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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT EOI0TT 0m1ZALE, First Editor Published weekly by the Literary Societies of the Univrity of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays entered as second class matter at the potice at Columbia, 8. 0., November 20, 1936 Memer 193? Distributors of Co6e REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAI. ADVERTISING SY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers RepresentatIve 4R0 MADISON Ave. New YORK. N.Y. CHICAOO - BOSTON - SA FRANCISCO Los ANGEE - PORTLAND - SEATTLE EXECUTIVE BOARD VIVIEN LOMAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - Editor EDwARw HARTER - - - - - - - - - Managing Editor RAY BARGERON - - - - - - - - - Business Manager DEPARTMENT HEADS Courtney Carson, Sports Editor; Betty Comatock, Society Editor; Cath erine Narey, Co-ed Editor. ASSOCIATES Francis Williams, Mary Belle Higgins, Associate Editors; Charles Lee. St. Clair Muckenfuss, Jr., and Harold l'rince, 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 Skiles, George Sherman Zurcherinan, 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 witb an acute attack of appendicitis, which ruptured, early this week, funder burk undcrwent 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 youl ever wondered who those busts in tile 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 his image preservedl 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. -o. 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 are 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 customs 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 becaiis n. 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 eduented, 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 Cliristianity as just another superstition among the many superstitions of their country. The way the gospei was taught w'as another bar rier 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." however, 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 implression on the audience. Earnestness p)ervaded 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 dlestined -to be popular leaders of the next decade, if H-al Kemp's opinion is cor rect. A surprisingly large number of first rate radio favorites are men who worked their way through school playing in bands, and wvho achieved their start in the pr'ofessional field with bands organ ized during their collegiate days. N..table among these orchestras is Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees who began on the Yale camn pus1, 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, andl 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 studlent orchestras are Edldy Duchin, lRed Nichols, Horace Hieidt, 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 brought ingether. Literary Digress BY THREE PLAGIARISTS Martin J. Hodes Dinky Willlams George Zuckerman (OONTIXUED FROM PAGE ONE) On the stage of Drayton Hall n week the University Players will pres their version of the tense fantastic p1 High in entertaining value, the dialop 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 Columi The University Players should be c gratulated for their choice, and be s ported for thei'r 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 p session. What is probably more true 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 inaugu 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 marc1 blindly despite the fact that the "K ain't King any more." He rules no ing more than the surface of a posta stamp. When the stately Archbishop of C terbury delivers the oath to the new ki if he were to include the truth would sa "I now crown you King of England by the Grace of God -and the divor of Wally Simpson." We wish they would get the, whole da mess over with, so we could find Lou Gehrig's batting average and Diz Dean's strikeont record, instead of h ing to read continuous dull paragrap about the new petticoat to be worn the Duchess of Brooklyn (N. Y.) at ceremony. After the "Circus" for children w never grew up ends, the King will be a to return home and quietly play arot vith his new uniforms. -PPP Plagiarist Plays Philosopher (Editor's notc: This following bit philosophy was written by Martin Ho The other two did not wish to be credi or discredited with