The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 28, 1941, Page Page Six, Image 6
The Gamecock
Founded January s0, 1806
ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor
BetaW as second.caan matter at the potoIoe at Columbia,
S.0. Now. 30. 1906.
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RICHARD W. FRICK
PHILIP WILMETH ........-..... CO-EDITORS
E. W. "DUCK" SWEATMAN, BUSINESS MGR.
J. H. McKINNEY, JR. MANAGING EDITOR
EDITORIAL STAFF
leonard Turnbull .................--............. sports Editor
Blanche Gibbs. -.........................-- - - - -........ Co-ed Editor
Nancy Padgett................................ Co-Ed Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Deward Brittain Blanche Gibbs Joe Kirby
Do Merrick Sarah Flinn Paul Callahan
Gordon Hill Bernie Bass Katherine Martin
STAFF WRITERS
Frank Sloan Bob Quinn Albert Eggerton
John Nash Paul Posey Pitkin Bell
Donald Law Helen Fakoury Morris Mazursky
Jaudon Harley Sara Hughes Kathryn Martin
David Brockington ......... Circulation Manager
George Gregory .......... -..............Exchange Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Dave Alterman Beryl Kerns
Willis Beall Walter Taylor
Here's A Health
From Carolina
For the third time the University of South
Carolina is host to the annual Southern con
ference boxing tournament. To the hundreds
of visiting newspapermen, participants, of
ficials and spectators, the student body of Caro
lina considers it an honor and a pleasure to have
you on the campus.
In past years the school officials have asked
Carolina women and men to "put on their best"
and act like ladies and gentlemen. This year
we have heard no such request. The reason is
that the "higher ups"'know that the Univer
sity student body has accustomed itself to the
affair.
There is but one rule for such an occasion
and that is sportsmanship. The students here
know what that means and in my opinion will
live up to the standard.
However, students must remember that
sportsmanship means discontinuing yelling
during rounds. This is a Southern Conference
ruling and may hlave lots to do with the out
come of the fight. It may be hlard to (10, but
quit it because the Gamecocks are the host
team and it may hlurt them.
We want to make this the biggest and best
tournament of its kind in the country. Lets
do it.
With these final words we want to extend
hearty welcome to all. Enjoy yourselves this
week, we do every week.
If It's Anything We
Hate It's A Stooge
When we thought of this editorial we did(
not have any one person ill mindl, but if the
shoe fits let it pinch.
With the political campaign cominig on there
are certain "wanlt to be politicians'' who are
beginning to get that back slapping, hello
there, wanta dope line, ready. To newv stu
dents on the campus this is unnoticed but to tile
older - set it is disgusting. Everyone knows
what, and who, he wants to vote for, so how
about cutting out some of this fancy button
holing. It might help.
As every one knows there are two or three
factions on the University campus. Each of
these factions have men of this sort, and in
every campaign they go to work, ruining what
ever chance they had before this practice was
exercised. Why not let the speeches of the can
didates and the issues of the parties be the
.foundation for voting.
To those students who haven't met these
"'posts'' yet, here's the way to recognize them.
If they have a sheepish grin, or a come here
look, you've seen one. Beware!
Gamecock, As Well As -
Others, Is Misquoted
Monday afternoon the Student Council failed
to reopen the case of the eligibility of Willis
Beall for a candidate for Student body presi
dent. This is how the case stands now and will
stand, as far as the Gamecock cares. At the,
beginning of the semester we said we were for
all an,d against none; that is the way we feel
now.
In last week's Gamecock the front page
carried a story on the Beall case. A staff re
porter got the facts and printed them as he
saw them, with malice toward none. The Game
cock editor was supposed to have said he would
make an apology for the story in this issue of
the paper. The editor made no such statement
and was misquoted. We have no apologies to
make to anyone.
However, we do say that there were a few
erroneous statements in the story of last week's
issue that were later corrected over the Game
cock radio program, Tuesday afternoon. One
of the statements was that Flinn Gilland, assist
ant registrar, was misquoted, which was true.
