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The Gamecock *5 , j0"* * 1 i ,Mr 1 Founded January SO, 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 claas matter at the pos toff Ice at Columbia, 8. O., November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College 1'ress Association and National College lVesa Association Subscription Rate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Offices in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 Executive Board Allen Rollins Editor J. Wiley Bkown .... Business Manager Lemuel Gbegoky Managing Editor L. W. Epton Circulation Manager Associates LouIm Edwards, Helen Middleton, w. B. King, Jack Payne, Boyce Craig, Josephine Griffin, Frank 11. Wardiaw, Jr., Associate Editors; Frank H. Haskell, Jr. and Leon Kcaton, Associate Managing Editors. Reportorial Philip Sabbagha, News Editor; Irwin Kahn, S porta Editor; James Chaffin, Bob Friedman, Assistant Sports Editors; Pinckney Walker, Alumni Editor; Joe McCallum, Fraternity Editor; LaVeme Hughes, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Editor. Genevieve Reynolds, Co-ed Editor; Faith Brewer, Co-ed News Editor; Evelyn Lipscomb, Sorority Editor; Mary Ford, Feature Editor. Lewis Brabham, J. W. Cox, Jack Crawford, Charlton Horger, Andrew Hill, Frances Lybrand, R. W. Muckenfusa, E. R. Robinson, Jane 8chaffer, Dorothy Thornley, Paul Wateroff, Jean Wichman, Sid P. Wllkenfleld, Assistants. Business George Dayis, L. C. Giant, Baynard Whaley, Assistant BuMnesa Managers; Robert Brown, J. R. Gibson, Judson Gregory, Leon Pickens, Assistant 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, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933 Beyond Extradition Robert E. Burns went to New Jersey, Samuel Insuli went to Greece, and if we get in trouble, we're going to Horry. In the light of the many long-winded speakers I *n Clariosophic Literary Society, a loyal Clariosophian suggested the clock in the rear of the hall bo replaced with a calendar?proof to legislature. | V,- U. 0. O. South Carolina makes legal the licensing of automobile drivers at 12 years of age, less than in any state in the union. There is a consistency, though, as our daughters are marriageable, by law, at 14. tr. a. o. A 14-year-old New Jersey boy returned home recently with a tale of Greenville County chainj gang cruelty. It looks as if South Carolina and Georgia have something in common besides cotton. ?u. a. o. Senator Sloan, Greenville, has announced that ho intends to sponsor a bill to repeal the law making it a crime in South Carolina to "hobo" or beat a ride on a train. "Ah, a legislator on our side," a freshman remarked. "The highways are a bit crowded." ?*? A Columbia husband continually called "Ruth" in his sleep. His wife dismissed it with little or no thought, however, being smart enough to know "John always was a baseball fan." The number of fatalities on the gridiron for 1932 totaled 37, the second largest number since the yearly toll has been recorded. Well, the rule changes did make the game a little more complicated. There are two kinds of education. One is that which makes you pass your examinations, the other is the one you enjoy. This makes education an atmosphere, a discipline and a lift, and produces a human being.?Bishop David of Liverpool. They say no schools can compare with the school of experience. Some might, if they had as many required semester hours of work. Three types of men go to cpllege; those who are willing to bo educated, those who want to be educated, and those who are determined to bo educated.?Newton D. Baker. tJ. . o. Imagine yourself in the predicament of the student who didn't have money enough to matriculate for tho second semester but whose duties and responsibilities were such that lie couldn't leave school. The Student Council at N. C. State is attempting to find ways of improving the conduct in their dining hall. This might be termed a mutual problem. Headline in The State: "Columbia Sportsmen Get Three Bucks." Even money? First Issue Of New Staff This is the first issue of The Gamecock under the direction of the new staff. The constant purpose and earnest desire of the new administration will be to continue The Gamecock on the high level of journalistic proficiency and good taste which the outgoing administration did so faithfully. BggggggMl^W^-*--Wil?l.l I. . ...ill .mi .1 M???? Accepting Cut vs. Refusing Raise South Carolina's public life could stand a few more men like Burnet R. Maybank, Charleston's 32-year-old mayor. The council of that city had a movement under way to increase his salary from $3,600 to $6,000 a year, but the mayor would hear nothing of it, informing promotors of the move that if the increase