The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 17, 1933, Page Page Four, Image 4
The Gamecock
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BOBKRT ELLIOTT QQNZAU8, First Editor
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November 20, 1908
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Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. O. A. Editor.
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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 17, 1933
I Hats As Expedients
There is a statute in the House of Representatives
of South Carolina which provides that a
legislator may keep his hat on as long as he is in
his seat. A "wear-your-liat" slogan would aid
considerably in the realization of a 40-day session.
A Russian psychiatrist claims he has cured many
drunkards through the employment of hypnotism.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will be the fourteenth
Mason to hold the office of President of the United
States.
Today's wreck is yesterday's student who
plunged into examination week with this on his
"Meet trials with smiles and they vanish:
Face cares with a song and they flee."
Football as played today is just too much for the
officials, a sports writer typewrote recently. Judging
from the many changes in coaching staffs, it
is too much for the coaches, too.
One member of the faculty believes Kemper
Cooke will some day rank in the history texts
along with John C. Calhoun, which proves a
statesman's worries aren't over oven when he dies.
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The apex of inward disturbance: The emotional
linotype operator, whom mirth frantically
upsets, setting a galley of jokes.
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Dr. Reed Smith says his suppressed desire is to
tear a telephone from a wall and throw it into the
street below. Maybe recent curtailment of the
campus telephone service will provide him with an
opportunity.
Famous last words: "But I don't keep late
hours. I just come in early."
U.I.O.
The rail-splitting legend of Abraham Lincoln
has been handed a setback by a 90-year-old Indianapolis
woman, who says she was a neighbor of
the Lincoln family in Charlestown, 111. She asserts
the late president was too lazy, as a youth, to
split rails or do any other chores around the house.
There's no question about it. Neighbors are no
good.
The Newberry Herald and News suggests legislators'
salaries be fixed at six hundred dollars for
a session of fixed length, with a proviso that each
member have to spend five days in jail for each
day over the fixed duration they remain in session.
We don't like the salary part.
A Swedish inventor has constructed a clock that
comes pretty near typifying "perpetual motion."
It has been running continuously for 15 years without
once being wound. Wonder how long the alarm
will run?
When a much-advertised young actor played
Hamlet very atrociously in New York, a critic
penned this: If there is still doubt as to which
wrote Shakespeare, Bacon or Shakespeare, let the
graves of the two men be opened. The man that
turned over in his grave during last night's performance
was Shakespeare.
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Out Iowa way, you can buy a cow for a dime,
a horse for 15 cents and a tractor for $1.50. And
just think of the price of books.
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Assembly Faces Real Problem
If both bodies of the General Assembly approve
the much lowered appropriation for the maintenance
of the University of South Carolina, the
University will suffer?and suffer severely. The
Student Body however, must remember that this
suffering cannot be blamed on the individual
members of the legislature or upon that body as
a whole. If responsibility must be fixed, then it
lies with?to use a much over-worked term?the
depression.
These men have a mountainous task before them
?A task similar to the one which is taxing the
best minds of our country in Washington; one
which is causing violent unrest in practically every
country of the universe. They need not our bickering
blame and heckling discontent, but our understanding
and cooperation.
The severe cut in appropriation will cripplo
our school, in truth, as has been said on every
side. This cataclysm does not mean that we shall
despair of our existence, breathe a last mourning
breath, and sink forever from being, although
it does mean that our fight will be infinitely harder
and against greatly multified forces. Many will
suffer, but the University will struggle on, somehow.
Cutting, crippling and paralyzing the institutions
of the State are not pleasant pasttimes for
the members of the General Assembly. The tragedy
of their activity is more apparent to them
than it is to us. Men of their intelligence and
perspective cannot see the work of South Carolina
for many years past crumbling before their
eyes without cold shudders of horror.
But to them, and to thinking people, there are
other considerations?vital to the State.
Over-buidened tax payers, small homes and
small farms toddering because their owners cannot
meet the present tax levy, greatly reduced
state income; these tilings and others must be
considered by our legislators.
