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.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1925
Gamecock Spurs
The Secretary of State has ordered an investi
gation of the "red" edition of the Sunday State.
When he discovers that it was "Rhode Island"
he'll probably refuse to talk for publication.
* * *
Now that Uncle Sam has checked up Florida,
there will be a lot of people checking out.
* * *
Chicken tissue may live 12 years, but most of
us wish that Thanksgiving turkey would last
longer.
* * *
Wonder if they have divorces in Switzerland.
Safety matches were first invented there.
* * *
We're!due to get a meteoric shower next Mon
day. Hot stuff.
* * *
Peggy Joyce has returned tot America still mar
ried to Count de Moreland. The question is shall
we marvel or re-Joyce.
* * *
One thing bothers us-if women always disa
gree with their husbands, how does any one get
elected in this country.
* * *
Speaking of family affairs-the governor of
Texas still seems to obey her husband.
* * *
"Child mnherits sins of parents"-headline.
And the government refuses to abolish the tax.
Inheritance tax.
* * 9
Better results would come if less criticism were
aimed at our "bum" army, and more at our "rum"
army.
* * *
There is only one decent play in New York,
according to the Play Co.er. Gothanm is probably
in for a heavy theatre season.
* * *
"One touch of nature makes -the whole worldl
Lcn," but one touch of cold weather makes us all
haul out our woolens.
At last we know what is meant by the rum-ble
of the sea.
* * *
If the strike continues it will be hard to get
any soft coal.
* * *
"Red" Grange will probably make Florida his
home. The ice-carring season is longest there.
What is so rare as a band in tune.
* * *
The good citizens of Texas protest that the
state is not as wild as it is "picmturd"
The Wrong Attitude
Poor sportsmanship can be shown on occasions
other than athletic contests. An exhibition of this
lack of proper spirit has made necessary a ruling
that no student shall be admitted to athletic c9n
ests unless he can show an athletic ticket. Mr.
Driver's position on the question has been com
mendably open-minded.
At sonic time or other, most of us have forgot
ton to bring an athletic ticket along, or in some
instances, we have misplaced it. Upon explaining
the situation to the gate-keeper, we were admitted.
In the past Mr. Driver has allowed ,for such cir
cumstances. But in this matter, as in all other
a few students have taken advantage of reason
able treatment. The result is that the student
body must be subject to stricter treatment.
Those students who loaned or sold their ath
letic tickets to outsiders, probably did not realize
that they were doing positive harm to the athletic
association. In their eyes the association was a
body always, strangely, in good financial condit
ions. Therefore, any opportunity for the student
to raise a little extra cash was an all gain and no
loss proposition.
The workings of the minds of these students
could result only in a false conclusion, for it was
based upon an erroneous premise. The athletic
association of the University is not miraculously
provided with funds. It finances its activities by
the sale of tickets and by three dollors received
out of each student's activities fee. Beyond these
the association has no other sources of income. If
either of these means of securing funds is deterred,
the association suffers correspondingly.
Every student who gave or sold an athletic tick
et to an outsider committed two offenses. First,
he was giving something that was not his to give,
for the three dollars paid for the ticket is not a
mneasure of its value, it is a special privilege to
University men and women. It can not be trans
lered. Second, every outsider who buys an ath
letic ticket is lost to the association a paying cus
tomer, and if the practice became common, it
would inevitably cause such financial embarass
ment to the athletic association as to cramp its
work. Think twice before you act.
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Making "Safety Week" Safe
Few people stop to think that wars reap but
a fraction of the toll that is the result of human
carelessness. To them it is unbelievable that auto
mobile accidents in the United States take more
lives each year than we lost in twelve months of
fighting in the World war. Because of this in
ability to grasp the seriousness of the traffic pro
blem, most citizens let it go unheeded.
The urge to outdo the other fellow on the road,
the impulse to "open her up", the willingness to
take a chance,--all go into the make-up of an auto
maniac. To hin, the momentary deviation from
common sense is of no consequence and will save
a precious moment. This gaming spirit is costly
we enjoy it at the expense of 91,000 fatalities on
the streets and highways of the United States.
