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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor laeed Bi-Weekly by the student body of the University of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and 'acat ion period. Liitcred as .econdclas mltter at the postoffice at Columbia, 8. 0., November 206 1908. Alumni Asanciation menbership dues include subscription for hlunni. Student activities fee includes $1.00 subscription for stu denits. Member Associated Cyllegiate Press Distributor of Collegiae Di6est .-.--._aNTaD rO1 NATiONAt. AOVa1rI8N0 Y NationalAdvertisingService, Inc. Colle Publishars ReDr.s.tati.v 420 MAbteON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CmIcasoe " oston " Los Aeest.e . BaN lmanctsco STAFF Editor-.............. . ........John H. Reese Managing Editor......................................Bobby Williams EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor......... ........................Anne Searson Associate Editor........---...........................George Delay Co-Ed Editoi- .. --................... ........M argaret 11cElveen Society 'ditor.- -... ...............................Betty Iendley Sports Editor... .... ............................... Ien ni, Powers Ciaculatiorl tainge.r..............................Billy Beckham Aews Staif--arah Bull. itoukle Bouknight, Virginia Sicluffie, Martha Steadman. Sally Andelaon. Rives Ward. Peggy Trexler, Stary Shoun. Opal lsenhower. Patsy Brackett, Wilbur Laurence, Virginia Ra.rror. Ja'k ile htel. Toni Simpson. Ethel Larw. Erne.t 1a12i!. Margaret Htlliont, Sargaret de lierrell, Detty liotley, Jun Deaumer. Business MXanagcr......................E. William -lutchinsun PRESENT SIX COMMITTEES OVERI.AP; BUREAUCRACY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED Last semlleste'r, all iidtistriotis Carolinian. puzzled by the multi-fold rules and regtllaitiosI fornulatted tle idea of a Gripe'e Conuiittee. This comniittee. whose f'unctiotn it i- to re ceive and disper.se all stIdent gripe . it now a fact. Its m1emb1er, are D)ean Cha,..e and Chihis, the editor of the thuecok. the presilelt of the student body. the presideint of Alpha Kafp It Gantt11na,1. the Ipre-itenlt of1' Kappa Sigimla Kappa, and the presidiit t of the Co-ed A ei ation. It is unfortunate that student pirobleln- Ctali not be hanldletI throtgh one eleatrinlg hot.-e Col-. mnittee. that duplication of II untionil as exi-t with K S t. Stident Couinicil. Stutletit-l'an ltv Relations colii10iittee. 1 'ni\ersit P I'roblcmt" conlunittee, and the Gripes t"ommiit tee -houldl be. It can hardly be trtle to -av that the ills of Carolina h re so mun,ero'uu as to retllitire -ix commliittees or orgiunization): wotrking r iulml taneously t o climtinte theml. This wIouthl be the alIearalce to the outsider, but on clolse ob)servationi. the eiitor of the ullnecI,t)k: is in cllined to strtike out the woid "woirkin'" in1 referenice to somie oft thio e loliumittees. Thei StuI den t- V-i-Ithy. set( up ait thle close of be Saidl to be w or ing"i. Ti the kiiowled.ge ofi the GamerneCtik. it hads not yet luet once this~ semester. Tis is iIahentabI le. but noi t uiiex pertetd. The Studlent C.,ouncil. pierennial ly lethlalril. hias someha2Vlut staiged Ia: comeb' ack. bti, it. still r'enminls a counlcil uplont n lhih ii an inaial vietiini woldl feel out fi plaice. .Aimeinhnienits to the studentl body conustitultion whib nere~li draftedi somei timeii agLo havu aet c 1i)iily com(lie to aught butt fodder for Clarijosophlie hiaraniiguei. Kapp Sigma1 Kapp1a\21)12. Ie.- I iei I the lor of its ha rd-work Il ing, iupe-elfi ient ires iet, con - ni ty p)olities. Ptopulalrly kniowni ats "thait .