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COIT HENDLEY Editor DEPARTMENT HEADS Jim Mei SoEditor; Jea Withers, - Rc Ed Editor;rjea&nS=niozu6 Society Editor. R& Ed : STAFF WRITERS Peggy Hendrickson, Betty Mercer, Betty Locke, Jean Elliot Timmon, Mary Boykin, Frank Sloan, Paul Posey, Bob buIl. Quinn, d.anche Gibbs, Dot Sawyer, Emily Wolfe, Bob Greeaf ield.Let PAUL LEAGUE ............. Managing Editor . Final Report Given On Problem Child Reports the discipline committee after some deliberation, "The conduct of The Gamecock this semester has disgraced the University of South Carolina." We pass it on for what it's worth. Very Confused Last Thoughts Are Presented Hereby, we fade away like the tail light of a car going around a curve. This is the last Gamecock. Probably, some people are glad. We are not. It's been a lot of fun seeing the higher ups squirm in the face of a few facts. The only trouble with the whole affair is that there is no way to force action. One semester is just enough time to get nothing accomplished. We were right about the inter-fraternity council. They started fine, in fact, were ac tually making progress toward getting sensible regulations. However, June Week came too soon. The boys found it easier to rout moth balls out of tuxs for their dance than do some thing worth while. There's been some question as to whether the word "stinking" is appropriate when ap plied to the social regulations passed by the board of trustees. We never have doubted that it fitted and can't understand how the committee (discipline) thinks otherwise. While we're thinking over the past semester, allow us to put in a plug for KSK. We prob ably treated them a little rough at the first of the semester. They deserved it then, for noth ing is more irritating than to have somebody tell you to keep off the grass. They know bet ter now. What we started to say was that KSK is one of the most sincere organizations on the campus. Although they are goody goody at times, its best they are around. Next year, editor Paul League will have to abide by a code which says that he must elim inate from The Gamecock-violent, abusive, vulgar, indecent, obscene, and profane lan guage; references to drinking, gambling, andl other vices on tile p)art of some stuldents; ref erences wvhich are suggestive, indecent, or ob scene; statements which fail to show proper courtesy to and consideration for students, members of tile faculty and other persons; statements which are unfair to any person; statements which tend to misrepresent life, thoughts, and conditions in the University; andl statements whlichl wold furnish anmmuni tion for the enemies of the University. Fair criticism is allowed. This is tile code which we have been work ing under all semester. Perhaps, we stretched it some. Anyway, it's okay as it will allow The Gamecock to operate successfully. Oh, yes. Apologies to Hubert Harmon. All semester we have been saying that tile annual would not get out on time. It appears now thlat it wvill. We believe Hubert was mislead ing us. If not, we want to do the right thing, in spite of the fact that he traps rats in his room. Successfully, The Gamecock has weathered attacks this semester from the Euphradian, the Board of Publications, Wintl/rop, the faculty, and numerous individuals. However, our original statement still goes. Tile student body is dead. We Were Wrong; This Is Last Confused Thought Let's get this straight-there is no censor shi p on T he Gamecock. We were just tired of writing, and, in ad dition, we had nothing much to say this week. It was a let-down putting out this last issue. It was evident that there was no future in it. Because this is all. We looked around for our copy of the Baby Ray stories but couldn't find it. That's too bad because they would have been a fitting climax to this whole semester, What follows is just to fill sace. r rc,ABSOOIATES G rd rrick, Philip Wilmeth, Bernie Bas, Pattereon, Deward Brittain, Joe Kirby, t McCants, Dan Henderson, Leonard Turn Businem Associates: DIU Bauknight, Pucher. ROBEW Znted a. Parade Of Opinion (By Associated Collegiate Press) Third Term Question Discussed Some More With speculation on the third term aspirations of President Roosevelt ho'lding the limelight, collegians all over the nation are turning to a consideration of the 1940 election prospects of the Democratic party and are discussing the party's possibilities with great interest. Comment on the third-tern issue seems about evenly divided, with many urging the President to make up his mind as soon as possible so the party will not be split furtheto. The Washington College Elm is most vociferous in denouncing another term for Mr. Roosevelt. "The life of the American people will be imperiled by a third term candidacy for Mr. Roosevelt. Our national economy