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13ERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor SU4e ass tas postofi** at Oolumbia 1941 Member i4 Associated CHe6iate Press Distributor of Cole6diae Di6est SPIRSENTEO FOR NATIONA. ADVERTISIN4 EV Nation Advertising Service, Inc. CoMege Pubwshers Represeasisve 43o MiADISON Avg. NEW YORK. N. Y. CKcASO - SoSTON - Los ANesIM.s - sAN FRANCISCO Issued weekly by the student body of the University of Souti Carolina during the college year. Frank L Sloan................................................Edito 0. 0. ArlaIl, Jr..................................Business Manae Robert 2. Quinn....................................Managing Edito EDITORIAL STAFF Donald 0. Merrick................................. Sports Xditoj Albert S. Eggerton ...................................... ews Edito Dor.eN.s................................................ Coed "toW 0rsieCannon.................................. SocietyEdt ASSOIATE RDITORS leonard Turnbull Pitkin Bell Gordon Hill Donald Law Nancy Padgett Arthur Roberts STAFF WRITERS Jimy Bill Margaret Jones Kate Smoot Sloan Hungerpillar Buster Coleman Othnell Weinges Sarah Flinn Connie Morton Red Ballantine Howard Lindsay Morris Mazursky Bill Timmons Virginia Trapp David Brockington ............................Circulation Manage Ray Parrott .......................................Exchange Edito BUSINESS STAFF is Brooks Ken Sallenger WE ARE THE CHOSEN We have, after three years of wondering finally found out why The Gamecock is al wkys criticizing . . . and always attacked for being critical. We are the only voice on the campus that doesn't seem to think the whole world is it fine condition and all its inhabitants "gooi! boys". The Gamecock has bent backward to be con structive in its complaints . . . it will continu< to bend backvards, but it will also see if a fow kinks can't be straightened in some other cam pus backbones. If the politicians think student governmeni is only a hoax, and not worth carrying beyon< the preliminary stage of election . . . If the Cooperative stores think they are real ly non-profit cooperative . .. If some faculty members think that the feel ings of individual members are more imlpor tant than forward-looking plans (such a; course revaluation) to the University ... If students think the whole world is fine fromi Athletic Assoiation to Zoology 149 ... The Gamecock doesn't think so. And we'll continue to gripe, so -long as ther is a man or woman of Carolina willing to tak tile bit in his teeth and11 pull1 along with us.. to drag the whole University out of its bog o complacency. MEETING NO. 2 Nobody who aittendled the Tu iesd ay, Marc1 31, student body mleeting needs any inlstruictio] in how to be a sap. We all seemi to have (loll pretty well. We all went in with tile intent of express ing our real demands for a student voice i: things at Carolina, and caine out having beei made partial--if not conmplete-fools of. 'True, wve (lid get the mfOtion for the neCw stai dent government passed, but onIly after w had been deftly hornswoggledl into voting o: a useless resolultion stating that Deanl Bra<1 ley and his disciplinie committee are a fin group. Everybody who stops to think b)ack for on minute on the affair knows that no respons: ble student doubted tihe accuracy and fairnes of the committee, once Dean IBradlley ha spoken on Monday. But at the samne time nI thinking student can dleny that students has a right to-in fact, were begged by Colona McfKissick and the faculty to-work with fa< ullty committees to promlote a comnplete iundei standing for tile future in all decisions. What happened ? Seven well-informed andl officially bac'ke students stayed up most of Monday night I prepare a newv student government setup I meet needs for a student voice in importai faculty committee actionls . . . to h)e prlesent< while students were aL:anding actioni. Their motions were dIrowned in a characte building furor, designed to sa-ve pl)Oitical neel that students no longer were even w<arie about . . . and the Carolina student bodk hvi so completely at sea after tile haranguie thu we had to race the clock to get acceptance < the first complete faculity-student cooperatic plan ever attempted. MUSICAL ARISTOCRACY The University chapel will enter the rank of the musically aristocratic April 21. On that day the $10,000 Skinner organ, pre. sented to the University by hotel executivc alumni Lawrence S. Barringer, will be formal. ly dedicated. Prof. Hugh Williamson, head of the music department, has announced plans to have Fred H. Parker, alumni and director of muqic at Colunbia, College, play the dedicatory recital, The hallowed old halls, if too small for all the students to gather in, are still ideal for the echoing of the chords from the fine old