The whole case of Beall's eligibility was based
on this statement and as we see it, with the
retraction of the statement The Gamecock has
no more to say.
On another page of this week's paper are
printed both a majority and a minority report,
with a statement of facts by Sol Blatt, Jr.,
president of the student body.
From now on keep The Gamecock out of
politics 'cause we ain't running for no office,
or from nobody.
Help! For The
School Of Journalism
None of us, "by taking thought", expects to
"add a cubit to his stature"-nor to add a
building to the School of Journalism. But sens
ible planning is necessary to every venture.
The following sensible planning, which is
heard from both faculty and student journal
ists, will unquestionably lead to a profitable
venture for all of Carolina if it is carried out.
Photography equipment in the journalism
laboratory is one of the foremost needs of the
school now, as the moderen journalist is expect
ed to be prepared to handle all the ''angles''
of an assignment. This may seem questionable
as an advantage to the whole school but it is
only a preliminary step to what will follow.
Granted that there is little opportunity in the
immediate future for the expenditure of such
I sum11, following tihe installation of phiotpgraphiy
equipment will gradually build up a complete
printing plant laboratory with perhaps a sepa
rate building for the journalism students. Then
Carolina will be enabled to increase its prestige
both academically and in the eyes of the p)ub
lie-for a University of South Carolina Press
anid a more frequently published campus newvs
paper will be feasible.
Added to the birds killable with this one
stone is the present great need for training in
a branch of newspaper work that few journal
ism schools can offer. Technical training in
the mechanics of a printing plant, covering
every phase of printing production, would
have givent many graduates a job they didn't
get.
And that's what we all expect when we get
out isn 't it--a job?
This Is The Largest
Gamecock In History
This week 's issue of The Gamecock is the
largest issue ever printed in the history of the
paper. It is a custom for the student weekly
to be an eight page publication with eleven
issues each semester. Sometimes the regular
routine is broken with an occasional six and
ten page paper.
However, 'with the diligent work of the Busi
ness Manager and the Alumni Association, with
the cooperation of the Reportorial staff, the
largest Gameock on record comes to you.
Campus Camera.
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+Question-ofmWeek
Nhat question would you like to see discussed in Question
if the Week?
Marcus Stark-I would like to see campus politics brought out
nore often. Such as how they operate, some of the methods
ised to get votes.
Anne Shand Adams-Do you think that the new cut system
vill have to be revised and why?
Gordon Hill-Iwould like to know more about the allocation of
he school funds. Where the money goes and why.
Margaret Leseene-How can some central 'notification of
chool events be brought about?
Harold Jervey-What do you think of the operation of the
>ook store?
Molly Owens-What can be done to bring bigger orchestras
,o Carolina and the attendance be increased at the Social Cabinet
lances?
Natalin Lifchez-I think that the question of student self
rovernment should be discussed.
Bernie Bass-What do you think of the recent ruling of the
3tudent Council on the presidential candidate?
Spec Culbertson--low do you think that the relations be
ween the faculty and the student body?
Julian Detreville-What (10 you think of the preseent social
lystemi on the campus and the regulations imposed by the faculty
mn the fraternity dances?
Jim Galloway-WVhat can be done about political machines?
Ray Mobley--What is the most pressing need at Carolina?
Letters To The Editor
Jear Editors,insaemshpatteelcort
Wec wish to protest the low state i nelgn hie u hthv
>f political mo(rality on this campus. w ee nopltc v re
P~lease undlerstanid that this Jeremiah prtorthespotuimMa
ect is inspired solely by the events of eavla nrge o-oln n
he last fewv days.hoeswpiganltelrictin
The studlent council has shown it- o eod obecos h tdn
elf to be crassly opportunistic. They bd scIrceielb l dia
iave answeredl irrefutable logic with to fumrlpatcsa( h
uperior voting powver 'and revealed etuisi cetneo h hls
heir individual ethics to be condi- oh f"icn tpi. h e
ioned l)y political expediency rather suet vod o prv fti
han by that trivial abstract called vcossse ietci prvl
ustice. ('I nlrc iladcmott tb
The political bushwacking of .F"eb-thiseritri.
