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The Gamecock j Founded January 30, 1906 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor 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, postofficc 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. 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 Executive Board ! Wiixiam C. Herbert Editor J. Sam Taylor Business Manager Allen Rollins - - Managing Editor Associates Louise Edwards ... ... - . Associnto Editor J. II. Gallowat - - - - Associate Editor John Giles - - - ... Associate Editor William I. Latham - - - -' - - Associate Editor J. Mitchell Morse - Associate Editor Millie Taylor ........ Associate Editor Frank Durham ...... Assistant Managing Editor R. L. Keaton, Jr. Assistant Managing Editor Frank Wardlaw ...... Assistant Managing Editor Reportorial John A. Bioham - - - - - ... . News Editor Alan Shafer Sports Editor O. H. Skewes Assistant Sports Editor John C. Payne - - - Alumni Editor Genevieve Reynolds ... .... Exchange Editor Boyce Craig Fraternity Editor Belvin Horres Y. M. C. A. Editor Katherine Cathcart - Joke Editor Co-Ed Ethel Galloway Co-ed Editor bk Josephine Griffin - - ... - News Editor Marian Finley Society Editor Faith Brewer Feature Editor Assistants I Bonnie Kate Barnes, Lemuel Gregory, LaVerne Hughes, Annie Huitt, Donald McIntosh, Jane Shaffer, Sue Kibler, and Jean Wichman Business J. W. Brown - Assistant Business Manager L. G. Grant Assistant Business Manager Baynard Whaley ..... Assistant Business Manager Circulation I R. H. Bishop - - - .... Circulation Manager L. W. ErroN Assistant Manager i Wilbur Jones ........ Assistant Manager Leon Pickens Assistant Manager I Kenneth Prince Assistant Manager CROWING FOR: :1 News Bureau?Even a great University must advertise. .1 Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities can be properly centered and administered. I Football Stadium?A needed addition to the University's equipment. I Paved Sidewalks?Not only a need, but an immediate necessity. j * FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932 | Why Chapel Attendance Is Compulsory B Many students have advocated the abolition of compulsory chapel I attendance, but few have ever taken the initiative and found out I why this flimsy and hypocritical practice continues. H Regular chapel attendance lias gone through many stages of evoluI tion since the time it began with a student body that could be num;| bered on the lingers of a few hands. At that time it meant the raw only means of bringing together the students in their religious life on the campus. Other provisions and faculty regulations were provided along with this to see that every matriculate attended church in the city. With the increase in the size of the student body, the freshmen were required to meet chapel three times a week and upperclassmen twice. Later, exceptions were allowed as in the case of seniors and engineering students. Sentiment has been aroused in the last few years opposed to compulsory chapel attendance. Some have contended that with the compulsory factor eliminated, students would be more interested in chapel, but what of the seniors of today who are allowed to go scot-free of this requirement? In its more prosperous years the University afforded costly entertainment at chapel hour, but this has been abolished with the lean years that have come over the treasury. Perhaps therein lays the only hope for a successful chapel, where students would forget to write to the home folks, or whisper, or write French, or work mathematics while a professor tells of the value of studying this course or that. And now, why does the University authorities continue this iniquitous custom? v Xt is because of the immediate criticism that would come from all quarters of the State as the better-than-thou, ignorant of the unimportance of the chapel hour to the present day student, arise in horror to learn that the Alma Mater or the State University has turned Pagan, Infidel, or Atheistic. What better opportunity would be afforded the enemies of this school than to use the abolition of chapel as propaganda in a campaign to reduce the State appropriation and boost the student body of this or that small religious school? The alumnus in many cases would be opposed to such a move on the part of the faculty in the belief that chapel is or could be made something of benefit to the student. Away from actual comprehension J of forces on the campus, he would be loath to see others escape that which he himself may have considered superfluous in his collegc days. Until the University receives funds to make chapel interesting by engaging entertaining speakers, Carolina's students must attend and undergo the ordeal. Dealing less with the theory of chapel attendance, and looking at the system in practice, what is fifteen minutes two or three times a week in the life of the average college student? Sitting in chapel is much more comfortable than waiting for a street car! te. >. ' . .. . ' "The Carolina Spirit" Bobs Up In Philly "That Carolina Spirit" has turned up in Philadelphia, as an alumnus who has long been away frpm this institution shows a remarkable love and interest in Carolina "by securing letters from national and international figures on the qualifications for a University president. 