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. "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies Terms--$.50 a Year Entered at the Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice 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 ISADORE POLleR......................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 ITEMS 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 I 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 ..............................Managcr J. R. PAT ...............................Assistant R. B. HILDEBRAND ........................A ssistant SAM READY ............................Circulation FRIDAY, MARCI-H 19, 1926 The Bad Penny Without exception no measure as im portant has been sought by the student body as the proposed revision of the con. stitution and the honor system at Carolina. No question merits prior consideraiton; and upon the realization of the importance of any action the committee will have to depend. If their proposals represent the opinions of three minds or a relatively small proportion of the student hody, their suggestion, even if adopted, cannot have the wholesone v;tality necessary to aid power and life. According to the announcement of the chairman of the committee. Mr. Mills, a set of p)roposedl changes in organization of the student body, p)ersonnel and penalties of the honor system will b)e p)rintedl in the next issue of The G'amecock. Tlhe comumittee will offer dlefinite p)lanls andl rely upon studlent bod(y opinion to modify andl correct the sugges tions. For this purpose a qjuestionaire will be issued. In the opinion of Thme GJamecock, the ap pointment of the constitutional committee is a step in the right direction. But it will never learn to walk unless it is given the support of the student body. If agitation is any sign of interest, the series of letters that appeared in "TPhe Forum" showed that many of the stu dents are not satisfied with the workings of the honor system. Those students, and the ones who disagree with them, are honorably bound to give expression to their opinion of the proposals. The Gamecock has pointed out the dis graceful neglect in the matter of student body meet.ings. A plan which would settle this (question andl substitute a council to handle the routine business would be most welcome. T[he time has come when discussion must be crys talized into definite and specific proposals. That is the duty of the committee. The great er responsibility rest upon every sudent: to C'est Fini "The Pining Echo" of the Presbyterian Blue Stocking closes the recent controversy over the matter of editorial freedom in the field of college journalism. And like The Blue Stocking, The Gamecock has appreciated the frank and direct manner in which the discussion has proceeded. May there be others. The Gamecock, however, has not sought to es tablish the final word in editorial policies .nor bludgeon any opposition. The purpose of the con troversy was, from the outset, to stimulate ex pression of editorial principles. The Blue Stock ing was recognized as being a paper that would take up its side and hold forth against our attacks upon its ideals. It has conducted itself well. But it can be only disappointing that the news papers of the other colleges of the state have not had enough gumption to come out and state their opinion on the question of editorial freedom. For a large number this lack of interest can be ex plained. The faculty supervisors of those colleges probably thought the subject too dangerous to be handled by the duly elected editors, and the facul ty had no desire to enter a discussion that might shear away some of their sacred power. And stu dents (lid not relish the idea of withstanding the administrative bloc. The lack of response has demonstrated the point reiterated so many times in The Gamecock "where there is on freedom of thought and ex pression there is usually no thinking and conse quently nothing to be said." The. Gamecock wel comes The Blue Stocking as a brother-in-arms, un afraid to think and to say. But it is lamentable that the band is so small. The test for member ship is not conviction, but the courage to express those convictions. May the tribe increase. -USC The Old, Old Story This week they are dumping clay on that por tion of Sumter street that borders on the campus for, as the old quib goes, "where the pavement ends, the University begins." For many years the city of Columbia has been dumping clay and sand on Sumter street-and during the year the stu dents and professors of the University have been liberally dosed with dust and mud. And still they dump. The Gamecock wonders how many dollars the city of Columbia has dumped on the streets around the University; and how many dollars they have spent trying to keep those streets in decent shape. Any system of efficiency would call for a careful estimate of the comparative costs of maintenance of the present streets and paved ones. As conditions are today and have been, the city of Columbia is allowing some of her busiest streets to remain in a condition ill befitting a one horse town. Despite this fact the city seems bent on advertising its attraction to the world at large as "The City Unlimited." But it will be noticed that they do not mention Sumter, Pendleton, Bull, and Green streets along the University property. Yes, they boast of the University-it costs them nothing. -USC I Came, I Saw, I Was Con quered--But I Don't Care By I. M. P. FOR eas go I A M living. I ,EFT BUT today * * * ..