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stit" inrim Alb.erggettexdf. TMb pawl& ...... ..0M* Rtw Student Constitution Takes Another Step Towards Final Fate Student council consideration of the new student body consti,tution is due to ?egin soon. After approval of that body, the proposed document will be read to the student body three times, and if passed, will proceed for ratification to the faculty and the board of trustees. Growing out of student meetings and beat. ings last spring, the epistle incorporates some of the ideas which were bounding around at the time. Student- faculty cooperation, ratlher than rank student government with no checks is its major objective. Assuming that students cared about their self government, a group of enthusiasts began to beat the drum for something to be done, and to everybody's surprise, theirs included, some thing was. The student council followed up with the appointment of a committee to in corporate the new features into a compre hensive constitution. Most revolutionary of the changes is that under the new rule, the student council will be called upon to act. In the past, this has not been the general roe, depending, of course, upon the individual personnel of the council at the time. A student legislature of twenty members has been created to take the place of the present council. Legislative power has been granted the group and also power "to hear reports from and make recommendations to faculty and VUniversity committees having student mem bers." Also the appropriation of student ac tivities funds has been turned over to the legis lature. Sum total of all powers granted this con gregation amounts to doing away with some committees now working at cross purposes to achieve the bunte end. Other inovations will be taken up as the constitution proceeds on its tortuous path to yietory or defeat. One question is salient at this time. Is the student body as a whole really interested in self government? Now that the war has the male population of the University somewhat concerned, can sup porters of the plan whip up enough interest to get the necessary number of students to attendl the three meetings where the opus is to be read and enough to vote and pass? Frankly, we doubt it. A. Hitler Starts A War; Forces Annual To Appear On Time For A Change More phenemena. An event for history has taken place. The Garnet and Black picture deadline wvas not moved up. Iconoelasts Van Earl Fillingim and Art Roberts and a nasty shortage are responsible. No suggestion has yet been made for a nation al holiday in proclaiming the event, but it might be a good idea to put up a pla(hue or something commemerating the achievemient. Credit line here also to one A. Hitler, whose 'doings here and there make sacrifice (heroie and epic) of plates for beauties and luminaries necessary. Providence Or Somebody Makes February Graduation An Imminent Possibility Something happened. February graduation is an imminent pos sibility. While 'everybody 's back was tur'ned, a committee met, and work is now mn progress, investigating the situation. Interested girls canvassed the dormitories to find out just who would graduate at that time. Albert Eggerton, a student member of the -committee, called a meeting of those in terested. The fact that only a handful showed up is not indicative of anything. Except per haps the attitude of students. However, at present writing, it now seems highly possible that those who complete gradnia tion requirements by February will have the opportunity of having their own exercises. All of this is the result of somebody's good work. More than likely it. was Providence. We'll call it that until somebody else comes forward to claim credit. Member issociated Colle6iate Press ROD] Distributor of Colle6iate Di6est a.TN r.UW Caoflaa KSK Approves Some Ideas About Freshmen That Seem A Little On The Hazy Side Recently a plan for a freshman court of con trol and similar antics was approved by KSK and passed on to the student council, which has not as yet acted on it. Freshman class spirit, is seems, must be con solidated. This can be accomplished by five sweeping actions. First, that all freshmen show respect for upperelassmen. Second, that freshmen lhe req1tired to wear caps at all times in public until Christmas and be required to tip saie to all professors. Third, freshmen shall not walk on the grass. Fourti, freshmen shall wear nameplates for the first few weeks of school. Fifth, that freshmen be required to attend all pep meetings and football games and be required to sit together at football gaies. More bluntly put, the freshman is to realize that, due to the fact that his birth came one, two or three years after those in the upper classes, he is logically an inferior being and should make recognition of his