Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

V-12 Rousseau, Relates Adventi Gives Impressions C Recounts Tale Of II By DAVE YOUNG Smiling, good-natured James T. Rousseau, fifth term V-12 student at this university told a member of the Gamecock staff recently about his eventful and interesting life in the heart & China. Rousseau's father, The Rev. Tal mage H. Rousseau wetit to China in the year 1919 as a missionary near }ong Kong. There Rousseau was born and educated in later years. Speaking Chinese before he could speak English will greatly aid him in a chosen career in the diplomatic service, preferrably in China. Among many curios collected dur ing his travels, Rousseau has a col lection of knives front all over the world. Included among these are several historical pieces of steel, one given him by a Priest at Canton. This kniife was tsed for ceremuonial purposes in olden days by the t'hinese. Another was founid hv a farmer near Shanghai while lie wis plowing his tields. The fariter dis posed of the knife in a junk shop in Shanghai where it was sohl for the equivalent of three cents. Actually, it is worth many times tore for on it are Chinese characters that are now obsolete in the Chinese lan gunage. In the collectiou of over 6 knives, is a bolo fron one of the South Sea islands. It is knives such as this one that are greatly aiding somec of our lighting meni to make good Japanese out of the soldiers found on these islands. Young Rousseau was bhorn in -lottg Kong in 1920 and spent the whole of his life there tint it I)ecet her of 190 wh t lenh retturnel to this cotuntry. At the tine of hii' de paritnre frout Ilong KOne, the citc wvas entirely surretunedlt liv the armies of Nippon. \\hile the city itself was not tttler attack, the Jhap anese had occtupieil all the Chinese lands surrotnding the city. The city itself, at that time was populated by over a million and a hlahf prope it CO marisoil to the :,,00.00 it ordi narily behl. Sanitary to nhit 1ilns were very hal and the food sitti ation was terrible. There wa, little to eat for the thousantds uttt thousands of thintese that locked into the city limits after their lands had been occupied. Rousseau declared that the iap anese in Ilong Kong itself were too friendly to suit the taste of the pop iilace. \\'hen actual t%ariare on the city begatn, it was discovereti that these sante Japantee mterhants andl hankers held conitni>sions in the Nippinese army anti had prepared great concrete gii emplaceentts in their warehoit e a, well as coummit ting othecr th cohinn activities. Uousse-au. in recoun tine somei( of I Itis experienier. n hile touring t hrought J apan iidtt t hat thet . Jap anese as a whole didl intt like the. white people. Tey 'woiild simile hiapp)ily, whlile a tutrist wsas buyving somie imerchtanie b~'ut whlten tht persoin tturnted his' back the tmglyhe feroc ions liltok thattt hs heetn de scrnibed so tofteit wold( appear ont their faces for a flittittg instatnt. TIhe Rev. Rotusseatu retiuriied to this ('ottiltry ini 191'2 after fleeiitg fromt the city of liong Kong on otne of tihe last shtips to leave the city. Ie was delayetd ftir netarty two Years in Inidia due to t he lack of transportationi dutrig the early fases of the war, lIe left behind many friends of his own anid his soi s. These ment, since repatria tedl, have told with tundisgutisedl horror oif thle mtotnths thtey spent in the concen tration campls the J1apaniese set tip. TIhey told of starvation rations fori Tl Born In China, ireous Life f Japanese; lip Treachery weeks on end, which they supple nented by cooking pine needles on the advice of a british doctor in the camp. They also told of a group of Canadian war prisoners herded near tne fence to tite canp and there cruelly hayonetted in the full sight of the other prisoners. The bodies were left where they had fallen for .ver two months as a grim reminler that escape would bring a like fate. Tlhe survivors who returned to this country also recounted eye-witness icconts of extreme cruelty and sadistic behavior toward the women who remained in the fallen city. A mong the many items of in terest that Rotisseau told was one that dispelled all dotbt as to the use if poison gas in the .1apanese China war. lie told of two such at tacks in Central China. Survivors if the attack were seen in Ilong Kong and there ,Lorie, carefully alilitcl. lie says that in the ipinio,n (f tho"e w ho have lived in the Orient and have knowii some of the lapane.,e arnly men. the nips will not hesitate to use poison gas against the Americaii and Briti'sh urmies. 