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\ 1 ?? The Gamecock Founded January SO, 190$ ROBERT ELLIOTT 00HZAU8, First Editor Published Friday of every week during tba colleg* year by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina Entered as Becond claw matter at the poatofflce at Columbia, 8. O., November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College Press Association and National College Press Association Subscription Rate?J2.00 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 - Pusiness Manager Frank Haskell, Jr. - Managing Editor Leon Pickens .... Circulation Manager ASSOCIATES John C. Payne, Boycc Craig, Josephine Griffin, Lemuel Gregory, associate editors; Philip Sabbagha, Mark Dowtin and Pinckney Walker, associate managing editors. REPORTORIAL Mary Ford, news editor; Edward Chaffin, sports editor; Fred Hambright, feature editors; Miles Elliott, fraternity editor; Mark Doweditor; Elmore Martin, Jerry Glenn, Howard Cooper, and Abel Danor, assistant sports editors; Faith Brewer, co-ed editor; Evelyn Lipscomb, co-ed news editors; Miriam Lander, sorority editor; Atherton Whaley, Ellen Freeman, Werber Bryan, Catherine Turner, Dot Dunavant, Amelia DesChamps. BUSINESS Thomas T. Moore, Douglas Fickling, assistant business managers; J. C. Gregory, R. M. Brown, C. W. Rubs, Fred Ellis, 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 administered FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1933 An Injustice Done The Southern Conference oflicials have fallen over backwards, it seems. It is right that the ofi ficials should try to keep from showing partiality * 11 to football players, but this is no reason at all to make the standard of curriculum for the athlete higher than for the Ordinary student. This is just what the new ruling has done. How can a man who devotes at least four-fifths of his time to footlmll during the season be expected to maintain a scholastic average higher than one who has nothing at all to do from morning to night but meet classes and study? Players on conference teams from now on must make a passing grade on at least four courses. During the football season members of the team are absent from at least two days of class work for every trip the team makes, besides all the time they take to practice and learn intricate plays that are just as hard to remember as any academic course. It is hard enough for the regular players to keep the same pace as other students as things are, but it takes no master mind to see the rank injustice of requiring them to accomplish more, or to be held responsible foi^more. From the first of September to a few weeks before Christmas the varsity team is busy from morning to night, working to keep in that tip-top shape that the present game requires. If one stops to consider that every man must practice six afternoons out of the week, and bo in bed at 10 o'clock every night he will wonder how the men can pass any work at all. Up until now the players have been doing reImarkably well, but if some change is not soon made they will be laboring under such a mental strain that it will seriously affect their playing. Clean Up The Gym! Romeo and Juliet, Damon and Pythais, and the Smith brothers are some of the famous combinations of history. Here, at the University, we have another combination to add to that long list,?the gymnasium and the infirmary. The gymnasium is a famous place. There, many Iof the great men of the state once worked and sweated. There, the legislature of South Carolina once met. All of which leads up to the fact that, since it is so historic, it is very old and very dirty. Approximately 400 students are required to take gym classes. The boxing team, the gym team and the fencing team also use the gym. Thus, a large number of students work out in the gym every 1 afternoon. And, vory often, after breathing the dust-laden air, these students catch cold. Let's mako an example of a student. His name, for our purposes, is John Brown. John Brown is a sophomore. Regularly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, he goes to the gym to meet his class. He exercises and breathes the dirty, dust-laden air. Then, also regularly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays he repairs to the infirmary to have his cold treated. Colds are expensive and dangerous. A student suffering from such an ailment is apt to lose his interest in "A's." So what? Just this. A great deal of money is being expended now on improving the University. Why can't some of this money be used to give the gym a thorough cleaning. An investment in the health of the students would be a wise move on the part of the University. j i?-1 .'