Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Voed Editor Nany adgett..............................society Editor STAFF WRITERS Pitkia Ben Doris Nash Morris Maxursky JIMm HiD Leonard Turmbull Bob Quinn Albect erton John Nash Donald Law Don Merrick Sarah Flinn Christine Cannon Sloan,Hungerpler Howard Lindsey Kate Smoot Margaret Jones David Brookington .............................irculation Manager Ray Parrott ........................................Exchange Editor BUSINESS STAFF Henry Herlot Margaret Rose Stanell Beryl Kerns Quick, Sambo, The Woolens The radiator situation in Davis college is probably nobody's fault, unless the plumber could be cussed. At any rate, any student who has more than one class a day in Davis is re quested to wear his "long-handles" under wear. Each classroom in Davis has one radiator or a funny looking object that passes as a radiator-that vainly tries to heat the room. Oddly enough, however, most of the offices in the same building have two heating units which force the occupants to open doors at times. The situation became so acute one day last week that one instructor had to dismiss a; class before the end of the hour simply be cause the students were shivering. The Gamecock does not know who is to blame for the bad placement of radiators, but the matter should be remedied. Perhaps the janitor could better the heating condition if he kpt the fires burning a little brighter. A Myth Exploded? The decision of the faculty committee ap pointed by President McKissick to investi gate alleged excessive prices, charged for materials written by departments of the Uni versity and sold to students as texts and laboratory manuals, is that "the charges made are reasonable and fair". They back this de cision up with factual evidence. This report to the Board of Trustees would seem to explode the time-honored story that students on this campus pay too much for textbooks and manuals. Conspicuously present in the report, how, ev,r, was the statement that the committee had asked students for complaints and "the committee received no reply whatever". Also clearly emphasized was the fact that the com mittee's decision concerned sales prices of work written and printed for rampusa use only. Does the completely accurate decision of the committee mean that there are no excess prices whatever in any part of the University Co operative book selling system? Does the usual lackidasical attitude of the students in making any type of formal request or report to. a faculty commuittee mean that never again will book store walls resound with price com plaints? In other words, is the myth exploded? The Gamecock doesn't think so. The Spirit of Things The University Block "C" club last week in vested the greater part of its treasury in de f4nse bonds. As a matter of fact, the club turned over $300 to Coach Rex Enright, facul ty advisor, to handle the purchase of the bonds. This action deserves the compliments and attention of students, faculty, and alumni. It proves that the wearers of the "Block C" have3 something more on their minds than foot ball or basketball. As one professor aptly put it, "It is further proof that we do not major in athletics at Carolina." Members of the Block 'C' club-those boys who have won letters at the University-are all good athletes; but they are more than that! They are gentlemen who take serious matters seriously and act accordingly. The Gamecock unfeignedly salutes the Block 'C' for wisely investing its money in the common defense of our country. The Game dock believes that the action of the Block 'C' qlub reflects the spirit of students at large: avhab orgsearenizations will follow suit. Tli Mosic Dpptmest Profesor and Mrs. W incAmi of the Uni versity's department of music are well into their second year of service to Carolina. When these two outstanding music teachers came to the University at the beginning of the 1940-41 session, the music department was only a nominal part of the curriculum. ltoday however the picture is vastly different. Thorough supervision of the men's and women's glee clubs, enlrgement of the de partment, additions to the staff, and- the pre sentation of concert programs comprise the work they have done for musi ,at Carolina. Today the University has one of the best departments of music in the state, thanks laigely to the foresight of President J. Rion McKissick and the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Williamson. 