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Editor.....,...Katherlne Armida Jennings EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor.................. ......John Reese SSC Associate Editors-David Lynn Freemen. Helen Pride Craig, Jimmy Brockman Co-ed Editor....................Margaret D. Jones Society Editor..................... ..Jeune Good $ports Editor.......................Frank Griffin Managing Editor, Harry H. Jenkins, Jr. Mystery Solved; Trash Cans Return Just as the vanished trash eans were getting to be the mystery of the week, they appeared again; so the camnpaign for a eleaner'Carolina can continue a.s before. Where the containers were during the dis appearance is quite ta question. About ai month ago we editorially urged all concerned to turn over a new leaf and start keeping the campus spotless. We blithely promised that trash cans would always he within wanlking distaunee. if not throwing distance-but. such was not the case. A glance around the campus revealed no trash cans among its esthetic beauties. There was a rumor that certain organiza tions deciding that the containers were too use ful to be limited to trash, spirited them off to their own little dens. Evidently said organiza tions had a change of heart, as the green cans are now sittated around the canpus in all their glory. So now that they're here, and we presume will stay, let's use them. The campus already looks better, let's keep up the good work. Don't be lazy! Walk two steits out of your way and put that trash in the approved place. This is a watchlbirdl watching you! We're On The Spot; Middle Of Stream This issue marks the spot-the spot being the middle of the summer semester, the end of one summer school and the beginning of an other. Education is certainily something. We who are rashl palrticiatting in the so m1tesier, of our owIn accorl or othlerwise, are ntow probably sadder. and possibly wviser. tiue 1o the results of tmid-semesters. lut. now that we know which iway the wiind's blowing, w can concentrate on those sub,jeets in which our grades particularly need improvemeut, and continue to loaf on the others. A better dis tribution of studying lime for the next two months would probably help avert disaster for many of us, so take heed and mend your ways before it's too late! It would indeed he a ca lamity not to get full ben*etit from a summer spent away from the beai and moitains. And now. as the first summer school departs with a glad cry, we find the second suminer school upon us. ''his eager group, hack front a two months rest. will lift some of the extra eurricula burden from our jaded shoulders, we htope. MIany fresh1lmeni are emnter'ing at t his t ime. so as5 u.sual we urige fthemi to begin a well-btal anscedl college lifte by par1 tcipating in any andl ev-ery act ivity thlmt appea'Jls to them1 ini theIt least. And1( for ours par5t,. let's hielp Par Ul'onl t he helpful attitude, exemplified1 ini the Ys new big sister-little sister plan for' fr'eshmnen girls. by making all freshmen feel wielt'ome and nie cessa ry. We Rave As Usual, Oh, For A Letter! W'e wtill take t his oppor't uity to say a few mhore word. s tot thle siubhjeect of e'ditor iiaI l oicy. wvhichi probab11 l desn'it inite rest youin at all, hot1 (does interesi us5 vaguiely -andi who else reads editorials. anlywayi-? I ut to c'tiinte. Editorials are wr iit ten by t he e'ditor'. withI occ'asion ally on e or' t wo t hr.wn in i by en steri pisiniig staff members tit'. Na turIally, twoi or t'hiree people can 't cover' all thle subl.jects oni thle eam i pus that need ediitor.iialIizinug. ICvery now and1. thent someon',ie urge(4s is lto write on t a subjec'(t thItat. we kntow prac'tic'adlly nothlin ig abhout I yes. there are such subjects)I andti don't feel qualhi ied to wirite about. So we doll't, andtt the iurger' says, "'Fie. you'i'e shiirkitng you r d utyi.' Now the only way to get aroun d Ite situma tion is for ener'get ic st udenits to write let ter's to the Gamecock with sane1( commiletnts on camn pna1 sit nations1 that neted ennuintiniIig oni. .