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"Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of the South Carolina Co:lege Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina Terms-$1.50 a Year Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter, at the Columbia, S.C. Postoffice on November 20, 1908 News Items may be handed in to all members of the staff HAoR.O H4. Hi:NTZ . .. idita-in-Chi l3m-cci-: iTE . .ASSOCite'1I,dihar BURTON S)IOOK .Associah. i1:iltr En IAL.ENGER . . .SP.ws Idilor MA14GULRITE JONON . . Co-ed l idio WILLIAt A. BRUNSON . . . Managing IEditor A SS I ST A N T S E. CAsR. THOMPSON Clubs KENNETi GIbSLEY .. .H.C.1. DoUGLAS JFTIm . Pocully Josm-H KARESH .Forel.si WHITNEY THARIN Pcatures AR-riw MEIii.ocK Exchanges MARY SAvE ..W.C.J. SYnNEY HEYAIAN City News IRSKINE LE(ETTE Sports H. IK.. . C, Iumor R E, P 0 Rr 'I-', R S Jack Hamilton, Ralph Lewis. Jamies Pitts, Thomas WotfTord, Abe Krawchech, Gladys Lawton, Elizabeth L4idsay, Mayre Wall, Ray Godshall, Elizabeth Hardy. BUSINESS STAFF JOII N R. PATE usiness .Manager JASPER 0. DE.RRICK .Assistant M. C. WILLIAMS Circsla.ion Manager Sv. Ciy HEYMANNeA s FRIDAY, FH,BRUARY 11, 1927 Gamecock Spurs ''Get doH.i to work early" may e worn-ott but it still holds good. Many a student is "studious" but does not study. There are two tah pes of students the olne believes everyth:nW, his Rrofessors tell him, the other knows everything already. - U. S. C. - Campus Publications Canivupublicatiocs rank second ony to athtics In colleges and universities. Perhaps this is a rather broad statement to unake but dehen one beg's to consider thc scope and p)0ssibilitics or thle college niew.spaper and the literary miagazinie lie w~ill hardly wondler why one would make such a statement. It is through the s o ls tlells of the tewspaer that me student is pe its rto learn what other studeitts c- doing and what his alina mater is doing in general. 'cIte act'vities of tie social clubs, literary societies. elases. Y.M.z... aind faculty are all brought out written t ill thre neww colniliis of the paper. Every piase o ; Itutics is p itd so that students nmy know what heir college n wil iversit is doing in doine woin (f sports. T hi the 'itorial page are to be found som e of the grcatest iMCA. of lie s tidelt aod as a whole. hee ue xpewst tie opiions of th e St ent F od. pa o \ariolis caiplyeis pl oleils thetselves. In fact. t is we of tlle iiportant (ities of the editor of any college publication to point olit to the sttideint body\ and faculty the ilmajor problems :11nd needs of the illstittiitol whose tpaper lie edits. It mlust lie boirnet in iiind also that no instittton of learn ingi can exist as it shoul in a city ini which the nhabit anmts Ihav e a cold( or bitter feeling towvardl that inst itut ion. Th le advertisiing nmediumn of the paper brings ilhi business tiriis of thle city intoI closeri relation with lie college by telling the stuideints what they' have for sale and ind(ucinig themi to become customers while at college. In this way the advertisers back tht' students and thle students back the advertisers. T1heni t(o, besides the niewsp)aper, there is the literary miagaz'nie. It has been said that the literary element in colleges and( unsiversit ies is dying out but this is, to a large exteiit, untrue. It is true that science and social life hlave iinjured the old literary appe)(al but there still exists a large number (of sttudenlts who are 'nlterestedl in the literary p)roduictioin on the campus. Alt hough a comlpara - ively smtall noimber 'ont rihutes to the literary miagaziint there are miaiiy who are, nevertheless, interested in the production11 of others. Whait othe r colleges think of us is to a large extent leterined by what our publications reveal ab)out us. If anyt hiing of uiiusual i'nterest arises anmong us it is ofteni advert ise'd oti (other eamlpuses thbrough tile ex. change -:Olunnis of their papers. Not only do college plublicat ions hold1( a hiigh place b)ut te place' is biecoiming miore and mo(re' profound. Thlis is ('specially true oif colege iwwspape'rs. WithI tihe establishment 'of departments of journalism in our univers'tit's miore anrd nmore initerest is being t akein in thle camipus paper, esplecially' by the students registered in this departmenit. It affTords a workshop ini which the studen'it ouf jouriialisii imay put into practice the fheories which lit is learning iit his courses. Thie with thle growig iimportaince of puiblicat ions. thlere is a growv'ng dheiiand( for greater things to be accomtplished. Pictures, a dlecided asset and( necessity to a goodl publlication, should be used frequently. More co-operation from studetits and faculty members in the piriniting of news stories and campus feares.,. is .,ee,ed. Extra .funds for the use of