The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 18, 1944, Page Page Four, Image 4
Editor .Helen Pride Craig
EDITOiAL STAFr
eports Editor ....................Wally Dinsmore
Co-ed Editor ....................Frances Padgett
Society Editor .....................Joe Thompson
News Editor .............. Katherine Jennings
Managh., Editor........................Dovid Freeman
We Print A Letter
That Found Its Way
To Our Dusty Box
EDiTOR'S NOTE:
Dear M.,
There's not much we can add to your letter.
But, this we shall say. From all the students
on our campus, there must be one who would
appeal to you. We hope, through the publicity
we're giving you, that you find Miml or her. as
the case may be.
Sincerely,
Ed.
Saturday
Dear Ed,
Do you know anyone who likes raw carrots.
chocolate milkshakes, and chewing gum As
favorite foods, I mean, not as a steady diet.
Isn't there someone who likes ping pong-,
poetry, and piano? Who's interested in psy
elhology, science, and sinplicity?
On this whole wide conipus aren't there a
few folks who think more of lasting friendship
than of intermittent flashes of so-called and
muchl0-tooted "true love'' (I meant to put
two o's.)
I'd like to tmeet a person who appreciates
church services; or, if he's an atheist can ex
plain why. Someone who'd rather take a
walk in the woods on Sunday afternoon than
sit in a a stuffy theater and miss all the sun.
shine outside.
Please, isn't there anl original personality
who isn1't a show-off amd just acts natural?
Who plays ches- and likes to pop corn at an
01enl heartIi Who is intelligent but niot nec'es
sarily a geniuis? 'Who acts i'azy' and preteids
not to care, tlhouiighi act nally is quite serious
and awake most of the tiime?
Who doesn't lin(1d drying dishes or wailing
Il lin ? Who enjoys hard work but won Id rath
cr loaf i? Who isn't particilarly good-looking.
yet not the worst in the world ? Who may
be t:ll, thi:n, .,h; i i. Iu p\, or inl bet iveen
fifteen1 or forty-? I (loll't care.
Someone w\ho loves to talk, not always about
hieit h Vito can share a good joke, poke fun
wit hl a pun? Who thinks of others now and
thlen, no, not a martyri or saint, just a rea2ison
ab)le, reasoing human being ?
TFell me. D)o you have anyv s uch aequmaintl
ani(ces? No, I' ni ot. looking for' ai "d(ate.'' I
dioni't need t o. It's juist 1tha t since we're ini
the samet town or in school to'iethIier 1l'd like.
to have an intrioduct ion.
Not that we 'd get along-we'di pr'obaly
fight left and right. Buit it would he fun. See,
mtost of ty ol pals are away. We write. hit
I miss t hemi. And( [ wond(leed itf ther'e are
othIer's like t hose whob havec gotn'. it so. wI
might be fr'iendls for a little while.
One thiung more I'd better put.
LAD)IES PR'FERRED.
'eause I'mi a girl. andi slightly bashfl.
Sin('erelyh.
31.
P. 8. TIhe ".\." st antis for' ".\e.' Yes, I am
a friea k. I have only eight fingers. But I hav e
two thumbs.
We Give A Cheer
For Carolina's Bond
Booth And Radio Program
C4onigratuilatjins ai'e in ordi~er' loi' t grand
suiecess Carolina's war', bonid btoothI ha~s luuh.
Th'le goal set was $500, hut wari bond and st amp
sales Jar (Xexede t his goal. One person
cannot be praised for the suecess of the driiv.'
but everyV student?t on thet campus11 who conitrih
*uted to its success. The Y1 andit its mitieber
*who have so loyally kept the booth open dle
sermve a special pat on the back.
Thfle radio program '"The Gamecock on the
Air," also desert'es a special wor'd here. F"or
fifteen minutes each Friday afternoon two
Carolina students give a report to South Caro
lina on its university. In this way alumni are
able to keep up with the news and newcomers
*are able to know what our university is doing.
Here's luck to a fine program-" The Game
anck on the Air."