\b.l toln field orgainiztion". KS N. s-omewi'uhat ile genleraite thouighi it ilny lbe. hias doneil 5(ome gui, I work, iin a1 Snil Iwari. What I K SK needIs is an1 ideai. It hats the manphhhower to puit aiross its projects. Whaiit the University nieeds inistead of thet present bu reatucracy is a IIlerculhean l-powered, student Itppro'(ved,. fautlty recognized, well staf fed, energetic, fearless commlittee or organi zation to hlanle the functions of the six over lapping committees. DO THE ALUMNI OFFICE A FAVOR; TURN IN - RECORD BLANKS D)on't forget to retuIrn those blanks to the Al umrni Ofliee thait y'ou receivedl Wednesday. It is mol(st implJortalnt that the records there be 'oml)ete. TIhere have been many to- come to the Univtersity, receive ia degree, andl( then vaiiish comllletely from the world as far as the Alumni Office is concernedl. Every student should want to remain in con tact with the University and vice versa after graduation. ECCENTRIC PROFS IRK PARENTS, STUDENTS BY GIVING ZEROS A source of irritation to students and parents alike is the practice of some University profes sors of giving zeros to a student when he is ab sent though that absence may be excused. The Gamecock knows of one case where the student fell sick a month before the end of a semester and remained in the University in firmary for ten days. Each day that he was there, he received a zero from one of his profes sors. His grade was already in the "C" bracket, and when he was released, the cumu lative effect was to lower his mark to a failing one. Endeavor though he did, he was still at the end of the semester shy two points of a passing grade. There was to be no final exami nation, and on the last (lay before 'The genesis of examination week, the professor suddenly sprang upon the student a quiz on the last half of the book. The student was given fifteen minutes in the class to study, all the time know ing that upon his passing this quiz depended his passing for the semester. Through the grace of God in answering his prayers, he passed the <uiz and the course. It can hardly be fair to judge a student's in telligence and knowledge in a course of his health or his lack of it. If an absence from class is excuse(, then recitation for that (lay should rightly be, too. Excused absence should be excused, not permitted with penalty. SHORT EDITORIAL SUBJECT: APPEARING ON FRIDAY, 13TH; (SHOO, BLACK CAT!) The Gamecock is not superstitious. NEWS OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S DEMISE HITS STATE STAFF The t-let.p lec ii t thle new\--rooIn o' thet, State read: ""I Ia-1 -lre-Itden 1-'r F anklinl U. lou"se c11t tlied e:a-ly thlis af'ternoontl." The Ill nt-bile :oltinu I to) l uid ti l thtldit all :t than \w itl 'fherc \ u s ll it 1\ ill4r-pit"til v l,etIlaInll lii. Stat' officet'. lit) dilltor l oi utilling" to ''t 'ir ' out the 1fronl1 t page.". ill- ti:l l lhe rel rutetcr- and(1 edi t i \ent :2a d w\ithl thei. w1ork, a 1il yet there ua al liflliat ir" tli'iit helcev Y -ee ctIned to be'dtl Intore 4 u1111y1t 4er their tyi) writers a- thce w\"rote thle st,Ior tlt ohii l a toundlt ('tll lllia. 'hcrc Ua- w lt Iv t:lll:. liO. (- e.aionally, a1t ntlk lt'k :(-ed'all wu1 11 .11 1 \two ld e 'ter th1' rt'o, t1atl the il'2 . teli tii I lt'uI -lie(t that l1 w\dti f''rm the telet\pit'. i to him el f.t' I : l .: il,\ th jat -et a little luun1irily. retlurt to his Yet inl thi, offh-re \u:I, breakinlg onie of the bi 1 rel' -torie c e ltt ihe anii- it"l in 1:Js . There'"l wouldi be lio e.xtnI. paer -hortager w\oulld elimli iate hat. Thle taff d elde 14uo ;nl e:a-ly i--ie. attl t":tt-h returnedt"t to ii- es tic 1 wo\\ rk' to hi partit lb tlb ft": uowi f they tor. 111e tllyp1le batXOteir away,lICl reteal the worntI P ito the hlighe (Xst offi(' of 1)) the4 hul jute aia few bifhours aterl el 1 the tt' demise.f Tolm tor ,cont(1inud:l h tter'tdp105 It '0g