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"Best College Newspaper in South Carolina" Member of the South Carolina College 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 EDITORIAL STAFF HAROLD H. HENTZ . .ditor-in-Chief Bauct WHITE . . Associate diAor BURTON SHOOK . . . Associate Editor ED BALLENGER .Sports Editor MARGUERITE JOHNSON .Co-ed Editor WILLIAM A. BiRUNSON . . . Managing Editor ASSISTANTS E. CARL THOMPSON . . . . . . Clubs KENNETH GRIMSLEY . . . . . Y.M.C.A. DOUGLAS JETER . . . . . . Faculty JoSEPH KARESH . . . . . . Forensic WHITNEY THARIN -. . . . . Features ARTHUR MSDoCK . . . . . Exchanges MARY SAYE . . . . Y.W.C.A. SYDNEY HEYMAN . . . . City News ERSKINE LZGETT . . . . . . Sports H. W LINK . . . . . . . Humor REPORTERS Jack Hamilton, Ralph Lewis, James Pitts, Thomas Wolford, Gladys Lawton, Elizabeth Lindsay, Mayre Wall, Ray God shall, Elizabeth Hardy, W. B. Moore, Sura Wolff, Dixie Davis, Gene Carmichael BUSINESS STAFF JOHN R, PATE . . . . Business Manager JASPER 0. DERRICK . . . . . Assistant M. C. WILLIAMS . . . Circulation Manager SYDNEY HEYMAN . . . . . Assistant FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1927 Gamecock Spurs Congratulations, juniors! You put the banquet over in fine style last night. Just think what you will be one year from today. * * * Gov. Richards brought the farce to a fitting close by congratulating the legislature. * * * In the name of "economy," what is the University coming to? * * * The members of the General Assembly are cordially invited to attend the University Summer School. * * * Some people are lazy. others like to work. The for mer may be classed as drones, the latter as fools. * * * Sign on a campus flivver: "I'm Teddy-step in." Parkinson goes to Clinton, "Danny" Reed goes to New York, "Billy" Ball goes to Charleston, and the Ex tension division goes to H-! What a life! * * * The best of us has a bit of it in the most of us. What is it? * * * Love is business that is based on cooperation. * * * We see by the co-edIs that Spring hus arrived. * * * This is the time of the year when the golfer dons his knickers. * * * The mighty Furman "Hurricane" resembled a gentle zep)hyr in the fourth inning Qi the baseball game last week. * * * The legislature wails "E'conomyi" then votes an in crease in its salaries of $34,000. * * * How many' freshmen remember wvhat they wrote ont that theme entitled. "Why I Camne to College?" -U.s.c. Economy- Par Excellence? Because he finds the appropriation "unnee%ssar y" an'! because it "can be dispensed with" andl 'in the interest of economy," Governor Johm G. Richards abolishes the lEx tension Division of the University of South Carolina, and dispenses with the administrative unit where'>y the 'citizenis of the common:wealth utilize the serviov of the State University. The meagre ap9ronriation of $8,000, atuthorized by the General Assembly, wotild scarcely have been sufficient to carry on the work of this department. The taking away of this mere pittance means instant death for the division which is thme official agency through which the University ofSouth Carolina serves individuals and organizations oti eof its campus. It has been conceded that the function of the State University is three-fold: to teach the students on its cam pus; to encourage and develop research work among its faculty and student body; and to render to the state at large such service, as may be consistently rendered by a State University. The idea at the basis of the' Extension Division is that through some form of organization the advantages and influence of the university faculty, iibraries, and laboratories should be made available to the greatest number of people. By the exercise of his veto power, the Governor not only does the State University an injustice, but he deprives the people of the State of South Carolinti of what is rightfully theirs. The university student has all the ad vantage and influence of the faculty, libraries and labora tories, it is the person who cannot have these advantages at first hand that will be most affected by the abolishment of the Extension Division. The Gamecock does not wish to imply that the Governor's knowledge of the work and function of this department of the University is not complete, but possibly a detailed ac count of the activities of the Extension 1'ivision will give to his Excellency a more comprehensive idea of what he has wrought with his veto. The Extension Division is responsible for the Univer sity Weekly News, which is mailed, free of charge, t anyone requesting it. It is the policy of the publishers of this weekly news letter to make it a medium through which faculty members and students portray South Caro lina's history, literature, industries and resources. This publication features South Carolina life and progress. Articles from it may be found reproduced in many weekly newspapers thruout the state. Two bulletins are published each month by the Exten sion Division. Their issues include studies of historic. literary, educational, and economic interest as well as announcements of the various departments and schools of the University. Through the Extension Division, the School of Educa tion, in co-operation with other faculty members and mem hers of the State Department of Education, will. uppn invi tation of school officiais, make- surveys of couity, city, and district school systems. Working through the Exten sion Division, the School of Administration will advise as to the hygiene and sanitary condition of a school plant; the Department of Engineering will advise as to the plan ning of school grounds; the School of Educatioi will give, by correspondence, whatever information the resources of the University will enable them to give. Through the Extension Division, members of the U4u versity will, upon invitation, deliver popular or technical lectures, individual or in series, for schoo;s, clubs an:d community centers. Through this department, faculty members answer inquiries and requests for facts, informa tion and advice upon any topic within their respective fields. "High School Week," an annual institution, is held at the University every spring. During this time the South Carolina High School League holds its debates, declama tion, expression, English, Latin, and stenography and type writing contests, and track meet at the University. Cham pionship high school games in football, basketball, and baseball are staged on the University athletic field. The Extension Division administers these activities under the advice of the Executive Committee of the League. Important social, educational, and political problems are handled by the department through its Bureau of Public Discussion. The Bureau furnishes the Package Libraries to the people of South Carolina. These consist of news paper clippings, periodicals, government documents, reprints, books-in fact, all available material dealing in a well balanced manner with different phases of a subject. Club programs, play and pageantry service, debate mate rial, declamation and expression service, home reading courses, economic and social surveys are only a few of the subjects on which the Extension Division stands ever ready to supply information. Is it economy to abolish a department of the State University that renders such a varied service to the neople of this commonwealth? Can the Governor suggest a more economical way in which to give to people of the state the advantages of the University that is supported by their taxes? Can the high rchools of the state be reached in a moure ecoromnical way with a service such as this is and wvith a service as compacte as this is? The Governor has iterpreted the meaning of the word economy in a new andl novel manner. He has abolished the Extension Division, the (pulse of the University of South Carolina in the name of "economy". --U.s.c. -- Shoo, Flies! Plies, more flies! Pleasant thought isn't it? Residents of Burney College are constantly sending in a stream of conmpaints about the multitude of flies that continue to creep in the rooms with the first light of clay and stay untie the light is turned off at night. This unsanitary condition should not continue, especially, when the cause is so apparet't. T'he stable for the Univer sity, or the University emiployees wvould be a better termi, has been built by the side of the building. In it is a place for a horse and a cow, and around it is a chicken yard picture the results. Certainly this shows ani e.rtreme lack iof fores:ght: on the part of those responsible, and something should be done at once. Which is cheaper, to screen the building or mnove the stable? Frankly. The Gam~eock would not say which should he done, but actin must be taken at onuce. -- U. S. C. - EDmToR's NOT.:-Tihe Gamecock wishes to thank WVhitnev Tharin for his services rendered to the paper this week "The Huse of QuawSy' Established in 1844 The R. L. 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