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Sarah Finn ......................................Editor Ga re Fail .................... Sports Editor Jimmy Brockman ................... News Editor Doris NaA ......................... Co-ed Editor - Helen Hedden .............. ....Society Editor Tom Perrin ................... Echange Editor ASSOOIATE 9DITORS Pitkin Bell, Sloan Hungerpiller, Christine Can. nIon, Howard Lindsay........Managing Editor LETTER FRO& This is Sara Flinn talking. It isn't custo mory for an editorial to be personalized but what I want to say comes from me, and not from the Gamecock as an organization. As yoii see, a new roster of editors has taken over in the Gamecock office. We took over unofficially two weeks ago when Don Law joined the air corps. And this week the board of -publications made it definite. So until the two boy editors go to the war, we're compara tively set. Like every other campus organizations, the ranks of the Gamecock staff have been decimat ed, and the new staff leaders are, of necessity, a makeshift, untried bunch. For the first time in history, a girl is editor. The managing editorship, and the news editorship, posts usually filled by juniors and seniors, are this semester being handled by a sophomore and a freshman. The boys who probably would have held these three positions this time were it not for Hitler, are now holding down bigger as signments. But in a war time, there's no use apologizing for what can't be helped. We'll do the best we can, and that's enough said about us. Now about the Gamecock policy. As always, we want to make this the paper you read for information, for enjoyment, and because you agree with its attitudes, or at least find them plausible. For information, we try to cover every news source on the campus, but with the smaller staff, this is not always possible. Instead of giving up the paper as a failure because it doesn't carry details about your meeting, call us up and tell us all about anything you want nrintirl As to the enjoyment part of the policy, we'll try to present the news in the way you want to Whoops! Whoops! It's a little too early yet to make any ac curate prediction or comment on the athletic possibilities for the University, with the situ ation still hanging fire. But one idea has already been advanced as a possible filler in the spring program that we think has got the goods. Dr. Havilah Babcock, tile stuidenlt-adoredl English p)rof, has announced to is classes thlat he is in the pr~ocess of organizing a girls' baZse ball team which will not only be nice to look upon, but just as nice to watch ill action, lie has issued an open cballenge to a team he hopes will be organizedi by Dean Arnie Childs, and another sponsored by President J. Rion Mc Kissick. Colonel McKissick hasn't definitely commit ted himself, but once Dr. Babcock gets started, we'll wager Mr's. Chiilds, and possibly othlers on the faculty will see thlat he bets competition. "Whoops," saidl the pre-flighit boys whlen they heard: "will they wear shorts." Dr. Babcock says: "Indeed." "WVhoops," said Bill Milner, "can I b)e a water-boy?" Dr. Babcock says: The coaches may be men, but all other menCi except specta tors must be in the 4-F classificatiorn. At first thought, the Gamecock laughled. At second thought, it decided it was a darn goodl idea. We had co-ed football, didn't we? It w'ent over, didn't it? The Gamecock is asking all girls to begin now practicing curves; and all boys to p)e tition every professor, so that this will be another thing to make our war-bound campus, the most fun ever. It can be done. And the more we think about it, the more we decide that our unreserved approval is expressed as we echo: "Whoops." Sniff, Sniff, Again For Charlie David People have harangued about the book store and its prices as long as they have about whether F. D. Roosevelt is making a good pres ident. And plenty of times it's been Charlie David that got verbally booted around. People who really knew, realized that if nything were ile Member )ssociated ColReite Press RO Distributor of Colle6de Di6est . Wlin __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Carolia THE EDITOR I read it, rather than the way a professional paper should write. But, of course, we hope to do both. As for our editorial attitudes. I am gonna fuss when I think there's something wrong. I promise to be accurate, and fair to the best of my ability, but I don't say I'll try to conform my opinions to