organ. We'll now have background for our poli ties. DIMES AND DOLLARS Every year Carolina students and faculty are approached by innumnerable organizations asking charity or operating contributions. Beginning the day we register in September and are solicited by magazine salesmen, "Y' pledgers, and Block "C" rafflers . . . the weeks until June are a continual round of requests for contributions. There is a suggestion afoot in the student faculty relations committee now to consolidate all contributions from students into one Coin niiity Chest fund . . . to be apportioned by a chest committee to the various groups ask ing student support. Schools, large and small, over the nation have been using the plan since it first made its appearance in municipal governments. The reasons for such a system at USC are the same as those accepted by cities who have the plan. Each citizen or student is not individually accosted three times a day for contributions, a central committee keeps unreliable groups from soliciting (a job that Dean Chase now has to do), and all groups such as the "Y' may spend their canvassing energies on some more worthwhile task. But most important is that students will find one single contribution to a central findl once a semester much easier on the overworke(d pocketbook. WHODUNNIT? It seems like the faculty did it. 1What? Why they up and approve a new defens< physical fitness and intramural plan to be in auguraIt by f2Cuh 1nrighL and his staff. They moved conunencement up one weel earlier and made things mumch easier for th' boys going into the armmed forces, dlespite the extra work in vol vedl for p)rofessors themselves To Thme Gamecock it seems that the p)rof cam act when he is given a chance to get his teeti inIto something. Ma1ybe we have conme to the timue when a nev ordier of interest and action for the sake of tI 1University is at hand. 1 FOR EXAMPLE 1 What we meant when we railed about corn placency in the editorial above couldn't be bet ter exp)lainedl than by the student attitud about the p)rojected Varsity Show. 3 As exp)ected, the sevenm enthusiastic student i who started out writing the opus soon dwin - died to three who were really willing to wvork C Any~ show that is to be calledl a show has t, havi e a dlirector . . . there goes one of you e willing workers. The other two are-like al -willing workers at USC-are swampedl wit: s so much work that they are depending in larg j part on studlent aid in taking tihe 80 or mnor o) pat ini the show. e C'all sheets are posted, gals and guys i dl abunimdance are honedl and enthuse mnadi Sabout the whole "Thirilling" idlea . . . and te comie to tihe first casting. Seven come to thme secondI casting. Thmirteen come to tihe thlirdl casting. (1 Four conme to the fourth casting. o All of whlich adlds up to.. 0 If we wvant a varsity sh ow, if we want t it sell Carol ina to tihe hligh-schoolers who wi dI be on tile campus tile week-end slated for th shmow, if we want to get tihe May Queen cer< -monies back on tile campus whlere thley hoo :s best, if wve want to prove to ourselves in ger dI eral that we aren't living just because it s too much trouble not to breathe .. . it Show iup at tile last casting call for the Vi f sity Show todlay at 4 o'clock in the Chapel.. n or it will go, tihe way of the Carolinian an other cnmpus flopn. Campus Camera DISINGUISHED NEGRO SCIENTIST, HAS DOREC$[D AGRICULTURAL KESEARCR AT TUSKEGEE INSTI .1UME FOR MORE 14AN 39 YEARS. HF IS ONE OF HE M0t VERSATILE MEN IN 'HE COUTf '10MAY. CIASMADE 285 USEFUL PRODPiM FwDA 'mEr PEA - MIT INCWJPING MItK, PUCLES9* INK, SHAMPOO, DYES COFFEE, * L.ARD AND AXLE: GMe%/ ALSO MADE 118 PROVDUCTS XPR00K FfVM 1UE SWEET POTATO. RECIPES ORIGINATED BY DR. CARVER ARE ON ACCOM- GKILLED USED IN LEADING PLISHED ARiST. NWICIAN - 1R. HOTELS 'HRoIUGAOUT HAS EXHIBITED ED U.S. AS A "'rE CO0MTRY PAINTINGS AL. ONE PIANIS/ OVER WORLD! HE MAKES His, -J PAPER FROM PEANUT SHEL.LS, PANIT FROM CLAY AND FRAMES ARE MADE FROM ORN HUCI ' BUCKSHOT- SINCE 1870, WHEN THE US. OFFICE OVER 00 STUDENTS OF EDUCATION BEGAN GOLLECTiNG COMPRIZE THE STAFF OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION* SOME UE MINNESOTA CILY/ 3,50,000 PERSONS HAVE RECEIVED COLLEGE DEGREES! ACE's Jay Richter Reports from Washington JOBS Each day adds to the likelihood of all-out registration of woman-power (ages 18 to 65). Secretary of Labor Perkins predicts that of 15,000,000 workers employed in war industries by January, 1943, 5,000,000 will be women. The swing is most dramatic in war industries. Less startling-but of more practical value to college women-is the fact that the swing is tak ing place in almost every field. The Federal Government is leading the way. Not to mention those hired "in the field," 600 women are arriving in Washington each week to enter Federal