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The Gamecock Pounded January ao t9M ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Matered as eemd-class matter at the postoffroe, at Columbia, a. 0. Nov. 30, 190&. Member Associaled'Colle6iate Press ' 1940 Distributor of 1941 Colle6iate Di6est 011PRIEGMTKO FOR "ATIONAL ADVERTIGING VIV National Advertising Service, Inc. CoUege Publisbers Repwrses 420 MADISoN AV.. N.W YonK. N. Y. CacaSo SoroN * Los ANeuRL. - saN FaaNcIsco Issued weekly by the Literary societies at the University of South Carolina during the college year. PAUL S. LEAGUE . . . ...... Editor E. W. "DUCK" SWEATMAN, Jr., Business Mgr. PHILIP WILMETH ..... Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Joe Wrby......................................... Sports Editor Blanche Gibbs ..................................... Co-ed IDditor .ane Cox..............................................society Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Dick Frick Jim McKinney Ed Patterson Bernie Bans Deward Brittain Leonard Turnbull STAFF WRITERS Frank Sloan Albert Eggerton Doris Nash Bob Quinn Donald Law Paul Posey Bud Getainger Pitkin Bell John Nash David Brockington ...........................Circulation Manager George Gregory ....................................Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Dave Alteman Beryl Kerns Marie Ulmer Lil Hair Walter Taylor THERE ARE SONGS; ALSO TIMES FOR PATRIOTISM Tonight we have a freshman football game on Melton field and just before that game the sweet voice of Bing Crosby will undoubtedly blare forth with "God Bless America" just as it did before the Clemson frosh game. Tonight several thousand will leap to their feet, the males sweeping their hats from pates to their hearts and stand at attention, as the song is played. Those thousands, it seems to The Gamecock, have a confused idea as to what the United States' national anthem is. For their benefit we would like to print right now that it is "The Star-Spangled Banner." Like Tho Daily Revelle, L. S. U. paper, we have heard no proclamation declaring one "God Bless America" to be the national anthem. Not even at football games. It certainly detracts from the prestige of the national anthem it seems to us when a tune used by exploiting publicity men to boost pop ularity of radio songsters throws the anthem into second place. Moreover, the perturbed glances thrown by the fervid standees at those who prefer to reserve respect for the proper melody are rather Sophomoric manifestations. Those people should stop a moment to consider tile silly tribute they are paying to the American god, Advertising. After this we hope that they reserve thleir fervor for true patriotism, and "Tile Star Spangled Banner.'' UNIVERSITY LIBRARY RECEIVES LARGEST GIFT Last week The Gamecock announced a $9000 donation to the University library given by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For fear that the significance of the news story was swallowed up last week by the big news con cerning the Carolina Clemson football game, we present here a few more facts concerning the grant.' All this fund is to be used exclusively for books for general undergraduate readIing. Textbooks and volumes for research cannot be bought with this mohey. This generous benefaction wvill help fill a great gap in the library. For lack of money the University has been unable to provide a large number of recent books, fiction and non-fiction, which students have wished and still wish to read. The University library will be delighted to receive from students suggestions of books which shotdld be bought with proceeds from this fund. Just write 'the name of the books and their authors you would like to read on a slip of paper and hand it in to one of the at tendants at the deliver'y desk in the library. Students of the University niow and hereafter will be grateful to the Carnegie Corporation of New, York for this notable gift which will be of such direct benefit to them in providing them with greater opportunities and facilities A 4' 1O1l#ntary readi2i *41r their entertainment an enihemn STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND SHOULD BE RE-ALLOCATED Each week we attempt to editorialize on the Question-of-the-Week, presented elsewhere on this page, and taking an editor's prerogative we present our opinion on the week's question. Yes, we favor both raising and re-allocating the student activities fund. We favor raising it to permit re-allocation. Such organizations on the campus as The Car olinian, Social Cabinet, and University Players, are out in the cold, so to speak, while thp Sel den (Law Society), band and similar organi zations receive