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Mek GAJ4WcocC "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of South Carolina College Press Associatio Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societie Terms--$1.50 a Year - Entered at the Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice o November 20, 1908, as Second-Class Mail Matter NEWS STAFF W. L. T. CROCKER ...................Editor-in-Chie, J. V. NIELSEN, JR..................Associate Editoi W. O. VARN ....................... Associate Editoi ft. S. KING...........................Sports Editoj Miss ORA MAP JACKSON.............Co-Rd Editol ISADORE POLIER.....................Editorial Polic1 FEATURE WRITERS Robert Ingram, Fred Minshall, Jimmy Baldwin am T'helma Lee Horger REPORTERS W. J. Thomas, Harold Hentz, O. L. Warr, W. A Brunson, H. S. Heyman, E. W. LeGette, Elizabet Lindsay, Elizabeth Hardy, Catherine Phillips an< Virginia Doar NEwS ITEMs may be handed in to members of th staff, or phoned to editorial rooms at 907 South Mai Street, Phone number 4109, between the hours c 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and 10 to 11 a.m. o 2:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays. BUSINESS STAFF C. W. ScoTr ..............................Managc J. R. PATX ........--.................Assistan R. B. HILDEBRAND .......................Assistan SAM READY ............................Circulatio FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 Testing the Lawgivers Under the present status of the University' appropriation it will be confronted with the nearl; 'impossible task of caring for any increase in th size of the student body next September. No pro vision has been made thus far to provide increase dormitory space, despite. the fact that the dormi tories are inadequate to care for the present stu dent body. Perhaps if some of the gentlemen of the legi: lature attempted to live and study with three othe room mates in a room designed to accomodate tw men, they would realize the handicaps they ar placing nearly every man at the University. The would appreciate in some measure the fact the are unwisely withholding their support-for mone is well spent when it is fully utilized. And it i impossible not to see that crowded conditions d not make for efficient work. Were the University enrollment not to increas again in Septetnber, and there is every indicatio that it will, the University needs more dormitor space. The University can not be said to func ion correctly unless the students are given prope conditions for study-which the legislature seen *; to overlook in its efforts to "save" money. 1' The problem of housing students at the Uni versity should be solved by scientific procedure -jand not by blind opposition to expenditures fc permanent improvements. Does the legislaturec the state of South Carolina believe that educatio can mark time, and still serve the state? Does believe that the University can continue to r< ceive men and women without constructing buik ings to house then? Does the legislature conceis of South Carolina's educational institutions as de signed to accommodate only a fraction of the cit ' zens prepared for, and desiring advance work The questions rneal the absurdity of paralyzin limitations-but the legislature politely avoids ai swering (or considering) the questions. If the sole purpose of the legislature is to sper1 :so many dollars, and no more-without considel ing the needs of the state of South Carolina-the they waste their time in session. And, as long they refuse to consider South Carolina educatic in the light of its possibilities rather than its prei .ent status, so long will they be designated a bod of short-sighted "sittemen." Exponents of Bunk In The Davidsonian, organ of Davidson College, arises another staunch defender of the hokum and bunkum concerning the first president of the United States. As in a thousand and one other cases the recent editorial of Mr. Rupert Hughes K has been the source of disturbance. And, in nearly a thousand and one other instances, The Davidsonian has attempted to discount the re disclosures-for they are old stuff to historians of the human faults of one George Washington. As a measure of the worth of Mr. Hughes wares, which were displayed in the Red Book, The Gamecock hardly agrees that there is any weight to be attached to the statement, "The ed itorial has met with no favor in the regard of the masses of the people." Certainly The Davidson ian would not expect to find the masses who have learned their history a la Parson Weems favoring the truth-which does not fit in with their already conceived rosy tinted pictures of the man who was "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." And no one, least of all Mr. Hughes, expected to "get anywhere" with his editorial. He probably, If we may credit him with any intelligence, real ized that the reaction of the masses would be es sentially that of The Davidsonian as expressed in - the statement ; "Mr. Hughes will get nowhere with his edit,orial comment because such a character 1 as George Washington is impregnable to the at tack of minds who seek to destroy images and ideals." e To answer the other part of the same state ment Mr. Hughes, or any person acquainted with history would gently remind The Davidsonian r that facts are facts. The North Carolinians grand ly answer all possible arguments and indelibly _ stamp Mr. Hughes and his ilk vile wretches by the statement by which we are to imply that the praises of Washington's associates and the fact r that he was elected to the presidency twice by the t judgement of several million sensible Americans t "should count for something more than any latter day historian who besmirks his work with sug gestions and glosses the weaknesses and foibles that are a part of every human life." The logic of the answer is superb-superbly empty of content. Except for that type of man who nurses his prejudices, and who damns what ever qualifies his beliefs,-with those exceptions Mr. Hughes' rehash of fact should excite no com S ment. In fact the matter has lived this long only because of certain assinine oranizations who go to extreme measures to suppress what is obviously e the truth-and the newspaper man who senses a - good story and seeks to exploit it. d Like The Davidsonian, The Gamecock sees no - great contribution to American history by Mon - sieur Hughes. But The Gamecock is of that opin ion because Mr. Hughes' learned editorial is not learned in the sense that it reveals nothing that has not already been better stated. But The r Gamecock has scant sympathy with the genus 0 Americanus who quivers and quakes because one e of the immortals is