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The Gamecock 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 class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. O., November 20, 1908 Member.df South Carolina College Press Association and National College Press Association Subscription Rate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Officer in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 executive board Lemuel L. Gregory ----- Editor Thomas T. Moore - Business Manager Philip C. Sabbagha - Managing Editor Leon Pickens - Circulation Manager ASSOCIATES John C. Payne, Frank H. Haskell, Mary Ford, Josephine Griffin, Faith Brewer, Edward Chuffin, and J. A. Bigham, associate editors; Mark Dowtin, Miles Elliott, Fred Ilambright, associate managing editors. REPORTORIAL Pinckney Walker, news editor; Elmore Martin, sports editor; Evelyn ' Lipscomb, feature editor; Atherton Whaley, fraternity editor; Ellen Freeman, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. editor; Joan Conard, alumni editor; Howard Cooper and Jack Killea, assistant sports editors; Lavernc Hughes, co-ed editor; Miriam Lander, co-ed news editor; Catherine Turner, sorority editor; Dorothy Dunavant, and I Jennie Greye Lewis, assistant sorority editors; Claude Starr Wright, and Amelia Deschamps, assistants. BUSINESS Douglas Fickling, assistant business manager; J. C. Gregory, R. M. Brown, C. W. Russ, 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, MAY 4, 1934 Brief Cases If chapel were made voluntary, the seats would be softer. Also, the numbers on the backs would last longer. Now that the major elections are over, everybody can have a nice long year to decide what they were all about. The candidates are all so self-important, and everybody ponders on the probable results; but what difference will it make in a few years whom is elected? We suspect that the honor system has been undermined by the generations of office swapping. The suspicion was born last year when a defunct politician in a five hour speech made the statement: "Politics has reached its slimy hands even to the honor system." How many cuts will you students be allowed next year? Will the number be increased? We think that it might be, due to the way the present voluntary attendance granted to B Juniors and Seniors is working out. Of course the fac-. ulty now has two clubs instead of one. Previously, cuts permitted have been balanced against the number of consecutive days a student has to be sick before those absences can be . excused. Now, they can use the voluntary attendance granted to some students to bargain with. Carolina students are unusually fortunate in having just around the corner a cultural institution such as the Town Theatre. No liberal education is successful unless the recipient has at least tasted the world's drama, and the professional-like presentations of the Theatre are as good as can be seen in any metropolitan city. The Theatre is a valuable asset both to Columbia and to the University. Columbians who grow excited at the musical song of the fire sireens do not realize how fortunate they are. In some of our less civilized cities, a conflagration of even the most minute nature is announced by a howl that lasts for as long as 15 minutes?and the sireens later add to the din. Even the night is not granted release from the inexorable howl that changes our sweet dreams into swift nightmares, and then jerks our lids awide. The musical sireen alone keeps Columbia smiling. The political pot blackened by the service of many years, is again boiling over, but we notice that the old axiom: "The burned child is afraid of the fire," doesn't hold good in this case. College-bred refers to something which requires a fearful amount of dough, is seldom selfraising, and usually proves to be nothing but a four-year loaf.?The Reader's Digest. p. s. o. A Dawning Industry Virile young men up in New York are getting from $100 to $500 for being "anonymous" fathers. Just think of the money that has been wasted in South Carolina!?New York has always known of children "without benefit of clergybut now they have them without benefit of fathers. And so a custom long favored by the human race has started its demise. What They Think This University (Carolina) has in very truth hatched three times as many office-seekers in the last thirty years as any other institution in the state has?and some of its well-wishers take no great pride in the record." Such is the recent biting editorial inditement of politics as practiced on the University of South Carolina campus, appearing in the Charleston News and Courier. . And we fear that this statement mirrors all too accurately the attitude of the thinking public in the state towards its University. It helps to explain why this school is perhaps the most heartily hated institution of higher learning in the state. Certainly it gives mor, than a clue to