/j. -v Swan Song The next issue of The Gamecock will appear after the holidays. It will be edited by the staff for the second semester. Thus, we, this year's- staff, now sing our swan song. We are proud of-the fact that we have had the opportunity of serving the University, however slight the service may have been. At all times we have been cognizant of the welfare of Carolina. We tried hard to give the student body a good newspaper. A vital, alive, interesting paper that would really be an integral part of undergraduate life. . We tried to keep the paper from being one sided. Every phase of life connected with Carolina was weighed and analyzed and given a place according to its real importance. If you, as a student or a professor, found fault with our effort, please believe that we really did our best and really tried to give the University the paper it deserves. Thus we sing our swan song. But collectively or individually, we shall always serve Carolina. U. 9* C. Hornet Carolina's system of "open politics" wins praise from the Furman Hornet of Greenville. Deploring the "clandestine practices" prevalent at the Baptist institution the Hornet advocates a system of bringing campus politics out into the open," so that every student would know just what was going on." U. fl. O. A Column On Columnists By Phillip Space First, we want to empress upon you that this is a humorous column. This fact is important so please bear it in mind. Second, this is the first and last appearance of this column. So complaining to the editor really won't do any good. Now, The Column: One of the l>etter columnists had a "date." They sometimes do, you know. She was from New York and reputedly very wealthy. The columnist, whose favorite card game was "fish," wanted to impress her so he faked a big poker game. "Last night," he said "I won a mass of money playing cards." Ilis "date" said that last rime she played she won enough to buy a handsome wrist-watch. "Why," she continued after looking around the room "there are four of us here, what does that mean?" "It means," said the columnist, "that I'm leaving." The Monocle James Black and Joe Miot At a recent Lakeview dance several of the gayer spirits were on the outside singing droll chansons. Julian Bolick s voice could be heard distinctly above the others. Reflection Half the pop. is white and free. The other half is S. P. E. Observation Capers Gambrell must be nertz, He comes to school in tuck shirtz. Mr. Willie Dean, the old director, is losing out this year. The Town Theatre has him 2 to 0 at the hirlf and Dean has not yet threatened to score. Although it is rumored that Salt Water is on third base and may come home any minute. Bonnie Shand human phonograph, (Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta to you) thinks (Ila! Ha!) that Steve Baker and Studebaker are both A. D. Pis. Commercial Note Three Ball Kohn, Has money to loan. Last Sunday night the A. D. Pis thought that someone was breaking into their stronghold. "It's a man!" screamed Nellie Brockman hopefully. "Let's dress and go down!" The Latest Version (and positively the last) Mrs. Smith: Who was that man I seen you with last night? Mrs. Jones: That wasn't no man that was my husband. A lot of fraternities think that if ^brother quits paying dues he is no longer an asset but an ass. The Sigma Nus must have B. O. No fraternity is able to live next door to them. The S. A. E.s, the Phi Sigma Kappas, the A. T. Os. and the Phi Piphis have all moved away. Julius Caesar, to us, is just three sheets in the wind. . King Keyserling lost seventy-five cents last week and is very worried about it. Carolina To-day Fntnk Durham Laurels To The Living Aa a usual thing it is only the dead, the honored dead, who are the recipients of laurel wreaths, and to us that has always seemed a pity. Like most people we are addicted to flattery, as who isn't. But anyway, what we started out to say was that this year's Garnet and Black is dedicated to the alumni, the living alumni of the University of South Carolina. We wish to commend editor-in-chief Frank Gibbes for his selection. Even though we do have to sit behind the goal posts at the Carolina-Clcmson game because our predecessors are given the more favorable positions in the stands, we hold no grudge against them. In fact, we honor and follow the traditions created by them, we admire the records made in after life by them, and we hope that they have not made marks or records too difficult for us to aspire to. So to the alumni, the backbone of our athletic association, all hail and hallelujah. We*Nominate For Posterity: Mr. Gricc (whatever his first name may be), because he smiles and smiles, and still is not a villain. Miss Elizabeth Cheathem, familiarlj known as "our Bessie," because without her the little theater movemenl would give up the ghost. Sotto Voce Mr. James Menzies Black and this scribbler have declared a truce. However, Mr. Black has laid himself open to mention in this pillar. Such a versatile man we have never seen. One day we casually strolled to the grassy rectangle, known among the initiated as Melton Field, with the sole purpose of witnessing a quiet intra-mural football game between the A. T. O.'s and the S. A. E.'s. As the teams lined up, what should greet our wondering eyes (no, it was not old St. Nick and his some-sort of reindeer) but James