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mmmmsammmami i i ir The Gamecock Fonnded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor i Published Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina Entered aa second class matter at the postoflice at Columbia, 8. O., November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College Press AssoclaUoo and National College Press Association Subscription Rate?$8.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Offices in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 executive board William B. King - - Editor Baynakd Whaley - Business Manager Frank Haskell, Jr. - Managing Editor Leon Pickens - Circulation Manager ASSOCIATES John C. Payne, Boyce Craig, Josephine Griffin, Lemuel Gregory, associate editors; Frank Durham, Philip Sitbbagha, associate managing editors. REPORTORIAL Mary Ford, news editor; Edward Chaffin, sports editor; Fred Hambright, feature editor; Pinckney Walker, fraternity editor; Mark Dowtin, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. editor; Ijivenie Hughes, alumni editor; Elmore Martin, Jerry Glenn, and Abel Bailor, assistant sports editors; Faith Brewer, co-ed editor; Evelyn Lipscomb, coed news editor; Miriam Lander, sorority editor; Miles Elliott, J. W. Cox, Charlton HorRer, Andrew Hill, E. 1). Robinson, Paul Wateroff, Tracey Schnclling, Howard Cooper, assistants. BUSINESS Thomas T. Moore, Douglas Pickling, assistant business managers; J. R. Gregory, R. M. Brown, C. W. Rush, Fred Willis, 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. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1933 The Situation Is This For several years, just before the annual Carolina-Clemson football game, the students of the University of South Carolina have gathered in riotous mass meetings for the purpose of protesting wrongs which they felt were being perpetrated upon them. These meetings, fraught with hysteria and aimless bickering among students with half-formed ideas on questions on which they ^-ere not fully informed, were quite pleasant for those seeking amusement; but without exception their accomplishments were nil. Each year the protest was made over the same items?the cost to Carolina students for entering the fair grounds and the additional charge for >the Clemson game. As formerly, these charges will be made this year; and, also as formerly, a protest meeting held a few hours before the game will avail the student body nothing except mild amusement at the behavior in the meeting. Officials of the University (President Bakef and Doctor Foster) have worked hard over these prob- ' lems and the result of their work can easily be seen. The charge for entrance into the fair grounds will be the same for Clemson and Carolina students. The discrimination which has in past years galled the Carolina student body wil be absent, leaving little room for argument there. Elimination of the extra charge for the game can be had only by agreement with Clemson or by the payment of the entire sum ($1.10 for each student attending the game) by the University Athletic Association. Clemson, according to official report, refuses to agree to elimination of the extra cost so the only remaining solution is to levy on the Athletic Association for the difference. According to Doctor Foster, such a move would severely cripple and almost anniliate the activities of that organization. , Whether or not the extra money should be paid by the students or by the Athletic Association has been put before the advisory board of that association and will be decided by them. The advisory board is made up of representatives from all departments of the University and appeal from their decision would, seemingly, be useless. But then, on the other hand, a mass meeting of the students in the traditional manner would be vastly amusing. tr. fi. o. Some authority has stated that progress is made only by men who will take firm stands. The trouble today is due to the fact that so many men instead of being merely neutral, are neuter. u. m. o. True Carolina Spirit Those long-faced critics of the colleges who bemoan the passing of college spirit?which they maintain was so perfect in their day?should have been present at the meeting of the Carolino student body Thursday night to see the unselfish vyay that the students rallied to the cause of the football squad. When it was explained to the loyal members of this institution the need of extra food for the members of the football squad aid was immediately forthcoming. That is college spirit as it should be. The fact that the list of contributions wes led by the gift of President Baker is a personification of the Carolina spirit which makes such a move possible?and successful. Such an action on the part of most of Carolina's students is a real sacrifice