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Edt/ora/ Youth's Complex Last Friday we were privileged to attend the reorganization and revival meeting of the South Carolina Weekly Press Associa tion. After a dormant three years due to th( well known cause, those county newspaper people have given renaissance to an organi zation that has played, and can play, an ac tive and important part in rural communit. life. Among the main points discussed at the meeting here was a topic lead into by Mr Robert Cooper, chairman of the all impor tant State Planning Board. He commented .that the South suffers from an inferiority complex, particularly does its youth. "Southern youth is altogether too ready to harken to Horace Greeley's and the big railroad magnates words of yesteryear . . too ready to leave the South for points west." His statement is not news. Nor was his so lution to the problem: to make the South more appealing, and to teach the younger generation that there is opportunity here. Not only does the problem apply to techni cal fields, but to the arts, and more especially to newspaper work. Mr. W. W. Smoak, retiring president of After. Thought The Buck A Month club, BAM, is now sponsoring a campaign to raise $50,000 for athletics at the University of South Carolina. The drive is being made through the busi nesses in Columbia, and is, as it's circulars unquestionably point out, a good thing. Indeed the value of' publicity that a fine football team brings the University and the City of Columbia is hard to weigh. It comes pretty high. It also j)ays oft in large divi dends. The Gamecock encourages Columbia hisi nesses to contribute to the cause. We do not doubt the value of' a top-notch football team but we have a reservation of thought. For a long time it has been the philosophy that a good football team is es sential to the success of the University. It would seem that the public cares more about this than it does the educational standards and opportunities at Carolina. It isn't yet a question of which is more important, and probably never will be, because Southern folk don't think along those lines. Congrats! The Gamecock has words of comentilation for the organizations that participated in the homecoming displays. For t he second( time in recent weeks Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has won first prize in the decor'at ing department. Pi Beta Phi, in the womeni's department, has won the homecomine c-aI All of the displays showed n)o smiall amount of ingenuit.v. Indeed, we would as Ugh! Our new c'anteen, in comnpar'ison with the old1 one, is something out of this wor'ld. It is perhaps one of' the few p)laces on the campu)11 you'd like to take your parent s--early in ih,l morning. The ma.ior fault seems to be' the largei amount of floor space: that's just so muchl more room to toss the paper' cups a1n( more distance to flip cigarette buttIs. A Veteran's Viewp4 After a very enlightening con- halves. This I versation and interview withI Cap- thbrown ulpon tain Kennedy, I find that we' owe hoeso Fink this gentleman an apology and ( 1u to bes a- he do tender suc'h at this tim)~. The I e'(t! h', ElOtI Captain explaiined thait the bass fo,rms we're dria drum in dispute as well as thr-ee nation, the en snare dr-ums wer-e loaned hv the for wouldO-be naval unit to the uni ver-sity at a h ('unlts 'i the request of' the oifficials. TIhese *a a, fie,' I driumis are goIver-nment pr-opert y in ordler that and ar'e subject to r-ecall at anyv couhl( he he'ardc time. They are being held here l,teIr blame c. at the University with the e'x- l'rofessor Fint contcrneCd with pressedl purpose of' the formation the lest they of a drum and bugle corps comn- (andI it was ve posed of naval trainees. accessibule toE ti As most of you have no doubt plaint that is~ surmised, our' band was formed the Cact that more or less on the spur of the not foreseen f moment. A directive from the We knewv las President's office was issued ai not be a navy la few short weeks in advance of the this year. We Newberry game for a band to be music was des organized, trained, uniformed, and essar'y for th prepared to perform between the school snirit. E! FY Speaking the Association and editor and publisher of the Press and Standard, told us that he wished our generation would - take more interest in the community newspapers. He pointed out that there are very few young people learning the business now. Just how the plew generations are to be made interested in such a field is a prob lem. Possibly the solution is education. It is something that we know little about. In the Journalism School here at the University there ,is only one course in the community newspaper. The Gamecock