* HTOME and folks I HAD a * * * ..* lIEHIND to conquer IURTHDAY and TlHE WORLD and SO)MIEONE sent mec EL'ECT1 myself king. A GIFT with * *. * * * THREE YEARS ago A A beain .** TrHREE~ WORDS I dlecidedl the * * , * * * T'H AT'S all. TASK would be * * * * * * I'VE decided that A LONG one. * * ** THE WORLD AND two years*** * * * CAN bother with itself * * * SINCE have passed ASFRa *. ** And the worldTCA . Remains unconquered AND that is I* * * * * * AND dosen't even WH-ATl the world KNOW that mwmIIEm logao Reported Missing Exactly one month after time, the Carolinian makes its appearance before 'the student body for their regular perusal or non-committal reception. As usual, many will begin to ridicule, including members of the faculty. All the time the editor will be running about frantically searching for mat erial to start the next issue. What's the trouble? Where does the fault lie? Certainly not with the editors because they cannot get out the issue by themselves. Absolutely no interest is shown, and the contributor sits around and waits for several personal calls before he con descends to turn over some material that has been written for months. Is that the right attitude? Instead of having. to search for material, the editors should be swamped with it so the selection would be the hardest job. In a school this size, one of the lead ing literary centers of the state, it ought to be in cumbent upon the students to take enough pride in the school to send in their attempts, however feeble. - U.S.C. - "The Pining Echo" "Said Oscar Wilde, "Manners before Morals." And so we take this opportunity to thank the editor of The Gamecock for copying our editorials on the subject of freedom of the College press. We ap preciate the courtesy shown us by the gentleman in the capital city. It is a great privilege for the "uncouth swain" to brave the "contentions of a trained observer." Thank you, Mr. Gamecock Editor. It is hardly profitable for the unlettered youth to pipe to the trained dictator of the capital city policies. As a matter of fact, however, there is nothing more delightful than a friendly tourna ment through the columns of the newspaper with public opinion awarding the laurel wreath. The exchange of ideas is invigorating and beneficial, and we should like to see more of it between col leges. In the last editorial, the Editor of The Game cock made one statement which we at once ap plaud and relish: " . . . Those publications set as their editorial standard the articles which are least likely to provoke any discussion-which is in keep ing 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." Certainly, The Blue Stocking cannot be included in this category. It is evident that the writer of the matter quoted above has been granted a sweeping apocalypse into the status of affairs in college psychology. May The Game cock's hen-pecked toe heal with undue celerity. If in the future the editor of The Gamecock is ambitious for contention, let us hope that we may once more become "the man whom the King de lighteth to honor."-The Blue Stocking. -USC Southern Hospitality Editor, The Gamecock. Unfortunately, Southern hospitality is rapidly becoming a memory. With the passing of the old plantations and the slowly moving life of .ormer days, this commendable feature is !ecoming an element to be talked of ..nd i .h'ed for one which is in practice dlisappearing. College manners and practices deLpend largeiy up)on those of the people from wvhich the institu tions of learning draw their annual recruits. There fore the hospitality of students has also declined in recent years, and the sign of "'Welcome" has beeni gradually removed from the gates of our educa tional institutions. Fortunate indeed is the school which has retained this sign and which can truly boast that its guests go away with the feeling of having beenm among gentlemen-using the word in its true sense. P. C. is .one of the few colleges which yet possesses the (desiredI and the ability to imake its visitors "feel at home." Tw'~o members of the stu dent body were recently given the opp)ortunity of partaking of the P. C. spirit of welcome and their treatment there should not go without thanks and praise. By the menmb)er of the so-called intelligentsia who is swelledl up with the "mightier than thou" attitude andl by those few p)oor specimens of hui mnanity wvho feel themselves above experiencing conm:non emotions, su:ch treatment might not be a ppreciated. But to the average intelligent man--and there is a vast dlifference between an intellectual and an intelligent man-the glad hand mneanis something. P. C. gives the hand of welcome' and thereafter occupies a warm place in the hearts of those who have beeni so fortunate as to visit the college at Clinton. Such hospitality may not pay in dollars and cents, but it does pay, a hundredfold, in the feeling of gratitude 'which it creates in the hearts of those who experience It. Since relv. 0". T Warr. 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 Books, Stationery. Printing, Bind ing, Office Furniture & Specialties Columbia. 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