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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor < Published Friday of every week during the college year b.v tlie Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina ] Entered as se<'ond class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., November 20, l'.H)8 Subscription Kate?$2.00 per College year. Circulation?2150 Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in the basement of Extension IHiilding Phone 8123?Extension 1G MEMBER ] fjgsoclated cgiate ^rcss -*1934 (f0Wialf DillCOl '935^ HAEXSOM WISCONSIN , EXECUTIVE HOARD Philip C. Sauoaoiia Editor-in-Chief 1 )oi'i;i,an Ficklino Easiness Manager 1 Miles Elliott * Managing Editor ] .Ti dson Gkkgokv Circulation Manager Mikiam Lanukk Co-ed Editor Floyd Koihikks, .In. Sports Editor 1 : ] ASSOCIATES I'inckney Walker. La Verne Hughes, Howard Cooper, Mary Ford, Mark Dowtin, Jack Killea, associate editors; T. T. Moore, Ed Harter, associate managing editors; Athcrton Wlialey, "Chick" Doiuinick, assistant busi- ; nt'ss managers, STAFF W1UTEKS 1 Hunt ( raliaiu, Ceorge Lynch, and Shannon Minis ] STAFF ASSISTANTS ,loe Camak, Hob Hemphill, Francis Williams, assistant sjiorts editors; Hartley Homar, Ir\in Segal, Ceorge Hrunson, Annette llenson, Helen i Cooper, Eleanor Wiedennan, Jack Sliolar, Mae Andrews, Emily Dunovant Donald Causey, Ilazcl Hryd, and Maxine Scarborough. CIKCt LATION Fred W. Ellis, Sam Cleland Walsh, Robert Brown, assistant circulation managers. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1935 Bakers Letter In another part of today's Gamecock is printed a news story concerning the letter recently sent by President L. T. Baker to the six fraternities on the campus generally known as the "Big Six.'' In this letter President Baker referred to the allegations made in recent months concerning the practices carried on by these fraternities in the management of the German club and requested them to take some action (o remedy the situation, if they were true. That some sort of action on the part of tlie authorities of the University was absolutely necessary is of course apparent. The charges made were of such a nature that the authorities of the University could not ignore them without appearing fo many outsiders to be dodging the issue. We are. however, gratified that President Baker took the action that he did. lie has stated that in writing the letter he was acting in a purely advisory capacity and that he was not trying at this time to coerce the German club. The matter is left up to : the fraternities concerned. That some reform is needed in the German club 1 is obvious to all those who know the true conditions in the club. The unfair practices carried on by tlie controlling clique in the club have caused unlimited bitterness on the campus and this bitterness is now coining to a head. If it were allowed to continue it might have serious effects on the ' University as a whole. However, it is better that. ' il reform is to come, that it come from the students ' themselves. Such action would be in line with the J general policy of the faculty to allow tlie students j t<> govern themselves as much as possible. I e are taking as a matter of course that the six ' 1 paternities will accept Dr. Baker s recommenda- ' tion in tlie spirit in which it was sent. There is a ' desire on his part to settle the question in , a way that will increase the general good-will 1 on the campus and be fair to all parties con- I cerned. The ''Big Six" cannot very well ignore < such a request. If they institute reform of their 1 own accord they will settle the matter in such a ( way that no evil effects to the German club will result. If they ignore the request they will face the possible danger of definite and official action on the part of the authorities of the University which might endanger the present high standing of the < German club on the campus. < We would like to point out at this time that the reform most needed in the German club pertains . 1 i to the election of new members. Could the conJ trolling group remedy this evil they would have | taken a long step which we predict would com- I pletely end the present ill feeling. We do not ( at this time think it necessary to go over the objections to the present system of electing members , to the club since that phase of the problem was < thoroughly discussed in these columns last semes- 1 ter. However, we do say that if the present ill ( feeling over the situation in the German club is to be destroyed the first step to be taken is to , provide some system whereby men, not members i i>f certain fraternities do not appear to bo admi ted to the German club merely on sufferance. If the controlling group in the German club se the handwriting on the wall it will act. to remei the situation and will take such action in got faith and for the benefit of the University ai not merely for their own selfish interests. U. 8. O. "Don't Park In Horse-Shoe" It is fitting that after a decade of speed, reaction toward safety should set in. The eve increasing toll of deaths directly attributable [uitomobiles is so terrifying that automobiles 1111 well be considered to be inherently dangero mechanisms, as well as being necessities to dai life. The only way to stem this tide, of speed is make the public safety-minded; the Gamcco< highly commends the State and Record for the programs toward this