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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925.
45amrork Opurs
Carolina is to have a summer school in France.
This is a good opportunity for some of our sharks
to. pick :p a Parissiene air.
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But the idea seems to be a successful one or the
larger Universities would not sponsor it. May THE
GAMECOCK venture into this field be full of success.
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'Tis said that radio broadcasting station WSAC
of Clemson College has been heard in Marsailles.
France. These South Carolina colleges have a way
of advertisiong themselves.
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Another new venture, worthy of commendation is
the newly founded South Carolina Academy of
Science, which will hold its first annual meeting here
next month.
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Cries "Wolf" Again
Last week we commented on the disgraceful
ness of pulling the fire alarm. Again Tuesday
it was done. This makes a total of five or six
false alarms turned in this year.
This is not high school; no longer are we kids,
but are grown rational men. Excuse for childish
action there Is none I We heave no right to tax
the state, to make enemies of men who are wil
ling to risk their lives for ours, or to blacken the
reputation of the University by childish actions.
And now its time to stop.
The student body ought to take some action on
this matter. It has gone too far. It is our honest
desire that the culprit he caught, tried, and expelled.
Its up to the students. They must take some step
in this matter or let it be an ugly spot on the repu
tation of our University. Which?
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Misery Has Company
We are not the only college newspaper that is
canEpaigning for a postal sub-station at is insti
ttation of learning. Many of the exchanges we
receive have articles on this pressing need, but in
the reverse of the situation at Carolina these Col
leges and Universities seem about to realize their
want. As an illustration of this we take the lib
erty of reproducing an editorial from "The Cadet"
of V. M. I:
"Machinery has been set in motion which
should give V. M. I. a sub-postoffice. We are
sure the whole Corps will register delight at
'this welcome news, for it has been long wish
ed for, oft desired, sadly needed. A review of
the postal situation would be but to give back
to Cadets information that is already their
own.
"We want a postoiffice and we rate one.
Nearly seven hundre<d officers and cadets will
thereby be efficiently and conviently served.
The losing of mail will be mimimized. No more
will it be necessary to walk a mile to mail a
package or register a letter. It is well known
*that we can't leave barracks at our pleasure
to visit the postoffice.
"The establishment of a postoffice in bar
racks with individual boxes will entail some
expense, but the cost, we trust, will not be pro
hibitive. It will be a progressive step and
an every-day source of Joy. TIHE CADET is
solidly behind the movement and wishes to
lend encouragement: The Corps will bless
the name of the man who gets a postoffice
for them." :1
It is time now for the post office situation at
Carolina to be pushed. Perhaps the benefits will
not be reaped this year but it. is not Impossible
to have an authorized sub-station functioning when
we rte'urn net September. What abo..t r.?
THE OPEN LETTER
From several viewpoints, I want to say a few
words about a condition that exists at Carolina
that is not even tolerated at other schools and
which is doing more to hurt us than any other
one thing.
This is the condition: There are a number of
men here who have attended other schools-and
we are glad to extend a welcome to them with the
sense of fair play that has even been a part of
Carolina-we do not go too far into details as to
why they decided this was a better school for
them to continue their education. Many have the
best of reasons and make good Carolina men-but
there are some who having decided that this was
the best school for them, come here, and, once ad
mitted promptly set about to do all the harm they
can, knock Carolina and boast their old school
they yell for other teams at the games and some
do not even yell at all.
Take the average athlete, he does not know the
names of all the men on the campus but he does
know nearly all by sight. Then put him in a game.
let him make a bad play, the game is slipping,
his pep is going, or luck is breaking wrohg, with
just a casual glance at the stands for just a little
backing and he sees a dozen men he knows by
sight in the sections pulling for the other team
then games are lost because he feels "Oh, well,
the men don't care, they aren't for the team" and
he can't put his best into the game.
Yet these men gloat when Carolina loses to their
school, never thinking that they are keeping Caro
lina from putting forth her best efforts, they are
at best a negative influence.
However, we do get some good men from other
schools who are an asset to Carolina and for these
men we bear the highest esteem, but it is the ones
who are here in body but support Podunk College
in mand and soul that destroy our morale.
If they choose Carolina as the last college to
prepare themselves for life, then why don't they
show it? If it is not the best place for them,
then let them go back where they best will be in
accord with the spirit of the school and not against
it.
I could say more about these men-but what's
the use? I only want to repeat "PULL for CARO
LINA or PULL OUT." "Dick"
- U.S.C.
Glimpses of Carolina History
The two great honors in the old South Caro
lina College were the valedictory and the saluta
tory. Up to 1821 the valedictory was given to
the students who made the highest average in his
studies, known as the "First Honor;" the "Second
Honor" was assigned to the next.highest average,
the holders of which delivered salutatory. For
some unknown reason the order was reserved
after 1821, the salutatory becoming the first honor.
The salutatory was brief, an address of wel
come, and was frequently in Latin, which the au
dience was supposed to understand.
Hon. William C. Preston records in his auto
biography that it had been his observation that the
stand a student took at college was generally that
held by him in after life. This remark is strik
ingly exemplified in the careers of these honor
men. The position a man occupies among his fel
low students is very likely to be repeated.
