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piihiiiiib i s= 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 8outh Carolina Entered as second class matter at the poatoflice at Columbia, 8. O., November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College Presa Association and National College Press Association Subscription Kate?12.00 per College year. Circulation?2160 Advertising rates furnished upon Request Office* in the basement of Extension Building Phone 8123?Extension 11 m e m fc> ? ; r "n Associated olUpiate ffirres HI 1034 (pollfflialf Dioffll 1935*kaxmom vhscoksw EXECUTIVE BOARD John C. Payne Editor-in-Chief Douglas Fickling Business Manager Mauk Dowtin Managing Editor Judson Gbegoky Circulation Manager Mart Ford Co-ed Editor ASSOCIATES Pinckney Walker, LeVerne Hughes, Philip Sabbagha, Fred Hainbright, associate editors; Miles Elliott, T. T. Moore, Jack Killea, associate managing editors. REPORTORIAL Ellen Freeman, news editor; Howard Cooper, sports editor; Miriam lender, feature editor; Dorothy Dunovant, Co-ed news editor; Claud Starr Wright, fraternity editor; Amelia DesChamps, aluinni editor; Floyd Rodgers, Jr., Lewis Brabham, assistant sports editors; Catherine Turner, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. O. A. editor; Bennie Grey LewiR, 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 managers. CROWING FOR The reform of the present political system by the destruction of the spoils system. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934. In Memorium The death last Monday of Louis Kolin, University sophomore, cannot but cast a pall over the preChristmas gaiety on the campus. All who knew him must feel a severe personal loss and those who did not know him must regret the tragic circumstances of his death. There is little that we can say at such a time. We liked "Louie." Now he is gone. The real tribute to him is found in the hearts of those who knew him. That tribute is higher than anything that we can say. U. I. O. Big Six Bitterness It has ever been the policy of The Gamecock to refrain from participating in political controversies. The Gam-ecock is the organ of every student and as such cannot afford to take sides in matters of a purely political nature. However, it does feel justified in commenting on political conditions when such conditions seriously affect the welfare of the entire University. We have long felt that the bitterness engendered by the vicious political system existing 011 our campus is the direct cause of the lack of loyalty to the University that exists 011 the part of many students and alumni. Few men can remain loyal to institutions that they have felt have wronged them. At present the fraternity element on the campus comprises a sizeable per centage of the entire student body. This element for years has been torn bv a feeling of distrust and bitterness because of the policy pursued by the group of fraternities commonly known as the "Big Six." This "little group of wilful men" is doing untold damage to the University as a whole and to the cause of fraternities on the campus. The activities of this group are centered in the German club. We have commented on the financial conditions that exist in the club. Those conditions have been greatly improved as a result of faculty action. The political situation remains the same. The "Big Six" hap an overwhelming majority of the membership of the club and completely dominates the election of officers and new members. At the beginning of each semester every pledge of these six fraternities is immediately elected to the club. Except in exceptional cases, all other men are blackballed at the first few meetings. However, it is impossible for the club to run 011 the dues from merely the men from the "Big Six" and each year it is financially necessary that some members not affiliated with this organization he elected to the club to help finance its activities. Most of these men are upperclassmen and a majority of them are elected in the spring semester after most of the dances for that year are over. The bitterness resulting from this system can hardly he measured. In attempting to place a brand of social inferiority upon members of other fraternities and 011 non-fraternity men the "Big Six" are sowing a crop of dragons teeth that may someday ripen into an instrument for their own destruction. Their policy has had serious though not obvious results in the past. If it continues, these results are liable to become more concrete. In the past an anti-Big Six coalition has never been able to organize. If it ever does the members of the "Big Six" will be swept out of every office 011 the campus except those of the German and Cotillion clubs. Meanwhile, the "Big Six" is proving a cause for permanent ill feeling on the campus . and is endangering the whole cause of fraternities at the University. Because of the larger number of socially minded men in the fraternities composing the "Big Six," it is not unnatural that those fraternities should exercise some form of control over the German club. There seems to be