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The Gamecock = Founded 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 Carolina Entered as second class matter at the postoflice at Columbia, S. O., November 20, 1908 ' Member of South Carolina College Press Association and National College Press Association ? Subscription Rate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2150 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Offices in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 v Executive Board John A. Giles Editor J. Wiley Brown - Business Manager Frank H. Wardlaw, Jr. - - Managing Editor L. W. Epton ----- Circulation Manager Associates Louise Edwards, Helen Middleton, Allen Rollins, W. B. King, Associate Editors; Boyce Craig, Lemuel Gregory, Leon Keaton, Associate Managing Editors. Reportorial Jack Payne, News Editor; Allen Schafer, Sports Editor; James Chaffin, Bob Friedman, Jerry II. Glenn, Irwin Kahn, Assistant Sports Editors; Jane Schaffer, Alumni Editor; Frank Haskell, Fraternity Editor; Philip Sabbagha, Y. M. C. A. Editor Josephine Griffin, Co-Ed Editor; Genevieve Reynolds, Co-Ed News Editor; Faith Brewer, Sorority Editor; LaVerae Hughes, Feature Editor. Charlotte Coker, Jean Wichman, Elizabeth Duke, Susan King, Frances Q. Lybrand, Joe McCallum, Dorothy Thornley, I'aul Wateroff, Pinokney Walker, Sid P. Wilkenfleld, Evelyn Lipscomb, It. W. Muckenfuss, Mary Ford, Lewis Brabham, Charlton Hoger, E. R. Robinson, J. W. Cox, J. A. Crawford, Assistants. Business George Davis, L. C. Grant, Baynard Whaley, Assistant Business Managers; Robert Brown, J. R. Gibson, Judson Gregory, Leon Pickens, As sistant Circulation Managers. CROWING FOR: A Better 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. FKIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1932 "Stay In After School, Jimmy" Attendance at classes this year is better than it has ever been in the history of the University, due to financial retrenchment and other conditions, and professors have, almost without exception, stated that the general demeanor of the classes is more serious than ever before. Yet, in spite of these facts, the Faculty has reduced the number of University student cuts from six to three. The Gamecock believes this to be a misdirection of energies for the Faculty to set up ; j such an innovation when conditions are already so favorable. If a University student has not sense enough to j appreciate the importance of class attendance, he has not sense enough to stay in school. In the ideal institution no records are kept whatever, and the Registrar's office is not the dispenser of excuses, , does not nurse students as if they were fledglings, nor act as their self-appointed guardian. When the whole educational tendency is toward liberalism, this Faculty action is nothing more than a retrogression. j In a high school such action would be inevitable; in a small denominational college it might be excusable; but in a state University it is intolerable. The next normal step will doubtless be Saturday afternoon school; be kept in after school; or to stand up in the corner and wear the dunce cap. We wonder whether it is the sentiment of the entire Faculty or the work of an officious and over conscientious few. We wonder whether it was initiated in the University Council, which is gradually arrogating to itself the functions of the entire Faculty, or in the Faculty proper? In every state in the Union citizens look to their state universities as leaders in education,?and in liberal education. Why should this State University commit itself to such an unnecessary and retrogressive step? The Democratic Victory Such a nation-wide repudiation of the Republican adminstration, as was given by the people last Tuesday, can not be explained entirely on the ground of mere rejection of a political administration because of severe economic administration. It indicates that the Republican party has failed to measure up to economic conditions that confront the United States and the world to-day and that the Democratic party offers a promise of meeting these issues and problems in a more constructive manner and a manner calculated to bring better results in lifting this country and the world out of the slough of despond in which it is now wallowing. The Democratic party does not, of course, necessarily presage any sudden and drastic upturn in business, nor do the intelligent and serious minded citizens of this country expect such.1 Three-fourths of the responsibility for conditions in the country in the past thirty months can be attributed to "lack of confidence." When faith was lost in Mr. Hoover's leadership he became ineffective as a leader. To succeed, the leadership of President Roosevelt must have loyal following. He is a man of ideas and ideals; large in spirit, wide of vision, and, not least, master of himself. The Gamecock believes th&t in him men may and do have confidence that