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, 1903. News articles may be contributed by any member of the student body, but must be in by Friday night before Tuesday's publication. Hand in copy typewritten and double-spaced. Names must be signed to copy. Articles will be published in the Open Forum as sub mitted, with the name of the author signed. STAFF John Madison Younginer . Editor-in-Chief Bill Douglas . . Associate Editor Calhoun Clement . .... Associate Editor Harold Funderburke . - . Associate Editor Eugene Carmichael . . . . . Associate Editor Mayre Wall . . . . . Associate Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Harry DePass Managing Editor O. D. Black .. .. ..-.-. Sports Editor LeRoy Want. ... . .-. - News Editor Robert Atkinson . . . Alumni Editor Wilson O. Weldon ..... Social Editor Dave Rembert . Fraternity Editor Roy Gathings. ..... . Exchange Editor John White . .... . . . Joke Editor CO-ED STAFF Dorothy Penland. . .... - Editor Virginia Muller . News Editor Foy Stevenson . .... Society Editor Catherine Cantwell - . . . . Feature Editor ASSISTANTS J. P. Petit J. I. Krawchek W. G. Jeffords Dixon Page C. L. Jones J. V Anderson W. A. Thomas Mitchell Morse Nigel League Jack Bates BUSINESS STAFF Joseph C. Hiott ..... Business Manager Lawson Scott . . Assistant Bert Karick . .... - . Assistant William Parrish . - . . Circulation Maager Carl Brown . . . . - Assistant Evans Brown . - . . . . . Assistant TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 19. Neutral Notions The Gamecock tqday .nakes its debut under the ad ministration of a vv staff, The Editor has no radical changes to make in the policy of the paper. The staff is unbiased and strives only to represent the University of South Carolina, and not a political party, faction or clique. There is, however, ample need for reorganization. The Gamecock has heretofore been too much in the hands of politics. This has been the case for many years past, and grew gradually worse and worse, until it finally grew a wonder that The Gamecock could be voted the best college newspaper in South Carolina. The Gamecock is at present greatly handicapped as a result of the old regime. Now, there is practically an en tirely new staff as a result of politics; and the staff is somewhat inexperienced. To remedy the situation, there must be hereafter a system of competition for the ascend ing offices on the staff. Then a candidate for t'or-ii chief could work himself up to that position and be ap pointed by the retiring editor. The office of editor-in chief is deserving only to the man who has worked for it. But let politics be thrown aside and finally be con etaned by the rust of old age--never to resurrect on The Gamecock staff again. A co-ed staff has been organized, in view of the fact that the co-eds represent one-third of the student body of the University. It is certainly inevitable that they be omitted from the staff. The Editor heartily endorses and encourages open forum letters when they are of the proper sort. Letters will not be published in the open forum without the name of the author. And it is to be understood, however , that the open forum column is not an instrumental means by which personal attacks and grudges will be made. Gamecock is Grateful The-Camecock Is Indeed gtratefu -for the new office. and 'editorial room afforded it in the basement of the exteision building. An adequate room for publications has been a long felt need at Carolina. And with a growing school and journalistic department, it became compulsory that a student newspaper office be obtained. Now the staff has a place to meet, work, and file papers, clippings and cuts. And for this convenience the staff is indebted to the cooperation of Col. J. Rion Mc Kissick, dean of the school of journalism; Doctor Douglas, and Gen. J. Frazier Lyon, executor of the Abney proper ty, part of which was stored in the room obtained. (The late Mr. Abney donated the Abney library which is now in the law school.) Of course, The Carolinian, :iterary publication at the University will also be given a space in the room. The room is rapidly being renovated and with the ap pearance of the next issue will.be moderately equipped and in use. General Lyon granted the Editor the privi ledge of using the late Mr. Abney's desk which will be left in The Gamecock office. We shall be glad to have you come in and see us. And at the same time you might help us turn out a greater and a better Gamecock. - --u.s.c. Second Semester We can hardly realize that the second semester of the current school year is now in progress. And it is still harder for students to realize that a college course is an every-day matter. Now is the time for us to begin going forward, and never grow slack and stop I There are sonic students who go to the University with the slogan "We don't go to college, we just sleep there." Now whether these students mean this seriously or not, we don't know. But judging from the marks at the registrar's office, there must undoubtedly be a great many somnam bulists strolling about the campus. As we go forword in the semester we should remem ber to strive not only for ourselves, but for the upbuilding of our great University. Let us do something outside our narrow selves this semester, and for once, if never be ore. render a service worthwhile, Freshmen That Flunk The freshman year is undoubtedly the hardest year in college. This is true for several reasons, viz., the student must adapt himself to college life, etc. And then, a great many students come to college who are not really prepared for the work. After a taste of what it is like, numbers of freshmen drop out because college is not what they thought it would be. In other words, the freshman year is a year of sifting and elimination. The Gamecock wishes to urge fresh men that now is a time for them to show their real strtigth and manhood. "Stick in de and fight 'em" and be numbered with the survivals of the fittest. Then we can count on you to cope with the battles of life more victoriously. Lost Labor The past week has revealed that there was too much turning of the leaves during examinations and not enough in the autumn. Some students stayed up as late at night as four o'clock in the morning, and some even stayed up all n'ght "cranmming" for an exam, totally ignoring the essential importance of sleep. This is labor lost. Per nmanent knowledge cannot be obtained by "cramming." A lumni and A lumnae We are at times proned to wonder how one feels to ward his or her alma mater after graduating from its sac red walls and classic halls. The other day we heard a! alumnus of the University say that the University of South Carolina didn't belong to the students, but to her alumni and alumnae settled :in various sections of country. This is more truth than poetry, and we admire the attitude of this graduate. The Alumni Association is doing a great deal for the growth and development of Carolina. We feel sure that this is done in the devotion that "Remembering the days when proudly we sought thee, thy children to be" there is passion to be of service. And feeling that there is a desire to keep in touch with the University on the part of alumni and alumnae, the Editor of The Gamecock is going to publish weekly alum ni news. And we want you to feel that this Is as much your paper as it is ours. 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