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The Gamecock 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 ?1 ? 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. i i .. .i I, .. i I,, - i . ..... News articles may be contributed by any member of the student body, but must be in by nine o'clock 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 Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in the basement of the Extension Building Gamecock office phone?8123, No. 11 STAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD Lewis H. Wallace ------- - Editor T. Sam Taylor Business Manager John A. Giles - Managing Editor ASSOCIATES Frances Black Associate Editor Lois Fischer Associate Editor Sanders R. Guignard - - - - - - Associate Editor William C. Herbert - -- -- -- - Associate Editor William I. Latham - - - - - - - Associate Editor J. Mitchell Morse - -- -- -- - Associate Editor Leon Keaton - - Assistant Managing Editor Allen Rollins ------- Assistant Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF J. A. Bigham - -- -- -- -- - News Editor Alan Schafer - -- -- -- - Assistant Sports Editor O. H. Skewes - -- -- -- - Assistant Sports Editor Faith Brewer Exchange Editor Frank Durham Fraternity Editor J. H. Galloway - - - - - - - - - Y. M. C. A. Editor Catherine Cathcart - -- -- -- -- Joke Editor ASSISTANTS Jack Payne, Frank Wardlaw, Genevieve Reynolds, Marian Finlay, Josephine Griffin, Jerry Glenn, Robert Conard, Lemuel Gregory, Donald McHk Intosh, LaVerne Hughes, Anne Huiet, Belvin Horres, Theodore Ninestein, ! Boyce Craig, and Sue Kibler. I CO-ED r_ H Millie Taylor - -- -- -- -- - Co-ed Editor ; I Ethel Galloway - - . - - - - - - - News Editor I Jean Wichman - - Society Editor Louise Edwards - -- -- -- -- Feature Editor I BUSINESS STAFF H J. W. Brq.wn ------- Assistant Business Manager I L. C. Grant - -- -- -- - Assistant Business Manager | Baynard Whaley ------ -Assistant Business Manager CIRCULATION STAFF " I R. H. Bishop ------- Circulation Manager I Alton Brown - -- -- -- -- Assistant Manager I Wilbur Jones - -- -- -- -- Assistant Manager | Marvin Miller - -- -- -- - Assistant Manager , | Kenneth Prince - -- -- -- - Assistant Manager CROWING FOR: | News Bureau?Even a great University must advertise. I Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities | can be properly centered and administered. I Voluntary Chapel?A modern tendency and a good one. H Football Stadium?A needed addition to the University's equipment. I Paved Sidewalks?Not only a need, but an immediate necessity. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1931 Congratulations Billy Laval B When Coach Billy Laval came here from Purman four years ago, I he inherited material that a good high school wouldn't be proud of. I The team as a whole was of small statue, a few individual stars, and Bno teamwork. Coach Laval made the statement that if you give me l^lli the material, I will give you a championship football team. Better material came in year by year until last year when the best freshman crop of players in the history enrolled at the University. Laval molded this bunch into a fighting Gamecock team. At the start of this year when Coach Laval was asked what kind of team he wrould have, he replied, "We will have a fighting team, but we will lose a few games. You can't expect a sophomore eleven to win all of them. The crushing defeat of Fur man revealed the truth of Coach Laval's statement. He got the material. He kept his word and won the first state championship for the University of South Carolina since 1912. Hat's off to Billy Laval! "Silence" In The LibraryYes, yes, professor, I'll see that this is done at once," shouts Dr. Kennedy, LTniversity librarian, from his office telephone. Hanging* up the receiver, the keeper of books precedes to close his door for fear ( ?) that he might hear his echo. But students in adjoining study rooms are already aroused in speculation as to what the revered gentleman was talking about over the telephone. Two freshmen in hushed dialogue offer their suggestions. An eyeing lady-keeper of books comes over to the unsuspecting pair and reminds them that they must stop their mumblings or retire from the study room. And here the University freshmen show their lack of respect for old age. Will they never realize^ that the "Silence" sign is to be taken seriously? Must Dr. Kennedy come forth from his office with the unclosed door and remonstrate with them? And that gentleman docs not have the time, as he is busy answering telephone calls or talking in a Caruso-tone to assistants in various study halls. Be courteous and considerate, Freshmen. The Garnet And Black Committee The appointment of a committee recently marked the first real step toward a constitution for the Garnet and Black. This committee is to draw up a proposed constitution which the student body will have the honor of passing or rejecting. Members on this committee are capable enough of drawing up a constitution. They represent all publications of the campus, The Garnet and Black, Carolinian, and Gamecock, and other campus activities. It is earnestly hoped that this committee will use their abilities to the utmost and draw up a constitution which will do fK credit to the Garnet and Black. v, sS&iitjK y, . ,j Cheerleaders L / ' " The cheering at all Carolina ga modie. Sometimes it is good and trouble is that it lacks consistency., sleep on the job, probably the gan everything else for the moment. In the next game played here, ' yells ringing across the field each ' especially during periods called f< take notice. We wonder what happens to th< After their parade to their seat they parade again during the half, learn one or two inspiring tunes o u. s. Chanticleer An With the state championship nesl spurs, the Gamecock crows for a cl to strong out-of-state teams. W1 same old opposing squads that it ha during its period or adolesence? The matured crow of Clianticlee worthy