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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 Unlvcndty of 8outh Carolina Entered as xecotui class matter at the postotfice at, Columbia, 8. O., November 20. 1908 Member of South Carolina College Press Association and National College l'ret-8 Association Subscription Bate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising lates furnished upon Request Offices in the basement of Extension Building ; Phone 8123?Extension 11 ) MEMBER gVsQociuted goHepiatc ffircas -M034 (^ollfoialf IDt'ortjl 1035 tNADtSOM WISCOK5JM EXECUTIVE BOARD John C. Payne Editor-in-Chief Doiolas Ficklino Business Mu'iuger Mark Dowtin - - - Managing Editor Judson Greooby Circulation Manager Mary Ford Co-ed Editor A8SOCIATE8 Pinckney Walker, LeVerne Hughes, Philip Kabbugha, Fred Hambright, associate editors; Miles Elliott, T. T. Moore, Jack Killea, associate managing editors. REPORTORIAL Ellen Freeman,/ nc>vs editor; Howard Cooper, sports editor; Miriam lender, feature editor; Dorothy Dunovant, Co-ed news editor; Claud Starr Wright, fraternity editor; Amelia DesChamps, alumni editor; Floyd Rodgers, Jr., Lewis Brabham, assistant sports editors; Catherine Turner, Y. M. O. A. and Y, W.' C. A. editor; Bennie Grey Lewis, Sorority editor; Freeman Coggins, Douglas Sturkie, Shannon Mims, assistants; Atherton Whale^, assistant business manager. CIRCULATION Fred W. Ellis, Sain Cleland, Jatnes Walsh, Robert Brown, assistant circulation inn rubers. CROWING FOR The reform of the present political system by the destruction of the spoils system. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1934 Vote! (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) to a duly constituted body in your class scction a case of cheating if you knew that the offender would be definitely punished under a system of fixed penalties?" The question is, are the students willing to take the honor system into their own hands? If the students are willing, we believe the honor system will work. If they are not willing, then we will oppose the continuation of the system under conditions which make its enforcement impossible. ?U. m. o. A Salutary Move In response to recent criticism of the Athletic Advisory Board's method of electing student managers of the various athletic teams the board has now abolished the practice of turning the election over to the two student membeus of the board. In the future all members of the board will take an active part in the election. This is a salutary move and will do much to destroy the political compaction that the board has had in the past. We do believe, however, that one further step is necessary. In a recent editorial in the Gamccock we strongly advised election of managers by the individual teams. Since that tin*} certain defects have been pointed out in connection with that proposal. It has been demonstrated, for instance, that < if the election of managers were left altogether to the teams, some men might be elected whose scholastic record clearly showed that the number of trips taken by the teams and the amount of time necessitated by these trips and the other activities carried on by the managers would greatly prejudice the opportunities of the managers of maintaining a satisfactory scholastic standing. For this reason it seems necessary that the faculty have some voice in the election but we still believe that the teams should have a large voice in the election. The problem would probably be settled most satisfactorily if the board would request nominations from the teams before the election and make it a policy to always accept these nominations except where there existed a definite reason for rejection. Such a method would leave the election primarily in the hands of the teams but would provide some , means of preventing the election of men who were 1 manifestly not capable of holding the managership or whose scholastic records showed that the office would seriously jeopardize their standing in the ( University. The election would be taken out of politics and, at the same time, competent managers 1 would be assured. We strongly recommend that the board accept this suggestion. The board has already done much ^ to improve the situation but we believe that this ^ further action is necessary before the electrons can be put on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. , Good Work, Mr. Brown We would like to compliment President of the Student Body A. T. (Pott) Brown for the innovation of secret ballots in the freshman election this year. This system is a marked improvement over the open balloting of past years and should be con- 1 tinued in the future. In the past the election of freshmen class officers has been marked by great disorganization and has been anything but satisfactory. There have been numerous complaints that the presiding officer would not recognize those attempting to make nominations and voting by men not members of the < freshman class has been widespread. Many fresh- I men have been unable to vote in the elections be- j cause of classes conflicting with chapel or because j they were not informed of the date of the election. Nominations have been thoughtlessly, made, often without the candidate's previous knowledge that lie was to be nominated. Though not agreeing with the principle that the freshman class needs officers, we do feel that if such an election is keld it should be done on a satisfactory basis. Mr. Brown has made a notable, improvement and it is hoped that subsequent presidents of the student body will follow his