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&Wt Gamecoc woe PUBLISHED WiEKLY 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, JANUARY 9,1925 EDITORIAL STAFF C. Araxton Williams--....Editor Clyde L. White..------ Associate Isadore Polier.-------Associate Kershaw Walsh, Editorial Writer $. 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 niIcd on request-Apply to Business Manager. WAITING FOR WHAT? Are you sitting on your heels waiting till the Band Wagon has passed? With the Roddey Medal debate disposed of and the Wi'liam and Mary-North Caro lina-South Caroaina deba-te scheduled for the week after Exams the forsenic program of the University will soon be well under way. Following intervals of about a month each will be three other triangular intero4legiate debates and lastly the intra-mural debate between the Clariosophic and Euphradian Socie ties. The question which must present itself to the student who is at all in terested in public speaking must be "who will represent the University in these contests ?4' Of the four triangular debates the first three are open to the student body at large while the fourth-known as the little triangle-is open only to under graduates. This arrangement makes it possible to encourage undergraduate speakers who will have acquired more experince by the close of the school year. Debating at Carolina has been at tempted by only a few men and they are for the most part graduates. These men received their training while un dergraduates at the University. They and others who have graduated found the most valuable preparation in competing against others in the preliminaries for :intercollegiate dlebates. Unfortunately there are at present very few new men trying out for places on the triangles. This condition may be attributed in part natural inertia but in a good part to a' natural hesitancy against competing against men who han made their debating letter. But wvhy? These men made their letter against the same odds. Competion with these men while i-f not bringing immediate success will give you polish, experience, and style that will enable you to worthi ly succeed them. Besides there is no such thing as "scrubs" in debating. If ypou are good and bring it out with practice you can land a berth on the team. The falsest of fallacious reasoning is to wait until the present leaders have gone and then succeed to their posi tions. You are wasting an opportunity to learn from them, you are handicap ping yourself by niot testing your mettle against the best, and oftentimes deny ing yourself a chance to make good now. South Carolina University earned an enviable reputation last year and has always stood high in forensic. She has done so because men have developed themselves by intra-mural competition and preliminaries and then gone forth to conquer the outsiders. The. new blood of the campus should take up 'the fight and try their strength in the forthcoming debates. DR E. W. SIKES We believe that the selection of Dr. E. W. Sikes for the presidency of Clem son' is well justified and gladly wel come him into the company of state col leges. The undergraduate thinks first of the intercollegiate relationships rather than of curricula, administration and ex pansion (however fundamental these may be), and we are sure that under him a wholesome and friendly rivalry will be maintained. The other departments of the school whose affairs he is to ad minister will not receive less attention. Dr. Sikes' lines have fallen particular ly in the field of the academic, which is a sphere quite distinct from that creat ed by the demands of the industrial era in which we live; but we believe that he is bringing to Clemson a definite con tribution. If the same business admin istration so efficient in its operation, if the the magnification of the practical arts, if the virtue of ability and train ing in the utilities-if these phases are to be extended as well as supplemented by a corresponding enhancment of other divions in the coklege affairs-then Dr. Sikes is to speed Clemson on its mission to the state. Clemson is in her formative years. Her ultimate wellrounded development Ye Scribe In Weekly Oracle Delv of the "We (By I. OF LATE * * * * I'VE heard so much * * * * OF THAT LATIN or * * * * YIDDISH phrase of * * * * "CHERCHEZ LA FEMME" * * * * THAT after spending many * * * * WEARY HOURS in * * * * CONSIDERING the matter. * * * * AFTER many days * * * * OF FRUITLESS contemplation * * * * OF the mysteries * * * * OF THE SEX * * * * I was filled with despair * * * * OF EVER solving * * * * TrHE eternal feminine. * * * * SO IN DESPERATION * * * * I repaired to * * * * TrHE HAUNTS of the * * * * CAM PUS philosopher. * * * * I found him * * * * BURIED IN HIS books * * * * PONDERING over THE p)roblems which vex * * * * THIS WEARY world. * * * * IN answer to * * * * MY QUESTION the sage * * * * DID not at first deign * * * * TO REPLY * * * * WHEN at last * * * * HEB BRUSHED back his * * * * WAYWARD LOCKS and HELD FORTH for MANY minutes I rushed FROM HIS room MY head spliting from is an aim, and we believe that Dr. Sikes is bringing to her just that skill that will further her progress 'and multiply her benefits to the people which she deserves. - All men are made of common clay I But we are not; All men are false we gladly say; But we are not. We're weak and young, Pure through and through. And petting parties will never do, You may surmise we're kidding you, But we are not. All men break moral laws - But we do not. They're full 'o bunk, and little flaws; But we are not. A midnight ride we wouldn't dare, Perhaps they wouldn't treat us square You'd think from this it isn't fair, And it is not. They wish for times we all must know; And, so do we, You'd think from this that we are best, And it may be so until a test. All men are full of Bull, and, yes, So are we. The Mississippian Fowl Affair es Into the Mystery aker Sex" WI.P.) MIGHTY WORDS of SIX syllables. (THEREUPON I hied -myself TO THE infirmary. AFTER swallowing much UNPLEASANT medicine which DID RELIEVE me of MY headache I found my knowledge HAD NOT been increased. WITH THOUGHTS of suicide * * * * PLAYING hide-and-seek AMOUNG MY brain-cells I chanced to meet A TEA-HOUND who did willingly COMMENT upon the * ** * MAIDENS passing by. * * ** CAME a lass tripping past * * * * SHE WAS a bit, pleasing TO the eye MY COMPANION said, "SHE'S SOME pippin but OH how dumb I" ANOTHER MISS we all knew TO BE THERE with THE grey matter. BUT THE sheik dismissed her WITH, "THAT face?" * * * *. AT last we saw THE BELLE-comely and clever. THE drugstore-cowboy sighed, "BOY SHE'S the berries, but HELL she knows it." THEY SAY I swonend. "As Copelad Goes, So Goes the Fashion" UARN tE WAY CLOTIING Stylish Clothes for College Men who $25.00 to $55.00 want qualiky as welt as style. HATS The New Shapes and Colors most do, $3.50 to $10.00 sired always in stock. FURNISHINGS Manhattan Shirts, Van Heusen Collars Everything That's New Cheney Neckwear, Munsing Underwear. Pul Dress Suits Copeland Suis Mae o Por Rent Meare Company 1535 Main Street Columbia, S. C. College Styles AUPHENTIC AND CORRECT-NOT IMITATRD 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 $35 up FASHION PARiK CLOTHIERS Tuxedos For Rent - Thiv Store Has Been Carolina Headquarters for 17 Years - HOPE - DAVIS COMPANY LADY AND MAIN PHONE 6213 CLASS RINGS CLAS$ 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 r at very reasonable prices P. H. Lachicotte & Company -Jewelers - 1424 Main St. Columbia, S. C. COLLEGE MEDALS TROPHY CUPS J. J. Welcome University Students -TO- F F< BU RNETTI7S DRUG Sr TORE7 - Agents for - P Whitman's Candy and Eastman's Kodak Supplies FcP One Block from Campus Phone 3191 Cor. Main and College Sts. Fe in ,n bia wil dn of Ithi its I McMASTER, Inc. face: --ATHLETIC GOODS-- field laye direc Corner Sumter and Hampton Sta-. Columbia, S. C h'