Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jimmy Brockman .........................Editor )DITORIAL STAFF JdekIe Nettles. Chuck Thompson ........... . .............. .CoSports Editors David Freeman ......................News Editor Helen Heddon .......... ...........Co.cd ditor Frances Padgett ...................Society Editor Helen Pride Craig ....Managing Editot J. Gordon Hughes Ideal Alumnus The late J. Gordon I uglihes of Union was The Gamecock's idea of an ideal alumnus. When Mr. Hughes was graduated in 1897, his interest in his Alma .\later did not end: in fact it was just beginning. Mr. IIughes re turned to the campus to earn a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree. receiving both in i)O. I IIIIIeliatelv thlereal ter he enterel upon ia distingiihed eareer of )ub lie service wi licit was Cut short bV death thlis week. \lr. Tlughes served ii; county antd state in the Irouse of Representat iyes and the State Senate. His record as a law-maker was splen did, his record as a private citizen even more noteworthy. For more than 20 years. Mr. Ilughes served on the Board of Trustees of the University. Ilis breadth of knowledge. his wise counsel, and his splendid influence always were dedi cated to the uphuilding of his Alma Mater. Completely .elfless in his service. .1. Gordon Iughes asked nothing inore than the privilege of serving. A quiet, considerate. Christian gentleman, Mr. Hughes was the epitome of the very finest and highest for which Carolina has always stood. When four portraits of distingitished mem bers of the University of South Caroliln fac ulty were unveiled in November. 1941, J. Gor don Hughes accepted them in behalf of the Board of Trustees. In his brief talk, Mr. Hughes quoted a1 statemenlt made by Daniel Webster which inirht well be his own epitaph. "If yoi work on marble, it will perish: if on brass, time will et,ele it : if we realr temllties they will crumble into dust: but if we work ont immortal minds and imbne them with prin ciples, with a just fear of God and love for our fellowmnen, we engrave on those tablets some thing that will brighten to all eternity." One Life Raft Is Far From Enough Even the most unobserving student has, by now, noticed the co-eds selling war stamps and bonds in the post office; has, in fact, passed the booth many times. In spite of this ttic. however. in spite of the fact that there are over a thousand naval cadets on the camlpuls receiving *50 a month and that the civilian students have more spending money than Ieretoto,. inl s!)ite of the fact that thlere is no one on thle cam pus ale to sayv that they ar'e doing enough toward winning the war withoumt bauying stamips. the co-ed have sol an average of' only about $10) a week So far. The brooth is sp)onsoredl by thle Y WCA and about 19 girls vol untari ly serve as saleswomien (diring their vacant per'iods. Sometimes they sela bond, somietimes a large qulantity of stirnps, but wvith ani average of $10 wveekly no university of ,0 tdnt aprdychi to bie doing its pait. Last semester s4'uIecne' sulggestedl t hat, we r'aise enough mionley to butibi a "hip to lbe nianied "US S Souuth Ci aro( lia" anid met'tionedI oithera uiver'sities which wvere doing so. This semnes ter enough bonds1 anrd stamups hav been'ci sold to almnost buy a rubi ber life ra ft. The men in the biatt le zouits ar'e willing to. spenld t heir live.s, take a pencil andit see how much you can a thord. Gamecock Asked To Furnish Cuts Of Best Fighting Cocks Last week weo recei ed a let ter'. It was a short letter consi.