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XTh amecoek NOud January 80, 10$ ZOSERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, Firt -Editor We-as be clas Matter at the postoffico at Columbia, 3.0., Nov. S) 96 1941 miembr 1942 Associated Coeiate Press Diuributor of Cole6iae Di6esl RasUnsEnD PO NATIONAI. ADVKRTIGING MY National Advertising Service, Inc. ColUese PxbMsbors Represesttve 420 MADISON Avi. NKw YORK. N. Y. CNIcaO - 1o0TON * LOS ANOeIas - SAN FRANCISCO Issued weekly by the student body of the University of South Carolina during the college year. DEWARD B. BRITTAIN ----- Editor C. C. ARIAIL, JR. - - - - Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Frank K. Sloan ....................................Managing Editor Gordon Hill, Jr. ...................................Sports Editor Mary Frances Polk ..................................Co ed Flitor Nancy Padgett......--..................................Sooiety Editoi STAFF WRITEIS Pitkin Bell Doria Nash Morris Mazursky Jimmy 11ill Leonard Tunibull Bob Quinn Albert Eggerton John Nash Donald Law Don Merrick Saral Flinn Christine Cannon Sloan lungerpiller Virginia Trapp Kate Snoot Corraie Levy Margaret Jones Helen Cantey David Brockington ............................Oirculation Manager Ray Parrott ........................................Exchange Editor IUSINEsS STAFF Henry Heriot Margaret Rose Starnell Beryl Kerns Rodney Gary Student Action Thursday night some Carolina student, over joyed by the Gamecock State Fair victory, gave vent to his emotions by smearing red paint on the bronze bust of J. Marion Sims on the State House grounds. The act was done without malice and was purely a college prank. The Gamecock does not condone the act of the unthinking student nor does it make apol ogy for the "vandal." However, in fairness to the student body, The Gamecock feels that persons outside the University community should know the truth of the matter. Here are the facts: A University student painted the monument; a University professor cleaned the statue; and funds raised by voluntary contributions of students paid for the cleaning fluid. In short, students realize the error, and are correcting it in their own manner. No member of the University of South Car olina student body harbors any grudge for the great humanitarian, J. Marion Sims. Paint was smeared on his statue by an unwitty stu dent who probably didn't even know of the South Carolinian's many contributions to the field of medicine. As far as The Gamecock knows, the Univer fity discipline committee has taken no cogni zance of the incident. Students justly yindi cated one of tieir own number by wisely taking the matter into their own hands. As long as Carolina beats Clemnson, students will continue to celebrate, but The Gamecock feels that in the future emotions wvill be kept in harness. A Greek Problem Out at Carolina stadium last Thursday there was more than a fighting football team. That strange and intangible something called "school spirit'' hovered over the field like a harbinger of a new day in University athletics. Coach Enright and the boys on tile turf fought with all their heart and skill. And in the stands 1,800 students joined the battle to beat Clemson. Tenors, sopranos, altos, and falsettos, all contributed to the yelling and cheerig that is the face of school spirit. The Gamecock is sure "something new has been added.'' And whatever it is, it flows in the veins of every Carolina studlent. Maybe the Greeks could name it. Another "Tennis Court"? Last year students, faculty, and alumni of the University rais 1 money to have portraits painted of several 'old guard" professors. All of these reproductions have been completed. The Gamecock understood when the caml paign was in progress to raise funds that the portraits would be placed ini the new library. Summer andl half the fall have drifted by and nothing has been done so far as The Gamecock knows. Is the unveiling of these portraits going to be relegated to the "sometime" page of the administration's memorandum, book? Are these portraits going to be another "tennis court" and exist only in the minds of students? The Gamecock feels that students and alum .ni should be given a tangible dividend on their investment. Let's se'e the portraits I Social, Cabinet Dances The student.aftairs committee of the facul last week bought the social cabinet a one-we ticket on the good ship Hesperus. By hani ing down a decision that only bona fide st dents of the University could attend dane sponsored by the cabinet, the committ( wrecked the cabinet's financial ship, ari "locked" students within the campus. The Gamecock