Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"BEST CorI.wo NiWstAPEa IN SOUTH CAOIJNA0 Member of the South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina. Terms--$1.5O a Year Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter at the Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908 NEws ITsms may be handed in to any member of the staff EDITORIAL STAFF BURTON SHoo . . . Eit or-in-Chief BRUCE WHITS . Managing fditor SYDNEY HEYMAN . . . Associate 13itor. RA.PH LEwIs . . . Associate fdtor WHITNEY THARIN . . . Associate 1ditor ED BALLENER . . . . Sports fditor MAYRS WA.. . . . . Co-fid Aditot ASSISTANTS WnLIAm A. BRUNSON . . . Cluba SURA WoLVS . . . . . Co-id EUGENE CARMICHAEL . . . Y.M.C.A. WILLIAM MoonS . . . . . Humor DixIs DAVIs . . . Sports ERSKINx LaGETT . - . . . Faculty JOSEPH KAUgSH . . . . . Forensic REPOR'DURS Jack Hamilton, James Pitts, Thomas Wofford, Elizabeth Lindsay, Gladys Lawton, Ray Godshall, Kenneth Grimsley, M. C. Williams BUSINESS STAFF JAsPxR DanrCK . . . Business Manager JosEPH HwTT . . . Assistant HENRY WALKER . . . . Assistant JACK BATSs . . . Circulation Manager WU.rAM PARRISH . . . Assistant SHXRWOOD SMITH . . . . Assistant FRIDAY, OC'llOBER 14,1927 Gamecock Spurs By IL S.H. In sociology class the other day, someone said that he knew a man who was crazy on all subjects except on the subject of Mathematics, we would say that the poor fel low was totally insane and violentiy so at that. A bespectacled senior (beg pardon, four year man) suffering amid the throes of French A was reminded by g professor that he was no longer in high school and unless he picked up he was likely to fail the course. Who has been asleep the last three years, professor or senior The medical examiner over at the Infirmary says that the majority of new men reporting for physical inspec tion seem to be in good shape. Yep I Solid from their heads to their heels. Girls are something like umbrellas, if such a compari son can be drawn: They don't look so good unless they are covered with silk, if you handle them too roughly you are likely to break their ribs. and if you don't keep a close eye on them, somebody will walk off with 'em. In the last weeks' issue of The Gamecock, there ap peared a SPUR in reference to a certain Carolina foot ball player. It is indeed regretable that the student body can not accept remarks as they were intended. The re mark was intended to be complimentary, but as usual the students "quoted Scriptures to suit themselves." The/"Rat" team looks remarkably good and would do credit to any school in this neck of the woods. The other team also "looked"'good, but alas, the poor Terriers re traced their steps, dragging their tails behind them. One of ye campus journalists journed to distant parts to see the Maryland game and succeeded in wrapping a car around a nearby three. He said that he saw three of the blooming things and tried to go between them. We would like for some lip stick artist to come down to the Gamecock office a'nd aid us when we "make up" the paper. The University of North Carolina gridsters pay us a visit Saturday afternoon and as a usual thing it is not customary to be rough with guests but the Mountaineers had betted watch their step or they will be carrying their football pride in the well-katown sling. Cheer up! Noah never was in the Navy, but he showed up well when his great moment came. - Welcome, Alumni! On behalf of the student body, The Gamecock extends to the alumni the keys to the campus with the invitation) to malke it theilrs again. Please don't think that the changed allgearance of the campus denotes any stilting of Carolina's attitude toward her long absent sons; it is a part of Carolina's phenonenal growth In which you are asked to participate and toward which you have contributed so much. The Gamecock hopes that this Homecoming Day will be made an annual affair in order that our alumni niay be closely bound to their Alma Mater. Alanud, please make full, use of the hearty welcome which is aceorded you and accept the congratulations' of The Gamecock in having secured as your leader Mr. Darner "Pap" ZarIr. "Westward Ho!". Wednesday, October 12, was printed in red on, most calendars and under it the words, Columbus Day. Which calls to mind that four hundred and thirty-five years ago a man stepped ashore on an island off the coast of Florida and claimed the island for a king who very probably had not gotten up yet. But the king is only incidental; -it is the exploit of this man, Columbus which started this big business of a United States, the largest business since the establishment of the ancestor industry, begun 'by Adam in the year (???). The Gamecock ventures to say that Columbus never in all his life enjoyed a walk as much as he did that first stroll in the New World. It must have been a joy to feel the firm land under foot after weeks of looking for it after months with a semi-mutinous crew. But here Christopher's enterprise seems to have deserted him. He looked in vain for gold and fiially took slaves as a substitute. Next, he let an enterprising geographer named Ametigo Vespucci register his trademark on the New World. 'Tis rumored that the said geographer made a fortune by letting his name be used in advertisements of sweaters, candy bars, and claw hammers; this, in spite of the fact that he was neither a football star, a champion prize fighter, nor a matinee idol. (The gall of some people.) However, it is for what Columbus did do and not what he failed to do that he is remembered. Ye humble editor reaches out across the years and gives him a thankful handshake; for had he failed the aforementioned H.E. might now be in Holland where men are men and shoes are downright nuisances, or beyond the Alps where "lies' Mussolini, and spaghetti is sold by the yard. Seriously, we are glad that Christopher Columbus lived, that he had the courage of his convictions, and that he made his discovery which later resulted in the founding of our country, "the home of the fee and the land of behave." EThe Open Forum Believe It or Not To the Editor of 'IThe Gamecock: I wonder if the 'sheiks' and the 'tea hounds' who read this won't feel a bit offended? Anyway, here goes. Are you in, the way? Bang I too late now. These dear 'ladies' men'I Carolina has 'eml But she doesn't need 'em. And neither do the co-eds. They mar the intellectual atmosphere of our campus. They interfere with our true Carolina spirit. And as a rule, they are all dumb bells. The word 'collegiate' apgears very fascinating. The 'college sheik' up street is by far the more aristocratic than just the other kind of 'sheik' or 'tea hound' outside. Hence. the regular afternoon 'hang-out' on the corner. 'llhis particular class of loafers, 'handsome darlings,' or what not, never take any interest in their college. That's one of the faults in Carolina cheering at games. These provoking 'tea hounds' dress up more for a football game than they do for anything else. They walk up and down the grand stand only to be seen of the girls. They don't give a rip whether their team loses or wins. They don't think about cheering; they don't go to the game for that purpose. All in the world they want to do is to be a 'sheik', and we have darn plenty of 'em at Carolina. -JOHN MADISON. YoUNGINtR. THE WEEKLY ORACLE Discouraging By B. W. W. 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