1 James D. Evans on his own initiative sent out letters to various deans of schools of education in#leading American universities asking them to state what they believed to be the essential qualities of a university .president. When ho had collected these replies, he forwarded them to The Gamecock, to be handled by this publication as the editor saw fit. Why should a man who finished Carolina many years ago be interested so greatly in the University? He has no candidate for the presidency which will soon be filled by the board of trustees. His business interests have been centered out of this State for many years, yet here we see him taking an active part in the advisement of who should head this school. There remains but one explanation: Mr. Evans has in his heart and soul a love, a feeling for his Alma Mater which prompts him to do all in his power to further her interests. Student leaders, editors, and faculty members have long lamented the lack of a "Carolina Spirit". Here at last is an exemplary definition of what that term means. This alumnus does not sit back and commend or condemn. He remains neither silent nor dictatorial at a time when every graduate of the University of South Carolina should feel himself concerned over the vacant president's chair. James D. Evans Acts. If his work avails nothing, at least it may always be said that he DID SOMETHING. Born in a time of depression and gloom, may this year's graduates have instilled in them this same love and respect for Carolina that will carry them to the heights of honor and honorable achievement. o. a. o. The Clemson Tiger is an evasive sheet. Why not call the "Joke Page" a "Cracks-On-Kissing Page?" D. 8. O. Nippon, Self-Destroyer "Is the United States'going to war with Japan"? is the questionasked on all sides. The only reply may be deducted from a brief survey of Japan's power on the battlefield and its condition back home. On the firing line there is something suggestive of haste in the tactics employed by the Japanese. There is an obvious attempt to gain an end before strong powers take issue with the yellow power invading its neighbor on the mainland. The sudden and rampant aggression on Chinese soil during the last few days suggests that Japan is anxious to arrive at some goal and secure that ere she is forced to relinquish that which she has already gained. Japan's stock market closed February 2 because the stocks were declining uncomfortably fast. Exports have fallen off tremendously, greatly, due to the decrease of trade with China, her second greatest market. Moving with desperation evolving from the realization that she is on the brink of economic ruin, Japan has a right to flaunt her armed forces in the faces of three of the world's strongest powers. What the world thought-was a gambol on the part of the Japanese has turned into a gamble for the Islanders with the odds now strongly against them. Will the United States go to war? It is extremely unlikely that China will be tormented much longer by the invaders. But if the present Jap drive should continue, will the American nation be gullible enough to listen to the Wall Street Captains' cry in well-plirased platitudes: "Save America for Democracy! Check the Yellow Peril!" 1j. 8. o. In connection with the recent expression of opinions on dutch dating we read that the members of Tlieta Phi Alpha sorority at Ohio State University have pledged not to eat more than 15 cents worth when their boy friends take them into campus "beaneries." Why Not "H. B." Several places in the brick sidewalks being laid on the campus have been dedicated in white bricks to persons or organizations. Each time there has been a special reason why this should be done, to commemorate some work or contribution on the part of the person or organization honored. It is only fitting now that a certain portion of the sidewalks should be commemorated to that dynamic personality, that veritable dynamo of energy who has shaped forces into being behind this whole movement: Dr. Havilah Babcock. This beloved member of the faculty has declared that if the organization that promised him $25 last week if he would allow his initials to be placed in the sidewalks were to offer him $2,500, he would still reject the sum, as much as he would like to have this to consummate the project. Persistent requests that he favor this met with stubborn disapproval by the extension director. There may be several reasons why Dr. Babcock has opposed the movement. One is undoubtedly modesty. Another, perhaps, is the fear of arousing the jealousy of certain faculty members who would arise in jealousy if Herbert Hoover appeared on the campus and ventured to do something for the school. After having put so much time and energy into this attempt to do something for the institution, Dr. Babcock deserves and should be given some recognition by the students. It is true that he is chairman of the movement, but the students should assert their right to pay for part of the sidewalks and have engraved therein whatever they please. Has the director of the project the right to say what can and what cannot be contributed to the sidewalks? So long as it is the University students, he has no choice: he must accept the contribution. And Carolina's student body certainly should be strong enough to say whether or not the initials "H. B." are to beSn the sidewalks or not. The sidewalks will soon be completed. Unless student sentiment is brought to bear strongly enough on Dr. Baboock, the whole work may be completed with no recognition being given to the instigator of the State University's first real sidewalks. . , , ..M- . . v v.