stadium, instead of perf< Several thousand in an uncomfc "Cock-a-doodle-doo" the feathe | which being interpreted is "Give to strut my stuff." u. s. The State Footba The interest aroused in the Uni\ winning of that mythical state f easily estimated. The newspapers tion in their columns to the fac1 squad in the State. Visitors in C added to this publicity with the re of the University of South Carolim suggests. Many people will leai located. Others will begin to inq standpoint of academic worth. What will be the outcome of all Alma Mater? For one thing, we shall draw st We shall be able to approach unb country asking for games with the aside so brusquely with a remindei lick certain other teams within our Then, if there is anything whic interest in the old school, is not i have delighted more the hearts of over Furman and Clemson? Car< country, says the alumnus. Carolina would not care to hav his interest in football. However, last something has provoked the | openly as he has always felt inwan Open Nov. 11, 1931. Dear Mr. Editor: Can't something be done about the disgraceful situation that* arose in chapel last Monday? At that time the freshmen were supposed orders and because of the withdrawal adjourned because of excessive disorders and because of the withdrayal of a large number of the class. Why did this situation arise? Because of ignorance on the part of the freshmen? Yes. Though this election should be the most important in the freshman class, it was apparent that many of those present did not even know what the Honor Committee was and the majority did not realize its importance. Nevertheless no upperclassman was present to tell about the organization and explain the necessity of an adequate honor system upon the campus. The honor system has had rather hard sledding since its inception two years ago and its success depends upon* the attitude of each class as it enters the University. Certainly a class cannot honor a thing it knows nothing about. The responsibility of teaching the freshmen the ideals of this movement rests upon the upperclassman. If they fail with each successive class the whole movement will fail. Is the University to drop back into the slime or is it to soar to new heights and tie its ideals to the stars? Let the upperclassmcn answer the question. Of course, ignorant or not, the freshmen can take no credit upon themselves for their conduct at the meeting. They should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. . Hut more than merely showing freshman callowness it showed the need for upperclass advice and supervision in elections of this kind. In the future let it be hoped that the upperclassmcn will take, heed and rectify this situation. Otherwise, anything may happen. Yours, John C. Payne. Editor of The Gamecock: May I take advantage of the columns of your excellent paper to thank all those who contributed so finely to the " - V ' ' >' ' .v- I; . . -f X tiiuh v;'. . .-".Wt' 'w ' Take Notice . < mes this fall has been very spas- ' sometimes it is awful. The main Sometimes the cheerleaders go to le is 60 thrilling that they neglect The Gamecock would like to hear time there is a pause in the game, 3r timeouts. Cheerleaders, please e band when they go on the field. ;s, little is heard of them until And by the way, why don't they nee in a while. d The Stadilim tling beneath its scarred but proud lance to show its potential stength ly should it be restricted to the is been confronting for many years r demands the right to fight in a >rming before a small crowd of rtably small retangle. ired male condescendingly crows me a bigger coop if you want me O. ill Championship ersity and its athletics due to the ootball championship cannot be of this country have called atten; that we have the best football olumbia and correspondents have suit that something is now known \ besides that which its very name :n now where the University is uire about the institution from a this attention directed toward our ronger football clubs to this city, lushingly the finest elevens in the in in the future, and not be turned that we are not strong enough to own state lines. h will act as a booster of alumni athletics this thing? What could many old grads than the victory )lina? It's the best school in the e the alumnus say this because of Carolina is glad to know that at graduate to boost his Alma Mater Hy. Forum the 125th anniversary celebration of success of the 125 th anniversary celebration of the Clarisophic and Euphradian societies? Thanks arc due, first of all to Dr. Leonard Baker, for his gracious words of welcome to the Saturday morning gathering, and for his fine spirit of helpfulness throughout in aiding the committee in its plans for the celebration. I o the faculty of the University we are grateful for their generous cooperation. Mr. Barney Early, alumni secretary, through his very efficient secretary, Mrs. W. D. Melton, aided the committee very materially in addressing three thousand five hundred invitations, and in other ways advertising the celebration. Prof. Harry Davis has been an inspiration and a never failing source of help to the societies from the inception of the idea , of a 125th anniversary celebration. Dean J. Rion McKissick likewise has counselled the committee well. His very complete history of the societies, written at the time of the centennial celebration in 1006, will form the body of the history of the societies in the booklet now being published. We wish to thank radio station WIS for broadcasting the public meeting of the celebration, carrying the program to the many alumni and friends of the societies who could not be here in person. Mr. R. G. Bell and Sanders Guignard were responsible for arranging this broadcast, as well as that of the speech of Prof. Harry Davis on incidents in the history of the societies, given tlje preceding week. The State and the Columbia Record, as well as the Associated Press, gave valuable