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The Gamecock Founded January 80s. 10 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editc tered as eond-clam amatter at the potoffice at Colu1 I. C.. Nov. 30. 1M. 1941 Member 1942 14ssociated Colle6iade Press Diuributor of Cole6ite Diesl MPROSNTWO POR NATIONAL ADVERTIING SY National Advertising Service, Inc. Coe*ge Publfsiers Represewtasir 420 MADIsON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAOO - BOSTON - Los ANGILIS - SAN FRANCOSCO Issued weekly by the student body of the University of So Carolina during the college year. Frank K. Sloan................................................Ed 0. 0. Artall. Jr..................................Business Mans Robert E. Quinn....................................Managing Ed EDITORIAL STAFF Donald G. Merrick......................................Sports Ed Albert 8. Eggerton......................................News Ed Dons Nash......................................... Coed Edi bristtne Cannon...............................ociety Ed ASSOCIATE EDITORS Leonard Turnbull Pitkin Bell oordon 11111 Donald Law Nancy Padgett Arthur Roberts STAFF WRITERS Jimmy Hill Margaret Jones Kate Smoot Sloan Hungerpillar Buster Coleman Othnell Weinges Sarah Flinn Connie Morton Red Ballantne Howard Lindsay Morris Mazursky Bill Timmons Virginia Trapp David Brockington ............................Circulation Mans Ray Parrott ......................................Exchange Edt BUSINESS STAFF Sin Brooks Ken Sallenger A Few Light Remarks Again we read a reminder to turn off u used lights. Again we say that's a good id, And again the lights stay on. It seemis requisite now to call on the war f everything that is accomplished. But that what we are saving the juice for. It's going to be hard on the glass when wi dows are broken and the lights put out wi bricks . . . by air raid vigilantes (self-a pointed). Turn 'em off. Let's slap a Jap with eve watt. Discussion Discussion Discussing discussion was very disgustil this week to some of the professors who v< tnteered to lead the war discussion groups. For some profs the attendance was good, f others punk. It may have been the prof. The Ganmeco doubts it. One said he would use this to find o whether the average student really wa li-te ested in current topics, or just using the nieN discussions in class to circuninavigate t rough waters of knowledge. Whatever tihe findings, they've got uIs de; to tihe rights. We have to p)rove that we real were interestedl in news or th1ey'll take 1)a the good opinion all buiilt upj for miidsemlest grades. Or we have to attend the mleetin for the sake of discussion itself . . . which tihe general idea. Dance We Shall TIhe test case5 has come and1( gone. The decision: We shll dance. TIhe losers: Faclty (chaperons. who) will 4 uIp to ungodly hours; and adml)iniister~ coIunltI fish-fisted hiandshakes. Tihe winnlers: Stuidents, who will '4av i to unlgod!y hiours aind receive ulntles.s Ii.s f isted ha1 nd1sha kes. Also ran The ( CDI, whoi( h)ooted m1onu wvith danices bult lost tile eni-h thallt could h.a beenI spent oil biond.. What Again? Yes, igaiin. Let's dlispense W ithI examils. TIhis is no time for fiddlling around. Neith is it tihe time for rash daii unwvise act ion. Buit it is the time for some changes in o pondierouis and stlubling exam andl degreei quliremient systems. IIow abIoult a stuldent-faculty committee wi sense in its head, action in its soul (and sole to get together and strip) our decks for ac0ti The (lecks are so coveredl with redl tap)e a: antiques in varying stages of uselessness, tii some doubt if we have any deck left. Which boils down to . . . Ain't we or are going to get something (lone besides edlitor] writing? Fraternal Order Probably the world's champion death-ra tiers are the members of the Interfraternit council. They have been lingering in indefini stages of rigor miortis since the day fratern ties were moved to the campus from