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The Gamecoca Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of Soul Carolina during the college year except during examinations and hodays Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, 8. C November 20, 1908 Subscription Rate-$2.00 per college year. Circulation -1800 Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in Tenement 16, University campus Phone 8123 1935 Member 1936 Associated CoUe6iale Press Distributor of Colle6iate Di6est Sole and Exclusive National Advertising Representatives NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, Inc. 420 Madison Avenue. New York City Chicago-Boston-San Francisco-Los Angeles-Portland-Seattle EXECUTIVE BOARD HUNT GRAHAM - - - - - - - - - - - - Edit< RAY BARGERON - -- - - - - - - Business Manag FRANCIS WILLIAMS - - - - -- - - Managing Edit, iEPARTMENT HEADS Harold Prince, Sports editor; Marybelle Higgins, Society editor; 3I An'Irews, Co-ed editor; Sam Cleland. Circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Shannon Minis, Don Causey. Hal Tribble, Ed Harter and Vivian Ton associate e<iitors; St. Clair Muckenfuss, Crawford White, and Char Lee, associate managing editors; Tom Willis and Bill Brockingt< associate circulation managers; Felix Green and J. M. Polattlie, associ. business managers. STAFF WRITERS W. L. Lamb, J. O. Willis, Grace Toney, Jimmie Thomas and R. Lindsay. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1936 President McKissick's Policy It would be useless to attempt a review of ti life and (llalificatiols of the new President of tl University. The following statements made by hi in a recent meeting of the faculty well show i qualities and ability: "My policy is simiply this, a square deal for tl faculty and others serving the institution, for tl students and the alumnini, for the University at the state... . "As great as is the honor of the presidency is a, fact that I did not seek it but shrank fro assllling its heavy burdens. But now that have plt lly hands to the plow I shall try to 1ydty I pO'd to m1UoPt1 problems. ISSuleS ill situations squarely and not to evade thel or shi my responsibility to others. I propose that a members of the faculty and administrative sta shall count with me but none too llluch. If ml one desires to deal with me, I expect him to do directly. There is no power behind the throne. "No one realizes more than I do that the pr ident of the University by himself can accomlpli little and that for real achievellent he lulist ha the active, loyal co-operation of students, facult trustees and alunmi. I ask you for your co-oper tion and I counIt upon01 it. "I have no selfish ends to serve. My only ami tion is to make some 'onltr'ibultionl to tile advanc ment of the University. As James Russell Lo~w felt toward his alma mlalter, so I feel toward mini 'Whatever we can (10 for her can never equlal whi shle hals (lone for uts.' "No one else knows myl Own limitations ats I < Whiatever I call accompllish will not he brillial original or outstanding. When lmy teniire en I will mnot be ranlked1 with the great p)residen1ts t Umniversitv has had now andl( thien in its longr 11 All that I can hopeW is thatt I mfay be able to si when myl wvork is done, as Grover Cleveland sa in his last hiottis: 'I have tried so hard to righlt.'" -U. 5. C. Fate Of The Gennan Club? Ray Noble and his orchestra, onle of the best the country, played for the Juine Ball and1( thle Inti fraternity (lance at the close of the last Uniiversi year'. According to his c'ontralct, Noble was receive $2500 for hlis nmulsic at the two above me tionmed dances and at It sp)ecial conceit. But whlen the time came11 fot' tile pay-off, I manager received exactly $300 less than thle spe fled amount. The reason 11e dlidn't get the enti amnount was that not enoughl money had b)een c< lected. The ultimate resumlt of this shortage is that t credit of the German club and the name of t University wVill he impaired. Whlether anoth good orchestra wVill come here reminls to be set but it is only logical to assume that another w not. The Gamecock suggests that either officials of t club hlave enouIgh money to pay off their oblig tions or else hire smaller bands that will play i less money. - ' To The Freshmen You are now a part of the University of South Carolina and wherever you go you will be recog nized as such. You probably don't like the oh school now; you probably won't like it a week fron h now; you may be homesick; you may not like you roommate; you may not like your professor. Ir fact there are a number of things you may not like - But whether you like the school now is of little concern. By the end of the year you will take pride in walking over the campus, you will greel your professor with a smile and you will be a life long friend of your roommate. There are certain things that you should get ir your head however, before you start. The first is not to overdo anything, no matter whether thal thing be studying, dating, frolicing, or playing There will be only a few of you who will overd< er studying. That is certain. This is not a hart school, but it is by no means an easy one. The se ~ cret of getting along is studying so much every " day. One cannot set down in black and white hov much a person should study each day, as that de pends upon the mentality of the student. Fin t yourself out and then study so that you will makc - good grades. F. Another important thing about college life ih picking your companions. You may not believe it but you will be judged by the class of company yoi choose. For your pals, choose the type you woulc like to have as a brother or sister. 