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te 640eet* PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 1111 EUP11RADIAN AND CLARIO SOP11IC SOCIE'TIFS, UNI VERSITY OF SOUTH CARO LINA. Subscription $1.50 per Year. Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoflice November 20, 1908, as second class mail matter. Columbia, S. C. March 24, 1922. Editor-inl-(C'iief: .\ary P-lettcher. stackhmiuse. Assistant- Editors: Emm111 Wilsonl. Cornelia Ilugginus. Lorraine llendry. On with the May Jubilee the world loves a booster! "The greatest, of faults is to be conscious of none." A pessimist is I man who thinks the world is against himil -he is probably right. No one is too young to learn the beauty of courtesy 'and no one is too old to practice it. A country is not made great by the numiiber of square nilles it contains, but by the 1num1ber of square people it contains. Spring is the season for Cupid's fever epidemics! Is Carolina iiimune? But, don't break your hearts over 'em! don't ruin your career for 'eII! don't lost a night's rest for 'ei! TIh'ey're not worth it except one! * * * * * Our Honor System. Is our honor systeim ork ing? Have we forgot ten what it meanls? It[s it, hecmme Imlere ly a systeIII? /lonor is really a verv broad telI, inh1ling the (Iolen llItIulle. Whylv cani't ve apply it to everything w( do0? If we had considered thiN, phase of the Iatter. carefully, it w~old niot have~' beeni ne(ces saryV to have ouir attenition call, at few weeks ago, to the( talking ini chapel. Th'le follow ing is ai letter which app)eared in Na/ion, .Juily 12, 1914, writ ten by Dri. Joynes of our Ulni. ver.sity dlefeninlg our 1honm0 systemt. lsend.* it, and see if wc are living upi to hils expeCcta tions. "To the Editor of the Nation: Sir: I have r'ead1 with mueill interest the cont11ribution of Pr'of. 0. WV. F'irkins in the Na tion of May 7 on the honor sys temi. I shalh n ot attemipt t< con t,rovert I'rof. Virk in's ar'gu ments, some of wvhichi, I con fess, 1 (10 not fully unII(erstam1( --perhaps because I am unabl< to nonuy his noint of view But I ask indulgence for a few remarks on this subject, oil which (though Prof. Firkins (ows not quote ie) I liave once before written to the Nation. It would be impossible for any faculty sharing Prof. Fir kin's opinions to inaugurate successfIIllv the honor systei. T'lis is, inl its essential nature. reciprocal it, canilnot live with out Iuitual contidence and , good faith. What the faculty expects of t(he stuldents, it must accord to the stuldents,- -that is, entire colfidence, without any shadow of suspicion 0( es ponage. Of course, unlder aIY system, occasional lapses will occur, )but it is better to be sometimes dleceived than to destroy the basis of lmutual confidence. Yet I am sure that, under the honor system, such lapses will be fewer than unlider -any other; for the wit of a student, or of a group of stu dents, intent to deceive, is al ways sharper than any pro fessor's eye. I agree with Prof. Firkins that the exactionl of a pledge is offensive. Inl Imly opinion, it is incon.sistent with anyN truie coil ception of the honor system. and should be abolished every where, as it has been, with the best results inl this institution. The honor system, righttly con ceived, is only the ihonior prin ciple suchi as exists everywhere among gentlemen, applied to cornlitions of college life. It means that the facultv are 'en tlemen; the students are gon tieIen ; and the relations be tween them, always and every where, are such as shoul mark the intercourse of gentleien, whethier singly or in grous. It is a low and degradinllg con ception of the systeml that con fines it to examinlatiolns or to the cassroom. I shoub gov ern the conduct and i intI er coulirse of professors and stu dents always ald everywhere. I hope Prof. Firkins will ex cuse me if I ask hin and other readers of the Nation to reflect upon his views. Might I plead tle privilege of old age and of long experi ence to add a personal word? Since 1848, wheni I be(Came Il sophoImore, I have been inl inti nuate connuect ion with college life. 1 have lived umnder abniost every' systemt-thant of the class imnifor, andl iat oif