'T heir only fear being that we Will retaliate with like attacks hat ttill he relon lecd in intensity. Itonsseau's own 'pinion of the neth ods needed after the war is nih ied to clean tip the mess in lapan caned by the militarv faction s education. Ile declares that the Iapanee children and elders alike lttut he eduicated to a more peace ,A and better tay of life. le he v t at"c 1. it 4 ill be a hard r.Ih" ,itter Ithi i'4arc for lhe ltople" of the onntry nver have liked the deimo ratic fiirmi, of gou ernimii that we ofe. lo ever, his counre (f action it lreent, is to fiii.h hi, training tere and at \l il,hiluan' sc"hool in irder io get out there and help el or all titte the strnggle that now \ii' hetwteen our nation and the apancse totalitarian gotern nt t hat tu,t he defeated hefore any (rin (f worli peace and security an he foindeud. Hooker's Diary New Acquisition Library Adds Duel Rule To Collection )ne of the Imo-t interesting rc ctt acquiiition, of the South Caro iniana I.il,rary i, the "spiritual" hinry of Edward I looker, wsho camec a' Univeriity in tsn:. two vears ie his gradunatmin from Y ale. hi ookelr wvas a pain stakinig dIiariy t. Thie diary conitainis accounts of lhe spirituat attitude of Ioiiker. vho ntas iimeh I coincerned over a iumpi.ed indi. lin the diary youthi i strodge. iii control worldlv :-vity, thirist, and huniiger have be en ec *orded.I As sectary of the facnhyv. I look ir made dupitlicates of iimportanit 'a lens. One of thle preserved dup li ales was a single sheet providing :or the ex pulsion of students who nuelled on Sunday. Th le oifficial ordecr of expulsion, long withl thle "spiritual" d iary and personal exphense record, was ob tained fromt a (oncecticut b)ook eller. Printing Binding Engroving Lithographing lie State Co. Printing Dept. PHONE 2-3393 Clario Members Plan Activities Proxy Announces . New Project Heads. When current prexy Al Gram ling was called away in the middle of a meeting of the Clariosophic Literary Society to represent that organization in the meeting of the chapel committee on August 15, president-emeritus Tom Ingram as sumed the gavel and launched a busine.s meeting that to all intent is still in full swing. Among the steps takest by the society recently are the issuance of membership shingle.; to every mem her of the organization and the re vival of the class day exe"ises dur ing commencement week. Ileading the former project are Ernest Davis and Tommy Weir, and responsible for the class day program are Bill Ward, Dick Griswold. and Epting Merchant. To defeat the recurrence of any similar burst of endeavor during his absence, prexy (;ramling has ap pointed Tack Rechtal to the chapel commiittcc. To break the monotony of the re cent business sessions, critic David Cottingham has planned an intrigu ing program for next Tuesday. When the society goes under the head of literary activities, several representatives of the 1lypatian Lit erary Society will be on hand to discuss the snhject "What Men L.ike-To Ilear About?" The short story contest for the summer semester is still going in full swing, and all students are in vited to submit as many entries as desired to David Cottingham, critic, Clariosophic Literary Society. First prize will be ten <oiiara, and second prize five, and both winners will be i Prin ted in the Carolinian. All en tries must he submitted on or he fore October 1. Players' Club Opens Season Second Production Is Mystery Thriller "S.even Sisters", the recent lni versity Players' production. proved to he a muost successful opening for the sinner season. \\'ritten by Edith 1Ilis and directed by Prof. Merritt CItristophersen, the play wa:t well cast, as wac shown by the periormance as a whole. Marian Rodgers and Ray Kelley, in the lead', gave outstanding char actcrizations, ably supported by veterans Martha 1lodges. .ray Iturkhart and \\'ayne I iuhbard. Newcomers to the I'niversity Play ers HIobbie W\illiaims and Johinny lIe rrin lhowed splenudid posibili ties in their stage debut. Ot her iimmbers of the east inchiided John K ilpa trick. Thlma Demnpsey. Satra Malo nc. I . n n E froi. Evely n Fareas. u'ik ie Itar tlett, and him i M~art in. Thle act ion of thle entiire play took placet( in thle Fol -om home: this setting was most)5 cfective with