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.4k low ~qr NWAW.m#, t4 *0e paeNal at (khbb6 ~ ~(ab.r1942 4ssockdesI GAe6iae Press 6tudlbulor o )~ Y' MWWMVG F" NA"ONAL ADVEWM4M"* Q1V N oalAdtiig Srie Inc. * CoUne, P&4bmuw Rdss aeuse 4ao MA01SON1 Av.. Nw YORK. N. Y. Cacao - &evoM * LOS Ae0a4,s - SAM FRaNCsco Inwood weeky the student body of the University of south 0"rous duringsh coll"M year. Frank K. SlO n................................................Editox Q 0. Ariasl, Jr..... .... ...................Business Managet Robert E. Quinn....................................Managing Editoi EDITORIAL STAFF Donald 0. Merrick......................................Sports Editor Albert S. Eggerton......................................News Editor Dori Nash ...............................................Coed Editor Christine Can on.......................................society Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Leonard Turnbull Pitkin Bell Gordon Hill Donald Law Nancy Padgett Arthur Roberts STAFF WRITERS Jimmy Hill Margaret Jones Kate Smoot Sl Hungerpillar Buster Coleman Othnell Weinges 81= JKn Connie Morton Red Ballantine Howard Lindsay Morris Mazursky Bill Timmons Virginia Trapp In General Our policy under the present editorship will be one by which we will say what we mean . . . say it honestly .. . say it with partiality only toward the students ... and mean it. The Gamecock won't stoop to petty person alities, nor will it criticize only because that is the easiest way to fill up editorial columns. But it will put the verbal finger on those in justices .which students demand correction of. Policy as far as the University as a whole is con cerned could be probably be diverted from ap pealing to outside interests to solving problems of student interest, with benefit to all con cerned. The active interest and participation of the campus in the reallocation plan has been an ac. curate indication that the University's bending over backward to please the disinterested out. sider has led to neglect of campus problems, It is vitally necessary to sell the University tc the prospective student, but it also takes ener. gy to see that he has not bought a lemon aftex he gets here. Is it imperative, for instance . . . just to men tion one of those trivial things that could be corrected... that co-eds and their dates observe a 15 m. p. h. minimum speed limit in crossing the campus at night? Granted that aetual dating on tr campus after nightfall is undesirable, public opinion could hardly be adversely affected if the "judg es'' lowered speed minimums to a sort of leisurely-loiter. Let's make the war cry "keep em moving'' instead of ''keep 'em running''. Early birds will have to get up earlier than ever, when daylight saving time starts Feb. 9, to outwork or outwit the University's Dean of Ad ministration John A. Chase, Jr. In spite of his overworking triple job as ad ministrator, registrar and complaint-catcher, lie has found time to engineer this year's major campus plot to satisfy student wants. With out Dean Chase's guidance, the exhaustive work of the student-faculty committee on re allocation of student activity funds would have probably bogged down in tihe swamp of pro posals which the Board of Trustees will face at its June session. He saw that for once stu dents got what they asked for, even if they weren't sure why they asked for it. Setting Out last year to devise a class attendance sys tem that would insure maximum attendance and at-the same time give leeway for necessary absences, the faculty found tihe going rather rough. Second semester of this session finds the good ship "Regulation'' in the same lhar bor it departed from last February. Our staunch vessel, with the absence com mittee as its crew, sallied gaily out onto the Ocean of Cuts, determined to hold absences to a total equalling twice the number of credits the course carried. She enjoyed a miserable voyage from the very first, having to sink more over-cutters than she thought and stopping here and there to nail a loose faculty plank in to place. When the Board of Trustees tor pedoed the vessel with a new excuse provision in Dscember, the "Regulation'' headed for the nearest harbor . . .the one it had left. The latest faculty harbor defense has been an iron bound (they hope) breakwater to keep over entters out by barring all but most vital ex onue. For The students, who will be affected strongest by the new cut limitations, news of the latest ac tion was a bitter pill. But they felt no worse than many faculty