prefessioni a 1lipr'vision1 and1( espionage, both (of which I have found to he fumtil1e and( unlsucce'ssful may I add, also, at least un i moral, if not iitmmoral; and it is myi c(onv ictioni t ha I ihe only decent modIu' riren di bet weeni faculty and stuident,s niust be based1 on the honor pri nciptle, and that this is thle only sound1( basis for' the education of characi(ter. I venture to bielieve that the timne is comning when no14 othier pilan will be deemued conisistent with the growf h of Anmerican nimnhoodl. Edlward S. .Jones', Emeritus Pro(fessoir. University of S. C. Nhy Do Not More Young Men Graduate at College? In a paiphlet, "Does It P'ay ?" by 1 Dr. Heed Siith, head )f t he Ext ension Depart iient )f the State University, he shows that' the average unedu -ate( 111an earis $464.76, usu Illy with effort and little pro notion; whereas the average 1dicated man makes $1,048.21 xit h1 comparat ive eas and some visure time left for "fiving." With this poinit inl mind, xhat future can South Caro iina hold out for its boys? The 4atistics of 1920-21, compiled >y( Government agencies, show hat of all boys ill South Caro ina, 77 perl Cent were enrlolled in tle schools; 2 per cent ill the -olle'es; and three-tenthis of me per 'cent, or three inl every'N I,000 of the school enrolhient. -'radlated in college. This does not- signify, how ver, that South Carolilialns -alnnot achieve. If we could go )ack to 1893 in room No. 3 W. [larper, we would find A. T. hlarden, at that ine a hard xorking University student, ater a telegrapl oplerator, and ater. still the lamente(d vice-1 resident of the New York 'enltral. If we could ask him if le road of success passes llrough South Carolina, what 10 you think lie would say? Then too, there was a timle wen Soulit Carolina was a eacon light inl all that stood ror American culture. But -eal (nultire and ediucation go land inl hand, and durilg the last four decades, for twenty rears South Carolina, made her mark at the bottom of the list )f forty-nine States, and after [lawaii, Canal Zone, and Porto Rico were added in 1918, the latest report, she made her muark at the bottom of the fifty Swo, with an index figure of 29 ror her State school system. It, is encouraging, however, to '1ote that, according to our 't4ate Superin lit end11eit, of Edu1 -ation, South Carolina lead all the States iln the Union In Lhe 1910-20 decade in reducing her illiteracy percentage teaching tlie unlettered to read ind write. With this strengthened foinl lation, what will the yotng men of South Caroli na und4 er take? What (leteriiinat ion, effort and sacrifice will ac comnplish was miagnificenitly (de mlonst.ratedl whlen (let erm ina tioni, efTort, and1( 5acr ifice stretchied over a period oif a cou ple of years wvon victory~ iln the World Wa r; briniginug peace and liberty wh'Ien every maln nmny sit by hiis own Iireside( with freedom to miake of his own life whatsoever he nmy choose. What about a lit tie miore sacrifice now to get on a higher plane of living-to give Sou th Carolina an edlucated1 nmn ' hood and place her in the posi1 tion of her former glory in tie galaxy of States?--to say niothi ing of the inestimable gaini to each individual man. What the Co-eds Can Do. Are we taking advantage of tHie m1anly opportulnit ivs -which ire open to woimlen at the jni versiity? The answer to this inestion as far as at least fifty per ceit of the Co-eds are con 1evierl would Imiost assliredly be N( . . When entering Carolina m1any of Is have beenl too quick to deile that out interests are Ii imited Ierelv to tle class roomt; a 1nd whiile our classes Iiould be of great importance, Zurely th ey are not ouri only -lii lit. To begin wi ih, thIle fact. of being a Co-ed tends to broalen a girl-to enable Ier to put hlerself on a plane with men, on [,qullal ternis an1 under e(ual iircustances. And today when the women have the vote, when many of theiml are rn1 ninlg for flices, and thrown with men oi the saimle basis wit I theiml, it is more import 111t than ever before to know theiml and to understand how to mingle with them. This year mally opportllni ties have beenl open to the girls inl writing, debating and 011ora ting. Only a few weeks