Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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F. F. WILLIAMS, JR. - - Editor 141 George Euckernu ASSOCIATES Society Editor; Albert Roualin, Oarle Lee, Catherine Narey, Hal Tribble, As-A soiate Editors; 8. O. luckenfus, Jr., Courtena Carson, Associate Managing Editor.; Charlie At kinson, Poster Smith, Associate Business Mana. 8 pea; Jobnnie Steppe, Margaret Rollins, Asso. t Hendley, I date Society Editors. Cl y ginia Brown, Da Jane Orout, Elei HAROLD PRINCE, Managing Editor jamin Polayea. Semester Editorials Week By Week A Better System of NYA Workers wt s the first editorial of the semester. It was received with ire by the faculty members on whose toes the facts stepped too heavily. The Freshman With the Cap Shouldn't Take the Rap was the plea. If the upper classmen are going to have their rat meet ings they should use the first year men 'with out enough school spirit to don the black and red ornaments. The upperclassmen not only stopped the hazing of one group but put the practice where it rightfully be longs-into the wastebasket. A Declaration of Policy was published in which The Gamecock declared that it would print "all news that's fit to print." It announced it would not become an un official auxiliary of the University News Service and would continue, as in the past, to be a newspaper. The Grads Were Given A Welcome Hand in the next issue. Biggest alumni meeting in history followed. "And Sudden Death" came to three Uni versity students. An editorial of sympathy and warning against automobile accidents was published. Dr. J. Rion McKissick and Dean John A. Chase expressed their condolences. Then under the title Telephone Situation Needs Immediate Care, an editorial pointed out need for more phones and better ser vice. Later in the year on the recommen lation of Dean Chase to the Board of Trustees, this editorial request was granted. An editorial announcing that Reporters Would Receive Identifica'on Cards in or der to distinguish them from other news gatherers on the campus and a plea that the twelve o'clock chapel on Friday be changed due to this inconvenient hour were printed. As yet nothing has been done about this noon chapel program despite a student poll in which 90% of the students asked that chapel be held some other hour. Homecoming Day Is Success was the next issue's leading editorial which was followed by another editorial on the Mess Hall but was one of commendation, strangely enough, instead of condemnation. If This Be Treason Make the Most Of It was the continuation of The Gamecock's policy in its effort to make a greater Caro lina, but still to remain a newspaper with a free hand. The puzzled editor wonders why the ad ministration building should not be torn down and a new one bluilt and why the Uni versity did not receive government grants this year which were given to every other state educational institution. Honor Sign ers Topped Three Hundred Mark and the system seemed to become for the first time an actuality. A 1hold-faced editorial ca1ptioned Univ'er sity Stomped Again p)ointed out that the U2niver'sity p)etition for PWA money from the government wvas flatly deniedl d1espite the fact that other state educational insti tutions received generous grants. Char'ges that the freshman class had no more school spirit than the fish in the Tin man vivarium and official recognition of The Carolina Student Body Banning Drinking At Games finished the redl-letter Clemson issue. A request that Univ'ersity officials (1o something about the empty Student Union Building even if they had to take it back was asked. An Honor System Sans Honor was the theme of an editorial ini which it w~as pointed out that most professors use a proctorial system dlespite the fact that they are veiling their act ions as a part of the honor system. One of The Gamecock's leading edlitorial polic'ies to stop) (deaths by auitomiobile ac cidlents was furthered by tile beginning of a series of cartoons known as Editorials in Pictorial with acc'omp)anying wr'iitten ed(i torials. Camrol ina's MIill ion Dollar Appr'opriation Justified became a fro~nt-page ed(itor'ial 1and( 98% of the students followved it up in the rec'ent 1)011 conducted by Th'/e Gamecoc. A (defense of the new str'eamlllined make up, the announcement that the pepP song e'ditor'ial was follow~ed