the authorship. A how we-not Hodes-think it's pre good.) To us, there is something vaguely c turbing in the thought that our age summed up by the Lindy Hop, Trucc and the Big Apple. It makes us won where we are going in such a fury, whether the fury wvill get us there quicker. Nowv, it is not that wve dislike (lances On any ground wvhatever ; 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, we 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, happin But are we achieving any more hai ness with the Big Apple's speed than forehearers did wvith the tempo of minuet? We think not. We think c that our efficiency has decreased; w using far more energy than formi for the same result. Our interests h broadened into the 20th century < tances, wvhile we mnust still cover tl wvith minds substantially the same as I century vehicles. We are trying to the amount of motion of the Lindy I into a song when, in truth, wve are c capable of successfully executing a n uet. And we're not enjoying the da any more because of it. We aren't suffering from any sec, hand nostalgia; we aren't advocatin return to the minuet's tempo. Altho we haven't learned to tolerate Truc steps, we cannot return to yestert What we do suggest is not a decr< in our present speed, butt a decrease our present acceleration. Let's bec< accustomed to one thing before we d away to something else. But then, again, we are troubled 's the problem of whether we are g< in the right direction. Towards ha ness or away from it? Going to F or coming out ? Revealing Reno The South Carolina Legislature se to be stuck again. Yes, and since calls for extra pay, we want it seti Therefore, we submit to the Caro student body the following ballot to filled in, clipped, and deposited at the office or in The Gamecock office: I (do, do not) believe that nece, sary legislation should be passed I the South Carolina Legislature gi' ing this State a woi-kable divorn law. LCaiinpus HEY WARD/ WHO WarE 'OUR / WALLS DO NOT A PRISON MAKE ? ext SrEVtRAL PRISONERS ent AT ALCA?RAZ ay. PRISON WHIC4 HOUSES1l TOUiST FERAL. CRMMNALS, /'~ irp ARE 'AKING OORRE9 u- I'NDENCE OjpSS lf. FM'WiE ULNERSiY for OF CAUFORNIA! dia. >n-r by rge 1cr W' -I e "s O.K.rFok ;ht METHUSELAH e IT WOULD TAKE 503 ' YEARS FOR ONIE PERSON )us TO COMPLETE ALL OF TRE ke- COURSES' NOW BEING OFFERED ins Bi YALE UNIVERSCTY/ ra- a by A~oc,aud Ca&twt" Pfu-Mj,,,, wuco,uM mn "g -Pi Gamma us (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) es Corzine, Thomas Evans, R. K. Girardeau, ng Arthur Holman, Jr., Sarah Harris, Vir tl' ginia Heyward, Jane Ketchen, Frances ge Morgan, W. C. Overton, Bernard Po liakoff, Fletcher Spigner, Jr., Monty n- Skiles, Peggy Stoddard, and Ida Morris. y: The officers are: Henry Calvert, tc. president ; Morgan Arant, vice-president; Dorothy Scott, recording secretary; and Prof. W. C. McCall, faculty secretary. rn The faculty members of the society >ut are: Robert Glenn Bell, Ewing T. Bonn, :zy Arney R. Childs, J. McT. Daniel, Leila iv- G. Johnson. George McCutcheon, George ihs Olsen, Hugh R. MurcHiison, William C. by McCall, Carlisle Roberts, Patterson he Wardlaw, Isabel Watkins, Kershaw Walsh, Charles H. Waterfall, George W. ho Tomlin, Mary P. Wheeler, and G. Croft ble Williams. nd Student membership for 1936-1937 is as follows: Morgan D. Arant, Carroll Berman, Harriet Boyd, Howard L. Burns, \Vade Bush, G. Werber Bryan, Henry of Calvert, Essie Davis, Margaret Samp s. son, Dorothy Scott, and Charles Simons. :ed -v. e. o. ed -Elections tty (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) T Beidleman, Jane Crout, T. W. Evans, .s Louis A. Searson, Jr., Coit Hendley, in, Eleanor Cannon, Margaret Rollins, Frank ler Brown, and Alice Huiett. nd . L"y --ighSchool, the (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) wve em M. Lockwoodl, secretary of the League, ige Mrs. A. R. Childs; Frank T. Meeks; N'e R. W. Morrison; WV. C. McCall; F. C. tRoberts; Isabel Watkins and WV. H. on Harth. ~re. Besides the regular scholastic tests, a .tennis tournament for the boys and girls andl track meets for Class A, B, and C schools have been held, the finals slated rfor this afternoon. The net tournament the has been held under a committee com nly posed of J. R. Tompkins, J. C. Doggette e're and W. Y. Wagener. Miss Nancy Pope rydirected th il'tourney. Th le tracl< ave meet was conducted by Albert Bristow lis- assistant Carolina track coach, J. C em Brice, anid J. B. Bradley. 