benefits from the fund. It isn't fair for some to be subsidized and others to be ignored and therefore we favor re-allocation. It is easy to visualize the benefits to the so cial cabinet and school dances should that unit, as one example, receive part of the student ac tivities fund. Social cabinet dances would im mediately become free dances; it would serve to help bring big name orchestras here; and the student body would benefit thereby. The above example would certainly hold true in other cases. Possibly the Garnet and Black, the yearbook, could be made free to all stu dents, for instance, We feel also that there are great and uneven differences in present allocations of the student activities fund. Shortly, it is our understanding, a student activities committee, composed of faculty and student members, will be appointed to look into these matters. There are certainly wrongs and injustices in the present set-ip and The Game cock hopes they are corrected. The complete allocation as it stands now is presented again for your information. Account Rate Men Women Total Clariosophic Literary Society $ .10 $118.40 ...... $118.40 Athletic Department .......... 4.90 5,801.60 $2,959.60 8,761.20 Hand .......................... .30 355.20 181.20 536.40 Co-ed Association ............. .10 118.40 60.40 178.80 )eba(ing Council-men ....... .20 236.80 ...... 236.80 Debating Council-women .... .20 ...... 120.80 120.80 Euphradian Literary Society .. .10 118.40 ...... 118.40 Euphrosynean Literary Society .10 ...... 60.40 60.40 Gamecock ..................... .75 888.00 453.00 1,341.00 Garnet and Black ............. .75 888.00 453.00 1,341.00 lypatian Literary Society .... .10 ...... 60.40 60.40 Reserve Fund ................. .05 59.20 30.20 89.40 Sinking Fund ................ .25 296.00 151.00 447.00 seldon Society .............. .10 118.40 60.40 178.80 social Cabinet ...............05 59.20 30.20 89.40 Student Union luilding ....... .50 592 00 302.00 894.00 Telephone Exchange .......... .50 592.00 302.00 894.00 Y. M. C. A. ................... .60 710.40 ...... 710.40 Y-. W . C. A. .................. .60 ...... 362.40 362.40 Totals ................. .... $10,952.00 $5,587.00 $16,539.00 THERE ARE INDIVIDUALISTS IN VERMONT POLITICS We reprint the following from The Verwnt Cynic, semi-weekly campus publication of the University of Vermont, just to prove that all of 'em aren't Republicans in that State. The excerpt is from a Cynic columnist's pen. "Last week's Cynic carried on its editorial page an endorsement of Willkie as the next president of tile United States. We believe that thec cditors have the right to define the policies of tile paper but we also maintain our preroga tive as columnists to express a conltrary opinl ion. In other words, we are aginl' Willkie. In thlis and in subsequent columns we wvill set forth and clarify our reasons for opp)osinlg tile Republican nominee. Inl so doinlg we wish to have it understood that we (10 not op)pose Mr. Willkie on1 party grounds but because we feel that his polici'es as Outlinled iln his ownI words and actions are not the key to Amnerica's pres ent or future problems. Before taking up our discussion of Willkie's shlortcomhings we would like to state that we definitely support President Roosevelt for re election because wve tink that although hie is not "'indispenlsable"' he is far and( away tile best qualified mnan to ieadl us through the pres ent crises. Her~e are Our major reason0s1: 1. Tile Roosevelt admuinist ration hlas hadl the couirage to face this nation 's social problems realistically anld hlas succeeded in finding a solution to a large majority of them. 2. Tihe only fault that wve can find with Roosevelt's far-sighted foreign policy is tile fact that Mr. Willkie endorses it. 3. The "Good Neighbor"-policy reached its culmination in the recent Havana Conference, wvhere a degree of Pan-American cooperation hitherto unattained resulted. 4. The Republican party ias been unable to offer us a better social and economic program than that which they are now condemning, nor have they been able to advance a b)etter foreign policy. 