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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 t ROBERT ELZIOTT GONZALES, First Editor 7ublished weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C.. November 20. 1908 1936 Member 1937 Distributors of RePRESNTED FOR NATIONAL AOVaRTISING By National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MAoIsON AVa. NEr YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO . BOSTON N SAN FRANCIsCO Los ANGELas - PORTLAND - SEATTLE EXECUTIVE BOARD HUNT GRAHAM - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - Business Manager FRANCIS WILLIAMS - - - - - - - Managing Editor DEPARTMENT HEADS Harold Prince, sports editor; Marybelle Higgins, Society editor; Mae Andrews, Co-ed editor; Sam Cleland. Circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Shannon Mims, Don Causey. Hal Tribble, Ed Harter and Vivian Tomas, associate editors; St. Clair Muckenfuss, Crawford White, and Charles Lee, associate managing editors; Tom Willis and Bill Brockington, associate circulation managers; Felix Green and J. M. Polattie, associate business managers. STAFF WRITERS W. L. Lamb, J. O. Willis, Grace Toney, Jimmie Thomas and R. F. Lindsay. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1936 A Great Racket One of the greatest rackets on the American campus today is the fraternity racket and all mem bers of national social fraternities on the Univer sity campus are suckers. This may seem to be a bold statement. It is. But did you ever stop to consider the proposition? President J. Rion McKissick recently stated that the cost of one fraternity on this campus is eight times as great as it was when he was in school. No doubt, the cost of living has increased greatly since that time, but this is nothing to do with the exhorbitant increase in fraternity cost. A person has to live now, as well as one did 20 years ago whether one is a member of a fraternity or not. The first question that pops into ones mind is, why am I a sucker because I belong to a national fraternity? There are many reasons. You pay an average of $50 to become initiated into a fraternity on this campus. Of this amount, an average of $32.50 is turned over to national headquarters. What do you get for this money? You get a shingle stating that John Doe has been initiated into the Eta Bat cha Pie fraternity and that he is now entitled to all the privileges of the club. So what? Every year when you return to the chapter you pay an average of $10 for "yearly dues." What do you get for this? Maybe a letter of thanks or a line in your fraternity magazine saying that you, along with others, returned to school. After you are out of college, you get a batch of letters from the chapter requesting that you "lend a helping hand--the furniture is old and broken down, the rent is unpaid, and the fraternity is li able to be thrown out for lack of funds." Of course you suck along and slip the boys a check for ten slugs. The Gamecock is not contending that fraterni ties are the source of evil.'* On the contrary, they are good things to belong to, and the thrill of ini tiation, the comradship of tihe particular group that selects you to live with them and vice-versa, the joys and sadnesses which you share with this group as long as you are in college-all- these things are "without money and without price." What The Gamecock is opposed to, is the exces sive price that each fraternity member has to pay to the national chapter every year. What happens to this money?i It is a cinch that it is not put back into the chapter which donates it, therefore it must go to national officers of different fraternities. These officials are paid high salaries for doing very little toward building up the chapters. They are paid to sit behind marble-top tables and cool their heels, smoke big cigars, give dictation to pretty secretaries, ride around in sixteen cylinder Cadillac automobiles, and wear white collars. It is an indecent disgrace that college students stand for such a thing. What makes the matter worse, is that if something isn't done soon, national offices will keep raising initiation prices until it will be hopeless for the average student to belong -to a fraternity. It is common talk that large jewelry companies pay bonuses to fraternity executives for the privi lege of serving as "exclusive fraternity jewelers." Jewelry companies cannot afford to lose money on the deal, so they elevate the price of their merchan dise and make the poor students suffer. What are you going to do about all these things, Mr. Eta Batcha Pie? Homecoming Tomorrow is the day when alumni of the Uni rersity will return to the campus and look over he place where they went to college. No doubt, ;hey will note many changes. Some of them will iot recognize the place, as there have been many ilterations in the past five years, and there