and for that reason it is doubly a compliment to the men who defend Carolina's name on the gridiron. ' i ru <(&{*, a1. . /v. V; v. , s Jjt 4 Sk .v. . - ,( ' ..... > =sa3a^ss=aagaaaaa;= i ireasEBSBEsagsBassBci i i-ini To The Freshmen A large number of freshmen just entering the University this fall will be subjected to what is commonly known as fraternity (or sorority) rusliing. This experience will be either very embarrassing or delightfully pleasant, depending on the degree of reticense or gregariousness of the individuals. Regardless of the various reactions there is something that all new students being "rushed" should keep constantly before them. In the all-important and all-prevading position that fraternity life takes in the first weeks of school, when the groups are struggling to impress upon the eligibles the glory, beauty, and friendliness of life among their number, the freshman is prone to forget that his university life is ever to consist of more than a constant round of parties, ( teas and smiling upperclassmen. i Some students, during their entire college ex- 1 istence, will never discover that there is a world ( beyond their little egocentric group. Others will ' make their discovery late and grieve that knowl- J edge comes so tardily. But the man (or woman) i who throughout realizes the proper place of the 1 fraternity in university life will be the gainer and, ( for it, will be a better university student?and > fraternity man. 1 ??u. a. o.?i? As a former student of the University of North J Carolina has so aptly put it: < "My candle burns at both ends, c It will not last the night; 4 But oh, my friends, and ah, my foes, ^ We have electric light." c c. a. o. a ? ?i ' The Monocle 4 By James M. Black Frost Walker, yokel boy who made good in politics to the extent of being elected to the legislature before he could vote and crashing Ripley's "Believe It Or Not," along with Jo-Jo, the dog faced boy and numerous other freaks is now entering his junior year in law school. Frost may never be a resounding crash in state politics, but in Union County he has the situation well in hand. Some of you remember Frost's attempted coup d'etat in last year's Garnet and Black election. In ancient Egypt when the girls of the village wanted to go out on a merry jollification they 1 would persuade the boy friends to row them down c the river to the nearest village and there they * (the girls) would scream taunts at the local ladies, t In these civilized times however the fair sex has c quieted down and do their quarreling in a more * dignified way, i.e., that affair in Pan-Hellenic. 1 s Poem, expressing a vindicative nature. I loved you once, But O alas, You made of me A perfect ass. ^ ou'11 love some man, I hope you do, Perhaps he'll make An ass of you. An amusing story is told of Robert Bass, the beloved faculty member of the Sigma Nu frat. Bass had a minor role in one of Willy Dean's mighty draymas. lie strolled up to Bill B roughton and instructed him as to how to play the light. This irritated IJroughton and when Bass had finished his lecture he drew himself up and said, i "Bass, let me tell you something. There's just one 1 thing wrong with you. You have one too many 1 letters in your name." Then the curtain ( i It is noted with regret that Bill Friar has not ! resumed his customary place at the wall this year, i Maybe the legislature cut him out. > u. a. o. I And then there is the co-ed who wanted to sched- ( ule astronomy at twelve, noon, so she would have 1 a minimum number of stars to study. 1 v. a. o. . If the University is going to get in on the "new deal' she better call for a new deck?one that still has some aces in it. u. a. o. | ^ ranee still doesn't like Germany but everything will be all right and the world will be safe for democracy after the next world war?maybe. We don t start revolutions like Cuban students but we do have a rousing good cheering section to get into the midst of. One man complained because the students at a university do not get enough personal attention but then on the other hand, we are seldom kept in after school. What to do with liquor is the question now. A few people already know what to do with it. / Carolina To-day | THE TRUTH AT LAST At a recent meeting of a local civic club coaches Laval and Rawl were invited to speak on the University of South Carolina team. One of Columbia's daily papers carried 9. long story giving an account of the meeting and quoting at length Coach Laval's remarks about the football players. The article concludes with this statement: "The program was in charge of the committee on underprivileged children." BROTHERLY LOVE Rumor hath it that a member of one of the fraternities here recently invited a promising young freshman t>oy to accompany him to a dance, it being rush season and so on. Both