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The Gamecock Founded January 306 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZATE, First Editor Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of Sout Carolina durng the college year except during examinations and holidays Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. 0., November 20, 1908 Subscription Rate-$8.00 per college year. Circulation-1800 Advertising rates furnished upon request Offices in Tenement 16. University campus Phone 8123 1935 Member 1936 associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Colle6icite Dieest Sole and Exclusive National Advertising Representatives NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, Inc. 420 Madison Avenue. New York City Chicago-Boston-San Francisco-Los A,geles-Portland--eattle EXECUTIVE BOARD MI.Es E..rorr - - - - - - - - - - - Editor ATHEBTON WHALEY - - - - Business Manager HUNT GRAHAM - - - - - - - - Managing- Editor DEPARTMENT HEADS Francis Williams, Sports editor; Katherine Taylor. Society editor; Helen Cooper, Oo-Ed editor; Fred Ellis, Circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Jack Killea, Shannon Mims, Eleanor Wiedeman, James Lynch, T. T. Moore, May Andrews, and Don Causey, associate editors; Ed Harter and Francis Williams. associate managing editors; Albert Douglas, assistant business manager; Sam Cleland, Ton Willis, andi Bill Brockington, associate circulation managers. STAFF WRITERS Polly Pendleton, Crawford White, Vivian Lomas, Marybele Hfggins, St. Clair Muckenfusa, W. L. Lamb, Charles Lee, James O. Willis, and Grace Toney; Harold Prince, Jimmie Thomas, S. B. Bass, and R. F. Lindsay, sports writers. FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1936 Let's Be Sensible "Two hundred pledge signers," a1 student com mented the other day, "which means there are two hundred tattle-tales at Carolina." We have all been taught that telling on an other is the lowest form of crime. Gangsters have no compunction for the "stool pigeon;" the little boy who runs home to his mother with stories of the gangs' doings will soon find himself ostracized. All very true, but, as Dr. Morse would want to know, does the anology have a logical connec tion with the point in question? A man cheats flagrantly, after having been warned, lectured to, and cautioned by the faculty and students. le is reported. Is this the same thing as a report made by a stool pigeon? Was the student not warned, was it not made plain that he would suffer for the offense? Not one of us would hestitate to turn a thief caught in our home over to the police, nor would this thief look upon us as squealers when we did so. He took his chance, and lost; he knew the penalty before he committed the crime. But, insist the gentlemen who so nobly refusc to sign the pledge, the thief is taking something from us; he is a menace to ourn life and property, whereas a student's cheating is none of our busi ness. Thus they would dlestroy that analogy too. However, there is a connection. Under a com parative grading system, one man cheating in a class can raise the standard at least a letter, whichl might easily mean the difference b)etween passing and failure for the steady lodder. The hard worker is accordingly robbed of his time and ef fort, and furthermore, is often laughed at for being dumb. There is no reason for any student body to condone cheating, to encourage it by let ting it slide along. If the dIrones in a bee hlive were allowed to grow as fast as the bees, honey would soon be a thing of the past. Yet we are expected to en courage and pet our parasites, to foster them from all evil, even to lie in their behalf. Is there anything noble, anything fine, in that? --.. .0 The Year's Prize Boner A student body meeting is a curious tiling. After reading over the present amendment on the May Queen plan, one might reasonably ex pect the next meeting to pass a rule that students be allowed to wear only one shoe, and that one be painted green. This is no more foolish than having the May Queen election on the day after the three can didates are selected at the pageant. Believe it or not, several students will want to take at least one look at all the girls before casting their votes. It is true that most of the votes will be sewed up long before the final day, regardless of who runs, but still there are a few who might want to ponder on the best qualified candidate. This can. not be proven, but sounds reasonable. Suppose the election was tonight. Tomorrow the students would be herded to the polls to