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, GAMECOCK ?}*: ' ' ' . :. i r. "r* . . I,., ti 1'== Published on Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies under the supervision of the Board of Publications of the University of South Carolina. Entered as second class mail matter at the Columbia, South Carolina, postoffice on November 20, 1908. Member of South Carolina College Press Association. Member of National 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?$2.00 PER COLLEGE YEAR CIRCULATION?2150 COPIES ? ^ ' Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in the basement of the Extension Building Gamecock office phone?8123, No. 11 STAFF LeRoy M. Want - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Editor-in-Chief William I. Latham - - - - -- -- - - -- -- Managing Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Dorothy Penland Associate Editor Darice Jackson Associate Editor Lewis H. Wallace - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Associate Editor J. Mitchell Morse Associate Editor W. G. Jeffords ------------ - Associate Editor Allen Rollins ------------ - Associate Editor John A. Giles - -- -- -- -- -- -- Assistant Managing Editor John A. Moroso - -- -- -- -- -- - Assistant Managing Editor N. W. Brooker --------- - Assistant Managing Editor p EDITORIAL STAFF W. B. King - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- News Editor Ray Antley _ - Sports Editor Leon Kraton Alumni Editor E. C. Gilmore - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Exchange Editor Sanders Guignard - -- -- - - - - Fraternity Editor J. H. GXlloway - - Y. M. C. A. Editor Catherine RemlEy joke Editor Assistants: Marian Finlay, J. A. Bigham, Frank Durham, Alan Schafer, Jean Wichman, Louise Edwards, Vernon Spears, W. D. Coan, Faith Brewer, Carolyn Burnet, Earl Skidmore, and Harry Morse. Names of heelers do not appear in mast-head gfe CO-ED |j|J Frances Black - -- -- -- -- -- - Co-Ed Editor BMiluE Taylor - -- -- -- -- -- -- News Editor ; H Ethel Galloway - -- -- -- -- -- - Society Editor "^ Jean Wichman - -- -- -- -- -- - Feature Editor mm "business |W. C. Herbert - -- -- -- -- Business Manager Sam Taylor - -- -- -- -- Assistant Manager J. W. Brown - - ------- Assistant Manager CIRCULATION Hi. Roy Prince - -- -- -- -- Circulation Manager Lester Hamilton ------ Assistant Manager I Melton Goodstein - -- -- -- - Assistant Manager " Hugh Hamilton - ' - - Assistant Manager V I CROWING FOR: I News Bureau?Even a great University must advertise. , H Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities ; can be properly centered and administered. Voluntary Chapel?A modern tendency and a good one. Football Stadium?A needed addition to the University's equipment. H Paved Sidewalks?Not only a need, but an immediate necessity. L " ' FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1931 Every time the German club fees come due, parents no doubt think 9 that little Jimmy must be very good in his language studies. , Seeing all these fraternity men skating late at night can't help but I make one wonder if the girls are at last retaliating in kind. No, freshman, that good looking girl who just spoke to you wasn't trying to flirt with you. She's only the sorority sister of a probable May I Queen candidate. So "Punk'" is not really the biggest man in the legislature. And B we thought that he would be so much help to us when the appropriation comes up. Well, anyway, he's the second biggest. If the recent hair-clipping proposal of K. S. K. passes, the poor proWP spective freshmen will have little to choose from between Carolina and Clemson. That is one thing that K. S. K. had better keep in mind. Latest definition of a kibitzer: The freshman who put a nickle in one of the tenement telephones and then appealed to the honor committee when the telephone exchange refused to do anything about it. Editor Brunson of the Garnet and Black is still on the trail of his beauty section. It's rumored that he is having a hard time of it. All of which doesn't speak so well for the coed part of Zeigfield's glorified American girl. Our congratulations to the winners of The Gamecock statistical contest. You should feel very proud at receiving your honors without the help of questionable politics. But no more so than this paper does in making it all possible. Now that the basketball season is over, the University can turn its eyes to the approaching diamond season. We predict that the baseball team is going to do better than did the basketball. Would you call that a very rash prediction? u. s. c. is there really fire? "Where there is smoke, there must be fire" is an old expression and it ably expresses the feelings of this paper in regard to the Women's Cafeteria. It is wondering whether there is fire behind the smoke of criticism of this dining hall. There has probably never been a college dining room that has not been subject to much unjust criticism and there probably never will be. But the criticism concerning this cafeteria is so persistent, is of such long standing, and exists on so many counts, that it can be ignored no longer. The Gamecock is in position to make no charges or accusations; it does think, however, that an investigation by the faculty committee concerned would be in order. Not the usual faculty investigation, but one in which the dissatisfied women students would be allowed to state i': . their reasons for complaint. Tales have reached