they have not for promissory Herbert Hoover. t1 / ' Bfe? gjfVt Doctor Mann,?Educational Iconoclast * "I am beginning to wonder if it wouldn't be best for the state to refrain from supporting any education higher than elementary and high school," Dr. J. L. Mann, superintendent of Greenville city schools, said in an address delivered before Furman professors and students last Friday in which he scored the higher educational institutions of the state. "It never has and never will be right for a poverty-stricken woman in Pickens county, trying to pick cotton with a baby tugging 011 to her skirts, to have to pay taxes that will help send someone else's boy in Dorchester county to college while her own offspring goes uneducated," he declared. This is not the first time that Doctor Mann has criticized the state-supported institutions. Just last summer he was reported as intimating strongly in a speech that there was much graft and corruption among them, although he later denied making the statement. Is Doctor Mann hostile to the state University and colleges? Doctor Mann, alumnus himself of a denominational college, should know something about education. He should know that only 10% of the families of this State are financially able to send their children to privately owned or denominational schools. He should realize that the state cannot afford to deprive itself of the leadership of worthy men, and able men, simply because they are unable, financially, to get a higher education for themselves. lie should realize that leadership,? intelligent, well-educated leadership, is NECESSARY <for the advancement of the state in every particular. It is important that a State maintain institutions of higher learning in order to afford EQUAL educational advantages to all its people. It is important for the maintenance of a democracy, that its leadership be NOT confined to those financially able to equip themselves for the kind of private and public service that demands education of a collegiate grade. The money spent by a state for this purpose should not be considered as a charitable dole but as a positive and wise INVESTMENT. It is unfortunate that unworthy, ill-fitted mentally, and lazy students, in spite of the strictest entrance requirements, continue to gain admission to our schools, but they are usually weeded out in short order. Whether they are or not, this is 110 reason for WORTHY students who are potential leaders to be DEPRIVED of their God -given right to be equipped for service in every way. The ideal or Utopia of education will come about, not when the state educational institutions will become self-supporting by charging high fees, but when any student, deserving and yearning for an education, can continue his or her education through college without ANY cost whatsoever, just as in the public schools. Every American child has an inalienable right to an education and only in the education of the masses can our civilization become ideal. Of course, before we can accomplish this educational ideal we must first IMPROVE our public schools and place every child in the State in them. Doctor Mann is supposed to be an educational leader, yet lie uses the SAME arguments that were used by the opponents of the public school system not so many years ago. He has turned his back on the ideal of his chosen profession. Why was it that Doctor Mann chose to make his utterance to the students and faculty of a denominational college? Why should a supposed educational leader become an educational ICONOCLAST? tJ. 8. O. We called one of Mr. Hoover's moratoriums on letter writing when the 3c postage act went into effect. How do you know you can't write?, asks a current advertisement. Well, we've tried it and the publishers bear us out in our belief. U. I. O. Oh! if riches only had the wings and homing instinct of Old Man Trouble! TT. I, ?. We read in The Literary Digest that the screen laughs at itself in a coming picture. Well, it's time they gave somebody a laugh. *r. m. c. Nowadays, children don't live at home until after they marry. The biggest mystery we were ever called on to solve was a plate of boarding house hash. tj. m. c. Our idea of a tough proposition is a Thanksgiving turkey on Christmas. u. a. o. The Maryland Diamondback tells us that three men in New England suffering from eye strain after looking at the eclipse of the sun without smoked glasses have been'found to have the sun's crescent clearly outlined on the backs of their eyes. We wonder what is impressed on one's retina after viewing George White's Scandals? It's hard to tell the people that the saloon is dead when they pay millions yearly for a post-mortem. 11 1 -? 