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Gi ie (!amrwrk Member of South Carolina College Press Association Published on Tuesday of Every Weev, by the Literary Societies (-f the University of South Carolina. Subscription Rate-$1.50 a Year. Entered as second class mail matter at the Columbia, South Caro lina 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 Tuesday's publication.. Nand in copy typewritten and double-spaced. Names must be signed to copy. Articles will be published in the Open Forum as submitted, with the nam'e of the author signed STAFF JOHN MADISON YOUNGINER . . . . Editor-in. Chief hARRY DEPASS . . ... . .. ., Managing Editor HAROLD FUNDERBURKE . Associate Editor BILL DOUGLAS ... . . .... .... Associate Editor CALHOUN CLEMENT.... . .. Associate Editor EUGENE CARMICHAEL . Associate Editor MAYRE WALL . . . . . . . . Associate Editor LEROY WANT .. . News Editor O. D. BLACK..... .. Sports Editor WILSON 0.. WELDON. . .. . ocial Editor ROBERT H. ATKINSON Alumni Editor DAVE REMBERT. . .,. .. Fraternity Editor J. R.. ANDERSON . .. .Y' Editor JOHN WHITE. ... Joke Editor CO-ED EDITORS DOROTHY ENLAND . . ..Editor VIRGINIA MULLER .,.............News Editor FOY STEVENSON. .. Society Editor CATHERINE CANTWELL Feature Editor EMILY SUYDAM.... Feature Editor ROSALIE TURNER... . . ., .Sports Editor -- ASSISTANTS . G. Jeffords; W . P. Petite; C. ... Jones; Nigel League; J I. Krawchk; Dixon Page; Jack Bates and Mitchell Morse. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT1 - JOSEPH C. IIOTT ......Business Manager LAWSON SCOTT. BERT KARICK . . Assistants WILLIAM PARRISH............Circulation Manager CARL BROWN, EVANS BROWN . . . F Assistants TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929. Spurs If "knockers" were horses, beggars might ride. Then 'he, Gamecock could be congratulated for multiplying horsepo.Sr. It's not the course that gives semiester credits, it's the professor. It is announced that Lindbergh is going to Tatr. off on the matrimonial flight soon. Here's hoping hre .ill be able to ov'erconme the fogs and storms of his niev flight as le did while flying over the Atlantic ocean. T1here is only une thming better thani a co-cd, and that is-a co-ed date. The spring is coming. Bounce. Summer and then the Fall from the garden of flowers. U.S.C. Kindergarten At Karolina Carolina students are a bit unbecomi in their conduct during chapel exercises every morning. It appears that there is little or no respect for the hour-- And it seems that students forget the purpose of the meeting. The other day a distingished visitor caie to the Uni versity chapel exercises, and the attitude of the students gave cause for alarm. During the reading of the Scripture, the Chaplain was interrupted several times by the loud jab bering and noise in the lobby of the chapel. The professors onsthe roedw dropde.ed n te marsiet he vstrin se hoing. Bounch Smment and ahn ill Falection tel ordenivfers.No,hw ilvstrsb imrese ndooegaten visitrolin Ctiarolityf students eo bitonbchapel ith therttcondc thatn tharel celese ever go.rig acouts appers muhatf ther disoriter nohepeort must the rembr_d, is seem thour whuent allcarget tgpurpoeofnth moringdvtin disared otheroay rouitine.Ishe stol bae teate Uih caefult respect eecasesan the atdo ther eae mstdents togave ausiforsaa. CoeDu ropter realaigon,n thepue thCapaiws iteut sea tiimes b h odjb bery n coleeaduest in the Uni f h hae. Ted Sttesr prd tselfstu droend stuhernes ink pater earasment rhiculator aciisemed se also amtaemeintad achl rettin goefel oufr Univesity.now of aciiy eachor ye Whatsse th patcmer tolisit ofedaori,s?irlvn here isha pintfo sthaets to's almostapecessary that th'l tudt m,are onele tim go. This lifeounts for best of the diorerti. hre aor, t mute Univerd, Soutan haterhn altucanmt tite of a sorTig devotion, Thecardd caoom activtise brIt Croulina. tre with ahetics ofespe, kind.s Ife an athere doesarnot apyot ball he hasitors oortnt iasetbralizaseba, akth Eery oolg.ege fornsi unieldrsit idte UntedoStgates debating is carried on to a large extent by the Unive. sity. Many medals are given for the encouragement of public speaking on the campus ; and the literary society is an opportunity that no student should neglect. Then, there are the literary society publications, The Game cock and The Carolinian, affording practical experience in general writing and newspaper work. So. college life has something else to afford outside the door of the classroom work, and the student who gets the most out of his college career is the student who takes part