service. Many of them are hired for administrative, professional and sub-professional jobs-as economists, public relations experts, ammu nition inspectors, dieticians, medical technicians and ordnance inspectors. Uncle Sam is using them, too, in skilled and semi-skilled fields-as gas mask inspectors and assemblers, arsenal apprentices, mechanical time fuse workers, examiners of knitted and woven articles, power sewing machine operators. Right now Civil Service is looking for women mathematicians to make computations in ballistic testing for war agencies. Requirements call for two years of college with three semesters of mathematics. Formal title of the job is "Assistant Technical and Scientific Aid," starting pay, $1,620 annually. For those with just one year of collegce, the job to apply for is that of "Junior Technical and Scientific Aid." Emphasis on college physics and chemistry is required. The pay is $1,440. There are also vacancies righit now for women "Junior Physicists" (espe tcially those trained in radio or sound) at $2,000 a year. Requirements are four years of college-24 hours of physics. Seniors who qualify wvill be hired pending successful graduation. If your major is chemistry instead of physics, apply under the "Junior Chemist" classification. Incidentally, there's no intention of shouldering college men out of this Sjob picture. I lowvever, current vacancies are for women. The obvious in ference is that men will be needed elsewvhere-and government officials have hardened themselves to the fact. Men can apply for the jobs mentioned ab)ove. They aren't as likely to get them at present, that's all. WAR -Alumni of 651 American educational institutions are represented at the -"University of the Air," the Naval Air Corps training base at Corpus Christi, B Trexas. Included are one college of osteopathy'. twvo schools of divinity. California, with 453 students from 61 schools, has more cadets than any other state-20 per cent of the Corpus bhristi "student body." S - IN GENERAL The U. S. Office of Education here reports that world wvar has brought students from 70 foreign countries to American colleges and universities r (luring the last year. * * * The Norwegian legation in Washington points out that sttudents have joined their teachers in resisting Nazi domination; a case in point, the 0 "Stavanger inlcidenlt." When Stavanger students heard their school was e to be taken over by Nazi troops, they sneaked into the school building, stripping it of fixtures before the Nazis arrived. Some 9,500 of Norway's 10,500 teachers have resigned in protest against a Quisling order to join the Nazi Teachers' organization. y How Not To Save Tires i e cwI'cHURS OSVE SIGNAL.9, DRINKING,1NEH MIVINg', rr KUsPS THa +rra PEwI h NCT ONMW VinCKS CA.S, . DRIVERS WHO sSGNAL -u U 0VN PUTS DRIVUR,3 G FEPWUfR HITS, l'OOL /Ba4HND Ips wRN BAma Why Hill No! By JIMMIE HILL Editor's Note: Because of the absence of the regular columnist the col inn this week is awritten by Lalla Sullivan and Kate Smoot. Nver Bored . Elections are almost over-what a relief. It had gotten so bad that if someone spoke to us girls on the campus or cut-in at a dance, we thought that it was just because of politics. It makes a gal feel much better to know that she gets attention by choice, and not just because she is a voter. And worst of all, we understand that this happens every year. But anyway congratulations and so forth to all the new officers. lan Plugged The plug of the week goes to student government plans. Although as Freshman columnists we have not yet learned all there is to know about -arolina, we are sure of one commendable thing that has happened, or is rying to happen, on the campus. That is the recently advocated and much liscussed plan for more student government. We students are aiming for more student participation and a lot more in :rest in the government of Carolina. The present constitution of Carolina wvas drawn up last year under Student Body President Sol Blatt, and was ratified by the Board of Trustees. Of course, any change in the constitu tion would have to be done in the form of amendments to the constitution, )ut the students can accomplish much by this. We could obtain much more government by the students themselves, such as a student voice in the meet ings and decisions of the Discipline Committee, if we will only work for it. Here's to more student participation in student government, and less sitting oil the side lines to cheer oil the other fellow. April Showers At last after two hundred and fifty years the tenements on the old campus are getting a few modern improvements. Be cause of the grumbles and groans of the inhabitants, the work of Marshal Kelly and Kappa Sigma Kappa, the old tenements are getting tiled showers and such. Beamed one student, "Now I