tion. ) tiuedi St .,leiglyboit A ferlne wrk w-i-b bsra frithries nsoror-'ies e, aiti ake ngw angle ofhltihle' pl tform ele ''ornaieation. fThe etre tiket, abou with eah- is roofdge t in 1tirlanl atin fonfrre honth i01akf e T 'vhi a h in s ene ad-tedmsee 'f he l' eragtdentrolite nita dSteiws d)tbl)ylii se-red h wirlhe ie ofg The1 ni-mptnwpaeciios. e inT1110 aterlt to eienrislizilan editorii e-o Ihme Gamecoc etns theti wus ithe dathn sthall makehitsdtroget enavor the msti itPeulit n make seane hdolumns. eit pages U-S,.s H.st AMbiorl 5 To bE ABLE tb SLtep AttR 514C AI, &eORGC ChAIRMAN os i HonOP PResidert og .S.H. M etwbeR BLue. Key Studen t- FAruLty Commldh Letters To Editor, The Gamecock, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, 19, S. C. Dear Sir: Anent your editorial on the Honor System: Around the turn of the last cen tury, about all we had at S. C. Col lege was an able Faculty, mostly of illustrious men able to teach us to think and to inspire us with anm bition enough to meet the future needs as men; and the buildings that u crc then old and in need of repair. nt the inightic:t heritage of all %%a- the IRuNOR SYSTI.\. I.ittle or nno itistructionl was given the tteu in Ii as we matriculated and it ua- 1"unied that we knew what Ittnulr \\;r. 'lrtoil whi;tt \iin Gavl it :-c nis that \\e need ltrtt the -alite inistructioin now t i. neded 0t to :u ycar Ia ni ltin rn ion t ou -h ltd Iavc a l;, :-or for the I Itinor Svtetnt thcre. atid v llv it n.ow to,cct in I lrtnttr Setict\ I lave ole uclilim- t tile l e lti t l t he eiii h \ *litial .\ !- titt tll. tr1te trolt l thle S t"Jtld.li Prodyt. -;il 1 . !n 't l '.th tr ltncinhle:'. ttt fullectil froinl thc,c \\tllt htt\c e t tI \teli:a \ Of thle 1*1ll%\ tr,t\*S tlr at Icart. M alc till- a ltc;'ntinett rit - atii l t rt il tr tha:t le Vi i fttr" the in r. I tt'g t - et rt'" i:tl h i could he latll tcerted l that I:ybe a trin I f the tt"uer la -tnen i e r l h\ tt eui III ev e lif lito a id ov fo muit n.Tli lio ni-abtl eyt caot ea l, tr ie Norne al.ey gitt Icturet ha t ii.hir a d t tin: tpintl if he the tarn e ' knalthati n theI mintd-vlu ol h inror the nv l;u theer laer them hite hool of Expnerience,th uthym at ci.inei:rtls. te il bttr then tha to htaneso the rot es ainco unbe)ing aCiS etleman awd tbe dIisrynor Ah iltran eof any of lstrywere ha ling hav o Go ade Thvey iormat Tlie honorabl. mthecing st oie ot doany then u(rneclfning in a gle te ao Crtidinye iftheys tey armed ao wtlati tl ato the va o hiof collegeherrk that they ent late thel bite fchll mesuf lie.ne,a Unfyrunafterwady they wilas i (otwha the aserndes the arofes there arc busins the idiaw, prhe dussirnwhere ar loongs to bea thesown offee failrs ine the law istnd maybe fothers lear that fida colegsie work shate lonmust <Ie veopnor nd kno.iw ith atlit is rei qe whn fulve tmere foifes.oi inafortune,lyu theyla a fllt amid the hars tad there must many ithoutfrae men faracticing law; there are meetin the mtedica reo-r knwn of lfe. faiurnesd to tel tin bosty ahe frlsers tearn tharcitful BY JULIA BILL JZULL )CLOW PASt-PRes. Newtow CLub, y S'tudevit Coni L , '"e 4 Y<A PPA 912_V401A ' the Editor dodging about. They cannot live by being smarter than somebody else. W\"hen they enter that school of experience and get out into the competition they must enter in this race of life, they will find smart ment and stlart women, even much smarter than they are. If any man or wonan poscsses smartness and they are honorable with it, it is theirs to excel. When slvness and slickness and evasion of honorable practices are depended on to get by, then such men and such women are an eyesore to society. I can assure that if the student can he shown in advance that if the honorable way alfords the recom itens- that I know after four dec ades of experic::ce comes to honor able men and women in all the pro fes.ions. and I say that in the large sense tl.1 it covers every known w:ay of iaking a living for man kind. If they are shown it to be the right way as they enter college, they are like trees that grow, "First t n igs ;itn as they are bent so is the Ire incline-l". Why make boys a:d .irl- thnl thi, out? Why not tell thn iile: eichand and if there is to be an :in, It that conic to them as bI n t < ow in intentions and at, ani r full adv ce hy us olders. .