The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 20, 1943, Page Page Four, Image 4
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EDITORIAL STAY?
Waly Dtn.more, chuck Thompon
.......,..........................o-Sports Editor*
DaTd wna"man ... ......News Editor
Belen Redden ... ...................Co-ed Editor
tranoes Padgett ...................Soie.ty Editor
Helen Pride Craig ....Managing Editor
The Carolina Students
Should Help Professors
And Honor Council
Following its usual policy. the studelit honor"
council has mailed letters to mlettbers of the
faculty asking for their cooperation during the
coming exams. Several professors and stu
dents have complained to us that. the letter
contradicts itself heeause one seitteice says
that the student should not be made feel that
he is not trusted or that lie is tnder sutspicioii,
while the council requests that the students he
placed in alternate seats.
If the people who claim that this is contra
dictory would read another sentence "The
simple preventative steps whichl we request are
but common sense measures to prevent an un
wholesome atmosphere or a situlation where it
would be easy to get away with eheatlug.''
They should realize that the t wt1 statements are
not at all in contrast with each other.
By this step the council is merely trying to
help the students keep from cheating beeause
it's rather hard to be honest when one has oil
to lift his head to see the papers of three or
four other students. The professors, however
retort that it's a bit awkward to say '' Good
morning students . . oh--alt--I say you know I
trust you and all that, and I realize that you
wouldn't cheat but Miss Jones would you tind
sitting here--and--ah, M. StitI would you
please sit here.'
To please both parties we suggest that. ('aro
lioa iutienis solve the protlem themselvyes by
sitting in alternate chairs of their own accord.
Make it a tradition to do this when taking ex
am, thus preventing an awkward sittuation and
helping to remove a great temiptat ion.
A V-12 Student Pleads
For wil To Come
Play Ping Pong
As a reward for climbing wearily ilt the
three flights of stairs to our oflfice this week,
we found a nessage waitilig in our tylpew'riter.
it is a brief )it to the point note which speak
eth words of wisdou and whit-1h we heartily
ndorse'. A verbatim \ersionll f, it hollows.
GamEdcktor the purpose of' en cou raL!ing girls
to'cmel ping-pong wiiith an abtiys in the
J)intg-p)onlg roomtt ill thle ba seent of .\a xey ('ol
I ege. TI'her iseem'Ils to be stm mni 1?is taken idlea
r'amIpanlt that thlis area is forb,hieng to the
Ieninies. TIns is not trie. .\lo' hI ool-oomi
has beeiinimovedI car[inig out ainothler obst a'le
wohl n tip thle plait'.
We Write Our
Final Editorial
WithI tIs issuie we step om tOi iut.l ci's
seat and1( hecomeICn mrely a Ipa ser I .t on Thle
Gamnecotk's handwagoil. withI I Hile of then
honor, little of' the glory. a o I. gioy t 'aus
lbe praised. little (of theO wrIk.
Duinilg the piast semieste'r we ha ye triedt to
make these columns iinterestiig, whentier thle
material was critical, 'omimenigI.Itary, or' eniter
taiiiing, while we speint miost of otur time woui
dlerintg w here new's for thle next issie was citmi
inig fromt.
breakiig firsts appear at Car'ol ina . . .t'iviiains
go and( sailItors come . . .Mlu('c'ss fui out d oor
dances are hel . . (' arothlna is tavoredl ini the
Clemson battle for tIhe firist time1 ini a much(1
too lotig periodl . . . t wo) hiour examirs arge hield
'at the end of the semnestei instead of the' usualI
three hour sessions . . . a st ailinig ginimber of.
studenits begin to studly inl th librigary~ at n igt
...most of the sI ttuet origangiztioiis funggit inl
for the fifr'st t i no duiniig ltheS 11 gguner . . ftori
8,500 alumnIlii aind 2,000 studt(ents we haveo do
pieted these scenes as adEequlat ely as piossible.
To our' sucicessors and( the staff menmber's
* that have helped so much durtting the past se
* mester we express 0our deepest gratitude. It
wouud indeed have been an imipossible job
without their help.
M 1iember
%ssociated CoIle6iate Press
Distributor of RO
Colle6iale Diest <4i;
Fnter.
