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AOURTE&Y CA)WON, JR...Edtor ASSOM 1arold PriAcs Margaret t 4u At m Jane 0 Oed X Loa., Oharle. L*% St. Olah Martha Ne *7 e kditor. and Ben Polayes, Lola Garet B'AW tors; ot Hendley, Paul saw La d Dav, Dot Polan. uene Hayne, irn Wilmeth, Associate Managing de Thelma Thompon. Elliott Meant Dan Hen. Grath and George Princs Ass doW900, Richard Ffick, Helen Allen, Jim Mciiney. and io. Dc"Seton o seward -Bittain. itors; "Duck" Sweatman, Tjol GBORGE ZUCKERMAN... Man'g Editor Hay, and Harold Jervey, asoe Compulsory Chapel For Freshmen According to R. G. Bell, Y. M. C. A. secretary at the University, the General opinion%among discussion groups is that a chapel assembly, at least once a week, should be made compulsory for freshmen. When the voluntary chapel idea was begun a couple of years ago, it was made to apply to all students of the University, and still applies to all. Under the old compulsory chapel scheme, freshmen were required to attend a series of assemblies designed to familiarize them with the history, iraditions, and customs of the University. It has been proposed, in or der to create greater student body unity, to reestablish this system, applicable only to freshmen. Obviously, compulsory chapel cannot be extended to the whole student body. In the first place, the chapel is not large enough to accommodate all of the student body, or even half of it. Should it be proposed to hold chapel two days each week in order to accommodate part of the student body at each meeting it will immedi ately become apparent that it is practically an impossi bility to arrange two interesting chapel programs each week. It is hard enough to present one each week which is interesting to students. Perhaps the best system would be to make chapel compulsory for the freshmen, or for first-semester fresh men, setting aside one day each week for an assembly in which lectures could be given on the history and ideals of the institution. On another day, a chapel program such as we have now could be given with voluntary at tendance for the whole student body, freshmen included. Whether or not this or some similar plan will meet with approval, and be put into operation, we cannot say. The Gamecock believes, however, that something is need ed to tie students, especially freshmen, closer to the Uni versity, and give them a better understanding of the problems and conditions which the University faces; to give them the spirit of being part of an organization, in stead of independent entities, with concern only for themselves. Poetry And Politics "...The time has come, the walrus said, to think of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, and cabbages and Kings,"-and politics. With the advent of spring, which makes every young man's fancy turn, also comes politics to the University campus. Already, although February has scaircely left us, and March has just come lamb-like in, the campus vote-har vesters have begun to sharpen up their tools and look with experienced eyes at the condition of the vote-crop. From now on, the bosses and their henchmen, who have passed you by on the campus all year with only a nod, will suddenly remember,.that you're an old friend, and poke out ahand to beshaken,, Thus it has always been, so nobody minds. It's the expected thing when spring rolls 'round. But what of the officers who will be elected? Will they be just another bunch of officers, willing to hold positions in a student government organization that wields practically no power, or will they do something about it? Will they be content with the honor alone, or will they try to regain the governmental powers they once had? All these things remain to be seen. Two weeks ago, The Gamecock tried to point out that student govern ment on the Carolina campus is merely a formality, and an excuse for holding elections once a year; that the stu dant council as it is at present is nominally the gov *erning body of the campus, but, through various cir cumstances, has been deprived of the powers it once had. If - the students are willing to do any thinking for em1seles, they will realize that Carolina needs work ing student body o$eers, who, although 'they have lit tle power to govern at the will- of the stu~dents, can at least make some effoit to changd the existing state of~ things;'who, altiough they-are part of apowerless gov ernment, will at; leute make an effort togain for the .tndants ,:betFaVnnnent1han they koer . ROUDUVIIR <THE y, Anowltate Edl- -Gl bur7, 24d -h GI Editor; Ed Me )oiat Sport. d- o-ded JaarY o im Iwat,W 0"lrne ROBERT ELIOTT GONZALW , rI Ate DuilneM Man. ntered as SOCond class Matt st t lNs at Oola No. mbw I0W kn Answer Last week The Gamecock received a letter inviting editorial comment on a plan to segregate freshinen stu .dents in a separate dormitory, or separate section of tene ments. The reason advanced by the writer was that at the end of each semester, freshmen form perhaps the largest 1percentage of those students "busting out" in their studies. Segregating freshmen might have its advantages, but we believe that the disadvantages would far outweigh them. As to the fact that freshmen form the largest group of failures among students, it must be pointed out that the freshman class is largest numerically, and that they should have the largest percentage of failures naturally follows. The writer said that he believed that to segregate freshmen might put them "in an environment more con ducive to study." This might be the case. Only by. ex perimentation can it be found out. However, freshmen are capable of raising as much of a bedlam among them selves as are upperclassmen. One of the most confusing things to freshmen is the change in class scheduling from a class-every-day to a class-every-other day affair. Some