can really take a bath without having to curl up in a lavatory or go home every week-end." Where To Light During A Blackout Sims and Wade llampton Colleges are holding open house-and we do mean open-during all blackouts! Mrs. Childs has decreed that all boys who are caught in a blackout in either building are to seek sanctuary behind those sacred curtains and doors which have never before been open for men. Here's to bigger and better blackouts, the sooner the better! Block "C" Work A big bouquet of orchids to the Block C Club for getting Charlie Spivak and the boys to play for a Carolina dance. At the rate we were going before, Carolina could well be compared to P. C. for name-band dances. But these Block C boys have gotten a really swell orchestra down for their annual dance, and we are sure that all-Carolina students will be out there back ing them and having a wonderful time. Spam Me This Torture According to the boys and gals who limped back nursing sunburn from all the spring holiday house parties. we must now only say "dam" on Sun days, "Spam" is the proper cuss-word for all other days of the week, but it is just too bad to be used on Sundays. "Spam it !" All further informa tion concerning this subject can be obtained from Guy Jr. Castles. Walking On Ayers traght irm A i A ,' e "e ,L ulware has surpassed Hedy LaMarr, Lana Turner and all the rest. At the beauty pageant Monday night he was heard to breathe soul fully as she walked out on the stage, "Gee, if I only had a pic ture of her to say good-night to every nightl" Stage Struck Carolina's Varsity Showv goes on in exactly twelve days from nowv at the Annual May-Day exercises. The brain-chlild is getting on very well under the sighIs and groans of thle directors wvho mournfully pull hair during cach rehlearsal. But it is going good, anid will be, so let's all petition for oneC again next year. Let's All Advocate A be kinld to columnists week. WVe never realized howv much trouble and( work anld swveat it took to write a column unitil we triedl it. Well, we knowv nowv, and thlerefore wve are plugging for a be kind to columnists week, preferably this week, since we are writing the colunm. MUSCLINv' IN With ED PATTERSON Ah spring; all, bock beer; all, grass lying; ahl, airport; aw books Wonder if thlere is any truth to the rumor thlat a Carolina sister got mlarried by mistake . . . Sonme of the best news lately came withl the announcenment that tIle Block C's hlad signed up with Spivak ...For the benefit of non tux-owners thle job is to be very informal ...But how will thle crowd ever get ini the field house? Lawvyer Jim Guest likes to talk about the blind date he had and says hle would hlave been much happier if he hlad been b)lind( . . . Personal note to peppy petite Appie Speed: We really don't know anything about a hlammnock in connection with two holiday house parties nor Harry Gil more either. Speaking of beaches, and whlo isn't these days, Doctor Tarzan Wells, of Kappa Sig shame (pardon us-fame) had the privilege of wooing every woman on the Myrtle Beach strand last Sunday morning . .add a chalk mlark this week for Sara Crout, amazon beauty who driftedl in the second semester, butt whIo is currently tied up, at gun's point, with Bernard Metz, and just in case some of the narrow nminds don't get it, we mean only that tIle feeling isn't necessarily mutual . . . Jack Keenarn sends a note to Banmmers saying that if the army doesn't soon get him thle hoboes wvdl . . . Wish the piccolo would be put back in the canteen as n added attraction now that the pin ball macine is a thing of the For party life: ask Amy Ham, gem withl the slim trim to sing one of her private songs . . . We can't hlelp but saying that the persons hardest hlit by the wool shortage hereabouts are Elvira Blackwell and Hilda Bagby . . There will be a funeral next week for one of the campus' oldest loves-Polly Tlicks . .Three guesses why Jimmy Brooks and Clarke McCants hollered "robbery" Tuesday mornling . . . Brother Quinn says that the only thing tIle varsity shlow needs is somebody to be in the cast . . . get the hint . . . The Fowler Cannoni (Tina)-Young coin bine is running neck, neck anld Neck . . . Try as best we can we can't figure out ho0w we ruined Byrd Lucius for we certainly didn't saya thin about hler and Combs on thle Sigma Nu houseparty . . . quarrels or Ginnie Copeland and the moon succeeded in winning a Sigma Cli frat pin but the beach sand hlas it now . . . anId she didn't get a lac to brag about it . . . The K.A.'s are nmatching' to see who's next on thne Jones parade . . . Necessary qualification: a low draft number . .News conlcerninig Millhe Zimmierman-Jimmiy Wilson's home again and need more be said . . . The worm squirms . . . from now on no scandal It just can't happen here a . 'i -x -m,hodyornoe