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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Published Friday of every week during tlie college year ' ' by tlie Literary Societies under the supervision of the Board of Publications | Entered as second class mail matter at the Columbia postolTice November 20, 1908. I Member of College Press Association and National College Press Association. ' News articles may be contributed by any member of the student body, but must be in by nine o'clock Wednesday night before Friday's publication. All copy must be typewritten, double- 1 spaced, and must be signed by the writer. Articles in the Open Forum will be published at the . discretion of the Kditor and in the order submitted with (he name of the author signed. " Subscription Hate?$2.00 per College year Circulation?2150 Advertising rates Furnished upon Request j OtTices in tlie basement of Extension Building , Dial 8123, No. 11 ' ? s Executive Board Wiixiam C. Herbert Editor J. Sam Taylor Business Manager Allen Rollins Managing Editor It. II. Bishop .... .... Circulation Manager Associates Louise Edwards, John A. Giles, J. M. Morse, Millie Taylor, Associate Editors; It. L. Keaton, Jr., C Frank Wardlaw, Assistant Managing Editors. Reportorial John A. Hicham, News Editor; Alan Scliafcr, Sports Editor; Irwin Kahn, Assistant Sports Editor; i J. C. Payne, Alumni Kditor; Genevieve Reynolds, Exchange Editor; Boyce Craig, Fraternity Editor; . Ethel Calloway, Co-Ed Editor; Josephine Gritfin, News Editor; Marian Ftnlay, Society Editor; ' Faith Brewer, Feature Editor; Lemuel Gregory, l.uVerne Hughes, Annie lluitt, Jane SbaiTer, a Sue Kiblcr, Jean Wichinan, Assistants. a J. W. Brown, L. C. Grant, Baynard W'haley, Assistant Business Managers; L7 W. lipton, Wilbur Jones, Leon Pickens, Kenneth Prince, Assistant Circulation Managers. CROWING FOR: News Bureau?Even a great University must advertise. a Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities v can be properly centered and administered. c Football Stadium?A needed addition to the University's equipment. t Paved Sidewalks?Not only a need, but an immediate necessity. s FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1932 Join The Alumni Association Only live more weeks and about 200 men will be finishing Caro- t lina. Some will go out of the state, others stay here, and a few will i be called into other countries. Wherever these people go, however, 1 there will remain, undoubtedly, cherished memories of their days at ( the University. These memories, which is only one of several things that distinguished the human from the ordinary animal, should be preserved and allowed to grow upon these graduates long after they have graduated. And there is only one way that this can be done. Enroll in the alumni association. It is unfortunate that propaganda has be6n circulated against the alumni association accusing it of trying to bleed every man who be- a comes a member. This is false. t What the association attempts to do is keep alumni in contact with each other; act as a clearing house of information for the members on matters pertaining to the University; afford a personal representation on the campus; direct the policies favored by the association; 1 and plan functions, such as dinners and annual meetings, that are e customarily staged by the organized graduates. An example of what the association does: A report is circulated rJ that students are starving themselves on the campus while trying to i get an education. It is pointed out that this could be partly avoided by eliminating the student activities fee or some other expense, t Enemies of Carolina disseminate this report. The alumnus does not i know whether or not this is true. Ilere is where the association's secretary steps in and gives the actual facts, enabling the graduate t to combat the false report with the truth of the situation. ( Different, is it not, from the belief of some that the association's sole purpose of existence is to get money for the University or for i itself? By registering in the alumni association for the first two years after graduation for five dollars, the alumnus enjoys constant com- munication from the association's office telling what is being done at the University, and often mapping out work to be undertaken by the group. * Further, for the five dollars that is ordinarily charged for only one year's membership, The Gamecock is sent to the alumnus regularly. Through this publication one is able to keep in touch with t the prominent members of his class as well as use it as a medium of ( communication between graduates in different parts of the world. I The subscription for The Gamecock for two years alone is four dollars. That leaves only a charge of one dollar for membership in the 1 alumni association for two years. Is it worth the small charge? Ask any enrolled alumnus. { U. B. O. t (NSFA)?According to recently published statistics the wrestling 1 team had the highest scholastic average of any athletic group at ( Lafayette College, the football team rating lowest. ?. > v s o % j An All-Elections Day Why cannot. Carolina have all its elections on one day, as is the case with many larger institutions, as well as smaller? 