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f/&GA 4coc16 "Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Uember 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 Nxws 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 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. 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 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 Ted Surasky. BUSINESS STAFF C. W. SCOTT ............................Manage, J. R. PA't ............................Assistant R. B. HILDEBRAND ........................Assistant SAM READY ............................Circulation FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926 With the approach of exams, even the highbrows remember their Ki'ing, "Lord, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget !" * . * How wondelful is nature! In a few weeks the quiet boys on the campus will be back as the shieks of the summer school. -USC Pussy-Footers Originating from the student body protests againtcl compulsory chapel are met with significant whispers from the administration. The pussy-footing stand of the University is made to depend upon two points: 1. That chapel is .ueeded to get the students together and foster a spirit of unity, and 2. That the air of sanctity must be preserved lest the backwoods elements rise up and proclaim the University the seat of evil. In answer to the first claim The Gamecock main tains that if the chapel exercises were important and their importance was discernible, the student body Would not have to he corralled with the threat of suspension. The coercion-which it is-can solidify onl:e one opinion: that the Universify is forcing men and w~omen to attend exercises that are not in them selves enough wvorthwhile to cause voluntary response. In regardl to the idea of preserving religious be lief of the studlent body, we wvould remindl the admin istration that they are intruding upon personal affairs andl have no authority, in the highest sense, to compel a man or woman to attend sectarian services. The Colunmbia Record under the heading "Yale Recog nizes Mistakes" make the following comment which is fllghly pertinent to the University or any other institution which continues the practice of "making people go to chutrc--'' Yale Unliversity has abolished compulsory chapel attendance and our belated congratu lations to the great university are not half so kmg delayed as was its consideration of the subject before acting. It may be said in all seriousness that the effort to cram the Christian religion downt the throat of the individual has been its great est drawback. Religion-any sort of religioni --must b)e entirely voluntary on the part of the acceptor, or it is as unreal as would be ai snowstorm in Columbia On July 4th. TIhere is considerable talk of a larger chuap.e s-> that the student body might be accommodlatedl-and The Gamegock heartily endorses the idea of provid ing a place of assembly for the whole student body. We realize that such a building is needed for the different occasions that need and dlemandl the p)res ence of the studeint body as a whole. But if the new building is to be tused as a pen into which the administration could push more students for com pulsory attendance of chapel services The Gaonecock states unalterably that such a system is unjust and unjustifiable-and we see no reason to aggravate the error of the prnt.m Knockin' Off Work For the editor the final "30" brings many realiza tions-of the work still to be done, of the yonger men who suliplant him at the row of typewriters, of the empty feeling when the next week does not usher in the old grind. But another realization compensates for those misgiv:eigs and sends anither editor out to work his way in the business of earning a living. Those left behind will carry on the workr-and ieave it unfinished, for the editor's work is never done. On the campus of the University, as on every other campus, there arises a peculiar element in the student body. It sees discrimination when routine I stories are not played up with the news features of < the week ; there are politicians who see politics in everything; conservatives rant at an editor who i pleases neither them nor the flighty radicals. But I when the hubbub has quieted the paper is seen stead- I ily coming from the press. The Gamecock is not the news-monger of the cantnus nor the mouthpiece of any particular group t or groups. It is the organ expressing and typifying ] the University of South Carolina and the thought of t its thinking men and women regardless of whether they hold official positions or not. When The Game- t cock returns to the place where it was, a conglomera tion of news bits and random thoughts it will then be the glory of the numbskulls who rant of its pres ent sincerity. There will be no retrogression. The University c grows as its students and its standards grow. The I: University of South Carolina cannot grow if her pub.ications slip into decadence. The editors of the future must be conscious of their duty to the Univer sity and set themseives against the littleness of any individual or organization-and publish the fair and I outspoken Gamecock. And now we can say -30 Where Our Money Goes a With the tenacity for which the mud-turtle is a famed, the University clings to anchronisns long a after they have obviously become hinderances to progressive action. One of the most obvious of the defects lies in the distribution of student activi ties fees. Out of the money collected