by a movement to p)rocur1Ie funds for' suchi song were pl))ished. TJhe unfairness of long, comln)ex, and1( heavily-counting mid-term quizzes was con dlemned and dle-emp)hasization of thle quizzes was asked. Frankness was the theme of the next is sue in which The Gamecock deCclar'ed itself on an open subsidization policy and1( advo cated withdrawving fr'om the Southern Con ference if the University had to continue hypocritical aid to athletes. Three policies for the establishment of a central dance committee, change of the 12 o'clock chap el hour and demand that more tlephones be installed were included in this issue. University Players and the Glee Club who worked without funds yet did valuable work for the University were praised. AETMENT BEADS in, Sports Editor; Leola Garety, Betty Constock, Co-ed Editor; P+oet. rArr WrITEBS Cd McGrath, Paul League, Vir. n Henderson, Barney Bedlanan, OBOER inor Cannon, Paul Barrett, Ben. Entered as a *Back Talk The Gamecock Dear Editor: Last week The Gamecock published a story on the grant of a swimming pool to the University. You men tioned the movement for a pool which started about five years ago and con tinued through a campaign conducted for funds two years ago when the University had a grant for a rather mediocre pool. Although the move ment for a pool did not then come to fruition and the amount of money then collected was comparatively small, nevertheless, the fund then accumu lated formed the nucleus and founda tion for later action in the matter. It is with this in mind that I present the following facts: The movement was sponsored by K. S. K. with the aid of The Game cock, and the actual collection of the money was in the hands of Charlie Stuckey, then a senior at the Univer sity. I do not hesitate to say that it was largely because of his initial ef forts that the interest of the Alumni and other friends of the University was secured, and the movement sent on its way to eventual success. As evidence of this I need state only the amount spent for postage by Mr. Stuckey in contacting these outside groups. Between $45.00 and $50.00 was spent for stamps alone, exclud ing stationery and so forth. The amounts given by various gioups is interesting. The Faculty and other employees of the University contributed $250.50, Students $432.25 (420 students contributed); Alumni and friends $307.25; Student Organiza tions $288.85; and miscellaneous and anonymous $342.63, Total $1,621.48. Sincerely, Douglas McKay, Jr. *Rah-Rah Rahing It BY FRED BRAirk I am still enough of a silly s nti mentalist to believe in that intangi ble something that gets into football players and causes them to play in spired football. Coaches, the major ity of them, say that the old fash ioned pep talks arc out-moded, that the do-and-die spirit is a lot of tommy rot only evident in tnr;e. However, in the days when old Knute Rockne made the gridiron a place of color and sparkling football, these things weren't considered silly. Now, brawn and power are the watchwords of football. Powerful loads of humanity are imported to engage in the battle of football. No longer can it be called a game. But the one thing that keeps football from falling from its precarious perch on the edge of the cliff of business and professionalism is the appearance of the old time school spirit. When a team, much lighter and in experienced takes the field against a perfectly functioning grid machine, they have little chance, except when that inward emotion turn the green players into fighting stars and upsets are scored. All the world loves a winner but the same world also loves an under dog that can surmount odds to win by some miraculous feat. 600 Ballots Gives Voice Of Students The past few weeks The Ga been condullctinlg the biggest si in history. Thle results of this to be taken lightly because the the thoughts of more than 0 Here are the highlights: .Lack of school spirit, the mlajoi is the greatest fault at Carolim sis on football, sororities and(l socili divisions, no swvimfmingv poor' eqlluipenlt of the school evils pointedl out by the student (.ver 550 students compllained phone service and( an even larg aIgreedI that the freshmen should to wearI rat caps). Th le entire stud(ent bodly with eeptions5 aplproved volunltaIry though the large majority dlisa the incohvenience of holding th at noon. Students