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"BEsT COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN SoUTH CAROLINA" Afemiber 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, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908 NEWS ITEMS may be handed in to any member of the staff EDITORIAL STAFF BRUCE WITE . Editor-in-Chief BURTON SHOOK Managing Editor ED. 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 WOLFE . . . Co-Ed JEssE RUTLEDGE . Y.M.C.A. REPORTERS Harold Funderburke, Eugene Carmichael, Foy Stephenson, Gertrude Rigby, Kenneth Grimsley. BUSINESS STAFF JASPER DERRICK . . . Business Manager JoSEP HIoTT - - . . . Assistant HINRY WALKER - - - - - Assistant JACK BATES . . . Circulation Manager WInLIAM PARRISH . . . . Assistant FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928. Constructive Criticism It is indeed regrettable that the Honor System shouli have been subjected to such pithy verbal controversies it. those which have taken place in the las. few weeks. The charges brought against the Honor System in :he Open Forum of the Gamec,ck of larch 2. strike at the ver) founldation o)f tle Ilon1or System. In those charge, in which it was ostensible that the writer was intoxicated with the exuberanc.e of his own verbosity, had had tihe strenght of SailmsoIn tle pillars uponi which rests the I-onor systeml woul haNe been ibroken down and it (the system) resolved to debris of failure. ,! on is becominig serious. The time has come when this bull fighting and mud slinging should be stopped. It has gole far enotugh. Of course evenry stildent is en titted to his own pi iiin. nPut what's the use of making slaldemrous and (de-rimental statemeits when there is no solid grounds forl doing Si1?? The opinion of one persoin has little influenlcet up1on lthe thoights of others. After all the hard atnd iinshiing things have iecen sai(l what d' tIhey amount ti The tudent Ibody as a w'hoe, has it bieen chianiged. The writer of te ablove-mniit ioted I iruii let ter,' or any writ ers of Ilett'rs to ithle ( )pein Fortun for' that mi at - ter, surely do iiot wanit th liIIonor systemii abolish ed. St.ieimade statements, which if true, wouldl be a ju.;tifica ion for iimpeatchin g thet preset li Ionor coniinittete. 'The writer' gavt noi re:m on s for his posit ion iir any c ircuim stanices fromu whic ithe lt drew his coinclusions. Tlhten Ihis eToftrts faile'd. for veriy fews petople who want to~ sete lhe I loior principlte work as it should work. acep t sutch sta ttemitnts out of a tclteari sky withbout evidncentt toi back t'em. W\'hat theitn has bteen accoinpl ishied?I las thle situnat ion bieeni bet tetrted or iiade wvorse? Did the writetr tcrit itise th litI ioor conniiit tete in a construct ive' way ori were his remiiarks a iiediumi throu'ngh which lie adlvanted a persnnial nmalitce or' gr tdge? Wet think lie la tter. 'Thi s s t akinig tillfair adv'an;tagte of thei' Open ii orum. 'There is a lig dlifferen'ice b)etween conistrucetive criti c'ismns anid libe'llous proipaganda. Th le oiie shows theit in - tetnt oin thet part of~ thle critic to correct an existinig de feet or fallacy. Such criticisii should be weclcoiiit at all tmes. 'Te ot her is a timpardonabile effTort to tear dlowni somiiet hing or to advance theories by false prtetense. l ike statements have been the subject of legal litigations for years and( have cost those wvould be critics iiillioiis of dlollars. Hereafter when anyone has stichi a seriouis charge to britng against any organization or per'son on the cami pus TIhie Gamecock urges that they lbe brought before the students body at a meeting where they can be thrashed out Toleration One, among many, of the most valuable things that a person can learn, and should learn, either in or out of college is toleration toleration for another's opinion, or attitude. No human being is perfect, notwithstanding the ostentations of soie people. No two persons think alike. Although two people may be of the sane opinion regarding a particular topic or matter yet we dare say that in practically every case those two conclusions are reached by two separate and distinct lies of ratiocina tion. Of course when a conclusion is to be reached by a set rule or a prescribed method to be follewed, as th2 solution to a math problem, that's a different situa tion. But where a conclusion must be drawn by one's creative power every man's thinking