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SarahFln S e den .........c.i.y....... t Edt Toan Perri ................... Exchange Editor AssOTE 2DrT08 PitkIn Beu, Sloan Hungerpiller, Christine Can non, Howard Lindsay .......Managing Editor Advance Publicity On Rejuvenated Arbor Day It looks like it's going to be a rolling, free for-all good time. We mean the Arbor day, clean-up day, stu dent-faculty affair, or what-have-you, now being planned by a committee of the student faculty relations group. Their idea is to declare a holiday early in May, on which every student, every faculty member would turn out in old clothes and smiles to pretty up the whole campus-from the dirtiest dormitory room to the last candy wrapper on the campus. The activity would be followed up by free lunch served on the quadrangle, and in the af ternoon, games and singing, and general fun. They're hoping to work in the plans so r: to have May Queen Coronation and dance that night. It'd be great sport. It would go a long way to making the campus what it has been called --one of the ten prettiest in the nation. It would make for chummy faculty-student rela 1p; tions. It would be a nice break just before exams. It would help enlarge the crowd at May Queen Coronation, no end. And last think what an inspiration it would be to see certain dignified profs washing windows. We'd do well to support the idea, and work to see it materialize. A Not Very Satisfactory Comment On Sims' Thefts Several co-eds have approached The Game cock editorial staff and asked that something be said about the stealing going on recently in Sims College. This is a situation that is the fate of most colleges at some time or another. Unfortunately, however, The Gamecock is a little hesitant about what is the proper thing to say. We don't believe it would have a great deal of effect to say to the anonymous thieves: "Naughty, naughty, mamma pank." And to give a lecture on the evils of dishonesty is not exactly up The Gamecock alley. One word to the bereft however: The Game cock has this to suggest: There are only two things that are plausible that you can do: (this is both the opinion of the University officials consulted, the consensus taken at a meeting of student body officers of many southern colleges, last spring). One: Keep your room locked. Two: Report every incident in detail to the proper authority. This, for girls would be Dean Arney Childs. Sorry we can't apprehend the criminal. Get Your Big Feet Off The Grounds! We used to have some very noticeable signs saying: Keep off the grass. Perhaps KSK and the other community-welfare organiza tions think the Carolina students are now too careful and conscientious to abuse the lovely grounds. If so, they're wrong. Not only do students walk where the grass could be growing. They seem to find no more suitable container for papers, bottles, etc., thain the green. Now, it was okay in junior high school to say, "Keep your nose clean." But it shouldn't be needed now. The University employs several men who do nothing but pick up after messy students. These men could be doing more useful work. This really is true. But it's a crying shame that we should have to resort to the patriotism theme to make people do things that anybody who calls themselves a Carolina man or woman should do without thinking. One State College Gives Another Three Cheers Last week, The Gamecock crowed with glee, at the way our boys were showing up against Citadel and Clemson boys in the Army Air Corps. Well, this week, The Gamecock is crowing agai. .. With pride. Because our sister state college, The Citadel, celebrated her centennial last week. Congratulations. And happy birthday. The write-up about The Citadel, in last week's issue of the Sabtsrday Eveninag Post was justly laudatory. Carolina students are proud to claim The Citadel, as a respected and well JIksd site institution Member lAssociated CbUe6iate Press RO Diuributor of Ode6iate Di6est s ____ ____ ____ __o rolin What Should Be Done With The Athletic Fees In spite of the optimistic statement by the trustees that athletics will continue "in-so-far as-possible" the possibilities for a spring and fall program look pretty glum. So what about our $4.90 cents-es? It's the opinion of The Gamecock that the amount of money paid in by students in the February registration can't possibly be needed for our program. At least not if it's all spent in ways