, Memnber
>cialed Coleoiate Press
Distributor of ROB
)aued
Colle6iate Digest a
Entered
H. 0., N
We Say Farewell And
Suggest A Few Campus
Improvements To Students
We certainly hate to say good-bye, but all
things must come to an end sometimes-even
Ganecock staffs. It's been a great semester.
Eve), with all the things still undone Carolina
came through with flying colors. It has been
a hard semester-what with such things as the
departure of so many of our ROTC men. But.,
Carolina has taken all this, and more, with
the same courageous spirit that has made it.
as great as :t is today.
Before we leave there are a few things we'd
like to suggest for the betterment of our uni
versity-not big things. but the little things
that add up to such a lot.
With all the extra mail coming and going
througl our post office business there is more
congested than ever. When your mail isn't up
exactly on tine, when someone else's letter ap
pears in your box, don't, get huffy. Be patient,
because the work is heavy and mistakes can't
help being made occasionally. And speaking
of mail, after each "run" on the post office.
the floor there and in the canteen is littered
with paper, letters, envelopes, etc. There is a
waste paper basket in the post otYice. Put your
paper there. Nothing looks more repulsive to
strangers. or anyone, than inkept surround
iugs.
There are also niee, big trash cans at differ
eut parts of the canqpus. They were put there
for your candy wrappers, old themes. mal an)y
thing else you mirhit want. to throw away.
Oh' univursity is a beautiful place, but with
t i'ash froi one end of the 'alnpus to another,
its eharm is lost.
Tl'hose are ,just two, but there are other small
inprovements t hat we as stu.idents could make
with very little elf'ort-things such as broken
bt t les, c igaret t es on classroomi floors, and
tranpling down the new grass.
Carolina is your it. Ult Help keep it
the way you want. it. to be.
The Woman's Athletic
Association Again
Struggles For Existence
eIl~\ tnouil s At hIt ei Co unell i, theii govern.
ing bodly of thle Wo maun's Ath let ie Asso'iat ion,I
reietly ele'ited new oftfierts ainl has started
plaiis to again nmake this om'ganiziil a p)art
ol' tIn ait illnpis.
'or t lle last~ year' women't (ii ('uri ('g1i1p
t'o'turnets, nto nui~ti'hes. noi organtized com-11
lii'tit ive spoit of any,~ h'ml. There~t arie reasons
for thlis, ofI course. tIhe main on heing t he ex
i'luisive use' of' theii fiel house and gymI by the
Navy. Th'le other is lhe same ''hl st ory-no
intere*ist frtom the edis.
TIodIa y th~'ei,iouncil is inaking~. plains fort ser
''tal tournamintents, huowlig, tennis, anid perhaps
I ig- ping. We k now t here are irlsi' here just
wait ing to sho'w their skill at such gamnes. Why
not give t hem a ebance ?
\Vithou,tt i'oopert'ionul thei At hIetie As'socia
I ion enliiuot lie suiccessfuml ini putting Ott its
Ihiunamen'tts. Tlhei orgniz'at iuon has niot b)eeni
5si.nsointg 51port evets becauses they feared
liat student11 init erest would nt he great
e'tnugh to ma;kie their efforts woirlhwhiile.
'oipet it ive sports amtong C'arolina coedx
ho alw 'ays bieen a nunjor panrt of ecamnpus lifte.
Even ifI t huere arue ibstacldes toda1 y, thIe se gatimes
'nit still lie hel. We are glad to see the WAA
1ryvinig to manke it sell' kno win a gain, it can triy,
but withIoumt your efforts also, it will fail.
WVhent thle oiu-ntamnits ar i scheduled, take
an interest, join a teami. Even ifI you arenti
ani expert at t hc game, you enn have fun and
maytibe dust. away some of those cobwebs that
atcuimulat e from constant inactivity!
In order that the staff may take full ad
vantage of the holidays the Gamecock will
suspend publication until March 17.
rhe Gamecock
Founded January 0. 1106 .SSN?tS
ERT ELLIOTT GONZALES. First Editor o c..,
42O MADISON
weekly by the student body of the University of South CHicaso - BOSTON
durtng the college year.
as .,econriclass matter at the poatoffiue at Columbia.
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U , CAMPUS By JuLIA BuL.