are unconsciously fooled into thinking that they have more time to study than they actually possess. Changing rooming arrange ments would not eliminate this difficulty, which has been frequently blamed for scholastic laxity. By segregating freshmen, their school spirit might be seriously harmed. Instead of feeling that they are a part of the student body as a whole, and a part of the University, they will feel that they are a separate and distinct group. This attitude, although it would prob ably be outgrown later, would still, we believe, have' a harmful effect at the outset. As to the question of hazing, segregation of freshmen would scarcely change the existing situation. Hazing is being gradually pushed into the background with other obsolete practices. It is anything but severe at the Uni versity. The writer suggests that the segregated freshmen might be housed in the new dormitory now rising by Burney college. To the objection that the higher cost of the new dlormitory rooms might raise expenses for some freshmen too high, lie suggests "raising the cost'of reAt over~ the campus to an amount that would level off the cost per student to something like the same amount. That is, upperclassmen living in the old tene ments might be $22.50, while the new dormitory hous ing freshmen would rent at about $27.50 per room." Indleed, this would level off the prices which the fresh men and upperclassmen would have to pay, but no amount of prices can level off the differences in dormitory facil ities. It seems foolish to raise the prices of rooms in the old tenements, mnany of which are badly in need of re pair, and at the same time lower the price of the new ones. Low prices for the new tenements would be fine, but doesn't give any excuse for raising the prices of the old ones. 'We hesitate to suggest, as the writer does himself, that the segregation scheme is a "crack-brain idea." However, we do believe that the plan would have more dlisadlvantages than benefits. Conference Tournament A Success Last week's Southern Conference boxing tournament was undoubtedly a success, both from the box-office point of view, and in the efficiency and smoothness in which it was run off. Much of the credit for the fine way in which arrange ments were handled should go to W. H. Harth, Director of Athletics at the University. The Gamecock joins with others in extending congratulations to Mr. Harth for his work, and also to the members of the Carolina student body 'who servedl as ushers, and to members of K. s. K. who served as guides for the visiting teams. Conduct of the audience was all that could be desired. Only a few partisan "boo-ers" marred the atmosphere of good sportsmanship that prevailed throughout the tour nament. It is sincerely hoped that South Carolina's first South ern Conference tournament will by no means be its last. If the old saying, "Nothing succeeds like success'" is true, then the University can rest assured that other Confer eones tournaments are sure *n follo. CK msenienwio von Batm National Adve _______colue-of PWSA '41O MA0ISON Avi ab*., 0. 0-' Lnm - meen - . Press Rlate Collect By George Zuckerman TOURNAMENT TALES: The sallow faced Sol Blatt, Jr. was the gloomiest person at the tournament tilts. Also somewhat depressed was your columnist who watched a shrewd southpaw dance away from well aimed blows and ruin what otherwise would have been a great yarn...In his wallet for sev eral weeks Blatt carried a magic charm whose. power to bring vic tory-to the larruping Lou Carleo -had never failed... Defeat came to Carleo in his initial bout this season, when Duke's slick haired Chuck Kasik decisioned him. But on that occasion the occult object had not yet been uncovered... Soon it came, and with it came a streak of victories-until last Sat urday matinee... Between rounds Blatt, acting as second for Carleo, would hold up the magic piece of paper. And Lou would stare at it, seemingly drawing new power and the will to win from it... It was during the Citadel- South Carolina fisticuffs, one week before the tour nament, that this writer discerned the mystic ceremony, watched an obviously inspired Carleo viciously punch his way to victory.. .While the crowd was evacuating the field house, I stopped Blatt, asked him what he was showing Carleo... He wouldn't tell me... told me to wait until after the tournament was over...you don't want us to lose the conference, he queried...no, I didn't. So I waited... Came the Saturday afternoon and the semi finals of the title tilts... under the lights in the four post ring were Benny Alperstein and Lou Carieo ...in Carolina's corner cautiously guarding his luck piece was Blatt, and pondering about a telegram that came, but too late.. .and be tween the sounds of the gongs the left handed Old Liner handed Lou the same old line... In the first round-as Alperstein told me after the fight-Carleo struck the Mary land lightweight two terrific thumps, the two hardest blows Alperstein ever received in his entire collegiate career..,.momentarily rattled, the Leonard-like Benny started to con vert the bout into a slugfest... But the story of the second and third round was a tale of expert ring handling, with Alperstein playing the role of master.. .And in a ring side seat, slumped in a sorrowful stupor, sat Carleo's brother.. .and in Lou's corner Blatt's countenance was curved to grief... Many min utes later he stalked over to the press table where I was sitting... Here, he said, is that thing I prom ised to give you... I took it... He offered no explanation or alibi for its apparent failure.. .And I did not bother to ask why. ..I unfolded the. one-time lucky piece of paper... it, was a newspaper clipping..,.a two column photo.. .and I read the un dercut: PUTTIN' ON HIS TOP HAT-the first he'd ever worn "Two Ton" Tony Galento posed