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"BEST CoLt NeWSPAPEM 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-C,ass Mail Matter at the Columbia, Sou:h Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908 Nxws ITZus may be handed in to any member of the staff EDITORIAL STAFF BURTON SHOOK .di.or-in-Chtrf Bauct WHETIt Managing fdito. SYDNiY HzYMAN .Associate ditor RALPH Lawis . .Aiocate Edito En BALL%NGR . .Sports ditor MAYSE WAL . . . Co-in Editor ASSISTANTS WILLIAM A. BRUNSoN . . . - Ctn SuRA WoLF . . . . . Co-Eld BARRON BRIDGEs . . . . Y.M.C-A. Jos%PH KARXSH . . . . . Forenst REPORTERS James Pitts, Elizabeth Hardy, Dixie Davis, Erskine LeGette Eugene Carmichaei, William B. Moore BUSINESS STAFF JAsPiR DamRcK . . - B"siness Managrt JOSSPH HIoTT . . . . - Asssai HENRY WALKER . . - - - Asistauw JACK BATES . . . Circulation Managrr WL.IIAM PARRISH . . . - Assstant SHEAWOOD SMITH - - - - Assulru"' FRIDAY, JANUARY, 13, 1927 Gamecock Spurs By H. S.H. Bouquets are something like boomerangs. They are both thrown so that they will eventually come back. * * * * * We once heard of a woman who married a man to re form him. A compassionate marriage. 0 * * * * 'The more hen pecked a man is at home, the more he crows away. * * * * S Big words are the sweet meats of little minds. * * * * * It seems that the student body ought to make at ieast one New Years resolution, namely that when cases come up that seem just a bit doubtful to temper justice with mercy. Lives of Speed Cops, all remind us we can beat the lights in time, .... And departing, leave behind us five dollars for a fine. * * * * * Some of our professors ougth to make good presidential candidates for the Democrats, they're dry eno gh. USC- _ An Honorable System The affair in chapel Monday would have been farcical had it not been so tragiq for the little fellow whose ap peal was heard first. While the jury trial was undoubtedly better than a general student body trial would have been, it displayed ail of the weaknesses for the American jury system is so justly famous. The jury in the case of the first appellant had a great opportunity to correct the terrific mistake that han been made b)y the honor committee and failed signally. The jury evidently felt itself under some obligation to uphold the decision of the honor committee for fear that an adverse decision would hurt the hionor system. A little thing like crushing a man to uphold a system seems not to have entered into the miatter at all. So much for the jury. The case for the honor committee is as bad as could be expected. The accounts of the honor committee's hand ling of the matter as told by one of its members on the stand sounds like the efforts of a district attorney to obtain a conviction in a big case that will either make or break him. . The gentleman who was tried is obviously a very ner vouts and highstrung organism. Anything like harshness would necessarily so upset such a person that normal thinking and normal action would be out of the question. And yet, a member of the honor committee. under oath, assertedl that the gentleman being tried was ''put through a sort of third degree." It seems to the Gamecock that the whole affair wvas handled roughly and with conviction as the goai, rather than justice. It is hoped that this profound ( ?) treatise on the af fair will not be taken as a defense of lying, of which the offender was guilty. But the conclusions of Thec Gamecock are that the offender was not treated with the tact and skill necessary to allow him to keep his mental poise and co-operate with the honor committee; that the attitude of the honor committee was intimidating and unfair; that the charge of lying was outside the jurisdiction of the honor committee; that even if all the charges were within the scope:of the honor committee the punishment was more severe thtan the offense warranted; that the honor com mittee has struck an almost fatal blow at the honor system by its arbitrary adherence to the letter of the law rather than to the spirit; and that the present honor committee can lowing a new committee to be elected, which could get a fresh start in the administration of the honor principle. -Usc Welcome, William ... The Ganecock is strongly tempted to shout hooray, hooray, at the thought of Billy Laval coming to Carolina as head coach of 'athletics. It would be hard to imagine a more suitable