little bitterness over the mere fact of their control. There is bitterness over the tactics they use in exercising that control. As a rule most of the men who desire to become members of the club are eventually elected to membership. At the same time they are permanently embittered by their previous exclusion. The "Big Six" is hurting itself and these other men without gaining any benefit. Such a lack of foresight will continue to cause trouble as long as it exists. The "Big Six" would be wise to elect the members it intends to elect during the year at the very first of the year. They could not fail to profit directly by such a system and they cannot fail to see that the present system, if continued, will probably result in the most serious consequences. It is not logical that they should be so . short sighted as to fail to see the ultimate results ' of the tactics they are now pursuing. nogot The propose.d drastic reductions in the Athletic < Association budget have caused a mass protest on the part of the alumni and many students are tak-. ing up the cry. It is probable that when the Athletic Advisory Board meets again next Monday that a concerted fight against the cuts will be made. These objectors, however, while crying out against the cuts have, offered no plan to furnish tlie money for a more elaborate program. Now is the time for a frank discussion. The association has had a debt for years. So far this year has been disastrous from a financial standpoint. The ' funds are just not available to continue the present \ program. Hie money is not there; the authorities can do ' nothing else but fit the budget to the pocketbook. They are no doubt under tremendous outside pressure. They have done the only thing they could do. Beggers can't wear silk robes. If those who criticise the cuts will point out how the money for a more elaborate program can be obtained the authorities will undoubtedly l>e willing to revise the budget. Until then they have done all they can possibly do. Little Things Count A little thing that will undoubtedly do much to increase the pleasantness of the University ^ library is the recent donation by the Y. W. C. A. c of rubber tips for the chairs in the library's read- * ing room. At first sight such a gift may appear s to be unimportant but usefulness cannot be measured by the mere cost of the gift. The noise in the library has been a source of constant complaint for a number of years. Much of this noise has been caused by the constant scraping of chairs on the concrete floor of the reading ] room. A terrific clatter is set up every time any one gets up or sits down and it is extremely difficult for a reader to move his position without scraping his chair. c tr. a. c.- c A Fundamental Need f With the sudden decay of the "prosperity" of j the money mad twenties has come the realization by thinking educators that we must return to the I old idea that a university is composed of individ- f mils, not bricks and mortar and wide spread acres. * We are returning to the idea that the test of the < university is the men it turns out and the men it \ attracts to its halls. With definite finality it is being reiterated that wealth is not the criteria of f a university's worth. With this in mind more and more colleges are f making streneous efforts to contact each year the I outstanding graduates of high schools and if pos- * sible to attract them to their particular college. c These colleges are slowly but surely drawing to \ themselves the outstanding young men of the t country and other colleges are going to be forced s to accept the challenge or resign themselves to a { student body of inferior quality. As a state institution the University can not afford to attempt too much promotion work and therefor this function should be accepted by the , alumni. With little difficulty permanent alumni ; organizations could be set up in every county and 1 large town in the state and these organizations 1 could obtain the names of desirable sub-fresh men. | With these lists available the alumni could then i contact these men and impress upon them the ad- ; vantage of attending the University. Such work is being carried on by other institutions in the state and unless the alumni of the University meet the challenge the University can expect a rapid decay in the quality of our student body. 17. N. O. ' The Legion of Decency will achieve no lasting ! results because it has failed to differentiate between bad taste and bad morals. The great comedian is one who says just what you have been thinking but have been afraid to say. Carolina | To-day || . (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) J dcnly opened. Babcock, Who was ? talking up a storm, stopped suddenly c and assumed, his habitual expression in J c cases of this sort. c No one came in; and in the sudden stillness that followed, 'Miss Carlisle Jo came out with this one: Ej "It must have been a school spirit." Sissies un Ethan Allan's dimples are W( equalled only by the tale that Jack so* Welbourne recently appeared in ' the canteen with rouge on his lips. tio