Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CHARLES E. LEE - - - - - Edto A Harold Prince, Ma Betty Coinstock, IA )EI'ARTM ENT IIEAUs George Zuckerman, Paul Barrett, Sports Editor; Margaret Rolins, Henderson, Ben I Coed Editor; Emily West, Soeiety Editor; Albeit Editors; Jane Crout Rouslin, Feature Editor, Mirian Gibson, Irei Editon; Eleanor ( Co-ed Editors; Cot COURTENAY CARSON, JR. Cliae Atsociate Managing Editor ness Managers. The Regime Outlines Policy At the beginning of every new allminis tration, it is custonlary for the new editor to set down in black and white a statement of )oliCy, a p)rograml for the coming semes tel. 'Jo outline suchl a program iln one, two, three ordel' were almost. ilml)ossi)le, and ce' tainly imlpoliti'. Wlhatev'er The Gameeock is, it is ulnpreici'table. 'Ils llelh, however, we will venture: We ('on('eiVt' e Our priuy pu1)lrpOS to he loyalty to ('arolina, an<d we think of loyalty to her ('omllclIi ng us not. only to show her viities, )lt also to set forth her faults. Our more evilent purpose will he to be the organ of stulent opinion lluring the semester. 'Ihat sonme stlients amnil faculty mlembe's will not interl)ret. Its we shall, we can readily lllderstan(. To these, who because of their l)eculiar positions are a)le to see sides that we have overlooke,l we urge the use of the open forum of the paper. It. is also ('lstOnu1r' for the new editor to end up his first e<litorial with the statement that (luring the c'Oming se'ssionl his news )atl)er shall remain-a pews)apr ! But the teril ne1'U/pl/)r ca t1nnOt atleallmtelV <leseribe" The (rameoe/,' with its mixture of conllnon sense anil inan8ity, its sincerity and fun poking, its columns 11111 its pictures and its experimenlts. So, Lalies alhi Gentlemen, (uring the colning sellestel' we shall remain Carolina's neWsl)apel'. strenilinod and at VoUr service-ihe aeoc/k ! IT. s. (' Deferred Pledging Proposed By Gamecock Another semester starts, and again a hatch of fraternity-less freshmen enter Carolina, freshmen who cole to appraise 1111(1 to 1)e a ;pprai.d, and era111p:a to join a brother hcod. )uring the week fraternity pock ets are jingling before the ears of the candi dates, 1111(1 campus Greeks are extolling the v'irtues of their particular organizations be fore aspiring freshmen. The hectic days of rush-week are with us, of course not in as tmnultuous form as in September, but per haps more concentrated. Tomorrow night rusl week ends, and next week we shall hear from the victors. IHow in one week can a fraternity know whet her it wants to pledlge a freshman ? Hlow in one week can a1 1)oor green freshl uman know to which fraternity he wa.nts to belong? Most of wha~t the fraternity knows about the new man conisists of tips5 from ol miemberi's or' friends. Most of what thle ne'w manil kniows ab1ouit the fraternityv is gained fromi the 11holiy app)leariance that its Imlembiers put up j duirinig rush week. Tlhait anly satisf actory pledging shmouldl take place (durinig the firist. few~ weeks of the semnester' is mi iicuIlots. ITo the 1iter- frat te'rnity' (Counmcil we' shoul like to suggVest the& adopt iont for next yea r of a1 system unide'r whIich] 110 framtern1it y wouhidlibe perim itted to pledge 21 new studehtnt unltil after the( midit semei(ster af ter' his enltrlance. Theii systemli is worthi thlin k ing over. A de(ferlredl piledging wvotl give bo0th tihe fra terniiityv anud thet nmew~ 1man1 t imlet to lo ok 'ach ot her over. All associat ion of two muonthls duini g whticlh thle everyday2i~ life of the fra ternmit v toubll be seen'm woul show thme fr'esh 'he frtern(''it v thait feels t halt it hias somec thing to ofier' its memberlhes woldlt haridly wish itself to he jimlged maiiinly fromi the smloker's, thle <llhiees, an md thle par mties of rush wee'k. Theii gr'oulp thait cnn hear the scru tiny' of thle fre'shinl should be glad of the opotunlity to scru'it inize prospec'(tiv~e join erls. 