their toN houses. Finally somebody is threatening to admil ister a shot of adrenlin . . . a bunch of the go< brothers are circulating a petition to strength the voice of the group and to see that the fr ternities and sororities become a real force f J)lshing Carolina ahead. t*r The Gamecock is for it. ffer tor It's time the fraternities quit squabblir among themselves and the faculty . . . and g trsomething conlstrucltive donle. tor tor On Dead Pans Again we are entertaining high school st dentts. Welcome studients. We are glad you are he an(] hope volu will coie back . . to stay. tor i t It's a great J'Aace, even if you are being su jected to ten lectures a day and can't get good idea of what the school is really like. If you show 111) again on May day, you m see what we really mean when we say, "theri n- no place like it." a. All of which means that. -there are grei plans in tile offing. L)r Close To Us "- ie way to a man's heart is through I th stomach, the old adage says . . with a sort. I- bypath thlrough his pocketbook. So student stomachs and pocketbooks a Lry both affected strongly by the latest news froi Steward's lall, student cafeteria. All year we've been waiting for the pric to go up or the food to go down in quality neither has happened. Everybody is full both in stomach and pocketbook. Everybody Ig happy. Orchids to D1ietician Swecker . . and tl little brunette who dishes up the beans to tl line on the right. Principle Only at After years of struggling along with a hal hearted minority of honor code signers, Cam lina is finally back to an Honor Principle v and away from a code. eanimous faculty action Wednesday c dlorsedl tihe student honmor council's new syste 1(d for oper'tation of tihe Princip)le, and( we are ha< iv onI the right foot at last. -k Th'le system RnO loniger dlependls on a few hu rdedtuetpldigto rep)ort dlishlontC InRstead, the honor of the Uiversity becom the persomnal possess5ion1 and1 ob)ligationi of eve: WVhat (1o we halve? Ilonmor is ani ac'tiv old1( ghost onice mRore. Tr stud(enmt has pledged hiis pe(rsonlal honor. The fj uly is solid hehind( it, withI failth in every st dlent instea'ld of a few. Best of all the Hlonor Principle is sometii we c'an btoatst abiouit and( ~paise to othier schlo . . .as Vi rginliai amnd 'NC and1( W&L do.0. . inste, sof a half1-hieartedl, halft-stupported subst itutte f the plersonal coopernationi of eve'ry mani a. woman of (Ca rolina. Ti lhte (Gamieock gives thaniks thait honor h- unot to be forgotten'R ill a world of chaos. ie Front And Center Whlat with spr*ing aRnd hlns, aRId butddi< and1( birieR1is aill 'otminig out of w intet <ptlirte (Caroliina campul)Rs bieginis to loo1k like lookin'. With ilnture' (loing hier best anId the co-c add ingi generally to the situtiioni, ourn incampRi is on S oRI f the most beutini ful in the Amnerica. So we all go out and1 stretc'h our' weary 1h0n on the grass . . . b)ringinig with us some of t Sumuisty air from inside. IBut the sunt soon fix -R ti p and1( all the 01(1 winter fe'eliing is gone. liut thetre is one thing wXe can't get ridl of1 h the4'1 subth met'tthod, and1 that is our1 habit s) nu king atny lac(e we liv'e in look like a wa. I. haske't. Siun camn't meilt that habihit awuay. bIult ai little thought abhott it ('an. atSo, wh'len we cre out of our winter Ia 't this year let's leave the trash and waste pap behind. ve Who wanits to sleep through a history qum ali and( thenm have had dIreams because lhe is slee ing on a pile of old (lisumtrm1 onne anyw.ay? CAME THE SPRING -The National Defense Effort to 1 ig re b - it *Question-of-Week What's the first thing you'd do if you heard Jap bomber is planes over Columbia? f Georgia Warren, Junior-I'd take advantage of the blacli out. Oe carl Baskin, Senior-Well, since they usually come over be u fore daybreak I wouldn't be up, and therefore I wouldn't do anything until they started laying eggs. Then it might be too Ls late. Walter Taylor, 1 Law-I'd run to turn on all the lights in the law library. Is Mildred Brown, Sophomore-I'd try not to go to pieces. 