man for the posi:ion and his selection seems to be unanimously ap proved by the student body. His ability is too wed known to need any comment and the Gamecock confidently ex pc.cts to see a long and successful reign in Carolina's ath let'c world. One thi:g seems certain, men will be picked for positions on athletic teams on a basis of ability and for no other reason whatsoever. Laval has a reputation for playing favorites with those who play the strongest and hardest games and this is as it should be. It seems to The Gamecock that the best men have not always pl.yed on teams here, that favori .sm has been in dulged in by coaches and the results have been disaterous in several cases. Unti. such a condition -s done away with Carolina will never attain her full athletic strength. So l,ere's lookin' atchn Bi' v aid Wishing you luck. -use Have A TTart The student body and faculty have shown a surprising lack of co-operation with the editor of the annual in the matter of ge:ting in photoghapl-s. The ed tor reports that repeated notices have elicited no response. Out of severai hundred gr .duates only three have had pictures made. Those models of effic.ency, members of t; e faculty, have a:so been negligent in this matter. Stu dents who rate sponsors wil, not turn in pictures. This year's editor is makirg a tremendous effort to get out early, but H.-- hands will he ied until the students and faculty lend a hand. This attitude, by the way, :s a very common one for the students to a: sume They elect a man to a position and then sit back and say, "Do your s uff." It is common be I ef that there is some magic way in which editors can pick material out of the thin air. a glorified abracadabra by which things are done w;thout effort. Sluggards who refuse to he 11 in any way are the first ones to raise a howl when things go wrong (and how this anvi; chorus can perform.) All of which proves that there are people who still be lieve in Santa Claus and still think that George will do it. 'lhe tragedy being 1,at Geor is just as full of inertia as 'veryone e.se. ----Usc Stav O' "hc Grass With the closing of the campus against traffic, Carolina for the first time in her hi-tory Las some ind:viduality and is not merely a part of Columbia. Our campus can now be made and kep. beauitiftil wii. a little co- peration on the par: of everyone using the c ipus Signs which are now being printed will shortly be posted around the campus r,questin hat al. tra bmust be put in cans furnished for the purpose. and asking the students to help keep the grass in good c-1:d tion. It is to be hoped that every.i.e will take the suggestion of the signs and help the looks oi this old place, which for over one hundred years has beei one of the (lust spots of this city.A -USC Fellow-Sufferers "Censored by the Dean of Men of the Universitv of Wis consin," stamped on a narrow flap that had been page 17. tells of the strong arm of authority encountered by the De cember issue of the Wisconsin Literary Magazine. The deleted page had carried a hur.esque entitled "Sherwood Anderson Buys Sone Pickled lflerring," fist we are told. of "unmistakable deadness." The author was Irving Tres sler, who was having a little fun with Mr. Anderson's style. Trhe article did not come to the (lean of men's attention until the magazine was printed, so it became the sad duty to tear out the p)age whein the (lean decided the article might give offense to Mr. Anderson, and was therefore unworthy of p)ublication. Perhaps it was in a spirit of mockery that they editors surcharged an innocent artic.e on "The Town Band," with the wvord, "Printed By Mistake." ('T'he New Student Service ) A Bedtime Story AND NOWV **jGOOD children **** * * BOYS and girls, SHOULD know, * * * * * * THIS concludes A\S a means * * * * * * OUR program OF SELF * * * * * * FOR 'IONIGHT . P'ROTECTION. * * * * * * I HOPE that CLUTCH your * * * * * * YOU have enjoyed itOTTLES ciocel y * * * * * * THIS TlO YOUR breasts * * * * * * EVENING. OR THE 9 * * * * * AS AN added JUDGE will catch * * * * * * ATTRACTION I YOU "IF you * * * * * * WILL tell D)ON'T watch * * * * * * YOU something OU'I." Yours THA'T all SI NCERZLY Welcome University Students to BURNETT'S DRUG STORE DRUGS, DRINKS, CIGARS, STATIONERY Whitman's Candy and Eastman's Kodak Supplies One Block from Campus-Phone 3191-Cor. 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