-uary 20, is not a new p)henomenon Ltusivyoacsehtryo
iere; rather it is a continuation ofilutaetebnfleecsoth
he old game that this apathetic stuR-sytmothinvdulAfe
lent body has endured for years. yasaoteecm otecmu
I low dlidl this state of affairs come anieyugca nudwt h
ibout ? sii fpbi evc,paiigt
TJo what can one attrib)ute the lack- ltretrpltc entrlyto
idasicalness and moral callousness oftecmu oiicasa i das
he students, to wvhat the cute tricks Terwl-roe,ubn per
md cheap artifices of the campus pol-ac n lbln fBanyfsi
ticianls? Aristotle said that mani is iaelteclo o.II aet
political animlal. In our opinlionreadtmasldsoceto,
lie great Greek was all wet. Man- atrsothewokn,icp
f the student body here can~ be taken ct1lia id awcs i s
is an example--is too selfish, too s(mosyeuae hm i lvl
elf-centered, too egotistically intra-opdhsteuusyngvieno
~erted to deserve the dlescription ofasetriuro,kyofbsop
Aristotle. Rather than take ani il-n- o syutu ilaimfr(c
elligent interest in politics, the stu-mcaywa opeel ctld
hents allow themselves to be ledlIhsmxm fpulcsriebcm
)y the inose. hbblt opulctikr.Sih
This sad state of affairs dhid notCaoialsastemnanlah
>riginate "de novo" on thec campus, mnbigls i ol
>ut is the result of the imlportationl O eilssemI"Iotegd
f professional practices inlto the
University. The "raison d'etre" of wud(eto hyfrtmk a.
campus politics should be that it Calshro n
ransth sat laer o te iutr sttemasi ali heacrorat
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CAMPUS
by
DEWARD BRITTAIN
OF MICE AND MUSIC
Watson and I went the other evening to the Columbia Junior League's
Night of Waltzes." Schwieger and the Southern symphony perused
through the classic Viennese music with masterful charm while four
army officers played poker and four hundred other people tried to dance.
Me and some heavyweight dowager's coat occupied the same dress 4
circle seat, but neither of us could see very well because Watson kept
leaning forward to keep the gentlemen behind her from pouring sweet
spirits of Bacchus down her back. Oh, the gentlemen behind us? He
drank through two numbers, cussed his wife for bringing him through
three, and slept until a fortissimo bar (of music, McKinney) in the
finale recalled his senses hnd bottle.
The Junior League must have felt very pleased with the affair. The
dancers (I supose they were dancers but a man with a size nine shoe
couldn't enter the place) were so enraptured that they (including Prof.
W. Ziegler) shuffled blatantly through the second movement of Tschai
kowsky's famous Fifth, which was supposedly a concert number. And
balcony spectators burst forth with boos when the conductot raised his
baton for the immortal Liebestraum.
Apparently everyone was disgusted except the Leagoe treasurer
who said she got her money's worth. Yeah, and lot of other people's
tool
* * * * * *
VIEWS, REVIEWS, PREVIEWS, INTERVIEWS.
Sol Blatt, Jr. will be long remembered for the great job he has done
as president of the student body, provided his political obligations in the
spring elections do n,ot stain his admirable record. Remember what Mark
Anthony said, Sol? It is an old line, but it's truth is stinging: "The evils
men do live after them, but the good is oft interred with their bones. . ."
During World War I when Pres. J. Rion McKissick was attached as
colonel to Governor Manning's staff he donated his old clothes to relief
agencies to be sent abroad. Several years after the war ended a friend
recognized one of the Colonel's uniforms in Brussels. It was worn by a
doorman of one of the city's most fashionable hotels. . .
