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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Issued BI-Weekly by the student body of the i'niversity of Routh Carolna during the college year except during examinations und vacation periods. Entered as second-class'matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., November 20, 190$. Alumni Association membership dues include subscription for alumni. Student activities fee includes 11.00 subscription for stu de:ts. i. Member Associated Colle,iate Press Distributor of Colie6iale Di6est "aPRI.SNT$O FoRn NATIONA. ADVeRTIsINO a. NationalAdvertisingService,Inc. College Publihers Repreusative 420 MAoseoN Ava. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO " sostoN - Los Aesses SaN FRaNcISco STAFF Editor............................................................ John H. Reese Managing Editor......................................Bobby Willianms EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor.............................................Anne Searson Associate Editor-......................................George Delay Co-Ed Editor......................................Margaret licEteen Society Editor......--------...........................ltetty liendley Sports Editor-...... ................................Dennis Pouwers Circulation Manager...................... ..........Billy Beckham News Staff-Sarall Bull, Boukie Rouknight, Virginia licDuffie, Martha Steadn an, Sally Anderspn, Rites Ward, Peggy Trexler, Mary Shoun, Opel 1senhow%er. ratsy Brackett. Wilbur Laurence, \ irginia Raysor, Jack Bechtel, Toni Simpson, Eihel Lazar, Ernest Da ie. Margaret lolnes, Margaret ic Merrell, Betty Motley, June Deaumer. Business Manager.....................E. William Httchinso t EDITORIAL POLICY IS FLUID, UNFORMED BUT EXPRESSED "The world shall little note no' long remem ber . . .' is the first thotight of the college newspaper editor who, unbloated by any sense or his inportance, realizes the imnpotence of his editorials. Yet college editors blaze awav [or their principles and glare editorially at all imper fections in their particullar institution. Why should the editor of the Gamecock spend sev eral hours writing what he invllriably con siders literary and editorial masterpieces when on the fateftll (lay tiiat the paper ap)iears on the campus, the editorials are glanced at by a few interested students, or by tilose who may he attending a dfull speaker at the Y.\( .\. an then irlipled oil the [loor to be trodden upoll by the house-eleanilr .iatitor', Why should tle editor bother to give vent to his one-man otlpinl 1011s wie llanyolet on the calllpus eInI just as freely give his opiiions' \ Wiy should the edi tor continutle to point tiit ilmperfeetions and wrongs When rarely is any elantge etieclted be cause of his ranitings? Thle answers are simple and obvious. Perhatps the editorial is only glanceed at by a few, but evenI those few are a sufficienit num' her to mfake it worthwhile fo'r the edlitor' to compose hiis ephiemieralI works. if an etiitorial provokes thotighit ill (one head. thlen it is juis tified. Though thle thouighit in that tonet heaud may be contrairy to thie ediitor1, anid thouiigh it has almost isolateid the originato r by1)1 putin1g hiin into a class where people tinmk, the edi - torial has b)eeni a benefact or to thatt personi. Evanescent though t hey maly be. ed(Iitorials have thle purpose of ex plaining andl definuing, and( argning with thle issues of tile mlomienit. They are not writ ten to be long reveredl as masterpieces and1( their authors as geniuses. Why should the editor bother to give vent to his opinions? It is because the editor is tile one person on thle campus endowed with the privilege andl right to make his opinlions known through the columns to aill whlo have the time and tihe mental initiative to (digest thiem. lHe is charged with the duty of presenting not just his views, but those of the student body as best he can ascertain them. Hie mnust be ubiquitous and omniscient. He mulst exercise his right to freedom of speech blecause failure to do so is figurative abridgement. No-one is without opinions; failure to expose thiem is to accep)t domination by others. But this does not extenu ate injudicious, prejuced, and b)itter edito rials. Though these editorials may rarely produce any change, the one time that they (10 produce the desired improvement is sufficient reason for the publication (of a thousand editorials. The editor's rewardl lies not in the amount of prestige he may accumulate, or in the influ ence :1 may wield, but in the anmounmt of seri ous thought lie evokes and the improvemente which he is 4bIe to suggest and hatve adoptod. The principles set forth here are the Game cock policy. It has no platform or program, .ircumstances and events will determine that. OLDEST TRADITION OPENLY VIOLATED; WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? When the plan for moving the University was first announced, the cry went up almost universally from the student body, "What I And destroy all of the old traditions?" And that same cry was a persistent argument of those who opposed the plan. It was the most emphasized dluring those weeks of controversy over whether the University would be moved. Odd