example. Think It Over The laxity in the enforcement of the regulation requiring all freshmen to wear caps has finally alarmed the student body to such an extent that the Kappa Sigma Kappa has felt it necessary to conduct a campaign to enforce the regulation. The campaign has been notably successful in accomplishing its aim and there are at present more caps visablc 011 the campus than there have been for years. The freshman cap probably originated as a form of mild hazing. It also identified those eligible for hazing. Today that conception still remains. The uppcrclassman insists that the freshman wear a cap in order that lie may identify him as a freshman, and for this very reason the freshman docs not want to wear the cap. As long as this attitude remains, the wearing of the cap cannot be justified. While strongly opposing the cap as a method of hazing we do feci that freshmen should wear their caps for an entirely different reason. The cap should be worn to identify the wearer not as a freshman but as University student. When he arrives on the campus he is unknown to the average upperclassmen and even to his fellow freshmen. If he is to get the most out of his college life it is essential that he definitely identify himself with the University as soon as possible. The upperclassman knows most of the other members of the upper classes but to him the average freshman inspires no connection with the University. Because he is unknown it is necessary that the freshman compel the realization that he is a University student. He can do this by means of his cap. By the cap he is .immediately identified as a University student and is accepted as such by his fellow students. It does identify him also as a freshman but the inconvenience of being recognized as a freshman does not counterbalance the advantage of being from the start recognized as a University student. We believe that if the freshmen realized this fact that they would wear their caps voluntarily. As soon as the freshmen realize the underlying advantage of the wearing caps they will accept the cap not as a burden but as a privilege. U. 8. O. Accept The Responsibility In 1898 the State Legislature banned fraternities from all state institutions of higher learning. Thirty years later, as a result of concerted efforts on the part of local and national groups of fraternity men, the ban was lifted. At the same time it was generally admitted that the lifting of the ban was, in a way, probationary. ^ At present the University is the only state college which maintains social fraternities. On fraternities here rests the responsibility of whether or not the state will continue to countenance the Greek letter system. With these facts in mind we cannot feel that the conduct of fraternities on the campus has been satisfactory. They have definitely refused to accept the responsibilities entailed in fraternity membership. There has been a great laxity in the enforcement of proper standards of conduct on the members of the fraternities and the fraternities as a whole have refused to maintain high standards of financial management. The question of financial abuses has been especially acute. The past few years have put a severe strain on fraternities in colleges everywhere but there is no excuse for the irresponsibility shown by numerous houses on this campus. We need only to point out the difficulty of obtaining credit experience by most of the houses on the campus and the increasing reluctance on the part of local real estate agencies to rent houses to fraternities as a result of rent jumping and similar practices. The situation would be intolerable were it not that considerable improvement had been made in the past year. A number of houses have retrenched and many back debts have been cleared up but the situation is still far from satisfactory. The situation will continue to remain unsatisfactory until the fraternities accept their responsibilities as fraternities. Too many fraternity men have thought of their fraternity merely as a means for giving them a good time. - They have refused to accept the group responsibility connected with fraternity membership and the fraternities themselves have refused to demand such a feeling of responsibility. Fraternities are on probation here at the University and to protect themselves they must clean house. Asked if the anti-Roosev?*lt opposition had any chance of consolidating, former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York replied that there was no chance as long as the federal government continued to give Fiway money. "Nobody ever goes around gunning for Santa Clau8>,, he said. Carolina To-day It Takes a Law Student! Treasurer Frank Welbourne recoun that a certain law student applying f a diploma, objected because tho given by the University ("given" aft the applicant had plunked out tv bucks and a half for the shcepskii weren't several times larger. Mr. W< biurnc reported that he had sent tl student to air his complaints to M Chase. Imitation After seeing Leroy Stroud imitating R. G. Bell, we should like to see Leroy give an imitation of Leroy Stroud imitating R. G. Bell. Season Opens Now that the Hypatian Literary s cicty has had its first social of tl year, the official sandwich and pun< season was declared open Wednesd; afternoon. It was at this meeting to that the annual constitution-readir was endured. There's nothing lil food for bribery. Cocoa Again And that reminds us that an all-knowing co-ed remarked the other day that the old adage about the shortest way to a man's heart still holds good. Comfort