is different from every other's. The sane may be said of women, they're all alike-different from every other. If this be true-and it is true if age gives veracity to a statement, for this idea is as old as the hills, probably --why should anyone boil over when the opinion of an other does not coincide with his own pet notion. When a person arrives at an honest conclusion he is just as sncere as the other person who arrives at and advances an opposite opinion in good faith. The two opinions conflict. What results? The two argue and frequently fall out, and not infrequently, fight. Of course it is all right for husband and wife or sweethears to be non tolerant of each other's opinions for a quarrel in those cases ultimately culminate in a sweet and happy begin ning again. But when two men clash as a result of dif ferences in opinions they are as a general rule enemies forever. (Oh ! women are out of the question. They are enemies forever and baldheaded too-probably false haired.) lBut getting back to toleration of opinions, there is no reason for calling a person a fall;tble ignoramous just because lie is of a different opinion on a matter. Many great nen at one timie were called cranks you know. A proninent lawyer once said "I always look over my cases several years after they, are decided. At the time the decision is rendered in the cases I lose I cannot see how they cani possibly be decided against ine. But after tle heat of controversy has cooled, ini almost every case I canl see that tHe decision is correct according to prin ciple." That's the great trouble with students as well as others. They fail to see that there are two sides tc every question. Such failure is unfortunate. There :s no better place than right here in college to learn to be tOlrant of people and their ideas. Such a lesson is one of tle filnest thinigs a Person ani learn anwh l ere whether at Harvard or at Carolina. The Open Forum i The Gamecock, surelv, will not think one intruding ;f he writes on the honor system though lie knows abso ittely nothing of its workings in tle L'niversity of Southi Carolina. The writer takes it tlhat this movement is not merely to escape faculty disciplie, but to foster 'ertain high ideals which will be of value in later life. Such mo tives. let me say, are a sense of duty -a sense of hor r a feeling of re'sponisib)ility. These, it seems to mue ought to be at thle foundation'~ of any effort ini stutdett governmiet . St udenit govertn ien t is success everywhiere butt at htomti \ universityv ini t he south was p)raise'd not long ago in a situdlenit con vent ion as having reached per'feet ion in stui dent gove iniimnt. Yet in thIiis uiniversity,. honor boxes conitainting candcies, gaiies, e't cetera, suistainied ani aver age loss of about one-thlird, despite the fact that posters were displayed on the boxes invoking the wrathI of God on those who might steal. Does anyone maintain t hat mioral conduct is hiighe'r under thle Honor Systeni? Is it better that students rule thetnselves even if morals are slackened, L,et us say that fi fty people take an e'xainiation. 'Ten are dishionest. If they do not kniow thle an sweri to a qutest ion t hey get in. St. l'eter takes their paper sayin. "Well done, thloti goodl and( faithful servanut your gradle is A." The paperC of the other student is read. St. l'eter says. "Not so wvefl dlone thou lazy servant I give thee C." You may say let thle honest replort the dishonest' butt a system activety suipportedl by twenty-five per cent of the stuidents; ac qi id in by fifty per centt and oppiosed by t wenty- live pe(r cent is a failuire and nothinig else can be madle of u+. This is about thle condition ini our colleges and( univer sities today. There are onily two solutions. Thel first is to place our selves again iuider faculty dhisciline. The other for each memiber of it to re'solve to supp)Iort and stipport it I There is ino other way. George H-uskey, Welcome Univet BURNETT'S I DRUGS, DRINKS, CI Whitman's Candy and E One Block from Campus-Phor CAROLINA STU SH ONE I Ground Floor Sta "SPECIAL SERVICE TO I IF YOU ARE PLANNING THE CAMEL CI YZLLOW COACH CHAIR CARS riding busses in operation Rates on Request CAMEL CITY CC Office: 2118 Main St. Co YOU - GET - A - R1 SELECTIS Founta .. a The State ] Perl THE - LARGEST STOCK 1248 MAIN STREET GAYDEN CIGARS, CIGARE'T1TES. 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