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0 asRsot PUBLISHED. WEEKLY BY THEt LITF,RARY SOCIETIlS Terms $1.50 a Year lVintered at Columbia, S. C., postoffice November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter. FI'R.lDAY, ()C'l'(T)WR 20, 1922. lDITORIAL, STAFF. S. T. Sparkman I-Aitor G. 11. Wittkowsky Associate J. E. Millard Associate BUSINESS. .1. S. Nunamaker Manager. Reporters and Contributing Editors. The Gamecock wishes to announce that R. M. Hope, Coleman Karesh and Cal hon Thomas have been chosen as re porters from the live names sent up by the Clariosophie Society; McBride Dabbs, Ralph Raimsay and C. C. Fish burine, Jr.. from those submitted by the 'uphradian. We hope that these men will realize that their election is not in tended to be merely an empty honor and that they will give us some real as sistance, partictilarly in running down news items and in the suggestion of Subjects for articles of campus interest. Ve might say in this connection that while the Gamecock has to be put out by a staff, and must of necessity take one dominait note from the individual or groutp control, yet at the same time the student body generally can help its wonder fully by turning in subjects of interest that are to be found all about on the campus. There is no use dodg ing the issue. What college students want in their paper is the atmosphere and flavor of their canpuis life--and that flavor is to be obtained only is so far as they will help with the material. In the group that has charge of the paper this year there are men and Co-eds who are vitally interested in every activity of any importance on the campus-and most things we can ianage to get our hands on. But the little trifling things that make good reading we must often miss if our friends in the student body do not turn them over to us. Remember this is not the New York Times or the Ioston Transcript-what we want is the article that mixes news and personal ities. You know what von like to read iii the Gamecock, the kind of thing that holds your attention and interest. Well, when you run across anything like that turn it over to "Mutt" Millard, George Wittkowsky, or some other nmtiber of the staff. We'll appreciate it and the rest of the students will too. There are a number of men who are hel)ping us out in one way or another, and along with them some of the "lovely Co eds" (quotation from chapel oration by C. S. Chewning.) They are Vir ginia Cravens, Catharine Floyd, Thelma Aizonetta Penland, Hollin Abrams, J. M. \Vells, T. 1. Spencer and Charles Barlow. We thank them one and all, "abd soimtimeis we wish there were more." S. - -o00 Ye Editor's Great Grief. Last wveek the editor of this sheet wvas driven to the very point of despa ir--and( has tnot yet sulilicienitly recovered to give a ve'ry (cohderent acecounit oif what hap pented. It was Sb) suddlen : the prover* bial thlunderhlt f rombl thle (lear sky had notinig on the blow that was dlealt its mi an unwary momtienit when we had ouir Anyone whlo has ever been conniected in any way withI school puI tblicat ions knows that thle easie'st part of the wuork is the work that theit edito r does hiim sel f-the hardest part o)f the wbork. that which lie persuades thle othier mian to dIi. Also it is usual ly much easier to at - tempt thie job single-handed tItan to at - tempt1t to wvring articles ftrbbit reluctant Assistant-, Associate-, and Special F.d itors. We say UJSUALLIY for ini our case we have the finest pair of assoi ates who ever trod the face of mother earth-butt dlont tell them we said so: they'd get too cocky for wordls. Our prime dificulty has been in1 per stiading the able writers of the student body to come across with special arti cles. It has been a hard job, butt last *weck we were finially successful in get ting results on a large scale: and( saw visionis of a fairyland in the future wbere three-fourths of the weekly copy would be contributions. And then caime the crash. In some inexulicable rand urnforseen fashion some five colutdins weute turne41 in over and above the am,ouAt ne'ede<i. TIhis was carried to the press in (lim style, and the editor went on his way .rejbicing. Ant>her Gamecock was about to come into being and all was Well along the Potomae. But, al'as not so well as could have been hoped. The latest batch of copy that was sent to press contained the bulk of these spec ially contributed articles-and THIS was the portion of the material chosen by the printer to be left out... Result: on Sat tirday morning the only two- persons to whon ye editor did not owe apologies were Mr. George H. \Vittkowsky, Esq., and himself-and lie had apologized to the aforeimientioned gentleman previous ly and we were too busy kicking our .elves to pay niuch attention to apology in that connection. A busy week has been spent in straight eing out this sad mess anl it is our ear nest hope that at no time in the future may such a thing occur again. It's frightffully hard work for none of these hopeful youngsters will ever believe the truth about such a matter and it is no snap making up a new tale for each one that will suit his particular tempera meint. We admit our manifold faults of 411ission and commission, we humbly apologize and crave pardon of those who have injured feelings; ini the future we will faithfully publish all contributions promptly, on the front page, and sign theni with the whole name of the author. If there are any suggestions as to how we might further make amends for our grievous sins, we would welcome such siggestions and follow them gladly. I not, we cease our plaintive w'ail and hope that contributions will NOT cease. S. -- 00 College Spirit Discussed. L.ast Monday was the occasion of a roising "pep" meeting in the University ,-hapel. On this occasion words of timely advice were addressed to the freshmien by several prominent members of the Student body. Among the speakers were Claude Ciewning, W. J.- Ready and Bil ly Doar. The subject of college spirit was thoroughly aired by these able speakers. particularly with refer ence to the Carolina tradition of fellow ship on the campus. Mr. W. T. Collins is responsible for this meeting, lie having been the moving spirit in bringing it about. Collins is himself a good representative of col lege spirit. He is always ready with a smile or pleasant word for his fellow students. Freshmen would do well to etiulate his example. W. The Co-eds and College Spirit. Thursday, following the deadly in sinuation inl chapel that the Co-eds had little-or-no college spirit. vast and shape less ruiors quickly spread throughout the entire Co-ed Organization. Secret meetings were hehl in dark corners: while the ferocious whispers which Ioiited forth from the Tower of Babble were etiough to annihilate even the most valiant cohort of the enemy. And lo! when the brazen bell pealed forth fromi yon white-washed chapel to wer, the Ihori zon becamue clouded ini the west, so that all boyal Co-eds,, gathi .-red on the sacredl spoit, felt sweep forth fromui Meltotn Ilall such a tumult of college spirit, that yea, verily, eveni the venierabl e trees were violetly13 cl utchied to cinable the a foresaid l'ds to withstand the onrushiing hurricanie. Ii T W A S 'PH lt (0- 1I)S!! I )i wn in the old Seaboardl station, lhiir sil very' melodious voices, lendin~g mt atnd toning do(wtn the rougher mascu I l iote, pirod(ucedh such yells as selIdom have. beenu heard. Antd hence forth, for dl t ime, utt thle very end, let ito mere lescetndeit of Adam ever dlare to eveni Ill IN K (tie single derogatory coniceit thout utS Co-ed.-dad-ou-(tr college -l irit. - 0 Ho-Humi! ! One wvho spends any reasonable length of time oti the campus as a student, real or so-called, learns in time that the fol lowing rules must be obeyed to the very (lot of the I, viz: if an academic student, male, that he must comport himself as blefits a scholar; if an academic student, female, that she must comport herself as a hopeful revealer of a new civiliza tion;; ;if a law student, that, as op posed to the first two cases, he must be a gentleman. Here the law student is presented with the new and all-engross ing duty,- the Oneaboveall:.,that he muitat so llve as to earn the joy of his frIends anad the secret envy of. his enemies, and all by the lofty nd anctimonious. bar., ing that will soon be his after a thorough course in suppressing yawns. Strange, the subject of yowns in a law school. But it is the first lesson. The master lays his foundation carefully with these words: "If you would be a lawyer, (who by implication is agent of justice and the messenger of liberty and dispenser of right and the savior of the community and the hope of the oppress ed) you must not yawn. Not in my class." And the youthful seeker of the ultimate hope (which is law) take their first notes-and are impressed. "How to be a lawyer: 1. Do not yawn." The momentous truth is hammered in and the class (which, by the way, when the anti-yawn disciplinarian asks for a match, rises sixty strong to give him -the one match) heaves a deep breath of sat isfaction at having grasped THE funda mental principle. Trhanks to the very weightiness of the overshadowing truism, the class learns to defeat routine yawns with the con sistincy of the far-famed Giants isl bringing of the debacle of their rivals in the recent affray. The petty mouth openings are never allowed to advance beyond the incipient stage and are forth with crushed. The lesson is