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"Best College Newspaper in South Carolind' 'f ember of South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societi,.s " 'Terms--$1.50 a Year 4ntered at the Columbia, South Carolva 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. THOMAS, JR....................Editor-in-Chic BRUCE W. WHITE...................Associate Editor W . A. BRUNSON.....................Associate Edito' H. H. HENTZ..........................News Editor ED BALLENGER.........................Sports Editor WHITNEY THARIN.................Managing Editor ORA MAE JACKSON....................Co-Ed Editor O. L. WARR...............................Y" Edito; MARGUERITE JOHNSON........ Associate Co-ed Editor H. V. 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. WILLIAMS...........................Circulation FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1926 To Our New President Dr. Davidson McDowell Douglas we extend to you greetings and congratulations.. You are now the president of our institution. You are an alumnus and bear the love for it that we do. You are doubly bound to best interest of the University. The Gamecock offers itself to aid you and cooperate with you in everything you undertake for the upbuilding and progress of the school. We both stand for the University of South Carolina, for its work, consecration to our state and civilization. You come to us with the highest recommen dations by your friends. We can judge you only by what we hear of you. If your friends are right (and why should we doubt them?) the trustees have been wise in their choice. We do hereby express our confidence in you and in the choice of the board of trustees. The Gamecock believes in the ideals of the late Dr. Melton and feels that you, too, will be governed by them. He loved the school and every studen here. Every student loved him and cherishes his memory. - U.s.c. - Narrow Escape for Library Fire threatened the library at the Uni versity \Vednesday morning. T1rue, it wvas s'peedily putt out without the necessity of calling the fire dlepartment andl no damage was done but think what might have happened. Priceless treasures in danger of destruction. A trash box, carelessly p)laced against the~ back wall of the library, caught fire by some unknown means andl the flames b)egan mounting the vines growing up the sides of the building. Quick work bym Mr. Kennedy andl others checked andl put out the fire: our valuable library was savedl. But suppose that they had been late. Yes. the fire deC partment could be called to put it out but what dlamage wvould not be done by the wvater? The library here has one of the best collections of books, especially old andl un replacable volumes, in the country. The collection is invaluable and shouldl be treas uredl but insteadl is housed in a non-fireproof building. Once that dread monster, fire. clutched with its unrelenting clawvs into the frame of that building priceless treasures would he dlestroyed and they could never be rep)laced. We call the attention of the legislature and others in position to help to the danger facing one of the finest things in this state and the South. Some funds have been appropriated to * make fireproof additions to the building. That tture add sufficient sums to provide for all the :ontents of the University library.' We know that South Carolina is poverty stricken now, ut the loss of our library would be greater, in our opinion, than the loss of the entire cotton :rop of the state. Certainly the contents of that building are more valuable than one year's cot on production; the cotton could be replaced, but lever those precious volumes. In the name of everything that places civil ized people above barbarians we ask for adequate provisions for our library. We condemn the management of the library or allowing that trash box to be where it was. We urge them to beware of any such foolish )versight in the future. It is admitted that the Facilities are horribly limited but take full ad vantage of those you have. Look to your house to take the library or auything else to task for* md clean it up. Th- Gamecock will not hesitate :o task for anything that is considers purely negligence. - u.s.c. - Bigotry or Reason ? Why should a student be allowed to play tennis on the campus on Sunday ? On the other hand, why should he not ? It is very easy to answer this latter question in a mighty and roaring voice "Because it is wr-il,cr ; the ten Commandments that "Thou shalt remember the Sabbath day to keel) it holy." Indeed it is, but there is more to be considered by the man with rea son than the mere carrying out of an order or command. The fulfillment of an order may mean gain or it may mean the destruc tion of an amount equal to twice that to be gained. A general may order his thousands of men in battle to advance straight for ward to capture a hundred prisonres. But if in their advance the men encounter sev eral nests of machine guns it is better to advance around them than straight for ward and lose half or all their number. So are we commanded by the omnipotent God through his follower and lawg.iver, illoses, to remember the Sabbath lay. But if in an attempt to carry out this command we close our doors and windows and sit home on Sunday to avoid the sins of aut.> riding and tennis playing, we may receive a call from the demon of the underworld who does not necessarily enter by doors or windows. More sin may be committed under the roof of a room twenty feet square than in a thousand times the amount of space under the clear and lighted sky. College students cannot attend church all (lay Sunday. nor sleep all lay, nor go to l)ictutres shows, vaudevilles, or go riding or such. They cannot go out on the tennis courts for a refreshing game without being chasrd off. So, what is left for them to do? Nothing uplifting is left but study and med itation, and there are few students who will spend all day Sunday doing either. Then he must revert to something else, often (icked and mind-contaminating, which he can do in his own room without being seen. A few things he may do and does, are play cA-ds (for more than pleasure and pastime, too). roll (lice, argue religion, or tell in decent, black, (degradling, demoralizing, smutty jokes. Tlhen, after all. shall we act as bigots, obey ing the commands of the general and be encounteredl by life-taking, soul-taking mlachmnes, or march around the dangerous beings, gain the ground, save 0our menI, andl at* the same time obey thle comlmandls of our leader, although not verbatim ? 