and political insti tutions will be destroyed. War or peace, we suggest that Mr. Roosevelt declare his intention to obey the unwritten rule against the third term." The Uniiversity of Kansas believes the third-term controversy serves two purposes: "The innocent one of providing a safety valve by which today's anxiety and alarm may be released, and the more doubtful one of providing an effective smoke screen that ob scures all other important events." Turning to the speculation over James A. Farley's candidacy, the University of Minnesota Daily said: "The Postmaster General would no doubt make a formidable candidate for the presidency, being an able politician who has a strong personal following. He has a wide acquaintance throughout the country, a thorough grasp of its many diverse problems and would give a creditable account A himself in the presidency. Mr. Farley is best known, of course, for his political sagacity and his almost uncanny ability in divining popular trends. It is doubtful, however, that a man of his unquestioned political acumen would care to suffer the fate of Alfred E. Smith." The University of Texas Daily Texan predicts that President Roosevelt could not winl the nomination or the election should "Genial Jim" desert him: "A Farleywalkout would be a blow t the;Whie Hcu:e. Farley has a tremendous personal followiing-a strong and genial personality, he makes and keep friends. As head of one of the most effective political machines ever develolped in this country, he knows how to get results. And many a delegate at the next nomination convention will 'ask Jim' before supporting or oppos ing any candidate," So, while F. D. R. is still favored by collegians inl sample polls, there still is much talk about other can didates. Only time and politcal developments can bring an indication of the final choice of Democratic collegians. What Other Colleges Think About Hatch Act T1he Hatch Act, curtailing political activities of state emp)loyees anid others receiving compensation from Federal funds, teeters precariously in the bal ance on the scales of collegziate preCss opinion. Prevailing and p)robably most popular slant on the issue is expressed by the Oklahoma D)aily of the University of Oklahoma. Applauding Senate passage of the act, this paper wvrites: "Faced wvith a huge and mounting public dlebt, Americans hav'e begun to rea lize it's time to economize and streamline govern mental functions. Even D)emocrats voted for the H-atc h bill, indicating that there are a few principles left in the hearts of senators. It dloes the old heart goodl to think that perhaps the hope for a better gov ernment--for thme people-has not entirely fled the legislative chambers. Maybe the fellows we send to the capital (10 a better job than we realize. Maybe they are as eager for honest government as the folks back home. A lot of the time a democracy is ex tremely discouraging; we see everywvhere the rotten side of politics, the use of patronage as a sort of sp)oils of p)olitical war. Then along comes a show dlown andl the boys in Washington come through with the goods. TJhe P'lainsman at Alabama Polytechnic Institute answers this viewpoint wvith the questioning edlitorial cap)tionl, "Is the Hatch Act Sincere?", and gpes on to say: "The Hatch Act, now being considered by Congress, assumes that any political activity by gov erunmental employees is detrimental. Like any p)ro posal arrived at by reasoning, the act is a failure if its major premise is fallacious, and in this case there is real enough reason to believe that some fallacy is p)resent." Going on to say that this legislation "de prives a government worker of his right of political activity without giving him the benefit of civil ser vice", and contending that "it's pure inconsistency for a nation to ask on the one hand for p)articipation in government and on the other to deny it to a sub stantial group," the Plainsman concludes: "Even if one does accept the bill's major premise-that political action is undesirable for government-paid workers there is still doubt whether the bill is the solution and whether it would achieve what it sets out to do." Pointing out that the act would concern some of its farm school faculty, as well as high school agri cultural instructors and local representatives of gov ernment agencies, the Daily of the University of Minnesota says that "the whole provision represents not only an infringement on personal liberty but on state rights as well." Butler University's Collegian, on the other hand, recognizes these aims in the bill, commends them, and urges that "this law be passed and that another be introduced to cover all state and federal employees, thus, in large measure, doing away with corrupt politics and forcing politicians to seek means of making the great mass of the