any of my readers. However, any letter you write disagreeing. or amplifying something said in the Gamecock, will, if it's printable, be published on this page. All editorials are the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. So far as I can discover, they have been, exce)t oni rare occasions, entirel v written by the editor. I do not intend to hold strictly to that policy, as I am sure that there will be situations coming up, where the view point of a boy will be valuable. And so other staff iembers will at times try their hand. I also plan to have guest editorials, when I feel there is some faculty member or outside stu dent who could comment on some situation with keener insight, than anyone on the staff. The guest editorials will be marked as such. Those written by other staff members than my self may or may not be specially marked. In any case, I take full responsibility, and if you feel like screaiing at someone, at something saidi here, I'm your man . or woman. The staff welcomes visitors and new mem hers. If yolu'd like to try your hand at writing, get in a screwy discussion, have somebody to listen while you orate, or if your roommate throws you out, come on over. We are open most all night Wednesdays, and every after noon. Speaking for the whole staff now: We'll try torcome t1rough as best we ean to make ti s paper what you'd like it to be. Okay? imatter, it wasn't Charlie. But he always had too "Mch else to do to take up time defending himself. And somebody had to be the goat. Well, now Charlie is leaving-for the army, of couirse. Those who ever mistakenly thought lie was anything less than a good boy and . a hard worker, will be shown theiri mis jildgmelit. And the University will lose.one m11ore of its best peol)( e. Two, because, Mrs. Charlie is going too. We'll miss ('harie, as a person, and as a bus iniess-like, faiir mianager of a difficuilt pr1op)o sitioni. One State College Gives Two Others The Razzberry Now whleni von say a man is from Carolina everybody kniows that's enough to prove lie's everything a man should be. And here's one mlore inc(identi to illustrate: At albout the' samie time that the air corps called our' 50-o<hl men Last month, they also c'alledl ouit a nuimbier of Citadel and Clemson b oys. . . b oys fr'om miliitary (colleges, with inili Bob 01O'ra. eristwhlile USC(i football star, writes b ack to his Sigma Nut brethren, that he's leading a giouip of men, as platoon head, lie caime fr'om (Carol ina withI no trainiing ex(cpt that Coaclh Enirighit gave. His p)latoon is Imadle upj eintirel y of (Cemsoun and Citadel men. Next time vou see' a Clenmson or Citadel man, look closely . . .that ain't sunburn making his chieeks so pink. Use OF Box Numbers Urged For Letters There's noinmg q1ute so pertuirbing as wait ing aroundi( while the mail is being puit upl, t( see if the check fr'om home came. And the length of time it takes to get it up is madden lng. But blame it on your ina, not the post Office lady. Mr's. Nannuie Mooni, our p)ost-mIistress says the mail is (delayed for some1( time ever'y (day because so many let,ters dlon't have the boa numbers written oni them. And she urges every student who has a biox to urge their cor. r'espondhents, while they are urging them t< wi'ite, to put the box nunmber on the envelope The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1906 "RP"U"T" C National Ad BERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Na g,,, y, 420 MAIDIGON ed a -cond-om matter at the postofime at Columbia, CNICASO -1os9o Nov. 10. 1906. I weekly by the student body of the University of South a during the college year. Campus Camera COLLEGE At DINING rTS. 1OO YEARS OP EXISrANCE, NOu.NS MA HAD T R' - PRESIDETSI nM FRUNDERLkilI CHAS.-COCKE PRESIDED FROM 186To 1901! HIS DAUGMTER."NTEPRswmu MATTY L. COCKE - . RHEN MERAES INDOM SERVED FROM 19ol'I mi933-- DR.8BESSIE C. RAND0O.PH t SEWD FOM tI TO1933STARTED "ER TERM. ///// GRA MDADDY" SERIES NDES FormBa. RlvAkRy IS' ME FAIMUS LAFAYETM - LEHIGH SERiES WRIAC BEGAN IN 1884. IREY MAVE PLAYED 75 GAMES! -lME TERIM MERICANIS 7\ IS SAIDFI RAVE BEEN F RSTUSED BY JOHN WITHERSPOON, PRESIDENT OF PRINCSTON UNIVERSITY, IN 1781.r (dMA\TPPI\M id' (rQX\WTDVya ACO're 111".t4w Repot ken Washingtoa ROOM FOR RENT BY RACKETEER Washington-(ACP)-To nimble-witted gentry with acquisitive in stincts, it's a rare ill wind that fails to suggest a road to easy wealth. The ill wind of Washington's wartime overcrowding is no exception. Many a government