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The Gamecock ~ 1- I ss-r-i .1 , ?? Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor k. Frlday of every week during the col lew year by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina Entered as second class matter at the poatofflce at Columbia, 8. o., November 20, 1908 Memlter of South Carolina Collega Presa Association and National College Press Association Subscription Rate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Office* in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 c^ssoclnted jfojleflititf ffirggg - 034 (^ollf^alrIDujrfll toas* H*ClSOM VrtSCOWSM T ? EXECUTIVE DOARD tf: ?AYNE Editor-in-Chief Douglas Fickuno Business Manager Makk Dowtin Managing Editor Judson Gregory Circulation Manager Maky Furp Edg0f ASSOCIATES Pinckney Walker, LeVeme Hughes, Philip Sabbagha, Fred Hambright associate editors; Miles Elliott, T. t. Moore. Jack Killea, associate ' managing editors. ~ ? i REPORTORIAL I,rfCI"an' news editor; Howard Cooper, sports editor; Miriam sTflrr \Vrfcrht're lth Dorothy Dunovant, Co wl news editor; Claud Flovd Ir* 7 n ^r?; A,nelia DeaGliamps, alumni editor; Turner v u n *' j v ?,ral^,an?. assistant sports editors; Catherine editor'' LLn rv *" - ,y- 9- A- e<?tor; Dennie Grey Lewis, Sorority AtW?n wtJT.Ji ^Sfins Douglas Sturkie, Shannon Mims, assistants; Atherton Whalcy, assistant business manager. ^ ~ CIRCULATION SLi'litj!: c"*"'d "' ? ? '?????. ??'??" CROWING FOR The reform of the present political system by the de struction of the spoils system. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934 The Bookkeeping System University authorities have announced that a number of student activities not now under the activity fee and others whose finances were only partly controlled through the activity oflice are to adopt a uniform bookkeeping system. The essential of this plan seems to be that all these activities will use similar bookkeeping methods and all will leave their books open to public inspection at anv time. On the face of it it appears that a momentous step has been taken. Actually, not one thing has been done unless the authorities insist that real sets of books be presented. The essential element to a real set of books is a system whereby every receipt and expenditure is presented plus a mefins of checking that receipt or expenditure. Unless such means of checking is present, the presentation of a set of so-called books is a sham. 1 he fundamental object of the new system is to eliminate opportunities for dishonest practices in the conduct of student activities. It seeks to force all student treasurers to account for all monies entrusted to them. We would like to point out that any set of books can be balanced if no means are providing for checking entries. Such a truth is almost too apparent to be pointed out. Such items as "supplies" "entertainment" and "miscellaneous" are far too flexible and, unless checks are set up, provide too obvious an opportunity to the unscrupulous to be overlooked. We would like also to point out another obvious advantage of a system whereby student treasurers would be forced to keep presentable sets of books. The present financial chaos is not condusive to a feeling of responsibility nor does it engender in the students a respect for good business methods. If, however, the faculty would insist that student treasurers use good business methods valuable practical experience would be given to these men. We would like to applaud the laudable motives behind the new system but at the same time would like to point out that this system will make itself a laughingstock unlqss it entails the uncompromising demand that real and complete sets of books be presented. tj. ii. c.? Financial Reform In a recent editorial in the Oortnccock commented on unfortunate financial situation that exists among the campus fraternities. Some reform is definitely necessary. This situation exists largely because the individual members of the fraternities have refused to meet their financial obligations to the fraternities. If fraternities are to continue to exist on the campus this situation must be remedied. A similar situation on other campuses has been met by the university authorities and the respective Pan-Hellenic councils. The University of Kentucky is this year initiating a plan whereby no fraternity man will he allowed to reregister in the University if he is in arrears to his fraternity. Similar plans' are being tried in other universities and colleges throughout the country. The University of South Carolina owes it to the fraternities to demand that their members accept financial responsibility. A joint committee of faculty members and representatives from the PanHellenic council should be appointed immediately to draw up a suitable plan to be presented to the Board of Trustees. If fraternities are to continue at.the University there, must be a definite reform in the present financial chaos. A New Attitude Needed There appears to be a traditional attitude amon? the members of the faculties of practically all American universities that they should keep hands off in matters pertaining to extra-curricular activities. The motive behind this attitude is laudable. The faculties feel that these activities give an outlet for student initiative and present an opportunity for practical experience. The greatei freedom granted to the students in conducting