w%voild suggest as a means of introducing students to these newspapers that the- students go into the comrniiunity and actually put out an edition. This was dlone by journalism students last spring on the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. If such a plan coulk be included in each semester, both students ad newspapers would benefit. This is the old old theory of learning by loing. It is so ol that it is almost forgotten in the io<lern college life. The Gamecock <dares to say that a student can learn more in putting out one of our editions than in several lectures. Too much emphasis is laid on "textbook" education anl not enough on "practical training." Yet when we lose an outstanding teacher in the English department to another college because of salary, one doesn't find it in the daily papers while Carolina's 'loss of Bill Milner to Duke is still being molrneld in many columns and by many people. Why not subsidize the faculty a' well as athletics? Why not make it possible for out standing edlucators to spenId a year or sO here? Why isi1't an organization formel to raise money or get money from the Gen1 eral Assembly to put the University on an etual e<lucational f'ooting with other schools in the United States? Why? Anyone even remotely coniected with the University of South Carolina wants to be proul of the institution. The RAM club is workiig at it from one angle. [I* their drive is a success, and it will be, we have gained a name in athletics. Our teams are better than those of the Univer sity of Chicago. But which school would a studient choose? Is it Possible that tle tail is now beginning to wag the dog? so1 .iU(lge a1 baby cOntest ;in(l lace I le parents! They Were all good. Our praise for a successful homecoming prograll) goes to all studelits who took an active part. in . tart icular, Sue Riv es, presi - (lent of the Hooster's club,. and( Sanm RoylI stoll. whose name many will recogitjze ;as the talented Gamiecock cartoonist. And( we could ntot concludel without a word of con'ment for the homecoming queen, Mar (iShou. Shet( is one ofi our fav'orite peo Slt'- in addit ion to bIIeinrg managinrg ('(it or of t his nlewsimtper! Whatt are we to (do with them'? Ifi we leave t hem on the table they stack up like a garbage dump before the buts boy cani clean up. IIe turns ;arouid and starts dli (over ;again. W\hyv doesn't thle canteen strategic'ally l)lace seve'ral trash cans aind sand 1buckets for waste. Pterha ps a rack c'ouldl be set up f. tdents to put aw.ay th(eir own) bott les. A few signs aibout the place reCmindling the forgetful w ould h(elp. nt By ED MOORER I(avy' b'urden' waslad(OIontejl ttiitws fhe shlders(l' ofatiotto ae andl it has turlned ein t r~t '/l pa o tryV load inIdIed. A tt'(tiy l Pto t~( It e 'at en pre'war unri- ta nftr (astleCrln gged out. of btiberi- St(Llthty~ulto.leItt(r nyuIls wats scour ed 1' iite 1(1a oe lti i I nusicians. t he' de-( ewll-i ogtiiil potmato re securt ed tbrough heatopshssgstdhta tate was init iated ro eth loe o h oulr Almoa .\ater-lo tm fth a( noktt at fot bl all gamens.nae i d(ltcltiyeL Ihe or I those vitally pa norhn.W iithv the hand. They diduw,tyihttifrstd ofi could with1 littIle(('terupmn,bfenxt 'e. ry little) t hey htad I h 1nvriyi nsc e cet. 'The onltly c'omt-Iinuttsaeofnnesatoh n any way~ just is ual ogtaetimfrisms this problem was otaet( etsna vs hi arther itt advance.l(thpth.tllCtshmeve t year there wouldwiltkituotemleso and to dIeend uponidu pbsns md(oit i also knew that the fns a vli~t ieI t(k' irable, almost nee-(r , nifotrhund-d e maintenance of lCp( vudd h aew' omeoe smewerehavd shtould her develope ow itso "BUT, DARLING. 'C' 1I On The News Of Curren Honolulu, Ilawaii - (I.P.) - Twenty-two litindred miles from the nearest institution of higher learning, the University of 1II1 waii has formulated ani original organizational plan t hat has fune tionled smoothly andi successfully during its first two years. Departments at. the University of Iawaii are assigned to the Uni versity as a whole rather than to (he colleges exclusively, in order that the subject-matter instrue tional departments will give equal consideration to the cmrriculim needs of all colleges. As units (if the thiiversity as a whole, they are iIirected by b he )ean of Facult ies. The deans of tle colleges are responsible for the Curricula of their colleges and the students followiig these curricuila. The coordinlaling group is Ile Council of )ean:s, and all prob lems dealing wit Ih inst rue ion, either in depaitmilknts or in col lee, are roferred to this body. It-, actiom, me4 r-econnnenvided if) the President. A high degree of ite-depariental c'peratitll has been broui1hLtf :bout [ tiouigh this oraniz,at ion plan. 