The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 30, 1943, Page Page Four, Image 5
Jimmy Brockman ....................... Editor
EDITORIAL STAFP
Jackie Nettes, Chuck Thompson
...... ... .... ...........co-Sports Mdilurs
David Freeman .............News Editor
Helen Heddon .......... .........-coed Editor
Frances Padgett ..... .....society Editor
Helen Pride Craig ....Managing Editor
"Their Mission Fulfilled"
The hearts of all who know and love Caro
lina. have been inexpressibly saddened this
suininier by the death of thrlele distingtished
faculty members, men whose names deserve to
be emblazoned for all time on the Uiniversity's
scroll of fame.
George Armstrong Waauchope, Willinm
Spencer Currell, Reed Smith-three men of
unusual intellectual attainmiiienlts' anld sterling
character who gave their lives to the iipbuild
ing of our University, whose iifluence will be
felt long after we who momiirn thein liave joined
them in the great beyond.
Carolina stiidents of todaiy did not know
Doctor Currell; lie retired from active teach
ing in 1935. Bit they still enjoy the fruits of
his quiet labor toward the iipbhuildiing of the
University's scholastic standar(Is. As presi
dent., dean of the graduite school. and profes
sor of English, Doctor Currell always stood
for the highest edicational ideals. This spirit
he nmanaged to impart to his students and to
his colleagues on the faculty.
No one who ever sat in a class room over
which Doctor Currell presided will forget the
breadth of his scholarship, the force of his in
tellect, the infactuiouis honesty of his mind. lie
introduced many people for the first time to a
real enjoyment of literature. taught them the
difference between the genlilne and the spu
rious, between tile profound and the suiperfi
cial.
On the other han:1.4 m t Carolin: tudents
of this generation came il close conitact with
Doctor Reed Smith. They knew of his repi
tation as a scholar and author, they knew that
he was one of the nation's leading writers of
English textbooks and that his reputation as
a folklorist was international.
More important to students personally,
however, they knew Doctor Smith as one of
the most thorough, erudite and skilful pro
fessors on the campus, as a master educator.
The quiet dignity of his bearing. his absolute
insistence upon thorough, careflul work, his
'unuisual ability to impart deas to others and
to guide thoughts along constructive chan
nels-all these things combined to imiake a last
ing impression on his stuildents.
Doctor Smith passed from tis life at the
very height of his usefulness. Ihe died quietly
in his sleep at hiis summeiir home oin hiis belovedl
Pawley's Island . lie lea ves behtimd a place
which will never he colmpletely hiled. Caro
lina is a fineur 1liniversity hbc-ause of thle third
of a cenitury1 which he spent. here.
'The term "a gentlemen andit a seboar m021iiigh t
have been coinedh to fit D octor Geiorge Arm
strong Wauch(iope, so perfect ly does it descibe I
himi. IfI he ever mladle an enemy durI Iing his 4:,
yeirs of service on thbe Carolina facuity thaIiit
fact hals esca ped niotice completely. A li y et
he had great force of cha racteir, riuiet, gentlec
force which deceply affected the lives of those
with whom lie camne in contact. Students who
sat in hiis classes emiergedl better men and1
women, rnore ap)precia t ive of the finer thiings
of life.
D)oct.or Wauichope perhap;us will lbe rememi
bered longest as the auithior of --\e Iha i I Thee.
Carolina.'' One reaison whyIt we ennl sing the
praises of Alma Mater so s icerelv is because
lie was a part of hetr, beca use sIhe is the length
mind shadow of him and other., like him.
.In the selom-suniig list ver.se of thie Alman
Matere sonig. I )oct or \'auiiichipe de scr ibedi Co-r
linia ais 'fair shirinie of high honior awml t ruth."
Tfhe descript ion is apt1 hec;au5e miien like' Cturel.
Wauchope. and1 tiI Sm ith hav for :> vear s
brougrht to Ca~rol inIa' lhe hghe.4 cnicepi m o of
personall hionor andit compilet. detvot ion to t ruthI.
Most of uts who litrel on the camitpuis nowi are
prepa ring onurselv'es ftor war . 11. is litting Itat
we pause a mtomienit to payt tribuite to thaese
three men whlo were the living emiboiliiment of
what we are fighting for. who gave~ "thle Iast
full measure of devot ion'' to thleirt state and
nation.
In 1940 Thlomias L. Powers. formter deani of
the Colunbia uiiiiversityV school oif buisi ness ad
ministration aund nahtionall di recctor oif thle
Committee to Defend America by Aidinig the
Allies, helped write the selective service act.
Now he is Priviate Powers, a traiinee at thle
army air foces batse in A tlantic City, N. J1. Ile
was dlraftedl.
. * *
Felipe Garcia Beraza y Rlaiz Velaro y Saenuz
de Baranda, a student from Mexico, is a junior
at Macalester collee.
