Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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oHj? (gamrrork Member of South Carolina College Press Association Published on Tuesday of Every Week by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION KATE?$1.50 A YEAR. Entered as second class nail matter at the Columbia, South Carolina Postollice 011 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. 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 ROBERT II. ATKINSON Editor-in-Chief WILSON O. WELDON . Managing Editor ASSOCIATES ASHLEY HALSEY . Associate Editor BILL GAINES Associate Editor W. FRANK TAYLOR Associate Editor JAMES A. CATHCART Associate Editor FOY STEVENSON Associate Editor MITCHELL MORSE Assistant Managing Editor 1/eROY WANT Assistant Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF N. W. BROOKElt News Editor JULIAN KRAWCHEK Sports Editor C L. JONES Alumni Editor W. O. JEFFORDS Fraternity Editor W. I. LATHAM Y. M. C. A. Editor JOHN WHITE Exchange Editor ROY PRINCE Joke Editoi CO-ED DOROTHY PENLAND Editor DARICE JACKSON News Editor LOIS FISCHER Society Editor FRANCIS BLACK Feature Editor ASSISTANTS Peggy Black, Melvin KaretOi, Lewis A. Wallace, George Griffith, Bill Geddings, Frost Walker. BUSINESS C. I.. SCOTT Business Manager J. J. MACK Assistant Manager W. C. HERBERT Assistant Manager CIRCULATION CARL F. BROWN Circulation Manager ALBERT WILLIAMS Assistant Manager TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1929 Robbing Peter To Pay Paul lJeter Doolittle, Carolina student, pushes his way to the entrance to the State lrair grounds, pays fifty cents for admission, and wanders off to see the ClemsonCarolina game from his reserved seat on the ten yard line. Paul Doolcss, Clemson man, buttons the top button of his glittering brass and khaki uniform, sets his cap at an angle, and walks through the gate unmolested. He has a perfect right to free entry, officials say. Clemson camps on the fair grounds, and the cadet corps is an "added attraction" to the fair. Being camped where he is, it is essential that he have free entry and egress at all hours, hair enough! When the crucial hour of the kickoff approaches, the Clemson man strolls into the stadium without paying anything in addition to his activities fee, similar to that paid by Carolina students at the opening of each term. The Carolina student forks over an additional dollar, so that the score stands Clemson-0; Carolina-$1.50 before the game begins. As the athletic association at Carolina needs the money, let the dollar be paid by all means. Why the State Fair association should collect a fifty cent tax from every Carolina student who goes to the fair grounds only to see the football game, we cannot and will not understand. At Orangeburg, where a county fair association treats Carolina men with kindness and courtesy unknown at the State Fair, no admission is charged uniformed Citadel cadets, nor is any assessed on Carolina students. That is why Carolina students look forward to the Orangeburg fair. "Let There Be Light," Honestly It may be an ancient custom of the fire worshippers, but the theft of electric light bulbs should stop. Branding on the left hip, as was done in medieval days, is not too severe a punishment for the bull) stealer if it be done with the hot bulb. He should be marked "Mazda" all the rest of his life. Nothing is more inconvenient and irritating than to purchase three bulbs at 4 p. m., return home to study at o'clock, hear the light switch click uselessly, and find the new bulbs absent from their sockets. Such a thief steals away Cod's greatest gift, light, and with it the student's opportunity to gain mental radiance, lie is worse than a horse thief in the Old West, lower than a scavenger in Columbia, or a buzzard in Charleston. The Freshmen Un trammeled There has been hazing on the University campus, the paddle has swung and fallen, and rat caps are everywhere perchcd on the heads of freshmen. Yet the two highest laws of the sophomore and upper classes are trampled in the mire daily. Not many years ago, the mustachioed freshman was treated to an improvised shave which removed every thread of stringy hair from his upper lip. Today "rat whiskers", curly, straggly, barely visible, or thick with a hirstute heaviness, trail beneath many freshman caps. But the crime of crimes lies not even therein. It is far more heinous. In the past, freshmen have been counseled not to smoke by the Y. M. C. A. or benovolent upper classmen. If yielding to the weed at all, they puffed a pale and anaemic cigarette. Now the traditions of the past are violated, succombed before huge billows of cigar and pipe stnoke. One freshman even invades the monopoly of Dean J. Rion McKissick and uses a cigar holder, of imitation ivory at that. Pipes are so common that freshman quarters look like tobacco stores. Smoking has reached an extreme among freshmen. Let there be a reaction, a swing of the pendulum to the other extreme. Restrict the freshmen to smoking rabbit tobacco! U.N.C. When The Barriers Are Up After a certain date each year, usually the first weekend in October, young hopefuls who would enroll at Carolina are left without hope. Once the date has rolled by, and remains only to gather dust on the calendar, a number of young men and women are told that they cannot register for University classes until February. A lucid example of this functioning took place recently, when a South Carolinian was barred from attending his own state University, the University supported by taxes on his family, because another Southern state university would not forward his credits in time for enrollment. The young man presented himself at this University when