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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 South Osrolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays Entered as second class matter at the poetoffice at Columbia, 8. 0., November 20. 1906 t936 Member 1937 AssOCkded CoUe6k iless Distributors of Cole6ite Di5est REPREOENTED FOR NATIONAL AOVERTIEINO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representattve 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEw YORK. N.Y. CHICAoa - DOBTON - SAN FRANCInCO Lu ANGELES . PORTLAND - SEATTLE EXECUTIVE BOARD VIVIEN LOMAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - - Business Manager EnwARn HARTER - - - - - - - -- - Managing Editor DEPARTMENT HEADS oDurtney Carson, Sports Editor; Betty Contock, Society Editor; Cath erine Narey, Oo-ed Editor; Sam Cleland, circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Francis Williams, Shannon Mims, Mae Andrews, Mary Belle Higgins, and Hunt Graham, Associate Editors; Charles Lee, St. Clair Muckenfuss, Jr., and Harold Prince. Associate Managing Editors; "Duck" Sweatman, Andrew Jones, and Jim Polatti, Associate Business Managers; Tom Willis, and Bill Brockington, Associate Circulation Managers. STAFF WRITERS Leonard Berry, Margaret Rollins, Charles David, Monty Skiles, Frank Brown, Gladys Gaskin, George Zukerman, and Ii. 11. Higgins. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937 College Education What is a college education? This question, made trite by frequent repetition, is still a good basis for worthwhile thought about why we as students spend four years of our lives at college. Is college just sonietlinig to take up time until as it has often been expressed "I have to go to work?" Or is it a placu jut to have a good time? Or is it an opportunity to cram your head full of facts that some erroneously label "knowledge." Certainly the well-rounded college life should include fun and plenty of it. And it must also be i admitted that a person could not be educated with out possessing some of the knowledge he has learned at college. The old saying that the purpose of college is to prepare a person for life has an element of truth. in it because while we are living here, we are in direct contact with life as it is elsewhere. We come up against problems that are quite similar to those we shall encounter later. We are on our own feet and have to make decisions for ourselves. An educated person is not necessarily one who has been released from college stamped with an A or A. B. Mere retention of knowledge is not education unIless there is a wvell-developed reason ing power to go .along with it and help interpret the value of the knowledge and how to apply it to practical use. This is one of the most important things ill a college education-learning to think for oneself and use tile knowledge that he has to get other' knowledge to broaden him anld make him a "better roulnded man." --H. P. San" .a Anna Biography A Success In s5 a of inadequate finances, Car-olina is able to maintain pedamgogumes of highl national pr1omil nence. The latest facullty member to receive br-oad recog nition is Dr. W. HI. Colcott of the history depart-1 mernt. Off the University of Oklahoma Press only I two months ago, his biography of Santa Anna, famous Mexican general, has alr-eady received more than si xtv fa vor'able comments from necwsp)ap)ers and1 periodicals throughout the nation. Doctor Colcott's work has been termed as a "first rank biography," "a boo0k both sound and readlable," "a scholarly, unbiased attempt to re create the man as he actually was," and "r'ich in scholarly data, with enough variety of tone and mlaterijal to satisfy all types of reader's." -U.S. C. Giant Weaklings It looks paradoxical to see some coaches so care fully guarding their players against foods any one should be able to take. Coach Bob Zuppe of the University of Ullinois has the more logical idea. HeI says: "If any fellow wants to play on a team I am coaching and his apparatus can't digest pie, his stomach is much too weak for him to be a foot ball player, and I can't use him." Maybe they aren't so tough after all. Voluntary Chapel Attendance The granting of voluntary chapel attendance the faculty as an experiment for one month is pioneer move On the part of colleges in this Sta and is one of the most progressive stops taken the University in recent years. This is a defin move on the part of students and is to be int: preted as such. For the month between April 15 and May chapel will be held only once a week, alternati: from Wednesday of the first week to Thursday the next. Attendance will be voluntary. For a long time there has been agitation f Ol)tional attendance, and now Omicron De Kappa fraternity is sponsoring the opportuni for you to prove its feasibility to the faculty. You must remember that this change is expe: mental, and that your reaction will determine c tirely as to whether the plan will continue ne year or revert back to the old system of forc attendance two or three times weekly, as the c may be. 