Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Gamecock ll Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELIJOTT GOINZALE , First Editor Published weekly by the Literary SocietieR of the University of South t Carolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays Entered as second claa matter at the postoftice at Columbia, S. 0., V November 20, 1906 r93 Menter l937 t ASSocded Coede Pesu Distributors of Q tIe6ite Digest t REPRS.NTED FOR NAI-I.NAL AJVC... aINO Cv National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON Ave. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAOO . BOSTON .SAN FRANCIsc3 Los ANGELES PORTLAND . SEATTLE EXECUTIVE BOARD VIVIEN LOMAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - - Business Manager EDWARD HARTER - - - - - - - - - Managing Editor I DEPARTMENT HEADS Oourtney Carson, Sports Editor; Betty Comstock, Society Editor; Cath erine Narey, Co-ed Editor; Sam Cleland, Circulation Manager. ASSOCIATES Francis Williams, Shannon ilms, Mae Andrews, Mary Belle Higgins, and Hunt Graham, Associate Editors; Charles Lee, St. Clair Muckenfuss, Jr., and Harold Prince. Associate Managing Editors; "Duck" Sweatman, Andrew Jones, and Jim Polatti, Associate Business Managers; Tom Willis, and Bill Brockinon, Associate Circulation Managers. STAFF WRITERS Leonard Berry, Margaret Rollins, Charles David, Monty Skiles, Frank Brown, Gladys Gaskin, George Zukerman, and H. H. Higgins. (C FRII)AY, MARCH 19, 1937 c Welcum Dere Teacher In Columbia today are educators, numbering around seven thousand, from all parts of the State t attending the fifty-first annual convention of the South Carolina Education association. t Among them are many Carolina graduates, who will return to the campus of their alma mater to visit again the scenes of their student days. Carolina welcomes the entire seven thousand, and any member of the student body will be glad to show you the various points of interest around the campus. -U. S. C. Extremes A person wishing to find variety in the methods of teaching could find no better field for an in tenltai., tudy of this than at Carolina. Contrast these two methods for instance. "Children, how many of you studied your lesson for today? I thipk I will just ask a few questions to find out. Mr. X, what color was Christopher Colulnbus' left eye?" And in the remembering of insignificant details, th/e whole course loses its value. On the other han( there is t1istaid, unemotion al type who seem to care little Ivletht? r his stu dents get anythling from him or not. For in stance: "It is inevitably true, an I11 defy anyone successflly~ to 'ontradliet me, that if a person were socking someI mnean~s of earnling a living and if lhe really wantedl to make sonme mioney, I can fearless ly state that it would not be a wise thing for hlim to attemp)t to build upl a market for r'efr'igerators at the South Pole, or at the North Pole." Tenenies like these r'emlind( one of the 01(d say ing "Blessed is the mnan who( mlak{es one word( grow where two have gr'own befor'e." II. P. Let's Sit Down If you~ can't get wvhat y ou wa nt, sit d1ownl and maybe somebodly wvill (lump it ini your lap. That is tile method resorted to these days. Asheville Normal situdenlts r'ecenltly gave thlem selves some notor'iety and( a holiday or two when they hleldl a sit-dlown strike in the audlitor'iumn to try to force officials into granting them sonme spring hlolidays. It seems that a quiet talk with authloritie's wiould( hlave proven more effectively the justification for tile hlolidlays. Several weeks ago delegates to an American Youthl Conference ill Washington seatedl themselves in the streets of the Nation's cap)ital in an attempt to squeeze an eighlt-figuredl donation fr'om Con-i gress to finance tihe continulation of the National Youth Act. They then marched on the White House. However, police sawv to it thlat somel of tihe leaders of tile street-sitter's were soon issuing their statements from behind the har's. Monday, 100 students of the Saumk Center, Minnesota, hligh school walked ouit of school. They didn't like it because the citizens of tile town voted unfavorably on a p)roposedl $165,000 bondl issue for a new school building. There should have been 100 visits to wvoodsheds c that night.i Trustees Are To Be Commended Universities and colleges in the United States 11 boast of a board of trustees. So does the Uni ersity of South Carolina. The latter action is