Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Ganecock Founded January s% 1906 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Entered a seond-class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. 0. Nov. 20. 1908. Mtmber Associated Cofe6iae Press Distributor of Colle6iae Di6est OPUEE NT Uo On NATIONAL ADV Rn I ING *v National Advertising Service, Inc. CoMegs PubUsbrs Represeuse 420 MADiSON Avu. Nmw YonK. N. Y. CMCA0 * OME Los AmesLas - San FAsNcescO Issued weekly by the Literary societies at the University of South Carolina during the college year. PAUL S. LEAGUE . . . . ..... Editor E. W. "DUCK" SWEATMAN, Jr., Business Mgr. PHILIP WILMETH ..... Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Joe Kirby ..............................................Sports Editor Blanche Gibbs ..........................................Co-ed Iitor Jane Cox ..............................................Society Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Dick Frick Jim McKinney Ed Patterson Bernie Bass Deward Brittain Leonard Turnbull STAFF WRITERs Frank Sloan Albert Eggerton Frances Meeks Bob Quinn Donald Law Paul Posey Bud Getsinger Pitkin Bell John Nash David Brockington .............................Circulation Manager George Gregory .....................................Exchange Editor ASSOCIATES Marie Ulmer Beryl Kerns Marion Whaley Lii Hair Walter Taylor Tennis Courts At long last something definite has been done about the serious situation concerning Caro lina students not having enough room to take exercise and recreation. On the front page of this issue there is a story carrying the full pArtir Lr buidinag a baltery of 6iAgtV e tennis courts for Carolina students. This is just one more instance of the fact that the administration is doing its utmost to ward the benefit of the student body. Who'll Analyze? "These are times that try men's souls." Thomas Paine or somebody said that once and certainly the phrase applies today, more than anytime else in the history of the world. This editorial is being written before the answers for The-Qu stion-Of-The-Week'have been given, but if we were answering this week's question we'd say that the University needs among other things-a class in current events. History is being made a mile a minute at this very moment. In fact it is being made so fast that the ordinary college student doesn't have the time and is not qualified to analyse the day's headlines as they should be, and strange as it seems, most college students today are interested very much in current events. At registration time, a score or more stu dents searched the catalogue and the registra tion rooms to find just such a course-Current Events-but they searched in vain; there was no such course given. Closest course to a cur rent events course given at the University is "History 170", or "Contemporary Europe" which is taught next semester, but it would hardly take the place of an honest to goodness class in Newspaper Headlines. A system of rotating lecturers and profes sors; from different fields of study, could meet such a class, and analyse the day's headlines. Required subscription to a daily newspaper would be the only text book needed in such an arrangement. Dr. Havilah Babcock, head of the Univer sity English department, had this idea first and passed it on to George Zuckerman, edi torial writer for last year's Gamecock, but nothing ever came of it. We believe that something could be done about such a situation, if not this semester, then perhaps the next. A Non-Frat Protest We regret that this has to be a crack at the administration as well as the campus frater nities, but Bernie Bass wrote a letter to the .Editor last week that we just couldn't ignore. It seems a shame that most of the low-cost housing tenements are occupied by fraternities, whose members by virtue of the fact that they are financially able to pay fraternity bills, are able to pay for more luxurious quarters (be fitting their style). Because most of the lower-priced dormi tories are taken by fraternities, the boys who came here to get an gducationr-meaning the non-frate, have t~o pa for rootns out of the boiunds of their pecuniary means. 't'e administration las dommitted an in Anautie;: we h~ope they rectify it next year. Support The Y Next Monday the Y. M. .C. A. begins its an nual campaign for funds to carry on its pro. gram for the year. Below are some reasonE why you should contribute sacrificially to help support this program, but whether or not you contribute, you as a' Carolina student should know the activities that make the Y. M. C. A, of such great value to you and to Carolina. What does the Y. M. C. A. do on the campus that makes it so worth while to xpake possible by giving money to itI 1. It sehds out more than 8,000 copies of the Y's Bird to every high school senior in the state, thus encouraging high school students to come to Carolina and giving invaluable infor mation to those who choose the University. 2. In the fall it conducts an orientation camp for incoming freshmen and gives them a prac tical knowledge of some of the problems facing them on the campus. 3. In Flinn Hall it provides recreation for every student at the University whethei he is a member or not. Pool and ping-pong are furnished at cost. A reading room containing most of the larger newspapers in the state is also equipped with a radio and checker tables. 4. During the first week of school it gives the annual reception for freshmen enabling n6w students to get better acquainted. Around 500 people usually attend these receptions. 