Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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......... ......ooity Editorr . ....... ...... ad W adum IN" a"0 D ~kaTk. Albert 1gzwto@4 UWWfr.*tk ..Slom. DkaM Law -Managing Editor Social Aspect Of Student's Responsibility Pointed Out In Last Of Editorial Series This is the last editorial in a series on the student's responsibility after graduation. Oth ers have considered political and leadership aspects of the problem. Perhaps an even more important responsibility is social. Many grave internal problems face the na tion-paiticularly at war. The treatment of minority groups must, of a necessity, consti tute a threat to the peace of the whole. South Carolina is not without such problems. Tolerance is the need of those who will have to face these situations in the future. Basis for such tolerance can be found only in fa miliarity with the causes and effects of pos sible injustices. Such a basis should be found by clear-thinking students in the curriculum offered in a liberal arts school. Perhaps the biggest enigma in the South Carolina scheme of things is the race problem. Extremists on both sEides have and are shout ing their claims to the masses, and have found supporters. Only by the pursuance of a middle course will the problem ever be solved to the satisfac tion of all concerned. Radical action will leave only residue for further trouble in the future. This does not mean that action should not be taken when the time comes. It simply means that neither side should move without reasonable assurance that what they are doing is entirely for the best interests of their cause. There is no doubt about several things be ing right. There is some doubt as to when they will become feasible and practical. Not many of the leaders of today deny that the negro should be allowed the franchise. But they also dnand, at the same time, that lie prove himself capable of handling the respon sibility. Of course, the other side may always reply with the truth that many white voters are not capable or responsible enough to justify their voting. Nothing good has ever been accom plished by simply pointing out the evil in others without trying to better oneself. Under the present set-up, it is impossible to imagine that the negro will be allowed any of the rights he is demanding. Attitudes and in formation must be changed on h bide of ilhe white. But the biggest responsibility lies with the negro race. It must prove that it has grown capable of hanidling those rights, regardless of what is wrong in the system. When it dloes, there can be no other course of action than to b)estow them. In the meantime, there are enough clear thinking p)ersons, who, if they will exercise their p)ower, may protect what has already b)een gained. Students have a resp)onsibil ity to jums tic andl equality in this matter. Education must prove itself worthy through those it touches. By adhering to and suppIort ing justice andl tolerance, the student will be justifying the timie and money specnt in his ed ucation. Revision Of The Curriculum May Be An Effect Of The War; Some Good Phases Involved It is wvell, at times, to try to find something good in a situation wh ich seems all bad. Ini the ill wind, etc., vein of thought, tile war may perhaps bring one good effect to the Univer sity-the long-plannedl revision of the curricu lum. Information is given that several times ex perts have been called1 in to confer with officials about the possibility of consolidating courses which duplicate an(l eliminating certain others which are obsolete. Whether or not such ac tion has been taken, the idea is perhaps good. Many courses at the University duplicate material offered in other courses, presented either in a different department or under a different subject heading. Perhaps the most confusing and misleading thing to the new student is the maze of courses he will be required to take and elect while at the University. Due to the leewa'y offered, a * person unacquainted with the system may be forced later to return for another semester or year simply because he used that leeway to postpone a course he did not care for. Plans by the University of Chicago include a two-year course of required subjects, which every student takes. Here a foundation in matigEnglish, a language and other basic sub jects is gotten. After completion of these two ~ears, the student is allowed to branch out and Stake any course he elects. Member Issocialed Col1eeiate Press . Distributor of CWIe6iae Di6est Such a plan offers not only the possibility of a supervised two years of work, but alsc eliminates the many courses a student is re quired to take to complete degree requirements he feels unnecessary and therefore is often not able to manifest the proper interest. How the war will aid in revising the cur riculum remains to be seen. Just how the Uni versity will be affected has not yet been de termined. But if the war lasts long, it is in evitable that certain courses will have to be dropped. With careful planning, such courses may be those which are least necessary and perhaps obsolete. Such action can be made due to the needs of wartime when under normal con ditions it would not be taken, due to the just ifiable motive of fear of wronging some person who has given more than his material remun eration justifies. Reforms, to be lasting, must always come slowly. Perhaps the disorganizing influence of the war will provide the opportunity for a new organization of lasting standing. Opening Of New Armory Friday Calls To Mind The Hopes And Desires For A Student Union Last Friday's dance in the new naval armory points to a possibility and a pet desire of the administration which has long been a need on the campus-a separate building to house a stu dent union. Even before construction on the new build ing began, certain promises