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The Gamecock Founded January 80, 1908 ROBERT EW.OT? G0UZAL8, First Editor PuWshed weekly by the Literary Societies of the University of South Carolina during the college year except during exannations and holidays Entered as second class matter at the pooice at Columbia. S. 0.. November 20, 1936 Meber 193?7 ' Asociaid Co e iai A es Distributors of REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL. ADVERTISINO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. Colleye Publishers Represestatlae 420 MADIsON AvE. NEW YoRK. N.Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - ef FRANCISCO Los ANGELES - PORTLAND " "EATTLE EXEOUTIVE BOARD VIvIEN LOMAS - - - - - - - - .- - - - - Editor EDWARD HARTER - - - - - - -- - - Managing Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - - Business Manager DEPARTMENT HEADS Courtney Carson. Sports Editor; Betty Comstock, Society Editor; Cath erine Narey, Co-ed Editor. ASSOCIATES Francis Williams, Mary Belle Higgins, Associate Editors; Charles Lee. St. Clair Muckenfuss, Jr., and Harold Prince. Associate Managing Editors; Andrew Jones and Jim Polatti, Associate Business Managers; James Joyner and Tom Willis, Associate Circulation Managers. STAFF WRITERS Leonard D. Rosen, Albert Rouslin, Monty Skilee, George Sherman Zurcherman, Martin J. Hodes, Max Husbands. Frances Lybrand, T. W Evans. Barney Beidleman. Doris Johnson, Louis A. Searson, Jr., W. A. Connolly, and Floyd D. Rodgers, Jr. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937 Alfred Funderburk Truly a tragedy was the untimely end of Al fred Funderburk, a senior in the school of arts and sciences, Thursday afternoon. Stricken to his bed with an acute attack of appendicitis, which ruptured, early this week, Funderburk underwent an operation which apparently eased his pain and suffering. He was believed to be getting better each day, but Thursday afternoon, friends were shocked to learn that he had died. "No better man ever walked the campus," one student was heard to say when news of the tragedy was told tim. "I will always remember his smiling face, good jokes, and innate qualities," another commented. "South Carolina has lost a good man," said an other. Such were comments from students who knew him, and those who did not, remarked: "I've heard a lot about him and I've tried to know him, but from all I can hear, he was one of the finest young men who ever attended Carolina." Perhaps Funderburk's greatest asset was "square shooting" with associates. Whenever he made a promise, he stuck to it. He never strad dled the fence, never made any "bones" about the way he stood on a proposition. Words cannot express the sentiments of The Gamecock. We loved him, as did all others who associated with him. Perhaps the highest tribute one can bestow upon another is to say that he was loyal, sincere, trustworthy and friendly. Al fred Funderburk was the personification of these four qualities. Busts-Who Are They? Have you ever wondered who those busts in the library represent? Or did you think they were holders for hats, cigarettes, etc., as the one at the entrance to the reference room is used?' Little honor does it (10 a man to have hlis image preserved in stone if no one knows his identity. Some of the figures are marked, but others remain anonymous and are passed up by the average stu dent as inconsequential. Were they made by masters, or did some former student, perhaps, have a knack at sculpture and turn out some of the work? We wonder. -E. s. C. Mud Not since we as children used to play along creek banks have we seen so prolific, so thick, and so red mud as has collected in some driveways and unpaved walks on the campus during the recent rains. The cross-campus concrete paths are excellent, but getting to them is a problem to the non-web footed Gamecocks. Water collects back of the canteen, and motorists ae none too thoughtful of pedestrians stepping carefully over the lakes as they whiz past leaving a spray of oily, muddy water on all sides. If we can't pave the passages, a little gravel scattered here and there wouldn't be bad. Welcome - The doors of the University are open wide to you students of high school. This is your University just as much as it is ours. We want you to see how it works, how the students love it, and how every one works to make it greater. If you are in doubt as to where you want to go, what you want to see, how to get somewhere, or. how to find John Jones from your home town, just ask any student you see on the campus. He will be glad to tell you anything you want, to know, or personally direct you about the grounds and buildings. We are proud of the campus, the faculty and our fellow students. We hope you are. And mot of all, we