11 Carolina To-day (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) What's Up? What has happened in regard to the Garnet and Black,?that is the burning question of the day. There must be something wrong, to judge from all outward signs. During the last few days, several who hold important positions on the yearbook staff have approached membpfs of The Gamecock staff making inquiries about an editorial burning up the Garnet and Black, which they had heard was to be written. There is no editorial but The Gamecock has begun to wonder. Campus Mystery If appearances can be believed, Carolina students are fast becoming would-be detectives. The notice of the missing boy (Dear Clarence) in the hall in DeSaussure is constantly surrounded by a horde of curious students. Added Attractions The Citadel band and drill teams, which will accompany their team to Columbia, when it plays Carolina here Saturday, will present an added attraction to the game between the halves. Both organizations will be especially active, presenting a spectacle of- welltrained martial uniformity. Snowden "Kibitzes" Dr. Yates Snowden recently "kibitzed" into a picture of the "paper girls" for the Junior League edition of the Columbia State. Under the picture it was explained that Dr. Snowden was allowed to get into the picture "just because the Junior League loves him and he happened along to buy a paper when the picture was being taken." Sleep A Carolina student recently remarked, "Well, now that mid-terms are over, I can go back to sleep for another nine weeks." No Takers Up in Sumter they tell of the rapid Carolina supporter who walked into a drug store last week and left a signed but unfilled-out check with the instructions that anyone who wanted to bet on Furman could "name his own price." Much to heir chagrin later the Furman supporters found that no one had been brave enough to take him up. Plenty O' Spirit 'Ihree Carolina students must have had plenty of( school spirit up at Greenville after the Furman game. By occupying a street car platform and yelling lustily for the Gamecocks they attempted to break up the Furman shirt-tail parade. They arc still living,?and still rooting for Carolina. Rolling Own Perhaps our professors aren't in such bad financial condition after all. A prominent University of North Carolina professor was seen rolling his own cigarettes. And he did it so deftly that he must have had lots of practice. Phooey1 The latest on the dumb freshmen is the story of the frosh who, desiring to taste of the same potent beverages that his room-mate had been indulging in, wrested an inticing looking bottle from his room-mate's hand only to find that the bottle contained hair tonic. Said discovery was not made until after he had gulped down a liberal portion. Nothing New Our claims to being modern were given another blow the other day when Professor Stokes found the expression, "sez you," and "hey; hey" in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." From Porto Rica One Carolina freshman wanted to come to Carolina because of the climate and the religious spirithe's a native of Porto Rico. The rain last Sunday must have made a grand impression on him and we wonder if he noticed Columbia's religious spirit in such weather. Here's his answer: First reason, I am from Porto Rico which is a very hot country and I wanted a slight climate change. 2nd, Nearness to Porto Rico. 3rd, I wanted a place where I could find no Spanish speaking people (I could learn English sooner). 4th, Because of tho religious spirit prevelent in the state. Though I am not a member of a church, I like religion." Faculty Memb Early Ca Dr. E. L :? The first student to be enrolled in the newly opened South Carolina Coir lege on the 10th of January, 1805, was William Harper who later became Chancellor Harper. He was followed on the roll by his brother Wesley. They were sons of Rev. John Harper, a Methodist minister, and had been prepared for college at the Bethel Academy in Newberry county under Elisha Hammond. Harper College was named for Chancellor Harper. William and Wesley Harper were admitted to the sophomore class; seven others entered as freshmen. On i the last day of January Anderson Crenshaw was enrolled as a junior. All came in by examination, which was Introducing Eaoh week The Gamecock will carry a wrlteup of a member of the University faculty so that the student* may become more familiar with the truly interesting men and women who make up this body. FRANCIS WRIGHT BRADLEY, dean of the University and professor of German, was born in Abbeville county January 18, 1884. He attended the common schools of the county and for a time under Dr. G. G. Parkerson who is now at Due West. At the age of 14, Dr. Bradley ehtered the graded school of Abbevilje, from which Jiel graduated. For one year following] this he clerked in a store in Abbeville. In the fall of 1902, Dr. Bradley entered the University which was at that time known as South Carolina College. Major Benjamin Sloane had just been made president of the institution following the resignation of Dr. Woodward. Mr. Bradley remained only a little over a month when a few days after the 12 to G victory over Clcmson and when