low estate. It must be admitted that the motive behind all this is good. The purpose as stated is to build a Carolina morale, school spirit, and a freshman class unity. Buishwali. If proponents are interested in fostering something that might accomplish the same end by less diffuse methods, they might think over the following idea. Students at the University, no matter what class they belong to are here for one and the same purpose-education. Atmosphere for such a purpose is certainly not built up by segregating one class against another. Knowl edge is something that doesn't come in small, medium and large sizes like a department store suit. Freedom of thought and movement is the thing that freshnen ought to get from the start. If they can get that idea, we don't feel that they have to make themselves silly by performing pranks for the masses. Alumnus In The Service Writes To Give His Ideas On What USC Con Do In War This issue of the Gamecock is rather' a sp)ecial one. It is devoted largely to the coings of Carolina's alumni, ini recognition of Ralph Lewis' Alumni Week, which thme council of the alumni association conceivedl this summericl. Some time ago we receivedh a letter from Ahimnuts Jim McArthur which we will not prinIt in toto because miost of the missile was devoted to comments on the Gamecock, pat ting and kicking us ini thme hack. Most of his statemetnts are not of general student iterest. McArthmur, who is a sergeant serving at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., did include a passage which may well be passed otn, since it gives one outlook on college life in time of war. We quote, wit houit comment: ''Sinee Pearl Harbor, I've been (quite a way a rountd thIiis world, I 'ye seen many count ries and continents, and up)wardls of 60,000 miles o,f salt. water, anid I anm convinced that there is no place ont earthl where meni are more free, where living is softer, where education is easier to attain, than in the United States of America. There is no nation, large or small, that is richer in cash or national r'esources. "'Nowhere else ,old( a man borni of low es tate, attain thte headshtip of his country's gov erntment. No country htas been so b)lessedh These thinmgs we ar'e givetn to use, ta en,joy, but also to dlefend. Anid yout, who are in the colleges atnd universities of our landJ, have a dlefinite responsibility toward this end. "Wars are nlot won by the strategies of il literates, nor by cheering cr'owds on the side lines. It is for you to study and work toward a job that will help to deal the last blow. It tmay be (defense indu istrty ; it may be in thle armned forces ; it imay be on the home front, but please, something to help us get this mess over with. Stay after class and make sure von know the answer to that pr'oblem in trig. W\ork a little late in lab, to get thle last hit of knowledge to he attained from that bug.'' In closing, McArthur says, '"One mote ref erence to the Gamecock. If T may quote from the State's ad. "Buy War Bond-Now." Ile Gamecock Founded January 30, 1M Heiale CRT ELLIOTT GONZALES,.First Editor C,M f 420 MA0O0 A, a. second-clans matter at the pqstoffie at Columbia, * * IT. 20, 1nal. weekly by the student body of the University of Bouth luring the college year. Campus Camera MEENGNG 6EmRGE Wiwom4~ I. s OiN 1796 GEORGE WASHING,TON DONATED TO WHAT IS NOW WASHINbUON AND LEE C)LLEGE 450,000 WORTH OF JAMES RIVER CANAL STOCK, AS AN EXPRESSION OF HIS INTEREST IN 'TE IDEALS AND ENDEAVOR REPRESENTED BY THE IN suTUTION. HE GIET STILL YiELDS AN INCODME. AND EVERY STUDENT AT W. G L. MAY BE SAID TO RECEIVE FROM GEORGE WASHINGtON A SUM~10WARD CADETS AT HIS EDUCATION! 'E CITADEL SOE FXIR STBPlT ETIMESEATNY! 0 ACP*s Jay Richt*c Reports iron Waehingtes 111k,8 TURGID WATERS Waqhington-(ACP)-As this is written, the Potomac is overrunning its banks; from the top of the Washington monument one can see the turgid waters filling lowv areas throughout the District of Columbia. Six days an(A nights of steady rainfall have left Washington war workers, Congressmen, officials and "parasites" limp and- damp and crotchety . . . The wettest week in Washington history is also a week of the great est historical significance to American colleges. Strong currents also are running through Congress and administrative offices. The bill to draft 18 and 19-year-olds is about to be passed; the senators are wrestling with it right now. t 'Hl. ma.. determi.c whether you continue your education and, if you do, what shape it may take during the remainder of your years, or months, in school. * * * * * By the time you read this perhaps you may be able to prompt us on some of the points, but here's the way the p)icture looks nowv: Most teen-aged college students won't be called intoomilitary service until the end of this school