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A Great
Trustee
By President J. Rion MoKissick
The long roll of trustees of the University is starred
with names of many illustrious South Carolinians.
None of these in the last half century has equalled
David R. Coker in enduring service to -the State; none
has surpassed him in loyal devotion to the highest wel
fare of the University.
Elliott, Chambers and Ashbrook in their recent vol
ume, "The Government of Higher Education," thus
define the qualifications which a college or university
trustee should have:
"Those who are free from the dominance of any par
tisan group; conversant with the history and ideals of
the institution; leaders in their own special fields of
activity so that the public has confidence in their abil
ity; able and willing to devote considerable time to
their duties; and capable of regarding higher educa
tion as a dynamic force in civilization, and their trus
teeship as a high form of civic service."
As a trustee of his alma mater, Mr. Coker embodied
all these qualifications during his 27 years' service
one of the longest tenures on our Board in the 133 years
of this institution's life.
Throughout his trusteeship he was faithful to his
conviction that a trustee should fulfill conscientiously,
impartially, and fearlessly the trust committed to him.
His ideals of what the University should be were lofty
-and from first to last he was tenacious and steadfast
in his adherence to them.
No selfish consideration ever influenced his course
as a trustee. He sought always to do what he conceived
to be for the greatest good of the University and of the
State.
He was frank, sincere, outspoken, high-minded. In
expressing his opinions in Board meetings he never hes
itated to be in the minority-sometimes a minority of
one-yet he was never an extremist nor an obstruction
ist.
The honor and reputation of his alma mater were
especially dear to him and he always strove to defend
and maintain them.
David R. Coker is greatly placed on the roster of
trustees of the University as he should be because he
was an outstandingly great trustee, faithful to the best
traditions and standards of our historic governing board.
For nearly a generation as a trustee he served the
University and the State-and he left both better than
he found them. His place in the history and in the
grateful remembrance of both is high and secure.
What's Sauce,
For The Goose
There are few Carolina students who do not feel proud
of the record of the Gamecock football team this year
in playing through a tough schedule and coming out
*with six victories.
And while praise is going to Coach Rex Enright and
Athletic Director W. H. Harth, the work of the two stu
dents who handled athletic publicity should not go un
noticed.
For the first time, newspapers all over this section of
the country were kept informed of the doings of Caro
lina's footballers, and when the team went on trips, some
one usually went ahead to give them a build-up in the
city papers.
Expenditure of money for this purpose cannot be con
sideredi wasted, but when other groups are being de
nied funds because the athletic department is broke, it
.begins to look like unfair discrimination.
Although the University band plays for every home
game during the year, they had a hard time securing
funds for a trip to Washington after their promised
trip to New York had fallen through. Band members
also pay for their own transportation to and from the
stadium for the home games.
The cheer leaders were not given transportation to
the Furman game in Greenville, and if Whitey Rawl
had not given them gasoline, they might not have been
able to make the trip to Washington.
Members of the 1938 varsity tennis team have not re
ceived sweaters or even block letters, and to all their
queries and pleadings has come only one answer-no
money.
The football team will play just as well whether the
band and cheer leaders get tripe or the tennis team gets
sweaters or not, but if spending can be done at all,
why not spend a little more and reward some other
groups on the pampust -
That won't hiirt anyone either, and if it means going
in debt a little, there 'is always the consoling thought
to fall back on that after all, the incoming revenue
man tak ere of that just as it does all the other ex
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A Curious
Anomaly
One of the curious anomalies that has existed on the
University campus for a long time is one that probably
has never been considered by the average Carolina stu
dent.
If someone were to ask him about ownership and con
trol of The Gamecock, supposedly the property of the
student body, he would answer noncommittally that it
was undoubtedly controlled by the students, since it is
their official news organ.
This seems to be the opinion of a large number of stu
dents who have not had the opportunity to learn the
facts, and these, together with those who have no inter
est in the matter, are unaware that their paper is con
trolled by that relatively small portion of students who
are members of one of the four literary societies, rep
resenting less than one-fifth of the total enrollment at
Carolina.
