Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm , ????s??? ^GAMECOCK Published on Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies under the supervisidh 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 tk* 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. BrqokEr --------- - Assistant Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF W. B. King - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- News Editor Ray Antley - -- -- -- -- -- - - Sports Editor Leon K eaton - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Alumni Editor E. C. Gilmore - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Exchange Editor Sanders Guignard - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fraternity Editor J. H. Galloway - - Y. M. C. A. Editor Catherine Remley - -- -- -- -- -- - Joke Editor Assistants: Marian Finlay, J. A. Bigham, Frank Durham, Alan Schafer, Louise Edwards, Vernon Spears, W. D. Coan, Faith Brewer, Carolyn Burnet, Earl Skidore, Harry Morse, and O. H. Skewes. Names of heelers do not appear in mast-head CO-ED Frances Black ---- - Co-Ed Editor Millie Taylor ------ - News Editor Ethel Galloway - Society Editor Jean Wichman 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 Goqdstein - -- -- -- - Assistant Manager CROWING FOR: News Bureau?Even a great University must advertise. 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. Paved Sidewalks?-Not only a need, but an immediate necessity. \ FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931 % OUR FRIENDLY CONTEMPORARIES? \ v It does our heart good to see the neat comeback by "The Tiger" to a slighting paragraph in "The Gamecock." It is all right for a rooster to crow but do not let it stick out its neck. The above pleasantry is clipped from our most respected contemporary, the Winthrop Johnsonian. Even our dull wits cannot help but realize that it is a poor attempt at sarcasm. \The paragraph referred to is one that appeared several weeks ago in "Cock-Tails." It is hard to believe that any large group or its friends could become insulted at anything contained in this?a non-sensical column on the face of it. But then, This Gamiscock has always more or less admired, perhaps with a little jealousy, the way in which the Clemson and Winthrop papers stick together. This from The Tiger, which appeared before The Johnsonian issues concerned. Can there be a causal relation between the two? Needless to say, we are following the column of the recently elected Exchange editor of "The Johnsonian." She has taken up the "retortion" idtea towards "The Tiger" where the foregoing editor left off. We liked the comment on the Taps Ball write up, especially the "The style hath withal a feminine touch" part. Hut we have no desire to become caustic. There has always been too little co-operution between the college papers of the state. What arguments, editorially, speaking, have been engaged in, Tins Gamiscock has usually been involved?witness The Tiger affair last year. The .time has certainly arrived when the weeklies of Carolina, Clemson, Citadel alid Winthrop, realizing that they are serving statesupported schools, all with the same general needs and problems, will do well to work together. 11 there is a hatchet existing between any of those named, it should be buried. This Gamkcock has no apologies to make, for it owes none, but it does promise to forget past differences and meet all friends at least halfway. But, editors of "The Johnsonian," a little lesson in anatomy. A gamecock is a self-respecting fowl and proudly displays his whole body for the world to see and marvel at. And his neck is no exception. u. s. c. A WORD OP APPRECIATION \ ^ ??? To put out a weekly newspaper for the service of the students of a great state University is something that cannot be done entirely by one person or one group of persons; it requires co-operation on the parts of many outsiders: those who furnish the sources for news. The editor and staff of tijis Gamiscock are indebted to many students, faculty members, and others, for services rendered during the past few months. It would be impossible and impracticable to name all of those to whom thanks are due, but some have been so consistent and frequent in their help that their names must be mentioned. To the president's office, this paper is indebted for one of its best news sources. To Mr. Chase and his assistants in the office of the registrar must go the credit for supplying This Gamkcock with many "beats" over the daily papers. Colonel McKissick and Doctor Babcock of the School of Journalism were always ready to give advice concerning journalistic practices and ethics. Both of these professors went out of the way to aid the editors in their work. t Deans Baker and Dillard, Doctor Foster, the athletic officials, the Personnel Bureau, and many other departments of the University gave every possible aid to this paper. The Columbia State and Columbia Record were always most willing to co-operate with their less efficient and not as wise contemporary. To these and to many others who cannot be mentioned here, The Gamkcock extends its sincerest thanks and expresses the Hope that such pleasant relations might be continued indefinitely. Much credit is due the Sudent Board of Publication for the splendid co-operative spirit they have shown during the semester, j; The retiring editor, however, feels himself even more indebted to his staff than to any of those named above. Anything that the paper has j-'iv. ;V <V j ' . V '. fUt.