end, and requests that tl students of the University cooperate in these pr grams. The point most emphasized is obedience regulations, both state and local. The Gameco< wishes to include the University in the latter cat gory. lo be more specific?there is a regulation again parking in the horse-shoe at the end of the Bi Street entrance. There are several markers wi "No Parking" painted clearly on them. Studen have been disregarding these warnings, and ha been causing much inconvenience to other drivei not to mention the danger of scraped fenders ai running-boards. Let's begin our own safety dri by observing all regulations as to parking on t University campus. *7. a. o. Emily Post, And The Faculty A timid reporter enters the office of a professt ''Any news for the news bureau?" he inquire quaveringly. The professor languidly removes his feet fro the desk and answers in a bored voice, "No, i news." The reporter retreats. Such a scene is perhaps typical of more than 01 professor s reaction to the annoyance of being i terviewed weekly by reporters for both the Gam cock and the news bureau. They regard these i vasions as unnecessary and irritating. In son cases a journalism students attempt to get the nei has been met with downright rudeness. When will professors, we wonder, realize th the reporters are not coming to see them throuj any love they bear their dear teachers? When w: they see that both the news bureau and the Gam rock serve a real need by advertising the Facul :ts well as the University? When will they beg to treat these reporters with some of the courte: about which they are always raving in classes? February 22 'I lie Gamecock could not let February 22 pa without ;i comment on George Washington, victi >1 Parson Weems cherry tree story, but whom hi torians have more than redeemed this fiction 1 titling him, "father of his country." Whether tl historians did Washington a better turn in besto\ ing upon him this title is debatable. Critics tal lie former illusion as a starting point to dethroi lim as tar as the latter distinction goes. Whatev< >11 luck the Weems* story brought to Washington name. South Carolina made tip to him in her mat receptions and socials tendered him while in tl State on his memorable visit. We have it fro Washington himself saying that he had one of tl est times he ever had while here. Kven Sout Carolina women broke a convention calling upc lim one day to pay him their respects, lie r< onled his delight and appreciation at this. South Carolina joins with the nation in con memorating his birthday. TJ. ft. O. No Issue Next Week The Gamecock will not be issued next week. A [ ording to the schedule of issues this year the sti lent body will receive twelve or more edition which is three more than it has been receiving i the past second semesters of the school year. Tl 'Samecock** greatest desire is to give the studen in issue every week. However, with the preset financial conditions as they are, it will be necessai to omit editions during some weeks of the yea Dne of these weeks is next week. U. I. O. Hooey said the Euphradian Literary Socict; ecently to the proposed candidacy of the senat< >f Louisiana as an honorary member to that augu >ody, and the Kingfish went down for it Lon iount. Now that the Ilauptman trial is over, we wondt A'hat will be the next crime of the year?1*111 ng Mae West from behind the screen? Carolina ;s To-day >d : . It's the Reel Thing I jQL We see that th< jfijtt. Beaux Arts Ball wil be featured by a Virginia reel. At last a /i I \\\\ college dance is tc H II I 1 VJ characterized b> J * somc rea'' ai,t'icnt'c 1" reeling. to Good Old Unk A certain sociology professor l,s observed the other day that everyly one is working for Uncle Sam now. All of which bears out an experience of Doctor Babcock. to When the portico on Extension rj/c was being built, the Doctor was considerably annoyed by the II hammering outside his classroom lie windows. So he went out and asked the workmen to stop. But they answered, very emphatically, "Brother, our boss is the 'A- F. E. R. A!" And Did He Go Boom! The Carolina students in the audiist ence at the stage-show at the Imperial U theatre last week were delighted tc sec Tiny Rivers clamber up on the til stage when the master of ceremonies asked "some small hoy" to step u[ and be slung around by an cxhibitior ^ skater. rs. But you should have seen the re 1(j lieved expression on the skater's fac< when Rivers fell down into the pil just as he climcd up on the stage. lie New Recruit English 108 was the other day considerably enlivened by a guest, a large Police dog who followed one of the members of said class to school, entered the classroom 2S, and lay down, and grodned dismally as one member read allowed a very passionate story. ill no Modesty is Not Dead! A freshman in tene- ^/j lie jamas and |T]fl n_ carrying a ^jls at embarrassed when two girls came unexpectedly jjj upon him that lie dropped the glass and ran. e Straw Man III We have often heard that people stuck straws in their hair, but Windy Robinson, seen in front of an uptown drugstore the other day had one pensively stuck between his teeth. ss ill Publicity s- ^ member )y v, ? suggests that this u> Flw I)Icturc should be v 'a^C"Cc' "^orlra't {c :i^cr reading her ie ^ seems to us that they burst into the columns of The >.v State even more often. ie ill Fair Distribution ie "Call up the hotels all over town jj