Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Member of South Carolina College Press Association Published on Tuesday of Every Week by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina. Subscription Rate-$1.50 a Year. Entered as second class mail matter at the Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908. News articles may be contributed by any member of the student body, but must be in by Friday night before Tu.esday's :publication. Contributors are requested to double-space typewrite copy.' Letters May be Published in Open Forum EDITORIAL STAFF JESsE. A. RUTLEDGE . . . Editor-in-Chief SYDNEY HEYMAN . . . Managing Editor BANNIE STEWART . . Associate Editor JOSEPH KARESH . . . . Associate Editor HARRY L. HINGSON . . . Associate Editor BOB SPARKS . . . . . Sports Editor lILL GAINES . . . . Feature Editor MAYRE WALL . . . . Co-Ed Editor CALHOUN CLEMENT . . . Exchange Editor CURTIS BROCK . . . . Joke Editor ASSISTIANT KENNETH GRIMSLEY . . . . Y.M.C.A. loY STEVENSON . . . . . Co-Ed F. L. MAY . . . . . . Sports REPORTERS Harold Flunderburk, J. Robert Anderson, Dorothy Pen land, Anne L. New. BUS N P,SS CTAFF JOSEPH HIOTT . . . . Business A1anager 1,AWSON SCOTT . . . . . Assistant 13ERT KARICK . . . . . Assistant WILLIAM PARRISH . . Circulation Maqager CARL BROW& . . . . . Assistant EVANS BROWN . . . . . Assistant TUESDAY. OCTOBER Z 198 Patronize Our Advertisers Contrary to most publications, The Gamecock is not one that has as its primary purpose to serve as an ad ,vertising medium or to make money for its controllers. Nevertheless, it is one that depends partly on the sup port bf the advertisers for its finances, and after all, they are the Jones that make it possible for the Univer sity to maintain college publications. When these remarks have been fully considered there is no need to stress the reasons why students should patronize the advertisers. It is not necessary, to use magnifying glasses and amplifiers to learn that they are the ones that are always working constructively for the I University. Some of thete merchants even cash checks with little or no identification of the ones that are giving them. They put confidence in the University as a whole, and as such in the individual -students. Some even ad vertise expecting very little renumerative returns, but do it as a way of showing their appreciation to the stu dents for their trade. We are not contending, however, that advertising does not pay; in sonme instances, because it is generally a logical argument that it does.- How ever, there are times of financial depression such as we are now having, when advertisers make a sacrifice to help the publications. There is only one way in which ,students can show their appreciation to advertisers and that is by trading at their businesses. When a merchant conies out with an opent statement that he does not need to advertise witiN the college pub.. licationis, as one did remark, "that lie is getting the stu dents patronage without it. it is then timie to considler fully these statements. No student wvho is soliciting advertising will hav'e to b)e dtriveni from a business b)y its manlager buIt one time to resolve to stay away froni his establishmuent t herea fter We plead with the stutdenmt s to patronize our adve r tisers. Literary Societies This University ntow has, as it has had for over a hundred year s, twv~o literary societies for muen, the Char iosophic andl the E~uphradianl. In addition, it also has two, the Euphrosynean a,ndh H-ypatian, for wvomen. Thiese societies, although they have only a small piercenitage of the students enirolled at Carolina. have long carried otn a use ful work int the promontinm of intst :., th,e frc. sic 'field. Meeting, regularly once a week they set out very early in the scholastic year on an organized program of debating, declaiming, reading, oratory and the study of parliamentary law. The freshman and newcomers to the University very soon after joining one of these societies learn the intricacies of the proper pro cedure and derives therefrome benefits that he never loses even in after life. The literary societies are the heart iof student acti 'vities at the University. Through them are distributed all the important pffices of the two student publications over which they hold a controlling hand4 To be eligible ,to one of these offices one must be g member of one of the various societies. The staff of The Carolinian is elected by a joint meeting of the two women's and the two men's societies, the women normally holding their meetings on the third floor of Legare. The staff of The Gamecock