Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EDITORIAL TAT Sporte Editor ....................Wal Daaor. SS Cooed Kditet ...................raoa. Padtett Soclety Editor ...........,.........Jo Tbonpeon News Editor .............. Katherine Jennings Maagt.i Editor Qovid Fteeen We Throw Bouquets In The Direction Of Coed And Explain Its Organization We don't suppose there are many people on the campus who haven't heard of the Coed Association, but just in case, we're taking this organization as our diseussion of the week. Every girl at Carolina is automatically a member of the association. It serves as an in strunient through which Coeds aire drawn closer together, and in this way are better able to.servo their university. Throughout the year the organizat.ion per forms many services to the University. In the past these services were nustly social but today the Coed Association is one of the strongest rdvocates of winning the war through doing war work. Voting in coed uned to be based on attend ance at the meetings. Today it is based on doing two hours war w ork a week, phlus at tendance at the meeting-. The Red Cros- pro grain at the niiiversity has been enhanced by the new coed ruling. The Coed Association also elects the two cheer leaders and spuisors a tea each year for the Legislature. Today this organization is one of the most active on the campus. All girls take part in its program to make Carolina a better place. During the year it sponsors dances for the V and Navy groups. In this w ay the boys; now on our cunpus become acquainted with the coeds. Coed meeting- are held twice a oiunth at p p. im., Wednesday. There's a place for every girl here in this organization. If yiou aren't an active mtember. go to the next neeting. You are welcome there and iii that way you caln in somne simall way serve our tniver-itV. Santee-Cooper Story Is Corrected Here By Dr. Stephen Tuber In the last issue of the "GnCoc 101k" there appear'ed a story on the front [page concern - in g fossils dhiscolvered in thle Santee-Cooper arlea. The following correct ion was sent to usby Stephlenl Taber. Geology depa rtment headi(. WAe publllish it here withi an ap)ology for our! mistake. "In ani article enititledh. 'Santuiee-Coop,er Yiels Foss ilK, 1)mbl1ished in tihe G;aimecock for Janiuary 21, I ami gi veni much more credit than is 'my due. The fossil bonies of the Pleis tocenec whale were discovered byv Walter Bier n ard Cormnack uiIan not lby me. Mr. Cof rm ac k i s a graduliate of the Geology l)ep a rtimeint who was then working as geologist on thle Santec-Cooper Project. H e is now a lirst lieu tenant in the U,nited1 States Armry Air Force. "iDuri ng the last few years thle UiJIveisityv has obtained a very valuable (ollec'tion of plant and animal fossils from the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. They havye colme partly fromi the Santee-Cooper area, piartly -from Edisto Beach anid partly fr'om other lo Scalities. Some have been obtained by gift but Smany have been collected by the stail' of thme Goeology Department and( by our students. -When this material is propedy described andl( *interpreted it will shed much light on the his tory of the South Carolina Coastal Plain." Sincerely yours STEPHEN TABER, -Head of Geology Dept Member xiated GoUeiate Press Distributor of RO] Collebiate Di6est 1enterr Ss.o.,i We Discuss, The Food Problem With KSK And University Officials Several weeks ago Kappa Sigma Kappa ex pressed a desire to find an eating establish ment for Carolina students. They asked the aid of Alpha Kappa Gamma in solving this problem which we must admit is a major prob lem. 'hese organizations have made no head way 'n the matter. They are stumped, in fact. The idea of getting a boarding house whose owner is willing to feed all Carolina's students is no good. Either one is willing to take on such a job. but the expense is too great. The prob letm, therefore, cannot be solved unless the Uiiiizer-ity itself takes over the matter. The objection to feeding University stu deits on a large scale seems to be that the stu dent do not or would not take advantage of suchi a cafeteria. Also the idea prevails that if a ca:feteria were built now. while conditions ill town w ere crowded. students would come; bIut a ler the war, the cafeteria would be just another wh 1ite elepliant. We don't really believe that students like to go blocks out of their way for every meal. Once in :ta while. perhap-, they want a change bIt a.1 steady diet during all sorts of bad weathe' going up town for meals is not en joyable. Not having a regullar :lace to go for ueal- also promnotes the tendency to skip a nea1 every now and then. We all know this is a bad habit. Other uIiversities have enfeteria- serving food as good or better than restaurants serve andi1 at the :-ale or a lesser price. We're not aI vocatinig a (onmpu1111lsorv feediiig svstem but ouly