The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 27, 1945, Page Page Four, Image 4
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,
CALLED "ILL-ADVISED,"
HAVE SOME VIRTUE IN THEM
Cause for several late sessions of the
Student Council and a round tal)le discussfon
by the Clariosophic Literarv Society a. C the
amendments to the student )odv constitu
tion which are being prepared for refer
ence to the student body in the future by
the Student Council.
One of the most bitterlv harangued
amendments is the proposal that a repre
sentative from each of the three nen's hon
orary leadership fraternities and from the
girls' leadership sorority be atd(led to the
composition of the Student ('ollllcil.
Arguing at. the (,lrisohlll)hic lmieeting, one
m:1m1ber of their panel s--iil, "The only pur
pose of ex(panding the studeit (otmll-il is to
make it more lepresrltative of the opilinll
of the student boly it:<lf. \s this bodv hias
no voice ill t ho sel'ct ioln of the nem'e's of
these fraternities, they call have little con
tact with the pillse oI' student ('pilnion, and
canl, in no way, exert ;I1nY alItlority over
the student body itself.''
The Gamecock takes issue with this state
mient. Members oIf It' honorlarlies on the
campus have 'more knlowledge of stotIlenit
opinion thani the average' studen(1t by virlttue
of their being inlterestedl inl studltent affla ir.s,
shown by the fact that they a-e liwmb lers
of honorary ac hi evemen'lt or'gan1 /Iizt)ons, b e
cause they are interest ed enouItgh to) seek out
inform at ion and(1O tpillions. I y t he add it ion of'
men from these orgaiz iations1, the cho(ice oif
a goodl mall would he more alssuredl than it
would( be if a<lit ional memberIs wvere dIrawn
from the studen'lt botly ath lrge. Sure'i ly somel
of the officers (cho0en byli t he studen1lt botdv
iln the past coul nI ot.i proper ly be itermed'l) t
rep)reseCntati ve (If all of t he stild eints or' evnt'
a good port ion of' them. Tlhe G ametcock( hopes
that sonme of them ('ann ot be ta1lld r'epre.
Another ofI the profpotsedt amendmeitniltts
which hlas given'l liste to verbo'Itsity Vwas t hat
pertaining to the se'ltion 11 of memb'llx-s toI
the honor board~ and( t he htonor(J councWii.
The Clariosophic 1panel (of six t horotughly
endorsed a r'ecomm(endation11 that an honior
board of fourteenl studtents be elected ini each
studlent body elect ion, and t hat this board
elect an honor council of six.
By ad1optinjg this propiosal, I wo evils woull t
immedliately arise. One: at. it' ('lose of every
two semester's, the Ipe.rson nel of bothI t he
honor board andIt honor0 counclil wvould be
overthrown, thereby dIisc:hargi ng the onlly
persons on the campus who were E'exIienlced
in the fiunc(tionsM of the systemli, and1( relac
ig thtemn with p)ersons totally ignoranlt of.
those f'unct ions. Two: selection ot the memn
bers, now imnperv\ious to fraiternity i nfluen'hce,
woul bet op)ened to thle speculation of cam
pus po11it icianls, who, while they would hav'e
somle t icul(11ity1 in contr'olling the election,
wvouIld(01 d utless have an 1 illfluenlce in both
the candidtate(s brought for'thi andl their
What is st ill to be brought forth is a pllan
whereby the stud(ent body cani exercise some
vote ill t he choI'ice of the enforcers of the
honor' p)'riile without at the same time
laying the groulndwor'k for the control of
that selection by some campus group.
CAROLINA MUST OPEN
RECRUITING PROGRAM NOW
TO MAINTAIN ATTENDANCE
The University of South Carolina is the
only institution in this state and one of the
very few in the nation that makes no active
effort to recruit students from the graduat
ing classes in high schools.
Winthrop College, through its strong
Alumni Association and active alumni
groups, and through its teachers found in
almost every school in the state, is able
each year to recruit a large number of high
school girls for attendance at Winthrop.