vote for one of three girls. Most of them will know only two at the most. A few words of praise for a candidate by a fast-talking politician, a shrug of the shoulders signifying "well, I don't know the others anyway," and the die is cast. The Gamecock not only condemns, but deplores such a plan. But it has been done. The only thing left now is for every one of us to go to the chapel and put an end to this brain slip. If there happens to be an honest voter in school, let's give him a chance. Greetings To The Teachers To the teachers of the state, The Gamecock ex tends a cordial welcome to Columbia and to the University campus. Many of you were once fel low students with us; look the place over and see what has happened since you left. You will see a new row of buildings going up by Pendle ton Street, a new apartment for the faculty be ing constructed below Melton Field. The exten sion building has been removed of its ancient coat of dust and grime, has been transformed into an attractive headquarters for the registrar and School of Journalism. Teachers unfamiliar with the campus should feel no hesitation in asking students about any thing they wish to see. They will find.that Uni versity students are proud to show visitors around, glad to talk of Carolina's customs and traditions. The Gamecock hopes that the teachers will enjoy their visit to the campus, and looks forward to their coming again. The Situation Too General On the night of every beauty pageant for the selection of May Queen candidates there has al ways been a ripple of suppressed comment on the judges' choices. Students look at one another and nod their heads wisely. "The eternal triangle again," they say, as the inevitable A. D. Pi, Tri Delt, and Non-Sorority are led forth in glory. Undoubtedly each of these organizations has at least one girl of queenly looks and manner; it is also true that pretty girls are to be found out side the sacred limits. This year the judges will come from out of town; this is a good idea, but would be still better if they were imported from another continent, some distant land where soror ities are unknown. Judges in the past have no doubt been as fair in their selections as was pos sible, but it is almost too much of a oincidenc for the winners to come from the ranks of the Triple Entente time after time. Possibly the three stateliest girls were really in the Big Three, but that too seems unlikely. The dirty work really begins on the next day, when the students vote for the girl they are sup posed to consider best qualified for the honor. Trhen comes the swapping of votes by whole groups, the pledging of support in other political battles, the swift coups of political bosses who take advantage of every weak spot in a group's p)olitical situation--then is when the big shots lock horns and match wits, swinging from ten to a hundred votes by doing a bit of fast thinking, and hitting while the iron is hot. It is safe to estimate that two hundred different things might be influential in making a certain person vote a certain way ; some silly quarrel betwveen members of different sororities last year might easily cause a hundred votes to change hands. The defeat or election of a German Club officer might have a direct bearing on the May Queen election. That's politics, but after all, politics have a definite place in the student life program. Polities, we all admit, are crooked, but we've come to ex p)ect that, and even to like it. If everything were on the up and up life might become too boring to be worth living. The best thing about crooked politics is that you never know who is going to be what until it's over. Then it's too late to do anything about it. -U..S. 0. Patience may be a virtue but procrastination is another whelp. When the wolf begins howling then is the time to throw the bull. The woman is always right so when she is wrong she has to be right. It takes more than a coat of paint to make some dwellings look like real homes. When appetite gets in its inning, reason and oftaennaaonsec ta a vacti. Ticker Tape [ By TRIBBLE Impression ronite was but a moment out of time, (et somehow perfect in its brevity k touch of genius in the pantomime (ou staged, made it a pleasant night to mt. \nd you were but a girl the moment made, Til dawn erased your name from memory (et something in the sporting way you played With life, made you a lovely girl to me. Now night has given way to morn ing; ,ighter skies have brought regret Che chair we sat in had no warning, lut the .paint was awful wet!) -Pipling Joseph