\s we've said befor't, we'll pirint ay senlsible, signed, letter ; thfat is. if wie 'otnsider' t he sub ject to be of' interest t.o thle ca mpus ini gene-ral. SO help uts ouit. atnd see that campus prsoblems get fair' coverage. Again We Beg . .. Come! Come! Come! All freshmen, andl for that miat ter, anybody who does not know any1 better and11 whot cain push a pencil or peck at a typecwriter ar'e here by cordially invited to become mnemnber's of the Gamecock staff with inistructionis in how to become a nic*otine fiend anId an anemllie in one free and easy lessoni. And remember, tile Gamle eock is the only or'ganuizationm which can make that statement and back it up with solidl ex ample. Member J ciaded Coeiale Pness Disributor of ROBE Colle6iiate Di6est Carted Entered 8. 0.. som Words Of Wisdom For All Who Core ''he tine for elect.ing and seleciing new of ficers and organization heads has passed and wvon'I be around again for quite sole tilime. So, now that everybody's happily settled in their own category, we shall give way with a bit of p hilosolhv that may or may not appeal to "dear realer.' Snueh itets are. not so often ledicated, but this we foidly dediratte to alt Ireshtea who hope, to be. in tihe fIte vitt is knowt as at Bl'OC. That a!lp habel icaIl maix ture ordinarily means "Big Man on the ('am pus'', but if handled improperly it can mean oly ''Big Mess on the Campus." This is it. children, so listen carefully. Lead ership, in itself, comes to you because your fel low students feel that you are capable of aid ing and directing them in their efforts to do their particular work. in one sense it is an honor-au honor because your coinpatriots have faith in your capabilities as a leader. But., wit Ii this honor there conies a responsibility that is iuch too often forgotten. The best lead er is not the man or woman who can shout the loudest, but the one who quietly, but firmly, cai earry out. his responsibility, not to his own aidvantage. but to, the advantage of the group within which lie works. G'etting back to the alphabet, the "big mess'' can be characterized thus: (1) Joe, eagerly seeking office, attaining his goal, then lying down on the job and resting on his laurels; and (2) Jane, who, by showing her capability, is granted the privilege of being an office or orgratnization head. Then Jane, a contrast to .lte, but eegnaally as badl. gets the big head: feels that she. mal she alone. .ann give the o' de'rs anld do tlhe work. The cont rasts are equal ly as lad, bim as we have said. .lot. by his laziness. places the blurdenl of the work on minor officers, lakes all the credit for himself: dane, by thinking she's the only brainy one, suffocates the efforts of capable workers and makes herself generally unpopular by acting as a superior being. This ranting may go in one ear an(1 right out the other. but we hope not. The moral of our story is simple: The bigger the ,joh the more humble its leader should be. Just reimema ber--it 's not yourself you're working for, but. the large majority of people. the people who look to you for an intelligent cooperative lead ership. Why Not Enlarge Orientation Scope? Th rie~n it at ion program ii s no0w stream'l ini - inr itself' to sitit thle t imeis, andi( accel era Iinog to 1each the exirire semester's orient ationl mate rial to the freshmten who are entterinig at the second summier school. Alt houghm this will be ant added chiore for' bothI studi(ent s and instrute totrs, it is diefinitely worthwhile to lhave this mat eriail putt (ver to