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i_ Va ro e* PUBLISHED WEEKLY B . THE LITERARY SOCIETIES Terms-$1.50 a Year Entered at Columbia, S. C., postoffice on November 20, 1908 as second class mail matter WEDNESDAY, NOV.26,1924 EDITORIAL STAFF C. Braxton Williams.---....Editor Clyde L. White. ------ Associate Isadore Polier.-------.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. GAMECOCK PRIZES Dean Ball's of fer of two prizes to be awarded annually for the best news and feature stories that appear in the Gamecock during the year should cer tainly stimulate the interest of every student in the Gamecock. Sad to state, the students have not been supporting the Gamecock as strong ly as they should. Too much respon sibility and work has been left to the staff itself because they have had to solicit and edit material for the weekly issue. It is not, however the purpose of this editorial to deal with the inadequa cies of the present system but to speak of Dean Ball's offer. Dean Ball as the head of the School nf Journalism is naturally interested in the walfare of the University news p.aper and has given the paper many valuable suggestions. His classes are contributing largely the men and women who are responsible for the Gamecock. Since there is no official connection be tween the Gamecock and the Journalis tic School, Professor Ball has made his generous offer which is open to any member of the student body. It is to be noted that Dean Ball's of fer was made before the College Press Association met in Greenville last week. At the convention it.was decided to give medals for newspaper stories where here tofore only magazine material has been awarded prizes. These two offers show unmistakeably that the colleges of the state have come to realize the important part that the college newspaper is play ing and is destined to play in campus affairs and the University should con gratulate Dr. Ball on his timely of fer. --U.s.c. STUDENTS MINUS THE STUDENT ATTITUDE P'oremnost among the many species of p)lague which infect our institutions of higher learning is that biped protozoan known as the credit-henter. Even this term is very misleading, for to hunt or dinarily indicates effort, activity and such are far from characteristic features of the animal. Tlhe A.B. Degree is a symbol which represents four years of college work. D)urinmg these four years opportunity for the development of mind and personality is offered in unthinakably concettrated proportions. Here at the university may be found every p)ossible outlet for expression that the soul of man requires. But the uninformed lay man makes the gratuitoes assumption that a man with a diploma is necessarily a superior being and thereby (decreases the importance of real education and through the lowering at1 standards, ren ders its attainment doubly difficult. The number of supposed students who regard education as an unpleasant or at least, an unimnportant sidelinue is becoming alarmingly noticeable. The person who is admittedly getting everything possible out of his college career is an excep tional and almost a mythical beitig. The academic student who "takes" courses without eveni buying a book fails to excite passing comment. There are floods of "cryp-hunters" and other breeds of the shirker and slacker. What about it? It seems about time to sit up and take notice. There are more than eleven hundred now enrolled in the University and this means added responsibility. For, in the absence of an increase in quality, numerical growth spells decay. Mere senseless grinding routine will never create the desirable atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, without which any worthwhile growth is impossible. To produce such ai atmosphere. there must be a new understanding between teacher and strdent. Let us have less of the blind, aimless toiler and more followers of the gleam, less slave driving and more inspiration. There must be more swim iers who seek the shore and less drifters who are ignorant and careless of the verv existence of a shore. -U.S.C. THE SONG OF LIFE Tell me not in mournful numbers Of the Flappee's shingled hair, For the mind is numb with slumbers That' would deign to tarry there. Do not mention for a moment Anything about her dress; Do not