The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 23, 1928, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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EDITORIAL, STAFIF
Jgssr A. RUTLEDGE . .Editor-in-Chi
SYDNEY HEYMAN .Managing ditor
BoB SPARKS . . . .Associate Litor
BANNIE STEWART Associate Editor
HIARRY L. HINGSON .Associat Editor
F. L. MAY . . spots Editor
BILL GAINES .Feature Editor
MAYRE WALL . . o-d Editor
CALHOUN CLEMENT . . Exchange Editor
CURTIS BROCK EJoke Editor
ASSISTANTS
Roy Gathings M Y.M.g.A.
ko. SS sENSON o-Ed
Elizabeth Marshall; William Broughton; Ashej 11al!;ey;
Harold k'underburk, J. Robert Anderson, Dorothy den
land, Ann L. New, L. M. Want, and Roy Gathings
AUSrNESS CTA '
JosEP hi . . . . usiness Manage
AWSON S o . . . . . Assistant
BERT KARICK EAssistant
WILLIAM PARRISH . . Circulation Manager
CARL BROWN . . .Assistant
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1928
Courtesy?
It has long been the custom at the University of Vir
ginia for the students when passing a professor, either
on the -a:npns ir on the street, to tip their hats as a
matter of ccr trtesy to him. It is not a suggestion that
we absolutely pattern after any other institution or make
it a guiding model which we must follow but it is al.
ways a good rul- to make such changes or begin such
customs as are constructive.
It was in former years a custom of the professors of
!the campus to wear robes as a proof of the dignity of
their profession. This as everyone knows is no longer
disregarded. No particular reason can be given why
true only recently has the custom been absolutely
disregarded. No patricular reason can be given why
the robes are no longer worn, other than the gradual
discarding of the custom by a few until they were ab
solutely abandoned. Again it may have been because the
students did not despect them-either with or wiLhout
the robe. It can only be said that it is no longer the
"style" for men to wear robes.
Occasionally a student comes to this University and
~as a matter of habit created from the ibservance of the
custom of their former college unconsciously tips his
hat when passing a professor. Other students obviously
do not understand. Perhaps the reason that the Vir
ginia .student attempts to show respect for his professor
while other students do not.
-U. S.C.
Tradition or Precedent?
Hundreds of colleges and universities can boast >f
their magnificant buildings, their large endowments, an-I
their multitudinous student bodies, but fewv can claim more
grand old traditions, many as old as the university itself,
than this institution.
It has been proved beyond a doubt that the University
of South Carolina library is the oldest in the United States.
One other sought to be distinguished as such, but it was
found that ours was the first to be put into a building to
be used for that exclusive purpose. The tradition, although
important, is not the most notable thing about it. It is
not a dead establishment or has not become a shrine, but
Is still a growing and up to date part of this instiitution,
south. It's recent improvements have done a great deal
to make it such and when all the proposed equipment is
added it will be even more improved.
Again, we cherish the Honor Principle. Not so much
because it has stood the test of time and is yet a great
success, even though opinions may differ, but because this
institution was one of the very first to install such a sys
tem. It takes time to impress the significance of such a
system upon the minds of a new student, but when he haS,
become a real Carolina man and reaiizes that he is an in
trinsic part of the institution, he realizes its importance
and is proud of it.
It is necessary that a clear distinction be made be
tween traditions and preceder.ts.' Traditions cannot be lost
and are a valnable part of the Institution. Certain pre
cedents are a draw-back and as such should be abolished.
They have been established and have never been changed
although during that time the institution has greatly out
grown them. The precedents cannot be stretced and they
have not been altered, and as such, the functions of the
University must often be -narrowed to fit the old woru
oMt pattern, which should have been abandoned long ago.
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OPEN FORUM
To the Editor of The Gamecock:
Quite a number of people seem to have misunder
stood the letter printed in the open forum of last week's
Gamecock. The article positively was not directed
against politics in general. Of course it isCunderstood
that politics exists on the Carolina campus and will
continue to do so in the future. It does nct appear to
me that there could be any bona fide reasons why a
student should object to open politics. But when a
group as described in the letter in last week's Game
cock get together and devise plans by which they ex
pect to unscruplously direct politics and elect only those
who belong to their particular group; regardless of
whether they are competent or not it should be the
duty of every Carolina student to see that i.' i are not
allowed to perpetrate their Machiavallivn polii',.
I hope that those who misconstrued the letter of last
week will read it again, carefully, and see if they do
not agree with me.
Harry L. Hingson.
To . the !Editor of The Gamecock:
This is in no sense a plea for feminine deference; it
is a protest against the constant asinine references to
the co-eds which characterize the writings of a great
many contributors to The Gamecock, and especially the
column conducted by the original and scintillating per
sonality, "Harry Stottle." I
Nor are we poor sports n resenting this attitude that
seems so perticularly attractive to the authors. No
matter how little we regard it nor how well we under
stand the spirit in which it is .ntended the fact remains
that the people outside of Carolina do NOT know that
this manner if writing is not an index to the feeling
among the men for the co-eds and the status of the
women student is not only considerably decreased in
their opinions but likewise in the opinions of the
freshmen and new students.
The co-eds play fair with the men at Carelina;
they support the ath1etic teams quite as loyally andi en
thusiastically as the me, they encourage the Y1.M C.A.
and forensic events by their cooperations and presence.
They contribute to all the publications in physical ef
forts as well as literaary, and in every instance they up
hold the traditions and customs of the school in a man
ner to warrant approval. In the face of these facts 't
seems only fair to the co-eds to demand the respect to
which they are entitled, and which is certainly not forth
coming from the expressed feling of 'The Gamecock',
whether it is an actual or assumed attitude.
We have no particular objections to being called
dumb, especially since we know it is not true, but it does
seem ludricrously funny to us to hear ourselves called
dumb by some students who hold the unchallenged repu.
tation for their ability to ask useless, silly questions, and
their incapacity to absorb anything in the way of intelli
gen ce.
iThose who have done us honor to publish theoretical
qualitle may or may not approve of our sentiments but
whether you do or not, the fact remains that we do
NOT think we are getting a fair deal, and it is men of
unquestioned culture and integrity who have stacked
the cards.
A Co-Ed.
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