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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor . Frid?y of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina Entered as second class matter at the poatoffice at Columbia, 8 O.. November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College I'resa Association and National College I'resa Association Subscription Rate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising ratea furnished upon Request Office* in the basement of Extension Building l'hone 8123?Kxtension 11 MEMBER fflwocinted CjfeUejiatf ' KADOOM VrtSCOHSM _ EXECUTIVE BOARD 'I?"N c- Iaynk Editor-in-chief I oiolah Iucki.inu Business Manager Mark 1)owtin Managing Editor Judson Cikkooky Circulation Manager Maby 1A)K1> - Co-ed Editor ASSOCIATES I'inckney Walker. LeVcrne Hughes, l'htlip Sabbagha, Fred Humbriirlit associate editors; Miles Elliott. T. T. Moore. Jack Killca. associate managing editors. REPORTORLAL Ellen Freeman, news editor; Howard Cooper, sports editor; Miriam starJ-Cr\vH^l.tre f ti\ t)or?.th>' Uunovant, Co wl news editor; Claud KlovTl tto,5nh f,r .nUy- e,, it,:r,; Amelia DesChamps, alumni editor; Tnrn.r v m r> ?" ,*ra,,',ll,n. assistant sport* editors; Catherine ?.i!t t lC X' an- , ' C< editor; Bonnie Urev Lewis, Sororitv t u-i"in hoggins Douglas Sturkie, Shannon Minis, assistants; Atherton \\ ha ley, assistant business manager. CIRCULATION r red \\. Kills, Sam Cleland, James Walsh, Robert Hrown, assistant circulation maraKcis. CROWING FOR The reform of the present political system by the destruction of the spoils system. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1!KS4 Forty-Pour Cents This year the regular charge of forty-four cents will he charged students for the Clenison game. As usual the students will he forced to pay this fee in addition to the money they have already paid through the student activity fee to see all home games. An investigation will show no grounds for the continuation of this charge. It is levied on the students because of the insistence of the Clenison authorities. There is no contract binding the University to collect the fee. Our authorities are merely accepting the dictation of the Clenison authorities. 1 he Clenison authorities have 110 power to insist 011 the payment. The custom grew up many years ago but there is no legal agreement at present that binds the University authorities to continue t4ie custom. kacli jear the students of the University pav their activity fee which entitles them to free admission to all home games. The Clenison authorities insist that the Carolina-Clemson game is not a home game. Their contention is illogical and indefensible. The game is played 011 the same field 011 which other Carolina home games are played. It is played in the home city of the University. It cannot be classed as anything but a home game. 1 he University authorities should merely inform the Clenison authorities that the custom is unfair and unjustified and that they refuse to recognize the validity of it any longer. U. 8. O. The Garnet And Black Elsewhere in this issue of The Gamecock is printed the budget for the 19J54-35 edition of the Garnet and Black. This is the budget drawn up by the director of student activities and the student officials of the Garnet and lilack. Even a casual study of the proposed budget will show that it is entirely unsound. Even with the most optimistic estimates of anticipated revenues and the complete abolition ot student salaries a considerable deficit is anticipated. The actual deficit will probably be much larger than the deficit estimated because of failure of certain sources of income. You will notice that the estimates provide for over 100 per cent in advertising and a 40 per cent increase in collections from fraternity and sorority pages. We would like to know how these increases are justified. Last year the Garnet and lilack went into the hole almost. $2,000. This deficit was met by funds held in reserve in the sinking fund. This year no such reserve remains. Without a reserve to fall back upon the authorities have prepared a budget which is more than optimistic as regards revenue and yet even with these optimistic estimates, has a considerable deficit. There can be no justification for such a system of financing. The Garnet and lilack should face the fact that it must cease to function or function as a respectable business organization. The annual is a luxury, an extremely costly luxury. The time has come when the students can 110 longer support such a luxury.. Only 400 students so far have subscribed to the Garnet and lilack. It is apparent that the students are not behind the Garnet and Black. They do not feel that they can afford it. * We do not see how the authorities can allow the Garnet and Black to be issued this year under the present budget. Either the annual should be abolished or so limited that its logically anticipated revenues will balance its expenditures. Next WeeH; Next week a number of University students will go to Orangeburg for the 'annual Carolina-Citadel game. It is hoped that they will conduct themselves in an orderly manner. In the past the game has frequently been marred by disorders between individuals from the two institutions. We do not attempt to place the blame for these disorders but do caution University students to refrain from any actions that would be conducive to friction. There is much opposition to the University in various quarters throughout the state and opponents are