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The Gamecock 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 nine o'clock Wednesday night before Friday's publication. AH 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 J. 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 - x - - - - 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 Durijam 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 McIntosh, LaVerne Hughes, Anne Huiet, Belvin IIorres, Theodore Ninestein, Boyce Craig, and Sue Kiblf.r. CO-ED Millie Taylor - -- -- -- -- - Co-ed Editor Ethel Galloway - -- -- -- -- News Editor Jean Wichman - -- -- -- -- Society Editor I Louise Edwards - -- -- -- -- Feature Editor BUSINESS STAFF J. W. Brown ------- Assistant Business Manager L. C. Grant - -- -- -- - Assistant Business Manager Baynard Whaley ------ -Assistant Business Manager CIRCULATION STAFF R. H. Bishop - - - - - * - - - Circulation Manager Alton Brown - - - - - - - - Assistant Manager Wilbur Jones - - - - - - _ - - - Assistant Manager Marvin Miller - Assistant Manager Kenneth Prince - -- -- -- - 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, DECEMBER 11, 19:31 College-Bred Bums? Will the graduates of 1931-32 find jobs? Will they come back for M. A. degrees? Or will they join the army of the unemployed and march in single file up to the gates of soup kitchens? Thousands of people will go out from universities to try to find jobs this February, and yet other thousands in June. And judging from present conditions, we cannot say that the outlook will be bright for them. Specialization has been The Big Idea in modern education.; the old traditional education is fast becoming a luxury or, for those without means, a foolish extravagance and waste of time. And to what avail? A few days ago a brilliant graduate of one of the University's special schools was seen walking up and down Main Street" looking for employment, a former well-to-do industrial chemist, with a wife and child is now peddling candy on the streets of Richmond, Virginia. Nor are these unusual stories. Mr. Hoover and the big guns arc still waiting with folded hands for prosperity to turn an imaginary corner. We guess and fear, U. H. C. We Go Collegiate The Carolinian in its new clothes has taken its place among college magazines and is being recognized by them. Quotations from it have been seen in such far-off publications as the University of Southern California Wampus, The Boston Beanpot, The Columbia Jester,, and 1 the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl, and others. 1 , ' There was quite a bit of dissension when the old format was dis- 1 carded: it was feared that the quality of the material would suffer: : and in all fairness we must admit that these fears have been justified, i, As a literary publication, the new Carolinian is not to be mentioned in the same breath with .the old. But as a democratic institution, our editorial hat is off to it. The old Carolinian was by nature the organ of a few, paid for by everyone and " | read by practically no one. Copies of it even now are lying stacked ,< in a back corner of The Gamecock office. Such as it was, it was a lit- ; erary magazine pure and simple, with no claim to popularity. The new Carolinian is a more typical collegiate magazine. And there's no danger of its becoming so naughty that publication must be 1 1 suspended: we're not clever enough for that. On Top Again Again The Gamecock has been reckoned the best college paper in the state, and The Carolinian the best magazine, by the South Carolina College Press Association. These victories are due not only to the excellent work of the School of Journalism, but more than that to the spirit of the students who gave of their time and energy to make the publications as good as possible. There'are some forty students on The Gamecock staff, and eighteen on that of The Carolinian. These students work without pay or academic credit. Let all casters of first stones remember that college spirit may be expressed in more ways than one. ?I^ggBB?BBBgaBB^BB=^Mg=ggg=ggg1 1 1 ,=g==? , I The Old Order Changeth i At the recent meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association at the University, mention was made of institutions which had J accepted original creative work as masters' theses and term papers. Several professors expressed themselves in favor of the idea, and there was no expressed opposition. Which is most encouraging. Dr. Wauchope, when asked for his views on the subject, said that some effort should be made to encourage creative work in the colleges, since the rewprds of such work are negligible in proportion to those of purely academic exercises. He has himself allowed the students of his Modern Drama course to submit original plays as term papers; the small number of students who take advantage of the option would indicate that academic work is in no danger of extinction thereby. It is to be hoped that the idea will prosper, for there is sore need for something more vital than the mechanical ritual of research. Research workers such as John Livingstone Lowes and Leslie Hotson, true scientists whose work has a soul, are greatly to be admired: but the meaninglessness of such futilities as "The History of The Yorkvillc Gazette" or "The Economic Development of Elloree County" or, in the last extreme, "The Life of the Rt. Hon. James McDcrmott of Dacusville, S. C., from August 3, 1879, to August 4, 1879, in three volumes," is an abomination in the sight of the Lord. Yet such are the lengths to which plodding mediocrity will go when held up as an ideal. 