were made that it might be used, at least for campus dances. Whether or not anything will develop, or whether the Navy will find it impossible to al low the use nf their building due to other needs is not being considered here. What is brought to mind is the need for some centralizing organization to make a more integrated whole of the student body. Dr. Mc Kissick has on many occasions expressed the hope that such a purpose might be served by a student union building. To hope for such action in the near future in unthinkable, in the light of war circumstan ces. But a group of alumni all plugging for Carolina improvement might have much to do with the final culmination of such a dream. One of the chief criticisms of the student body is that it is never of one mind-does not know itself. )ivergence of opinion is the life of such an institution. But a student body wvorking and pamyinlg together might be able to accomplish much more than one where the only claim to comradeship is a slight acquaint anceshi ip and a tr-adlitionally fiencdly campus Perhaps it is being too farsighted to look to thet distant future for the solution of an imnme diate camupus p)roblem. But it is such looking aihead that has helped to build the school up in the p)ast, and will continue to do so in the future. Studlents of the University should give ump the attitude that since there may be something they (don't like about the campus or the school, they will give up all thought of it entirely wvhen they gr-aduate. These minor annoy otces, which umay not even have occurred to ohrstudents, should be overlooked in the longer persp)ective of how much else the school has given the student. Carolina cannot fail to growv if alumni will aid in solving the problems of the students of the future which may have seemed pressing to them in the past. Student body unity is one such problem. Think about the possibility of solving it in the Dots And Dashes Mixed Up By Representatives From The University At Chicago A readler points out a flagrant violation of something or other in the picture of the doodle board of the ACP~ convention. The University was represented lby a "V", followed by a dash dot, dot, dot. Poor publicity, the reader points out, andl we concur. Anyone acquainted with the dark er and (deeper motivations of the war effort knows that it is dot, dot, dot, dash. However, the writer was not in attendance and cannot swear to the cause for this gross error. Both the wvriter and the business office are somewhat comforted ,,tjav ,tangible prooi that the r-spresentati, p ptend a conven tion function. The Gamecock Founded January so. 1lo wSs-N?U ' NatiozaWA BERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, FIrst Editor cu .PA 4a0 MADIGoN red a an-oa matte at the poretjs at Columbia, ceic"o - S.."N NOV. 20. 180 d weekly by th4et4deat body eg the Ualvereity o South Campus Camera REV. CHAS. GRADUA1ED FRM COu-EGE IN 1857 AND WAS ELECTED) PP-FS IDENT OF EMORY \ HENRY MI.EGE I SAME YEAR. Lqwlq fom ol ARVARD S CRIMSON , -Ir-- ORIGINATED FROM 11E LARGE BAN tANNA HAKEREaJF! ROOMAD W ic * IW INCREAS FAMXty - psIooi4Q 30 FOLD ANP LIGHTENING SMRUCK A CAUD 'VE -GREAT 'rMON Is SPIRE OF -E DUKE U REBEIO 1 O 1825 70 TIMES CHAPEL 1WICE WITHIN MEN W E A -TREE DAYS! BEING EXPELUD A FEW ARVARD WEEI6 BEOM lA& MM WAS YOUN*! AC 's Jay Richter Reports from Washingtoa - * For Teen Agers Washington-(ACP)-Right now the lid is down tight on information concerning the army's plan for sending drafted 'teen age men back to college. Officials and educators here say it soon will be spelled out in detail. However, it is a virtual certainty that all 18 and 19 year olds who are drafted-whether or not they're college men-will be eligible to take tests to determine whether they shall be assigned to colleges and universities for technical and scientific training. They probably will be selected on the basis of education, as well as for "qualities of leadership, military ability and aptitude for more educa tion." It is unlikely the 'teen age plan will resemble the current "contract" ar rangement bo0th the army and navy already have with some colleges. Un der the contract plan, men already in the services are assigned to colleges for short periods of training, usually three mounihs. It appears that 'teen age men wvill get longer periods of training of a highly specialized and intensive character. The back-to-college plan, or whatever it may be called, is likely to hit small arts colleges hard. The army and navy will probably take over the physical facilities of many of them to train men in technical subjects. The art of war leaves little room for other arts. * Footnote On War There is a manpower problem in Germany with tragic overtones. Prep arations are reported under way for professional military training of boys 14 and 15 years old. * Jobs The U. S. Office of Education is represented on a government committee studlying job possibilities for the physically handicapped. A recent survey showed that thousands of jobs in arsenals, navy yards and other government industrial plants could be filled by the handicapped Altogether, the survey revealed 1,300 different kinds of work that might b)e done by such persons. Objectives of the continuing study are two-fold: to help solve our war manpower problem, and to gain experience for use in placement of disabled veterans and industrial workers after the war. Hiard( of hearing and deaf persons make up the major pool of handicapped mnanp)ower. Many persons with defective vision also could do effective work in impor tant jobs. In one large plant, approximately 90 per cent of the positions might be filled by persons, who are blind in one eye but have good visiorn in the other. The survey of handicapped ~persons also included provision for study ol the use of women in industry.' It was found that-with proper training they could perform