1 By having all elections on one day, there would be eliminated all \ the fruitless worry and agony so well known to every candidate, while the amount of politicing on all sides would, perhaps, be magni- i Tied, but the period of work for candidates would be greatly de- 1 creased. ! As matters now stand, many students do not vote when eligible, often coming to the polls only when a close friend is in the race or they have "promised" to vote one way or another. < If all elections were held on the same day, it would mean that ' these indifferent students would vote, and the successful candidate : would truly be elected by a majority of the group. Only a few weeks from now and all the elections will liavfe been , completed. There will have come into being a new group of leaders i in various activities. ' If these new men would get together and forget petty personal or ' political objections to one another, they could easily put across a , simple amendment to the student body constitution providing that- < elections governed by that body of rules would be held on the same l day. < Who wants to distinguish himself in office? Who wants to put J a worthwhile plank in his "platform?" ( Gollegiate lippings A professor of psychology at Boston university has abolished all notetaking in his courses. His reason for taking the step was his contention that in note-taking the hand is substituted for the brain, and in the end ofers a poor and incomplete rcproducion of the lecture.?Highland Echo. Among the admonitions given the reshmen at Smith College is the folowing: "Communism has never been uccessfully worked out. Wear your >wn clothes and let others wear theirs. ?Campus Comments. Charleston is the only city on the \tlantic coast from which the ocean an be seen.?Blue Stocking. University of Kansas has a course n How to administer a parental rcnike." It all started when a professor iskcd a class what they would say to little girl who had told a lie. ?Semi-Weekly Campus. A new plan for admission is being dopted by Syracuse college, by vhich the applicants for admission arc hosen a full year in advance in order hat they may fully prepare themclves for their course. ?Swarthmore Phoenix. Why Not An Figures recently released by the bird of the student body of 1,78 \nderson Independent, commentii umbia ever done for the Univer Columbia. "Columbia's answer might w land county pay taxes to supp titled to its benefits as much s( if the city and county have an is an advantage which is not i Greenwood Index-Journal. "But another question might be tlumni of the University of South oward the endowment of the insti The Gamecock asks this same c 'ersity has no endowment? Each year the University is impe egislature and each year it is foi trippling its services and standar< The University of Virginia has rhe University of North Carolina 1 t, gifts amounting now to several Our University has not been ma lie part of alumni, and yet it has s located in a city of great resoui In 110 other way could Columbi; lone so much for Columbia," thai lowment fund. In no other way could some of ( nstitution than by helping with ai Why can't the University have a Open Columbia, S. C., April 27, 1932. ^Ir. W. Columbus Herbert Editor-in-Chief of the Gamecock 'niversity of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina. )ear Mr. Herbert, Whereas you the present Editor of he Gamecock and a member of the Jariosophic Literary Society has been legligent, biased, disloyal and unfaithul in the performance of your duties is Editor-in-Chief of the Gamecock n the following particulars: 1. That you have willfully, nialiciujsly and without due cause, used the ;aid Gamecock to promote your own political interest in the violation of he by-laws of the Clariosophic Literiry Society and Student Board of Publication. 2. You have twice, conscctively, tailed to give proper recognition to the incoming presidents of the Clariosophic Literary society. 3. You have intentionally and notoriously deprived the May Queen of Iter just and proper recognition in the said paper. 4. You have without sufficient grounds published or caused to be published certain statements in the editorial columns of our paper which liave tended to arouse a hostil spirit imotig participants of the Student Activity Fees. 5. You have published on the front page of our paper charges that were unfounded, erroneous and fallacious ibout the President and Vice-PresiJent of the Student Body. Wherefore the Clariosophic Literary society reprimands you severely for ?o using our paper and places you on probation subject to discontinuance :>f such practices in the future or else ixpulsion from this society and thereby lost of your position as Editor-inChief of the Gamecock. "Political f HERt'5 /\\0O" ( CAR \_OfrD V r Y/\' OUD b Endowment? registrar show that practically one2 are from Richland county. The ig 011 this fact, asks what has Cosity which has done so much for ell be that Columbia and Ricliort the University and are en) as any other county and that i advantage in location, that it unfair or illegal," answers the asked: Why is it that no wealthy Carolina has ever given anything tution?" Iiiestion. Why is it that the Uniriled by the maneuvers of the state reed to economize to the point of Is. an endowment of several millions, las had some large donations given millions. de the recipient of such favors 011 some alumni of large wealth and ces. 1 help the University, "which has I by sponsoring or starting an enCarolina's wealthy alumni help the II endowment. in endowment? Forum The 'above was adopted by the Clariosophic Literary society with an overwhelming vote and they request that a copy be sent to you, a copy to the Gamecock to be published in this weeks issue and a copy be placcd in the minutes of the society. Respectfully yours, J. WOODROW LEWIS, Chairman of the Committee. C. W. COX, JR., Secretary. (Ed. Note: I he Gamecock assumes no responsibility for grammatical errors. The document is printed as forwarded to The Gamecock.) April 27, 1932. Dear Editor: I feel it my duty as retiring editor of the Garnet and Black to give the student body of the University an explanation of the policy of the 1932 Garnet and Black. 