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7 R AROLD PU*NCEZ - ditor DAPAASNT READs 0ourtenay Carson, lks pol Od 904a# *liaa, Sooyt Associate Rditon;. Georpe Zu Qeitty.nddItocie bury, Phili, Wilm4thj Asm STAIM WRITERS tors; Charlotto Bdmb, Ru IrMe LaBord) Viniaik Brown. Dorothy Roger. Louist 7%*lImq- Thomsn France Thomas, omn soit oe; Miry an KitOreen. Eiottuc0ants. Norman Grath. Paul 0rue, Asso soboad .Leonam ierry, Dan Henderson, Raymond "Duck" Sweatman 8. C. MUCKENFUSS, JR., M&WSg Wtor Owens, Lois 9wari. Carou Business usnapers Reverberations From Literary Societies It is human nature to resist change, and when the sug I gestion was made two weeks ago that Carolina students should be given control of their newspaper, objections from members of the literary societies were expected. Some have pointed to the fact that if the literary so cieties gave up The Gamecock, they would lose prestige; others have declared their honest belief that there is noth ing to be gained by this change. It should be plain to society members that control of The Ganwcock is of little importance except to those who serve on the Board of Publications, and the only time the average member knows he controls the paper is when elec tions to the Board are held. At all other times, he does not even think of this fact, and thus his only voice in The Gametock policy is his ballot. Those who do not see any advantage to be gained by the change suggested need only to note the fact that by limiting The Gamecoce staff members to those on the rolls of the literary societies, they are making use of only about one-fifth of the available journalistic talent. If a student could become a member of The Gamecock staff without having to go through the form of belonging to a literary society, it would be possible to attract a larger number and increase the efficiency of the staff. Then too, literary societies have no real claim to The Gavecock since they do not pay for it; and since their primary interest is making it come out even financially, they should be.the first to realize that by giving it to others who care moe about it as a representative news organ of their University they would promote its growth and expainsion. It is obvious that there is room for improvement even with things as they are now, and this is not suggested as the panacea for all The Gamecock ills. On the other hand, there would be a great deal more room for improvement if al the students could hold staff positions instead of only a small portion, and if The Gamecock were a 8tudent paper instead of a literary 80 ciety paper. ust A Few uggesins If Carolina students succeed in getting control of The Gamecock, here are a few suggestions which should clear some of the obstacles to be surmounted. 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And thas temptoe hm toul reoset it nethlmse ho mht ha Ane ationathmleso forte abolihenhole seentinody. Group tha msdn ru xm oudncsiaea x tensolihmn of u examinations to teUnivesta Tacuht i prba itselfi noth adquat usnaniouso aay witha grop teas tens antou teerevantae which tou ple wihrotufpengie examinationswudtn qustinardiz oechingso nle waius creatmnsents' minds arofes orsctl faoramblitudef towasubet they ction ofte xc ceeinlywothwhle n,Viuian Lomias, plate IKMVUWti "d. GAMECC th Kammr, Martha stdFounded January 80, 19 Patt.r.on, 'rickr ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, Ft me Bay%. Anoclae. ~. . Ie,tEcS E a,A.oit ntered a. ..coa cla.nm Mter at tht oiea Campus Camera TRAINERS AT SOME OF THE vLARGEST UNIVERSmES CLAM TMY ' USE FROM 14 TO 18 - AMLES OF ADHESNE TAPE WRING 1"FE SEASON/ VWW1 HEMDN' ARouD IH WROM ND **TARZAN/ NNNESOTA'S ALL-AMERICAN FUL-BACK OF 1926-27, WAS NEVER 1MN FOR. A LQS IN HIS EMIRE COLLEGIE CAREER C14A2 WAS 20Mon..~'TE FMRST TO USE NLIMERtALS ON UNIFORMAS PRANK HiNKEY, WEGHING utVA. G"E 152 PONDS PLAYED AT YALE 195 OUR YEARS ki tV is CIAIMED 1At NO AYARb AS CNMED AROUND MS END/ - , a A.C.P. *Question-of-Week To get the reaction of the student body to the editorial in the last issue of The Gamecock regarding the super vision of this publication, a group of students were asked the following question: "Do you think the control of The Gamecock should be taken out of the hands of the four literary societies and turned over to the student body?" L. Arnold Werle, non-literary society member: I think that the student body should elect the Board of Publica tions because it is the student body who pays for The Gamecock and not the literary societies. Jimmy Thomas, President of the Clariosophic literary society: I am opposed to The Gamecock being taken from the control of the literary societies. Under the pres ent system it is almost impossible for any political group to control The Gamecock, but if the control of the paper were in the hands of the student body, politics would enter into the policies of the paper. Wally Craig, non-literary society member: The stu dent body should have control of The Gamecock and not any one small group. The Gamecock should be an organ of expression for every student and not just a few. Any profits made on the paper should be used for the good of the student body. Jerry Hughes, President of the student body: I firmly believe