declared that the li 6'amecock,, the tennis team, gle< Y. M. C. A., should1( receive n1 p)riationI. Over 95% of the stud(enlts Ie p)roposedl miil lion (doll ar appropr the state legislature was justifi< Thle students took their first .years of expressing themnselves on tions seriouisly andl( if the JUiver to grow stronger with a uinifiedl should1( respect "the voice of th The large vote given to the ri lined makeup and endorsing t system of journalism used this s< the approval of the columns an as the features of the semester gi dlents a voice in this publication T HE' ""3 """ Assockded Co ME COCK Col 190de JanPR.eENTtO POn NATIC Founded Jnuary Nahonal Advertis T ELLIOTT GONZALE First Editor Col.,, P.b.*ss 440 MADISON AVE. econd cias matter at the postoflce at oolumbia. 8. O.. Cc * BosroN November 80. 1908 at SLOs ANS.I.." " roa k Campus Camera uHE FIRST -- ---EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT IN AMERICA - -INCLUDED THE - -THREE MILCH COWS/ \ . ( NIvERSIY OF WISCONSIN CO-ED' USE G WENOUGH LIPSTICK ANNUALLY 10 PAINT FOUR GOOD SIZED BARNS! 'HE AVERAGE RECEIVED> ONLY ONE t'!0-ED C0VERS 9.68 SQ. FEET OF LIPS REE--ANLB.-FROM -IN A YEAR* WAS'HINGTON COLLEGE, MD. copprij Asw.ed C.,.g ,-Meu.. Weoi BETTER LATE TH4AN.NEVEA / WASHINGTON AND LEE CbL.WARREN WHITSIDE 1W' BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE LAST JUNE, JUST 38 YEAR9 LATER L/ COL.WHITSIDE LEFT SCH(DL A MON'I4 BE F UR HIS GRADUATION ,i"t 10 TAKE PART IN 1HE SPANISH AMERICAN HE REMAINED WITH 'lB RE)JLAR AR%%Y AND THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT LEARN OF THE PEOJUAR CIRCUMSTANCES UNTIL LAST SPRING! 0 NIGHT OWLS/LAE R) 7 YEARS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF THEIR FIRTT FOULS IN A BASKETBALL. -= NIGHT (ONTET GAME IS9 22! / 1IS YEAR! - c*wphu by Auconad Collegua Press-M.jo. Wuonsia* Honor Committee Denounce Group Exams ?zcock, has In the middlle of the present semester the ~udent poll professors received along with their Blue oil are not Books from the Honor Council a mimeco ~represent graphed statement of "suggestions which D Carolina the Council thinks might be conducive to better conditions during the taking of ex ainnations." ity believe, Number 6 of the suggestions readls in 'anp,. part: "The Council frowns on mass exami poolends nations where plenty of space is not. avail were other able for studlents to be comfortable when s. ri tintg. Where possil e, one emp~ty of the tele- seat between each two occupied is advis er nuimber able . .. be requiredl Nevertheless, in addition to the regularly scheduledl examinations, eight mass exami a fe ex-nations are, to be held1 at the end of this capfew al- semester. The large classes in freshman cIproved o'f history, chemistry, English and mathemia )sersesdios ties are among these. ~s esosStudents who have taken giroup examfli brary, The nations in past .semesters renieniber them a l',adas being anythimg but "comfortable": clre apro '1he freshman history exam given in freez ore apro-ing weather in Peabody Gymn with the room heated for basketball r'ather' than quiet sit It that the ting; the French exams in Davis College ation from which spread all over the top) floor' with ali - - most every scat taken. Group exams have chance in been condutcted uindeCr uncomfortable cond i moot ques- tions in the past; this semester's wvill hardly ilty expects proNve excep)tions. body they The attitude of the professors is easily a people." undlerstandlable. Examinations and paper ew stream- correcting are a bad jol), one boring and lie modern exhausting. The desire for an exam situa mester and1 tion which lets the p)rofessor out of a little 1 editorials extra, work has caused the instituting of tve the stu- an iniquitous system that should be dliscon a nolicy, ted1 xr 193$ ANDREW JONES, Business Man eile Press Tom Willie .. . - Circulation Yaaapr James H. Joyner - - - ' * - Exchange Edi. NAl. ADVUUTIUIN@ BY Albert Rouslin - au - - - fe tu ing Service, Inc. ReOretert .Nv Issued Weekly by the Literary Societies at t>e NEW YORK. N.Y. University of south Carolina during the col .AN FRANCISCO year except during examinationg and Lolidar, rtAND - SEATTI.E Semester Editorials Week By Week Then attack on syphilis and other so. cial diseases and the request that the Was sermann blood test be given all University students was stressed in the eighth issue. The Gamecock's drive for open subsidiza tion and its growth into a powerful move ment was a front-page editorial of the next issue. The Gamecock is South Carolina's first streamlined newspaper and i improve ments during the stmester were indicated. Suggestion that Carolina play Furman at Orangeburg and the scheduling of Clemson later in the year was the subject of another editorial. Editorials backing the Christ mas Seal sale, expressing appreciation to the local papers for cuts loaned to this pub lication and the nteed for a literary maga zine at Carolina were presented. 