Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE LITERARY .SOCIETIES Terms-$1.50 a Year Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffice on November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,1924 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 Advertising rates will be gladly fur nished on request-Apply to Business Manager. Reporters for This Issue Lee Crocker J. V. Neilson Sara Campbell Celeste Rowlette Marguerite Abel Anna Swindell Arthur Cronwell Isabel Polier T. I. Dowling Fred Minshall Emily Hughes John Pate -U.s.c. TOTHE STUDENTS If You have a bit of news-send it in Or a story that will amuse-send it in If a kodak you possess, Make twelve pictures more or less and Send them in. If a quick sint someone knows, Or a sonty he may compose Send it in. They'll judge how you represent By the things they see in print Send it in. IVhen theY ask about the news, And the stunts, and songs and views, The,' you'll tell 'em They've Gone In U.S.c. GAMECOCK FEATHERS The author of "'"ain't Going to Rain Any More" has played havoc with the weather. "Carolina Submerged in Mutd" should ke a goodl headline. Columbia, again please help us pave our streets. Over a thousand strong and still re cruiting. - Greater Carolina has been realized. now let's make it the Greatest Carolina. Cast your lot with enie of our literary societies; it is impljossible to lose. Rome wvas not built in a day, neither is an orator developed ini a (lay. "Sol" kept a shining countenance on the football field, while the other "sol" has been wveeping. A shock was recorded on the seis momegraph of various colleges last Sat ulrday at 6 o'clock when Wake Forest (Iefeated the University of North Caro lina Our remodeled gymnasoum should sure ly furnish inspiration for another poem. A young tree is easily bent over, so should it be with a freshman. A natural law is the dropping of "W"' out of women. 0 men. Sometimes we are made to accept the following definition of "education," the SUNSHINE Did your eyes open in time on Tues day morning to see the earliest rays of gold streaming over our campus? If i.ot, you missed an exceptionally worthwhile experience. It was as though some master's brush had touched the sombre greys and made them flame with sudden life, and clumps of flowers flashed like jewels against a gown of green velvet. The old president's home ordinarily gloomy and forbidding, seemed to take on a new stateliness enlivened with the fire of youth. The graceful elms and majestic oaks, after patiently enduring an imprecedent ed deluge of rain, burst forth in a beauty which rivaled the fairest spring. Did you catch the biting tang in the air this morning? Did you take deep in to your lungs a draught of the sweet cigar fluid whose power of invigoration surpasses that of sparkling champagne? Did you gaze far out through the crys talline blue of the sky and wonder for a moment why it is not always like this? Whatever way be the scientific rea son why the heavens are often over clouded, there is no doubt that the practical significance of the fact is tre mendous. In lands where there is no rain, the sun grows very monotonous. The need of change and contrasts. is so universally recognized as to scarcely need mention. The adage, "Variety is the spice of life," might well have been. "Change is the substance of life." Health is a stranger to those who have known nothing else. Rest is a comfort to none but the weary. The blessedness of peace can be fully appreciated only by those whose existence has been a constant struggle against physical and ;mental suf fering. Water contains the essence of bliss for the throat-parched desert traveller. A kiss is never so sweet as to a long denied lover. None have tast ed honey and bread save he whose food was swill. And the utmost joys of suc cess are set aside for the dauntless soul toiling painfully up the precipitous moun tain side. So be married and take notice. All unpleasantness and difficulty may he use fIl. -U.S.C. THE LIBRARY It seems to be the custom of the chronic kickers of the campus to utilize the editorial page of the Gamecock as a place to air their greivances. However, since we read our paper some of the .faujts have been correged. II hope that this short comp)laint may reach the of ficial eye--a student) Outside of actual recitation in the classroom much of the wvork of the University students is done in our libra ry. Because of the source-hooks and periodical files which are kept, informa tion is secured there that cannot he ob) tained elsewhere on the campus. W'e are fortunate indeed in having at our disposal such a library collection. Much of the excellent undergraduate and gra4 uate wvork wvhich has been done at Carolina has beein madle p)ossible only because of the abundance of records and reference-books furnished by the