willing to seize upon any excuse to criticize the University. The University cannot afford to be involved in any affair that could be used as political capital against it. At any cost the students must prevent anything happening that would shed an unfortunate light 011 the University. It must be remembered too, that the students are being received as guests of the City of Orangeburg. In the past that city has gone out of its way to make the trip a pleasant one. In return the students should conduct themselves as guests should. U. ? O. Change Needed With the close of each successive fraternity rushing period it becomes more and more apparent that there is a need for refifrm in the present system used. Criticism has been going on for a number of years and at the present time there is a widespread demand for change. Under the present system there are two outstanding difficulties, the inability of fraternities to contact men and the small number of dates available within the rushing period. Too often desirable men are contacted by a few fraternities at the beginning of the period and arc dated up solidly until the end of the season. Such a situation works a hardship 011 the fraternities and on the rusliec and is unfair to both. It is only fair to all concerned that the rushee see as many fraternities as possible and have as many dates with fraternities as possible during .the limited rushing period. Failure to contact men at all is also unfortunate for all concerned. It is not uncommon for fraternities to find it impossible to locate men until the rushing period is almost over. The small number of dates available within the rushing period is entirely the result of local practice. On our campus a rushee has only one date each evening. This practice should be changed to allow him to have several dates each evening. To remedy the present situation we recommend a modification of the system now used at the University of North Carolina. Under the system we propose there would be a silence period during the week ot registration to enable the fraternities to get in order after the summer vacation and the freshmen to settle themselves 011 the campus. During this period each fraternity would submit to the Pan-IIellcnic council its rushing list. At the end of this period 011 a given day, each house 011 the campus would give a reception to which each""inan 011 every rushing list would be invited. After these receptions ordinary rushing would prevail with the exception that dates with any particular fraternity would be limited to a certain time, say an hour or an hour-and-a-half. No fraternity would be allowed to have more than two dates with any man in one day. Such a system, if put into effect, would allow ever\ Iraternity to get in touch with a large number of desirable men and would allow every rushee to see every fraternity. The advantages to both the fraternity and the rushee arc obvious. Moreover, by limiting the time consumed for each date the fraternities would be able to get. more dates with rushees and the rushces would be able to see more fraternities. 1 nder such a system both fraternity and rushee could make a better decision than under the present unsatisfactory system. U. R. O. A Wise Move In rejecting the petition for membership of the Phi Delta Phi fraternity last Monday the Pan-IIellcnic council made an extremely wise move. Although there was much agitation in favor of the petition the council did the only logical thing it could do. We will not attempt to discuss the motives behind the petition. Many of these motives were good and there is some suspicion that some of them were otherwise, but the fundamental reason for rejecting the petition was that Phi Delta Phi has no place in the council. The council is an organization that was set up primarily to regulate rushing among the social fraternities 011 the campus. Its activities are those of social fraternities and its prime purpose is to prevent cut-throat rushing practices. Phi Delta Phi is alone in its field and for that reason does not come within the field of prime purpose of the council. IT. H. 0. After the last two liquor referendums in South Carolina, we suggest that the South Carolina emblem bo changed from the traditional palmetto to that of a web-footed camel. Carolina To-day %/ yi n Cookie? ni The prize crack of the week: A visi- K tor from New York, looking at the photographs of the nudist colony on ai Cat Island recently published in The q State, demanded, ^ "What do nudists do on masquerade A night? Put a raisin in their hair and go as a cookie?" I 01 English 129!? t And this is how you express it c| when you've had Babcock's vocabulary building. Speaking of a character in a short story, Sara, Rector said, "He was intoxicated, a* and sank into a state of oblivion." y The class, with one accord, translated, "He was drunk and passed out." The Ravages Of Time? ? Dean McKissick, asked about his part in a forthcoming Town theatre ^ production, chucked and reminiscenced, ^ 31 "The last time I was iit a play, I was the dwarf in Rip Van Winkle." 