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PUBLISHED WlIKL,Y BY THE lITI-RARY SOCIETIES Terms $1.50 a Year Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffice November 20, 1908 as second class mail natter. October 6th, 1922. EDITORIAT, STAFF. S. '. Sparkman Editor G. H. Vittkowsky Associate J. R. Millard Associate BUSINESS. J. S. Nunamaker Manager. The Honor System. In the last issue of the "Gamecock" considerable mention was made of the proposed changes in the Honor System. As yet the amendments have not been brought before the student body but it is expected that some move in this di rection will be nade in the very near future. The Honor System is one of the oldest things at the University of South Carolina and because of its age, it is likely that the proposition outlined by Mr. Clark will meet with some opposit ion. However it is to be hoped that the student body will not defeat an effort to put thri an amendment with as much nerit as the one proposed, merely be cause of, and for the sake of tradition. When the former Chairman of the Honor Committee comes out with such statements as did Mr. Clark it should be patent to all thinking men that some thing is wrong. We are not anong those who would perpetuate an old method of procedure, a mnethod which has proven itself inadequate and over harsh in its results, merely in order to serve the gods of precedent. Ideas of justice an(I right are subjects to change. Because a fornula for the execution of justice was deemed best yesterday, is no reason wly that formula should not be challenged today. The men pushing this amtendllent be lieve that an honor system which in flicts capital punishment for the first offense is too harsh. Serious as cheat ing is, we do not believe that a man should he eternally disgraced upon his first offense. That is just what expul sion under the Honor System aioints to. Altho proceedings are supposed to be secret, nevertheless tile facts manage to leak out almost invariably. The brand is indelibly burned across the brow of the student for his first of fense. Under the proposed amendmrent. the person convicted of dishonesty would be forced to leave school for the re imainder of the term in which the of fense is comnlitted an( for tile whole of the term following. If at the end of that timlie he has the strength of character to coile back, face the music and attempt to make good, lie would be permitted to (o so 111(uler the allell(lllent. Is a man who slips up once and cheats so dead to the voice of conscience that he must forever be treated as an enemy to society ? "To err is hunan, to forgive 1% -----o-000-% New Editorial Room. With thle kind assistance oif Dr. Mel. toll and( M arshlallI Cantey the publica tions are now thle piroudc possessors of a neCw editorial r om, to replace thle one( takenl over for D)r. Carpenter's classes. Thle new editorial rooml is in tile base mlent of the~ presidenlt's hIome on1 tile c:ampjus. It hlas bien thloroly cleaned up andc tile walls whlitewashed, to say nlothling of steanm heat connlectionls hlav inIg b)een made-so tile editors will re pose thlerein enljoyinlg enloughl luxury to make them feel like the bloated financier in1 his private of fice. All thle furniture is not movedi ill yet lint there arc eniough tables and chlairs to accomodlate anly reasonable nlumiber. Drop in anId give uts tile once over. There is a typewriter onl hand andI if you are tolo lazy to write thlat article with youar penI thenl come ini and give your favorite rend(itionl of thle that will relieve ye editor of some slight mlodlicumlf of work. S. "Siblik." We appreciate Siblik's interest ill tile papler and( hope thlat shle will write some more. If we are unlable to publish her contributions at thlis time it is not lie cause of their lack of merit-but be caulse of our lack of space If possibile we want to work them in for they are The Bleachers. It did our hcarts good to see that crowd of Carolina boys all massed in tl one section of the bleachers. It's the t only way that we are going to get any g effective cheering and with so many of our games played at homc this year we N want to give our team every hit of sup- i port and encouragement that we can. t We need more practice on the yells and songs-id that means that we must t work harder on them when Billy Doar I puts us through the paces in chapel. We MUST get the yells down, of course, but aside from that the most im- i portant thing is for every Carolina man < to be in the Carolina section of the bleachers for every game, yelling him-- t ,el f so hoarse that his throat gets back I in shape just in time for the next game. The Fds were on the bleachers in goodly numbers for the Erskine game c hut it would look good to see more of t: the co-eds on that side of the field to- i day and tomorrow. Of course those Ii hoards are pretty hard and there is noth- I ing to lean a back against-but Alex f Waite. Rock Snipes, Joe Wheeler or I any of the other players can tell you that Davis field on a cool (lay is about as soft as so much granite, while on a I hot day it is about twice as bad as July I in Charleston-and that's pretty bad. So T if the players canl put u) with what they a have to stand every (lay in the week, surely even the most delicate of our i hothoust flowers should he able to stand g the bleachers for one short hour once a o week. How about it ? S. I Churches to Entertain Universi- p ty Men. ti In accordance with the announcements made by Dr. Bruce Idgerton in his talk during chapel exercises some ten days ago the churches of the city will tonight entertain the students of Caro- L: lina with a number of entertainments, one