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378 THE CLEMSON COLLEGE CHRONICLE interesting in society than others. That they are more pol- ished and better informed as to the usages of society, and that this would enable them to shine as a lustrous beacon in con- trast with their less brilliant friends, and consequently cause them to receive the most attention from the professors and their families. This may all be true, but we can say with equal sagacity that some students shine better in the class room than others, some shine better in literary societies than others, and some shine better on the athletic field than others. One man shines best in one place, and another in still another place. Possibly no one shines very bright in more than one place, so if the man that shines so brightly in society has no opportunity to shine there, he cannot shine at all. I simply ask, is it common sense to deny the entire student body a privilege simply because some have greater abilities to use it than others ? This is an absurdity, a ridiculous idea. You had just as well say that we will have no literary societies and no athletics because some are more fluent speakers or more active athletes than others and will consequently win more laurels for themselves. You had just as well go still farther and say that we will have no colleges because some students will out shine others. I do not claim that such a radical improvement can be ac- complished as would be necessary to convert a sow ' s ear into a silken purse, but I do claim that it would help the students to some extent to feel that ease and freedom and dignity which is expected to characterize college bred men, and which can hardly be attained except by the enobling and uplifting influence of feminine association. Besides this the time could be more pleasantly spent visiting the home of a professor than in a dungeon. And our barracks are no more than a dungeon, so far as its social advantages arc con- cerned. I am not yet ready to intimate that the Clemson students are so uninteresting that their presence cannot in
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THE CLEMSOX COLLEGE CHRONICLE 377 favoritisms are inevitable,, they are bound to exist so long as students and professors possess human idiosyncracies. But I make the positive statement without qualification and with- out the fear of successful contradiction, that at this place they are not the outcome of social intercourse. The limited social intercourse has resulted from them. I have been here five years and I have yet to learn of a single instance where a student has been invited out by a professor unless that stu- dent has previously become a favorite of the professor. Under our present conditions the professors form their likes and dislikes for the students in the class room, and then if it is desirable thev invite those students out whom thev like best. When an invitation is extended to a student, this is only the external evidence of the internal regard which the professor has for that student, and incidentally it is evidence that this student has become a favorite of that professor. He was then a favorite before any social relation ever ex- isted between them. Let any one fail to recognize that these favoritisms precede social intercourse, and he will ex- hibit a lack of observation woefid to behold ' So we can eliminate the erroneous conception that favor- itisms are caused by social intercourse. As stated above these favoritisms are bound to exist re- gardless of social conditions. The social conditions will never reach the stage where none of these favorites will be invited out, and under our present conditions whenever a student accepts these favors, he creates a certain amount of jealousy on the part of his fellow-students. It was with a view of eliminating this particular objection that I advocated the entertainment of the students as sections or as classes, and thereby eradicating all manifestations of the personal likes or dislikes which the professors may have for the individual students. But my friend argues that this ought not to be done, because some of the students are more entertaining and
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