carried dates and all was going well J until the strains of "Home Sweet Home" had faded on the midnight air uid the four danccrs were on the road home. Throughout the evening the :wo young gentlemen had been broth-l; ;rly and extremely friendly as is the :ase during rush season. But as they icarcd home something happened. The >rothcr and the potential brother sudlenly found themselves at each others' hroats, a situation that does not lsually arrive until after pledge day. Dne of the ladies of the party conreived the brilliant idea of clutching >ne of the combatants by the hair and T tanging on for dear life. It worked. The fight stopped, but, alas! the idea >f brotherhood had vanished as had 1 dollar and twenty cents which had >cen spent on the freshman's ticket to ( he affair. CHICKEN SHINN \\ The radio announcer who broad- ' ( casted the Carolina-Wofford game became so excited at one point that he forgot his grammar, and, at the same time, more or less in- j suited Alternate Captain Joe Shinn. His remark was "There's Joe Shinn now, laying on the ground." So there are things in the lives of football players that one would never have suspected. A. T. O. GOES CATTY An ex-A. T. O. forgetting the loyaly that should be the due of his hapter, has been telling wild tales of low several of the brothers have been ollccting stray cats and selling them o the biology department for the uses >f the classes of disection. One of hose involved, according to the traior, is an important member of the taff of The Gaviccock. ENGLISH 129 Dr. Babcock, after meeting English 129 for the first time, was walking down the steps of Extension when he perceived a small black cat in front of the Registrar's office. Picking up the animal, he advanced to the wire netting behind which Mr. Chase officiates, and L demanded. "Jack, is this your cat?" "No, is he yours?" "From now on he is," responded Dr. Babcock, adding that he intended to name his pet "English 129." TEMPERATURE REPORT Heat is known to have peculiar efccts on a lot of things, but to the ay mind the idea of heat cooling any:hing is a trifle incongruous. IIowiver, such a thing has taken place and he result of it is in evidence on the I :ampus. As the mercury soared to lizzy heights during the summer nonths several of the University's nost torried affairs of the heart reached unheard of stages of frigidity. One of our most promising young sophomores is once more a man about town and declares that his intentions are strictly dishonorable. Oil of corn is being employed as a balm by one campus eccentric, and another gentleman spends his time attempting to extract his friend's dates from them. As for the ladies, they go calmly and unperturbedly along their respective ways, saying nothing, but with a suggestion of the old mating gleam in their eyes. Ho, hum. ANCIENT CUSTOM KEPT Ever since this column has been in existence it has twice annually made it a custom to say something extremely witty on the subject of fraternity "rush" season. The season has come 'round again, but the witty sayings are long since exhausted; in any case, saying anything funny about rushing would be very similar to carrying coals to Newcastle. More Absences To Be Allowed (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) officially representing the University. All excuses for absences must be filed at the registrar's office on or before the Monday following the absence. As usual, absences two days preceding and succeeding holidays will count double. Five chapel cuts will be allowed with suspension from the University upon the sixth cut. v The above regulations do not apply to law students and seniors with an average of "B" for all work done in the University. The law students are allowed voluntary attendance while the seniors having a "B" average are allowed voluntary attendance so long as they attend at least 75 per cent of all class meetings. The action of the faculty was instituted after much dissatisfaction had been expressed over the cut system used last year. Formerly six cuts a semester were allowed but last year the number was reduced to three. The chief faculty objection to both the systems used formerly was that by the notification plan a student was able to cut several times after he had incurred the nominally maximum number of cuts claiming that he was not notified that he was on probation. The students last year objected because of the small number of cuts allowed and wide agitation was set on foot to bring about a more liberal system. The new system was initiated by the faculty. u. a. o. . . Damas Club Chooses Many New Members At the first fall meeting of the Danias club Tuesday afternoon.at 2:30 3'clock Lois Kirkley was elected secretary to succeed Thiesen Ray who failed to return to Carolina this semester. Also 42 new members were electcd to the club. The new members arc: Marjorie Foster, Helen Taylor, Josiphine Philson, Adelaide Philson, Nellie Hinnant, Emily Zeigler, Betsy Bowen, Beverly Jones, Barbara Distleliurst, Charlotte Regar, Darcy Reeves, Mucedora DuBose, Nina Nelson, Anne Fishburne, Mercedes Hartsel, Louise Cathcart, Beverly Porter, Mary Lee Blakely, Sarah Carlisle, Margaret Watson, Marjorie Heisc, Mary Whitaker, Helen Stevenson, Kelly Gilespie, Marian Walker, Jennie Clarkson, Eva Mae Dabbs, Doris Brockman, Janice Brown, Jean Harvey, Margaret Collins, Nell Lipscomb, Katherine Caney, Cornelia Reamer, Cherry Dell Kelly, Katherine Hendley, Elizabeth Byrd, Frances Black, Mae ' Belser, Jean Coward, Amelia Des Champs, Margaret Ravanel. 