Donald Ham has the correct id< when it comes to comfortable studyin Wednesday night lie was viewed the canteen, his feet encased in a pa of ancient-looking slippers, munchit grapes. He explained that studying crimin law would eventually affect the bra unless recesses of thisNsort were o casionally indulged in. Beauty or the Beast? Gilbert Colina, Cuba's gift to Carolina, was proudly exhibiting his passport photograph in the telephone exchange Wednesday. He admits all that it needs is a profile view to be qualified to enter the rogues' gallery of the penitentiary. Rip Van Revere! "Sure 'Rip Van Winkle' is a poem a member of the staff firmly declarc during a literary discussion at tl Gamecock office Wednesday nigh "I'll tell you how it begins: 'Listc my children and yau shall hear...'" Imagine His Surprise A certain freshman in one of Doctor Bradley's classes the other morning was considlrably astonished when he suddenly felt in his pocket and pulled out, not a plum as did Little Jack Horner, but a pint flask full of the well-known fluid. He remembered none of the circumstances surrounding its being there. It Needs More than a Start A more-intelligent-than-usual sophc more wonders about the signs place hither and yon on the lawn. He r< members well, he says, last sprin when they were placed there by tl C. W. A. men. But lie can't undei stand why the wording hasen't bee changed. If the grass were going 1 get a start, he contends, it would ha\ done so many months ago. Mystery Members of Sigma Kappa are trying to find out who it was who called up their rooms last Monday night and talked approximately an hour. A few minutes after they had eventually hung up, someone pretending to be an official of the telephone company called up and talked for another hour. We Ask You I he editor of The Clemson Tiger i the last issue of that sheet, asks th{ the average reader of both that publ cation and The Gamecock compare tli two as to content, make-up and heat lines, declaring that the result woul prove very edifying. Ha?they adin itl Gamecock Poll We call the attention of all Carolina students to the honor system poll now being conducted by The Gamecock. Extension The Gamecock staff, after bein ousted from the home it occupied a many Wednesday nights in the bas< ment of Extension, now has t endure the agony of seeing the pore of the dear old building torn of to be replaced by a portico. What v\ want to know is, where is the co-e Pan-Hellenic postoffice to be ne> year? Communications The sentiments expritsed In this column tire not necessarily the policy of the Game? cock. This column is left open to tlic individual student to express his opinions on matters pertaining to the student body. All communications from students to the Game?r cock will be printed in this column unless sc such communications deal with personalities er or in other ways transend the ordinary rules /O editorial decency. II) il- November 3, 1934. lie Editor of the Gatnecock tr. University of South Carolina. Dear Sir: In the Gatnccock issued November 2nd, you entitled an editorial "Out of Pocket." Because of the fact that I am an agent for the senior rings; this article pertains to me. You have called this business a "legitimate" grdft in one place and a "racket" in another. You have said that the commission is tacked "onto ?- the price of the rings and the seniors 1C pay anywhere up to 100% more than they would have to pay if they could *y make arrangements without a paid in-j ?? tcrmediary." You have also stated that when a cc student makes an honest dollar at the expense of the students he is robbing them and that "political patronage" is involved in conducting this business. Lastly, you have made the statement that the University owes it to the students to take over this agency and it is the University's duty to reduce the expenses of the students as much as possible. This article also pertained to caps "a and gowns but that docs not concern 8- me. Undoubtedly you lack a lot of in information and are making rash conl,r jectures or you have been badly misinformed and arc making dogmatic statements. y In accusing a person of practicing 111 graft you are branding him as disc_ honest. Graft is a form of bribery. The sale of rings is not a "racket" because there is no deception nor secrets in the business. The commission that I receive for the sale of rings is quoted to me by the company I represent. The commission is paid for by my labor and is not in the least correlated with the price of the ring because it remains the same for all prices of rings and for all fluctuations in prices. The students would get their rings very little, if any, cheaper without having a n middleman. The commission I receive ' for each ring sold is one ($1.00) dol: lar. From that I pay postage, money IC order fees, and the cost of sending the ring to the factory for adjustments when they are necessary. I also pay rent for my canteen display. The only way that the students could do without a middleman is to enter into a contract. Under that system all students would be required to buy their rings at one time. Then how much cheaper would it be? Compare the cost of our rings with the cost of rings of other schools in the state. I do not act as middleman in the true sense. I never possess the ring nor handle it when I sell it unless some correction is to be made. My job is to solicit business and mail in orders. 