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YMCAfinance Drive Ends With $1,052.10 Amount Is $105 Short Of Proposed Goal The. Y. M. C. A. financial drive ended last week with a total of $1,052.10 collected. This represents an increase of about $100 over last year's collections. However, R. G. Bell, executive sec retary of the Y, is still glissatisfied with the drive. A. C. Lyles, treas urer of the organization has a list of about 100 men students who have not yet been approached by Y. M. C. A. workers. Sometime this week he will get in touch with all these stu dents. There is about $105 yet to be collected before the goal of $1,160 will be reached. YMCA Groups Discuss USC Week Of Religion Tenements 16 - 20 Hold Lead In Attendance , The Y. M. C. A. discussion groups met for the fourth time this semester Tuesday night in the various campus tenements. At these meetings the students, led by faculty members'and prominent Columbia business men, discussed the recent University Christian mission and what it did for Carolina. Tenements 16-18-19-20 hold the lead in attendance race thus far with a total of 458 students. The leader of this group is Professor Jesse B. Jackson. The third floor of Preston College is in second place with a total of 456. ,After the end of the semester the group with the highest attendance will be given a banquet by the Y. M. C. A. All those students who have a perfect attendance record will also be invited to this supper. B SlaAIL Dear Editor: I read with interest your editorial titled "Money Matters-Garnet and Black is Too Mercenary." While I saw no other part of the story and realize that there was doubtless some other reason given, I should like to present another side of the story. During the past, the Garnet and Black has seen fit to reduce rates to one or two organizations whose incomes were small or non-existent. I mention specifically the Honor Council. That group was included with little or no cost to itself, as were the pages for the Student Body and the Student Council. The Y and others, including Phi Beta Kappa, have always received, I be lieve, special concessions in regard to price. D)uring the past two years, to my knowledge, sections of the book have not been printed on schedule because Phi Beta Kappa elections could not be held early enough to allowv the pictures of the new mem hecrs to be engraved at the regular time. This is, of course, a neces Salaries of Barnard College gradluates and undergraduates who were given positions through the col lege occupation bureau last year to taled $l73,443. RAT Shack's Made In Columbia FRESH DAILY McGR EGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 Main Street PRESCRIPTIONS SODA - CIGARETTES TOILET ARTICLES Call 2-3308 For Prompt Delivery Service RIVKINS PHONE 2-1963 Sandwiches - Drinks Plate Lunches - Delicatessen WE CATER TO PARTIES - We Deliver - FIVE POINataTS Prof. Davis Recalls Old Days At USC Students Of Long Ago Used To Steal Turkeys From Their Professors Let's turn back the pages of his tory and take a stroll across the Uni versity of South Carolina compus in the gay 90's when students thought nothing of stealing a professor's Thanksgiving turkey while mothers were singing "Qh Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight." Prof. H. C. Davis of the English department was a student then. His first recollection of the campus was a brick wall which completely en closed it and was broken at inter vals by wooden gates and turn stiles. The tennis courts were also surround ed by a brick wall and in several places the bricks were worn where the boys had to climb over the wall to reach the courts. Heat Was Scarce The classrooms were heated by stoves, but in the tenements on a chilly evening many shivering youths could be found blowing up their fires with pieces of old gas pipes. The University didn't furnish any jani tor service and the boys would hire a janitor to bring up water and fuel to their roons and do other odd jobs for them. The luxury of a nice big bath tub filled with hot water was unknown. There were no bathrooms. Foot tubs were used. (Professor Davis says he can't recall any cases where rain barrels were used although it was by no means unheard of.) Chapel attendance was compulsory. The chapel bell rang for five minutes each morning and there was roll call until the student body became too large. Nights Were Rough The boys had all night jamborees on Saturday nights just as~ they do today, but instead of being able to snooze comfortably on Sunday morns sary delay, yet at the same time it is a costly one for the Garnet and Black. Last year Dr. Wienefeld co operated with me to the fullest, and that section was rushed through as soon as we s,ecured the names of the newly-elected members. I do not believe that Dr. Wiene feld gave out a false report in re gard to this matter. Possibly the business staff of the Garnet and Black, in sending out the contracts to the organizations, inadvertently sent one at $20 to Phi Beta Kappa. Even so, it seems to me that good editorial ethics would have dictated a different course from thlat whichl you chose to pursue. The staff of the Garnet and Black is working hlard to put out an All American book. Wouldn't a pat on thle back or a little alum do more to clear the waters thlan your out burst? Let me wish you anld The Game cock a most successful year. Sincerely, Currie MacArthur, Editor 1939 Garnet and Black. 