17. I. O. HIGHEST PRAISE If imitation is the most exalted form of praise, the Carolina campus politicians should be very gratified. On Wednesday several students gathered near the wall were treated to the sight of a gentleman of a very doubtful state of cleanliness seated comfortably on the ground admiring his rather questionable beauty in a hand mirror. This modest individual was so engaged for at least a half an hour and perhaps longer. Anyway, it was at least a half an hour, for after watching the procedure for that period of time this correspondent was so forcibly reminded of the campus demagogues that he could bear the sight no longer. Even if the gentleman continued his activity for the rest of the day, fie can have little hope of equaling the records held by many of the locals, some of whom have been at that sort of thing for over five years. You can have those 5 for 10c photos enlarged. We also do kodak finishing. BLANCHARD'S STUDIO 1322 Main St. Columbia, S. C. P. H. LACHICOT DEALERS FOR 41 DIAMONDS?WATCHES 1424 Main Street SILVER1 AT MODEF WATCH AND JEW1 ' ? I --....ri r . METR0P0L1 4'THE OLD I THE STUDENTS', 1520 MAIN STREET ? . i |?H To Begin Drive For Large Stadium CONTINUED FROM PAOg ONE) rowed from the R. F. C. and will be secured by gate receipts. The Columbia High school will also stage football games at the stadium. ?\ Tentative bids, already let are for $29,204 to W. A. Cary and Son of Columbia for concrete work and grading and for $47,000 to the Virginia Bridge and Iron Works of Roanoke, Va., for iron work, a total of $76,204. Original plans were for a relatively elaborate structure but due to the rise in prices caused by the N. R. A. many of the unessential features have been eliminated. The efficiency of the stadium will be impaired in no way by these changes. Lafaye and Lafaye of Columbia are the architects for the project and Rowe and Sumwajt the engineers. Men serving on the committee to make arrangement for the .stadium were Senator James A. Hammond of Columbia,. President L. T. Baker of the University, Dr. R. K. Foster, director of student activities at the University and Paul V. Moore, president and secretary of the State Fair association, J. B. Murphy and William Lykes, former president and secretary, respectively of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, O. Lee Gordan and James Cathcart, George E. and Robert S. Lafaye, architects, Ben Sawyer, D. W. Robinson, Jr., Mayor L. B. Owens and Council men W. D. Barnctt and W. P. Eleazer of Columbia. tt. a. o. Y. W. C. A. Entertains At Vespers Services The Y. W. C. A. is going to entertain at the Services every other Sunday night. The . Y. M. C. A. has previously taken care of the services. Lodeema Gaines is chairman of the services to be conducted Sunday night. Marian Coleman will be in charge of the music. Dr. Kilpatrick is to speak on a subject which be will choose himself. w. a. Improvements Made In U. S. C. Mess Hall Students returning to Carolina this year will observe that some changes have been made in the arrangement of Stewards Hall. Seven new tables have been added along with a hot cake griddle that was installed this summer. A cashier's office has been built that eliminates the confusion of meal tickets that existed last year at the entrance. The boarders have increased from about two hundred-fifty of last year to above three hundred. Between forty and fifty students, who otherwise might find it difficult to remain in school are employed as waiters. it. a. c. Picking teachers is something like picking wives. It'would be hard to find any two men to agree on the qualities to be sought in either.? Dean Harry N. Irwin. I he largest tuna fish caught near New York City in years?a fish weighing 705 pounds?was hooked this month by Francis H. Low, 22, a senior at Yale University. FIVE POINTS DRUG STORE Call Us? And See How Quickly You Get It PHONE 2-2139 ^ Curb Service * Motorcycle Delivery Business Training is Essential to Everyone, Particularly College Men and I Women. Day, Night, and Special Classes. 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