11 New Members? r The rumor is going 'round that the butler at the Kappa Alpha house was elected into the German club last Tuesday. It seems. ^ that his name was sandwiched in j among the list of K. A. pledges and nobody knew the difference y until after the election was over. j What are you going to do, K. A.'s, take him along as bartender? Sissy LeRoy? ^ When students in a certain Bible class walked out after ten minutes, last aI week, two were left in the room, keep- j? ing the home fires burning. And one of them was LeRoy Stroud. n< " No, Indeed"? th A professor recently digressed in class and discussed the benefits t'1 to be derived by the human race tr from the abolition of automobiles. ^ Glancing at an attractive co-ed, he demanded, "Wouldn't you rather walk five miles with your boy friend than ^ ride five rriiles with him?" , he "No, indeed, I wouldn't" she re- Gf sponded emphatically. tj1 4 Sallie, You Win? dt As an old and experienced dingle ourselves, we congratulate Sallie (ll Bailey. She wanted to go to the circus parade the other day, but had a class. a So she waltzed up to the instructor, Stephan, and suggested, "Professor, don't you want to see the parade? I 111 have a car outside if you'd like to go." t'1 They went. 1,1 be Adamant? But Norwood was more hardhearted. Noticing the longing expressions of members of his hr Shakespeare class, as the strains sc of the calliope floated through the di window, he not only refused to let S< them out until the bell rang, but also dashed up to the board and cc assigned a term paper. m th Barnum The Second? Showmanship, that's what Mozingo's to got, according to all students who wit- c': nessed his speech Wednesday night in the chapel. He entered clad in a rii grey suit, with accessories of whisk fir broom, two alarm clocks, a red tic, c': "high water" pants, and a diagram t'1 of tit-tat-toe outlined on his back. Among the testimonials he read '.U were some from Jiinmie Durante, Mae !' West, and Sally (also) Rand. ... . an Mis prize crack was "I don't promise aj, a New Deal, but I do promise a good cjc shuffle, and no Culbcrtson system." jj( gii Stadium Rededicated? rc Around 5 o'clock Sunday morning following the Carolina-V. M., hc I. game, six enthusiastic football 1,1 fans attempted a re-dedication of ,)C the new stadium. After completing what they considered the *r< proper ceremony, which included nc sitting in the cheering section and ,)C rendering several lusty yells, they departed for points unknown. nc to It Takes A Reporter? To go to sleep during band practise. q( That is what a journalism student did, cj. waiting for a chance to interview Dean ; ' Olson. V1 tic Coker Instructs? en The moral to this little tale is, tir don't go to sleep in a class of sh; Coker's. One student who did was re| compelled to repeat after him, cli seyeral times over, "I am waking Se up. I am waking up." ,n, Vinson Elected To Head Dance Club (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ear as assistant treasurer of <he Gcrlan club and is a member of the Sigia Alpha Epsilon and Otnicron Delta 1 .appa fraternity. Black, a senior in the school of arts id science, is. an ex-president of the otillion club and an ex-editor of the arolinian. He is a member of the ! Ipha Tau Omega fraternity. i Prevost, a Pi Kappa Phi, is a soph more in the school of commerce. ' At the same meeting an election of j ew members took place but was de- ' arcd invalid because of certain ir- ' igularities in the balloting. Another iceting of the club will be called at * i early date to elect new members. ' U. R. O. * .eague Made Debate , Topic By Euphradians i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) octrine and laissez faire jx)licy that j merica has always tried to follow. Those 'Caking in behalf <>f the I-eague were; orse, Rubin, Payne, Bass, and Gaffney, 1 id those who argued against it were ' ozingo, Littlejohn, Douglas, Solomon, amilton, and Williamson. ( After two hours of heated argument < Student Body (CONTINUED FRO J ic Vice-Presideiit to preside in theli >scnce of the President; in the abncc of both the President and the ^ ice-President, the duty of presiding < 'all devolve upon the Secretary and j reasurer. L Section 3?It shall be the duty of I? ic Secretary and Treasurer to take i id preserve legible minutes of all tudent Body assemblies, to preserve r id dispense such fun<js as may come ] to his hand. L Section 4?It shall be the duty of i ie Student Council to conduct alHj :cessary correspondence relating to ] ie Student Council or to the interests any member thereof. It shall be ] ie duty of the Student Council to j ansact all business which does not f r its nature necessitate the action of c Student Body in assembly. It shall < ; the duty of the Student Council to 1 nduct, by secret ballot, all elections which every member of the Stu- j int Body is qualified to cast his or t .r ballot; and it shall be the duty! ] the Student Council to announce 1 ic result of the said election. Section 5?The President of the Stu- I] 'lit Body shall lx> ex-officio chairman Hj the Student Council. It shall re-k lire a two-thirds majority of the Stu- i .'lit Council to constitute a quorum; |j majority of the quorum present shall ! sufficient to conduct all business, j c Section f>?The chairman shall call c ectings of the Student Council on j e first Wednesday of each school M onth, and at all other times it may s ' deemed advisable. t ARTICLE IV 1 Honor Principle and Organization Section 1?The* Honor Committee * is jurisdiction over the Academic I hool; the term academic includes all L visions of the University except the :hool of Law. Section 2 The Honor Committee j ^ insists of two representatives, one L an and one woman, from each of / e four Academic classes. Section ?The representatives arc be selected by their respective asses at meetings called for that sole irpose. The meetings of the three I sing upper classes shall be held the t st week of May. The Freshman tl ass shall elect its representatives in L c first week of November. I Section 1?