'Ihat chapel is uninteresting and is held too fI ruently has been a comman complaint. The seri )f noted speakers to be presented under the nc >roposal should stimulate both spiritual and sec tar interest, and the number of exercises has be: ut to' two voluntary meetings a month for ea: tudenlt. Decide which plan you prefer to prevail, ar et accordingly. Your response during the montl xperiment will govern the scheme to be ma< )ern anent. U. S. C. Plans, But No Action All good movements come out of tragedies, ias been said. For instance, an epidemic is ft owed by the cure. Apparently a disaster is all that can bring aboi solution for traffic problems around the campu Statistics compiled by NYA students last yei ndicate that an immediate correction is neede [t was found that some motorists cruise down Sur er street at a mere GO-mile-per-hour speerd, at cry few bother to stop completely for the Sumte xreen intersection. The number of pedestrians tu(lents anld native Columbians-who cross at th orner is not incidental. Section 17 of the accomplishments of the Un ersity alinnistration, as published in The Gam ^ock three weeks ago, says: "Proposed correction of the traffic problem uirrounding the campus. W. S. Tomlinson, Cil [ngineer of Columbia, and Chief of Police W. I Rawlinson have given graciously of their tin lnd talents in the study of the removal of ti >roblem." Dean Walter E. Rowe of the school of enginee ng has drawn up a sample plan for two pede ran underpasses on Sumter and Green stree: vhich could be constructed at an approximate co )f $50,000. D)ra wing these plans was doubltless a pleasai )fastimne, but such an expenditure is beyond ti vildest dreams of our most radlical thinkers. A simle stop light, as is found on priactical reryv other busy corner in towvn, could be p)ut a ma front of the gymunasium, requiring little mnone acarcely any time, and very fewv talents. With a sleeping fox at his feet and a stone .is handl, a bof' once let the valuable skin escal .eeanise lie spent too much time planning wih eC wouIld (10 with the money he'd receive for ti ur.m Hie wishedl mjanv times that he had worked h rauin less and his hands more. U. s. C. Any kind of lice one w"oumld shun can lbe found lie "lousiest place in the world," the museum ~atural history at Stanford University, whi ouses the 220 dlifferent species in .the collection iordlon F'erris, assoc'iate p)rofessor of biology. Inspiired by P. G. Wodlehouse, students at Naz ethm College have organizedl a Goon Clumb, whi ias adopted this slogan : A pun11 a day keeps yo nIemies away. Thle University of MNinnesota's "hare-foot girl ngrnid Larson, hadl to take off her shoe's agai having to forego a lifelong habit of barefootim t," acquiredl while living in Hawaii, she wor.e shc mntil recently when anm ulcer, caused by leathe iIbbling, dlevelopedl on her foot. Because other people give her a hand, RosI; ilealay, arts college sop)homnore at the Universi )f Minnesota, has few financial dlifficultics. S: barns her living by reading palms in one of t ocal hotels. "F ootbamll dloes not interest mec in the least. jniet game of chess is my idea of a good ce smerican game says Hioustonm University's Proft aor .James D). Hutchinson, wvho jumps kings f xercise. Literary BY Digress at BY THREE PLAGIARISTS ito r- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) nually to national headquarters from 5, our "exclusive social clubs?" g CALL FOR DIOGENES of It was Beaumarchais who said: "That which distinguishes man from the beast is drinking without being or thirsty and making love at all seasons." With all due respects to antiquity, we would add something to ty the maxim: Man is a deep-rooted hypo crite. As an example of what we mean, 1- let's look at one of last week's news n- reports. A field secretary for the Anti-Saloo} League was arrested in xt Tennessee on a charge of public drunk ed eness. Not much in itself. He's just another chapter in the age old story of hypocrisy; just one more in the end less line of Pharasees and Uriah e- Heeps. After yelling louder than the loudest against saloons and drink, and es telling others precisely what they w should not dQ, he goes right ahead and does it-privately. What are we going to do about !n things like that? Nothing. We don't h dare to. We'd wreck whatever degree of civilization we have. Think of the d used car salesman telling a prospec , tive customer, "This