The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 11, 1927, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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FRIDAY. MARCH 11. 1927
Why Spring Holidays?
Recently a committee, appointed by the president of
the student body, was requested to go to the president
of the University with a petition requesting that the fac
ulty grant spring holidays to the students at Carolina.
This committee, it may he safely said, represented 99
per cent of the student body, provided, that by giving
holidays the school tern will not be made to run any
longer than it would, if the holidays were not granted.
This is the only reason why any student would object
to the holidays. It is not probable that .the term will be
lengthened since the University calendar of events, in
cluding final examinations and commencement exercises,
has already been arranged.
Almost every other institution of higher learning in
the state grants these holidays to its students. All the
other state educational institutions grant them: Win
throp. Clemson, and the Citadel. Withrop receives more
than a week. We do nat ask for this much; we want
only a few lays.
Spring holidays are somewhat of a necessity. Al
though at tirst thought they may be thought of only as
a luxury, a time when all the students quit meeting class
es and go home for a few (lays of frolicking in which they
tire themselves down om are not fit for work as Soo
as they return to school. This is not the case. Even if
it were, the students would become no miore tired from
a few days of good wholesoiie fun and freedon than
they would if they were made to stay and meet their
classes at their regular time. When students get off for
a few days ini the iiiddle of the long regular terni from
Christmas till Jutne they come back better fitted to begin
their work ;their iiindls are refreshed and set for better
work.
It is a rule set by thme American .association of uni
versities that a university must complete 33 wveeks of
class work, exclusive of examinations. before it will hbe
admitted or retained in thle association. This rule would
hardly bar the University since it will have completed
thirty-three weeks or more, exclusive of examinations
and holidays, at the end of the present term.
--U.S.C.
I THE FORUM
Co-eds Enjoy H air Soup
Editor of The Gamecock:
The girls of the Womian's Building would like l.
D)ouglas to visit their cateteria onice more so that they
may get a good meal again. Not that the food is not
goodl enough in the beginning, but it is ruined in the
cooking.
They would like to b)e able to eat with the assurance
thai 'hairs are not at the bottom of the soup or among
the potatoes and they would like to taste some real cook
ing again.
The co-eds who live in the University Building are
forced to buy meal tickets. Many of the girls p)ay for
meal tickets and have to spend extra money every clay
to buy "edible"' food tip towvn. Can't this injustice lie
remedtiedt)
Begin Enforcement Now
To the Student Body:
To date the Honor System has been in vogue only
during examinations, at which time a great deal is said
about it. For the other eight and a half months, it has
been allowed to slumber peacefully. It is largely due to
this neglect that the Honor System has of late seen hard
times an( fallen into disrepute. Only by continually
practicing and exercising the Honor Principle can it be
expected to work efficiently and it is your business as a
student of the University to see that is is enforced every
(lay on daily recitations, quizzes, and laboratory reports.
Yours,
Chairman of the Honor Committee.
-u.s.c.
Canteen Committee Makes Report
The Student Body of the University of South Carolita:
Since the recent change in policy of operation of the
Canteen has seemed to be productive of much discussion
among the student body, the Canteen Committee believes
it wise to explain the reasons for the change, and hopes
that the studeit body will accept the explanation in the
spirit in which it is given.
Perhaps a few words regarditV the inner working of
the Canteen may be of assistance in helping to understand
other matters that shal be montioned. It has been the
duty of the student manager to check the cash drawers of
the student employees, deposit the moikeys in the bank to
he written on only by the treasurer of the Canteen, who
is also the treasurer of the University, and to render such
accounts to the manager as he should require. It should be
understood, also, that after five years of operation in
which the present manager has paid salaries aggregating
more than $7,000 to the students working in the Canteen,
he has been paid only six dollars. This statement is made
to correct reports that are intended to create the feeling
that an individual has received a considerable portion of
the profits. Because of iosses which are to be reegarded
as texplainable, the manager was obliged to cover deficits
left by the student employees by borrowirg money on his
own personal note. Seven hundred fifty dollars was bor
rowed in June, 1925, and $550 was borrowed in June, 1926.
The proceeds of both of these notes were deposited in the
bailk to the credit of the Canteen, and used to discharge
legitimate debts.
The conditions and affairs of the Canteen have been
grossly exaggerated an( misrepresented on the campus,
both by rumor and by gublication. The statement made on
the ceditorial page of The Gamecock iii its issue of Feb.
25,1927, that the Canteen had iot only paid its bils, but had
turned over funds to the various student activities, appears
to be a deliberate mis-statement of affairs. The author
of the article evidently consulted no one who might ic
expec:ed to know the actual state of affairs, when. severa:
such men were daily present on the campus. The thing that
happened in June, 1926, has been explained in the preced
ing paragraph, and it was to prevent its occurrence in June,
1927, that drastic, but temporary, changes were necessary.
At the beginning of school last Sep.ember, the resources
of the Canteen just about balanced its liabi.ities, including
the note for $550. On sales that should have shown a gross
profit by January 31, 1927, of $2500 at the most conserva
tive rating, the gross profit shown was slightly above $1200
and lacked $40 of being enough to pay the expenses of the
Canteen to that time. The cash on hand Jan% 31, 1927, was
less than $550, and the current bills exceeded $2000. The
first week in February, the bank in which the Canteen's
deposits were held was closed. Something had to be done
and done quickly. There wid be no explanation now or
later of the leaks that had occurred. Perhaps a great
many things happened that all tended in the same directiot.
It was quite evident that no check on things could be made
unless one man were made responsible, and held accountable
and that the old1 system simply could not be made to work.
Pending dleve.opment of a new system, a scheeme wvas
adloptedl to relieve the embarrassed condition of the Can:een.
The store wvas turned over to a man wvho had been a stu
dlent at Carolina for the piast year and a half, and wh<'
expects to use his present salary to bring him back to
school nex: September. It shouldl he understood, also, that
two of the members of the Canteen Committee were con
stulted he fore any action was takien, Mr. D)river not being
accessible for thie meeting, atnd having no p)art in its
actioln.
The arranIgemlet is only temporary. The committee has
in mind a plan that it hopes will provide more work than
in thle p)ast ,and hoiges thereby to contribute to the re.ief
of correspondlingly mlore stud(enits, but such plan canco'
he tried otut before next September. It wvill mean more
monley for the studlents, and very little of the responsib~lity
that they have been asked in the p)ast to assume.
The committee realizes that the Can-teen is of considlera
b)le valtie to some of our best studetnts, and wishes it to
continue so. Later in the semes:er, an opportunity will he
ofTeredl students to apply for positions for next year. In
the meantime, nnderstard that much that has been said
re.ative to the Cat&een sihuk he liberally discounted, andl
that the Catnteena is now in a position where it lreedls your
sutl)ort more thain ever. Remember, also, that ur.less you
(do support it, you are untitled to no senitimetnt with respiect
to its progress. The committee is sure that, havitig stated
its p)ositiont in the matter, it can count on the wvhole-hearted
support of the sttudent body. The manager has already
o,fferedl to the President of the Student Blody the oppor
tunity :o investigate the hooks of th' Canteon, ando satisfy
himself that nothing has been done that did lnot have as;
its ultimate, the best interests of the studoetits, ho h as
employees atnd as supporters.
The Canteen Committee is p)leasedl to offer this state
menit to the student body.
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