understands that the dean i women of the University, who is a member < the committee, was behind the move to bi alumni, visiting students, and soldiers froi Carolina dances. The motion to restrict ou siders from the socials was made by anoth< member of the group, however. The Gamecock is aware of the fact that i the past persons have been crashing the gai of social cabinet dances. As one sage put i "Is this a student dance or a public bal room'' Why not make it public? It seems to Ti Gamecock that a far better solution could haN been found for the problem. Why not perm' each student, coeds too if they wish, to brin one person not connected with the Universit to the dance. A member of the student affaii ,committee already has intimated that t1 group's action would be mitigated at a futui meeting. Certainly students enjoy the company other students, but The Gamecock does nc think it a wise policy to "shut up'' colleg people in their own campus. The Gamecock feels sure, after consultin several members of the committee, that th matter will be reconsidered, and a more fea. ible plan worked out. Ed Patterson, Et Al Another organization was found in .;Nad dling clothing in Tenement 20 last week. Som abiogenists speak of spontaneous generatio and say the Carolina Booster club "just sprun up." But it didn't. Ed Patterson is the father of the club, am after a fashion, the University is the mother. Sorrowed by the piteous yells at the Walk Forest game, Patterson went to work-and pr< duced the goods. His infant organization was responsible fc the garnet and black cards with which stident spelled out Carolina at last Thursday's Tigei fest. At 8 a. m. the day of the Clemson gaim Patterson along with several of his disciplc was working in the stadium marking off th student section, fixing ia platforn for the cheei leader, and anchoring all the "Kill Clemson banners that had adorned campus building: To Patterson likewise iist go part of th credit for securing druni majorettes for th band. In p)opular parlance, Thlle Gamecock feel that Patterson "has got something." Sch1oc spirit at Carolina neds a little stimulant: Max he Patterson's Booster clubi is the necessair p)hysic. Libera! Thought? Idealist Carl Atkins last wveek announced th~ organization of ''Society of Liberal Tlhoughit. The liberal minded Atkins listed six aims of thi society, the sum total of which amounted t itought. In the opinion of The Gamecock, constructiv thought ceases to lbe liberal when it is cramupe by the harness of organization. Thought cai not be regimentated. Apparently Atkins trying to ''organize'' op)inion and unot though If critical andl liberal thinuking is bedde dlown in an on-the-way-to-Heaven clique, it b< comes stagnated, andl members of the "'libert thinking society'' categorically fall into a pre: sure group. In short, The Gamecock believes that th ''Society of Liberal Thought'' is a purposeles organization and will soon become dlesieate< As an after thought, wonder why the visiou ary Atkins doesn't try his ideology on th: sacredl brotherhood of Sigma Clhi? Dormitory Furniture When lhe appearedl before the State Budg< Commission Monday, President J. Rion M< Kissick asked that $25,000 of the University 1942-43 appropriation be earmarked to pm chase new furniture for the old1 dormitories o the campus. Most of the equipment now in use in th dlormnitories that face the 01(1 quadrangle wa bought 17 years ago and is in had conditior Much of the furniture is beyond repair. The Gamecock commends D)octor McKissie for his efforts to secure new household equir meat for the men's dormitories. Certainly th~ General Assembly will not strike this item froi the University's requestedappropriain. campus Ca: 1. ie d >f e n t g Y y s e e of it SQuestion-o Question: Do you think the zation could be improvec Winthrop under a Univers olina and Georgia? Pat Finlayson: I don't think i see any need of it. Paul Gilbert: It would probal 9 of educational standards. Bill Ward: Yes, too many coo 1 parently that is being done to t James Hope is earnest, honest, ai e all branches under his administra Ar Spalding: Ye"Us. r Wesley Morgan: The Georgia S the idea is practical. Co-eds fur e Elliott McCants: It doesn't se s all right with the present system. c Julie Ledbetter: I don't see ar Letters To I Editor The Camecock: s Dear Sir: til The article appearing in the last is -issue of The Gamecock concerning of Y the withdrawal from the campus of v< Phi Kappa Sigma is entirely false, a On the contrary, Phi Kappa Sigma re has initiated two men since the qi opening of this semester, and has at electedc officers as follows': st , Peient, Edwin Scott; first vice- cc