American public election cns.ciou..." THE A~ssociated LME COCK Cl REPRU99NTEO FOR Founded January 30, 1906 National Adv T E.LIOTT GONZALES, First Editor College Pub 420 MADIsON A second clan matter at the ffie at Oolumbia, S. 0. CNICAGO - SOSTON Norrember X, -4t Campus. Camera IM4EY MST HAVE USED *wZ/1 T /NME FAMILY QARTET O.000 OF ADHESIE TAPE HYRU% SMW4 AM HIS SONS MARVIN, ARE USED *WKW BY THe VNIV. DON AND OUVER ALL ATND BRIGHAM OF MINNESOTA ATHLETIC DEPT YOU UND OU,ARADUATE OOST - $l,000-' -- -HIS BR)MERS IN SOME CLASSES/ 7he EVOLUMLON 94 COLLEGE/. ARIZONA STAT TEACHERS CXLEGE (FLAGSTAFF) WAS FIRSf A REFORM SCGDL,1EN AN INSANE AsyWM. FINALLY A CDUEGE/ *Question-of-Week What do you think is the University's greatest nUd? Dan Millsaps-"More money for the art department." Lester Pilcher-'More women and less studying.'' Bill Dworkin-'A new pharmacy building.'' Eleanor Flinn-" More tennis courts." A. T. Taylor, Jr.--"A new science building." Eston Marchant-"A new system for fraternities." Billy Rogers--'More holidays." Bert Hill-"New tennis courts, by all means." Virginia Copeland-'"'A new chapel." Christopher Green-"More and better engineering equip ment.' Marion Glenn-" More crip courses." Albert Ragsdale-"More co-eds and better plhysics equip mnent.' Dot Ehrlich-"A newv science building with modern equip ment. Marion Harrison--"More and better classrooms.''" Hennig Cohen--"Make entrance requirements more severe in ordler to have higher standards.'' Pat Rutledge-"A chapel, tenniis courts and better fraterntity houses.'' Letters To The Editor Miay 15, 1940.totaetaliisvrinthsng lDr Editor: a h eus f'tosnso Apparently the nep song that sulIt f....olg"adi was to be written by orchestra i aeypsil htw ae' leader Fred Waring for Carolinasethmnogtouadofo has b)econme one of the lost chords.tareus. All that was needled after the prom- Whtvrtecs ab,its ise of Mr. Waring to write thlewelastiefroncfll song was a little interest on thetp"aio by arlastdn. part of the students and I for oneMrFan Vdav,iwhshnd would like to knowv whether it is tezite a enllcd a Waring or Carolina that has niot (oemtr hi i hr fcr (done its p)art.repl(nc duiswt Xaig Clearly the song-writing schemeaidtisqurltptotemnn is only a good wvay to get in a little tecmu-n oaitot pubhlicity for the program and pro-gebuy Or(0w raly an (duct rep)resentedh, and it is vaguelyasog hpossible that we Carolinians have- 'leei odutta ene n't smoked enough Chesterfields oe eea ek g nte andh therefore dlon't deserve a song.ntiiardopogm,ncetll And then again maybe we smoke as eln oac,gv uia so many (which is more probable)sauettIeUiriy. Ty that Freddie feels that lie doesn't ue og~rte oetm g need any more adhvertising in this b ).Re mt nild"ao vicinity. hn' a" hssn vsa However, any consistent listener go syuctl ihfr u to the week-nightly music program tefc htoe ieyprcn can tell you that many schools o h tdns h eetndi much smaller than U.S.C. and who t h )orm ldntko h have applied more recently for a sn rvsta eete edt song have had tunes written and1uete og eared aeo presented over the air. So it is ob- gtanwoe ti sls o vious that either Wtaring or Caro- m ornit eala~u h lina one has struck a sour note anidvauofawl-nw pesngt slipped off the road to harmony ai miest;s 'lsi hs some where along the line. (ltis It is easily possible that we are GusIlljtstheeifrn the ones at fault, It is not onlyofsmbdel'stpwir rumored but an established fact adwieaohrlte oWrn that there were only fourteen stti-.. ansinnohrpoeyam dents present at the student bodytoi ..ankepnwndrg meeting in which a resolution waswhtheel sent to the maestro requesting the song. hn too,taringeqeersfail "tSinely E. W. "DUCK" SWEATMAN, Jr Member Busines Manager I CoHe6ae Press istributor o iued Weekly by the Litermy Socetes at the Usive A sity of South 01rolina during the college year eeot 6iae Di6est during eaminatio and holida.y. NATIONAL ADVERTIS1N OV ertising Service, Inc. orge oreor...................Excbange mt. isbrs Repreea*&ie e Vs. Naw YORK. N. Y. LoS .NSI.11 - saN RANCISCO ANSEL ELMORE......Circulation Manaw, MUS.CLIN' IN (With Ed Patterson) Thus we arrive at the last edition of the last number in the new Gamecock series (courtesy of Jack Benny and Jello) Random thoughts from a rambling mind set to print ...ack Johnson local jitterbug whose fingers are just as nimble as his toes, had the pleasure of a whole hour's chat with song. stress Edythe Wright several Sadday nights back . . . Frak Sloan's announcement that he is a lover and not a loved starved adolescent is open for debate as far as petite Irenm Mars is concerned . . . Frank's new handle by the way is "Paw-Paw " . . . The "Snag" Legare joke with which the mem. bers of the senior dames were entertained last Friday evening, is not original but comes from the repertoire of one Rhetta Blakeney . . .Probably one of Kat Edgerton's old ones . . . * * * * * To Editor Hubert Harmon: Sure hope you're satisfied with that mental chastisement . . . Even though our betting average was .00001 we still think the guy could have done better with the selections particularly as far as some are concerned Funniest sight in ages as seen by us were the antics of one alleged chaperon at the Phi Kappa Sigma dance . . . In case you. don't remember she was the woman in the green dress . .. Speaking of cliaperons, one of the very best couples obtainable for that job in this part of the country is Professor and Mrs. High Williamson . . . Mrs. Williamson jitterbugs with the best of them and the prof is learning the fundamentals of that dance with the help of the radio and the better half . .,. "Fuzzy" Traylor, commonly known as Horace, took a nose dive in the direction Helen Beardsley's very cute little sister, Faye's af fections . . . The local active chapter of Alpha Sigma Sigma, located in Tenement 18, elected Jeanne Withers, the Yankee exile, sweetheart of Alpha Sigma Sigma. Jeanne has gracious ly presented a portrait in color of herself to the chapter. Concensus of opinion from the local fems seems to point in the direction that Billy Benson, campus fashion plate, has be come the sloothiest dancer on the hardwood t.iese days * * * * * Another note to Izzie Wilson: Dear Izzie, haven't you learned that it isn't nice to stand up anyone, particularly Jack Living ston . .. You should have toll hiiiii that you had a date with Henry Heriot . . . Rooi 202 over in Preston College could use an olive branch . . . It's occupants, Melbourne Ussery and Vance Edwards . . . Another one of' the laughs of the week was the proposed action oil the par.t of the co-ed association to prevent boys and girls from lying on the grass and enjoying the sun shine (?) . .. Onion's to ]lst year's may queen Naoma Newsome for putting us in tle wrong kind of know concerning her ap proaeling marriage . . . and congratulations to Ashley Tobias, III, mighty s:ell pikings bud . Speaking of betrothals, Derrell Fant, who broke many a male heart ini this part of the country before her gradluation two years ago, is just about to tread thle plush p lathl to the altar . . . Ilighlite of the May queenu affair was not the actual coronation, as you f dloub)tlessly know, but the romantic ep)isodle carried out by two of the very young attendants . .. * * * * *~ 8. 0. S. to ouri friend Douglas McKay: You'd better get you a station wagon or something for Helen's gradually turning the dlirection of a fellow whose initials are Laurie Hicks ... Our bouquet of the week goes to one of the nicest people we've ever had the pleasure of knowing, Mrs. Gunter at the library . . . A capable worker, a splendid person, wve salute you, Mrs. Gunter . . . A reference to the library reminds us to tell you that you'dl het ter go over andl reserve seats for exam times are close at hand and the S. RI. 0. signs will be hung out... For the first time since 1937 the flag is again waving on its pole above the steps of the chapel . . . Such patriotism at these belligerent .times is always conspicuous. For the nicest tele p)honie voice of the week our nomination g'es to lovely Gale Johnson whom we described as well as we know how in thme last issue . . . The confusion caused by an announcement from the registrar's office in regard to senior exams ended with the seniors still on the little end of the stick . ..The art exhibit held in Flinn IIall this week was one of the nmost successful ever . . . Paulette West, need we say more?, and Norine Huey, dlitto, were among the front row spectators at a Monday nite tent show . . . They remiainedl for the concert (1) . . . Now that politics are over, Thomas McCutcheon has broken his vote-get ting dates with a certain girl, for the June ball, etc. . .p.b.k's. Foster Smith arrivedl at a class in LeConte exactly 57 minutes late recently, thus justifying the epitaph of his which adorns the bulletin boardl of LeConte . . . And one of the Smith girls, Julia, has a definite crush on a horn tooter in Henry West brook's band . .-. There's 13 musicians in it, you can decide which... To, Charlie Lawrimore: Thanks for the dope on Willodenle ...Our confidential agent reports it as definitely correct that the young lady, who is not mercenary (so she says), really (does have 'em on the string by the score . .. Tip off to undepend able (our view point) Emily Wolfe whose name hasn't appeared here in ages: Even though it's over with one young lady tells us that the Duke of Clemson counts admirers (feminine) from at least four other counties than Orangeburg . . . And Orange burg has a new romance to look forward to this summer, the one between Jerry Hughes, of pugilistic fame, and lovely Betty Wannamake fr.m tha city