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Domald Law M aXWn g Editor Looking To Christian Emphasis Week, Faith And Beliefs Are Discussed Every now and then something like a i has to come along to make us realize that, h4 ever proud of our independence we are, cannot face real problems without a faith something bigger than ourselves. Probably there has never been a more opp tune time than today for such a week as U versity students are looking forward to. I in war, they are facing something real-sor thing that requires a strength beyond th own. It is easy enough when life is rosy to pt ahead with the feeling of self-sufficiency. St a feeling is not quickly won when friends a acquaintances are facing death every day : a principle, or when the possibility of ma other students sacrificing their lives is so ne Faith, in itself is an intangible thing. It impossible to define it clearly. Results ol clear-cut faith are the closest things to defi tion which can be offered Without some sort of faith, life itself woi be unbearable. A belief in a better existen a better nation, a better world, or a better mi kind stem from the same common necessi The picture of a life with no other motivati than the mere continuance of existence bleak, if not unimaginable. Hope for a more comfortable mode of livi in the future is the simplest sort of faith. is not the sort of faith we need to face. 1 crisis of today. Today's need is a belief in some sort of cr( which can include the betterment of all rac Christianity can, and does, represent sue creed. But, no matter what form the be] may take, the need is there. We are honestly convinced today that we i fighting for peace, justice, decency and 1 dignity of mankind. Our faith will be need to prove our sincerity in the victory. For these reasons, it can do no harm, and can help many in crystalizing their beliefs attend the meetings planned next week just that purpose. This is just another one of those opportu ties we make, take or reject. What we do day may have a great deal to do with wl we are tomorrow. Responsibilities Of College Students Grow Greater As War Clarifies Many Issues College students today will do well to: member the responsibilities they must ass: in the world of tomorrow. No class of peo] has been so privileged-and perhaps no ela has so failed to live up to the opportunit presented it. Even under normal circumstances, those w are permitted higher education are indebti During war, those who have been allowed finish their college courses are even more unc obligation. Leaders for the future should by all rig] come from this class. They should have co: from this class in the past. Any complaii about the inefficiency or the lack-leadersl of government, national, state or local shot be directed at this group. Perhaps a great deal of the trouble has col from a limited viewpoint on just what higi education is supposed to do. It is not mer< a technical training to enable the student do more efficiently one job. It is supposed broaden the general intelligence and scope make leaders and followers who can rea grasp the problems at hand. In large part, our system of education I tended to emphasize this technical training I much. Today, it is inevitable. But those w have already gotten a broader sort of edui tion have a responsibility they cannot shirk, Intelligent government is a manifestation an intelligent voting public. Until the colle trained group becomes alive to its duty, govei ment must remain on a rather haphaza basis. The precepts of tolerance, justice and fri dom are outgrowths of familiarity with 1 situations that make for or against them. Su familiarity can come through education alog In- making the world of tomorrow and improving the one of today, these precepts s be important. It is up to the debtors, 1 ,p*ivlleged few who have or are graduati from a broader education to repay this de r. Any avoidance of responsibility will p1h in power those who are guided by their o' dJ uh desires or who are easily misled due Idetaber AssociCded Coe6Ce Press R01 Disributor d lack of training in reasoning through intelli gently. In the past, the educated and responsible rar group has been content to remain in the back o- ground, living comfortably enough because of we their opportunity. in In the future, if we are to have a better state and world, they must come to the fore. Dr- Theirs has been the privilege. Now they must ni- share it. 'or ie- What Gives With The Travel eir Situation Is Still An Open Question; More Mystery Added tsh From pretty reliable second hand informa ,ch tion, it would seem that the government's an nd nouncement about curtailment of civilian :or travel during the Christmas holidays is not ny really going into effect. ar- Students living at real distances from the is University were beginning to get worried about a the possibility or reservations on trains and ni- busses to get home. The proclamation had pretty well cinched their worst fears. ald Now it is learned that train agents say ce, they've heard nothing, have had no order to m- cut out civilian travel during that time, and ty- that the bookings for the period seem to be on no heavier than last year. is The army itself is spacing out its Christmas furloughs to prevent a general one-time ng exodus, so there seems to be no particular it reason from that front for the move. ;he Since the