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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of Soutl Carolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, 5. O. November 20, 1908 Subscription Rate-42.00 per college year. Circulation-1800 Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in Tenement 16, University campus Phone 8123 1936 Member 1937 50kd CeOe w Distributors of Cole6iale Di5est 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 - - - - - -- - - - - - - Edito RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - Business Manage FRANCIS WILLIAMs - - - - - - - Managing Edito DEPARTMENT HEADS Harold Prince, Sports editor; Marybelle Higgins, Society editor; Ma Andrews, Co-ed editor; Sam Cleland, Circulation Manager. ASSOOIATES Shannon Mims, Don Causey, Hal Tribble, Ed Harter and Vivian Tomas associate editors; St. Clair Muckenfuss, Crawford White, and Charle Lee, associate managing editors; Tom Willis and Bill Brockingto1 associate circulation managers; Felix Green and J. hi. Polattie, associat business managers. STAFF WRITERS W. L. Lamb, J. O. Willis, Grace Toney, Jimmie Thomas and R. F Lindsay. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1936 School-Or Mill? Guest Editorial By Dr. J. Rion McKissick, President of the University of South Carolina Startled and shocked were South Carolina news papermen at this statement made to them som< years ago by the president of a college in thi; state: "Our college every year is awarding diploma, to many seniors who, in spite of their years in th< public schools and with us, are not really edu cated." Yet probably most, if not all, high school super intendents and college and university president could make similar admissions. Why? Because the education to which they are expose( does not "take" in the case of countless pupil and students. Because real education means much more thai "book learning." Because an individual is far from being edu cated when his mind has been merely cramme< with facts. Because the aim of so many young people ii school and college is to get so many credits, rathe: than to get a sound, rounded education. They look upon school or college as a mill wher they work for a certain number of hours at mor or less disagreeable tasks in order to win a di ploma. When the whistle blows for "quitting time," their wvork is ended. The really successful pupil or student has a dif ferent attitude. He looks upon school as a plac< where he is getting some things far more valuabl< than credits. From his education he hopes to learn how to get the best out of life, how to live hap pily, how to understand the 'world around him how to think straight, how to act wisely, how t< develop all those powers within himself that mnak< for "the beauty and the worth of life." A gawky boy from the backwoods of my owr county came to the University a few years ago His was one of the wvorst ratings in the intelligenc< test. Although he was a consistent student, oftei he could not answer simple questions on the text Yet hlis was an inquiring mindl. He never hesitate< to ask questions or to express his own opinions Knowing that for hack of money lie could spent but one year in the University, lie made the mosl of his opportunities. After he had gone, I learnet that in that year he had used our library more than any other student. Whenever a professor ir classroom or elsewhere spoke of a book as wortl while this freshman read it. He got more v'alu utof one year than many get in four. Investigation of the quantity and quality o: what students read dliscloses that, outside of re quired reading, most of them read few helpfu books, and many read none at all. How can any one be well educated without being well read? Those who hunger and thirst for knowledge ani for wisdlom, who seek their own character develop ment, in all likelihood will be the well educated. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Colum bia University, recently said: "Capacity to pass intellectual tests should ranl third in estimating the educational progress of student. Evidences of his character building 'should come first; and evidence of his good man. ners and respect and concern for others should . come second ; and, these lacking, no amount of in. tellectual performance of any kind should win hirn adyancement or graduation. Such a one would noi have been educated at all; he would only have beer instructed in some degree in the subject matte of a given field of knowledge." Every pupil, every student, should realize th truth of the old saying that education is not for ti school, but for life.-Southern Christian Advocat The Book Proposition There are 258 sophomores taking second yea English and approximately 300 taking sophomoi History. In each of these classes students had t - buy new books this year. Sophomore English texts sold for $2.75 eacl while History books retailed at $3.75. The totr amount paid by sophomores for these two bool alone was $1,834. I-ad second-hand books bee used in these two classes, approximately $600.( would have been saved. The texts used in these courses last year wel as good as can be found anywhere. Instead < using the 1935 edition of The College Omnibus, was decided that the 1936 edition should be subst tuted. Practically every student who took th course last year, has a copy of the 1935 editio: A number of the stories and poems were n< changed in the latest edition. Several facult members have said that the '35 edition was mut better than is the '36 edition. Why then, shoul the latest edition be used ? And another thin Those students who have bought the latest editi< will not be able to sell the books at the end of ti - year unless they want to sacrifice the copies for few cents. These two departments are not the only one on the campus that change books ever so ofte The foreign language department has a habit ( changing every year. This, perhaps, is the on] department that is justified in the many change It is an old custom for foreign language studen to write between the lines. A second-hand book, i one of the romance langage classes, would ther fore serve as a "pony," translation. Even second hand books could be used in th (department if the professor would take enoug time to look through each book at the beginning ( the year. Some language professors do this at tl a beginning of each class, anyway. It seems to The Gancock that department heac would have enough foresight to select books whi< - will last students at least four or five years. Ce s tainly it would save a great deal of money. -v. 3. 