recruit is learning the search for a room to rent may lead to the door of a petty racketeer. According to the Washington U. S. attorney's office, here's how hun dreds of,newcomers are victimized. The new arrival checks his bag at Union Station and begins the room hunt. Hoars later he finds a land lord who says he'll have a room available next day and a week's rent ir advance, please. The jubilant room hunter pays, pockets a receipt and departs rejoicing, Next day he returns. "No room here, sorry," says the landlord. The room hunter shows his receipt, asks for his money back. The landlord points to the receipt. It says "no refund after 10 hours." The war worker is out $5, $10, or more-andl still roomless. That's small stuff. Big-time operators mulct home seekers of as much as $200, deposit on purchase of a home. * * * Fewv college students ever buck a racket like this. But they are old hands at the perilous, complicated business of renting rooms and living in rooming houses. They could give lessons to wvomen war workers now~ liv'ing in rented rooms for the first time. To help them with their p)rob)lems, the Women's Bureau of the Depart ment of Labor p)rep)ared a list of do's and don'ts for roomers and land ladies, comp)lete wvith an epigram from Emerson: "Life is not so shori but that there is alwvays time enough for courtesy." EXPERIMENTAL DRAMA WVPB isn't known as a patron of the experimental drama, but it': keeping an eye on an experiment among New England college theatre that involves-of all things- a logging project. Since the experiment concerns reduction of the manpower shortag< for wvinter logging operations, however, WPB has a legitimate interest Matter of fact, WPIB wrote the script, it's "Woodman, Chop That Tree," a (dramatization of the need for loggers. Members of the Alliedl College Theatres of New England presentini the dIrama include Amherst, Bennington, Brown, Mount Holyoke, Smith Wellesley, Williams and Yale Theatres at these schools organized las fall to integrate and enlarge their war activities. Following the logging project, their next wvar contribution will be play dlealing wvith aspects of the four Freedoms. The Reader Thinks (Editor's note: We realize that title is a little startling, but what wv mean is this that this spa~ce every wveek is to be for outside comment pro or coni, on any issue that is of studlent-b)ody interest.) Editor of The Gamecock, Dear Sir: NO SUND)AY MAIL!!! WE HAD) IT LAST YEAR!! WHY NO1 NOW!! Looks to me like if the University ever has needed Sunday mail ser vice, it certainly needs it now. Men students are receiving Selectiv Service questionnaires andl various communiques from their draft board: almost daily. A single letter may mean that sonme reservist is ordere< to report within 10 (lays or less. As a result of the present campus mail system, a letter mailed las Friday will not be received until Monday morning, more than 48 hour; later. Certainly those two (lays can make considlerable difference to reservist or selectee who is being ordleredl to report within a limited nunm ber of days. I suggest that the Gamecock, OD)K, Blue Key, or KSK take th< initiative to remedy the present inadlequate canmpus mail service. I havy been told that the Columbia post office will be glad to deliver the mai on Sunday IF someone will be at the post office to receive it. Therefore it looks as if the responsibility for the NO SUND)AY MAIL (Ill) goe to the campus p)ostal staff. I would like very much to see the situation remedied immediately andl I believe quite a number of other studlents wholeheartedly endors my thoughts in this conmnection. Very cordially yours, Richard K. Jackson, Business Manager Buddy Black . .............Assistant Bus. Mg. BUSIES STAFF N HATIONA1. ^DVERT1911 ?1V Mara Reich aim Roach Y"skg SeiTce, Inc. SrAr WRITERS Iw u 0Corrin LeO Margaret MoElveen, Mart Smith, kvK. Naw YORK. N. Y. Spqa Toney, 1on Oulp, John Cook, Helen Los ANssLE - NAN FnCSCO Pride Orait Charles Wickenberg, Jack Nettles, Jo Thompeon. Sam Graham ........Circulation Manager ,_Carlisle Kearse ................Ast. Cir. Mgr. CAlNNON FODDER BY TINA CANNON GUEST-EDITED THIS WEEK BY W. T. BEATY * Hit or Miss It's getting so it's no fun being a pedestrian, there used to be that element of chance. * Point Rationing ... The main purpose of this little article is to explain in a simple and concise manner the somewhat confusing subject of "Point Rationing." First, let us take up the matter of pronunciation. Some