the annual agitation in the state legislature toward the abolishment of fraternities on the campus and the discriminating appropriation cuts that threaten the very life of the school. -It would be interesting to observe the statewide reaction caused by a real insight of citizens into politics as practiced on the campus today. The recent student body meeting to hear candidates for student offices was typical. Eleven candidates were scheduled to speak. What they advocated or the principles that they stood for will never be known. From the outset they were greeted by a laughjng, yelling and stamping mob. Every utterance, however trivial, was greeted with a roar. A few mumbled words and the candidate retired, laughed down by an audience that would have better graced the State Hospital for the Insane than the chapel of the University. Apparently the Political Powers That Be had a throttle hold on the election. Certainly the appearance of candidates was a pathetic farce. following the aspirants for office came a series of extemporaneous orations by certain of the campus idols that poked fun at unavoidable deficiencies in the speech and manner of certain of the candidates and mimicked in mocking tones the sincere plea of the foregoing speakers for "clean politics." As a fitting close for the occasion a well-known campus politician mounted the platform and expressed his deep satisfaction at seeing his dream of politics in the open realized as candidates for office addressed the student body. He also lauded the recent attempt to do away with the honor system. So long as such moronic exhibitions are to be seen on the campus and the intelligent majority of the student body bow abjectly to the relentless minority of grasping politicians this University can expect little sympathy from its "wellwishers." Certainly we can expect little approbation of our political methods up to date. No one qan deny that we need less of politics and politicians on this campus. It seems to us that the stress should be laid on leaders and leadership. Without this change the University can never expect to be respected by her sister institutions of learning in the state nor looked up to by the better class of her citizens. u. a. o. The Reformer's Little Note Monday's student body meeting was a good thing in only two respects;?it was a step in the right direction, and it accomplished some good in that the students were given the opportunity of seeing the candidates for the various offices. The Gamecock honors this attempt and again affirms its views on this question. The Gamecock advocates this procedure i Each candidate, for a student body office, should formulate a clear, definite platform. A platform which bears evidence that the candidate has given some thought to the multiple campus problems and, therefore, is able to undertake some really constructive work in the event he is elected. The candidate should list his activities so that he may show he is trained in the type of work required by the office for which he is running. This platform, and this record, should be presented to the student body either through the medium of The Gamecock, or by stump speaking. The various candidates should be required to appear before the student body meetings so that the students may be given the opportunity of seeing their would-be leaders. The Gamecock does not offer this procedure as a panacea for all of the evils of politics. The Gamecock offers it as a sincere, worthwhile move in the betterment of campus affairs. To become effective, such a procedure must be I backed by some strong organization. The Gamecock whistles for the attention of the Ic&dership fraternities, Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key, Alpha Kappa Gamma, and Kappa Sigma Kappa! The whole-hearted support of any one of these organizations would insure the success of almost any serious, worthwhile campaign. / Clariosophic Society To *> Adopt New Constitution CCONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) cessive readings for discussion, amendments, and approval. Many ridiculous by-laws and pro- Pj" visions, as viewed by the present gen- Zit eration, were stricken out and the prcs- ,nl ent document is about half as long as ve the first one. Rules to the effect that w> no member should hang his hat on the monuments in the hall, that no one n0 should spit in the fire place, and so forth are examples pf those strickcn Ci out by the society. Under the new governing body the tl? officers will be president, vice-presi- Pot dent, critic, secretary, treasurer, scr- SCI geant-at-arms, and two monitors. This W provision does away with the office of fif' reporter, the three members of the board of pardons, and recorder. The tlx duties of the board of pardons arc da now handled by the executive com- he mittce, those of recorder by the sccrc- in tary, and those of reporter by a regular wr member of The Gamccock