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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 19.28
Open Politics
The old or<der of secret campus politics received a
deserved blow when John Bolt Culher son openly announced
hiiseif as a canididate for sophomore presideit. 'hec
blon(le freshman should be given a medal for his braverv.
lie, in al, probability, after a while will be pointed to -j.,
the pioneer in 'ie new regime of po*itics at Carolina. O
course, open politics have long since existed at many other
schools hut such a practice is new and tiril.ing wi h
this universi y. \Vhy thrilling? For the simple reastil that
the politiciains are afraid to break away frino the ild
cistois. It makes their loiid i-rculate faster when hev
realize that they imist coine ou on tle "hard stirface" aiml
proclain to the vt'ters that they ,re "The Stunents an."
The Gamecock realizes that open poii ic, are far from
being established on this caipus. \Ve appreciate a.so tle
fact that nlot only' thle stmiunts here but also the people
of Souh Carolina generally, are worsri pers of precedent,
and (lstomsl-,. They will follow a precedent almost into
"Tlie jaws of (lea hl.' before breaking awa;y. The Game
cock favors following precedents so long as they are good
and tiiely. But when conditioll'; become such that sail
eus onis are no lorger fitting :md :-'propriate we believe
in laying thei asiile even if it do, :7se itu- forefathers
to turn over in ti-.-ir graves.
The groundI ias been broken and the seed of opeil
)olitics lias been planted. TrIue, it may he some tine be
fore the planting il cme up, t hrive and bear fruit .The
too the cold winds of pIrecedlents may chill the seed to such
an extent that i willI never germinate, thius necessitating
a replant ing. But a beg inning must be miade siometinme.
,A replan ing shiou.d no t lhe necessary. The students
shotuld realize the need of un recervedl piolit ics and should
sponsor4 anid e nraige this miethod! 'f cioiiducting cami
pus affairs.
It is useless to at empt to show whyu3 ipen politics
shiouid be adopted. Fveryonie, interesteid in caimpus acti
vities, knows :he p)resenit situation. The atspi-ranits them
selves conlcedle that the system tindekr discussiotn is better
than the ione which now exists. So why not inaugurate it?
Trhe Gamecosk wvishes that it be clearly uinderstoiod
that we arc not doing any pl)tic p)oli-icinig ini b)ehllf of
the aunnounced candidate, neither are we necessarily sponi
soring the platform of atny. \Ve' are merely men ionig
hitm as the starter of somiething that thie stuidenit body
as it wvhole should adlopt.
-Usc
Suggestion
Most semester schools begi-n and end their school
year at the wrong time. The University of South Caro
lina is but an example of many others. Here the first
semester beins about the meiddle of Septembe,r, the
Christmas vacation comes the middle of December, and
when the session is resumed after the holidays, only a month
resmains before- the final examinations for the semes..
ter. his arrangement throws the final exami-na'ions for
the second term during the hot weather.
if. the first semester began early enough to permit the
first final examinations coming efotre Crtssch lai
tic work would proceed very effectively, more -studying
wou,d be done, and greater results would be shown among
average studen.s.
Under the present arrangement, many students wait
until after Christmas holidays to 'begin serious study, and
then cram a month before the first semeste.r exams.
Failures or uear failures then induces many of them to
begin s.udying earlier the second semester.
The point in question should be enough to show that
the first semes.er should start in time to permit the final
examinarions comi:ng before Chrisamas, but there are
many other factors in favor of the change.
If the first semester began the third week in August,
students would have a full month of study before the annual
football craze begins. Students wi,h the right attitude
would get down to a full month of study before the foot
ball season started. This would also permit a -full month
alter the footbali season, and would make the work of
reviewing for the' examinations much easier. After the
examinations, students could go home and en'joy the Christ
mas vacation with no thought of final exams hanging over
their heads like the sword of Damocles.
