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F. F. WILLIAMS, JR. - - -.. Editor DEPAR'M George Zuckernnan, spi ASSOOIATEB Society Editor; Betty Charles Lee. Catherine Narey. Hal Tribble, As" Albert Rouslin. Poet. sociate Editor,; 8. 0. Muckentus, Jr., Courtenay __________ Carson, Associate Managing Editors; Charlie At. kinson, Martin Hodes, Ray Bargeron, Aeaociate Business Managers ; Johnnie Steppe, Margaret STAFF Rollins, Associa te Society Editors. Coit Hendley, Ed McGI Barney Beidleman, Jar HAROLD PRINCE - - - - - Managing Editor Paul Barrett. University Stomped Again h a For years, there have been certain groups in South Carolina fighting with malicious interest t] against the University of South Carolina. el ti Why else has the University been given such a b bad name? It is not because of the conduct of the Carolina Student Body which is an morally straight h1 as that of any other similar group in this State or g any other. It is not because of the faculty because ti they are, to say the least, too learned to teach at the a University with the low salaries they receive. No, i it is because of a war that has been going on against h1 Carolina for years. Who is behind this whispering s] campaign against the State University? s Do the citizens of the State of South Carolina a realize that Carolina is the State University? Do 0 they realize that the fees at this institution are lower than those at any institution of this calibre c in the South? Do they realize that the conditions t existing at the University are those of any city of 1500 people? d Why was the University's petition for PWA money from the Federal Government denied? Who t was responsible for it? r The University offers to its students a curriculum 1 that incorporates every need of its students. It does not try to conflict with its fellow schools. The i University wants only one thing: to be judged by its own merits and not by past events. Carolina is now under a new regime. It has new t aspirations, dreams for the future. It is a growing I body that will continue to grow despite under handed criticism, totally unfounded, throughout 1 certain sections of our State. We, the students of the University, resent the r stigni . that has been attached to the name of our school. WE WANT FAIRNESS! -U. S. C. A Central Dance Committee After three weeks of extensive questioning of the campus leaders, we propose one amendment to the social program at Carolina. We need A CEN TRAL DANCE COMMITTEE on whom the re 3ponsibility will be laid for the June dances and which will be supported by the students. The latter part is easy since the students them selves are the ones who "shove out the sheckels" for the Spring dances although they have little say-so in choosing the orchestra or arranging tihe details of the dances. In the past, small groups have wielded this power. We now demand representation. The ar gument may be put forward that the student doesn't have to support the dances, that he is not forced to attend them. H-owever, as a part of every student's social life, he attends these dances, pays a high script and takes what part he can in an activity in which he has no voice. Our plan is to have a committee of three or four, elected by the entire student body, who will have special charge of the June dances, select the or chestra, and handle all financial affairs. At prlesenlt we have such a body known as the social cabinet but they seem to have as much as they can do with the dances they sponsor during the school year, especially with what power and money they are given. No fault is found with this group. It is merely a necessity that a special committee be elected from the entire 'studlent body to handle the entire student body's dances. ;In conclusion, the University has pledged itself to democracy. Why shouldn't the students do the ~ same in their social activities? -U. B. C. In Defense Of The Ku Klux Klan 1867 No sooner had the six-inch guns of the Confed- a eracy been stilled than a horde of riff-raff populace e swept into the South. That was approximately 70 i years ago. Today, the 1937 citizens hip our mod- a ern world and even the newspapers have forgotten i one thing . . . the "Saviour of the Seventies;" the I white-robed heroes, the fearless riding clan-the 1 ku Klux Klan. Does the memory of our people a fade so rapidly that today they try to keep from c thaS~upreme Court bench a man who acknowledges t ENT HEADT I rts Editor; Leola Glarety, ometock, Coed Editor; G A M E WRITERS Founded Jami ath, W. A. Connolly, Jr., ROBERT ELLIOTT 0 e Court, Eleanor Cannon, Entered as second class matter at 1 November 20 is membership in this fraternity fifteen years go? Where is the land of the free and the home of ie brave? Senator Hugo Black has been brave iough to admit his membership. He has not tried > evade the crowds or pertinent issues. He has een a man! Theoretically speaking, Senator Black might nve read the tales of the old K.K.K. as it existed >venty years ago. Enthralled by its acts and lowing tales, he might have joined the organiza on, found