Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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%e GA4 ~COC "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of South Carolina College Press Association } Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies Terms--$1.50 a Year Entered at the Columbia, South Carolina Postof fice on November 20, 1908, as Second-Class Mail Matter NEWS STAFF W. L. T. CROCKER...................Editor-in-Chief J. V. NIELSEN, JR................... Associate Editor . W. O. VARN ....................... .Associate Editor . H. S. KING ............................Sports Editor MIss ORA MAE JACKSON .............Co-Ed Editor IsADonE POLER.....................Editorial Policy FEATURE WRITERS Robert Ingram, Fred Minshall, Jimmy Baldwin and Thelma Lee Horger REPORTERS W.. J. Thomas, Harold Hentz, O. L. Warr, W. A. 'Brunson, H. S. Heyman, E. W. LeGette, Elizabeth - Lindsay, Elizabeth Hardy, Catherine Phillips and Virginia Doar News ITms may be handed in to members of the staff, or phoned to editorial rooms at 907 South Main Street, Phone number 4109, between the hours of 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and 10 to 11 a.m. or 2:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays. BUSINESS STAFF C. W. SCOTT ..............................Manager . J. R. PATS ...............-...............Assistant R. B. HILDEBRAND ........................Assistant SAM READY .......................Circulation FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1926 Wanted--Men In the midst of the present discussion in South Carolina of tax problems it will not be amiss for any student of the University to consider the issues. The University, and every other state institution, is vitally concerned with the outcome of the pres ent session of the legislature. Before the adjourn ment of the present session the people will review the work of their lawmakers and judge whether the legislators have treated the questions of taxa tion and education in a way calculated to insure the greatest service to the .date and not to the various interests that are occupied with lobbies. The men and women of the University cannot wisely ignore these events so essential to their school and to fellow citizens. If the student is expected to step out of the class room and take his place as a South Carolinian, he can choose no better time than the present to consider South Carolina problems. Since the legislators~ have convened The State has splendidly devoted its editorial talent to the consideration of the problems of taxation. It ha made available to the man who has not the oppor tunity to dig for the facts, the information nees sary for an honest consideration' of the question. The Gamecock wishes to point out the editvrial columns of The State as a fruitful p)lace for rena.t ing. These recommendations are mtade be.canse TIhe. Gamecock is of the opinion that inteIagei. tax programs (upon which the welfare of the state is dependent) can he a certainty only w.hen the ciii zentry studies the facts-and that 'citizentry" in eluded every man and wvoman at-thec Univers:ty of South Carolina. -USC T he P. C. Pussyfooter For the benefit oi those students whlo enjoy the profound meditations of the mature journalist. The Gamecock reprints in another column the grains of advice so liberally broadcastedl by The ,Blue Stocking of Presbyte:ian College. And for those who have not kept upl wvith the dliscussion. The Gamecock recommendls a review of its edi torial columns of February 19. It will bie possible then to separate the chaff from the grain. The title "The Carolina Narcissus" at once re veals an intimate acquaintance with the classics and a rather empty conception of innenalisi standardt ; both of which are, no doubt, equally cherished by The Blue Stocking. That The Blue Stocking is consistent in .its editorial policy is splendidly borne out by the answer which devotes three fourths of a column to pointing out the puerilities of the editor of The Gamecock, and completes the said column with dishwater-strength justification of editorial censorship. Apparently The Blue Stocking is unable to dis cern the line of demarcation which sets the flower ings of adolescence apart from the contentions of a trained observer. Nor is that organ of "con servative" expression able to understand that a tirade of flub-dubbery and aptly phrased .terms is insufficient answer to the question of the amount of independence that should be granted to the college editor. Instead of argument The Blue stocking proffers a high-grade, high-powered selection of delightfully piquant sarcasm. It may not be amiss, though The Blue Stocking probably thinks otherwise, to examine this con fession of the futility of the newspaper. Among the other compliments not so flattering the editor of The Gamecock is described as: "A journalist of tradition; a journalist heated to steadfast zeal by lambent flame of his idealism; a journalist who still can lift up his voice for free speech in a world frankly under the dominion of the 'powers'." This description serves as the basis of a very logical conclusion: that the editor of The Gamecock is a blabbering adolescent who says "nothing" and cares not what his readers and advertisers think of his paper. These profound declarations are accompained by the reminder that children often need a spank ing, and editors who have become alumni fre quently shed tears when they reflect upon their collegiate indiscreteness. Concerning the proper treatment of children, The Gamecock refers the Blue Stocking to the psychologists-we are not in terested at this particular time with training of children. The Gamecock is concerned with the dissemination of news and the expression of edi. torial opinion and believes that they can be most effectively obtained by independent student action. The bone of contention, in so many words, is whether the college editor can be entrusted with the direction of the college newspapers. The Gamecock, correctly or incorrectly, believes that the organ of the student body should be the voice of the students and not "the voice of the students as the faculty and 'steen thousand alumni think it should be." The Gamecock bases its conclusions on the facts which present themselves every week of the college year-through the exchange list. In too many instances has The Gamecock seen the effects of faculty paternalism, and a pandering to every untrained mind that has finished school and because a prominent figure (in a position that entails no knowledge of the ethics of journalism.) Those instances reveal an editorial page devoted to the perennial 'topics of "College Spirit;" of "Beat XYZ Saturday ;" of "The Campus Beauti ful ;" of any number of subjects which should be written of but which make a rather limited diet for the minds of the students. Those publications set as