ago, the Ipoys voted to m1lake it pos Nible for a co-ed to edit the ('arolinianl and to assist on the (iamecock staff. Surely this is soitethiing that no girl should look upon - as a small privilege (w slight honor. For had not the boyNs realized our abilities they would not have made this field of work possible for us. And yet, out of our iinety co eds how many do1 work onl the publications? Now that we have been given the chance it is up to every girl to shoulder then reslponsibility of maiiikinigr lie publications larger and bet ter than ever before. F'urtherimiore, it is surprising how few girls regularly attend literary society, although the lleilberslip is large. The soci ety shotld not be a Imere name to its Iembers, but it. should stand for an organization which holds within it vast, pow elrs that mulay be developed in its timeilbers. There are miialny rewalr(s opened to those wlio wolhl help t) imlake the society If we are eq(lual to the Ietn, why is it. t hat tnotne of its ever enter oratorical atnd other cont t;est s open t.o stitdents of thle Utniversity? It has been saidl that a womtan can out talk a man, then wh'y can't she out speak himt? Think all these things over ask yourself whether you are get t inug everyt hing ou t of the UTniversity that it offers you, awli whet her you in retuirn are giving your best efforts to the University. If we are niot, we ar'e niot realizing the greatest aim ouf edtientiont. Conservative Liberalism. In last week's issue of t his paiiper' there ratn an article signted by "4C. K.," gr'ieving over' the utnliumnv) lot of bromd mind)(led liiberalists who are Cj termIed by "the great mass" as "led,""Radicals," "Bolishe %viks." To quote, "the narrow mind(ledI rustic who will close iis eyes to everything outside the scope to which he is accus tomed rolls everything at all new ilto a ball which coil. temptuouslv lie calls radical. lie takes 110 painls to diStinl guish degrees of worth or cliange: is it (lifferent?-well, it's radlical. AnI in a perfect frenzy lie becomes obsessed with the bogy of ra(licalisl * * * ald( the all-important per sonage who thinks that he is getting the best of the argu ient by yelling 'Bolshevik' slioulI imake friends with an Eg yptian mumm1111y." This grievance is made after several paragraphs in which it is explainedI that "1the mlost emph) lyed meaiis of winning ar g"elillits has been the attempt to (liscrelit and(I to slan(ler, to shout anathema and damning phrases; calling on I eaveii to witness the perfidy and sedi tion of the opponent." We don't know vhether "C. K." has been in an argument in which lie has been called a "Bolshevik" or not ut we join with him heartily in con(lemn ing those narrow-minded men who coienin a new thing be cause it is new. As "C. K." says: "the sensible man (oes not fiercely point his finger at every new or (lifferent idea and yell "Rled !" If lie can't an swer by defense of himself lie keeps quiet. Only the crazed bigot yells indiscriminately. For reason and justice, no matter how mucli they may Ie shouted at from the housetops, 11o matter what terms the dem agogulle clothes them in, remain reason and justice, anid the beating of tomi-tomis and the hue and cry coinnot change Tlhiis attitude of comiserva t.iv,e liberalismii is the attitude we must cultivate. A broad minded conception of the prob leis which face us--the search for new things which will be ii proveilenits, the (iscardilig of the iuriful-a wi(e-awake and reasoning policy, that is what we want. Tle stand patters have beeni well cont deimned, but what about other hurt ful attitudes? What about the true radical who for the sake of sensation pr~opo5C seshs ty and ill-advised measures for the sake of personal tri umuph will lead the "great mlass" to take a standI which will work untold harm to it? W~hat about the muliiish main who kicks for the sake of kick ing and keeping alive the "spIiit of '76 ?" Let this attitud(e also be comn demned, and let us get together as a body of reasoninig meni who will always considIer the good of the whole and who will strive by wordl and action to uphold1( the honor and digniity of the studi(entf blody of the Uni versity o f South Cnrolina.