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The Gamecock loundd January so, 1806 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES,. First Editor R.teM U second-cle matter at the postoffios at Columbia, 9. 0. Nov. 2, 1M&8 Member Associated Colle6iate Press 1940 Distributor of 1941 Calle6iale Di6est REPNASINTSD FOR NATIONAL ADVKRTISING DY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISoN AvE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CICAGO SosTON * Los ANELS - SAN FRANCISCO Issued weekly by the Literary societies at the University of South Carolina during the college year. 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 Don 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 Barley Sara Hughes Kathryn Martin David Brockington ............................ Circulation Manager George Gregory .................................. Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Dave Alterman Beryl Kerns Willis Beall Walter Taylor VISITING PRESS, THE GAMECOCK WELCOMES YOU This year, as in past years, the Palmetto Weekly Press Association is holding its annual meeting on the University campus. The pro gram began this morning with a session at Sims College and will continue until this after noon at 4 P. M. To Mr. Smoak, president of the association, and -to all newspapermen here in connection with the meeting, The Gamecock wishes to ex press our happiness in having you on the campus for the meeting. You are always wel come to the University of South Carolina and the facilities that it has to offer. WHY IN THE HECK DID THEY CALL THE DEPT. Monday evening the Columbia fire depart ment was called to put out a potential blaze in the University of South Carolina chapel. This was the wrong thing to do. Why didn't the band, or whoever was in the building at the time, forget about the fire and let the thing burn down, then maybe we could have gotten a new assembly hall. University officials, for tile p)ast few sessions of the General Assemubly, have b)een tryinlg to get a bill through for a newv building. With out a doubt, the UJniversity has the poorest ex cuse for a chapel building in tile State. Clem son, The Citadel, and Wtinlthrop), all State in stitutions, hlave far better mneeting p)laces thlan Carolina. Yet we do without because someI long-winded politicians figure thait the stud(ents here don't need it since we have Drayton IHall. Drayton Hall is all right but who ever saw a railroad enginle with tile coal car behinid the caboose. It just won't work, Drayton Hall is off the main campus. It's about timne somel of the "wvouldl be law makers" got off their overworked cushions and looked over the situation dlown here. Maybe if they could qjuit reading tile papers and "fan" mail long enough to hear tile pleas that have gone up from the Carolina stu~denits for tile last few years, they wouild realize that a dle cent assembly hall is an essential 'for this State University. Ignorance is no excuse because everyone, or a majority of the salons, know the facts about the chapel proposal. However, alnother sort of ignorance is a draw back, as was shown at the recent appropriation debate ink theO house of representatives. Lawmakers we want a new Chapel. MARINE CORP WANTS NEW CANDIDATES Two Lieutenants from the Marine base in Charleston were on the campus all week inter viewing candidates for the Marine reserve. Both platoon leaders and regulars are needed. Some of you seniors who don't know what to do upon graduation may find this to your liking. ,The training; althiough rigid for the period, is comparatively easy considering the shortness of the sessions,' and the pay goes as high as $188per month. It's worth a try. A story on the facts can be found elsewhere in T he Gamecock. WE TAKE OUR STAND ON SOCIAL REGULATIONS The question of social affairs at the Univer sity has been hanging fire for years. Editors have taken different positions on the subject, and the range has been from Hendley to League. As we see it, there are three distinct view points to the matter: the attitude of the stu dents, the attitude of the faculty, and the at titude of the people of South Carolina. We are going to try to point out where each of these is right.and where each is wrong, and try to bring some kind of order out of chaos. Prob ably we shall be very dull, for we refuse to copy Hendley (or League) and probably we shall satisfy nobody-who should know better than old Uncle Abe-"You can please some of the people, etc." The students here are often unable to see why the administration and the board of trus tees are trying to cut down on the number of dances and social affairs at Carolina. Many of the people of South Carolina seem inclined to tiink that the students of the Uni versity have too good a time. They think we of Carolina spend too much money and too much time on social life. Tile administration is between the two fires, and getting burnt. Yes, we sympathize with their position. They are doing their best to satisfy both groups and at the same time do the best thing for Carolina. Now, the question is, what is the best thing to do? Before we decide, here are a few things to think about: It is true that there is plenty doing around the school, practically all the time. Social af fairs are all registered with the director of student activities; and his book fairly bulges. There is no date available, under existing reg ulations, for any formal dance from now until June. But: most of these registered social events are small affairs, at which only a few are present. And at the largest dances there are never more than several hundred persons pres ent, because no dance hall in Columbia can take care of a dance any larger. Yet the stu dent body at Carolina is close to 1800. So while many colleges