this office of "worms being found in the soup" with far too much frequency to be dismissed with a smile. Once con't be helped, perhaps, but more than once is inexcusable. At least, so the girls think. It is claimed that the girls are not given enough at all times; that their diet is not a balanced one; that general dining conditions are not satisfactory. Whether there is any fire behind the smoke or not, there is certainly sufficient cause and material to support a most thorough investigation. Regardless of whether someone's toes will be stepped upon, or whether it is merely the unjust complaint of the young antfvunthinking, the matter should not be let alone any longer. There is a balance in the treasurer's office in favor of the cafeteria. Not a large balance, it is true, but still a balance large enough to allow for the improvement of conditions if they really warrant improvement. Let us see if this smoke was caused by fire or was it merely born II"; of itself. n < . v, ...... . , 7 1 1 .1 <- -,lvTHE POLITICAL POT-M3PEN POLITICS ' ?? / The Political Pot, which has run weekly in The Gamecock since the opening of the feemester, is not an effort on the part of the paper to foster a feature that will cause some favorable and more unfavorable comment; it is an honest effort to hasten the entrance of the inevitable? open politics. The authorship of the pot is being kept a secret for the present simply because that is the only method by which the maximum amount of impartiality can be secured. If the identity of the writer were-known at present, he would be subject to all kindlg of undesirable influences and would without a doubt use his power to forward the selfish desires of one comparatively small group. It seems that the very nature of politics requires a large amount of inside dealings that never are allowed to reach the notice of a tootrusting public. That this is justifiable we seriously question. But, passing over that point, it seems to be a certainty that the students of the University of South Carolina allow their political leaders and candidates more power and dictatorship than could be claimed even under that farfetched "axiom." Why should candidates be supported by certain political groups without the campus knowing which group is supporting which candidate? Why should candidates be judged solely on the basis of petty "politics" instead of being made to run on some sort of platform? Why should the membership of politicaf groups and parties remain a mystery except to the initiated few? Under the present system it is practically impossible for progressive measures to be taken. A candidate makes promises, yes, but these promises can only concern the disposal of what graft is present. If these same candidates were forced to run on definite tickets, the principle for which a man stood would be one of the determining points of the election. In this way the campus and University would get progressive student measures through; politics would be made to serve, instead of being merely the pastime of the ambitious and the plaything of the vote-getter. The Political Pot stands for clean, upright elections. Anything of a questionable nature concerning elections will be passed on for exactly what it is worth and for not one bit more. All candidates who inform it, through the editor of The Gamecock, of their candidacy, will be given respectful, and as far as possible, impartial consideration. Knowledge of candidacies that comes to it through third parties will be investigated and passed on to the student body. The pot, by giving all students an opportunity to contribute to its knowledge and all politicians an opportunity to take advantage of its open-mindedness, hopes eventually to cause the use of a better and a more definite system of politics at the University. u. s. c. MAKE IT A REAL HONOR The dean's honor list will be announced in another week, and we are still wondering what rights and privileges beyond the usual customs will be accorded those students who are fortunate enough to make it. It seems that no one, not even members of the faculty, knows just what these certain rights and privileges are. When prominent officials of the University were interviewed concerning these so-called extra privileges, they said that they hadn't decided then but would announce them later. And now with one list of the honor students already announced for the first semester and with the second almost ready to be given out, we and everybody else are still in the dark regarding the "certain rights and privileges." The responsibility of deciding on these rests with the faculty, and the faculty alone. This editorial is not meant to too severely criticize members of the faculty, but something has got to be done about it and done immediately. We can only hope that they will wake up and see the light before it is too late. The dean's honor list was created last year by the faculty to encourage scholarship among the students at the University and to give due reward for it. If they are not going to be given appropriate honors, why not abolish this list and not try to fool the students? Since the faculty does not seem to be able to decide what to do we will attempt to specify a few rights and privileges which might be appropriate with the high scholastic standing of those involved. Why not give this group of intellectuals the privilege of voluntary attendance at classes, subject of course to