Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DrIDAL VAhP AAOOwT IDrroS Dla k]Md4 rA)Albt Neggton, DonaW Law Managing Editor Dark Times Ahead Bring Serious Thoughts About Our Wartime University The serious days always "just ahead" for the University have now arrived. With the 1 lowering of the draft age, the fate of the in- s stitution itself will be in doubt, at least for I the war years. Hackeyed phrases somehow do not express i what should be said. But it would be a poor 1 mind indeed that did not pause as the Uni versity enters upon its gravest period to take f stock of a few things Service to the State, the Nation and so ciety is at the basis of every such institution. Our own school has not failed to at least offer the opportunity for its students to realize this aim. Whether or not they have has depended upon the individual. ' r High flown principles alone are not worth fighting-or dying for. But a way of life based on those principles is worth-is the only P thing worth fighting for. t By and large, the University represents our P way of life. Free thought, free speech are practiced as much or as little as the people t care to have them practiced. That our present system is the perfection of I all social orders is not true. That we find it t the best yet is the rallying point of the demo- ' cratic world. d In sacrificing itself in the next few years through the loss of students serving, the Uni- f versity will eventually perpetuate itself, and r the principles upon which it is founded. Our way of life is at stake. This is no revela tion. It is a rededication to a fact. We know it to be ivorth the cost. A Worthwhile Organization Deserves An Even Break From Members Of The Student Body Communiques .from the University Players continue to indicate that work is going on on their latest production, "Heart of the City". Strange as it may seem, this is intended as a boost for that group. An even break has never been given the J Players. Student attendance on their some- | times excellent epics has been very poor. As J a ham of former wide ill-repute, it is easy to see that this could soon become discouraging. Up until last year, the Players were also working against a financial set up which pre vented them buying rights to any well known current productions. Under the new alloca tion set up, they should be able to give plays more worthy of their time. The Gamecock itself in the past has held the Players up to ridicule. But, in the long run, the group has made a creditable showing and we feel they deserve consideration from the students for what they~ are and what they are trying to do. In short, don't be a jerk. You may be stranded some place without the solace of a moving picture and be forced to see a real stage play. You may as well try it out now. All-American Rating For The Annual Again Gives Something To Brag About Footsteps in the hall of fame include those drummed up by the striding stumble of one Daniel Leonidas Gibbes, Jr., the famous 'Duck' and last year's editor of the annual. Gibbes received the glad news the other day that the annual was again rated All-American. With all due modesty, the fact that this is the fourth annual in a row to receive such an honor certainly reflects credit upon the Uni versity and moreso on Mr. Gibbes. Perhaps now the reason for the following schedule of a campus day's observation will be evident. Morning: Saw Duck Gibbes crossing the campus. Noon: Saw Duck Gibbes coming back across the campus. Evening: Saw Duck crossing the campus. Night: Saw Duck Gibbes coming back on the way to more work. Summer observations centered around the declaration, "That Gibbes is a," and appropri ate closing statements. Nevertheless, for those students who are still a bit miffed over the fact that they didn't get their annual on time, we find it necessary only to point to the Duck's All-American rat ing. Godspeed you, brother Gibbes. Member socialed Coleiae Press Diuributor of Colle6iae Diess -cla. II lere We Answer A Dare From )netime Student Bill Bray; tun A Reputed Short Story Once there was a poet. With a beard. I Lad a very American name, Snavely McGher o everybody was sure that he wasn't a sab eur. He was a very peculiar poet. His poetry h to rhyme scheme and never said anythin ut when he read it in public, women, shrieki 'It's a realism" and swooned and strong mi ainted. The peculiar fact was that no one ever heai rhat he said. The acoustics in his beard wasi ood. So it is still a question as to wh aused the women to shriek "It's realism" ai woon and the strong men to faint. Howev4 b is intimated that one swooned once and t est ashamed not to. Naturally life can't run along on a norn lane. At least not according to all rules he short story. So the epic of Snavely is co: heated by disaster. One day Snavely was lighting a cigar. I eard was completely burned off. Snavely was crushed-deflated and delous( To longer would women say, "What ovi Dnes," and men say "what undertones," a iattress manufacturers say, "What a pi ucing agent.'" Life looked very dim. Or as a matter act it didn't, since the absence of the bea ow made it possible for Snayely to see abo 'm. Finally, lie could avoid performing onger. At a literary tea lie was called on ecite. Trembling he complied. He hadn't finished the first sentence wb portly woman in the back jumped up a brieked, "it's impressionism," and swoon soon women were swooning and strong ir vere fainting all over the place. The story has a sad ending. Snavely bl iis brains out. He had a deep-seated faith iuman nature. k Naval Reservist Loses -is Reserve And. Writes k Very Insulting Letter The navy does strange things to people. V iess a letter received at this office from 1riend of last year now in training at the N f'ork midshipman 's school. Enclosedl with the letter