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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1906 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Entered as second-clas. matter at the postoffice at oolumbia, S. 0. Nov. 20. 190. Member Associated Colle6dite Press 1940 Distributor of 1941 Colle6dle Di6est REPREONTED POR NATIONAL ADVERTIDING GI National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publisbers RePresetative 420 MADisON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICASO - OSON - LOS ANGELES - SAN FnANCISCO 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 Blanehe Gibbs Joe Kirby Don Merrick Sarah Flitn Paul Callahan Gordon Hill lernie Bass Katherine Martin STAFF WRITERS Frank Sloan Bob Quinn Albert Eggerton John Nash Paul losey Pitkin Bell Donald Law Helen Fakoury Morris Mazursky Jaudon Harley Sara Hughes Kathryn lHartin David Brockington ............................ Circulation Manager George Gregory .................................. Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Dave Alterman Beryl Kerns Willis Beall Walter Taylor A TARDY WELCOME TO HIGH SCHOOLERS It's a bit late to zcelcow the fourteen hun dred high sphool students who have partici pated in High School Week, which began Wednesday and winds up today. But we want all of you boys and girls who have been with us to know that we have en joyed having you; we hope you enjoyed your stay, and we hope you will come back to see us. When you are choosing your college, choose the one which best suits your particular in terests. Carolina, as a University, is equipped to give degrees in many different fields-we invite you to look at the catalog. And don't forget-Carolina is yaur State University. STUDENTS APPRECIATE QUIZ'S QUIZZES Professor Quiz's program proved several things to us. Most obvious was the fact that we need a new chapel. You don't need Pro fessor Coker or Professor Jackson to tell you that 1,800 (Student Body) won't go into 500 (capacity of Drayton Hall, largest auditorium on the campus). It was also proved that people will turn out for a program of this type as they will for nothing else. You can't blame them for that. Everyone just naturally likes to see famous personages, and to attend interesting, snappy entertainments. Carolina dlefinitely needls more entertainment programs. We have suggested that any re allocaltion of the Student Activities Fee take this into consideration. We think that if the students are kept in terested in.affairs on t/w cam-pus, a.unified stu dent h)ody~ will be produced-and much better school spirit wvill result. We shioldt like very much to see the Univer sity sponsor a series of programs of various types-not all quizmasters, certainly; but musicians, eminent lecturers, maybe even ma gicians. Plays could be b)rought here. Other schools do it; why can't we? - IF YOU WANT ACTION, COME TO THE MEETING We have given our best front page, upper right hand spot to the Student Body meeting called for this afternoon. We even shoved the important High School Week story into a corner to make room for it. What more can we do? Frankly, it's up to the students now. If you want to get anything done to improve your situation, you've got to raise a howl. If you don't come to the meeting, the officials will be justified in a decision that everyone is happey about the whole thing. ~ If you have any interests in the welfare of the -school-no matter how you feel about the situation-you will come to the mepeting and express your opinions. THE GAMECOCK GAINS ALL-AMERICAN HONORS Even though The Gamecock has been a con stant object of student body, as well as outside, missiles for the past two semesters, an honor was bestowed upon the rag this week that *e thidk offsets every single one. Associated Col lege selected The Gamecock as one of the lead ing newspapers of the nation and placed it on the All-American list of college newspapers and publications. This is the first time The Gamecock has ever made the grade. The judging was based on the first ten issues of the paper with 1,000 points beifig the mark of perfection. Our paper made a total of 875 points out of that possible 1,000, with the sports department getting the highest rating with a 100 point out of a possible 120. From now on you can keep saying what you please about The Gamecock,.we will take the knock, but in the meantime we will remember the ranking we have. To the other South Carolina papers, The Tiger of Clemson and The Presbyterian Blue Stocking, we congratulate you too for such an achievement. SENIOR CLASS RECEIVES FELICITATIONS FROM CREWS We have already approved the Senior Class Alumni Fund, and congratulated its sponsor, Senior President Jimmy Galloway. Here is a statement from Mr. John W. Crews, which we pass on to you: "As President of the Alumni Association, I congratulate Jimmy Galloway and the entire Senior Class upon initiating one of the best best class projects in the history of our Alma Mater. "Tle spirit evidenced by the Seniors this year is wonderful and I do hope and believe that the class is setting a precedent to be fol lowed by classes