But if the ordinary driver was accused of being
a fool, his blood would rise at the injustice of the
statement. But a few minutes later, he will aban
don caution to maintain his "rights" on the high
way. This ordinary citizen is prob)ably the back
hone of the automobile menace. He will remain
the same until he is brought to realize that Safety
Week is aimed at him.
Troday is the fifth (lay of the week set aside by
the governor of South Carolina for "Street and
Highway Safety Week." University men and
women should well realize that they are included
in the proclamation. They drive automobiles, and,
what is more important, will in a few years make
tip the thinking citizentry of South Carolina. Now
is the time when they must begin to appreciate
the gravity of conditions if they are ever to become
ridded of' the auto-mania.
When the surge of youth calls for action, when
the purr of the motor seduces youth to wish for
the roar,--then, stop and think, think hard. Fools
should pause to consider that others' lives are en
dangered!. And, if he is a strong-headed ass lhe
should remember that even if there is one born
every minut,e they can't compete with Henry
Ford.
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"P~essimism is the light of a soul lost in the
wilderness of particulars" says Dr. Frank Cran'.
Still, the pessimists we have met are not particular
what they grumble about.
* * *
President Coolidge will speak again on "The
state of the Nations." The state of mind of his
audience will (determine how much they recognize
as his speech of two years ago.
* * *
Ar.other sage offers council. "If you have a
bunch of opinions shake well, before using." Otur
guess, is .that he is a retired druggist, or, perhaps,
a hula-hula artist.
We Are Thankful
Yesterday the nation bowed its head in thanks
to the Almighty for His many blessings. Ameri
cans have much to be thankful for. The bouhti
ful gifts of nature have been so inexhaustible that
even the second-rate politicans of the land have
not been able to efface them. Human kindness
and tolerance have for another year attempted
the advances of demagoguery and biogotry that
seek to sap the life of the country. Yea, we have
much to be thankful for.
Our position in the forefront of international
affairs can scarcely be attributed to the ability of
our public men. At best our infiurence on the
world is less than half it might be. In the ad
vancement of the cause of world peace we have
destroyed opportunity after opportunity to place
relationships between men and nations on a higher
plane. Our big business interests have succeeded
time after time in squelching progressive legis
lation. And still we remain the greatest nation on
earth. Surely, November 26, 1924 should be a day
of thanksgiving.
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The Forum
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name need not appear in THE GAMECOCK) expressing
opinion on student affairs. A department established
as a clearing house for ideas. Address your letters to the
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. THE GAMECOCK
Comment From Old Grad
To the Editor of THE GAMECOCK:
Willingness or reluctance of students to report
a fellow student for cheating on an examination
turns, must turn, wholly and exactly upon the
gravity which theyi attach to the offence.
In my time, it woVld never occured to a student
to report anotheb for stealing one or two of Dr.
Joynes' or Dr. Patton's broilers, but a student
caught picking the pockets of a professor though
the sum taken were a dime or a quarter, would
have been expelled, by the students, before an
other sunset.
In the public opinion of the college, cheating
on examination was classed with pocket-picking,
or with stealing money or chothes from a student's
room, rather than with an occasional roost-robbing
escapade.
The cheater on examination was looked upon
as stealing a thing of substantial value from col
lege. He was taking what he had not earned, ap
propriating it to himself in a sneaking, lying thiev
ing way, and taking, thereby, an infamous advan
tage of his fellow students who honestly earned
the marks and honors they got.
Three or four times, in my undergraduate
years, students were detected stealing or cheating
and, before the clay passed, they were expelled
from the campus.
College public opinion scarcely distinguished
between larceny and cheating on examination.
The question is one of college public opinion.
If that opinion holds cheating the disgraceful thing
that it is, that an examination cheater is not to be
tolerated as an associate of honest men and gen
tlemen, the guilty will be reported and punished
just as they wvould be for rifling a bureau drawer
of a pair of gold sleeve buttons.
I have not the slightest notion that the Uni
versity public opinion is unhealthy or that the lhon
or system is in serious danger, but the agitation of
the subject in The Gamecock wilt do good, and
gentlemen writing about it are doing service to the
University.