10 Harvey Atwili, Freshman-I'd run like li-for the nearest le exit. Rut Osborne, Jr., Freshman-I'd dash down to Sims during the blackout and-well, help in operations down there. Bill Bray, Senior-I'd estimate their objective, and establish a line of motion 180 degrees out of phase with theirs, PDQ. Dr. Babcock-I'Fl dismiss my classes and squall for Alice (my 0 wife). - Ansley Ketchin, Sophomre-I'd hide under the bed and put the pillow over my head. n- Suzanne Wilson, Senior--I'd go out to thme hospital and work m as a numrses' aidl. EGOOewoeeeal Oine hmourte te na B-Before dawn \ihalvl og v. The worldl is h1ushed(, still.Mokgbrdugatn .y. Lying on the sandlAdtenx iteps *I knowThtdrstcip There is niothing beyond the fringe Vlflowttgy of light. Wt ayabr) lhe D)eath Hate--l nc hm~idn LC Iove--fralo ni- Life-- il eato Do not exist outside myself. Sogbrsup The world--BBQIN Thefl universe id The conglomerate whole is APE' ER orr 1(1 SPRINGWhntewihofdrnskls SSpring is here tefoes Aint that nice?Whnlaegovodaddi Grass is green Teei oehn htge u And it's cold as ice. (n vrwee But, ahm, the birds Iteso fgen Sing out in beauty.Anthruoitcngutlal TErust those souls snwaa. '~" To (10 theire(lihey.maLBRTHIn LetnrsTohe nEitepsto l)ar Editor: pusha veres ntioy anirp ntdob Our colege ampuswas dcla l ol that igfeuey rmre Wity hare .Badnentoal upnay viitr toouurp.rsty te to it. grasse wisll tos notiebenh The oter (la I waswalkin b)ick wlsoup.addontob acrssthecapuswih aprfesorWaled con. Linds wlkon tew. who rmarke on te gretnumer eI te wialht orthnest ail rs ~bi*keiil~otle otithegrol:i( lte effor,beivwecnkp er Thse bttle were(loU)tl Wheou leavs tre toldh additions by iulet hocoldnt inshT ere s mtinel thtyosou cok o coclae il i te An Ids,Amds 0.i YOUNGi,a teen, ut drnk iton th waylo Cre sponofgecre o class.Such dbris mkes ou cam- apam.gm apa Why Hill No! By JIMMIE HILL SOMETHING GOOD GOES ON The bouquet-throwing for this week turns to another organiza tion of much work, and little mention. The Student-Faculty rela tions groups have spent as much time on their many problems as many another more publicized bunch, and are really coming out with the results. Witness the new allocations, the faculty-student parties in Flynn, the better chapel programs, and many other projects done or in the process. And it definitely ain't no crip! CHARGE OF THE LIGHT CRUSADE KSK has begun another defense drive. This one is to reduce electrical waste by turning out unnecessary lights. A very good idea, and one that will be hcartily backed by Harold L. Ickes among others, I don't doubt. But possibly our eagerness to corporate in defense has led to this waste. Going on War Time earlier this year has made many pro fessors cut on lights for early classes, and we don't have late classes, so there's waste there. Just guesswork on this, but we may have to sacrifice our reputation and hold classes an hour later to really aid the victory. WE'RE STILL WAITING For the black-out that is supposed to be tested in Columbia. For weeks now we've heard rumors of a black-out, explanations that we are near the coast, therefore vulnerable, so should practice one, and we even heard the sirens being tested, but no blackout. Of course, I know the boys over in Tenement 27 have about three a night as fuses blow out, but it would be quite a novelty to the rest of us. Besides, it would let us know we ar? in a war. LeRoy (of course), said surprisingly, "Huh, well' I guess I'll go down ter thuh lobby uv wun uv thuh wimin's bildings whinever we has th'et blackdown." 