members, who were even more morose because the original voyage of the "Regulation" had fizzeled. This faculty gro\up, consisting chiefly of those who come to class determined to teach you something, had hoped to bring a real re vival in attendance by allowing a liberal cut limit and being adamant about enforcing it. . . instead of a narrow limit and lax enforcement. After a year, we are back to the narrow limit, but with provision for strict enforcement. How ever, the mournful faculty group says that there are too many loopholes and that happy go-lucky attendance days are here again. They're probably right. Rising up to meet the demands of war time speed, the University acted last month to allow high school students with ability to pass certain en trance examinations to enter college without a high school diploma. To say that the public was pleasantly sur prised by this action of staid USC is an un derstatement. In spite 'of the late date of the action and no time to give it publicity, many students over the State took advantage of the plan and the February entering class is much larger than normal, in spite of the marked de crease in total enrollment because of the war. This latest faculty action gives good indica tion that the day will come when many out dated entrance regulations and degree require ments will be lifted from our shoulders. Sun A glance at the sequence of the first words fh in all the preceding paragraphs will show what the Gamecock's and Carolina's, and all of America's policy, for this and every other semester, will be until the war is won. P Alumni office figures prove that Carolina has more men in the service of our nation than any other South Carolina college, in spite of the claims made by Clemson with its cadets. That Carolina will continue to serve in increasing capacity is an accepted conclusion. Our hope J. is that the forward steps taken by the Uni versity under war pressure will not become lost ground when the emergency is passed ... that our preparation for the peace will build more strongly and surely than our prepara tion for war was built. W The Big Push Jo Seldon in Gmcenck history have so many students made specific demand for an angry Hi editorial as they have this week and last, fol lowving the registration debacle at the Battle of Davis College. For the fifty-five minute wait by several hundred students outside the door of the regis- - tration supply room, officials in charge came out with smaller excuse than Pearl Harbor commanders had. In spite 'of years of ex perience with the registration routine and the smaller number of students registering this se mester, bumbling management opened the lat doors an hour late only to present students in~-". sufficient forms to meet their needs. Typical of student spirit were the loud, if E slightly off-key, renditions of the Alma Mater and patriotic songs to pass the increasingly un- e comfortable minutes. One student cracked, pa "I'm not pushing. That's just rigor mortis cIh setting in.'' The situation became less humor- s ous when two co-eds fainted and antique Davis St stair railings came near collapsing undler the sp weight of the growing crowd- pa When students were finally admitted to the "I supplies, only to be told that there was not enough to go around, their impatience turned an to justified anger. The ensuing scramble for th the inadequate materials was anything but lis playful. Blame for the episode wvas speedily g laid at the door of short-sighted registration of- w~ ficials and emphatic demands that student mn opinion be expressed poured into the Game cock office as the week passed-.a Why can't registration forms be placed at fo disposal of students far enough in advance of di the rush days to prevent (as in the case of t class schedules and catalogues) the necessity ar of dealing with a mob at supply station. 'If the administration fears waste of materials by thisa method proper restriction as to the amount at received could be easily kept. T< If miob violence facilitates registration, why f m then can't the materials in adequate amounts and the men to handle them in adequate num- D bers be secured beforehand. 