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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALE, First Editor Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the. University of South oaroline 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 9 CCd Golei Ah@ 4 Distributors of Coae6iate Di5est REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL AOVSRTISING NY National Advertising Service, Inc. Colfer. Publishers Representative 420 MADISON Ave. Naw YoRK. N.Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON SAN FRANCISCO Los ANGELES - PORTLAND - SEATTLE EXECUTIVE BOARD HUNT GRAHAM - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - Business Manager FRANCIS WILLIAMS - - - - - - - Managing Editor I)EPARTMENT HEADS Harold Prince, Sports editor; Marybelle Higgins, Society editor; Mae Andrews, Co-ed editor; Sam Cleland, Circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Shannon lime, Don Causey, Hal Tribble, Ed Harter and Vivian Tomas, associate editors; St. Clair Muckenfuse, Crawford White, and Charles Lee, associate managing editors; Tom Willis and Bill Brockington, associate circulation managers; Felix Green and J. MI. Polattie, associate business managers. STAFF WRITERS W. L. Lamb, J. 0. Willis, Grace Toney. Jimmie Thomas and R. F. Lindsay. FRIDAY, DEOEMBER 11, 1936 Studying Late Numerous complaints have been registered with University officials regarding the difficulty that one encounters in attempting to study. Some of those who make complaints claim that the only way they can possibly study in their rooms is to lock the door from the outside, crawl in a window, switch on a light in a separate compartment and absorb them selves in a book. These complainers are also of the opinion that the library does not stay open long enough. They contend that the hall should remain open until at least eleven o'clock and should open at eight in stead of nine in the morning. They are of the opinion that there are enough NYA students on the campus to work the extra two hours. The Gamecock is in favor of the last suggestion. Very often students arise in the middle of the night (around 8 a. m.) and want to study. ln less they perch beneath the spreading chestnut tree, they have no place to review their texts. The library is run very efficiently with the ex ception of the above mentioned situation. If the library were to open at 8:00 and close at 11:00, officials of the building could rest assured that they would not receive any more criticism from this organ. -U..5. 0. Getting Funds A student dashed across the campus like Dick Little would dash for the tape in the centulry. The expression on the student's face was that of suspense. Would he get that check cashed?i Would he be ab)le to take his best "gal" to the dance that night? Would there be enough money in the treasurer's office ?-All of these questions revolved in his mnind. lie was up against it, to say the least. lie had not a nickle in his jeans, he had not a bull or an ox to drive, he had no where to lay his head. But he (lid have a check-a good check, one that wouldn't bounce like a rubber bal whlich lie couldn't get cashed. All the stores just off the campus were julst out of "cale." lie was desperate. Finally he got to the office, only to lis ten to this terse statement: "No, I'm sorry. We don't have any money in the treasurer's office. We just cashed a check for five dlollars and now we are without funds." --That is an everyday occurrence aroundl the campus. The treasurer's office is always "just out of money with which to cash checks for students." Since this office is a part of the Universif.y and since studlents are also a part of the institution, it only seems logical that the office keep enough cash1 on hand to accommodate students. The office is checking "locks" at students. Credit for work completed at the University will not be given un less all indebtedness to the University is paid. If a student were to give a check which was not ac Scepted by the bank on wvhich it was drawn, it could be redeemed very easily by the student. The treasurer's office is helping students greatly by its depository, which makes it possible for stu dents to deposit funds and draw them, just as they would in a bank, without charge. But the office is terribly deficient in regards to. having cash on hand for the purpose of cashing cecks for students. hyh can't something be done about this, Mr. f ~',. I Nice Weather For Colds Professor E. C. Coker took ten minutes of his stronomy class Monday in order to stress the mnportance of caring for colds. Mr. Coker pointed )ut that one is much more liable to catch or spread r cold at this time of the year than at any other. le related the time when a flu epidemic swept b he University and laid up so many students that hey could not be housed in the infirmary or dor- p nitories but had to be placed in tents that were 1 >itched on the campus. o Mr. Coker suggested that all students who have h olds go to the infirmary and have the disease ,ared for. He pleaded to those who have colds to f 'efrain from going to picture shows or any place wvhere a great number of people are congregated. fl The words of Mr. Coker are well taken. The 'amecock ventures to say that at least 25% of the tudent body is now suffering from the disease. ti -olds are spread very easily. tl Watch your step, fellow. Don't wish off a cold P mn your neighbor ! tl --. .. 