'Two a rgiimlents lltave IK'enl adtlvanced( aigin lst the idea of' defer'red pledging: Thit the systemn~Vl wouh mere'ly c'ontinule the fever ish activitie's of rumshm week, and that the long erI perhiodl wvouhl give more opplor'tunlit.y for "thrloait-culttinig." Regulationi of r'ushiing thrioulghiout the semuiester' would be the bus1i ness of ain commhit tee app)hoinlted by the C1oun cii. Certainly a plan1 (could( be workedl ouIt that woul limit rush1 parties andmt ac(tivit.ies to a specified numhfberl per' week. Behind thm-back1 aci ity min 'th,1 , u.ish,,n.,. shot.l RSOCIATES T] -tin Hodee, Catherine Narey, ola Garety, Associate Editors; S. C. Muckenfuss, Dan T. 'olayes, Associate Managing Johnnie Steppe, Alice Huiet, ie Lallorle, Associate Society annon, Jane Cox. Associate Founded Jal t lHend'y, Paul League, Ea ROBERT ELLIOTT a Sports Editors; Foster Smith, itanley Fisher, Associate iusi- Entered as second class matter r November also be subject to rules set (lovn by the Council. At any rate, if pledging must be p'ut on the basis of which fraternity can sparkle and glitter the most, The Gamecock (in the same way that it favored open subsidiza tipn of athletes) goes on record as being in favor of open bidding for fraternity men. Why not line the candidates up on the chapel stage and have fraternity representatives bid for the new men in terms of entertain lentt offered ? Then we would have the in teresting sight of freshmen boasting, "Look at me ! I'm a ten-chocolate-soda, five smoker, eight-movie ma1n !" Voluntary Chapel Faces Discontinuance I'oluntarij chapel is a failure! Xe.'t week students icith rara.nt periods at 10 o'clock will be required to attend exer-cises, or else! Expect to hear that announcelent any day now. Once again we shall be serenaded in nasal tones by the chapel choir. Again three times a week we shall doxologize and pray whether we are feeling religious or not. Again we shall try to fool the monitors stationed in the balcony by sending fresh men to sit in our seats for us; and the poor freshmen, in fear of pa(lling, will slouclh in our places disconsolately listening to the same program that they were bored by yes terday. All this, week after week after week. All this, uikas somueUiing is (lone aboiut the voluntary chapel system that we dlidn't coOpecralte with last. semester. Lack of attendance in most cases was due to 1)001' advertising. When the meeting was advuertised well, as was the case when Speaker Blatt spoke before the Clemson game and when Coach Enright appeared for the first time, the chapel was jammed. It is clearly up to the service organiza tion s)onsoring the exercises to make large )osters and have them scatterc(l over the calpuls early enolgh in the week for every one to know just what is going to happen. Evel one person going through 1)avis Col lege with i piece of chalk could put enough notices on the blackboards to inform the ma jority of the student body. If the students are notified 11(1 the programs interesting the crowd will come. But it wasn't llilllteresting lprogriamls whlichl gave mlost of the dlissatisfactionl; it was the systeml undl(er wich tile mleetingrs were schledlied. I f the same1 1)1an1 is conl tinuledi this semiester, thirty classes wh'lichl mteet at 12 o'clock on F'ridalys will be af fected. It is ulnfair to these classes and their p)rofessors to cauise thteti to alttendlt school beyond tile timeI thalt their fellows (10, and( to postp)one.u their lunchl time an hour11 heyond( their usual time1. T/we (amecock p)roposes thait tile follow inig system be inaugurated: Thie first week volun ltaryV chapuiel shouildl meet at 9 