is elected by a joint meeting of the two men's societies, each one alternating in furnishing pos sible candidates. The elections to both are held twice a year. It is the duty of every man and woman who has the interest of the University at heart to affiliate themselves with one or the other of these societies. For by this way only, will a truly representative cross-section of University life be obtained. Usc Student Employment A cry rings out for help, a distressing cry made by by the unfortunate students that are in need of work. They are finding themselves swiftly approaching the day when they shall be forced to leave the campus be cause of this need. They are willing and anxious to work but time after time they suffer to\see their appli cation thrown to the waste basket.. Is there not some remedy for this deplorable condi tion that is so prevalent among a group of ambitious students such as we have at this University? It is not possible that the business men of Columbia can coop erate in supplying work for a larger number ;of men than they now 'have employed? The Y. M. C. A. is striving to do its part in getting work for those that are unemployed but it is absolutely impossebile for it to get in touch with all sources of work. It has been suggested #hat students who are residing in town should be able to suggest various places of of probable employment. Around the homes ordinarily there is innumberable jobs that students who are fining themselves in this uncomfortable dilemna -would be pleased to get. Students living in connection with these homes should report them either direct to the students who needs the work or to the Y.M.C.A. The University has always been recognized as one with democratic ideals and of brotherly love among th^ students. Let this now be put to the test and help the fellow student. SOPEN FORUM To the Editor of The Gan*cock: In soliciting advertisements for the various college publications, the solicitors find the merchant advertisers tiivided into three groups: The first and,mdst important is the advertisers that reap a Kvarying compensation from such advertisements. The second , group does what is known complimentary advertising,,getting littli or no benefit from their gertisdtents. The third, and the one at which this lletter Is directed, is the merchant that should support the student psdblicatons and do not, but who gets trade from Carolina students. The most outstanding case is that of the Central Drug Co. This firm has not advertised in any student publication for a period of several years and the pro prietor declares that he (does not intend doing so as long as lhe owns the said concern. The proprietor on a recent occasion, when called on to advertise in one of the student publications waxedl profane in airing his views on the solicitor. The solicitor pointed out that munch of his trade camne from Carolina students andl that a boycott would be started against him. HeI became even more violent ini his denunciations and stated in none t oo-gent Ie language t hat he d'd not care if he never got anom thler cent out of thle University stuadents and that he was well fixed and could retire and would retire before he would advertise in any Carolina paper. l'.very old1 si tdent kniows t hat there is a conitinuous treamn of stud(1ent s ini anid out this store and in auto imob'Iles pa rked at the curb. and in all fa irness this firm sho uld do a great dc at of Carolina advert isinmg. They (10 not adlvert ise at present andl state they never expect to in the futunre. If youi h ave the proper loyalty to Carolina and . inuinme sen1se of fairnes.s yon will (enter ito this boycott. SYLVAN BROS. MERCHANTS JEWELERS AND DIAMOND Most complete stock of sterling silver prize cups in the Carolinas. Class rings and pins of the better kind, made up to suit your own ideas. Come in and let's get acquainted 1500 Main St. Columbia, S. C. R. C. WILLI (Incorp FURNITURE, RUGS, LIN( ,PURN] 1725 iMAIN STREET Phone LORICK & LOI BUILDING AND PL1 Pipe-Valves-Fittings, B SPORTING Keep that Tailored Fi your suit by having Form Pres Free Bros. Dry Cleaners a: 1117 GERVAIS ST. NOT HOW CHEAP, ROSE.MARY OVER WINGFIELDS The Rose-Mary Invites *We are prepared to take c: I Parties, larg ATTRACTIVE MC CONFECr1 HOME MADE CANDIES LUNC) MADE FROM PUJ 1437 Main St. "H-ONESTY, IT'S TH1 WINCHESTER GRa ATLANTIC LIlFE ~~702-31alme BILLY BULL'S A Meal a Minute'! 1211 Gervais Street SANDWICHES & WAFFLES SHORT ORDERS Ham and Egg Sandwich-15c LMS & SONS orated) )LEUMS, SHADES, CLUB TURE COLUMBIA, S. C. 5815 VRANCE, INC. 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