Clemson engages in a similar program of
seeking out students. Only Carolina sits
passively by, making no bids for students,
and surviving from the children and grand
children of old graduates. No concerted
attempt to advise the state as to the advan
tages of the University and what it can
offer to the student is made.
The University of South Carolina is also
one of the few secondary institutions that
does not maintain branches in various towns
and cities throughout the native state. This
would be one of the most effective ways of
recruiting students for the University, to
take the University to them. For the first
two years of their work, students of various
towns of South Carolina could attend a
branch of the University in their home town.
The junior and senior years would be per
formed in attendance at the present U-ni
versity. Thus, not only would the total
enrolment of the University be increased
immensely, but also the sphere of influence
to make the University a far more powerful
factor in the further education of high
school students. The state would know what
the Unliversity offers by seeing it there in
many of its towns.
The system has worked well enough in
other states to justify serious consideration
of the possibility of its functioning and
being instituted in this state.
Now, more than ever, when the enrol
ment of the University is decreasing as each
senester goes by, is the time for the Uni
versity to take sonic steps, whether they
be right or wrong, in attempting to remedy
tle sit iat ion. Fewer than 700 stulents are
expected to matriculate for the next regular
seilestcer this summer. Every department in
the t'niversity is being foced to curtail its
staff and subjects oflered for lack of stu
dentts. It is only natural that (luring the hot
suinmter months, the enrolment should de
crease. but. it also decreased with last
semester and with this p resent one.
T[he I'niversity must be p)ut before the
high school seniors of the state, or, perhaps,
some day the University wvill consist of only
a phaint, with nothing to nourish and bring
fort h into( blonm.
UNIVERSITY SHOULD ACT
NOW TO CORRECT DEFICIENCY
IN PHYSICAL EDUCATiON
No college in the state of South Carolina
oilers t heory cou rses leading to a major or
minor ini physi cal ed ucation. The Uiv~ersity
should be the first to (do so.
The I 'ijversity should be the first to send
out meni quaIiftied to teach physical edluca
11(ion, no t jutst foot1 ball anid basketball
c'oachies, but1 mien who know the theory of
en list heieis, p hysicalI work, and howv t.o apply
it to their teachings.
Nine t heory couirses in physical edluca
t1ion a re listi ed in the catalog, an asterisk
lbeside each of them leadinig to the footnote,
'"lSse1nded, tempilorarily."' 'This "'temploraIry"'
51uJspens1)1 ionhs bien ini (effect sinc h1Cefore
the si nmmier oif 191:.
The' presenit si afT oif t he physical educa
ion dleparltmeiut,iS no(w (cllopose of one
mia n. is 15job, miadle eveni moeh (diflicult by
lie fact thait moost oif hiis c,lasses are split
in t.o restricted anid regula r gym classes, both
of which he must supiervise, is more now
t han (one man should have to assume. The
add it ion oif teaching theory courses would
doubt)1less cause a collapse of "the dlepart
ment."' I)r. .Jack Crawford, wvho, in the preC
war (lays, taught the theory courses, has
a full schedule with the navy program. The
Gamecock understands, however, that an
other person is available who is perhaps
even better qualified to teach these courses.
The University should make every effort to
engage his services so that this deficiency
in the University curriculum can be
correcte(l
I1.c. CAM PUS
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Question 01
What is Your Pet Gripe?
Laura Dowe . .. Having cu
Dick Hanley . . . Getting u
Ina Rose Holcombe . . . Dot
Bill Robinson . . . Not gettii
Gwyune Wilson . . . My ro
"Sully" Sullivan . .. Coeds.
"Hunky" Eaklc . .. Betty.
Sue Willingha,n . . . People -
don't k
Bill Bourlt u i . . . W. S. 13
Lib Co. . . Too many coc
Joc Pricc and JiN Spurr. .
and dor
Bill Prigge . . . I'm perfect
Joe Lu n pkin, Howard Love
delay el
Le~tters ToI
April 13, 1945.
