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$/w GA4ccci " Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of the Somth Carolina Co:lege Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies uf-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 EDITORIAL STAFF HAROLD H. HENTZ . .Editor-in-Ciie BRucE WHITE .Associate Editor BURTON SHOOK .Associate Editor ED BALLENGER .Sports Editor MARGUERITE JOHNSON .Co-ed Editor WILLIAM A. BRUNSON . . . Managing Editor A S S I S T A N T S E. CARL THOMPSON . .Clubs KENNETH GRIMSLEY . .Y.M.C.A. DOUGLAS JETER . . .Faculty JOSEPH KARESI . . .Foresic WHITNEY THARIN . Fatures ARTHUR MEDLOCK . .Exchanges MARY SAYE . . .Y.W.C.A. SYDNEY HEYMAN .City News ERSKINE LEGETTE . .sports H. W. LINK umor REPORTERS Jack Hamditon, Ralph Lewis, James Pitts, Thomas Wdford, Abe Krawchech, Gladys Lawton, Elizabeth Licidsay, Mayre Wall, Ray Godshiall, Elizabeth Hardy, W. B. Moore BUSINESS STAFF JOHN R, PATE . Bitsiness Mcanager JASPER 0. DERRICK . . . Assistant M. C. WILLIAMS 6rcilationY manager SYDNEY HEYMAN . . . Aium FRIDAY, MARCH 4. 1927 Here's to You! As a tribute to the General Asseml of Sotth Carolina the editor of The Ga ecock wishes to say in behalf of tie student body of the University of So.th Carolina that we are p)roudl of ,oil, that we are grate ful to you. We realhze that it is upon our state legislature that we are ii large part ependent for our growth and Marosprity. It is through .ur a .ropriations that iany of Carolinas best menifHave beei and are able to receive a higher educa tion. aTrough then Gr University is also aule to serve the state through its academic, professit Ca and extension departments. Cearlii is eSpcilly proutt ar f the n that she has sent mit aI(l wir have hecmis In r bers l tilie Il(thats wI Represtinlatve artd (f tdle e Senate. It speaks uverl fr t e st;te thiV'rouitv t see that of the lat mneners a he state legislature, l have attended the University. Not Thilo has Cama furnished 51 mIeise s t the ste egi slature throu its a.admii proit there are lso sever l stdents hen ta atteuidiog tile University at present wh,) are relirestlina g heir respectial e po oftis i the seeral As senibly. \\Re peWtiess a feeling f exlusive css whell for w top to iink\ that we are stli(IdY.ts ait thet, (Inly higher Inst itlit i(mi sf lear ung ior ten i the stat that has the beieit 4,f stite logiated ithiij1 hv a tew dcks if te e U Ieting la,ls oIf titu GVreI ASSmI il . Not it ardy i we pial hm wc astureniate t e fact by UI nt payiig visits While this eItfhv is it sessik t This we dou. s that we may Iari intire atiot tle stattites 'if or state. how thley are nade. and their inmpi rtantce fori t he inaintenaitlee 'If a gi ver :Jnenit.* a state. a U. i(i i1. We Want Fraternities liy issuing ai speia ml editin of T'he (;ncc to thle General A ssemblhy of the State of South Carolina in whiech is emitainied ai editorial pinitinig (ut otir reasons for walnt inig fraternit ies at tIe Universit y of Si ttli Carolina thle st udenit bo1 dy hamis no intent ion of <puestioniing the j udgimnt of nor- reflectinig tn primheviouIs act ionls oif the assemnbly on fraterd tics. (h)tr intenitioni is liere.y to show whyi the majority (If st udents favors thle reestalishun t of frater tial orgatlizatin'is at our ins:itut i o. It has Ien seen, by the organiz.at ion of mine social clubs on the campunts, that studi~ent s will orgainize in so me way or other ini irder to better thmei r social an.d campus life. Th lese social club s have thir adi(vanitages and their dlisadlvant:ages. Hlowever, they have all the disadvantages omf social e.ubns with nonllie of the advantages of fraterni - ties. Fraterniit ies may appear. at first sight. imuchi moire ex - pen sivye t hani social clubs but an~ ivestigationi of thiis shows that ftrat s ar e not much more expensive than social cltubs arec. The main dIifferenmce is ini the initiation fee. This is atround1( twenty-five dlollars i.n. frats and around five dollars iin social chibs. litt. it must lie remembered that thI' s is only paid onice.. It is ini the monithly 'dues that the two are practicailh the samie. In fraternities this fee is arond1 three dollars amid is about the same ini the social clubs. So wve may cor.cltude that membership in a fraternity is not much m'ote expenasivye tha~n that in a social clb. lKveni many men who are working their ways throtigh college are members of fi aternities. Fraternities requiire a certain scholastic standimig. A man is not taken imito a fraternal organizationi tiiless lie can show to that organization that 'his scholastic standiu s (I a certain average; this is usua'ly around 80 per cent. A certaii university professor recently investigated the schol astic standing of the stud(mits in several colleges and uni versities and s:ates that he finds the grades of fraternity men to average five and one half points more than those of non-frat men ! Then it must be admitted that frater r.ities aid in raising the scholastic standard of colleges and universities. E.very