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' ' ? The Gamecock Founded January 30t 19Q8 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Published Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies of the University of 8nutn Carolina Enteral as second claw matter at the postotfice at Columbia, 8. O.. November 20. 1908 Member of South Carolina College Cress Association and National College PreMi Association Subscription Rate?J2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising tates furnished upon Request OiTices in the basement of Extension Uuilding Phone 8123? Extension 11 MEMBER Associated gbllcgiatf flPrcss ' (lyiSfSior?! '935 THAWSOW WISCOKSJN EXECUTIVE BOARD John C. Payne Editor-in-Chief !Dol'olas Ficklino Business Manager Mark Dowtin Managing Editor Judson Gkeqoby Circulation Manager Mary Ford Co-ed Editor ;i ASSOCIATES Pinckney Walker, LeVerne Hughes, Philip Sabbagha, Fred Hambright, , associate editors; Miles Elliott, T. T. Moore, Jack Killcn, associate managing edltois. REPORTORIAL Ellen Freeman, news editor; Howard Cooper, sports editor; Miriam Lander, feature editor; Dorothy Dunovant, Co-ed news editor; Claud Starr Wright, fraternity editor; Amelia DesCliamps, alumni editor; Jfloyd Rodgers, Jr., Lewis Brabham, assistant sports editors; Catherine Turner, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. editor; Bonnie drey Lewis, Sorority 'editor; Freeman Coggins, Douglas Sturkie, Shannon Mims, assistants; ^Atherton Whaley, assistant business manager. ' CIRCULATION ;Fred W. Ellis, Sam Cleland, James Walsh, Robert Brown, assistant circulation wnrngcra. , : CROWING FOR {The reform of the present political system by the dej struction of the spoils system. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1934 1 ? 4 ] Expensive Dresses | We have commented before in this column on f certain glaring evils connected with the present .| administration of the Social Cabinet. These evils j are primarily connected with the lack of supervision of the gym dances and are obvious on the very face of the matter. Another phase of the matter is less ; apparent but equally as bad. ! Each year the May Queen selects between twenty and thirty co-eds to act in her court. Each of these . girls purchases a dress for the occasion. All these j dresses are of the same pattern and must be ob: tained from the same firm. The selection of the .* firm to furnish these dresses is left either to the I May Queen or to the Social Cabinet. The selection is arbitrary and every maid. must purchase her dress from the firm selected. When the Social Cabinet selects the firfn there exists a ripe opportunity for graft in the form of commissions extorted from the firm before the order will be given. When the May Queen herself selects the firm she may do so through some politician who has promised his support to her candidacy in return for this political plum. In either case those having it in their power to make the selection may reap a handsome profit. It must be remembered that where such a situation exists the commissions are generally tacked onto the price of the dresses and arc ultimately paid by the girls in the May court. This evil can be eliminated by one of two ways. Either the contract for the dresses should be let on a strictly bid basis or a faculty committee should be appointed to act as intermediate agent between the girls in the May court and the merchants. The co-eds must realize that they are paying through the nose for this form of political graft and that their only chance to stop such extortion is to insist that the granting of the contract for these dresses be let on a non-political basis. U. 8. O. Out Of Pocket Each year the senior class digs into its pockets and pulls out literally hundreds of dollars to support one of the so-called "legitimate" grafts that flourish on the campus. This graft is not dishonest but it is costly. We refer to the caps and gowns and the senior rings racket. Under the present system these traditional features of graduation are handled by students. These students work on a commission basis and these commissions are tacked onto the price of the rings and caps and gowns. For this reason the seniors pay anywhere up to 100 per cent more than they would have to pay if they could make arrangements without a paid intermediary. There is no objection to any students making an honest dollar but when he makes it at the expense of his fellow students he is robbing them. There is also the added factor of political patronage' entering into the conducting of these agencies. The University authorities owe it to the students to take over the sale of rings and the renting of caps and gowns on a non-profit basis. It is the duty of the University to reduce the expense of students as much as possible. P. . o. The banks of Loch Lomand may be all right for some but personally we prefer the Chase National. Cold weather is coming but they don't turn the hot air on in the State House until January. The veterans seemed .determined to stick to the Latin meaning of bonus. y N v !3559E552S&EXSE335S3^BEBSBS9BSS35?S9SSS33&S55S555!SESI55&S&9B? An Historic Institution Tomorrow the freshman class will go to the sundial and elect its officers. After their election these officers will serve as purely, nominal leaders of the class. They will be non-functioning. They will serve 110 purpose. They will have