University of South Carolina Libraries
rrn Gassettt P'l1LISIl ED WEEK. 1BY TH E F.l'IIR.\DIAN AN) CL\RI(O SOI'IIIC SOCIETIES. UNI VERSTY.O SOUTHl CARIO LINA. Subscription $i.5o per Year. Entered at Colimbia, S. C., postoffice November o, 1o, as second class mail matter. Col-mbia, S. C,, Febvuary 24, 1922. F. II. Folk . Editor-in-Chief V. T. Beasley .....Associate J. A. Cave .......usiness Manager George \Wittskowsky ... Assistant Fant KeIly Circtilation Manager (. NI. Dabbs ..........Assistant Alex Waite Athletics T. E. Horton.............. Society Mt. F. Stackbouse ...........Co-eds R. M. Smith..... .......V. M. C. A. J. M. Wells ...................Law W. J. Ready ..........Clariosophic J. C. 13. Sm~ith .............. FE.uplhradliani Contributors: C. S. Chewning Joe Horowitz W. C. McCall J. E. Millard C. E. laselden Coleman Karesh W. A. Clark Emm Wilson W. J. Gaines C. L. Hendry The way to winl basketball games is to plaY (nt your holle court. I'hle college orator is oil the lookout for a Iew\\ wor<d, Ie is g(ttilngl to Ie a little tiret<l (f 13aying "II)EA IS." The "('larlotte )bselrver" b)tst for its iotto "To"lay' Nws, imily." Th'le "(C'lme cock" likitng this idea, presents "Last week's news, next week." Senior Privilege. This mullch discussed qiuestion of senior plrivilege Its at lst beenl bromught to a head by pre Sliting 0o the faculty a peti tionl ask ing tha t tle seni ior cIlass be gran I ted volun11it tarly cbapel att-en<htnce for the svc oid IvtIerm and also that t I(he fina11,l exminlat ions be 46iven t w) weeks before those of t le uinder graliates. Wha t il be'(P lhe facl)y5'sI mvlluh iteret. I t O ihs been tre portedt thaet li. 're,a hugh foot fI arngf oltary chapel tevo I nance,t i otigop pott it.w e wloeerle (i.IhIpposed will tihe jdthis ofvliio in the facuglty meeHtig.tlOl flaii1 Ahloig tnd the Cllifee.Ol of the ill-fated gridiron istars for professionalism many *N, edu cators have turned their atten tioln to the doiligs and activi ties ill thie coll(giate field of sport. Uliinorm and14l vague ; terinl.gs of "riilgers," "bouditg mnIl" and the like, are goin.g the ronilds of the schools and calling for discussion. President Lowell of Ilarvard has Ilade soie severe remarks regaring hIle place of aitlietics ill tile niversit is, anld urges a d iscontiu 11n111ce of intensive athletic activityN., slich as naak ing llong t rips and plavin.g too inn1clh eilphasis oll i intercolleri ate coitests. h'lle president of a Ilrge Western 111 ui si ty chiies in with Dr. Lowell, and broadlv assert's that if a small college dispiyls unusual activ itv in intercollegiate coitests, tl.It college is it once under suspicion. Oftlievs of like prom ineice have joilled the ranlks of lie (eloll(ers of co(lege so 111d demand investi"atioll of all atiletics. The fact; thdat football 11118 be come a game that is attractive not Inerely to men of the schools but als to ent.ire sport ing (eleent oI the outSidep .re ates Ithe impression that thle gamllIe's ma1 in purposqe is to draw crowds. 11ienee it would seem that collegiate athIlletics lby ca tering to theI people at hirge have hecome a commillercial veil ture anld of no great belefit to the students of the universi tios. pihe growing pmlarity of footb)alj11 and its increasing prominence inl sporting circles, together 'with the attendant ev,ils of beptting, andl( of pr-ofpS sionalism, have evoked criti cisml that. to a large extent is juist i filable. Like everything else, sport is benleficial ill molerate doses but' one shouhIll be careful nlot to bathe in it. After all, boards of tristees and presidents real ize that Ihey Ilust acconint for Ilore h1111 good atiletic Ire Cords, and they alre expe1ted to keep collegiate afTairs purely col le'gdaI e. O(n.ce the college becomes tainted with tle vices of Ile boi-polloi and calls for tle ltteiltion (if the hurdy-gur (Iy*, it should he time to stop, look a lixsit. Fo4 7(r Ihi en I he question arises, When is a col-_ lehge no(t aI coilleg(e? What Are You Reading? ~ ax! IIlerbierit Sp eniceri was1 keen foresighit whieni 1he said thalt men~I dr*(ese: their chiil dren'sI mIiis1 as8 t hey (1( their bod i(es-in thle previlin g fashi ion1. To'(o often we'( coll(ege 8tui dlents and1( graduailtes8 are prone~t to followv the path1 oi(f least re lIitihly andrgrls edo 0our v'olhiumies dleniomina1 td "soh il relllinig" and1( pick up the eve ning paper andP111 gloat over (dis toirted( necounht. (if foul miur de(rs, pllice chu tckl over~ lie weeh(kly (of -i frivo'(lous kind(, (or heoomei( n)1I8i(ilt( over "xnannui stories" of a doubtful charac ter. "Can't understand a word of it" is the guilty man's plea when ihe tries to read something worth while. But solid read ing does not imply a book writ tell in a foreign language, nor a technical treatise abounding in technical phrases, nor a hair splitting philosophy, nor a new psychological discovery that the sagas themselvyes cannot undr stanid, but it, characterizes a book inl straight forward Enig lish, instructive thoughts ex pressed ill clear language which a high school undergraduate feels ashamiiled to confess that lie "canl't understand a word of it." Any piece of highly develop ed iechanisim becomes static when it is not kept in action. Is there any mechanismit possi ble of becoming more highly developed, morie well-ordered, more infinite than the human mind? Brains ldeteriorate if not called oil to do some sort of constructive thinking. Babies and invalids live on liquid diets but a healthy man or woman must have solid imatter to chew