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%L GA4COCJ "BEsT Cot.wx NXWSPAPRa IN SOUTH CAROLINA" Member of she South Carolina College Press Associsties 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, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908 Nxws ITus may be handed in to any member of the staff EDITORIAL STAFF BRUCE WHITE Editor-in-Chief BURTON SHOOK . . Managing Editor Ev. BALLENGER Associate Editor SYDNEY HEYMAN Associate Editor JOSEPH KARESH Associate Editor BARRON BRIDGES . . . . Associate Editor ERSKINE LEGETTE . . . . Sports Editor CURTIs BROCK . . . . Joke Editor MAYRE WALL . . . . Co-Ed Editor ASSISTANTS BANNIE STEWART . . . . Sports SURA WOLE . . . . . . Co-Ed JEssE RUTLEDGE . . . . . Y.M.C.A. REPORTERS Harold Funderburke, F.ugere Carmichael. Foy Stephenson, Gertdue Rigby, Kennth Grimsley. BUSINESS STAFF JAsPia DEnRicK . . . Business Manager JosEPn HioTT . . . . . Assistan HiNRY WALXER . . . . Assistant JACK BATES . . Circulation Managr WnLIAM PARRISH . . . . Assistant FRIIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928. Honorable Attitude? 'The Honor system as it exists at Carolina todav is far from serving tile purpose that it was orig;nalby intended to serve. What's wrong? Is it the system itself or is it the attitude of those who compose the stu(ent body? Some of the camipis Calvinists have advance(d the idea that the whole trouble lies in the fact that the student body has lost confi,lence in tile honor comllittee. We are aware of 1no indications tending to show that the whote, or any great part of the students have lost conlfidence in the honor coilittee. 'Ilose who claim to have lost confidence. in all Iprobabil*ty, have never seriously considered the coiml mittee's nosition. As long as the committee sits idly by and the Paul Reveres are given me(lals for their bravery one never hears a growl. Yepl. as long as an old hound is allowed to prowi arouind and molest things at his will he I Content. lut just take that parasitic freedom from him and lie will start whining imme(liately. Just iet the honor committee tighten-down to strict performance of their dity and those nefarious minded students start yelping for justice. Then when they get justice, that is unfavorabie to their point of view, they "loose confideice in the honor collilittee." The honor comnmittee is elected by the student body of the University to en force the honor principle. Then when such en forcemenit is carried out the perpetual ego-maniacs of the campus arise to rebellion andl say "we won't stand for it." If this attitudle continues and exp)ands the honor Committee no longer has a peace on this campus--it may as well be abolished. What's the use of its remaining when it has 1no power ? Of course the honor committee is not infallible. It is sub ject to making mistakes the same as alny groupi of human beings. InI such cases aln appeal trial is proper. But no0w, since the custom has started, we feel safe in sayinig that plractically every decision, right or wrong, wvill be appealed from., If the comnmoni aaw system of trial is going to b)e adopte:l it should lbe adloptedl in its entirety. TIhe honor committee now is nlothling more than a Grand Jury. Sinice the de cision of the committee is a mere formality to be disposed of lbefore appealng, we see no reason wvhy it should have to (decide tihe case. Let the honor committee (what a mis nomer thlusly applied 1) or some other commlittee decide oni the sufficiei:cy of evidlence thlen p.ace the case before tIle student jury in the manner prescribed b)y the code. If the students of the Un:versity think that they have become too modern or thlat Carolina has grown too large for the honor system abolish it I Bring back the Proctorial Sysstem. Put the spies and senltinels onl duty in the ex amnination room, and have it distinctly understood that no student catn leave the room without a chaperone. Stand tup for the honor principle as long as it exists but if it is not war.ted, and judging from the disgraceful ap plause that took place at the last trial It is not, DO AWAY WITH IT Evidece The Ganecock befriends justice. But that justice must be justice in the pure and virgin state; justice to all parties concerned and it must be free from the vile iniquities of perjury'and false pretense. Justice obtained by such means defeats the very essence and spirit of the law of justice. The honor system was delt a very disingenuous blow Fri lay night. It was a disgrace to any body that purports to be governed by a criterion of honor. When the professors start contradicting each other for apparently no other than personal reason what is to become of the honor principle? How