then, isn't it, that many of the same students who raised that cry, ones who are de voted to Carolina and its traditions, are violat ing and seeing violated the oldest and most cherished of Carolina's traditions, the honor principle? Are traditions, then, just a negative instrument to combat what is undesirable, and to be laid aside and forgotten until there is reason for bringing then into combat again? Are they a wall that will keep outside influ ences out and yet allow that which is inside to pass through? Violations of the honor principle are flagrant especially among the navy men wlo have more at. stake than the mere cheating to pass a course. It takes a strong character to refrain from peeking at the other fellow 's paper when it may menu the diterence bet ween one gold stripe or bell-bottoms. But violations are not a fault peculiar only to the Navy, civilians and even co-eds are guilty also. These are evident truths about the honor systeni: 1. That, the fault in Carolina's honor systemn lies not in the 11-otor Council, the admninistratiye and judiciary branch of the honor s. stem. but in the students t.heisel es. _. That witout pride inl one's personal "onduet and in that of his fellow students, there can be no effieietnt honor system. \er we i likie the students of the I'niver sity of \'irginia, proud enloulglh of our honor systen. there wouhl be few breaclies for the siinide reason 111at. they would not be tolerated. To be caught inl a violation would ilncal to have to leave school. with out the aetiun of an lionor Couuncil. . That as tilnc passes and fewer of tle olt sI udents remuainl, these who ha ien't hcetl thllroulghlyt- itletl"ated with 11 and irillied ili the h llr trincille wilj providp banl examlest" fmr incoming ifre,hmuen brin g (i i till the eouji|pete disiute.!rii l,i of' the honw"or pillile. Tiie was wlen an llppecrthlssou i ouulld "rasp a new fresh 1uai 11v b In' lapels. back Imu into a corner, and sal . 1""1''rslman. before yi spend one 1i re lniniltte leire, oun shigi.il1 Ilwv Tiha here we lia t' tht' ;lol priincitle and We live bly it. If ,(I are ever caigt breakin it, y411i1' life here will be so Imiiseralble 1hat you hal letter leave.'' Yotu say that we have 111e hollom- lr"iiiviple here nlow, but eoubtl yol ullttoithole as Ireshman and tell llilil I it tle "iti e i.' stu4lent biody ...1 i 'rv s ii: .i And what wvoutld bie thle effect upon41 himii el iltii open('ly2 vio'lat e th114 prijcijle-~ 4. Thalut, ithose whlo are guiilty of' vio!a tiion are'4 neit her be'ing fair to t heir class mate nor144 teisel ves. \'h leu a student chiEat s on ii1hle profiie'ssor is grain~lg 0on tile graih ui p, bult thle wo)rse inijust ice is the f'a t thIiat it at the44 same4 timeU pusesl yoiur g. l4e driwni. W\hen you go to a quiz after1 hainie ii~ stutdied harid, is it fair' to yourself to sit. 'Ily b)y and allow anlother student to clieat and thbus push51 your gradle down? Is there any virtue in cheating and getting away with it which justifies his lowering your' gr'ade withoumt your' !omp)laining about it? 5. That if we had a steadlfastly oh ser'ved honor p)rinciple at Carolina, it would become known to tIhe outside world just as that of the UJniversity of Virginia is. And when you r'eceived your' diploma, it would signify to your futur'e emplloyers and others that you had not only conm p)letedl your college education, but that you could he trustedl to never engage int any dishonest practices, that you after four years of conr'tant observation bly your fellow students were knownt to be a per son of honor, despising dlishonor, and al mnost incapable of dlishionesty in either per sonal or business relations. Your fellow studlents will be your friends and business associates after graduation. Is your degree more to be dlesiredl than the maintaining of your reputation?' '6. That without the support of the en tire student body, which is unlikely to come overnight, tIhe principle is doomed. Whether you cheat or not, if you have no faith in the p)rinciple, if you dlon't believe it can wor'k, then it can't and won't. The evident ills of the honor system as now exists here are multifarious, and tihe solution lies not easily at hand. Nor should anmy change he miadle until every suggestion has been thoroughly considlered1, until every angle of the problem has beeni attacked, and the proper so Jut ion ar'rived at after profound, exhaustive, minute examination. "' wilet. HARR PsAT- Edta tf t% newbtr K Pl a-CApf. WMARY R$Jf Oriert e Letters To Editor's Note: As the Gamccock is first of all the voice of the stu dents at Carolina, the editor receives with pleasure any signed news or heresav that the students want pub liohed. Dear Sir: There is a progreair e mcovement underway in the I.lariosoplhic l.it erary Societ.