Now and then these subjects have to be stirred.
Eternal vigilance is the price of honor as well as
of liberty.
Old Grad.
Columbia, S. C.
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"Gentlemanly Conduct"
Editor, the Gamecock:
At a recent election of class officers by the
freshmen, they were given a taste of "Carolina"
spirit. Which means that they were showered
with books by the upper-classmnen. 'rhese hood
lums, or, jackasses, if you please, thereby repeated
the performance of last year's election.
It must be something of a disappointment to
a freshman to see men of the book-throwing type
turned out by the University.
Such action is not only a reflection on the
childish intellects of the participants, but also on
the student body which approves by silence. I do
not think that this conclusion is far-fetched. This
is not the first time upper-classmen have resorted
to such assinine practices.
Sincerely,
A sophomore.
CAROLINIANA
(By Scriberlerus.)
But fosone of'those periodic student
rebellions, Dr. Robert W. Gibbs would
have received his Bachelor's degree in
1827 or '28. He was perhaps* the most
versatile of South Carolina Collegians
who ever lived in Columbia, or else.
where. He was the editor of Gibbs' in.
valuable "Documentary History of
South Carolina in three series, the
author of a life of DeVeaux the artist;
of a semi-professional book,"Cuba for
Invalids'; of many articles in medical
journals, and several monographs on
Geology. He conducted a printing
house; edited and published a news.
paper; owned and superintended a cot.
ton mill; practiced medicine and taught
Geology at South Carolina College; was
a lover and collector of manuscripts and
paintings.
His picture gallery, library, and coins
were destroyed in the sacking of Colum.
bia by the army under General Sherman
"The most barbarous act of a barbarous
march;" as Whitlaw Reid called it.
Surely that "house beautiful", full of
art treasures might have been spared;
for even,
"The great Emathian conquer bid
spare
The house of Pindarus, when temple
and tower
Went to the ground."
Fortunately, Mrs. Amy Childs has
prepared, as a thesis for the Master's
degree, a thorough and scholarly study
of this distinguished Carolinian's life,
and if the University's bulletin commit.
teemen know a good thing when they
see it, they will put it in enduring form.
In 1828, in his sixteenth year, May.
nard Davis Richardson entered the jun
ior class and graduated in due course.
Soon after his graduation, he estab.
lished the Southern Whig, a union par
ty newspaper, to fight nullification in
the Sumter district. He died, a victim
of consumption, within! two years. His
friend, William Gilmore Sims, published
in 1833, "The Remains of Richardson,
with a Memoir of his life." They have
much of the cocksureness of youth; but
happily turned sentences abound, and
here and there are pieces of invective
which would indicate unusual merl
power, a capacity for reasoning and a
lively fancy;-rich in promise of what
might have been.
Prof. Daniel Reed, and those who love
the stage may be interested to learn that
Maynard Richardson wrote and won a
prize poem, "Adopted to the new Open
ing of the New Temple of Thespis in
Columbia, in the Year of Our Lord
1829." "Mr. De Camp" established this
first (?) theatre in Columbia, and con
ducted a "Dramatic Corps" (stock comn
panly) here for several years. Who this
protagonist of the drama in Columbia
wvas, and where he went, no one seems
to knowv. DeCamps, the accomplished
editor of the Gaffney Ledger, knows
nothing about him.
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WHAT NEXT ?
We people are now living in the age
of fads and crazes. No sooner than
one fad or craze has been put away
another is ready to take it place. For
instance, we take the p)uzzles, the cross
word variety. From puzzles, the black
and white blocks went to hose, fromn
hose to clothes and no sooner had they
gotten there they were gone and the
cross-wvordl blocks were seen no more.
By chance, we shall endeavor to dis
cuss the dress of the "modern girl."
Last year milady's dress was long and
gracefully dropped abou,t 'her ankles,
but alas. this year it is tight fitting and
stops somewhere about the knee.
Not satisfied with this one Boston
flapper has decided to add a little more
spice to tile fads. Just below her "roll
tops" is a piece of ribbon and on it is
pointed the familiar slogan used by
autists--"If you can read this you are
too dlarn close.'' Gee I but we wonder
what's next