held by each denomination. It is o of the utmost importance that as many 1; as may be able to (o so attend these f, meetings as it is the very time to be come acquainted with the church people C of Columbia, and form lasting friend- a ships that will be both pleasant and val- a nable in the years to come. c The churches are making a definite tI effort to get in touch with the boys i here on the campus and are meeting us b much more than half way. It is as lit- y, tie as we can (1o to go around and each it look u) his own particular denomination t< tonight and try to link himself firmly I to some church while in Columbia. If ei you cailt make up your mind, ask about you and find where C. C. and Chicora e attends-and then follow the crowd. h 'ellows, let's drop the foolishness for in one night and find what the Columbia o churches have to offer us. sl 0 oo0 Welcome to Our City. ti One of the most noteworthy acquisi- i tions that the University of South Caro tuina has madle lately is the person of ~ 'ne Russell ILangley o)f thlis city. whlo last year attended the Citadel. Russ is well kniown~ to those who have followedh a inlg the past few years, and wve only re- c gret that he cannot play with us this winter. We havec pleasant memories ofi our last year togethler in high school--~ and Russ is tIle kind of player who looks goodh on any team. But if he can. nt play b)asketball for and( witi) US, we, 'p Nell Coleman, and others, are glad he! has at least seen tile big ligiht and come to the best school in the state.. S. Speaking of School Spirit. Concerning thle matter of school spirit thlere is muchl discussion. No two per sons5 seem able to agree Oil a definlition of this impalpable phlrase. But there are some phases oif tis matter on whlichl we should all agree. For instance, when the Uniiversity is bending every _ ef fort to put out a good football team, no mani shlould (do anlythling to weaken our chlances of victory. On thlis point there is no room for dispute. Hence it seems to us that tihe practice (if raising a row on the campus tile night liefore a game and, as a result, robbing tihe players of inlvaluiable sleep, is a poor way of shlowinlg school spirit. Nor do we tink thlat in ordler to attest our loyalty it is necessary to pitch a drunk every game. We nleed more spirit and less spirits--think it over. w. Melton Hall. It was Chaucer who said, "he is gentil iat doth gentle deeds." Spenger voiced he same thought when he said, "The entil mind by gentil deeds is known." We, the women students of the Uni ersity of South Carolina are in posit an to vouch for the truth of these quo ations. The possessor of the gentil mind in his instance is our beloved president, )r. Melton; the gentil deed is the gift > a home. We have at last emerged from our inderground abode. Whether our mergence is due to our recent emanci ation is a question that we are willing > leave unanswered in the new joy of ossession. Our home, situated on the corner of Tollege and Sumter Streets, is a large, omfortable building, containing in addi on to the study room, Y. W. C. A. oom and society hall, a kitchen and mch room, features that will be es ecially pleasing to those students who ind it convenient to go home for mch. Mere words are inadequate when it omes to expressing our appreciation or the act which has so endeared our carts to our president, who indeed romises to be our "guide, philosopher ud friend." In order that the expression of grat ude be in keeping with the spirit of the ift, we have unanimously decided that ur new home be called "Melton Hall." 'hen by this name shall it be known rhile such names as the "Vanity Box," Co-ed Hall" and others equally inap ropriate shall be "gone glimmering irough the dreams of things 'that rere." Xepha Alford. Co-ed News. 'ear Little New Girls: Hello and "howdy" to every single le of you! You are really Co-eds, at mst, and isn't it a "grand and glorious !eling ?" To you new girls, you Co-eds of arolina, we extend our greetings, love id sympathy. We have all suffered id endured it. that first recitation in ass, with the world gazing upon us, tat awkward moment when one's voice hopelessly lost-and yes, we have all 'en as shy, bashful and timid as any of >u could possibly be. But we got over . You will too, for we are so anxious > know you, to he your friends, and to ive you join us in our peculiarly co I activities. All of us belong to the Co-ed Asso tation. Perhaps one has not told you At as soon as you enrolled, you auto atically became a member. It is the ie organization to which every woman udent belongs and it's entirely our wn. We discuss and settle Co-ed r1bleis. And really, the best way to ret acquainted" with us is to attend lese meetings, where we often (1o some ling besides talk-ask Mrs. Thompson we don't! E-'very other Monday, we all gather 'gether for our Y. WV. C. A. meetings hese are not stilted, growvn-uppish a Firs, but real live meetings, p)lanned1, at -nded, and conducted by the same wide wake girls you see each day in your lass rooms. We wvant you, we need ou in our "Y. WV." It satisfies a long.. ig deep within us, it fills us with a tlendidl sp)irit of Service. Won't you >in our Y. W. C. A.? A girl's college life wvouldn't be comn lete without her society. We call ours EXCELLA NT 15 M] 413 Pendleton St. Wingfi You can get it at The S the "Hypatian Literary Society." Our motto is "Friendship, Culture and Ora tory." Besides striving for all that these words imply, we have such jolly social meetings, that you'll just be "out" of it all if you aren't a member. And we'd love to have you with us. All of the girls who take gym are banded together to form