the present rule that a student must be present at certain percentage of class meetings in order to get credit on the course concerned ? We realize that son to people will say that our proposal is a little radical and that it would tend to make students absent themselves from their classes too much for their own good, but let us consider it for a moment. No student who makes this list will be absent from classes enough to hurt his marks, because students of this type take a great pride in their work and would do nothing whatever to injure their scholastic standing. He would not cut any more classes than he cuts now, and yet the bestowal of this privilege upon him would indeed be a great honor. We also suggest that their pictures be published in the Camet and Black, in the commencement programs, and in next year's catalogue. As said before, this is just a little reminder, and it is to be hoped that the faculty will take notice and act before many more days have passed. u. s. c. CHAPEL Compulsory attendance at chapel, now in effect at the University, is such an antique practice that it does more harm than good. One student has already left this year because of it. In the first place why should we have compulsory chapel attendance? One of the main reasons for it is that it is supposed to bring the students together to hear announcements and to foster a closer relationship between them. But does it? No. and it never will, until the University of South Carolina has a chapel large enough to accommodate the entire student body. Now two different sections go to chapel?freshmen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and upperclassmen on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And not all of these go, because of the inadequate seating capacity. Law students, graduate students, seniors and others are exempt.. How in the world can certain things be announced to the students and a closer relationship fostered when so many are exempt and must be exempt from compulsory attendance? Others argue that the students are enlightened by hearing many good speakers deliver addresses in chapel. Well, it may be so, but that is hardly an argument worthy of consideration in such a discussion. And furthermore even this year, a tramp, a hobo, who professed to be a hobo jjoet, was given the privilege of addressing the Carolina students during the chapel hour. After his speech this man wanted to pass around his hat for contributions. His speech may have been interesting enough, but is this the kind of person who should grace our chapel platform? Is this the kind of speaker to give intellectual enlightenment ? Some seem to think that chapel should be a kind of everyday Sunday School, but this is unnecessary at a state university where the students are old enough to think for themselves. Yet it is evident that some are trying to make it such. Things cannot go on much longer as they are now. All modern thought and tendency indicates that a change is. ir order. u. s. c. Spring holidays will be here in another month and with them Doctoi Douglas will issue his annual warning against spring fever. Doctor you're too late. The disease gained rapid headway last September, and unlike some campus figures we don't like, hasn't had a relapse since. f ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 A GREAT LOSS " . Hundreds of his'students and former students mourn the passing of Dr. W. B. Burney, for almost 51 years professor ofe chemistry in the University. Each day as they face their work they more readily realize and remember that a man gave his life, a life full of wonderful possibilities, that they might T>e the better instructed, the better equipped in the battles they now face. Doctor Burney was the last of that field of eminent teachers and uncommon personalities of the earlier days of this institution after the Reconstruction?a group that included Sloan, McBryde, Woodrow, Davis, Jones, Flinn, Woodward, among which mefnorable array he ranked high. Just as no man may live without enemies, so no one of us may pay universal tribute?save by the blunt words of a unit representing groups of others. From "Big Judge," a friend for many years of the Doctor, "Beside being a professor, he was a fine fellow. But the thing he had was common sense, good horse sense." From the lips of a layman, could you want more? And as news of his death became known, from his fellow scientist, faculty companion, and life-long friend, Professor Carson, "He was my friend?he will be happy." "He was my friend," no higher tribute or praise can man give?no greater gift his to bestow?than friendship. A man who was Doctor Burney's closest friend, whose grief must grieve him, whose sorrow is his own. A man about whom many of his last thoughts centered. And as he lives in memories, so we too, remember for him and realize theirs was a true friendship? a bond of brotherhood?not made in a day, or begun in a moment. And as we remember so would we pay him also a silent tribute?of sympathy and understanding. OPEN FORUM | March 3, 1931 Dear Mr. Editor, Through the medium of Open Forum I wish to heartily endorse not only the letter contained therein, but also the proposal recently advanced by K. S. K. to be found elsewhere in Tub Gamkcock for February 28, 1931. When a high school graduate registers as a freshman, regardless of his hautiness or the scholastic and athletic honors he may have achieved, he automatically