no duties, jus! as the officers of-the other classes, elected last spring have 110 duties. The election of class officers is an historic insti tution which has long since outlived any usefulness that it might once have possessed. The elec tion serves merely to gratify tho? personal ambition of members of the various classes. If the classes funptioned actively as definite organizations there might be some excuse for the election of officers but the classes seldom if ever even hold meetings.' We have 110 quarrel with the desire of students for individual recognition. . But the class elections have an influence which is definitely bad. They have become the creature of the prevailing political spoils system which has so definitely destroyed the unity and cohesion of the student body on the campus. The class officers are non-functioning honorary positions and as such are more than suitable fields for the workings of the political spoilsmen. Each time the students destroy an institution of such a nature they take one more step in the fight to really rid the campus of the present corrupt political system. They cannot destroy this type of politics by temporarily destroying individual politician ; they must destroy the system under which the politicians work. We will grant that there is an occasional need for class meetings and that there is a need for a presiding officer to call these meetings and to preside over them when called. Under the present system of class organization, however, there is 110 need for more than one permanent official. A salutary move would be to destroy all the class offices now in existence and replace them by one class chairman for each class. In this way the political spoils involved in class elections would be reduced by seventy-five per cent and the efficiency of what class organization exists would be in 110 way reduced. The advantages of such action far outweigh any disadvantages that might be incurred. U. B. O. The Alumni Situation A cause of continued dissatisfaction in past years among the supporters of the University has been the alumni situation. The Alumni Association has been small and has not functioned effectively. There has been an increasing complaint that the association is interested primarily in football. Though not altogether true, this last charge has some justification. Behind these complaints ^rests one fundamental condition. The association is not iunctioning to the full extent of its usefulness largely because it is not adequately organized. As the situation exists today the association is attempting to do all its work through one central office. This central organization cannot function adequately in connection with many of the problems confronting the alumni and necessarily devotes its most obvious efforts to those lines of endeavor which cannot be handled except through a central office, the getting of football tickets, for instance. If the association is to function adequately, it must first attempt the organization of local units. There should be in each county and principle town in the state small local units to take care of local interests of the University. Such organization could meet occasionally to promote good fellowship and to discuss and act 011 local problems connected with the University. In times when concerted action 011 the part of all alumni were needed they would provide a method of immediately contacting all the alumni. , It is becoming increasingly evident that to get good students to come to any college today special effort must 1m made to contact these men while they are still in high school and impress 011 them the advantages of the college or university which you desire them to attend. Such a method is being used effectively by colleges everywhere and the University is already beginning to feel the effect of the activities of other colleges within this state. Local alumni groups arc the best available method for such contact work. If the University alumni do not take some action in the near future to actively encourage the best type of high school graduates to attend the University, the University can only anticipate a future student body sadly inferior in quality and probably in quantity to that of other colleges within the state. It is also imperative that the University have some means of educating the members of the General Assembly to the needs of the Univeristy. We have suffered severely in the past because of adverse legislation. Such a situation can be prevented in the future only by concerted action on the part of those who know the needs of the University. Work of this type cannot be carried out effectively by the central officc. If the association hopes to function with any degree of success it must realize the need for local units and organize such units at the earliest possible opportunity. Speaking of the State House, we suppose the new elevator being installed thero is to take care of the lame ducks. < 7>i* v. " ' . a' ) ; ' . $ V--V Carolina i To-day tl i They Are ai , Last week we hoped in this column ^ that Clemson football players were jG . better in their chosen field than Tiger 's( editorial writers. And with laudable jj frankness we admit that they arc. i Prof Disapproves Adage 5 "Time waits for no man" was n( > proven false recently, when a cer- . tain professor informed his class, "We ihall postpone Time imtil next