* /.fi. accomplished under his administration, any standards that it might have attained, are due in large part to their efforts and efficiency. He has 1 never before seen a scholastic newspaper staff reach such an enviable i plane, and can assure the fetudent body that they need have no fear for s the future of a greater Gamecock. ' < u. s. c. IN RETROSPECT 1 < Another Gamecock year is over and this paper has closed another ] period of attempted service to the student body. It has tried to give impartial and uncolored reports of all campus news events. It has attempted to be interesting, but at the same time, maintain correct and praiseworthy journalistic standards. Editorially speaking, the editor has turned his attention to questions that really matter. Such obvious things as the beauty of the campus, the singing of the birds, and other too-frequently used subjects, have i been left alone as obvious; rather definite efforts have been made to 1 correct a.buses and praise the praiseworthy. The complex campus political system, legislative actions, the preval- i ence of stealing, the imperfections and perfections of the honor system, 1 and other subjects of importance, have been the matters handled on this page. i In the issue of February 6, the first of the semester, the purpose and '< policy of The Gamecock was announced in an editorial headed "A New Editor?The Same Paper." Here is the editorial?it is up to the < paper's readers to determine to what extent these purposes and policies : have been realized: . "Finally, our one endeavor will be to give the students of the Uni- ] versity a real newspaper, one of which they need never be ashamed, and for whcih they need not apologize. 'The die is cast/ " Thus ended an editorial entitled "Purpose and Policy," appearing in the September i 26 edition of this paper. "A new editor has come into office?but the same newspaper, a force on the University of South Carolina campus for over twenty- 1 two years, goes on. It will continue to be governed by the highest prin- t ciples of school journalism and by intense loyalty to the Alma Mater. "The Gamecock in recent years has not been a periodical of per- ; sonalities. The time when its columns were used for the advancement .j of the editor, his associates and friends is past, if it ever really existed, i The positions which it, through the editoral columns, take on con- < troversil subjects might at times be weak ; it is only human to err oc- ( casionally. However, even those positions, as well as the many others on which our readers will all agree, will have been taken only after the most careful thought and investigation had been devoted to them. < "The Gamecock will use without censorship or restraint its obligation of free expression; its editor and his associates have no ambi- < tions, political or otherwise, sacred enough to permit them to be forced to limit this obligation in favor of any group attempting to get control of a portion of student activities. Campus politics shall play no part in < its administration?all factions who mean no ill to the University can rest j assured that they will receive justice in these columns. "The control of the policies of this paper will rest solely with those ; persons duly elected to exercise control. Constructive criticism from j the student body and faculty will be gladly received. The faculty and student body will receive consideration in every sense of the word, so long as this does not involve violation of the high principles of journalistic honor this paper has chosen for itself. "Because no human institution can ever be perfect, the University has its share of faults. It shall be our every endeavor to remedy those things that should be remedied, no stone shall be left unturned to help this University to rise to even higher planes of excellence and service to the people of South Carolina. True, the people of South Carolina, through their legislature have not been as generous of late as we would have them be, but it must be realized that the representatives of the people are only trying to satisfy the ever-louder cry of their constituents during these years of almost unparalleled hard times, "economy, Eco- ' nomy, ECONOMY." "Contributions of news articles from the student body and faculty will be welcomed. Open forum letters on subjects of interest to the student body will be published. Unsigned letters will not be considered for publications in these columns. "And so 'the die is cast' with the new staff. The Gamecock has pledged itself to upright dealings in all matters; to be the servant of the University of South Carolina and not of any portion of it. During the preceding semester national and state honors were won at college press meets. There are no press conventions before next November, so the present editor must look around for other worlds to conquer. These worlds he hopes to find in the realization that he has kept The Gamecock at the peak of national college journalism; that the paper has continued to be a valuable servant of the University and its student body; and that it has always been an influence for good in the councils of all who read its pages. u. s. c. AN OUTRAGE OR A NECESSITY? If it is possible for a newspaper to have thoughts, The Gamecock has certainly had more than its share in the last few days?in fact, ever since the Garnet and Black election. The exact manner in which candidates for the annual offices are nominated is still somewhat in doubt. But there is no doubt about the fact that the candidate nominated against the man regarded in line for the position of editor was one who intended to withdraw and did so. There is also much doubt about whether the man in question intends to return to the University in September. This paper has no crow to pick with Mr. Brunson. No doubt