year. This particularly true of comn petent students, especially those taking scientific and technical cou rses. After this year, when inroads on college teen-agers are likely to be relatively heavy, the question of wvho shall remain in school wvill be a stickler. The draft bill itself isn't likely to lay down strict stipula tions on this matter-it will be left to administrative decision. Broadly, administrative officials wvill base their decision on two major considerations: the course a studIent is taking and his scholas tic record. England's policies are a key to wvhat may happen to students here. Although there has been about a 25 per cent drop in overall enroll ment in Britain, scientific and technical dlepartments of the colleges are cram-full of students Obviously, the drop has occurred in liberal arts courses. * * * * * And obviously, these same courses will suffer in America. Officials in the Office of Education here believe that American arts colleges haven't dlone all they should to cope wvith that inevitable situation. These officials feel that some educators are slowv to recognize the inevitability of the drop-off in enrollment and, consequently, are slowv to prepare for it. First, say the officials, these educators should expand their cur ricujla, and quickly, to include additional science courses, courses in physical education and the like. In short, courses that tie in more closely with prosecution of the war. Conversion, in many cases, hasn't been thorough and it hasn't beent prompt. Second, arts educators should devise a plan right away for keeping their best students-scholastically speaking-in school. The need in this war for trained, educated men and women is as great as the need for front line fighters. It is highly important that the "right" stu dents remain to study. Recommendations of the arts colleges will probably determine wvhich are the "right" students, even though final decision will-, theoretically, be up to the government. KILL THlE POLL TAX In the eyes of our Unitedc Nations friends, the pol11 tax is a'strange sight indeed in a country fighting to preserve freedom'throughout the world. Which probably has considerable to do0 with the fact that the House, after these many years, has finally passed an anti. oll tax bill over the shameless p)rotests of the poll tax "bloc", many members of which have their seats only by virtue of the fact that poll tax lawvs in their states prevent many persons from voting. It's a good bill. But it faces a rough course in the senate, wvhere red tape and technicalities threaten t'o choke it off, as well as a similar bill sponsored by Senator Pepper of Florida. Hlunter dollege made a gesture that, multiplied many times else where, might turn the trick. Two thousand students and members of the faculty signed and sent to Congress a petition in favor of the anti-p)oll tax bill. That's one language every congressman understands. And when the voices are numercous and loud he does scomething about it. EDUCATION ELSEWIIERE Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels said recently that no Nazi should feel it beneath his digrjity to write fiction. Richard K. Jackson, Business Ua"* DUIfltass STAFf WAIMMA16. ASIV111ISIN S &V5i 8'w BS11128 STF -eAnta- VMetaeav"l"3ok1, 0"roly .00k1 risigsAim1ime.. >.. Ja%ne NAowl RMOT Gdtb. f1. NEw YORK. N. Y.* STAFF WRITSgg Los A"U1111 - 044 Me. 8loas Bun Wlr, Noward U EsM S...t, ot..if"41.6 mat 810a, X"a14s. Sam Graham .....Circulatio .a=ar anytkng /r a BYLINE By ALBERT EGGERTON umimunuMwINMIiuwuMMlmmiEHHnwj,uinill nIMMiluii We Won One For me the game at Orangeburg Friday was a source of great per sonal (as well as financial) satisfaction. I suspect that the average Carolina student felt the same. We needed a victory over soinebody to buck up the students. And outside of Clemson, I can't think of a better team to beat. For two months the Citadel cadets had been crowing about the superlative qualities of their team and laughingly ridiculing our meager victory fare. They admitted that Carolina might make a fair showing but certainly wduldn't score. From their viewpoint, I imagine, the game was somewhat disappointing. They can't even call it a-moral victory this time. Big Hearted Bandits It happened the night of the Carolina-Clemson freshman game. Some enthusiastic freshman rooter was walking into town to save money so lie could take a taxi home. As he strolled up Gervais toward the Capitol, on his way to the gamc, thrce men stopped him and asked for a match. 