1e That building with the large pillars in fron le of it on Sumter Street is the library. Now there' Ill a good place to hang out-one of your professor is might see you there. You can derive more pleasurc from the books in that building than you could ge le in living forty years. You pay $2.50 a senmeste le for the use of the library, so make use of it. id In joining a fraternity or sorority, don't let th acti es high-pressure you. Join the organizatioi it wllose young men or young women are the typl m you want to live with. No matter what von do while you are at th University, remember that you are a part of it t and everything you do and say, will not only b held for or against you but for or against the Uni illversity as well. 'iff 1y so Start Now And Remain HONEST Last year the University of South Carolina, a s- well as the I niversity of North Carolina, was sul) h jectel to a great bit of scandal regarding the steal e ing and selling of examination papers. Near th Y' close of the school year, 352 students met an( a- formed an "honor council." They pledged them selves to rep)ort anyone they saw cheating oni ex - ahmnationls and( quiizzes, andl also p)ledgedl the; e- wouldl not p)ract ice undl(erhandedl methods5. Some)i, of you freshumen have ridden through higi e:(schoo 1y the help of your compljanions. Some o 't you w ill p)robably get through college by the sam11 miethods. SomIle of you may not get past the firs e'xamin at ion if you think you can cheat and ge i'by with it here. This. is an honorable institutior dsWe (1o not allowv such things. As soon as you cnte y oumr first examination, you will fid this is tru( e.If you are turned uip for cheating, do not thin? Shard of the person who tulrnedl you up1-you ha it comning to you. You have been warned1. Yo lo will be warned again. W'e mean business. In face of thlis, wvhy not start stud(ying andl avoi having to dlepenld upon01 cheating? Will you n< feel better after the quiz is over if you caln wail il ouit and( saty "I made a hlundred1 on that quiz an ar I dlid not give or receive any help?" ty Keep) this in mind: You can't get by with to and1( if you (do, you arec hurting yourself more tha ni- anybody else. -Thanks! re TIhe Gamrecock wishles to take this meager wya >1- of expressing its gratitud(e to tihe city of Columbi and t.o Dri. L. 1B. Owens, mayor of the city, fo he their coop)eration and funds in making it possibl. he for this and each issue during the entire year t, er be sent to the 50 accredited high schools of thl mn, State. ill We h)elieve that our paper will be of hlelp to thl dlifferent schools in many ways. It will infornm hie those hligh schools of the activities of tile (differen a- students they have sent to the University am or those interested in journalism may get an idlea a to what a college npnpei le. Ticker Tape By TRIBBLE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) -Caviar with a peanut-butter label.... Steve Baker and Adolph Pearson seen to be still fanning the flame....Add lovely lyrics: "A Star Fell Out of Heaven".... Add lovely limbs: those of Emily Grant... .Add loveliness: Miriam Graham. Short Story Harper Welborn, former campus politician and one-time Clariosophic prexy, this past summer sought elec tion to the House of Representatives from a rabid pro-Johnston county His election' seemed assured until a letter in a local paper informed voters of Harper's former affiliation with th< society (Clariosophic) that passed those now-infamous resolutions in dicting Governor Johnston for his stand on the highway question. Sub sequently he was defeated. He was beaten badly. He ran next to last ir a large field. It wasn't a very good next-to-last. The satirical note be ing that Harper did, not even attend the meeting at which the resolutions were passed! And the author of the newspaper item was, of all people, a former classmate! Ten Types of a Freshman 1. The lyric and tune of "Al ma Mater" have him stumped. He could have sworn he learned that song in high school-the name was the same! 2. He wonders why Beta Nu Delta doesn't give him a bid. His old man was a Beta pledge for five years. 3. Having previously advertised his unlimited capacity, he tackles his first drink in very fine style. It goes down Glug-Glug-Glug! It comes up later. 4. He's a three-bottle man-in a milk wagnn! 5. On the morning after the first dance, he boasts of his conquest of a certain professor's wife. She's hot stuff, he says; a lulu, he says; and did I go to town, he says. Later, he runs into the lady on the campus, with all the gang watch ing. He speaks; she smiles. Let me see, she says; are you the lit tle freshman from Hog Run, she says. Yes, Maam, says he. 6. Basically a realist, he snores while day dreaming! 