were voted, he would refuse to sign the city's annual appropriation bill. "I couldn't think of accepting the salary increase in the present conditions, with poverty and distress ever)'where," he explained. It was indeed a graceful gesture. We can point to many excellent examples of such gracefulness all around us, however. It is much more difficult to accept a cut gracefully than to refuse a raise. U. (. o. An Error Of Omission The groom has been made a very inconspicuous person in weddings because of voluminous and detailed descriptions of guests and what they wore and space devoted to the bride, but the Spanish newspaper, El Pais (Peace), we bolieve, went a little too far in a recent account of a fashionable wedding. It was so entranced with giving a list of the guests, the Marques of this and the Countess of that, that it forgot to give the names of the groom and the bride as well. In the light of the scene in the main office the next day, it is believed the paper will change its name. *r. a. o. Philosophy And Humor Mr. Ed DeCamp, Gaffncy's venerable and resected representative to the press institute held by the South Carolina Press Association hero recently, contributed a bit of philosophy and common sense in a few extemporaneous remarks that ranked right along with the prepared papers read by scheduled speakers. During the course of his short talk, Mr. DeCamp said that "people have fallen too much into the habit of praying for additional things instead of falling on their knees and thanking God for the many they already have." Mr. DeCamp also provided the humorous relief. A certain subscriber, it seems, owed him for the paper. "All right," he replied to the publisher's request for early settlement, "I'll bring you a load of wood in payment for my subscription. If I'm alive next Friday I'll bring you the wood." Friday arrived. The wood did not. Mr. DeCamp printed the subscriber's obituary. The subscriber, Mr. DeCamp pointed out, is still living and has yet to settle his account. u. a. o. The Schedule As A Remedy It is not an unusual occurrence, perhaps, for a scheduled athletic contest between two small high schools, where feeling is high and school spirit borders on enmity for the opponent, to be called off at the last minute because of some disagreement over miles, officials, or player eligibility but when such a thing ocelli's between two institutions of higher education, it is uncommon to say the least. I ho University of South Carolina freshman basketball team was scheduled to meet Newberry College recently. The game had been duly advertised in the press and several hundred spectators assembled by game time. Newberry refused to play, however, unless Carolina agreed not to use a member of its team who entered school last February and became eligible for varsity play only after examinations. The game was called off. Why did Newberry agree to the game in the first place? Dr. E. B. Setzler, faculty chairman of the Newberry athletic board, had been advised by letter that the player in question would bo used. Surely Newberry isn't assuming the role of dictator. Is, after all, a freshman game important enough to carry a protest so far? If this question is asked of university authorities, the answer is principle. The player in question was either eligible or ineligible. Dr. R. K. Foster, director of student activities, and member of the committee which framed the Southern Conference rules, had passed on his eligibility, as had C. P. Miles, president of the Southern Conference. For the Carolina freshmen to have played without him would have been an admission that he had been ineligibly used in previous contests. Some day the University athletic authorities will learn a lesson. With the dawn will come the realization that there is one medium through which such situations can be avoided?the Schedule. Hide And Try-And-Seek "It seems that everytime an effort is made to investigate certain activities at the University, objections are raised. It looks like something is being hidden," E. L. Davis, Orangeburg, told the House in the course of debate over a measure relating to the University. The University isn't hiding anything. Something is being hidden, however. ' I Carolina To-day WONDER WHY An editorial in The Tiger, Clcmson College weekly, seeks enlightenment as follows: "Why was a man allowed to fight in a recent boxing match at Clemson when according to records in the Registrar's office he was ineligible? "Why does the captain of the football team deliberately or carelessly run up an excessive number of demerits when he knows perfectly well that ( much of the success of next year's team depends on him? "Why were certain men played in a basketball game and suspended after the game? They were caught break- < ing training before the game." i I FABRI GOOD MAN < Jack Fabri, the fellow Henry Willard, Carolina boxing captain, scored a ' decision over in The Gamecocks' 4V? to V/i loss to North Carolina State last Is week, is highly regarded in Tarheelia. 