Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BDIToRI 9TAlPV Howa lday*ea dtol Doris Nash ...........*..... Co-ed Eiittor Helen Hedden .................... Society Editor Tom Petin o................... Exclange Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Pitkin Sell, Morris Maxursky, Jimmiy Brock man, Sloan Hungerpiluer. U rah flinn ..............Managing Editor YEAR-ROUND EUCATION The addition of a summer semester as a reguiar part of the academic year was made with an eye on meeting Army and Navy re serve requirements and also to trait men and women rapidly for their part in the war ef fort. The same reasons have caused numerous other colleges and universities to adopt a sini lar plan. Progress may often be a product of emer gvey as necessity is the mother of invention and it may be that educational institutions will see fit to coitinue their instruction on a full time basis. even after the armstice. The plan is certainly an expedient one. Re turning soldiers will be anxious to make up for time lost and to prepare themselves to earn a living. The more and more coml)lex economy which seems in store for us will demand vast nunbers of highly trained men and women and the high schools will supply tihe raw ma terial in increasing quantity andi quality. Students who work their way through school have the alternative of staying out of school when they wish without losing anything. Many did that before the war started. Opponents of the plan may say that faculty members need the summer for relaxation and additional prelpration. This is true, but we are idealistie enough to hope that the post-war period will be one in which prolfessors will be plentiful. There is no reason why students should loaf their way through four years of college while their parents and the taxpayers have a month or less of vacation. Summer school should not be restricted to the dumb and a few stidents ambitious enough to take the limited curricl im offered. WHAT? MORE EDUCATION? From the air corps comes an ainnomcemeit that air corps enlisted reserv its will be called froim collegel fot. - Aprii I anid that they will then he sent to other colleges for specialized training. Wiile we hesitate to criticize the ariy's traiing program. the step seems a bit he average air corps reservists is anxious to get into service, but he does not wish to con tine to be trained in colleges, unless the plain will allow him to finish work on his degree. The mental test taken before entering the reserve proved that the reservist is capable of going immiiediately into the air corps without further college training. If men who only graduamtedl from high school are allowed to go directly to pre-flight school, it seems illogical that the college men be requmired1 to transfer to another college and take training wvhich will no t aid him t ini getting a1 degree and on entering his pr'ofeeion a fter the war. The air corps reservist is miore interested ini leairning to fly than in additional classroom in.-truct.ioni. THE FIGHTING GAMECOCK Amiong canmputs extra-curricular activities. the Gamiecock has hardly been least hit by the call to armnts. Statff members of former years arec scatteredi all ove*r the war zone. Last wveek. a letter from IEnsign Bob GrifEfith, school of joturnalIismn grad uamte. tol of (lodging siper)ls off (Cassablane1 ua itn a sturf boat anmd seeing for mter Gamtecock Editor Scoop League, also tan enisign. dlodgi tng sniperis in a not her surf boat. O.t her formter Ga imecork editomrs in t lie ser vice incilud(e Enisign C'oit I lenidley, Cpl. George ZtuckermanI. Av iat ion ( adet Couirtney (Carson, Pfc. Jim McKinnmey and Midshaipmani Ueward Britta in. But, thi s year,* the Gamiiecock sa1w its best tlmen yanrked out of school to eiter the servic:e. F"irst, went Leonardl Tuirnbuill, sports edliton, who never got to write a line before volunteering for the Marine Corps. lie waes followved soon by News. Editor Gordon Il ill, who volutnteerIed for the air corps. Outr p)ret ty society editor-to h)e, Kate Smoot, left school in January to tra in as an aviation mechanic. Early graduations, made it necessary by se lective service, took the greatest toll of all by snatching Albert Eggerton, cenutumnist for "Anything For A Byline"; Frank K. Sloan, former editor and Big Man oin Committees; and Bob Quinn, who probably sacrificed a Phi Beta