himself, resplendent in a fetching uniform of black and tan, ready . $)r the fray. After two minutes of outstanding groundwork Mr. Black retired to the sidelines to watch the proceedings. That was Thursday. On the following Tuesday we ventured to the Town Theater to witness the presentation of Shakespeare's immortal "Julius Caesar," and whom should we see upon the stage but James attired tastefully in a green cheesecloth skirt and a winning smile. No one shouted "Hail, Caesar 1" as effectively as he. His graceful leaps when another member of the mob tread upon his toe was to us the high spot of this drama of "The noblest Roman of them all." We shall never forget it. Actor, athlete, columnist, editor?o u r James! Unhappy Thought All things may come to those who wait And yet I cannot dissipate A mad desire to hurry Fate. High, Low, Jack and Game Jack "Battling" Nathan, the pleasing pugilist from the city by the sea, is giving the penny machines a run for their money. The proprietor of a certain establishment is reported to be praying nightly that Gentleman Jack may in the near future be the proud possessor of a sheepskin, or else he will have to apply to the R. F. C. or the Community Chest for aid. Dere Santa WfflYou Fill My Stocking With? (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) new evening dress." Bobby Moore?"A radio, a big car (a Packard) and a check for two thousand dollars." Judson Gregory?"A "C" in Statistics, if that's within Santa Claus's power." John Amato?"A Cadillac roadster, a girl about five feet two, and fifty dollars in my pocket every night." M. B. Williams?"A pair of aces backed." Shep Thompson?"Three deuces in tlu same hand." Commander Byrd?"An oraijge, a bas of candy, some nuts, and a byrd dog." Cccile Richmon?"A -radio, but I don't know why." Don Ham?"A passing grade on French." Pete Oliver?"I want so many things that Santa Claus couldn't get down the chimney with them." Dick Shinn?"A big red apple." I Praises ary Magazine tudy of adolescence. Frank Durham'! icile pen we all know. The best ol tese is in my judgment "On the alace of the Popes." Nobody could ave written "Politics and Politicians" ut John Bolt Culbertson. I believe [c all would have* recognized this 'ithout the signature. Itx is a fine de:ription of the labors of the politician. \ /illiam B. King's "T'Glory" is a good nd authentic description of the p'otracted meetin'." It makes me urious to know what is in those other velve chapters, which I hope some ay to see. Philip Sabbagha adds a hilosophical touch in both his* sonet and his two essays, "Love," and Truth and Beauty." "A Tale of Two Ifties" is the caption of a short short tory by Deling Booth, with the moral lat you had better tell your wife what ou are up to. Edward Chaffin knows nd loves his Saluda valley. I hope 1 j e continues such studies. "Good fortune to all of you! I ope the two hundred "gullible an-| els" do not fail you." F. W. BRADLEY. xception \ cent Editorial JET AND BLACK: The officials f the GARNET AND BLACK had bsolutely no hand what-so-ever in lie bringing up, discussion or carryig of this motion. The editor of the rARNET AND BLACK, who is an fficial representative to the Pan-Hel:nic council, did not even vote on this latter, thus, leaving the GARNET lND BLACK out of the matter alagether. x I I would also like to state that the rARNET AND BLACK will never ay for a page that is not in the book, j o, I fear that the fraternity that may hoose to "buck" will find that it is bit more difficult than they may nticipate. So, may I, in the words f the writer of that great inasteriece, wish him in return, "sweet reams"? Yours for more instinctive editorials, Bill Glenn, Business Manager. Joard Approves Loan" Request of University (CONTINUED FROM PAQK ONE) ie budget presented to the State Budget Commission and also the request to the >WA for a loan of $640,000 for iuw uildings and approved expenditures of 116,000 of CWA money granted to the Jniversity for repairs. The request for loney from the PWA will have to go j > the Legislature before definite action an be taken but work has already beun with money given by. the CWA. 'WA money is given on the basis of ?bor and one-half of the cost of matrials and goes primarily for repair 'ork involving small proportional cost ar materials. , Permission was, also given for Uniersity property on the corner of Penleton and Sumter streets to be used or the site of the proposed World War lemorial building to house valuable reiarch material on Soutlf Carolina his>ry. If necessary, Flinn will be moved ) provide space for the new building. Architects appeared before the Board nd presented plans for. the buildings roposed under the PWA. The plans rere accepted. Architects for the project re Lafaye and Lafaye of Columbia. hree new buildings are proposed under lis project, an auditorium, an adminisation building, and a classroom building. Besides the work on the campus sidewalks will be built around the campus nd $504 were appropriated for this urpose. The CWA will furnish labor