5. The Y conducts discussion groups in the fall and spring in almost every tenement on the campus. These discussions usually attract the majority of students. 6. It sends deputation teams to high schools and colleges. This does much to build up the reputation of the University and makes valu able contacts with high school students. 7. It sponsors the only religious service on the campus. Prominent speakers appear on the vesper programs. 8. It maintains au emnployment bureau for obtaining part time work of worthy students. 9. The Y is primarily a character building organization. In its contacts with students it seeks to bring out the best in them. 10. Last but not least, its annual Christian Mission is the spiritual spotlight of the fall semester for the Carolina student body. These are only high spots in the Y program. Other features are too numerous to mention. The Y. M. C. A. deserves your support in its finance campaign and in its work. Thanks, Fred Waring October 18 will be Pleasure Time in more than one sense of the word for the University of South Carolina. On that date Fred Waring, grand orchestra leader and master of ceremonies on the Ches terfield cigarette "Pleasure Time" program, will present to the nation for its approval, the new University of South Carolina pep song, words, music and special arrangement by Waring. Carolina is not the only school that Waring has thus accommodated-and The Gamecock wonders just what those schools did in turn, in gratitude to the Pennsylvanians, or whether they have done anything. 'That however is aside from the point; whether the other schools set back and said, "Thank you, Fred," and let it go at that, is no concern of ours. We are South Carolinians and tradition has it that we don't put aside favors in that sort of fashion. The point of this editorial is -The Game cock thinks that the Carolina student bodly will not pass the thing off with a mere "Thank you." We believe that someone should take the initiative and send Fred that something in return even if it's a South Carolina water melon. K. S. K. could adopt the above idea, but in order to get something definite (lone before 1945, we suggest that each and every student who feels one spark of gratitude take pen in hand and tell Fred Waring, "P~ersonally, I think your program is tops." A New Feature We call your attention, belatedly, this week~ to the fourth and fifth column of this page, where a new feature column by those erudite newspapermen, McKinney and Birittain, is holding forth. The name-THE FIFTH COLUMN-is not new, but the stuff contained therein defi nitely .is. In fact we think that they should call the thing-The Filth Column. If your friends' names are in it, we hope you like it, if your name is included-then you're free to get mad as the dickens-with MeKinnay and Brittain. Camtpus CAnera U-1 GUSS I DIDNIT MSS MDM COLLEGE 'HEM/ 1UILDNG IN AMCRICA IS Ar COUXAE OF WILLIAM % MARY. rr WAs D&SIGNED BY SIR CHRISIPHER WREN-1697. TE BELL 'HAT CALLS O0LBY COLLEGE SM KEN HALL, RENSSELAER PLY SlUDENT DENTS TO CLASS BEARS ATENDED 100 DIFFEREN SCOOLS " 'THE HALLMARK . His FIRST EIGIT SCHOOL YEARS / PAUL REVERE & O). 1824. +Question-of-Week What improvements, in your opinion, does Carolina need most? Carol Cole-There have been quite euough improvements lately. I, for one, am perfectly satisfied. Walter Myers-Better fraternity houses. Olin Stiff-A new science building is what Carolina needs most. Bill Gamble--We need some place for students to gather-a sort of centralized Student Union-that would be open to Uni versity students only. Willis Beall-Dancing classes where instruction in ballroom dancing will be given to all Carolina students free of charge. Paul White--Mirrors in the shower rooms at the gym. Leone Strickland-A new chapel. Guy Castles-Not a one. I think that Carolina is swell. Maggie McGinty- -I ain't got no complaints. Louise Caison-Carolina needs a larger chapel to accommodate an inereasingly large student body. Dick Anderson-A new chapel with good acoustics and a stage set-up for better dramatics. Shirley Inman-More good looking men. Sam Rosen-Fraternity houses situated off the campus. Marion Whaley--More intelligent co-eds without such fickle tendencies. Louise Nance-Sim.s Hall needs elevators and sound proofe4 walls. Letters To The Editor Mr. Paul League, Aporain r en ie o Editor, The Gamecock, eeyohrsuetpbiain Dear Scoop, ytteCrlna,lk h e The University has progressedheddspcilrmanneece. very much since that day, long Atrcnern ihHni ago when we came here as fresh-CoeanTo Wlkrbthf men. We've seen thc building ofwhm av wokditrlyie the swimming pool, the new library, (os lnhsbe eie thc new dormitories, and the chang-whrbteCaoianmy ak ing of the student union to W.P. A.anteaparceothcmus offices, we've seen the abolishment I nuhmnycnb olce of barefoot days, the beginning oftrog a(vtieet,ndsb the Bam Club, the disappearance of S. A. F. and the re-establishmentsritosonisu,algen, of the Carolinian.mabepbihd Ytwtou The Carolinian was formerly onewilbimoslePrhpsm of the largest literary publicationsthncabedeaoutist on the campus, for two years itletwehpso was r'eally going strong, uinder the leadership of Eleanor Cannon, andThrsTeoe her staff. The Carolinian was a means of an outlet for talentedMrPalSLage students both in the fields of lit-EdtrTcGacok erature, and photography.DerSop It is to be understood that the I i ypo er odt Carolinian was