o'clock onl Mondlay, tile nlext week at 9 on lTuesday, the next week at 10 o'clock on Monday, anid so onl thr oulgh 12 o'clock TluesdayV classes. Tiis schiedutle 'ompille'ted w ith eitighit meeti ngs, we wouild starit aigaini at 9 o'clock oIn Monday andit go thiroughl thle schledutle againl, having alttcIede 1 ebapl Jel exercises. Each c'lass bet ween 9 and 12 would have to cover its cou rse of study l ill two less mleet ings5 ill the semeister ; under tile new plan sixteen (class meet ings would be lost. But if the p)resent system is ('Out inuledh, thle classes mieeting att one O'cIlc inl thle a ft ernoon a fter tihe cha~pel exer'cises wvill 1be little better thanI lost. List semeltste'r tilt late (classes found blothI th lp'irofessors anld the stuidenits irr'iitalted and1( hun lgry, (somec Of themii br'eak fasted ait 7 s0 as to get to 8 o'cloc'k classes) , going hal11f-lieartedlly Or dloggedtly through thle work of thle dayv. PrIofessors folud thlat thley had1( to leave the wor'k poor'ly c'over'ed, or that they had1( to reviewv Onl the following Monday. Thet prIesenit systeml wor'ks a hard shlip Onl a few c'lasses, the prloposedh plan wouild dhistribulte thle hiardshi p over the ma jority of tile scheduiled classes. AdvertisinJg of exer'cises 11nd( interestinlg progrm'Ils will go a long way; a rearr'anged schedule for meeting timle woldt p)uit the vol unItary chiapel systemi on1 ai sound permuanenlt IE a :COCK muary 30, 1908 " -ONZALES, First Editor N t the ostofftice at Columbia, S. C.. 20.1908*c Press Rate Collect By George Zuckerman MISSING FROM THE CAMPUS this spring will be several personalities who in the near past lent a certain color to the college, mitigated the routine of meeting classes, entertained audiences, antagonized gri(lers, etc.....One was a newspaper columnist, another was an ac tor, the third was a walking-talking -lem ingway character. All, with the pos sible exception of one, left here minus their sheepskins ; all parted in different directions of this perturbed world which finds its Chop Suey quarter suffering from an over-dose of human Worcester shire Sauce, its castanet area scrambling a Spanish omlette, too heavily spiced with yet warm ketchup, its most civilized con tinent (lancing to the macabre tunes rendered by a few stiff-armed and chap lin-moustached Pied Pipers, and its Uncle Sam sick with a business recession. Meanwhile within these red brick walls the main cause for consternation is the outcome of the forthcoming Delta Zeta dance.. Nobody knows the trouble we got. * * * JOURNALIST TRIBBLE, who en tered Carolina when Iloover was saving Dawes from the breadline, concluded his education this week and immediately flooded city editors' desks demanding to let him become one of their staT re porter'. From iw o i'orid Teic grans City Editor,, H. O. McAney came c; this reply that reads like a (listorted tio modern I iu ace Greely with a change in me geography. Said B. O.: "Stay South, young man. There are no jobs to be had ol met ropolitan newspapers." But Tribble is also encountering dif- ant liculty in placing himself in his native rea South. Indications are that the "Italics" columnist will spend his cub (lays on one of the Anderson, S. C. journals. thg Retreatin t dhebkwols where in the peace and quiet, Tribble may try his the hand at free lans' writing once more. Author of a story appearing in the American magazine, he has since only trc succeeded in getting nice letters insteal str of checks from the editors. Reason for '"g Ti ibble's failure to sell the "smooth" 1o mags is his reluctance to write "escape" f literature in 1lollywood fashion. Now he may try to write novels, feeling that sta he has more license in that literary form ev< to paint his grotesques of life, car To Tribble goes my vote for "most