the duties of a majority of industrial jobs. One ordnance plant already has hired women for 50 per cent of its jobs Their work is high grade and sometimes superior to that of men. Speaking of women, the Civil Service Commission is seeking Juniot Chemists and is particularly interested in co-eds who have had four yeart of college, with 30 semester hours of chemistry. Pay, $2000 annually; nc written test. Also sought are Chemical Aids who need only three years of colleg( with 24 semester hours of chemistry. Pay, $1800; no test. Expanded research in synthetic rubber may double the demand for chem. ists during coming moanths. Wchird i, Jaeomn Bugne Manager 42W'US VrA4Gol wbit ubUwsq Do "T$"^. ADVaRT""He husos sTa -" Iversing Ser"ice,Inc. s-s AwW-A--* - BArm warra AvE. Naw YoRK. N. Y. son ler, ffo"W ,ate Loe Anesa - s Fmauceo t, OthAnsumMart 8mith, Iany, 0o00M nago ftenjTonty. jhnmy Brookma, John Oook. .gSa. ,aan arcaim an,g ....hin. or a BYLIE . By ALBERT EGGERTON * New Lease On Life President McKissick's speech to the student body in the Field House, Monday was concise and to the point. It presaged some sweeping changes in life at Carolina. A number of the men's dormitories will have to be vacated, students will have to relinquish use of the mess hall, some of the professors will have to give their entire time to teaching the pre flight students who will be sent here. For the student body and for the staff, as the President pointed out, it will mean some inconvenience. But such inconvenience is little enough compared to the sacrifices others are making and have made. It should be accepted readily as part of the service Carolina will now be able to ren der her country's fighting sons. Some students will see the move only as something that upsets the pleas ant routine of their existence at Carolina. But the thinking student will a see it as a new.lease on life for Carolina. It means that the University will live, that it will be able to carry on, and after the war is over, it can once again take up its normal existence without any delay of reorganiza tion. For under this system the University will be able to keep its organ ization intact. It will be able to keep most of its departmental staffs. Without this recently accepted program, that might not have been pos sible. When the bill authorizing the drafting of 18 and 19 year olds was passed it clearly indicated that the male enrollment at Carolina was due for an even more drastic decrease. It might have necessitated the actual closing of Carolina, or at least the disorganization of the administrative and teaching staffs. Not only does the new plan give Carolina a chance to serve her country but a chance of survival. So when these preflight students reach the campus early next year, make them welcome. They'll be at Carolina learning how to fight for you. But even if they weren't, their presence means new life for Carolina, a new purpose for the University, a chance to prove that an educational system of higher colleges is a vital asset for a country at war as well as at peace. Everything possible is being done to lessen the difficulty of change for the students. So cooperate with the University by rapidly adapting yourself to it. Fill out the new schedules sent to you so that the administration can arrange courses for next semester. * Mid-Term Graduation There will be one. The board of Trustees passed it at the last meeting. * So the seniors wvho will graduate in January will get to have their exer cises, caps and gowvns and so on. Fbr the students wvho are affected by this move, of whom T am one, I would like to thank the University fo,a icu porarily departing from precedent to accommodate a group of the student body. It seems a small enough thing but it means some extra work for the registrar's office. And it means a good deal to the students who will get to graduate with all the trimmings. * Fraternity Puzzle A puzzling question right now is what will be done about fraternity rooms. in the light of the crowded campus conditions next year? Will fraternities have to relinquish their rooms to accommodate the boys who are moved out of the tenements which will be given over to the Navy preflight students? Will fraternity members be allowed to double up in rooms so that they , can keep the chapter rooms? Some word on this should be forthcoming soon, if it is not already out when this comes to. the campus, so that fra ternities can make whatever arrangements may be necessary. * Letters To Santa Claus Or What They Want For Xmas Adolph Hitler-An Armistice with Russia (preferably right away) Joseph Stalin-More snow Pierre Laval-The French fleet back (the better to bargain with, my dear) Mussolini-To be on the winning side (lhe thought lhe was) Erwin Rommel-To be somewhere the British Eighth Army isn't, Charles De Gaulle-Ten minutes alone with the aforementioned Laval Hermann Goering-Somebody to explain to the German people what he meant when he told them that Germany would never be bombed Goebbels-Some new saboteurs who won't embarrass him by getting caught a The Italian Army-A ,special dress uniform for "surrendering" Uncle Sam-An army of ten million men (and that's one old Santa guar antees) * Holidays Are Necessary Tomorrow at noon starts a welcome break in the routine of studies Christmas holidays. A time of,great advantage for every student. It's a good time not to read the parallel you intended to read Thanksgiving, a time to not get all the sleep you've been missing going to dances and study ing. There won't be as much turkey this year, or as much traveling. But there will be a lot of rest and fun for students hiome on holidays. There'll he presents of war bonds rather than the usual clothes, for in many cases * Uncle Sam will soon he worrying about clothes for some of the students. But there will still be the same memories of good times past, the same