to help increase student enjoyment of athletics. We would like an official statement as to just what is going to be done with the money. Some students have expressed the opinio., that the surplus will go to pay for debts pre viously incurred by the athletic department. The Gamecock does not make this as a state ment, and can make no statement as to the plans for the surplus that should occur. We couldn't find out the facts. But The Gamecock does wish to make this suggestion. We don't feel the money paid in by students this term should go for anything except for athletics for the present students. There is plenty in the way on gymnasium equipment, and fixing up the baseball courts, etc., that could be done. It might be a good idea, since the large part of that money came from the co-eds, to give them some sadly needed athletic equipment. The amount of the athletic fee is fixed by law. It can't be changed, except by law. This change isn't an immediate possibility. So let's take this opportunity when we have to cut down on some expenses such as transportation of teams, to build up the equipment. The Ga-ncock does not say that anything is going to be done with the money besides just that. We don't know. Perhaps the offi cials don't either. But we still say, if that isn't the idea, let's make it so. Suggestion To The Faculty How To Win Friends And Influence Students . . . The student body is smaller, now. . The classes are therefore less formal . . . or could be. And should be. There's nothing quite so gratifying as to have someone you respect and like . . . such as a professor . . . call you by name, and rec ognize you, on campus. There's nothing that would do more to make the students more in terested. And it's a cinch that the professors whose students are interested have crowded and sought-after classes. Sooo, The Gamecock would like to make a humble suggestion to the faculty members who are not as friendly as most of them are. Please learn our names instead of calling us: "you-in-the-blue," or "Mr.-hurumph." P. S. On Three Cheers The editorial above was written before the letter from the "Red-faced Citadel Boy" was received. Truly. But since the letter came, The Gamecock would like to add a P. S. to the editorial to wit: Looka here, lieutenant, we agree entirely with what you said. We are heart and soul united for a much bigger fight than any Caro lina ever won against The Citadel. And now is no time for bickering. If The Gamecock had had any idea that the editorial that bothered you would be taken in any way except in the friendly good-natured spirit that our two teams feel when they met in athletic games, it would never have been said. We thought it was idiomatic to add that except when the two teams met in rivalry, that we were all for you. But if it were misunderstood by any others, this postscript is to them too: there's no other school or group of students that Carolina feels more friendly towards than to The Citadel. That, anyhow, is The Gamecock's opinion. Now about what you say as to the decline of The Gamecock. If you read all the other edi torials in the last issue, you will remember that we too, realized the inadequacy of the present staff as compared to other pre-war groups. That we reiterate. But as you said, in war times, we must all work together, and until our Gamecocks come home, we'll do the best possible. But regardless of changes you suggest in the The Gameco< Pounded January go, 1906 BERT ELLIOTT GONtALES, PFiri ed as sWod-ela matte at the Postoifte i Nov,. M, 1i0. I weekly by the tadeat body of the Univern I drin the collee year. Campus Ca se ae FeNNC0LLEGE, CLEVELAN4D, PURe AEl NEW BUT BANRUPT 02,000.000 SKYSCRAPE 4M5000, MAME NE-CE-SSAY ALTERTIONSj NOW WA A CQWPA2TE CatAjG wrre CU ROOMS LABS,UBRARZY, GYMNASIUM P AND iOR ALL UNE. UN ONG Rb The Read, (Editor's Note: It is against the Gamecock policy to publish any anonymous letter, and the letter be low is the exception that proves the rule. It is being published because it is written against something said in the Gamecock last issue, and we feel it is only fair to publish the any opposing viewpoint. Anyhow, the poStscript empted us. Dut lere after, we must insist that all letters be signed). Dear Miss E.ditor : May I address you thusly? I noticed in a recent issue of the Gamecock--or is it goings the any Game Hen since the delightful co eds of Carolina are now at the helm?