it resumed its scholastic life September 1H, and informed authorities that he had taken freshman work at the University of Kentucky. He authenticated his enrollment there, but had no voucher for his credits passed. His former university was written, but no reply came. None had arrived when the fateful date rolled around and past, and the young man has been set back half a year in his education. There arc other cases of a similar nature every time that registration in the University is necessary. The young South Carolinian from the University of Kentucky is not the only person to receive a setback to his education here this fall. Universities should be more amenable to mailing credits to other institutions, even though they lose three letter athletes by playing fair. IT. B.C. A Private Team? Carolina students are forbidden to see the Gamecocks at football practice. The word forbidden, smacking strongly of the old "Verboten" in the ex-Kaiser's own German, means just that. You can't see your team, even if there are no plays or formations being run. Try it and see which ear you land on. That there are times for secrecy The Gamecock does not debate. It is particularly advisable to shut the gates before preparing to heat Clemson, for signals, plays, and information have wandered upland before. In one instance, years ago, a Clemson coach courteously sent the spy's letter back to Coach Branch Bocock unopened. Still, it is inexpedient to put Clemson to the acid test too often. The gates should be closed at times. It is notable, however, that the portals of Melton Field are never closed to certain groups. Coach I.aval said that the alumni would not dictate football policy after his advent here, and so far the alumni have never said a word. They arc on the field, nevertheless. treading sacred and forbidden ground. Of course, they support the team in a manner beyond the ability of Carolina students, by their purses. Does that sell them more stock in the Gamecocks than the students possess? Football spirit in the Carolina stands shouts that the team is drawing interest on student shares, but Saturday is the only day that coupons may be clipped by the students. Heavy scrimmaging is seldom indulged in 011 the first days of the week, Monday after a hard fought game, for example. Why not let the students take a peek at their team then? To see a long spiralling punt, with ends going down beneath it, or to watch a man lunge at the tackling dummy . . . that is sufficient. No, take 110 chances with Clemson, but let the students sec their team once or twice during the week. Business Men The Washington and Lee Bulletin, in a recent editorial, lamented the prevalence in our modern philosophy, of many misleading proverbs, among which is the well-known statement that the man who leads his class in college, is usually a failure in the business world. The article contains this statement: "The next time, therefore, the silly falsehood that star students generally fail in business threatens to become epidemic on your campus, kindly arrest the spread of the contagion." We wish to accept the challenge of Washington and Lee and say a few words along the same line. Narrowing the question down to our campus; if the old adage were true, we should have a goodly flock of business genii in our state during the coming generation. But, it is the observation of the writer that it is not true, and that the man who does his work and leads his class, is in a very small minority and should have a big chance of a great future in business, or in whatever field he may choose. Many businesses want men who are good students, because of the fact that they usually arc quick to grasp new ideas. Out of the thousands who are now attending college, you can bet that big business will choose those who "know their stuff". Therefore, we join Washington and Lee in their effort to create a foreign attitude toward the old saying. If I EAT AX FLOMAC'S I We cordially invite professors and students to make Flomac's their headquarters. Good food and splendid service. No extra charge for private dining rooms. Plenty of space for banquets. New York steaks our specialty. Special rates by month. Hours: Open from Ten A. M. to Eleven P. M. Lunch: 12 M. to 3 P. M. at $0.50 to $0.76. Dinner: 6 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. at $0.75 to $1.00. Mrs. I. M. MeCABE, Hostess. 1421 Main Street Next to Western Union College Clothes Need Careful and Constant Attention. Let Us Keep You Well Dressed LEAVE THEM AT CANTEEN OR GAMECOCK PRESSING CLUB Carolina Dry Cleaning Co. We Welcome You At The State Barber Shop Ground Floor State Office Building COLUMBIA, S. C. L. H. BO LAND, Prop. SNOOKER, CAROM AND POCKET TABLES M. & M. Recreation Parlor 1216 MAIN STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. BURNETT'S DRUG STORE CAROLINA SEALS, JEWELRY, STATIONERY DRUGS, DRINKS, CIGARS Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Alpha, Aspha Tau Omega?$1.00 per box Envelopes and Paper One Block From Campus Phone 3191 Cor. Main and College One Day Service Billy Bull's Thro The Canteen A Meal A Minute Columbia 1211 Gervais Street Laundry I SANDWICHES & WAFFLES SHORT ORDERS 1323 Taylor St. Phone 4954 ?... Ham and Egg Sandwich?15c I CENTRAL DRUG CO. I 1204 Main Street OPEN ALL NIGHT "LET ED DO IT? George Davis?Rep. Gillie Watson?Rep. Tenement 7?Room 1 SUITS CLEANED One Day Service in Cleaning ED. ROBINSON PIIONE 8187-8188 1017 GERVAIS ST. 1248 Main Street 1427 Main Street GAYDEN BROTHERS ' Cigar Stores [ CIGARS, CIGARETTES, PIPES AND PERIODICALS Established Over 45 Years P. H. Lachicotte & Co. Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Expert Repairs 1424 Main Street Columbia, S. C.