To the Gamecock:
In a recent issue, an editorial ap
peared stating that the reason an
April Fool's issue did not appear
was because a faculty committee
woulId have to app1rove the copy'
before publication. In my opinion,
the April 13 issue proves conclu
sively that the hour has come for
some form of censorship - either
by a competent group not on the
paper or by a more discriminating
faction of the Gamecock staff it
self.
I am referring to only one col
umn In your (no longer our) paper:
TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF. MY
FACE. But that column alone is
the lowest and poorest example of
journalism ever to slink off a press.
The author is evidently a person
of discret ion since he wisely re
frains fromt sIgning his name. In
sidIous calumny of such a nature
should he ahove a porson entrusted
with a newspap)er column.
This letter is dlefinihtely for puh
licat ion. In the best inteI rest of the
paper it should appeatr; TAKI.
YOUR FOOT OFF MY FACE should
disappear. It ought to aippear he
cause of the fact that the public
has read the columnt anrd the alum
ni and friends of the University
should know that such writing does
not appeal to the Carolina s(tutl(t
body.
Most sIncerely,
Louise Wallace.
Mr. .John Reese,
Editor, The Gamecock,
Cam pus.
Dear John:
I am enclosing a letter which wc
have received from Allan Sindier.
I suggest that you Include this in
the next Issue of The Gamecock tr
BY JUEU BULL
WLKLR
At vice-pResidcnt)
tMembtR Po LumeN% iAN,
tAtion Ahv isor, V tAbi'net
Ast -Sec. o T B 4 f
the Week
stomers.
) at 5:45 in the molni,t-.
ig.
ig enough mail.
mmate, Frank Scruby.
,'ho come to the bookstore and
iow the name of books.
aker.
S.
. People who go ~ the library
I't study.
ly happy.
and Harold Graham ... Short
1 route.
he Editor
show what. the boys in the service
think of our physical training given
here at the University.
Sincerely,
Norman M. Smith.
President.
April 3, 1945.
Pres. Norman Smithi,
UTniversity' of S. C.,
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Mr. President:
At the present time, I am in the
basic training phase of my army
training. This training is rather
rigid, and goes rather hard with
many of the men, young and old.
But this is needlessly so.
When I was at. the University (I
graduated Oct. of '44) I took phy
sical education every semester. Even
then I realIzed the value of thIs
conditioner in terms of good health
and emotional outlet. Now, how
ever, I see it wvas far more reach
ing. I see it in its practicality-in
its effect on the war effort. Those
of us who have profited by this
training are able to undergo our
basic infantry with more efficiency,
and we get more out of it.
During my years at. the UJniver
sity.' mnny have complained in my
presence of the severity of the
pihysical e'xctises. T1his is tommy
rot. and a "V of nonsense. Never
once wvas a stucdent pushed to his
endurance point.
Frankly, I do not consider the
p)hysical educatiton program ext en
sive eniough. Not enough emphasis
Is placed on this essential course
at. Carolina. In fact, I think it
would b)e a splendid Idea to sched
u Ie physical ediucatian for six dlays
a week.
In the fuatutre, I hope to see in
creased physical ediucntlonaI activ I
1les at the (Iniversit y for the b)ene
fit. of stuidents, state, and country.
Very sincerely yours,
Pvt. Aiian .1. Sindier.
It was the habit. of I tenrik Ishen
to make complete historie's of the
lives of his stage characters tip to
the moment of the opening of Itie
first act.
TAKE YOUR FOOT
OFF MY FACE
Sarte place, same time, every edition. Somewhere on this
page is an extremely nasty epistle concerning the journalis
tic value of this particular edge of this particular periodical.
All we can say is that we agree whole-heartedly with all
the degrading remarks contained therein, however, it seems
that the author feels slightly slighted because she hasn't
had the ugly finger of printer's ink pointed her way-for
this we'apologize and promise to rectify our oversight in
some near future edition. (Does anyone know anything that
Louise Wallace has done that would warrant the printing
of her name?)