justifiable. At a meeting of lie trustees not many moons ago, someone sug ested that a few ceremonies should be held in onellction with the inauguration of J. Rion Mc :issiek as president of Carolina. No one seemed c) object and the ball started rolling. Today, the Tniversity is humming with the preparations for ne of the greatest inaugurations in history. Seven ben faculty committees have been chosen and every epartment of Carolina is doing its part in mak ng these ceremonies successful. Not since 1913 has an inauguration occurred. On April ( at 10 a. in. the entire student body s asked to meet at Maxcy Gregg monument to par icipate in a student procession in front of the ac demic parade to the Field House. There are no ules requiring the students to be there. A holi lay with no strings attached has been granted. )nly the better judgment, loyal patriotism, and wre for the University will line up the entire stu ent body, 1,500 strong, on Thursday morning. This is the best opportunity the students have ad in a long time to dlo away with the defamatory nmors which have been floating about the State oneerning the University and to really show the itizens of South Carolina what our school is like. Each of you should consider yourself a self })pointed committee of one to see that the visitors njoy themselves and see the points of interest on he campus. For the first time, many alumni and lumnae will return to the campus. What will hey find? '"s it true what they say about U. S. C.?" F. F. W. -U. S. C. Optional "I don't think the Bible and religion should be -equired because of the prejudices that would re ult," says I)r. Hugh Murchison, hea(l of the )e >artment of English Bible here. Doctor Murchison favors voluntary chapel at endance at the University, and believcs that it vill slccecl providel we are sati'Miel with small egular attendance, "which I '.iii sure will gradual y lit stealily increase." -U1. S. ('. Politeness is like an air-cushion ; there may be othing in , but it eases the dolts of life wonder ully.- Sydney Smith. If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are lead, either write things worth reading or do haings wvorth writing.-Franklina. Excuse for a odivorce b)y a companionate malrriage ausbjand: " 'She didn 't return my call.'' *Whena the right kind of a man gets into a hole ie often turns it into a goodl opening. It 's better to keep your mouth shut and be taken Or a fool than to openl it andl remove all dloubt. Many a man thinks his chiaracter has been de ramedl when it has only been decfinedl. A widlow is the luc(kiest woman in the world. 4hie knows all about men and1 all thme men wthao knIow anythinig abouit her are dead. -T /w Lyman Letter. "To the ladlies9, who are like watches, p)retty to ook at, sweet faces and odelicate hands, butt some vhiat dlifficult to reguilate when once set going.'' -Malcolm Earle. Even) lhloadway's glamior loses some of it's bril ianlce when maiiss electrocuitions a re sc hedluled at sing Sing. O. 0. McIntyre says that "thtere is nlvariably a slow upl ini attendance at night clubs) in cafes that cater to after theater crowveds" on xecuitionm eveni ngs. 'Movies a nmd theaters suf fer, md1( gamIibo)ers' activities show at dcOidedl lul1. When an old1 sailor alt Oslo, Norway, marriedl lhe youngest sister of his son's wife, the young girl lhus biecamei her elder sister's mnother-in-law. Fred Keither of Soca, Minnesota, didnl't catch is fish-he sawedl it otit. It all happened when ue wats cutting ice alt the reservoir. As he lifted ut a block of ice, lie found a four poundl pike rozen solily in Ihe center Literary L Digress BY THREE PLAGIARISTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) reaped them with the immeasurable scythe 'til the rivers ran red. At the concert, Mr. Taylor said that the Philharmonic conductor and the featured composer of the evening had fused in search of art. Twenty years ago they were enemies on the Russo Austrian front. Such is the imbecility of var. Lest we forget: Today WE are 18 and 20. When "life begins"....at 40....will we be FERTILIZER? P. P. P. DIME MARCHES ON! 'Twas Coker's aim, ere 9 a. in., To airplane up; he realized The charge was 40 cents for him (Not oversized) As advertised. The prof arose with good intents And ambled out; he didn't know The price had rose to 50 cents (His watch was slow).... He didn't go! P. 