staff. ws One section of the revised constitu- T1 tion states that all elections will be he on the second Tuesday after the first ac Monday in January and in May. A W1 senior in the academic school shall he s,c elected president in the January elcctions and a junior in the academic th< school at the May elections. Under this section next Tuesday J? night is the time for the regular elec- t'11 tions but the society voted to postpone them until the following Tuesday night so as not to conflict with the May Queen coronation. The society's representatives to the debating council shall be elected at stt the May elections and only members pui of the rising junior and senior, and sh graduate classes are eligible. So that the society might have rir more interested stories, the body tin passed an amendment to allow the so- to, ciety as a whole consider and arrange a program for the following meeting, tal Another provision provides for three aft medals other than the presidents: ho these to be for the winner of the dc- bu claimer's, orator's, and debater's contests. hu New members will be initiated on W at the first meeting in each month and Cc some member of the group shall read Ft the entire constitution to them. Y? The proposed constitution was taken up section by section and voted on an separately. Several of the new seetions envoked much discussion and ex- *a planation, but only one or two were ce objected to or amended. Richard Foster and Lonnie Causey ^ were extended a rising vote of appre- ^ ciation for their outstanding work in ^ defeating Columbia university during their recent two weeks' trip to New York. J," Jack Killea, Clarence Davenport, ??/ James Moore, Wade Bush and How- w< ard Davis were initiated at this time. so Wallace and Preston Cone, and Woodrow Davis were elected to rcgu- fr( lar membership. , co Prof. Carson Lectures On Scientist In Address ^ sh "The day of the scientist has come in the last few years," said Professor tci H. C. Carson in speaking of the great an scientists of the University in an ad- se dress in the chapel Wednesday morn- at iug. Citing the lives of several men ca prominent in the scientific fields, he de gave a brief biographical sketch of T1 each. He attributed his knowledge of co the men in part to Dr. LaBorde's his- pij tory of the state. ha Paul H. Carout, he cited was a ca Frenchman and served on the Uni- ca versity faculty for five years. He was dismissed because he could not ac- do quire the professional dignity de- s*? manded by the students and trustees, th Charles Devar Simmons also had tin bright hopes for a successful career. Pu Special appropriations were made to ca equip the laboratory with the neces sary material. In January after his tal election his career was cut short when be he drowned in a creek. II That Edward D. Smith was a pains- a? OOOOOOOOOOOOOO' I B ? HART SCHj cS Economic <xxxxxxxxx>o<xx> 'Literary Wor Be Out The Literary Workshop, the first j inted intercollegiate literary maga- < le devoted exclusively to the writ- 1 ajs of students in colleges and uni- 1 rsities throughout the United States, i 11 make its initial appearance the 1 st week in May, according to an an- i uncement from the publication's of- < e, 229 West' 28th Street, New York ty. 4 The magazine will contain a selec- ] >n of short stories, feature articles, 1 etry and reviews, chosen from manu- < ripts submitted to The Literary 1 orkshop by students in more than i ty undergraduate institutions. 1 Leading authorities will criticize J e contents of each issue in accor- ] nee with the publication's aim of i ing an aid to professors and students ] the teaching and assimilation of i iting technique, according to Ed- "V ird A. Sand of the editorial board. 1 ic Literary Work shop, he said, will 1 representative of the literary i hievement of student writers and 11 be their common organ of expres- t >11 through which they may make ! smselves and their abilities known in ? sir respective fields. ! Leaders in schools of English and 1 urnalism at universities throughout 1 e country have endorsed the maga- i olumbian Remembers " Remote School Days (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) idents build fires around the cam- ] s before a game with Clemson now," ' c added. ( "You students don't know how to ] ig the chapel bell like they did back cn; it just doesn't sound like it used | " she said. , A gruesome touch was added to the , e when she related that ten years ter the civil war she gathered many | ncs of the soldiers who had been ried on Gibbes Green. "During the war the University ildings were used for hospitals, hen Sherman was approaching, the i mfederates brought several wounded 1 ;dcral men into the hospital so the uikees wouldn't fire on it. Many of J e soldiers died while in the hospital ; d were buried on Gibbes Green. \ bout ten years later the bodies were , ken up and buried in Elmwood j mctery. "They