these enterprises the greater will be the development of the students. There has been, however, a general failure tc realize the opportunities for evil presented by student activities when there exists no control. This realization must come and with it must come the resolve to regulate student activities to such an extent that they may be purged of the opportunities that exist for immoral and unethical practices. The faculties must take the active interest in student activities that they would take in any other problem that concerned the moral well being of the students. From necessity the chief control that the faculty can exert is financial and it is here that the grossest irregularities have prevailed. In recent years these financial irregularities have become such a public scandal that in many instances steps have been made to rectify specific abuses. In spite of this there still remains the fundamental attitude that the students should run the activities pretty much as they see fit. It is only when specific abuses become so apparent that they cannot be overlooked that the majority of facuities will act. A new attitude is needed. Faculties must begin to make it their business to keep constantly on the alert and to know the conditions that govern the conduct of all the activities on their respective campuses. They must be willing' to act to prevent the growth of abuses rather than to merely remedy those abuses which have already matured. We have said above that the faculty can act best in the regulation of financial matters and have pointed out that it is in that field that the greatest opportunities for abuses exists. There must be an insistance^that student activities be run on a decent and businesslike basis. All opportunities for financial malpractices must be rooted out. It is not a question of doubting the honesty of the average student; it is a question of protecting that student from an unscrupulous minority and of preventing any situations from arising that might give an opportunity for dishonest and unethical practices. The ordinary business organization picks its personnel and does as much. Faculty censorship of student activities would prove disastrous. What is needed is not censorship but the insistance that student activities be run on a respectable basis. The American college professor must realize that the conduct of student activities involves fundamental moral questions. The Holiday Problem A suggestion has been made that some inquiry be made into the whole holiday schedule now in force in the University. Such a suggestion merits thoughtful consideration. At the present time the holiday schedule is so arranged that there are a number of one and two day holidays throughout the fall while during the spring semester there is only one holiday and that for only three days. No real spring holiday is provided. During the fall the average student still retains the vigor and freshness given by the long summer vacation. Even were it otherwise a one or two day holiday would do little to refresh him. In the spring, however, he is tired from a long winter s work. It is in the Spring that he really needs a holiday. These facts have l>ecome so apparent that a large number of universities have adopted the spring vacation plan and we believe that they have found it throughly satisfactory. In addition to the ineffectiveness of the short holidays during the fall in regard to the individual student the system has proved unsatisfactory to numerous members of the faculty. It is a frequent complaint that before and after these holidays cutting is so prevalent (even in the face of the double cut regulation) that the efficiency of the classes on those days is seriously impaired. This is in no way an indictment of the holidays given by the University during the fall. We are merely trying to point out that if the University is to allot only so many days each year for holidays it would be more effective to mass these holidays in the spring than to spread them out during the fall. We strongly advocate the institution of a spring holiday and would be willing to forego some of the fall holidays if necessary to get such a holiday. Another solution would be to lengthen the school year be a few days. We feel that the average student needs some break during the early spring and that such a break is worth some sacrifice at another time in the year. The whole system of holidays should be scrutanized in an effort to furnish such a break. Carolina ! To-day Beta Potato That, in case you don't know, is the ? nickname bestowed on the French honorary by members of Beta Pi Theta. It is rumored that the organi zation will tap prospective initiates in p chapel sometime soon. Fame, Sturkie ' ' Members of a certain Bible class , persuaded the professor not to | give them a quiz Wednesday because Doug Sturkie was not present. He agreed with the class that / i it would never do to have a quiz j without Mr. Sturkie, and it was postponed until today. Just a Gigolo Friends are wishing that Sid Young, fl Sig Kp., would make up his mind. At ( present he is dating three girls, all members of the same social sorority. Theft I The man in the brown suit has nothing on members of The P Gamecock staff. Finding that there were too few chairs in the f office Wednesday night, two staff a members went outside and hooked ? an iron bench. They carefully spread papers on it before sitting { down. It was