The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 23, 1928, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5
The Very Idea!
By BuRToN E. SHOOK
In this column last week I made
favorable refereice to the political meth
ods being empaoyed by a candidate for
the presidency of the sophoniore class.
Since that time I have been question.d
as to why I endorsed the candidate.
My endorsement was for the method
and not for the person himself. Yours
truly cares no: one whit who is elected
to the presidenoy of the sophomore
class, but he method which has been
iiijected into the campaign is the most
praiseworthy that has come this way
in many a moon.
If the freshman in question can help
ilitroduce open politics on this campus.
then lie will have made a great contribu
tion to the life of the Universi y.
In this week's Open Forum a budding
critical genius (who hides his immense
talent under a bushel by not signing
his name) pretends 'o see beneath the
candidacy of this "verdant" freshman.
the subtle and wicked machinations oi
some all-powerful Warwick, who is in
exorably pulling the strings which wil
catapult this dangerous freshman into
a position of power.
Admittedly the freshman is getting
advice and aid from some one. as the
Forum writer very, very cleverly points
ou -. One is forced to ask : Since wh2n
has the getting and taking of advice
been put on the blacklist ?
The detective powers of this mys
tei ious writer of letters marks him as
a sleuth of the old school. Scotland
Yard will sign him up ere his stealthy
step has descended the rostrum after
getting his diploma, and then, woe to
the underworld.
Did I say that the letter writer was
hiding his talent under a bushel? He
is hiding it under a carload, with not
even a vagrant cough to betray his
royal whereabouts. Come forth Dan
iel, where there are ilo lions, certainly
not political ones.
* * * * * * * *
If the verbose gentlemen who write
for the Open Forumi would curtail
pro'iluction just a Ittle bit and write
their say in fewer words, more room
could he devoted to topics of campus
wide interest.
This remark. enthusiastic readers is
not aimed at Hawkeye. et al. because
the searching Iawkeye has been very
cotnsiderate in his demands on space
compared with others who have writ
tenl.
The point is. that if those who write
letters to the Forumn would try to ex
press themselves in simple language.
uiderstandable to themselves as well
as posible rea<lers. their effectiveness
would be much greater.
Most scribes spray their missives
with Mr. Webster's choices- fmids and
hope to give the impression that they
are erudite, if niot thought ful.
The edlitor niever tutrnis downi a Fo
runm letter because. he' feels that the
sttudenit body should have full opportunity
for expression, as of course it should. But
it is ani impiositiont 01n the editor to ask
that most of his space lie given to a
letter which could say the samec thing
int a great deal fewver words.
Moral: If you have som;etinmg to
say, write it ;if you jtust watit to talk.
hire a hall.
* * * * * * * *
The approaching elect ion of a May
quteeni is a genitle remIindler that there
repboses int thte conistitutioni of our
grand( anid glorious studlent body a pro
visioti that only jtuniors and setiiors
arte el igible for' t his hionior.
l,et me hia%ten to say~ that no fair
heart ini either the freshman or sopho
more class beats faster at my approach, or
vice versa, whatever that mteants. Per
sonially, I wouldn't care if the p)ractice
were abolished anid a May king elect
ed itistead; in fact-well, I'd rather,
obviously I would.
Without casting any aspersions on
the beauties of the two upper classee
onie might say that making the sehec
tioni of May queen from those sources
compulsory, decidedly limits the r'ange
of choice. There is no very good rea
son why such a ruling exists.
A bit of groping brings a faint nmem
ory of this clause having been inserted
itn miy hahyconm sophomore days.
Whether a goodnae was made not
NORTHWESTERN
PRELIMINA RIES
ON WEDNESDA Y
Carolina Will Select Two Man
Team In Euphradian So
ciety Hall
FOREIGN PROPERTY QUERY
Debate prel:1iinaries to select a t wo
man team to rel)resent Carolina againast
Northwes ern University will bq held
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock iti the
Euplradian society hall.
Carolina will uphold the affirmative of
the query: "Resolved: That the United
Sta es Should Refuse Military Protec
tion To the Property of Her Citizens,
S;tuated on foreign Soil." Northwes .ern
debate will probably he held in the
auditorini of either Chicora or Colun
bia college.
In the preliminaries Wednesday nigh..
it is announced that the contestants will
be allowed 20 itttes in which to pre
sent tle.r arguments.
It is imperative that all hose going
out for this contest, turn in their name
to Joseph Karesh. secretary of the De
batit;g council, on or before niooni of the
(lay preceding the contest. Competition
closes then and no others will be allowed
to participate. Notice to that effect lias
been posted in the literary socie y box
iii front of LeGare college.
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