1 lie Gamecock has from time to time run editorials that demanded an explanation but at the time I was unable to answer these editorials because my answer would injure my plans. The Garnet and Black receives $5 from each student that is enrolled for a full year. This amount totals approximately seven-eighths of the total cost of the yearbook. The remaining deficit must be made up from other sources and this burden must fall on the organizations, since the members of these organizations have more representation in the book. It is unfair to require a man whose picture appears in the annual but once to share the expense of a man whose picture appears several times. It is only fair that the man whose picture occurs more than once should pay additional fees for his representation. At the first of the year the staff asked that all pictures be in by a ccr Machinery'' In ? p* f ? AV^O y v h att- \ :ssh vT voo. TI-IIEr COTMF MCSSEW4 ^ ^ By Leonard Horwin Can you imagine a body of men deliberately setting about to build a city for 3,000 people, with its own roads, its own water system with 8 miles of mains, its own transportation system of 75 buses, it's own hospital, bank, fire and police departments, motion-picture theatre, G to 800 tworoom dwellings with every civilized convenience, it's own dining hall 1200 feet long and administration building 700 feet long?doing the whole job in three months and taking the city completely apart at the end of the fifth month? Can you? Of course, you can't, because history will be utterly barren of precedents for the medley of architecture and landscaping set up like a toy city almost over-night on the Baldwin Hills overlooking the scene of the 10th Olympiad at Los Angeles, housing the hopes of 40 nations and the bodies of 3,000 men?modestly titled Olympic Village. "As an international center", says H. O. Davis, Director of the Olympic Village, a bit proudly, "Geneva, Switzerland, will sink into obscurity next to our little village, at least during the celebration of the 10th Olympiad, July 30th to August 14th inclusive. From Ancient To Modern Plutarch, Roman Historian, tells in his "Lives" of Theseus, son of one Aegeus, who collected all the diverse peoples of Ancient Greece under his leadership and founded Athens as their common residence. Theseus must have been a glutton for punishment, but he certainly did not have the hair-greying responsibility of the 10th Olympiad Organizing Committee to minister to the individual health, appetite?, comfort, peace of mind, and whims of 3,000 men tain date. '1 lie student body must be made to realize that the annual consists only of 'pictures and the sooner they arc turned in to the stafT the sooner the book can be completed. In class pictures, one man by waiting until a late date can hold up the entire section since the pictures must be in alphabetical order. This year's book contains several pictures that are not in alphabetical order becausc the individuals failed to turn their pictures in on time. 'I he printer reserves the right to deliver the book 45 days after the last copy has been received. One can readily see how the annual can be delivered late, even after school has closed, if the staff permits students to wait at their leisure for having pictures. I earnestly urge every student to have their pictures made early next year and give your new editor all the cooperation.you can. When he asks for a list of mimes, give them to him at once. If every student did this, your annual could be delivered on May 1st. Waldie E. Bushaw, Editor 1032 Gkrnet and Black. EESB9H9S5SSEBS&SSSSS95SS55S2??555^ j Operation OOS>'T FOR6ETJ > tllf? s ? lib}? ff ,AfC\) O TeTP1 /\i; MtLHERE/^r _ IP' 4-4'? ------? "^"ofeo Courtesy N. C. State Technician >??: Sfif ; ' SM2. itii55553^p i " .jwcm drawn all the way from the land of Kayaks and Kippered Herrings to the sunny lands of the Rumba and the Hot Tamale. International Medley $500,000 has been set aside for the construction of the village alone. The Olympic Village will occupy a plot of ground approximately 1-2 mile square. The 7-800 two-room cottages housing four athletes apiece have been planned with such complete and varying detail as to appeal to the artistic sense of everyone?and that is a tremendous task when 'everyone' stands for the average Olympic Athlete, famous for his tantrums during the intensive training. Homer tells us in his Iliad of Polyphemus, one-eyed giant and cannibalistic son of Neptune, whom Ulysses outwitted. Polyphemus thought there wasn't a hewer of logs or heaver of weights in all the ancient world who could equal him as he lifted boulders off the coast of Sicily and threw them into the ocean far below in a mad effort to crush Ulysses and his tiny fleet. Unless Homer was much less of an cxaggerator than we suspect he was, Polyphemus would lose a load of conceit could he see Charles Rigoluet, the professional French weight-lifter in the modern day?or Rudolph Ismaycr, the chubby German University lad, lift their 400 and 218 pound bar bells respectively. And would Polyphemus' single eye pop could he sec the 210-pound Egyptain heavyweight, Nossier, lift poundages which are expected to make the Olympic Auditorium, scene of the weight-lifting events in 1932, rock! Polyphemus' Step-Children In the massive Olympic Auditorium, built by the Los Angeles Athletic Club at a cost of $500,000 on a site only a mile away from the quaint Mexican plaza where 151 years ago Felipe dc Neve lifted the flag of imperial Spain and declared La Ciudad tie Los Angeles founded, brawny men from a score of lands will do another kind of lifting in 1932. Polyphemus' step-children will perform in an 18-foot ring lighted by six 1500 candle-power lamps and surrounded by 10,400 spectators and a wall of fresh air provided by eight j large exhaust fans and two intake | fans. Preparations have been made to cover the floor of the ring, later to be used for the boxing and wrestling events, with a 3-inch extra layer of hardwood to withstand the pressure of the weight-lifting events on the evenings of July 30 and 31 in the Xth Olympiad. The Olympic Auditorium is but a 5-minutc car ride from the Olympic Stadium, hub of the Xth Olympiad, and but a few blocks from Pershing Square, in the center of the downtown district, fronted by the elegant 1500-room Biltmore Hotel, headquarters-to-be of a host of Olympic officials and visitors.