7. "Dere mom," he writes, "this is a swell joint. In biology lab we all got a telescope !" 8. He's a ladies' man, yes, sir. Women, to him, are an open book -Whiz Bang! 9. Emily-pnsted in a two-bit hash-joint, he eats with his knife. All except soup-he drinks that from the bowl! -10. He wasted an entire after noon playing with a dial telephone. He thought it was an adding-ma chine! Memoirs of a Misfit f September, 1932. Only yesterday.. Sandl a million years ago. Sitting il a window of tenement 14, looking dlowi on the campuis at midlnight, I, whi t would set the wvorld afire, lighted in first cigarette. Must have dreame< too long.. . .the match burned my fnn gers. Classes began each (lay at 8 a. mn. a late hour for many of us. The folk i back home would have fed the mules Imilked two cows or so, and picke 30 pouinds of cotton. But we fusse with the Mendelian theory, learnedt gracefully split infinitives, and wet told that aint aint good usage. A me..... .One plus one eqjuals so mnuc t too much! kClass room laughs caime a (lime d (ozen at that time. Anything or nothi ing could provoke resounding cachir nation. I remembher French 11 aft< two-too-many andl two hours sleep... with Sid D)uncan dloing a hop-step--am in jump translation of I'Abbe Constar tini, stumipedl by a sentence beginning "Ces cris! .Mon dieui......Comes hoarse whisper from somiewhert "These cries.. . .these cries..." Si catches it... .almost. .. .andl begims conh(dently, loudly: "'Jesus Christ My God!... Which, after all, isn't a had interp)re tat ion. I' -u. g. o. September 18, 193( Editor of The Gamecock: May I have space in your column, to call the attention of the studen b hody to certain consequences ol breaches of the Honor Prninciple? 'T'he observance of the Honor Prin ciple is tradlitional at Carolina. Ii matters of behavior the students havy b)een askedl to exercise their senis the principles of honor and shame. a Present national and world condi- a tions have resulted from and in a gen eral lowering of moral standards fol- t lowing the World War. It is popular a today to disregard law, both civil and r moral, if it interferes with selfish de- t sires. Wrong doing does not seem as v bad as it used to appear. The mistake c is often considered to lie not in the c deed but in being caught. t A sense of honor and honest char- a acter are developed by their exercise. c Weakness of character often begins t and develops from a failure to reflect c on the consequences of unfair and dis- t honorable practices and behavior. Stu- l dents who cheat on quizzes and exams often do so because they feel that they will gain something thereby. Suppose we examine a breach of the Honor . Principle such as that of cheating. Who is benefiled by itf 1. Not the student who cheats. His character is thereby warped and weak ened. He takes the easy way, failing to develop '.'s own ability and power of self-reliance. He loses his own self-respect and incurs the low regard and contempt of his fellow students. He encourages by his example other weak students to take the easy way. He places himself in such a position that his teachers and fellow students cannot recommend him for any responsible position. 2. Not the teacher. His heart is sad dened for he feels that he is in a meas ure failing in his task of training stu dents to meet fairly the stresses of life. His task of evaluating the work of his students is made more difficult, since quiz papers do not in all cases repre sent honest effort. 3. Not the honest and honorable stu dents. They feel that they must meet unfair competition and not have their honest efforts properly rewarded. They know that their diplomas will be cheapened and their degrees discounted because the undeserving may receive equal or greater rewards. 4. Not the University. It acquires an unsavory reputation, for a school is judged by the students it sends out. 5. Not the State. For educated crooks L SUNDAY MIDNI( ON~ OUR I ONE PERFORK ALL SEA "The Four Ten Foot P array of cle 93Oaa LORE TI MEFRR (Laugi JEAN - LUTH SH ERM (Pas - (Wizard .~ And ON THE When Guy cracks do' mob in town . . . yo r I with laughter I * "THE BIG GUY Wit Columbia's Modern Theatre Two Hours of Good Ei --TOD James Cagney in " MONDAY--' FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW "LITTLE LORD : WEDNE WARREN '1 ( "CASE OF THE I] re a positive menace to civilization nd good government. Student, the next time you 'are empted to viojate your sense of honor nd to lower your moral standards, eflect on these facts, and remember hat you cannot sow a breach of honor vithout reaping at some time the fruit If loss of self-respect, a weakened haracter, a bad influence on others, he low regard and contempt of your ssociates, and a measure of disgrace n yourself, your Mother and Father, he University and your State and ountry. Will it be said of you broughout life: "He cheated in col .ge"? W. A. WHITESEILL, Assoc. 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