old wreck will s probably fall apart after 200 miles." le Or the politician blustering, "Just put me in office, and you'll really see sonic big-time stealing." And what would happen if we truthfully told seven out of every ten hostesses, "I've never been it so bored in my life as I am at this party." You can see what would happen to organized society if we did away with it hypocrisy. It would make a lot of our s. pet reverences go smash. ir So is it to be or not to be? We a think it better be. For another 50,000 years anyway. One thing is certain, - however-you're never a hypocrite id yourself; it's always the other fellow. COMPATRIOT A loyal supporter of this column re is cently refused to drink his "dope" out of a wax cup bearing Greek inscrip i tions. DEDUCTION One student remarked lately: "The .s reason the footballers received heavy red sweaters with their major letters is that the climate is colder up north e in Ohio." IS Orchids to Mr. Frank Taylor for his highly intelligent IDEA for collecting t"- all available university "cuts" to be s- gathered and filed in a "morgue." This is a fine plea for organization that s, heretofore has been lacking. This is stone of the reasons why this rag has been sadlly lacking in pictures. POLICY It is so very easy to criticize! We realize that in so doing, we are y treadling on thin icc. However, there are abuses and mialpractices at Caro lina which are sticking the life blood from our University. To rid ourselves of these "leeches," someone has to nstep) out on the firing line. WVe have, >C andl we agree with Sherman in his quo Station concerning war. mWe have lost "friends"; been criti cized; made errors; and stumbled wvearily onward BUT we still have is hopes that our incessant wailings will fall on some receptive ear. This started as fun; it no longer is! 1in DO YOU KNOW HIM? The youngest member of the faculty: Ih gradluate of Columbia School of Jour of nalism: famous for his article, "Now Stands A Street In Bremen:" collects "Sea-Hag" flutes: his hair resembles that of Rubinoff or Stokowski: is 'a ~great bl)Ciever in "Renaissancc of the h1 South": noted for terse and witty criti ir' cisms of feature stories presentedl in his class: his office is always as crowdled as Union Station: always promises to quit smoking: dlespises ,rawv herring and onions: his favorite ni. movie star-his girl: detests bridge: iglikes a Plymouth: is anxiously await Cs ingIFaster-anid what it brings. r- Has one false tooth. You guessed, Floyd D. Rogers, Jr. ,n AND NOW BASKETBALL? t.y It would be unfair if tuore thani one hundred studenits would have to forget about their intramural basketball tour 1e namnent. This'would happen if the Uni versity field house underwent a (lose of paint and sawdust while painters play A tit-tat-toe on the ceiling. En First it was intramural football. Now .it may be intramural basketball. What's wrong with the present setup? or Our stand: We believe in the great est good for the greatest nmbe. [-Campuf S ? NOW 300 YEARS OLD! cITIS CAMPUS SrA1UE 3EARS' 11E INSCRIPflON.'JOIaN HARARD, FOUNDER (o38 Au. OF ThESE STATEMENIS' ARE FAlSE FOR - JOHN HARVARD (DD NOT OUND THE COU.EGE; IT WAS FOUNDED IN I636, AND IT S NoT A steuE OF HARt/AR.D BECAUSE NODODY KNOWS WHAT HE LObKED UKE! REBEu wHICH Rl A NBEI% E A. P. WEEKS BE -Test (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) with the 1930 program, for most of the tests arc only half as long as they were. Since they are rather easy to score, supervised student help can readily be used to accomplish some of the work. John G. Kelly, State High school supervisor points out the need of com bining these tests with those used in the school. "The major practicable uses of test results in conjunction with local records are the following: educa tional guidance, evaluation of instruc tion; and general incentive toward bet ter teaching." He adds, "Our present -standards of achievement are subjective standards and are identical for all pupils. They recognize the existence of differences in aptitudes, interests and needs. Until we forget the concept of "the average pupil" and discard the standards based on this concept, we cannot get into our programs of instruotion the flexibility needed to care for individual differ ences." For the eleventh grade, the follow ing tests are offered: English (usage, spelling, and vocabulary), literary com prehension, United States history, American government, ci rent public affairs, intermediate alge.tira, and ele mentary French. For the tenth grade, the following tests may be obtained: English (usage, spelling, and vocabulary), plane geom etry, elementary Latin, and elementary FrentchI. Tests in English (usage, spelling, and( vocabulary), elementary