hope that this summer, when the choice of your university is made, it will be Carolina. -U.S. C. A Quiet Little Gentleman "No missionary led me to become a Christian; I was simply captured by the personality of Christ," declared Doctor T. Y. Wu, editor of a Chinese religious newspaper, in his talk at vesper services Sunday night. His address was of the type that should interest anyone, he having, experienced all the hardships of a Christian struggling to attain and then retain his beliefs so foreign to the traditions and cuqtoms of his native country. The three difficulties Doctor Wu had to over come could well apply to thousands of his country men who try to follow their Christian convictions. First, he had.to push aside his own prejudices which is also a national prejudice-against Chris tianity. "Christianity is identified with the Wes tern civilization, and Western civilization was brought to China at the point of a bayonet. Oc casionally a 'missionary was killed, and this was always followed-by reprisals on the part of his native country. The, educated leaders of China despised the Christians because a good many of the earlier religious workers became involved in poli .tics there." The second difficulty was a cultural one. The Confucian leaders of China were highly educated, and many of the former missionaries were not. They were fired with zeal, but could not surmount the disparity of culture to explain their message to the people. The educated Orientals looked upon Chiristianii ty as just aiother superstitionl aluong the many superstitions of their country. The way the gospel was taught was another bar ricr to its acceptance, Doctor Wu explained. In stead of teaching about Jesus the process was to start at the beginning of the New Testament and go through it chapter by chapter. "After spend ing three lessons on the genealogy, I became dis gusted and quit." -lowever, success finally came to him when he secured a copy of the Bible and found the Truth for himself. As this quiet little gentleman from another con tinent revealed his experiences he made a profound impression on the audience. Earnestness pervaded his talk and carried conviction of its truth in his life. -U. s. C. Student Entertainers On college campi throughout the country sev eral thousand young men are earning their way through school by playing for fraternity and soror ity dances at their own and neighboring schools. Some of these are destined'to be popular leaders of the next decade, if Hal Kemp's opinion is cor rect. A suIrprisingly large number of first rate radio favorites are men who worked their way through school playing in bands, and who achieved their start in the professional field with bands organ ized during their collegiate days. Notable among these orchestras is Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees who began on the Yale cam pus, and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, organized at Penn State. Ozzie Nelson played a half-dozen instruments in a campus band between football seasons at Rutgers, and Kay Kyser and Hal Kemp still have most of the boys who played in their original outfits at the University of North Caro lina. Among other popular maestros who began as student orchestras are Eddy Duchin, Red Nichols, Horace Heidt, Gus Hlaenschen, and Johnny Green. Colleges are now helping these potential stars to earn their degrees and to set themselves for careers. The University of Wisconsin several years ago started a student night club, with floor shows and music furnished by student entertain ers. Named the "770 Club" after its street ad dress, the club not only offered employment to talented students, but afforded others inexpensive amusement among congenial surroundings. The University of Iowa recently took up the idea and other institutions are considering'it. The University of South Carolina has musicians and entertainers and potential customers. Per haps some day the two can be brnoht. together. Literaiy Digress BY THREE PLAGIARISTS Martin J. Hodes Dinky Williams George Zuckerman (ONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE) On the st ge of Drayton Hall n week the University Players will pres their version of the tense fantastic p High in entertaining value, the dialo of the fantasy is so realistic and sh edged that the footlights fade and 'dience lives the fleeting hour and a h "Bury the Dead" is a major event the University and the city of Colum1 The University Players should be c gratulated for their choice, and be s ported for their fine efforts. -PPP The First And Fourth Estates So much space has been accorded the press to the Coronation of Geo VI as King of England that we won if we are still a British colonial I session. What is probably more trw that a minority