The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 12, 1937, Page Page Four, Image 4
The Gamecock
Founded January 30, 1906
ROBERT F.LIOTT GOINZALEB, First Editor
Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of South
Carolina during the college year except during examinations
and holidays
Entered as second class matter at the poatoff ice at Columbia, S. C.,
November 20, 1908
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FRIDAY, MARCII 12, 1937
Powers That Be
Due to the illness of Vivian Lomas, editor of
this publication the paper is being edited by new
hands at a new job.
We print this paper with apologies. knowing
nothing about the illness of the editor until two
days before the deadline, we have filled the columns
with last minute material. We trust that it con
tains all the Beta Neta Pheta notices, the latest
dance news and advice to the lovelorn.
We have worked hard on this issue. We hope
you are as proud of it as we are.
U. S. C.
Ten Thousand Dollars
To the loyal alumni and friends of the University
who are in the House of Representatives, the Uni
versity of South Carolina is indeed grateful.
The appropriation for an increase in salaries for
the instructors has been hoped for, and needed
since the severe cuts made because of the depres
sion. Now that econolic conditions have im
proved, there is no reason why such an increase
is not highly justified. As prosperity becomes
more widespreal, even greater raises should be
made.
It is indeed unfortunate that when a man has
given the most prolific years of his life to a work
that hle has to suIpport himself and his dependents
on aln inadequate salar-y, and live in a dilapidated
house.
The stipulation for- repairs is equally as timely.
Several times the amounIt app)ropriated w~ould( have
to be usedl to p)ut the buildings in first class con
dlitioni. The r-esidlences of professors ar-e in a sad(
state. The walls arec so infested wvith termites that
one pr1ofessor's wife r-ecently pushed 1her foot
through the baseboar-d when accidently touching
the wall.
Conditions at the infirmary are terrib)le. Tile
attendlan% are under-paid. The maid has been
dispensed with, alnd it is now necessary that the
nurlses p)ersonally scrub floors. The stud(ent as
sistant is 0on twenty-fourl hour11 duity, huaving time
out for classes anti eating three meals a day.
Trhe recent incrlease in salaries and tile amoulnt set
aside for repair's is greatly appreciated by the
Univer-sity student bodly and faculty, and may it
be only a start toward adequate appropriations,
and gr-ants on par' wvith funds received by other
public colleges in tile State.
I. s. C.
Paving
It is a deplorable fact that certain p)ortions of
this campus are in dire need of pavement. Dur
ing and1 after rains it is a matter of conjectur-e
whlethler one can safely wvalk across a wvell indlented
path without sinking to his (or her) knees, deep
in mud.
To illustrate only too well:
(1)-From tile hole in the wall on Marion and
Pendleton Streets to the main campus.
(2)-All points connecting Davis, Sloan and
LeConte Colleges.
(3)-The entire sidewalk on both Green and
Pendleton Streets.
The powers that we could facilitate matters by
renting out rowboats, but we, the student body,
would greatly appreciate it if they would rather
do what is needed and improve these unnecessary
conditions.'
A Progressive Step
The Gamecock: Do yoisike spinach?
Student: No!
The Gamecock: If a handful were thrust dowr
your throat, would you like it then?i
Student: Oh, No! No!
A while back, about the first of November, 1930
a.sophomore at the University of South Carolira
refused to attend chapel exercises. ie petitionei
the discipline committee for exemption on the
grounds that he was a member of no church and,
therefore, had the same rights as Jewish students
who were not compelled to attend.
The discipline committee refused the petition, in
formed the petitioner that he would be indefinite'
susp)endled upon the next unexcused absence. Noth
ing daunted, the student asked for an "honorabh
discharge," received it, went back to his fish store.
His statement
"The refusal of my petition, since the petitiorn
was based upon the same grounds on which the
Jewish students are excused, can be described ir
no better term than as rank discrimination. I have
consulted sonic of the best legal talent in the State
of South Carolina and they have assured me that
in their opinions the rule concerned is unconstitu
tional."
Soon after the student withdrew, he was unani
mously elected an honorary member of the Eu
phra(lian Society.
The Gamecock does not consider that student a
martyr to a glorious cause. His act was mere
foolhardiness.
It is not within the spirit of democracy to dis
obey laws; it is within the spirit of democracy
to change laws.
Muich more commendable than that sophomore's
act of rebellion seven years ago, is the recent agree
ment between the faculty and O. D. K. fraternity
providing a month's trial of voluntary chapel at
ten(lance. That is arriving at what The Gamecock
has been demanding for many years, in a way that
The Gamecock approves.
Your student paper still maintains that you
can't make people religious by forcing them
through a ceremony. To gain true converts, you
must make religion attractive. If it is not attrac
tive, then it is not worth having. The right- te
worship as one pleases carries with the right te
worship or not as one chooses.
--U. S. C.
"California, Here We Come"
Through the joint efforts of the six leading clubs
of Columbia, the Athletic Association and the va
rious organizations at Carolina, a movement has
begun to send Frank Jenkins and Rex Williams
to the National Intercollegiate Boxing Tournament
in Sacramento, California on April 1, 2 and 3.