or this paving and also half of the xpense for materials. The University ppropriation represents the other half f the cost for materials. All members of the Board were preset except Governor I. C. Blackwood, 1 G. Seibels, and Cyrus Shealy. D. R. oker of Hartsville presided in the abnice of Governor Blackwood, ex-oflficio hairman of the Board. v. a. o., >ls and a tricycle." Paul Robelot?"A small pocket diconary." (Here's one person who took s seriously anyway.) Herbert Roberts?"A ride to see my irl three times during Christmas." Sis McMaster?"A ride up to Aunt essie's Tea Shop for breakfast, dinner, I nd supper." Woodrow Callison "A date every flier night." Mary Lena Baskin?"A straight "A" verage and a camel." Judge?"Good health and plenty to eat." Tom Mauldin?"I want Santa Claus > bring me best wishes." I Dean Bradley New Liter ' Interest and congratulations on the si magazine, Carolina Notebook, appear- fa ing on the campus tomorrow, was ex- tl pressed by Dean F. W. Bradley, after F reading an advanced copy. A letter hi written by him to the editors is as fol- b lows: w "I have read with much interest w your January issue, of which I note s< that you have published two hundred V copies. It is a work well worth while, ai and richly deserving of the modest measure of success which you have set ci as the goal of your first number. ti "Your publication reveals a wealth d of literary talent on our campus wiili p some of which I was not at all ac- n quainted. Your introductory note is *" sane, and it sounds determined?as if q you were gritting your teeth with resolution. Miss Ford's translation carries s< a fine flavor and essence of the original song of Roland. Quite an odd bit y is her "If Any Man." I have long a known and admired the work of ^ Nancy Telfair. "City Park" is in her . best style. The last two lines I like h especially. Lemuel Gregory presents 8 in "Adventure" quite an interesting Glenn Takes E: To Re, \ To the Editor of the GAMECOCK: Is t In your last issue of the GAME- o COCK there was an editorial which a seemed to be quite pointing. This great tl masterpiece came very near being a di- it rect statement that the officials (Ha! I C love that word I) of the GARNET o AND BLACK were back of the mo- lc tion that was passed at the last meet- 11 ing of the Pan-Hellenic council, mak- A ing it compulsory that every social t< fraternity have a page in the GARNET AND BLACK this year. In C this letter I do not wish to make p various insinuations pertaining to the S causation of that memorable editorial, c that I feel sure I could make with a a reasonable assurance that they would a not be rebuked. No, that is not neces- o sary; the writer of that editorial knows P them all, although I'm afraid he is a d bit deaf to these facts. At this point, I would like to make a statement in the behalf of the GAREight Games Now On I List For Next Year (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Citadel and will replace Erskine for tl YVofford in the opening encounter of the C .year. Erskine returns as the opener on F the schedule after several years' absence, b Next year's game will serve as the dedi- $ cation game for the recently enlarged L stadium at Due West. This is the first n time in years that the Gamecocks have tc played their first game away from Co- c; lumbia. g Carolina, defeated once and victorious C once in the Southeastern conference, has 1< dropped both Auburn and L. S. U. from t< its schedule for next year. Carolina was \n defeated in mid-season by L. S. U. but f' ended up the season with a decisive win over Auburn. v > Home and away games arc equally di- d vided with four games here and four f< games away. Carolina will play V. M. ^ I., Clemson, V. P. I., and Washington s< and Lee and will go on the road to play t< Erskine, North Carolina State, Citadel, tc and Furman. As usual, the Citadel game will be played in Orangeburg at the a Orangeburg county fair. p The schedule, as announced, is as fol- w lows: a Sept. 29?Erskine, there. 1 Oct. 6?V. M. I., here. tl Oct. 12?North Carolina State, there, tr Oct. 18?Citadel, at Orangeburg. Oct. 25?Clemson, here. w Nov. 3?V. P. I., here. a Nov. 10?Open (Villanova pending), p Nov. 17?Furman, there. f, Nov. 29?Washington and Lee, here. e Twenty-Three Will Join o , Kappa Sigma Kappa ei 1 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Ji Men elected at the last meeting were the following: Milton Kitchen, E. D. s< Robinson, J. M. Myers, Emory Myers, c' 1 Wallace Tighe, L. D. Robinson, Malcolm 1 McCutcheon, Lane Edwards, J. T. tc Graves, Judson Gregory, Jack Cobb, Ted 1 Ninestein, Earl Mimms, D. H. Eargle, ti C. E. Andrews, Manning Till, G. S. u : Langford, Mark Dowtin, Bobby Moore, Milerf Elliott, Clarence Davenport, Clinr ton Brogdon, and Kenneth Adams. , u. o E t Bernard Bright?"A bicycle with red ai wheels." i "Rat" Lewis?"I want Santa Claus to oi bring me a little popgun." i The Poker Club?"Some mullets for a1 : the game." V. Lorick?"The ability to deal cards." II. B. Watford?"I want two cap pis- tc