Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* lIe (!amrwrk 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-41.50 A YEAR. Entered as second class mail matter at the -Columbia, South Carolina Postoffice on November 20, 1908. News articles may be contributed by ary 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 submitted, with the name of the author signed. STAFF JOHN MADISON YOUNGINER . . . . . . . . . Editor-in-Chief WILSON O. WELDON (Acting) Managing Editor ASSOCIATES ROBERT H. ATKINSON . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor ASHLEY HALSEY. JR. . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor EUGENE CARMICHAEL . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor CALHOUN CLEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MAYRE WALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor LEROY WANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News Editor 0. D BLACK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Editor WILSON O. WELDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Editor ROBERT I. ATKINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . Alumni Editor J. R. AN)ER ON . . . . . . . . . . . Y. M. 0. A. Editor S. EVANS B3ROVN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature Editor JO N HIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J k Aio JOHN WHIITE Joke Editor CO-ED EDITORS DOROTHY iENLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor VIRGINIA NULLE..R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News Editor FOY STEVENSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Society Editor EMILY SUYDAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feature Editor ASSISTANTS W. 0. Jeffords; Harold W. Funuderburke; C. L. Jones; J. I. Krawchek; Mitchell Morse; W. J. Latham; N. W. Brooker; J. C. Foster and John Leipersock. BUSINESS DEPARTIMENT JOSEPH C. IIIOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . .Business Manager LAWSON SC(YrT, BERT KARICK . . . . . Assistants WILLIAM PAIRRISH.I.I . . . . . . . . . Circulation Manager CARL Bi1tOVN, EVANS BROWN . . . . . . . . . . Assistants TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1929 Our Political Column The Gamecock feels that it is serving a great need at Carolina in the addition of its new column "The Political Pot" which made its first appearance in last week's issue. It is believed that this column will tend to the making of better and cleaner politics in our school. Truly, it will speedily bring about, in large measure, the long sought open politics for the campus. We are delighted to see the kind of reaction that the column has already made on the campus. It is heartily supported by the students. All of the politi cians are in favor of supporting it. -U.s.o. Aiiother Milestone Reached The Gamecock has reached another milestone; an other step of progress has been made. It was accom plished by the ratification of The Gamecock constitu tion by the Euphradian and Clariosophic literary socie ties last Tuesday night. Now, alas, The Gamecock has a constitution. Beyond doubt, The Gamecock now has something upon which it can function and grow. There will be system. And before long, The Gamecock will be not only the best college news paper in South Carolina, but one of the best in the South. -U.s.c. Student Body Traditions In any institution as old as the University of South Carolina traditions are bound to arise. The University has many such traditions handed down to us from the students of yesterdays but THE GAMECOCK is sorry to say that many of them are not being lived up to by the present day stuents of this institution. One of the Carolina traditions is that every student shall speak to every ether student on or off the campus. With the tremendous growth of the University in recent years, it has become impossible for every student to know every other student, yet the students can live up to this old tradition by speaking to one another when they meet. Friendliness costs us nothing but often brings us great rewvards instead. The above is only one of many traditions which are not being lived up to at present. THE GAME COCK urges that each student individually think the matter of traditions over and begin once more to live up to these old standards of conduct which have been. given to us by a glorious past. --n.5.. * A New Chapel The University of South Carolina stands out fore most among the colleges of the state and South, and wo are justly proud of it. Many new changes have been made with the passing of the years since the University was founded, yet with all of her changes and improvements for betterment, the University has failed to provide her students with a decent chapel. The student body of the University now numbers over sixteen hundred members while the present chapel contains seating capacity for only five hundred, thus making it impossible to gather the student body to gether under one roof except in the Field House, which 1s the only building large enough for this purpose here. This condition must be remedied if the University of South Carolina is to keep up with other colleges and universities. THE 'GAMECOCK has long seen the need for a new chapel and offers the following suggestions to the authorities for its construction. The out-of-date Ex tension Building (which is fast fallng into dea ..n. ruin) would be torn away and the new chapel built in its place. The new building would contain three spacious floors and would be known as the administra tion building. On the first floor would be a large spacious auditorium which would seat three thousand people.