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EDITORIAL STAFF.
S. T. Sparkman Editor
G. H. Wittkowsky Associate
J. H. Millard Associate
BUSINESS.
J. S. Nunamaker Manager.
The Spirit at the Sewanee Game.
L.ast Saturday we lost to the Uni
versity of the South in a game that was
close and hard fought and heart-break
ing at the finish. But we enjoyed that
game more than any game we have
ever attended on Davis Field or else
where. for the spirit of the Carolina
student body showed tip to better ad
vantage than ever before.
A number of times it has been
brought -to our attention, as editor of
the Gamecock or president of the
student body, that the kind of cheer
ing that we do on the football field
is partly in had taste, and partly "high
school stuff," and both criticisms are
true. The "horse laugh," "Genesis,"
"E,xodus," "Agriculture. Horticulture."
.and that kind of thing has always ap
pealed to us as being a bit childish
and crude for a college to get off. We
spoke to Billy )oar abit this be
fore the Sewanee game and he agreed
to leave these things off. We believe
that the result was the best cheering
that we have had either this year or
lEigt, in Norman -Iuckabee's regime.
We believe that in the future we will
get better cheering if we stick to the
"ryh" and the "rah" in their innumer
able combinations. i Ts, the bit schools
do not indulge in any child's play and
horse play and we can get along with
out it--do better without it.
Our other point is that we can get
just as much emphasis, with a much
better effect, by yelling for the
"Team" as we cai by yelling for the
whole "Whole dam team." There are
times when DAM rolls from the
mouth of a man with a certain force
and impressi'e4ess, that we admire,
but the football field is neither the
place nor the occasion. Our yells
would be much better if we would
drop the profanity entirely.
We would like to congratulate the
student body and the cheer leaders
upon the wonderful spirit shown at
the game with Sewaik-e. We have
heard much favorable comment upon
it and we can only hope that in the
future we may live up to this stand
(lard and perhaps improve upon it.
This the kind of thing that makes
for a greater and a better Carolina
tn( and it is therefore the kind of
tling that we should strive after.
COURTl SV TO TIWl,P; ( )SNG
TIlBAM AND) SCHOOl,. AN UN
D)YING CO(NFIDE)lNCE IN OUR
OW N. With this as our watchwvord
on the bleachers we can make a lot of
implro veimnt ini thle k ind of cheering
wet have don'ie in the past. S.
College Activities.
One of the biggest quiestions whbich
con fronts a imn on his arrival at col
lege is the one of college activities.
Ju tst how tumchi time should a man
take fronm his stutdies and put oni the
various forms of college extra-class
room ? In the e'ffort to answer this
qluest ion studlents go to both extremes.
S('me confine their efforts strictly to
their books, get good marks and let
the rest of college life go by. Others
plunge desperately into athletics, deC
bating. college journal isnm. anid \"'so
ciety'' and neglect 'their (class 'room
week.. It is evidlent that liet ween these
two ext remes there imist 1he a golden
meain. The finding of this mid-path is
indeedC( an impiortant task for the col
lege student.
Iseems to us that a safe rule wvould
be for every man to enter at least one
line of college activity. It is more
difficult to fix a mnaximumi. Indlividl
ual cases differ greatly. Howvever we
suggest three as a limit for the aver
age man. It goes without saying
that the wvork of a college is done
principally in the class room. How
ever the matn who goes to college and
ab)stainis from participation in college
activities is greatly the loser thereby,
W.
The Opportunities of College
Life.
It sometimes seeis to us that the
average man inl college all too oftel
loses sight of the golden opportunity
that lie ir wasting in failing to make
the most of his -iine and energies
while there. Wie are too prone to ac
rept the things that are offered to us
as a matter of course and fall short
in appreciating their real worth.
In every college a boy owes it to
himself to derive the greatest possible
good from his stay there, and owes a
little debt to the parents who are iak
ing it possible for himl) to have this
chance; in our school we further owe a
debt to the state that is shouldering
a large portion of our expenses while
we are in school here and which ex
pects that we make good the invest
ment by becoming useful citizens when
we go forth into the work-a-day world
to make our mark.