is lit le doubt but that there will be more changes in he future. For instance, during the past five years, new walks have been constructed through the campus, the extension building has been remodeled, the student activities building has been constructed, two wings have been added to Thornwall college, Flinn hall has been moved to a new location, a new war memorial building has been constructed, and the stadium has been built. Alumni will be ill at ease. They will not know where to turn. All their friends will have grad uated, the campus will not be the same, and they will be in a city that has changed a great deal since the last time they were in Columbia. Despite the fact that a gala banquet and parade will be conducted prior to the game, alumni will not feel at home. It is up to you, the students of the University, to see that these ex-Carolinians have a good time while they are in Columbia. See what you can do. A few favors by the student body will help greatly in showing the alumni that Carolina stu dents are the same as when they were in the Uni versity. -U. a. 0. Intra-Mural Football When Jack Crawford, director of physical edu cation, announced that intra-mural football would be played this year, a great howl of glee went up from the student body. Rival fraternity men expressed their intentions of "knocking out" their opponents. They sat around and thought of how much fun it was going to be. Little did they realize that they Lhemselves might be the ones injured. Despite the fact that this sport has not started as yet, three men have been injured in practice. One suffered a broken nose, another is hobbling around with a walking cane, and the third has his hand taped up. It is eyident that more injuries will be suffered during the remnainder of the time in which prac tice is being held, and certainly there will be many more accidents when the games start. Any member of the football squad will tell you that one imust. be in excellent physienl condition in order to play the game. One must also know the "ropes." One must understand the art of tackling and falling, running and passing. Un less these arts are understood, accidents will occur, and even when these arts are mastered, there will still be injuries. Intra-mural sports are great things when they do not injure our students, but when such a rough and tumble game as football is installed, then and there is the time for intra-murals to be disposed of. / -U. a. 0. Capitalizing On Football Back in the days when automobiles were still in their infancy, H-enry Ford decided to reduce the price of his cars from $750 to $650. Other producers viewed this move with alarm. They wondered how money could be made when the p)rice had been lowered one hundred dollars. Henry Ford was no fool, lie knew what he was doing. By reducing the price of his commnod ity, he found that he could sell many more auto mobiles and could manufacture them much more cheaply. His move in this matter is known in eco nomic circles as elasticity of demand. Likewise, in the case of the Furman'Carolina football game played in Greenville this year, had the price of admittance been reduced to $2.00, in stead of $3.00, a much larger crowd would have been present. Hundreds of Columbians who intended seeing the game did not make the trip because they felt that the price charged was entirely too much. The mass of people' in this State will not pay $3.00 to see a football game. Admission to perhaps the best game in South Carolina (the Clemson-Carolina game) is only $2.40. Why, the public asks, should we pay more to see the Furman-Carolina game?i Rensselaer Polytech recently sponsored a world wide alumni reunion by radio. Residents of Minnesota only are eligible for a new Harvard scholarship. "More destructive than constructive" is the prac tice of working through college, says President Conant of Harvard. A University of Wisconsin beauty is endeavor ing to make tinfoil-saving "smart." She would send the profits to Chinese missionaries. Yale, Harvard, University of Wisconsin and University of Buffalo men have leading positions an the new GOP brain trust Little Items By Here And There Meller Drammer Not that it matters, but the time was about 8:30 p. in. of the past Saturday. The place was a drug store entrance on Main Street, Greenville. A Salvation Army lassie was tam 'bourining her way through the half holiday bustle. Her coat was worn. Her cheeks were white. Her eyes were bright. A member of the male species ap proached sidewise, leered. He should have been twirling a waxed mustache, but wasn't. "Where can I meet you?" he Rome oed. The lassie smiled. Answered: "In Heaven, I hope." The Pity of It Two exemplary gentlemen, in their dotage, and apparently i'n their cups, were whooping it up at the Carolina Furman farce. Every time Dean Ol son struck up the band, they went into their