1 He recently kayoed Artie Ershler, ' Duke battler, after 40 seconds of fighting in the third round. Previous to ' his match with Willard he had won nine consecutive fights. PLEASE WALK ON GRASS When signs recently appeared on the campus of Washington and Jefferson College saying "Please Walk on the Grass," students put it down as the work of some wag. But Dr. Ralph C. Hutchinson, president of the college, revealed that the signs really meant what they said. "The campus belongs to the students," he said, "so why shouldn't they , walk on the grass? I want to walk on it myself. And to his critics, he added: "I can only say that I am more interested in the students than I am in the grass." BUT, WILL IT DO? For this one, we are indebted to the Sou'wester, publication of Southwestern College: I Professor?Can anyone give the de-1 rivation of the word auditorium? Freshman?Yes. From Audio, hear, I and Taurus, bull. A place where you? Professor?That will do. PUNNY Professor R. L. Meriwether gets I this week's orchid for the best pun. After calling four "Moores" on his class roll, he asked "Are there any more?" OH HELL? Just what is meant by this word "hell"? I They say sometimes, "It's cold as hell." I Sometimes they say, "It's hot as hell." I When it rains, "It's hell" they cry, I It's also "hell" when it's dry. They "hate like hell" to see it snow, I It's a "hell of a wind" when it starts! to blow. Now "how in hell" can anyone tell "What in hell" they mean by this word "hell"? This married life is "hell" they say When he comes in late, there's "hell to pay." When starts to yell, it's a "hell of a note." It's "hell" when the kid you have to tote. It's "hell' when the doctors sends his bills For a "hell of a lot" of trips and pills. When you get this you know real well Just what is meant by this word "hell." "Hell, yes" "hell, no," and "Oh hell" too, "The hell you don't" and "the hell you do," And "what in hell" and "the hell it is." "The hell with yours" and "the hell with his." Now "who in hell" and "Oh hell, where?" And "what the hell do you think I care?" But "the hell of it is" "it's sure as hell" We don't know "what in hell" is "hell." ?James Whitcomb Riley. In New Orleans there are three football stadiums arranged in a row within the space of a few blocks. Loyola stadium comes first, then the new Tulane field and in between these is Tulane University's old field. "Isn't Jim good-natured, though. I always hear him singing the first thing in the morning while he dresses." "Hell, it isn't because he's goodnatured; the bathroom door won't lock." Twenty-Sixth1 By Gameco (CONTINUED FR< newly elected Carolinian staff, while the issue of April 3 contained a special sports section in wtych the football schedule for the following year was announced. The following year L. Wardlaw Smith, of Spartanburg was elected to the editorship, and in his first issue of October 8, 1908, he asked for the cooperation of the students "to make The Gamecock the foremost college weekly in the South." This was the only announcement that the paper would henceforth be published weekly instead of three times a month, as was the original purpose. With the first issue under the new editorship the size was decreased to three columns in width and the number of pages increased from four to eight. On October 27 the first special Clemson game football issue was published. It carried a history of football at Carolina, and every year since that time a special Clemson issue has been published. A large amount of advertising was carried in the special edition and students were asked to patronize only those merchants who advertised in campus publications. After the Clemson issue The Gamccock again became a four column paper and the width has not been decreased to this day. It later became a five column paper and in 1930 it was increased to its present form of six columns. S. B. Rich, of Blackville, began his term of editorship with a plea to the students to subscribe and asking for the present Carolinian office which had been used as a club room, for the offices of The Gamecock. Bernard Mann was the new business manager. Dr. S. C. Mitchell, who was elected president of the University in 1909, was pictured in the issue of January of that year. A. D. Oliphant, was the next editor, and in his issue of March 4 he proved himself to be the first editor to advocate non-compulsory chapel attendance. C. T. Graydon, of