The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 25, 1938, Page Page Four, Image 4
CHARLES E. LEE - - - - - Editot
Harold Prince, L
Betty Oomtock, I
DEPARTMENT HEADS George Zuckermai
Paul Barrett, Sports Editor; Margaret Rollins, Henderson, Ben
Coed Editor; Emily West, Society Editor; Albert Editors; Jane Oroe
Boeslin. Feature Editor. Hirian Gibson, Ir
Editor.; Eleanor
Oo-ed Editors; Uc
COURTENAY CARSON, JR. .care' A"i*
Managing Editor ness Managers.
DOWN W17'H
THE LAWYERS!
Every semester we see with sadness a few
of our friends wandering from our midst:
Among us one day, the next they go up town,
buy briefcases, derbies and double-breasted
suits, (accoutrement with which they some
how gain an air of frightening maturity,)
and then disappear in Petigru College.
They, to us, have entered a kind of pre
mature death; we seem to them to be in
fants. We become interesting to them only
in the spring elections. And do they en
ter the elections! With the exception of the
chairmanship of the Honor Council, (a po
sition which involves some real work), there
is not a single major office open to them that
they do not hold.
Look at this list of offices at present held
by law students: President of Student Body,
Vice-president of Student Body, both stu
dent members of the Athletic Advisory
Board, two of the three members of the
Social Cabinet, Editor of Garnet and Black,
President of Blue Key, President of O. D.
K., President of K. S. K., President of
Euphradian Literary Society, President of
Clariosophic Literary Society. What im
portant office is there left for the academic
student? Why should a group of 102 la'w
students, one-fifteenth of our student body
of 1,500, have all these political plums?
We base our complaints against law stu
dent control (in addition to the obvious
reason of inequality in distribution of of
fices) upon the following reasons: (1)
Politics: In too many cases the law stu
dent goes into school politics with an eye
toward later state elections. We're tired
of being practised on by boys who are go
ing to run for the legislature next year.
The two most famous political rings on the
campus in recent years were controlled by
law students. In like manner, law stu
dent control has changed our two famous
"literary" societies into bombastic bull-ses
sions of parliamentary jugglery.
(2) Blaseness: We believe that the fa
mous lack of school spirit at Carolina may
in part be traced to the 'patronizing air that
law students assume at University athletic
contests. Their dignity will not permit
them to become excited. We poor adoles
cents naturally copy our elders.
(3) Downright greediness: Four years
of college should be enough for any man
to collect honors. Give the rising genera
tion a chance. We need the training the
law stud(ents already have received. They
have their own organizations, why don't
they stick to them?
The interests of the law student and the
academic studlent seldlomn coincidle. We go
to classes in different buildings, we do not
go around together. A large p)roportion of
the law school did not attend acadlemic
school at Carolina, but are transfers from
other colleges. We alre in effect two col
leges excep)t for the fact that the law school
takes over the best honorary positions on
the campus.
In the comning month, when candidates
start campaigning, remember this: The
walking brief case, dlerby, and (double
b)reastedl suit, is also likely to be a stuffed
shirt.
STILL
A MESS
We're sick of writing about it, and we're
sure that the campus is sick of hearing about
it; but we're sicr still of the situation.
Three issues ago The G?amecocko pointed ouit
the impossibility of the chapel meeting hour.
Since that -time twvo petitions adlvocating two
different methods of change have been cir
cuhating on the campus. Class discussion
showing student and faculty disgust with the
system has become one of the main activities
of a number of the English classes. Yet to
day we meet again at 10 o'clock and again
classes will be pushed up.
The newly-formed committee must do
something about it, and right away. Yes,
we're sick of talking about it. But until the
system is changed we are reserving this sec
,tion of our columns to the matter if merely
to the statement "Voluntary Chapel is still
a mess!l"
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i Sports Editors; Foster Smith,
Stanley Fisher, Associate Bua- Entered as second clas matte at the poffice at Columbia
Niovember 8O 1908
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This week, for obvious reasons, we depart from precedent
and print only the initials of the answers to our question. They p,
are all Carolina co-eds giving their candid opinions about si
"What's wrong with the Carolina man?" Next week the men g
will reply by answering "What's wrong with the Carolina a
girl?'