Students standing around guyed him so that he scurried out. C,C de Life is Like That sp Just when the sisters of a certain , sorority were trying to make a good impression on some rushees*, the door I between two of the rooms stuck. Half ?al of the sisters were on one side; half on the other. Don't you know they went in for high pressure salesman- se' ship with all that excitement going on? tra >n{ Triangle What's all this about the Triple ] Entense between Eppes, Soulsby, am and Elmore? Any number people pa: have been dashing up to the author saj of this column asking that that ha1 crack be included, and we'd like bu to know what it's all about. ] th( Hot House Flower me A freshman Knglish class was wait-1 poi ing impatiently for the prof, to show of up one day last week when the janitor ma entered and said knowingly, "No use I ho vaiting any longer Blank isn't com- W ng. It s too cold for hint!" I pla Bouquet wi^ We congratulate the governor- J Tli elect on his unassumingness. Ac- L^0 cording to Doctor Bradley, Mr. st< Johnston is the only governor dur- I the ing his recollection who has ever I cat sat with the students in chapel. sta All the others have sat on the Llr platform. P, Ha Constructive Natures ^ What were all those men doing over I lc it LeConte Wednesday afternoon? spc jayly tossing hither and yon large Ca vooden boxes full of lumber? Their ru )perations were being supervised, as Qf ar as we could determine, by Profes- act >or Penney. me Yellow Sheet Already |^s Scruggs Hope, it is rumored, is , already saving up the dirt he , knows in preparation for the next Yellow Sheet. m . ?IT. O? t0 Murderer Tried In Moot Court u! (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) al>< leceased worked. Defense can intro- Gf luce two, the accused himself and a|Th< ingcrprint expert. However, the at-1 his orneys are not sure which witnesses I K?< hey will use. 1^ The testimony, as drawn up by Pro- be essor B. D. Hodges of the law school I her acuity, alleges that the accused killed g i he deceased, his roommate, in a room I j110 vhich they were hiring on lower Main j treet. The cause of the murder was! i job which they both participated in. j*6 The state charges murder, but the de-1 1 ense is being kept secret. rr\? . I COI l he prominence of the two student ittorneys is expected to draw many P?^ itudents to the trial. Both are mem-J ^ >ers of the state legislature. Mozingo, I w 1 or the defense, is the nation's young-1. 'st legislator in the country and ier of the University oratorical medal !/ ' ast year. Brown, nicknamed "Solici-L.13 or," teaches the course in public peaking in the academic school, and is ' >ne of the most prominent debators prc uid orators at the University. Both so< ire seniors in the school of law. (,CI . . . ?U. h. O.? nic iMo fraternity man who is iti arrears I nig o his fraternity is allowed to re- clu "egister at the University of Kentucky bei iccording to a regulation put into ef- be< feet this year. It is reported that the me *uling has been very successful and for fraternities say that they have collected hundreds of dollars of back bills. |(p, ! ? CAROLINA DRY Phone 815G % "If It Can Be Cleaned, We Can Clean It" JyM l>? ? You Will Find Here Quality and P. H. LACHICOT1 JEWEL ? 1424 Main Street Communications The sentiments expressed in this column ir* not necessarily the policy of the flame ock. This column is left open to the inlividual student to express his opinions on natters pertaining to the student body. All ommunications from students to the flame:ock will be printed in this column unlets uch communications deal with personalities ir in other ways transend the ordinary rules if editorial decency. hn C. Payne itor, The Gamecock Please allow me space in the colins of your paper to say a few brief >rds in regard to the Clariosophic ciety. There have been numerous insinuams, and accusations hurled at this soity. It has been implied by some stunts of important, or, may I say, reonsiblc positions, on the campus, it the Clariosophic society has in the it few years deviated from its purse, which is to produce men of high libre and initiative. Those making such accusations in opinion have failed to inform themves that the two men's societies in men in debating, oratory, declamj, and in the fundamentals of parlia:ntary procedure. Has the society attained this goal d plucked all the golden-apples in st years? No, it has not, but I will < i that some of the golden-apples vc been plucked and have passed on t others took their places. [n reference to the accusatibn that s society has failed to produce real :n in the last few years, I wish to int out a few recent achievements this society. She has produced my worth while men, some of whom Id highly responsible positions in 1 ashington and in various other ices. [;or the benefit of the accusers, I sh to enumerate a few of these men. ey are: James H. Galloway, who is irking in Washington; Troy T. ?kes, a young lawyer who served in ! legislature during his college eer; John Bolt Culbertson, an outnding young man who is now em- 1 iyed in