1Uifi4r tIe hIMo-r of IegeIts. a l'nivi-ity Senate, composeii of Ilwor*Ssrs mfl aiss e ad o',ocialepfe.s Sort, iilvises.on miat ters off poflicy aiitl adiist rat ion anid may make e(neeinti ig gieeral l'iiversity pol-. ICV. The' senaOt elects5 a st-eeirig comittee11 to 1ftudify suichi prob1lemis andii pries(nt thenm. Thei senate also tl'ct ' a petrsonniiel coniiiiuitlt' to intion of14f teacinug pertsonnel. Alembes of. t he inistrutct iona1l Itaf are aissuredI of liberal provi 5iffni. for, salary increa';ses , promo phuai (compai~rable ffto thoste of the 1114st progressi ve miainiland land granit colleges. Pr'omiotitmns ate niade lby thle President oni recom'. mendalitionsi bfy the personniiel com. mnitte octf Ite Un ivers ityv Senate. Admhuiniistrtative officers ar i also5( (0osultd, Ibut thle final dlecisionis ffn protfion f s rest with the P1resi. dhent. Eac facunlty menmber, provided his sericies arie satisfactory, re ccivyes an anniualI salary inicrease, untiIlihe hias reached theit max imum promoiift ion. I lowever, he may lie 'onisidlered for promotion prior to reaching thle maximum salary in a gradel. Pionmot ions are not auto miat i'. IDe finite standards of pei formanice must he achieved and faculty commiiittees and adninois rat ive grofups may advise as to wvhet her t ht'e st andlards have bteen het. THE GI CROWING F0 UNIVERSITY OF rann.fftef Januairy 30, 1908, with Riobert Eli I ot.K is pnbfflfhed by andi for theP studiff inmfifff semiweekty. Tuesdfay andi Saturday examninaion,. Ffaffforniili kinessff oif ices are lfocated iri imfang rates are 6', cents anm ifh. teadiineg p'. mf. WPfednesdy; nfews and fiforti, 3 p. nm . ormal andf soiely, 3 p. rn. Friday; news anm openfII inne e iresse bfy cffolmnhts iand tllHer-1 totII . Pb.bsifstides nuff runlstitt ani enl CHARLES H. WICKENBE MARY E. SHOUJN.. .. .. MIKE KARVELAS .. MARIAN RODGERS .. CHICK SHIIELS....... MARY SAYE GASTON.. CANDY TAYiLOm.. V\ e HOME 0 M hut ant i % 4 94 cre sal I f ag: eve hs, las i A PASSING GRADE!" gol ] as Outside t College Events ' cor 44 Norman, Okla.-(I.P.) - Avia tion has become so important in society today that the University ' of Oklahoma has embarked on a So: full-scale aviation program de signed to fill the future require nents in the fields of business, an engineering and recreation. The course work will go beyond the theory of classrooms, for the I y University is owner of the big air field which is located on the 1,650 acre North campus, formerly the $7,000,000 Norman Naval Air sta tion. The airport. with its two large landing mats and four liard-sur- Cor faced runways is considered one to of the best university fields in the nation. All classrooms and laboratories for tle school of aeronautical en- Y(A gineering will he located in four bu11ildings at ie edge of ie air- ha port. Fligit instrunents, ailreraft systems, power inlits anld otit.her equipmllelit have been obtailed . front11 wa i surplis property. The flight training courses will e ( offered by tvo operatrs.- who have leased hangar space froi me lhe university for CAA-approved Al schools. The flight courses will be divided into three phases with a total of 40 hours of air training. ' All inst ruction will lie given in W llvw 19416 planes. The stideits will take 28 se- Ca miester hiours of aviation iniclud- to ing airsport management, airline emuploymient training, air trants portation11 andl other courses in the 124-hour total for a degree. Air line officials and oither trained p)eisonnel will serve as lecturers ini aviation admininistrationi courses. Sout h flend, Ind. - (I.Pi.) - A utp po(st -war trend( to commercial sub .ieets lby studlents at the Univer sity' of Notre Dame is indlicated GU with the announcement that 1,368 of the recordl enrollment of 4,500 -- st udents here this fall, are study ing in the College of Commerce at the University. Training in the fields of engi- s iieering, stimulated to new heights (luring the recent wvar, continues 110 to hold student interest here wvith a total (if 1,045 in the College ofj Engineering. A total of 1,202 stu dlents are studying in the College of Arts and Letters. Also as an outgrowth of the war, the College of Science reported an all-time high enrollment of 515 students. The College of Law at Notre Dame nearly dloubledl its pre-war enrollment wvith a total of 222 students registering for courses. The Graduate School followedl the toi trendl of the under-graduate of schools. Its total of 199 was more .than ea,4 greater thant in any g LMECOCK R A GREATER SOUTH~UAROLINA aIs ole Conrates as the first editor, THE CAMtE. a at the. University of South Carolina In Co. durIng lb. college year except holidays anid thea easl basemient of Simg dormitoiry. Adver-. for Saturday editIon; edltorial and society, 3 Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday adltioni edl. g sporls, 3 p. m. 8Sunday. 