-' 1 r- t rm ?I JL^Ojg 'j 1 ! ! i. t, \ ' I'i'iiii | Spring Political Sap Is Rising Carolina's politically ambitious for the spring elections are begui. ning to pave their v^ay already for a walk-a-way. Several girls have intimated through their friends that they are to be candidates in the May Queen race on the second Friday fox j April. The names of two possible candidates for the student body presidency have been rumored over the campus. j '' Who should run for this and that office ? How does one go about getting elected to office on a campus where political alliances are essential," Freddie aBks. . ? ^ 3 Freddie, if you would be elected to an office you must first have 1 several qualities. You must, above all, have a spirit of co-operation. ,] You must have a likeable personality. While you may get by with it j for a time, your attitude toward members of the student body must be sincere and not based primarily on selfish motives. You must be j capable. ' ||l Political leaders of this campus realize that if a candidate does ] not have all or most of these assets, his chances of successfully wiA- j ning out^ over competition are small. For this reason, a man is asked* 1 to run more often than he asks to run for office. . At Carolina are many students who feel some hesitancy about en- j tering politics. Some even have expressed disgust concerning the j whole "system." This '' system,'' curse it as you may, is based on that all-important j ground on which modern-day business if founded: the group's good j at the sacrifice, if necessary, of the .individual. It is for this reason j that unsuccessful candidates advocate a system where popularity orV| efficiency only are the determinants of successful electioneering. | Unless a man has learned to co-operate and respect his fellow-man's views, he has no right to office. , J | Popularity does not always mean efficiency. Efficiency may not J I always mean the ability to work harmoniously with others toward a common goal. For these reasons, the political-group system has proved its right to existence in national as well as campus politics. j Line up, ambitious students, with your fellow-students and prove I your right to be a candidate! 1 ? The High Cost Of Chemistry j j For every student that, passes freshman chemistry, one flunks. J Over 50% of those registered for freshman chemistry failed to j pass the course last semester, according to a student assistant in the chemistry department. What are the causes of such a high percentage of failures in this | one particular school, year in and year out, while other depart- I ments have nothiug like such a high fatality rate? In a class of ninety-five students in the physics department, some years ago, only I six failed, and the professor intimated beforehand that such would. I be the probable number of failures. y | It has been said that studying for chemistry is entirely different j from the method of studying for other courses. If this is so, why is | not the idea put across successfully to a greater percentage^ A contention has been raised that the high schools do not teach 1 enough chemistry as preparatory work for the courses here. If such I be the case, why could not unprepared students be refused admis- I sion to the class? The point is this: every freshman must pass a certain qualifies- | tion before he is admitted to the University. This standard does I away with any argument that as many as 50% of the students are just "dumb." Then, many of Carolina's sons and daughters are not financially able to "bust" subjects. As a result, it means so much family savings wasted in many cases where the son or daughter I fails to pass a course. 1 The chemistry faculty is unquestionably a fine one. Its professors j are well capable to handle the subject. The question is: Have they j put across successfully to the students that chemistry is to be treated j differently from other subjects? 1 No student takes chemistry for a "crip." What's the explanation a of the high fatality rate every semester? '"1 AININIOUrNClINa NEW LOCATION OF j I METROPOLITAN CAFE K I "THE OLD RELIABLE" 1520 Main Street Former Location of Taylor's Drug Store We Are Now Better Equipped to Serve You > PRIVATE BOOTHS A NEW FEATURE THE STATE BOOK STORK j* j "Everything I own is shot. I've X ! 1 worn out everything I've got." "Not you?but me and all the rest. ! I wBBMif Our shoes just barely pass the test, . !\1 Hn our cars are litt,e more than Junk- jdB I aN our other things are punk. JK|H& !| 1 JMMBgu Unless we buy some new apparel. ViNHk ! 1 we re Roing to have to wear a bar- Jljr Wt rel. We've got to start a buying 1 it* k 8Prce? ***? y,ou can take a tip from 9 I>< Wa^C 8 shortly coming will set the wheels | > ot commerce humming. ;>v.j ; y0U buy printin.K? order from The State Company. ; 1 abllf costs 3 rarC rePutat,on *or beautiful printing at reasonTHE State company I Printers,Sfattoncrs.Offict furniture * |!( Columbians.C. j. I 11 We Print Th$ Gamecock - c'* 'J* * ' * V -"-' *