submits himself to the regulations of his chosen Alma Mater and subscribes to all her traditions. Until a student realizes that fact wholeheartily he can never be a true son of his'Alma Mater. Clemson was the writer's first choice as an Alma Mater. During "rat week" along with 500 others it was his privilege to receive the traditional haircut. And for many -vVeeks after his arrival at Carolina his head was readily spotted from one end of the campus to the other. Many "beau brummels" who had spent years in achieving the stay-slick pompadour and marcel wave, saw all efforts yield in a few seconds to the promiscuous whacking of shears, razors, clippers, etc. The advantages of this practice are obvious and perhaps too numerous to men! tion, but among other things experience has proven it to make for unity within the freshman class. If the twin brother of haircuts, the , faithful and revered palmetto of by, gone days, were reinstated and lauded as king, as it is by faculty members and students alike in other state colleges, there , would be a different atmosphere, a real school spirit pervading our campus. There J , is a state act forbidding 'this but what . is law when the principle of ,school spirit ! is involved ? ; People throughout the state speak of the prominence of school spirit, prominent due to its absence, except at an occasional football game when a few freshmen and co-eds arc organized. . Sincerely, W. Ciiafbe Croft. The Political Pot "Always Bubbling Over" Some politics were evidenced in The Gamecock electioh, but as far as can be ascertained, it was the straight&t election held on the' Carolina campus in many years, which is saying a great deal. We hope that all future elections will be as straight as this one and if the Pot has anything to ^lo with it, they will be. Two sororities copped all the honors in the races among the girls, with the Delta Delta Delta's and the A. D. Pi's each securing two first places. And the sorority which can secure the male vote in the May Queen election will run in their candidate. The Chi Omega's, although seemingly lacking in strength in the election, will probably muster enough strength to have a say-so in the choosing of the May Queen. The results of ThiJ Gambcock statistical contest may have an important bearing on the coming student body elections. These elections were sponsored to determine who was who on the campus and according to the votes certain students stand out as probable winners in the contests to be held later on in the year. One girl, Nancy Phillips, a Tri Delta who swept through the contest on a firebrand of popularity, may be the next May Queen of the University of South Carolina. This is a mere surmise, but if she can maintain her popularity until the election comes off, it will probably happen. Two likely candidates, Mary Evelyn Dye and Rowena Jones, both Alpha Delta Pj's, loom as powerful opposition. However, it is almost a certainty that only one of these will run. Of the two we suspect that Miss Dye will get the call, but it is a toss-up between them. We congratulate John Bolt Culberson on being so highly thought of on the campus. Many men would have liked to have secured this great honor, but the campus voted otherwise. If he wasn't a sen?or, we would say that "Cotton" would be the next president of the student rhe really professed candidates for this office aren't so popular after all, as all received exceedingly few votes for any of the awards open to men. Nevertheless when the time for the election of the presidency of the student body comes off maybe all of them will secure the backing of Powerful politicians and amass huge votes. i*ast minute news comes to us of the atohtion of the senior orators on the commencement program. in:por',ant Clec,ion was also eld th? week when the officers of the South Carolina College Press Association for next year were elected. However only representatives of the Carolinian, ie ock, and the Criterion staff of Co~ ,rc i'r"to three of the officers and Columbia College two. The results of this election are carried elsewhere in Tins Gamecock u. s. c. > ! morsels i By MORSE Those advertising companies are in cahoots! We've gotten athlete's foot tryIllusions ?m ,hC C'KStCtMd The dawn breaks every morning, but nobody ever picks up the pieces. Bob Wauchope sighed, twisted his torurcd hps into a cynical smile, gritted h's editorial teeth, and said, "The contributions we print -are morbid enough, but you oughtta see those we don't print." ' n< a big tear sizzled down his fevered cheek. Cheer up, all ye who struggle with foreign languages. A friend informs us that a student in Germany translated the famoUS old saw thusly; "The ghost is willing, but the meat is feeble.'' Tommy Scott won every fight this season. e socks the socks off his opponents. Still, a boxing ring isn't half as dangcrous as n wedding' ring. / " " ' i Battle cry of the professors: "They , shall not pass!" We see by the papers that a student ?. *'1C University of Chicago threw a piece of pie at a girl who refused to kiss him when he bought a bouquet of forget-me-nots from her, and the mean old authorities fined him $100.00. They should have presented him with another piece of pie and kissed him on both' cheeks with full military honors. v - j| v. ome people are small enough and crooked enough to hide behind a pretzel. One of Doctor Meriwether's students paid for a history outline map with a plugged dime.