-tinug of two paruagraph 's, yet. as' w,e were niot. thlen i aware of thle clean, ' speechI camlipatigni, it intspjired us to' muttter i(uiue phras~Les throughoiut the remuinide.r of the <iay. Addressed to The G amie ( or(k. it was dlate'd Fri day 13 and stated: "Gentlemien: "We are very desi rotus oif secu rinug .somze cult s or p)ictures in color of thle best kniown~ briteeds of fighting cocks. "Mr. Webster of the Poultry Tiribune ad vised that you might be able to help us. Any.. tiling you can (1( will h)e greatly appr'eciated. Youris veryV truly, (()RDON Wi,.JdOl[NM)N, Bk C'. C. Lee." To the genitlemieni who laid tile egg. (Gordonu WV. .Johnusoni, we mailed at copy of this~ issue lit the, paper. Member isociated CotIe6ite Press . Distributor of RO Colleide Di6est - r.e.d Oarolat Dean Childs Discusses Use Of Profanity On Campus T he |olloweing is a guest editorial written by 3lrs. A rneiiy Childs, dean of f'onien at tho Is t.here iore general adli'tion among col lege students of tod v to use of profnitity? If so. doe.- it have any significance $ To tiis obherver: the answer is "Ves" to both 'iptiedtions. ('ertainly, in long y'e-irs of associa t ion with college boys and girls m1lore profanity rchil('les my ears now than from any previous college generation of my experience. It seems to lie. tihat the old point of view-that swearing was a. mascnline perogative to be practiced only in iale company of contemporary years is entirely gone. Frank, Hncensored, almost lnconsciolis, use of profanity-some of it ap proaching ilaspheny seems generally accepted toIiy. And Th yl not ? The most tolerant view points to the impoverished vocabulary which illpelids on profanity to express itself. Others are concerned by the lowering of tone sug gesied in the general tolerance of profanity. Still others remember the religious arguments against it. Three suggestions: listen to your own voice and tho-e of your friends and see if profanity does not always sound cheap and frequently imcongruou: second: read and practice the third chapter of .James; third : teke English 12) and build up a. vocahulary capable of put ting your elmotions in rich, descriptive words of polite nc'eptnilCe. Carolina Loses One Of Her Most Loyal Students This week Carolina lost one of her most loyal students. Carolyn Bunch. From her first day at the university she entered wholeheart. edly into the scholastic, and extra-curricula. fife of the campus. As a sophomere she joined Alpha Delta Pi w rority and was elected secretary of Junior Dalmas. This year she held the off'ice of presi deit of Pan-Iellenic and served as rush cap tain of her sorority besides belonging to ser eral other organizations. All who knew her loved her for her kind and gentle disposition. her sweetness. and her friendly mainner. She had the power to win i'm friends quickly and easily. Two lines which best express 0onr feelings are iniseihed on a p)lagne ini the outhI Carto "Short was lie course this noble spiriit run. Hlow hard'( it is to say, thy will be dlone." Literary Societies Hit New Low In Uselessness Oni the fronit page' of this is-sue. placed op p)o.iteC e'ach* otherd. ar'e thle reports of' the mieet iing- of' the I w) mns l iteraryv societies. What a pit ifl iresembtlanc theay beat' to li tera ry so elti.tiesj' es stories of ol linosI iteresting topic they' c'aun Iii to <his e' s~ is wheither i' or not the chiriis shouhl i be~ dutsted~. O )f courn se t hey elect sonme offeier :a i so me new mlembher's but we cet'ainhul don't IlTe Euhr:allllianls at least Itry. Th'ley had a hot i i-nssion onl an1 upl-to.-dateh top!i'. The Seto'' be3la wor'kiing toward'( their forimer n:aug niilicenice' bult not very swviftly. lThis is not julst ian isolaItd caise. If onel woIIh( Icare to read thle reports of last semae.-teri they follow thle sameih geneliI triIJemI. Some.t' tiles silly. somiet imeas fa iirly in ter'estig, never e'venl totnehltinJg theICir' palst 't ror. We' wol like to congratulate Airtir Wil er' of the .Euiphraidians, on his attempjts to hiave' at dIisessionT gr'oupg on the radtiio. Oni t oatheri'l hinI we express exactly the' op posite senitiienits to the miemberis of the so'iety Vwho( are not. initerestedl. Naturially it won ld be imtpossible f'or the societ ies. to Ibe as big as they were in tile be giniing, with ever~cy studlent a mn'1ebe of one or the other, hiowev'er, with G00 V'-12 stud(enIts an id 800 civil ians it seems that thue societies lhave much material to work withi. I Tere is ia deiiite us~e for the societies ii grete Itst. stil( ateie begani in thI ose hIistouric haIs, Iier forei. why lno t pub11 lic i it meeit inlg.s 11ore, havi e to iEs5 wor'thI dii"'iising. reay ma iuke an ho,n'st e tfort toi acc'(om Ilish somlietin g worth while mo els iv tipc-letly The Gamecock Founded January 30, 110 BERT ELLICT'T GONZAfIS, First Editor ' e , 420 MAWeON Id s .seod-da Uatter t h 0 e,fbes at ambla. C/Cao - SPTON NO,. 