'Twas indeed a sage and a prophet who said, "When an idea is expressed for the first time, that's originality; the second time it's plagiarism, the third time it's drawing from the common stock, and the fourth time it's research." Here's hoping we'll get a chance to do something else. U. 8. O. The Desert Blossoms There are, alas,yet many vestiges of sequestered scholasticism at the University, but the old sterile dignity no longer dominates the life of the students. The prominent part played by the University in the life of Columbia was well illustrated by the Town Theatre's recent presentation of Noel Coward's "Hay Fever." The settings, designed and executed by Wilbur Wertz, a student here, aroused much favorable comment, the general consensus of opinion being that they were the best ever seen in Columbia and such as would do credit to any professional stage. Prominent roles were played by Frank Marvin, Bernard Hester, and Alice Owings; stage and property management were in the hands of Frank Durham and Francis Letton, and the posters in front of the theatre were done by Irving Geisberg and Vivian Morse, students of the art department. Mrs. Katharine Rembert made two masks for the interior of the theatre, and Robert McLane did the illustrations for the program. In addition, faculty members were instrumental in getting a large part of the season's revenue. South Carolina is frequently criticised for its lack of culture* and 1 in many cases, unfortunately, such criticisms arc deserved: but the fact that the Town Theatre is able to make running expenses from artistically produced drama is an indication that we are not so .absolute a Sahara as certain prejudiced people would have us believe. U. 8. O. How Now, Professor? What do the students think of the courses they take? In ail effort' to answer this question The Doily Tar Heel, student paper of the University of North Carolina, is conducting a survey of student opinion 011 the various'courses. > Looking over the results which have been published thus far, it appears that the most common complaint is against poor presentation. In several cases, even when the subject 'matter was admittedly dry, it was so well presented that the students enjoyed and took an interest in the course. Rut in a much larger number of cases the sutuation was reversed. We wonder what a similar survey at the University would reveal. We are fortunate in having a number of excellent professors who are sufficiently interested in teaching to make their courses a source of pleasure as well as of information; and there is no doubt that there are some mediocrities. Some subjects lend themselves to teaching more readily than others, but the function of the teacher in any case is to arouse the interest of the students. We await the conclusions of The Tar HeeL CJVB. ?. Shortsighted Economyit seems that the powers in the land can think of no other way of saving money than by cutting the already too small salaries of teachers. Thousands of grammar school and high school teachers from coast to coast are living literally 011 faith, hope,, and charity, and thousands more consider themselves lucky to be getting half pay. Meanwhile sumptuous buildings are being constructed at great expense, even in ; so backward a state as South Carolina. ? The whole system is distorted. ; It would be trite to say that the worth of an institution lies not in i its physical equipment so much as in its personnel, yet that is what j the legislators of South Carolina seem unable to realize. Duke Uni- ' versity started oufwith onty a few classrooms and no dormitories what- I soever, but offering attractive salaries to the best teachers that could j be had r and today Duke is recognized as one of the leading universities j of the South. ; 1 We cannot Tmt feel that the legislature of South Carolina is short- j sighted in its attitude toward the University, unless it intends eventually- I to consign it to the glorious past. j 17. 8. O. I Twentieth century vignette! Al Capone says the American people j should be protected from Red propaganda. I *7. 8. O. i Public enemies: Bernard MacFadden, Walter Winchell, Empress j Eugenia. . ! ( The great game of life, we were told in high school, is just like i the great game of football. Only you don't'get paid. j Millions for dividends, but not one cent for wages! But do we want < vyages? Perish the thought! Welrc not working for money: that would ! be inconsistent with the dignity of labor and the ideal of service. Good? They've got to be good, with all the chaperones hanging ] around. (Is this statement paid for?) ; 1 . a' t . 'a*:.-. :< i : Open Forum To the editor of The Gamecock: "The University acknowledges with pleasure the gift of the Richland Shale Products Co. of seven thousand brick to be used in sidewalks on the campus." This gift was made without solicitation of any kind, and I we are greatly indebted to the company, not only for their generosity, 1 but for their cooperation generally. Directors of the Richland Shale 1 Products Co. are as follows: P. H. Haltiwanger; Ames Haltiwanger; 1 Deems Haltiwanger; M. L. Farrell; A. H. Kohn; D. W. Haigler; W. 1 H. Lyles, and Dr. W. H. Greever. 4 J. A. Wells, an alumnus of thel University, is assistant general manager. "We wish to acknowledge also contributions from everyone who has] manifested an active interest in the project. Money has been received I from persons who have no connections with the University whatever,! We hope to he able to publish a list of benefactors later. It is not] necessary for you to belong to any fraternity, organization, or society 1 to contribute. As Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes said when he began! practicing medicine: "Even the smallest fevers thankfully received." "We hope that the students of the University and the organizations I through which they are working will be able to make the University a| Christmas present of one-half mile of durable and attractive walks,] But there is still a gap between the dream and the-realization. If you] feel philanthropic, or if you merely have a utilitarian desire to keep out] of the mud, help the work along by giving whatever you can, either! through an organization, or to Mrs. Parker at the Extension Division. 1 "By the way, contractors have told me that this walk, which is super-1 vised by experts and built of the best possible materials, should last one! hundred years?a lasting memorial to those who are having a part in I H. Babcock, < j General Chairman. I IMitMaffiM "W"' "1 "MMSMalwM8 XJB) K KlffigggI S TUDEN TSI I ^BF Other Gamecock ij I A READERS DO YOU WANT THE GAMECOCK TO CONTINUE || | TO PROSPER? 91 | Patronize Our Advertisers I ALA MODE BEAUTY If You Want Service Call ~i| I shoppe ill Specialists In permanent halrwavlng. sham- JLrJClJM X 0 w.?'no, "Sk ijilnofScliSi .""SinKrtnJ*'" CANDIES?CIGARS?SODA \m T.?.o, s<'.c?>LUMQ|A s c Ph.?. mi i3,9 Main St. phon, III | SHORTHAND I | 30 DAYS | ^ Written with ABC'S and familiar characters? j / Simple, rapid, accurate. 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