p)resideCnt, Preston Callison; second C vice-president, Grover Bowles; sec- s 0 retary, Paul Wheeler; treasurer, yc Marion Trotti. CWe would appreciate your cor- ti< recting this mistake in the next edli- i tion of 'The Gamecock." sSincerely, ta . ' ED)WIN S. SCOTT, d< (1 President Phi Kappa Sigma. sc 3 gi 'Mr. D)eward Brittain, n Edlitor, The Gamecock, tl e University of South Carolina. di s D)ear Sir: -Hitherto, there has been much tl Ssaid in T1he Gamecock relative to b~ C school spirit among bo0th students b and alumni. These articles, letters, h~ etc., to which I refer, in the main, til deal wvith support of the University b< aithletic teams. ti May I take this long awaited op- di portunity to point out to you, to e> the students of this institution,. andl h; sto the various alumni thereof, that tr ~ the broad and undlefnable thing mn n known as "school spirit" embraces far more than this nominal support. om C Throughout the state our school C s has been held almost in utter con- w -. tempt by those wvorthy citizens who w have not had the privilege of com- p: k ing under the direct influence of d< - our Alma Mater. In short, our rep- hI e utation has beein particularly notice- tl1 nl able from my section of the state, Sumter conty.t nera P.DAviD H. NICMLS IN JAMAR 1874 MAM AM OVR NOH HORSEoW a K RIDE FROY DENVER "M0 BOULX-R Mb4 Bawfi"3N 0 SECURE FUNDS M 1*6 sl-TE a.G1S1ATuJE'S DEMAND FOR MNEY BE FORE IT WOUI.D ESTAB USA -E UNVEVIV OP COLORADO At BW0LDER! 4predecftW to n" worol") THE LOYOLAN UNIQUE NAME AND MSEAD oF -iME FORMER S1UOENT PAPER Ar Lz/OLA u mNVERSRYCALF.) 1WDEN OF 1'E UNNERSrY OF WISODNSIN 11RAVELED QER 10 11MES '14E DISTANCE FRM '"FE EARM ' 1E MOON IN 0ER1bE PME FOR C"RSAAS AT ARI f-Week State educational organi I by placing Clemson and ity system like North Car t will ever be done and don't ,ly work for more uniformity ks will spoil a broth and ap he State educational system. id a genius. Why not bring tion? system is a poor example, but nish much diversion. em necessary. We are doing iy need for it. 'he Editor Why. I once had the very ques nable privilege of hearing a min ter of one of the larger churches our fair city denounce the Uni rsity as a "hell hole of vice and den of iniquity." Our academic putation has suffered from many arters: Indeed, there used to be iadage prevalent throughout thle atc, to quote, "If you can't go to liege, go to Carolina." I have now attended the Univer ty of South Carolina for three ars and two summer sessions, and can find no basis for such asser >nls. I maintain and will always aintain that they fail to exist. It is quite evident that our repu tions as ind(ividulals or as a group 'pend(s upon tihe reputation of our hiool. Further, the reputation of ir school hinges upon tile support yen it by its studlents and its alum Our rep)utationl has suffered, in e past, not because of actual con.. tions existing at tile University, oral conditions are better there all at any other school within the mundaries of our great state, but 'cuse our students and alumni ye failed to carry their love of eir Alma Mater inito their homes, ,cause they have failed to refute e statements of unqualified indivi ials as to poor moral conditions isting here. Indeed some of them wve adlded to, rather than sub acted from, tihe weight of testi oniy iln this respect. I look forward to the time when ir common dream of a greater arolina may be realized, but rather auld I look forward to tile tinme hien the students of Carolina will ace their Alma Mater in her well.. served place; that is, first in arts anid minds of the people of e state of South Carolina. Very sincerely yours, A. H. WILDER. Bob Quinn OBJECTION OVERRULED Frank Sloan TIGER BAGGED Looking fnto the future, we see grandfathers Dan Hollis, Billy Crosby, and Bill Jones saying to awe-struck but unbelieving progenitors, "It hap pened while I was in Carolina . and offspring ask, "What?" Words of age and wisdom, "IN 1941 WE BEAT IHELL OUT OF CLEMSON I" Need more be said? That line is all the commentary this column feels necessary. It is a phrase to be cherished in the heart of every loyal supporter of the Gamecock until the chapel really does rot to the ground and the canteen stops making a profit. In the same superior manner that a recent Tiger editorial used, we in- y quire, "What bowl . . .?" * * * * * BUSH WHACKER Something new has been added. F. C. Perry h4s been devot ing his spare time to growing what Perry claims is a mustache Is he gilding the lily, or is he hiding out from local draft boards? * *. * * -* KRAMAR DRAMMER The insidious villain (the administration's fear of student contamina tion) finally