mortalized: y The sum total of Mr. Hughes editorial will be y some thousand or more readers of The Red Book y -probably the purpose of the article-and ap proximately one hundred and ten millions of Amer icans who don't give a whoop whether George was 0 a tin angel or a brazen devil. The anti-prohibit ionists will display his drinking proclivities, and the e Puritans will refer to his devotions at Valley Forge n -and both will get nowhere. At the worst some champion boob, for which this country has a tal ent, will advocate the teaching of only "pure history in the public schools and colleges; and the r grand comedy will be repeated for the benefit of s the rest of the world. -USC Waiting for What?i For many weeks that portion of Green Street n upon which the University athletic field fronts ha! it remiainded an eyesore to passers-by. Along th< .fence and in the grassy plots there has accumulate' the discarded papers of football fans-and, unless some notice is taken of the fact, the same trasl e will greet us next September. To put it poetically -if cleanliness is next to godliness, then a certair - portion of Green street in the city of Columbia is ? typical of the nether regions. g S'ome doubt may exist as whether this portion .- of the city streets should be attended to by the city of Columbia or the University. But one thing is certain: that doubt should not allow the dis d graceful condition of this street to continue. Nat - tre has in some measure alleviated this offense tc n the eye-the papers have browned with age (a is sort of protective coloring that has worked toe an well.) -It is to be hoped that the University authorities y .will take what action necessary to treat this por Davidsonian "Logic" A recent editorial by Rupert Hughes, widelb known novelist, in the Red Book, has aroused E tidal wave of hostile critisism throughout thq length and breadth of the United States. Treat, ing as it does of George Washington, a populai hero if there ever was one, this piece of writinj attacks the character of one whom we have como to regard as a sort of patron saint of our country Certainly the editorial has met with no favor ii the regard of the masses of the country. Mr. Hughes, who is somewhat iconoclastic ii his writings, chooses to refer to Washington a a swashbuckling man of the times, who swore ani drank prodigously ; a red-haired ignoramus wh< was a social lion among the dark-eyed ladies o his time. The writer throws aside all the littl traditions that we have come to regard as a par of the history of our country as expressed in it first President. Mr. Hughes will get nowhere with this kind o editorial comment because such a character a George Washington is impregnable to the attack of minds who seek to destroy images and ideali Washington's memory has defied the test of tim because his character was of a firm foundatior No man who experienced such hardships and re verses as he, and kept a clear mind through it al can be accused of shallowness. Washington wa loyal and devoted in times of distress and grand ii time of victory. His manner was that of a chival rous knight and he was never over-bearing. La fayette. when ' he visited this country a numbe of years after the Revolution spoke of Washingto as a man among men. Jefferson and Adams wer of the same opinion. Their judgement with tha of several million sensible Americans who chos him twice for the presidency and wished him t continue in that office, should count for somethin more than any latter-day historian who besmirk his work with suggestions and glosses the weak ness and foibles that are a part of every huma life. Washington had his faults is has everyon else. But we have discerned the towering mai hood in the figure that dominated America durir the early days of the formation of the new coui try. And on his birthday we should stop to col sider the traits of character and the humanness o spirit that has made the name of Geogre WasI ington reowned and loved in every America home.-The Davidsonian. -USC Not a Little Wisdom If I may with impunity violate one of the card inal principles of composition, I shall offer to read ers of the Kernel, especially to student readers, suggestions that seems to me practical, if no practicable. The first is inspired by our 'proximity to tha dread period when students undergo scholasti examinations and instructors attempt with symbol to assess the mental value of the individuals unde their supervision. The arrangement has, for somi time, seemed one sided to me; it throws too mucl burden of proof in one direction and perhaps too much d'ssatisfaction in another. Why may not th< situations be balanced by having the students en couraged to grade members of the faculty, eithe for the use of each department head or for cer tain work in the College of Education? Th -teacher's enthusiasm for his task, his scholarship his felicity in presenting his material, his influenc< might very well be made subjects for evaluation bj the young people wvho listen two or more times tweek without any serious way of passing judge ment upon what they hear. I take it that the average student would wel come the proposed innovation, and that he woul soon be conscious of a mental fillip resulting fror it. He would be more alert in classroom; he woul note errors in English, wandering discussion fror haphazard notes, monotony in ideas and delivery lhe would pounce with glee upon threadbar jokes and pathetic efforts to entertain. When noa he may be bored, he would then be urged to at tefition by the critical zest, and his intellectm machinery would revolve with greater speed. The advantage that would result to the teache is obvious. To know that thirty people are n longer sitting passively and submissively under hi words but are on the "qui vive" for a false tone c a false statement; to realize that getting into a rt -that bogey of all professional men--will sen unfavorable report cards to administrative offices consequently, to strive to make each lecture as at tistic a performance in its way as a recital by Pad erewski-this, I should say, the conscientious an fearless instructor would welcome, Of course,i order that this practice might have any weight th reports would need be turned over to those of flcials of the administration who, with proper can tion, would find them excellent re-enforcement fo their opinions of the instrumental staff.-Kentuck: Kernel. Y.M.C.A BARBER SHOP EXCELLENT, WORK REASONABLE PRICES L. M. MCCARTY, Prop. Your Patronage Appreciated "The House of Quality" Established in 1844 THE R. L. BRYAN COMPANY B Books, Stationery. Printing, Bind ing, Office Furniture & Specialties Columbia. 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