that The Gamecock should be kept out of campus politics because the political group that succeeded in having its men elected to office would control our cam pus newspaper. As the situation is now, if a member of the Board of Publications does not attend to his duties properly, his literary society has the right to censor him. This, the student body would find hard to do. L. L. Long, non-literary society member: I think that the selection of the Board of Publications is fine as it stands today ; but I think that there should be some form of representation for the members of the student body who are not members of a literary society. Dumas Turner, non-literary society member: I am in favor of The Gamecock being in the hands of the student body and not literary societies. Intelligence and ef ficiency are not always found in smaller groups. If the students control their publication they can put their own ideas into print. Bratton Davis, President of the Euphradian Literary Society: Seeing no need for a change and believing in the continued successful sponsorship of The Gamecock by the literary societies, I am opposed to such a plan. Sneeze And Forget It. It's a little inconvenient to have a cold, but it's a lot more inconvenient to go to the infirmary expecting to get something for it and be told that nothing but emer gency cases can be taken except dui'ing doctor's hours. Treatment of the common cold does not require a great deal of medical knowledge or' skill; in fact, the average intelligent student could~ be shown the medicines and treat himself just as well as anyone else: Then why should it be necessary until the doctor is in to take preventive measures which may stop the cold in its first stages? Most students cannot tell when they will need medical attention, and regardless of whether they need service during the doctor's hours or some other time, they should not be denied the use of all the available facilities. Just what constitutes an emergegcy case has never been explained clearly to the students. A sprained wrist, a cut hand, or even a grain of sand in the eye are not matters of life or death, but they are somewhat pain ful to the one that baa team. amsa c SNationalAd Mt mdtor ,, y,eA 42O MADISON gumbis, 8. 0., cau@ . ce Piress Rate Oplleet 80 uckec By George Zuckerman In Tke Gamoecock several issuei ago, in i column Wrilttn by Louis So Red the Hair, Searson, there wa. a' remark about George "I know thq answer" Zuckerman. Though thi. was as subtle as a half-baked pun, I f<r an ulteriQr motive, will take ii as a statement of the truth-to giv4 you a few answers about. Carolina'i very Poe poet. Louis is a genius. The only reasor he doesn't let his auburn hair grom is because the AAA gives him a bonu. f or not raising a large trop. Bui Louis will probably refute that state ment with the remark that one of hi. relatives is a member of barber't union. If you don't believe me whet I tell you Louis is a genius, you asl Louis himself. Louis is now silently singing th< song the world is waiting for and will acclaim-when he gets ready t< sing out loud. Very careful is Louih not to make his audible debut, foi he must be mature, world-wise, full3 cultivated, etc. etc. It is withoul levity that I predict this eventful da3 will come the second Tuesday of nexi week. Meanwhile, like the imminent tiger Searson stalks the campus in a to( straight path to red brick building No longer does Searson loll about thi campus, watching the bees, the birds and the flowers, nor does he joir the canteen society. Instead he goe! to law school and is all concerne( whether everything is according t< Hoyle or Hell. Besides telling me he was a genius Louis told me he was a romanticis -and I was a realist. Time wa when I believed, with my sense crossed, that Louis was really on with his red head in the proverbia clouds. But when the poet, whos crop of hair resembles the wrong sid of a ledger, takes to the law schoo and then writes column after columi about the canteen society with ti zest of Elsa Maxwell, I wonder wher, Louis' romanticism went. It may b the same little girl who took the yel low basket. To be as frank as preacher Crane Louis is too much of a conformist t4 ever write the great American poem or any good poem. It isn't so muel that Louis hasn't his heavy head i the clouds; it is that his thick ned is circumnavigated by wing collar an4 a black tie. Like the legendar, Faust, Searson has sold out the god of art for a couple of ballroom whirl ing dervishes and a couple of tintype on the society pages. There was a day not so long ago when the unsurly Searson though that Blackstone was just a good fiv< cent cigar. Now it is an endless purposeless catacomb of architecture< syllables-or something that ha wings, three feet on one side of it head, can't fly, but plays swing music and votes a straight New Deal tickei Already I hear the concerted choru of indignation arising from the em bryo Darrows, but let it be stated not that this is not a rebuke against th law. But Louis doesn't stand muel of a chance in the company of, fo best example, John "Speedy" Mc Cutcheon. Speedy is the kind of: fellow who makes the professor study their own course to avoid em barrassment. He was born for