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H. (Senior)- th
Well, in tile first place not enough of them have "umph." atr
The rest of them can hardly carry on an intelligent conversa- a
tion without alluding to their Saturday night escapades. ea
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Most of them are selfish and some are conceited. Some of t
them seem very interested in succeeding, but on the other hand
so many of them have practically no ambition. But I guess as C
a whole they're all right-we couldn't do without them. t
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V. (Freshman)- gi
Conceited, spend too much time studying, don't spend enough a
time at the Woman's Building.
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Nothing at all as far as I'm concerned.
J. (Junior and Yankee)- 1
Plenty. Most of them are 'conceited. Most of them are good al
dancers and pretty nice. Lot of them have a good sense of 10
humor. Anyway they 're better looking than Northern boys ra
in general-thley can string better lines. ci
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Too nmany of them are babies-not enough Tarzan types. thi
There ought to be more Dorflingers and "dough-flingers.,, at
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By George Zuckerman
SCENE AND UNSEEN: Fire
ater merchant Jack Dempsey, in
wn last week booming his product,
ave a barbecue out at Lake View.
y chance Dinky Williams and my- 1
!lf happened to be sitting next to
empsey at one table. After a satiat- t
ig dish of southern barbecue and
me interesting dialogue, Dempsey
roceeded to sign countless auto- 3
-aphs for his admirers, in pen, in pen
1, on photos, blotters, cards, and
ren blank checks. Every letter in e
s signature was carefully formed;
t once did he hurry, worry, or show
gns of boredom. Always the genial r
nile after the usual thank you...
oint of the. story is borne with an
:her celebrity who calls himself Ted I
hawn; what others now call him is t
:t for publication. The graceful
hawn also moved in town this week C
id soaked customers plenty for an
chibition of his butterfly dancing...
wo naive lasses, aged ten obviously (
rilled, approached the brittle Shawn,
quested his autogjaph, and stood
nbarrassed as unexpected words I
re their equanimity. aid the swan
ke Shawn: "I only autograph the
venty-five cent programs."...As far C
this column is concerned, Ted
hawe can go dance on the brim
ones.
CAMPUS BIGWIGS are somewhat r
rturbed about the voluntary chapel t
tuation-the hours and the pro- a
ams. From one source came the
)inion that the speakers should have i
more interesting background. For
stance, he noted, we might have se
:red Dempsey last week to address '
e student body. Obvious it is that t
e students are weary of professors
id politicians handing them the us
il line...One suggestion was that t
ch of the honorary frats elect one
ember to a chapel committee, whose t
arpose it will be to work out a divert- L
g program for chapel-at convenient
mies.
FIRST EDITION of the new f
arolinian made a delayed debut on C
e campus last Saturday morning.
arred only by numerous and unfor- ..
vable typographical errors, the mag
ine surprised many of the local TO
:eptics. Somewhat slim, the maga
ne, according to Dictator Rouslin,
ill grow in content and size...
iilosopher Morse's editorial hit the il
mg.. .Erudite Le's story was a -
1ooth product; but he shouldn't ~
wve played a double-header... Ital- (
s Tribble made the alphabet enjoy- a'
>Ie; his Hero poem made the others
ok puny in comparison... Biog- e
Pher Revelise was good if you like d
less-l don't.. .Prober Millsap's con
bution was drowned by statistics
.Rouslin's Hominy Trail wvas fine; tl
s Play Bill very punk... Enigma of
e issue was the unsolved disappear
Lee of Eleanor Cannon's poemi
rought, mentioned in the Curtain
ill...Lawrence Cox ably told the I
est about the east.. .Genius Sear- (I
n's mug saved a too meagre picto
tI section... Columnist Zuckerman 0
inks Author Zuckerman's story Si
ymed with drowsey.
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS, radio
visiotn, after choking the air waves.
r two weeks with laborious scripts,
night at eight will present a mod- r<
n gangster thriller, The Case of the
ird Players: Something like this:
Joe: I bet fifty G's.
Jack: Confederate money ain't noLE
od.LE
Sam: I'll say it with machine guns. TO
Joe: The heat's onl
(Bang, Bang, Bang).
Finis
'Professor Stephan: (loud music) c
-im doesn't payl S
The Cast: Stephan doesn't pay.
Woods: If you enjoyed this presen.. cl
tion of the University Players, tear h
F .the top of your roof-or a fac- r
mile-.r
TEN WORDS-PRC: Attempted
irglary in tenement 24%2, three a. m.
led when the "colored tman" fled ony
artng a frosh scream...Johnny
impbell, Jane Crout, and GenieC
itchell getting closeups in Universal a~
>vie short, featuring the Big Apple.
