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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES Terms-$1.50 a Year Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffice on Ndwember 20, 1908 as second class mail matter FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1924 EDITORIAL STAFF C. Braxton Williams.--.-Editor Clyde L. White.------..Associate Robert Barnwell...... --. Associate S. W. Eichel-------..Sport Editor BUSINESS Furman R. Gressette..--Manager Ernest B. Castles. .---..Assistant S. L. Ready.----------Assisant J. R. Pate------------Circulation GAMECOCK FEATHERS Do not only your bit but your best for Carolina. -U.S.C This is a new school year-start it right. - U.s.c. Help the coaches by staying away from the field and the "gym" platform on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. -U.S.c. Some of the Freshmen are starting right by buying caps-follow the lead. - U.s.c. WELCOME The student body, the Board of Trus tees and the Faculty of the U. S. C. join together -at this time to welcome you the new Students, to the Campus of the University of S. C. We hope that your stay here will be both pleasent and pro fitable and that you shall soon realize yourselves a part of this great organiza tion which is so rich in tradition and whose record of usefulness is unsurpass ed by any institution in the state. We welcome you to our halls, our walls, and above all, we welcome you to the friedship which is ours may you be a great benefit to us and we to you! We pass on to you the high standard of honor, of service and of unselfishness and trust that you shall be true to your trust. --U.S.C JUST FREE ADVICE Well, here we are at the beginning of new year and the freshman (and girls) are all tip-toe with excitement and the old students ( in experience, not neces sarily in years) are looking on with a musemen't, recalling [he days when they were fresh and unsophisticated. Yes, it is great to be back, with the first foot ball game Saturday week' and all ithe fun of stunt night, Freshman reception, literary society parties, etc. to which to look forward. Classes? There, of course, someone would have to spoil all the fun but they won't be bad-yet a while. We wonder just how much free ad vice is floating around, given by presum ably grave serious upperclassman to rather timid, embarrassed freshman. But listen, freshman, and we will tell you something. You'd better not listen to any of it. More than likely, your kind advis or is "framing" you for a big joke-the kind that was pulle.d on him when he was fresh I Now, if you are told that this course is a crip or that "prof" is easy, you had better about face and run the other wayl As for co-eds - dear me, don't the sweet young things know that the senior law students have a line so long and slippery that it can't be caught I Yes, and they told the very next girl that they talked to, that her eyes were two twinkling stars, her mouth a dainty rose-. bud, her voice like the cooing of doves in the spring-in short, that she was divine I Take ~it from one who knows, it's all banik I As for these handsome scrub faculty "profs," well, they are hopeless ly tied to another girl. But of course, your thoughts are on your books to the exclusion of all les seie matter. Well, study hard, and burn the midnight oil, and some sweet day will get your sheepskin (perhaps) .: AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS Mr. Edward W. Bok, father of the famous Bok Peace Plan, is now fear lessly delving into the criticism of Am erican institutions of higher learning, in genuously confessing meanwhile, that he has never attended one. In the Skturday Evening Post of September 13, he heads an article with these arresting words: "How About College? Is It Necessary to the Young Man's Future?" Immedi ately he informs us that the question has not only never been answered but that nb one has ever succeeded in saying any thing on the subject that has actually been informing or otherwise helpful. These blaring facts world have seriously discouraged most people, but not M. Bok. He proceeds to invade hitherto impregn able territory of the unknown with the same lack of concern that was shown by a lice when she stepped through the looking glass into Topsy-Turvyland. But once in the ocean, let us see how he swims. It is a platitude to say that any human institution is defeotive. To merely do this would be to call fire hot or the sky blue. But it is equally undeniable that many can be remedied, that growth is both possible and highly desirable. Mr. Bok readily admits most of the stock phases that tell of the benefits of college, and he also assures us of the ob vious truth that, "What a young man ac complishes by reason of his collegiate opportunity is entirely a question of self." However, he neglects to add that the American has more "collegiate oppor tunity" than the citizen of any other country. He contrasts the command of language possessed by nine tenths of our 1, graduates with that of the average (the s median) graduate of an English college. s 0 It is by no means certain that the con trast would be as sharp and striking as Mr. Bok would have us believe, but as suming that his statement is true, what t does that indicate? Certainly not a corres ponding difference in the educational ad vantages of the English and American a colleges. Linguistic facility in both con- b) versation and writings in a product very b largely of early environment. The child- V ren of cultured parents enter school with the ability to speak easily and correctly. s Those who have heard careless speach all tl tlieir lives seldonj if ever overcome Ii ,their handicaps by attending college. In C England, where the college students are a minority drawn principally from fami lies with a cultured background centuries 0 old, the higher education merely en- i riches and polishes what is already pos- c sessed by the undergrad. In America, M wvhere a far larger percentage of young