The memoirs of Arthur 'Hawkins, Carolina sports publicity
man, would read like a Dick Halliburton novel. Hawk was born in
Buffalo . . . lived in Canada . . . was a fraternity brother of
Coach Petokey at Michigan . . . was graduated from Erskine
. . . worked for the Columbia Record . .. shipped out of New
Orleans for two years on a tramp steamer . . . has visited Sheak
speare's home and Buckingham palace .. danced Viennese waltzes
in Berlin. . . lived in the Creole City's famous French quarter
worked on a newspaper on the Mexican border that issued a Spanish
edition . . . and now quietly nonchalantly blows the bugle for
Gamecock athletes ...
Robert Elliott Gonzales, founder of the Gamecock and one of the state's
most brilliant newspapermen, died in a soldier's uniform! He was en
camped with South Carolina troops on the Mexican border in 1916 when
he died.
* * * * * *
HEARTBEAT OF THE HORSESHOE
"Dupe" League, who fills in the back page of this sheet, persists,
it seems, in defining a kiss. Will this one do: A kiss is love's artillery
that is brought into action immediately on the call to arms . . .
To all co-eds who are English majors: Prof. H. Babcock will have a
birthday next week ... I am cooperating with him in suggesting suitable
gifts . . . J. Thomas received the traditional soldier's farewell from C.
Stroehker when' he left for a hitch in the Marine reserve Sunday...
In 1935 the House of Representatives passed a resolution permitting
the Beaux Arts club of the University to use the State House for its
annual ball. The Senate never acted on the matter because officers of
Beaux Arts requested that the resolution be killed. Pressure from school
authorities forced the action...
This week's thought: War prophets are generally those interested
in war profits!
MUSCLIN' IN
a lovely time was had b)y all at the chii o altercation last tuesday even
ing . . . that ever famous triangle seems to be developing around dewey
gentry and james haarvin wvith armnanda Ia rocahi at the ape.r . . . c c arial
getting that familiar brush off from marty harley twvice and still going
back for more . . . mrs carpenters little boy willie seems to be holding
downi the number one slot these (lays on the haskell team . . .coco gee tranis
fer from missouri certainly got a swell rush at the fracas the other even
ing, not bad either . . . cupid seems to have really poppedl brew beers with
romance for he is certainly trailing clemson's mnay mcginty all over the
place . . . the ambition (of duke webber has tinally been achieved, at last
lie got a (late with lucy beck jowift in sp)ite of the new permanent that
he has . . . pud fry and bmuck perrin seen miore often together on the
campus . . . johnny porter back on the campus wvithr his arm in a sling...
qjuit man jackson leaves the campus monday to go to west point . . . ada
newton asking john "glamonr boy" hadselden if he knew louise nuance...
tommy burch carrying the torch for carolyn tillams . . . prof morton
looking embarrassed in the mess when lie dropped a plate . . . meyer rosen;
still wearing his (lark glasses, it must b)e convenient to sleep in class...
virginiia copeland and bert hill! still keeping steady company . . . jon mc
kowan back on the campus after a week at home, mostly in the dlentist
chair . . . ken roskie all smiles that our own golf star jane crum is back
from the golf wars . . . anine yregor~ie passing all- the local boys by and
importing a clemson cadlet called steve dlown for the tri dePt shindig the
other friday . . . david murray certainly having a big time at the clhi o...
maybe jimmy wilson will have better luck with the girl friends after march
when lie gets in thle navy and gets his uniform . . .also hollis making big
pilans for the junior senior to be given in march . . . the aiken stock fall
ing fast with patty lireeden . . . that new sport model buick that some of
the kappa sig brothers have purchased, it's a lie, we've seeni it run despite
rumors, even if dodo burgess did scrape a little paint off one fender the
'other evening on a tree . . . the chief, jim "rabble rou.ser" rnckinniey, pub
licity in the greenville news last wednesday . . . famous last words: "I do
not choose to run" . . . coolidge said them, roosevelt, and "bolshe,iek" brit