Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AeCA pcoc 'Best College Newspaper in South Caroline Member of South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societi.!s Terms--$1.50 a Year Entered at the Columbia, South CarolIa Postoffice on November 20, 1908, as Second-Class Mail Matter News Items may be handed in to members of the staff. NEWS STAFF W. J. T oIMAs, JR....................Editor-in-Chief BRUCE W. WHITE...................Associate Editor W. A. BRUNSON.....................Associate Editor H. H. Hs rTz..........................News Editor ED BALLENGER.........................Sports Editor WHITNEY THARIN.................Managing Editor ORA MAE JACKSON....................Co-Ed Editor O. L. WARR.............................."Y" Editor MARGUERITE JOHNSON........Associate Co-ed Editor H. W. LINK.................................Humor REPORTERS W. W. Anderson, Kenneth Grimsley, Thomas Wofford, Sydney Heyman, Ted Surasky, Elizabeth Lindsay, Catherine Phillips, Abe Krawchech, Bob Ingram, H. S. King, E. W. LeGette. BUSINESS STAFF J. R. PATE.................................Manager M. C. W ILLIAMS...........................Circulation TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1926 The Honor System Our Honor Principle is a peculiar institu tion. There is nothing iron bound about it It is offered to every student who enters the University; to accept or reject. If a mar wishes to build his character properly he has the opportunity. If not he may violate our principle and all we ask is that he leave our school. We want only men of honor here. We will do everything in our power to make such men. A man who is honest in what he is doing, though wrong, is to be preferred to the one who is right but not honest. Below are several interpretations of the Honor Principle. Read them and then con sider yourself. Acting President Baker The I-ionor Principle as it exists at the Uni versity of South Carolina differs from the Honor System adopted in many colleges of the country in that it is not a scheme devised merely for preventing students from cheating on ex aminations. That truth and honor should always prevail in the relations of students with one another and with the institution has been a cherished ideal ever since the foundation of the Univer sity. To maintain this noble heritaget intact is an obligation assumed by every man and woman identified with the University. Leonard T. Baker Acting-President of the University. Student Body President For many years Carolina has had an honor system of which she has boasted and felt proud. It was founded by honest conscientious students who felt that it would better the University anid every person connected with it. Theirs was the idea that all men are honest at heart and that they will keep straight if left alone. They felt that a man should be held responsible for his own conduct and for the actions of those ab)out him. With this thought in mindl our p)resent H-onor System was evolved. In the be ginning it took in all forms and all ph: ses of student life; not merely classroom work. A student was then expected to be gentleman or woman in the truest sense of the word, no mat ter where he or she might be. We do have a precious trad.ition in our H-onot System, we should create a feeling of individual responsibility. Cecil W. Scott Pres. Student Body. Dr. Josiah Morse Honor is to character what the foundation is to a building. Therefore, if a man's honor is not firm and four-square his character-build ing may tumble down on him any day and crush him beneath the ruins. Especially is this true if the building is tall and large. A young man who has high hopes and ambitions (and every intelligent young man has them of course) can not possibly be too careful to see that no bad or imperfect material enters into the laying of his foundation. Every thought, every act counts. It cannot be safely covered up or disregarded. The moral is: whenever we lie, cheat, de ceive, or steal by far the greatest damage done is to ourselves, to our own character-buildings. Josiah Morse. Y.M.C.A. Secretary In every community are one or two men who can borrow money without the usual collateral. The banker calls them a good moral risk and loans them money on the collateral of their integrity. A study of men of this kind show that their "Honor" was not the development of a day, nor are they that way "because it pays," but because this attitude toward life is an essential part of their character. A cardinal point in educational psychology is "We learn to do that which we do" and an ancient maxim says that "small straws show which way the wind blows." The application of these ideas to our present attitude toward "Honor" as students is evident. R. G. Bell. Clariosophic President The fact that the man-or woman across the aisle has no honor is no excuse for one's following in his or her tracks. Nor is the severity-some prefer to call it the unfairness-of a quiz or .n exam an an alibi for dishonesty. There is NO defense for cheating! Failure to report a dishonest offender denotes a shirking of one's duty, of a duty must be performed if the honor system is to remain alive and if every student is to receive a square deal. With a new Honor Committee, elected in a new way, the old plea of improbable conviction cannot be reasonably accepted. The honor system is worth nothing if cheating is allowed to continue. -0. L. Warr. - u.s.c. - Societies Get Too Much Pork barrels are fine, (for those who are in a position to grab) but at the same time it is unfair for those whoq do not get 'a hold. Now the literary societies are growing rich on account of 'a hang-over from many years ago, when practically every man on the cam pus was a member of one of the societies. Now, with an enrollment of over 1,400, the literary societies are getting a pro rata share from the student activities fee, and not ov'er 250 men imake up the membership of bo0th. The results of this hang-over from the time when a majority of the students wvere