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?? 1 1 The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Published Friday of every week during the college year by the Literary Societies ot the University of South Carolina Entered as second class matter at the postollice at Columbia, S. O., November 20, 1908 Member of South Carolina College Tress Association and National College l'ress Association Subscription ltate?$2.00 per College year; Circulation?2150 Advertising latcs furnished upon Request Offices in the basement of Extension lluilding l'hone 8123?Extension 11 EXECUTIVE BOARD Lemuel L. (Iregory ? ? ? ? Editor Thomas T. Moore ? ? ? Business Manager Philip C. Sabbagha ? ? ? Managing Editor Leon Pickens ? ? ? Circulation Manager ASSOCIATES John C. Payne, Frank 11. Ilaskell, Mary Ford, Josephine Griffin, Faith Hrewer, Edward ChalTin, and J. A. liigham, associate editors; Mark Dowtin, Miles Elliott, Fred Hanihri?IU, associate managing editors. ltEPOKTORIAL Pinckney Walker, news editor; Elmore Martin, sports editor; Evelyn Lipscomb, feature eilitor; Atherton Whalcy. fraternity editor; Ellen Freeman, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. I'. A, editor; Joan Connrd, alumni editor; Howard Cooper and J.uk Killea, assistant sports editors; Lavernc Hughes, co ed editor: Miriam l.ander, co-cd news editor; Catherine Turner, sorority editor; Dorothy Dunavant, and llennie (Jreye Lewis, assistant soiority editors; Claude Starr Wright, anil Amelia Dcschamps, assistants. BUSINESS Douglas Fickling, assistant business manager; J. C. Gregory, It. M. Drown, C. W. Ktiss, Fred Ellis, assistant circulation managers. CROWING FOR: A Better Carolina Spirit?Among A\umni, Faculty and Students. Student Activity Building?This is the only way by which student activities can be properly centered and administered FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1934 A Narrow Escape The action of the legislature last year in abolishing free tuition at the University has almost proved disastrous for the best interests of the University and its students. By a plan of the president to put 100,000 men back in school, enabling them to defray their expenses by working on government projects 011 or near the campus, the University was at first denied participation because of a clause providing that institutions desiring the aid should grant free tuition to the students working 011 the projects. Fortunately for students who really need financial aid to continue their studies, the University officials, always anxious to promote the best interest of the students were able by special negotiations to surmount the difficulties and needy students at the University, along with students of other colleges and institutions will receive the benefits from the president's plan. Would it not be better for the state, co-operating with the federal government, to reinstate free tuition and 111 the future avoid circumstances which might prevent South Carolina from keeping stride with other states in furthering and promoting education and higher excellence of citizenship. The Eoad To Obscurity The schedule of the University basketball team lias recently been the subject of much criticism and relative to the situation The Gamecock prints the following interesting and timely letter: To the Editor of The Gamecock: It seems a pity to have a great basketball team, composed of six footers and former All-Americans during their high school days, without a schedule? of course, they have a schedule, but what is it?? state games with Erskine, Newberry, Citadel, Wofford, Furman, and Clemson. These teams are good, we know, but a team like ours should play teams of prominence?Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana State, Duke, Maryland, Yale, Notre Dame, Ohio State. Northwestern, and schools who put out great basketball teams every season, and place men upon All-American teams and who usually win their respective conference titles yearly. If we don't have strong opposition, how will our team place men on the All-American five? We can't do it. Look at Duke whom Carolina licked twice last season?just smeared Army and Navy both on one of their northern tours last week. Look at Maryland whom we whipped by a mere little 65 points in the tournament last year?she has defeated both University of Michigan and Indiana, strong defenders of the Big Ten Conference, before the season is hardly two weeks old. Kentucky plays Ohio State and Nebraska every year and tours the mid-west. Yale leads the East every year because they play strong teams. Why? we don't even tour our own conjerence?there isn't but 10 teams in the whole circle. Maryland, the farthest North is not over 400 miles, at the least. The officials say that the other teams won't give us games. No I they don't want to play us during the season?but you notice in our schedule, we play Duke, N. C., and N. C. State, just before we go into the tournament. Why? so they can wear our boys ? I I II III out before entering the tournament, they have ai eye, not only for business, but they know that the} will whip us i? we show signs of tiring. And n< man will go a whole season, just playing mediocrc clubs, then a week before the tournament put or steam without cracking before the finals. Oh! But why should we worry? We will try t< win the state championship?that's the main object with South Carolina Students. We will be content I suppose. South Carolina has six conference games, three of these are with Clemson. Suppose we would drop but two of these games or maybe three?we would not even get invited to the tournament?but if wc played ten, twelve, or fourteen games, dropped three or four we could still have a good percentage and a chance to be invited to the tournament. 