Another objection to the present. arrangement is that
the first examinations come in February during the best
part of the basketball season. Exciting games just before
the exams detract iron study, and the examinations dis
rupt basketball play, and has ruined many chances of
a winiig team.
If the change is effected,, school would be over about
the middle of May, and final examinazions would come
durinig the pleasant spring weather. Students and teach
ers would then have some good weather during their vaca
tion, and hot weather would come at the beginning of the
school year only, and not bo.h at the beginning and end
as at the present.
Mai3 leading universities have adopted the quarter
systemn but those that retain the old semester method
should coilform it to the seasots. Let it be hoped -that the
t.rustees will alfect tile changC lncxi. ;ali.
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The Open Forum
Poiitic- have been put n aln "open and above
,iard" tar' d oin oir ca.ulnls.
This remedy to ait obsicto and itti.sed system of
caillils .."Vernm1ent apeas i 1ave o ,igillated Solely i.
lie brain of a remarkably vertait freshman who suddenly
s rock uipon tile soluitioi I ti caimpus evii thru his own
il.i1a ive thotight, tho this mile :itaive facu'tv of his seems
to lave hecii singiharily 'nimaini . lesed Iithert >, probab6
duc toi the ilgrowin illod(sty ,I h-. at"r.- aid g('nlemllai,
Firing a hIombshel ilt I tle unprepared ranks of the
"stri-deit and of.en offen;ive initiority," he inaster;llly
states his llotives and pi;tiform in laiguage that would
be highly creVditahe to a law st,udc;.t :r onc who had
taken IProfessor Babcock's corrse ln vocabulary buildiig.
.After a brief associati in wit i the li ;i.-1,y, during
a period of six illonths oliy, lie howi a 1ul aid coin
pl.te appreciation of the dark aid sly po .ical dealinigs
that have lolg marred the serene lite I; our saicti-fied
campus. This iisight into affairs of the (lay (and night
also, gen.lemen) could lot possibly have been gained by
aly secret dabbing in the muddy waters of our political
hog trough. bue is evidently the result of the keen it,
telligeuice that lie has so suddenly rev'ealed, fostered by
somlle dlivinle inituit ion or inlfluence. It was certainlly no
earthly piromloter whlo gulided hlimI away from the mud oif
hliddenC pod.t ics, sin,ce no uplperclassmnan is i aiiy way ill
terestedl ill tile outcomnIe if a minor electionl Ihat canl
neoither plmicly enhantlce hlis reputat ionl notr openIly add
to his ir fluenice.
We cer:ainily agree withl tile well-expressed sentiments
of tIle genltlemani from l.aurens thla "the (disseinlationl
of goss.pi amid slander in ally secret fashlion" lie (lone away
with;~ anid have made no0 a templjt to disguise aimy statemlet
ini this article, if indeed it conitainis ally statemlent what
soever tha mlight lie so mlisconistrued.
A plank suIch as that referred to ill tile previouts psara
graphl is trutly adlmirablle, anld it is withl the deepest regre.
thlat we not ice htow carelessly the eminlen. statesman froim
Laurenls has left ouit "tile issues of thlis camp)aignl," thlt
repeatedly offerinlg I) dlebate ally presumptious opo:ent
on thlese isstues thlat lIe so) cuinillgly conceals. Th'lis is
110: so admi-rable, bult we can easily attribute it to tile
Slimy influence thla somlle silmster politicianls cast osver
utIle Johlnny in his dlays of innlocenlce.
Finally, we adore tile unlfiinchling bravery that leads
our hleroic freshmanl to offer himself as a sacrifice tupon
the altar of ciean politics, inceidentally incurring the fur
ther risk of being elected sophlomore class president, and
woulId be (deeply interested in learnling what (or whlo) ill
flated him with flattery anId thlen shoved him into :he
political whirlpool to floa: about like a toy baloon umntil
elect'ion day, when the hot air with wIhichI he has been
filled will have an opportunity to escape and annoy hlis
hearers.
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