members of the literary societies, is that the income of the organizations increase with the growth of the University, regardless of wvhether the societies keep pace or fall be hind. In fact, it has become the problem of the societies as to how their incomes can be sp)ent--for the benenit of their members, (and at the expense of a thousand other students.) T1he Gamecock, wvhich is nominally the organ of the two societies, and, in reality, of the student body, holds a brief for no or ganization. its criticism is aimed at attain ing the best possible for the University of South Carolina. Next, the curious ones will ask, "what then should be (lone wvith the money?" Many p)laces could be pointed out, deserving ones --it is not the Gamecock's duty to point these out, but it is the duty of the executive board to redistribute these funds in a better manner. For the lack of funds, buth the Game cock and the Carolinian had to skip several issues last year. The student body has not been given the things it has paid for because four organizationns on the c..m... ...... given enough money last year to have a good sum left over-none of which was turned back over to the University. . Literary societies are good organizations, but the specialized clubs have taken their place to a great degree. The other organi zations are supported by the membership, so why not the literary societies? WHY PICK ON THE STUDENT BODY? - U.S.C. - Are We Civilized ? Is South Carolina civilized? This question might well be asked after what occurred at Aiken last week. A gang of from 30 to 150 men broke open the jail and took three negroes out and murdered them. What of the fact that Demon, Clarence, and Bertha Lowman were charged with the murder of sheriff Henry H. Howard in April 1925? Did not the court declare that one was not guilty? Were not the others yet to be tried? Is a man guilty before being proved so? Are we to accept the decisions of our courts only when their verdicts please us? If this be so, why not abolish justice? That masked mob not only riddled with bul lets the wretched bodies of three miserable pris orens; they stained with blood the honor of South Carolina. They stifled justice and cru :i fied the rights of citizenship. South Carolina sunk back several rounds on her hard climb to ward education and democracy. A citizen's first right is the privilege of fair trial before jury of his peers. This is the law we, as citizens of South Carolina, are pledged to support. Because a band of misguided men think the law has miscarried in one case out of one hundred, they have flouted the justice which in the other 99 cases protects them, and their wives and chilgfren from mob violence, pill age, and rapine. Even if the Lowmans were guilty of the murder of one man. Of how many murders are those men who composed the mob guilty? They broke the. law. Why should anyone obey it? The state alone has the power to kill. This is one of the evidences of civilization to which we, so-called enlightened, nations point with pride when we strive to teach our backward brethren. The Aiken mob can not claim the excuse of hot-headed excitement. That the attack was preconcerted is evidenced by. the fact that who ever cut the power line giving light to the jail, had studied it out. Even the manager of the power plant did not know the right line offhand. Men were observed removing license plates from their automobiles in the afternoon. That these men had time to think is shown by the fact that they wore masks. We, who looked upon Tennessee as a de luded sister, when the Dayton trial was going on, shall have to turn the lamp upon ourselves. A blot has been placed on our state's honor which shall tarnish it for many a year. Aiken will be known as a dark corner in a benighted state. Visitors to that community will look with condesension on the poor benighted resi dlents of that section. About 150 able-bodied men killed three mis erable prisoners, two of them already condemned to pass the major portion of their lives in a miserable existence in a filthy, inhuman insti tution, the third awaiting trial for the same of fense. A mob, cowardly as all mobs are; masked of face; skulking in the shadows, breaks into the jail and removes the prisoners. This brave band of cowards, traveling in cars with their indentifying tags removed, ac complished this travesty of justice. Let every man think of this. Are these brave murderers the men who should vote to pass and enforce the laws which are to p)rotect us from in justice, greed, and malice? There are ways of obtaining justice. Our dishonest state cries out for justice. Are her citizens brave and honorable enough to give i: to her ? A chain is no stronger than its weakest link; a reputation is no cleaner than its most soiled spot. The better element in South Carolina de plore this evidence of decadance. But the rest of the United States will judge us by Aiken's actions. For Sun-Kist Drinks -- VISIT - HAMPTON'S FRUIT DRINK Home-Made Candies 1218 Main St. Columbia, S. C. Only Place of Its Kind in the City BILLY BULL'S A Meal a Minute I 1211 Gervais Street SANDWICHES & WAFFLES SHORT ORDERS Ham and Egg Sandwich--15c Sweet Milk-10c Per Pint CAPITOL CAFE Your Patronage Appreciated Food of Best Quality-Excellent Service 1210 Main St. Columbia, S. C. CAROLINA STUDENTS! A Good Place to Eat MRS. L. K. BEST 1012 Marion Street One-Half Block From Campus CAPITAL CITY LAUNDRY 1119 Gervais St. Phone 9711 This Is to Invite You to The ROSE MARY "T" Room 1218 Washington Street Every Delicacy of the Season A Warm. Welcome Akeays Quality First--Service Always 1315 Main St. Phone 7421 Means Barber Shop Six experienced artistic barbers Your patronage highly appreciated -Special attention to University men--Ladies' and children's hair bobbing a irecialty. Piolite Service Guaranteed DILLARD & NELSON, Mgrs. Union Tailoring Co. HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED Suits Cleaned and Pressed Altering Agent for NU-BORN Clothing 1211 Lady St. Pon 4913