Why is this true I
Because in 1908, when practically every student at
the University was a member of one of the literary so
cieties, far-sighted students saw the need of a campus
newspaper and established The Gam,--ock, paying for it
out of money raised by advertising and subscriptions
among all members of the society.
Though there was obviously no necessary connection
between publishing a newspaper and the activities of a
literary society, The Gamecock was financed this way
for a long time. At first election of staff members was
done by the literary societies themselves, but later a
ioarc of Publications W W ki Ik to nd i l.CtIs.:
After several years of literary society financing and
control, The Gamecock was given an allotment out of
the student activities fee, and although the student body
had taken over financing The Gamecock, control of it
was left with the literary societies and it remains there
today.
That a small minority should be given control of a
publication which is representative of the whole student
body does not seem logical or desirable. If the students
are paying for the paper, they should have the same
voice as those who happen to have ex-officio control as
literary society members.
Letting them share the burden of its expense while
giving them~ no chance to share its control is not unlike
the principle of "taxation without representation."
It is plain, then, that there is but one democratic thing
for the literary societies to do: Have a meeting and by
joint action give The Gamecock to the students of the
University to whom it rightfully belongs.
Just A Little
On Ping Pong
One of the most popular innovations in the Sutdent
Union is the ping-pong table in the basement. It is
hard to find a time during the day when there are not
two people playing on it and others waiting their turn.
But two things need to be done to improve conditions.
Students need to have some place to get new balls be
sides buying them at the canteen, and at least one more
table should be bought and installed.
This would necessitate spending a little of the money
from the Student Union fund, but it would be hard to
find a place where students want it spent more.
Echoes From The Press
Give Dictators An Inch
And They Want
(Reprinted from the Los Angeles Collegian)
When Mussolini first marched his black shirted le
gions into Ethiopia, he perfected an old philosophy of
possession: "It's mine because I want it 1"
Benito wanted Ethiopia; he got it. Adolph wanted
first Austria and now a good part of Czechoslovakia; he
got them. What the world now wonders is where will it
stop? By these same tokens Hitler could demand parts
of the United States for possessions. Rather absurd?
Not at all. Milwaukee, which is as much, if not more
German than Sudetenland, could well demand a plebis
cite for self-determination.
Philadelphia, which is even more German than Mil
waukee, would Boon follow suit. It would not be long
ere the German embassy in Washington would be do
livering curt notes from der Fuehrer to the state depart
ment. After all, Germany must look after her children
in all nations, United States not excepted.
As far-fetched as the theory may be, in essence it is
the same thing that happened in Czechoslovakia. A sane
sensible world must do something to sootch the treory,
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Question-of -IWeek
The iinquiring repu-ier is back again with the questior
of the week. And this time, it's about chapel programs
Here are some of the students' ideas about just wha
should be done to improve them.
Eugene Haynes, Fre8hman
I like the chapel programs as they are now althougl
more frequent appearances of the Girls' Glee Club woul
be very pleasing, or the addition of any music.
Paul Holscher, Fre8hman,
I think that the chanel programs could be improve<
along the lines of better entertainment. The Glee Clul
gave us one of the best programs, since Dr. McKissicl
gave us an address early this fall. If the chapel pro
grams were filled with entertainment by our stu
dent organizations, I am sure the attendance would b
greatly improved. Students like to see their fellov
students in action. I think it would be a wise policy fo
each campus organization to be asked to sponsor on
chapel program, and in the end make some sort of awar<
to thet organization who sponsors the best program ac
cording to the students' choice.
Clarence Glover, Sophomore
I think our chapel program is pretty good like it ib
but it could be improved. All students like music, s
why not have a musical program every once in a while
Ed Clary, Senior; DeWitt Arro'wsmith, Sophomore
Joseph Hlatkovich, Sophomore
We think we could have a little music with our chape
programs.
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Collect,
By George Zuckerman
In these uneasy days when
national boundaries are in dispute,
when a couple of guys named Joe
are n the ruling harnesses and
when enemies bloom on your per
sonal horizon with the suddenness
of wild weeds after a rainstorm, the
question most pertinent is-Who is'
your enemy?
