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bfember 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 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 o 3 to 6 p.m. on Wedinesday, and 10 to 11 a.m. o 2:30 to 5 p.m on Thursdays. NEWS STAFF' W. L. T. CROCKER..................Editor-in-Chiel J. V. NIELSEN, JR.................. Associate Editor W . O. VARN ....................... .Associate Editor H. S. KING...........................Sports Editor Miss ORA MAE JACKSON.............Co-Ed Editor ISADORE POLIER.....................Editorial Policy FEATURE WRITERS Robert Ingram, Fred Minshall, Jimmy Baldwin and T'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 "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" BUSINESS STAFF C. W . Scor ..............................M anage J. R. PATE ............................Assistanl R. B. HILDEBRAND ........................A ssistant SAM READY ............................Circulation FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1926 What Do You Think? Although the constitution that conmes uj for vote next week is not a polished propo sition, and is not a perfect instrument for the conduct of student body affairs, it dcoe, represent a vital piece of legislation. What ever its structural defects, they are more than offset by the ideas which have been incorporated. It is an important step in the history of the University, and The Game cock sees the new constitution as a props sition designed to, and capable of eliminat ing the haphazard and twiddle-dee student body meetings that have become the long standing farce. In contrast to the constitution that was hurriedly thrown together and accepted last year, the new proposition has vitalizin features. It proposes t strengthen the honor pinciplde andl to organize the stuii dlent b ody so that ordinary bustinessC can lhe attendled to withoutt dlelav. Of the various miotionis mnadle duing thew prelliima ry dIiscussin. one allo w s every student willibe able to otfer a coillateral p)ropiosi t ion for ainy of thle articles ori see - tion sub)mitted byv the co nstitut ional com-if miittee. No mor'ie prudent and sound a de-. cision could1( have been made. To the stu dlent body' at large an oportunity is otferedI tomorrow andl Mlnday m1orning to move a p)rop)osit ion changing or removing any pairt of the constitution offered by the'commit tee. When the finial vote is taken the stut dent b)ody will vot on the committee lan andl the collateral prop)ositions mnade in the studlent body meetings. Every mnan and wvomani at the Unuiver sity is allowved to advance his ideas. If ther are sanctioned by the student body meet ings, they are hlandlled as though they came from the committee. The man or woman wvho does not attend these meeting. of the stud(ent body can not in fairness maintain that he has been forced to vote "yes'' or "no0" up~on the p)rop)ositions. Every student is invited to the open forum to exp)ress his ideas. If he is either too lazy or lacks courage to appear before the student body with his plan, then he has forfeited his right to growl. The committee has made clear its stan(l:- the acepnnce or. r..:c..o: of the constitution is not their. brief ; the constitution will be satisfactory only if the student freely accepts it whether in the same form as the committee submits, or niot. It is certain that the constition will.be satisfactory to no one if the students who oppose any of the final ballot resort to "Button-hole" politics. The place of voting is not a place for politics ; the men and women casting their vete, come to signify their decision based upon calm considera tion. Aspiring politicians would be render ing the student body a great favor by mak ing themselves conspicuous by their absence on voting day. And the committee w-,hich has charge of the voting would be within the bounds of good taste and vise action by reminding any would-be political bosses that they are hardly needed in order that the student body may make up its mind. STUDEINT COUNCIL ELLC'ION VIS ST'P The provision for the election of student council should do much to eliminate student body meeting with ten or eleven students, without any provision for representative action. For the last six months, The Game cock has decried the state of the student body, its lifelessness, its general disorgani zation. The Gamecock believes that the suggested council is a sensible recognition of the fact that routine business can best be attended to by representatives-who are representative of every element of the stu dent body. The Gamecock has no sympathy for those individuals who see in the student council an aristocracy which can run rough shod over the student body. Such state ments fall flat in the light of facts ; the stu dent body participates in the election of the member of the council. The opponents of such a plan would more c rrectly state that they are opposed to havii,g the student body routine business handle d by leaders--what they wvant is the prese'it system which is no system at all. and hes proven itself a fail tire. HONOR COMMITTEI? RE-ORGANIZATION No other duty and responsibility resting upon the student council aproaches in im portance the nomination of the members of the honor committee. They remove the nominating power from the separate class organization-and give to the student body, as a unit the final selection. Whereupon, the die-hards will rant of centralization of nommating ponwer, of the corrupting in fluence of friendships. These arguments. like those opposing the idea of a student council, are based upon a poor concepti In ofq democratic organiza tion. The council making the n(intii1atioins is a representative body-representative leaders. They