their editorial standard the articles which are least likely to provoke any discussion-which is in keeping with the idea that the students neither wel come thought, food nor are capable of digesting it without promptly hitting somebody's sore foot with a hammer. (Those same students are ex pected to be the leaders of 'their state when they finish college--butt that will be, so the. "conserva tives" reckon, time enough to indulge in' the fas cination of mental gymnastics.) The word "Conservative" has been placed in (luotation so far because we did not want the healthy meaning of the ternm attached to any newsp)aper which is sunmmed up as noncommital. Conservativec journalism and sane journalism are one andl the samne. The State, in its issue of Tutes day, answered the arguments of certain gentle men who accused it of the indulgence of free ex pression of opinion, by stating in no uncertain terms as its princip)les that "idealism" wnich The Blue Stocking is unable to understand. In that editorial which wvill be honored in the canons of South Carolina journalism, The State declares that the loss of advertisers or the boy .cotting of subscr:bers can not deter Trhe State from maintaining the right to freedom of expres sion. But the Blue Stocking will no dloub)t see a lack of connection between The State and The Game cock--let The Ble Stocking be assured that any newspaper that purposes to do more thanm cover its pages with printers' ink finds its creed in the closing p)aragraph in the editorial of the state: "Writing to the Publisher of The State last summer, Richardl H. Edmonds, veteran editor of the Manufacturers Record, commenting on the declarationi to a threatening boycotter that "The State will continue to serve those most in need oi service, with entire disregard of its own material interests," said : "That statement of yours should be wvritten in letters of gold over every newspaper office in America; then there would be greater confidence in the integrity of all newspeper work." "The statement and the purpose stand uin. chia nged." Well, .well, well I We have found a journalist of tradition; a journalist heate4 to steadtast zeal by the lambent flame of his idealism: a journalist who still can lift up his voice for free spe'ch in a world frankly under the dominion of "the powers;" a journalist capable of "mucih talk" and that about "nothing." For, was it not by " aying nothing" that we found him. Ali, what expedi"nc' is thi.., for Oliscovering hidden lights? If by s-ying; nothing we can 'lic: a bushel off so bright a candle, we are tempted to go on saying nothing to the end of our days. The learned editor of The Gamecock, we take it, recognizes no authority to whom he is answer able. If his subscribers do not like what he prints, let them cancel their subscriptions. If his adver tisers are affronted, let them withdraw their ad vertisements. 0 glorious spirit 1 0 avatar of a day .that is passed in the history of journalism I Let adolescence have its say, unhampered by the withes of expediency. They are not fashioned for youth. Let the yearling bleat his discontent. Ere long he will take his place in the herd; or, perchance, the kindly office of his fate will make him a steer with nothing to beat about. And yet, and yet, one wonders. Can adoles cence be trusted? We have known children who create more or less embarrassing situations by speech too fulsome. And then, we have known older children to whom a typewriter and a galley proof were potent intoxicants. We have known them, seated before the former and reading the latter, to lose a certain perspective and to let things slide that would call only for a spanking in a child too young to use the typewriter. And that raises the question, "How old should a child be before he is admitted to the mysteries of hunt and pick?" But we let it pass...... Already, we have said too much about some thing we did not mean to speak of. What we set out to do was defend our former thesis from the recondite -nslought of The Gamecock. First, we want to make it clear that we did not condemn those students who, fencing with the "powers," found themselves at a disadvantage. Nor did we point a bawlderizing finger at what wis printed in their journals. We simply threw out the suggest ion that perhaps the same editors are answerable in some degree to the alumni of their colleges. Now why did this inspire the erudite Gamecock to "considerable talk?" Are net those alumni called on every. time some campus fund is being raised? Are they not, times out of number, reminded by communications from administration and student body of their responsibilities to the "old school"? Then, if so much is expected of them both by students and administration, should not they have something to say about the rot printed in the college journal? Of course, learned sir, we do not expect you to agree with this. The fumes of the wines which you have sipped sport with your faculties. The heady draft of typewriters and gaily proof is too much for the adolescent intellect. . . . But harking back to the Student-Editor-Alunmm impasse, we say as we turn to something more profitable that the alumnus to whom the college editor owes most is the alumnus he himself one day will be. We have known ex-college men who were very much ashamed of things said and done when they were under-graduates-The Blue Stocking. -USC Stick to Reason Those gentlemen in the state of South Carolina who arc unable to grasp the idea of education, and of the advantages it brings to the man in business, will find a 'avorable authority in Roger Babsen, noted statisticani. From his position of eminen~ce among his mountains of graphs and parabo'as, Mr. Babson ma kes the following pungent comment upon higher education in general: "Prolonging the school years-both by legis lation and custom-is constantly tending to re duce the supply of available labor. Formerly the majority of boys went to work when 14 years of age, andI in my opinion many of them were very much better for so doing; but this age is gradually being extended to 16 years or 18 y'ears. Although the state universities and high schools are ak das tinct handicap, insteadl of hellp, to amany young people; yet the -style now is to send all chilren to high school and as many as poss5ible to sonme state university." The Gamecock would question the conclusions arrived at b)y Mvr. Babson and doubt his ability to produtce statistics which are needed to support his idea. In fact Mr. Babson seems to have abandoned the realm of facts and hazarded a guess. Which is aprop)os of the old saying the "the worl is safest wvhen the workman uses the tools which he under stands." Mr. Bab)son's conception of "labor" seems to hinge ab)out the idea that the world neceds man power-regardless of the opportunities to develop b)rain-power. 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