on. It, is a universal fact that the Anmerican people live "too high" for bodily good-our iezit. is too tender, our lbread too fine; the coarser and tough er the food of a civilized people is the better. Today dietetic eXperts are stressinlg m1ore and more the necessity of a "balanc ed diet" for bodily welfare. What is true of the body is also true of the Imind. Why aren't we stressing imore and more a 'balanced diet' for our 111inds; a well lourisheld body gainls us nothing if our minds are flabby from improper nou rishment. Onur minds need more grinding material and ex ercise. Neither is there a ne cessity to go to the other ex treme-nobody admires a "book worm." Too mucih preigested food is offered to(lay to "save us from the trouble of think ing." Ilow many people today are infants metaIGlly? Ilow milany have to have their mental food chewed up before they can dIigest it? I f every day's bill of fare inchded soie mIental food that nieeils griniiding what a powerfl momentiui thIt woIllI be to aid IS whenl toior row's read1inug is thrust upon us. If it is only a minimum a mount, one paragraph, fix your mind1( onl it, grip the t hough and read understanding ly. Of course we (10 not mean to inisiiie that we have any men'ital infants on our canipus but Spring is here andl the twvo fold definition of "spring fever is: "Our m uind(s staitie, we can niot mtake thiem dlwell on anty t:hinig or take aniyt hiing in the secondl stage is that~ our minds dhwell onl onie object and1 from that one object our mindsH can niot tunrn." The hatter part is well and good if it refers to the "right one" but lets niot have any of the first "contagion" on 0n11 enwnpui this Spring. EXCHANGES WoUL) IT WORK IIE'RE? In its successful campaign ror a new stadium, the Uni versity of California put itself in the situation, not of asking for donations but of selling Reats in the stadium for the I next ten years. The unit. of payment to the stadium fund was $100, each cash payment purchasing $100 in scrip, re leemahle in stadium tick.-ts at the rate of $10.00 for the next ten years.-(I. P. A. N. S.) The University of Mississip pi, during the holidays, sent ut an invading for -e to Cuba. I rie football ansd basketball teams of that institution ma(le u trip to Cuba to engage in ontests with the Havana Ath letic Club. It is thought that this is one of the first interna tional matches for a Southern 4 University to take part in. l'he Mississippian. BASKETIIALL ORIGINATEM AT MOUNT ONION CoAEGE. Mount Union College claims to be the originator of basket )all. A tablet in the gymnasi [tuml has an inscription to the effect that the first game was played there in larch, 1892. 'The Wynomo," the student publication, says, "We know of nio other college in the United States which can establish the lain that basketball was played previously to this date." -Exchange. MARKS VAnRTABLE. Grades handed out to stu lents on their examinations frequently depend more on the temper, digestion, andl immedi Ite comfort of the grader tian 3n the contents of the papers, Ben C. Woods of Columbia University, declared in a report >n examination research work ondlucted at the university. [Te cited the case of one exam nation paper, graded as a test vy 114 teachers. It received marks all the way from 28 to )8 per cent.--The Flat Hat. Lovre TstounnssousE. TIhe (distracting influence of I D~o-eds on athletics at North svesterni Uiiversi ty is responsi- ( ble for the consistently poor shrowing of thre school's teams,i iecordling to ain editorial pub-I lished in the UJniversity's news paper, the D)aily North western. 'There are other schools with moreQ 'women aind a gidd(ier so 'ial wvhirl, yet where successful uthletic teams are a tradlition. Ihe dlifference lies in thme fact i that they have such an abund ince of athletic material that mny athlete can be dlrop)ped if me persists in falling in love."< --The Virgrinia Tech.1 COLLEGE POETS AND TIEY ARE STILL (1OIN(I ASTRAY! \V-ATARoTrEN POTE. lowv we love them! How ad mire! ts we reverently tell them o'er and o'er. )f their points we never tire, \nd we laugh till we expire knd Nwe beg our friends to "Go M, tell sole more!'' )rofessor Snowden weIghs his paperls, Cou have heard the legend told. .,nglish 3's a peachy class! kll you have to do to pass 8, smllear your sheets in purple, red, and gold. 1ou have heard it whispered oft )f Professor Keith "His class is not a crip!" ly which they mean to say Phat he'd sooner pass away Phan allow a student through his course to slip. 4o they go, so we laugh, )o not struggle, gentle strang er, nor protest. k7our despair avails you naught ?or the right cannot be bought )f relating those time-honored college jests. lT, TAKEs THE OAK TO STAND TrlE STonM. I've traveled afar in many a land kid mingled withI many a nation 've always noted that the idle hand s swift to spread damnation. hi, weary me not with the lust of gain Phat stalks in proud derision; ?egardless of suffering and pa in lut give me the soul with a vision. 1; fakes an oak on thre mioun ta in steer), P'o standJ the north wind blast ing. anid the storm scarred ship that braves the (Jeep eaves a record worth the last ing. )h, weary me not with the couch of dow~n, rYith luxury for my pillowv. ~or it takes the oak to stand the storm ~n not the weeping willow. --C. S. C. Intercollegiate airplane fly nig contests will he established Ls a new sport when Oxford Lnd Cambridge hold( a flying neet at thre IHendon Aero iromre in Lonon. There wvill ie three events in the contest. --Maine Campus