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Honor Council
All the students at Carolina. b)Y now. should
have at least heard of our honor principle.
Gh1arles Knowlton, honor council chairman, ex
pliled it to tle V-12's, the civilian freshmen
will study it thoroughly next week in orienta
tion classes. and the old students will remein
ber hearing of it frequently last semester.
What now ! Support it. or forget it?
Since its fouiding Carolina has had an
honor pinilvpile. Periodically during its 138
years of existence it. has raniged in stirength
froi bein g all powerfil to reaching the depths
of 193. wen it was worthless. Yet, at. its
Jowet ebb. the stidents. themselves, conceived
a systei to better conditions. Since then,
es1ecially under the present system, dishonesty
at Carolina has steadily decreased.
At present the honor council is the Iost
powerful Stulent organization on the caipiuls.
It has the authority to drop a stulent from a
class or suspend hii indefinitely from the
university. depen(lilg on the type of infrae
tion. The council is colipo-med entirely of sti
dents except. for three faculity members who
are elected by the students to serve in an ad
visory capacity only. Some may think this
too much power for a group of students but the
present systen has proven a definite credit to
its founders.
Since the principle is a product of student
organization, since it functions ,under student
control. obvioisilv. it depetnds mainly on the
stiudenits for its effectiveness. Unless students
re)ort continual oftenders to members of the
counicil, the honor principle will never be really
effecti ve.
At this point we hear a mrmur; quickly it
rises to a roar. "I come from The Citadel, I
come fron Clemson, I come from the fleet. etc.,
I don't give a happy tool in darn about Caro.
lina's honor princil)1e." We realize that few
of these students can become true sons of Car
olina immediately. We hope that they soon
will. but the matter at hand is not one of past
alma, maters, or present alma maters, but of
the students' personal character. The honor
council doesn't ask for personal- allegiance to
an instit.nution hut rather feIty to standards
of p)ersonal honor and integrity.
Tlo quote sec'tions of the orie'ntat ion pamn
ph11let -- . a miian's. hionor is thle hman: it
speaks his integrity. his prinucipIles an< hu iis
muoral worth. It. is his only guardian amd to
e very oilher Car oli ina studenl t, thle only va rd -
stick by wi~hih lie may be measuired . .. Gentlec
men do not tolerate those whoi4 are not gentle
mien a mng tem. 'They refuse to hear thle ill
repu iltei thatii a diish onor'able fell ow would fasten
uploni themi and4 tile I'niversityv."
Wh,iat abou ~t it?~ The council has thle aui
thiority, the counc4il has dlone a fine job, the
counciil canm abnio~,. elimiinate cheating-if yout
help!
The Good Old Days
Studi(eit - who4 dlon't agree thait math is the
eaiet. sillbject at thle 1Uni1versi t v will findl a
sta)unchI i ~ suporter in J1. R ion Mc Kissick, pres
ideiit of (Carolina.
Whleni thle C'olonel was triudginag throiugh thle
halls of Sloan as a .st tudent, in thle days comn
loly de-erihed as "'thle goodl ol." lhe took a
liking~ to sophlomoret4 miathI. Inr faic.t, lhen ad
miiring lre-hmenil gaz:ted at him i as a distiin
gliished >eior, lvhe lit tle suiispected that hei st ill
en.joyedl sophiomore' math. But now the C'oloneil
lu'gall to waniii. somnethlinig Ii(w, anl to psempe
miath,i hue pet itionied flue faculty to let him take,
instead. a fiull year (if a ny oth1 er iiuject o f1 iheir
him dnuowni amudlihe still woniders whet her lie
passedu or wa:l pai-ed in sophlomo(re maithI.
While on thle subjuct of little knowni historic
facts, we might mient ion thle biscuit duil. Earlyv
in thle life of this historic inlstitiution. two
rathler'li hunry studn ent s, wh'I o will rem a inii ii nm
less here hueause we dlon't know thleiri fnamies,
ieached foir a phlate of h isciits at thle same t imie.
Sad to relate only one biscuit renmined on thle
plate. BothI being rat her stiubborin youths, the y
gent ly began to pill Ieach ot her' aparit. Fist
fighting, however, was beneath their dlignlity,
there fore, ati sun rise, eomipaie (d by second s
andl a c'oiupIe of' swords, t hey' fought thle first
and1( only dliel ini (Caroliniis liistory'. In a few
miinuites onIe of the warriors was killed and the
wvinner, who wiasn't hal1f as haiippy as lie thlouight
lie should he, pro'eedled to dr'ink himself to
dat. A h the gnn(l old las.
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Yes, V-1a, ansfers, an(l Freshmall-this is Carolina. A historic
school, it is bordered on four sides by South Carolina.