Sys likely to succeel in literature." gr< * * * ami BROADWAY BOUND this week University Players' Leonard Kaplan to Jind himsel f a chalk mark behind tihe foot- '~ lights on the Great WVhite WVav. Thes pian Kaplan found formal educationl too rol conting anid regulations too exacting am to his artistic temlperament. Star of many past Player productions, Kaplan siti was expected to play the lead in the pro- bet jectedl Mlnar pilay, "Llitiiom."' des Receintly before a jammlned chapel atu dlience Kaplan, in perfect I loboken ac- pla cent orated for united act ion on thle frc meagre University a ppropriatioin bill of pending before the Palmetto legislators. the 'fhis was hais last pulic appearance here. lar H otirs be fore a speeding t rain huirled tac im l northlward, I spoke to him. 11lis we eyes glazed with uiished tears, lie coii- edi tidled: "I've got a connect ion tip there; whl lie wrote me last week. Anyway it's a chance." o A chance was all he asked for, the Llpoldiing the prestige of New Jersev, Cal, A\aplani's fatherland, at the Unive rsit~v is Josirinalist Ed MicGrath, who at pres( enlt is a noin-mierceniary reporter on the C'oluimbia St ate. MicGrathI is conltemiplat mng writing a 1)ook. my idea, etititled,IV "I-ronm H'-line to Breadline."' Mfeanwhile Mlessrs. Stephaii and W~oods,. Carolina's 1 larris and Cohen, are trying to choose a suitable vehicle fior thle Players. Exertiing the power (f the press. I give my vote to "Thle L.ast AMile'' by Johni W~exley, whose name was Jacob Wexler wvhen lie was flunk iig AMathI in a Brookly n hiighi school, MOST SINGULAR CHARACTER to dlepart was Harney Heidelmain, thle mani who speaks like F Ieminigway writes, From his lips ribald slaiig flowed like gentle poetry when lhe spun tales oif his sojoturns thirotighout this wide land, |-rom C'al ifornja, teii days be fore regis rat ion, Ha rney st art ed across thle con incut by thum nb and rail; and arrived in Columbia in time to e'scape shelling out late fees. Siomse time ago dutrinig one (of hiis out of-schIool periods, Harntey earned his daily b)readl pumiping embalming fluid into 3 the "stiffs" lying on the marble slabhs of Ilellevie I hospital in New York City, 1liere it was that Ilarney sawv Medicl E.xaminer Norris perform some of his after Primo Carnera ptniched him dead earl ier that eveinig in that ill -fated prize] tight. Othier (lay Barney went out to the Fair Grounds to take a peek at the ponies. Barney reporte'd "there were two damn nags who cotuld min---but not fast enough.". So Harney is goinig to hit the road agamt---<outward bound, Somedlay maybe he'll be back to make some mnre Ti's in, T(i.....l:. U f7 Member 1938 isockited Colle6iate Press Distributor of Colle6iae Digest PREsENTEO PeR NATIONAL ADVERTISING Sy dionalAdvertisingService, Inc. Codlg. Publlshsrs Reprentie tO MADIsON AvE. NEW YORK. N. Y. ICASO - BOSTON - Los ANSSL[S - SAN NANCISCO Campus Car v'""^ L J . 2 /I.I '~' OR. JAMES A. NAISMITH U.OF )f KANSAS RFIE55OR Oln WHO INVEM"ED ThE G GAME OF BASKETBALL TC @A C P fLAYFD 11 ONY TWICE ! H Question-Of-TJ 'I)o you approve of the Ilonor Code stem as it now stands? WVhat sugges is would you make for its improve nt? * V. Alvin Rogers-Senior iie IlIonor .ode as it stands today is Ilonor Code in name only. It is in lity purely a monitorial system sail under false colors. Many students I that to be numbered among the ners of the Ilonor Code will be to ir best advantage, yet they fail to con with the obligatiols iml)sed upon im as signers of the CIale. In my opinion the school is faced with alternative of either revising and 'ngthening the Ilonor Code or abolish it altogether and employiig a purely nitorial system." \lex McArtlhur--Junior The Ilonor Code Systen as it now ids is practical and working. Ilow r, the majority of the