passenger agents are pretty blase about the whole thing and are blithely con ed tinuing to book civilians (according to our in es. formant) the whole situation seems to have a cleared up. ief However, if the sacrifice of a holiday at home is necessary, there is one flippant, but Lre earnest, thought to keep in mind. -he It's much better to dream of a white Christ ed mas than to have a yellow or an Aryan one. t Bookstores, Bombshells or And Babble Are Culminated With A Short Explanation ni.. The bookstore is by no means the general to- topic of conversation, and campus interest does Lat not warrant so much talk here about it, but something was cut out of the 'editorial in the last issue which made the whole point vague. This was due to a lack of space. "Blame can go on the other side of the fence" was the statement unfinished, and, standing alone, that could mean most anything. So, to re- relieve any fears that the Gamecock was ad evocating bombs on back doorsteps or anarchy, )ethe argument will be briefly finished. LBS What was meant was that the changing of le books every semester has a good deal to do with the price of buying and selling at the ho bookstore. It hass, it is understood, been stuck with quite a few books which were used only toonce a good many times. ter This may or may not be justified. But the point was that the bookstore can't be blamed its for something wvhich is beyond its control. ne Now that everyone is relieved as to whose side of the fence this ethereal bombshell was being loosed upon, it seems satisfactory to drop dthe whole thing. ne er Certain Mitigation Of The yCoed Editorial Is Made to In Justice To Those Affected to There will be no re-hash this week of either to side on the editorial written by a coed in the Ily last issue of the Gamecock. Both sides of the question were presented--one in the editorial, as and the other in the news columns, on the can oo teen in Sims. ho One correction we feel is due in justice to ~a- those concerned. We feel that the writer will agree. A letter was received from the parties of concerned after the Gamecock appeared, and ge although we will not print it here, we will n- make the correction. rd The young lady who wrote the editorial was evidently trying to convey 'the idea that what se- she said did or didn't represe it her opinion, he but was the general coed concensus as she saw ch it. In so doing, she intimated that the maids ie. in Sims were profiteering from the bottle situa in tion. ill That was what the letter concerned. The he parties referred to, on the basis of evidence to ng the contrary, are due an apology. It is not bt. the Gamecock's objective to accuse or con bce demn anyone unjustly. e'n Therefore, for such a mistatement, the Game to cock apologizes. rhe Gamecock Founded January 30, 1906 -Vpaaeuntse pg BERT EZ;LIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Nationl Ad 420 UAweuoWA We.seo matter a* a roift at Oolumba, CWC"q ,o606.N the ade= body ot t Uai"rdty at fouth duigthey coules yea. ______ Campus Camera (nomsso Kk%s 4 M 1W THE FIRST INTER: OLLEGIATE BASE BALL GAME ENDEW WilI A HIGH MODER -AY BASKETBALL Pociz PAPA/ --- lgo:==MER uNW. H4AS HAD AT LEAS oNE- soN OF 0. R GILBERT, LLMUS'*OF1897 A)O K.ENROLLED f0R. db EVERY YEAR. SJNNI; 1920).7 A CP Jay Richter Reporta from Washingtoa TEEN AGE DRAFT Washington-(ACP)-As this is written the president is signing the 'teen age draft bill. Its impact will be felt at once by colleges and universies throughout the nation. About one-third of all male collegians are 18 or 19 years old. Pros pects for these men sum up about like thiq: Approximately 25 per cent probably won't be taken because of physical disabilities. Those already enlisted in college reserve training courses won't be taken-they are already in the army and. apparently, passage of the bill won't appreciably affect their present status. The same goes for those in senior ROTC. All other 18 and 19 year old college students are subject to draft call--and fast. It is estimated they will be inducted starting about Jan. 1. For a time it appeared that 'teen age men already in enllege would be able to obtain deferment until July 1, 1942. That prospect is now out the window, for college men, although high school students called up in the last half of this school year may request deferment in order to finish out their terms. Enactment of the law will probably resul, in a hard drive by the navy to enlist 17 year olds, since army draft of the elder 'teen age youth will seriously cut into the navy man power potential-and the navy still insists upon voluntary enlistment. ONLY A DIM-OUT Passage of the bill does not mean a complete blackout of educational opportunity for college 'teen agers. Once they are in the army, these men, as well as all other 18 and 19 year olds who are drafted, will be eligible to take aptitude and intelli gence tests to determine whether they may return to college for techni cal and scientific training. Past education, apparently, will be considered in final selection of draftees who may return to college. Other criteria include "qualities of leadership, military ability and aptitude for more education" as reflected in examination results. According to Representative Sparkman, Democrat, of Alabama, the army will send more men back to college than it actually needs for its own purposes. These extra men would be assigned to industrial jobs. Following in the Wake of War Richard E Jackson, Buines Manager suanms 5TA"P I "AY"ONAL DVMK ST "41W" brook%, CmrLm Owubi#, Mur.b NAWArft, -*ing SerV, M.Im ___C. 