The medal of honor this week goes to Specialist ("Chief") "
O'Brien, who receives his award for valor at the micro
phone while under fire on the morning of April 24th between
the hours of 0545 and 0555. Thought we heard Doug Smith
say, "Didn't the Captain's order say 'no records to be
played at any time'?"
Kappa Sigma did a fine job last Saturday night but it was
so-o-o dark in there. Maybe, there was a method in their
madness, but we'll bet Bill Prigge spent a lot of time look
ing around for Edna Hill. By the way, you should have
seen Beech Gattman and Ann Tweedie going back for a
second run in the lead out. What form!!!!
Speaking of form, did you see the track meet last Satur
day? Georgie's chest didn't even make a showing in com
parison with Ratcliff on those hurdles. Maybe Prof's ten cent
tipping does pay off. Anyhow, we were well pleased even
though the passing breeze did blow our skirts a little.
Eight o'clock classes wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for
such wide awake people as Bill Baker smiling and making
such pleasant remarks as, "Good-morning" and "Da you
have a cigarette?" Paleeze, fella, give us a chance to go back
and get our breakfast. Rememlber, you've had yours.
Hey, Estes, could this "little bit" that. you're always
talking about be Mike Snider-quite a little bit, we'd say.
Oh, those California women. Ilncidentally, Estes, are you
really homesick? Overheard someone saying something of
your malady.
Suppose you've heard about the V's delegation to Clemson
this past weekend. Roy Bass's only comment for three (lays
has been, "What a weekend, what a trip !" 11utchinson shows
us an increased intellectual appearance in ad(dition to his
usual sober ( ?) poker face.
Have you noticed that Amelia Wallace is wearing her
watch again. Jewelers certainly must take their time in
repairing things these (lays ('now, M. M., don't ask any
mor'e ciuestions).
T1here has beent discussion on campus about the manage
ment of a proposed Student Union Building. Why don't
some of you people from other schools wher'e this problem
has been solved dIrop a line to the Gamecock andl put some
new idleas (new to us) in the field. A building of this sort
could be a great factor in promoting school spirit and buildl
ing up campus activities through contac't, or'ganiz~ation, and
recreation among stutdent*, faculty, and alumnae. Such a
o.lect is a good thing and as such deserves the interest
Ou'r' favorite informer (we hate hitto astal
certain Miss Tlison has a first nam('in tht begis wtha aM,
thus giving us M.A.D. Tison, hoeei h ".. n
teTison" are synonomous, so the whole thin is jut
lot of (double talk. WVonde(r what the "M" stnd st or
"MAD" won't tell. stnsfr
H1ey, gals, .J. J1. is on the prowvl aaii(oaithrifre
tells us) . Perha ps the tale a bout legass (on neothe ' nforer
of the fence is tr'ue. 1 rs nteohrsd
it is the Gamecoc'k's policy always to tak i inees.
studlent interests, so we hav e taken a poll, anpl onern
ing foods.--a licne
Pink R.-re hamn.
.Jimmy L~yles--Lemions.
"'Scarlet"' Sea rson-A, N Neh,vieg
Knobby W.-Seayfod
J1immy 1<ing-Sweef5ad(()f)(s
WVe should be inari ng the bl ~t ~Ih aeauda
we m ust squleez/e ini (in Sear,soni style) a yI .pg ad
P'Olui *
Man unto man his blood max gi
To sa'. his fien(Id . t hat eIi,v~e
Anid should a kiss me,i ifet w
I )a rest, would( yougv
A fter' writing this, wye d iscvr'ltati.i.(eutia i
a poem writ len b)y Angela orA - ( t's. deical withe
thanuk Antgy fm. e~ .)'es uu n eti('t ,'a y. ) ow
In Vase yvou dlidnI't get i the beuypgaw,UWl
find your Queen on di1px aile battebo paeat,ouwi
in the mlodernt treni t '" day is the bookn soe sl
use 0our pen name (arent we nan(' apoo,?ow)hl
Old Reser'voir,