0. Let There Be Light The lighting system in the reading room of the o ibrary is awful. In fact it is so bad that one can 0 iardly find one's way about in this room without d :he aid of a flashlight. How library officials ex- h ect students to read in this room without inflict- t1 ng serious ailment to the eyes is a mystery. d --. .. .- b Two More Years p g Renewal of Coach Don McCallister's coaching :ontract for two years was decided upon by the University's Board of Trustees at a meeting Wed riesday afternoon. g He is being given another trial. ' Will he put out a winning football team? Will u lie make the grade as a college football coach?- n rhese are some of the questions that are being isked among alumni and students. McCallister has been at Carolina two years. The g irst year, his team made a poor showing against is ll opponents. This year, his record has been ' much better. Despite the fact that the team has ? won but four games. evidence of a better club is ipprm. h A football coach is always in a rather preca- w rious position. If his team is winning, every- o thing is all right, but once he does not defeat the rival, his contract is snatched. Next year, all of the men who played under a< Billy Laval will have graduated. McCallister will b have men who he has picked. There can be no ilibi. The Gamecock hopes that he will come through tt with flying colors. We are sure that he will. -U. A.C-J A Feather In Our Cap a Selection of Senator Ed Smith to ?peak to stu- q clents of the University next week was a wise " move on the part of the Euphradian and Clario ophic literary societies. The Senator's work in our national capitol has o been a credit to the State. His reputation is na- a tion-wide, and his ability as a speaker is equaled S' i>y very few in the State. The subject of Senator Smith's talk has not been innounced as yet, but it may be assumed that he a will choose an interesting and instructive top)ic of c iirrent events. J Join Up, Boys!g During the Freshman Camp at Barstow the 00 boys who attended were addressed by represen-n tatives of each of the different organitations on the campus. Each representative made a plea that S the freshmen join. ".Join our organization," he would plead. "WVe need you, we want you, and you need to be in our LrOu()Ip. Each speaker was representing a good organiza- a tion which has as its aim the advancement of the 1 UJniversity and the personality of the student. rTe only trouble was that there were too many rep resentatives to make speeches. If a p)oor freshman 0 were to join each group that was represented at the camp, he would have no time for studying. Some students have come to the University with :he idlea of joining everything that can be joined. rThey have found that it can't be (lone. They may e >e members biut they (10 the organization no good. a somne indlividuals have three or four meetings on he same night and at the same time. One can't s, e in three dlifferent places at once. q If you intend to join ain organization, look into ' t first. And if you do join one, put everything a ~on have into it. Don't do it half-way. Make your 'i ~vork amount to something. And, by all means, n e dependable. S, Education is companion which no misfortune w an dlepress, no crime (lestroy, no enemy alienate, 0 mo (despotism enslave. At home, a friend; abroad, C n introduction; in solitude, a solace; and in so iety an ornament. Without it, what is man? ja ..a sp)lendidl slave, a reasoning savage.--Varle. s Education makes a people easy to lead, but dif icult to dIrive easy to govern, but impossible to nslave.