P. Lash, grand-whosis something-or-other of the Ameri can Student Union, calls a nation wide war protest on April 29, pre dicting that 350,000 students will answer the call and smoke the pipe of peace to a fare-ye-well. Perhaps you remember the rally held on the campus last year. When hell began popping, this corner looked out a classroom win dow to see a half-dozen or so wild eyed collegians doing an Indian ] ritual down near the monument with a great hullabaloo of confu sion and scattered fireworks. Mr. Lash is confident of the ef fectiveness of this scheme to out law war. And so are we. If such display were staged in the midst of actual war maneuvers,. C the enemy would laugh themselves to death! Wonder who the lady was Prof. lilly Woods was tete-a-tete-ing the S >ther post-noon?, Obviously trying o explain himself out of a difficult ituation, Billy was blushing like an >ld maid on a step-ladder. But he T eemed to be doing Okay. g l' Winchell relates that Doc Da- R foe's favorite poem is a little ditty g to the effect that: K I snw a man upon the stair, p I looked again-he .was not there. r He - was not there again today- Z My God! I wish he'd go away! e Sounds like some of Freshman Z Kelly's stuff to us. 11 Portrait of a Professor - He's a good egg-and looks it. I tanding only half-so-hight, he's as big d Ls they come in dynamic personality. 1 rime has weathered the top of his I lome to an ivory smoothness, but the nechanism inside goes 'round with a I ynchronized precision. If biology sn't his synonym for life, then he's good actor. And he isn't a good Lctor. He wears an awful looking iat! Now That's Spring Maids will blossom forth in transparent frocks to be seen by < lads who have nothing better to' do... .and r Would-be-poets will write might- j be-poems to have-been-cutles who y will be flattered by should be dis gusted... .and Almost every night it'll be more - difficult to find a parking space on lonely country roads than It Is in the heart of the business dis tric.....for I Love will run rampant and en gagements will come six-for-a nickle while plans are made for June weddings which will breed October divorcements.... but Birds will sing merrily and flowers will bloom tra-la-la and t guys and gals who never studied anyway won't study now because C of Spring fever and marks will go r down and parents will raise cain and everyone generally will leave f everything in general until just before exams when it will be too r hot for anything except swimming but who cares because school al- C ways starts again In September 14 and what's a year or so between c friends? c --u. a. a.-1 Automobiles in accidents numbered c 1,090,340 and 1,007,590 were apparently t n good condition; brakes were defec- h1 ive in 17,170; steering mechanism de- r ective on 4,960; improper lIghts, 8,900; I ail-lights out or obscured on 4,270; 1 o chains-wet road on 22,440; mis- ii ellaneous defects in equipment on v 7,890; punctures or blow-outs on Ii ,120 Campus iE PRESOE OF JAMES MILMUN U. AWARDED A DEGEE, 10NGASCOT OF' ' SIG AT4D D CASES REWU.ARLY RR FOUR YEARS I 4 NO. oO SGUM C}IEWING CON1>St HELD Al DE PA.UW UNIVERSITY WAS WVON BY A SUDENT WHO CHEWED 100 51CKS OF GUM AT ONCE . toll Of Honor Signed By 200 Students (OONTINUZD FROM PAOS ONR) r., Morgan Arant, Atherton Whaley, lawley Lynn, Donald Causey, R. K. own, Eleanor Hatchell, Mary Perry arvin, Elizabeth Cardwell, Jane Brad y, Margaret Hawkins, Myrtle Hair, tarjot ie Foster, Elma Frances Corzine, harlotte Ellen Corzine, Betty Jane ovacool, Margaret Mobley. Louise Cozart, Currie McArthur. Ruth loan, Glen Cook, Jr., Theresa Hampton, londine Baldwin, Peggy Stoddard, Ed ard Harter, Jr., Harry Tiller, Harvey [obson, Grace Toney, Harriet Holman, elix Greene, Jr., Virginia Eubank, Imo ene Brooker, Anne Baldwin James, [artha McDaniel, Marguerite Andrews, uth DeLoache, Jennie Clarkson, Mar aret Ashe, Mary Verner, Cherry Dell :elly, Sarah Hathcock, Dan Ellis, F. R. anning, Jr., T. W. Evans, J. M. " ntine, Margaret Cornwall, William C. 'aylor, Margaret Parker, Marian Walk r, James B. Dixon, William McDaniel, 'homas Rogers Drake, Robert Hemp ill, J. G. McMaster. G. A. Willis. 