Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Gamecock rounded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor '? ' Published Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies of the University of South &roHna Entered as second claw matter^ the Postoffice at Columbia, 8. O., Member of South Carolina College Press Association and National College Press Association * Subscription tot?~^.00 per College year. Cinculatloi>-2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request OfTtceo in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?ExtenMon 11 , T . ? Executive Board John A. Giles Frank^H ^a?WN ' t Business Manager i w H. Wardlaw, Jr. - - - Managing Editor L. W. Epton Circulation Manager Associates 6 .E?iWards^ Hf,cn. Middleton, Allen Rolling, W. B. King, Associate Editors; Uoyce Craig, Lemuel Gregory, Leon Keaton, Associate Managing Editors. - Reportorial 1 Nev?8 Edltor; A,,en Schafer, Sports Editor; James Chaffin J u ..erry H< Glenn> lrwin Halm, Assistant Sports Editors' Jane Schaffer, Alumni Editor; Frank Haskell, Fraternity Editor; Philip Sabbagha, Y. M. C. A. Edftor Josephine Griffin, Co-Ed Editor; Genevieve Reynolds, Co-Ed News Editorroungbl.^, Ev?lJn Lipscomb. K. w. M.7"igMuniS'. Business saras ls. re sistant Circulation Managers. A ?? ~ ~ CROWING FOR: A lietter Carolina Spirit?Among Alumni, Faculty and ^ Students. Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities can be properly centered and administrated. Football Stadium?A needed addition to the University's , > equipment. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1932 Welcome Old G-rads To-morrow is Homecoming day and the University of South Carolina campus will be visited by several hundred old graduates. Men who finished ? their work at the University and have made their place in the world, will return for a day, to meet old friends, to see old familiar sights, and to witness the prowess of our football team in action against Louisiana State University. ^^ese loyal graduates, and not the bare buildings and grounds here in Columbia, are the true Carolina. They represent the past and successful endeavors of this institution, which has been working for a century and a half that it might be represented by just such graduates of high mental and moral calibre. We, of the present Student Body will be the future alumni of Carolina. To us will fall this duty of carrying the good name of the University into the state and. world at large. Let us hope that we will be as worthy of the honor and duty that befalls us as are the present alumni. i One, Two, Three,?Gone! ? | While the University of South Carolina is an organization operated for the collective benefit of the. State of South Carolina, it is for the benefit , of the students of the University that it should strive first and above all. In this benefitting of j the students it is giving its greatest aid to the ( State. " 1 lie Gamecock believes the University's sole rea- son for existence is the training of better citizens , for the State. The ability to conduct one's self properly and i to do that which is beneficial to self and State is one of the main requirements for good citizenship. In after life, when we students of today become citizens of the State and nation nothing is compul<>ry or required. The University should teach ' is essential to good citizenship and in this teachng should practice it. When a man comes to the University he finds 1 perfect personal freedom. He may ruin his morals * as much as lie pleases or may break down his health * to his heart's content. And yet the students here 1 (for all the criticism that is leveled at them) seem 1 to have been able to control themselves as well as any other group of the same size and composition 1 anywhere. But still they must attend classes re- 1 gardless of their own ability and the nature of the course itself. > The Faculty may still consider itself in the fight 8 in changing the number of cuts from six to three but from the students' point of view and from the $ view of most modern educators this action was i ill-advised and a backward step. When a man > comes to the University he is expected to be old c enough to conduct himself properly. If he is s .hot; he is in the wrong place and should be forced to leave. Compulsory education does t not extend into college and those who do not want f a college education should be weeded out rather r . than be forced to study. We are using the State's ^ money here and should not waste it on those who are not grateful enough to voluntarily take advantage of the opportunity thus offered. < The mistaken action of the Faculty becomes r more apparent daily. The Gamecock again begs 1 them to reconsider its action and restore the old 1 order of things. ^ \ ' ^ Why Not An Endowment? ' ^ In a few months the