an Athletic Association. This association, among other things, takes charge of all the co ed games. Have you ever played any tennis, or shot a basket on a free throw? Yes? Fine! We've just been looking for you! We have a Basketball team and a tennis club. I believe we're most as anxious to see y9b shine there, as you are yourself I Come try it once, any how! If we could sing, we'd be in the "Met ropolitan Opera Company." But we can't-and that's why we have a Glee Club. The sole requirement is the noise-making ability. You'll help us out, won't you? And so, before you have been at Car olina very long, we'll all be singing to gether: "Sunday-church; Monday-Y. I.; Tuesday-tennis; Wednesday-sing a song; Thursday-basketball; Friday lessons; Saturday-Hypathian-and all ye sister Co-eds, we wish the same to you!" Here's hoping that you all will just join-EVERYTHING I Sincerely yours, Catharine Floyd, Sister Co-ed. Euphradian Reception. On Wednesday evening of last week the Euphradian Society gave a recep tion for the Freshmen and the Hypa tian Society. About a hundred and fifty persons were in attendance. Mr. Claude Shgrrill, the Euphradian president, opened the meeting with well chosen remarks. Following this, Dr. Nelton was cxtended the floor, and in his usual manner, gave the meeting an excellent address. Dr. Melton stres sed the value of training in public speak ing and of his intention to endeavor to secure a debating coach. Dr. Melton's talk was listened to with close attention by all. The other speakers were William Cap pelman, President of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. John F. Quinn, Angus McCarlay and Benet Polikoff, all former members of the Euphradian Society. At the conclusion of the speeches re refreshments were served. W. (Editor's note: This reception was unique in the annals of the Euphradian Society in as much as both G. H. Wit tkowsky and W. C. Floyd were present and neither of the two gentlemen made an address from the floor. This speaks well for the refreshments, the co-eds' attractiveness-or both.) W. 000 Chewning Elected. As a result of the third primary in Lece County, Claude S. Chewvning has been electedl to the house. Mr. Chewn ing won over his opp)onent by a majori ty of 400 votes. Chewning is a senior acadlemic student andl is a very active and prominent man in the affairs of the student body. He is Editor of the Carolinian this term. The many friends of this popular student are highly pleased to hear of his election. Hius constitu ents could not have sent a more wide awake, energetic, and intelligent man to the house. wV. IEALS at REASC RS. BIG] teld's Drui 1443 Main Street tate Book [n The State Newapnr Bn In: Euphradian Society. The Euphradian Literary Society held its first regular meeting Friday night, September 29. The presiding officer was Mr. C. A. Sherrill, president of the Society. A iter the initiation of the new members, the following program was carried out: Current Events, P. L. Cain; Wittiscisms, Dickert; Decla mation, W. T. Beasley; Extemporani otis speaker, Pat Adams. The query for debate was: Resolved, that state of ficers in South Carolina shatild be elec ted fer a term of four years instead of twn. The affirmative was upheld by C. H. Wittkowsky and G. M. Dabbs; the Negative by W. L. Edwards and R. H. Ramsay. The speeches were all well prepared and interesting. Five men were nominated for the "Gamecock" staff. These were C. C. Fishburne, Dick Spencer, G. M. Dabbs, C. A. Barlow and R. H. Rarnsay. Three of these men will be selected for the staff. After further business the society adjourned. G. M. Dabbs. Senior Closs Elects Officers. Thorne Sparkman was elected presi dent of the student body at the meeting of the senior class last Friday. The other officers elected were: W. J. Ready, vice-president; James R. Sulli van, secretary; R. M. Hope, treasurer; W. T. Beasley, historian; E. M. Smith, and R. R. Williams, Honor Committee men. Mr. Smith was elected chairman of the Honor Committee. The new president has been, since coming to Carolina from Columbia High School, active in all branches of college life. He has made an enviable record as an athletic, journalist and debater. W. __OOc Athletic Body Meets. A few (lays ago there was a meeting called of the representatives of the vari otis colleges of this state by Professor J. Bruce Coleman, who is vice presi dent of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in this district. There were a number of delegates on hand for the discussions which were largely informal in nature and had to do with the S. I. A. A. regulations as to elegibility. Individual cases were taken up and considered, and it is un derstood that a number of knotty prob lems were thrashed out to the satis faction of all. Those present at the meeting in Prof. Coleman's office were, D. H. Henry, of Clemson; H. E. Raines, of the Cit adel; E. 1B. Stetzler, of Newberry; Professor Sturgeon of Presbyterian College; Edgar Long, of Erskine; Pro fessor H. N. Edmunds, of Carolina; Mr. Hicks, of Furman; Professor J. B. Coleman of Carolina. S. 000 First Freshman Game. (Continued from page one.) siil 1o0 sixtuJo la .1.m(1 .1111 )p~iut eleven were George Browvn, Bob Moor aman, Redl TIurner and IBully Weston. That team was good, but when the an nals of football history are set dowvn y'ears from now, the 1922 Gamecock Freshmen will rank wvith aniy team that has ever playedI here. Come out and help them win for their school and yours! S . ooo We say if clothes have anything to do with it, all the flappers should be witty. Isn't brevity the sould of wit. ENABLE RATES Lcross th Street Prom Thronwell College i Store Store