8' Carolina Flashes lop (CONTINUED FROM PAOE ONE) nly in- absences. But when the excuse reads nce "I want to be excused for livin',".,Mr. Hodes' Yankee blood simmers. And wvhet )nd Custodian of the Cuts Flynn Gillarn r a adds injury to insult by noting that th< igh excuse is "not acceptable" that same Yan. cin' kee blood boils. lay. The straw that broke Mr. Hodes' sur ase face composure in this case, however in came from another source. When self. >me styled hand-writing expert Walter Con. ash nolly of Morrisburg, Ontario, accuse< Mr. Bodes, point-blank, of writing th< rith note himself, the Illinois expatriate was sing for the first time in a long career, speech >pi- less. [eli, Conserve Forestal Conservation of the forests in Soutl ems Carolina will certainly not be aided by this the recent establishment of paper pull led. mills in the state, in the opinion ol lia George Tomlin, .associate professor o: be economics, University of South Caro >ost lina. "Conservation could be carried alone i- hand and band with the industry. If his y tory is any judge we know what wil happen. When the idea of profit be :e comes dominant, then the thought of con servation will not be c.,.:i....d t .aCKsH04 (1ERE ARM MORE fPRT -1ME STUDENT' ENROUEb AT NEW'tORK UNIVERSt11Y THAN 'IERE ARE FJU-"WE SIUDENW AT ANY OTHER COl.EGE, EXCEPTING CALIFORNIA ! -Duncan (CONTINUED FROM 'PAGE ONE) rupt, by destroying land and forests to make products for sale," quoted Mr. Dun can. "This is the condition prevalent to day, while the majority of the banks of the South have 1-3 of their resources lying idle." "The general problem of our section is how to buy less from the outside, sell more to the outside, and at the same time raise the standard of living. How to economize, and yet spend more-it seems at first slight paradoxical. The answer, of course, is to produce. U. R. o. -Euph Society (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) loway, who had been a contestant for the honor withdrew in his favor. Also at the meetng lhe suciy llalued Frank Jordan the winner of the debater's contest and elected Felix Green junior orator. In view of the help of the University with the recent decoration of the society ball, a committee consisting of Gus Pearl man, chairman, Gedney Howe and Wer ber Bryan was appointed to convey the society's appreciation to John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration. In the business meeting of the group, E. Ms Singletary was elected to member ship and initiated into the society. The society wvill not have its regular meeting next Tuesday night, but will meet Wednesday for the society gradua tion exercises. -U. 3. 0. strongly," Professor Tomlin stated. Parking To facilitate parking at the University of South Carolina the parking "U'" is being widened by two feet on both sides. In place of the old wooden guide mark ers, cement posts are being planted. Art Exhibits An exhibition of the work of students in the art department at the University of South Carolina will be held in Flinn 1Hall on Wednesday and Thursday after 'noons from 3-6 in honor of the High ,chool Week being sponsored by the Uni versity. The exhibit promises to be very interesting with paintings, drawings and designs on display. Miss Catherine Hey wardl, head of the art department has invited not only all high school students but also Carolina students and any towns people who are interested to attend the exhibit. Ice Cream Ice cream, the American confection, came into being at the end of the 18th century, according to Dr. Edwin L. Green, professor of ancient languages at the ULniversity of South Carolina. It was ,advertised in Charleston papers-after the Revolution. Since the introduction of artificial ice after the Civil War, it has become one of the cheapest desserts and one of the most widely used. Dr. Green, said that this is the only country 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 versity of South Caroilna is planning to study the stars from some point at Camp Jackson in the near future. Professor Coker says "that will be made in automlo bijes and the group will view the stars until around mid-night." Up until that time he will be responsible for them but if it is a monnight-well he didn't say.