1i. T. nnrn, G. S. Hyatt [. F. Coggins, Frances Revere, Ross Mc insey, J. C. Moore, S. W. Davis, Gwen Dlyn Waddell, Dorothy Miller, Elizabeth [cDonald, W. G. Capehart, Martha Har ton, Mary Elizabeth Kyle, Ameliese farquardt, Louis Gilland, Marshall Wil ams, George Jeffrey, C. E. Andrews, Jr., .E. Vernon, T. J. Riley, J. Michael arr, Jr., Jack Crawford, Jr., W. B. earson, Jr., T. H. Rawl, Jr., E. Rhae 'reston, Edwin Lenard, ,Julian Stith, ill Norton, Leonard Berry, Margaret payne, W. M. Rose, W. W. Neely, ary Grantham, D. Witt Spiers, Miles lliott, Susan S. King, Harriet Boyd, aroline Smith, G. C. McQueen, S. J. tith, Jr., Mae Long, Elizabeth Manning. Kate Craft, Frances Galphin, Ida Mor s, Iva Brooker, Wyman Trotti, Gordan ~unch, Virginia Fewell, E. N. Guyton, W. Swintenburg, Oscar WV. Lever, P. L. Fulmer, Jerome Foffer, Jr., S. R. ~hodes, Roy J. Broome, G. C. Wilcox, V. B. Duncan, J. A. McArthur, Cath WHAT's WHAT IN UI By Cam] "The World Economic Survey" for 934-1935, one of the latest publica ions of the Econ'omic Intelligence ervice of The League of Nations is ne of the new books bought this year t the University Library. It is the aurth of the series and never was here a more timely book, with the ~uropean political pot so near boiling ver for students of history and all eaders to look into even if only to ettle discussions. It is most care ully prepared and full of most re able statistical information. It was ublished in Geneva, 1935. Another series of books on politi al modern Europe written by well nown historical authorities in this ountry is also most important for onsultation and also for real interest. 'he series is not completed but is oming out as rapidly as possible. In le University Library now there are, owever, "New Governments in Eu >pe, The Trend Toward Dictatorship, taly, Germany, Russia, Spain, the altic States," the Editor being Ray tond Leslie with different countries ritten by professors of history in ading universities. Another book, Iso published late in 193s. of the . mrUn .1, 1.300 Camera R' U.OF WMO SOPMORE, ATE. 20 DOUWUTS IN 12 MINUES AND 385END5 .RED OFF S REGUJLAR 'PER ! Wienefeld Views European Crisis (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Many diplomats are of the opinion that Italy is backing Germany in their latest move to discard the Versailles treaty. It is even reported, and there is some basis of fact, that Mussolini revised Hitler's speech in which he announced his intention of moving troops into the Rhine territory. Germany is slowly but steadily building her military forces back to pre-war strength, not primarily for aggression but to regain her position among the leading powers of Europe. Her commercial and industrial inter !sts are organized in such a manner as to make it possible for their im mediate use should war become im mninent. Fast motor cars and trucks will be ised by Germany in transporting troops in the next war, Dr. Wienefeld thinks, instead of their renowned railway system. He pointed to the fact that in recent years, bridges had been built across the German rivers, .specially the Rhine. These bridges are built strong enough to be used by military traffic. -u. a. o. :rine Heustess, Ernestine Malone, Fran :es Purvis, Charlotte Hutchinson, Helen l'ownsend, Byron Burns, Roy Garris, Essie Davis, Grancille G. Ward, Mary Culbertson, Melvin Levkoff, Lottie Ham >y, Katheleen Burgess, Elizabeth Stuckey, Virginia Stoddard, Mary M. Benjamin, Rachael Benjamin. L. B. Jeffcoat, R. F. Hill, Walden Lowni, L. E. Garrett, Jr., Mae Belser, J. W. Cantey, G. G. Dowling, Jr., Margaret Farrell, Julia Hyatt, Jonnie Steppe, Betty Cornstalk, A. H. Orander, Francis S. Liles, Dorothy Benedict, Emma Gene Clowney, Beulah DesChatnps, Hildur Sylvan, Carolyn Cooper, Molly Taber, Emily S. Dunovant, Wallace Martin, lack Quattlebaum, Gedney Howe, Jr., Katherine Taylor, Helen Cooper, land M4ary Alice "Polly" Pendleton. IIVERSITY LIBRARY l1a Sam. aeries is on "Democratic Governments in Europe" by Raymond L. Buell, Eu gene Chase, and Robert Valeur on French, English and Swiss Govern ments. "The French Parliamentary Comn mnittee System" by 'Professor Robert Kent Gooch, University of Virginia, Oxon D. Phil, is one of the latest books issued by the University of Vir ginia Institute -of Research in the So cial Sciences, with our South Caro linian, Professor Wilson Gee, .Direc tor of the Institute at the University of Virginia. "The Handbook of Cenatral and East E~urope" is a most interesting book for a real or dream traveller as well as for a student of European affairs. [t is a model guidebook and full of historical and political statistics also. "Life of Lucius Q. C. Lamar," another famous Georgian, by Wirt Armistead Cate, on the Secession and Reunion period. Published by the University of North Carolina Press, but this book ont one of the greatest lawyers of the South will go to the Law School library and not be on the shelves of the main library, though accessible to law stuens.