PARADE OF OPINION
By Associated Collegiate Press
Since the beginning of the accelerated war
prograin of education tlhrouglhout the country,
there has been some speculation as to its merits
(uring peaeetimne. Many educators believe
that after Ile war we should continue to crowd
tour years of college education into 32 months
and thus ziye nMenl ln earlier part. in industry
and blusiness. Again, it would give those who
wish to do ,radiiate work a chance to go fur
th e lit IiaVing to start work. This wouIt
I lr ut"e, at rtliII to those who at1voente tle
a.eeelnlell prtt!naln, a greater. nInlher' of mnen
and worien with higher degrees.
'It detl"ie lt uchl a (Iuestioll. however, it is first.
necessal'- v to review the effect of our prese'nt
speed-ip prnI'1 nl. Has it at Tech, for example,
l)irolinoted t he alIse of techlnical education or
has it re'uIiled in ;n iinliffertence t14) studies an(1
a rehxilng to1 ilterest ?
T((IdI Ierall IIhe wair-lilne I rograinl inl the
spring.:" i' -'42. heing one of the first schools ini
tie t"otultrv tit do so. Our administration fore
saw the resptnsibilities it ha(] to shoulder and
tlook ilimii'diite stes to prepar-e for the change.
U il sintlnier cailte. t hough, the change was unlt
noticeable. 13it when it. came, it was apparent
1n>t only to the faculty but allso to the students.
Interest dropped and with the drop in interest
.;ppeared at new restlessness among students.
'I'lie 'T'ech's iigh standards naturally helped to
forestall a dingerous let-down at this timue, but
grades were dropping. Spneeulation had it that
sehool wroultl " hick:-p1''" with Witter anld that
studyl'ing w2 \otlhl restllle its inreviolts telopu.
Such was 11t the case. P1robaly)I it might
h:. h : : - .t;deni, t t l i>(''n U'iven a dlell
nite statlus in r('gll to Ile draft. moiths of
conftuision Followe<1 until the E1(' was called
and the Navy anlolln(i-ed its prtgram this
sprmng.
At last thillgs 4oul retu'un to uornlal. But
they didn't. The sttents who were still here
lal heen in l ot since Septeilner, 1941, In([
were sick of hooks. ''I.Bak o nl-mal'' was li
imlpossbillity. 1'nder Ariny anl Navy inlflu
elllst',, the serviWemen at Tech ire doillg soelie
sItud'ig Our civiliisl had one in 11th's va
cation and so tihey too have picked Ipl inl in
terest. But w' are fu- lfronl Iha (legree of
('I'ff iiiey il sIii niitg Ihit Onlde pr'eVileI at
''ech.
Telh's ex\)elrIliet'e show 11s that t(t(i ton enll
11t 14e hu"rried and still he thllrough. Those
get jobs ba4k itt>me hav1e a baba liing teff'e.
Ilivre te stuidt'lt eami appily whind has1 been
-er;an wihol ofme bchnology Trchnire.
\\ti'ls ii b 44o41 n(4eresto.t it,1 11 e i t a gi-i
The 1' b vai retso beid our It (chllasti ittb
N oit V is ee st, -bt'O ( it w!o'the afte thelii
W\i11'n int Iit'tl Imiition1 h begant4' li iii,
.\4.)1 T. WalkedI~ otiji h'. ulld lot YtlIi 5. 1e
rlet hand stop.wlthe and14'V ased themlseslles
by 41 e tnlbting he Iwalking emb-ti tofIt liie 1.4
off iceris' alt l1i.5 st ei leininulte. Th is iur
gomar s a rably wtJith te ilegltion l12lt'.i
is haJtst 1 wit / (vr braniht1i Iothe ser 411i's u tz
iiil Atleges for1 splizediuigt ttinigeifl.a
womler ht ee 114har mai'tl~ n xamph- 4) f m)'ig1'
tary1shifflie oite St des tat' brektheti od
thereeh.c s o ec n b sb llg m
The Gamecock
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BERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor .c.us.
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FfREE-LANCING
WVell ... the semester's end is just around the corner. (Some
of' us can read that "coroner.") Although we hold nothin1g
dearer t hin your friendship, we must leave for a while. (All
right . . . all right so they doll't eare if we gI. W\e aren't goin'g
to le deprived of our' farewell addlress.
Saga of C. L.