have a few large dances, and school practically stops during the period that they are being held, we at the Uni versity have more, but smaller, dances. Here's another thought. Tliere are two rea sons why social affairs are plentiful at Caro lini. One is that the University is located in the heart of one of the State's largest cities. The other is that it is a University and not a College-it is therefore, open and free;students have tile privilege of coming and going when and where they want to. With our last breath we siall defend the policy of freedom for the students. We believe that it trains men and women to take respon sibilities uIPon themselves; they learn to do for themIlselves. Also it mlakes for broad(-nminded ness and1( pr1ogressive thinking. So C'ar'olina must remain open andl free, and certaimily muiist remain here in Coluimbia. And as long as it dloes so, students are always able to find entertainment iln the city, if tIhcy do not get it from tihe Unmiversitv. Thlere fore, we b)eseech t'hat the adlministra tionl notd (it down too mullch onl social affairs at the Uiesy.Crta inly wvell-super.visedl and chlaperonled social a ffa1irs at the lUniversity are far better t han affairs in tihe city whiich mighlt or might not be all right. Let's hlave tihe .stu (denlts "at tendinig a (lance in tihe Gym" rathler than11 "so)mlewhlere in Columbia" or "sonmewhmere in South Carolina." WE PASS THE BUCK TO THE NEWS LAB Thlis is imre of an answer to former editor, Coit Hlemlley, than anything else. HIendlleys letter to the edlitors, printetl in an adjoining column, points out that T/Ac Gamecock was slighItly more than inaccurate last week with a "success" story about him. For complete de tails readl said letter. . The (?am,ecock accepts the lame for print mng the story, but hereby brands tihe UJniversity School of Journalism's News Laboratory as in-. accurate. The story was taken from news lab miateriali. Thie "facts" and "direct quotations" Iusedl were identical to those turned in by one of the neOws lab reporters who evidently needed some extra column inches. Thei Gamecock apologizes to Hlendley for plaemng him in an embarassing position. But we take this opportunity to say that, accord ing to authentic reports, Hlendley will fulfil every statement the story made. In other words, we crossed our bridges before we got to them, but Hendley will burn them behind us. Correction To Poul League: Correction to your correction to Brittain of last week: It is not Encyclopedia it is Encyclopaedia--.It is not Brittanica; it is Britannici. Campus Camera 1 fUBERtTY POPLAR, FAMOUS IN AMEIcm HISMR SINCE 1652, IS LXAED ON i1E CAMPUS O Sr s 00UX<+, AN4NAPOs MAfAND. - JOB IN A SING CROSBY HADA d%8 SCRUBBING PICKLK DURING HIS 00LLEGE DAYS AT GONZAGA U! 00D NAME OORNEM HAL- WELLMET I A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSIY OF MlCHIGAN. +Question-of-Week What feattre do you like or dislike in the Gamecock? What features would you like to' see added or discarded? Margaret Keistler-I think the Gamecock is already as good as it could be. I think after having read The Tiger that The Gamecock is much more ifiteresting. Malcolm Beers-I like League's and Brittain's columns; how ever, Muselin' In undermines the dignity of our paper. Bill Gamble-I approve of all the features of the Gamecock and especially like the letters to the editor. John Stinson-I like all except "Muselin' In." Reginald Darlington Wilson-I enjoy the Gamecock's features with the exception of Musclin' In which is to my way of think ing rather crude. Irene Bryant-I don't think Muselin' In is any good. It plays up the same people all the time. The rest of it is fine. Olin MacDonald-I like League's and Brittain's columns. I like Muselin' In especially well. Guss Belissary-The make up and much of the material is good, but the various columnists should discontinue their prac tices of press-agenting for the others. Ernest Lent-You ask me questions but don't do anything about it. Why don't you invite the rabble up to adeadline some night? Flo Cooper-I think The Gamecock is undoubtedly the best college pap)er I have ever read. Virginia Dickman-I think more news from other schools should be p)rinted in The Gamecock. Lil Boulware-I think a calendar of the week should be in stalled on the front page. This calendar should contain the dlates of meetings etc. for the coming week. Gene Godshall--I would like to see more weekly features other than the usual "'dirt column.' L. A. Hutson-I think they should have a comic strip or may be have a page of comics. Bill Graham-I would like to see a section of the Gamecock devoted to the freshman class. Ham DePass-I would like to see a few articles run giving the adlvantages of the new cut system. Calvin McLaughlin-I think they should devote a little space to the band on1ce in a while. Stan Brose-It is almost perfect now, but I think they should have less dope on the frats. Letters To The Editor 'March 3, 1941I. Unertybcetiofcalad Richard Frick andI Philip Wilmneth, tebado rses htte Editors of The Gamecock,menwathtIdsged it Columbia, S. C.thipderandas Gentlemen:Iamntloligm OW)wh Your idecas about me, as revealedvera nwsprm.Ido' in tihe story in last week's Gamecock,kowadm tigbutnv are ab)out as wildlly and erraticallypaewok conceivedl as some of the ideas of Iddntsatwt h tra the University officials concerning a fieby ea sacp the functions of fraternities,. o n tl a oyby Where did all this information Idonthvareurba,bt come from? Id aesvrlasgmnsec It reads as if it was an answer towek your prayers for something to fill Iwsntipesdb h a up a blank space on the front page.thSarokcrefmewn Prayer is a hell, of a way to trybreablovselimyeg to get anything.IamacncItretoeiefr I love you all-however- lieoapesnbuitdn'wrk