Legislature will be bad with us again, and the University will "face ruii in finance bill," letters to alumni and supporter will toll of the lowest appropriation the Univtfrsit; has received in many a moon, and,much* will b said about the disastrous effect on the standing o the University among the other institutions of th< country. Many new men are coming to the Legislature this year, and mftny of them are pledged to econ omy. And economy they will and should have The State is overburdened with taxes. Everyone feels it. Perhaps it is wholesale graft that ha* brought this overburdening of taxes upon us, per haps it is unwise expenditures by the Genera] Assembly. But the fact still remains that the poor taxpayer is overburdened and will have the appropriations reduced if he does nothing else. The appropriations will be reduced again this year and the University is sure to be among those reduced. We are willing and will do our part to see that the University gets the necessary allowance for the next year but we regret to say that things look far from encouraging even from this distance. The fact that, since 1926, the University has been operating on a steadily decreasing budget, and at the same time its enrollment has been steadily increasing, will not be taken into consideration by some few narrow-minded legislators. They will point to the State deficit, not thinking that the University was decreasing its expenditures while that deficit was being accumulated. It seems that Carolina must eventually turn elsewhere for funds. And again the question aiises: Why is it that Carolina has no endowment ? We point without bitterness to the many securely endowed state colleges and universities over the country, secure from economy-crazed petty politicians and legislators. Aiul in our own state, to the new swimming pool given Presbyterian College, a substantially endowed institution; to Murray Barracks at the Citadel, an enormous structure made possible by the munificence of one man; to handsome Geer Hall at Furman, an institution which receives almost $400,000 annually from the Duke foundation and has an endowment of over two million dollars; and to Clemson, its very name an echo of generosity. Both the Citadel and Clemson receive aid from the Federal government and other sources as well as from the State of South Carolina. Almost every college in South Carolina has some monetary endowment. * % Established in 1801, the University of South Carolina is one of the few universities in the United States without some sort of endowment. With its long history and distinguished list of alumni, Carolina has continued to be an orphan child with only a step-father,?the State Legislature. We have not hesitated to bring up this question at this time of financial depression, simply because it is to such times that men are apt to turn from material affairs to those of the intellect and spirit; to give themselves over to the considerations of those phases of life that yield the more solid satisfactions, the more enduring results in the life of 3ur country. We might as well prepare ourselves for a fight :o reduce our appropriations,?and to the point where it will be impossible to continue. WHY NOT AN ENDOWMENT? u. o. Make It A Yearly Plan The decision of the faculty to present to the reshmen at the University a series of lectures on he history of the University of South Carolina vas indeed a wise one and one that will, we beiove, be of inestimable value, both to the freshnen and to the University as a whole. We have here an institution which has behind t 130 years of honorable existence, during which ime it has surmounted discouraging obstacles md has ever gone ahead, graduating men and vomen who were to become the leaders in the state md nation. Students enter and leave the University of South Carolina without knowing of its interestng history and colorful past. Iiut there are none vho leave this institution without having felt the sxistence of its traditions and having subconiciously acknowledged its greatness. It is well that the freshmen are going to have lie opportunity to hear .of Carolina's history rom the members of the faculty. It should nad<j a yearly plan so that subsequent freshmen vill also have this privilege. . ' P. 0. O. President Hoover in his speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City Monday night nispronounced the following words: inchote, lorizon, incomparable, commerce, virile, fiat. Well, well, well! It's a good thing he doesn't ake Dr. Babcock's vocabulary building course. safe Carolina \ To-day s L____ Y (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) 0 Schools Combine ^ Changes which will vitally cffect the 9 administration of Methodist supported institutions of higher learning in South 3 Carolina will be put into effect if the " recommendations of the joint educa. tional commission of the South Caroj lina Conference of the Methodist j Episcopal Church, South, meeting in Florence. j The plan suggested is that Lander and Columbia colleges be run under one administration and that the Car lisle preparatory school be discon tinucd as a church school., The administration of Wofford College would ( not be changed by the suggested plan. Willing Prof And then there's not a little significance in the remark of one professor, who, when asKed if he were the "University Professor" who contributed $2.00 to the Columbia State community wood yard fund, replied: "No, sir. Why I have my application in for a job cutting the wood." Stephan vs. Schayer The best story of the week is the one about Professor Stephan and his apparant efforts to chisel in on Dr. Schayer's territory. It seems that Professor Stcphan's French class was in need of a map of Asia in order to find the whereabouts of a foreign city that had come under discussion. What appeared to be a map was unrolled before the innocent eyes of the French class but alasl it was not a map but a diagram used by Dr. Schayer in his sex hygiene course. Further details, though no less interesting, must be omitted. A Correction It appears that The Gamecock fell into inexactitude last week in the article concerning the geographical division of the homes of the students. The two students attending Carolina from Virginia resented, and rightly so, being left out of the writeup. Yes, suh, The Gamecock suttenly regrets the omission. Rick-Racking Laws Some people call it Rick-Rack; others call it Bo-Lo; but the Converse College authorities call it a damn nuisance. It seems that classes and other official operations at this institution for the fair sex have been greatly disturbed recently by the sound of little rubber balls coming in contact with wooden paddles. The president has decreed that there must be no Rick-Racking near his office or near any of the class rooms, dnd to better insure peace and tranquillity he says that ^here must be ' no Rick-Racking at all after 7 p. in. Furman Expands "Expand until it hurts," seems < to be the new motto for Furman College. And the expansion will < not halt even at the color line, if i the story appearing in a recent < issue of The Hornet is correct. In a informal presidential poll ' held on the Furman campus it ? was charged by the Democrats ' that passers-by, some of whom * were negroes, voted the Republican 1 ticket. There seem to be two possible solutions to the situation. Either throw the election out or -start those who cast the illegal ballots to attending classes. The Hornet did not indicate which action would be taken. ^ ? . Biddie is Honored Believe it or not, but a Carolina Biddie has been selected reserve back on an all-American team. His name is Boozer, and he was selected bj> Or Timer writing for the Atlanta Journal. ^ Mercer Falls While engaged in the gentle occupation of moving a piano. Professor Mercer claims to have fallen through the floor of his own lecture room. He attributes it to carelessness. Perhaps Professor Mercer was still thinking about the new six-ply tire, which was removed from his car during the Gym dance last Saturday. He was probably moving the piano so that he could play "Where Is My Wandering Tire Tonight." / S ' II ' III T T a University Few Had? A medical school, which had its dissecting rooms where President Baker now' has his office was once a V part of the University of South Carolina. Though it was never large, this school lasted' for several years until . \ it dwindled away in 1877. Negroes were afraid to pass the college wall on Bull Street, now enclosed in the campus, for fear of being captured by some orge for dissecting purposes. Dr. John T. Darby, Dr. A. N. Talley, and Dr. ,Ed D. Smith, demonstrators of anatomy, made up the medicine faculty,) when South Carolina College reopened its doors January }0, 1866 after the war and was thereafter known as the University of South Carolina. : i Introducing Each we?k The Gamecock will carry a wrlteup of a member of the University faculty *o that the students may become more familiar with the truly Interesting men and women who make up this body. HAVILAH BABCOCK, professor of English and director of extension service, attended Elon College, the University of Virginia, Columbia University and the University of South Carolina, acquiring during his college work the following degrees: A. B., Ph. B., M. A., Ph. D. Dr. Babcock's main interests have been along educational lines but he has also seen service in other lines. He was professor of English, head of the school of journalism and publicity director at William and Mary college for five years. He was editor of the Virginia Ga- , cette, which incidentally, was the oldest southern journal and the first to publish , the Declaration of Independence. It was revived by Dr. Babcock at the request ( of' the National Editorial Association. , He was head of the department of , English at Elon College for two years. ; He was instructor in military communications for five months during the World War. j He is now professor of English and t director of extensions at the University ; of South Carolina, where he is opcrat- s ing the only division of extensions in . the United States without an appropri- c ation. . 