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Ilenidry As this issile, pernaps the last of t1his year., gom-s ont, we ire svizel w i t hle irressist ible 11-re to indin. inl vdlorial rv tlectionl, to eview Ile work of ihe past evar, anl to predict. t he achieveiiiets of, th Ilie next. As thle task is laid aside to be given to newer hands, we nuist Iook hark to scan I he events tha1t ;have bwen a part of crowl (.l college life. l1it t hat is for Ile 1olst par a matter of per SoniaI iliterest a111 recolle tiol a-14 ever v individual who has taken evel a siiil pa,1rt inl his I'niversit v's af1fairs knowws thIle most salientfeat NIres and oc (11rences of t le year. I-AverY 0tnle knows I he Imlore tangible happelings and iiiovemients, as for instance,i lterclollegiate a tivities whel her in at blt ics or debat ing. It. is excevdiglyk diifeilt, however, Ior (1ne( who is a part of t le iias to i0bt ainl a colmipre hensive viewv of thle act ivit ies aroundi. him i. llis range ot' vis ion1 is uisuially niarrowv amd re strtd net1 al( he sees but thle iintre conlcret e thlingls; lie sees even'its, iiot iinovemienits; lie seies deeds, inot ideas. Sot it is lby no meansti ani ea;sy t ashk to abtst ract onei's selfI ain v11 iew~ mait t ers fromt altft , in sneh1 ai wayi as to g'et an idea (It the whlole, aind to see thle itlaingilte, sttle (enrrenits pumlsinIg tihronighi the life (of thei inistitlion11. A great dIanger lies ini the liaiice t hat by ptassivye acelpt at.ee s a imeimbetr (of a stoiieiit bodnly, one will slip into,0 thei (4at (briy oft aniIuii inaiiate cog in lie imachinie. Imili viduma lit y is lost, unel(n aluItigisli. UImia.hli e attitmIil ude of acquiescence in vliIt ever is dole is the out Voine1. It is vaSY to sit. back aid contemplate what a leader, real or presine<l, is doing, and1 to give asselt, without reaIlly knowinig what is g,oir on. It is very vInluch vasier to blenld int1o the great nutass activityN, to be swave,l this way and that bY lie waves of group sentinient, wit hout really giving t Iiou(gIt to the inovemnents. There Is a sense of siug satisfaction inl joiIiI I his or I haItI Iierel y. be (14ise t he niajorit < loes So. "W~~Ii31t ever is, is goo(l," says the slip-in i lIallan<d he puts his faith abiiin .glv ill the estab lished precelent. lProi all this it results that we havye a level, unchlanlginhg (11rrent o1,i Ii fomi I Y. We bring liol ourselves a dull 11a drab course of activity, vol Iulious for nothing except its lak of conspicuousness. a s sive anIId unthinking, we become flabby and surfeited witll ac cepted lot ion1s. We see the colcrete and are afraid or too laz'v to attack tihe abstraft. We are enthusiastic for routine iiat lers, but, we look witi sus n11 upoll nIIythliIn,g tlit hIs an11 exotic Ilavor. And so we become provincial and mirrow. Our Campus is our world, al( beyond imta we (Iot see. We proless unii shaken loyalty to the insticit tion, but we give it blind, un1 reasoig chawinisii I Iat drags it down an1d ca-uses it to salg sickeningly. It- is the loy alty of the laissez-faire--it is, tierefore it is good]. We refuse to see faults when they are pointed oit. to us. We resent, criticism and ihurl epitliets and fi reals of ostracismi1 at' one who would poilit his finger at what, he thinks a Ilaw. It, is the atti Iude of the "1stick-inl-Ohe-muld" who expects to be tendered a houilet of roses for his laudable sI iriking, when he should be terldered a pinlk slip anid shown tile gate. There remiilainls illch to be dolie at Carolina inl the way of cbanginig attitides. We will fall IenIvItably short of our goa1l if we c4onfine ourP act ivities to pui It inhg our1selvyes oni the back for1 ou r "'idealIs,"' whlen they a1re bit ihe record'( s of the pas31t's grea1t ness handi ed d (own 1to us as ab lstract1jis to( conIgratullate ouirselves upon01, and1(, iincidenit allyvI (though we (10 not know it ) to