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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Issued Bi-Weekly by the stunl'nt body of the ilniterity of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and vacation periods. E'ntered as econ<dclaas mattet at the postoffice at Columbia, S. 0., November 20. 1908. Alumni Association menmbership dues inclide snab-cripltion for alumni. Student activities fee tIcludes si.tQ0 subscriptio for stu dents. Member Associated Colle6t le Press Distributor of Colle6iate Dibest R'apRESSNTSD POR NATIONAL AUVSRTIaINO ay NationalAdvertising Service, inc. College P'4lishers Represntatikv 420 MADIRON AVE. Ncw YORK. N. Y. CsHcaGO - OSTON - LOS AMROt.a . SAN FAANCICec STAFF Editor.....................join 11. Reese M anagiig Editor......................................I.ob'v \\'illia in. EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor..........................................Anne SC:It,,O Associate REulur ... ..................................t '-irge Dela'y Cn-Ed Editor----..................................iatgalet IIIiicn-i Society Editor..----..................................Ilette fierldlev Sports Editor............-......................... 01 i'owere Circulation &Ianage-r..-- .............................. Bilh Leclkh:Iuin News Slaff-Sarah BDIll. tloukle ilouuknight. 'Irgluia Ilc)nffie, Afartha Steadman, Cally Andersun, ltica Ward, l'egg 'Irealer, Mary Shoun. Opal Isclhu,wer, 'atsy ltrackeit, Wilbur I.amnence, * Virginia Raysor. .ack liechir I. Tout Simpcon, 1:lhei I.arar, Ernest Davis, Margatet anime . %t:rg:lr-t de lIenell, lietle Motley. June Denumer. Business Manager........E. William ]titchinson EDITOR HEAVES SIGH OF THANKFUL RELIEF AS LAST EDITION GOES TO BED The last issue of The (Gamecock is tradi tionally turned o":r to the nevly-elected staff, the old editor only writing the edi torials. This issue, then, being the next to last for this semester, is the present edi tor's farewell gesture. In lieu of a "Goodbye. it's been 1un." the incumbent prints an editorial plagiarized from the Purple and White of Millsaps (ol lege which pictures his feelings nlow except for the convulsive heave of relief as the editoiial toga slips from his shoulders to those of another. "Profs can sit crosslegged on the top of a desk; deani's list students can let down their guard; student bodY l)rsidtelnts Cnl fraternize with the msses. "Olnly aln etilito' is rt'tiuired to be ponti ficial alwa. s. "Onlyv an edlitor is stippotsed to know everything that happ enlls. st it is taken for granted that he alreadv knows it. and no body ever tells hint anvlhinpg: nly an editor is suipposed Ito keep ain opeti inl always, andit at the same' t inme It make snapt decisionhs fori each lpolititcal irupansse; only ant etsor' is requiredl to keep is Ost' tint of jtolit ies. meaniwhile keepinig tab ont ft st rength of each separate lineup. "Pi'ofs have their aplple-l,olishtirs who ask quiest ions after class; (dean's list si utentis get their quarterly reports; sttudent btody pr'esi dents hear quart erly reports. "Only an edlitor' has to guess. "Only an editor has to grojie bl indly along, trying to put 0out a pa per f'or a stut dent body who will talk only behind his back. who will nevei' tell him what ihey like or don't Ii ke. w ho will squawk audttiblly oily when they are mor)italtly andti irretparlably wounde(ld, who. ner er' thaiik him when he says anything nice abtout them ri ce'nsors01' anything natsty, who have to lbe tracked dowvn, corner'ed an blI eateni i nseniisillt e before they wvill so much as give himi a news lead. "Profs have the satisfaction of seeing their teachings put into practice; dean's list students are an inspir'ation to t heiir suicces sors ; studlent body presidents can point wvit h pride at the y(a r's end to long rowvs of achievements. ''Only an edlitor never accompjl ishes anyi~ thing. "Profs get to sit on the stage; dean's list students don't have to at tend ('lass; student body presidents get to int roduc'e visitors. "Only an editor is dlamnfOol enough ntot to want to triadc p)lact's with anty oIf them. "And, when all's said and donte, onlv' an editor has the satis faction of know intg that his thousand words a week are wvriit t dwnt in letters that can never be (erasted; of feel ing something in a way which must have immediate and lasting effect; of knowing that, if he knew how to use it, he has the whole state for his audience; of sensing that he is doing a .iob for the students which no one else couldl do in qutite the same way; and last but not least, of being sure of a staff that, no matter how much he is foi'ced to abuse them, overwork