1345 MAIN STREET PHONE 9885 "LEAVE SHOEIS AT CANTEEN" NEW SHOE HOSPITAL BU SIN E SS IS ESSENTIAL TO EVER COLLEGE MEN DAY. NIGHT. AND I DRAUGHON'S BUI 1218 Sumter Street : PRANK W. LYKES. PausbDENY MRS. D. T. PAUJLKENBERI| Think of COLUMBIU P rod Sold At Th McCaw Elected Proxy Of Junior Biologists Simms Name Secretary Of University Group The recently formed South Caro lina Assotiation of Junior Biologists, composed of students who are ma joring or minoring in Biology, elect ed W. R. McCaw, president; Waitis Tanner, vice-president; Elizabeth Sims, secretary; and Olivia Walker, treasurer. A semi-annual bulletin on topics of interest to biologists is being planned by the association. Contributors will be those students who are majoring in biology and graduates of the Uni versity who are now following ca reers in biology or its branches. The bulletin will be a means of keeping touch between graduates and students in this field. Results of research work carried on by the association will also be re ported in the bulletin. The first pro ject planned will be an observation of body temperatures throughout the day. This will be important in that it will give information concerning metabolic changes at different hours of the day. This will be of interest to the medical field as well as in bi ology. This student group at the Univer sity hopes to extend membership to o t h e r colleges and universities throughout the state in hopes of forming a State Association. til noon, they had to arise and go to some church service. They sig nified whether or not they had at tended church by answering either yes or no at roll call in chapel th, next day, "Human nature is about the same in every age," said Professor Davis, but he added that lie believed the boys were a little wilder then than now, so hearken ye croakers of "What's the younger generation com ing to?" What is considered dis honesty today was merely a prank in those days. Stealing chickens was a great sport among the students. Profes sor Davis recalls one professor who upon hearing a noise in his chicken yard one night, grabbed his gun and shot. Fortunately for a present mem ber of the University's alumni. the shot went wild. , Wild Life Explained Most of the wild life of the boys then was probably due to the lawless ness of the traditions after the Civil War, tedium, lack of entertainment, and release of pent-up energy. , The boys weren't allowed to go home on week-ends or leave the col lege at all except with special per mission. There were no moving pictures, no automobiles, or any of the modern means of entertainnment. "If there wvas a fire, we'dl run all the wvay to ELITE CAFE "COLUMB IA'S MOST UNIQUE" Where Students Meet and Eat 1736 MAIN STREET -- ALWAYS OPEN SANCKEN'S ICE CREAM A L W AY S Manufactured By Richland Dairies Columbia, 8. 0. TRAINING YONE, PARTIWULARLY AND WOMEN BPECIAL CLASSES INESS COLLEGE Telephones 5951 and 6317 WM. LYKES. .JR.. VicK-PREstoENv tY. *ECRETARY-TREASuRER i DAIRIES ucts .e Canteen Religious W 1~M. The University Ohristian Insti week are Miss Muriel Lester, toy don; Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton Dr. Jesse M. Bader, national dire Mission, left; Dr. George Heat( right; Dr. Milton McLain, St. P Roswell Barnes, secretary of th left. Elinwood Ave. to see it," said Pro fessor Davis. Stock companies came to town and presented plays at what the boys called the "10-20-30" theatres (30 cents downstairs, 20 cents upstairs, and 10 cents in the buzzard roost). John L. Sullivan appeared in "Hap py I learts and Willing Hands" at one of these theatres. During a very tragic and pathetic scene someone in the audience with a warped sense of humor snickered. Mr. Sulliven im mediately became infected with the fellow's humor for in the midst of the heart-rending speech he burst out gigling and the tragedy turned into an uproarious comedy. Also Were Romantic In addition to these plays the boys indulged in a far more interesting and romantic recreation. They often serenaded some fair damsel beneath her window. The young lady dared not show her face, but would 'strike matches and throw theni out the win (ow in recognition-that is. if "pa" didn't pop out with a little fire of his own first. Those were the days when a man's word was absolute and a gentleman Call 8187 and "I DO W D)o Yotur D)RY CLEANING ED 1101 Laundry and 1017-19 Gei --o Patrioniize The Branel BETWEEN CLASS] A The Ci WE HAVE ALL C * MAGAZI] * SAND WI * COLD DI * CIGARE'] * TENNMS Bek Leaders aute leaders who spoke here