The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 24, 1922, Page 2, Image 2
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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