and .distribute this silver," ordered the police recorder recently when a thief was arraigned before him L>" for having stolen "silver" from fraternity houses. "" j." : "IT "NT in Lik< ie Is it i | 7 y? >1* "liCK\ St y l^ ? , , y -y *vyy DIVERSITY LIBRARY~ iams (Camilla C.) rHE GIST FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA and its MARYLAND I ANTECEDENTS. By Wilson Gee. Privately printed for the author by Jarman's Incorporated. Charlottesville, Virginia, 1934, 101 pages. Lucky is the library of the University to have had presented to the South Carolina Room recently two new biographies >f South Carolina heroes of the Confederate War. Besides that of Colonel Alexander Cheves Haskell reviewed :?bove, there is the touching account of :he life and death of the eager young jcncral State Rights Gist in Wilson Gee's )ook on the Gist Family and its Maryland Antecedents. He was one of the "bravest of the brave" in that distinguished Gist family, or for that matter, in the Confederate Army, for lie had led liis brigade through the bloody campaigns around Charleston, in Virginia, in North Georgia and Tennessee, and was killed :luring the bloodiest battle at Franklin, Tennessee, leading his men on foot having had his horse shot under him. Wilson Gee, the well known South Carolina writer and professor at Chapel Hill, and, through his mother, a dcscendent of the Gists, has gone into the Gist genealogy thoroughly, but it is, besides, full of delightful sketches of the most famous members of this long line of prominent men and women in Maryland and South Carolina. They were pioneers and explorers, generals in the Revolutionary and Confederate wars, colonels and majors too, as well as judges, congressmen, professors (both men and women of this [lay and generation) and government officials, and their varied lives told in short, vivid prose make a thrilling reading, and most valuable historical material. Professor Gee gives praise and credit to Miss Margaret Adams Gist of York, S. C. for her assistance and aid in furnishing much valuable material. She is an aunt 3f Mrs. Bedford Moore of Columbia, who looks strikingly like the picture of General States Rights Gist, her great jncle. Found throwing money to a crowd in Reading, England, a Scotsman was' arrested recently on a charge of being drunk. Italy is losing many of its winter foreign guests because of economic and exchange conditions. A CAR LOAD FOR TWO BITS B phonerj |a j 3189 5 FOR 25c a Checker Cab Co. The White Cars ? 1 j U DRINK? EER AND ALE test Quality Drink That It Is ; MADE BY THE IY IN AMERICA ROM YOUR DEALER? -3j NTS icss I k I l WHAT'S WHAT IN U1 By Mrs. Stanhope ? ALEXANDER CHEVES HASKELL: ' THE PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Uy ? Louise Haskoll Daly. Privately printed I at The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1934, 225 pages. L This is the long needed and long looked , for biography of Colonel Alexander , Clieves Haskell, the man who fought I ; more bravely, if possible, after the Con- 1 federate War than he did during it, as < the leader to free his State which was < being rapidly throttled by the Recoil- structionists. This time he was on the i winning side, for he led the campaign < to put General Wade Hampton in the ( Governor's chair after as desperate a po- 1 litical light in the fiery Red Shirt Cam- 1 paign as had ever been fought in battle-? scarred South Carolina. His daughter, i Mrs. Daly, who has written this tender i and beautiful biography of her father, 1 rightly called the secondary title, "The J Portrait of a Man," for that was what 1 Colonel 1 laskell was, an all 'round man, < not merely soldier and leader. Like General Robert E. Lee, he knew how to keep i on living and doing for others until his ' lighting days were over, which only end- 1 ed with his long and honored life. This < biography is printed for private circula- ( ' tion and was presented by the author to ' * the University Library. There it can I - be found in the South Carolina Room i ' where the State's treasures arc kept, i ' It is a great pity that it was not printed i 1 for public sale, for it is a finely written ^ study of the man, with many character istics and valuable extracts form his di! ary and letters, making it one of the ' t most delightful of biographies that all readers would like. He was born in Ab- < beville County in 1839 but lived and died ( in Columbia except for the whole period of the Confederate War where he covered very nearly the whole South, fighting, as 1 well as being desperately wounded not once but several times. He was a law- ' ver, and Associate Justice of our Supreme Court for years, also a most progressive railroad president, and a bank president later, winding up this well rounded active ' life in 1910 at Columbia after a much enjoyed pleasure trip to Europe, the 1 first holiday of his life. i Champion Blush Neils Christenscn, in an English ' class recently blushed furiously when : he was accused of being the author of an anonymous story read by the professor. The funny part of it was that the opus was the brain-child of i Jim Gibson, after all. Do You Whistle? Would be whistlers take heedT* Assistant Coach Frank p. Pauly absolutely prohibits whistling in his presence on the field or in the dressing room. He is firmly convinced that it is bad luck of the first order U. R. C. 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