Tom ST(vItvStr SKtt r1KIInig
Pres,n+ Ci C hs4CbarT P "esidaeT oF Student eody
Cbtireet "p Social Cobi *et OA 0- If-SR try S
'lw.ans, o . .twr of
twl. otd ROTC zj.<
111o LM, CAniddiL -ew"nj
RuT Osbonna J.pe Casop
Cha'irman of eooster6 Club OAK, Honor c.ounu e.. of AJZ.EE
Coyniiaidte Carolnes Cersatrs
Duddy PIwtLL orMtr;n werioIS
PresidentioF eiuc Kty, Monger F..tb.i 7pm KSK)Student Allotet e.s (wuml,Ngr
FREE-LANCING
"Surely Slumber Is More Sweet Than Toil"
Mr. Tennyson, when he wrote tlhat "'slumber is nre sweet
than toil" indubitably could not have had any naval trainee in
mind. However, in the course of my ctanteent rambling, I found
that to be quite true. For, said one trainee. in answering the $64
question of "What wouldayou do if you were a civilian?" said:
"I'd just lay d wn and sleep. I'd get in the middle of a tent
acre field and shoot the first ,oniuvagun that caie along and
woke me up."
Ah, sweet repose!
Motto
if, perchance, it ever becaie necessary tu have a motto for
this column, I'd choose some deeply connotative aphorism,
f'rinstance Don Marquis's:
"To hell with a ;ything unrefined."
Or would 1?
We Weep
1 had hoped to keep pace wit Ii "Cliickein Feed' in tlie presel
tation of. prosodiacal offer'ings, hut, it seems, ther.e are polter
geists in the office. Pssst , huh, ai " pollertreist' is a seconid
'ouisin, first removed, of a gremilin. Or, if y ou p refer', a iniis
chievous ghost.
Around here somewhere I hadl a bit of verse lby my pijoetalster,'
Miss Fiueh. It were wondelrful1, really it were*! It was a pro
bound rmnll intio upon 110 life', l ove. and suchl sil tfery. Alas, sonic
poltergeist ic activity has removed it. from lmy sight.
1, with Miss Fuch's hlead( uponi lmy shoulder. weep.
A Gentleman
"A genlt lemni i.' one whIo is lnever un linatenlt ional ly rudle."
-Oscar WVilde
The Nether Regions?
"lPhew !'said the mnan in the pink silk pa,jalma. 'I had a
horrible dIreamii last niight !
"Oh !"' said the other disiniterestedly.
"'Yes.- thonght my wife hiad poisonedi me for the inisuranice.
It was so vivid that I was mighty glad 1 woke up.'"
"Inded." said1 his companlion politely. ''And just where (10
you think you are right now?"7'
Election Interlude
It hlapp)ened during the first student body presidential elct ionl.
Othlniel Wieniges sidled uip to a co-ed1 and asked: "'Have you
voted yet 1"
The answer was affirmative.
"'To the devil with you t," said NROTCer Wienges and stalked
off.
Oh For The Life Of A Columnist!
One of the joys of a columnist's harrassed life is the threat
of ''I'll prinit it, s'ehp menc
When asked for quotable material, one civilian was perturbed.
hen coAnmnented brilliantly on the weather:
''This is undoubtedly thle abnormialest, unsuitablest, the ter
riblest weather . . ."
Hangover
Onec \'.12 was commnenting to another on alcoholic swilling.
"'I these daHys of 'nothIing bmt runm',"' the first said jocosely
"inebrianits have takeni to seeing pink giraffes instead of pink
elephants.''
The second, whio was proud of his professed ability to cure
hangovers, comnmentedi: "'I can cure the pink giraffes; that is.
unless they -are wearing spectacles. Thenc there's nmothiing t<
help you."'
Which is all.
,Business Manager...... ......lDilly Murray
BTA/T WRITERS
Lib Evanls, Oaarlie Sanders, Jodie Marball, ,
e SATIONAL ADVNtIe NS'ay sMajed Akel, John Reese, Jimmey Brockman, Cole
Roberts Katherine Jennings, Jeune Good, Mar.