cold Wednesday t night, you remember? And More Theft S 1 The i lan in brown now has a black coat. ^ Or at least I^amar Holley thinks so. f It cost $22.98. Holley wore it one ^ time. * c Going to dinner, he left the coat lying on his bed?and the door un* j locked. When he returned the coat was gone. He says that the self-appointed borrower can have the coat if he will return the gloves that were in J the right-hand pocket. He wants them for their extrinsic value. His room-mate is missing three dollars. t; Babcock Fines s; Doctor Babcock is announcing si in all his classes that any student o who cuts a class will have ten si points taken off his mark. What si we want to know is?if it's double o cuts will twenty points be taken off? . S rj Dingling? a An honor system for all professors ci was recently advocated by a certain ti law student. He says what we need is less favoritism, and that until profs. 1 are strictly impartial there can be no absolute fairness in marks. Clariosophomores Clean House Members of the Olariosophic Sv society, it is rumored, are finally n going to break down and have their hall cleaned up. Will grad- " uate members be able to recognize c' it, we wonder, after the debris of n years has been carried away? ai Deep Subject The dear old Hypatian (affection- 11 known as the "High-passion") de- - bated Wednesday on the momentous query of which is more conducive to romance, the old fashioned horse and buggy or the modern automobile. News Again f When a professor comes out d and admits that a book he wrote tl is worth only half of what it sells ti for?again that's news. Reed v Smith is the man. His discussion of ballads is the book. <1 fi Called Down tl We see where a certain campus t< politician is stealing the thunder of a of an up-town cafe, which character- e izes itself as "Columbia's most f unique." Will 'someone please draw us a diagram illustrating how anything can be more or less unique? It's simply unique. s c Candid Asked to a tea recently, a cer- n tain English professor insisted s that he loved to attend teas, if he ? were the only man there. Can't l; he stand the competition? a v Punster 1 And we were once accused of pun-1 ^ ning. This is a contribution to Carolina Today furnished by a certain student: i "Professor Wienefeld pulled an- P other of his cracks the other day, ^ making pun of the two Moores in one of his classes. Watch out, professor, Jc or the Arthur of these cracks will be ( Hamillcd on the head by a Bigham n Payne, so 'emphill us. No moore ! punishment now, Slick, or you will have to Carlisle the army to keep us t from Camping on your trail and Brad- I dying a desk on your head." 1; V t ; /' ' Communications The sentiment* expressed in this column are not necessarily the policy of the Gamecock. This column is left open to the individual student to express hia opinions on matters pertaining to the student body. All communications from students. to the Gamecock will be printed in this column unletB such communications deal with personalities or in other ways transend the ordinary rules of editorial decency. 0 ^ November 14, 1934. Sir. John C. Payne, Editor The Gamccock Dear Editor: I was much surpriescd ast week to note in the Gamccock a tatenient by Mr. Jack Crawford conerning intramural football this year, ^s you probably remember, Mr. Craword stated that he favored the subtitution of "touch" football instead >f regular football for the contests hat will be played soon. The fact that uniforms and equiprient are scarce was given by Director >awford as the reason for this hangc. That may be so, but I believe thorough search around the gym vould reveal a sufficient number of niforms to allow at least 22 men to lay. I have sounded out several boys who re interested in playing intramural ootball and they are unreservedly gainst using the "touch" system. Touch" football allows only for passng and sweeping end runs and enircly eliminates any running through lie line. It is my opinion that no footall at all is better than the "touch" ystem. If anybody plays that kind i football, let the sororities do it. WTth a great deal of student opinion >acking me up, I ask that Mr. Craword do all that is humanly possible o keep regular football in intramural ompctition, and let the grammar chool kids use Gibbes green for tag ootbalJ. Very sincerely, John A. Bigham. i. S. K.^will Not Sponsor Grid-Graph (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) iking over the grid-graph. He further aid that it had been the intention of the Dciety to take over the grid-graph in rder to secunre free attendance of the tudents at the grid-graph, after the outtanding obligations had been taken care f. 1'urther action was taken by the K. . K. in regard to the wearing of the it caps by the freshmen. Stanley Brynt was appointed to speak to the upperlassmen in chapel and ask their cooperaion in this matter. ladicals Pass Divorce Laws (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) )lved: That the United States government require steamship companies to ay money to the United States treasry each year, so that the government m insure American passengers while iding the high seas." McKay Brabham, G. C. Gaskins, Jr., nd llelmar Abrams were elected memers of the society. They will be iniated the second Tuesday in December. Majority Vote "No" In Honor System Poll (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) The polls for the balloting