to come." THE GAMECOCK OFFERS SWMPATHY The Gamecock extends sympathy to the parents of Ladd Matthews, of Blackville, who recently died following a motorcycle accident during spring holidays. Ladd was well known on the University campus for the ancient two wheeled vehicle. He was also a student of the University CAA program. Carolina and the entire student body joins. us in extending this heartfelt sympathy, and, feel sure we will miss him as much as you. MAKING STUDENTS PAY THE TAXES It is wvith pleasure that we reprint the fol lowing editorial from "The Press and Stan daIIrd" of Walterboro: Th'le efforts being mlade to raise money for thme expenl5s of the State government by in (cre(asintg tuition fees for stud(ents at the col leges of the state, should meet with dlefeat. It is too hard nowv for a poor boy or girl to get a college edlucation, and to add to the buur deni by increasing the cost is going to add ma terially to the barriers already high for sur~ miounuting in an effort to go) to college. In fact, we are of the opinion that no tuition would b)e better at state supp)ortedl institutions of higher learning, than a high tuition cost. We fully agree with Sol Blatt, Jr'., president of the studlent body at the University of South Carolina, in a communication sent to the speak er of the house, and we dlesire to q1uote from that communication as a final andl conclusive argument against any "hike" in tuition fees. P~reside(nt Blatt wrote to speaker Blatt as fol lows: "We resp)ectfully call your attention to the fact that 29 per cent of our men students and 20 Per cent of our women studlents come from homes where the annual income is $1,000.00 a year' or less; that 45 per~ cent of the men;and 33 per cent of the women come from homes where the total annual income is $1,500.00; an(l that 67 per cent of our men and 20 per cent of our women students have to have some means of supplementing the aid they get from home; and that 22 per cent of the men are paying all of their own expenses by work ing their way through. "If the proposed increases should b)e made the student body believes that many good young men and women would have to leave the University before completing their higher ed ucation and that a multitude of young South Carolinians would be denied the right and the opportunity to receive higher education from Campus Canera 1W KAPPA ALPA THETA CHAPTER of _. HOUSS AT THE S- -COLLE6E OF WILLAM . - J_ AND MARY WAS ERECTED EARL.Y IN - THE 18"J CENTURY FOR THE COMMrr - MENT OF DEM10S, CRIMINALS AND OFFENDERS! TWAS KNOWN AS OLD DETORS PRISON I EML NNERSf1Y'S BASEBALL 'IAN MADE ONLY ONE HOAE --- RUN DUR(ING,-. ',ME19 E IT WITH THE AES ONLY PaT Of: ,; THE I9bSEA!s g M IS THE NAME OFA WILLISTON, N.D. RESIDFNT/ +Question-of-Week What do you consider the advantages or disadvantages of the University ? Peggy Forbes-I think it's swell.except the cut system, which isn't too bad. Lavinia Lyles-It teaches people to take the knocks of the world. Marion Ballenger-It teaches you how to study as well as play. Jean Timmons--Makes you feel.free and independent. Elinor Beaumont-I think one of the disadvantages is that we don't have a study hour. Lib Hughes-One of the main advantages is the friendly at mosphere that will help you, not only in college, but through Dut life. Beverly Ninninger-I think it's lovely with the exception of the cut system. 'Doc" Funderburk-A university affords opportunities to stu dents that aren't offered in mere colleges, mainly a broader cur riculum and association of both sexes which will be to their aidvantage following graduation from a university. Louis Sossamon-This University is very moderate in prices and consists of an excellent faculty. Students should take ad vantage of their democratic institution. Horace Traylor-Advantages: DZ, Olive Hudson. Kenneth Mosley-There arc three very great advantages: No regimentation and thoroughly democratic ; well-rounded courses; wonderful association wvith co-eds. Harold Breazeale-It is a wonderful place but you can't get enoughi sleep wvith this cut system. Ed Cushmn.n-Huh? Law and women-depending on how you look at it. Gordon Hill--Deans ! Charlie Gibbes-A 100% cosmopolitan student body. Letters To The Editor 30 April, 1041 vtotseexedtrfrsts Dear Philip andl Richard: Pocte,csue,adrylis There has been considerable agi-IfteUvrsy1larsrew tation recently ina favor of a re-allo- hgt xedtertm n ao cation of the Student Activities Fee, t iet aoiaetraneto and the matter has been brought upmei,tnthsudtsfCao at a recent student body meeting. ln hudb iln ocnrbt Such a change is undoubtedlytoteaquerpesntinf needed, as organizations which have terpoutos tpeet h no expenses that are not met by Uiest lyr utsrieo dues are receiving appropriations,thsmlaoutcletdsa while other worthwhile student ac-mssostteply.Whasal tivities must meet expenses from aporainfo h tdn c thme pockets of those interested. tvte e,teUiest lyr When~ action is taken on the re- wudhv oesal iaca allocation of the fee, foremost con-stnigadbaleopret mideration, I believe, should be given mr n etrpas to the needs of the. University