}. With a stall of newle elected officers the society plans to have many prog;rais this year con sivting of debate, anld declatnation:, discussions of current world and national aflair.. and talk, by guest speakers. At one tine the Claril,,onhie So ciety w%a, a powerit organization. not only l the camnpu., lint throughout the entire State of So lth Carolina. \fter it w.as e,tahli,hed in Isoc, the s.'ciety owned a great deal (of real e,tatc and had quite a sizable inancial account. I )tring the past twenty years,. membership. and activity has declined so tnuch that one of the oldest ills titut ion at Carolina ha, beecnme practically un known. TIhe present membhers hope that they ean give the society the position anl high e,teem"t that it righi fnlly dt-ert e . The members realize that to lead a world. which ha.s the many prob lems that our pre-ent one haQ, that a 'erson mus t be in fornel enough on the current problems to discuss Q uc%Ei10n el Do you think the Honor principle is working at Carolina? Answers: Edward Dixon-I think the stu denlts live tip to it, there are some who would( cheat and( are likely to be unsuccessful at anytime, but the majority of the students, the really important ones, are niaking it work today. Bennette Lott--I think it is suc cessful here now but a student wvill never be a success unless he obeys the principle and does his own wvork, but there are some who don't do their own work but their outcome in life will always be below standard and their futture unsuiccessftul. Walter Keisler-So far as I knowv it his been a success in all the prac tice here on the camlpus. Bobby Rigby-The person who is more successful in life is the person who reaches the goal through his own knowledge. If lhe is unfair in college, lie is certain to be a failuire in the business world. In the years past the University graduates' have certainlly p)rovenl worthy in all fields of life. Therefore, I think that it is proof that it is effective. Becky Mertz-Oh nol The profes sors are not doing their part in mak ing this principle effective. Johnny Herin-! think it works from what I've seen as the sttudent knows that Carolina is an honor school and thley wvant it to remlaint that way. In case of failuires to live uap to this principle, it is becauise the student doesn't realize it is one of the traditions of the school. Nell Miller--Yes, hit the profes sors don't b)elieve the students are honestly capable of upholding this system. Fitz Allison-I don't think it's wvorking because no one ever seems to take any responsibility about it. I think it's a good idea to present it more forcibly in orientation classes, impress its importance on the new students. FRANk' ... of Gamecock uift. GCarneLmian .: InkrWL rLt Saktbt U Ter. rMun+t BnKe'b,AJLL 1 " 5o011J.TeAnya Srrtr, '1ener OIW . the Editor them intelligently. The purpose of the society is this very thing, not only to become utore fully informed, but to practice the art of self-ex presion. T he program last Tuesda% was a debate -which resolved: "lhat Gen eral de ;aulle should have been in cluded inl the Big 'Threc Conference at altx." Each of the four dlebater( gave speeches live tiuutes inl length. two w%erc pro and the other two were con. Two aid one-Ialt tminute rebuttles w ere given. 'The atmos 1 phere for tht debate was ideal. The lart;i meeting room w,hich has been recently reovated is adorned with the husts and portraits of tie many iamious men who have belonged to the society-such famous men as .lolhn C. Calhoun. The program was conl uctdl ini true forensic style. A new sy-tcm of the selection of members has been proposed. The proposed system would require each prospective member to give an ad dress to the convened society from which the members can judge the candidate's abilities and pnfsibilities. Membership shall be strictly limited to those persons who show abilities or l'ossibilities in literary form. '[lie Clariosophic Society meets every Tuesday evening at 7:00. All male students are cordially invited to apply for membership. Meet the society in LeGare next Tuesday! Mac S. Hammond. the WVeek Irving Rion-I don't think it has beeni brouight to the students in such an impressive manner. Jack Johnson-The honor princi ple at Carolina is one of the highest systems.,of all the colleges. The couirt andl council are madle up of the campus' most capable sttudents and fronm them the principle has de veloped its high standard. Gene Ball-I think the honor principle here is one in name only. TIhe professors, to begin with, do not trtust the students and so many stiilents, who wvouldn't cheat othier wise, figure they wvouild have the game as wvell as the name, so they crib) at every possible chance. I don't say all the sttidents do this, but many have and will continue to (10 so until they have the support of the faith of the faculty. Jink Rogers-A Navy sttudent must pass arid that's all there is to it. If he buists one subject it means a lot more to realize that such re strictions should riot be lowered, btt when one person cheats, it's en coturagement for the rest to follow. WVhy shotuld one student make a "C" honestly when another makes an "A" unfairly? Libbie Sansbury-The students themselves are lax in enforcing this principle. It says that we must'nt cheat ourselves and we are also obli gated to report anyone who we see cheating. Thie latter we don't do on the greater part. Tom Cox-\Vhy are quizzes given with the professors hovering over you like a buzzard? If this is the honror system, then we can do with out it. Thlat is the principle on which Carolina is built today an(l it is dlefinitely WRONG. Jane Raste-There is no coopera tion between the entire faculty and all the students. I'll admit there is a small portion of the faculty