were open rom 10 o'clock until 11 o'clock on Tuesay and Wednesday and were located in ic lobby of the chapel. Students not iking chapel were allowed to vote as /ell as those taking chapel. The voting was of an advisory charcter and has no binding force. Ofcials of the Gamccock- have felt that ic recent discussion of the honor sys;m has been hampered by the lack of ny concrete information concerning the xact willingness of the students to enorce a system and took this method of etting such knowledge. This year the University is using a ystem based on the class section honor ommittee rather than the old system /ith the central committee. It is rulored that the present system may be lightly modified but no essential changes re anticipated. At present the faculty 5 working on proposed modifications and n announcement of the final action taken vill probably be made at an early date. Four Students To Compete For Rhodes (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) linecring and is a member of Sigma -hi fraternity. Bradshcr is a senior in the school of ducation, a former president of the 'lariosophic Literary Society, and a lember of Blue Key. v. m. a. President Franklin D. Roosevelt atended Groton Preparatory School, larvard University, and Columbia aw school. Festivities Planned For For W. & L, Game Here (OONTMUED FROM PAQE ONE) After the luncheon the alumni will attend the game in a body. A special section has been set aside for them on the 50 yard line. That night after the game a banquet and a dance will be given for the football team in the Hotel Columbia, which will be the headquarters for Washington and Lee alumni. Bclser expects that about 300 former students with their wives and families will be in Columbia for the day's festivities. Thus far Chairman Belser has received notice that five automobiles will bring alumni from Atlanta and that 15 or more will be here from Charlotte. Contract Is Awarded For War Memorial (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) Bids were opened in the governor's office Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, and the award made at about 3 :30 in the afternoon. , The building, of the modern Greek design, will contain a shrine to the World war dead, accommodations for the state historical commission, and a moderatesized auditorium. Although built on land donated by the University for the purpose, the memorial building will have no actual connection with it, except through the addition of opportunity for historical research. Data Released On New Swimming Pool (CONTINUED FROM PAQE ONE) for in the higher estimate, but the lower one calls for a pool built of concrete. The pool itself would be 12 feet deep at its deepest point, grading to a depth three and a half feet. There will be tiled drains around it, and a wide floor. Dressing rooms will be at the two ends, and on both sides will run spectators' balconies nine and a half feet wide and 176 feet long. There will be two filters and a heater and a recirculator fqr the water, and a heater for the building. Under-water lighting will be used. Previous reports of the cost of the pool have since been corrected and the true expense is estimated at either $71,912 or $61,595, depending on whether brick or concrete is used in the pool itself. The building itself, which will house the pool, will cost $36,400. The size of this pool compares favorably with pools in other colleges in the country, its size being sufficient for intercollegiate competition. Diving facili- ' ties will be of the best, an excellent diving board being included in the estimate. Location of the pool was fixed in 1927 when a firm of landscape gardeners drew up plans for the campus as it is hoped to appear eventually. Freshmen Have High G-rades In Tests | (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) liamson, Sidney Duncan Young, Mary y Denmead Willis. English Marvin Douglas Armstrong, Evelyn Edith Baker, Samuel Bernard Bass, Jane V. H. Bradley, George Washington Branson, Louis Cain Bryan, Ruth Alice Dove, Thomas Rogers Drake, William Bartlette Gaston, John Paul Gerald, Preston Hicks Hennies, Jr., Joseph I .aw- 1 rence Nettles, Jr., Margaret Berkeley Simpson, Jane Wallace Williamson, Mary Denmead Willis. French George Washington Branson, William Bartlette Gaston, l^ottie Derieux Hamby, Mary Denmead Willis. Mathematics Marwin Douglas Armstrong, Richard I* rancis Allison, Catherine Eugenia Brazell, George Washington Branson, George Perry Caughman, Jr., Henry Thomas Coffee, Albert Walter Douglas, John Sidney Dunlap, Jr., William Bart- I lette Gaston, I\ Wildes Gillespie, James LeRoy Johnson, Barbara Anne Joyner, I Albert Rufus' Morgan, Jr., Ida Chapman Morris, Joseph Lawrence Nettles, Jr., William Oscar Ncy, Jr., Hume Talcott Smith, Jr., John E. Swearengen, Jr., Elmar Stebbins Waring, John Williams Weathers, Mary Denmead Willis, Philip Winter. Contemporary Affairs Samuel Bernard Bass, Abram Berry, George Alfred Browning, Louis Cain Bryan, Anna Elizabeth Caldwell, Henry Thomas Coffee, Thomas Rogers Drake, William Bartlette Gaston, John Cheves Haskell, Arthur Eliot Holman, Jr., James LeRoy Johnson, Lester Weid- gj man Kamery, Robert Franklin Lindsay, Albert Rufus Morgan, Jr., Joseph Lawrence Nettles, Jr., Warner Watson Owen, George David Rogol, Irvin Segal, Irving Dudley Stebbins, John E. Swearengen, Jr., Thomas Andrew Moore, Earle McKce Watts, Philip Winter, Sidney Duncan Young.