We have this duty, a threefold one,
to make the most of outr time at Caro
linla, but it would seem that every man
here, aF a matter of course, voul( be
conlstadtly exerting his most strenlu
fils efforts at all times if lie had noth
ing more than his native anbition to
spur him oin. We can get reams of
statistiCs on tihe actual number (if (ol
lars each ear of education is worth
t4'a man in after life, but the most
Igilorait man;111 on the outside cannot
fail to see his haidicap in competing
with men who ki.(iw low to think, act,
;mid "get across" their ideas to others.
.There are two main ways inl which
he college imian1 beinefits by his life on
a campus and these two are very dif
ferenlt fundamentally. In the first
place a man call receive a technical
training that will stand him in better
stead thanl the experience lie might
amnass ill twenty or thirty years
oif practical experience oil' the "out
side. In actual cash returns, the val
Ie o( f this side of a technical college
(dIlcatioll is hard to over-estimate. On
the o(ther hand the man who goes into
every phase of college activities w%ithi
a vim is given a training in comlipeti
tion with his fellows along every pos
sible line. He learns to speak, tie
ac<lui-es tle social polish that is in
valuiable to every ,man 11d wvomiAl,
constant contact oil every si(le rolulds
and evens Ilitm off iitil he is a finished
product that is ready to take his place
alongside of any man and fight on
eveil terms with any. He has become
the kind 'If mian1 that America is re
lying n(1 to pull tier through tile dlark
days that seem to be ahead-he is the
kinld Of 11manii who has tile bright and
checery outlook that faces any drlfli
culty with a smile and is willing to
fight to the last ditch in any good
W'e lear inl every school of the mai
wh1o takes tle "campus course", anl
somietilles, of course, he merits tle
slight sneer that usually accollpallies
tle' terill, but is it not a fact that lie
I)iggest tihing that a ian carries away
from college is a iew outlook on life,
a new ideal i% the distance before him,
a real izat ion that li fe is a blattle inl
whlich e'very mail ha s his chance and
most win his spurs, a 'onlvict ion thlat
tIhe fighlt is to* the hold0, aind a dleterminma
tion that, if he fail, it will not he for
want (of t ryimng? These things are the
real prizes that are woni by the colle'ge
mani an iiniot thle little golden med'(als
thus, keys. and atll the rest (If it that
hat is ini the makinmg of the10 cotllege
are' scat te'red atbout so pro fusely. Thlese
traiil'd lilani. /\ mail's iimid is sharenii
tea rned' in the classroom, imlportaint ats
lr, and thlese thliings are not to be
are theO t hinigs t hat are' wo(rthI striiviing
cod ini the c'lassrOooml, andi( by the per
petuial ') "honing" and it is o ftenltiines
(drudgery, reqiired by hiis couItrses, lint
it is by his associations andL outside
chaI~rac'ter' is mladle and~ thle einerg ies of
his t rainled indi tuirnied inlto tile proper
room41, are we do(inig the kind o~f thinmgs
Ini oiur college life oultsidet the~ class
aind associating wvithi the kind of peoi
111e that wilI mnake' us what wve shouldl
be' (onet, two, three or four years froii
now~ ? I f inot, whly not ? S.
The Function of a Goal.
Have you ever trmedt to visualize a
football game without a goal line to
lit crossed ? Have your fanicies ever
without the two rinigs through whtich
the hall swises for one or two points?
Hlave you ever p)icturedl to youirsel f
the hundiored yardl dash without that
tape at the endo whic must lhe snappedl
relax and enjoy his wvell-earnied rest ?
by the straining runner b)efore lie may
Have yoi1 ever attempted to paint inl
your mind's eye the likeness of a col
lege man who is spending the four
most valuable years of his life at some
fine school and there is merely ambling
along with no objective in view, his
highest ambition being not to "bust"
French Il? I f yott haven't, you can
save yourself the trouble by just look
ing around you. The campus is cov
ered with such men.
There can be two causes for such
an attitude: 1.ither the main is ab
solutely lazy and good-for-nothing, or
else lie has never gotten started in
any particular direction, but is just
drifting, willy-nilly. This is the little
chance of self-extrication. Indiffer
nceIC is a dangerous state of inid for
;myone to fall into and this is the
natural result of not getting tie( up to
looking to, or, better still, that is look
some particular thitig that you are
ing to you.
