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MDRlOM"A OTAFF assoowa xDrose Doald Law ..............nagg Editor Fate Of Trho College In War Still Hangs In The Balance; Solution Unseen The fact that America's institutions of oigher learning are suffering, and .ill suffer even more, is just another proof that war is an agent destructive of all the things which make for the Advancement of culture and civilization. No one will question the wisdom of the gov ernment's action in drafting the 18-19 year group. Enough testimony from army officials was given and adequate proof of that group's superiority in the service offered to convince one of the necessity of the move. However, one grave question complicates the situation indeed, makes an enigmax of it. Without the manpower represented in the col lege group, the United States cannot hope to win the war. But what about the clear think ing needed after the war? Liberal education has always been held up as the white hope of a successful world at peace. For it is through the broader studies and development of reason and tolerance of fered in such an education that a thinking leadership and intelligent following will be de veloped. Obviously, though in some technical form the government itself may maintain certain schools, most of the colleges devoted to the purely liberal education field are going to be out of the running soon. it is inevitable that they should lose their student bodies during the war. Only the more technical training is need for war service. What then about the faculties and plants of these other schools? To answer the question at this time is im possible. The government is solving some in stitutions' financial problems, at least, by es tablishing pre-military training centers to be administrated by the colleges themselves. Placing such centers in every college and university in the nation is not feasible. Al though it is regrettable to think that it will become true, most of the others will simply have to close their doors for the duration. All the good which can be gleaned from the situation is a lesson: that we shall establish some sort of lasting peace after the war by virtue of what we have gained from the oppor tunity of higher education, and that we shall see to it that our institutions are re-established in' order that others may enjoy the privileges we have had. If such a purpose can be fulfilled, the Ameri can college will not have suspended action in vain. Recapitulation Of Honor System And A Look To The Future About Student Self Government Presented Although there has not been much discus sion of it this year, Carolina's honor system continues to function. It is a system to be proud of, since it represents something of what our war aims claim to be. Honor itself is merely a better way of living together. Without a certain amount of honor, a society could not hope to exist. As these societies grow in culture and civilization, their code of honor grows stronger. Theoretically, the honor system at Carolina is supposed to be culminated in a situation where there will be no infractions, and the system will have accomplished its ultimate pur pose. Such a hope is, of course, purely idealistic. But the general attitude of the student body and the cooperation given to the Council will determine how closely it does come to that aim. One reason why students may justly be proud of their system here is that it is an example of a successfully administrated student execu tive body. The honor council has complete control over all cases of cheating, stealing, for gery and related infractions. Discussion as to whether student government can ever prove satisfactory has been going on since institutions of higher learning joined in the trend for self-government. The success of t#ie honor principle is the first step in such a control. 'If student governmekit can be placed on the me level of efficiency, and it does seem to coming ardund to that, concession will fol concession from faculty control. N ether or not such freedom and privilege so~~.med advisable, there are certain argu 4p its favor. tssociated ColNe6iate Press RODE Diuributor of Colbe6iae Diest a,T. IN"ed M One of these arguments is that such a situa tion would allow active student participation in a working government. Such practise is in valuable as a part of a liberal education work- - ing toward intelligeit governmental leader ship. If student government in general caq follow the success of such groups as the honor council and various student-faculty groups, confidence from the administration and faculty will make the necessary concessions easy to get. Even with wartime conditions, such things as liberal education for living intelligently and honorably count more than ever. More Discussion Of Responsibility Of The College Student In Building Good Government Tomorrow Offered Consideration of the responsibility of the college student brings up some very specific problems which will face the University of South Carolina graduate in participation in the government of his state. Politics is a good old South Carolina stand by. It's a scapegoat for every wrong legisla tion. It excuses every poor executive act. Any fault in the government can be passed off with the statement "Oh, well, you know how poli tics is." Basically, democracy was not founded to al low opportunists and professional fence-riders to make their way in life. It is not an institu tion to furnish livelihood to a group which - makes a career of pleasing its constituencies, no matter what the consequences. Democracy has been defined as the rule of the people. Such a rule may become a hap hazard one, more or less like the one today, or, through sane and intelligent leadership, an ex- - pression cf the will of the thinking mass. In South Carolina, this problem of politics is complicated by the fact that only one political party is represented. Any division of opinion is the result of a faction within that party, not s clearly defined platforms opposing each other. IA is Lrue that since