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AGA 4Cc "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" blember 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 Naws ITaus 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. NEWS STAFF W. L. T. CRoC ...................Rditor-is-Ckuf J. V. Ni.LslN, JR..............A.... Associate Editor W. O. VARN .......................Associate Editor H. S. KING...........................Sports Editor Miss OaA MAX JACKSON .............Co-Ed Editor ISaDORE POtIER.....................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 Ted Surasky. BUSINESS STAFF C. W . SCOTr ..T . .........................Jb a ger J. R. PAYS ...............................Assistant R. B. HItDEIRAND ........................Assistant SAM RZADr .............................Circolation FRIDAY, APR11, 30, 1926 William Davis Melton For the education of South Carolina, William Davis Melton has dedicated to the state his capacities and his understanding. At the head of the university of the state he has worked for his institution and for every insti tution which trains future citizens. I His work has taken his health. but he has gone, a sick man, to the legislative halls: told of the needs of his people, won support for the state insti tutions for higher learning, and reminded the legislators of duty to young men and women. As The Gamecock goes to the press, it learns that )r. Melton is critically ill at his home.. For the students and faculty of the University we express the hope that the presi dent will recover speedily. \We have knlow, him as an executive who has perfected the dii (icult organization of a university ; we have seen his ideas materialize with the extenstion of the work done at Carol inta and realized the breadlth of the mnan who alpprteciated and tamgh: others the ever greater ser.vice oif the Uniiver hity to the state. Every man and woman at the IUiversity has enjoyied a f riendship with a man with sympathy and interest: a greater ti-i bunte we can pay no man. -USC One Thing D)one Well A fter the hatle, a wvordl must be said for the fighters. .\ndh although the hallot on the new constitution dlid not evidenice any sudden burst of student interest in impo rtant matters, the result was indicative of sound judgement. 1I 1400 votes had been cast, instead of a little over two hundred, the same constitution might have been adopted-but it would have been startedl with a stronger hold( on the student * body. Any instrument by which men and womuien are to be governed should he accep)tedl or rejectedl by an expression of choice--and( * not by a self-satisfied attitude which lets the (others do0 the voting. * Out of the string of amendments and col lateral propositions thlat were tacked on the halhlot, five survived. They may be regarded as all indlication of the way thle windl blows sinlce amlendments were offered to those sections utpon which there was difference of opinion. mined to reserve to the student body and classes a part of the powers centered by the original draft, in the student council. She Gaecock ieels that it has been a wise step to adopt those amendments, not that they have insured the students against an oligarchy,. but because they nave caused eachi man and woman to feel his importance. The Gamecock doubts whether the classes. wil. add to the nom inations made by the student eouncil for the honor counittee; nor does it think that the council would have ever refused to call stu dent body meetings, whenever they were needed, or squash worthwhile amendments be fore they could be considered by the student body. But with these bugaboos dispelled, every student is another's equal in the student body. Now, as a wise-cracker put it, "the stu dent council will have the authority to draw up resolutions, send flowers and charter spec ial trains," not a great deal to attend to, but it is certain now that resolutions and flowers will be sent and special trains chartered with out some jackass rising to hold the floor for tell minutes on the grand traditions of Caro line. Every student body meeting called for unimportant business has destroyed student interest-and the council should see that their luties are promptly filled. The original draft of the constitution was designed to prevent the calling of unnecessary meetings and the rail r4 tading of any legislation. The students willed t otherwise ; and The Gamecock hopes that the privileges taken from the council will not be abused and the constitution, as a result, weak ened as an instrument solidifying the student body. Apropos of the rejection of the amendment defining the testimony which must he o13ere'l the honor committee to justify conviction. The Gamccck thinks the stand of the student body has expressed its confidence in the sin :erity and wisdom of their representatives. The students. by their viiie, show that the" >lieve the hunor committee competent judges of what is. and what is not suTicient evidence -and have avoided any future attempt upon technical and word-de fining battles. The decisiont to allow n(el m re thati a majority vote to find an offender guilty is nut as great a departure from the former systemt as it seems at first glance. Next year the honor t comlmittee will have eleven members and should all sit upon a trial, seven votes will he neces sarv to convict ; should eight, the miniimum, six votes will be necessarY to tind1l an offend er guilty. At present five of the six ncmlers (4lf I he three commit tees can return a verdict o uilty ). \t least as manyi votes now will be necessary andl tl student is inl all justice given an un<qualified right of appeal to the stud(ei >i Idy- -a securit y which should he denied no nU11. Coneerilii iwo (ther sectitIls of the ciol. st iti tio as adoi pted. The Gamencock is of the~ 'Ipinlion'i thati; no eriou(ii s cionhs(I eteces (d eende.' 