0. The Mess Hall Some 200 students recently signed a petition d manding that University officials either place dietician in charge of food at the University Stev ard's Hall (Mess Hall, to you) or give freshme the right to eat elsewhere. It so happened, hov ever, that before the petition could be presente to the proper authorities, it was stolen from i custodian who took time off to study his Englis lesson. In the eyes of The Gamecock, those who signe the manuscript were justified. It. is human natu that a person will resent having to do somethir he is compelled to do. If a person were forced - 3 go to a picture show every day, one. would so< grow tired of the practice. Likewise, one who i compelled to eat at the same place for an enti year is bound to grow tired of the surrounding - and of the food. It's human nature-you ju a can't get around it. Ever since the mess hail has been operating the University there has been trouble. Probab -there wvill be trouble until the hall is closed. Bai >in the days when our fathers wvere in college, tv 3 intimate friends had a squabble over a plate of fis a They decided to have a duel. One was killed; ti other died, heart-broken. But for the preservation of the hall, Universi officials have to compell freshmen to eat there. so happens that with the high rent that has to 1 Icharged for the maintenance of the hall, operato have to have some guarantee before they will pla their bids for a year's contract. The Universi also sets the price of meals. But this has absolutely nothing to do with t1 type of food that is to be served. The market h plenty of vegetables, green vegetables. Goodne knows, there are a number of boarding houses ju off the campus that serve plenty of green vegetabl and good meat for the same price that is beji charged at tihe mess hall. Signers of tihe petition did not object to t food at the first of the year. What they are so about is that there is no variety in the food. O I of the instigators of the petition stated that had eaten dried beans every meal since school ope ed. This, undoubtedly, is exaggerated, but o: I can readily see that dried beans have been serv a great deal. It was the plan of the University officials at t -beginning of the year to-have a dietician in char of menus at both University cafeterias. Wheth they have installed this dietician as yet is unknow but it is certain that one will be, as soon as ti proper officials have received the petition. Thanks! Members of the University cheer leading sectii Iwish to take this means of thanking Belks' d partment store for their contribution toward che leading uniforms. COLONEL TALKS AT SERVICES e (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) e varied experiences. Some of them are: "I know that God answers prayer be cause he has answered so many of mine. r "If I did not have faith that God will guide me, I would never assume the dif ticult and heavily responsible tasks that O lie before me. He knows that I am not equal to them, and I know that He will help me. "I know that God is good, because He has always been better to me than I have deserved. n "Why should he choose me, instead of 0 someone of the far better fitted for a place of great honor and responsibility? .e "It is a sustaining thought that, when Christ, chose disciples to carry on His work, he did not select the ablest and best equipped men available, but called fisher - men and small-town business men. is "I have no religious doubts, I leave them to those who are interested in them. The wisest and best people I have ever known, as well as most of the wisest and Y best people of the earth, have believed in h1 the Christian religion. I am content to d follow them unquestioningly," President McKissick emphasized. The speaker admitted that he too had t1 had some of the common misconceptions Le concerning religion, when he added: a "One of my misconceptions of religion was that to be a Christian one must go around sad-hearted and long-faced, must be solemn and austere, must look with * disfavor on pleasure and gayety, must be a sort'of perpetual killjoy. .y "I have come to believe that a Chris s. tian does not have to be anything of the sort. Christ never preached a gospel of gloom. He was a social being who loved n his fellowmen. He came, not to lessen human happiness, but to increase it. "Another of my misconceptions was is that the Christian life consisted mainly h of going to church, singing hymns, listen ing to sermons, and putting something into the plate. te "I have come to realize that the whole hearted practice of the Christian religion is means much more than that. h "Its field is not within the narrow limits of a building. Its field is the world r- all about us. It is not a ritual, but a way of life for every day. It must find its highest and noblest expression in our tuuiacis with our ieiiowmen. It must touch for the better those whom the church does not reach. a "Another misconception I have had was - that to be a Christian one had to be nar n row-minded, intolerant, unforgiving, pur . itanical, but Christ had none of these qualities, as examination of His deeds and words discloses." ts Doctor McKissick pointed out that 11 from childhood to a much later period in his life lie had felt repulsion for the d church. He described the various occur rences in his life that transformed him from the razzle-dazzle type of non-con g formist to an open confession of Chris 0 tianity. in Eitor Open Forum I sEio,The Gamecock: st It seems that certain students on the campus have the stomach ache. They are griped, intestinally speaking. They tdon't like the idea of freshmen being LY required to eat at the mess hall, they k don't like the managers of the mess 'o hall, and last but most painfully they don't like the food served at the mess 'hall. These dislikes were embodied ein a petition read in chapel this week. Students were asked to sign. Stu by dents did sign. The petition was stolen, [t or so I was told. I didn't see it hap pen. But