dance. Each flourishing the other's .hat, and with their iron-grey locks fluttering with the breeze, they staggered in time to the music. A Furman co-ed, the kind that gig gles, giggled: "Oh, look at those Carolina stu dents. Aren't they funny." Meet the New Judge No. 1 Quietly efficient, he smiles at you. Twenty years as an auto mechanic, in terspersed with periodic government police service-he's polite, businesslike. Married, has four children-he's home loving. Began duty September 15, watches from 5 p. in. to 5 a. in. Not because he is so old, he says, but wouldn't give his age. He is William 0. Sheppard, and resides at 5118 Wil son Boulevard. Meet the New judge No. 2 Obligingly amiable, he is the taller of the two-would have made a good private secretary. After four years with the city police department, and 17 years as a railroad detective for two lines, lie knows his trade. Came here November 1, on duty from 7 p. in. to 7 a. in. Brown-eyed, grey-templed, he is meticulous. Married, one daughter -he is of Welch descent, He is Vn1 J. Smyrl, and resides at 1104 Elmwood. The judges have separate beats, are commissioned by the county sheriff, paid by the state, at the request of the University. They wear uniforms, are armed with night stick and re volver--for the protection of the stu dents. Never Satisfied Some of the boys in tenement 16 have started a petition for a holiday on the occasion of the birthday of John A. Chase, Jr., registrar. .Filler A student was heard to remark that it is more satisfactory to be unconven tional, be ousted fronm school, be stamped a genius, than observe all the rules of propriety, flunk out, be stamped a dumbbell. Whath Again? One of the student operators ob served that the nuniber of outside lines at the telephone exchange are the same as last year, and calls have doubled. He has statistical support for that statement. Reason: Along with Swift Black, University students are more in demand. .Solution: *Put in at least three more lines, says the op erator. Source of spondulicks: Shift part of the library fee paid by students for valuable collections they are never allowed to see, and wouldn't want to, if they could. -U. U. C. -ODK (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Don H amn, president of Kappa Sigma Kappa, debating team, debating council, and treasurer of the Euphradian literary society. Bruce Fishborne, captain of the boxing team at Citadel, Phi Delta Phi, and Euph radian literary society. Rufus Morgan, track, freshman box ing team, and dean's honor list. -u. e. 0. ENGINEERS "I don't know of a civil engineer in South Carolina that is not employed at present," declares Prof. R. L. Sum walt, of the University school of en gineering. The engineering profession needs men, and the future holds great opportunities for it, he says. There is a variety of fields that em ploy civil engineers, including highway and bridge construction, topographical and geodetic surveying, federal and municipal public works, and water purification projects, the professor LIIs Campus Ir - ' BUCKSMOT " ONE OF '11E FIRST U1MRARY EFFORTS OF (01RY CANFIELD AND W1LLA CATINER WAS A R)O aALL STORY PRODUCE JOINTLY AND PUBUSHED IN -THE 1895 QA580K OF 'IE U. O NEBRAS WHAT'S WHAT IN U By Can The annual discussion over the Pul itzer Prize winners is going to be even hotter than usual this year, mainly over the decision of the Judges to give the prize for the best drama by an American author to Robert E. Sher wood for his latest success on the stage, "Idiot's Delight." There is no question over its being perfectly acted by that magnificent team Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, but no prize is given by the Pulitzer will for mere act ing, though it is the best possible, and something was said, and has been re peated nearly every year, about the play as well as the author must be American, which this play is not ex cept for a character or two, Lunt acting the main character that is sup posed to represent an American type. Sherwood has done better plays also, but he is American by birth and so it gets by, also as usual. The novel award for this year is thoroughly American in its author ship and scene, for H. L. Davis, the author of the double prize winning novel "Honey in the Horn" was born in Oregon and writes of his earliest memories and Oregon traditions in his book, which also won the Harper Seventh Novel Contest last year. Davis had already won a Guggenheim exchange fellowship wvhich he has been enjoying for the last three years in Mexico. He won, early too, a prize for his poems wvhich he began to write while serving in the World War. Sin clair Lewis, wvho once refused a Pul itzer prize for one of his own very American novels, says of "Honey in the Horn" that it is "full of raciness, of adventure, of color" and that "it is one of those uncommon books that really