The tinfortinate feature of this
thing is that it would be diflicult. if not
impossible ,to finid any man iIn college
who could do credit to himself and
his school in some branch of college
activitv. That little feeling if im
lortance that comes from the realiza
tion that there are a number of things
that are calling for your attention at
Me and the sane time, that little pro
wictary air, if you please. that comes
from the feeling that you are being
lepended upon for somCetliilg, the feel
ing of respotisibility that accompanies
tly diuty of an executive nature. These
ire the things that lend an added zest
to college life. the things that give it
its distinctive flavor, the things that
turn out men, and real men, from the
walls of our colleges of today.
As we say, there isn't a single man
who cannot find something to do that
will be of interest and that will benefit
both himself and school. And time
iioner the man gets connected up with
Ahe job the better it is for all con
:ernied. ''he very liest advice that can
ie givenl to a new man coiming into a
school for the first time is:, "Become
IcItuaiitel. and then find somethinig to
d outside of your classroom work.
Vou'll be happier for it and will make
i better citizen of the catmpus you
ive on."
And ow to return to our muttons (or
oals. if you wvish.) No one cani ac
-oimplish very much uless Ie or she
ias a goal or mark to shoot at.
Do you want to become president of
co'r literary society ? Then work so
that if you are not elected the loser
Xill not he yoI, but the society. Do
vout wish to make the football team?
T'lhen dig hard every afternoon in that
lust and dirt. give your best efforts
Il the way through. and then at the
"Ild of it all if yon have not made the
am. you will he a better man for
rying as hard as you could. It's not
tle final recognition that builds o(ly
tnd brain and character, but it is the
;teady grind that imakes tie real man.
''lh loser, often struggling under
ieavy handicaps. is found many times
(1 emerge from the contest a better
nani than thme winner. HeI has fought
lie good fight and will not lie without
uis reward.
1 lave ytiu ever no(t icedl how imanty
inmes. in the last year in college, a
mnii will stepi out to the front in the
race when at year. or two liefore he
would hiave been picked for a sure los
r?This is usually the kind oif mani
who ihas plutgged alonig, shooting al -
watys at siiiie lofty goal, with sonie
>hjective biefore him, the kind of man
whto ive retones his hiandoicapm whilec the
eadler is basking ini tIme glory of lion
irs al readty wonii and makitng no piro
vision for the mnext trial of strength.
The A merican sportinig spirit and(
raditihoms revel ini the triumph of the
Iinder-dhog, aimd agin t and againi on the
Wingf
You can get it at
The i
pages of college history is written,
"The fight is not to the strong, not to I
the brilliant, but to the persevering.".1
In the 6ianifold intricacies of American
co!!ege life there is a chance for every- I
one. 'Tle man who makes the most of
his chance is the one who starts early
and works hard. S.I
_ooo_
Coliege Oratory.
'Tie signs of the time, the aspects
of nature, the autumial forests, turn- I
ing red and gol under the brush of I
the Master Painter indicate that the I
season coneth When the college ora-11
tors will blossom forth in all their t
glory. These outpourings of fervent
eloquence are as much to be expected
as the diurnal course of the sun across
the heavens. According to that cus
-toi of would-le Cicero's which 'is
"grey an( holy withi antiquity." the
young orator will he soon spending
sleepless nights and laborious (lays
preparing discourses to prove that the I
Panama toll should he repealed; or
that protection is a better policy than
free-trade; or that the closed shop is
dqsirablc. Having, thus spent these t
precious hours in fevered preparation.
they will solemnly rise before six
(possibly seven) hearers and soar to
the lofty heights of eloquence. Each
speaker having called his opponent all
sorts of naughty names with a fine
show of justified wrath, the lucky man t
will then he presented with a shiny t
disk of metal about an inch wide and t
an inch and a half high. While he
goes his way rejoicing the defeated
candidates will hie themselves to their
tents and explain to loyal followers
ju;t wihy the fates were against them
this time and howv many medals they
intend to win lefore the year is out.
Let the cold cynic turn up his nose
inl scorn if lie so desires and call this
vanity and striving after wiind. Nev
ertheless each year brings forth its
quota of contestants. And where is
the college orator who doesn't enjoy
the game to the fullest? If any man
think, that the college year will pass
without at least six "che-ildren of hu
manity heing duly slain" lie is sadly
mistaken and will soon be disillu
sionedI. V..