year the University and the State of South Car olina lose many good non who go off to higher institutions of learr,ing in other states so that they may enjoy the privileges and advantages of fraternity ife. At Washing ton and Lee, the Universities of Virginia, North Carolina, and others are to be found a large number of students from South Carolina who have left this state in order to '>e in a college or university where fraternity life can be had. %lany of these mon, who should be receiving their educa Lion jp this state, prove to be the best students at those institutions. Fraternities, then, would act as a drawing card for some of our best high school graduates who would, otherwise, leave the state and go to schools in other states. Students would find frats an incentive for more and better work and an incentive for the building up of strong character and moral standards. Men will strive to do more and better work and build up strong character and moral standards in order that they may become eligible for mcmbership into these organizations. In this way it will cause more interest in clean ath.etics, literary societies, debatig tcams, scholastic standing, and religious activities. Since men of ability are sought out by fraternities there would be a marked increase in the number of students who would become actively engaged in some kind of campus activity, such as debating, work on campus publications, or the doing of some kind of religious work by which the campus, as a wole, might lie benefitted. Social training is essentiat for students as well as cur ricula and textbook courses. Fraternities enrich social life by affording a means by which students may become more closely associated. They also aid in the social life of the campus by giving various forms of entertainment, such as banquets, lunclheoi-:s, suppers, parties and receptions. Life in frat houses is of the highest order. Students who live in these houses are requi'red to behave themselves as gentlemen. This is done much more so than it is on the regu.ar caipps because each fraternity realizes that the better "hiome-life" it leads the more other organiza tiol;S, fraternities. aisd students will esteem it. Life in these houses is much like that enjoyed by students at their homes. each house being kept clean and giving meals for those living there. These homes are well supervised by university officials who see to it that each is kept up to a certain standard. Students in these houses come to know each other better and become more closely associated with each tther than in any other way. Perliaps one of the ways inl which fraternities wou'd benefit tle UiversitY most is that they would help relieve the cr%Iwded conditions that exist in the dormitories here. A survey of the dormitories on the campus will show that there are Ln1401ugh to accommodate comfortably around 650 men and w4men There are around 350 students from the city if COlumbia and studet.ts who stay out in town. Thlus we see hiw 10 students are taken care of but there are 1538 enrolled at the University this year. \Where are the ither 538 staying? The answer is this: they are being forced (P cr-xwd into the dormiitories and to board out in :he city. Ii fraterinities were allowed here there woulH !) abit eight chapters established here. Each of tIest frats w u:d have aroind 25 members, makirg a total of armruid 200 students afliliated wvith fraternal organizations. These fraternities would have their own houses in which to take care if their members. Therefore, fraternities would releve the campus of around 200 students, or enlough studerts to fill up four dormitories! These dormitories w0uld c-st appriximately $35,00(0 each. l''rtbermi-e. fraternities are builded upon the highest tyLe o)f (I 'ist iant moiirals and I)rincipes. The charac:er f the fiwid rs of these <organizations throughout the Unit ed Sta:es substantiate this. Theni. n sumimariziing, ( 1 ) social clubs have all the dl.sadvyaI tages oif social clubls wvith none of the adv-antages of fra-ermities; (2) fraternities are but little more expeni sive tdani so cialI clubs ; (3) f rats require a certain schlolas ic standing of studenits; (4 ) many of South C'arolina's best college and uiniversity studenits leave the state and go to schools, ini other s'ates where they- receive the advantages of fratermity life:; (5) students would find fraternities ant inicemntive fort mo(re' ;md better work antd an incentive for building tti stronig character and moral standards; (6) since soi:lifei c is essential for students, fraternities einrch social life by a ffording a means by which studonts may become mo re cloisely- asso'tiatedl; (?) life in frat houses is of then highest oritder and resembles that edjo yed in private homes; (8) fraternities wotuld aid in relieving the cr-owded condlit iois which exist at the University at present ;(0) fraternit ies are( biuilded upolin the highest type of Christ ian morals and piriniciples. 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