Washington; Thomas C. 1 nkins, a young man in the Medical ' lege at Charleston; J. Wiley Brown, 1 0 is now a member of the State gislature and instructor of public :aking at the University of South rolina; and Lonnic Causey and I fus Newton, who are also members j the State Legislature and are still ive members of the society. These n among many others have distin- j ished themselves in the literary field r well as the political field. ? would certainly appreciate it if 1 : master minds who are so unethical \ their criticisms would take the time i read this article. t There is so much good in the worst 5 us and so much bad in the best of s that it behooves none of us to talk * >ut the rest of us." a sincerely believe that it would be great value to the present editor of ' 1 Game cock if he would make it 1 policy to always inform himself A ore he writes an editorial. I think c readers of The Gamecock would x greatly benefited if the editor ad- c ed to the above policy and I sug- c ;t that he refrain from writing any ^ >re cynical editorials. * J am speaking particularly of an ^ torial which came out in last week's . ic of The Gamecock. It implied.that ^ Clariosophic society has become ( rupt and has deviated from its pur?e and ideals but that it was on the ^ ward trend. That last phrase j inds good, but I think the editor . s highly out of place when he excted an excerpt from an ex-presiit's farewell address and implied t the society had so degenerated in past until it is not desirable, n conclusion, I wish to say, as rsident of the Clariosophic Literary :iety, that any member of the stult body is welcome to attend the etings of this society any Tuesday ;ht as soon as the business is condcd. I sincerely hope that the mem*s of the student body who have ;n misinformed will come to these etings and correct all misleading inniation by personal observation. Yours truly, (Signed) 0. Stanley Bryant, resident of the Clariosophic Society) _____ ? -A CLEANING CO. | ' 1608 Barnwell St. The Canteen and Gamecock Our Agents 7 ^ I Style?Gifts Prom $1 Up j| PE & CO., Inc. | EES | Columbia, S. C. | ? , I Contemporary Comment "And so The Reveille, student publication at L. S. U., one of the finest college" papers that the1 Soutli has known for many years, dies. The blight of the master demagogue of the nation touched it, and like any other institution that values liberty and maintains individualism which he has touched, it must go. Tuesday the entire staff of the publication resigned. Resigned because they would not bow to a "censorship board" inspired by the Kingfish and seconded by the president of the University, who thus identifies himself as another puppet in this state of puppets. "I asked President Smith," Jesse H. Cutrer, resigned Editor-in-Chief said, "whether the faculty supervising would allow any criticism of Senator Long to appear in The Reveille." The president stated that 'no criticism of Long or any other university official would be permitted.'" "The staff will have to accept censorship or resign," the president said. The ; staff resigned. A new editorial board will probably be organized. They will bring a "new paper" dedicated to suppression, censorship, the Kingfish and university presidents, who are too weak to see beyond salary checks. The cause of the action is too trivial to merit discussion. The Senator wished to honor L. S. U.'s famous ' football star, Mickal, with the title of State Senator. A student just couldn't see the little prank. He wrote a letter to The Reveille. Mr. Long heard about it; posted guards; ordered the letter suppressed, and then instituted censorship. The editors of The Reveille have labored for the advancement of the interest of Louisiana State University. Their .efforts count for nothing. They roused the ire of a "higher and a mightier" power, and out they go. And so the Kingfish becomes the editor of what was once "The Reveille," and with it, he takes on another characteristic of his European counterparts?suppression! The next step will be "control of education."?The ! Fulane Hallalaloo., Campus Sidewalks Now Over Three Years Old (CONTINUED FROM PAQK ONE) funds. In accordance with the idea to nake the project a community enterprise, t day was set aside designated as "Be ifour Age" day. Everybody at the Unirersity?students, professors and adminstrative officers?were invited to conributc their ages in pennies that day to iwell the funds to complete the construction of the walks. It was one day hat ballot box stuffing was welcomed ind permitted. In front of the library are the Greek JJ etters K. S. K. in gratitude of the vol- j intary gifts and voluntary labor provided by that organization toward the onstruction of the walks. Further up the valk from the library is the letter Y xmimemorating the aid given by that rganization. Along the president's office ire the letters of the Euphradian and Eu)hrosynean literary societies. H. B. in gratitude of Dr. Havilah Babcock's eforts in directing the work and starting t, is placed at the end of DeSaussure. D. D. 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