'ds*e eDv**ead* wrmP warras VS. NEw YoRK. N. Y. Blom RUDEWD111w, How ad LOG ANGUn3 9 9M FnncOeoot, ofted W*l. Hat Bmittk B4(bLUW Geow eai. koalf'W"ey. 3hany E;O=ka John Cook. Sam Graham CirculaUo Manager any/in, fr a BYLINE By ALBERT EGGERTON Ullo luimmmu oiiiuuiuu muimiu mmulll w II nnun IIuiuiuI The End Of An Almost Perfect Year On Thanksgiving Day the battered Carolina Gamecocks lost their seventh game as against one win and one tie. Not a very successful season, but it produced one hearting moment. That was the 0-0 Tennessee upset in the season's first game. Carolina hopes ran high for a while but injuries and lack of reserves spelled the Gamecocks defeat. This was to'have been our year. But the war came along and upset all that. Just one more thing to blame the Axis for, if any more are needed. The Campus Comes To Life Students streamed back to the campus after the holidays ready to start the usual pre-Christmas rush of formals and socials. Tuxedos shake off moth balls, evening dresses come out of retirement and local florists begin to perk up and take interest. Studies, as usual, will take a beating while students get busy to bring social life up to date. Local orchestras begin to have hopes of eating regularly for a while anyway. Hotels spruce up their best ballrooms to show prospective renters. Professors grin and bear it. Parents grin and shell out. Treasurers and dance committee chairmen grin and rake it in. Checker cab and contemporaries indulge in a quiet chuckle-there will be fewer cars to take pleasure-seekers to dances-hence, more taxis and more fees. Simple isn't it. A 'Little Light On The Subject, Please Recently the student body got its collective chest X-rayed to see if any tubercle baccilli were homesteading there. No results have been revealed. If we've got it, let us know so we can do something about it. If not, at least relieve our minds on the subject. If the purpose of the whole thing was just to let the X-ray technicians get a little practice, why didn't they say so in the first place. Hush, Hush! Veiled in deep secrecy is the next three act play of the University Players. Members clam up when the subject is mentioned. Just why the whole thing is such a secrot is nore or less a mystery. These are new tactics for the Players. Usually they begin to broadcast the merits of a play as soon as it is selected. Perhaps they are con templating some radical experiment in the theatre-like a play with no scenery, or better yet, no plot. But the student body should be given some word as to what is planned for their future entertainment. I would suggest "Outward Bound". It's a good play and the Players are plenty capable of handling it. It is a compelling story with enough hunwr to make it palatable. Censure-Or, I Get It In The Neck One of the items in a recent column--the one bemoaning the fact that annuals were never out on time--was received with violent agi tation in some quarters. In the next mail I got an indignant letter from Currie McArthur (no kin), a former Garnet and Black editor, in which he raked me over the coals and informed me that his an nual came out on time. I gladly print a retraction of the statement, since I want to report accurately in all cases. (But if Dan Gibbes sends me a letter and tells me that his annual was out in May, I will just laugh in his face). I'm Dreaming Of An Olive-Drab Christmas For the first time in a quarter of a century Christmas will find U. S. soldiers fighting on foreign soil. Wonder what Christmas will be like to the opposing armies. There will be no fraternizing as there was during the last war Christmas, when soldiers serenaded each other with carols across no-mans-land. This time the whole earth is no-mans-land. There are few isolated battle zones. And the bit terness is greater. Besides, one -of the protagoiists has no reason to celebrate Christmas, in fact they suppress its mention even. But to Carolina boys, from the Aleutians to New Guinea and Guadal canal, go the best wishes of the ones of us who are still at home. We'll probably be joining you before very long. * * * * * * Some Changes Made There is a possibiity~ that this may be my last coltimn. Now if you'll quit capering with joy, I'll tell..you why. Certain shifts in Gamecock organization may make me sports editor and I can't do both. Before you go wild with joy, a word of warning. If I stop writing this column, Jimmy Hill will no doubt take it up. You've read some of Hill's stuff have you? Well, don't be downhearted, he might not write the column after all. Quaint Custom One of the quaintest of student jokes upon- fellow students is the "apple pie bed,". This whimsical little novelty consists of folding back the top sheet and tucking it in all around. Then when the stupid student climbs into bed he grasps the sheet firmly and tries to shove his feet down to the foot of the bed. The usual upshot of the prank is that the jokee shoves his feet right through the cloth, tearing two large holes, to the great delight of the joker, who stands by and laughs like a fiend. In dealing with such pranksters there are some who pefer pistols, others sharp knives and hatchets. Others just use fiats and teeth