Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~' G{iiiecock . ounded Jauary so, 190 R ET ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor - t se: .laes matter at the postoffice at Columbia, Me9b1 1942 i Associaed Coe6iate Press DistrIbutor of oleiae Di6est a TRS FOR NAIONAL 11VI. samSe y 0 National Adverising Service, Inc. Cemes Pa6msbers Repweeatise1 420 MADOsoN AVE. NEw YONK, N. Y. Cassaso - Sors Los Ami.s - san FAInCISo e imssed weekly by the student body of the University of South I Carolina during the : college year. DEWARD B. BRITTAIN ..---..---..-Editor C. C. ARIAIL, JR. - - - - Business Manager c EDITORIAL STAFF 1 Prank K. Sloan ....................................Managing Editor 1 Gordon Hill, Jr. ............. ......Sprt. Editor Mary Frances Polk ............................. .ed Editor Nancy Padgett..........................................Society Editor STAFF WRITERS Pitkin Bell Doris Nash Morris Mazursky Jim Hill Leonard Turnbull Bob Tinn Al Eggerton John Nash Donal law Don Merrick Sarah Flinn Christine Cannon Sloan Hungerpiller Virginia Trapp Kate Smoot Corrine Levy Margaret Jones Helen Cantey David Brockington ............................Circulation Manager Ray Parrott ........................................Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Henry Herlot Margaret Rose Starnell Beryl Kerns Rodney Gary V Welcome Alumni E Tomorrow the campus will be dotted with U the grey beards and bald heads that were once students. It is homecoming. r The Gamecock heartily welcomes these stu dents of yesteryear who have "come home" to renew old acquaintances and memories and to see the Gamecocks bottle up that bag of wind commonly referred to as the Furman Hurri cane. Dirty Breeches The cost of living-of beans, potatoes, hats, and rent-is soaring, all of which is to be ex pected in the present trend toward inflation. But the cost of dry cleaning clothes has jumped to phenomenal heights and is entirely out of proportion with the rise of other commodities f and services. Dry cleaning prices at the Gamecock Press- S ing Club apparently have leaped a little ahead of other Columbia cleaners, however. Last year suits could be cleaned at the campus press ing club for forty cents. When school opened c this year, the cost <f having a suit cleaned at s the campus shop was fifty cents, a price com mensurate to the prevailing cost in Columbia. On November 1, however, the price rose to b fifty-five cents on the campus. The Gamcock made a survey of three of the rr leading dry cleaners in Columbia this week and J1 found that cash and carry prices averaged " forty-eight cents for a business suit. This ~ means thlat tile campus cleaners arc seven cents higher than the city average.t The fact that clothes are delivered on tile ( eamne caqonnot he med~r for legitimate refuta- ' lion of this contention since up to the present E students have been served by the University shop for tile cash and carry price of other cleaners,. In view of tihe fact thlat tile Gamecock Press- ~ ing Club is a branch of the University Coop- o erative stores and is supposed to operate on a non-profit basis, The Gamecock invites the s campus cleaners to write a letter to the editor 0 li (for publication) explaining why campus prices are higher than those in tile city. t The Y's Women S One of the outstanding service organizations ~ on the campus has been working for years r without any notable recognition. The Young l Women's Christian Association has come to be f known as one of the most magnanimous groups not only at the tile University but in Columbia as well. Every girl in the YWCA generously contrib- v utes her time and effort to some social or Christian service on the campus or in the city. e Eighteen coeds direct various activities of teen c age girl reserve groups in Columbia. r Much of the Y's time is devoted to parties t .and play periods at the orphan homes in tihe city. Other activities include deputations to p the veteran's home, religious programs at the girls' industrial school and the women's peni- p tentiary-. Certainly members of the University YWCA t -are due some sort of appreciative salute for their gratis service to Carolina and Columbia y welfare organizations. Politics And Education Governor Gene Talmadge of Georgia has tied ie rope around the neck of the University ystem in the Cracker State. And he already as announced hi' plan to open the trap door o that the whole Georgia education program rill fall disgustedly to