a en feteria harge clnut:gh and good enough to serve its stldlents. As an inlstitution, Caro lina i- (ne of the linest in the South. but we feel t niatn ny a mllother would feel easier about sending her child here if she knew there waw a good ca feteria for her or him to get three ileals a dar. I f t his rafeteria w ere large enoiuglt and good entough, students would gladly eatt there. even if thtey knew there'd be not line to standt int if thiey went up) towni. As a progressiv'e Uni versi ty we shoul hav'e a good ca feteria. We woul like to enCourage KSK arid AKG in anyi~ efhortC they matke ini this direction. We neetd it, so let's try to get it. The Fourth War Loan Students And Faculty Urged To Cooperate Th FtIouth War i Loain Drive is on now. You don't need us to reminid you of it for at every corner you mee't a sign satying "Buy Antothter War Boiid." But for some of you n ho p)er'th look the other way at suicht, please. we wvish to )Iawod or two. liiy inhg hionds is niot thtrowinrg your money away, It is Putt ing it in a safe' placeP for you. :a tl at the same timue Ibrinuging victory a little closer. You nien of the Navy on the campus know wha:t you'r.e buying h)ond(s for-to brIing you bacik htome soonier. Yiou civilian mnemibers of our1 ttdeint bodly, menCh and1 womenCI alike, should buy miore anrd mtore bond s to see that these boy~s get their wi-lh amit ours--a speedy return lionme. Nonie of us cant ever' say wve've done enough. Wte can ntese do(1 enioughi for the (lays and ntighits our bioys spend in the nmud, the junigles, fighitinig for us here at home. 'The booth in tho canteen sponsored by the Y WCA will take your subscription for at bond(. If you can't buy a b)ond, buy a stamp. But, whatever you do, (10 it now. D)on'$ put victory off by waiting till tomorrow. Our men in the service can't wait or make exeuses-they're fighting and m.in-ai. lhe Gamecock Fouaded Janury W0 1s NaHioOI n IET ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor cab" 420 MADtsoN weekly by the student body of the University of South CNICASO " oso1 durtng the college year. d as .econd.claar matter at the poetoffice at Columbia, tov. 10. ItOL USC CAMPUS BY JULI BULL NCV hobb' 5s Ka'lhere. bor soldiers Part - presidet F Wonmerg Othle.i 50tats oe44n) Menber or A .G. , y.wCA. i>eputations Cherman Past Seueary of Student Faculty Comaittee, and j3es,deiit or Delia Zeta sorority o7 FREE-LANCING NOTE TO AN EDITRESS: \Iy bones ache, lm1y head spins. my saliva evaporates. Right now I wouldn't know third ba-e from vesterdav's roses: and in liy weakened condition I'mn talkedl into -omething 1'l' not quali fiecl to do. With a hollowed cough and a baffled expre'io,n I cau1tiou.1ly "I don't think so. . . So I don't know dltiy frollmt third ha.-e either. "Getting to be an old n:u; think soiilodyllI crack about your age. Tweit ylears old. you are now. You're scared, that's what !' No such dmui' thing!" I holler. "I'i as young as ayoy I'lI write yu colulmn- 'til vou'll wili to high hieLel ['l get tired and qluit. Selah. QUEST FOR COPY: Making a mental note tiat I've a colii iun to fill. I set out oi a quest for copy. First I. come to Maxcy College and Betty Crews in the Inforination room. "Bty' .I say . " fla'. any one commllit.ted a linn' der. go)ttenl married, or given thle colonel a hot-floot C' It seemed that no one was thought ful enouPigh t (P nilirder' .some Visitinig fi reman, or to t oss hii melfI ilntIo thle mo4 rass of matr1 i - moniy. Nor wa there any~ practicliun of the iniceiidiaryv art (of the hot-floot aroiund to p)rov'ide copy. The cantee'n! Tfhere'. al1ways 'som ething hiappeinig there. Oni th way down w1111le muet lBill. of thle TelehonePl Exchiange. Nop one had b~ten kiind eniough 14) call an,d aisk for the fourth floor of Sin1w, or for .\lahit abel ~ Cor nst alIk, opr .\linniiie Graves, or to enqui re if it was past thirteeni o'clock. No Iluck. No copy. Propped ini a canteen boothl wi~e spied Geor4Pge Wall aec of the ba)tsketball1 teami. IPraise A llhi. suriely thle b asket ball t eamI had d(ne PsometI1I ihg worth prlint ing1. Geor4ge, bPetweeni munichies oin somle Ipotalt(P ciips, to(1ldi little story of the basketball team'~s trip to Gjeorgia and Cantore's Still no copy. The conIsequlenice is, lair reader (with a care to keep t hat last in thle siniglar) , I shahll chtickeni-feed you with a joke and1( a poem1. JOKE (DIST.INCTLY L1AIELLED) AS SUJCII): "What1,'' asked St eddie, "did the apple join into " "Not join into." Nancy corrected. "Just join." Steddie beamed brightly3. "Oh. What (lid the apple join?' "I (don't know," I answered, then inquired iinnocently ; "What did the apple join . .. into?" Steddi bCheamned even more1( brightly. "The apple core." POEM: Sp)rinlg, it seenms, hasi sliped a fewY balmfy days in these last of the winter umoniths; and inl sp)ring, it has been said, a youing muan's fancy lightly turns to-hambhurgers