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nun. . i" iil? i j , ,i ? i i ? TSft GAMECOCK Published on Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies undfer the supervision of the Board of Publications vf the ^ University of South Carolina. i Entered as second class mail matter at the Columbia, South Carolina,t postoffice on November 20, 1908. Member of South Carolina College Press Association. News articles may be contributed by any member of the student body, but must be in by Wednesday night before Friday's publication. All copy must be typewritten, double-spaced, and must be signed by the writer. Articles in the Open Forum will be published at the discretion of the Editor and in the order in which they are submitted, with the name of the author signed. SUBSCRIPTION RATE?$1.50 PER COLLEGE YEAR CIRCULATION?2100 COPIES Advertising rates furnished upon request 1 ? Offices in the basement of the Extension Building Gamecock office phone?8123, No. 11 STAFF B&MWilson O. Weldon - Editor-in-Chief J. Mitchell Morse - -- -- -- - Managing Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS G. Jeffords - -- -- -- -- Associate Editor Lewis H. Wallace - - -s - - - - Associate Editor LeRoy M. Want Associate Editor L.y Melvin Karesh Associate Editor Dorothy Penland - -- -- -- -- Associate Editor Darice Jackson - -- -- -- -- Associate Editor William I. Latham Assistant Managing Editor John A. Giles ------- Assistant Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Lewis H. Wallace - - - - - - - - News Editor W. B. King - - - - - - - - - Assistant News Editor John McKnight - -- -- -- -- Sports Editor Ray AntlEy - -- -- -- -- - Alumni Editor Mason Brunson, Jr. - -- -- -- - Exchange Editor J. C. DuPre - -- -- -- -- -- Joke Editor John White - - - - - - - Y. M. C. A. Editor CO-ED Frances Black - -- -- -- -- - News Editor Ethel Galloway - -- -- -- -- Feature Editor BUSINESS W. C. Herbert - -- -- -- -- Business Manager Sam Taylor - -- -- -- -- Assistant Manager J. W. Brown - - - - - - - Assistant Manager CIRCULATION J. Roy Prince - - - -- -- -- Circulation Manager Lester Hamilton - -- -- -- - Assistant Manager Melton Goodstein - - - -, - - - - Assistant Manager CROWING FOR: News Bureau?"It pays to advertise." ' Student Activity Building?Student Activities are actually suffering for lack of such. Student Mass Meetings, and Voluntary Chapel?"Eventually, why not now?" Football Stadium?Large Universities could then be included on our schedule. Paved Sidewalks?Just think of meeting classes on a rainy day, and you, too, will be convinced of their need. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930 PURPOSE AND POLICY With this issue the new staff which was selected at the close of the last session takes charge of The Gamecock for this semester. It will take some time for the new staff to become accustomed to the working of the paper, and the patience and recognition of this fact is asked of the students, at least for the first issue. hope, however, to be able to give the students of the University, in due time, a real newspaper, one which will carry the latest news of the campus, and one which will be accurate in every detail. There are many existing conditions on the campus which should be rectified, and it will be the policy of The Gamecock to attempt to show the students wherein these conditions are wrong, and how they may be changed for the better. It will not be our purpose to pick out certain individuals, specific clubs, and attack them for personal reasons, but wherever there is wrong, wherever there is need for advancement along any line, just there will The Gamecock direct its'attack. From an unbiased viewpoint, with prejudice to no one, and solely from a desire to serve the student-body arid the University at large, will the editorial columns be written. At the top of this page will appiear in each issue a list of things that The Gamecock feels should be charfged or others that should be instituted in their stead. On first thought some of these may seem absurd, but if a careful study is made of each one, it will be readily seen wherein they are needed. Each of these will be discussed in a later issue. It will be the policy of the staff to give due publicity to every phase of University life, trying never to give undue and unwarranted space to any organization or any activity which does not justify it. Of course, every activity is not on an equal footing with every other one, and therefore it will be necessary at times to boost one more than another. Open Forum letters will be welcomed, but they must always be signed by the person submitting them. Decision as to their,publication will be left to the discretion of the Editor. Any student may submit news articles, and any assistance from the student-body at large, from alumni, from interested friends of the University, and eveh from the proucl faculty, will be received with appreciation. In , ) instance will a club, fraternity, or clique control the policy ol this paper, nor any activity monopolize its columns. This may appear tc some as a proud boast, and as a promise that can never be accomplished Time only will tell. It has been said that "if you make a man think h< thinks, he will love you; but if you really make him think, he will hat< you." We know not whether we will be able to make some people reall) think on this campus, bub we will at least try, even though they come tc hate us. And if we just succeed in making some think that they are think ing, then the love created in such a manner will be plain mockery and ai attempt at make-believe?therefore not desired. Finally, our one endeavor will be to give the students of the Universitj a real newspaper, one of which they need never be ashamed, and for whicl *' they need not apologize. "The die is cast." u. ; c. The pew fountain that has been placed just across from the Ex tension Building will make git Very convenient for those who are slinging copy ink over the desk, and \vell nigh "bunting up" writing headlines foi 4 The Gamecock, to get a "drink." Of what? Of ye soothing liquid, water of course. And who can tell, perhaps the vicinity of the fountain will be come a familiar retreat for those writers who prefer to gab with the co-ed< rather Jhan tussle with a headline. And if so, a notice will appear on the door of the office, reading thus?"Wanted, one detective to7 chase, catch and convince would-be writers of the folly of making love to those per sons commonly called, 'Co-cds.' " ,' ! !,' . : ... . , I'.' ' " ?? 