1 wo of our boys, Freddie and Bennie Tompkins, were placed on the All-Southern last season because of their great showing against Kentucky in Columbia and Duke in Columbia, and Duke, N. C. and Maryland in the tournament. John "Cliico" Brown. U. 8. O. The Student And The Bandwagon "1 lie college graduate rides the bandwagon. 11a grabs off all the better jobs." That statement appeared sometime ago in the pages of the American Mercury in an article entitled: "One Man's Story." That article was a pageant of struggle, of a man's effort to raise himself through sheer, laborous plodding to a higher plane of living. ITe had adventured among Herculean tasks. He had worked in fields and in factories and the story he set down represented his struggle toward the epic dream of security and happiness; above all security from the rigors of a battle for which he was not adequately equipped. For embedded in that recital was the man's own judgment. He lacked an education. He made no attempt to conceal his belief that his plight was duo to his lack of training. In reality, however, he had no reason to hang his head. lie lacked an opportunity to secure an education. His father died and he had to begin immediately the business of earning a living. That was final. He could have resigned himself. But man doesn't sit like a beast in the field. Man struggles. Conquest and struggle is his undying heritage. But in the man's recital there is a lesson tailormade for we who hope to be college graduates. We know conclusively that we aren't going to ride the bandwagon. We know we aren't going to grab off all the better jobs. But we have this assurance: It's not the size of the battle that counts but the fighting equipment we have. We know that we have what the man lacked? opportunity. We have at hand the means of training ourselves, of securing equipment for the battle. We have the opportunity to become better craftsmen. If we do our job well, it may be that the bandwagon will catch up with us. u. s. c. Grass "Give the Grass a Start" is the plea on signs which faces every student when he attempts to travel the wrong walk across the campus. Probably it has influenced many upright young characters who are obedient to stand back and watcli the beauty around them. But others who are less inclined yield easily to the evil spirit and not only walk on the grass but deface the signs. Come on students?, give the grass a chance. The Hurly-Burly A university professor has recently made an in dictment against college students in general. "Too many committee meetings, too many 'important' affairs to attend, too many weighty campus problems to be solved. The average student doesn't have time in which to do any really creative thinking; his fluctuating interests arc scattered to the four winds," he declares. "Why have we no college politics", laments n writer in the McGill (Canada) Daily. "I have looked in all the corners of the campus in vain." Why not come down and see us sometime, anytime will do. Add to headline collection this from the Western Mystic: Fantastic Figures feature frivilous freshman frolic. Phillip space makes the observation that the difference between the inflated dollar and the deflated is that the latter hasn't as much dough in it. Culture is activity of thought, and receptiveness to beauty, and humane feeling.?A. N. Whitehead. After seeing the boxing matches last Friday night we are more anxious than ever to keep the Wolf from the door. r Carolina To-day Frank Durham l - Back To Normalcy Now that exams are over we can ? breathe again. No more term papers or note-books long over due, hang over us. It is with a sigh of > relief that we settle back into the old rut: good, clean fun, no studying until June; and just plain old fun, common or garden variety. I Rushing Matters She was just a simple freshman from the hinterlands, hut inside she glowed with happiness.. She had a secret. And unlike most girls, she intended to keep it. She was just a simple freshman, This little secret of hers was intimately connectcd with college life; it gave her the feeling that she "belonged", was really a great big college girl. To be frank, she knew which sorority she was going, she was "sewed up". It was all a certain and sure thing. No wonder she smiled happily. All through registration she went, standing in lines, filling out blanks, being sent hack to the "directors", puzzling over the enigmatic sheets supposedly showing when, where, and how classes were scheduled. This was a bit confusing to one whose mind was on other things, more important affairs, After finishing all of the little things connected with signing up, she had tc go to the dean of women to inform that authority where she was to stay, . etc. Rapidly going through the required list of questions, Dean Elliot finally came to one that was a trifle puzzling, , "What is your campus address?" asked the dean. Quick as a flash, the little co-ed shot back, "Shall I give my ' address now, or....?" and she gave the street and number of a certain sorority house. Well, at least she was honest and straightforward. She was just a simple freshman co-ed. We Nominate For Posterity: