Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1906 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Entered as second-clas matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. 0. Nov. 20, 190S. Member A)ssocited Colle6ite Press 1940 Ditributor of 1941 Colle6iote Di6est REPRSINTED FOR NATIONAL ADVE1TISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publisjbers Representalive 420 MAoisoN AvE. Naw YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO BOSTON ' LOS ANOEL26 e SAN FNANCISCO A Imued 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 Kirby ..............................................Sports Editor Blanche Gibbs ........... .......................o-ed 1ditor Jane COx ..................---...................society Editor ASSOCIATH EDITORS Dick Frick Jim McKinney Ed Patterson Bernie Base Deward Brittain Leonard Turmbull STAFF WRITERS Frank Sloan Albert Eggerton Doris Nash Bob Quinn Donald Law Paul Posey Bud Getsinger Pitkin Bell John Nash David Brockington .............................Circulation Manager George Gregory .....................................Exchange Diitor BUSINESS STAFF Dave Alteman Beryl Kerns Marie Ulmer Lil Hair Walter Taylor WHY NOT A THIRD PARTY? Thereare two freshmen on the University CImpuI)IIs. (le IaSin't begu to shave yet. wears loud socks and stuidies English 11 under Mrs. Hawkins. The other has attained an11 air of "frightening maturity", wears a derbY hat, and goes to school in Petigru college. The former pilans to finish school in four years, is fresh inl vitality. eatgerIy looking for ward to the day wheii maybe he'll become a caipuis leader. evenl a stldenlt body olicer. 1e'll be fooled liter o1. The Iatter will see to that. At a tiie whel fello,ws live fillished Ilea dellei school, m.)IIchased that olicial lookiig bri-a d as law students, theN shoii'd have gr own bl eiogh to put awl a Chilish thilgs. To stop dabblinig in olmlic school polities. hit sad to say they haven't That freshilllan wh1o goes to School in Peti gri (ollege cani he classified u) t o word Greedy. Ile had four Years to collect col le'gite hoiors inl academic school. Four yea rs shoblld be ellolgh for aly.N m1lanl. WVY doesll't lit give thlIt other rleshm. the risigl gen ties? Imunnlilerablet stiudenit bodyv andit campujIs of fivers areI lieb byh Iaw studi ent s--theonfles whol( thet St u~lent bodII V. V icet-pretsidenQ. editor (If tilt (,ar,,' / am/f /// A, pretsidlent of the Euiphra "paihi priehidleht f I Ilt'e Kev. of ).D).K.. K.8.K. anid miorte beideias. are miemhbers oIf tile La1w Schiool . Whait imporeltanlt (iflice' is left for lhe ave:alemiic stuldent ? Why sl(huld aipproxi JlThere is a1 rteey for~ t his situatioin. It is this. (Oni this campulIls are two ploliticl an d Ioperia tedl bya tw hiw Ia~school falctions. whol( Whyli not a1 thIrd pa rtyv? A%ill readyV ini this Campus111 is ai sma111'll iu of the dhiscontented students whol( plan1 to go~ toI school hut. fouri years, yet whot woul like to hohd a1 (camipus oIlit. 1To thm we' sa1v-Formi With It. TIh/e (Numroc wvill supplort youh. TOM WALiRER HAS FOUND A WAY B rJ0Tom Walu1ker, editoIr-elect of the now deCfunfct camlfpuls mfagazmne, The C7arolinian, has found a way to put out that sheet. Tlom is goinlg toI sue this j1paper for libehl, re gairding a famlous bit oIf literatulre written about hlimf iln The Gamecock last week. "Withl the money thait I wou(ld( 'ollec,t from the suit, I coldl publlishl The ('arolinian," the quick-thinking Tomn says.. That's one way of doing it, but it surprises us. WVe thought Tom was waiting on Santa Claus to bring him a litl Carolnin. THE QUARTER SYSTEM WILL WORK HERE The following is a brief defense of the quar ter system that is working so well in such schools of higher learning as North Carolina, Georgia, etc. -1 1. Classes, in such a system, meet every day, Mondays through Fridays. The inter vening lapse of a day as in the two semester system, will thus be avoided, which will tend to keep one's thoughts concentrated on class work from day to (liy. 2. 'The class-cutting problem would be solved since no() classes meet on Saturday. 3. It wouhl provide 1111 ealsy method where by students n(t so fortunately blessed with "the medium of excluinge" could finish school inl three years by attending the summer school quarter. 4. The qiiater system makes it possible for short periods of work to cover before a fi nal exam. a facrt that would enable students who have to eram for the aforementioned, a. very nmeh1(.1 better chance of iassing. We believe the quarter system could work here at Carolina. It's working out to a great degree of efliciency at nearby institutions. AT LAST SOMETHING TANGIBLE IS STARTED A group of Carolina students earnestly pledged tleimlselves this week at a Imeeting in the Y.M.C.A. building to work toward a defi nite studeit. bo(y.N government in this institu tion. 