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"1EsT COLLEcr NEwSPAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA" Member of the South Carolina College Press Association Published Weekly by the Various Literary Societies of the Uniftrsity of South Carolina. Terms--$1.50 a Year Abored as Second-Ciass Mail Matter at the Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20. 1908 NEwS ITEMS may be handed in to any member of the staff EDITORIAL STAFF BRUcE WHITE . . . Editor-in-Chief BURTON 'SOOK . . . Aanaginy Ed-tor ED. BALLENGER . . - . issociate iiditor SYDNEY HEYMAN . . - /lssociate REditor Josept KARESI[ . - Associate Editor BARRON BRIDGES . . . /s.rociate Editor ERSKINE LEGE-TTE . . . . Sports Editor CURTIs BROCK . . Joke Editor MAYRE WALL . . . . Co-Ed Editor ASSISTANTS BANNIE STEWART . - - - Sports SURA WOLFE - . - + - - Co-Ed JESSE RUTLEDGE . .'A..c. - V.- -. - REPORTERS Harold Funderburke, Eugene Carmichael, Foy Stephenson, Gertrude Rigby, Kenneth Grinisley. BUSINESS STAFF JASPER DERRICK . . . Business Manaer JoSEPH HioTT . . . . Assistant HENRY WALKER . . Assistant jAcx BATES . . . Circulation Aamagfr Wr.LIAm PARRISH . . . Assistant FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928 Spurs College Spirit: Letting the football game go to hang when a fight starts behind the bleachers. * * * * * "My business is picking up." said the old negro as lie went about the campus collecting paper and trash. 0 * * * * "I don't do thus and so; I guess I'm old-timey," said dumb Dora. What a slam on the old fashioned girls. * * * * * Kissing a girl who does not close her eyes is like eating hominy that has not been salted. * * * * * It takes several Swallows to make a spring, but one "swallow" may make a fall. * * * * * Anl old-timer says, "my wife's mouth never stops work ing, it runs full time during the (lay and coasts at night" -she snores. * * * * * "A patron" writes to a newspaper: "Spring Holidays interrupt the routine of work. The attention is taken off the subjects pursued. There is a pulling-up of stakes to he followed by pitching the camps anew." We wonder w~hat he thinks they arc runining at these schools aniy way, 'Camp Meetings" or trainling camps for patenlt medIicine Ballyhooers ? Thle trouble with thle "Patrons's" theory is thlere is 1no use ill pullinlg up the stakes even if thle st udents had aniy "'stakes' to pull upl. * * * * * Correct this sentence : "My roommate is so thought ful; he never leaves tIle soap in the bath room." And renmembter t hat everythling that wiggles is not a wormil. T hanks to Mr. Seibels As the voice of the student b)ody of Carolin 'The Gamecock wvishes to express a sentiment of thankfulness to Mr. E'dwin G. Seib)els for the astronomiical obser vatory. We are proud of it, we app)reciate it, and we value is as an adequate satisfying of a long felt need. Not only is the observatory useful and beneficial to the University but it is also a handsome building and a dignified piece of work. The old red clay in Bull street has b)ecome subservient to fertile soil upon whichl rests a beautiful asset to the campus. When the flowers and shrubs around the observatory grownup wefeel sure that no other spot on the University grounds will have a more charming appearance. The building speaks for itself and will speak for itself in '.he future. There is no doubt that as long as the Uni versity of South Carolina remnains in existence the name of Mr. Seibels will be remembered and honored as one SThe Open Forum j To the Ed(itor of The Gamecock: I would like to take advantage of your Open Forum to make a few comments on, and corrections to, an article which appeared there in your 'ssue of last week, relative to the policy of the Honor committee. While we feel that constructive criticism -s to be welcomed at all tinies, there was certainly nothing constructive in that polysyllabic attempt to display the erudtion of the writer, an as some students might not be well acquainted with the facts, and accordingly might be misled by that, curious mixture of slanderous 'nsinuation with either falsehood or misinformation, we wish to tell the student body the actual facts as to the operation of the Honor coummittee so far this year. And while we confess our selves to be totally incapable of comipet ng with such masterpieces of diction as "pedantic display of ses quipedalian monstrosities," we will do our best to answer some of the statements made -n last week's Forum. The gentleman writes: "It seems to be the policy of the Honor committee to dismiss any student of the Uni versity who might find himself in a precarious situation of even the slightest degree. They (1o not seeni to real ize the seriousness of declaring a man to be without character and casting him out upon his fellow citizens as one not to be trusted. They seem to think that they are duty bound to uphold the integrity and efficiency of their body by shipping all those who come within their clutches." The Utter Falsity of this is innediately ap parent from the figures involved. There have been seventeen students reported to the Honor committee, and eight of them have been asked to leave. Out of these eight, three admitted their violation, so we have convicted only five out of seventeen on the evidence subimitt.ed. Considering this in conjunction with the fact that the case must be pretty strong before it would be reported to ts, is can hardly appear that we "dismiss any sttident who might find himself in a precarious situa tion of even the slightest degree." As to the statements about declaring a man to be with out character and casting him out as one not to be trusted. I would merely like to inform the gentleman that all proceedings in front of the Honor committee are secret, and the name of those who are brought tip before us are never disclosed unless they themselves wish to (o so. Moreover, individuals asked to leave by the Hlonor committee are permitted to obtain honorable discharges from the office and enter other institutions if they wish to do so. The position of the Honor coi mittee is simply this: we have been elected to have charge of the operation of the honor system, and if we believe any individual has been guilty of violating it, we are in duty bound to ask that individual to leave. However, we certainly (1o not feel that a man is a criminal or shou'd be condenined forever merely be cause lie has slipped once, so the whole matter is handled quietly, and the Honor comnitte always offers whatever assistance'it can yve toward enabling the individual to make a fresh start at another institution. All t he foregoing p)art of the gentleman's article sotund(s as if it were inspired more by ignorance than by mialice, but there is another statement that we must re gardl in another light. He wvrites "It also seems to many membhers of the student body that a defendant's social andl politicah affiliations in a great measure determine the stattus of his trial." Now if any members of the student body really believe that, they should certainly tall .m protest meeting (if the sttudent body and investigate the actual conditions. The Honior committee are elected as the representatives of the students, and are tacitly on their honor to b)e fair andl ab)soltutely impartial, and if they are letting themselves be influenced by social, political, or any motives whatsoever except the dictates of unbiased jtistice, the studemnt body should ask them to resign. If there is any student who believes the above qutotedl statement is triue in even the slightest degree, the Honor commit tee wvould welcome an investigat ion. Bt whbile wve wvould have nothing to criticise in an open in vestigation, wve certainly do resent the undlerhandl.edl in sinuation. We would merely like to remind the writer that if lie was actuated, as he claims by a desire for constructive criticism, and if this statement is anything more than a mere slanderous falsehood, he ought to im mediately call for a student body meeting. The truth of such a charge wotild strike at the very root of the Honor system, so now it is up to the gentleman to either comte out into the open with proof, or by silence to ad mit that he has foolishly attempted to write something on a subject about which he apparently knows less than nothing. For while we welcome constructive criticism, we dlon't like lies. 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