nevertheless the complaint rem ams. I' would like to give my impressions ~e of the situation,. as free of prejudice, yas fairly as possible. Dean Bradley stated in chapel that it would be almost impossible to get anyone to accept a contract to run is the mess hall unless the managers ss were guaranteed a definite number of st diners per day. The reason, he said, sis that the managers would lose money if they did not know approximately how many to prepare meals for, To protect the students from exhor 1e bitant prices at nearby boarding re houses, it is necessary that the mess ehall be continued. The University has learned by experience that it can't give the students the same food as ~-cheaply as contractual managers can. ie Something like government in busi d ness, you see. Dean Bradley's reasons for requir ie ing a certain number to eat at the mess hall, and his reasons why the mess hall should be continued are clear er enough, it seems to me. Don't think n, that I say this is an -effort to get on the ie dean's soft side. I can well remem ber the times that lie has had me "on the carpet." We "had it hot and heavy," so to speak, only his desk top between us. I never emerged from >n one of our encounters without renewed e- respect for Dean Bradley and his opin rions, whether or not I endorsed them, SSome of the students dislike the Campus URING HIS OtNrRE FcOBALL CAREER, 114E U. OF ILLINOIS' 'GALLOPING 6HOST' CARRIED '1IE PIGSKIN 4,013 'lMES FOR 32,820 YARDS! IN OTHER I WORDS HIS GAINS TOTALt.Eb 4 APPROXIMATELY 1MILES! \," rcported themi for not eating there as freshmen, or because they were eat ng on a meal ticket instead of by the month. That requirement is a part of the contract, and the University should carry out its part as well as the managers. Some other students dislike the managers because they might have b)een hesitant in grant ing credit. If your livelihood were de pendent upon the mess hall profits, you wouldn't make a nuisance of your self soliciting credit either. "The burnt child fears the fire" I have heard, and the fact that some students have failed to pay their bills does not encourage granting of credit. The main question, however, is the quality of food served. Except for exclusive girl schools, I have eaten in every mess hall in South Carolina and I find that it stacks up about like this: Clemson and Furman served food of the same quality as the University mess hall, except that milk was placed on the table in pitchers. I was with ite baseball team at the time, and students at the two schools mentioned told e that milk was not served reg ularly, but just "for company." It may be different now. I haven't been here this year. At Erskine we were confronted with bowls of "pork and beans," and spin ach. Those were the only two dishes. Of course we had some meat, some coffee and bread. I like neither of the two dishes mentioned, so I con tented myself with the saucer of ice cream following the meal. Erskine students told me in all .sincerity they did not set a special table for visitors. At Wofford, I found food practi cally the same as at the University. Presbyterian College and Newberry put two vegetables on the table. N. C. State offered a menu almost identical to ours. Some of the stu dents ate in a basement cafeteria, but that cost more. And at Duke the re tions were dished out in fancy style. What with three dining rooms and a cafeteria, a fellow could usually satisfy his appetite. At none of the places mentioned did the board bill average less than $18 per month, although various systems are used in determining the rates. At Presbyterian, Furman, and Clemson in this State, and at the two North Carolina schools mentioned, the treasurer's annual bill per student far surpasses expenses here. *You have to pay for what you get-anywhere. The request for a dietician is a good one. I don't know exactly what one would be required to do except to sugge'st a balanced, varied meal. My guess is that were we to have one, very few changes in the menu would Radio ON ALL CAROLINA'S DIXIE RJ U--NO+--WE memin . r. Camera - I itil ts a laN gR30NING PERSON4S IN THE U.S.ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES! JoooRp0w W NISON CED POdTALL I SLGYAN U y-~ IN IBM8 AND 1I90 be effected. Still it is a good ides, and I think that the Committee on. Cafeterias, together with the managerj of the mess hall and the girls dining hall, should consult one often-say at every change of the season. Some students say they get tired of eating at the mess hall all the time. So do I. I get tired of eating at any one place all the time. There are times when I would rather straddh+ a stool in frbnt of a grease-slinging hamburger chef, than plant feet under my own mother's table. Some students say that we don't have enough dessert. Probably so. but if employing a dietician would re' place beans and potatoes with a dish of gelatin, or some other fancy frit. terings, then I don't want the dieti cian. Maybe you have been accustomed to a maid and butler doing everything. but eat your food for you. Maybe your meal was passed in dignified si lence, with the very latest Emily Post ines being observed. Then the mess hall is no place for you. To me the noise and bustle is part of the meal. Perfection of that old boarding house reach won't hurt. You might have to do some fancy grabbing once you have been pushed out into the cold, cruel world. (Pardon the pompous ness, Mr. Editor). I do not contend that the mess halls spreads a feast three times per day. Often I dislike some of the food served. However, that particular dish might be just what some other person had been waiting for. This is not written, Mr. Editor, s a means of securing or insuring a job. Although I have worked at the mes's hall before, I am neither seeking a job there now, nor would I accept one. To forestall any finger pointing,\ I should add that I have been sub stituting this week at the request of, one Mr. Windy Robinson. You know . Windy. Well he went and got all married up t'other day, and the better three-fourths ultimated that he would just have to take a week off to enter tain her. So Windy did. Howard Cooper. EAT Sancken 's Ice Cream ALWAYS Manufactured by Richland Dairies C0LUMBIA, 8. C. ervice MAKEs L.ARGEST t DIO CO. -NO-0-RADIO 9Rtne see A