The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 03, 1939, Page Page Four, Image 4
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La d Dav, Dot Polan. uene Hayne, irn Wilmeth, Associate Managing
de Thelma Thompon. Elliott Meant Dan Hen. Grath and George Princs Ass
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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