who believes in the integrity of the stu dlents and( a great number of stu dents who are living tup to this be lief, buit until there is wholehearted cooperation on both sides, it will not be fully successful, TK Y FOOT OFF MY F Some one once said that, "Annie doesn't live here any more," if that were only true I But it is to be assumed that even guest ghost writers are to be censored. With this in mind we shall ramble on and expect to have a well whittled script in the final processes of Gamecock editing. Our hero, Buck (Aloysius) Isom, seems to be the man of the week, this week and next. Or perhaps you haven't heard of his tenure as the Pi Phi's football coach. Whadda man, whadda job, whadda hell, we'll wager even J. J. Spurr's jealous (whoops, forgot this is Searson's week off-make that Hutchi poo if the three delts will spare him). Moral of the story is get your ticket and attend this campus gridiron classic-remember girls, no lipstick smearing or making dates from the sidelines. Even in a brief campus stroll the odd remarks and actions of our fellow studes bring thgm into momentary prominence and often shatter our heliefs in human nature. Imagine some one going up to Mary D. Bull and greeting her with, "Why hello there Mrs. Epes ! "-now isn't that silly? Do you think she looks as if she had been buried in a foxhole for three days? We reiterate, now isn't that silly? Well,-isn't it? - Before that sinks in let's take another situation. This time a scenario: Angry Girl (dating Sig Clii) : Don't you know what good clean fun is? Sigmna Clii: No, what good is it? Now you're way ahead of us, no one's asking you how silly that is. Inut(ch, some one rema;trked upon the fact that there is ao more humor in the Gamecock ads (wouldn't Bill Murr!iy love to hear that, lie's being missed somewhere besides in the Pi Phi room). Where's tle initiative or are you still hanging on that wall in Coker'! The hast person who doodled in this corner of the page men tioned something about spring and the birds and the flowers (probably grew out of somnetliing that her mother told her). , Anyhow, getti:g back to spring, have you people noticed the sniffles epidemic, Noisey, isn't it? One lad was complaining in Maxey lobby the other day about a code in hith node and his date of a couple of nights previous remarked very, very indig nauntly, "Not my kind, you haven't!" Ten too, there seem to be a good many fever blisters running around the campus but you can only chalk them up to spring in an indirect sort of way, right Dale? In keeping with the practice of that often unquoted charac ter referred to in the beginning of the last paragraph we present a Pomne-simple and sweet and entitled "Anne" In all the books wot I've read, Dangerous women has heads wots red. If it applies, the moral for you, Is stay away, you--Sigma Nu. That was a nice ice-cream party the ChiO pledges gave but next time we hope that they don't try to draw a crowd by sing ing Rum and Coca-Cola. The SAE's trampled three people to death trying to get down the stairs. Three or four semesters ago the only people who sat on Coker's steps were Tony Patrone and Gene Wagnon-they whistled as the girls strolled by. Today there is no Tony and no Gene. Trodaiy there seems to be no whistling as the-hey, hey, what are we saying here ? That's not right, but let's change the old story just a wee bit to-They whistle as the boys go by. Anne D)amby Tyson and her cheerful little ear-rendering shriek, Toosie Johnston and that whistle while you work (and play); theme, Harriet Lee filling the air with her insinuous, innocuous, come-to-thle-delta-zeta-roonmwith-me tune. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, etc. Now who wants to be an RO0! Why wvear a necktie, shirt and blouse, you can't dance in those baggy pants, the hats hide our curly locks, the pay is the same. Truly the life of an RO is a sad one, who wants a college education anyway.--Hey fellas, let's all flunk out if they put us in RO0. (Somewhere about this time the skipper held a meeting of the whole unit). Now Caro hina's fame has spread far and wvide. The Slet Peper hasn't sold so many copies since the Gamecock debating and chess teams took all the honors down at Ashley Hall (class of '03). Believe it or not but Carolina has the first nautical zoot-suit in history. Nowv here's the lowdown, that's right, you've got it -Dennis Powers made 1RO. Get that again folks Dennis+ D-E-N-N-I S Powers P-0-W-E-R-S made the ROTC. There's no moral to this story. Kinda saf. moving everyone out of the W-auchope House. It was a lucky lad whose OAO lived there.-And that's the only place where the OD has ever failed to look for anyone. Malone and Martin sort of became an institution on that couch in the ( lobby. They used it on the installment plan. They would install themselves there and then plan for the future. Willie, P., why don 't you build a fire under someone and get those "Vote Today for Mc,Manawvay" signs down?'Fine prexy you are. You will notice that there is no byline to this messy stuff, so if you are bright enough to guess who would be stupid enough to think along these lines you might tell Johnny Reese and he will get a new author, that is unless we get fired in the twixt. We remain, yours, Annie Monlous.