Tuesday." . ** > The explanation?the Magazine t ; Time is studied by the class. ^ , More Dirt on the German Some enterprising young journalist should get a human interest story out ai ! of Pete Cobb's experiences at the last tl German. Just before the dance began a< , he was held up on Main street at the ai point of a pistol by a strange man who lo | demanded to be taken to the German and provided with a tuxedo. Pete "] secured the tuxedo but balked at the fj ; other part of the demand, and scurried fli into the door alone. I It's a Matter of Principle Last year it was Frank Haskell/ this year it's Miriam Lander. [ Blithely she trips into all classes at least fifteen minutes late. Babcock demanded, the other day, cr "Miss Lander, did you ever in your ^ life get to class on time?" Miriam t'< i says she did once. E sc There's Method Outsiders have often wondered why * members of a certain sorority patronize so religiously a certain drug store. [ Now the mystery is explained. Every time they go there the proprietors give OI them candy. tj. lii Acute Disapproval y( When argument in an English class of Wagner's became partic- sc ularly heated Wednesday, Mac ^ Matthews, campus poet, became so incensed that he got up and wrathfully strode from the room, disi gust written on every feature. cc Fate cl Two sorority sisters who play tennis ? with each other about once a week were opposed to each other in the quarter finals of the tennis tournament. The funny part of it is that the woman t who usually beats insists that the other a, one can beat her. i q. in Lazy Eleanor tj, For pure lack of energy we tj( nominate Eleanor Woodcock. She ai was recently so exhausted by the time for her hockey class that she persuaded a pal to drive her to sc the field, and up on the field, be- ca hind the goalposts. There she 111 mustered up enough of that old cl vim and vigor to get out of the i?j car and on to the field. T Faculty Authors Two books by members of the faculty arc soon to be published. One, by ac Maurice Matteson, is on ballads; the other, by Dr. Reed Smith, on Shakes- pr . peare. U su Honest Confession rc At last a faculty member has G told all. He admits that faculty T meetings are very tiresome, almost to as much so, he intimates, as cer-, Q\ tain classes. tc News Dingling is becoming more obvious f,, as the semester progresses. Recently a co-ed handed in to Babcock a de- ~~ scription in which she declared him an excellent professor. And was his face red! Latest on Chasers It is rumored that members of Phi Sigma Kappa are highly in- gj dignant because a sorority which has in former days dedicated its efforts to them alone are now cc transferring its affections to Sigma Phi Epsilon. More Sophomoric Euridition P' Asked for a definition of canon (church) law, a sophomore answered, sc "Canon law is rule by force. When w a nation says or docs something another nation does not like, the usual procedure is by canon law?fighting it m out." w re Family History hi At a recent meeting of the M Beaux-Arts club someone embarrassed Bob Cheatham by inquiring if Bessie Cheatham was his fi< daughter. vc w Guilty Conscience? ac Spot Mo*ingo, visiting the Game- *h cock office Wednesday night, was greatly interested in the account of the joint meeting of the two men's S< . lubmit Your Balloting n All-American Contest (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ' . , , Returns from the contest indicate thfct lcre is yet a wide variance of opinion s to just who the best players for the lany positions are. Consequently, there I still ample opportunity for Carolina :udfcnts to gain ground for their choices, they submit their ballots immediately. When the contest closes at?the end f football season, the ballots will be illied, and the winning players anaunced and awarded medals, which will , gnify that they arc the choices of the ation's collegians as the outstanding :rformers of the year. ??u. m. v. Tale And Princeton Set Styles For Collegians (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) \ id Princeton men appear as "lords" to leir high school brothers. The latter ] :ccpt their dress as the "nc plus ultra" id then father, in quest of youth, foliws their lead. Furthermore, Mr. Heuslein stated, Men are not influenced by Women's ishions, but women arc greatly inuenccd by men's attire." < >ean Elliott Talks On Trip To Europe (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) The officers of the Euphrdsynean Lit- < ary society this year arc as follows: ' resident, Lodema Gaines; vice-presi- ' :nt, Bessie Cheatum; secretary, Nell . tchison; treasurer, Katherine Town- . nd. lypation Society Elects Three New Members i (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) i the structure of her predecessors in ic t>fficc of president, Miss Brown outned her aims for the society during this :ar. A proposal to amend the constitution 1 > as to have only two elections during ic year, instead of three as formerly, ' as deferred until more new members e initiated. The society decided at this time to mtribute to the fund for robes for the lapel choir. lembers Are Selected 1 For Four Law Clubs (CONTINUE^ FROM PAOE ONE) ation and presentment of cases in a ?urt of law. The law clubs participate ( the moot trials, held from time to ; me throughout the year. Their posi511 is somewhat that of a law firm in ( i actual court. The time and place of