of our population mi be described as Tories. The Park A nue Four Hundred have secured reser tions and invitations by paying fabul sums and pulling political strings. Li ly it is too that these same Americ never bothered to attend the inaugt tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt last J uary, being too engrossed in collect the scraps of the Liberty League. A vestige of lost days, the pomp and ceremonious coronation marc blindly despite the fact that the "K ain't King any more." He rules nc ing more than the surface of a post stamp. When the stately Archbishop of C terbury delivers the oath to the new ki if he were to include the truth would s "I now crown you King of England by the Grace of God-and the divur of Wally Simpson." We wish they would get the.whole d mess over with, so we could find Lou Gehrig's batting average and Di Dean's strikeout record, instead of h ing to read continuous dull paragra about the new petticoat to be worn the Duchess of Brooklyn (N. Y.) at ceremony. After the "Circus" for children v never grew up cnd, the King will be to return home and quietly play arot with his new uniforms. -PPP Plagiarist Plays Philosopher (Editor's note: This following bit philosophy was written by Martin Ho< The other two did not wish to be credi or discredited with the authorship. I how we-not -lodes-think it's pr< good.) To us, there is something vaguely turbing in the thought that our age summed up by the Lindy Hop, Truc} and the Big Apple. It makes us won where we are going in such a fury, wvhether the fury wvill get us there quicker. Now, it is not that wve dislike dances on any ground whatever ; merely object to the fact that they s to signify the worst aspect of our -a sort of spasmodic rate of speed. appear to be aiming at something, wve can't for the life of us decide the best rate or route for getting th It is our idea that the "somethi is, or at least it should be, happi:1 But are we achieving any more ha ness with the Big Apple's speed than forebearers did with the tempo of minuet ? We think not. We think< that our efficiency has decreased; w using far more energy than form for the same result. Our interests I broadened into the 20th century tances, wvhile we must still cover tl wvith minds substantially the same as century vehicles. We are trying to the amount of motion of the Lindy ] into a song when, in truth, we are< capable of successfully executing a ra uet. And we're not enjoying the di any more because of it. We aren't suffering from any sec hand nostalgia; we aren't advocatin return to the minuet's tempo. Althc we haven't learned to tolerate Truc steps, we cannot return to yester What we do suggest is not a decri in our present speed, but a decreas< our present acceleration. Let's bec accustomed to one thing before we< away to something else. But then, again, we are troubled the problem of whether we are g< in the right direction. Towards ha ness or away from it? Going to I or coming out ? Revealing Reno The South Carolina Legislature se to be stuck again. Yes, and since calls for extra pay, we want it setl Therefore, we submit to the Carc student body the following ballot t< filled in, clipped, and deposited at the office or in The Gamecock office : I (do, do not) believe that nece sary legislation should be passed1 the South Carolina Legislature gi ing this State a woi-kable divor WALS 00 NOT A ext S VERAL PRINE ent AT ALCAfRAZ ay. PRISON WHICH WOUSES'1H$106S arp ARE TKING CORRE9 au- PONIDENCE OtRSES alf. FRpAM' IE UdNERSlY for OF CALif RNIAI for ' yia. on up by rge - i der -- - ve O..FR -(gt MEHUSE i\ " C va- IT V)ULD TAKE 503 va- YEAR R)R ONE PERSON ous TO COMPLETE ALL OF IHE ke- COURSES NCW BEING OFFERED \ ans BY YALE UNIVERSITY'/ ra- cr{ by A~onstud Cotkp ace Pe-Ma;., W ,c.,l, an "ug -Pi Gamma )US (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ies Corzine, Thomas Evans, R. K. Girardeau, r ng Arthur Holman, Jr., Sarah Harris, Vir- n th- ginia Heyward, Jane Ketchen, Frances c ige Morgan, W. C. Overton, Bernard Po- C liakoff, Fletcher Spigner, Jr., Monty t an- Skiles, Peggy Stoddard, and Ida Morris. l; ng, The officers are: Henry Calvert, tc. president ; Morgan Arant, vice-president; Dorothy Scott. recording secretary; and Prof. W. C. McCall, faculty secretary. arn The faculty members of the society out are: Robert Glenn Bell, Ewing T. Bonn, azy Arney R. Childs, J. McT. Daniel, Leila av- G. Johncon, George MqCuttcheon, George _ nhs Olsen, Hugh R. Murcilison, William C. by McCall, Carlisle Roberts, Patterson the Wardlaw, Isabel Watkins, Kershaw Walsh, Charles H. Waterfall, George W. I ,ho Tomlin, Mary P. Wheeler, and G. Croft t ble Williams. md Student membership for 1936-1937 is I as follows: Morgan D. Arant, Carroll Berman, Harriet Boyd, Howard