An Obaervation.
it
While looking through the various
college publications of last week the
writer chanced to come across a copy
of that worthy publication, The Tiger,
published at Clemson Agricultural Col
lege. It happened that this copy was
of the issue following the Carolina
Clemson game of Fair Week, which
the Tigers managed to annex inl the
last minute or so of play by the work
of the toe of one of the backs. This
issue of The Tiger was fairly running
Over with aftermaths of the game,
boosting the Tiger team to the seventh
heaven and giving valuable ( ?) ad
vice to tle Carolina coaches and team. -
There was also a glowing write up of
lhe game, and several equally brilliant
edlitorials.
Far lie it fromi ime to underestinmate
the ability of the Sporting lEditor oif
'The Tiger, lbut it is very apparent in
his writeup oif the game that lhe either
dhidnI't see the contest, or his knowledge
andu understanding of the gridiron
game is sadly ini need oif impilrovemenit.
For instance he says: "he three to
nothing scoire can niever tell how comn
lhetely the Tiger out fought and out
wittedl his opponient ini ever'y depiart
ment of the game." The wvriter of
this article was evidently laboring unt
dler some great misunderstanding w,,hien I
he peinned those ines, foir aniyone who I
saw that game, and( who is competent
o if j udginig football wvillI say that the
Gamnecock team was never outelassedl
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t any stage of the game by its op
onents. Ileven first downs the Birds
ccuiulated while the Tigers were
craping together four; it matters not
viether these downs were "by inches"
or by yards for there was ten more
ards to make after first no matter if
tie ball went over by iiches or by
,ards. We agree with the writer in
lie Tiger when lie says that "games are
tot won by first downs" but we do beg
o call his attention to the fact that the
nimber of first downs rung up by a
cam cast a great deal of light uponl
he ability and driving power of
hat team. Once again we vish to
all attention to a small error ii the
l'iger; this is the paragraph which
peaks of the "proud boasts" of the
,amecocks evidently this is another
ase of misapprelieisioi on the part
f the writer, for lie certainly heard
nore in .1ungle town, than was ever
icard iii the Gamecocks own home
aip;; perhaps though lie got the
oasting tangled up a bit.
We are much indebted to ",GI"
or his weekly letters iii The Tiger.
hey are a sIlce of much am,usement
o all who read tliei and incidentally
hey cast a great deal of light upon
ke remebiiher rightly in one of the
iforeientioned epistles the ,writer
losed by saying that lie hoped he'd
iake as good a mark on his calculus
s the Tigers were going to make on
he Gamecocks. We extend our hear
iest sympathy to him, for flunking is
ruly an aw ful thing in college. Ii his
otter last week lie seemed to be in an
iquisitive frame of mind; we will not
ttempt to answer his questious as they
vere not a<kdressed to us; buit 1we
vould just like to ask "EGP" one
imple question, and leave it for him
L ponder over:
Why did Tech play forty four men
gainst the Tigers last Saturday; in
ther words the varsity, scrubs, squirts,
nd everything that was left after the
quirts??? M. E. J.
Request For Holiday.
At a meeting of the student body,
vIr. Calhoun Thomas suggeFted that
n attempt be made to have Saturday
f Fair Week declared a holiday. His
emarks were seconded by Mr. H. .13.
)rams, who gave the motion a hear
y endorsement. . The student body
elcomed the idea. Accordingly a com
iiittee was appointed, consisting of
viessrs. Calhoun Thomas, H. B. Ab
ans and Billy Doar, to present the
equest of the student body to Dr.
Jelton.
At a subsequent meeting of the stu
ent body, Mr. Thomas reported that
)r. Melton had given the committee
respect ful hearing and had decided
Jter consultat'ion with Dean Baker,
hIat it would not be wise to grant the
equest. Mr. Thomas expressed the
esire that the student body abide by
)r. Melton's decision and not attempt
o take the bit in its teeth. "Let's
how Dr. Melton that we are behind
tim by attenidinig classes ,Saturday,"
leadt Mr. homas. His remarks wvere
reetedt wtith appilause.
And so it came to pass that the
heel s of education continiued to turn
ii Saturday of Fair \Veek, the youths
f the intitutioni receivedt their daily
lose of knowledge and cuiltuire, and
hemreby was a t ime-honoredt custoni
'here once was a young city slicker
Vho dearly loved his corn likker.
hIlt one iiight in his cups,
le gave it all uip,
~ayinig, "God knows I have never been
sicker."
--Sibik.
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