meeting of the veral clubs will be announced at an rly date, according to Brown, and a , oot trial will be held as soon as the , ubs arc organized. ( ?ij. s. a.?? Eatteson Selects Those ; 'o Take Glee Club Trip t (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) company the singers on this trip. i Last year the Glee Club sang in the inciple cities of the eastern part of the i nited States and, as a climax to their iccessful journey, gave a New York cital over the National Broadcasting impany directed by George Engles. his season, as a culmination to their } ur, the club will enjoy an appearance i rer one of the major broadcasting sys- i ms. ( [erary societies. He's* still trying to i id the two dollars. ( On Othet DePauw University (Grccncastle, i id.) will be host to members of < gma Delta Chi, national professional urnajistic fraternity, when that orinization holds its silver anniversary ( invention there October 19-21, , < Leonid Kreutzer, eminent European 1 anist, will be presented in a series of ree recitals this winter at New Jery College for Women (New Bruns- c ick). ( "Unless business starts up, governent credit must crack under the cost, i liich is twice the cost of subsistence 1 lief," says Dean Wallace B. Donim, of the Harvard (Cambridge, ass.) Business School. ] I Florida's Governor David Sholtz of- t ially proclaimed this week as "Uni- ' rsity of Florida Week." Programs 3 ill be held throughout the istate to ( quaint citizens with the work of t e University students and staff. The 1934 biennial convention of t :abbard and Blade, national honorary < iioveuotr '4, iws* 9EnSflSaESEKXBSSBXtaSSU33aeSSSaE39KBKSi Freshmen Will Qo To Polls Saturday (CONTINUED FROlf PAGE ONE) Mauney, Gilmer Harrcl, Rex Williams. Historian: Earl Fulmer, George Brun- I son, Mae Maner, Clara Ellen Owens, Joe Nettles, and Evelyn Estcs. The election will be conducted by the members of the student council'. Due . to the football game with V. P. I. in the afternoon, it wjll be impossible to count the votes immediately after the election. In case of a second race, the date will be announced later. "Y" Set Goaf At One Thousand Dollars (CONTINUED FROM I'AOE ONE) " 1 through the following men: Douglas Garland, Boyd Dantzler, Sam Clcland, George Carroll, Buford Mabry, Shannon Minis, C. E. Mayes, LeRoy Lancaster, Emory Myers, Wilmot Brown, R. M. Shuler, Mark Sullivan, "Windy" Robinson, P. Fulmer, John Bigham, Bill Crisp, McRae Galloway, Shelton McDanicl, Pete Oliver, Jack Peele, J. B. Wessinger, Joe Campbell, M. A. Boyce, Tom Crawford, Ed Sallengcr, Jim Gibson, Harper Welborn, E. W. Masters, Leon Pickens, A. M. Shuler, Morgan Arant, Howard Cooper, L. A. Kitching, C. M. Shiver, Fred Ellis, Herbert Finchcr, Judson Gregory, J. E. Mayes, W. K. Pitts, M. T. Pitts, E. Robinson, Pat Smith, Ray Stokes, Harry Spann, Nathan Thomas, C. E. Simons, John Turnbull, George Tomlin, J. B. Willis, and j Joe Camak. Foster Announces, No Train To Furman. Game % (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ? idea. Last year a spccial train was taken to Auburn, and all students who attended he game were excuscd from their classes. Dr. Foster said this morning that any I move to excuse students from classes Lo attend the Carolina-Furman cofitest s would have to come through the proper authorities. Bids Open In November For Memorial Contract (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) materials; one, South Carolina granite; second, any granite; third, a specified limestone; fourth, any limestone. Members of the commission besides Governor Blackwood are the following: J. ' Monroe Johnson, Marion; Stanley Llewellyn, Camden; D. C. Heyward, Columbia; Mrs. Walter Duncan, Aiken; md Mrs. Richard Williams, Greenwood. Gramecock Will Not Enter Press Association | (CONTINUED FROM I'AOE ONE) nine the best col lege newspapers in the 1 state can be run 011 a better basis if the Eg jamccock is not represented. I11 the ten I rears during which the Gamecock partici- uj pated in the contest it won nine times, y The officials of the Gcimccock feel that JH he contest will prove more stimulating j o the other members of the association H f the Gumccock is not represented. Societies Debate / Convention Cost (CONTINUED FROM I'AOE ONE) ; A bill providing for fifty dollars to be ;iven for the Rock Hill trip was overwhelmingly defeated; another calling for forty dollars, with ten to come from each if the societies and twenty from the delating council, was killed by a close < /otc. Thirty-live dollars from the coun- jj :il alone was at last agreed upon. " Campi military fraternity, will be held in Cin- j :innati, O., November 15-17. University and college football games j clayed in the state of Missouri are j lot subject to tax, according to a rc- | :ent ruling of the attorney-general of ' hat state. t Only 10 per cqnt of university stulents in Germany may be women, ac- I' :ording to a recent Nazi ruling. Six Roosevelts matriculated at Har- I /ard University (Cambridge, Mass.) i ;his year. ' I The University of Michigan (Ann j Harbor) and the University of Cali- I ornia (Berkeley) will meet in an in- I er-sectional track meet next spring. II' This will be the first time in seven !j /c$rs that the latter institution has j! ?on"ie outside of its own lcagqc for |j rack contests. Schools jvere established by law for he first time in the colany of Massa:husctts. t Jfl