-Lord Brougham. Little Items Observed Here And There Slips That Pass In Class It is being told this way: Duri iology lab, Fritz Turner was sn ing away at a pig embryo. Not ig used to that kind of thing, he i ractically wrecked his piece of po was all knushy. An unhappy s the forceps tossed a bit of mush it is eye. If he hadn't said what he d e wouldn't have been so embarrass 'hen he glance4 up and found [oy calmly looking on. Dr. Ioy's mild query was: "Gra uit?" Paging Horatio Alger The inimitable (his favorite adjq ve) Miles Elliott, an ex-ed, has ma te statement that his sheepskin 1oc retty in its new frame-hanging ie cab of his truck. Big Red Roses An ice cream cone to the membE the Board of Trustees for the r ynition accorded Sumwalt Wedn ay afternoon. He deserves a pat te back, not only for the work as done for the University, but te many times he has given his s ents a helping hand. And for 1 enefit of the campus skeptic, this c artment is not in the school of < ineermng. Again We Agree Another idea endorsed by the boa -ts our stamp of approval. TI ne about closing Sumter street fr< ollege to Green. Students could thi ;e it for skating instead of a tra eet with death. Success Story Don Causey, the guy who can cl iself with two fingers of one hai answering his last roll calls t eek. Monday morning he will r the other side of the desk at Lo igh School in Horry county. I cent 10-minute conference with i gh school superintendent took ph hile he (Don) was attired in di reralls, plumbing his brother-in-la ater works. 'Twas a wise head that provided i Ided attraction for the increased nu er of girls in the canteen nowada One men'ber of the Board of Tr es was heard to remark, as assed throutgh the library on his w >the conference chamber: "T tace seems to be pretty full tod myway." Why doesn't someone utaint him with the fact that the W( esday afternoon crowd was no lark ian usual? Babcock remarking that some of 1 d grammars had a rule saying tI preposition is a bad thing to en< ntence with. Making Dates Seniors in the school of educati -e required to do practice teaching asses of the University high schc annie Clarkson, bashful co-ed, v the midst of a lecture when an ov rown boy did something that was cactly correct. "You stay in after school," she cc anded. The boy looked at her eagerly, ti "It's a date, teacher." Wet Place Names of students at Northwest< Fniversity are rather liquid. Th re two Beers, a Booz, a Beerman rewer, a Bock-six Steins, a Pond oo1, a Brook, a Lake, and a Ra ater. A sophomore goes by the surna Frosh, a law student is called He r, and there are two pre-dentil oothaker and Jerka. -Interview To comply with the widely issed "Graham Plan" for control thletics, the University of Virgi as started to interview every stude hether athlete or not, regarding urce of his income. Among uestions which students are asked, hether they hold'part-time jobs eitl the university or outside or w ie National Youth administrati he survey also is to disclose h ~any students hold service or ni ~rvice fellowships and scholarship Students are also expected to at hether they are paying part or their expenses from bor'rowed m< and to reveal the sources of1 oney. Other questions are desigr show whether students are rece g preferential treatment from a urce, especially in regard to bos d room.-The Flat Hat. Dating Freshmen Again Walter Monteith played good 5 aritan Monday to Louse MeDnn Campua " " ng ip >e ad rk. lip Ito id, ed )r. )e de ks in j :rs LEC he for A TRIN(Y OLLEE tu- (MM GRADUATE NOW TAKIN6 pA he ADVANED WOPK AT -HE U. OF 500 MHIGAN, IN HER LUFE AS e- NEVER MDE A GRADE LOE ER nHAN A/ . -McCallister rd (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) at m the Graham plan, but at the same time en be authorized to vote for a compromise ck or modification of that plan, if in his discretion he should see fit to do so. 5. That Coach McCallister and Di rector larth be authorized to attend th< iin annual meeting of the American Foot id, ball Coaches Association in New York iis provided funds for the purpose are avail be able. -U. U. o. i -Two Debates he MO:TINUED FROM PAGE ONE) cc *ty mand. That rigid industrial regulations v's are unsuccessful is exemplified in th< failures of such experiments in Russia he Germany, and Italy. We want to follow - the American idea that was founded in ys. 1776," Foster asserted. Branding the scheme as utopianic, Har - per \Velborn argued that any increase he in wages would necessitate the charging al.y of higher prices for commodities. "This is a beautiful theory, but there c- has been no definite plan presented, and d- until a workable program is drawn up er I shall contend that the idea is imprac table," Welborn said. he Presenting quite a few statistics, Johr tat Turnbull talked at length on the ques a tion, but it was indefinite as to whicl side he was supporting. "If we legislate as to minimum wages that will force high tariff walls to keei on inout foreign competition," Ed Sinms ar ol. gucd. "This wvill isolate America and ras no nation can stand alone." er- Deploring the evils of regulations dur lot ing the D)epression, he asserted that "ir Augusta, cattle were slain, thrown ii trenches and burned while people stoot en on the banks crying for the meat, whicl they have not yet received." In a last minute defense of his ar guments, Duncan said that the