can an institution expect to turn out honerable men and women when such examples set before the students. Following is a reprint of the examination papers that were the subject of the recent controversy: First Paper: Iocrease in mercury = 200 X .0002 X 1000 = 400 cc. Increase in glass 200 X (3 X .000009) X 1000 = 5.4 cc. Amount that runs out = 400 - 5.4 = 394.6 cc. of mercury G.t 2000C 1400 cc of mercury - 1005.4 cc in vessel = 1394.6 cc of mercury at 2000 C = (1394.6 (1 - 1200 X .0002 cc) at C* = 1394.6 X .6 = 837.76. After cooling to 00, 837.24 cc will remain in the vessel. Second Paper: 1000 X (3 X .000009) X 200 = .054 increase of voiume of glass cm. 400 - 5.4 = 394.6 = amt. run out at 2000C 1400cc of mercury 1054 in vessel = 1394.6 cc of mercury at 2000C = (1394.6 X I - 1200 X .002) at 0* = 1394.5 X 6 == 837.76 at 00 837.26 cc remain after cooling. Third Paper: Increase in volume of mercury 200 X .402 = 400 cc, increase in volume of glass 1000 X (3 X .000009) X 200 = 5.4 cc. The amount of mercury which wilh run out when it ex pands is 400 - 5.4 = 394.6 cc. at 2000C, 1400 cc of ier cury - 1005.4 in vessel = 139,4.6 cc of Hg. at 2000C = (1394.6 X I - 200 X .002) at 0* - 13946 X .6 = 837C70 1137.26 cc. will remain iin vessel after cooling at 0*. How in the world coti.d three different men subtract 1005.4 from 1400 and get 1394.6? I'his is the evidence that was submitted at the trial. If this is not evidence of cheating on the part of someone, then there is no such thing as circumstantiai evidence. How any supposedly intelligent man could say, under oath, that these papers cntain rot even a scintilla of circumstantial evidence, and that he Would have ha dbetter sense than to refer them to the honor committee, is beyond 'he Game cock's comprehension. - USC Letter Received The Gamecock received the following letter from Proi. Char,es E. Mullin of Clemson College: "Aboti the middle of December two representatives of a Baltimore tailoring company visited Clemson College with a iine of exceptionally fine suit samples and took orders for probably two hundred suits from the students at $25.00 each, collecting from $5.00 to $25.00 with each order. "'A short time later when the su'ts began to arrive Iy mail, $20.63 C. 0. D., almost every student was quite sur-, prised to find that when the package was opened the suit he rece ved was not at all what he had ordered. In fact, only the boys receiving the first few suits got what they had ordered andl paidl for in good faith. Some of those who paid in full in advance have never received any suit at all. Appraisal by, a re'bie local merchant of some of the suits receiv:: lice; the:r ac.ual value at about $7.50 or less. "There are several wvays to stop this business. One is to pass a local ordlinance p)rohlibiting any such non-resident agent from soliciting business without a local license. In order to obtain this license, the non-resident agent should be required to pay a high fee and deposit a cash bond guaranteeing to deliver the merchandise he sells. Another wvay is to pass a state law of the same variety. This may appear to l)e hard upon the legitimate manufacturers, hut if they do not protect themselves by putting such tun scrupulous members of the same line of business otit of the race, they have only themselves to blame. "A movement in this direction should be of interest to every local, state and national chamber of commerce, busi ness men's association, legitimite clothing manu facturers, and anyone else wvho is interested in seeing the public get a squamre deal. T hey have wvorked many or all of the sotuthern colleges, and probably those of the north. Prof. E. Mullin, Textile Department, Clemson College, S. C., will be grad to hear from any studer.t wvho has had trouble with this outfit, or from any organization interested in curtailing the activities of crooks who swindle poor col lege boys at $25.00 each." The letter speaks for itself-if anyone has been cheated at Carolina, write Mr. Mullin; if not bewarel "Tifhe name of this particular gang is immaterial. They probably get a new one every rainy day. However, they operate through the United States mails and it should not be hard, with the right people back of the movemlent, to put them where the dongs won't bite them soonn W*kone. Univer BURNETT'S I DRUGS, DRINKS, CI( Whitman's Candy and Ev One Block from Campus-Phon CAROLINA STU: SHI ONE B Ground Floor Sta "SPECIAL SERVICE TO L IF YOU ARE PLANNING J THE CAMEL CI'1 Y19,row COACH CHAIr CARS riding busses in operation Rates on Request CAMEL CITY CO Office: 2118 Main St. Col YOU -GET -A -RE SELECTIN Fountai -a. 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