is a picture of >eculiar looking bird, known as the umbre ird. The first fewv paragraphs are more tli lightly autob)iographmical, outlining the write hirst for knowledge. ''Up) until now,'' lie says "I had always ociated U. S. C. and all of its organizati< vith thme gamecock. However, I have often merved that this association was lacking ir rood many respects." Further statements reflect greatly on 3haracter and intelligence of the editor, ;hat part is omitted. The Midshipmadrr owever states that he has found "the bird ny dreams." "It is called the 'umbrella bird' and ha: peculiar feature of being able to elevate [eatheredl umbrella crests over its head, t doesn't have enough sense to come in out ~he rain," is an added explanation. Iconoclastically, the creature is compa1 with thme interfraternity council and the >peration of the entire fraternity system. Nobly enough; however, our alumnus has ~orgotten his alma mater. For he sa 'seizing this, my greatest opportunity, I ha nade arrangements to purchase the bones ~his creature, when it dies, fiom the Brc 00o. Then I shall be only too happy to don ~hem to the University to replace those of amecock which has now become such a t ition." Most despicable of his statements is, "1 mee, gentlemen, a gamecock has a spur on el [eg, whereas the umbrella bird has a co >ver an unstable mind." The letter is signed, "With appropriate gards, I remain your fellow scientist." Comment: (1) We hope to enter the army in Februa [leaven forbid that war should do this to us (2) At last meeting, the above backslii was searching for pink elephants. Shall hiscredit his statements? (3) Has anybody checked on the local bot iatches for escapees lately?i In other words, fellow scientist, poo to y So there. - ' as vameoooe The Gamecoc Founded January 0,. 1906 tOBERT ELLIOTT GONZALE8, First stored as second-lan matter at the postoffie at ., Nov. J0, 1906. Wed weekly by the studeint body of the Univerut; >lina during the college year. Campus Ca le k, r 0 id g, ,,d Lal of [is ,d. 3r- -- nd WOR.DS SMAU of PATON ARK, LCAEC rd C E M , C OF AN AM. tT 15Sl1E 14 ut TREE 51ONES AND A 200,000 BADES C no to en ndi A C P's Jay Ri< 3d. en Washingtoni.-(ACP)-Interesting I tion with the government is C. A. D) ew government viewpoint toward colleges in sity of Wisconsin, headed the nation. of General Hershey. "The governniet -American Libiary association, "consi< learning as key centers in the war efft "At no time in human history havc a national effort as they are right now tained. "Universities and colleges are reserv( it- of specialists for national services, a a declared. "Their laboratories are beinj ew in general are being made available fo wbeing used instead of providing new f "The government without question a and it is using them as they never ha ha indicating in no uncertain terms thati their regular training and educational ,ply of men wvho can meet the challengt r andl so on into the (lays when we aa to face the fact of a lost generation c as )lS ob-no t::e PE RS Lan of E H HIIIIlIllllllll Il h HlllIIIIIIIl llINIh hhllIIIIIllllIllHIl Inllll * Undergrowth a Arthur Wilder, law student, has its b)egun the growth of what may utprove to be a most efficient beard -efficient in the sense that it will of hide \Vilder's interesting profile from curious outsiders. red Whether Wilder is auditioning co- for the House of David or is fi nancially unable to buy a razor blade cannot be said at this time. ~'* Silence Is i1ve ofProfessor Overby, of the political science department, is not opposed fl to oratory. Example, the following ate incident which took place recently: the Overby poses question. ra- Student replies with much fervor, silver toned oratory and determi nation. ouComment by Overby: h "You express everything so ver beautifully. It's a pity you don't know the answer to the question." re- * * * * Up They Go? Bill Jones, reporting on a recent ry. visit to former student Joe Kirby in St. George, brings news that 'Kirby is still waiting from the air ler corps. we Prospective flier Kirby signed up five months ago. Jones reports no >by other action on the St. George front, but surmises that local draft boards may not follow the air 01u- corps' precedent are not out of or 42O MADION AVI Oolumb%Ia, CON"cao * 9s"V01 - F of South mern A ----*PIERRE WHITNG CARRIED WATERFOR 1iE FIRST EULDING ON THE U.0F eAMPUS AW Is SALL CUS10AN OF 1AT BLDN~G! ., CKSHOy TE AVERME LIFE OF A FOUT BALL 00ACH ZET K AT ANY ONE ON MUSKINGUM INSTITUTION SE9 AN om AVERA1Ei OME OF ONE TREE, COACHIG PRIMATELY CAREERIS 10. F GRASX. -hter Reports from Washington ecause of his recent official connec ,kstrd's recent analysis of the official . Dykstra, president of the Univer i1 draft machinery until appointment it", he said in an address before the lers America's institutions of higher rt." universities seemed so important in in the United States," Dykstra main >irs for the recruiting of fighting men, rid teachers of mien in training," he r used 24 hours a day and their plants national service. Their facilities are acilities in many areas. considers them a wartime necessity ye been used before. Moreover, it is t wants these institutions to carry on programs so that we may have a sup s of next year, and the year following have peace again. It does not want f educated leadership." 