it some phase of student activities. The student's activ ities fee is one of the best investments made in college, when a student realizes its proper purpose and meaning. U.S.C. Dam Site Affords Educational Opportunity No student should graduate from the University without having seen the mammoth earthen dam that it being oon structed near Irmo, ten miles from Columbia on the Saluda river. This dam affords an educational opportunity that should not be neglected by any student that can visit the scene. The dam is goirlrg to be the largest dam of its ki:id in the world, and, is attracting world-wide interest. Peo ple are coming from distant sections of the country to see it, and yet people ten miles away ignore the magnificent sight. Engineering students at the University have already visited the site as a part of the study in their course..But, orators, lawyers, doctors and preachers can be benefited by it just as much as the engineer. More can be learned there in an hour than can be learned in a dozen books on the subject. It is knowledge that everybody needs, especial ly if to be acquired at our own door step. The Gamecock urges students to take advantage of this golden opportqnity and visit the dam before they graduate and leave. An education from the University of South Carolina is not complete without it. U.S.C. Historical Curiosities The University library is undoubtedly the most inter esting place on the campus. It is the oldest separate library building in the United States. In addition to its avenues and alcoves of books, it,is fast becoming a museum of interest and of vast historical information. It contains articles and collections that cannot be found elsewhere in the world. Perhaps the most interesting piece of furniture, in the special fireproof museum room, is an old Chippendale chair that was found in the basement of the. State House, and presented to the University by William C. Preston. In his letter of presentation, Mr. Preston said that the chair was probably used by the colonial gov ernors of South Carolina. Tle. museum also contains a colonial spinet, made in the days of lartha Washing ton, and the kind that Martha played. The walls are covered with valuable portraits. Paint ings of Madison and Jefferson, probably painted by the p early famous American artist, Gilbert Stuart, are valued at $100,000. Various busts from Dante to Pickens fre quent the corridor space. In the row of museum cases may be. found a beaver hat that wvas worn by Francis W. Pickens, war governor of South Carolina. There may also be found pictures of the ruins of Colunibia after Sherman's march. In this collection is a p)ictture of the ruiins of Washingtoa Street Methodist Church, Ebenezer Lutheran, Presby terian Lecture Room, the Catholic convent, the bridge over the Congaree river, and many others. Professor Snowden has done much for the department in collecting historic relics. An ink-stand used by Fran cis Lieber during 1835-56 is loaned by Professor Snow dIemn. A piece of wood from the floating batteries near Charleston is a petrified relic of interest. Professor Keith has made a loan of French coins, one bearit.k the insceprition of Napoleon Emipereur. Personal letters by war governors, original docu.. ments, shrapnel shells, Eturopean horse casts; an his toric cane made from the first flag staff on the walls of Mexico, mounted with the metal of guns captured when New Mexico was taken; a spear, assegai, utsed by Zulus of a South African tribe in killing off the tribes; Eliot's Indian Bible, written in 1865, the only Bible in the language of the American Itndian; and a painting cf the University of Sotith Carolina campus in 1820O are a few of the outstanding things the muse.um contains. The Gamecock would like to see. the museum grow. It is in a.fire-proof building and a good place to present a valuable loan to the University, where It can be of educational advantage to the s.tyudents. Already, the musel.im' is a wonderful source, of historical food for WGtvC 5oithn CAroliniane-enaa4esholas... -- 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. WILLIA (Incorp< FURNITURE, RUGS, LINC FURNI 1725 MAIN STREET Phone UNDERWOOD PORT With 4 Bank Sta The Underwood Portable i be operated on the lap, arm c1 place, In mechanical constri table inherits speed, accuracy wood standard office machin Sol< '1'HE S''A''E J "LET R1 George H Davis, Ca Tenement 5 SUITS CL] One Day Serv ED. RO0 -PHONE 8187-8188 "HONESTLY, IT'S WINCHESTER GF ATLANTIC LIFE 702-3 Palm M. & M. 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