIes, our, %% siniling andl track Ieets. our. baseball gaies, an<d oIr. contests ill other sports. It has beeln the sim truIthl in former years tut after the foot ball season the spirit an<l "pep" of the school Ils fallen anl su fere<d froml our apparent dIisiln tereste<lness on the part of the school at Ilarge. Such a state of affairs is deplorable anl should not. be allowe<d to continilue. The best possible eflorts of Carolima are not presente<, an<l the stan<l inr of arolii in the realin of athletics sliffers as a result. Its up1) to You, Carolina ! You ere givell a goo<l senldofl by the Ahuiinn i anl frien<ds of tle Ini versity whenl they securel Sol Metzger as football coach. Carry on, menpI ! Let's get behimill(l these other teais nlow an<l show the worlI that we not onil cheer in time of victory, bIut that we are really college men who will see flait the 1onor101 a111d gloIy of their Alm:1 Mater is upheld in what ever sle uldertakes. The University and the State. The wortil of any ilividual or institution is estilitted by what he or It pro<lices. To all outsider, who knows nothing of intentions Or pilans. who <loos not See the inl ternal life of a bo<l, cold, abso lute Iesilts ar1e his guiole tot ani appraisal of tlhut bo<dy's funiei t ions. To ascertain tle value of aln or1galization one lieel not pry into its internal afairs. or' go snooping ar1old watching hlow parIft A of tle organIIization acts towar<l part 11, or part. B with pa 't C. 0very organization exists for the prolictionl of some particular thing. If the finishe<l prodclt is at all gool, that which proclIue<j it is (10nsi<dere< also good-per forIing its fuInction. awo:l there fore a tlilng of valuoe. In the (-ase of anl institution of learning,(r it is also necessarY to jtloge it by what it, prolices-by the type of nman it seli:s out ilto the worlb. One nee<d not hurk ar-oumi thle entmpuis paths, keeping time (In the pro fessors, hohling a watchful eve (In the books---especiallY fitalcia books -scrutinizing all recor<ls. to see whether a uil iversmy is per fo:riniig its pa11rt. No hamd of ex perts. with all tle efliciency enl gines, statist ical char ts orI eneo:rgy meo:asu remeints5, can comeii' i nto a schoob(l (If hiighier eo:luiCation~ amn:I ji:go: it bty regar<ol inlg it.s pu11rely phlysio:al phases. As to the othe(r phtase --the10 men'htal1 an<1 l siri iual iuio:beri the siun, wvill never be ahble to learn its <iiality or v'aluie an<d p ass upon tlit. The sp iritual11 benie fits of hiighier e<:luca'ltion cannuot Ite: plao:eo:l umnoler the scruttiny (If fao: Loo0k for the. men'i that have gonie outit fromu the hll s (If the college if you woul see' its wvorth. Look foir the w'ork (If those mien, see whlatI theoy hav~e <done--amlo: Sthen j uige:. The Tiiiiversity exists1 ANNUAL ? - - - for the pllpose of seling out mel lo, who ith the traiingi it gives thelm), will perform Services of tle highest ty)- for the State and for society. It exists to trainl men to see tle higher things in ife, to inculcate theml) with a vi sion of duty and service. It exists to Imlake its Sois worthy citizens, letermined t,o create ail uphold a high staillr<l in all things. It exists nlot for itself alone, b,t fo the people at large. That is the reasonl for the UnTi versity's existence. If it sen<l forth men wh-lo cannot be anl ali< all! an inspiration to their fellowimlen, it has Ito reasonl to ex ist further. But if, on tle other hanld. those whoit it <does senl out are men fire<l with a zeal to promote the highest i<leals in pub lic life an<l eager to establish a better code for those a rouInl theml. then it's raison d'e/re is not only juistifiable but praiseworthiy. Aid to indi(icate its services the Iniversity * N, points. nlot to the number of houirs it forces its stui (lents to work or to the amount of money it gets along on, but to the character of its gradiates. The State's most inient men hear tribute to the I'nliversity's wortl--thle jurists, the teachers, the writers thlat it has sent forth. a fter bestowing 11ponl theimi the gifts of knowledge and tiobility of thought, are suflicient testimlionly. Whenl the people of a state found an instititioni, they expect it to labor for the state. 