people say "ray-shun-ing" while others seem to prefer "rash-shun-ing." We don't know which is correct, but neither does anyone else, so let your op ponent say it first and then pronounce it the way he does. This will save a lot of time and leave you fresh for the battle royal which always follows any discussion of the subject. Now we come to War Ration Book Number Two, which is a simple little pad with pink and blue pages. On these pages are tickets (or coupons, or whatever they are) numbered 1, 2, 5 and 8. They are also lettered A. B, C, D, E, etc. We haven't any idea how many pages, numbers or letters there are, but that is relatively unimportant. Our main task is to explain how to use the tickets (or coupons, or whatever they are). The above-mentioned numbers are points and, as we get it, the food you like will be hard to get and thus will cost more points and vice versa. In other words, for one ticket (or coupon, or whatever it is) you'll be able to get a heck of a lot of mush and darn little meat. Mush is filling and has its share of 13-1. Some people might even eat the stuff. This may sound like the only thing you'll be able to buy is mush. This is not true. At least we hope it's not true. Well, anyway, that's about all there is to rationing. Like other articles you've read, it may seem a bit complicated at first, but as time goes on you'll find it much harder to understand. 10 * Speaking of Figures ... Feminine arithmetic Is somewhat inexact, Yet many a girl Who cannot add Can certainly distract. * Labor and Sex . . . Visitor (in defense plant)-Look at the youngster over there-the one with the cropped hair, the cigarette, and trousers on. It's hard to tell whether it's a boy or a girl. War Worker-She's a girl and she's my daughter. Visitor-My dear sir, do forgive me. I would never have been so ouvtspoki nad I known you were her father. War Worker-I'm not her father-I'm her mother!H Have we got three pairs of shoes? What do you think we are, black nmarket-ers? I guess you'd call us friends, we have the same enemies. * I've Heard That Joke Before... Yes, I heard about the moron who went chasing around the bed try ing to catch some sleep .,.. Oh, yes, and he took sugar and cream to the movie when he heard there was to be a serial. * Campusetiquette... Question: During a bridge game, is it polite for a boy to kick his girl's shins to keel) her mind on the game? Answer: No. It's too hard on nylons. Question: WVhat should one do if the lady friend uses loaded (lice in a crap game? Answer: If she uses loaded dice, she ain't no ladyl Question: In polite conversation, is it ever proper to use such words as uh-huh and huh-uh? Answer: Huh-uh. * Don't Get Around Much Anymore... "She's twenty-eight-going on thirty-nine." Give a husband enough rope and he'll want to skip. Preacher to groom: "You will cherish this woman 'till death do you part . .. true or false?" * Problem of the Week... Two men, riding their camels in thme desert, were sorely ini need of water. Suddenily they came upon an old1 man. They dismounted to question him and lie told them that there was an oasis just over the next rise in the sand. The men were over-joyed and turned quickly to go, but the old man said: '"Wait, I will give these many jewels to the man whose camel gets there last." Then he whispered something into the * ear of each man, whereupon the men jumped on the camels and traveled as fast as they could to the oasis. Here is the question: What did the old man wvhisper to each of the men? He told each of the men to get on the other man's camel. * Personaliana . . E,ither I saw thme Speed-F.pps team at the Jimmie Lunceford dance or I'm going color-blind . . . "John William" Flinn has succeeded Donald Law on the celebrated "Back Row" in Journalism 48 . . . Prof. Frank Wardlaw ate a whole set of feature stories for breakfast. The food shortage won't worry him 'cause he loves his work. . . Before Sanm Roach departed for Miami Bleachi with the Air Corps Reserve, lie left his fra ternity pin at Winthrop. Mourners line forms on the right . . (Plug) Come to the Jr.-Sr. this Friday night. There'll be music by M. Henmp *, hill and comfortable men (semi-fornial) . . . If you don't believe that a Mrs. Moon is learning to jittergug in the canteen, then why the recent mail delays?? . . . Winthrop parents received an official notification that the wearers-of-the-blue will not be affected by the influx of several hun dred Navy men. Why osn'tsmeody. tell 'em?>