1 )eiiial o'f the po~'wetr of t he president of the studletnt b'ody to app)loinit stud(enlts to fill vacatn cies occurinig ini thle ho ni'r commitiit tee in1sures lie stud(enit body against any one sitting ini ju gemient withou t 1beinig electedl 1y thle st udem~ b ody---tho ugh TIhe' Gamcck hardly thinks the plresident of the student body would hiave 1pervertedl a right asked, in order that eleven stud(ets sIhould( always serve on evr cae Il'ossibly the loudest IhowIs of disaipproi v.i and the heartiest whoops oIf satisfaction wvi!! heI~ concerne litwit h thle pro'vision' foIr thle electioni of Mlay <Iien-who. in the future, will comeul friom the juiior1 or seniior~ class. Those5 vot ing. oni the 1prevailinig side claim that the new ru! - ing will add( greater hiono(r to the position whlile the defeatists maint aitn that seniority is no mark ''f greater plebclritud(e. .\t thle risk of puItlling thle hleavenus upon the heads (If the pae The',, Game1o*'ck (leclares that the greatest dIii ferenice, is that between twid(le-dutm and twid dIhe-dlee, ando as it happetis, the ayes have it. As Will Rogers ptts it. "\\'hat the co'llege muan needs is nlarrower- trousers andl broader minds." Vanity Fair fitnds tnothing in Ahbie's Irish Rose htt mawkish sentiment. Some of tus are unable to find anything hut futile elaborations Finish the Job ! In another column 01 tins page The Game cock prints a letter from two students who pre cipitated the discussion of the honor system. They point out that the honor system in the new constitution provides only for the punish ment of offenders and not for the inculeation of principles of honor. They state their argu ments, which may be summed up in their own words: "All suggestions thus far officially discussed are superficial and do not touch the root of the problem. Con structive rather than destructive measures are necessary for character building........" The "superficial" provisions which the student body adopted, The Gamecock does not bIelieve were intended hv the committee to be ther than machinery for meting out punish lent. The committee realized as do tlhe writers of the communication that a change in the canteen and anl orientation course must :ome from the faculty. And in the midst of ldopting a new constitution the committee did lot think it prudent to propose any definite lan ifr lightening the penalty on freshmen. The (a;iecock. as an organ constantly in 1uch with the students realizes the need for lore than a single "college night" to carry a freshman over the chasm between high school 111d university principles. In the draft drawn .tp b1v the constitutional committee, provision .as made for freshmen assembly in Chapel for the first six Saturdays of each term. The nleetings were to be class meetings and not -hapel meetings-attendance was to be colrp >ulsory. Professors, coaches, prominent stu lents and alumni were to speak (rather talk) it the first five meetings, and at the sixth meet ng, class officers were to be elected. That provision was lost in printin the con titultional proposals and in confusion of the iext two weeks overlooked. The lettei from dlessrs. Warr and Bull brings this and other deas to the attention of the student body. Phe .((mecock will welcome expressions of pinions from the students. If they wish ictioln to be taken this year, they must talk he <question over, send in their letters, and de nand action. There is no need to bemoan the ack of a complete constitution-get out and et the parts needed to complete it. --USC 'I'he formula for writing a best-seller is !0 vrite a mediocrity and have is sup: essed by mny of the obliging anti-something society. -USC The Forum TllE FORUiM welcomes all signed commuieations (your name need not appear in THE GAMECOCK) expressing nIunnn on strdent affairs. A department established as a ei aring house for ideas. Address your letters to the EITOR-IN-CHIEF. THE GAMECOCK Speak Up ! .dlitor of Thel Gamecock: No mat ter how perfect t he const itution or the >rganization of the H-onor Conunittee may be, the tono4r Systemi cannmot lbe enforced umntil a higher evel of honor is inst :lled into the students of the niiversitv. All suggestions thuns far officially discussed are uiperficial, and( dto not touch the root of the prob emi. (Const ructive rather thani destructive meas res are niecessary for character building, and three urhl measures which have been adlvancedl merit le considleration of the studlent buody and of tihe acuity. Thie eanteeni shouild lbe coniverted into an ionior store in ordIer to instill hiabits Sof honior inito tudt(ents. afTording t hem the opportunity of prac icing in everyday life what is needed in the class Thie puenalty of expulsion for conviction of hleat ing should niot be appliedl to freshmen. Men hiouldl not be expelled until they have had time o read just their high school habiits. There shouldl be an orientation course for reshmuen, for the purpose of helping them~ to ad uist themselves to college life and duties. The carryinig out of twvo of these rests wvith the actuty, the other with the studenits.. If action is to be taken, it should be taken im uediately in ordler that these measures may be uut into force by Septemiber. Sincerely, 0. L. Warr, H. B. 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