'heir pla-Is were to, first, pick out a suit aible time for both student leaders, faculty imembers, and administration men to get to getler. At such I gathering they hope that problellis relating to differences between these groups can he thrashed out. That there, both grouPs call tell the other exactly What they are striving to accoiplisl for the good of the Uiiversitv'. All the cliinpuis leaders present in the Y this week hledged themlselves to be at just such a gathIering. and naturally they will be. lol(W ever, we'll believe that the other group is pres ent only whet we see them there. CHRISTIAN MISSION -A SUCCESS To say that the Y.M.C.A. sponosered ini versitY of South Caroliun Christian Mission is a1 SuIc(ess is "puttinug it mihl Ily." Studenlerts could n't find seats ini chapel to lis tent to thle sp)eakers, so great was their p)opularI ity. A large unmber of those who did get into chapel hiad to sit ont the stairs. The laces wer' jaluuned wherever thle twelv~e '"mnission ai ries" sp oke. Universit of Sout Carolina student learniedI sonmethi ing diiuring t his wveek. Indeedl it was a Rel igiouts Emphl)lasis. The/ (,'meco'k hopes tha lt the studeneut body will ob)serve (Christin Mission Week like the fellow dIownJ thle street observes Thanksgiving. Ile Ihas Trur1key on that day, and is thankful, bult lie continues to be thankful the other 364I dlays ini the y'ear. Will the stuldent b)ody continue to thinik re ligioni the other 364 (lays? WILL OUR CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ALLOCATION SUCCEED? Most of the niomiinations for mnemblership) on the Student Activities (Commulittee havi e been t urnied into President McKissick, and this pa per'l hasi a prlemlonition that something will be dlone soon abloult re-allocating the student ac tivities fund. P'residlent McKissick, whlo sees a dlefinite nieedl for the matter to lbe attended to imme dliate'ly, hopes to have the committee appoint ed andl working, if p)ossible, b)y next week. We hope so. It's this paper's hope, also, that people en tirely unaffected b)y politics will be appointed. Which definitely is an unuisutal thing on this Too many people have missed the point all together concerning TIhe (Gamecock's p)lea for re-allocation, as witness a letter to the editor pubillishedl elsewhere on this page. It's not one little detail that wve are campaigning to change. It's the entire allocation. Campus Camera --HIO STATE LABORATORiES USE 5000 eyRO A YEAR, AT 150 EACH! ILII 13 CAMPUT STAUE BEARS 1ME INSPCR11ON, 'JOHN HAWARD, FOUNDER, *638* Au. OF 1ESE STATEMENTS' ARE FASE FOR JOHN HARVARD DID NOT 0UND UNIVERFITY OF CRATTANOOGA TE COttEGE; IT WAS FOUNDED MUDENT OLD A COTEMST : IN 1636, AND IT IS NOT A STA1UE EACH YEAR TO %SELECT TIAE OF RVARD OEASE NOBODY BACHELR OP UGLINESS! Y WHAT HE UDKED UKE! +Questionmof-Week Would you favor the quarter system, which divides the school year into three periods instead of two, at Carolina? Frank Sloan-Quarter system by all means. Among other things, it would solve the failure (estion at the end of the first iemester. Mary Frances PtAk-I Lhiiik li's the thing, but don't ask me why. Margaret Haskell-I like it just the way it is now. Steve Nettles-Sounds good to me. CERTIFIED. Peggy Bailey-I am very much in favor of it because I think that the students would get more out of their classes by meet. ing them five days a week. Jimmy Hill-I think it would be ideal. It has proved to b( satisfaci ory in many large universities. Betty Withington-I'm all in favor of it because we'd have Saturday as holidays. "Rinkie" Patterson-I've read about it and it should work here. The students here don't have enough rest and the quarte system would give us an extra day off. Paul Sansbury-I think it would be a much better thing. W( could observe continuity instead of having a break in between class meetings. Beverley Ninninger--I like the present system because of the( variety in classes. We get to see more people this way, too. Horace Traylor-It would get too monotonous going to th< same classes every day. Lucille Crosby-I think it's a (darn good idea, dlon't you'l Lavinia Lyles-I think it's a grand idea--unquote. Jane Crum-I think we should have it, but we don 't hav< enough money or room. Letters To The Editor Mr. Paul S. League hsbe etn 100 o o Editor, Thew Gamuecock rd D)ear "Scoop":ThntoyolevyurlfOe D)uring the last six years, the ed- t h hreo eetoiwe o itors of the Garnet and Black re- syta u aeokeio eev ceivedl salaries amounting to an av-ony$5adteGneadflc erage of around $260.00 per year.edtr$30 D)uring that periodl, andl from those YoGaeckdirseeve$7 salaries, the editors madle special tripspeyarislre,pus$0fo to other states to annual clinics and ln laueti, u h et exhibits, paying their own expenses. pr faohr$0 nmdl n They also made special trip)s to Go-kesacyar lumbia for (lays at a time (luring the Hocayuwihfrnssyta summer, preparing annual work, at ti s$5t 30 their own expense.Duigm seoryawee During this same time, the editorwrtthGantndBckcsi and business manager of your honor-ttin Thrweepbcradg able sheet, even when your paper's Ii- ftepooe lcmn ntr nancial sheet was in the redl, spent(ifrntocsn.Thtcniu around $200 a year to jaunt aroundllo asdteeio' aayfo the country to press conventions. $0 o$0.