We're a quiet group by nature. Nothing seems to ruffle the feathers
of the ordinary, phlegmatic Gamecock. Few odd things rake place on
the campus where a now venerable professor presides over a class room
he was once kicked from-and only because he felt moved to start a
bonfire from the buggy seats of university professors.
We shun any touch of scandal. too. In fact, it was not, long ago
that an over-anxious freshman, interrupted in a poker game by the
approach of the night watchman, was persuaded by love of his alma
mater to dive through a window expecting to descend a tire escape
which wasn't. lie said, "I would not have the reputation of the school
damaged by my own inglorious act-certainly I wasn't thinking of the
discipline committee."
Truly like the bovine of Carnation fame, we are contented, and this
column is not intended to be gaudily sensational, hut rather do we want
to picture the gentle, quiet serenity of the campus.
* Knowlton Beats Bugler
"THird dIriving Charlie Knowlton" almost outdid himself the other
morning im carrying out his selfi-styled reveille.
Said KntowItoni, 'Every moorninug when the mate-of-the-deck yells,
'hiit t he (leek' I consider it my patriotic duity' to help out my roommates.
So. T yell, 'hit the deck,' then I turn over to go back to sleep. It's not
too much, and I dlon't m ind hielping out."
L ast week Knowlton slipped up though. Racing across his nightmares
of ensigns and Bainbiridge came thme belted form of a mate-of-the-deck
screaming 'hrilly, "hit the deck for calisthenics." Charlie sat bolt-up
right in the lhed and thlundered. "calisthenics, mate, hit the deck." Then
le reached over, switched on thme light for his roommates who were
alr eady dangling their feet to the floor, andl settled back to enjoy some
well-earned rest.
As lhe nestled back one eye, by accident, camne openi, and, by further
accidlent, it focused on the dial of his wrist watch. The hand pointed
to two o'clock.
Concluded "H ard Driving" K nowlton, "I guess those nightmares are
causecd by eating too munch of Miss Sweekers' Famous Southern Sup
* . . . And Paul Jones Shivered In His Grave
R OTC student James Corley had his first experience drilling a detail
of recruits the first week the V -12's were on the campus.
Corley, just beginining his second year, was dispatched to onie of the
Ibarrac ks as .\Ia te-of-thle-Dlec k.
Wh len lhe had muiste(red hiis platloon lhe faced niex t thle uniamiliar
props sit ion of get tig hiis crew to the chow hall at thle foot of Sumter
St re-t. For a time all went wellI. Others.were givsen withI alacrity anid
obeyed n~ ithl alacrity. Th len camte the left turn fronm thle campus dlown
Sutmiter St reet. W\hat was thle comumand ? .\ atec-of-thle-deck Corlev
sc ratchied hiis head ini perplexity anid thle mionkey - s itedl detail mlarchted
simartly across the street anid down English professor Rabcock's drive
w.ay. Cotrley cotiniued to scratch his head. The garage door loomed
c lo,. . *. thIiey imust lbe stoppied! To1ssinug regutla tionls to thle w',ind, the
iinial:ted Corley yeIled. "\\'oa!'' Turnrin~g to his backs ard detail,
C'orley ord ered in 6nle inilitary form, "I ac'- I ack !"
The platooni wenit into reverse upgoni reacll.ig the street, once mtoire
hupped hu nigrily off toi eat one of Miss Swecker's delightfully prepared
mieals. TIhat is, one oif those famous Southern dinniers.
* Mr. Smith Goes "Awashin"
.\ iserale indeed was the dilemma of V- 12 student Edward Smuith a
few days ago. Ed, an indlustrioums fellow, was seriolusly applying hiimiself
to his wo rk dressed ini the fashion most comtfortable in the July heat.
A roommate gathering his clothes for the lalundry offered to carry
out Stm ithl's laundry also.
StmiithI poinited a peticil in tIhe di rect ion of ai pile of clothe,, in the
corner of is closet and returnied to the book.
l,altr ini the day whlen re turin to civdlizat ion necessitated a ch anige in
dress lie wenit to his closet to get the remaininig pair of whites. A hua,tv
search of the shelves disclosed no whites I Where could they' be? Al
inl the laundry! T lhere.'was still time to save them from the washling
machine. But how was he to get from the barracks to tile uiptownl
laussnry?
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BY CELE ROBERTS
It is very unfortunate that Roberts has nothing to say at
this time. Heat expands everything but the brain cells. Mine
have shrunk considerably in the last few weeks-in utter re
bellion against the laws of nature and Chemistry 11.
* * V *
* All This And Heaven,.Too
But whit, could be finer than to be at Carolina in the sumi
mer? Paris in the spring, Christmas in New York. or Pawlev's
in .1tine cannot, comipare. Where else are you awaikened early
e niorniing by hundreds of youlng manly voices colutiiig
endenee? Wleie do you see such lovely girls drooling across
the camllplus in Vrliouls sttges of heat prostration? Where siich
architectural masterpieces eleverly designed to shut out thie
strongest draft or breeze? Where a nicer obstacle course?