dhistort and1( manlhgle. Th'lere is a need for framnkniess; not) r3ausi-ti c scrap1inhg, buti .unii bliinkinig realia3tioni of wha3t's what.i A unii versitIy is a1 phlace for ihinigs and14 a1ctionsX backedl byx int el ligeiire am1i nothliuig has1 a righ t. to furthier exist ence un less it cani accounit for it se'lf in the Ilight of reason01 and1 sense, reimiOved froii thle ossified dlog umi&tisiii of Ihle maijori ty follow er who thinks thant merely by wagrginIg his head 3111 is well an11( will be forever after. The Grab Bag. The average st,u(nljt, regard leISS of his preparation, ap proaches an examination with lhe feeling tliat. if he is lucky le Ilay dr1-aw a. (louble-star; if le is not lucky, he may draw a tIree,--or worse. This atti tile is dlie to the inellicieiley and insilivienicY of the whole systein1. Exain1inations <do not conlst.itute a fair test. of a stu dent's knowled ge or ability. The inan who eranis four <lays inxteal of studying four monthsx ofteln receives a higher grade ( lain the day-by-day*N plodhder. The iian with1 the hlorse-shoe and tile four-leaf clover in his hip pocket garners too niany unde.erved stars and double stars. The daily imarks and the Ionthly q uiz Imarks furnish re liable indications of the work being - done. Thle siudent S u11,1iimously% abhor. amld delest examiaint iolis. The imeimbers of the fiaculty all appear to (lis like t hen. Why cannot the Board of Trusiees, seeing that tle healtlh, spirit, and Iimentali tv of the stilent-body ix being thI reatenedl, reiove tl is de striictive evil? Or why does not the Iegislatire, in its iltinl ite visdoiml, prolibit-, bar, and forever restrain examinmtions aml similar ordeals in all state ilist it ut iols? The New Gamecock Staff. Thte problem now%, presents it, self for tie selection of a new (hI'iecm-ek sta 1T. This is a question that, should concern every thinking st udent on our calipus, for the simple reason that lihe college paper is onle ieanls of advertisinlg (favora bly or unfavorably) your uni verxity, ad ill the final analy ix ie college paper is supposed to give the caipux liappenings (soie weeks after they have liappened). F"or this reason the haunting specter of Para lit ic Partisan Politics should be hlid away in the cool toiimbs uintil the tilling of imlore honlor ay posit ions are put before ymi. T h is lit tle ina tter Is oiie t iat youl shoul decide for yourself; you Should choose the inanl who is imlost vomlipeten, not because he has the glory of being vour. best side kiickers, but becauxe lie will lbe able to d0 hiix work ini an ellicienit nmnl ner. I )on't vote for your friend for a xtalTf oflice biecause you thlink it will lbe an honor to hinm, for when lie receiv'es lie p)leaxu r( of work intg, and re cei ving' thle ecriticismi of thloxe who do not)1 appIre(iate thle elortx lhe is puinlg for'thI, lie will never hol it to4 your favor t hat you aidedI him i to thle hiighi nmd miighity plosi tion as a miemi her of I lie (hunecock((l xtaffT. We are miedit.at.ing on miany anid vital chniges in the coni dulct of thtix paper that we be Ileve will rexsult. ini the esxtabi xlshnient of' a paper that will be a credlit. to the insit.ii ttin. Buit all our propoxed pilansx will fail if we don't, get the imen in the cexjooniible poxif tiom who are able an<l willing to work. le- v for the election think over the s Ien eligible for office and <de (id1e mn I ite one whio vill ma1.ke ( the Gm('14)ecock the mllost sliccess- < ful paper. Watch for the an- ' 1101111Celents conlceIrling a iew t, const itut ion for the ( limecock 1 111d the election (Iof next year's I Staf1'. "The King Is Dead." The patl of aI c(llege presi- c <ent is as har<d a-li as sftoly as i Ilhat of a riesilent, of a Central 1 Ailierical reip blic. Soiimeoie has sail tIhat, for a1 main.1 to es cape crilicisil le Imust say no ti ing, 0 ntotling, 111 be noth iIg. Becau1ise le 111s done