1 Dr. Babcock has been contributing cdi- ( tor to the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., the State, the Record, and other newspapers. He has from time to time written for various magazines, and has acted as consultant for several sporting magazines. He is the author of a volume on idiomatic and coloquial expressions in the English language entitled "According to Iloyle." He is at present working on a text book on the study of words. Dr. Babcock is a member of the following honorary and professional societies : Phi Beta Kappa, Omricon Delta Kappa (founder and first president of the local chapter and present national councilor), Kappa Alpha, Sigma Delta Chi (which he brought to the University), Kappa Tau Alpha (honorary journalistic fraternity of which he is southern director), Sigma Upsilon, and American Association of University Professors. His special interests are American Liturature, the short story, word study and Edgar Allan Poe. He is at present working on some important research into the life of this important southern writer. , While at the University, Dr. Babcock las cooperated in a number of projects ?nd has been largely responsible for the iuccessful results obtained. Under his supervision, the sundial and the sidewalks ,vere placed on the campus. He also co- L j THE STATE B1 WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE j Thin Paper Edition? WEBSTER'S NEW IDEAL Dictionary r. FUNK AND WAGNALS' PR . Standard Dictionary , WINSTON'S SIMPLIFIED D Encyclopedic Edition WINSTON'S SIMPLIFIED D Practical Edition If you need a Dictioi THE STATE ^Printers, Stationer* s Columbi We Print The Gamecock ' wpypinper , rmerly | -I Medical School i These three men had the assistanc of Dr. John LeConte, Dr. Joseph Lc Conte, and Dr. LaBorde, of the regu lar faculty. Dr. Darby was later sue ceeded by Dr. R. ,H. Gibbes and Di Smith was followed by Dr. Joh Lynch, who was later made a ful professor. When the negroes controlled th state, Henry E. Hayne, negro secre tary of state, matriculated in the schoo | of medicine, October 7, 1873. As j [result Dr. Talley and Dr. Gibbes re signed, leaving only Dr. Lynch, wh< carried on the school until the insti tution was closed in 1877. The school which for 11 years held sway in DcSaussure College was nevei connected with the South Carolina Medical School in Charleston in any way. Communications 1 ? v??{rs?.2z.nv, f any facts stated herewith. While th* wlfthhald If re- 1 <jpf0l?ubmU?Id.'h* M ?" 1 To the Editor of the Gamecock: Will you tell me why in the name ofl Gehenna it is necessary for members ofl the faculty to betake themselves to the! photographer's every year to have their I aristocratic profiles struck for the Gar-1 net and Black? Why can't they use theM same pictures and the same cuts used! the year before? Do the cuts deteriorate! so fast that they would not be satisfac-1 tory the second year ? Or are officers of I the Garnet and Black zealous of regis- I tering the effects of weathering on the I faculty from year to year? Or is there I some subtle reason which my benumbed I faculties cannot discern? Why insist on exhibiting the ravages of time? Portray js as we once were, with the virility and /erve of youth, dashing cavaliers in cap md gown. "Professor." P. S. Personally, the Garnet and Wack should be suspended until condi- I ions change. It is inexcusable folly to I nflict such expenditure on students at I iuch a time. >peratcd with the late Dr. D. M. Doug- I as in getting the fraternities back on the I Carolina campus. WEEKLY CALENDAR " Friday 10:00 P.M.?-Pan-Hellenic dance at Ridgewood Country Club. Saturday 1:45 P.M.?Alumni luncheon at Hotel Columbia. 2:30 P.M.?Carolina vs. L. S. U. at Fair Grounds. Sunday 7:00 P.M.?Vespers, chapel. Monday 5:00 P.M.?Gamecock staff meeting. N7.00 P.M.?Freshman Council meeting, Flinn Hall. Tuesday 7:00 P.M.?Discussion groups meet. 7:45 P.M.?Clariosophic and Euphradian literary societies meet. ( Wednesday 7:00 P.M.?Carolina Christian Service club meets at Flinn Hall. 7:^0 P.M.?Gamecock staff meeting. Thursday 7.00 P.M.?Sophomore Council meets at Flinn Hall. 7:15 P.M.?Kappa Sigma Kappa. 30K STORE ?? DICTIONARY Now $3.50 2.00 AOTICAL 6.00 IOTIONARY 5.00 ICTIONARY 3.60 lary, we have it. Company i, Office 'Furniture IA,S. . We Repair Fountain Pens