Carolina, we sliite you.
Rumor has it that the Navy is lighting for night life, liberty,
and the Purstit of happilles.s.
* * * *
* Love Letters
"lThere is a question that I've been wanting to ask you for a
long time," wrote the boy to the coed. "Ever since I've known
you, I've wanted to ask you buit somehow it was never the time
or the place. Now, please consider it seriously and think about
it before you answer. Tell me honestly.-do you think the
Lone Ranger will be drafted ?"
* * * *
Speaking of male and V-mail. there was the telegram from
the boy on furlough to his girl. A slight error was made
solewliere along the line and the message read; "Having won
derful time. Wish you Were her."
* * * *
Do you know whatt a fox is ! A wolf that sends flowers.
* * * * ..
* Women's Worry
Sunnertine always prodtuces interesting hair-do's but this
year's assortment is even nore intriguing than usual. A short
age of bobbie pins and a. longage of hair is a problem to tax
ald wonatn's ingenuit,y. Some go in for feather cuts, some for
pigtails. some for V. ]ake effects. We conservatives who have
managed to hoard t.wo or three liinp.and aged bobbie pins con
tinue with the sante old pre-war stuff--we're the ones you see
holding our stringy locks up in back as if we were trying to
scalp ourselves. And it's not such a bad idea, at that.
III * *
* To The Common Cold
There's nothing like a good old summer cold to warp your,
personality and make you long to crawl six feet underground.
Just ask the 99 out of 100 who are so afflicted-you'll probably
r'eceive a nasty leer anld a malicious sniffle in reply. Butt dlon't
be rebuffled. Ilow woul you feel if you'd b)een looking at the
world over a <blmp E let'nex for thriee weeks ? And if you livte
thbrough the col itself,' the aflter'-elfects ar*e worse. Instead of
leaving you inmterest ingly pale antd thin-no great hardship--~
you are left, withI a lifletimte cough andl a br'ight red nose. Noth
ing dlesignedi to win friends. influence people, or increase your
p)oplallrit.y. On thle contrariy, ill this, your hour of greatest
needl, your most. devoted friends shrtinlk from your depressing
atnd ger'm-ladten presence. You wonder whethler it would(1n't
hie best. just to leav~e a short sulicide note utnder the cotugh medi
einme and depart.
* * * *
* Wordsworth Gone Wrong
These flies are too much with us
Lute and1( soon. slapping and swatting
WVe lay w.aste our powers.
Tlhis phase of Nature soon1 sours'.
We have jbiven our swattter away. a scrap contribution.
But a ft er tile war-ahm, s weet. ret ributtion!
Eta-h fly will be vanqu ished, likewise each miosquifo
With .somte swatter~s just like those thatt swat illirohlito.
Necessity' is the mother of iniveniion and a few miutes later E,dward
was leaning over the counter petitioning for the return of a pair of whlites
--just one par. Thle launditry was hesitant, so lId explained his condition
and a few innites later he caine forith withI thle prized pair of whites.
Al oral: 1f escaping the heat you're sparsely arrayed, and by your
rooiiinate are sadly betrayed, stick clo'e to your hunk and never p)arade,
till in from the launid ry your garmient s hiave strayed.
* Wishing Will Make It So--.
WVho said, "Ii cana't haplpeni here?'"
iThis is the niovelet te for the week. It hais that pleasiug twist that
coiies only ini a dIreami. Former pre-nied studlent. Leon Murray was
dispatched to Carolina at the beginning of this semester to continue
training while awaitinig further oirdlers from the Naval Department.
A lthoughi he had a comiifhssioni ini the offerinig, Leon enrolled in classes,
drifted inito thle PT (phdysical tortuire) schedule, and enlgaged in all the
activities that make life cheery for Vt!6'.
Thlis Apprentice Seaianu waited his peaceful way for only a few days
-hefore thec expected ordlers camie making him an F,nsign and ordering,
him to another post. With or<lers ini hand, E,nsign Murray entered the
office (of a former superior.
"I'd hike to be excuasedo fromt gym today," lie said.
"Oh, you would wotuhd vou-and why," the otTicer began thunderiing,
~shoul i w11~ e put you to the trouble of going at all ?"
"i'm sorry." ::aid NI urray runmored to outrank the officer by having
made an earlier application, "I have to make somei arranlgem-ents before
I leave."
"l,eave--just where do you plait to go?"
"WVell, I juist got my commission anid 1'm reporting for active duty."
Whby couldnt't it happen to you? WVell, just as I said, thtings like that
hannen nlt In ,ten.