Greenwood, was named editor in 1909, and H. G. Officer, business manager. Mr. Graydon was the first editor of The Gamecock to run a so-called editor's policy editorial. The increase in advertising was quite noticeable with this period. D. E. Finney, Jr., was the next editor, and in his first issue on February 17, 1910, The Gamecock carried its first cigarctte advertisement, a type of advertising which was later to bring in much revenue. On June 6, 1910, the first issue under the editorship of C. G. Wyche of Newberry was published. The new business manager was P. L,. Wright, of Trenton, but he did not return to school and the following September R. F. Simpson was elected to the office. On February 11, 1911, H. G. Officer became editor and the issue following announced the election to the Board of Trustees of D. R. Cokcr. Officer was the first student to be business manager and then editor of The Gamecock. Broadus Mitchell was the next editor of The Gamecock and T. S. McMillan next business manager. Due to financial difficulties the paper had only four pages at this time. J. P. Evans of Clio was elected business manager when McMillan dropped out of school. On October 21, 1911, The Gamecock's first yellow sheet appeared. It was called the "Yellow THE STATE ! GOOD PRI Schools, Colic We can please Binding, Engraving and Office Supplie the Stat] l*rinier&, SfaHone COLUMl IVe Print The Gamecock if ear Begun ck This Week _____ )M PAQB ONE) Journalism Issue" and was printed on yellow paper and in red ink. It contained a number of scandal stories. Editors from 1912 to 1917 were L. K. Hagood, Sam Latimer, Jr., who is now city editor of The State, Wade V. Hoffman, M. A. Wright, Ben M. Sawyer, H. E. Danner, E. R. Jeter, M. B. Bouleware, W. J. Scott, H. C. Brearley, A. E. Geer, L. B. Harrison, R. W, Wade, Robert R. Harley, J. R. Bates, J. M. Wells, and F. H. Barton. Business managers during this period were J. P. Evans, W. A. Schiffley, B. B. Williams, Jr., T. T. Carroll, L. b! Templeton, Jr., and J. H. Martin. With the issue of October 2, 1917, The Carolinian appeared as part of The Gamecock and continued thus until November 4, 1917. E. P. Hodges was editor. In the November 7, 1914 number, J. B. Duffie, of Sumter was made the first managing editor of The Gamecock. He was to have charge of "the news gathering and the mechanical make-up." L. B. Harrison, H. L. Johnson, M. W. Price, Roy C. McGec, J. C. Kearse, and G. A. Buchanan were in turn managing editors, Mr. Buchanan, who is now editor of The Columbia Record, holding the position for almost two years. Then for a time the position of managing editor was discontinued until Isadore Polier was elected in 1925. Managing editors from that date to the present time: W. Lee Crocker, J. V. Niclson, Jr., Whitney Tharin, Wm. A. Brunson, Bruce White, Sydney Heyman, Harry E. DePass, Wilson 0. Weldon, LeRoy M. Want, Mitchell Morse, William I. Latham, John A. Giles, Allen Rollins, Frank Wardlaw, Jr., and Lemuel Gregory. Business managers from 1917 to the present date: J. C. Kearse, H. J. Blackmon, R. C. Thompson, Joseph R. Bryson, E. P. Gaines, J. C. Cave, J. S. Nunamaker, Frank T. Meeks, F. R. Gressctte, C. W. Scott, J. R. Pate, Jasper Derrick, Joseph Hiott, C. L. Scott, W. C. Herbert, J. S. Taylor and J. Wylie Brown. Editors from 1917 to 1920 were Cyrus L. Shealey, H. L. Johnson, J. H. Martin, J. J. Stevenson, J. T. Wates, R. C. Thompson, and H. R. Smith. With the issue of September 30, 1920, W. L. Refo became editor and the size was increased from four columns to five columns. Editors from that date to the present: A. Leslie Wells, E. T. Thompson, E. H. Folk, E. T. Sparkmali, Wm. T. Beasley, McBride Dabbs, Calhoun Thomas, C. B. Williams, S. W. Eichel, Isadore Polier, W. L. T. Crocker, W. J. Thomas, Jr., H. H. Hentz, Burton Shook, Jesse Rutledge, J. M. Younginer, R. H. Atkinson, Ashley Halscy, W. O. Weldon, LeRoy M. Want, Lewis H. Wallace, W. C. Herbert, John A. Giles, and Allen Rollins. In 1930 the size of The Gamecock was increased to six columns. It was also voted the best college weekly in the United States by the National College Press Association. U. B. O. Bethany College has abolished admission chargcs to their football teams because they prefer not to have their team exhibited as a bunch of horses at a county fair and want all people to see them in action. An adult enrolled in the Arts and Science division of Creighton University works full time at a high speed job, supports his family and is carrying 12 hours in his classes. He is working towards an M. A. degree. BOOK STORE " unnMknHnl NTING for ges, Business you in Printing, , Books, Stationery 58. e Company w. Office Tumiture Expert Fountain Pen Repairing