30. 1906. weekly by the stdet body of h Uive aty of ath during the e"lieg. yeu. Campus Camera - PRINCE1bN U. HAS THE LARGEST 00LLECT ION OF DEATH MASKS 'T1RN 'IE DI90ERLY (*PoRMRAITS IN PLASTER') OF OL aN lS LAND, IN THE (NITED STATES. THE UNNERSITY OF TEXAS HAS RiO FITED"TD THE ECNT OF 4 30,000,000! THE SENIOR CLASS AT MUHLENBURG COLLEGE IS ALLOWED TO PLANT IW ' IF THEY ARE ALL BACHELORS / IT HASN'T BEEN PLANTED FOR > 29 YEARS! - FREE-LANCING "Now Pearl, it's time to work. Up you go." "Why do we have to start work so soon-it's so cozy here in your chair." "Now-now Pearl-remember, business is business and pleasure is pleasure-we all muist work sometimes. Ve have our readers to think of. Vhat would they do if Free-lancing didn't comc out?-er-uh-no, Pearl, on second thought don't answer that. Just get up like a good stenographer and .'li dictate." "Oh, you don't like little Pearlie anymore, besides you don't have a crease to worry about nowadays. I'll bet you won't eves Qive. me the mink coat when you get to be an admiral." Yes-Yes darling 1 promise-just as soon as they see my talents and make me an adtniral." * The Gall of That Gill Many werc the varied talent' of V-12 men before inhaling the briny air of U.S.C., and seaman' Johhny Gill was no exception in choosing his antebellnu occupation. Said Gill modestly, "Mine was one of the noblest of professions I was employed by a local apothecary as a- mixer of soft beverages-the more unappreciative call us soda jerks." While Gill was thus employed, he learned not only the royal art o stirring cokes but his proticiency at mixing such cure-all concoctions a: a savory AIks-seltser was a matter of local renown. Naturally then Gilt.was not disturbed one whit when a beatutiful young lady appeared at his famnouis fountaini with a requeast for castor oil rie pared in such a way as to make it p)alatab)le. "Of course". cried J ohnny- as gieefully' as a Waldorf-Astoria chef callet on for a choice receipt of p)astry. "Go back to a booth and I'll have it fot you ini a minute." The lissome custotner took the seat in the rear of the store and hac waited only a moment biefore gallant Gill appeared with a coca-cola. "Thought you might like a coke ~ile you wait", he said, and little dih his expression betray that four spoonfuls of oil had been stirred into tin syrupy dlepths of the drink. She sipped and waited. "Temnptus fugited" and still no castor oil. Be comning imp)atient she linally called to Gill who was blithley going abou his work. "Have yoti forgotten my castor oil?:" Oh, this w as funny. She didn't know. "It was in the coke" sai< Jolhnniy laughingly. She looked distressed then said, "Thiat's fine, but the castor oil wa for mv Iuothier.' * Information Please All-knowing Betty Vairiani Crewvs of the recently establishedl Uiniversit' info'rmation center figured that the limit had been reachied last weel whlen a vis itiing dowager iinqumired for "a cool spot so my dlog can li< down"i. "Ala Is", bemioanied Betty. "that was only the beginning." She wa: peacciumlly giving out with information a few day s ago when the phom rang. Thew oilier endl of the hine was hlcd by a perturbed co-edl. "IIow dlo . 'u readl Morse code'' quered the worried voice from Sims "Ilow dlo I read Morse code? "Yes-how do, you reft-" "Don't hot her-I know - - - 'how do0 you read M orse code'?" Bett siamninered. caught herself and( replied that code was still an unknowi virtue of thel in format ion dlesk. "W\\hat'', said Betty. "do you want t< knot w abo'ut code?'" "W\ell, myi hoy friend jutst wrote mue and1( it's all ini code"', " T think,' saidl thle head (If t he iniforniation center.i"I shoul take a lonug vacation.' 