act as i f you lament Anything she might suppress. Admitted, true, she rolls her stockings, Even though her dress is short; Men aid old maids find it shocking While all the.girls they find it sport. All of us have critized them in a most unfeeling way For their joy of fashion loving Yes, we've all sure had our say. Sone of the fashions we detested, Some again have made us swear, But the one that infests us Is not amputated hair. Men who claim they're independent, Swear they'll not be "bossed" at all, Not a man who lives can turn them, Yet when fashion calls they fall. rell' me not of modern Flappers, Look around at "modern" men, At this bunch of silly Flippers, What "fish" they are -what think you then ? See they come in long grey trousers With that ungainly "bell-shaped" leg Filthy, dangling, grey, twin dresses-. For it not to rain they beg. Oh, these flapping, drabbling pant'loons That the boys have learned to wear, Horrid twin-skirts joined together, Trailing. dragging ii the rear. Unless, like ladies grand, they lift them, rhat by chance obscures the path. Catching all the mud and gravel, They must real soon have a bath. When it rains I see these Flippers, With those loose, ungainly things, Draw those "bells" high o'er their slip pers, As a lady does her trains. WVell it's really fu~n to watch it, H-ow these silly, foolish boys D)o awvay with grace and comfort Just for fashion-loving joys. lBut they, too, wvill soon be older In the hivouac of Life, And will sing, "Not like dumb cattle, Be a hero in the strife." Old Gold and Black. -U.S.C. ~Exdhag Nemna 3teman TlHE SEWANEE PURPLE writes in its headline: Whole Team in Best form, of season. Backfield fastest seen this year in South Carolina. Washington and Lee University ha! been accorded the honor of being the bcst's of ,the first annu0l Southern Conferenced Cross-Country run which wvill be held in Lexington this coming Saturday. It will be run over the Bru shy Hill course, which is six miles long. - Washingtcn and Lee. Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweighi champion, will address the boxing squad at the varsity Gym during his stay ir Boston, the week of November 17, ac cording to an announcement by manage Morris I. Chaban made at the first meet. ing of the sqifad Wednesday, Octobe ir Werkty rarle SOMETIME * ** * NOT SO long ago * * * * THERE WAS a * .* * * SCHOOL which excelled * * * * ALL THE OTHER * * * * COLLEGES in state * ** * IN ALMOST EVERYTHING * ** * EXCEPT in sports. SOMEHOW * * * * THE LOYAL alumpi * ** * COULDN'T see why they * * * * MUST surrender * * * * THE LAURELS to * * * * ANYONE ELSE. * * * * SOMEWAY * * * * THEY succeeded in * * * * GETTING a man * * * * WHO HAD MADE a name * * * * FOR HIMSELF in * * * * 'HE records of the game. AND with * * * * THE MAN came a * * * * CHANGE OF fortune. * * * * NO longer did * * * * THE ANCIENT rivvls * * * * HUMBLE the great school * * * * IN THE DUST of THE athletic field. * * * * AND ONCE MORE * * * * THERE was joy in * * * * THE HEARTS of * * * * LOYAL SUPPORTERS. * * * * BUT IN this triumph * * * * A BURNING DEFEAT was wont TO LEAVE its sting. AND AMONG the * * * * ALUMNI there were MUMBLINGS AND GRUMBLINGS. STILL the man kept on WITH ALL his ** * ** * HEART and soul. * * * * A DAY CAME when the maa * * * * LEFT THEM to retire * * * * THE GRUMBLERS paused * ** * TO MEASURE the good fortune * * * * ALONG THE bad. * * * * MORE THAN one REGRETTED * * * * THE hasty word OF YESTERDAY. AND ALL men joined in * * * * THAT last farewell WHILE ABOVE the MASTER JUDGE wrote on * ** * ANOTHER page * * ** "WELL DONE." "As Copeland Goes, So Goes the Fashion" I,ARN 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. Pull Dress Suits Cop elan d Suits Made to For Rent Measure Company 1535 Main Street Columbia, S. C. College Styles AUTHENTIC AND CORRECT-NOT IMITATED - Cricket Sweaters in Carolina Colors ......... ........ $3.50 up New Brogue Oxfords ............................. $7.50 up Grey and Blue Flannel Sport Pants ................ $6.50 up Light Grey Two-Pants Suits English Models ... $30 to $35 up FASHION PARK CLOTHIE RS Tuxedos For Rent - This Store Has Been Carolina Headquarters for 17 Years - 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. 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