1-' said he didn't have one and started on. A voice said, "Put up your hands." lie thought it w-as a joke and laughed politely, then started on his way. A rough hand seized his arm. They weren't kidding. They ex plained that they wvere humming up to West Virginia and needed some money. The freshman produced 70 cents and they took it. Struck with an afterthought the freshman asked them to lea\e him enough money -to buy some bus tokens to get home. They considered for a while, then handed him a quarter and left. The freshman took the bus home. Windfall One Carolina student has a brother in the Marine corps to whom he writes regularly. Recertly he received a letter from him. He sat down in the canteen to read the epistle. As he opened it, a twenty dollar bill fluttered to the floor. When his companion had brought him to again, he read the letter. It was just a "little pres ent." English students who complain of time spent learning how to write social letters-please take notice. Early Birds Strange as it seems, there were many Carolina students who were eager enough to see Carolina play Citadel to get up at 3 a. im. and take the planned trip to Orangeburg. One Voyager reports that over half a hundred students made the trip. The early morning dance that the booster club had planned to have in Orangeburg to while away the hours waiting for the game to start. (lid not come off. But the travelers had n good time nyway. No doubt the fair pros d a more than ade quate substitute-as soon as it opened. 4 * * When Do We Start? Another question in the minds of a lot of Carolina boys is when will the intra-rnural football program start. Some announcement to that effect should come from the Athletic office as soon as possible. Fraternities and tenements need warning far enough in advance to have time to organize teams and practice before the actual competi tion starts. Another question which should be settled immediately is that of the kind of football played. It is to be two-handed touch, as was played last year, or tackle, as was played the yea. before. The pros and some of the cons on the question of playing tackle this year has been discussed in a previous column. What is wanted now is some announcement of the matter from Mr. Crawford or Coach Enright. Politician Barton H1ickmian, arts and sciences junior at the University and re porter on the staff of The State newspaper, recently announced for Richland county coroner in the general elections which was held this past LTue'sdayl. Mr. I lickman was confident thlat the voters of Richland county would rally to his standard-they did, he received one vote, he annouinced no p)latformi. The camnpaignt was followed with interest at Carol illa. Campus Leaders Leaders and would-be leaders of the campus rally round. ODK is once again publishing the point system upon which its member ship is based. If you think your scholastic or extracurricular ac Avities entitle you to membership, get out the point chart, see what you've done, and then tell them about it. They'll decide. Heart of A City Production on thle new University Players showv rocks along at Dray ton Hall. "Heart of a City" is schleduiled to open on Armistice Day. 'I he cast member who released this information assurt's me that this date was entirely acciden tal. Well, intentional or not, it's a nice bit of ironiy. T his play, a story about the present war andl especially about the terrific bombing of London in the winter of .1940 and '41, opens on the anniversary of the day. 21 years ago, when the English people (and the Americans too, for that matter) were joyously hailing victory and the comnn era of pecieC andc prosperity. Also onl the fire at Drayton Hlall is a short play* about three aviators after it crash. T hey sit abiout chatting and wondering what the hell to (d0 and where they are when suddenly the knowledge dawns on thenm that they tre all dead. \\hich is rather a nasty jolt, I would imagine. At all events, it should be pretty good. Campus Problems What to do about mid-semester exams-other than study * What you do when you've been neglecting note-taking all semester and suddenly discover that the Professor intends to examine note books next class period . . . What to call for when the cant'een Is out of Coca-Cola . . . What to do when your roommate borrows your collar and studs the night of the big formal (some use knives, others firearms, others just fists and teeth). Explanations Citadel cadet explaining to Carolina friend what hiappenedl to their team at Orangeburg F:riday' . . . Citadel coach hearing about it, i. m ediately recruits sid cadIet to explain the situation to the Altumi Cadet immnedliately' called to \\'achingtoni to enter the diplomatic service* P'rofessor exp)lainiiing to be wildered freshman that li does not mean excellent. in fact quite lie contrary. (No attention was paid to the freshmian s protest that "that's how they (1o it where I came from.") T he editor explaining to mec that w hen he says get the columni in om Mondlay mornitig he doesn't mean Mtomlay afternoon, and why don't I write it on Sunaynight. (N ..sr...