0 One at a time, girls, one at a time! HOW.DID THESE HAPPEN? - Rummaging around among USC's regulations, it is interesting to no tice the following possibilities: If you are sick with pneumonia, you have to get up and go out in the weather, even if it's raining, and get to the infirmary before you get excusedl from your classes. If you (lie in your own room, you get cut out of classI! At Wade Hampton dormitory, there is a rule prohibiting the playing of the piano after 8 p. i., but the new record player there sends out jive until all hours of the night. And it doesn't seem to disturb anybody! All juniors and seniors with B averages are supposed to get voluntary class attendance,, but there is a little hidden rule that makes it possible for: (a) A junior wlo "busted" out of school first semester, and had to petition for re-admittance, iay keep his voluntary attendance. (b) Many juniors and seniorz with B averages or better cannot get voluntary attendance. Above can be proven. Disgustin' isn't it? Co-eds iay get late keys at the dormitories on any night except Sun (lay night. WVhy?? POST MORTEM The play, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," has long been publicized as one of the oldest English plays that has survived through the ages. Its life was threatened by a production here last night. It still lives. Amazing? TO BEACH OR NOT TO BEACHCOMBER That has been the question in the last tw o Letters to the Editor. For two wveeks, I readl radically divergnt view% on the nroner length ofa male'shead of hair. Neither of them attemlptedl to state liow lonig one's hair should be, but yc t ap)parently (disagreed with each other violently. "A plague o' both your houses," as the immortal bard of the Avon would have put it, or, as more universally recognizedl lingo has it--NUTS. What's the sense in arguing such a question. It's all a matter of opin ion. \Ve can find good points on both sides of the controversy T here is a good argument for the short, or stubbhoe-length variety of cover:ng. Such a growth is dlefinitely desirable in this March wvind, as it does not lose its shane. if it can he saihI to have ne. On the other hand, there are many advantages to be derived from the overgrown, or beachcomber, type mop. Look at Lady Godiva!! Each man to his own taste. We still look like dlopes. Maybe the wvhole thing wvas started by a disgruntled b)arb)er. MUSCLIN' IN With ED PATTERSON (Patterson Note: TIhe usual purveyor of patter for this space re ins fon wie iactive list this week and two Carolina darkhorses penned1 Observations of An Anonymous Gu"-' 'el'umnist If our chatter sounds dlizzy it's because w, just emerged from the Chase to McKissick to Bradley to Chase to McKissick combination seeking a fifty cent refund . . . The Marshal's office staff should be added.to the faculty of the Law School teaching a course in techni Question of the week-W'hy (10 some studlents think the stone slabs b)y F linn Hall are tombstones? o ve:nent of the Week--To raise a fund to sendl Jake Speers back Prize boner of the week-Sol Blatt and Square Ariail in the Citadel semior no-break andl grand march . . . What ramrods. Things we never knew till now . . . and still don't know ...That the boo0k store can prove it is a leon-profit organization--to the satisfaction of the book store and Patty Breeden . . . That all our student activities are so well financedl that we can afford to cut the activities fee 'That the edlitor of the annual has time to be chairman of thie honor council and president of K SK wvhile many more irons lie iin the fire... More Observations The Student Union room is where half the campus sits on the other half's lap ...nice Bunny Vermont has become ''her til Rhamebo,'' his place as possessor of most oft trampled heart in the state has fallen to Columnist Patterson . . . 1 Song of the Week-Bobe Sideman singing "I'll Never Smile Again"' ...until I get my teeth... Plug of the Week-To Jack Crawford and Frankie DeMars for carrying on intramural ath'letics which wouldl have dlied from lack of funds andl equip)ment. Mary D)ana really gets around despite her Pearce-omania D)oc Wells has squieezed himself out of a co-ed's affections... Scene on the Campus-"The Gruesome Twosome"-B1obbly "P'igfeet" Lumpkin and Charlie "Toothpick" Holme.