men go to college; in order to match their English brothers, the majority must r li'terally go back to the bottom and start 0 all over. And the task of destroying old I language habits and digesting new ones is beyond the perseverance of most hu- *. mans. Furthermore, Mr. Bok forgets that our country is not only young but covers a tremendously large territory. If all the educated and cultivated people of Am erica were put into a space as small as England, there might be another story. Among the real sore spots in college edlucation that our friendly critic touch is the obvious lack of encouragement and training in the art of thinking. The. reason for this absence should be as evi dent as the fact itself. Thought is dy namite. People are afraid of active ori ginal thinking. It might blow holes in the weak places of conventions fabric. While 'this attitude is understandable it is highly dangerous and not to be tolerated. In spite Mr. Bok's belief to the contrary, there is a large and growing number of people young and old who 'think. But he is quite right in insisting on guidance, A locomotive full of high explosive is a fearsome thing unless it has a wise pilot, long experinced on the road. Our college departments of philosophy, ethics and sociology are the chief potential seachlights for reason. But there is soot on the glass. Our light must be brightened less we stumble and fall. c University Staudent. A WORD OF THANKS The staff of "The Gamecock" wishes too thank the Columbia Re cord for the use of several of the cuts used in this paper and for the cast ing several mats of the stereotype machine. "The Gamecock" would not be able lo use many of the pictures that appear in its columns without the kind co operation of both on the Columbia daily papers. Sufficient to say that we are deeply grateful for these courtesies. FRESHMEN The Freshmen at any school need some mlem or token to show that they are iew men. For several years the Fresh nen at Carolina have worn attractive ,ar.net and black caps, and now it has iecome a custom that is rather strictly dhered to. The cap has not always 0een attrActive; the first Freshmen's aps were mebe apologies-wee, tiny, ittle things that set up on the very top 4 a fellow's head and made him feel nore like a dunce than he really was hey were anything bu the correct style. he cap that will be worn this year is riade of good naterial and is made in he latest style-the Varsity style. Cecil W. Scott is selling the caps on he campus; Mimnaugh's Department otore also has a few. - U.S.C. JNIVERSITY BRASS BAND HAS A SPLENDID RECORD The University of South Carolina and for several years was the laughing tock of the student body but the. past ession under the capable directorship f Dean George E. Olson of the School f commerce it began to take its regular lace in the activities of student life. The bally band will be at almost all of ie games after the first few weeks of chpol and will do its utmost to lend pirit and color to the contests. It is oped that arrangements will be made to ccommodate them in the gym during asketball seasofi and naturally enough y the time of horsehide swatting they rill be able to entertain the spectators then the game drags along. Last year the Gamecock Music makers >me few times gave evening concerts on ie campus, they also entertained during igh school week and played at the hester celebration of Washington's irthday and at several entertainments i and around Columbia. Every man who can play an instrument f any description is heartily welcomed ito the organization and any man who annot play but desires to learn and is 'illing to put hard work in practice will e taught free of charge. An, man who wvishes to put in his ap lication for membership may see Di actor Olson at his office in the school fcommerce or Manager S. W. Eichel at is room in East Rutlege. New equipment, both instruments and - niforms, were purchased last season' ad the Carolina band should make a very resentable showling this year. -U.S.C. FILLERS We search for words That rhyme with hills, And write of boot Leggers and stills; We grope for words a'hat rhyme with Spring, Glories sing. We search for words That rhyme with rum; When quips and jokes Re fuse to come, And this we do With no design In poetry Or verse to shine. Our aim is just To pad the volume Of this here most Annoying colyum. --U.s.c. Hattie-''Do you think Nancy is fast ?" Pete-"I bet she's so fast she can rink water out of a sifter.". "As Copeland Goes, So Goes the Fashion' LZARN THE WAY CLOTHING Stylish Clothes for College Men who $'.5.00 to $55.00 want qualky as well as style. HATS The New Shapes and Colors most de $3.50 to $10.00 sired always in stock. FURNISHINGS Manhattan Shirts, Van Heusen Collars Everything That's New Cheney Neckwear, Munsing Underwear Full Dre& Suits Suits Made to 'For Rent Measure Company 1525 Main Street Welcome Carolina! WE WISH TO EXTEND A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL NEW AND OLD CAROLINA MEN. OUR STORE HAS BEEN THE HEAD QUARTERS FOR CAROLINA MEN FOR THE PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS. COME IN AND LET US SEE YOU AGAIN. HOPE .- DAVIS COMPANY LADY AND MAIN PHONE 6213 CLASS RINGS CLASS PINS - WATCH REPAIRING - Our Watch Repairing Department is well-known all over this. section of the country for its efficient and accurate work. We give you the best work at very reasonable prices P. H. Lachicotte & Company - Jewelers - 1424 Main St. Columbia, S. C. COLLEGE MEDALS TROPHY CUPS Welcome University Students -TO BURNETS DRUG STORE DRUGS, DRINKS, CIGARS, STATIONERY - Agents for - Whitman's Candy and Eastman's Kodak Supplies One Block from Campus Phone 3191 Cor. Main and College Sts. Welcome Carolina! RICHLAND DRUG COMPANY 1304 Main St. Phone 5203 WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF TOILET ARTICLES AND DRUG SUNDRIES - Agents for - Maillard's Excellence Candies Eveready Flashlights Waterman and Parker Pens Whiting's Stationery