Play- snceyhoetarcgiin ers. This group of students putwilbgvetohefnwrkha forth effort to present worthwhile tePaesaedig n htte dramatic productions. In this effortwilbadeinttwok they have highly succeeded within YorfranergetrCa the limits imposed by their financiallia Ifdcp lycno esae the Wnvr illiPayer aevi 3 cover 54/e CAMPUS by DEWARD BRITTAIN THROUGH A CLASSROOM WINDOW . . . I sat in a west classroom of Davis college yesterday and let spring lead my thoughts through a window . . . through a window, out into the pellucid atmosphere of a May morning Out there was life, green life, free from the conventions and precepts of a gangrenous society. In the little world framed by the window panel there were no warmongers, no plotting cliques, no arsenals of hatred. Everywhere small blades of grass lent them selves to the simple art of living while two ugly sparrows flitted about oblivious of me and the horde of maxims falling from the professor's lips.- Out there was a little sphere of cosmopolitan happiness and friendship It is not so with Man. He lives in a straight-jacket of social do's and don't's. ie goes to work, he goes to dinner, he goes to bed. He doesn't think, he doesn't understand, he doesn't live. Only in his vague imagination does truth find an effective existence. Ambitiously he looks at the subtle mirage of fortune that lies afar off while his way of life crumble dat his feet His government shackles him with inumerable petty laws, and a 20th century war lord in Europe sends him to an army camp to defend the political regime that shackled him . . . A month from today the best of Carolina's graduating class, of America's graduating class, will forget degrees and add the prefix "Pvt." to their names. There is no grudge. It's only a keen sense of futility that makes them murmur a little reluctance. Yeo, they shall fight again:. They must satiate the pompous appetites of statesmen No man can deny the greatness of democracy. Neither can he squelch the inherent love of life, however sordid. Why must there be war? Why must men look at the future without seeing the present? EUROPE HIT PARADE 1. When the Bombers Come Back to Piccadilly. 2. Heil, Heil, the Gangs all Here. 3. Begin the Barrage. 4. Beat Me, Ajax Three to the Bottom. 5. Torpedo Junction. 6. Gunboat Serenade. 7. Tanks for Everything. 8. Whispering Blasts. 9. The Call of the Cannon. 10. All this and Hitler, too. GET SPRING CHECK-UP All students are requested to make appointments at the college health service for their spring check-up. Dr. Wood desires to give blood tests to all students and find whatpercentage of the iron in their blood is changing to lead. It has been stated that this is the most scientific manner in which spring fever can be diagnosed. After receiving the blood tests the students will be checked for ' halitosis, falling hair, dandruff, pink tooth brush, low arches, sway back (like a horse), hangnail, large pores, long eyelashes, and soiled ears. In the meantime all the fellows are urged to lay off the cokes, coffee, etc., and get plenty of sleep. After all Uncle Sam doesn't want any rundown polly' wvoggle for his army. --Clipped from The Ball State News. MUSCLED OUT We are glad to have the chief, James Harvey McKinney, the defender of the freedom of the press, back on the camptus after his recent crack tip . . . the beauty contest recently sponsored b)y the school across towvn where a Columbia College student wvon first, another secondl and another third; wow? I theenk some odor invadles my schnozzola . . . from all re ports the azealia festival w'as beautiful; it seems that the haemr lilys in Charleston than there are in Preston . . . Wilson Johnso, from geechy city has gone blonde for the summer > aieI~ec n a Seigler sitting on the campus . . . Connie Morton getting a message from the President of the United States, to appear at a court martial E. C. Allen promoted in the jowitt brigade . . . Prof. Trotter asking Allen Vassey to read "the time that I lost by oin" asi-e en it. . . Cliff Brown eyeing the wvaitresses in Biharis no more, now he is sticking ta.his law studies . . .Jack Cook's ring on a high school senior.. Rachel Cleaton over her limp that she got when she andl a horse parted comp)any, that horse was a sucker in our opinion . . . Beer's definition of a formal: Haselden putting on a tux to indulge . . .McCarter waking Coleman up the other morning at six o'clock for an eight o'clock class, or was that the real reason . . . Bo Carter and Lucy Carland walking across the campus late, but late the other night . . . Biscuit Coman, Baldy to his close friends, dating a.'different gievytie. .BsrComa d rapidly loosing ground wvith Ada Newvtorevrm . . . DusLtlewhr e'an Ghambgedi adess and Edt aeman lying on the campus . . . Bill amlanTeCapp doing a rhunmba on a table in Rivkin wsalute Carolina's newestatwosonmer tFsaO Meyr ad oDave Alterman the othesp daga Tp Msey finally being lured to Columbi Collrette ittle Hayne Steadman, wve don't blame him . . . Adios Amigo - Francis Collins is "dither" over who paid for his ad. last we~cn :erning Mildred Salmon. ..yb he mdid.'on