7'he Gamecock's need for additional appropri ation, a city editor and a defense of the new style along with the explanation to the editorial "we" were included in the tenth issue. The Gamecock's policy of open subsidiza tion finally clicked in the last issue when the University delegates to the Southern Conference voted for open subsidization, and the conference adopted such an amend Inent, with abolition of the Graham plan. An open letter to Santa Claus asking for more appropriation for The Gamecock and the announcement of 1)on McCallister head ing 1938 grid season which action was later revoked came in the last issue of the paper. The continued interrogative why as to the reason the federal government rejected all of Carolina's bids for grants for necessary buildings and the request that the Uuiver sity band be recognized by the awarding of letters finished the 1937 year. A final request was made that some or ganization give the University the final $5,000 necessary to secure the $108,000 WPA swimning pool. A better system of N. Y. A. administra tion has beel developed ; hazing has become obsolete practice and the alumni have been received in their home coming celebration more fervently than any time in history. The l)lblication throughout the semester has continued its original policies and ended its life with this issue uncensored and un prejudlicedl. The editorial policy for more telephones and better service has been successful with the adoption of this movement by the board of trustees to go into effect the second semles ter. The repeated policy for abolition of the 1: o'clock chapel has met with no results lespite this p)ublication's continued effort and1( the 10 to I p)roportion of the stu dent body backing such a change. Tihe p)lea that the University be given a federal grant finally camne through with tile awar<hng of the $108,000 swimming 1)oo1, graitis, the story whichi was gotten exclui sively by The Gamecock. The honor sys tem has made ad(valncement tiis semester and tihe desp1ised proctorial system is rap)idly going tihe way of hazing. Thie neced for a central (lance commiittee has not, as we expectedl, been answer'ed. Thle social systeml of the University needs more than a few editorials to straighten it out. Carolina's stud(ent body aind The Getmerock have unitedl in an effort to stamp out dIrinking at footbiall1 galmes. Thie long-vacant Student Union Buiild ing iafter bleing the object of several ed itorials and satires is no longer a ghost structulre and( is practically filled. -The editorial policy sanctioning the Unii versity's request for a million (101lar appr)Io priation fromn the state legislature was miade p)otenlt whlen tihe publication took aI poll1 of tile studenCIt body and1( over 600 stud(enlts de clatred that the Unliver'sity was justified inl this request. It is tile legislature's miove next. The pep) song editorials ilave hlad promplit results and moest of the $500 needed for se curm~g tile pep1 song has already been raised bly vairiouls camlpuls groups. The Game cock's featured policy of the semester of op)en subsidlization for athletes was surpris migly successful. The University Players, the Band, tile Glee Club and The (Ja',ncock are still with out funds. It is the University's move. '1he needl for literary-magazine editorial will be realized1 when the first issue of the Newv Carolinian appears this month. A request by thlis publication thlat thle University Band1( be givyen letters has been sanctionied b)y Win. 11. Harth, director of studenClt activities. The last request of tihe. semester for $5,000 from some patriotiC group w~as answered by the University board of trustees' special committee, who approvedl the federal grant for a swimminlg pool and voted the expenditure of that sum