out that it was not the same today, [though of the identical name, and that it no mnger adheres to the same principles and quickly ft the group. Can you condemn a man for a asty act, which he now regrets and in which he iowed the common sense of his brilliant mind by ;vering his connections years ago? The present Ku Klux Klan is nothing like the hite-riders of the reconstruction days who kept rlr South from being ground into the dirt by the ppressing heels of the bad side of the white and Dlored populations. This organization has been Dndemned . . . and justly .. . throughout the Tnited States. Senator Black may have made a listake in affiliating himself with the group but e realized his error and resigned. Is he to be con emned for that? Condemn the present organization. That is not ur care. But don't forget the members who rode [e midnight hours of the reconstruction days, 'aving the way for a new South that today is oking at a new horizon. Condemn the unworthy ut hold fond worthy memories. And to think hat a recent article was written commenting on the tanner in which the South still remembered the ;ivil War days. Have we forgotten or are we fraid to break away and defend the underdog' It is reported that the Atlanta headquarters of he Klan are stirring with preparations for a cam aign to re-enroll former members and enlist new nes. The New York World Telegram comes ack with a spicy editorial saying: "Market pros iects for bed-sheet robes and hoods and masks be in to look up." For a paper with the high repu ation that they have, this seems quite "sopho rloric." Before you jump to criticise that of which you :now littk, do a bit of reading. Find out if the Eu Klux Klan didn't accomplish a worthy object luring the carpet-baggers day. Find out if Sena or Iugo Black didn't make a hasty move, one hat he quickly attempted to rectify. Read your onstitution of the United States and see if you .rc acting as citizens of the "land of the free and he home of the brave. Above all else, stop, investigate, think and then ormnulate opinions and criticisms. -U. s. C. If We Be Backward ,We'll Take Barsaparilla This is 1937. Over 70 years have passed since he Civil 'War gutted the South of its resources, nanhood, industries and life. But today there omes a reckoning. No longer is the South to be egarded as the illiterate section of the otherwise mnblemished United States. No longer is it a dark tain on America's record. NO! Today the South stands as the fastest ~rowing section in these our United States. We .re entering a newv era of industry, one that will, ni time, complete the revolution of the South. But business and "return to prosperity" are not lhe only things in which the Southern states are eading other states in the Union. In a recent iewspaper article, Rupert B. Vance, president of he Southern Sociological society, pointed out that he South is the only section of the country which s increasing its population. "The South is not mnly increasing its popullation but is furnishing the ncrease for the rest of the nation," states Mr. Tance. And the increase is in the whi te popula ion, lbe points out, as the Negro population is de r'easi ng. In other words, the South-our Backward South -has a bright future, but a future which will fol aw the same course the North has taken in the past f precautions are not made. Otherwise, there vill be an increase in economic activity and then slowing down to final stagnation. College stu lents of today must understand that wvhen more realth does come to the South, a better equalized listribution of it will help prevent stagnation. likewise, fairer and more open-minded agreements 'etween the new employers' and laborers' classes, s well as more strict state supervision of methods f production and competition, will be large steps oward a continued bright future for +te Sot [E COCK ary 30, 1906 NZMLES, First Editor be rtoffice at Oolumbia, 8. O., Timely Topics Pamphlets recently received in the Main Library. Aeronautics Civil aeronautics in the U. S. ( U. S. Govt. Bulletin, Aeronautics bulletin, No. 1) Aeronautic radio (U. S. Govt. Aero nautics Bulletin, No. 27) Agriculture A year's progress in solving farm problems in Illinois (Univ. of Illi nois-Agr. Exper. Station, Annual report) Elealth Student Health services in institu tions of higher learning (U. S. Of fice of Education, Bulletin 1937, No. 7) Review of literature on effects of breathing dusts with special refer ence to Silicosis. (U. S. Bureau of Mines, Investigations on coal and its Natural Resources Bibliography of U. S. Bureau of Mines, Investigations on coal and its products, 1910-35 (U. S. Bureau of Mines, Technical paper 576) Public Affairs Proceedings of the Institute of Pub lic Affairs (Bulletin of Univ. of Geor gia, Aug. 1937) Vocational Training Cooperative training in Retail Sell ing in The Public Secondary Schools (U. S. Office of Education, Bulletin 186) These pamphlets may be seen by applying to Room 5 of the Main Library. IDACKIF TALK (NOTE: All contributions to this column must be signed by the author and designated