'P. P. "YELLOW SHEET" Friday afternoon there was a meet ing. It was no ordinary meeting. No, _ it was a meeting of the fathers of Carolina, the University faculty. These revered gentlemen went through the usual routine of business. Then one member arose, and pre sented a petition from "The Game- I' cock" staff asking that they be allowed to print an issue in the month of April. Not a scandalous, obscene and defama- be tory rag like the "yellow sheet" of last re year. Merely a college paper with ed] good, clean American humor, witty re- th marks and a breaking away from the fi sterotyped form of the weekly publi- A cation. Wouldn't the faculty permit a harmless and entertaining sheet like this? ar "No," said one professor immediate- "i ly upon the reading of the petition 1by from the staff, "I move the petition m be denied." ac "Second the motion" came the per- on functory remark from the side cor- na ner. th In thQse ten words the faculty dem- '< onstrated that they did not trust their 1) own campus publication? That the N faculty would not indulge in good- in natured fun! ti In answer to those ten words, we l state this proverb: "Act in haste; re- z1 pent at leisure." M P.P. P. "( ta VERY BEST W-I-S-HES "a To radio station WIS we bow long g and reverently. WTe throw them flowers, pop cortn andl commendations. _ The biggest noise heard around( Co lutmbia and on the campus is b)y groups telling of their "Carolina spirit." We hold that any person, no matter his ml age or mental capacity, can statnd on his feet and yell like a lion in agony andl think it is school spirit. v Radlio Station WIS hasn't patted it self on the back once. We are trying to (10 that. Why? This organiza tion gave the University a fifteen min- ta te program Tuesday night itn which hI the "Athletic Night" at Carolina was annoutced, and the two b)oxers wvere introducedl. Many "spot" announce- a< ments were given throughout the (lay d!( which insured the large crowd at the se field house Wednesday. S To the persotnnel of WIS, we saya simply, "Thanks." c P'. P. P. ______________tii CAMPUS COINAGE gt One of the local woidl jugglers craves a copyright before Winchell d<( tips this nifty: si, I.s-quart. .. .for the thing that usu- of ally takes a dlemoiselle to a dence dlese iv (lays. ('liscort,' you dope!) t P. p. p. Spanish Frat Offers Prizes "Is Spanish the first foreign language U that, logically, we ought to learn ?" F.very student of the Spanish Ian- c< guage is invited to compete in a com- ti, petition which offers prizes totallitng $75. TIhe competition is b)eing held utn decr the ausp)ices of the national Span- w ishi fraternity, Sigma D)elta i-. as Not more than a thousandl wordls are th to b)e written, in Spaniish, on this sub- JC ject, "Is Spanish the First Foreigni lAnguage, Which, Logically, We in Ought to Learn?" The essay is to be tli sent along with a letter from one's Si Spanish teacher to William Wachs, fc care of La Prensa, 245 Canal St., New C; --, +w Camera 1 ' UBERTY POPAR, FNMUS IN NAERI1N HIS10RY SINCE 165z I LOCATED ON 1HE CAMPUS OF ST.JOHNS OOLLBE, ANNAPOLIS, MARILAND. BULLS &y, T.1 .L * )DRI JFILE 'EAM, Bl (KE 1599 OUT OF 1600 TARETS FOR A WORLD'S RI:OoPD! O11 QUICK AT11!NDS EPS1 RN IL.NOIS' STATE 1tA2HERS OOLLBEg ' _ 0 OmFFCE BoX 472 MADISON. WIS IVERSITY LIBRARY lla Sams The Theatre Arts Monthly has been having a brilliant series of self-criticism and working methods of leading actors, the last number having one on Burgess Meredith telling how he feels about his parts and how he interprets them, including "Wintersett" and "Van Van Dorn" in "-igh Tor". This mag azine is on the shelf in the Current Literature Reading Room at the Uni versity Library on the first floor, and back numbers can be obtained to read for this series on Helen Hayes, Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, Katherine Cor nell, etc. "Idiot's Delight", by Robert E. Sherwood is another of the new plays in the Library and is one of the cleverest and most amusing comedies that Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne have ever taken parts, in or done better work. It is still being piayed by them, alternating with more serious plays. Other magazines, like The Nation, and The New Republic, Time, Literary l)igest, Life, and The New York Times give splendid and thorough criticisms of plays on the stage and screen which are read and enjoyed by many of the students and professors. SOpen ForumI March 16, 1937 Editor, The Gamaecock: T'he Garnet anad Black in past years has included