but that he has done a splendid piece of work. Nor has it a quarrel with the editor-elect, Mr. Bushaw, who was clearly the only man for the position. But when one remembers that this same withdrawing stunt is pulled year in and year out, one cannot help but wonder. With so much arbitrary power in the hands of a few who might not always be as scrupulous as are those now in office, there is a big opportunity for partiality and injustice to play a part in staff selections. And then there's another matter demanding thought. Many of the nominees, including both of those for the coed editorship, were only freshmen. It seems hardly likely that freshmen could really compete with seniors in ability, if the right seniors were nominated. Is this situation made necessary by factors entering into the inner working of the Garnet and Black? If so, these factors should certainly be changed. Is the annual Garnet and Black election an outrage, not as to men elected but $s to the manner in which the candidates are chosen? If so, steps should be taken to insure that such an outrage is not repeated in the future as has been the case in the past. u. s. c. SENIORS, REMEMBER CAROLINA! After four years of hard labor on the part of most of the members of the senior class, the class as a unit makes its one last spurt to finish up their work at Carolina. The Gamecock wishes to congratulate each and every member of the class on finishing up his work, and wishes for each one a life of success as well as one of service after they leave our campus. The class of '31 has many prominent members?sons and daughters who have made glorious records in athletics, debating, literary work, and in all of the various student activities. There have been those who have carried Carolina's colors to success in many lines, and to whom much credit is due. The Gamecock believes that there are a number in the class who will make even greater success after they finish?who will occupy such positions of prominence in the affairs of our nation, that Carolina will be proud to call them her own. Then, the class is to be congratulated upon its deed of service in starting the practice of leaving a gift to the University. The Class of '31' ' .. *;. vK-'.- f ^ will be remembered as the first clas hoped will never be discontinued b; taken a wise step in deciding to leav< added to by the next two classes a erected. It was found that & suital what the class had raised. The Gamecock urges these Ser after they get out in their various v campus whenever you can; come bacl back her in every way you can, and j u. s FURTHER SPE( The students of the University i A man who signifies his intention of is not allowed to take all of his ele< Or, even one in the School of Arts for instance, is required to stick to t ing in and to take only subjects wl liis chosen field. All this is as it should be, and i; specialization. But why not take thii step in the trend of efficiency? Why not have some way of supe f the students at the University? I specializing in engineering to take el than it is for him to spend his span publications or in going out for the Of course, such supervision of be in the form of an advisory com than force. Such an advisory committee 1 way. It could help freshmen and ne kind of work in which they are inl their fraternities, their associates or for themselves on the campus, are activity without weighing the possil ^ood that the activity will do them Or worse, the ambitious freshman i: everything and as a natural result 1 any field. This condition cannot be said t University, but the alleviation of this step for Carolina. The question arise It could perhaps be handled by the Df the honorary societies of the cs fellowman at heart. It is a foregone conclusion that success to the extent that the studc itself would not be an easy propositi We have pointed out a weaktu adequate suggestion to overcome it, matter will loe taken up by some should be. 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Make a return visit to the k and renew your old acquaintances; ilways be loyal alumni and alumnae! 3IALIZATIONS ? tiow have closely supervised courses. : becoming an engineer or a chemist :tive course in English or fine arts. ^ and Science, specializing in history he department which he is specia'.Llich will tend toward proficiency in 3 a part of the modern trend toward ? movement another step?a natural rvising the extra-curricular activities s it any more ridiculous for a man ective course in English or fine arts * - time in working on the University debating team ? extra-curricula activities could only mittee, which would suggest rather m would be valuable also in another w men in getting lined up with the terested. Often freshmen, urged by their home folks to make a name prone to rush into some sort of jilities of success or the amount of j| in the terms of future usefulness. . : s tempted to try to do a little bit of lie does not do credit to himself in ; ''ill o be one of the crying needs of the ? state of things will be a progressive H s?who should undertake this work ? Y. M. C. A., or perhaps by some tmpus who have the good of their < ( jj any such program could only be a :nts co-operate with it. And this in 'A ion. jss and we have left it without an . but nevertheless we hope that the group capable of handling it as it ^ Webber The Best inTailored Clothes 1227 Hampton St V*? )N HOTEL )ND, Manager ia, S. C. VERY ROOM , 1 DRUG CO. in Street Jj NIGHT I i IES GET DIRTY? i and well groomed. The coat is ! reward great amecock are our agents EtY CLEANING CO. 1608 Barnwell St. :ess j tiave attained iccess. May J i the future be mmendable. FRIENDLY FIVES