Carolina has always been an intrastate institu
tion. sen(ling an occasional team out of the South
Carolina boundaries and moaning for months about
rash expenditures in doing it. Publicity can make
anything and anything is aided by publicity. If
Carolina would (10 more of this interstate compe
tition, its name would be more wvidespr-ead than
at p)resent.
The movement to send boxers to California is
conunendlablle. Little Jenkins won the Souther-n
(Conference bantamwveight title at the University
of Maryland was judged the most outstanding
boxer- of the tournament. Williams fought his
way to the finals but lost in a close match. Other
schools who had winners in the various boxing
divisions are sending their representatives to the
"sun-kissed shores."
An "Athletic Night" will be held next week at
which students will be admitted for 25 cents. If
you don't want to see the boxing, wr-iestling, fenc
ing, andl tumbling exhibitions, you can leave your
"twvareter" at the gate andl go on about your busi
nlesS
All camp~us organizations are being asked to con
tibiute to the move. You say that you are loyal
sons and daughters- of Carolina. Let's all show
it for a change.
-U. s. C.
Leacock
Stephen Iracock, noted humorist, once remarked
that in Oxford the professors blow smoke at
you. He might have added, had he but known,
"In South Carolina they read to you."
The art of r-eading has been developed to a fine
art by some professors locally. Perhaps, consid
eredl as a mode of conveying thought, you wouldn't
call it ar-t, and judged on that basis, we don't either.
But there is something unutterably soothing and
anaesthetic about the undulating drone of a read
ing fr'om an academic chair.
"Poetry", John Stuar~t Mill said, "Is not meant
to be heard, but to be overheard." We wish the
same wvere true of certain "lectures" which are
muttered from faculty notebooks. Sometimes, it
is true, these notebooks are symbolic, but sometimes
they are integral parts of "lectures." We know one
professor who carries a voluminous notebook inte
the classroom with him, and then never refers te
it. Another, alas, brings in a notebook not quite
so large. and seldom takes his eyes off the page.
Literary
Digress
'tY THREE PLAGIARISTS
(OONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
third floor vantage in one of the dormi
I tories at Carolina. He stared moodi
ly at the panorama of the campus and
wondered "why?"
He had been born and reared in a
textile village in upper South Carolina,
and finished high by working in a
cotton mill during his vacation peri
ods. After graduation, he yearned for
college. College with its learned pro
fessors, revered traditions, colorful ac
tivities, enthusiastic school spirit, gen
eral good fellowship and insatiable
knowledge.
His father had warned him against
the move, solemnly pointing out that
he would barely have the necessities
of life. His mother, with tears in her
eyes, prayed for him, and sobbingly
apologized for not having enough
money to pay his expenses.
The youth returned to the mill for
another year of blinding sweat, cotton
filled air lining his lungs with lint, the
noise of shuttles pounding in his head
until they seemed to sing, "You can't
go....you can't go....what are you
trying to do? Step out of your class
....you were born to be exploited....
you fool!
But the youth worked harder. His -
savings increased until in September,
he appeared at Carolina, $103.25 in
his pocket, all in cash. He had never
written a check and knew little 'of
banks.
From the beginning, college was a ti
disappintment. There were no tradi
tions sacredly observed; athletics were t
usurped by outside players receiving
free tuition, free laundry, free books,
etc. etc. It was a business, little color. 1
His fellow stidehnts took one look at g
his corduroy pants, his socks which
had been patiently darned by his t
mother, his stringy ties and-turned
away.
The fraternity men investgated his t
record, discovered that he had no s
money, no social background, and had '
worked in a cotton mill. He was a i
weed among flowers. ti
He applied for an N. Y. A. job. t(
Sad to relate there was no place for u
him, the jobs being filled, many of i
them with Greek occupants. t
Through the efforts of Mr. R. G. "
Bell, he secured a job at a store in
town, working 8 hours per day for t
$7.50 per week. The strain of such a c
schedule told on him: his marks were
low because of lack of studyin,g time: ti
his spirit was broken as his classmates
continued to spurn him. Worst of all, "
his parents regretfully told him that tr
there wa'io more money; his father "
made only $14 per week. Ii
He dropped out of Carolina and re- t
turned to the mill. The slamming p
shuttles laughed hysterically as they si
continued their incessant weaving,
"We told you so... .we told you so c
.... you can't get out of the rut. You d
simple lint-head." ti
BUT this same student is again at P
Carolina after another year of toil. -
He again looks out from his third
floor window at the campus, and
things are brighter. He has $10 per
month N. Y. A. job and is studying
until 2 a. mu., making good grades. A~
He has two pair of pants now, one F
of them still corduroy.
He hopes. His family send him $4 ~
a month for expenses, clothes, board,
and spending money. He smiles!