reasor rnthe agrarians were not included among rethe mndustries in his motion was due tc ethe fact that they wvould receive direci abenefit from the plan anyway. "If ther< ,ais increased consumption, the farmer .will -get more from his products. If he ha! eto wvork up to 14 hours a day to supply me the demand, that is all right. It is for his benefit." ~ts' It wvas finally decided to defer further discussion until next week. A motion censuring Mrs. Wallis War .field Simpson for her activities whiclh s-have not been inductive to wvorld peace' 9 was then introduced by \Velborn. nita "No proof as to any mar in Mrs. Simp nit, son's character has beeni presented, and :he I think that wve should put her on ,i .he pedestal and regard her as the modlerr is Godess of Love," D)uncan declared. "She er has offered to stuppress her love for thc ith King to save his position. If we only ha( ofn- the strength of character of Wally Simp w son, how wonderful this world would >n- be. When we condemn her, we condemr s. Love, by which we have been brought ite above the level of beasts. I therefore all oppose any motion depriving human be. mn- ings the right of love." he A sudden motion for adjournlmenit was ed passed, preventing further discussion. iv- --U. S. 0. ny by picking her up in hi Willis andl rd riding her to her destination. Much to Walter's embarrassment, Louise found a book lying on the back seat entitled: "Infant Care and Feeding." a- "Dating Freshmen Again?" Louise Id suggested. -ViE MMOF 0! . DMS JENSEN swc0 8URl4. efJ-O BUNDNES5 MRS. PRUDEN5 ER. LEADS RER A5 OF 100 OOrY SThDENTS AT NEW YORK UNIV IlY WCTN AN ACADEMIC AVERAi OP 92.5 PER(NT / E IS ALSO AN EXPERT MMD96 PUtiR-, SQUEAKS FROM THE .FIDDLER, Thomas Rogers Drake Murmurs of prai?e ran thru the large audience assembled Monday evening in Drayton Hall for the opening con-. cert of the University Symphony Or chestra under the talented direction of Mine. Felice de Horvath. And those murmurs of praise and the en thusiastic applause were well deserved. Few organizations accomplish such a great degree of improvement, polish, and regime as was exhibited at the concert last Monday evening, The program consisted of carefully selected, and much-beloved Beethoven compositions. The orchestra was ably assisted by two well-known soloists whn are now from South Carolina: Professor Harry Feld, violinist, from Newberry College, and Mrs. Perla Floridia Sumner of Columbia. Mr. Feld played the "Concerto in D Ma jor" and "Romance in F Major." One of the hardest things that a violin so loist has to do is to keep his fiddle from squeaking (nobody's violin has a right to squeak except your neigh bor's) and Professor Feld's did not, even on the highest notes. . It was a. fortunate day for South Carolina when business brought Mr. and Mrs. George V. Sumner south ward. They have both added so much to the community, and Mrs. Sumner's rendition of the "Pathetique" Sonata wvas an intrinsic testimony to her fine musicianship. She showed force with out sacrificing the ease and verve of dynamic pianists, and played not only from the mind, but also from the heart, which is the most satisfying way for the listener. We do not wonder that she is a former soloist with the great Chicago Symphony, and that Harold Bauer and Hans Kindler admired her playing when they were here last spring during the Music Festival. It would indeed be hard to select the most well-played of the orchestral numbers: the "Egmont" Overture; the "Moonlight" Sonata; the "Minuet in G ;" or the "Contra Dance." They were all exceptionally well played. Suffice it to say that in the overture the poignant throbbings of the strings contacted a physiological reaction in the nerve centers of the listeners quite thrilling; and the "Moonlight" Sonata was a triumph of grace and re pose-bringing orchestration, while the miinuet and the "Contra Dance" un dloubtedly put terpsichorean ideas ini the minds of all those present. We still look forward to the time when the brass section of the orches tra will be augmented, but our hats are dloffed to the veryr fine efforts that this section made in holding its own with -the greater number of stringed mnstruments. Most University students are here only four years, and why they do not take advantage of the cultural oppor tunities offered by the city and their own school is a little more than wve can undlerstandl. Most of us certainly (do not have these opportunities in our home communities, but the concerts of the Uni'versity Orchestra and the shows of the University Players conme and go, and one could almost count the students present on his fin*ers and toes, and then have some to spare. If these things required an outlay of money, it would be another matter. Fortunately, however, Columbia au diences are fathful