100 Don't Go Wrong Public hearings of the student-faculty re allocation committee bore out the suppositions made by The Gamecock after taking a poll of student opinion on the spending of activities funds. Contrary to opinion of some campus wiseacres, the 100-student poll proved en tirely adequate to.picture the temper of stu dent feeling on the way they wanted their - money spent. Literary societies, faced by the prospect, of loss of their excess funds, presented the type of defense for past stagnation an "unneces sary expenditures" that The Gamecock poll indicated they would. The debating council and the law school's a Seldon society also ran into the predicted hard-to-answer questions from alert committee members. Reports received with least comment by the committee were also in line with Gamecock predictions. The YM and YWCA's, the stu- t dent union, the University Players, The Game cock, aind the Garnet and Black all handed re- u ports of needs to the group that bore out the student beliefs expressed in the straw vote. Even the non-existent student magazine, whici P drew heavy support in the student opinion, was considered long and loudly in spite of the v midnight hour i.id tired committee members. Not everybody will be satisfied when the b, final report of the committee is drawn up and t: the Board of Trustees passes it, if it does pass, 0 but for almost the first time in recent years the student organizations have aroused them- n selves sufficiently to promise a good future program. After unbending so much as to ap pear at the hearing, and enev to make promi ses, som1e promisers were shocked by the lack 0 of response from committee members. Whatever the 'outcome of the reallocation plan, The Gamecock was accurate in its es timate of student wants. Enough noses 'were - counted.I All the NewsS O Censorship of the press in wartime has beenr and, now that we have war, is the question of 'r foremost importance on the information front ' of battle. The question is not one of merei academic interest for newsmen. It means to ~ the people of the nation whether or not they e will know how the war goes . . . bad or good. f The Gamecock will not be confronted with the problem beyond refraining from printing a flagrant attacks upon the government. - Ar thing which has never happened here and will 8 not. But students, as citizens and future fighters, and Gamecock reporters, as future front line newspapermen, are faced with the decis.ion. Is the building of public morale, important 4 as it is, important enough to demand with holding from Americans the story of their . fight except for the meagre releases from of ficial Washington?i Has not the value of news and how to separate iT from propaganda been sufficiently instilled in the reading and listen ig public today to allow them to hear all re ports and decide for themselves? The boogey man, to we who have watched the propa gandized subjagation of European nations, is not incorrect or discouraging news, but too little news. The University will stand fast behind the government in its decision. We will do every thing to assure our ultimate victory. But be fore the final censorship policy of the nation is decided . . . let us go on record as asking for all the news as quickly as it can be given to the people. We can take it. .. bad or g. . . and we don't expect much bad news from here on out. Campus Cal"era 0 9M IMMMMrALYI/N CUW-UtM AP7ARY1 ALLm MEMBERs OF JGMA CIM AtM R NE FMISYMiPPI PM 189910 1912 ST VQuestion-of-Week !. What do you think of censorship of the press and radio during wartime? Harold Lutz: They should be partially censored. Cut out nly the news valuable to the enemy... Philip McCown: Certainly both should be muzzled during artime-for in times like this it would be dangerous to let the ublie know even half of what's going on. . . Clarke McCants: Control of the press should be limited only > guarding necessary military secrets. . . Herbert Langford: Complete censorship is a necessity. Let s read about it in the history books. . . Eaton Marchant, Jr.: A certain amount of censorship of the ress by our government must be looked forward to. We are ow at war and must adopt all measures necessary to win final ictory. . . Caroline Hunter: The press definitely should not be censored ecause the American people have displayed in previous wars iat "they can take it." I think we fight better when we are n the spot... Frank Simrell: The press situation is very grave and should ot be decided upon so easily, it takes a great deal of thought... George Gill: Facts that disclose military information should e withheld and published later, but there should be no "all ut" censorship. Editorials should not be censored... Letters To The Editor )ear Editor,thwrtrthaeatnd me As a coed of the University of ig ihDa hlspeiig outh Carolina, I would like to sug-Tusaevng,iSmsclg, est that the author of the news t ics h ato h on tory on page six of the Gamecock wmno h nvriyi h f Dec. 12, 1941, might possibly be peetstain iisrepresenting the attitude of the I a adya xiiino lajority of the coeds on campus"ptiisevdndbyhosfr rhen he writes,thre,wieanblelogih "The coeds seemed to look upon'dwwihteap'"btrhra ie event (the Japanese declarationcoldtriaonnthprtf f war upon the United States, Sun- alregop~ aeispae ml ay, Dec. 7) as just something elseanuspcclathghimgt or the newspapers to put out an b,weeisaiiisdrc n ~xtra'."whrdedrqisinhm d I feel simply that before such fne eneralizations are made that it M rts sjie,Ia ue iight conceivably be more wisebymsofteougw enn nd more just to obtain a wider teUiest aps iew of coed thought. 