from nearly s fourteen hundred students, a pro rata share goes s to 'the library societies though their combined o membership approximates only two hundred and fifty men and women. In other words the literary a societies are a burden on the students who do not ti care for membership. ti The result of th s hangover from the days when n a majority of the students were members of the literary societies is that the income of these or ganizations increases with the growth of the Uni versity, regardless of whether the societies keep pace or fall behind. In fact it has become the problem of the soc'eties as to how their incomes can be spent......for the benefit of their members (and at the expense of a thousand other students). The Gamecock, which is nominally the product of the literary societies, and in reality the organ--in every sense-of the student body, holds a brief I for no organization. Its criticism is aimed at at taining the best for the University of South Caro lina. And this best, as we see it, is not attainable as long as certain organizations are allowed to squander money. What, may be asked, should be done with th" money. We could point out many deserving places. It is not the purpose of The Gaulecock to settle this question here. Rut the distributionl of the funds i raised by. studen,t activities fee's should be arranqed andl reistribu,tedl by the ,.eeulij'e bom-d before the beginina,g of the ne.rt st/hqol year. A specific example will point out the need a)f immiiediate action--though it is not to be regarded as the sole case to be considered. For the lack of funds The Gaujiecock has been forced I>) skip at least four issues this year. Thel student body has not been given the paper for which it pays be cause fouar organ izationis were giveni eniough monev to leave healthy surpluses in their treasuries-and that money was wrongly takent fronm students whlo did not share the wvork of those organizations. The Carolinian has felt the p)inch of poverty wvhiie literary societies have had more than they fa'rlyI dleservedl or could economically use. The Gamecock is not uinaware of the importanceI of the literary societies to the University. We do think tilat the societies should be supported by ( their members and not by the student body. If the members do not think enough of their organi- 'I zation to keep thenm going, they why should the burden be foistedl on the student body at large, throtugh the medium of studeiit activities fee ? And why must student body i.nstitni:ions suffer for the lack of fumds? It is not to the credhit of the administration >r the executive committee that this strange arrange ment is allowed to continue. Any one could col lect the money, but a sens'ble and enlquiring person is needed to see' that it is wisely spent. Give us that person or persons. -USC The trustees have a man-sized job finding a man to fill a man-sized position at the head of the Uni versity. 'I Not a few students will graduate into the school $ of politics this summer. We wonder how many will flunk in the school of hard knocks. Seniors, Take Stock! Long, long ago-so long ago that the time has )een forgotten-the first editor imitated the first :ommencement speaker. A goodly portion of a :olumn was devoted to bidding the departing sen ors bon voyage "on the sea of life." Such gen !ralizations add nothing to the young student's ppreciation of what lies before him-and in South ,arolina the opportunities are many. Merchants, lawyers, doctors, teachers, farmers, cholars-all pour out this year, as they pour out very year. And the passing years find most of hem indistinguishable from one another as the liplomas they received-only a name points out the lifference. South Carolina slouches along with her nadequate tax laws, incomplete educational sys em, and second-rate ideas because the natural eaders fall into the ranks of the demagogues. Four years at the University of South Carolina vails nothing, if it does not teach men and women o think-to think fairly, honestly, and fearlessly. .ducation will mean nothing to the seniors if it has ot shown them that South Carolina needs men nd women who will speak and write their houghts. Heaven knows, we have enough of the other kind. Yes, each senior must think, or be a loss to the dvancenient of South Carolina. We have natural esources, we are endowed with man-power. From ur colleges and universities must come brain ower. Seniors, can you meet the test? -USC Morals by Legislation ditor of THE GAML[EcoCK Much dissention has arisen lately as to whether tudents should be allowed to play tennis on Sunday n the campus or not. It seems to me that the ruling 'hich prohibits such exercise on Sunday could be mended if not entirely abolished. If it is feared iat the tennis 'laying on Sunday morning will have tendency to keep students away from church I see o reason why students should be compelled to sit izily ardund on Sunday afternoon, telling smutty kes, or (mngaging in card games. Is it fair that every student shall be bound by the ine religious laws? In almost every other way - a tudent is allowed to be guided by his conscience here the campus. The giee club has been allowed the rivilege of practicing on Sunday. Why, then, should student not judge for himself whether it is better spend his Sundays in building up his body or con nuing to fatigue and quite often contaminate his tind ? --Querulous -USC Believe It or Not---Marriage Doesn't Cut the Cost of Living in Two By I. M. 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