A word or two about some of the first honor
men. James L. Petigru, 1809 was one of the
most eminent lawyers the state has produced. He
made his own way teaching and tutoring. George
McDuffie, 1813, another boy who had to fight his
way, was governor of South Carolina, United
States Senator, and one of the most noted orators
of the country. Hugh S. Legare, 1814, a rare
scholar, finished orator, attorney-general of the
United States. D. L. Wardlaw, 1816, and F. H.
Wardlaw, 1818, were eminent in the legal profes
sion. Basil Manly, 1821, became a distinguished
leader in the Baptist church. No minister of the
Southern Presbyterian Church ranks higher than
James H. Thornwell, 1831, the prestige at college
of two men of means. - Richard T. Brumby, 1824.
W. J. Rivers, 1841, and E. L. Pa'tton, 1846, all be
came professors in their Alma Mater. C. H. Sim
onton, 1849, was a federal judge at the time of his
death. Jas. H. Rion, 1850, was a leading lawyer
at the South Carolina bar. Joshua H. Hudson,
1852, attained high rank as a judge. He was ano
ther boy who rose from a poor and humble home.
The last first honor man, Thomas M. Logan, was
a brigadter general in the Confederate Army and
afterwards a successful business man in Rich
mondl..
Among the second honor, men were Alexan%ler
Bowie, 1809, a noted law chancellor; John B.
O'Neall, 1812, a distinguished judge; C. G. Memi
nminger, 1819. secretary of treasury for the Con
federate States; Richard Yeadon, 1820, long editor
of one of the state's most influential papers; T. J.
Withers, 1823, an eminent judge; M. L. Bouham,
1834, Governor of South Carolina; C. D. Melton,
1843, a lawyer of high repute and professor of law
in first law school of the University; R. W. Barn
well, 1850, professor in his Alma Mater; J. R.
Chalmers, 1851, brigadier genera: in the Confede
rate Army ; W. E. Boggs, 1859, a distinguished
divine; A. C. Haskell, 1860, a gallorit soldier and
prominent in the politics of South Carolina.
The "first" and "second" honor passed away
with the old college ; but for many years it was
customary to publish and to read at commence
ment the names of the most highly distinguished
students. It would be of interest to know now
these men have stood ... their. late caees
BY..
61ossed CtbsFWord$
It seems that the word that is first in' practi
cally every persons vocabulary now is "Cross
word." These peculiar looking puzzles patterned
after a fa#hIon of the . covering for the modern
bathroom or kitchen have takeh us by storm.
In the hotel lobbies, the "Y," lounging rooms
or for that matter in any gathering place, old men,
young men, old ladies, young ladies, flappers, etc.,
are pondering over one of these crazy quilts call
ed a "cross-word" puale. It has becomo so popu4
lar that instead of the old dictionary, that was In
the beginning used as first aid, a newly Issued
Cross-word Puzzle Dictionary is now .used.
But- has this craze that has such a magnetic
charm on us stopped with the puzzles? Why cer
tainly not. One can gaze out of his room on
campus and his eye will catch something that ap
pears to be a real, living, walking cross-word puz
;Ie, but after observing more closely the "puzzle".
tan be recognized as being one of our modern
up-to-date girls. Her wearing appar6l, as much
as could be seen, will consist of something like
the following: tan sport slippers with cross-word
strings, cross-word puzzle hose, skirt of the same
variety with a puzzle belt, and for the finishing
touches a white waist trimmed in collar and
cuffs to match the afore mentioned accessories.
Hot dog! lead us to it, we want to know what the
next craze will be.
Can You "Parley Voo?"
A conversation between two students was some
thing like this: "I have all of my work off except
a year and a half of language, and really I can't
see why we have to take languages here. "French,
for example, is nonsense-it is not even pronunc
ed like it is spelled.
Spanish is utterly valueless. Who wants to
go to that country of "onions and garlic?" Stu
dents are enticed into taking Spanish by mali
cious persons who picture romatiftic South Ameri
can countries where money grows on trees, and
where black-eyed, olive skinned senoritas await
the bold adventurer from the states. Two or three
weeks in Spanish lecture room is sufficient to
dissipate any such mirage.
And really and truly what good are they? Most
of us will follow in our frther's footsteps. We
will inherit his grocery store and apply some of
our Accounting. We will become doctors, lawyers,
engineers or journalists. And none of these wor
thy professions will we need, "Oui, oui, Mademoi
selle I" "Adios, Senor." These phrases (practi
cally the only ones that stick) will never aid in
amassing the coin.
--U.s.c.
THE WEEKLY ORACLE
The Old Home Town Remarks
On Advance Beach Styles
THE BALMY weather SHIVERED as they
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OF THE last PASSED and
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BRAZENNESS. " HUH o
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TlHE 01LD doctorAN IFte
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SHOOK his IO'
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HEAD in doubt"WL.TElc
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BUT figured that0'rH fol.
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YOUTH must U THNi'
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'WELCOME in the AL Amatro
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