more pictures is needed from the Un'versity. Where are these funds to be obtained? The answer is: from the literary societies. For the past two years both the literary societies have had a continual surplus in their treasuries. They receive more from student activity fees than they can use econom'cally. Why, then, should the campus news weekly, The Gamecock, go lack ing for the need of a few dollars when the two literary societies have more than they can use' -U.s.C. THE FORUM Is It Fair? Editor, The Gamecock, Dear Sir: Kindly permit me a few lines of your valuable space to set forth before the student body of the University a matter that, in my opin2on. is in sad need of remedy. It appears that there is a committee, composed of the heads of the various student activities onl the campus who work in conjunction with certain faculty members, whose function is to apportion out the income derived fromt the student activities fund. It also appears that each student organization is supposed to share in the division of this fund. A question that has long been puzzl'ng me is why has the glee club of the University been heretofore excluded from a share of this money. Certainly not for the reason that it is not a campus organization for it is that. This money is primarily for the purpose of aiding each of the students activ'ties along financial lines and why has the glee club been denied this privilege? I an of the opinion that the glee club is entitled to an equal share of this money. It is purely an organ:za tion that belongs to the University. None other than University students are members of it. Not wishing to attack any other organization on the campus, nor to detract from its share in this fund, but let us compare the I'terary society with the glee club. The glee club goes on the road at least twice a year and during its trips visits towns where there are prospective college students. Naturally they are attracted to the University, if its glee club gives a favorable impression. Here is unequalled advert'senent for the school given by the glee club. I sincerely believe that next to the athletic .teams that represent the University, the glee club gives it mnore advertisement than any other campus organiza tion. Now while literary societies are very valuable, and not for anything would I detract from the!r honor and glory, I do not believe they should take a portion of this fund in preference to the glee club. The societies have members who regularly pay their dues, and it seems to mle that these dues should be sufficient to run thetn, especially in view of the fact (this I have been told) that it 's necessary for the societies to give a party at the end of each year to rid themselves of surplus funds. Now should the glee club barely struggle through the year and show a deficit at its close if such a state Of condition as this exists? I think not and I appeal to the fair minldedress of the members of this committee to allow them to admit the glee club to share th's fund. Very truly yours, HUGER S. KING, President, Carolina Glee Club. * * * A Privilege Very ofteti tihe things that we feel are our duties are usially the ones that we despise most. That's why at:etiding a co-ed meeting should not be our duty but a p)rivilege. An opport unity to establish ant "esp)rit de corps" among the co-eds at such meetings we learn to kn' w each other better. The new co-eds look to us to set an examp)le. What kind are we sett'ng? Your "college spirit" is determninedl by the number of catmpus activities y'ou p)artictpate in. l.very girl is a member of this association and should consider it an honor to belong. She should be proud to tell her friends that she 's an eager enthusiast and a regular attendlant of the co-ed tmeetings. A mteetitng is to be held at chapel hour Saturday, Febhrumary' 19th. All tnew co-edls are expected to be there atnd certainmly all the old co-eds are goitng to b)e there to welcome them. A* co-edI who dloes tnot attend these tmeetings has nto right to criticise the actions or steps taken by the asso ciat ion. So let's all be there! l,I.ZAI1Il'TH lI,NDSAY, President Co-edl Asstn. -- u. s.c. - A Word of Criticism D)ear Ed'tor : Now since the Imeetitngs hteld by Dr. Torrey are over atnd p)erhap)s forgot:en by the mtost of us, tmay I say one wordl of criticism about thetm. We believe that the public tmeetings heldl by himi were a failure. I say public mteetitngs because I dotn't ktnow what he did other than speak in chapel. Perhaps lhe accompllishted somie good to a few ndividlual studlents, but to the studetnt body as a whmole, I believe he was a failure. The meetings were very I)4)(rly attettdeel by the studetnts, simply because they wermi t Aterestedl in what he had to offer themt. 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