0 Novelette of the Week A few weetk. ago. we told the story of the oliicer who got his cone, upIpant e. TIhat was written to be read with malicious relish by V- 12's whlo hiad b)een reachied biy the long arm of dlemerits. T[his week we have another niovelet te with a happy eniniig. Read i and place a rank -anxious enemy in thei lead role. It was fraterniity meetinug night, and for the lack of a chapter rooni th< gIood birothei(rs were meetinig in the~ room of the president, niow ini V-12 Al ost oIf the mieimbers had surrendered their prc-war ensembles for nian whites. bitt ini the group there were somie civilians and in the center o: lie group was an altumnus of thle group who thad recently receivedl hit coimmisslon as an Enusign andl had stop)ped by on his way to a combal post. At the clo se of the mieeting the boys had gathered around the erst whilt nmemiber atid were disctmssitig the prob)lemis of the world when the Mate of-ithe-Decck strode into the room. "'What,"' tie tetmanded with all I the sa vageness of his t wenty-fotur hiomt athotcrity, "is going on tip here?"' Th le mien still hovering a rotundi their fiat erniity bro'ther otficer, dleclare(l that theiy werein't making too muc h racket -besides thley said it waisn't time foIr study. lBut the Mate was not to be thwarted in his coiiqtiest of power. lHe con. tinue(d to rant. blazing fo'rth with fury. The men listened patiently fot a time then they pushed their g6ld-hraied broter~ into view. He .id:.'i Bill Ostendorff ...... =usiness Manager Na sIafONAs. a eapaama aa $TAFF WRITERS wumsovkk.i f hLib Evans, 'Bl ,oyd,' John 0. Gill. Jr., WfNbnr RIP"'"Idaav Barbara Lee, Edwin L. Newdick. John Roees, AVE. NEw YOMN. N. Y. George Sanders, Len Stuttman, - oele Roberts. .t.es Asen - sa aasse )Carrle May Smith, Bobby Foster. - i Carlisle Kearse ....Circulation Manager O FF H A N D BY CELE ROBERTS r * EDUCATION Professor Fitzgerald was telling us how to wave goodbye in Spanish in class the other day. It seems that Spaniards wave goodbye like we beckon and beckon like we wave goodbye. It must be rather discon certing to see somebody waving frantically at themselves and shouting goodbye at the same time. Next week we're going to learn how to smile in Spanish. * SIGNS OF THE TIMES The following ad recently appeared in a Hollywood daily papers "Young man with two cans of corn would like to meet young girl with can of beans. Objectl succotash. * ATTENTION, GIRLS Now this item is really valuable. From a friend who recently en rolled in a certain well-known home beapty course, we have obtained much.enlightening information for those who would be beautiful. What is the secret of this process by which goon girls become gorgeous? W\'hat takes place between "before" and "after"? At last you shall know. It's very simple. It's all a matter of diet and make-up.. The menus are economical and so easy to rememberl Breakfast: grapefruit and water. Dinner: soup (clear) and water. Supper: two lettuce leaves and water. Stick to this diet for three months and if you don't lose weight, you get double your money back. And whil' you're convalescing you can remodel your face. A complete make-up kit is sent containing putty, high grade enamel paint (sun and water-proof). solder, blowtorch, plastic wood, and several styles of wigs. This course is guaranteed to make a new woman of you. * CAUSE FOR DIVORCE The greatest tragedy that I have read about lately happened when some lady's husband helped her cook a 74-point roast and used plaster of paris instead of flour. The lady's ont;"yCO ecMC t -'ad, 'Even the gravy was tnngh." * OBSERVATION Co-ed with two' fraternity pins-one on her blouse and the other hold ing up her skirt. * FROM A COLLECTION These few things I will never forgeI' The way you danced, my dear, The way you held