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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES Terms $1.50 a Year Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffic< November 20, 1908 as second clas, mail matter. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923. EDITORIAL STAFF. \\ ''. easley.................IF.ditor K. l.. M\ illard................\ssociate 1). \ . Spencer................Associate CONTRZIlBU'TO RS: Miss Katherine Floyd, Calo,hiun ''lioni as. S. Iichel aild "liil" H(Oland. BUSINESS. J. S. Nunamaker Manager. Meetings 'ILis year. nire so than ever wiz:ii. tic past several years, there has bcen : dccided lack of interest manife.;ted in tile stdiient b)ody meetings. \\hen there has hCeen a meetil- 0; tle stu lnt). b.)dy ano10uinced, and ais sti,in as the chape! ex ercises are over there is always a rush for the doors; c'nscquently wleni any action is taken it is usually done oily\ by a small prtion of thei members of tile student blv. Such a coidition as this is inlee(ld deplorable and shiold he reiii. Cdie(l, but this calnot he (tIle, except 1 the iii(lividual students. At the student body meetings impir tant business is often transacted that alIects every student. and certanily it is to the personal interest tof cach student as well as that of the entire group that lie or she be present at these imeetings. Besi(les this a proper college spirit can not be developed when there is a por attenlance. Duriiig the football and base ball seasons cheer practice is frequently helI when the business to be transacted has been ctmipileted, and if one is nnt in the habit of being present. whieni tile time comlies; to joiln with the others in the cheering at the games, it is found that you cannot d() so because of un familiarity with our college yells. Let us take cognizance of these facts, and from now on endeavor to be present at every student body meeting that is leld. Public Schools Need More Men Teachers. ''he heart of the entire school prob lem facing the State of South Carolina lies with the teacher and, in addition to the trained and devoted women teachers, Oie of the chief needs of the (lay is for more men teachers," so declared Congressman J. J. McSwain, represent ative of the fourth Smuth Carolina dis trict in the National House of Repre sentatives, in his remarkable address oi education deliverel liere January 12, 1923, as the chief speaker of Founders' )ay. Th'le Congressman dealt with many Pl ases of education; but the manner in vich he handled the "\\ays aln(d imle:miis imprcssive. he .. . - his Uniivcrsity shld lbe thc gre!a, . ..rsery of pro fessitoal public schotoli teachers, inspectors, supecrvisoirs and( superiintend ents. Oiie of the greatest troubles to bec found with the great majority of the collegc graduates of today is that very fcw tif them cnter the teaching proifes sioin. A remcdy is ncedcd for this de plorible' situation. The pctople of the state coniifuse the facts biy thinking that the inmbcr (if school hitouses scattered thiroughiouit the state represent real schools. Thie butildinigs are herc. Tlhe teachers are in thiemi, but do tiley repre sent real compietent teachers ? "ThIe heastt oif the whlole matter is the teacher.'' Give uis better teachers anid they will give us better citizens. It is easy for one to talk about the need for better teachers but very few caii offer any solutioiis. Tlhie University, being the cap-stone of edlucatioin in the site, should( take thle lead in this field. Congressman Mc Swain suiggeste(d separate and( dlistinct buildiings for the School of F,ducation an icase in the teaching force; a rural school suipervisor ailndimore attractive scho(larshiips. Thlis first suggestioni carrys with it the creationi of ten "one-year scho(larshipls" to be given to gradluates of recognizedl co,ileges. Oni the completion of a prescribedl course the holder should receive the degree of Master of Arts. Anothier feature is the '.j tioni of abouitt twenty-fl'e 'two yeair schiolarshiips," suif fict to cover the actual cost of residhent study, and available to male teachers who have not had the advantage of a col lege education. If sufficient money could be provided for the one-year scholarship plan many college graduates, who are, no m. es would be able to return to college and ,pecialize along a certain line of work. As it is now, they have to spend all of their hard-earned, but small income at tending Summer School if they should desire to branch out into some particular field. Too many young men are not fully prepared for teaching on complet ing a four-year college course; but they are not able to specialize or study fur ther. It is a great injustice to them :elves, to the children placed under them, and to the state. Anlyone interested enough to look through the records will find only a small percentage of the youths of our state attending college. Who should we h.ame for this? The youth himself Tie men who compose our legislature should be blamed for not finding means whereby every boy and girl of South Carolina may attend a higher institution of learning within the state. The sec ond feature, as proposed by Congress man McSwain. would give a few of dhese unfortunate lads a chance to get a small insight into the educational world and return to their home com munities to better the conditions whereby all may have an even chance. No better investment could he made f.r the promotion of the public schools Of South Carolina than to begin to (1o the things as suggested by Congressman McSwain in his speach. To insure pro gress is our duty to the living and the dead. It caniot be measured in dollars and cents; but only by the better men aid vomen who would be the fruit of (ur efforts. Boost the