-under the caption, "One State College Gives Two Others the Rberrygned).b 'Hra beeca llsseditor:ht omn Pnatidon mpoecenmt isentrl ofth Gymc say wsic qute d elitfu inohi eds-"an tarolin'tr unowr ak.. in he chuerek cptoe "nemo Sate Collee Ges wo Onk." h Sozifrra thautiu on Bocharan beeng cladyedtor toesn'tmmnda platon cribbed amoung niel ofe Citadelov and haeo thtme whivi yougsa a itehe an fexatenatin cap-uca taty antsunCarlna mak bing theaceenkomn ofths Cemson and Citadel meonk." Sison a beatiuland chmange yongay diton doann inm. would lov altoo eaver,e thatrrepii lege desie her oftn dexpatonv fofr uch a reercrityaa Caoinhan t beinglaceduncomteands? Ciae and Clembeon mear heCemo Undti aop ma ha won hisorary misson,a chomanuly fommandrs mayleg nteate. Smninei Comina mhas on platoneande,n themae lothraeing buck majrit, iflemo sondesire,ad ofen inoths toogived himexerene.Anwact. coud,b drltion"c o veeazitemsha Qutsi the mayreiane quiswng. Framberoaseput the Cemsorn adtors hoasha argn onorary" colleeing theastate.uvenice Carlinue has oe Noreii,and oungsters thrare in the kidsopiay, Cloemso Curiclaarebeng ene i HetuNationleoDagblad ofrUtrech Quiliang, the Brgma s nof. autoursof--wih origein nona er" National Ad it EditorCO**P 430 MADIOON A it Olumb, ouaae SOSToK ity Ot loath mera CLAUDE OVERHOLT, U. OF AKRON JANITOR., LAS CLAIM TO BEING 1E "CHAMP ION FACE MAKER OF 1HE US. HE IS CALLED1HE *RUBBER FACED MAN'- CAN 'SWALLO' HIS NOSE / 04C P. ) A 9- FOR .T wo e BAL IS ArTUAU.Y IN PLAN kss- FORP ONLY 12 MINUTE9 IN A DOL 60-MmtfE FoTCi (AMP / er Thinks platoon decided to have an honor ary platoon leader come from our feminine University (the majority rules, and the females have it, and they are more deadly than the males). Citadel and Clemson men feel that the proper emblematic bird should be the Game Hen until the poor old Game Cock comes home from his battles. Instead of throwing darts at Cita del and Clemson men why not throw them at our enemies, the Japs and the Germans? We are all fighting arm in arm-Carolina, Cita del, and Clemson-to win a war for home and loved ones. We can not win if we start fighting among our. selves. When the war is over, no fairer prize couldl a Citadel laddie win than to capture the hcart of a fair Carolina lassie, and he has no ob jection to Bob O'H-ara leading him in the conquest. A happy solution after the conquest of hearts would be to send the girls to Carolina and the boys to The Citadel or Clemson. RED FACED CITADEL LAD P. S. Bet you won't publish this. Dear Edior: We are writing this letter with the hopes of improving the hot water system in the tenements at the University. We do not know where the blame lies but we would like for the prop.. er authorities to remedy the situa tion as soon as possible. Shaving and taking showers in cold water day after day makes a man want to turn into a hermit. We admit cold showers come in handy after dances and celebra tions, but we would like to have hot water before attending these af fairs. Hoping for hot before, and cold after, we remain, Sincerely yours, DWIGHT HOLDER, CHARLIE BABER, (Tenement 9). oater Report. fro.a Washington become a major interest of Vidkun Smuggled reports reveal the puppet cs of Marie Curie and all books by 'erboten volume" list. At the same lay "large pictures" of Vidkun Quis * * icy problem, too. He's using police attendl youth service meetings, fining * * *a occuplied Holland. According to one of the first pro-Nazi papers in arlem has supplemented technical cialism. Richard K. Jackson, Busins Manager Buddy BlaMY .Asitmt baa. N*. 4 N HATM@"Ai ADRMON OTTA"V WR12M' verdaing Serice,001rimen LeyMrat MORIvema, 9-namn ftatToney, Maeinbi John Cook Helen re hM#m RDvwukefr Orig, Charles Wickenburg, Jack Nettles, lo Wav. "Nw V*c, It. Y. Thompson, Francen Padgett, Ruth Bundriak, Los AelLas -San FRANCSCO C%rde May Smith, J. B. Woodon, Lib Evana, Ruth Brown, David Freeman, Bernard Moses. Sam Graham ........Circulation Manager CarUsle Kearse..........Ast. Cir. Mgr. CANNON FODDER BY TINA CANNON Repercussions . . . After my column on the experiences of a co-ed at the USO, which was supposedly humorous, I received some very uncomplimentary letters from privates in the army, presumably devotees of the USO. I was called all kinds of names, such as smug, thoughtless, adolescent, hypo critical, and one private with a degree in law from N.Y.U. even assured me he was positive that I was a case of arrested developmentl