library. D)ue to the natural intensity of cam puIs activities the most part of the wvork clone in the library, is clone at night. In the short time between stipper and the closing hour the tables are occupied by students who, for the most part, are busily engaged. Certainly the few an tiquated electric drops which are sus pendled from the ceiling are insufficient to furnish 'he proper amount of light 'for reading. Of course on some of the tables reading lamps have been placed; but sad to state, they serve miostly to throw a glaring light into the face of the reader sitting opposite. On some tauble--and we wonder why the dis crimination-there are not even the lamps. A half of the lights which bang before the alcoves are not burnig an,d the student is compelled to ask the li brarian for assistance in locating a book on the shelf. - Last of all ie descend into the mutrky depths of the undet world-the. basement. Only a few. dim ly burning lights of insufficient candle power and unwisely placed, light the dim region. Of course this is not intended as a blank indictment of the management of the library. Indeed we feel that the li brarian and his assistants are most dili gent and are always ready to lend a helping hand. We know too, and hearti ly appreciate Dr. Melton's earnest at tempt to furnish us with better buildings. All we desire is to call attention to the need-NOW, of scientific rearrangement of the lighting problem in our library. We feel ceitain that the change will be a popular one and a fruitful move. -U.s.c. A FRESHMAN Those who are passing through or those who have already passed through the trying ordeal of freshman life, whether they are separated as to blood relationship or not, have established a touch that makes them kin, indeed. A freshman's life is a manner of life un11 like any part in his previous understand ing. Too, there are those who are wholly freshmen, and there are those who are freshmen only in part. We are partial to the former. This preference is due, no doubt, to the fact that we know them and their problems better, having been one amongst them. He is one who lived part of his life without the bland ishments and artificialities of affecta tion. 'Thie &)ew life elicits a rather uni for response. Those who live in a certain tenement and those fortunate enough to pass with in ear-shot of it heard several nights, through the voice of a freshman's har monica, the language of the human soul That soul had fled the campus and was indulging itself in the scenes and cir cumstances of a spot called home.. No other than a freshman could have achieved the mood which drew that music picture. Deep feelings were find ing expression. He reeled off panora mic views himself, cast down and lost in reverie, but by a creation of the mind sitting at home surrounded by familiar faces, responding to their sympathy and giving of himself to them. An imita tion of Moore would not be quite in desriptive. He is far from the land where he used to roam, And strangers around him are dy ing; But sadhly lie turns from their gaze to thoughts of home, For his heart to that land is hy img. CLASS OF '24 The following Alumini of the Uni,~ versity Class of 1924 and their pre sent situations will be interesting to the students here wvho remember them. Eugene Baker, of Augusta, Ga., is teaching in a high school at Cave Springs, Ga. John Erskine Hankins is a Graduate student andc Instructor in the English D)epartment in the University. Richard E, Broom is practicing law out ini towvn wvith the firm of Colcock and( Colcock. Frank Welbourne is still on the cam pus as Assistant Treasurer. R. W. Baxter is a cashier in the Farmers and Merchants Bank iln his home town Ridgeway. TV. I. Dowling has resumed his work herc in the Science Departmment, and D. A. Gaston is back studying Law. - U.S.c.- - 'The modern girl dIresses simply, knows how to cook, is modest and retiring, and scorns all intoxicating drinks. Need less to say the above quotation is taken from a newspaper published in 1890. - U.S.C.-. Frequently a golf bag on the front porch indicates unpulled weeds in the back yards "As Copeland Goes, So Goes the Pashion" LFARK THE WAY. CLOTHING Stylish Clothes for College Men who $25.00 to $55.00 want quality 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 Dress Suits C opeland Suits Made to For Rent Company Measure 1535 Main Street Columbia, S. C. 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 STUDENTS You will need a good Fountain Pen for your class work. We have them at very reasonable prices. P. H. Lachicotte & Company - Jewelers - 1424 Main St. Columbia, S. C. COLLEGE MEDALS TROPHY CUPS Welcome University Students -TO BURNETT'S 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. McMASTER, Inc. - ATHLETIC GOODS - Corner Sumter and Hampton Sts. Columbia, S. C.