last right, social worker from Lou Ann Arbor Michigan, center; ctor of the University Christian 0n, Lynchburg, Virginia, lower aul Minnesota, center; and Dr. e Federal Council of Churches, was supposed to know what was right without being told, says Professor Davis. A boy was very careful in his remarks about the fairer sex; to praise a boy's sister was consid ered a "break", and it was very easy to stir up a fight. A great deal of the college life centered about the two literary so cieties-Clariosophic and Euphradian. They consulted one another, had joint oratorical contests, and received a great deal of parliamentary training. Most all of the boys belonged to one or the other. They met every Saturday night to debate and these meetings usually lasted until midnight. They once debated on whether the South should secede or not. (Later. the Civil War graduates would re turn to make fiery speeches.) "Carolinian" Important The greatest honor in the school was to be editor-in-chief of "The Carolinian"-the college magazine. The first issue came out March 1. 1883, as "The Collegian" following the reorganization of the University in 1882. It was later called "The Carolinian" and came out every month. Mr. Edwin G. Seibels, a ,ET ED DO IT!" HAT? md1( LAUNDRtY Of Course!! JINSON Dry Cleaning vais Street Office Nearest You S I'LL SEE YOU T inteen AMPUS SUPPLIES STES CHES lINKS TES EQUIPMENT Meeks Release Figures For Re Continuation Committee Makes Final Report; Pre The total attendance during the4 University Christian Institute's week of religious emphasis here last week was 11,457, according to Professor Frank Meeks, chairman of the In stitute's Program committee. One hundred and twenty-one con vocations, seminars, discussions and group conferences were conducted on the campus by 12 nationally-known leaders of religious thought during the five-day period. The Institute was part of the na tional University Christian Mission conducted under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America in selected insti tutions of higher learning. School officials expressed the opinion that the week was one of the most valu ble periods in the school. The continuation committee of the Institute, looking over the accom plishments of the week, approved the following proposals: to conduct an other institute next year; to call a meeting of the local committee short prominent alumnus today, was once editor of this magazine. The year 1897 saw a big riot on the University campus that went down in history. In May of that year there was' military drill on a field adjoin ing the campus. A group of students were playing ball when the soldiers invaded the University grounds. The students resisted invasion of their baseball diamond and a fierce riot en sued. The attorney-general ordered policemen to arrest students partici pating in the riot. When the case was brought to trial the University came out with flying colors. "I SAW I1 That's a line you lil about you. And yot you dress from M classic sweater sets C have that air wihr bone of the school mathematically with Perfect for crammi, pus, or stadium c] your rating sky hig all wool for $1.98. $1.98. Skirts with Main and Te WELCO2 GUi To a Bigger Boosi GAMECOCKS -YC AND YO1I Silvev's S 4 Page Seven s Attendance Iligious Week Of Christian Institute sents Proposals To Group ly to continue interest in this work on the campus; to obtain appraisal of the institute's work by religious or ganizations of the campus and city; to work toward securing a new chap el, and to establish co-ed discussion groups comparable to groups organ ized by the Y. M. C. A. among the men students. In addition to the various meetings, a large number of personal interviews with students were conducted by members of the team conducting the institute. The Institute was organized and sponsored by a committee of 100 members, consisting of students, fac ulty members and representatives of Columbia churches. Dr. Wyman L. Williams, professor of mathematics, served as chairman. Thirty-two similar institutes have been conducted by the University Christian Mission in colleges and universities throughout the nation in the past two years. And now let's leave the 1890 cam pus with its riots, restrictions, oil lamps, foot tubs, chicken thieves, and what nots. "All together, life was rather primitive, and bleak," said Professor Davis, "but the students produced some very fine work de spite their handicaps." Our present college life seems pret ty soft in comparison. A modern student wouldn't think of stealing a professor's chicken, but turn back the pages of history and put him in school under 1890 rules, regulations, traditions, and conditions-he might be demoralized. Who knows? AR FIRST!" re to hear when it's i'll always hear it if ANGEL'S. Even in r little blouses, they rmakes them the back wardrobe. Mix them every skirt you own. ig, touring the cam leering. They send ;h. 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