9 If we are to have a big push at registration SJJ time, why can't it be a mental "putsch'' for a the peopenn ning the show? br Registration Weak SQuestion-of -Week Do you think prices at the University Book Store are ir? ,m Beacham, sophomore-They aren't any higher than I have. found them at any other bookstore, fair or otherwise. Lrbara Wagman, junior-No! I want a refund. ite Jumper, senior-The prices at the bookstore are not only unfair, but they are outrageous. Give me free or no books at all. ort Hill, senior-Darned if I know. I haven't bought any books. B. Heatherly, sophomore-No, I think they are unfair. May be it's not the fault of the fellow who runs the bookstore, but somewhere down the line somebody's making a lot of money. mmy Merchant, senior-No, I know of other schools which have free books and I don't see why U. S. C. can't. illodene Rion, senior-Exchange prices are rather exhorbi tant, but prices on new books are reasonable. hnny Dieter, sophomore-Frankly, it's a racket. Where do the profits go? Lrold McCord, sophomore--Prices are too cheap for exchange books, and too high for new books. n Ellison-I think the book store is the biggest rook on thme campus. MUSCLIN' IN imple sidelights of nosey news . . .A suggestion that E. Minton Hol d, who spends his time making and studying law learn to rcad signs er doorways . . . Things are pretty dark, we'll admit, but there is one n1 of hope: girls have quit wearing angora sweaters . . .petite Priss ivette didn't quite make her K. A. pin and accepted one from an S. A. as a consolation prize . . . and Lochinvar Sumwalt brags about hav three girl friends this semester . . . Henry HeIriot's bedfellows were vious of his desertion to wvarmer places on the weakending house rty'-. . . Archie Clifton Ayers, of Caruso Ayers fame, has -staked a tim to the Rowlette territory . . . but so has many others without ccess . . . They. pinned pins: George Saussy on Jennie Parker; Tom evenson on Barbara Wagnman . . . and there'll be a lot more this' ring . . . Marie Montague's Arkansas traveller travelled through this st week to do some spring planting ..,. and Hollis hollered, "She done Swrong" . . . Question of the week: Is Van Earl Fillingham glued to irma Road (she has more curves than the) Goldschmidt . . . Flash! 'e hear that once upon a time a certain business manager of a certain nual refused a smooch from thrice smooched cat bird . . . you guess e rest . . . Put Buck Mew's name down on the B. 0. (big operator) t with the advent of tressy Amy Ham . . . Wonder if there is really ing to be another dramatic society on the campus as per rumored... 'h1o'd believe it: The scale only chalked up 115 when Carolyn Gayden ounted ... we remember the days when one Holmes Eleazer held down y position on Julianne Connelly's divan but never more since the S. A. stepped in . . . Stan Stasica's pix posed with his dog prompted one mirer to ask, natcherly, "which is which" . . . Chalk up one this week r Lalla Sullivan who once upon a time gave up that sad expression to mplay some natural charms ..ad News to Women Department: mnnie Morton is steddying with Carolene Prince . . . We heard the her day of a frog who complained about having a man in his throat d a pigeon who was accused of being peop)le toed . .. Silly ain't it .. . d smelly . . . Scenes seen: Harvey Blouin without his shadow; Appie eed actually studying; Walt Taylor headed Rogersward; more people basketball games than ever since the Tompkins brothers . . . Chubby >m Stokes, who bitually cops pictures of sisters from brothers is of ing cash for one of a little girl named Mary living at 325 S. Wacca a...We predict wedding bells in the near future for dainty and ainty Peg Newton, ditto with Helen Cantey . . .We also wonder if am Fusci and Lucille Reasonover ever get tired of feuding .. . With a ea that somebody do something to make dirt we continue filling this ace with these musings: Many a girl will forget the past for a pres t . . . Not all girls looking for matches are smokers . . .And the great rakening generally comes when you try to wlip in at dawn . . . Gads, ing on the gas masks. Why Hill No! By JIMMY HILL 'HIS IS NEW STUFF Exams are history; re-instatement blanks have been accepted; thb ruins of registration are being cleared away; and The Gamecock has a new column. Of course, I have to make a pub lic statement of my policies, saying what I will write about, and what I wor't tough.