IFappa key to devote amore tivne arnd energy to the (jamnecock than sents possible. Jimimi. llifl, sports editor, failed to return to school because of his pending induction into the army. The Gamecock's .tail feathers may droop, bit these's a little fight in her yet. ssocidaed Colle6i"le Press Distribulgr of Calle6ia li6est '-M TO THOSE WHO SERVE The Gamecock takes time out this week to pay tribute to the men and women of Cqrolina who are serving our country in the war effort. As in all other wars in the history of Carolina, they are doing their part and doing it well in every part of the world. Almost every day the alumni office locates men in England, Af rica., South America, Alaska, China, Australia, the Soith Pacific islands and all the waters which connect the continents. To them Carolina students extend their gratitude and humility. They are fighting that Carolina may continue to be an institution of free thought. For many Carolina students, they are taking our places until we can pre pare ouirselves to take over. Only by making full use of our borrowed time can we repay them for the sacrifices they are making. FLINN HALL: WHERE GAMBLERS MEET "A sink of Iniquity" was the description one righteous student put on the pool room of the YMCA Flinn Hall recently. Thus what start ed out to provide- wholesome recreation for students has titrned into a den for gamblers. The pool and ping pong tables were installed to encourage students not to frequent the up town joints, where it is said the atmosphere is not good for growing boys. The room was designed also to provide amusement, at a cheap rate. But now the room has developed into some thing little better than the uptown Pool rooms and a few students, like the indignant one above. le-ithate to'enter the room. The YMCA V:I hlardl.y be expected to keep the room open in the face of such criticisn, even if the abuse is otI a Small sale. The GIlmecock fears the da v when Carol iTa students Vill be deprived of all pleasures be cattse oft a few who abul.e these pleasures. NO RELIEF FOR THE ROMANCERS Back in October when campus romances had hardly started to bud, KSK's committee on campus recreational facilities, headed by hard working Clieio Knowlton, presented a feasi b)le p)lan consisting of five sep)arate projects to the Student Union board. With a replorted $2.K0l balance, the board was asked to putt the projects itnto effect. The projects were: 1. The a pproval of dating on lie campu i~ s or otn certain p)arts of the campuj)Is. w ith benches pro)vided for daters to sit on. 2. The closing of one of thle onie-wvay st reets a rotund the gymnasiutun on eer' aini niighuts of the week and thme pturchas Jng of' a number of skates to be used by s tldents. 3. The installation of a juke box in the gytmnasimtn for infornial dances one night. each week. 4. The construction of an outdoor oven and1( picnic gtotund( in thle botanicatil ga r ... .....to be used by coupttlies wih 1per missioni of the persont ill cliarge. 5. The remioval of thme Carnegie Miusic set to ai rtom more conivenlienit to st udenits, the pitrchmase of a plionograph)l to beC utsed "i ih it,u and thle lengtheninig of the hours the r'oom ill staty open. Thl es( proIjects aire nione I oo co.t ly to bar theira exectiotn, nor do any (of thletm appleair to be~ too radical for the established Carolinua tira dit ion. Bitt the Student Union board declined to' consider them 'on the ground that they were not ptesented in detailed form. It asked that Knmowlton's cotmmittee prepare a rep)ort giving (detailed estimates as to costs and requirements. Th'lis commnittee did as well as is possible for a commnittee to do without any authority. Since then, Knowlton has spent his time pac ing the caumpuis to see members of the comn mittee and persuade theni at least to meet and reconisidler. Buit the Board met its first a'nd last tunec in October. Meaintwile, withI spring approaching, the hatn (en leasure udriviing hasi. left the dhaters wi;lh lie alterntive ofI'( sped lig a couple1 of btuiks in thieattes anid in bowlitig atlleys or sp)enditng an ecoinoiniical evei ng d iscuissing the dleve'lop Inent of the soy bean in Iowa. while sitting in th he a mm. S ms.o w.a Ha.