- This auditorium would be the new chapel and would seat three thousand in order to take care of the future growth of the University. The second floor of the proposed building would contain the offices of the executives of the University. Here would be the office of the president, the dean, registrar, treasurer, alumni secretary, and .etc. The third floor would contain offices for the officers of the student body, such as the president of the student body, the editor of THE GAMECOCK, the editor of THE GARNET AND BLACK, and the editor of THE CAROLINIAN. THE GAMECOCK realizes that it will be a long time before the above changes take place, but if they are to come, a start must be made to get them. We, of the University, must start the movement for this new chapel, if we are to get it, so let's all get together and see that the task is accomplished. This act would stand out as monuments to us all and would prove our worth to our posterity. -u.a.o. Big Business Big business has moved in next door to the Carolina campus, and turmoil threatens our scholastic silence, already sadly shattered by the growth of the city and its sounds. The recent opening of a filling station on the ad jacent corner of Sumter and Pendleton streets by a nationally powerful purveyor of gas for guzzling motors is typical of the disturbance with which this campus will soon be confronted, immediately upon the comple tion of this cement shrine to the progress of mobility and increase of noise a rival corporation purchased the opposite corner for purposes of cut throat competition. It is decidedly doubtful whether the score or so of collegiate cars which are parked nightly in the en virons of the campus consume enough gasoline to warrant the opening of two large filling stations, and traffic passing through the junction of Sumter and Pendleton streets must unavoidably run a gauntlet of red and green gas pumps which should be sufficient to satisfy their needs. From the financial -standpoint there is little justification for the erection of the en croaching stations. The esthetic has also paid its toll to the invasion of active trade. The buildings formerly occupying the corners were literally shoved back to make room for the squat stations. While neither of these two houses was a work of architectural art, one possessed that unassuming home-like appearance which so ap peals to the average American heart, and the other showed a certain dignity and beauty which deserved more than to be degraded into the background for a filling station. Taking all these facts into consideration, it is en tirely evident that the campus has gained nothing from the establishment of these noisy, smoke filled stations which will always be rendezvous for gear shifting automobiles. -U.s.. Orators Must Organize Erskine College is making an enviable name for her self in the realm of oratory. Last week she captured first honors in the State Inter-collegiate Oratorical Contest. It seems that it is a precedent for Erskine to always win. And The Gamecock heartily congratulates Erskine for her outstanding oratorical rank among the colleges of South Carolina. Now, it would be well for Carolina to take a few les sons from the Due West college. Carolina should take more interest in oratory. The flaming orator is not a figure of the past. The orator is as much needed today as he was beneath the olive trees of Greece. Public speaking is an art that requires skill, training and practice. And there is no reason why Carolina should not have her Calhoun, Grady, or Webster. Be gin preparing now for next year's oratorical co'ntestl Carolina must come to the front; she has some of the best material in the state. --U..a. Sights and Scenes The University of South Carolina has one of the Prettiest college plants in the south. Our beautiful campus has been visited by mother nature and the trees have burst forth in their spring attire. The very wind, as it whistles through the leaves, declares that it is spring time-and what does spring time mean to the average college student? It means a delightful feeling of inertia, a feeling of dreamful ease, a period of idle thoughts. When we go into the library we see a group of would-be scholars lazily holding a book in their arms and wondering what it is all about; in one of the al coves we may see a (couple) pair of love birds cooing in their pleasant manner. By mistake we may run upon a young fellow with bright shiny eyes, who by pure grit and determination keeps his mind on serious things. From the library we will leap over to Flinn Hall where a pool game will be in progress, and sleepy eyed youngsters hanging on the wall. In the reception room a victrola will be crooning some weary soul to rest. On the campus every bench will be occupied and home-sick boys and girls will stroll up and down the shady lanes. Books are forgotten and the god, Pan, be Icomes the only deity--That's springr time . ROSE-MARY TEA ROOM OVER WINGFIELDS PHONE 3207 The Rose-Mary Invites You to Eat With Us We are prepared to take care of your Banquets and Parties, large or small ATTRACTIVE MONTHLY RATES What We Say It Is-It Is Russow Jewelry Co. School and College Rings and Pins FRATERNITY PINS, CRESTS CHARMS AND MONOGRAMS ATHLETIC AND SCHOOL MEDALS PRIZE CUPS 1522 MAIN STREET PHONE 7308 FOUNTAIN PEN INKS Sheaffer's Skrip-5 Colors, 15c Sheaffers Skrip-Permanent Royal Blue, 25c Carters, Watermans, Staffords Inks, 15c Higgins Eternal Ink, 15c Higgins Drawing Inks-Assorted Colors 25c THE STATE BOOK STORE 1224 MAIN STREET "The House of Quality" A TheR.L.Bryan cnr dya anmpa Bar Candy and Chewing Gum Binding, Office Furniture Cigaretts-15c per pkg., $1.19 per Cartoon (Old Gold, Chester- COLUMBIA, S. C. field, Lucky Strikes) B S (S. C. Tax Extra) Y [ ok ttoe rnig from the University for e AarerSpaoelc Barber Shop round Floor State Office Building COLUMBIA, S. C. Under Management of Palmetto Barber Shop Wingfield's Drug Store 1443 MAIN STREET WILFRED CAFETERIA Sign of Good Food UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ALWAYS WELCOME Billy Bull's Sylvan Bros. A Meal A Minute JEWELERS and DIAMOND MERCHANTS 1211 Gervais Street Most complete stock of sterling silver prize cups in the Carolinas. SANDWCH E & WAFLES lass rings and pins of the better SA D IH ESRT WAER S kind, .made up to suit your own acquainted. Ham and Egg Sandwich-15c 1500 Main St. Columbia, S. C. CENTRAL DRUG CO. 1204 Main Otreet OPEN ALL MIGHT "LET ED DO IT" George H. Davis, Campus Representative Tenement 7--Room 1 SUITS CLEANED One Day Service in Cleaning ED. ROBINSON PHONE 8187-8188 17 RVAmS S.