tle )ppmsite of these three thingps, I)r. Cul-rel has been severely criticized Inll y tilies during his "rvignl" as8 presi<dent. of the 11iversity of South Carolinla. I lift results ar41w11P Vh' 4tt count. ll ;1 Ibis inst itiut ion lodly takes r-ank liiong Ith best of ite South in that11. particular which Shoul be Ile highest. aii of an I e<livattjtlulaIl inlstIitut ion-scol- l -1rShip. I)r. Cirrell's symplthetic but. I fi111 wa,y oIf <valinllg with the stldenifs have w(Il for hin in the closing days of his prsI demcy le h igl regard alld es- ' etln of It he ei lire st ldent body. I Antl irs. ciurell, the gentle Inlistress of tile camipuis N1 whiite hliose, is ;I close second with hIlors evenly divided. In castilng. about for a maIln to succeed I)r. Cul-rtell, the u11isees wtvere coifroited with 1 ie dllitiilty o)f selectilng a 11man w 114) ul as apably ahnd as eflicietItl V fill the office (If head (f Ithe 1 iniversity. The right num was found inl Mr. Mfelton & vIouim ve believe is vell (Iuali fied to carry oni Ite work So far advanlced by I)r. Cur-rell. I Ie wvill nited the Strong co-opera tion (If the student body. Let's See that lie gets it. Is This Something New? I"'ecenl(ly wve have heard mluch MI Mlur Cmpilus (If a w ol-gal izalItionl Chat has for nu mlotive thle esalihen )f a. singole stai(lrd of iorality. This is 1 purlpose but smile of the chatlis of Ohis new m.ran-Illizationl s(eem1 rat her treme'lit, its meth41 (1(1 raht her Ileculiarl for- a moItve mienItal reasoni for be ig of te y clubi is the fact; that befort' this mlovemen'It appearedI''( oni Ithe ho- ( rizonl there "'was no( standlardt (If moitralify for- tmi'n." A. ferri let htcution o((f rteligion and1( ('hiristli ethics onei is forced 1hto mimil. Thle only "dtouble has eve'tr t'xist'ed has1 been the 1. liight 11( wlte Wronig aml1( thlese I I wo will be as8 long a1s man11 18 I inadte Iiimperft'ct . It does not t seemIi fatir for anly groupf (If n,ien (If a "'badge, pass8-word( and1( emi- Ii lemi" set, themelveslt' forward i as thle unphiolders of morality, I and1( unless vonU allvy vourslf rith this club your future is in 11111rle aS a rEllfIpectable inemnber if society. This is the attitude f thle club tha,t we believe is angerouls; t hat it will foster a better thani thoul a ttituIlde; hat it <loes not coine out of any lecessit,y ; our ch11uircles aill our rioral cole cover this. We bv ieve that tle "9pin, pass-vor< n<l eniblenl" sinack of the iuch riticized fraternities. Again ve ask, Is this single stan<dar<d hub for a single standard of noahity called into being by ece.m.ity? College Poets S . la'N'sved, not much vitty, est dra pt 'rounld to See thl' cit y,' 'tNill hows thinks it he a pity 'r yIbodv's 'gNain'st, II' style. le stanldinl' )In thII' corler alkii' to yi frien' Josh Ilor ner J) coies ai(ly ,ays we go'ner Leave rite nw things air so wil'. What air be th' trouble laldy 'lings he goin' (luite Jim )an dy, it yourself a poke of candy,'" Sos I tell her with a sinile. Ilirainl, .jest lay otT that talkin' in11 no us.e, So quit, your. balkin', eAll Josh by am1l start awalkin' You knows vity dress'I's vile. I See t1hat gal whose hair's all puffin' Ue be drest, in nearly nothin' n' there ainlt, no use in bluflinf'il You vas starinl' at her H1i. I All the-se city gals goinA Vith the'irf un11dergaIent show in of unheedfl, thlemn air knlow Wander. they donl't friz an' Wal n aldy ot) I I hs fussin i1Il~ hy i'5)~ oil air wvamtinl' breathl wih 1 o jest as leav,e 111h1.4in' twninimin' r(' 0slly bult th' (rpsIi is dry-. n ---W. S. w - th lhrooks says thiat the ignor- St. neeO of somle petople is so col. I r>ssal that theuy dIon't kno1w any- 0, ling. "'I alf of t hiem think ~ hat ' Exchange' is thle ,joke edi - or of theu ( atiecock ; that' 'Ibid' t 4 the iiaiie of a noted author 1nd thaut 'I'at P'ening' is all nvent or w1ho( far surpasseS 0dison01 ini hiis m-hiievt'eonts'' W