-on rhe Ga~mecoc lotadel Ja r iqgs ERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Caunpus WRE CO-EDS PLEASE NOTE Washington-(ACP)-By the eld Ainerica's indu:drial war workers wi! theM, according to the War Manpower Tit aircraft production, employment. than that of men. * * The War Mlanpower Commission hai w%ide occupational registration of wom< "c(tcational program" to enroll won labor-shortage areas. Proposed by the Women's advisory mipsion, the new program would he worked he fore.. Questionnaires would to dIo the type of work inivolved. A hb would be made as a follow-uip. * * Againi. dluring the next year. one o bie for nurses. Paul \'. .\eN utt, Alani dlay that (05.000 younig womieni utust eni 1Q43. and J1uly r. 1944, "if even minimi nion arc to he met."' This niumber Where state nursing laws permit, sch usual pueriodl of training fronm three yea 9 * And incidentally. the Civil Service emuploy part-time wtomen workers in g miean. hiowever, that there will be pai workers w ill be hised when the mard exhausted. C?OLLEGES STILL IN DARK Officials in W\ashington now say it nounciIiemenCt is made of which colleges to train service imeni undeCr the new Al I hey won't say how mnany colleges have ranged friom a00 to 350 institutir that small colleges won't be -left onit in CA PITALISMS Those now in college who expect t( be mosot gramte ful to Capital to Campus, "caipitalismis."'-thlose time-honored phr tlui ie res'pectabile clinches which a goo without. * * As many .new students are coim ing to our campus just now, per hiups some may have the intellectual curiosity to inquire about the motto on the great seal in the chapel. "At a meeting April 28, 1802, the Senate adopted a seal for the Col lege with the device of the figiures of Liberty andl M inerva with the Americani eagle hovering over them an mthde moit to from Ovid:U\ 1:,MO 1,11T AOllS NI:C SINIT ES:.si U K .RO S." Taking the context of lie L at in poem in to conisiderat ion, and( rememibering that the Roman word mores implied both manners and morals. we might naranhra.. k 440 MA4 I-lmu -u -IT'e REW WAS -1 OE Ri A WHiE HEAT M N A cH ~ INS IE DA24...FS GM E TRAIN S 'UENsTO COKNG, STYLU/ L.4 CAMM94-7 .6w ae.. . o. *.. - )f this year, about 20 per cent of he women--a total of 6 million of Commission. > women is expected to be greater * indicated that the proposed nation li may be abandoned in favor of an -n on a voluntary basis in specific committee of the Manpower Com aimed at women who have never be sent to women willing and able use-to-house canvass to recruit them * America's most urgent needs will ower director, pointed out the other er nursing schools between June 30, mn ci ilian and military needs of the xceeds the 1942-43 group by io,ooo. >ols are being urged to reduce the rs to 30 months, or less. Commission is now authorized to overnment agencies. That (toes not t-time jobs in all cities. Part-time et for full-time employes has been bill be about February 15 before an and universities have been selected -my- Navy college training programs. will be included, although guesses ns. Navy Secretary Knox has said the cold on the deal. Sfollow careers in Washington will we're sure, for the' following list of ases, those in-the-know catchwords, bureaucrat wouldn't be found dead * 'ie Editor this historic motto: It moulds char icter and takes for granted the manners and honor of a gentleman. It was selected, no dloubt, to hnmphasize the great cultural ideal >f the study of the L.iberal Arts as discipline for building character. I'o this end also the Honor System vas instituted as a foundation prin :iple. This noble code of personial rbndulct unas inctorporatedl into the Ily- .aws of the Uoard of Trustees, md( is still the most v'alued 19adition m our campui~s andl with the alumii f Carolina. GEO. A. WAUCIencPu I MATSONA6 AevenTOtlo Ry 5Vu. NEw YORIg.,q. Y.j , Cj F D qvn Rigbt jo.... It was a very hot mid-summer af stand it 4nother minute. He decid 4tairs, put on his bathing suit, and I he climbed onto the washstand ami He broke his nose. Again he clim dived again and knocked out all cracked his head wide open. "Oh", he said, "Low tide." Cherio.... There was an old English gentle denly. His friends were very sorry tions to the bereaved man. One i marked, "I'm terribly sorry to hear "What's Ihat?" said the old boy "I'm sorry to hear about your w "What about her?" Somewhat embarrassed, the frit your wife yesterday." "Had to," came the prompt repl, * * * Comment on People and Things... Vernon