'rilers are not necessarily those of THlE CAMti. orsement allhough the rIght to edil Is reserved. gi RG, JR... EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ..... . .MANAGING EDITOR -.. .. .. .. ..NEWS EDITOR - . . .SOCIETY EDITOR (do * . SPORTS EDITOR ........FEATURE EDITOR .BUSINESS MANAGER taoin shrd-lu .. Good morning, Hal" Hey, howyou ?" You know somethin', Hal, you're the only dehydrated nan being I've ever seen. Hope the sun don't come out I get- you today. Let's go get breakfast." No, thanks; I don't drink this early in the day." Come on, it's only 'foo'd." I'll come, but I ain't gonna like it." Joe's ?" O.K." 'How was the trip?" 'Fine." You talk too much, Hal." Talk! I'm having trouble breathing!" 'Must have been pretty good trip. Somebody in that w sent me a telegram from Washington Sunday. It d1, 'What have I done to deserve this?' It was unsignbd. igured it was you and you'd forgotten your name tin. Remember that time in Spartanburg-you didn't mn know what country we was in." 'It wasn't me. I can't write. Did you go to the circus t night?" No, but I had a date with a co-ed." Hi, Joe-coffee, black, please. Is this Friday? You doughnuts ?" Same here, Joe-who's that dame I seen you outwit t night?" Ha Ha! You're killing me, Hal!" Stop giving me ideas, Obtrusive." Hi ya, Harry, pull up a lump of coal and sit down - nrade." Tanks, Herb; hello, Sot." I resemble that statement, Lover." No offense, Hal. Lord what a night! Went down to Cs at eleven to get brewed up, drank. coffee instead I played the pin ball machine until four-thirty. I had eight o'clock." 'Whiat did you tell the family, Harry ?" 'Hell, I knew they wouldn't believe me so I told them 'ent to sleep studying in the frat house." 'You got a cigarette, Hal?" 'You've got ONverything but the habit, haven't you rry ?" 'I just C'lnl't afford 'em. Wonder when our checks will ne through. I can't even find anyone who has dough spend, much less lend." 'I made twenty-five hast week. Gave a blood transfu n. Irother ! When you start selling your life's blood, ire really broke'." 'Where'd ya sell it ? For that kind of money they can leI my soul, too!" They want blood, 1lal, not anti-freeze!" 'You know, there must be some easy way to earn a ng. All I'm (oing now is living, not earning. Maybe hepublicans (aln do something about it." Os I wish 1 could find me a rich dame that coukj support inl the mnn1-11"er to which I hope to become accustomed. that. f'eeliig of security! Sometimes I wish I were iter, like a tree or something, and didn't have to rry. Life ain't nothing lbut a gamble--and you al ys lose." 'You sound like a prospective member for the You n't Winl Society. You have to have the personality get ahead, but somehowv you dlon't. You can't win." 'I'm a cinch 'for that." 'Personality kid, huh ?" '('heck this smile." 'I've seen b)etter in the morgue." 'Thanks for the crumbs." 'Stop licking my hand." 'It's too early for this, men. If Longstreet had come at Gettysburg we wouldn't have to (10 this routine." 'Yeah, I can see me now. 'Moses, chase that 'possum th' magnolia theah an' bring me a mint julip.'" 'What at life that would be! Just sit on the front porch 'Piazza !" '--Watch your language. Just sit on what-ever-you d andl look down the rolling hills, or go for a ride with ss Lucy over at Tarawa, or just sit there and do thing." 'Yeah. Trhat would be the life. I'd like to (10 just noth 'Yep. Nothing to talk about. Just sit." 'What's the matter, H'erb? You ain't said nothing." 'I'm just wondlering where it's all going to end." 'What's going to endl?" 'All of us." 'Oh !" 'You been eating raw meat again, Herb?" 'Maybe we ought to get in practice. I got a letter'yes (lay and in black letters it had stamped on the back it, 'It's Later Than You Think'." 'Yeah, I read1 something about that in Reader's Di 'Well, maybe it is later than we think." 'I dlon't think so." 'I dlon't either'. I cut my eight o'clock." 'It dlon't (10 you no good to think, Herb. There ain't thing you can (10 ab)out anything. You just take things they come. Like women. You just take 'em as they ne, there ain't nothing yos can (do about 'em." 'All the same. I like to feel like I'm dloing somethinf ui can't .Just standl still. You gotta go forwards or' ekwards on account of everything is moving and you tta go somewhere." 'Yeah ! Like the little worm Saidl, 'When you gotta iw, you gotta glow !'" 'Where you going, 11erb?" 'I got a class. You c'oming?" 'No. Think I'll c'ut and have sonie more coffee. Why i't you stay." 'Can't. I gotta go." 'So long." 'Seou fne>llt,.m later, ma..1."