'They do not send their sois to that insti tution mierel y for their sois' sake. bult becaluse they waN it t hemil to work for the state. That is tle prinia ry idea uponl which is bas ed the strulcture of State edli cation, and as a college, brought into bein'g )y the people at large and slstained by it, developes and trainls its stu1dents, it 1ust do so with the principle of reci procity inl mind. It nmllst repay the State. This i ist it utiot which we, the -Students. attend is nlot wholly oulrs-oir love and intense dev(o tionl to it, are as nothing wheln thte people of South Carolina, tlr-u their representatives, take oflicial action regar-di'g it. We coie or. are sent here for variolus reasons or other, but we all leave niubied with a spirit that is a spirit of gratitilde-to our inst ructors anld to tle State of South Calrolina. Tlhe Statte ha2s ntiale it possible for us to rt'ap thetse p)riceless ad( vanutages, and1( it is our duhIty t.o Andto, wvhileIt we W owe sotmuch in dividjually to thte State for its geneirosity, the Statte owes as mruch to the Unttiver'isity. F"or the University o)f South Cariolinta is ai paurt oif Soumthl C arol ina--a vital, l ivinig organi in the hod y politic. The Staite (can1 nto miore atflordt to neglect it thlan aitn ind(lividhual (can1 be hteatlty if his luntgs 0or heart a re weak. Anty intj ury thtat comtes to the UJn iversity is inj uriious also to the State. Our wounds are the State's woundt(s, our glories its glories. LAST CHANCE Fl Thie citizens of South Carolinam cannot look uponl the UniversitY or1 anyi3 state institution as aI in lepentent organiisll. It belol.S too much to them to be overlook e<d. ThleY have set it up1 amd kcept it alive. al it is their dilty to miakce it prosper. Tile citizen who seids his chiidrenl to other thin state institutions is asname<l of hist State. If he ldoes not Iake his University a, )redomiianiIiit factor, a thing of strength and pover, it is not the .1Ulivelrsiv who siuffIers the greatest :limI but he himself. When the Uni versity is impaire< in the eYes of tle oitsider, the State is, in his estimation, also lowered. The U n i versity of South Carolina and tle State of South Carolina are inseparable. Our Ladies. "Coedication is a Imistake." -Steplien ,eacock. Tle custoiml of educating the seXes together is pro)ahly as (I(l as history. At any rate, it was favored and practiced by Plato inl his classes of instruction. It was approved and disapproved1 during the Middle Ages. It was vigorously protested against in 1602 by the Council of Ayr, Scotad i)I, "becalse it is not seem ly that sic lasses should be among the lads." "Today m1lanly of the Continental Universities. tho' steadily ,N refusing to register wo Iiien have abolit-faced sufficiently to permit thenm to attend all lec tures and classes "as a iimatter of collrtesv."5 In America, Oberlin College launched -oedIIcatioI along with Iumiy other unpopular ideas. This was the first institution of, hiIghler leariling to take such a ranik anld radical step. Since that time practically all of the state universities have been per sIade,-d to adhit women to the siie courses and classes wvith Ilen. The un i versities of the West, particullarly, have led in Coeducation, which of coullrse but goes to more clearly prove that tle Wise Mfen camne fromt tie East. But the former student at this university Who claimed that tle strongest arglment, agoainst coeducation was-co-eds. was nlit gallant, to say the least. TI"hIe fact that that young 111111 later married a co-ed shows tle fallacv of his c'ontenition. OuriT (co-teds are noHt tufferinlg, appiharetntly, fr'om contac't wvithi the harid h)oi led matles they miuet inT the c'lass-roomis. If the courses p)lanned for men tendl to make the womien takinTg thiem miannish it is not noticeabile to the (castual Coed ucation effects ani e(oniomf ie saving by avoiding dupl)1icationi of et(iu ipme~t,t whiich in itstelf is sufficient t.o (dispose of all a rgu mienits against the idea. And ince it is here to stay all we enn (10 is rep)eat the p)laintive and( ap) peal inrg uttetorance that started Ad(amn and ('amet down'r th rough the ages: "What will these wo mien want next !" ~BRUARY 6.