IrisingServiCe,inc. caret Jones, Mary Kane, Harriet Lee, ehel
'1lllsher wruesmiative Lazar, Harrison Perry, Virgivia Raysor Wa8nas
AVE. Neaw YORK. N. Y. Rodgers. Mary Berry Rion, Roslind 8pone,J
AvL. AYLt. SAN. Y ' Doug. Swearingen, Ray Wilkinson, Hawilt 7
- a.os AnCEss,s . Sac Feancisco Simpson. Lee Lorick, Ann Seerson, Victor BB
ett, Mianning Harris.
Circulation Manager................Carlilde Kearse
Assistant Oirculation Manager.......Buddy Black
Chicken Feed
By KATHERINE JENNINGS
Nevermore!
At last the great day has comie-I'm writing my very last
column. Nevermore will 1 have to dash feverishly for pencil
and paper every time I hear a printable joke. Ah, what a peace
ful life will now be mile. At least, so I thought until "Slave.
driver'' Craig began fiendishly thinking up little duties to com
plicate my leisurely way of life. But as I was saying, don't
think it hasn't been delightful to write this mucli-of-nothing
for you, because . . oh well, 'nuf said.
Now I've Seen Everything
I glanced speculatively at a columl of NROTC on the
march to supper the t,ther day, and something out of the ordi.
nary caught my eye. I glanced again, and what should I see but
a girl, marching sedately along in the ranks. The food situation
around here is really getting alarming wheni a coed has to re
sort to suel tacticto get a meal.
Now I've Lived
At last I've seen a real sho nuff Carolina electioll. Excit.
ing, wasn't it ! One sidelight was a candidate's remark that he -
was running against prohibition and for the state line!
Utilizing Journalism Copy
Marines are traditionally ie-mten, and are careful not to
up.c the triadition. However, the trades of these he-men are
varied. Mluel to his horror, one muscle-bound leatherneck found
hiinself selling ladies-ware at the Parris Island Post Exclange. 4
His conduct there was quite uiusual. lie would crouch
(loawn biehind the count'er nut it a customer aippeared. when she
gave her order he would leap up, grab the article in question,
fling it on the counter. and crouch down againa until the appear
ance of another customer would necessitate another leap.
Finally one customer got up the courage to ask hiin why he
was behaving so strangely. "They've trying to take my picture
selling these things," he moaned. "And 1lm not gonna let
them!'
Patriotism Plus
I'ye been wondering about these platriotic coeds who spend
every second of tliii' walking hours, excluding eating time,
fastly knitting for ...1unkown soldier.s. And now I'mn beginninA
to see th mi let hod to their madn(Iless. All is not patriot ism, but
the desire to get some mail (or is it male ?) One girl knitted
somie socks four yeaurs ago, and tucked her name and address
ilto( thle toe of each pair. llesults are still cominifg in. The
latest was a letter a few dlays ago from a 1I .A .F. flyer who had
.jist received a pair.
One Last Swig Of Corn
Tfhe onily thing a round in thle way of p)oeSY is the following,
which I sublmit with a .scream:
Whlat a woinderful bird the frog are,
When lie stand lie sit almost,
WVhen he hlop, lhe fly alnmost,
le aill't got 1n0 sense hardly,
Ile ain't got no tail hardly either
WVhen hie sit, lhe sit oin what he ain't got hardly!
Oh, woe, it just dlawnied on me t hat that doesn't evenl rhyme,
but I'm hoping you won't notice.
This Doesn't Rime, Either
Dimiinutiv'e John Horner
Seated himself in a retired place,
Masticated his Yule tart;
He thrust ill his short, thick digit,
Drew out a drupe of the genus Prunna
And enunciated, "What a aocially agreeable
male child am II"
Very Last Joke
A doctor answvered his phone at midnighlt and'a voice said,
"fIurry over, a fellowv here has something the matter with his
eyes."
"'It must be serious if you woke mec up at this time of
night. What's the trouble? D)oes lie see elephants and snakes
anid things?''
''No, sir, that's why we called. The room is full of them
and lie can't see any.''
Goodby
At last I am a success. Tlhis month's "Readers Digest'*
printed three jokes 'hat appeared in my column ages ago, and
I mi just sure they copied it.
Fewe Tll1 f areel l jhee