5. Mr. Roosevelt stands today in tile eyes of Americans and foreigners alike as tihe best rep resentative of democratic American policies and principles. Hav'ing set forth the reasons for our atti tude in this campaign, we will proceed in future issues to discuss Mr. Willkie's policies and pointV out the fallacies in them, as they appear to us. (We would welcome comments for and against our statements from the student body.) R. W.. F. B." Campus Camera - FOWA PASS *DPei~ BRADLEY ROSINSOM PASS ED 87 YARDS 'TO JOHN SCHNEIDER IN St LOUIS - KANSAS GAME OF 1906. FORMER U.OF KY. 112 STAR,PUNTED 91 ONE-PONT YARDS WMTH0UT ROLL VICrORIES OR WiND IN AN LAST EXHIBITION /SEASO*. HOMECOMINGPZ RIGINATED AT 1HE U.OF ILLINOIS IN 1910/ +Question-of-Week Do you think the Student Activity Fee should be raised to finance new campus organizations such as the Caro linian, University Players, and others which have sprung up in recent years? Andy Rodgers-No, these organizations should be self-sup porting. Ed Whitmire-No, but I think some money should be diverted from Garnet and Black and the Literary Societies to take care of these organizations. slauoy Padgett-Aw, go ahead and raise tiie fee $5.00. Peggy Bailey-No, but less funds should be allotted the Lit erary Societies, and the difference put to the betterment and development of the other organizations. Gus Williamson-Yes, because they're part of student activi ties and should be supported by student funds. Lewis Worthing-No, I'm in favor of lowering the Student Activity Fee. Mary Free-No, I believe in a more equal distribution of the fee so that other organizations could be taken care of. Alice Ringham-No, but something should be done to give Carolina a good literary magazine. Charlotte Conaway-Definitely, I belong to the University Players. Ernest Lent--Considering the low tuition I think the fee should be raised. Mack Rousseau-Yes, raise it. Meyer Rosen--The Student Activity fee is just like everything else--it is high enough now. Emily Johnson-It would be good to have access to these or ganizations, but now about raising that fee? Jack Johnson-Yes, if this is the only way to get a magazine, raise the fee. We need a school magazine. "Pete'' Win. I.. Shirley-It doesn't make any difference to me because this time next year Uncle Sam will have me--So. What? Jack Little-No, too much money nowv being solicited. Letters To The Editor Mr.'Paul "Scoop" League, jinrmvncoeintporui E.ditor of The Gameccock. tc o haig ormv p Dear "Scoop":prtntsfoceaigiasmc As a memb)er of the Honor Coun- o ucino h oo yti cii, I wouldl like to discuss theasttofivtgtigndss Honor System with reference topednviltr."hHoran the editorial voiced in last week's teSse"aejitygaddi G;ameacock, "The Professors have thebohisac.Itwudhri System, Thle Students the Honor." b osbedrte30sges0 First, let us consider whether,thHorCdeoenrct( "the system belongs to the pro-HorPinplwthuteiva fessors and the Honor to the Stu- tal i ftefcly n i dents, as shown by the presence vra of professors, and the spacing of Scnl,lt scnie hte students during quizzes." The tecas nwihsgesaret Honor Council has always requested rpr ae fcetn,i h that professors remain in their ciffuto h oo ytma classrooms during quizzes for two Crln.Id o bleeta reasons; first, to aid students initI,rhe,tishecnetoeu understanding difficult parts of quizonwihusadaltelain questions, and secondly, that pro- HnrSsesd h aina fessors may at all times be able to bsd tdnsworfs cooperate with Signers of thesinbcueothspreale Honor Code, in preventing viola- ae esnly shns n i tion. It may be seriously ques- cr stesgeso h oe u tioned whether a student whohoefetvlwilhen-rpt would cheat when being watched, igattd ubcetn n r would not cheat when put on hissevthhorofurcol.De Honor. A person who does not ntti tiuecet niela and will not cheat should not be opee o hain?Wl o resentful to the presence of pro-pesnicndtobdshet fessors or Honor Code signers.chaifeorseresuedta Students are spaced, only in class-thywlnobexpsd Asu rooms where overcrowded condi- el,tetmtto smn ie tions exist. It is an effort by pro- getr tdnswobleei fesorsto ooprae wthtudnts tuntiNeo chatng isG as6uc Tho Fourth And The FiOfth Colunkn MCKINNEY -BY- BRITTAIN 0 TEMPORAl 0 MORES! A professor pragmatist wants to know if all the anecdotes, anguine accusations, and acid assumptions printed here are true. Which makes us discount the righteousness of his question and whisper, A ever so timidly, No! -Prof, you've been here a lot longer than we, and have had ample time to see the student body slip into a dull grey listlessness-like wash day without Fels Naptha. What is here to write about? What inspiration lies in an empty glass? And what readable truths are found on a forty-acre stage where the actors' eyes are glued on a bare backdrop of stringent social rules? Fraternities have been foiled and relegated, with an ignominious residue of freedom, to war shelters like Londoners. Acquiescent up perclassmen go to class and to bed; freshmen move around like so many Little Lord Fauntleroys. A sorority is turned down cold on a retuest for a dance when it en tertains its national convention; and a fraternity is dissolved in a caustic solution of "dance regulations." Two thousand students read about it in The Gamecock and