the freshmen as .sooni as This brtings to indt the p)oit, tat 5Iince' the miatlerial is so hel'pfuil to all enitering fre'shmtent, it. shioahi hie equially iee.ssar iy fori thle atcelimia I tin ol' all enitering1. students. We reatlize that the Navy plrogr'a in is too full to allcow the par 11icipai on of RO )s and V-l 'i. .llowever, there seetms to hbe io reason thait itpperelassmni en.. rodlg alt ( arolinga tor ihe ir'st iimet shiotbl bce e'xemIpt fr'omi this d'ourtse. Thec nuitterial I aught gives explanat ins aind hielpfuil hints thiat cith erisei te stutdett wouhtl bet mthtIs in ate g1uiin zg. W\e supjpose jun1 ior's and ni ors art e niot reqired to ltake thIe coiurse bmecaulse' thet v hav e hanl siilaunr instiuti ons at. 'ather cin st it ii. liionis or are ex perlincedl enouighI not t o ineed it. Iu hiIorienitaion takheni at other schIiools wouh.intl a e ino dlire'.t ('oniieet ion withI the ('a t(. liita sett-uip, antd no matitr how br'ainyi thle 1tran sfer'i is, fatiIs suich as ho ltw t o calctuliate ac grade pintt ratio will not come to t hemo auto-1 ntitic'ally. Since te'aching faicilit l' ies ar ew stra*iiined to the uitmtiost , thle time' is niot prtopitiouts for midl inig to thei niumbter of sttideunts r'equtired to takei thle course. Andl. 'onlsidieing the aidvian(ced muent al state ofl thle tranaisfer's, they eoouhl prob ably aibsorbh the material w ithtout attndinug thle regular sessions. loiow comies ouri stuggestioni: WhUy ntot pro.~ ide thle triansfers with thle mimieogr'aphlied orienitat ion lectutres wIhbl ichihe coul d read at t heir leisure anid as thle nece'ssite" ccur'iired Thliis woutld eliinate muchl of t he umenita cion((ii fitsioni .'cused( by thle cha nge of schools1. and( also eliminate the necessity of having more rclasses and tachaes 'he Gamecock FoUnded Janry 30, 1906 N araeaV ST ELLIOTT GONZALES. Firt Editor 420 MADISONA eeklt by the student body of the University of South CHICAGO " BOSTON irng the college wear. as ..econe-clasa matter at the postoffice at Columbia, Ii S C (ir.ipus 13Y13J. 4s -two main et b fiois : , / 1- lb .ansraU -osN o L Awy6R 2. -1 be. A Smo0ThfR politician' -lfian "I' Ch1Lt. SLoay, . Lovfs *u v. 3OW-ow - es He is Rs Mtt o- O ItThi !M E Wig R"b" , os Od ~DEAt'IS HONOR L S e.wA of KS. FREE-LANCING By JOHN REESE BURNS BURNS . . O W\"ad Some power the giftie gie us. 'To be as prolifie its ve mtuSt. It, wtnild1 frot ianyii a wv-orr free I( .. A n' fo0isi joking, For pounnd out. Free Lan*i' we nm111t, 'ill the ley.s are smok'n. NOTES TAKEN IN HISTORY CLASS .. . Noteworthy project for,KSK would be the erection of bleach ers around-the pin-hall machines in the epiteen so as to facilitate less tiring spectating. If you hathi't noticed. the women situa tion is critical. Most. of them are staying home to avoid the hei-at and nosqiitoes here. I f you are at the beach some week end. you'll probably find lots of them down there fighting the mosquitoes and heat. Be glad when November conies. The RO's with the tan they picked ilp while "vacationing" in Florida it's iard to tell where the tan ends an1 the uniform takes up. It's getting so that weather is either hot. or rainv. One moment you (1511 in the canteen to get s'onething to cool your parhed e'sophiaguis itnd the next, to k'eep fromi getting coauked. Al ready? lie work is piIinig lip Pdlion on (O)s:t -some(t imeIs I wond~ er if the t'eebe'rs realize the otlets to stutdy ing iln a hot roon11 with youtr root i-malite yelling at yotu, soimebody's radio going full blast. a rat meeting in lie roomn juist. over y'ou, aind a hull sessionl not thir'ty feet fr'oin you, then somebody comies ini and asks you to go get, a old1 waterinelon with them-well, who enni studyi in the face of all thiis? * The Mystery . .. Bell btttom tr'outsers werie ini ev idence tree r*ows