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Ae Ga coc1 "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" (enber of South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies Terms-$1.50 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 If. S. KING...........................Sports Editor Miss ORA MAE JACKSON.............Co-Ed Editor ISADORE POLIER.....................Editorial Policy FEATURE WRITERS Robert Ingram, Fred Minshall, Jimmy Baldwin and 'helma 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 ITEUs 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 ..............................Manager J. R. PATE ...............................Assistant R. B. HILDEBRAND ........................Assistant SAM READY ............................Circulation FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926 Not an Alibi In regard, at least, to the editorial captioned, "The Old, Old Story," some students who disagree with the stand taken by The Gamecock upon the continual dumping of dirt and clay on the street around the campus are not willing to express their opinion in The Forum. They at once relinquish the opportunity offered to put their opinions before the students who have read the editorial, but they put the editor at a disadvantage in answering their argu ments-for he must endeavor to state their side as accurately as they would have put it. However, the sum total of the arguments against the repeated refusal by the city of Columbia to pave the streets arotud the campus may be summarized. The city of Columbia, so it is said by one student who has spoken to Mayor Coleman, refuses to pave these streets because the state refuses to pay its share as property owner. Therefore, it is argued that Columbia should not pave the streets. An investigatio of the arguments for paving wvill serve to showv how much truth their is in the accusation that The Gamecock is ignorant of the facts. If the statement h)ad b)een madle that the city of Columbia was bound in a legal sense to pave the streets around the University, that statement would have revealed an astonishing ignorance. But the presumption that the argument wvas based upon those premises is a naive interpretation by the ob jectors. and hardly justified by the editorial. The Gamecock believes that the city of Columbia should pave the streets around the University eveni though the legislature refuses to contribute to the cost. The city of Cohumbia annually derives a source of income from the administrative expenses of the University, any construction that is undertaken, and the expenditures of the students. In return the city of Columbia has given the University nothing, instead it, harps upon its legal rights and assumes the role of a martyr. It is not a hard role to assume since there is no expense attached. Columbia is a decided contrast to Athens, Georgia wvhich has repeatedly aided the University of Geor gia. The Georgians wvho do not advertise as "The City Unlimited" have quite different ideas of the worth of a state institution of learning within its lirnits. But no, the city of Columbia goes on with its booklets telling the world at large that it is the educational center of the state hut forbearing to mention that it is doing nothing to aid those institu tions. The pavng program is adlvancedl as a sign of progressiveness but the streets around the University of tihe State of South Carolina are always either fogged i dust or clogged with mud The postion of The Gamecock is that Columbia is benefitting from an institution that costs her nothing -and refuses to help that institution because it does not have to. If that is the spirit of progressiveness -lead us hence. Demands Your Aid Whether or not the students of the Uni versity are capable of other things than talk will be most clearly indicated by the response to the report of the constitutional committee. The discussion which has last ed at least four years and which provoked no little agitation last semester has finally culminated in the appointment of a com mittee; and that committee has shown that it is capable of scientific study of campus problems. But the recommendations of the committee, or of any committee, will come to naught if the student body fails to ex press its opinions upon the suggested chan ges in the constitution. At the outset the committee has chosen the correct approach to the problem. There is no attempt to railroad any legislation by means of a student body meeting attended by only a few men and women. The report shows that the committee wishes the parti cipation of every student in the discussion and the adoption of constitutional changes. More, a means is provided whereby the opinion of every man and woman at the University will influence the committee in its proposals. This, in the opinion of The Gamecock, is the correct procedure for in troducing any changes in the constitution. In the past there have been too many hybrid committees, which offer plans to the students-to be accepted or rejected. But the present committee is suggesting possi ble proposals and asking the students to express support or opposition to particular ideas in order that the committee may offer for acceptance or rejection modifications that are salient propositions. Now that the student body is served by a committee which acts unhurriedly and in a manner cal culated to secure representative action, the student body should stand by the committee and see something definitely accomplished. By stating the specific questions which will be submitted to the student body next week, the committee is affording the stu dent the opportunity of calmly thinking out his stand. There is no wish for hasty action-and the report of