Of the many who heckle the effort of the Assembly
few envy the members the job that is before
them. There are small thanks awaiting the
man whose hand guides the slashing of appropriations
for institutions.
The duty of the University and of the Carolina
Student Body is clear. We must sympathizingly
cooperate (though at the same time we be
weeping at our personal plight) with the efforts
of our statesmen, and trust that when the bright
day of recovery comes they will in turn help rebuild
a finer, more efficient, and effective University
to serve the State of South Carolina.
The Why Of "Dingles"
The Boston University News and the Winthrop
College Johnsoniaii recently discussed students1
proficiency in raising their marks by hand shaking
with the professors. The Boston publication said
in part:
" 'Hand shaking' is vernacular for the gentle art
of ingratiating one's self with one's instructor to
the ultimate purpose of raising one's mark. It
originated B. C. and will continue forevermore.
There are few set rules to go by. One simply asks
after the professor's health, wife, or baby, and if he
is a particularly pedantic professor with a bit of
ego, one must ask his opinion of the Manchurian
situation, Technocracy, or the bimetallism of microbes,
and there you have it?at least a 'B'".
"Why not 'hand shake'", asks the Winthrop
paper, "since our teachers seem to like it?"
Hand shaking, or dingling, which is probably a
better term when applied in a broader sense is
much in evidence at the University of South C Molina
just as it is at Boston University, Win* lO\j
and other schools. And there is a reason. he
faculty and a peculiar twist of our nature which
reacts favorably to an interest?even a hypocritical
one?shown in us are jointly to blame. No mat- I
ter how much a professor tries to down this in- |
stinct it refuses to be downed.
A professor under these conditions has a great
deal in common with the voter who showers verbal
tirades on politicians, yet is pleased when one of
them pays him any notice or thrills when he laughs
in a sycophantic manner at one of his jokes.
Bather would The Gamecock see the faculty take
the extreme view of the University of Hawaii paper
on politeness than yield an inch to these servile
flatterers. The Hawaii papers says:
"A polite person nauseates me. He is, to my
mind, made up of that transparent, superficial and
unstable substance which the seas harbor in the
form of jellyfish."
Probably a more logical explanation of why
students seek front row seats and linger after
class to have an informal, good-will word with the
professor lies in the well-founded belief that nothing
really worthwhile is attainable without the
necessary "pull." A little discouragement on the
part of the faculty would go a long way in eliminating
discrimination as well as exploding this
belief, at least so far as colleges are concerned.
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Score one against technocracy. Converse College
will retain its bell-ringer, a veteran gonger of
twenty-five years, in spite of the installation of
electric buzzers. |
Carolina
To-day
POLITICO BUNKO
The headliners in the greatest political
schism in campus history have found
another point of difference in their respective
evaluation of the popular appeal
of the forthcoming speech on "Repudiations
and Resignations." "Let us
procure the use of chapel and make it a
public affair," suggested one.
"No, let us obtain Drayton Hall and
charge 25 cents each," said the other.
But this suggestion seemed to put the
first speaker in a more serious frame,
leading him to say that he suspected
that there would be few students who
cared enough about politics to listen,
but that to those who did come 50 cents
would be a more adequate price. Nevertheless,
neither policy will be adopted,
both combatants claiming that they
were only jesting.
GARDEN OF EDEN
A well-known Southern bishop believes
that the Garden of Eden was located
somewhere between the Ashley and
Cooper rivers. And he is supported by
about 60,000 other South Carolinians
who, however, have long believed thai
they live in the exact location.
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BABCOCK ABOMINATIONS
Abominations of Dr. Havilah Babcock
of the English department of the University
do not exist solely among the
rank of authors. "Can I put in Rudy
Vallec and Clark Gable, too? They never
wrote anything, but they deserve a place
in any list of anathemas," he said.
He went on to give Dryden, Milton,
George Moore, Harold Bell Wright, Edgar
Guest, George Bernard Shaw, Byron,
and Amy Lowell as his other pet
hates, and volunteered the information
that he liked Hardy, James M. Barrie,
Conrad, Edith Wharton, Dubose Heyward,
Hawthorne, and that he considered
Coleridge's line from The Ancient Mariner
the most beautiful in all poetry?