as to whether or not it is to be published. These letters must not exceed 110 words. The contents of these letters are not necessarily the sentiments of this publication.) Mr. C. J. Chipley Fountain Inn High School Fountain Inn, South Carolina. Dear Mr. Chipley, The sentiments you expressed in your letter to Dinky Williams, editor of The Gamecock, criticizing an article on our sports page are almost unani mously those of the Carolina student body. Any man, writing in his own news organ, has the right to "write as he pleases", so long as he remains within reason. However,' The Gamecock is an organ of the University owned and controlled (although not censored) by the four literary societies of the stu dent body, therefore the feelings of the student body should, to a large extent, comprise the editorial policy of The Gamecock. We do not mean by this that we would destroy the so-called "freedom of the press", but this freedom, or lib erty as it might be called, should not and must not give way to license. We have a good editor and he has chosen a good staff. They have com plete charge of the publishing of Thei Gamecock. As wvell as get-ting the news, members of the staff also get the adls which make the paper possible. We are proud of our paper and know that you will not judge it by the one article you criticize. The rest of the student body will be with us we are sure in expressing to you our appreciation of your attitude. We realize that our paper is not per fect, but we also realize that it is ours, andl deserves our support. Sincerely, CURRIE MacARTHUR. BILL OVERTON. -U. S. C. Seasickness on the dlesert that lost a workman his job, was reported here. The worker was employed on a dredge re covering gold from the Nevada desert. Water had been pumped into a small de pression, forming a lake. Wind blow ing across the pond caused waves, rock ing the dredge until the workman be came ill and quit--because of seasickness. John Rose, who works, a nail-driving machine in a cooperative factory at By ron Bay, claims both the speed and the endurance records for box-making. lie has made 5,000,000 boxes in 36 years. And three times, for a bet, he has made 9 60 boxe in an hour. ANDREW JONES - - --.Busiln.. Manager 37 Meober 1931 Tom Willie - - - - - - Circulation Manager c Cble6ke 1e3s Jamee H. Joyner - - - - - - Exchange Editor Di dWalter Connolly - - - - - - Feature Editor lssued Weekly by the Literary Societies at the University of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and holidays. CAMPUS CAMERA JOHNNYl4J d Ma A MS GRrA T PLUNGInG FUt-AC, GAINED 350 YARDS A6NAI? HARVARD IN, ?CH% TME HE TOOK ' A-iE BAALCELOEJM SON GQL. LINE IE QLRWERB CAACKED0ED SME OTHER Be CARRY 14E BALL. OVER. ii Alrd.rnFAvieED SCORD A' HNE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER TRIO OF LOCAL GANIBLERS' Ci .EBRATES ADAN '0O EVE SECURED THE LAND FOR1 T& t1Y IN JANUAR.Y. EACH STUD- FlRST BUILlDING OF THE UNNVERSITY ENT RECENVES -AN APPLE FRA * * ' OF ARIZONA 'THE CHANCELLOR! Awh ete i iC By - Tribble LINES fall on a fair lady's cheek or on a bw'm's umpressed trouser-leg makes little matter; won't know the differ ence tomorrow. T'hese lines won't seem clear to yozs Because you are a raindrop too! IT' CAN'T' HAPPEN HAIZR! A big beribboned lollypop goes this week to that northcarolina re8hman who observed that Genie Mitchell's New Yorkc succes: lin't go to her hea...it went to her h AIR! . * * * * * SIHORT ST UFF T hat rah-Raye Edwatrds gal is temporarily (we trust ) hospitalised op Charlotte way as the result of a dislocated hip which got that vay when Lyn heaved a bowling ball and forgot to let go. . .Betty, 7rosby, who is said to be very very &nmart, is also said to be too n.ucly that way.. .And our Doris Johnson begged teacher to move he class lawn-ward when German Club initiates started playing >ostoffice down by the wall... Ralph Dearth seems to be still calling he signals in Bleverly Blates' backfield. * * * * * POPULARITY POLL. Cihicago's9 mister hodes lost 30 cents (18 cash!) to radlio's Alias Jiggims last week when the two stationed thtemselves in the library all and wagered that persons passing would speak first to one or he other... second choice to pay the one who was first addressed. "'he lady, as ladies do, collected..,.but what martyn didn't know vas: T'he Hig gins gal had posted Al Rouslin just outside thre door o tip off library-bound students to pudl the hi-marybel act. * * * * * THIIRD PERSONALS Note to Le Con te Lab-b yists : T he red sweater and white shorts hat decorated that campus tenniscourt WVednesday afternoon last elong to Ruth Kianarr, frosh from Florida, ZT A pledge... Vinthrop transfer Fannie WVilson seems to like her football dope 'trictly first-htand... And Ed Scott's stock in something-or-other ook a two-point drop last week when his lovepistle to New Yorker letty Henderson, discarded in pieces on Devine street, was patched ogether by several Columbia li gals who were former7ly "in the rarket". . .T ha.t lad who swears that he was suspended for "merely uhistling" is still in eidnce tun unchad