the committee is printed for the purpose of showing the students what their representatives favor. The reason that the committee is consid ering certain propositions is outlined, and on those questions upon which the students have not already expressed any opinions, the committee has gone only so far as to request an expression. The Gamecock heartily endorses the com mittee in the way in which it has proceeded. The student body should feel that they are equal participants in selecting the changes necessary to foster a constitution which will at once vitalize the student body and p)rovidle for more commlendlahle conduct in the future. The committee is necessary only to bring these matters before the stu (lent body1) andl formulate the legjislation favored b)y the studlent b)ody. The com mittee has shown that it is appreciative of its duties, and( the least that every man and wvoman can (10 is to co-operate. The man or woman wvho dloes not share in considering the recommendations of the committee is a shirker. And the student wvho has always complained that something is wrong and now refuses to coop)erate wvith ( he committee in its work is either a nit-wvit or an emp)ty talker. That type is certainly mn a small minority at the University, and there is every reason to believe that the studenit body is on the broad highroad to constructive legislation in revising the con stitution. -USC Second the Motion Thle following editorila from Thue Tfar Heel ',f the University of North Carolina by its application andl content are seconded by Thue Gamecock: "Still this dloesn't mean that we symp)athize with the gink that walks across the grass from the mere pleasure of doing so. We have here-the kind that'll walk dowvn the grassy borders just because the cus. "Dr. Coker has appealed to the student body for cooperation in improving the looks of the campus. Wheni the renzovation of South B3uilding is completed, the construction work that has kept the central part of the campus in a state of scenic turmoil ever since the present colee generation setit fiee on tis sacred soil, will come to end. "Now, according to Dr. Coker, work can be be gun that will count. And he has not been satisfied with the mere saying of it, but walks have been laid out along the Avenue, grass has been planted and shrubs are being set out in front of Oad East and Old West. The walks, until all the gravel has been swallowed up by the mud, will at least be dry, the bushes are real onery, and the grass, we feel sure, will have the proper tint of green. Here's our vote of confidence in the work being done by Dr. Coker and it is with a cheerful heart that we pass his call for cooperation on to the students. "As to the ugly trails, the only cure we know for them is to catch substitute walks. Students, with thirty seconds to catch a class under a tempestuous eight-thirty professor, aren't likely to be halted bs a two inch blade of grass when a six foot board fence wouldzi't be able to hold them back. In other ways, a straight line is the quickest way to get to a class on time and some of the ugly trails on the campus might serve as valuable cues as to where walks would be most serviceable. tomary thing to do is to use the walks. They're the same folks that deposit their private chewing gum where it will become a fixture on the bottom of their fricad's favorite shoes. These are the students, we suppose, that Dr. Coker desires to rally around and make possible a campus beautiful-for the e : joyment of others, in case they care not for such a thing themselves." -USC Do the Sensible Thing Another improvement at Carolina that has been constantly demanded by the student body is secured in some measure through the provision for fireproof additions to the library. The Gamecock has stressed the wisdom of such action in order- that the valuable contents of the library might be protected against fire, and that the library system might be more effi ciently arranged. If the administration preserves the antiquated system of alcoves that permit every student to have access to the books, it will fail to remedy one of the defects of the present system. Books should be handled by the librarians-it is the business of the student to study and read those books and not waste time looking them up. It is the duty of the adminis tration to provide against theft and "borrowing" and this must be done for the protection of the library and the students. This is not intended in any sense as premature criticism but is offered as a suggestion from the standpoint of the student body. If the money ex pended by the legislature is not made to yield the most efficient returns, it is not properly used. And to be used efficiently, that money should provide for the discard of the present system of managing the library-even if the course in library methods thereby become relegated to limbo. -USC It Is a Very, Very Wise Fool Who Knows His Own Foolishness By I. M. P. I don't know * * * * * * THE philosophers WHAT to make of ' _ __ _.HAVE said that COLLEGE EDITORS * * * WHO are constantly *. LOW-RATING the I Ewt * ** * STUDENT who comes LATDSRS * * ** FROM his dear old HTte h ** * * ALMA MATER with AVRG stdn ONLY A record for KO Sntigo AVERAGE PHLSPH u **** ACHIEVEMENTS NIHRde I don't knowv,TH avrgedt. ** * * YOU see,* WHETHER the editor * * * * KNOWS why S~we h TIHE student chooses EIOSbcm * ** * THE easiest way OR WHETHERMEICEFOR 'ITHE editor is IGI n * * *DELR ththe AS WISE as HE THINKS AERGT * * * HETIE.pPhiHA soper Y.M,C.A BARBER SHOP EXCELI,FNT, WORK REASONABLE PRICES L. M. MCCARTY, Prop. Your Patronage Appreciated la fi C "The House of Quality" Established in 1844 THE R. L. 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