\nd w ho i" t~ :e ti,t advice? N,e other-,. as1 ci it excelt tho e th; t kno tHe riight wla' to liItNt1l.. \\ Oih l :alte in each (nO , I:eart t~ ti~ sc h,ool alone, if they- kn-w wthat i, requit ed I anm uA ti :ii * r fail. .0 I -..y givec them the hit aittl th- huktedtge at the bian.eni, i-uen ti.ty matriculate Th i, onm heart andt I pass5 t ti x-a fr . wh;it it is worth and in t'n htt- that thet 'c w ho have the k:-a bow" will he charitable eniough to -l'are it at the propitious tim when a st udtent't ebairater is so eas.Viiy ouldedCi andi those first impressions are the muost indelible. Set them in this mold thien and as they grow iler, as I have, the more they will appIreciate andl cher iih the time given to them when that attention is wvortht the tmost to thtem in their whole lives. Yours faithfully, Frank L,. Dunsenbury, Sr., B'. Se. '01. LETTER D)ear Fd itor: In reference to an article appear ing in thle last issue of Thew Game cock about the programi of the .utphradiain Literary Society on Tuesday, MAarch '..7, I feel it my dhtity as prograin chairmain to cor rect an erroineous impression left by the article. Immnediately follow ing the qutery for dliscuission: (Re solved: Negroes should vote in the D)emocratic l'arty of South Caro lina) were three piaragraphis dlevoted w ~holly to oite negative discussion of the query, while nothiung was said or quoted for the affirmative sideC, wh lich inc idlentalIly was thle majority opinion oif the miembiers present. Though t hiis q ue.ition is a highly cointroversiah one, let's not mar the splendid record of The Gamecock by such a biased (at least iincompldete) rettoit of such d iscussionis. Sincerely, Shelley 5. Williams, TAKEOUR FT OFF M The sun rates first billing this w6ek. He has really taken over our activities. Lake Murray and "Sesqui" have taken on the importance previously attached to the Columbia Tap Room and ihe fraternity houses. Everybody has had at least one outing, ranging from the A.I.E.E. weenie roast to the Happy Valley Bird Collector's Little Drama Group's annual rowboat excursion. We hate to do this but Knobby Walsh has threatened us with the dis closure of some of our secrets of days gone by if we don't ask this question for him. "Does anyone know how to make a noise like a milk pail?" If you can help the poor boy, drop a note in box 2188 or make it a point to see-well, just make it a point to see. On with the intellectual! Been heard about the campus this past week that those two Maxcy sub-debs, Sarah von Kolnitz and Mary Walker have been suffering from tummy aches. Could it have been something that they et?. . . Could be? Scenario: Scene-anywhere near a loudspeaker in Preston. Voice: Attention all hands; the ROTC seniors will have to make a summer cruise out of the Charleston Section Base after final exams of this term. (Next day) Scene-third floor of Sims. Voice: Anyone want to go on a house party at Sullivans in June? Hey, does anyone . . . wait, wait a minute, kids, one at a time and not so many. The house is only so big. If you want to neck in Miaxcy lobby that's line. Get yourself a soap box and sell tickets. Nowadays anything on this campus attracts at tention . . . even a crooked seam in )ean Child's hose. E-e-r, getting back