If, perchance, some stranger
stalked the streets of Columbia one
night last October, he would have
believed that revolt ruled -Main
street. He would have seen boys
with youthful but tense counte
nances attired in grey uniforms ad.
vancing and retreating in groups.
And the hostile opponents would be
boys in civilian clothes. He would
see fist-fights, hat-stealings, hear
frenzied voices in distorted battle
cries-and feel hatred hanging like
an invisible fog over the locale.
Were he one of the authenic
homo sapiens, he would soon dis
cover that the riot .was being waged
by the students of South Carolina
and Clemson colleges. Even in'view
of this enlightenment he would, no
doubt, have made the commentary
that the rivalry bordered on
enemity.
If the stranger, again perchance,
some few weeks later, wandered to
j the textile city of Greenville and
P, paused long enough to buy a ducat
y4 to a college football game being
played there on that day, he would
find that the elements of surprise
know no bounds. As he would sit
in the Sirrine Stadium he would
recognize the boys in the grey-uni
forms, sitting in a solid block in one
potion of the stands. Upon ques
tioning his neighbor, he would learn
that South Carolina was playing
Furman and, yes, Those were the
cadets from Clemson, now in the
L roles of spectators.
A smile would advance over the
stranger's face if he were to watch
the Carolina cheer leaders prompt
the Clemson boys, vociferously aid
ed by a Carolina aggregation, in
giving the college yells of South
Carolina. But he would have
grown philosophical, and probably
laughed out loud, at the affair that
took place between the halves.
Several Furman students were in
possession of a rooster, a pseudo
Gamecock, supposedly Carolina's
mascot. It is unknown if the Fur
mn clique entertained the nefarious
idea of segregating the fowl to blue
plate portions. Anyhow a few Car
olina freshman gridders, intent on
making a discernible display of
their new acquired college spirit,
stalked across the gridiron, laterally,
captured the fowl, and again sped
-across the gridiron, again laterally,
in a sustamned drive which took
them to their section of the stands.
Although the situation, according to
' Joe Miller's joke book, demanded
shot-guns, a regiment of Furman'
students, armed only with indig
nation, streamed across the gridiron
in very hot pursuit. But the Fur
man offensive was about as success
ful as that made longitudinally by
their football team--because South
Carolina had unfurled an ally and
a very strong one at that. For it
was the Clemson uniformed crew
who repelled the fighting Furman
ites.
I sincerely hope the stalking
stranger took to the northbound
highways which would lead to
Gotham town where, on the follow
ing Saturday, he would go to the
Polo Grounds to again watch the
South Carolina footballers- in ac
tion. His philosophical equanimity
would have been shattered again.
While Jupe Pluvius tried his best
to set the stage for a reenactment
of Noah's Ark, fifteen thousand
persons, among them about two~
hundred loyal Carolina rooters, sat.
shivering in the stands. Meanwhile,
below them the gridders ran be
tween the rain's ruled lines. Ford
ham, the home team, was the favor
ite and jumped into a 13 to 0 lead.
But the Carolina boys, far from
their sunny land, never raised the
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flack Talk
Men of the Freshman Class,
Care of The Gamecock
Dear Freshmen:
I am a Senior.
K. S. K. may be a good organi
zation (personally, I think it 1s
swell), but it takes Real Carolin*
Spirit to back the University the
way you have been doing it this'
year.
I just want to stick in my two.
cents worth of congratulations.
Rat caps add a great deal, in my1
own opinion. From the way yOU
have been using them I believe yoU.#
think so too. I see little reason, now*
that the necessary impetus has been
afforded, why you the freshmen,
should not keep tile thing going.a
You can do far more than the up-rd
per- classmen can in giving your fel
low classmates the proper viewpoint ~
and in encouraging them to we87
Ma'Isggs that you get toA
g ether as a class and Chaflenge th 1
K.S. K. Committee on rat caps t
let you handle the job. I belIevei;
you. You can do a better 3ob than~
Sthey can. You are now organiM4e1
,as a class. Go to It!
-A Senior and Fellow Carolli