'What is wrong in engaging ini a p)leasant pastime oni Sunday that buildsthe body and refreshes the mlind ? The mindl that drags through the toils and studlies of the wveek dlays, needs work of a different kinll on Sun clay. .t nieed.s work in the open air ; work that is p)rofitab)le and( dlifferent anld at the same time pleasant. Whgy b)e bigots to a creed and suppress the milhd of reason? - U.S.C. - STHE FORUMI Finds Cheering Weak "ditor, The Gamecock,Ocoe2,196 Zolumbia, S. C. )ear S'r: Will you allow me sp)ace in your paper to call matter of importance to the attention of your stu lent body? It is a matter that has been written ibout on numlerous occas'ons; but one more shot vill do no harm. L4ast Thursday, while witnessing tihe Carolina Ilemson football game more than one person called ittention to the miserable attempts at cheering as parties spoke h'ghly of the Clemson students, and made many favorable comments concerning the cheering section. It was a great display of support by those Clemson lads to keep up the cheering long after it appec,i L...t the r team was beaten. On the other side of the field tho, one would have thought that the Carolina Gamecocks were being routed, judging by the support given them by the students. Since leaving the game the writer has talked with several persons concerning the lact of cheering by the Carolina students. Their failure to back the team when it is being hard pressed, and especially when it is losing. In fact we do not hesitate to say that the students are ready to back a winner, but never a loser. That is not the right attitude to take. The team needs the undivded support and assistance of every one of the fourteen hundred students. Three weeks from now the Furman Hurricane will visit Melton F'eld. The talk about the state at present is that they will conquer the Gamecock three or four touchdowns. Are the Carolina lads beaten before they take the field? Let's hope not. They will never be beaten until the last whistle blows if the students stand back of the team to the man. 'Take stock of the situation and decide now to sup port the team as you have never done before. Blames Leaders Before closing we would like to criticise the cheer leaders. With them we are prone to place much of the blame. It appears as if they are too anxious to see every play of the game. If so, we call upon them to take seats in the stands and let others take their places who are willing to back Carolina to the limit with cheers. Jimmie Baldwin has charge of the cheers for the present year. Jimmy, discard the egot'sm and work for the school and the team. Teach your assistants the cheers and from them the students can learn them. When Furman marches out on the field on the 13th of next month we are going to need more than eleven men to win that game. Carolina is going to need eleven fighting men, several willing cheer leaders, and a wild cheering student body, ever ready with cheers-of course at the proper time. The time has come for others to stop saying that Carolina does not back its teams. Let's show the rest of the state that he Carolina students are solidly behind .every team. Alumnus Editor's note-The Gamecock agrees with the alumnus that the cheering is far from what it shouki be. Much of this blame should be o. with the cheer leaders. We offer suggest:iis. They are to be rewarded for their hard work, but if the work is in vain find the reason. So we advise the cheer leaders to practice togr_dher _ the leading of the yells for now they certainly do not work in unison. Learn "struts" in lead ing yells. More important still, look in the "Y" handbook and familarize yourself with the yells. You seem to have forgotten that we have more that three. Do not overwork a few. Line them all up and use a rotating system so as to equalize the load. Thanks for your attention. - U.S.C. Wants It Cut Out To The Editor of The Gamecock: "Freshman : Pep-Meeting Tonight I Be There I" And the freshmen, reading the notice, loyally respond and present themselves at chapel. With a spirit unecmualledl. they lustily cheer and cheer for their Alma Mater. Like true sonms of Carolina, they g've vent to their enthusiasmi and yell on and on. And wvhat is the net results of their loyalty and dlevotion? As soon as the freshmen step from chapel they are corralled together by some upperclassmen andl then the fun (if you can call it such) begins. Is it any wonder then that sonie freshmen stay away from the pep-meetings? It is any wonder that they are reluctant to answer the call of the cheer leaders when, after the meeting, they are pounced upon b)y hawks, bent on dealing disasted and woe. Trhis very th'ng I saw miyself on the night of the Dep-meeting prior to the Wofford game. A big. hulking sophomore, faultlessly attired, and his ever wall'ng associates waited outside eagerly and im patiently until the meeting was over andl with a bullying and tyrannical air ordered the freshmen to their rooms. This sort of thing must stop if we are to have a freshman class imbued with a true spirit of loyalty and devotion. Pep-meeting nights should not be feared by freshmen, as they are, but should be we! conmed and looked forward to with much pleasure b)y themi. But how can these pep-meetings ever ex pect to do good when there are certain upperchass men who take special delight in using them for their own selfish aims? To my mind, 'nt is a miracle, in deed, that the freshman class does not rise up in righteous wrath and put an end to such vwretched practices. . And to everyone of the upperclassmeni who par ticipated in such "rat meetings" I say that no word of mine can express the scorn and contempt that II have for you. If, in so acting, you portray the true spirit of Carolina, I say: God help Carol'na I If you are typical examples of loyal Carolina supporters, I never care to be one. Fellows, what do you say about it ? ' TN.T. For Sun-Kist Drinks - VISIT - HAMPTON'S PRUIT DRINK Home-Made Candies 1218 Main St. Columbia, S. C. 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