on the subject, necking in \laxcy lobby is tine but these petite little stolen kisses .... stolen behind Mrs. Penders back . . . are no go. Why we can see you Cleo ver in the telephone office! :urmnan Cannon is on everyone's list again. First it was Raleighs and Kools (for them that smokes) and then Ramasces. Finally after everyone decided that cigarettes were the easiest thing to give up for Lent, he begins to stock Old Golds and liull Durham (for them that kin smoke it) and thus gradually reforming habits by continually increas ing quantity and quality until there were Camels and LS\I FT's for all. . . Two days ago everyone in the canteen got quite a charge out of Glider (check the ears) Brown's ictmaik, "Ch1ee, i,:- fdclas, a pack of Chelseas." What a businessman that Cannon is! The song fest is growing close and you can hear those voices singing. Coker is nothing but a series of shut doors during practice hours. Half of us can't even get in our own rooms just cause we ain't not no' golden voices. Sig Alf's, KA's, Pi Phi's, and three Delts are going strong. The Kappa Sig's used their weekly meeting in Drayton 1Ia11 to practice and it sounded like the IHall-Johnson choir, . . . that is, if the Hlall-Johnson choir would be singing "One keg of beer for the four of us." Say girls, isn't that Alfallish wisp of hair on the back of Almon l.eachi's head of blond hair, the quaintest thing? Alayhe that's how~ he gets those extra few inches in pole vaulting, or then again it might be a very eleverly concealed hat string. Mlaybe it would be a good idea to put up signs in Mlaxcy to indicate to returning alumnni the nature of the present occupation. Last wveek a reasonab)ly recent ensign left a crowvd of well-wishers in the den of iniquity (that's Friend Furman's establishment) in ordler to wander aroundl and locate sornec long lost chums. (Here the scene shifts to the passage by the mailboxes.) Hie wandered dlowni the p)assage by the mail. boxes (scene shifting to central Miaxcy stairwell) and then up the central hinxey stairway. After gaining the second floor (note change in scene) he turned right and there was a strange a"'' almost bare back talking on the telephone (note change in scenery). .v, what would any normal ensign do . . . he did not! He's an c -' .ad a gentleman (by act of congress). 'Well, anyway, perhaps lIill Tfidwell didn't live there any more . . . could belI Anywho, if wve can't have signs, wvhy not let the Navy extend its watch system over to the old stomping grounds? Fine Stomping! Not that we're entirely pro-Columbia or especially interested in main taining the status quo* here, but wvhat makes Savannah so interesting on weekends to Gloria and Mlary L,ib. That's a long way to go to find a southierni accent. Mlaybe there AI R CURPlulenit** matters to be at tended to. Also been heard that professor Chiristophierson can tip a (lime oft a low hurdle without tipping thle hiurdlec. Y'ou know what we think of teni cent tippers! . . . No, prof, we didn't flunk that last linglish 21 qiuiz. Whly, Nel Mayer, tsk, tsk. T1hat mnust have beeni sonme picnic last Stur (lay, but let's straightenm up our makeup before wandering back to the dormitory. Since we don't have any particular name, wve'll just use our nom (Ie plunme. so long, Nonm (he Plume. *WVe don't know exactly what this means, but everyone seems to be maintaining it these dlays. Isn't it fun? **We dlefinitely don't know what this means but it looks nice and serves its purpose nicely. * * * (Co-ed F.ditor's note): I a certain person doesn't quit tanmperinig with a certain sign on a certain door . . .it will be just too bad. If you must express yourself with pen and ink, you might wrte sonic stories for the society pitge . . . We won't mention names hu avei o 01toges