students on our ipus are leaving the job of making the tern work to a small and determined tip. It is not a hard job to cooperate I everyone admires an honest man or -Anniversary (Continued from Page One) ment of three hundred no(w publlishes I maintains a weekly newspaper... - - I1t will bring the professor and dent in closer touch, it will promote ter feeling between the Normal, Aca iic, and L.aw schools." ['hen, as now, sports held an important ce in thle interest (if students. On the nit page of the first isstue wvas a review the football season. just comipleted. On lower part of the same page was a Te cut of the team, without names at lied. Evidently the players were so I kniowni to the student body that the ors deemed it unniecessary to indicate the pllayers in the picture were. also on the front page was a story an.. incing thle resignation oif D)r. J1oynes, ai professor of modern Lanigt,ages at olina. [ii htier Than! - - 0R - LAAS WORLD NEWS!i ANDREW JONES, Business Manager STAFF WRITElIs Virginia Brown, Charlotte Burch, Jane Wiptam. son, Barney Beidleman, Dorothy Koger Vvia. Uunter, iouise Frye, Arnold Muir, Robert Bhaw, Thelma Thompson, Alice Bryant, William Ra oarth. Newman, Philip Wilnieth, Frand Ton Willis -.- - - - - -.Cirulation Manage Ja nIEe H. Joyner - - - - Excliange Editor Issued Weekly by the Literary Societies at the University of South Carolina during the colle year except during examinations and holidah, nera OLDEST? THE NEW HOKWE OF ALPHA KAPPA PI FRATERNIY AT ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNARDLIS IS 216 YEARS' OLD! GOOD CLEAN FUN / A CLASS 1cJSH AT 1NE UNVFRTY OF 1%Ow, SCo1LAND, 20,000 EGGS AND A N OF FOtR, SWT AND FISH HEADS WERE JRLD. GIRLS ALSO JOINED THE 1ATTLE! e-WVeek. woman. Make the Ilonor Code a tra dition on our campus rather than the butt of asinine jokes." John Norris--Sophomore: "I am very much in favor of i' pres ent Ilonor Code System at the Univer sity. I am confident that it is one of the most effective methods of combating lishonesty and at the same time preserv ing the honor of the student body. "As to what extent it has reduced cheating, I am forced to rely upon the knowledge of the older students, from whom I gather that it has sharply curbed. li regard to the question as to whether the professor should remain in the class room (uring the test period, I am in climed to believe that he should, for the reason that it reduces the incentive for an appearance of cheating. "Concerning group examinations, as far as pmints of Ionor are involved, I see no objections, unless a condition of over crowding exists. The present Hlonor Code System, then, in my opinion, is a very saie and effective approach to a high level of honor for the University." Page two consisted of editorial matter, "Current Events", "Euphradian", and General Notes." On the third page were "Locals", "Athletic D)epartment", onttaimmig an article on golf, and "VTerse", w() columns of humorous (doggerel. On the back page, quite paradoxically, were "Y. M. C. A. Notes", and a feature entitled "T he Story of a Chicken Raid Atrue account of the memorable fowl foray of one night of January, 1908", written b)y a student claiming participa tion andl describing a raidl otn the hen houses of two professors. D)uring the past semester The' Game cock htas made strides greater than have ever beeun made int any equal period of its history. Newv type faces were ob)Itind, so that readling was facilitated; neW make-up, although it came so suddely that sonme readers voticed disapproval at first, has made the pages more attractive o the eye. EARTHQUAKE in "San Fran cisco" The CHARIOT RACE in "Ben Hur'"-in other words the greatest Scene ever filmed to date!. . .. THE HURRICANE WITH Dorothy Lamour AND Jon Hall STARTING. MONDAY Sil@$