our great-grandfathers c and grandfathers voted the Democratic ticket, those who are swayed only by tradition and longstanding are likely to vote as their ances tors did. It is equally true that any intelligent voter will retain an open privilege to allowv selectiona of the platform lie feels best represents his way of thinking. Still, the one p)arty system continues to grip South Carolina. College students who know that their grandfathers were wrong about the ir impossibility of flying and bathing except in hi a tin tub on Saturday night, can also, with a Y' little effort, recognize the stupidity of such a situation. This is not a discussion of party policy. As ( everything else changes, so do parties and their policies. Traditionalists will do wvell to remem- fi her that the very things their parties stand for al today may be in complete reversal of the poli cies of a decade or a generation ago. a C South Carolina has long been out of the run ning nationally because of its party solidity. National consideration for industrial placement and government allocation has been slow in ia coming to her for the reason that no such ac- v tion has been needed to keep her in line. Internally, another party would help define P state issues. A responsible opposition based on e organization rather than faction would do much ti to clarify certain basic questions. ti As future citizens of the state, the students of the University should consider the values 1 outlined here. s Congratulations For Success Of Christian Mission Are Offered To Those Responsible Congratulations and thanks to those who I made the arrangements for the University Christian Mission this year. The outstandingc group of speakers who appeared could have beenm obtained only with a great deal of work by somebody. Perhaps it was due to the particular time litiess of the subject, "Religion and the World of Tomorrow", or perhaps it was due to the more serious vein of student thought this year that response was so good. Whatever the reason, the Mission was a suc cess. Due credit here to all who made it pos sible he Gamecock Founded January 30, 1"06 n'.nSeern 9 RT ELLIOTT GONZALER, First Editor NatW A 4311 MADIGON A WO M=0 =# t"1,108011 1 0911"ct" 10" rM the .tu. body 4d the UiVeity of Sut Campus Camera E UNlwERSITY OF THE SORBONNE IN PARIS HAS NEVER HAD A PROM, FOTBALLIAM OR FRAERNY - YET IT IS 700 YEARS OLD / 13 1HERE ANY CAUSAL NEXMUS P DR.DAN FRJEMAN L TRUSTEE OF 0ER- E SPOUSE TRAP! LIN COLLEGE FOR E PR MORE THAN 40 EIGHTY-SEVEN PER YEARS, MISSED M-TES OF MPHENS ONLY 5 OUT OF COL.EG) ARE 68 MEEiNGS EA R OVER A PERIOD GAWA'rIOM OF 30 YEARS! i~~PM!,to I2t1 A CPe Jay Richt*r Reports from Washington o-Eds Wanted Washington-(ACP)-Need for nurses is most urgent. Some 55,000 e wanted immediately. A survey of two-thirds of the country's nursing hools reveals that we're going to fall about ig,ooo nurses short of that iota. f lie only way to reach the goal now would be for 19,ooo new girls to iroll in nursing courses in January and February. Decision to become a nurse doesn't necessarily mean an interruption of >ur college course. Perhaps you can do it simply by including biological, iysical, medical and social science courses in your schedule at the start of a :w term this winter. Estimates of the number of nurses needed have kept growing throughout e war. Some 3,ooo a month have been taken from civilian life for army id navy duty. That's 36,000 a year, as against an original estimate of i,ooo for 1942. Those figures add up to a migraine headache for local hospitals through at the nation. Symptomatic of the trend is the announcement of the Civil Service mmission here recently that liberalized rules would permit nurses who mpleted their training as long ago as January, 192o, to apply for govern ent nursing jobs. The jobs pay $r,62o a year and are open to all who ive had nurses training. Apply to the Commission here, or by way of ur postoffice. For general information on nurse recruitment, write Miss Florence Seder, ational Nursing Council for War Service, 1790 Broadway, New York City. 5ther Jobs 'The Government wants photographers and motion picture technicians to Il jobs paying $r,44o to $3,800 a year. Women especially are desired, though men may apply. Free-lance experience may be enough to qualify for any of the jobs and nateur experience is enough for $r,44o and $i,62o positions. Apply to the ivil Service Commission. bilt Or We'll Fire! Both army and navy public relations have bogged to the point where it's npossible to ignore the fact, and it is time for ordinary civilians to start erbal sniping as is their democratic want. Whatever the merits of the navy's case in withholding, even now, com letc facts on losses at Pearl Harbor, whaa'ver the merits of the army's ise in leaving the impression that no men were left behind on the Doolittle iid over Tokyo, the fact remains that the current stew is evidence enough iat something is radically wrong wvith the attitude of the services toward Ie public. Apparently, military men charged with public relations duties often know ~ss of that fluid problem than civilians do of war, which is virtually othing-as the services are the first to concede. As the conservative party's Wendell Wilikie said in his fine, un-conservative peech : "The record of this war to date is not such as to inspire in us any ublime faith in the infallibility of our military and naval experts. Let's ave no more of this nonsense. Military experts, as well as our leaders, must be constantly exposed to democracy's greatest driving power--the rhip-lash of public opinion, developed from honest, free discussion." Education Elsewhere It is not wrong to state that in the martial arts lie the moral principles >our nation, Tokkyo said recently via shortwave. That's what we'd gathered. * ** * * * * * * Twenty-five professors of the University of Amsterdam have been dis riissed in reprisal for a bomb attack on general headquarters of the Nazi tudent front. With severance pay ? * * * * * * * * * German professors have been made department heads at the University *f Rig in Latvia. More than 95 Czech teachers, priests' nd physicians were arrested by the fJazis last month in continued reprisal against Slovak intellectuals. Can't stand ment pessure,. .h?