100 ONAL * Wisacky Facts Vital geographic statistic number five: Freshman Donald Cooper is from Wisacky, which is the loca tion of the far-famed Cooterboro church. What, where and when is the Cooterboro church is not included in this week's dispatch, so the sit uation is left for Cooper to clarify. * To The Colors Following close on the heels of departure of Professors Stephan and McLeod, and more recent in dluction of instructor Ralph Simp son Beckham, further patriotism was nmanifested in the modern language department. Mrs. Grace Sweeney has com mented to her classes several times.that if the war continues she will join the WAVES or the WAACS. Since reporting students are not facile in French, it is assumed that this statement was made in Eng lish. * Fleeting Fame The saga of Freshman Freeman is complete-that is, this episode. No releases from the Freeman Bu reau of Information have been re ceived this week. It is said that the freshman Is planning to spend a quiet weekend of recuperation on the campus after his escapades of former weeks. October 2,14 Richard . Jackson, Busines Mmangw 20010s STA"t I uhg Swe, 10., li Am left%u w 9. Now YoRx, N. Y. BTAg WRMTgWg N ANenLM - 0" FRamoo sloaowjadU,,gt ___t,m Grabmrtath, M ner anytA/ang / a BYLINE By ALBERT EGGERTON A Hail And Farewell Well, this is it. This is the Clemson game. Tonight the frosh battle t out on Melgon Field, tomorrow the varsities clash in the stadium. :t's the game the team has been pointing for, the students eagerly vaiting for. Both camps are watchful, both camps hopeful. There are to odds on the Clemson game. Tomorrow the pennants will fly bravely -someone will win and someone will lose. But that's not what I'm :hinking of now. It's the warm sunlight on the field, the murmur of he crowd before the kickoff, the howling shirt-jail parade, the tolling )f the chapel bell by triumphant freshmen, the "wait till next year" f we lose. Only this time there may not be a next year. For a lot of is, this is the last Clemson game. Of course we want to win. But :ven if we don't, we've something to remember. The struggle and the iard clean rivalry-they're another small part of the things we're fight ng for. The right to fight each other if we feel like it-that's America. We've kidded Clemson a lot and they have kidded us, but we can take t. It's been a rough 'competition, sometimes lingering on the verge of >pen violence, but it has also been a grand rivalry and a great game. [t could only happen here. k Passing Parade It happened at a local theatre. The screen had just darkened after a glamorous production about U. S. Marines in Iceland, with galaxies of beautiful girls, gallons of coffee and gobs of smorgasbord. One student, as they were leaving, remarked to the boy he was with, "I wonder what knd of a floor show they had at Corregidor." . * . A Graduation Let me add my voice to the chorus pleading for commencement ex ercises for the students who will graduate in February. It has been the custom in the past to have the February graduates receive their dIml-aas at the June commencement. This year this will be hardly , feasible. Most of the male students will be dashing off to the armed forces and a number of the girls will be working. I think these students iught to have a separate commencement. I've talked to a number of students who are graduating in February and they were unanimous in approving the idea. At this writing I don't know whefher the admin istration is planning to have a separate graduation or not. If so, pardon me for rnentioning it. If not, give it some thought. * Another Scrap We Got In Carolina students rallied round in fine style to support the recent scrap metal drive. Fraternity houses were ransacked, tenements got a thorough going-over as student groups searched for scrap to slap the Jap. (Don't feel bad though, Mr. Hitler, wp haven't forgotten you). Old andirons, razor blades, cast irona lamps and such went to swell Carolina's scrap pile. But we were still way behind the city schools. * Here's That Man Again Students, those men are here again. Early in November, as plans are now, the campus will be visited by representatives of the reserve groups of the armed forces-the air corps, army and marines. If you're over eighteen and not in any reserve program yet, now is definitely the time to give it serious thought. Unless you think you can serve your country best by going right away. Professor Mercer is the man to see before the others get here. Then you can have your mind made up and have the facts about the group you want to join. Then all you'll have left is to sign on the dotted line. * How About It? Rumor has It that the government has asked colleges to give students a month holiday at Christmas-from December 15 to January 15, so that students can go home one week earlier and come back one week later than the soldiers on Christmas leave. This would solve some transportation problems. It was sug gested that other holidays during the year be cut to an absolute minimum to make up for the time. I can't vouch for these state ments as true, I have only heard them. But I would like to hear some word from the administration. Address the letter to me care of The Gamecock and I will Include the information In this Column. * Free Library Wonder what's happened to the large shelf of books that used to oc cupy such a prominent place in the middle of the canteen. Don't tell me they've sold them all. Maybe they moved them back inside to im press on the students the fact that the idea was to sell them, not to run a free lending library. It's too bad. They were very handy things to pass time in spare moments. * * . * Hats Off This week the laurels go to Bill Tennent, cherubic junior from Florence. He won a $55 war bond for selling the moststdt memberships In the Town Theatre. To do thIs he had toudep arate upwards of thirty Carolina students from three dollas piece for the ducats. And if you don't think that's a job just ask any campus organisation.* * Signs Of The Times This isn't about Carolina, but It's good. Noticed in The Staercnl was an article about four California show girls whowr Prttn hey drastic curtailment' of the strip-teaser's art. Said thwer ros are fighting for American womanhood--why can't they,se wha thy're fighting for.,," e ha hyr