1 ' CREDIT IS DUE Students who were on the campus last year have upon their arriv i this year noticed the large number of improvements that have been mat all over the campus during the summer. Every section of the campt has been improved, and the beauty of the campus has been greatly ei hanced. * To one man goes a large amount of credit for these improvement and due to his untiring efforts our campus is rapidly being changed froi an unsightly plot to an orderly and well-kept campus. Shrubbery has bee planted in various places all over the campus, and especially on the ne campus between Sloan and LeConte Colleges. The sidewalks, even thoug they are not paved, have become mudV better, because of constant cai and attention. The side entrances have been paved, making it much moi : enjoyable when entering the campus in an automobile. The pathway leading to the dormitories have been fixed with stone slabs, and are muc more convenient. To list all of the improvements that have been ma< would fill several pages, and would necessitate much time. Let it suffi* to say that our campus has been greatly improved, and with this in provement goes the deep appreciation of the student-body. The man who has directed and supervised these improvements Professor E. C. Coker, Chairman of the Committee 6n Grounds at Buildings. In the short time which he has been here he has ably shov that his interest is in Carolina, and that he is willing to devote much < his spare time to her upbuilding. Mr. Cantey, who is the Universi marshal deserves much credit for his endeavors, and he along wii Professor Coker should receive the sincere commendation of every sti dent. Let us co-operate with these men in an earnest endeavor to beautil our campus even more. U. 8. C. Many of the faculty members of the University were honored t being listed in "Who's Who." But these faculty members along wit the rest of the faculty will have a "Who's Who" list of freshmen con piled in about six weeks; and it isn't any honor to make this "Who Who." All interested freshmen can take notice now. WELCOME FRESHMEN . The Gamecock joins in with all other organizations on the campi in welcoming every new student to our campus and especially those wli are entering as freshmen. We hope that you will readily become acqriainte with the University and with all of its activities. Nothing is more important than for you to make yourself famili; with those with whom you will associate for the next four years. Or suggestion: realize right now that the classroom work is the most in portant thing in college, despite the arguments of a large number c upperclassmen who will try to persuade you that participation in studei activities and a wide social acquaintance are most important. All the; things are essential to a well-rounded development, but the man wii the knowledge will more than likely be the one to reach the goal. Put y9i studies first, and while you study, STUDY; while you do other thin? let your mind be upon the performance of those. It is very'iessential for you to learn and observe the traditions th; have been built up here at Carolina. Fall into line and back your team c the gridiron, and Carolina students in every line of activity. Rememb< that you are only a freshman, and that you can be, if you will, a sophottioi next year, and then your time will come in wreaking vengeance on tl green material such as you are now. Snap into it?you are a CAROLIN man; boast of it; be proud of it, and remember that if The GamEcoc can be of any service to you in accomplishing this, call on her. A CIIANGE IN ORDER This issue, the first of the new term, is marked by several changc Perhaps the most notable one is the size of the paper. Six columns ii stead of five are being used, and the length of the page has been ii : creased by three inches. This step was taken because of the need for mo space in order to successfully publish news of all phases of University lif Due to this increase in the size, more news accounts will be needed, thi causing a need for more contributors. The new grade of paper is beii used in order to match up with the larger size of the paper. These ai several minor changes have been instituted, solely in the hope that th< will enable the staff to give to the students of the University a larger ai more efficient paper. There will perhaps be some students who will not look with fav< upon these changes, and would like to see the old retained. But this is be expected, for all do not see things in the same light and from tl same viewpoint, which is indeed a blessing, in that it gives us difference and differences add spice to life. Let all those disdainful pessimists wl would cling to the fettered chains of custom, sit back and hope for tl worst, and perhaps by some strange happening the best will come to ligl It will certainly come, if the rest of the student-body is as interested optimism as the staff of The Gamecock. Here's to changes?"biggi and better." ^******your life! Why even the biologis TTTli|'TW"V' v will tell you that man is natural L^LFl-iUlVlIN I polygamous?a lover of novelt 8 Then think of children?and thii of the expense of a home. Why ai There's no recognized manner of young married man will