-> Richard . J.Aks.. Rd.es ..asger BUsoMIGs TAFF I KATNAL DVI"61HO DV OUIY SUT Kaffanft Wafth SUTcI _ _ _ _ _ _ _ V6. N9W YORK. N. Y. mea & s a Los6 AnsURS - SAM FRARCIWCO 6 uw elaaem Va 44 -ny/in lri-BYLINE By ALBERT EGGERTON A Case Of Necessity Much as I would like to accede to your unexpressed wishes and forego writing a column this week, it is a case of absolute necessity. The editor is standing over me with belt ready threatening to take the hide off me if I don't write something quick. And if you think he's kidding you should see the welts on my back now. So somebody's got to take the beating-you or I. With human selfishness I have decided to let it be you. * * * After February-The Delugq A casual visitor wandering onto the campus toward the last of next February may well imagine that some careless citizen has directed him to Columbia College by mistake. For the male of the species will be very conspicuous by his absence. Many of the educational deferments granted to Carolina students will be ended then and other educational deferments refused. a Another contributing factor will be the government's recent action in halting enlistments in various reserves. About all Carolina boys can do now is sit around and wait the pleasure of the draft board. A suggestion to fraternities and especially sororities-make all the dances after February girl-breaks. It's about the only way to make them successful and there won't be enough men to raise much of a kick about it. Of course you can always import some of the boys from the nearby army posts. * * * I Ask You-Is It Fair? One practice'on the campus with which I personally disagree is that oi selling bids to the Naval R.O.T.C. Compass and Chart Ball. I realize that some members of the society do not sell their bids. But there is a far . greater number of those who do. One of the excuses most commonly heard is that the members have to pay a certain amount of money to give the dance. Sounds good, I'll admit. But consider the case of other social organizations. The average fraternity or sorority assessment fo a fuiaial daice probably exceeds the amount Compass and Chart members have to pay. Yet bids to these functions may be had for the asking. I don't know how the idea got started, it certainly isn't a campus custom with the'exception of the German Club. But I would like to see it stopped. That, of course, is only a personal opinion. I would like to hear from anyone who disagrees with me, I'd like to hear their side of it. * * * Too Little And Too Late Jimmy Hill, Jack Gardner and Bill Langfan, tattered remnants of last year's potent debating team, arrived at Charlotte last week-end ust in time to find out what the query for the debate was. (That is if you can call a A. M. just in time for anything). 'This when other teams entered had been practicing for months. Obviously, they didn't have much of a chance. They did win, with only a few hours preparatiorn, half of their debates (they debated twice). But this is not just a moan for the present debating team. It is a pro-. test against the low estate to which this activity has fallen on the campus. T1he important thing is not the fact that they lost but that most of the students didn't even know that they had gone. Last year when Jimmie Hill won three grand eastern championships and went to the finals in a na tional speaking contest, there was no mention of it outside of a very small article in the Gamecock. In former days when debating was an important intercollegiate activity it would have been front page stuff. If the students just don't care, well cut out the whole thing. But if they feel that it is worthwhile enough to keep, show more spirit in it. * * * We Get Reemphasized The University's annual religious emphasis week is nearing its close. Its accomplishments are not readily apparent. It has disrupted the class schedule for a week to the great delight of the students. It has packed the canteen at ten thirty every morning. But also it has filled the Chapel. Therefore, to a number of students, it must mean something and consequently must be of value in the long run. For one thing it brings to the student a new conception of the advances of religion, for religion is not static. It correlates religion with the rest of college life. The great fault in the system Is that the' students who need It not take advantage of it. The students who attend the meetings are usually those who know what's going on anyway. The most important factor is the introduction of speakers into the classrooms. Let's have more of that and fewer mass meetings. * * * Seniors Do A Little Strutting Early last week Editor Art Roberts informed all seniors that lists of honors for the annual would have to be in immediately. So seniors dug e back into their memories to see just what they had accomplished. It was a field day fok the "joiners", who complacently drew up long lists of or ganizations to which they had nominally belonged. For thinking seniors it was a salutary experience. They could review the things they had done and see those wherein they had done well or poorly. If they had it all to do over again, most of them would probably do the same. *i * * Miscellaneous Caught high and dry by the government's recent action stopping en listment in reserve units were a number of Carolina procrastinators (Exp. Procrastinator-one who procrastinates). They had kept putting off getting ina, reserve until it was absolutely necessary. Now it's too late and too Crestfallen recently were local hotels when It wuas announced that the Compass and Chart ball would be held in the new armory. From what I hear, the drill room makes an excellent dance floor. Perhaps in the future other formal dances will be held there. It would be more convenient to men and coeds. more. economica saetaifre..dg