(a) There shall be a miniating committee composed of a c Presidents of the three rising upper asses and two delegates, one man a d one woman, from each of the I ove-mcntioned classes. Also the two t< inior members of the then existing r onor Committee. The two clans dele-1 n toft shall be clcctcd along with the I (| f/ular elass officers. Jp (b) The nominating committee shall o ?ld its meeting three weeks prior to ii c date set for the election of nicni- S rs to the Honor Committee. r, (c) Each class shall have selected am its membership at least four e uninees, two boys and two girls c ing the minimum. v (d) The nomination made by the c minating committee shall be handed o the Presidents of the respective isscs. e (e) The members on the Honor s< >mmittee representing the Freshman b iss shall be elected at a special meet- s f? and not at the regular class elec>n. Section 5?The term of office shall Ii d the second week in May, at which it ne the members of the committee all be succeeded by the newly elected it presentatives of the rising upper II isses, except in the case of the b nior representatives. These latter ol ?mbers will serve with the new com- ti Y. M. C. A. Budget Announced By Bell (CONTINUED FROM PAQB ONE) Dr. G. F. Lipscomb, Prof. H. C. Davis, Prof. J. R. McKissick, Dr. H. R. Murrliison, H. L. Holley, M. A. Boycc, E. W. Masters, Tom Crawford, Harold DeLorme, and J. P. Coates. The budget is as follows: Expenses honorarium "Jim" Hardwick ?100.00, Sunday Vespers and religious meetings $200.00, Freshmen $50.00, Sophomore Council $25.00, Discussion Groups (Banquet) $100.00, Newspapers, pool table, ping pong table, etc. $165.00, Spring Discussion' Groups $50.00, Socials P50.00, Deputation Work $200.00, Office Rxpenses $100.00, Bine Ridge Conference ?75.00, Dues to National Council $50.00, finance Campaign $50.00, Miscellaneous ?100.00, Totals $1,325.00. There was a deficit last year of $112.06, :he first deficit in the history of the Y. M. C. A. The freshmen camp cost the "Y".$200.H) and the handbook $175.00. These were aken care of by fees and advertisements. iro and con, the bill was voted on and lassed by a small majority. 1914 was the peak year for immigraion. During that year. 1,218,480 aliens jntercd the United States. Constitution <\ PAGE THREE) nittec until the end of the school year. Section 0?(a) During the second veek in May, the male members of the Senior class incumbent shall call and ^reside at a meeting of the new comnittee, at which time the chairman and secretary shall be selected by the comnittee from its own membership. (b) It shall be the duty of the chairnan to preside over all meetings of the Honor Committee. It shall be the luty of the Secretary to keep, complete ninutes of all proceedings, to record ill verdicts and all constructions of the Honor code. Section 7?(a) The decisions of the Honor Committee shall be final and ibsolutc on all questions coming heore it for consideration. (b) To be convicted, a defendant shall be adjudged guilty by all mcm>ers of the committee save one. Section 8?The Honor Committee ihall have jurisdiction over all quesions involving a breach of honor. Breach of honor to apply only to disloncsty and stealing. Section 9?Upon conviction by the Honor Committee, the defendant shall e indefinitely suspended from the University, except in the case of a Freshnan. The Committee may exercise ts discretion in such cases. Section 10?(a) All hearings shall be :onducted privately. Only members >f the Honor Committee and the defendant shall be regularly present. fhere shall be no attorneys or representatives for cither the committee or he defendant. Such witnesses as are ' icccssary may be introduced. II (b) The proceedings and actions of W ill meetings shall be in secret and not lisclosed outside of the meetings. (c) Th6 accuser must appear heore the accused at trial. Section 11?Every student is requested and cxpce.tcd to uphold the lonor of the University by warning nd reporting all violators of the Honor *rineiplc. ARTICLE V Ity-Laws Section 1?The rules contained in lobcrts' Rules of Order shall govern he Student Body in all cases where icy arc not inconsistent with the Contitution and By-Laws of the Student My, Section 2?Business may be transcted by a majority, of those present. Section a?Proposed amendments nd additions to the Constitution and iy-Laws shall be submitted in writing > the Student Body assembly and shall i equire these to be read three times, 0 reading within an interval of three ays from the preceding reading. The roposed amendment may be discussed I nly after the second and third rcadigs. It shall require a two-thirds >tudcnt Body vote to carry the third M cading. Section 4?The May Queen jfhall be lccted the second Friday in April, the | oronation to be held during the first /eek of May. Only Junior and Senior | o-eds shall be eligible for the office f May Queen. Section 5?The cheerleader shall be lccted from the Student Body the ccond Tuesday in May, his election to c effective during the succeeding sesion. I, Section G?This Constitution shall be ublishcd not less than once each year 1 Tiie Gamecock, and at n time durig the early part of the first term... Section 7?During the second week l October of each year the Student >ody shall elect three (3) of its memera to serve with two (2) members F the faculty, to be elected at the same me, on the Social Cabinet. I