Baseball Team. With the first game of the season only :r few days distant nearly everyone oi th ecaiptis is beginning to ask the ques )n: Are we going to have a winniig This question can neither be ais erc pro nor con at the present moment or out team as yet has not been tested. but there is absolutely no reason whI the answer should not be a favorable .me when the proper time comes for it to be made. The prospects for a winning team, so far as material is concerned, is as good at Carolina as any institution in the state, and better than the majority. But even if the prospects are excellent there is one thing that is essential to nave a winning team-that is the con certed support of the entire student body. Many a game has been lost by a varsity :eam because this thing has been lacking. and when it is, very few are the men on a team who can keep up their morale so :hat they, cani fight to the finish by put ting everything they have in the game. One of the ways by which we may (1o :his is to talk the team up. Tell your friends and fellow students that we are 'ing to have some team, etc. If this is done by all of us a strong current of optimism will be established which will surely have a good effect on the team. This. however, is oily a beginning of what may be done by the student body in boosting the team. The most impor tant thing is for each and every student to attend the games, and when you do so, (o not sit off in the corner of the grand stand with a C. C. girl or some other disinterested person, but with your fellow studenits. lIn the piast there has always been a tendency to scatter out over thIe grand(stand( anid not to sit in a biody as at the football games. The result oif this is that the ceerinig at a baseball game is al ways very pooor. L,et's cut this out and sit together so that our cheering will lie ef fect ive. A nthier thiing we should do is to keep up our spirit when the opiposmng team is ahead in the score. D)o not look like youi have lost your doog or get upj and( leave the grandstand whIen such is the case, but yell for otir team then moire than you do whlen they are win - nng. At these critical times more thani eve is when a team needls the studenit hodyoh to lie backinig them to the limit. If each of us will recognize and do these 'Iimple bout important things, when the momenit arrives for the final score of the chaimpionshipi game to be countedl it can inot lie otherwise than in the favor (if the Gaimecoick team. A Plea from the Co-eds. "Shiowers (if blessings, Showvers of blessings wve need .\ercy dIrops round us arc falling, Iut f(ir the shoiwers we pilead."' Yes, just that--shiowers--not these rainy (lay showers that are at the pres enit trying to wash awvay somiie oif the roiads that wvere fixed around the Uni versity for "flilly" Sunday. All our Uni versity, in its greatness, could niot com mand such. There muist lie something fascinating inideed about that mian. \Ve want cleansing showvers, all right, but those kind of nice hot omnes that happen after hard work in the gymnasium. Have you not noti ltely the stiff and ungraceful progress of some of the fair co-eds across the cam p[us? They have been doing some rather strenuous work at the gymnasium lately and are what you might call somewhat sore. And what has all this to do with showers you ask ? Well, just this: If it were possible, after their strenuous exercise, to get into a gorgeous hot shower-bun ! and then a cold one before going to their homes. scattered over the city, much of that soreness could be done away with? Suffer on, co-eds, but not in utter des pair, for when that new dormitory is completed we have hopes of it fulfilling -ur dreams. Meantime the chorus is fu:l ind strong: "Showers of blessings, Showers of blessings we need." The "Antis" This old world gets lots of knocking. Some folks generally are "anti" Dthers, safe in their own shanty, Pick some one thing very slhcking. lust believe one-half they tell you \nd you'll think your chances gone. Put much faith in what they "sell' you *ou'll imagine vice and "corn" Have already undermined us Til we've sunken past recall. ow the devil just must find us \'e have long since had our "fall." Ihey but run a one-side entree \here they only enter debits. arefully omitting credits F'ound in favor of our gentry. Ihere's one subject ever pleasing l'o this "anti-all" brigade: ,owadays the youth is siezing Pleasures but-"they must be paid." 3h ! they did enjoy the flapper Xnd the much revealing styles. Ihough she's fading they still "rap" her Nnd her "art ful," "vamping" wiles. If but half was true they taught us We can figure no good reason, Long before this pleasant season, Why the devil hasn't caught us. I'bey kept preaching prohibition. rhen, at last, they got it through. \ow they sadly make admission I'here's more evil in "home-brew." ligarettes are quite destroying, 'icture shows licentious, bad. i;osh ! there's nothing worth enjoying it remembering what we've had. "Let's Pull a Party, But where'll we get the Eats? Why, Cohen's Delicatessen, Of course, that's the only place PHONE 5832 1229 Hampton Ave. Frank Lim Laundry 821 MAIN STREET Good Work Guaranteed, Prices Very Reasonable The Y Home of 16041i Bryan's Book 1440 MI Southern Columbia S. C Dear Ed: The other (lay I was walking down The campus And I saw a crowd Had gathered In front of the president's Office. Immediately there flashed Into my mind that The students had gathered To serenade Dr. Melton; so Over I went to help them. As I pushed I.nto the crowd I heard Variom remarks, Some of which were: "He's coming to" and "He ain't hurt much," and the So 4th. And I saw a man on The ground and he Was murmuring strange words. 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