my hand and said The things I liked to hear. Nor will I ever, forget your eyes, Your hair of brightest gold, Your smile, your kiss, nor yet, my dear, The lovely lies you told. * PAGING MRS. P. A reader has asked for a discussion on a matter of etiquette. She has a 12 o'clock class in the library and has to walk by Davis every day on her way to Sims. Now, adorning the grass in front of Davis are hundreds of high-spirited Pre-flight cadets.. These lonely but friendly young men respond to her presence with loud whistles that she cannot help but hear. All this attention is flattering but embarassing, she writes, and she doesn't know what to do about it. According to Emily Post she should appear entirely aloof and unawvare of the disturbance. To (1o this, she would have to slink along like a bird dog with her nose to the ground. Or she might lix her eves on sonme far-away object such as the roof of Sims and pretend she's coming in on the beam. It's really qjuite a problem. Maybe Mrs. P. could be persuaded to change her rul ing. * POEM OF THE WEEK There was an old party of Lyme WVho married three wives at one time. W\hen asked, "Why the third?" He replied, "One's absurd, And bigamy, sir, is a crime !' * A TALE FROM KING ARTHUR Modern warfare has littlc in common with the battles that were fought by King Arthur's merry knighit:-, but the soldier of 1943 can still get many a thrill in reading of the brilliant exploits of the champions of the Round Table. Research discloses that there wvas one knight in King Arthur's band whose deeds were overlooked by Tennyson and Malory. This knight was as brave as the others but he had one strange jdiosyncrasy, WVhereas all the other knights rode beautiful black charges when they wvent out to slav a dIragonl or rescue a young maiden, this particular knight insisted on roaming about the country aboard a shaggy St. Bernard dog. One dlay, whlile riding forth on his St. Bernard, he was caught in a dlownpour and madle for a nearhby tavern as fast as he could. He rode straight in through the door of the tavern and demanded of the inn keeper. "A room at once, sire." The innkeeper gave him a stony glance. "If you have no reservation, sir", he intoned coldly, "I am afraid that we cannot (10 any thing for you.'" Nu~ts with a reservation," screamed the good knight. "Can't you see I'm soaking wet? I demand a room at once." Tihe innkeeper wvas about to dismiss him airily when he chanced to look over the edge of the counter and o'bserve that the ktnight was aboard his St. Bernard. "I guess I will have to take care of you after all," he said doubtfully. "'I wouldn't put out a knight on a dog like this." say anything-it wasn't necessary. The Mate swallowed half a sentence, and gulped like a fish sudd(enly takeun from water. lHe stood only a moment longer, then turned and bolted. Makes a pretty goodl story, don't you ~thnk? * Nice Class - -- If You Con Get It Since their institution as a regular feature of freshman curriculum the orientation classes have beeni dividedl according to sex-the girls had the co-eds5: the male teachers had the boys 's'is as beh ny(eatr from thle universities denmocratic plan of allowing students to inter mingle. Now this last strong-hold of segregation~ is broken. To freshman John Earle Alahaffey the idea of taking orientation with a class of all boys was not too appealing. So on the first dayo ien taton tuentteahe arIlope Turner discovered John comfortably 'v esconched among the thirteen girls of her class. 1,ater in the day' Mary h ope reported to Prof. McCall, director of the orientation program. lUpon being called to the otfice of Prof. McCall for questioning, John contrmedI the story. Saidl l'rof..\i cCall, "I advised him to return to class, It seemned to mec to >ce a pretty good experiment.'' -'Alaafey retumrnedl to his or,ient ation work, li .tv( i ek u last week he broke tunder the strains and transferred csedsixwek.u tra plained Joln "I really hated to leave, btut I was constantly dis