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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1906 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Notered as sond-clas matter at the postofte* at Columbia, 9. 0. Nov. 20. 1908. Member issociaded Colle6ate Press 1940 Distributor of 1941 Colte6ale Dies1 RgPRESKNTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTIsINg Y National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Represelathive 420 MADIsON AvE. Naw YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON * L.S AnG21.89 e 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 MOR. J. H. McKINNEY, JR. MANAGING EDITOR EDITORIAL STAFF Leonard Turmbull .................................... 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 Mlazursky Jaudon Harley Sara Hughes Kathryn Alartin David Brockington ............................ Circulation Manager George Gregory .................................. Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Dave Alterman Beryl Kerns Willis Beall Walter Taylor INFIRMARY EQUIPMENT ALMOST A REALITY This week the House of Represeltatives passed on a bill that gives the board of trustees of the University power to issue bonds, not exceeding $70,000, for enlargement, equipment and general repair on the University Infirmary. There were very few negative votes ol the ques tion. This is very readily seen through, in that the State doesn't have to put lp a penny for the proposed plan. In view of the recent epidemics that have swept the campus during the past several months, University officials saw the need for more sleeping space and laboratory facilities. So they drew up a plan where the student medical fee would be increased two dollars and a half per semester, this additional fee being used to pay off the bond issue. The plaxi in every way is beneficial to all concerned. There isn't a student on this campus who will notice the slight increase. Some may say that we pay enough now, but they don't take in considera tion all that they get out of their ninety-two and a half a semester. After all our infirmary is one of the main essentials of the school and we venture to say that three-fourths of the stu (lent body get more than their ten buck a year out of it. Nose drops are not free, remember. Plans have not been made to get the money yet, since the bill has not been p)assedl by the Senate, but if it does get by the upper house, the Univ-ersity will biorriow the money on a 20 year plain, from somewhere. It's a very progreCssive nmove, we thiink. CLEMSON ITE TELLS OF CAROLINA TERMITES The House has be(en most generous in p)ro viding us with Infirimary. Cost to the State: $0.00 We hlope that the legislature will not stop here. Once again we say, we need a chlapel. If the legislature won't believ'e us, perhaps they will take the word of a Clemnsonite. When a Tiger columnist comuments on ourt need, the situation mulst be pretty bad. We quote fr-om Judson Chapin in last Friday's Tigqer: "Tfhe University of South Carolina has a beautiful campus. T1he new library is an architetur Ial masterpiece. Hiowever, one takes his life in his hands while strolling within the college auditor'umi, it's so decrepit. Decrepit? Why the building is so dlecr-epit that whenever anyone walks across the floor, the termites have to hold hands." This may be a slight exaggeration, although the cadet prob)ably knows more than we do0 about termites, if not about chapels. But once again we point out the ab)surdity of a chapel which seats about 400, for a student body of about 1800. PLAYERS RING BELL UNDER OWN STEAM 'The University players, by the way, pre sented a top-flight production this week in their latest offering, "One Mad Night." Here is a group of students, getting valu able experience, providing entertainment of the right sort for the student body. The Game cock can give them hearty support, but un fortunately we cannot give them money. It will be up to the University to do that. TENNIS COURTS N6W WAIT ON THE PWA Spring is here again and the University is still without the new tennis courts. This is not the fault of the University, nor a fault of location committees, but a fault of PWA labor, which is not available at present. The University has put up its share, the spot has been fixed and the money'is ready. So just as soon as labor can be garnered from government ranks Maxcy Gregg Park will see several tenis courts, and many pretty Caro lina co-eds. ' So hold your horses, and for goodness sakes quit your griping. NON-SORORITY GIRLS NOW HAVE THE IDEA Last week a move was begun by some mein bers of the co-ed association to form an effec tive non-sorority organization on the- campus This is not the first time that such a move has been contemplated, but it is the first time that University officials have not frowned on the idea. Within the past few weeks the plan has been endorsed by the Dean of Women. Patty Breeden, who is the promoter of the movement, called a meeting of non-sorority girls last Friday but only 20 girls were present. It seems to me that if some of those girls who have been drifting along the campus, either from lack of sorority connections or from any otier causes, would cooperate with those belind the new organization a worthwhile group could be established. Every non-sorority girl is prac tically begged to join in with the move. The purpose of the proposed