Wallace Martin, because he consistently lives up to the nick-name bestowed upon him by his brother Greeks. Elaine Harley and Maxine Walker, because of their interesting sightseeing trip in the City By The Sea. "Tight Britches" Shown Again Next week Columbia will once more have the opportunity of seeing "Tighl Britches", the dramatic and moving play by Hubert Hayes, Asheville, N ! C. fireman, and John Tainter Foote , noted author. The play will be pre, sented at the Town Theatre on tlu evenings of February 15, 16, and 17 1 and at a matinee on the 17. The author Mr. Hayes, plays the ^ad. These performances are the lasl amateur ones of the play to be giver before it opens on Broadway nexl ( season and casting directors from the New York producing company wliicl: has bought the rights to the productior will be here for the opening night. In our humble opinion "Tight Britches" is one of the finest, mosl moving, and best acted plays ever tc , he seen in Columbia and those whe enjoy a good play, a gripping and entertaining evening, should not miss it The Same Old Cry t With every issue of The Caro, linian since it cast aside its liter' ary aspirations, there have been those who shouted, "With the legislature in session, to get out a magazine like this one, filled with lascivious laugh-provokers, naughty words, and filth, is a horrible thing for the editor to do. It won't make those legislators be any too pleasantly inclined toward the University." When the right honored and highly revered Mr. James Menzles-Black startled the campus with his last satiric effusion, the ; wailers once again struck up their chorus of dire premonitions. "Mr. Black", they said, "is a traitor to i the University. He appeals to the , lower natures of the students, he caters to their primitive instincts, he desecrates the ideals of a scholarly institution, he endangers the standing of the school of his choice, for he gets out a collection of eroticisms while THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION! Mr. Black is not a good thing 1" All of which to us seems a trifle unnecessary, Mr. Black's magazine is no worse than several other issues of The Carolinian and not nearly as off color as the majority of the humorous publication of other colleges. Anyway, very few ! of our solons even know that The Carolinian exists, or if they do, they don't worry about It very much. No issue of the magazine has yet brought forth any growls from the state capitol and it is unlikely that one ever will unless it IP The Opt Notebook Editors I^ep] To the Editor of The Gamecock : Please permit the Editors of The I Carolina Notebook a little; space to express their amusement and surprise at recent editorial comment about the I Notebook in The Carolinian, that other campus publication which continues to exist in some unknown status, and by some unknown means to pop forth at unexpected moments like impurities from a broken sewer pipe. I We express amusement' at the allit' erativc verbage behind which Jaded ^ James Black, the editor, viewed with ' I alarm the arrival of another mag;.zinc ' on the University campus. We arc ' sorry that Jittery James is jealous, but we assure him with all possible vc' heinence that The Carolina Notebook ' can never be classed as competition for his smut-sheet without slandering the ' I editors and contributors of the new and ambitious arrival. We express surprise that The Caro' I linian should have turned aside from its salacious way long enough to take I notice of a really worthwhile event on the University campus. Although the Campus Jester may continue to play a jolly funeral march, II The Carolina Notebook is not dead. ' As long as the editors feel as they now do that the University of South Caro[lina needs such a medium of expression II and that there are enough students ' I with minds beyond the gutters to supI port and carry it on, it will continue to come out?whatever the cost in labor and disappointment. I "We welcome The Carolina Notebook to its right ful place on the camJ pus?the wastebaskct," quoth James Ithe Jokesmith, neatly leaving the opening for us to relegate to the garbage lean the disintegrating and infested re' 1 mains of that once worthwhile Carolinian, which has long since died, but whose present managers lack the intelligence to bury. But then, it is not our purpose to critize but to defend. In fact, we read with something of enjoyments?though mingled with constant nausea, of course, since The I Carolinian is that kind of a magazine now?the latest issue. Its twelve pages and two pictures brought forth four I laughs and two conjectures as to the The Carolin The Carolinian, like the Arab, should t fold its tent and silently steal away in r the night. Or, perhaps, the editors of 77ie Carolina Notebook are so enraptured of the . swing of the Pleides that the simple, : obvious, things of life escape them. At the very beginning of the year Ithe editor of The Carolinian announced th? policy of the magazine. A policy ^ which has been adhered to most sucj cessfully. l| . Therefore, if the entire student body , has misunderstood the purpose of The ,1 Carolinian, I repeat it is time for that , I magazine to close shop. However, if the purpose of The Carolinian has been t misunderstood only by the editors of t The Carolina Notebook it is my intention to set them straight on that point. I The Carolinian attempts to present a humorous, satirical, view of undergradI uate life. "Cum grano