its compijle t nra ness and( b)righ)t colors. TIhe next presentat ion of the P las - ers will be "Hlanged by Night", a myIstery thriller writthen and di reetd by Professor Christophersen. MARISH A KNOWN FOR QUAI 1535 Main Street LORICK OFFICE EQU *Office * Office Architects and E Phone 6176 :-: COLUMI Restless Bird Flie. Fowl Finally Roos By JOHN REESE - Sweat rolled down their ebony cheeks, their eyes bulged from the socket and they uttered low moans which soutded to us like, "Oh why, oh why, oh the injustice of life!" "Why indeed?" we asked. "Be caure the Gamecock is again flying 'the coop." "This makes the third time since last July. First we cat t all this junk over to the little house next to McBride, and then we almost break our back and patience moving it again to the third, not the first, not the second, bit the third floor of I'linn Hall. And now, this is the climax-no, the end, we can't stand it anymore. The Gamecock moves again to thc subterranean no man's land in the basement of M axcy." And so saying, they looked the former roost over, the hideous mess of tables, typewriters, old issues. torn bits of paper on the floor, and the staff's hair lying where it had been thrown after being pulled out as we wrote headlines, stories, features and created a conglomera tion of nothing. "hasy does it, boys," they com forted each other as they, -seizing a ponderous table, began to back slowly down the stairs. .'just throw it over the banisters and yell 'fore'," we suggested as a way of easing the terrible burden which -life and its circumstances had made them shoulder. Morse Tells All In Classic Words Of Greek Poets "In the words of the classic Greek poet, 'w\here are we AT?''' signals the entrance into his classes of one of Carolina's no,t colorful professors, Dr. Josiah Morse, head of the Department of Psychology. Dr. Morse, who has long been famous for his ability to keep his classes awake and tittering at his humor, was born in Richmond, Vir ginia, and attended the public schools there. le was graduated from Richmond- College with an A.B. and later received his M. A. there. HIis P'h.1). in l'sychology was ronfcrred upon him by t lark Uni cersity in Massachnstts. Dr. Morse, who is somewhat rem iniscent of I,ionel liarrytmore, first btccanle interested in psychology when G. Stanley l fall, one of the founiders of that science in America, gave a series of lectures at Rich nond College. His interest grew mnd soon lie received a scholarship to Clark University. After getting his Ph.D. he taught for several years at the University _f Texas and later at Pea..body Col ege. Hec caine to the University ini 191t when President Mitchell of he U. niv'ersity, a former teacher of iat Richmond College, offered im a p)osition here. lli i intellectual ac hiev emen ts in ludc being president emneritus of he l 'niversity chapter of P'hi Beta K appa, national sc holarsh ip fraterc tity. lie is far fronm being a stuffed hlirt intellect, and above all enjoys r good joke. In telling his Applied Psychology' class of another of his :lasses, D)r. ~Alor9e cracked, "Jt's just a small class, and in the words of the Classic G;reek poet. we just sit aroundl a table and shoot the lull! LL'S, Inc. JlTY MEN'S WEAR Columbia, S. C. -COUCH IPMENT CO.I Equipment Supplies ngineers Supplies 924 Gervais St. IA. S. C. YWCA Cabinet Welcome Frosh Big Sisters To Help Girls Get Acquainted Functioning with only a few of its members for the second half of summer term, YWCA Cabinet met Tuesday to plan a welcome for freshmen who will arrive Sunday, August 27. Brooksie Marshall, YVCA president, who has been attending a Y leadership confer ence in New York. met with the cabinet. Freshmen will be met by mem bers of the Y group Sunday after noun when they reach the campus. Scheduled for Sunday night is a candlelight service in Wade Iamp ton Lobby. Each big sister is asked to go up to her freshman's room and bring her down to the service at 11 p. min. A watermelon cutting will be held Tuesday afternoon for the freshmen in Maxcy Gregg Park. Again big sisters are asked to show their little sisters the way down there. It was decided that a new nun her should be elected to cabinet to serve in the capacity of chairman of discussions and a co-publicity chairman should be named to help Edith Goldman with her work. Members of cabinet not returning for the second summer school are Isabel McCants, social chairman; Helen Pride