(htddntap Now there might be some reason t e a led nofc. for the annual editor and business Yueioso h aeo manager to take such trips if thesemtthnyorlvsheptc year-book bank account will afford tr ftesuetbd' efr it. (That was true for the first time, Ddyu esnly ohrt te this year, and I certainly approveanoftsetuntb(ymtig their taking advantage of it). The Icudwiemr,btti hu year-book staff holds office in sec- ase orms nareioil ond semester also and can dlerive Sneey much benefit from attending such aCure acth, meeting. Busa tht The Gamecock editor retr 99GantadJcie The Fourth And The Column MCKINNEY -BY- BRITTAIN TO DATE, OR NOT TO DATE Girls whose nights of glory (dates) have been curtailed because of their failure to measure up to necessary scholastic standards, ,already d have started searching for means and methods of evading the date limit ing rule. What constitutes a "date"? Is sitting in the sorority room with a man to be considered a date? ' Now, if "a promise to be present at a specified time and place" may be construed as a proper definition of a date, here is one loophole: Have your roomate tell Joe College or Charlie Cityboy that you are expecting to be in some sorority room (he'll know which one) sometime after supper (he'll know the time). According to the above definition this is not a date because no specified time or place is mentioned, nor is any promise involved. (Hint: a book might be taken along as sufficient proof that you are not dating.) For sale: Our booklet, "Ways and Means of Evasion" will be sent free of charge to any co-ed who sends her telephone number and $1.98 to cover cost of licking the stamp. * * * * * TRUTHFUL TIDBITS Doctor Timmons' Spanish 22 students were reading the love life of two porcelain statues Tuesday. Mary King was translating a particularly amorous passage and stumbled slightly over parts of it. (There are those who'll say, "Impossible".) The professor, attempting to straighten her out, said, "You have had boys say that you're the only one, haven't you?" As Mary blushed, he hacked back with, "Or have you?" Then, taking a third look, lie declared emphatically, "I know you have." Prof. Sherri!! to Paul League: "It's hard to tell a lemon from a peach after dark, eh, Mr. League?" Paul League to Prof. Sherrill, "You bet, if she's brunette." To an unsuspecting vocabularly-building class the other Viorning Doctor Babcock confided: "I didn't know what the word, 'smooch', meant until yesterday." Who taught you the definition, professor? This is an old one by Prof. Wienefeld. Granting that they had busted his quiz on ancient history, two burly campus showmen asked about taking the test over. To which the erudite prof aptly remarked, "Why, yes, gentlemen, you may take the quiz over-first semester next year." * ** * * * LIMPY LIMERICK There is a young student named Clark, Who purchased a car in the dark. The thing won't run Sans gas-he has none. So Clark can do nothing but park. (In the dark?) * * ** * * FEATHERS OF THE WEEK After a brief respite during which the Honorary Gamecock put out new feathers, we resume our weekly awards. This week we decorate R. G. Bell, Y.M. C. A. executive secretary, for his work in promoting the second annual religious em phasis week, and Dr. Robert Griffen, di rector of religious work at Princeton uni versity, who acted as campus chairman for the religious venture. Doctor Griffen's and other speaker's in fluence will remain on the campus long after religious week has passed into the archives of memory. * * * * * * FAMA SEMPER VIVAT This week Mission leaders have told us that we live in a changing world. We echo their statements. Political changes, social changes, map changes, viewpoint changes, economic changes, personality changes, CAMPUS CHANGES. We recognize with sorrow and regret certain changes on our campus. We particularly grieve to see the old P'residepit's Home fall before the on slought of a new campus order. The column wonders if a monument built of b)rick from the old house might be erected to its memory and to the memory of the men who once lived there. Or would even a slim shaft detract from the magnificence of the new library and be inharmonious to the new Carolina? S * * * * * * -SAGACIOUS SYMPTOMS When your heels hit hard '/ ,., And your head feels queer, And your thoughts foam up - Like the froth on beer; . When your legs are weak' And your voice is strong, And you laugh like h At some damn fool song You're drunk, By gouh, You're drunk! , -