nearly learned. Nearly. There is some stupid dolt who can not grasp the significance of the ponderous doctrine and he rashly al lows his mouth to fall open, distorts his features and-calamity ! -yawns. To be staight way frozen into a terror stricken object by the stern Thou-shalt not envisaged on the preceptor's face. There is consternation and dismay, ab ject despair, and the world tumbles around that unfortunate's head. The foolhardiness of the offenders flocks the class; ; ; it gives vent to its indigna tion and pity-indignation for the vile flaunting of authority and pity for the woebegone culprit. He will never he a lawyer: he has violated the first prin ciple. The wise ones shake their heads and prepare the burnt offering to ap pease the sinned-against. What a sense of failure-to have yawned! The lesson unlearned, the the foundation crumbling. The infidel braces himself to resolve that it shall not be again. The law, the law-and a yawn. What sacrilege in their associ ation! He makes tip his mind. But somewhere in the caverns of his body an embryonic yawn arises and tries to push its way upward and outward. He lays violent hands upon it and strangles it before it is born. But he protests, and in his soul there is a flaming sense of revolt-which shall it be? The law of man-or the yawn of nature? And the matter is not ended. K. -----ooo Life in Rutledge. Ye-e-e-ow! Ye-e-e-e-ow! You old family cat on the back fence! I thought I was leaving him behind when I came to the "hig city ;" but lo ! I have been dlisappointed. You say that it was not the family cat I've heen hearing for the past few weeks? Then what could it have been? Oh, yes! It was some of our embryonic musicians practicing the proper use of their instruments in the chapel, eli? Yes, yes, yes! It is ind(eedl a pleasure to know that we have so many talented young gen tlemen in our studIent lbody and this points to bright p)rosp)ects for the orches tra. I amn gladl that the boys are getting sitch an early start with their practice, but1 they have beeni taking the most un godly hours to practice. It is fun for afellow from P'inckney, Thornwell, El liott and( H-arper to (drop in for a fewv moments and Ilisteni to these ambitious y'otogsters render some majestical tunes with their instruments ; l)nt to students of Rutledge and \Voodrow this socalled hiarmoniious rendition sounmds like any thing but music when they are trying to sleep around ten-thirty and eleven 0'clock. Wingfi You can get it at The S I do not wish to dishearten anyone trying to make the orchestra, but I would like to ask them to find some oth er time to practice thqn at the late hours of the night. Last year the authorities set aside certain hours during the kfter ioon for such practice and I would like to suggest that these young men conform to that regulation voluntarily. If they do not the only alternative remaining is to request that the old rules be put back into effect. C. T. Advice to Co-Eds. Oh Freshmen Co-eds, list to words of advice gleaned through observation and experience, in order that ye may escape in part some' of the grievous mistakes which are sure to be strewn in your pathway at Carolina. Many are the suggestions which could be given, but at this time there is one which is especially fitting, and it is this: Beware of Football Heroesl And on this subject, hearken to the sto ry of a young Freshman who did not beware. There was once a young Co-ed, green and unsophisticated, who came to Caro lina to learn wisdom. After a week had passed and she was beginning to feel at home, she went one clay to a foot ball game, the first of the season. And lo I during the third quarter she fell desperately in love with a football star. HER HEROI And it came to pass that the Freshman did assiduously attend every game, and did blush and giggle and show other signs of violent emotion whenever she met her beloved on the campus. And so all went well, until at length the Clariosophics gave a party, to which the said Co-ed was invited. But alas I as she was enjoying herself fully, in came her idol, strutting around with a Chicora vamp! Whereupon the poor Freshman swore inwardly, and vowed she would warn all fellow Co---ed's in time to beware of football heroes.. Finzela. V. E. C. The Social Cabinet. For a number of years the Social Cabinet of the University has been a nebulous and mythical sort of thing. Men have regularly been elected to it and have just as regularly been photo graphed for the Garnet and Black. But beyond this very little has been done by this committee. We think it is high time that the Social Cabinet of the Uni versity should get busy and justify its existence. The social side of campus life should not be neglected. There should