group is not to widen the span between the sorority and non sorority girls bit it is to rub out that imaginary line that now exists. So ow's about some of you girls throwing in ani(d helping. Don't you want some privileges too? When, and if, the organization materializes it will hoast a nanme that will stand, not as the brand of non-soror ity girls but for another group of "Carolina" w01lleni. KSK IS WRITING LETTERS AGAIN We would like to call your attention to the let ter we received this week from Kappa Sig ma Kappa. about the telephone situation. A few weeks back we declaimed about the odious insufficiency of the telephone system at Carolina. The situation is still bad, and no help is in sight, due to lack of funds. KSK really has a good idea. If conversa tions were limited in length, more people couid get their numbers. Tihe only ones who would suffer serious dif ficulty by limitation are the love-sick of Sims, Preston, and other dorms. They should learn that close-ip courting is more fun than long dlistance, anyway. PASSING THOUGHT It camne to us while we were writing tihe above. This senmester is the first time, in T'he Gamecock at least, that thme editorial "we" has b)een literal as well as figurative. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SKIN A CAT. Speaking of Social Regulations, as we were a couple of weeks ago: we feel that if the ad ministration wants the students to (10 more studying and less dancing, we remind, them that there are two ways of looking at the ques tion: one is to cut down on the number of dances, and the other is to make studies more attractive. In other words, the professor should make a definite effort to get students interested in the course. If a student does not become interested in a course, he will never get much out of it. Of course there is a limit to what a professor can do. But it is significant that some classes are really a pleasure, while others are painful. Also we go on record as noting the need for a program of extra-curricula events of a com bined educational and entertainment value. Under this head would come talks by leading men in various fields of art and science (using these terms in the broadest sense). plays, musi cals, and similar events. The only trouble is that this runs into money, which the University doesn't have to give away. We suggest that in any re-allocation of the student activity fee in the near future, the au thorities seriously consider the matter of pro viding money for the University Players, and for a fund to bring leading men and women of the nation to Carolina. The next step would be a central dance com mittee, although this will be of no use until a large dance hall is ennstruetted.in Columbia. Canpus Camera EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT - IN AMERICA INC.UDED TE GIFT OF ilplm MILCH COWI Ar PERE -- N4.L. RO I Mot, UNIVERSITY OF WIS'CONSIN CO-EDV USE GEOGE ASHN N E40UGH LIPSTK ANNUALLY TO PAINT FOUR GOOD SU1ED BARNS! THE AVERAGE R E'D-ED 0VERS 968 SQ.FEET OF LIPS' D - IN A YEAR WASHINGTOt COLLEGE, MD. +Question-of-Week Would you like to see a Sadie Hawkins Day at Carolina? Ray Kratner-If all the girls would wear short dresses like Daisy Mae I would like it fine. Ilarr-y Lofton-I don't think so, the girls at Carolina don't need any encouragement. They're pretty good operators as i . Jhmny Carroll-Yes, I would like to see a Sadie Hawkins day and it should be this week-end-during the teachers' con vention. Caroline Hunter-It would be good publicity for the Uni versity and would be different. Jimmie 11e>er-Yes, if when a girl trapped a. fellow, she would date him for the week-end and pay the expenses. "11am" DePass-Yes, we sholdd give the girls a chance tc dominate social life for one day. Ann Catheart-I certainly would. I think we need sone excitement on the campus. Erma 1Vieters-Definitely! A Sadie Hawkins day would show the boys how the girls felt about them. - iick IIayrnie-A lov'ely idlea. I check with FitzSimmnons. Kit F"itzSimnmons-It would be swell. It would add( spiec to the everydlay campus life and I would have a goodl (lay ol peCacefulI sleep. WVahlee IIinson-No, I've already caug~ht him-and I wani to keep him. Theresa Tenor-All according to who's being chased. Virginia Cardicell-No, I prefer my man on the ground in. steadl of in a tree. Jane lizzard-There's no use in it. We chase the men all the time, anyway. Louis Sossann-It would be the best thing that happened1 to us since the Naval Ii. 0. T. C. Letters To The Editor ' / March 18, 1941. atiete"hrsinom cac Mr. Dick Frick andbenmoenallirlthnfg Mr. Philip Wilmeth uaie Editors, Thec Gamecock Bleigta hr r eyf~ CampusCovrtin'tadeadaura Dear Sirs: snbyetne s fteIIoe Kappa Sigma Kappa service fra- o h aps ap im ap ternity would like the use of thiseanslreetshtteadii column to reach the student body andltainplc ii o eeho administration regarding a proposedlcls a ororfv iue o plan to help clear up the congested ayoecl.Ti stepa s telephone situation at the University.bymnohescoltohpthi As we all know, the volume of tele- ecagsi adigtetlpo phone calls both on the campus and stain on the outside lines has grown to Weblvetasuhapnwu( such an extent recently that the fa-(1muhtredyhesuaini cilities of the exchange are taxedwicwefnousls,adop unreasonably beyond its capacity. ta h diitaincnseftt To make a bad situation worse,puthsgetdssemnoacn there are'a few