anid onions. Or somiething else. A nyhow, my p)redlecessor' in l'ree Lainilg hadi hiLs C. LA. I have my13 Fiieh, who has courageously penned the following: Spring is here so green, white and blue, Flowers bud out so clean, fresh and ne(w; The moon shines down so white and true, Stars stay out hate evenings, dlon't you? I have no doubt that Miss Fneh had all V-12er3 in mind when she scribbled that last line. With which sage remarks, I wobble complacently intc oblivinn STArr WRIT3RU + Lib rsn*H, .halle u--de-s, Jod e Manb-l-, OR 9AIOeNAL' aovaartns ar M Ake), Jobn iteee, JINQ Roekmaogr CRd . v n. Ro 'nt K tbre JRatio, Jwune Qoo, ibel a onsa. Yary. Ha, ETO Laree. weh 4i AvS. NEw YORK. N. Y.' Doug. Ywearinge, ty wikics+ifemip i. LaO BssSE * SAN RANCISse Simpson, Lee Lorick, Ann Beas on, Victor Ba. ett, Manning Harris. Circulation Manager................Crdisle Ke,s Aaststaat OiroWatdon Masgw.......8nd4r YlaoH Chicken Feed By KATHERINE JENNINGS There're so many harsh and cruel remarks that I could make about Free Lancer's last week's withdrawal from our unequal competition, but I'll be sweet, for once, and not say any of them. Celebrity Lots of University students get publicity in their home tow# papers, but Buddy Black's press agent has the most original ideas that I've heard of yet. You should have heard Buddy, gnashing his teeth over an article containing his name entitled, "Home Town Girls Make Good," or something to that effect. Being famous presents its little problems. All Quiet I'm really in no mood to be writing this trash, because I've completely lost my voice, much to everyone's delight, and now can hardly even whisper. Remedies of all kinds have been sug. gested, ranging from three drinks of you-know-what a day, to muffling my head with a towel and sucking at a can of benzine. So if you have any pet remedies you can add them to the list. And since my handwriting is quite illegible, I suppose I'll have to start carrying the typewriter around with me to say hello to people. Summer Time Whenever you're strolling around on our bleak, frozen caml pis:I and want to get a glimpse of the legendary sunny South, just drop by the gardener's greenhouse. Inside is a real rubber tree (its rumored that he's growing tires for Dr. McKissick), a lot of summery looking flowers, and some warm and happy gold-fish that splash around all year in water that's heated to a sunewr temperature. Local Talent Li.t week at 11:Ippy lour I heard a lovely rendition of a Imocking bird (or iaybe it was a robbin or a sparrow, I don't know uIIlc about bir(ds). It was given, not on the stage, but by the l)oV who sat behind me. Which brings me to the subject of this little essay. which is, why don't we be quiet when we shloull; we aren't children anymore, or are we? Poets Cornered At last we know that dry land sailors are just like people. The f'ollowing contribution, by a male, C. L., who sign~s himnself "Just a sailor," pr~Ioves thant what thle average sailor' thinks about all day is just about what you would expect. I' ni tot a1 dreamertIC ats drieamiers go. ''r I know noi dIreamer' could1( love you so, B.ut you're on my m ind when .1 hit the deck Anid you'r'e there all day in spite of heek. I think of y'ou tI don't just dIreami, A t hi nker' iben I am, 'twould seem. lint thiner. ree, or' what 1 lbe, I love y ou, dlarling, don't you see?f Optimism Ani overeautjius ciadelt weatrinig tw~o pa rabut es, c'limbed into hiis lI . T. anid took ofl. At about I1),000( feet his motor caught on,~ fire so lie bailed out. lIe counmted to teni, andl lled the fir'st rip cord. It fiiled to open. Then lie pulled the second. 'That failed als'o. Lookiing down at the ground lhe nmuttered, "Well, I'll be. Just my luck thaut there wvouldn't be tan amibuilance around to Seriousness Stars being as fascinating as they ure, anid muost of us know. ing a.s little about them as we do. why don't they give students somei( chance to use thme observatory?i It's an interesting-looking little building, biut since nmo classes in astronomy are being taught now, most of us get no beniefit fr'om it. Horse Laugh ('ticn fill in the pla5ce wher'e this took place to suit yourself, it could have been most any where. Two men wer'e eating meat,, another' man hollered "wvhoa," the metat stopped where it was and( the two men choked to death. Hit Parade W'ithi exanms ju st tarounud an all-too-inear corner, the current campuj)Is favorite is "When the Roll is Called at Bainbridge I'll be there." Plug Do you feel the urge to (do something? D)o you like to walk up three flights of steps ten times a (1ay'? Do you (delighit ini do ing odd jobs assorted sorts for hours at a time? Do you liked to sing "When This Cruel War Is Over''? If you can answer "yes", without a smile, then (lash uip to the Gamecock office and we will all be waiting with outetretchedI arms. (Do o think I wreis ut to fil up space . .a ha. oyo