deep. The .juke box ground on, butt thle Y-12:s wer'e too initerest ed in sonie th ing else of muor'e vitalii miiporcl' le to ntof.ice. Silent oathls wVere itt eed, andit an ocas'io~en al shiomut I'ose' sino tltanetouisl y fr,omt fI he thIiroait f of. all. Thle girls ini thle blos oe erve neitgl e't ed bye~ fte paissinig par iade( who si ght ed thle objet tof t4I t'nernt 1 t te groupcl e'ltste'redl there nieariIl theoir. InitermuiittentlIy, a sailor dlashed fto thle caniteen counteri, shiou t ed somth in ig 1lost to ptstrity to lthqe Ilerik, anrd then ii huri'he t back to lhe wvaiittig gtrouip. W~\hatI dlas'tarmdly plott. ('itl they lbe pe'rpetr t'itig? Why gathleredt thiey thlerte? An thIlen ini a momient I knew fte aniswter. The for'eign ,iomaiil of' hells riinginig and a clieking noise I lail never hieardl Ibefoec in thlt'e at een gave e thIle cilte to te rnyst ery. Dria wing ineartie, I foundtt thaimt I was right, thle cantieni hiad a niew' pin-ball * Run For Your Life . .* A new ty5pe of imaniaie is Ilooseci n te camiiipuis, thiei e-t. At hist l"ridlay's lIlappy ltctir, s'ome t wenty~ cr thIiirty ohf thlemii goct lecose and trned thle chaiipel ito a nia house. The floeci shudteredi fro toi heit 'i rhthm iiic stouimpini ' eok etd by ft e soliid mu tsit e of the r'eovuatted I Iue .1)ac'ke't s; niew e'rne''k s ap pearietd in fte w'alls, anil thle w he uild11 Iinig swayed toc andi f'ir, as if 4)n fte verge ofl giving up fte ghost and collapsinig after 140 ochti yeallrs. Ini ani e'es t'y ofl exlil1era tieon bcroughitI oit tb y th ltuef ul, I crmried. ande t erriiflci''rendit ion s by thle I . ,l .1-. I's s'criambl Ied ot. 'nho fte aisle fto cbant aitl sway like Soufth A tricanis, antd then ftc yell o t'tive in iuttes f'ori tIlt'ir' y cav 'i te song. O)l cor.r.:-, tI; e'... no(t hinug w rong withI I dnc ing in thle aislte, bitt if youi dio as D)einnis Poerst*' andi( dance wit hout. thle aide (or should I say i mpedi iment '1) of' a girl', ift doces present a rathe le Iid ier'ous appearance. Oni thle back row~s werie seal ed motst cf thle football pclayer's wIho used their Icings beuil t up by Kleekter''s wiind spinmts to at gootd atdIvant age in gettfinig an encor'e in thle last Ii ve'a uuiutes. Tee say lhe Navy is wiilyl enth,ulsiast ii tover' th ltuIle .. mickets xwould be a groess umnderstxfatemnent, but no sup;tr'iati ve e'ni dlest'ribn thle fei'vori wifth whlich thle'y r'eceivedl t he miusic put1 tt bcy thle bcand. Peerson,ially., T think they 're fops too, andl I still wish they had playedi Boogie Wangie. Business Manager ..............Billy Murray NEWS STAFF Betty Pennell, Majed Akel Ethel Lazar, Hamil e AvIOMAs AvamvselNa 9 ton Simpson, Bobby Willams, Margaret Mo lrtisingService Inc Elveen, Ernest Davis Knobby Watch, Jo a Martin, LiI Foster, Ethel Love Seldeman. IIehte.s ep re*WentMfio Kinloeh Bull, Julia Bull, Dorothy Phase-. va. NZw YORK. N. Y. Bob Pierce, Jimmy Newton, Barbara Quiok Lo AnelLa - sAN raaclaco Babe Sifford, Pinky Bartlett, Jerry Robinson, Evelyn Faress. A Circulation Mgr ....................Ed Phelps Th' Ham In Me By HAMILTON SIMPSON Another week another colinin and no inspiration . . . Lots of heat, mid-semtesters, and headaches . . . Congratulations to Anne l)arby Tison for the terrific job of 'G'arnet and Blacking' she's doing! . . . Bet the it. O.'s that did last Wednesday nights Iramping antl definitely he classified from now on as the gentle. men who prefer brinietIes . . . Time. tide and deadlines wait for no mian, o .. THRU THE LOOKING GLASS Fella : "The ptrett.iest girls in town carry on love affairs be. hind my back." (luy : "Well, what does that. make y&b ?'' Fella: "A taxi driver.' A DRIP AT HEART A co-ed went to visit her roommate for the _weekend. During night it began to pout' down rain. After breakfast the visitor stood inl the farmhouse window watching the flood coursing its way t Ihru the front yard. First, a piece of fence floated by, then several chicken ('oops, then sone branches, and finally a old straw hat. She saw tihe hat, start back up stream past the house. 