cornered Little Nell (Ray Kramar's social cabinet) last week, and foreclosed the mortgage (doors to social cabinet dances) on the old homestead (Carolina alumni, friends, and students of other a schools) ... Will Handsome Harold (student opinion) come to the rescue? Or will he, as usual, accept "explanations" and see another important Little Nell of student activity hopelessly strangled in a dark corner behind the old Louis XIV clothes cabinet (used exclusively for hiding skeletons)? * * ~ * * * HAWKINS GAWKIN' Arthur "Hawk" Hawkins, ace reporter-photographer of the Wardlaw news assemblage, found educational possibilities un limited in the penny arcade at the fair midway . . . and while looking at the monkeys was almost swamped by the Clemson corps mad dash into the "girlie show." * * * * * HOARSE DOCTORS School spirit is as old as Grandma's bustle, but this is one time it didn't tail any list . . . Naval ROTC boys marched in precision drill . .. amazed student-"Even the band looks good." . . Bill Reedy, accused, "What trail of red paint?" . . . President McKissick pitched the student body a curve with his 1900 model cheer . . . but removed shirttail like a jolly good fellow . . . throats were as raw as the hastily contrived Tiger alibis . . . even Judge Mathias patted midnight revelers on the back . . . local police let down the bars by telling complaintants that the chapel bell would ring unless they saw the governor . . . freshman cheerleader Ostendorff blocked view of many ground sitters who grumbled good naturedly against the business deal that freshman 0. had on the fire with Richard Bailey . . . Buster Coleman kept going in and out of one row in the stands until a student wanted to know why he didn't put in a Greyhound bus line-Coleman sniffed and student regretted his vote . . . the four Clemson wags with the paper mache chicken found, along with Churhin' Charlie and All-American Joe, that eating the Gamecock and talking about it are two altogether different matters . . . threatened Siberian salt mine driver Wienefeld before the game, "Classes will meet regardless." A. C. Flora, Wienefeld sweat shopper, quipped after the third touchdown, "He's going to be awfully lonesome, isn't he?"-dire prediction was sidetracked through courtesy of the board of trustees... many a good man on the campus waxed poetic . . . such as... tuua nouras Foment Zebras On the wvall, You too Can see the zoo With alcohol. ...but don't get the wrong idea about our school spirit. MUSCLIN' IN Scattered notes during a period of celebration... Once arch rivals politically, now likewise, romantically are S.A.E.'s Jack Davis and Winthrop's Dan Hollis, each trying to out do each other dlown Nora Walsh's way . . . Professor Kit Fitzsimmons', Patty Breed in's and Dick Anderson's trek through the state fairgrounds netted many articles of interest . . . Fitzsimmons really brought home the bacon and Patty played recipient to the pool of prozes . . Speaking of P'attys we'll chalk up one in the rate book for smoothie Patty Lawerence, KD pledge whose phone number is 6483... Anderson's trombone tooting Jimmy Gugst maniaged to brush off Clemson competition long enough for a date with Edith Bateman, while Jim Ewart stood by and marveled . . . Local gamblers are giving odds of ten to one that dinminuitive Kitty Bird's line won't last for the capture of over a dozen masculine hearts (luring this hunting season . . . S For the sake of all who wonder here are the names of the three drunm majorettes, Lucille Reasonover, the queenly brunette, Louise Pendergast, the little (loll with real ability, and Nadine Hall, blonde, good looking, who twirls with the best of 'em . . . By the way the old students should notice that the band is a whale of a sight better these days .. . The Block C Club is planning another execursion to Miami, so make your plans early ... Jimmy Simpson's Winthrop gal is sporting a sparkler but not through the courtesy of the aforementioned lad, who remains, tried, but trite to Lollie McCants .. . Still going strong: Mary Dana and Jimmy Pearce; the Lumpkin-Rion combination, Walter Taylor and Grace Rogers, and with the loss of "Snag" Legare and John Hemphill blonde venus Lii Boulware finds more time currently for Bobby Brown . . . It doesn't seem possible for one family, but the Newsome of Allendale can brag of having two super feminine beauties as evidenced by the visit of F~rances' sister to the campus last week . . . That's all for now, drive carefully to Orangeburg, enjoy the game, thank the Orangeburg people for their hospitality by being perfect ladies and gentlemen, yell for the team, and join us naain nexti ssee