3~ My honest dollars are not made at ( the expense of the students as you may see above. Political patronage is not a factor in the sale of rings. I ,c worked one year on a much less comr" mission than I get now and practically n ran the business before tfie agency was " officially mine. The job was unsoc licited, also. The University, I admit, should endeavor to reduce the expenses of the students as far as possible but taking "over the sale of rings will not do it. This is a University and student control with faculty advice should never be substituted for by regimentation of student activities. I am not writing this to enter into an argument with you but this is correct you and those who think as you do and to protect my business and my reputation.. Sincerely, it (Signed) C. L. STUCKEY. Seventy-Three Students i- Enrolled In Social Work d it (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) was carried out during the first term of six weeks will be followed during the second term with one new course being added and another worker joining the staff, according to Dr. J. C. Williams. The new course, taught by Doctor Williams, the director of the school, will be "Sociological Implications of g the' New Deal." This course will con1D sist of the study of the objectives of the ?. New Deal and the organizations set up o to carry out those objectives coupled h with an examination of the social trend T, as influenced by the policies of the adre ministration. d Mrs- R. W. Hall is the new addition ct to the staff, filling the position of field director of family case work. Mrs. I ' J I l'l I UK. Swimming Pool Now Virtual Certainty (CONTINUED FROM PAOB ONE) and showers .will be provided and there will be a balcony for spectators. Drainage will be such that absolute sanity will be insured. Location of the pool has been indicated for four years, ever since the drafting of the landscaping plans a number of years ago. Those plans call for a pool .in back of the gymnasium and across the street from the field house, in a field of just the right size and shape for such a project. The field is now devoted to girls' volley ball, but the courts will be moved to another part of the campus. The University of South Carolina is the only institution of its kind in the state without a pool, according t^> Dr. Baker. A bill providing funds for a pool was before the Legislature 15 years ago. Attempts have been made from time to time ever since then, but until now they have been futile. It has been known ever since the beginning of the semester that a request was being considered, but until this week Dr. Baker has been unable to make any announcement relating to the matter. Dances In Gym May Be Banned (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) losses bad been reported on several dancc occasions. On Monday, October IS, a meeting was again called by Dean Bradley to consider the request made by the German Club to hold its first dancc October 25, in the gym, in view of the fact that plans had already been made for the occasion. The committee agreed to permit the German Club to hold this dance, delaying final and definite action | as to the discontinuance of dances in ] the gym until a later date. A similar I request was made by the Social CabI inct and granted relative to the dance of October 24, Wednesday, which it I sponsored. The committee is composed of the fl following members : Dean Irene D. El- j liott, Dr. R. K. Foster, chairman, Dr. | J. C. Penney, Dr. Charles Mercer, Dr. J. J. Petty, Prof. J. B. Coleman, Dr. W. W. Ball, Dr. Hugh Murchison, J. H. Crawford, Director of Physical Education, Mrs. King, and J. M. Cantey. jj Three Named At Surprise Election (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) R. F. Lindsay, York; L. E. Ellis, Columbia. The first bill to be considered by the society under its new set-up was to the effect that divorce should be granted by the courts of South Carolina upon certain grounds. Strenuous debate was i] drawn forth by the bill, but no vote was ' taken. Ip ?. . I Robberies Due To Man In Brown | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) tenement, saw the stranger prowling ^ through several rooms. Whitener says that the stranger claimed he was looking ji for a student from Rock Mill. On the same day Hunt Graham missed ! a suit of clothes and a typewriter from his room and oti Monday another Uni- ?} vcrsity student missed a suit of clothes. Students have been warned by Uni- [l vcrsity authorities to watch all strangers [ on the campus. Meanwhile a searcli is i being made for the man found in Stroud's room. Stroud and Whitener's descrip- ' tions tally exaqtly and both say that they |j can positively identify the man if they should see him again. tour GirlsElected To |1 Alpha Kappa Gamma (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) Miss Rector, Inman, is a junior in the r school of education, a member of the I) Euphrosynean Literary society, a past president of the Young Women's Christian Association and a member of the Carolina Christian Service Club. Miss McMaster, Florence, is a junior H in the college of arts and science, a mem- f ber of Alpha Delt* Pi sorority, and president of Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary spirit sorority. Miss Belscr, Columbia, is a junior in the college of arts and science, a mem- [. ber of K. S. K., Damas, and the Euphrosynean Literary society. She is a Delta Delta Delta and a pledge of Chi Delta Phi, national honorary literary b sorority. The inspection of Mrs. Stubbs, national inspector of Alpha Kappa Gamma, which is expcctcd next week, was also discussed at this meeting, according to Lodcma j ("Dink") Gaines. . | Ball majored in sociology at the University of Iowa. ' li