Before we go any further in this name-calling business, I would like to state that I was not expressing my own personal views on the USO, but those of some of the girls I have known. Personally, I think the USO is a fine organization and I like to attend the dances there. The whole idea behind the column was not to criticize the USO, but to try to present a humorous picture of a co-ed's visit there. If I have angered any soliders with my article, I am profoundly sorry for satirizing something so near and dear to their hearts. It was intended to provoke laughter, not apoplectic rages. If I am not forgiven, I will continue to line my post office box with asbestos. y Wedding . . . "Does yo' take dis woman fo' yo' lawful wedded wife?" asked the colored minister, glancing from the 200-pound bride to the 100-pound bridegroom. - "Ah takes nuthin'," replied the bridegroom. "Ah's bein' took". Nag Story . . . An old horse and a young horse were in the stable discussing a forth coming race. The old horse asked the young horse to do him a favor and let him win this race because if he did. he would have a nire hnme the rest of his life, and if he didn't, he would be sent away to be shot. Finally a dog who was in the stable spoke up and said to the young horse, "Oh, go ahead, be a good sport..and let him win the race." Upon which the two horses turned to one another and said, "Well, of al things-here's a dog that can talk!" Love Affair of a Soldier . . . As expressed in his letters: Dear Mr. Johnson Dear Bob Bob Dear Dearest Bob You Wonderful Guy My Own Own Sweetheart You Wonderful Guy Dearest Bob Bob Dear Dear Bob Dear Mr. Johnson. Paradise . . . Little Willie: Mamma, don't men ever go to Heaven? Mother: Of course they dol What makes you ask? Willie: Because I never saw any pictures of angels with whiskers. Mother: Oh, that's because most men who go to Heaven get there by a close shave. The Weather . . I remember, I remember, Ere my childhood flitted by, It was cold then in December And was warmer in July. In November frosts descended And in April there were thaws, But this modern weather, nonsense! 'Taint what is used to was. Snow in March-it's outrageous! That happed on Monday, believe It or not. Politics . Are amazing on the campus by their very absence. Where are the good old days of soap box haranging, and "political machines"? There aren't even enough people running for offices to fill them! At this writing only two officers on the campus have any opposition, president of the student body and president of the junior class. Maybe you boys are dubious about entering politics when you aren't sure you'll be here next year, but all youse gals could fight it out among yourselves for these class offices. Let's get that old political hand-shaking fever out from the moth balls! Love and Stuff... Definitions, but definitely: Hug-a roundabout way of expressing affection. .Kiss-a noun, though often used as a conjunction; it is never declined; it is more common than proper and is used In the plural and agrees with. all genders. Courtship-the period during which the girl decides whether or not she can do any better. Spring-when a young man's fancy lightly turns to what the girl has been thinking about all winter. Radio monitors have picked up a report that Italy's "schools of higher learning" will close for good April 30. All students will be drafted, for army duty of farm work. WARTIME WASHINGTON Wiley Rutledge, newest justice on the supreme court, has a conquest of disease to his credit. Shortly after he was graduated from the Uni versity of Wisconsin in 1914, he learned he had tuberculosis and went West to fight the affliction. He earned his law degree at the Univer sity of Colorado after his recovery, then became dean of law at Wash ington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa. WAR AND THE FACULTY The U. S. Office of Education has the war toll figures on college fac ulties now. It says 8,000 left campuses in the last year for armed ser vices, government, war industry, or other fields. Faculties shrank by about S per cent, with numbers of men teachers dropping 7.5 per cent. Replacements increased the numbers of women teachers by 1.3 per cent. Stirred by the exodus, some schools have boosted salaries and retained ' staff members beyond retirement age. Close to 100 schools have abol ished such non-teaching functions as research and supervision of student activities.