its death. Because Talmadge removed several members f the University of Georgia faculty for al Dgedly teaching "co-education and social quality" of whites and Negroes, the Southern Iniversity Conference meeting in Birmingham ecently. revoked Georgia's membership in the onference. The Southern Association of Col eges and Secondary Schools now has a com fittee investigating the gubernatorial faux pas, nd many expect the University of Georgia to >e taken off the accredited list of the associa ion. To be stricken from the accredited list would ic the nominal terminus of the University )ystem. It would mean that academic work Lt the University would be void outside the )tate of Georgia; the Georgia Medical school vould be dropped by the American Medical Lssociation and no graduate could practice out ide Georgia; Georgia students would be inable to present their two years of academic vork for admission to the air corps and naval eserve; Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kap ia, Blue Key, and other honorary fraternities vould suspend their chapters in the Univer ity System; and worst of all the enrollment vould surely drop at least fifty per cent. Already Georgia Tech, a part of the Univer ity System, has been dismissed from the rolls f the American Association of Colleges and Jniversities. This might be considered a pre iminary to the wholesale crucifixion of State upported colleges in Georgia. To retaliate against the Southern association or revoking Georgia's membership and iniat ng the investigation, Talmadge last week an ounced that if the University System was ex >unged from the accredited list he would co!1 er a college degree on "every able bodied man nd woman in Georgia.'' This was a vain tatemnent and is the trap door that might ,reek the educational program in the state. It is not the policy of The Gamecock to med Je in affairs where the University of South ,arolina has no interest. The Gamecock, how ver, has elected to comment on the Georgia ituation for two reasons: First, the students of the whole University ysten of Georgia are fighting a courageous attle to preserve the honor and significance of heir degrees. The Gainecock wishes to add its laudits to the editorials of Thle New York imes, The Griffin Daily News, The Atlanta ournal, and many other newspapers, all of rhomn have lauded Georgia students for their tand in behalf of educational freedom. Second, The Gamecock calls the attention of outh Carolina legislators and public ofTicials a the dire eurcumstance of the UJniversity of heorgia. Certainly G overnor Tfal madge 's fun rise and unfair interference in the UJniver.sity ystem has temporarily crippled secondary ed cation in Georgia. And if Talmadge, with iggoted impunity, tries to strike back at the ssociation by promiscuously handing out de rees, lie might as well ask the legislature for n app)ropriation to erect a tomblstone in memi ry of thme University of Georgia. The Gamecock does not contemp)late alny ach action in the Palmetto State. Members F the General Assembly and the citizenry at rge recqgnize the competency of the men and Tomnen who direct the courses of the UJniver ty, Clemson, The Citadel, and Winthrop, andl idiciously intrust the State's higher educa onal program to them. In short, The Gamecock stands behind the budents of Georgia who are striving exhaust dly to keep their alma mater from the ignomi ions hands of questionable politicians, and rays that South Carolina will never be con ronted with the same or a simlar situation. The Last Laugh The Gamecock was caught in the act this reek. The last issue of The Gamecock contained an ditorial asking the administration to "bring ut" the portraits of several faculty members ainted last year. It was announced Monday bat the portraits would be unveiled tomorrow. So The Gamecolt was caught in the act of atting itself on the back-all for nothing. As a matter of fact, University officials had lanned for a long time to hang the portraits >morrow, alumni day. The news staff missed me story. So, the last laugh must be on The Gamecock, rhose reporters are recuperating very nicely, sank you, from the snmmeacati. Caimpus Camera 44/~~ ENCENJI COMECMS4 COSIS O4 000 000 HE CASt OF 1941 -160,000 S1fNl -\l... STAMt '10 EAR4 29 BILLION DOLLARS IN JUNE! EA GRAUATE WILL EARN APPRWXIMArY 4194,000 'BEFME RING OF OU> AE N 1981 *Question-of-Week Question: What is your pet peeve on the campus and why? Virginia Barnett: Not enough time between classes. Delores Newlin, Mary King, Derial Jackson: The fact that we can have only one formal dance every two years. Betty Dowe, Mary Wylie Conniffe: I really don't have any! (History is made by this statement). Frances Childs: There just aren't enough cute boys-but I'm satisfied. Jane Brooks Marshall: People who "geech'" and professors who don't give cuts. Dick Connor, Lewis Leavell: Eight o'clock classes. Dick Cathcart: Not enough telephones for boys in Sims col lege (?)