Reiienmber last issue's mlysteriolts hard ( '. L. te whom we
pouried out our soul in verse? We figured that such an adroit,
lebonair approaeh on the part of hot it the Editor (who asked
her for a 'date ]in the editorial column) and ourselves would
siurely net, one of us results.
Afte ..r . ha :i %ent u il iltii ie iissi is on Ieir way,
w"e sat back to reap the rewards. Which would she ch(lose?
Brockmani was contfident. Said lie, "She hasn't seen you."
'And so we replied as confidently, "Blut she has seen yoi."
So it went iutil the teal blue envelope touched barely with the
stent of musk, appeared in our box. Quickly we opened stte
re:ssively the box and then the letter.
Inside lay another poem. At the end was only . . C. L. . . .
llurriedly we scanned the four verses. Would she choose the
etlitor or wtIIbl we he favored
Weill. lii elueicidate t he sad saga of C. L.:
llows, yon bot h are really kind,
Tlo propliose a date a la bl indl,
Ilint luKIn'e yonu'Il get a date withI C. L.
I 'd see you first ini "Ba inbridge"
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Semester's Review
Li ke all ( thle editor)1 striuck a it " 'other'"') great men ini lit era
tm ie we Itoto 'have been'*prinmari ly possessed1 with th le idea of
refor'oiniig siethllng or somebody.
Wi d idIi t at tempt imuch. Vie aminled along ini our own siaIl
way, ami thea only envelopinig task was gettiing thle pants of a
\'-l'2 hark firtim a Winthrop girl.
.\ bout t hat, howe ver', we were eirusaders. When ti ngs were
b)1ea k and4 te panits didn'iit look forthl-comiing, we satt dowin;
anid muiitteini, "'thec power of' thet peni is mightier thani the
sword'', we wrote' ainotheiri at tc k.
Thet pants s''nt to thle ':o-edl ftor lauindering. have not been r'e
I uiied. Wet make one last de'speurate' plea oni bethailf of' a shiver
i sa ir W\oin't youi piltease send himi fte piants?7
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Sigma Nu ..
I Ia- eletItid the following ofiicers: ltiresideiit, . iniiiv lBrork
Gill: 'Telasiurer', Zan I leywivard:J and14 lieportei', Chle ts Spiivy.
lioy I )oll.
At The Last German...
I1 A liV Fl'Y ATJW ILL: "Il'im sorry hut 'I .j ust washed('t my fe'et
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Au Revoir
Theiu stalff membe(rs dampenedit't oiur f'arewelhl spirits at the lie.
ginning of' hbe t'nlunmii, but. not fori long for the spirit of Free
1,iaanig is hiai'ty.
(';ani't say whtheitr we will lit back next semestei' tir nt It's
a heetti' t'xistanee wet lemth . . .hiit if' ytiu ( to he i'eatd withI te
like to eotin iue i'tading this coliuimi .juist tear' ofl' Iw l'ensign 's
shotulder barids (thie hardy t'tnvenien,t size) aiid mail to Friee
J anee'.remme i name ,m 'r .. ane '
Bill Ostendorf .... Business Manager 4
Leon Murray, ...........Asst. Business Manager
OR NATIONA. AOVINTIS NG sy 1'rA" WRlT'R
lve uServiT'c. Lib Evana, Bill Baker, John 0. Gill, Jr.,
Pamils*ar tyr.enat-w IBarbra Lee., dwin L. Newdick. John R..,
i Avi. Naw YORK, N. V. " Charlie gander, Len Stuttman, Oel. Roberta.
s . .os alesLes -. aaFcRSCO Judie Marshall Majed Akel. Owens Killings
worth. Tom Gilfmore.
Carlisle Keare ....Circulation Manager
Buddy Black .........Ant. Circulation Manager
OFF HAND E
BY CELE ROBERTS p
Oh, 1.hat A Wonderful World
We are truly lucky people to be getting all this education and
all that, but there comes a time when this bl.ssing fails to arouse
my enthusiasm. The time is here and I beg forgiveness if this
coluun is not its usual cheery self. Exams have'a way of dis
vouraging the most determined sunshine-spreaders, you know.
Besides. I need a little sunshine myself. So don't feel too harsh.
ly about Little Willie and me. We both had unhappy child
hoods.
Little Willie
1,it tle Willie, feeling blue,
Pit rat poison in the stew.