are responsible for the abil ity" of the men ain women nominated fr the 11o nor commiinitteec. TXo dubt their lhon estyv and sincerety to such a (legree as toI favor the conltinutanlce of the present system i I favor the selection by classes. F-or io long alredy have members of thme honor committee been chosen chiefly lupo n thme basis (If those (defects wvhich somle woulId at tribute to the council. Honor coim mittee electins are now tacked on to class elect ions andl regarded, unfortunately, in the category of politics. T1he new p)lanl is to have honor committees nominated by a council colncernied n~ot wvith politics butt with service., SUM MARY "'le Gamecock (does not p)retend to (de fend the particular rules of the constitu tion. The student body must dlecide for it self. But no paper representing the thought of the campus could fail to endorse the ideas imcorp)oratedl in the new constitution. Any man wvho has wvatched the course of the sttudent body affairs for two, three, or fou. years, can not but heartily welcome a plan whlich furnishes a backbone for a hitherto sp)ineless student body government. -USC Mussolini 'nsists on having his nose in every' thing that goes on in Italy--even to shooting scrapes. * * * IWhat's in a color. In Italy they wear black shirts; in America, white sheets. Do, Your Bit ! At no other time during the ,year does the University establish such itnportant contacts with the pick of the high school students as it does during the annual high school week. More than two hundred girls and boys come to Columbia next week as guests of the University of the State-and return to their homes with a definite im pression of the students, the professors, and the school which has been their hosts. It is, therefore, incumbent upon every student to receive the visitors in such a fashion as to have them realize that they are welcome, that the University, every part of it, wishes their stay most enjoyable. To not a few of the student body, high school week is a gala occasion-when a friend from the some town is a guest. But whether or not one's home town is repre sented, or from what high school the boy and girl come, every student of the Univer sity should make them feel at hotme. Every year certain members of the fac ulty have urged their classes to show the visitors about the campus, tell them of the work done by the different departments of the University, in other words have them feel that the University is not interested in the state in the abstract sense but in men and women. The advice of those professors sums up what should be the attitude of the student body. High school students are future college students. If they like the University, we are frank enough to say that we want them here. -USC What A bout It Juniors? Agitation was begun sometime ago about the an nual Junior-Senior Banquet, and various committees were appointed to start work on preliminary plans. The two committees, I believe, were Finance and Plans, and both have begun work. At a meeting of the class, the Plans Committee gave several ideas for the affair, and the Finance Committee went to work on a financial pledge cam paign. The purpose of the cyass is to make it a Junior for Senior affair, but the response by the members to the approach of those on the committee has not been such as to warrant the handling of it in this way. After a period of about three weeks a meeting was called to hear the report of the Finance Com mittee and to suggest some other plans, but about a dozen out of a class of around two hundred came over to the Law building after chapel. Even if the faculty or dean will not co-operate with class officials by excusing juniors from chapel attendance one day, there was a reasonable amount of time after chapei exercises. What is the matter with the Class of 1927? Are they not loyal enough, and interested enough to put across what is one of the greatest mile posts in their college career? Are they going to fall down on their greatest job? What can he done to stimulate this interest? Many will probably say that they have not been aproached by members of the committees, but why wait on committees? If the class is in earnest and wants the annual affTair bad enough, the individual me:nb)ers wih htint the men in charge and pledge their financial support. 'What does the committee have to work for wvithi the class showing stuch little hel p init uinyi it a*cross! At present it is hut a great mystery to be solved, and it Sist) to tis to go through with the affair. Class meetings will he often and something definitely nmust bei decided. Conme oun 'juniors and give the mon in charge your suIppocrt! -A1 Junior -USC Watch Our Dust ! Liior of T H E GA MEcoc K When the negro janitors of the dlormitories tie towels over their noses to swYeep) the rooms, they (10 it not because they have stuch a keen sense of health preservation or because one minute particle of dlust by set,tling in their delicate nostrils would cause thtem the extreme annoyance of turning redl and the still further embarrassment of a sneeze. The janitors could hardly stand the deluge of whuir/ers were it not for some sort of a mask. Those who (10 not wear one are careful to let rest in peace those fituffy beds of microbes which lie aroted corners and under tables. Should one of our broom pushers walk in a room scattering (lust-down a rustic freshman would proba bly faint in despair thinking that the janitor had become insane on the subject of dust and was scat tering more. Hardly, though, for there are few country schools which are unacqtuainted with this article for cleanliness. Some of the rooms have had no oil since last stummer. 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