Not For AMATEURS
Far and wide went the news: The
University Players were to present al
"L'Aiglon." Days were spent in mem
orizing the script; hours were wasted
in paintr' ;;enery, this task falling ti
to ?'rofessor Billy Woods, who is to- is
(lay suffering faom "paint spots." Then (
caime the sad news that the Players a
could not present the play because it -
was restricted from amateur produc
tion. Such is art.
We too were quite disappointed; we
had hoped to write a parody on this
play entitled "L'Egg-on-Ham."
Flash, Mr. Mays
"We're true Southerners." This was
the reason given by the students at
Carolina for not buying Sherman
stamps. The local post office has not
bought any and has had several re
quests not to even get them.
Not one call has been made for the
"notorious stamps" by Carolina stu
dents.
We don't want any stamps with the
picture of D--Yankee who burned
our town putt on it, the students cried.
WHOOZIT
Brown-haired, spectacle-wearing, tall,
immaculately dressed, he is one of the
youngest professors on the faculty.
This professor has many of the
"Es q\ ire-type" suits...,.his tie, socks
and handkerchief always match.
Campus
WAS ORIGIAvATED
BV MCGILL UNIVER
SITY STUDENTS
. IN 1879/
I
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1r JEFf:
KIRKPATRICK
UNNERSITY OF KENTUCKY STUDENT
HITCH-HIKED 24,96O MILE ! TOA
F~M scH@L.x IN THE FMST 4YEAR~
TIlE NEW DORMITORIES
Through the magnanimity of our na
onal government, the male students of
te University of South Carolina are
e recipients of three new buildings,
vo dormitories and a dormitory-activ
ies buildings. They, of course, cost a
reat deal of money.
Unfortunately, a great many faults are
be found. To some they may seem
inor; to others who live in the rooms
here these faults are, they are not so
ivial, but rather detract from the pos
ble and desired comfort. These do
at have to be ferreted out b't are rather
isgracefully obvious. Since the con
actors took three or more months longer
complete construction than was stip
lated, one might reckon that the build
gs would finally, when finished, be cri
ria of erective perfection,-but no,
stead, they are excellent examples of
hat results from inferior workmanship,
1c cheapest materials and incapable ar
litects.
Proof for the above? Well, to take
ie short-comings individually:
1--Vall plates-are made of brass,
hich is an excellent conductor of dcc
icity. They defeat the very purpose for
hich they are made-to provide insu
tion for the mechanism behind. Repu
ble manufactures have discontinued
roduction of brass wall-plates and have
ibstituted Bakelite-a non-conductor.
2--Outlets--only one to a room. This
iuses extreme annoyance with a great
eal of potential danger, since the eec
*ic lines are usually over-loaded with
lugs from all kinds of appliances, the
Fraternity Excell
(CONTINUED FR(
SUMM
cadlemic Average
raternity and Sorority Average'
raternity Average'
ororit'y Average
ron-Fraternity Average
ron-Sorority Average
on-Fraternity & Non- Sorority Average
*The "Standard Score" is determined
:ademic average (2.82) and the highes
arts, then dividing this result into the dif
ie average of any desired group. "Scor
determined by dividing the difference bel
5.00) into ten equal parts, then proceed
verage. Upward range equal .182, dowvnu
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wires of which run all over the floor,
giving the possibility of fire, shock, and
short circuit.
3-Fireproofing-Doors, sills, etc., are
all wood. Modern construction uses
light steel with a wooden appearance.
4-Plaster-the walls are covered with
such an inferior grade of plaster that
it is even now, at the outset, cracking
and falling off.
5-Bathrooms-the Activities Build
ing's bathrooms are about two and a
I alf by six feet. The shower nozzle
is approximately five feet, six inches
>ff the floor-lower than the average
male's height. Th shower curtain (put
in as an afterthought) is totally inef
fectual, for the whole floor gets soaked,
nevertheless.
6-Lighting-the light fixtures are at
the end of the rooms in the Thornwell
Wings instead of in the middle( ?) Why
:ouldn't indirect lighting have been in
stalled to facilitate studying?
7-Rooms-are barely large enough
for the furniture. It is quite obvious
hat the ulterior thought in the build
ing was how to get the most rooms out
f a given space.
8-Floors-these are illy put together
md unvarnished. This is no little item.
9-Janitor Service-what little service
iven, is (lone hurriedly and half-heart
dly. Beds are made and floors are
wept indifferently and with a deplor
ible lack of care.
10-Telephones-everywhiere except in
he newv Thornwell \Vings there is one
elephone to every two buildings. WVill
mec telephone also be inistalled in the
115 room Activities Bluilding?
Leonard Rosenm.
s In Scholarship
M PAGE ONE)
2.82 0.00
2.76 Plus 0.16
2.84 Minus 0.09
2.67 Plus 0.82
2.93 Minus 0.50
2.52 Plus 1.65
2.83 Minus 0.05
>y dividing the difference between the
possible grade (1.00) into ten equal
'erence of the student body average and
e" below that of the acade'mic average
ween 2.82 and the lowest possible grade
ngas in "Scores" above the academic
ardl range equal .218.
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