Craig; acting presi dent of Y; and Mary Ramsay, treasurer. As yet no social chairman has been named. Helen Pride will be succeeded by Brooksie Mar shall. -Replacing Mary Ramsay as treasurer will be .Bobbie Williams. Council Considers War Memorial Plans for an appropriate world war memorial building will be con sidered by a special committee of the Alumni Council at a meeting in the Alumni office Friday afternoon called by President .. E. L.eppard of the L'niversity Alumni Associa tion. Tay SPECIALIZING IN 1613-15 Main Street CABAN ISS Exclusive Woi 1637 Main St. GET THAT E THE Cl *Sandwic *Cold Di *Cigareti *School ! *Student. s Coop Again; ts-For How Long? But they were 'letermined to do it the hard way and who are we to rob them of what might be their only pleasure in life? And so it went for a whole afternoon, they moving the furniture down the stairs into the truck, driving the truck over to Maxey, unloading the journalis tic implements. hefting then to the musty cavern that is now the lair of the Gamecock. and we supervis ing the whole procedure and jour neying to the canteen between loads for a coke to. cool our dusty throats. We have now established a beachhead in nl and .are holding firm. From across the hall drifts the familiar sound of a novice peck itng at a typewriter as the Garnet and Black staf struggles and burns the proverbial midnight oil in an ef fort to get the yearbook completed. Now and then a poor hapless soul gets lost and wanders in, looks around, mutters a few unintelligible words, and leaves. The atmosphere has taken on all the qualities ctf our sojourn in Flinn, paper is now everywhere, and hair litters the floor. The whole place bears mute testimony that here is concocted the contents of the Bird, a half finished story in a typewriter, scraps of paper with a rejected headline written on it, and a battered, badly erased dumm . H-low long will we roost here? Who knows. Round and round she goes and where she stops, nobody knows. Cursing Is Out Declares Soph Y Picks Committee For Anti-Profanity Drive Because profanit% has entered the average sttident's speech iicoi-. sciously here at Carolina, Sopho more V Council adopted at its meet ing W\'ednesdav a cleau speech pro.ject. Serving onl the comimittee to ad vance the program are George lie low. chairman; Bryant Ilicks, Bolbby \Villiams. Jeanne Johnson, Majed Akel, and Ed Boucher. The councii feels that the student who lites proiaity does so 1un-1 aware that he is detracting from his speech. 'T-hose same trite ex pressions arc emtpk,yed from mere lack of vocabunlary and more effec tive words could be found if Web ster were only constulted. Sophomore boy; and girls gather at Flinn Hall at t o'clock on Wed nesdays for Iuncheon- at u Iich time they discuss various problems con cerning a Christian World 'eace. O)fficers of tIhe group are B1obby3 Williamis, presideni: Will Swift, mice-piresidenlt: Knmobby) W\alsh, sec retary; aand C'harlie F.pps, treasurer. . McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 MAIN STREET Prescriptions * Sodas Cigqrettes * Toilet Articles Call 2-3308 FOR PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE WEBB'S ART STORE * PICTURE FRAMES ARTIST MATERIAL * 1431 Main St. -Phone 2-4940 Always Open TODDLE HOUSE 1419 Gervois China & Gifts Columbia's Largest Hardware Store Lorick & Lowrance Maxcy's Kin Visits Campus Two direct descendants of Dr.' Jonatlian Maxcy, first president of the South Carolina College, now the University. visited its sampus Monday and Tuesday. They are Misses Patricia and Laura Jean Maxcy, of Frostproof, Florida. The former plans to attend the Uni versity next year. Accompanied by their mother, Mrs. L. Maxcy, they viewed with much interest the monument of Doctor Maxcy on the campus erected by the Clariosophic Society in 1827 as well as Maxcy College, one of the newer dormitories, named for their famous ancestor. They also called on President McKissick. They have three Maxcy uncles, Gregg. Guignard and Jonathan. The last-named some years ago placed an appropriate tombstone over the grave of President Maxcy in the First Presbyterian church yard Capitol Bowling Palace GERVAIS AND MARION * 20 Sparkling New Alleys - For Your Recreation And Pleasure *' OUR LUNCHEONETTE " Delicious Sandwiches " Salads " Ice Cream Sundaes " Sodas for's OLLEGE APPAREL Phone 2-1278 COMPANY nen's Clothes Phone 8881 ITE TO EAT t 6NTEEN hes 'inks 'es upplies Denposto,