L. Burns, Wade Bush, G. Werber Bryan, Henry of Calvert, Essie Davis, Margaret Samp s. son, Dorothy Scott, and Charles Simons. V ..ed -u. s. o. my -Elections tty (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) s- Beidleman, Jane Crout, T. W. Evans, .s Louis A. Searson, Jr., Coit Hendley, n Eleanor Cannon, Margaret Rollins, Frank I der Brown, and Alice Huiett. ' md _c , a btRbrs IsblWtiny -Hs andool. ,. Harth. r. sdsthe regTI Ular hoAsti ONEsts a schoo Lockood beetar held the nalsguaed the has. A.eR. helds;de Fan commiteeks;rn Wiyed ofWR.Mo Tiompkins . MCal F.ggtte e'eundW Roers Isage. Watis ancy W.oH. erydre.Bede the gregls' tourney. testr,ak a.e mtenis onduent for Aberoy andris assstant oln track r Cah, B,an C ur forthes afternoo. Braheynttoramn thehsbe herlinder asmmtees om e're abnces..Bu Wenr Miss Nacu res odCstoydianted the s'tsr ney Gietand ga add s urconut by noting Btht th dis- exsisnotaccetabtha coah, J.aC. kin' kee'bood'oils la.' h staroliat brkeMrshles'sr i.absececos.ure ihn the ecase howeve,i incameIfromt anoher csourcer Wivin,".Mr. inedtyse hankeewbioodgsemers. WAte when lahndCodian of Morrisbus Ontario,asd Mr a Iaddijur po inst-blak no rtinga the ugth notue hisef "not acceptabetatrate was, king foee first boimes. n are,speh asensaervtoofi this forsts,i hoever ems Camfron willteril ote. aied self thMterecentdesptblan, of parin pthe leithll it thief,tei the oseptinion ofs >ina Gorge frTtmin asonciaproesr, spech post lins. "Cnevtonsev coul erres alng! Cohadnervain wit the industry If suth em torylis ny wiudetainynow beat illb :ed happe n Whe sa n the oprofon of e ecomenominant,nivesithe thoutho Co "oservation lcol be cnsideed aong 'lamer ,aCKsHo1 1IIER.E ARs MARPE PAitr iME SIUDENIs ENROLLEb AT NEW 1fORK UNIVERSIlY THAN 'IERE ARE R1LLUME S't1DEN1s AT ANY OTHER COLLEGE, EXCEPTiNG CALIFORNIA ! -Duncan (CONTINUED FROM 'PAGE ONE) upt, by destroying land and forests to iake products for sale," quoted Mr. Dun an. "This is the condition prevalent to ay, while the majority of the banks of he South have 1-3 of their resources ring idle." "The general problem of our section s how to buy less from the outside, sell more to the outside, and at the same ime raise the standard of living. How economize, and yet spend more-it eems at first slight paradoxical. The nswer, of course, is to produce. --V. e. 0. -Euph Society (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) )way, who had been a contestant for he honor withdrew in his favor. Also at the meeting the society named rank Jordan the winner of the debater's ontest and elected Felix Green junior rator. In view of the help of the University ,ith the recent decoration of the society all, a committee consisting of Gus Pearl 1an, chairman, Gedney Howe and Wer er Bryan was appointed to convey the uciety's appreciation to John A. Chase, r., dean of administration. In the business meeting of the group, :. M,. Singletary was elected to member hip and initiated into the society. The society will not have its regular fleeting next Tuesday night, but wvill neet Wednesday for the society gradua ion exercises. trongly," Professor Tomlin stated. Parkdng To facilitate parking at the University f South Carolina the parking "U" is ieing widened by two feet on both sides. In place of the old wooden guide mark rs, cement posts are being planted. Art Exhibits An exhibition of the work of students ni the art department at the University i South Carolina will be held in Flitnn IalIl on Wednesday and Thursday after oons from 3-6 in honor of the HIigh ,chool Week being sponsored by the Uni rersity. The exhibit promises to be very nteresting wvith paintings, drawings and lesigns on display. Miss Catherine Hey yard, head of the art department has nvited not only all high school students >ut also Carolina students and any towns-~ >eople who are interested to attend the ~xhibit. Ice Cream Ice cream, the American confection, ame into being at the end of the 18th entury, according to Dr. Edwin L. Green, >rofessor of ancient languages at the Jniversity of South Carolina. It was idvertised in Charleston papers -after the Revolution. Since the introduction of irtificial ice after the Civil War, it has ecome one of the cheapest desserts and >ne of the most widely used. Dr. Green, said that this is the only :ountry where real ice cream can be ob tained. In Europe and other foreign countries they can only get iced sherbert. Astronomy The astronomy law class at the Uni rersity of South Caroilna is planning to tudy the stars from some point at Camp ackson in the near future. Professor ~oker says "that will be made in automfo >iles and the group will view the stars mntil around mid-night." Up until that time he will be responsible for them but f it Is a moonlight-well he dIdn't sav.