"Alone, all, all alone."
CAP AND GOWN?
What to do with the once highly prized
cap and gown after graduation is a
question which worries many seniors.
Now a contemporary comes forward
with these suggestions: For the cap:
"With proper motion of the head, tassel
makes handy fly-swisher. May be used
as fish bowl with stationary bottom. Or
j as a waste basket or ash tray. Excellent
for balancing books on the head.
To make the intellectual look studious
(if this fails, study)."
For the gown: "May be used as penwiper
in exams. For raincoat; with detachable
fur scarf, as evening wrap. As
winding sheet. As disguise to conceal
excess poundage (if this doesn't work,
reduce)."
HOW DO YOU DRINK??
Education in drinking is proposed by
a former member of the faculty of Harvard
University.
Moderate drinkers, he asserts, have as
good a life expectancy as abstainers.
POLITICIANS SHORN?
Campus politicians at the University
of North Carolina will be shorn of their
power in election of publication editors,
if a proposed movement to place election
of editors in the hands of the staffs goes
through. Staff members of the Daily
Tar Heel, student newspaper, Buccaneer,
student comic magazine, and Carolina
Magazine, literary organ, have already
petitioned the student council to remove
the power from the hands of the student
body at large. The year book, Yackety
YacJt, has not yet taken action on the
matter, but it is expected shortly.
IT'S A SMALL WORLD?
This is the latest one on Col. J. Rion
McKissick, dean of the School of Journalism
in the University. During the
war he donated his old clothes to relief
agencies to be used abroad. Some years
later, a uniform worn by the colonel
while on Governor Manning's staff was
identified by a friend in Brussels. It
was being worn by a doorman at a fashionable
hotel.
MORE SALARY CUTS?
The board of Vanderbilt University
recently authorized reductions of 10 per
cent in all general expenditures, including
salaries of professors, next year.
FACULTY ROBBERY?
The latest member of the faculty
to be waylaid and plundered is Professor
George Wittkowsky, who was
recently compelled to give all his spare
cash to a bandit who hadn't heard oi
faculty salary cuts.
The money totalled approximately
one dollar.
BOXERS?
The entire Carolina boxing team, it
is reported, attended "The Sign of the
Cross," just to get a few pointers on
the manly art.
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Student's Diai
Campus I
"Co-eds at the University predicted
by Chancellor of Missouri University in
1884... .great joke....". This was an
entry in the diary of J. H. Mclure, a student
at the University from 1883-1887.
Following are extracts taken from the
diary that he kept while attending this
institution. They were compiled by Robert
Hemphill.
1883
Sept. 15?Entered school today....
paid matriculation, breakage and other
fees.... got room free... .assigned room
in Desaussure... .paid old Andy a dollar
to clean room for this month....got
water from spigot in front of dormitory
....have pretty good roommate. .
Sept. 18?Know most of my classmates
now... .only about sixty-nine....
bought furniture for room today... .also
bought grate for fireplace.
Sept. 19?I am heating water for bath
over fire....have new tin ^....required
to go to church tomorrow....
check up Monday.
Oct. 1?Ratted today... .pretty much
scared at first....had my face blacked
and had to make speech... .watched
other fellows get it....nobody hurt or
beaten.
Oct. 15?Went to student body meeting
today... .decided to wear caps and
gowns... .most of students present....
about one hundred fifty... .freshmen
must wear black tassels on motarboards
....bloody sophomores to wear red....
juniors to wear silver... .seniors to wear
beaver hats.
Nov. 11?Won football match today
... .our class is interclassic football
champion.... football new game to most
students.
Dec. 17?Going to Christmas German
tonite... .holidays start soon.
1884
Jan. 6?Back from holidays... .going
to skating rink tonite.... went to good
show last nite.
Jan. 8?Went to debates at Flinn Hall
last nite... .Clariosophic and Euphradian
both well represented.