-But I ain't! ! How do I know that I won't change my mind? RIOT RAMPANT AT REGISTRATION I suppose you were in that mob over at Davis College, last Thursday from 9 o'clock on. The whole student body must have been. Every body came there for registration except the persons in charge of getting the necessary blanks in placel Hundreds of students can stand in a mob for a little while quite quietly, but after an hour and fifteen minutes, something was bound to break. It did. Everybody's patiencell Shoving and pushing and milling around became the order of the hour. ?omebody stood on my feet most of the time but that was allright. I couldn'tl I PATRIOTISM AND STUFF It was then that Bill Bray came to the rescue by leading the sardined mob in the singing of "God Bless America", "The Alma Mater", and several other choice selections, but this terminated with Bob Quinn and several other self-appointed cheer leaders leading the congregation in cheers of, "THE DOOR! I, THE DOORI! , OPEN THE DAMN DOOR! I I" The crowd yelled loud enough to make a football cheer sound like a whisper. THE DOOR.OPENS The above mentioned door finally opend, and relief seemed in sight, but inside that room was worse. Instead of the usual arrangement, whereby you just filed by and picked up the necessary blanks, all the material was piled on tables in the center of the room. Of course, the multitude surged around those tables like Russians at Rostov, and fought for possession of the vital supplies. I'll never forget how Bill Tennant looked standing on top of the mess trying to hand out blanks, like a ten-cent store clerk in the middle of a ladies unmentionables sale. I wonder how he remained alive after he had to announce that the blanks had temporarily run out? I. Q. KIDS CROWD CAMPUS News Item-High school students matriculate at USC. Prof. Jones quizzes new freshman math class. Prof. Jones-Now Mr. Whatsisname, can you tell me the answer to this problem? New Matriculate (removing pacifier from mouth)-Goo! Gool ZRX squared and multiplied by the nth root of pi equals the cosign of 178 multiplied by twice x, according to the Einstein theory of the fifth dimension. Where's my all day sucker? Glop! THINGS I CAN'T UNDERSTAND The new cut system, and why. Why some of the class-calling bells don't ring. What's immoral about having dates on the campus. Indecency could hardly thrive under practically 2,000 prying eyes. Why the student activities fee couldn't have been increased about "two bits" and given every organization a little support in the re-allocation. Why we can't get registration blanks before the morning of registra tion and avoid that trampling crowd. Why the Literary Societies don't get more literary. Why the University Players don't get bigger audiences. Occasionally a little hammy, but usually pretty good entertainment. NO SUGAR?? I heard the other day that there was a sugar shortage, and thought I had something to make a crack about in this rag, but all reports from Sims and Wade Hampton show no falling off in registration, so I'll just mark that report down to propaganda. OLD, BUT APPROPO Speaking of the sugar shortage, it may be timely to revive this one. It seems that some time ago, a former columnist of this space reported having walked into a restaurant that was at that time considered "tight." Now it would be called extremely patriotic for displaying the following directions: "Don't use much sugar, and stir like Hell We don't mind the noise! I I" QUICK? WATSON? THE NEEDLE! Oh, well, (how'd that "w" get in there?) I'd better stop pound ing on this machine and get back to work. What! You didn't know I had a job? Sure, I've joined the nation's fastest growing industry. But business isn't so good. People are locking their tires on! I Comament OROER Cap Flowery LanguageWefudteehnybtte He tightly held his Violet bs n ssilt necp h While driving fast-poor silly, malnwhnrptsghoe Where once he held his Violet, Now he holds a lily. ,Mae inRupr -Furman Hornet. An thnteewshedso He must have been driving amaiclapnswh wiped bicycle, or his tires were as slick t rts a-ep as ourr maybe. " hn 'lhv aaca Defense Haircut Adte h a lpe h A tomahawk is what if you go to bredraMce in sleep suddenly and wake up without hair, there is an Indian with. Lieegr'Funte -Northwestern News. Fte:"h rk htcari That's the trouble with fightingthlingom asngt? japs. They're all bald or just fuzzy. Dagtr"tjutclpsdllo Alibis For Flunkerswahrt-T hOace 1. "Y'see, mom, the prof's got the Ol ey ee alnoto wrong text and doesn't know itaLgaeClgecirfrtesm yet . . ."resn 2. "The instructor hates me be cause I comb my hair-and heYehWatFr hasn't got any."Cek Pes,sr fi scn '8. "I didn't know he was in the vnetIdlk etwe f. classroom one day and I took his Bs:"h o ol1e?Wa name-in vain, that's why."fo? 4. "1 don't study, and I cut class- Clr:"e, ygi'songn I es and I wonder why I'm only hrhnyoAadIdlk og flunking in one course . . ."wihe." -aSleClgan (The last is not guaranteed for Hemsbeaecnlotat reuls. oto U ew, roWew ondese hny,bt.h