in its beauty section from one to three or four pictures of girls who were not students at the University of South Carolina. It is easy to see why Clemson and The Citadel wvould have to do this. The situation here may be ai hangover from the days when there were few girls in school. But the co-eds at the University nowv number a third or more of the student body. The hang over has beeni exceptionally lengthy: As the editor, who makes the selee tions, has in the past had niothing but precedent to guide him in his choice we can dqute easily see howu he has gone out sidle the student body for his candidates, butt not why. If there were no beauty on his campus such a situation might be quite admissible, the days when that was rue have been gone for some little time. We have co-eds in this school, and they have their share of p)ulchritude. They also foot their share of the cost of the anniual. No editor would be so foolish as to nclude photos of Duke's fine chapel, Virginia's crookedl wall, or any b,uilding of any other university, regardless of its beauty in the annual of the University of South Carolina. The Garnet andl Black is the property of the students of the University of South Carolina. It should be rep)resentative of that stutdett bdy. An ameunment to the constitution of the year book would solve this. little in consistency. The present editor has saidl he plans to submit a revision of the out of date one we are operating under now, (luring the latter part of the se mnester. Let's have only Carolina girls in our Gatrnet and Black b)eaulty section! BILL OVERTON. -U. a. o. andl other students will furnish infor mlation to the delegates and friends and returning gradtuae. Campus CA; Bit @AC P. r,P SEND'iVUR. CAMPUS CAMERA MATERIAL 10 I WHAT'S WHAT IN UI By Cami lew Books and Magazine Articles Drama, Etc. The library of the University has en keeping up with Modern Drama cently more than usual in latest itions of plays now being acted on e New York stage written by the est and most popular playwrights of nerica. Chief among the three plays w on the New York stage by Max all Anderson, published last month d just put on the library shelves is: ugh Tor", which is brilliantly acted Burgess Meredith as its leading in, the same fine young actor that te(l so beautifully in "Wintersett" stage and screen. "High Tor" is mcd for the Hudson River mountain at is the main scene of the play and it unlike in subject and drama the 'etic mystic fantasy of Miidsummer ight's )ream and The Tempest, and, scene and its ghostlike characters, e Rip Van Winkle tradition. It has en praised by the critic of the maga ie Theatre Arts Monthly in its arch number most favorably for its elightful and heart-warming fan :y" and to be read for its lovely lines ld whole speeches that are gay and lden and ask to be recalled." -Inauguration ((CONTIINUID F)1 OM PAGE ONE) aunhers of the State legislature wvil invited. For the morning exercises, the Uni rsity band wvill perform; the Uni rsity orchestra for luncheon and the ce club for the stag dinner. Information booths will be main inedl at the University canteen and >rary. Stabler Administers Oath Chief Justice John G. Stabler will minister the oath of office to Presi nt MicKissick. A sp)eaker rep)re nting the p)rivate state colleges of mth Carolina will brings greetings; speaker representing the public state leges; and a speaker representing e colleges and universities of the na m will be included on the (lay's p)ro am. Governor Olin D). Johnston, presi nt of the boardl of trustees, will pre Ie at the ceremonies. The chairman the b)oardl of trustees, D. R. Coker, il1 present Pres.dtent MicKissic: to e atudience. This will beC followedl an inaugural address b)y the Presi :nt. Special seats in the Field house have en provided for the student body, e trustee's and faculty's wives and ends, visiting guests, Presidlent Mc issick's family andl friends, and the niversity band. There have been seventeen faculty mminittees wvorking on the inaugura mn plans this year, Student Aid Requested Each student is askedl to cooperate th the University officials andl act a committee of one in entertaining e visitors, D)ean of Administration hni A. Chase, Jr., said yesterdlay. A student b)ody motor corps is be g formed to carry the (delegates to e interesting spots of Columbia. ud(ents who wvill volhnteer their cars r the day are asked to see Samuel irt ledge. Fifty seints wil. ere.s:snr