Jan. 12?Had good time in chapel today...
.Chancellor of Missouri U predicted
co-eds....great joke.
Feb. 11?Through with exams....boy
found cheating... .nothing like that happened
before.
Feb. 24?Went to Y meeting over in
Rutledge last nite....met Dr. Burney's
lab in Legare today.
Mar. 2?Saw fight today....in "dueling
ground"... .dispute settled with fists
....spent evening in library reading.
Communications
The Gamecock doe* not necessarily
agree with any opinion or vouch for
any facts stated herewith. While the
writer's name will bs withheld If requested,
It must be known to the edltor.
Artloles will be published at the
discretion of the editor and In the order
submitted.
One of the finest things one can say
about a man is that he has the courage
to stand up for his convictions. A man
who, when convinced that he is right, lets
himself be not changed by the opinions
of others deserves a certain amount of
respect. For that reason I wish to commend
the three men who served as
judges for the recent Carolina-Clemson
boxing match.
However, even the Clemson coach and
the referee, an old Clemson man, admitted
that the decisions which were rendered
in that match were obviously and
grossly unfair to the Carolina men.
Such an occurrence is to be regretted in
any match and particularly so in this
one for the State championship hinged
on the result.
The fault lies not with the judges but
with the men who selected the judges.
The Clemson authorities should not have
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Mar. 11 Went to dance given by Un
per Ten Dance Club last nite... .bouaht
new student lamp today... .also some oil
Mar. 1$?Find' out I am payiJ1
much for board... .only ten per month at
Mess Hall....fifteen where I now eat
Mar. 20?Went out for baseball to- "Vi
day... .coach promises games with other
colleges.
Mar. 30?Watched boys catch Dr
Joines's chickens for stew tonite....
used fish hook with corn on it
Sept. 27?Back again... .sophomore
....have most classes in DeSaussure
this year.
Oct. 1?Went to fraternity meeting..
seven fraternities.
Nov. 16?Won football championshin '
again. K
Nov. 11?Helped keep negroes from I
voting in presidential election today.,
all student body helped... .hurrah for |
Democrats.
1885
Jan. 16?Much disorder on campus last
nite....some of the boys went to Joe's
beef parlor....first disturbance in IonK\
time.
Mar. 16?Went to show... .sat in gal.
lery....cost fifty cents.
Mar. 18?Pep meeting beat Citadel.
Sept. 30?Back at work again... .most
classes in Rutledge.
Nov. 26?Our class wins football
championship again.
1886
Jan. 18?Exams soon.... Majors are '
giving hard work.
Mar. 24?Baseball again... .many
good games this year.
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May 27?June ball... .pretty hot
down here.
Sept. 21?Back...,and a senior...,
saw classmate who got A. B. in C. E.
last year.
Nov. 16?Conceded football championship
this year... .others play for second
place.
1887
Jan. 10?Student body meeting today
... .protested against Dr. Joinne's rule
that spelling test must be passed to graduate.
.. .rule modified.
Mar. 14?Sent clothes to steam laun- dry
today....new thing in Columbia.
April 2?Looking at picture of student
body.... about 250 students now. ,
May?Graduated from University of
South Carolina entered as South
Carolina College.
chosen judges who were merely easily
accessible. The authorities should have
selected capable, experienced men even
if they had to go off the campus to do
so.
I am not alibing for the boxing team.
I am using the above^ as a specific example
of what is happening in collegiate
boxing all over the country.
Everywhere, but particularly in this
section, unfair decisions, rendered by incompetent
or biased judges, are hurting
severely college boxing.
?A STUDENT.
U. B. O. .
An enterprising Carnegie Tech engineering
student, whe* spends his idle
hours tinkering with a short wave set,
received a calculus problem which was
too difficult. Exasperated, he finally appealed
for help over the air waves. The
solution promptly came back, dictated
by a student at the University of Texas.
Sioux City, la., man has advertised
a house for rent for three months
without any takers. On the front of
the house is a sign which reads: "This
house for rent. Renters must keep
the Ten Commandments."
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