I do work for the Waihington Nwpprwr sntpriu Evening Star. ual adadmr neetn I did not attend the President's ta ottig l hswrd Ball. My date stood me up. Teol hn hthsgte n I have never seen President t ybodi iur Roosevelt except in the newsreels, Wt hs hags orsoyo much less attend one of his press ls ekwl ecret conferences. Under my editorship T/ee CanamSicre cok asbrndd dsgac t mtean wstht it isagrey.it CAMPUS by DEWARD BRITTAIN THE MAN WHO WAS... The other morning Matthew Poliakoff, senior partner of the law firm of Myrt and Mat, stalked into Prof. C. Karesh's class and dropped him self into the usual three back seats--one for his head and two for his feet. The class, with Poliakoff present, began... About midway the hour Professor Karesh became irked at Matthew's apathetic disposition toward the class and directed a question to the re clining-yea, sleeping-Poliakoff. "See here, Mr. Poliakoff, you can't sleep in my class." Poliakoff dropped his feet to the floor, rubbed his eyes as in telligently as possible, and gave the Inquiring prof his stock reply to class questions: "Unprepared, sir. Unprepared." Still more irritated at the dozing Poliakoff, Prof. Karesh retorted, "I didn't ask you a question... I merely informed you that you couldn't sleep in my class." Then Poliakoff: "That's right, sir. You talk too loud." Question of the Week: Will Poliakoff graduate? LOOSE ENDS OF LAUGH LINES... What Popeye might say instead of "Blow Me Down:" Well, scrape my,toast and call me crummy, or muss my hair and call me Willkie. . . Personal piffle: A question that has been bothering me lately is whether or not Renfrew of the Royal Mounted could catch Superman... FROSH CREED: I'm glad to be a college boy. I live a life of ease. And even when I graduate I'll do it by degrees. Differnition: A sorority is a group of girls living in one house with a single purpose-to get more girls to live in one house with a single purpose. . . To Becky Jowitt: If you don't stop fighting with your boy friends, the gals are going to call your diary a scrapbook! * * * * * * * * EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN... Professor Hodge (or was it Stephan): "Will you gentlemen in the bace of the room stop exchanging notes?" Ralph Beckham: "They aren't notes, sir. They're cards.. .We're playing bridge." Professor: "Oh, I beg your pardon." * * * * * * * * WELL, IS MY MUG MAROON... Of late it has become exasperating!. . . The number of students, I mean, who insist upon using the shop-worn interrogation, "Is my face red?" Having taken the trouble of investigating the possibilities of substituting some original line that conveyed the same thought, I present these: 1. Is my puss pink? 2. Is my visage vermillion? 3. Is my countenance crimson? 4. Is my complexion cardinal? 5. And...(For seniors only)....Is my physiognomy fuchsia? * * * * * * * * AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALI.. LEAD THEM... The critics have finally decided on a sure way to ascertain whether a Stratford hard or Francis Bacon made immortal the name "Shakes peare." Last wveek the literary hoys read Judson Chapin's Tiger column. Now they're gonna open the graves of Bacon and the supposed Shakes peare. The corpse that turned over must be the real McCoy... (A Winthrop student-she works for Mr. Furr-.differs with Cha pin, however; she says that some Brittain must have written the great plays. Her reason? They stink.) MU SCLIN' IN The march winds hit the campus at last with a bang, just like the cadets from geechy land in the conference... woodhurst very red in the canteen with esther webster on one side and frances watts walking in with him.. .curtis coleman gets more telephone calls than anybody on the second floor preston, and all of them from columbia college... theme song the other night at the block c dance was pray for the lights to go out...fuzzy traylor chasing around with olive hudson... author hawkins girl friend coming down for the week end... joe shaw giving his roommate maurray pittel competition with rita kaufman, his girl friend...connie morton, the lady killer, getting his picture back from the school teacher.. .the basket-ball team really covered themselves with glory in the tournament, we are certainly proud of those boys... Jimmie lever, the cowdet from tigertown, panning our theresa jackson and lib bird along with brittain and mckinney, but tch, tch, he got hith picture p on the front page of the johnsonian, and was it cute.. .olin macdonald giving jack cook trouble with helen yards...lela hughes wearing a delta sigma pi frat pin, maybe turnbull's... dutch elston helping kate bull across the campus in the rain.. .mildred plAte putting ernie williams on the second shift when the citadel came to town.. .a red head threat ening to slap wallace coleman at the dance the other night...jack fuller carrying the torch for a high school senior.,.scoop league tipped the curb hop two cents down at five points the other night and he looked up and said, "My God, the dlepression is over".. .the three r's are being taught now to rabble rouser reese...we almost got a new chapel the other night when the chapel caught on fir... doug parker expecting a date from winthrop for the junior-senior friday night... wiley jones walking out off a quiz saying it's a crip.. .klt mcmaster, the future piolet has taken a nose dive for frances simpson.. .famous last spanish words; "I'm not prepared professor"',.grace rogers seeing the conference from the citadel point of view... kathrine jett, jimmie simp.. son's heart beat, seems to always' be sponsoring for a cowdet... the tiger seemsg to be trying to revolutionize the journalistic world by moving backward, they continue a story from page six to page three, what kind of paner ;.ismha?..