4 Then it went (lownstieanm agaii', turned and headed back up stream, by this time the girl thought; she 'was crazy. In desperation she called to her hostess who sat over in a * corner thumbing thru a magazine. The girl marked her place inl the book, and after it glance thru the window said simply, "That must lie (s'randpa. lie said yesterday that in spite of hell or high water, lie was gonna mow the lawn today.' TAKE NOTE, THERE'S A MORAL TO THIS STORY Untrue to the Navy is Tugboat Sue Who dated up the ship's whole crew And after they filled her with good che p Suey, Sli' ditched them all for an Arn r l.ooie. . WHO'S 'FRAID? lie certainly was a great lighter ! The last fight lie had was a couple of weeks ago. The muan was twenty pounds heavier i han he was, and three inches taller. But he wasn't scared in the least. He hit. him with a right, and knocked him down. The fel low got. up but he immediately bowled him over again. The third time lie not only knocked hiim down but broke his crutches and took all his pencils away from him. SITUATION WELL IN HAND A gunman rushed iiito a saloon. shooting to the left and to the right and yelling-"All you .K UNKKS get. out of' here ! All the eustomers fled as the bullets peppered the room. All that is, except an Eiglishminian who calnly finished sipping his drink. "Well?'' growled the gunian waving his smoking gun. " Well," remarked tle Englishman, "there certainly were a lot of 'em in here, werein't there? DEFINITION Eavesdr'oppiiig--s what Atdam heard whien Eve fell out of* LIMERICK Thercie was a youing lady named liarris W homn nothiung tould eveeembuarriass, Till thle hathI salts one (day. lin the tubh where she lay Turned out to be plaster of Paris. V FOR VICTORY Six Nazi pilots appleared before the pearly Gates and knocked lo)udlIy. Saiint Petei' op)enedl thle gates slowly, looked them over and said, "'Who arie y ou?" Theii Nazi wvearii ng the biggest ironi ('ross aiiswered, "'We 've been1 shot dlown by th Ile Allie is. Can we conie in?" Saint Peter'I huoltted Ite gateCs and went to) his desk, fumnbled e lirt some14 paper'is, picked one14 out, read it. andt r'eturned to the gates an td thle l~ivul-he-aplulit'ant s aiid said, ' 'All r'ighit fellowis, I wo of1 you caii comiie ini." "But thee''s Six of us! Wh~iiat abhout thle othI er 'oiu' of us' 'Sorry boys."' sid thle Sait, '"aecording to thle GIerman IIighi ('omnd,u there were onuly two puilots lost ioday. Those two can comle in, biut th oitherli'l of ya enn Mt 'RAM !" TALKING BUGS "I see ini thle pa pers a seitent ist cla itms thait inusects can ta li "Of course thlve can. Ariei In't his alwatys 'hewinig the rag?'' DR. HOY MAY NOT AGREE WITH THIS, BUT , ,. A might y crecaturie is thle germt. Tw ough sumaller than thle pat'lchderm. His e'lstomaryUi' 4 dwe'lling phla'ce Is dleep withini thle humtiain race'. I cannlot he'lp huh. wonlJderi at Th'le oddntess of' hiis habit at. II is el ichilish pride lie of'tetn Pleases lIy giv'ing t hemn sitange' dlises I)o youi. miy friend, f'eel iiinirm? Youi priobly& I3' liltaini at gei'm. ~Ogdeni Nash A MEDAL MERITED A sailor stood galhatly13 as a nurse stuck his arms for abotk lie fourth tme ini search'l of1 lis vein. At last the lost vein was foundi(, and the vactcine w~as admin isterei'd. But the4 Sai lor' d1id not1 miov'e. Th'e iiurse looked at himn and asked. " 'Well, whiat's the mast er?7 Why doii't y'u miliove oil'' I'mn wvait ing to he d1ecorated? l"'was the aniswer. "Wh'at 7" ''Well.'' said the sailor, ''doin't you think I deserve the Purnle Hear,a"