tell y< handling one of these column af- that he could get ahead twice as fa fairs. The techinques of the recog- if he were single, regardless of wh nized artists thereof are as multi- the older men are likely to tell vo farious as the flowers of May, as Yes, it's more fashionable to' 1 diverse as the best systems of phi- giddy and gay and chaotic ar losophy, and as dull, usually, as a whoopee. new-style Gillette blade. Arthur Brisbane espouses ecomonics, Rus- And it's more the vogue to 1 sia, martial preparedness and Cali- cynical and sallow and shallow fornia. O. O. Mclntyre revels in whenas with the very same materia sentimental panegyrics on the pave- at the beginning, and with no mo ments of New York and the hicks effort, one may weave a simpler ai who have made good. Will Rogers saner saga out of living?and , says something funny about noth- more comfortable and productr ing, and lets it go at that. one. ' No, we are incapable of similar But there are times when ev< sentient lucubrations. We will write the most linnet-throated optimi " as hurriedly as possible because croaks sardonically. One such writing is boring and unpleasant, when he has one of those ferocio > and we will write as meaninglessly South Carolina colds, than whi as possible because reading is boring there is nothing more conducive s and unpleasant, and because noth- cynicism; another is the system i i"g written makes much eventual matriculation. Even the brave qu r difference or sense?sometimes if in contemplation ; the merely norir ) because almost hardly, as Junius W. shudder on the veriest brink of c< Applefig has been heard to remark, lapse. We watched a bosom coi panion fever and wilt for two hot 1 We saved a little chuckle for and thirty minutes for the boon Nigel League. Over at stunt night Mr. Chase's O. K. We watched h t he held forth in a mass of oratorical further snailing along the fee, li 1 sesquipedallianism on the detestable to the chapel, his beauty of counl levity which has begun to permeate nance and wholesomeness of p< the institution of love?and he got sonality gradually deteriorating u a big laugh. But the kid was in der the prodigious strain. Final - deadly earnest, even if his bombast reduced to a mere semblance of I enveloped his sentiments in a halo erstwhile admirable and harmonic r of facetiousness. Apd his insights, human, he was told to return on t evidently fashioned on the spur of morrow.. We,, visited him wi the moment, were far fi^om poor. flowers at the State Institution f * the Insane where he is resting coi As a matter of fact, love's get- fo'tably, if a trifle gibberishly. ting so bourgeois! The intelligent people don't do it. How stupid to Itfs rapidly getting to the poi remain constant to one person all where we attend football and go ' , . a few classes on? the side; The query i i of the future bids fair to be: "What i je stadium do you attend?" From < as freshman to senior, we take a more i 1_ comparative course in footballics than in such unimportant and tiresome subjects as English or Math. [Tj The "rat" who thinks the passive mood is something a sweetie does 1 ' in the dark can illustrate with in- ] . sight and precision intricacies of ' football to the consternation of a ( re Charles Mercer or the bewilder- ( ment of a Kershaw Walsh. jjj And when incomes are so slim :e thjjt the most of us look dubiously on this little matter of buying textbooks, we resent two and a half dollars tailed on to the athletic fee, rei. gardless of How just and appropri/n ate a usage it be put to. Yes, sir, .these are hard times, ty Even Andy >felon admits it. And th despite Coolidge's platitudinous arLl [y Mr? . = Snooker, Carom, ai I M&MRECREA i- 1216 Main 's % SHANDON GB 10 Funeral and Wedding Choicest Cut Flower; i ir i^?< ?? ie ??????????? iTo New Students th WELO *r The College Shop is glad their work. When class wort few minutes' intermission friends here. >n ? THE COLLI ie A Shop for Car K College Novc Stationery? Toilet A 1008 Sumter :s. ii- B_?___ re * '? NICK'S: US lg Best Hot Do 1(* Opposite Y ?y id ????? or WE ARE PULLING ie CAROLINA ;s, Open Until io 1202 Main Curb Se lie ' it. 6????????? I er L Welc iy )U at We are always glad "e boys in Colombia. We 1(1 Newcomers as well ai ?Here's hoping- yoi be / kv, year. lis re id & * / ve We are head s STYLE ls x 7 f C/oi to of ail lal If you want to see : University suits that im pearance this season, ne "rV te- into our store where i?. waiting for you. iy. an I COGGINS&J' ^ 1300 MAN >nt . v , t? . -. .... ^ M ?-? 11 tides on what to do about it, we've still got the hard times. As a matter y d( fact, we could tell what to dp J about it ourselves if we were likewise syndicated at ten dollars a 1 word. .* . ' I Which is neither here nor there j except that there's a malodorous : perfume in Scandinavia when wheat drops to eighty cents a bushel and education goes up two hand a half dollars. . i \ A freshman interrogated us as follows: Mr. Nodiferens, which literary society would you advise me | to join ? | Why, just follow your nose, freshie; you'll find little difference. Ij As literary societies, they're both fine political organizations, and we dare the editor to cut this. We just dare him. Sincerely, Max Nodiferens. * =t| I nd Pocket Tables TION PARLOR Columbia, S. C. ????a??kmmj Henhouses | Work Our Specialty ? and Potted Plants and Old, We Say I OME! to see the students back at ' k is getting heavy,, enjoy a with us; you'll find your ege shop i olina Students tlties?Soda -Pennants articles Phone 9283 I v PLACE gs in Town . M. C. A. FOR CAROLINA! i SWEETS Midnight; srvice Phone 8663 _________ i \s . ome! \ \ to see the University want to weleome the s the Upperclassmen l have a successful i v quarters for lPLUS thes 1 . ' '' | i few of the smartest have .made their apyou have but to step a warm welcome is J OHNSON CO. i STREET . ^ 4 y Jl