.A Carolina ,Co-ed dropping the col- t
:tion plate in a local church last ir
bblath... Photographer Kennedy do
r all but stand on his head, getting
ndid snaps of Dempsey. . .Scoop fp
ague, latest campus Richard Hard-.
s .Davis, hunting and pecking for ti
>ries--n the wrong places... Phy- tg
a) Culture's MacFadden's chest
'w two new hairs last week-Es- sc
Ire New Yorker, and Fortune still m
unting University librarian...Game
ek headline: Exams studied by fac- 13
:y....Things have changed.. .Per- ca
riality Garety writing a novelette on
opagandist Gaines, after first saying se
ik was impossible. .. Garrulous Mc
ath in Washington-with pugilists,
t oliticins.l
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Ounter. Louise Pry., Arnold Mut,,
Tfeli Thmpn. Allc Bryant II
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his yea Uni'relty of south Carolina dudge
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4KE ME EARLYt
TIIER, DARLING -- --.
We've picked the people- we want to
udges of the candidates for May Queen
his year. They're the most partial j udges
ve could find. They know every co-ed who
s going to appear on the stage on the night
>f the contest. Each one of the judges .
vould fight with the others in defense of
is choice. Every one of them will be
>pinionated and have his mind pretty well
nade up before the girls come out to be
udged.
As far as judging for beauty is con.
erned they might as well turn out the
ights and judge in the dark. According
o aesthetic standards they will probably
nake the screwiest decision in the many
rears of screwy decisions. They will make
lorrible judges, but we want them. They
re :-the student body of Carolina !
Now, why not? Who knows who would
nake a good May Queen for Carolina if
ve ourselves don't? Import impartial hill
illies from the slopes of Sassafras Moun
ain if you wish, but let them take the
hosen maidens back to reign on the slopes
f Sassafras Mountain. We want our own
ueen, not somebody else's.
Do it this way: Give each student attend
ng the contest a ballot as he walks in the
loor. Five minutes after the pageant is
ver collect the votes from the audience.
'ake the highest three from this ballot
nd vote on them in the regular way the
ext week. The highest three are bound
o represent pretty nearly the student body
pinion. And an election of chls kind
vould so crowd Drayton Hall that we
lon't believe any campus group,-even forty
l,ri-Deltas--could swing the balloting
heir way unless the rest of us wished it.
Who cares if we don't get the most beau
iful girl? We don't want the most beau
iful girl; we want the girl we like the
est, the girl that best represents Carolina.
ke she cross-eyed, bow-legged, freckle
aced, and stringy-haired, she will be our
hoice.
BOW
2!AMMON
This week we return our editorial page to
:s old place on page four. The reason, as
is a reason for many backward steps at
'arolina, may be answered by one word:
Mloney."- National advertisers have insist
I that they be assigned the back page to
isplay their products.
'While we feel, like our predecessors, that
le back page is the best place for editorials
ndl feature material, both from the stand
oints of appearance and readibility, yet
ioney is money, and The Gamecock is in
ebt. 'When we receive a larger allotment,
r when local advertisers become more con
ious of the value of campus advertising,
e will change back. Till that happy day
e will try to keep a balance between ed
orial andl business interests and present a
~adable, financially successful Gamecock to
arolina.
'S GO NEXT
rHlE IHIGHJ SCHOOLS
Now that we have our Carolina county
ubs, let's do something with them. As a
arter we propose this: Let each county
uib, when Easter vacation comes, take
ame with it a quantity of Carolina mate
al,--old annuals, Gamecocks, the Y's Bird,
niversity catalogs and application blanks.
Take this material before the students of
>ur home high school. Tell them about
arolina. Counteract the propaganda spread
gainst us by pointing out our good quali
es. If Carolina has been worth your com-~
ig to, show the home-folks why.
We bring this up at this time because we
el that an effective campaign at Easter
me nleedls preparation. The chairmen of
'e groups shoirdd get in touch with the high
hool back home, make arrangements for
aterial, and plan programs which will real
'interest the prospective students. If you
nnot interest the students of your own high
hool, nobody can.
We've sold Carolina to the State House,
t's sell it to the stt..