with Mrs. Galento and a cane at his Orange, N. J. tavern before a trip to N. Y. night clubs. Tony has been called a challenger to Joe Louis' crown... Also, written in pencil, across the face of the photo were these words: Give him "hell" for me and Tony-signed by an un decipherable name... And Saturday night, while the finals were in prog ress, and while Carleo sat in the stands in the role of a spectator, a telegram came.. .from Tony Galen to-to Lou Carleo... lots of luck, it read... Carleo had lost..,.the lucky, victory inspiring clipping had failed... but it took the greatest boxer, the most popular performer of the tournament, to do it.. .A half bald boy who had Benny Al perstein for a name, and two na tional titles for fame. PRIZE CHARACTER: If a plaque were handed out to the prize character of the tournament the recipient would be Duke's ring mentor Add Warre...Also voting for him would be Banjo Smith, Washington Post's Lew Atchison, and Washington Times-Herald's Dick O'Brien.. .Warren grinds out, Shakespearean monologue with phonographic smoothness... When his fighters lacked championship ability he turned to "character building"... Between ring festivities he could always be found in the cpmpany of the sports scribes who never failed to laugh when the odd Add would iterate: You're the max imum of the minimum, the mini mum of the maximum...and then, with a philosophical face:. You can never, tell the depth of a well, by the leegth 'of the handle on the namn. M-are-A -4, 1989' _ nCHARL S ATKINSON, Buus"es Managr at Iss~ed WkV by& thMty 800fetlebat th univa, sity of South %oarolina during the College year ex"." xuring uatiis ana holiday. IAMOIA16 ADVWM81WI4 JW 1*8 9erie, S"k . James Galoway ........... .d. a dito Asm ____________ t. Naw Yo1, N. Y. W AMUnS - "a fua.cuo PAUL BROCKINGTON, Circulation Mgr. Campus Camera .0AM-YVES QUMEEC SUD EWt, 1S PROB ABLY 1E ONLY ONC-E-- GE6D6 MSKI 10fl M MORLD.. HE C EMADE A JWAP OF 50 FEET/ ROBERT m. BISHOP WAS -HE FIRST OF jt SEVEN VY~A GLANDWRM- CONSECUTVE MINISTER TH1WO iLEGS sawoME PRESIDSMS OA&P. AT)AM U. Parade Of Opinion (By Associated Collegiate Press) Dies Super Sleuth Martin Dies, Congressman from Texas, is not in very good standing with most collegians. His forays into the realm of isms in the US seem to bring only smiles to the faces of most undergraduates, although many profess to be "skeptical but not unconvincible." .Commenting on the recent action of Congress giving Mr. Dies 1i00,000 to continue his investigations, the "Daily Iowan" at the University of Iowa said this: "It looks very much as if there'll bt, a lot of fun among the Dies investigators during the coming 11 months. Probably $100,000 isn't too much to spend for a good laugh; Hollywood spends much more for those with While the University of Maine "Campus" called it "the most obvious and deplorable example of pure waste of public money in recent Congressional deliberations," the St. Lawrence Univer sit "Hll ews" said: "It is a sad commentary on the American people that a biased, prejudiced, narrow-minded committee such as this should continue its activities unchecked." -Taking a little more serious stand, the University of Minnesota Daily", called upon Chairman Dies to choose his witnesses and issue his statements "with greater consideration. An investiga tion of un-American activities is definitely needed. With in creased funds and a stronger personnel, the American public has a right to expect the committee to live up to the promise it showed at its inception." Chief fault found with the investigation is that it is foreign to our constitution. Trhe "Egyptian" of Southern Illinois Teachers individualu wom Mr Daies proves to be a subversived character? Ifyou put such a person in prison or take away his right to ex press himself because his interests and .opinions run contrary to tat of, vested interests, then we don't need to worry about dctatorships in other countries, we'll have one of our own." Rest Some thing new and novel in the way of student accommoda tions is proposed by, the Duke University "Chronicle"--its edi tors would llave their alma mater establish rest homes where tired .and study-worn undergraduates could spend a few days catching up on their sleep. ,As a precedent for their proposal they cite. the following: "Duke women are fortunate in having a unique privilege-that of spending a few days in the East campus infirmary whenever they feel themselves tired or run-down by too much study or social activity. They need not be ill to avail themselves of this free .opportunity for a rest amid quieter surroundings than pre vail in the average dormitory." N. Y.A. .Calling for a complete divorce of the National Youth Admin istration from all relief and unemployment agencies, the college press is campaigning for greater support for this branch of the present administration's emergency program. Citing the facts that N. Y. A. work is done by scholastically desirable students on socially desirablepoct,olginar asking that the N. Y. A. be administeredry e feea ffice of Education and that finances for it should not be curtailed. .To gain these ends, N. Y. A. students in many states are form in~ their own organizations. These organizations might well wra ethe wodsofcreeModesto Junior College "Collegian" editorial A'N. Y.bA. not only will build for the future a more educated America but als~o an America with stronger character." flack Talk Feb. 27, 1939. You might be interested to know Wfr. Courtenay Carson, Editor that the editorial bore fruit, and all rhe Gamecock but one of the magazine covers Dear Mr. Carson: have been returned. I am still hop- < Let me take this means of thank- ing to find the New Yorker re- ' ng you for the editorial "Re Van- turned to the lobby. lalism" in last week's Issue of Sincerely, Ike Gamecock. W8Wdd