th law. But Searson was supposed to b horn for the lawless, for the realm o free verse. Sure I know the answer, especial ly where Searson is concerned. Th years to come will find Louis in; two by four office with book-covere< walls. He'll have a fair practice i Columbia, be vice-chairman of thi committee, president of that societ3 and grand buggaboo of this secre society-all of which will keep hi dress suit from residing with the mot balls. And at some moment when th swing music dies down, or when ther is a lull in the courtroom, a fog c remembrance will choke him, and hi will wish he knew the answer-i some sooner yesterday. But don't get blue, Louis; don take life seriously-you'll get out c it alive. And what is life, Louis It's just a bowl of football games.. your poems may all rhyme wit drowsy, but you're swell copy. --U. S. 0. flack TalL Dear Mr. Editor: -Once upon a time the literary societies on this campus were an active and important group. Among other things, it was through them that The Game cock was founded. For some time they were its main sup port p'articularly financially. That was several decades ago. As outlined in the last issue of The Gamecock, election by the student body would lay the Board of Publication open to the control of students rather thar the literary societies. After all it is our paper now. Well knowr is the fact that the societies arc a hotbed of political cliques. Ar office oss the board is merely a political plum given to worth3 and deserving little boys for be. ing nice and voting right foi years and years and years. As a student who belongs nei ther to The Gamecock staff or a literary society I heartily aifirn: your last week's editorial on this subject. ~Incerely, * Hennig Cohen. MeCbHL 939 A .ATRINSON,. aa", Ci $U..iL.L hi..5.. OIsed Weekly by the Literay Socoiees at the Uniyv, Sty of south Carolina dting the college year ee ddripg examinations abd holidays. ^INOk DV8WMJmeB Mv hVK. NxuW Yoan&.N. NLos Aus.e e sa N vaamcssco PAUL BROCKINGTON, Circulation Mgr. Some Real School Spirit The enthusiasm shown by members of the freshman class in responding to K. S. K.'s move to have all first year men wear their rat caps is encouraging to those who might think that Carolina spirit is dying out. Far more important than yelling at football games is the way University students react to simple requests su h as these. , And this year's group of "rats" have denonstrated their willingness to carry out their part. As has been said before, the rat cap' is not meant to give anyone a sense of inferiority nor is it being forced on those who conscientiously object to wearing them. But why any man who thinks enough of the Univer sity to come here should mind identifying himself as a Carolina man this way would be hard to imagine. In fact, the freshmen should feel proud of their rat caps, because they are tie only class which can be distin guished as a class. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors have to content them selves with going bareheaded, and if the truth were known, they would probably like to turn back the clock to the days when they were wearing their caps and keep ing away from. upperclassmen. Echoes Froma The Press Honor Frat Sans Honor (Reprinted from the Davidsonian) About this time every year honurary fraternities issue a number of bids and a new group of men add a key to their chain, another honor to their list, and climb another rung on the ladder toward becoming a compus "big shot." These organizations propose to honor certain members of the student body for their achievements, but too fre quently the only achievement which the new initiate ac complishes is the payment of another initiation fee. We are not arguing that honorary frats are not a good thing because they give students something to work for and a goal at which to aim, besides an outlet for broad ening oneself in whatever field that particularly interests him. We are heartily in favor of honoraries, but we are also in favor of their doing something for the good of the school or for the betterment of the students. Most colleges and universities find the same- trouble on their campuses, but Davidson is fortunate in not having the handicap that bothers many institutions which seleet, -members for ODK or similar societies entirely on the basis of a point system which gives a man points for each honorary fraternity that he belongs to, even though it be a "deadhead." On these campuses many of those aspiring to campus prominence try to join as many honor societies as possible merely to become entitled to a few more points, thus "buying" their way to fame. The main trouble is that there are too many honoraries in proportion to the size of the student body. Of course, when one suggests doing away with some of these, it is easy enough to argue that there is a place for each one eand that under proper leadership they would all do big things. It seems to us, however, that the most con Svincing argument that can possibly be presented is to point to the dilapidated condition of some of them, and t that the best move for all concerned would be to get rid of these. SPEAK'G OF SAmEY EXf.RCISt.N EVERY DAY t AND READs THe LeST WEARS4 jMis DRIVES 4E PUL.LS A $llJNT Lt