algebra, b)iology, and elementary Latin are of fered for ninth grade fise. For the eighth grade, the school may purchase the academic adlaptability (or general intelligence) test and the general sci ence test. -U. U. 0. Information: There are five times as nany students competing in intramural games as there are in varsity compe tition. Ultimate Result: We shudder and wonder. NEWS-ITEM Shaninon "Jeep" Mims, former asso ciate editor of The Gamecock, is now in Washington, D. C., where lhe has now become a high salaried man in the Patents department. Creditors please take notice. CAROINA FLASHES (O0NTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) The concern is still in business, hav ing descended from father to son for Bight generations. School of Commerce Digest Issuing the second issue of their newspaper, the commerce dlepartment at the University of South Carolina, rlecidedl to nanie their publication, "School of Commerce Digest." Tepaper is made up of four mimi eographied pages carrying stories on 'Silver as a Standard of Value", the "Problem of Excess . Reserves", and 'Simple Tests for Sound Bond Invest mfents." John Turnbull, editor, says the next ssue will appear March 15. Little Rides Again Dick Little, Uniiversity of South Car :>lina sophomore and member of the next year's varsity football team, daced second in the conference broad ump at the Southern Conference in loor track meet hedast -eSturda in 9 "vVI Camera I o EARLY DAY MEALS' CONSI ED OF: BREAKFAST- BREAD AND BEER DINNER - I LB MEAT, SUPPEj BREAD AND MILK -'.' - PORTER NOUSE - TAVERN - A FAVORITE '" "'WITH ?TUDENT.9 ?? 1t s hE EA FRLY I800 WAS 4~ pP c~s I JUS~E STEAK3. CRIMSON, THE ORIGINATED FROM TE LARGE BAN ANNA IANDKEICiiF! pO D L.Y SNOOPIG' 50 FOL AV D THE "GREAT ?UI1ON W SION OF 182. 70 ISULTED IN OVER HIGR 19E SIOR CLAST% XPE 4Eb A FEW HARVARD e Open Forum Editor, The Gamecock: Perhaps, before quizzes begin in ear nest, we should have a little chat on blue books. If a student asks a professor why he is being asked to supply blue books for quizzes this semester, he gets a shrug and an evasive, buck-passing reply: "Oh, it was decided at a meeting of the honor committee that students should supply their own blue books." Which reminds one of the nursery ditty: "The reason, said pussy, was just because." Pressed further, the professor said: "Just think of the expense to the Uni versity if it had to pay for all those books." So! Why for instance. cannot an extra small fee be charged at registra tion for blue books, like the lab, fee, and have the university keep professors supplied? Better still, why not buy blue books out of present fees? What, for instance, is the contingent fee for? I have yet to meet a student who can tell me, al though a good many I asked exhibited decided curiosity about it. One told me that the contingent fee is actually a re fundable fee. If that is so, why is it not refunded? It could be used to buy blue books. The whole situation is ridiculous. For example, the bookstore keeps an inade quate supply. I went in the other day, and wvas told they only had the large size in stock. I had to have one, so paid three cents for 30 pages of bound paper of which I used exactly four sheets. The matter can and should be handled by the administration. To put the onus of supplying books on the students is ludicrous. A STUDENT. --o. 8. C. the "Tin Can" at Chapel H-ill. North Carolina was host to all the teams. Although Little placed second in the broad jump he was unable to place in the 60 yard dash, he having qualified over a field of the best in the Southeast to run in the finals of that event. His jump of 22 ft. 1 3-4 inches gave the University its only place in the meet. American Colonies The first government to be inde pendent in any of the merican col onies was formed in March 1776 in Charles Town (Charleston), S. C., ac cording to information found in the University of South Carolina library. John Rutledge was elected president; Henry Laurents, vice-president; and William Henry Drayton, chief justice. 'An army and navy were created, privy council and assembly wvere elec ted, andl the issue of six hundred thou sand dollars of' paper money was authorized as well as the issue of coin. April Fool's Catalog The University of South Carolina summer school catalog will be avail able April 1. It will contain plans, courses, expenses, names of professors and general information of the coming session. Driving Tests Professor Waterfall of the school of Commerce at the University of South Carolina assisted last week in conduct ing the drivers' test of the American Automobile Association staged at Rod dey Motor Company in Columbia. A number of students of the Uni versity participated in the tst.