be held at regular intervals events of a social nature to which the entire student body should be invited. This idea was broached last year by Mr. Washington Clark. It was not taken up then by the student body. However, we hope that this year the student body will see fit to put the idea across. A social gathering of the students every month will do more to develop college spirit than any one thing we know of besides football. There is no sound reason wvhy the Caro lina student body shouldn't get together one evening out of every month. It's done elsewhere, and it should be done here. W. --:o() A Carolina Freshman. From the Spartnblurg Journal. A young chap who has just entered the freshman class at the University of South Carolina and wvho evidently has in himself the makings of a very good man, wrote in ani interesting way to his moth er giving his first impressions of the great institution that has taken him in. This is onie of tihe wvholly natural things lhe said: "I wen1t to the Presbyterian church reception l'riday night explecting the eld's Drus 1443 Main Street state Book Ujn The State Newsaper 13auld.n Chicora girls to be there;; but there were only a lot of men and boys." We should call that a very expression of disappointment, not to say disgust. But the young man evidently found comfort in another, and probably wholly unexpected direction, as for -xample, this from his appreciative pen: "I believe I've got the best professors possible. Professor Green is a little fellow with snowy hair and a perpetual smile. He doesn't laugh but giggles. But, my goodness, that man is smart. He reads Latin faster than I can read English. And he is the only professor around here who can read Sanskrit. He gave the freshmen some advice and some giggles, whni he said that we should go to see a girl at least once a week." That's the sort of professor every college in the state and country should have; but having taken so high and cor rect a position of the girl question the freshmen would be justified we should say demanding that Professor Green find why it was that the authorities of Chicora College kept the lovely students of that institution from attending the Presbyterian reception last Friday night. (Editor's note:) It has come to our attention several times thai Dr. Green has given this same advice to a certain member of our editorial staff. The only point at issue was whether a young man should go to see the SAME girl EVERY week. And this happened to be the crux of the argument. We (o not feel at liberty to give the young gentleman's name but we might say that he is from Camden and has the most beautiful curly raven locks. S. Gloom Overspreads First Year Law Class. Something has been wrong in the law school. Ye editor first divined it from the woe-begone looks on the faces of the first year law students who were to be seen straying all over the campus during the few minutes of the day when they are supposed to be drinking in words of wisdom in Petigru. It re quired great perseverance and long in quiry to ascertain the cause of this general and wide-spread sorrow among our future Solons. They are usually so bright, light, airy and jovial of dispo sition and temperament-and there they were looking as though they had, one and all, lost their last friend and all their money. It seems that over a period of several days, Professor E. Marion Rucker has been out of the city on some official business for the University, and during that time Pat Adams has been the near est thing to a substitute instructor that has been vouchsafed to these ambitious youths who have begun their first year in the law school. But not only are these young men sorrow-stricken, they are enraged: when they pay their good money to sit each day at the feet of the learned doctors of the Law School, they cannot bear the idea of foregoing this opportunity because the authorities that be see fit to despatch one of the aforesaid doctors on some business for the institution. It is said that a group of men have been appointed by this class to drawv up a pe tition to the faculty to allow them to take extra wvork for the next two or three weeks until they shall have fully satisfied themselves that they ave made up for the time lost (luring Professor Rucker's prolonged absence. As the editor of this paper, we wvish heartily to commend the stand taken by the lawv students in this matter. 'rhe idlea is becoming much too prevalent among the members of the faculty that they are at liberty to take a vacation at wvill, causing a great number of studlents to idle away invaluable time. 'This is an evil that calls for an immediate rem edly and wve feel sure if the facile pen of Coleman Karesh is the source of the i Store Store