saltis" might well be taken for its motto. That the I student be given a pleasant interlude, Wardlaw Characterized As Wild And Wooly (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) he is gay and lam it vigorously with his fist? We hear Wardlaw is as full of holes in the walls as a farmhouse in the Marne district. But some people say Joe isn't getting lit this year. Roy Stroud also takes prizes for strong-arm work. Last year, the story was, he won a bet by knocking out a I panel of a door with his fist. Harold Watford is the latest inmate of Wardlaw, but Windy Robinson is leaving. lie just can't take it! Spring football practice will soon be J tating Stephin Fetchit over at Wardlaw are rallying round. Fred Ilambright will probably be up in the air sometime in May or June, it is rumored. But the nicest thing of all is the fact again after a recent attack of tonsilitis. I He was treated at the infirmary, where I we hear he was fed a steak and turnips I ?but he seems to be bearing up rather I well. Grayson Wolf is fast recuperating from his operation, and Henry McManus from his knee trouble. John (Tough Luck) Rowland now has the fncasles. David LcMar (Mope) Coble was imiI tating Stephin Fetchit over at Wardlaw recently, we hear. But the nicest thing of all is the fact I that they're doing some plastering at 1 Wardlaw. The walls to match the naI tural inclinations of the inmates 111 reprints the photographs from "Pep Stories."?There, Mr. Black, is an idea for future issues. m Forum ly To Carolinian Charge safety with which it might be sent through the mails. We welcome back an old friend? the front cover, remembering how pleased we were with it the first time that it was used, in March, 1931. Those were the good old days when The Carolinian had substance sparkle, and a following. In fact the cover was used on the first issue of the magazine when it gave up its strictly literary format. There was symbolism in the cavalier taking off his serious mask and smiling forth in a new and sprightly countenance. But in all fairness we must point out that one, that first issue the predominating color was red, not yellow, and the laughing cavalier's pants were black, not a pansy purple. Maybe that is the symbolism of this issue? The Carolinian has, after three years, changed its pants. Rut enough oj this?The Carolinian staff maintains that it produces the kind of magazine that the students want, and perhaps some, or even many, do like such emetic drivel. The Editors of 7 he Carolina Notebook harbor no resentment or jealousy, if this is the case. We do not suggest that the literary societies should rise up in wrath at the degenerated state of the once-noble organ which they own. We do not suggest that the ' University authorities should protect the school from outside criticism by extending the unpleasant arm of censorship about campus publications. If such things should happen, we as individuals would be the first to leap to the colors of freedom of speech and student rights. If the students relish such homegrown smut, they should not be hindered. In this letter we have wandered; we have succumbed to ungentlemanly temptations, and for that we apologize. What we started out to say was simply this: despite the witty words of the poet with the queer plaid overcoat and dirty hat, 7he Carolina. Notebook has not disappeared. Issue number two is now in the process of composition and will be out within the month. Signed, W. B. King, Philip Sabbagha. ian Answers in the serious business of acquiring an education, the entire staff has given freely of hard work. The thought that anyone would take offense at anything published in The Carolinian was not entertained by any member of the staff. Judging by the tone of the preceding letter, and the ostantatious, crude display of personalities, the editors of The Carolina Notebook have taken offense. Of course, such a letter is a way to obtain some free, cheap (in its worse senfce) publicity. But anyone connected with a great Uplifting Force such as The Notebook would never descend to such low depths. No, never 1 Therefore, they must be ignorant. That is, ignorant in the sense that an aloof, spiritual, academic is ignorant of the crude necessities of life. May they read this letter and understand. Frank H. Haskell, Jr. C. W. A. Jobs To Be Granted Students Here (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) live enactment and pointed to similar conditions in other colleges throughout the country. He also pointed out that the University budget was made out in anticipation of fees and that any remission of these fees would seriously effect the budget, already cut to the bone. The change in the provision came as a result of widespread protests based on grounds similar to those shown by Baker. n. i. o. Many Students Register For New Semester (CONTINUED FROM PAOE SIX) that time the total registration for the entire year was 1,664 but the net registration for the second semester was never announced. Total registration for the entire year this year has not as yet been announced but it is expected to be somewhat less than the total for last year, officials have stated informally. n. n. o. What Could be More Logical? Constable (to fair young speeder): That was a nice place to come along at. Didn't you see the notice: "Dangerous Corner"? Fair Speeder: Of course I did. And as it was a dangerous corner, I naturally wanted to pass it as quickly as possible.?Humorist.