The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 23, 1923, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923.
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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
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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.
But at last he became
Coherent,
And when asked why
He had fainted, lie
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