! Letters To The Editor Editor The Gamecock University, Class of 1885, a reason Dear Deward, for this custom. That I am not I had planned long before this to alone in my opinion of it, I quote acknowledge your Editorial in The from a letter of a nephew who is a Gamtecock concerning me and my sttdent at Sewanee "child", the Carolina Booster Club. "Of course, I had hardly regis The standard dictionary doesn't con- tered before rush week started. I tain enough words to express my ap- am entirely in accord with your preciation for this gesture of friend- condemnation of rush week at the ship. beginning of the first semester, I do feel, however, that I should and have for some time believed share my new glory with my fellowv ta h hl afi hudh workers, without whose help The u f utltefrs eetri Booster Club would be just another 'e.Rswekbthnhol idea. b hree on oeta The knowledge of the fact that tredypro uig~hc h you and The Gamecock are behind fehe n h rtriymi us in our efforts to do something colshwterepcivpef worthwhile is indeed gratifying, to ecs.Bthsim toeslc say the least. e ih ecle rfrne;a Again let mec thank you personally, thbeingofhesmtr,hy and in behalf of the Club; begging mgtbte etre hmis at the same time your cooperation in Sc ytm~ol eoemr the future. For with this cooperation, o eso omlcnimto ours will be a greater CAROLINA. ofmtrjugetisadfth Sincerely yours,hihpesr,ayin-oste Ed Patterson. o clugr ~hd tn~ s The Gamecock, case lk vudbnftget University of South Carolina.lybthscag. Why Rush Week ? It seems to me Ia rtn o hslte e to be the most illogical method of cueIwudlk odvlpwa selecting close and intimate associatesthtoutisateUnvrtyih for the four years in college life, in rgr ors ekaogten' the first week of their freshman ca- egrdas.Psilsoefth reer, before they have had a chance Fclymgtb nue otk hi to dlemonstrate what qualities they arepeinhdalo going to develop. Possibly you canYorveytu, give me,as an odUgradeteity,teCMembe of Class afreason BNo.tfortRth*is'O cusOm.'Tha I a no "Of coMEN use, I hadA adlegs tere bFOR rushweksatdI ametrlyi codK ihyu codmato oUus ee,t h ove. Rsh eekbythenl should. besotndt n oeta theeda peidduigwhc h Bob Quinn OBJECTION OVERRULED Frank Sloan HOLIIS AND HEAVEN TOO Harris Hollis, Clemson columnist, made your correspondents very happy last week by giving us a personal mention in his column, "Talk of the Town." We are indeed proud to have been mentioned in such a note wortliy publication as the Tiger. We love the name "mutates" which he applied to us. We wondered what it means, consulted Webster, and no longer wonder. Briefly, Mr. Hollis, in reply-to us you are a mental cathartic. * * * * * THE CROOKS OF THE SITUATION Latest Christophersen mumble-pie, a set of three plays, was presented last week mid myriads of shady characters. Crookedest of crooks was portrayed by Jay Hamilton, -who retUrned after ten years to marry the woman he had wronged. In a scene worthy of former Michigan governor Luren "If you must kiss red paint, shut your eyes and try it on the barn door" Dickinson, Hamilton righteously persuaded her not to become a respectable woman, hastened back to farmer's daughter. ,Wronged number was played by Josephine Zula. Curviest of the crooks was Carol Humbert, who mugged upstage as atmosphere for the play. Clever as a crook, but not one, was Oby Lyles, who wrangled the position of co-mugger. * * * * * SXENTY MEANT Ralph Simpson Beckham, III, and Professor Fitzgerald met on an intellectual battlefield recently to review the over-sentimen tality in the works of Romatic period writers. Beckham defended the east goal of hard, cold realism, with Prof. Fitzgerald playing the Rose Bowl Game of romanticism. Smoke of battle cleared. Beckham got parting shot, "I think romanticism overdoes sentiment." Don't you mean, Ralph, that it stinks? * * * * * EARLY BURDEN Albert Eggerton and Charles Knowlton are loyal supporters of the Gamecocks. So loyal that they arose Thursday to see crack-of-dawn embarkment for Kansas. Chorous-yawned disappointed