express a land and an age and by expressing them really create them." This novel has been in the University Library for some time, and attention in this column was called to it, but probably it will be more in demand as a Pulitizer prize winner. There seems no dispute about the other prize-winners and praise for most of the decisions especially for the Journalistic prizes, especially one, $500.00, awarded posthumously to Will Barber, of the Chicago Tribune, for his reports from the war in Ethiopia which ends the week the prize is awarded to one of its victims for he died there from malarial fever. Of special interest to the faculty and the students of the University should be the fact that three professors win Pulitzer prizes of $1,000 each, Robert P. Tristram Coffin for Poetry, Ralph Barry Perry for his Biography of Wil liam James, and Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin for "'rhe Constitutional History of the United States." Many new books have just been cat alogued and are ready to be taken out which are very popular and highly praised by critics, but there is hardly room to even mention them all. Here are a few which all will like: Frances Frost (Mrs. Sam Stoney) has two books added, her volume of poems "Woman of This Earth" (pub lished in 1934 by Houghton-Mifylin) and also her first novel which has been praised and noticed by all prominent critics, which was published this year early, by Farrar and Rinehart, called "Innocent Summer" a charming study of a group of young people at the New England seashore. Another most rf:....a aau DR.ELIPIALET NOT PRSENT OP UNION COLLEGE 6YEARS M MURRAY 1804--1866! is 14s -T DURING 'TRAT RAN O4g -IME HE AYER INA ALSO WA$ PRESItN OF RENS5ELAER POLYf1ECHNIC INSTITUTE FOR 25 YEARS! DOPALD MAC MURRAY WILL. COMPLET. A FULL.. FOt YEAR COURSE AT -14E U. OF CHICAGO NEXT MONTH. IT 10K HIM JUST ONE YEAIir T WHIZ. 'lHUG H 1E COURSE! HE PLANS '10 HAVE HIS MASTERS DEGREE BY AUGUST/ NIVERSITY LIBRARY illa Sams ing book is Clarence Day's "Life with Father" which has been for some months one of the best read books. Johan Fabricius comes out with a great new novel that almost vies in length. and will in popularity. with Anthony Adverse, as it is full of ad venture and is near to .1,000 pages. This is called "The Son of Marietta," whose name is Benedetto and who is a great romantic figure "more Cellini than Casanova." From one extreme to the other, per haps, is the play by Laurence House man that Helen Hayes has been mak ing famous by her wonderful acting this season "Victoria Regina." This is a series of one act plays which only nine could be used on the stage, for it is really a biography of the sixty year-Queen. Another historic play, "The Cavalcade" by Noel Coward has been just published and is also in the Library. "The Woolcott Reader" selected by Alexander Woolcott who writes the Foreword, is an anthology of great stories and masterpieces that he likes to keep by his bedside for midnight reading. Will Durant has finished and pub lished his first volume of "The Story of Civilization-Our Oriental Heri tage" a history of Egypt and the Near East, India, China and Japan from earliest times to the present. LANGUAGE1 CLUBS ACTIVE GROUPS Department clubs are very active on the campus, according to Dean Bradley. Spanish, French and German clubs are especially active. The purpose is to stim ulate interest in the designated courses and literature, politics, and customs of the people are discussed. Membership is restricted to those ful filling certain scholastic requirements. They have regular meetings and carry out arranged programs. German and French clubs have recently held tapping exercises in chapel and the German club has shown slides of the country they are studying. Rufus Morgan is president of the Ger man club; Cherry Dell Kelly, French club; and William S. Woods, Spanish club. Health Commiuttee Formed By Faculty A faculty committee on student health has been appointed to adopt plans in safe guarding and promoting the health of the entire student body, according to an announcement by John A. Chase, Jr., registrar and dean of administration. This committee will inspect the cafe terias, dormitories, classrooms, and rest rooms, and any,condition needing correc tion will be given attention. Attempts will be made to eliminate breeding places for mosquitoes and insanitation in gen eral. The City Health authorities will in spect boarding houses adjacent to the campus and place satisfactory ones on an approved list. A student boarding at other than an approved house will. do so at his own risk, Mr. Chase said. Any boarding house desiring to be accredited may apply to Dr. J. A. Stoddard. The committee on student health is composed of: Dr. N. B. Heyward, chair' man, Dean Arney R. Childs, Dr. Isadore Schayer, Prof. J. A. Crawford, Miss Nancy Pope, andl Mr. 3. M. Cant.