moved only the big bones at\d ^ picked up many small toe and finger ( nes," she continued, measuring the proximate length of the skeleton re- , ains on her finger. When questioned about what she . d with them she said she buried em near a small tree on the campus, md I have always believed they ire the rpason for that tree growing fast," she finished. The old well that was formerly in int of Harper College was a sort of mmunity gathering place, according ' this lady. "I have never tasted iter, before or since, that was as >od as what came out of that well," 1 e said. 1 Carolina students of those days ofri played pranks on the professors d the narrator spoke of a case where 1 veral boys sought to have some fun President Maxcey's expense. The boys planned to take the family rriage of "Old Prex," as the presi nt was called, to "Turkey Point." . lis was the place where the college oks prepared for eating chickens, 1 [?s, and so forth, that the students d stolen. In some way "Prex" be ine aware of the plot and hid in his rriage. The students, all unaware j his presence, pulled the vehicle 1 iwn to "Turkey Point" where they irted to take the wheels off. Imagine | eir surprise when there issued from e coach a voice commanding them to ill the vehicle back up the hill to the ? rriage house?they did. IT, H. ?.? king and efficient teacher seems to the opinion of his contemporaries. 1 c was born in Charleston and at the ;e of fourteen entered Princeton. He DOOOOOOOOOOOO Watch For Opening Of ELK'; Clothing Store Mimnaugh's Old Stand HOME OF \FFNER AND MARX il Wearing Apparel for the Oollej GKXXXXXXXXXXX> / kship" WiU Early In May tine. Dean James Routh, Department >? Literature and Journalism, Ogle:horpe University, calls it "a fine ventre." Miss Agnes F. Perkins, Department of English, Wellesley Colcge, says, "the proposal to publish a student publication is an excellent ane." Others include Dr. Henry Rathbone, :hairman, Department of Journalism, New York University; Assistant Dean Bruckcr, Columbia University School >f Journalism; Associate Dean Frank i,. Martin, School of Journalism, University of Missouri; Professors Wilard Grosvenor Bleyer, School of Tournalism, University of Wisconsin; Ralph D. Casey, chairman, Departnent of Journalism, University of Minnesota; Vernon McKenzie, Department of Journalism, University of ' Washington; Effie Jane Wheeler, Engish Department, Whcaton College; Franklin Banner, Department of Jourtalism, Pennsylvania State College. Miss Sylvia Chatfield Bates, Assisant Professor of Journalism and Short story Writing at New York University, editor of "20th Century Short stories," author of many novels, is advisory editor. The editorial board are Mr. Sand, Richard C. Sidon and Nornan Aaronson. Payne, Dowtin Elected To Edit Gamecock (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) Rodgers, Jr., and Lewis Brabham; V. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. editor! ' oatherinc Turner; sorority editor, Bennie Grey Lewis. T he assistant business manager will >c Atherton Whaley and the staff assistants Shannon M i m s, Douglas sturkie and Freeman Coggins. U. 8. O.? Coronation Of May Queen To Be Tuesday (CONTINUED FROM l?AOE ONE) iiame of the University of South Caroina. Following the coronation the D^an Dancers will present a program. Blister Spann and his Gamecocks will furnish the music both for the coronation ceremony and for the dance which will follow it immediately. The feature of the ball will be the Brand march led by the May Queen, the maid of honor, and the maids. The Dean Dancers will appear in a floor show for the dance. The social cabinet composed of Red Watts and Louis Rosen is in charge of the coronation and they are making every effort to make it even more beautiful than those of preceding years in spite of the small budget on .vhich they are being forced to operate. The following are those who will appear in the court: Mary Wright Shand, Eliza McNulty, Katherine Craven, Alys Whaley, Lois Kirkley, Irene Chitty, Katherine Townsend, Musidora DuBose, Eulee Lide, Margaret Niggle, Josephine Timberlak'e, Agnes Hughes, Aline Horton, Louisa FerKueson, Elizabeth Thomas, Kelly Gillespie, Shirley Bailey, Margaret Stephenson, Mary Smith, Courtenay Atkinson, Avis Hunt, Ruth Gayden, Jimmy Lou Bishop, lima Wald, Eleanor Woodcox, Caroline Mikell, Mary Wallace Johnson, Mary Gilmore, Bessie Vigodsky and Coles Heyward. ir. s. c. was doctor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and died of fever in 1809. Thomas Cooper was probably the greatest scholar ever at the University. He became president of the school two years after his arrival but never became adjusted to Southern customs. Such other prominent men as James and Joseph Leconte, Robert W. Gibbes, William H. El let, who exhibited the first electric telegraph in the state, were taken up in turn by the speaker. OOOOOOOOOOOOO S I : CLOTHES X ?e Man X ( 1