sigh or grin, depending on their momentary state of mind. The average Carolina student is as dead as last winter's crop of fallen Russians; weighed down by icicles of apathy, and buried under a freezing snow of conformity. Their fiery spark of youth has been doped by lack-lustre sedatives of routine until they have become about as progressive as the present French government. Their escapades are as stainless as Baby Ray's and their deeds as ex citing as episodes in a Franciscan monestery. Students indifferently sign petitions for pep songs while the dirge is being played for the departing soul of genuine collegiate life. Students used to do things, not because they were go'od or bad but because they had a few ideas of their own sidetracked on that cause way of knowledge commonly referred to as the brain. Carolina students, wake upl There's more to be had here than three credit courses. Do something-good or bad-but for gosh sakes, do somethingl Then, professor, we shall recount, glorify, and preserve wtih truth the zestful flavor of Carolina's college life. FOOTBALL FOR BRITAIN The Fifth Column goes back on its name this week to sponsor a football game for aid to Britain-a football game between co-ed grid teams. Tri Delta and Pi Beta Phi sisters have willingly agreed to lay down knitting long enough to play what we believe is the first co-ed football game in this section of the country-a game in which every charge, every pass, every kick will be dedicated to our first line defenders, English soldiers. The game will be played .on Melton field Friday afternoon, Nov. 8. Tickets are now on sale at 15 cents. The co-eds have caught the gridiron spirit. Both teams declare they'll revive that old college try for the honor of sorority and democracy. We hope this game will be a major step, not only in defense of democracy, but toward intramural, and possibly intercollegiate sports for Carolina co-eds. * * * * * * LIMPY LIMERICK The Tiger beat the 'Cock And raised his football stock. But Clemson men Lost their yen, And left their stock in hock. * FEATHERS OF THE WEEK Wepluckc the Honorary Gamecock this week to pin feathers on two of Carolina's most diligent administrative officers, two who usually' get all the blame and back-talk and almost never the praise. To Mrs. Arney R. Childs, dean 'of women, we give the Garnet Feather in appreciation for her cooperation in the co-ed football game for aid to Britain. In agreeing to the gridiron duel between Tri Delta and P'i Phi, Mrs. Childs assumed with us a large part of the responsibility for the ultimate success of the venture. Ralph Lewis, alumni secretary, gets this week's Black Feather in iecognition for the work he's doing with Gamecock gradls for a greater Carolina. His alumni program, a very ambitious undertaking, will ulti mnately weld old grads to students by new bonds of friendship and fraternal love for alma mater. * * * ** BURLESQUE BITS FROM BULL SESSIONS Heard in Preston: Kappa Sig: "The most attractive thing about a woman is her hair." Sigm,a Chi: "Wrong. I say it's her eyes." Sigma Nu: "Naw, it's gotta be her teeth, set behind ruby lips." Non frat: "Whyinthehell don't you fellas quit lying to each other!" HAMPTON HANGOVERS Just before this column falls asleep until another issue conmes an answer to our plea for student action, good or bad. We leave it to you to decide in which category this item belongs. A. Group of Hampton co-eds have organized the Midnight Madcap Club with the motto: '"We don't go to bed wvithout our nightcaps." Eligibility requirement is full-fledged membership in the weaker sex. Only duty is the wearing of hats (nightcaps) at all meetings. "Twinkletoes" Hutto is p)resident; Theresa Tenore is rear admiral, and Laura Miller is general. The club boasts 16 incognito members, and meets whenever called from 11 p. nm. until... The club ran afoul the matron 'tother night during initiation cere monies, which include the washing of feet (see president for details) and the sipping of goldfish water. Matron Davis interrupted proceed ings by barging-uninvited--mto the meeting. The membership hid in a nearby closet until the stormclouds dispersed and then retired to another room for a post-mortem. Again the matron appeared and Permanently halted the meeting by threatening the sisters with restriction. Charges of ringing the fire alarm, unrolling the fire hose, disturbing the peace and destroying u:ni versity equip'ment (see rear admiral for elucidation). At press time the sistership was bitterly contesting the charges, , claiming that a rival group in the building had planted the evidence So, fellow students, college spirit is not quite dead-at least on the co-ed side of the campus.