the rioting was still going on, he was called home by his father to accept a job a teacher offered him and in order to help out with the family budget. Dr. Bradley returned to the Uni-I vcrsity in 1903, having won a normal scholarship. I Dr. Bradley names several profes-1 sors who deeply influenced the build-1 ing of his education at South Carolina College. There was Dr. Wardlaw, whose influence has already been al-J luded to; Dr. G. A. Wauchope, who was adjunct professor of English; Professor George McCutchen, who was then teaching history; Instructor A. C. Carson, who taught physics; H. I C. Davis, who was teaching AngloSaxon and middle English; and Dr. E. L. Green, who was assistant profes-1 sor of Greek. "Last but not least on this list," said Dr. Bradley, "was a professor who I came to us during the four year period I from 1904 to 1907 and who, although not versed in the lore of pedagogy, found his way at once into the respect, esteem and affection of all of his students?Yates Snowden." Dr. Bradley was graduated from the University in 1907 and got his master's degree in 1909, after having written his thesis in Latin. Following that he studied in the Summer School of the South held at Knoxville, Tenn., at the University of Chicago, and independently at Paris and at the University of Marburg. After many interruptions lie got his doctor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1926. Dr. Bradley was among the youngest instructors at the University in 1902 and since that time he has been con-' THE STATE 1 THIS SEASON'S FOR SOUTH C The State 1 BY WILLIAM 1 Henry Bellamann says: "Everj not only read this book, but shot before such an informed intelligei manity moulds ^another compare Already this book has had an price is $2.60, and we pay postal THE STATE D COLUMB] We Print The Gamecock * er Gives v 1 rolina History I . Green the only way to enter until 1894 wh ? a form of certification was introduced ' By vacation time in July .here were $ twenty-nine students in the colic? I wo new professors were added in April, one,of these being Elisha Hammond who, however, did not remain iti longer than the close of the follow >ng year. Commencement Nvould have taken place in December, had there been a ZZTS .class'- a "pub,ic "mw- 1 ?' declamations and dialogues" $ was held. Again in the following TO year, 1806, ther, were no graduating ^! exercises, although there was one graduate, Anderson Crenshaw; but he asked to be allowed to defer the for- M mahty of graduating until 1807 ? ? m ? ??. Can You Add i To These? j i 0 Every week The Gamecock wil print I a list of alumni of the University who H have distinguished themselves in some I field through the year 1888. Follow- $ ing is a list of alumni who have served W as presidents of colleges: cJltegf' Bra"tlcy'~A- B- Charleston William C. Preston, hh. D.?A B South Carolina College. Henry Junius Nott?A. B. South Carolina College (chairman). Basil Manly, D. D., LL. D.-A B University of Alabama. James H. Thornwell, D. D., LL. D j ?A. B. South Carolina College. W. J. Rivers, A. M-.?A. B. Washington College, Md. \ James H. Carlisle, hh. D.?A. B. Wofford College. L. h. Patton, LL. D.?A. B. ilrskine J] College. j James D. Anderson?A. B. Huntsville, (Ala.) College. John M. McBryde, Ph. D., LL. D. South Carolina College. W. R. Atkinson (Rev.)?A. B. Charlotte Female College. ' -u. 8. C. nected with Carolina, having been |I granted leave of absence to carry on $ us work at other institutions. During the war period Dr. Bradley served for two years in the intelligence > corps, during which time his work was to question German prisoners an effort to find out as much as pos-' ' siblc about the activities of the enemy. 'Ma After the Armistice he took charge of $ the repatriation of American prisoners from Germany. During the Armistice negotiations held in Spa, Belgium, Dr. Bradley was $ taking an active part. When the Armistice commission was moved to Co- ft logne, Germany, he was left in charge. <rom that station he was sent back to this country where he again took up his work at the University. Dr. Bradley's scholarly interest lie along the line of linguistics, dialects and folklore. He has compiled a col- I lection of proverbs of South Carolina which a he Atis dem Volksmunde that >s to say taken from everyday speech. 1 According to Dr. Archie Taylor, an authority on the subject, this is probably the largest collection made in this way in America. Dr. Bradley is a member of Phi V* Kappa' Omricon Delta Kappa and Kappa Sigma Kappa, the Modern language Association of America, the Southeastern Languages Teachers Association, the South Carolina Teach- I crs Association and the Cosmos Club. JOOK STORE 1 I ' ' 1 holiday gift i carolinians j! nat Forgot if WATTS BALL ' good South Carolinian should ild own a copy. It will be ,ong ice and such an enchanting huble work." exceptionally good sale. The ic. ook store IA, S. C. fVe Repair Fountain Pens tS