publicity to the celebration. The invaluable service of The Gamecock is well known to the students. To the young ladies who furnished the music on Saturday morning, we arc grateful, as well as to Dr. Hugh Murchison, who delivered the invocation, and to Dean J. Nelson Frierson, who introduced Judge Marion; also to the other societies of the State who sent representatives. \ To Judge J. H. Marion himself, who delivered the principal oration of the celebration, we can never sufficiently express our gratitude. We fully realize what it means for one as busy as Judge Marion to take time from his work to prepare such an address and to come from another state to take part in our celebration. The members of the societies worked together to a man in putting over the celebration. Special mention should be made of the work of Leonard Williamson, Chaffee Croft, J. W. Brown and Woodrow Lewis in aiding. Bland Hammond in the preparation of the booklet, which will be issued in about a week. Lewis Wallace, W. C. Herbert, and John Giles helped voluntarily with the invitations and publicity, of which LeRoy Want had charge. Marshals for the public meetings were John Bolt Culbertson, chieFmarshal; James Windham and James Galloway, Clariosophic; Lewis Wallace, Chaffee Croft and Leonard Williamson, Euphradian. The general committee in charge of the celebration was composed of J. W. Brown, Woodrow Lewis and Troy Stokes, Clariosophic; Bland Hammond, LeRoy Want and Carlisle Roberts, Euphradian. This celebration of 125 years of literary society history at the University, calling attention to a past of achievement and distinguished service, and bringing words of encouragement from our many alumni who returned to the campus for the celebration, has put new life into the societies. The conditions under which they exist have materially changed during 125 years, and they stand now upon the threshhold of a new era, ready to accommodate themselves to a university campus of the year 1931,'et seq. Carlisle Roberts, General Chairman. Well, all the writer knows about the situation is what he hears and what he reads in the papers. The papers won't print anything about it and nobody talks about it loud enough to be overheard, so according to all the laws of induction the writer knows nothing. Still, like most writers, he would like to take a few potshots at analyzing something about which he knows nothing. It seems, Mr. Editor, to be the consensus of opinion among the high and mighty of the campus?including the intelligentsia?that the paternalistic system must prevail in the administration of all student activities affairs. By paternalistic system it is meant that no student is supposed to question the authority of the "powers that be," as aforementioned intelligentsia delight in referring to the administrators of out; student activities affairs. BURNETT'S 1 4 Carolina Seals, Jewelry, ] Carolina and Fra One Blocl^Froni Campus Corner Main an* Columbia SPECIAL RATES Leave Your Laundry at the Ca See WOODROW LEWIS m : * IVn In Love Wit -y ATIO-Q 8 i Under a system like that,' Mr. Editor, PI the expression "student body government" is an antiquated arid useless ? term on our campus besides being wholly absurd and misleading. The advocates of this system would regard *] us of the student body (including*;' themselves) as little children, with the ' needs of whom none save our paternal administrators were acquainted. They i would also contend that our benevo lent administrators quickly determine ''' the needs of the student body and act in accordance with their desires-,': noiv whose desires were we speaking of? m The writer maintains that all powers for the government of all student ac- j tivities affairs should be vested in the ^ students themselves. Just govern. H ments derive their power from the con- fj sent of the governed. He disagrees ji with the advocates of the above men- ! tioned system when they say that the m students must meekly request what^ they want from the omnipotent "pow- $ ers that be" through the medium of ? committees, which are notorious on $ our campiis if not for their incompe- '{ tence for their ineffectiveness. He I maintains that the students, if aware fj of their privileges and rights and if $ desirous of obtaining them, have the \ right to? demand them. . The ?ower of the student body was demonstrated at a combined faculty and student body meeting held in the chapel recently. Even when a fac-fl ulty representative was invited to a! speak (evidently we ar^ to assume that he was invited to speak indefinitely, 13 since the presiding officer made no | mention as to a time limit?strangely enough, however, the speakers on the*!? other side of the question were strictly limited as to time of speaking and severely regulated as to order of motions and suggestions), and when he spoke as to why the students should t be satisfied with their present treatment and should resort to no drastic measures to attain their alleged de- i sires (which, it seems to the writer, is another way of saying that the students should not undertake the "arduous task of thinking" out what their , rights arc and demanding them), still the will of the student body asserted itself so far as to result in the appointment of an "all powerful committee" to confer with the student activities committee in an eflort to secure further privileges for the students. ' It seems apparent that such things as the retention of Carolina students,^ as ushers at the Carolina-Clemson Game instead of boy scout^, the promises of better scats at future footballp games and "paternal" manuveurcs resulting in lower prices of admission? for students to'the fair grounds are the result of the rising of the senti- $ (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8EVEN) DRUG STORE f Drugs, Drinks and Cigars ternity Stationery Phone 3191 i College Street j l Laundry 3 TO STUDENTS , nteen by 12 0 'Clock Each Day ?Campus Representative ^? , ;| } ^ St I