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Plot-thickener Harry Hinson prontised a meetjng of the new group shortly after holidays. Purpose of the future vets is t6 throw bachelor parties for Carolina students upon the eve of wedding to an Army rifle. Open petitions for membership tacked to canteen billboards have drawn a considerable inter est . . . whistle wetting business is expected to face a pickup in January, rather than the usual post-holiday let-down. Cynics ask: Is the purpose raucus or Caucus? Could it be that the "boys" are swinging votes into line for spring skirmish. PAY PLAY Scene: The hearings of the allocation committee Time: This week Facts: None Dan Gibbes, Jr.: Mr. Chairman ... I hink I should be allowed to cal the roll. . . . Betty Mercer: I move that we give Mr. Gibbes an allocation for the purpose. Millie Zimmerman: I think the suggestion is out of order. Mary B. Verner: Perhaps we should allocate to have it fixed. Dick Anderson: Port armsl Bill Jones, Hugh Wells, Jimmy Bell: (in ch,rus) We have nothing to say. We are under the vile influence of public opinion. John A. Chase, Jr., J. E. Norwood, W. Frank Taylor, Jr., C. Fitzsimmons, George Tomlin, Lodema Gaines, Patty Breeden: Come Come, . .. let's don't circumlocate . . . let's allocate.... YELLOW PERIL Henry Heriott, Garnet and Black business manager, and chronic draft worrier, bemoans the fact that he must possibly leave American woman hood behind. Scene: A schoolroom Time: some twelve years hence (to new Chinese pupil) - Teacher: And what is your name, my little man? Pupil: Name of Henly Helliot, Junyah. NYAchers Worst result of the war and the national defense situation has been the cutting down of NYA appropriations. Many students, who would not otherwise have been able to come to school, have been helped materially through this agency. Objection Overruled mourns the passing of the centuiy's most progressive government step in education. To the legislature: Sirs: At a time when the nation must turn from the things it feels are less important, the government of the state must in turn take up what the federal government has dropped. It is your duty to the youth of the state of South Carolina to see that NYA aid is not cut off entirely. It is ordy fair to those who will most probably save your estimable necks from an in vasion by forces which would not tolerate the existence of your honored body. In other words, gents, let's can the pork barrel for once, and give the kids a break. STIR STEW BROWDER CHOWDER Received this week on the campus was a letter from a committee of citizens demanding the release of the General Secretary of the Commu nist party, Earl Browder, now a prisdner in the Atlanta prison. In heart rending phrases, the letter decrees the injustice of a passport system that wouldn't let Comrade Browder come in and out of the coun try at will under a name that was not his own. The whole thing is silly, we think. Imagine Charley David running the bookstore as Thomas Wolfe or 'Blondie,' the pierpetual caniteenhabi tant, coming in one morning as Lana Turner. Only suggestion we can make is a possibly arranged pound of Browder flesh for a chunk of Viadivostock. Why don't they take that up with Joe and the boys? KEEP 'EM FLYING. A young mug named Clipper, Like Jack the ripper, Committed Mayhem. He got up his spleen Against a dean Who said 'ahem.' He sliced at the prof to cut his head off but he slipped . .. The dean went to pot, But before that he got Clipper shipped. ,MUSCLIN' IN Jerky journalistic jabs . . .Alter bound during the holidays is diminu itive Ann Stewart . .. He's in the army too . . . The subject of romance brings to mind the torrid one between Joyce St. Onge and Tom Stev enson who stay arm-in-arm throughout the day . .. Latest on the Hum bert list is Columbia's Dempsey Hydrick and the question remains of what became of the guy at P. C. . .. and Citadel . .. and Sumwalt .. . fluffy Muff Rowlette says Leo "The Lion" Stasica will get as big a place in her scrap book as the biggest all American henceforth. Apology: Change the plums to orchids to the student body in reference to last week's banquet . .. Nomination for the daffiest couple hereabouts: The Albert Rudisill-Mary Easterlin combi nation .. . La fille des semaine (Ed Patterson, "What a perform ance!"): Libby Steadman-Where all good feminine character istics meet, or youth, personality, joviality, and magnetic charm, rolled Into one . .. Add Jim Ellison's name as a definite con tender In the Wolfe parade . . . Scene together: Bobby George and Ann Welch . .. Rabid RIchard 0. Young Is recessing from soul saving long enough to do some courtin' these days . .. But he calls it missionary work. Question of the week: Is Love the word with Speed or is it "slow" and "less romantic" in both cases? . . . Pig feet muncher Bobby Lump kin is the object of a Georgia Warren crush . . . This is no laughing matter: Chapel attendance as a whole has been far from good this year . .Remember, we're the only school in this part of the country that has volunt:ary chapel attendance and that can't last for long if you don't do your part . . . The Free-Dictator affair continues on uninterrupted at last reports thauks to George Prince's racing his motor... That's all for this year. Until Pather Time abdicates Is favor of Junior may we wish you a most joyous yuletide. And remem ber to celebrate while w.em till have ..omet... to ceeatovr