Down to the floor the family sank
Dying laughing at Willie's prank. $
Willie bore holes in Father's tire;
Threw the gas stamps in the fire.
Mother said, rather vexed,
"Willie, what will you do next !''
A Moron Joke
And wvhat could fill up space better than the little moron
who put his clock at the top of the stairs and waited for it
to run dow"n?
Why Is An Ostridh?
'Ihe little ostriIi approached the family sand dine where
eight or 1e11 of his dinsmiet were standing with their heads
buried in the sandt. ini a bewilderel voice he said, "Where is S
everybody?''
It happened at the Ira Iin slation. 'Tlie newly coniinissioned
lieutenant entered the Pullman painfully proud of his shinv
gold bars. With the )rospeet of a fat tip in view, the porter
procteeded to do his diplomat i- best.
"lo'niln ', caltaiii,'' lie grin tied. Ail a few minutes later:
Find it too warmt in here, ma,jah 7., In a short time lie voltun.
teered, "We's a speck late today, k iuiel.'' Then, as the lieu.
tenant made ready to leave: "Brush yo' coat off for yo',
general ?'
Three minutes afterward he was inspecting the ten-cent tip
With a bellow that eould he heard througlhout the station, lie
shouted at the departilig officer: ''(ood-bye, corporal I
And. Best Wishes
A lovelorn sa iloir in San Fran'. tci.scot decidled to celebrate pay
dany by sending a telegram to his girl back home in Duluth.
A fler chewing on his pencil for' several miniutes, lie finally
I turned( ini a mlessage that readl: '1 love you, I love you, I loe
yout. Johin.'
Th'le clerk in thle telegraph office read1 it over and informed
him a, "Y ou 'ie allowed to add( a tenth word f'or the same price.''
The sa ilor pondered a wvhiile and thiein atdded the tenthI word,
I t was: "''egards''.
Fish Story
Two birot hers suceeeCd ini getting j,;. -.. a'~lssistamit cooks in,
lie same complany. A well-stocked uream inmeand(er'ed along
lie edge of the canip where the brother's were stationed, aiid
eveiry aft ernooii tIme mess sergeant encour'aged the brothers to
go fish ing in their leisure ti me amid briing back a few trout as
spcal delliencies for t hat even inig's mess. I'Te br'others would
sit right iiext to each oIlier and use thle selfsam en (quip)ment but,
bysomei odd chiaiice one of them always suce(ee(dedl in coming
hton nu @*i i a ient ifl latch('I whliIli (th i otei, t ry as lie would,
ne vi 'er cughti as miiuchI as a ibbh'11 . iii compj l ete disgust, thle
seonid hrotheiri dlecidedl one dayv to go out by htiniself.
lIeI took the very rod andI hook with wvhiichi his brother had
ecaught t wenity fish the afttrnOoon before and sat on Ithe same rock
thiat hios brothler had uisedl as a base otf operations. All these
pr'eima t ionis werle in vaiin an h11le sat On thle rock for two }hours
mi ti e b roilIinig Miii withIiout gettIinig a bi te. Fin alIly, he reeleda
in Ii s Iiuei antd dIisguisted Ily prepa 111red to reQturni to en ip. Just
as lie was tinning awaty froim thle strteain, a h uge Itrout ju mped
to thle sturl'ace.
'"Hey,"' called the trout, "W~here is your birot her''
It Could Happen To You
Tw~o Ildies, watititig to b)oard thle Stamfior'd e'xprtess at Grand
enitral St at ion, greeted eatch othler effusively. Onie of them un
fortuonatecly cotin'i tgulii I('e 1 plac thle other butI truist ed t.o thle
emu-i ise o ('oliverisat ioin abloard' thle Itra in to irefreshu lier' memory.
'Fry as sIhe w"onl, however, she faiiled to findt a clue uint il, along
aboiut re(enwichi, she finially saw an openitig.
".\v poor1 huislauda, '' hainent ed the unknown friend, is simply
sIvinig ihese days. I don 't know how lie standls it.''
''Alh yes.'' agreed thle other, "'and whmat is yoir husband doing
itow ?,
Tlhie uttikinowna lady' withler'ed hier wvithI a glance, andl atinoeer
coldly, ''lie is still the Pueent, o er Unit.e tate ...