Eggerton and Knowlton "Well, I'll be-able,to sleep well tonight." * * * * * WHEN IT REIGNS, IT POURS Frank Taylor, at the head of the homecoming celebration to be held this week, finds himself in double-trouble. All because of a name. Mary King of Columbia has been crowned queen. Quipped Flini Gillman, "She doesn't want to set the world on fire, but she has a hard time keeping from it." Newspaper headline, "King Krowned Kween." * * * * * HODGE PODGE Professor Alpheus Sheffield Hodge had no more than gotton his student union lobby started than it was invaded by the dy namic forces of the art department, who are now busily engaged in bedecking the walls with murals of student life. Art Roberts, technique adviser' to the project, announces that murals will be painted as soon as paint can be gotten from the University. Prospective finishing date-1951. Mary Wylie Coniffe was among the students who kicked in to buy equipment, but wouldn't trust director Roberts any farther than she could throw him until she got her change. Student Union spooners spooned on. THE CLASSES AND THE MASSES Mrs. Fay Alexander, who once filched a part from Katherine Hepburn by acting ability, read a part in an anti-T. 1B. play, wrung tears from case hardened members of Floyd Rodgers' radio class. Resolved: to buy a Christmas seal . . . Freshman Ben Sloan is reputed to be working his way through college on his winnings from the pin ball machine in the canteen. Sloan's motto, "As for my bridges, behind me I Barnum."... Cynics expect Booster Patterson to blossom out in a new suit most any clay now. Patterson announcement, "We're gonna use the money for stickers." WVe're stuck . . . Earnest Lent remarked in the middle of the recently shown Superman animated cartoon, "I don't believe all that stuff." Announced a friend, "I intend to give up Lent for L.ent."... Question of the Week: Does Professor Sherrill give his quizzes at the end of the hour just to catch perrenial late comner George Smathers? MUSCLIN' IN Carrying on with woeful tidings telling trbthful tales of our fems and males . . . TIhe Olive Hudson-Cox Traylor twosome is history now that Delores Newlin has put in an appearance . . . The Breeden hop is due to the negligent handling of a keg (of punch) by members of the S.A.E. brotherhood . . . The Drummond-Cushman affair looked rock bound until the fair and wvarmer sign was hung out this week end... Personal note to Ray Kramer: Somebody told us that you said Betty Bartholow was not snooty and had beautiful blue eyes to cap off that collegiate democracy . . . Unfortunately, our words were misconstrued along those lines, for which we apologize... Back for a visit in the past moon were Elting Chapman and Bert Flowers, the former attempting to revive an old heart issue, and the other trying to revive Paul Sansbury . . . Among those who whooped it up for the Gamecocks from the sidelines via "the magic of radio"~ in the Kansas game were a bunch of soldiers recruited to the cause at the last minute . . . Which brings to mind, Appie Speed, that delectable bundle of personality who says there's nothing in a name, necessarily . . . And her likeness, Frances Sawyer who manages to hold Walter Brown's attentions now that he has "grown up" and no longer stares longingly at the Barnwell lass... Then too, there's Juli.a Anne Connelly with a line longer than that of the combined networks of the Bell telephone system and who at the same time retains her ability to bring in new talent to supplement the ever present "Elly" . . . Seen sceneing: Marty Harley and Sammy King, over who was actually supporting each other .. . This corner wouldn't be surprised to hear any day now of the betrothal of a Columbia Sigma Nu and a Sumter queen who graced the campus turf in the year gone by. Road information direct from ultra attractive Marie Montague: "The airport road is roped off" . . . Cuzzon Jane Brooks Marshall's renditions of "I've been working on the Railroad" lent an air of mystery to her *4#9. disappearance and that of a gang of other coht>rts from the Saturday nite hayride . . . Chalk up one on the score board this week to the credit of blonde charm gal Carolyn Gayden whose telephone number Is listed as 9430 (reminiscing from the summer) . . . 'Pears as though our space is short so a parting priming plea to load your gun with school spirit and shoot the works comes Saturday p. m.. ... and don't forget the big pep rally tonite at 8:30 on Melton field, with a big parae followi.:.