Sloan continues to be tl 'T4his Is Cvidcnced by ti fact t1h.6 the spectators in a body rise with ing heavenward and scream at him, in return, never missing a single so Our loss when he goes into the hi gain, for Vernon will be saluting p raised tinger and a cheery "iow% campus: Brooksie Marshall posing an Air Corps lieutenant. She was tions while ie snapped her pictur, that high? Maybe she borrowed his . . . . I.ast thing we would ever h lege would go co-ed. But with the cadets will train there in the near i that esteemed institution. It should enough cadets for each one' of Wit cadets will have more liberty than noon. Is the War Department plar blue, too? .. .,.Gordon Hill, lately now~ of Unucle Sanmuel's army in C everything in the drill book alreat senior platoon look like a bunch of Fine thing, this army. * * * Fiasco. ... The haughty senior girl sniffet eut ini. "And just why did you have inquiredl nastily. The freshman hung his head with "Biut I'm working my way throughi Ing a five dollar bill at me." * * * Heard This One? A small worm was crawling alon hot, and lie stopped for a breather, come up next to him. Being a wolf, the first worm sait us two get married." "Don't be silly," answered the, * * * Service Story.... An Atnericani negro soldier anda to face in cotmbat. 'The negro reve mighty swipe at the throat of the ( "Ha ha," saidl the German. "You But the negro replied triumtphant yo' haid." * * * Sir: It seemps that the age of chivalry has passed for male students at the University of South Carolina, or it might he from lack of breeding. On the bus returning to Colnum bia fromt Greenville last week end there wvere seven Carolina boys. TIhe majority of them were coinn back from the mid-winters at Clemn As usutal the bjus was crowded and many people bad to stanid itt the aisle. Over half of these were ladies. Thtey stood for miles whlile Carolina boys still sat. Somec of the women were old, star haired.. and tir.4 loo.... Ichgrl X. J4489n, Buags Ma" uddTy Pl"k .....t9at uep BUSINBM STAFF yarys Reich ga sah STAFF W#ITERS re 9"bu lb et *y,Sinno.y larion Cu John Cook, Helen Prde Craig. OMP off" ----f- 144pIA VWpger %NNON ODDER TINA CANNON ternoon. The little moron just couldp't ed to go swimming, so he went up illed the bath tub full of water. Then I did a fancy swan dive into the tub. bed up on the washst4nd. Down he his front teeth. The third time hql man whose wife had died very sid. to hear it, and tried to offer consola pproachcd him in his club and r$ about your wife." (he was sorta deaf). fe." nd explained. "I heard you bur'ied 1. "Dead, you know." * * * ic most popular boy on the campus. .hIn he arrivcs i a basketball gam;, krm extended and index finger point "How's my boy Vernon?" He speaks 4 ul. like the true Democrat that he is. * arine corps this spring will be their ,rivates and major generals alike up 's my boyi" . . . . Scene on the on the top of Maxcy monument for draped coyly over the stone inscrip e. Question is-how did she get up wings and flew up with no difficulty. ave suspected is that Winthrop cot announcement that a group of air uture. squeals of pure joy issue from he heavenly, provided that there arq throp's 2,000 daughters, and that the a short two hours on Saturday after ning to dress the air cadets in navy of USC and the Gamecock staff, but alifornia, sez: "Our company knows 13. Why', we could make Clemson's 'onfederate veterans out for a stroll." * * * Idisdainfully as the tiny freshman to cut in when I was dancing?" she, shame. "I'm sorry, ma'am," he said, college, and your partner was way g a road one day. The sun was very .Suddenly he noticed another worm 1: "Honey, I could go for you. Let's cond. "I'm your other end." * * * desperate German soldier were fa ce rted to his trusty razor and made ; 'ermtan. missed me." ly, "Oh ye;ah? Jes' you try to move * * * Even one lady stood for over 80 m'iies holding a small baby in her arms. One passenger remarked very sarcasticly, "I wonder if those boys have ever had a mother. I dotubt it b)ecause if they did they could not let a motherly looking w'oman stand/ while they sat there with no feeling of shame." If U'niversity students have no more regard for their mother and the mianners they usually try to in still in us, I think they should have some regards for the name they are givinig Carolina by b)einlg so um thoughtful.