students on the cam- ue pus who, due to no other motive that Rscfly we can deduce but selfishness and to tal lack of consideration for theirEueelod fellow students, get on a campus or CrepnigScy outid lnean tak fo ous"a Kappah"ous Singsm Kape. 3 cover 21he CAMPUS by DEWARD BRITTAIN SPOT SHOTS AT PEOPLE AND THINGS The University News Service already has received a request from a South Carolina radio station for broadcast privileges at the Carolina Clemson game next fall. . . Pathetic success story: The debating tourney at Clemson last week drew four contenders-all from (you guessed it) Winthrop. We agree with Clemson's M. Simmons that something must be done to preserve intercollegiate debating... Question of the Week: Do you actually believe J. Lever attended the American Youth Congress, or do you think lie got his information from a second hand Russian Answer of the Week: Oh, lever me alone. Then Clemson boys are always Russian around where they shouldn't... Holmes William Jennings Bryan Dreher refused to play the role of a politician in a skit to accompany the YW's fashion show next week. Unbecoming his dignity, no doubt!. . . * * * * * * * HE STOOPS TO CONQUER... Paul League got caught in the political maelstrom last week. While eavesdropping on a caucas from Preston bathroom, he was locked in his humble press box and had to exit right through the avenue of political bigwigs. * * * * * * * PRESENCE OF MIND, or NOW IS THE TIME... Like all bull sessions this one ended with a discussion of women, or rather, a woman. It happened in ;n east wing of Preston. . . Said the smart freshman as he took off his necktie, "You know, every boy that dame goes out with she tells him tomorrow is her birthday." Dumb sophomore: "She lives for the future, el?" And the clever reply: "Hell, no, for the present!" * * * * * * * CURT LINES BY A CURIOUS CHRONICLER... Diminutive Laura Lee Green, as Wing the chinaman, was cuteness ya personified in the University Players' latest show, "One Mlad Night.". . . Suggested good reading. Dorothea l3urgess' "Small Moment" in the current Winthrop Journal. . . Persons in the know will bet three to one that Slug McCants will repeat his Mlay Queen victory over Marshal Cantey. . . Mess Hall pessimism: "Aw shucks, I only got fourteen peas to day. Yesterday I got twenty.". . .Irving Granoff, Brooklyn's butcher boy who wore the Garnet and Black banner in last year's gridiron wars, is on the campus this week. He's now a husband. . . Evidence of Spring: Kappa Delta is having those scrawny little waffle suppers again. It's not worth two-bits, but if you guys want to be elected you'd better go. . .Preston Westmoreland was hounded by autograph seekers when he appeared in Smoaks with the glee club... This is purely hearsay: The gas tank in J. C. Clark's "Shasta" is rusty above the two-gallon mark. . .That boy McKinney now has a hat to go with that awful shirt of his.. LOST IN THE LIBRARY .. . A WVPA worker, who apparently had gonie to sleep on the job, was locked in the newv library all (lay Saturday. Late Sat. afternoon he attractedl the attention of the ubiquitious George Coleman who called the marshal's office. Said the voice that answeredl the phone: "Let him stay a while longer and cool off." Well, after all, the marshal can't assume responisibility for lost WPA wvorkers... * * * * * * * LIFE'S LITTLE LINES.. . A fool and his money are soon partyied. . .Yeah, with some political faction.. . MUSCLIN' IN The niames atid events mentioned are entirely fictional and any sim ilarity to any ind(ividual living or dleadl is purely coincidlental . . . burton alien's gal friend rhsetta iscleod wvent poloing in camideni last sundlay... c c arial is certainly a glutton for punishment, with twvo shove bys from muarty harley he goes back and asks for the third strike, wvhat happened to his convecrse gal . . . marcus stark (lying for a date with mnag mcginty, he'll (lie aftee lie has one . . . after last weeks too late to class, we are giving two to one that its writer is mauled before the wveek is over, he certainly keeps his door barred these (lays . . . tommyn~ tru,luick singing, you betty lockc your heart and throwv away the key . . . the players latest at tempt was a riot, but howv could it help but he miost of them were cast as huniatic's and they wvere perfect naturals . . . elsa myers has discovered a new piece for her hit parade, she discovered it the other sunday when she was with dave allerman, if she won't tell for particulars see davec tommy ingram dating a lovely lblondle and( brunette the other night all at the same time, lhe may not be so large but lhe must have plenty on the b)all . . . claude creason is making titme with edith ford (thru the courtesy of bob qun, his publicity agent) . . . now maybe lie 'will quit worrying us . . . buster coleman has a frog in his throat, could it be that his po litical situation has him on the jump . . . congratulations to deever ,nc carter and shirley inman, they soon tie the ball and chain . .. notice to. all mcen students who have been trying to get a date with mary king, you might try her younger sister for she is certainly one turning out to be one ctute chiickeni . . . the trianigle reversed with stud stacia between mary turner an fulter bennett . . . ed of the turnbull brothers, has a warm spot im his heart for elinor beaumnont . . . laurie hucks playing george washington