running on only ra orplc sotie nls money received from subscriptions,weksGmckcoernga and the measly little l)it from ad-pu matran escily or vertisements. No money was givenstn th-o-faeiy mn by the University in defense of thisshudbgietercan. worthy cause. Now the Carolinian Hvn oiisfrms nm is gone, after what seems to be amidaIwrtthsIfelht second death.frtriisthogternue No attempt is being made what-cati-phveoolndo soever on the part of University ntdtecmu n h eeto officials to help reinstate it. Yetofislae. these same authorities agree that Thnsfralwgmetgt the Carolinian was one of the best ti f ycet things that ever happened to the Sneey Universoty.r studNRt puMiatiN ye h Crlnan ie h e The Fowrth And The columun MCKINNLi # -BY- BRITTAIN THE AWFUL TRUTH It ain't and never will be the aim of this columin to poke unde served sarcasm at any part of the University-but we couldn't. ' pass this one up: A meek little freshman in Steward's Hall finally sighed and de. cided to give up his steak. He called one of the student waiters and pleaded that he be given a better steak. After scrutinizing the meat the waiter dolefully shook his head and replied, "Sorry, pal, I can't take it back now. You've bent it." (Aw, come on and grin anyway, Miss Burris). * * * * * * * TELLAGRAPHS To Kappa Delta sorority: At a campus political pow wow the othet evening the candidates (yea, we know most of them) went on recor as disfavoring any more donations to KD 'under the "waffle supper" camouflage. To the Clariosophic society: Are the Euphradian ramrods of the Garnet and Black paying for the picture-taking use of the Clario hall?" The Little-Bird-Express brings the explanation "the Clariosophic halli is more photogenic than the Euphradian." Or did the Euph adminis tration turn a cold shoulder to Sansbury and Howe? To Musclin' In fans (both of you): Ed Patterson went musclin'i in the other night but was muscled out before the evening was over. He was just before saying good night when he coyly put the question, "If I kiss you will you call your mama?" The canny little coed came back with the joke book reply, "What d' ya wanta do, mug the whole family?" * *, * * * * * THE AMERICAN WAY The following account of how a couple gradu ally get married Is t*ken from the society col umns of South Dakota's Mowbridge Tribune: "Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Henry were mar ried at the Jones mansion last night. The bride ) is a daughter of Constable Jones who has made a good officer and will undoubtedly be reelected this spring. He offers a fine horse for sale in another column of this issue. "The groom runs a grocery store on Main street and is a steady patron of our advertising columns. He has a good line of bargains in his ad this week. Al summer he paid two cents more for butter than anLy uder siore in town. They were married by Reverend Josiah Butterworth, who last week called at this office and gave us a nice order for handbills. He is also going to give some time to the real estate business and will write fire insurance. So say the business cards we recently printed fdr him. "Jennie and Bob left on the 10 o'clock train for Milwaukee to visit the bride's uncle who, we understand, has lots of money." * * * * * * * DIFFERNITIONS Typewriter: A typewriter,.is a machine on which the typewriter who typewrites on the typewriter typewrites. Now the typewriter who typewrites on the typewriter typewrites until there is no more type' writing to be typewritten on the typewriter on which the typewrte~ who typewrites on the typewriter typewrites. Fear: That strange feeling sorority sisters get when some one men tions war. Trheir greatest terror is the possibility of having to black' out their front door neon signs. Fraternities are very discriminating with their worries. They fear not God and only one man and one~ woman-the director of student activities and the dean of women. :;; SUCCESSES AND RECESSES " Charlie Lee, erudite editor of The Gamecock of another day, is doing graduate work at the University of Chicago where he Is an assistant on the editorial board of the American Journal of Modern~ History. One Frau Schiufter, great" aunt of a Carolina coed, has been visIt- 9 ing (involuntarily) in a German concentration camp for two years. I She has not been heard from since the Hitler sycthe struck in 1938. Dick Little, former ace Carolina track man and subject of Zucker man's AlU-American ballyhoo, is now doing any distance dashes for 2 Central Drug. And he can carry a half dozen dopes along too, on a tray of course. i .Hubert Harmon, Pi K A editor of last year's Garnet and Black, is lugging a set of law books around the University of Virginia a campus. He has also been seen carrying bags under his eyes. * * * * * * * WHAT DO I LEARN IN COLLErE? In college I learned several things How to make dlates and speeches. But the biggest lesson I learned there Was how to press my breeches. * * * * * * SPOT-JOTTINGS Professor tagain were wondering why co-eds were always late f clsss n ichy learned that the traffic light at Bull and Green h - been moved... Freshman Molly Owens is an equestrienne of no m abilty.. fConnie Morton and John McMillan probably will be the co tener fo te vacant seat on the social cabinet. "Pinhead" His as 'nam ed to theatofficte ast sping but has chosen a career in Un Maryakin, D.u Rolt, Jer, adengdo tMarin, Harvard senior, at velt College Clubs of America." Why brigntoa oiist lege? The girls can't voend the foot.ring plasion'pticsto.