them, deny them any reward for their work, will he driven back for more by pure love of literary effort. Only an editor would grip, about it." ON HAVING A LEMON PIE SMASHED IN YOUR FACE: MORAL IS ATTACHED The Pi Phi lassies escorted them from Sims to the field of battle. Shelved there under the platform, the lemon pies were a gorgeous mass of meringue, crust , and yellow filler. They looked good enough to eat. The condemnied, ready to receive this rather dubious honor for which he has labored long, was led to the platform upon which stood an erection appearing to be a cross between a pillory and a guillotine. Wrapping a towel around his neck to pro tect himself from the "gory mess," he climbed upon the scaffolding and protruded his head through the circular aperture in the wall. Ace auctioneer Ann D. Tison's cry for bids on the pie rang out and the answers came back. Finally the limit was reached. The purchaser of the Bonds and the pie climbed upon the platform after receiving the culinary inisfortunie. As he smashed "Minerva's ])elight" in the face of the hon ored, a Simon Legree light came to his eyes and he gave the pie an extra twist. Ilaving now e(lualled Mack Sennet's cops, we who tasted this culinary concoc tion have one comment to make, "They could have put Siffuur in the pie!" To Ann I). Tison, Minerva Wilson and the others responsible goes a Gamecock bouquet for their handling of the rally. To the Columbia merchants who contributed the auctioned articles goes another Gamecock houquet. To the student body who met this first phase of the campus 7th War Loan I)riye with enthusiasm goes another, More than $18,000 worth of Bonds and Stamps have been sold on the campus since Mr. Christie Ilenet, state war finance chair man. peind the drive two weeks ago. Our (tota has been set at $25,000. Let's go over the top during the next two weeks. 1'e1m'mber. it's easier to go over the top in War Bond pirchases than it is in a Pacific isle battle. GRADUATION DAY, JUNE 16, ENDS CAROLINA LIFE FOR MORE THAN 120 SENIORS June comes again and brings with it the completion of college vork for more than 120 Carolinians. Some of the graduates will be members of the campus V-12 unit. You came to ('aro iili, perhaps not of your owiii navigation. to prel are yourseIf for service of yori coillitry as Navy eilsign. The Uiiversity has done its best for you. Some of you didn't like the I'iiversity, some of you fell into the swing of things with fervor, some of you .juist drifted in the inhillle, but to each of you, ('arolinn senIs its salutation, "'God sj,vd"(I. goodI hunt ing aind good luck.'' ( t ie-r of t his .1 n ui c lass of 19 I5 will be' c-eIs, girls w ho will recallI in a hIater iassjin of iiosta'lgi;, their life' here, MIrs. Ihtvis. M\rs. ('hiildls. Sims at five minrutes to 12 p. mi. with thei lights blinking. that final dash to tescapI e restrci ctin, wee'kemnIs wit h t he room- nuit e. t he exc it emlenit of' for ma I danres. 11ol1it its ini Ihe sprin g. the color of t he Po'wder' Howl, the rivalry of Clemson on the toot ball field, and in the parlor of Wadre H1ampton antd Sims, A ii Base lieu-. tenaints. It's het n gre(at fun when studies wereP e'scapedl. Somel]( of thIis ebiss wvill be civilinans. boys, onw men, who were not. called into the armedh'( se'rvices. TIhey'l nI ot forget "BIig TI'hurstbay,'' chats wvith l)ean HradIley, Rt. G. Hell beat ing t hem in pool, the canteen crowd, Sims, Wade Hampton, Maxcy and Wauichop loum'I lse. Tlhey watched the r.um ber of civilians steadIily (decrease as a result of the war, they' saw the "01(1 Carolina sp)irit" wan, teyitnlessed the arr'ival of t lhe Navy in JIuly, 1943, they clung to their memories of the mid <bays with tenacity', they worked wit h loyal resolution to maintain the old1 tradIitionls. Withi all these dlivers5ions, these 120-0(dd managed somehow to attend classes. Now they are completing the requirements, and onl June 16 their dIiplomas will he placed in t heirt handl(s. TIhere is a signi fliice in calling graduna tion day e'x(rcises '"commencement." It is the beuginlning of a new phase of' life, a ('ariolinn gradiuat e. May you live wit h the t hinigs that ('aroliina has instilled in you, br.i nginiig honor to(Y you rse'lf anad yorir Al ma Mater. May' you be as loyal an alumnus as you have been a stuldent. May youi have the best that life has to offer. We won't comment on the weather. It may be ra&inyv and coldI when this appears. Short. moral: It is better to be defaced by a pie than by a .Jap. "Greenery" will be profuse uipon the ampus this snmmer. tJS( cam[ptIs It WINN.R of Th. %'trt ORAtORcAL Medal.' MORRIS (Vl LAw student FROm SL PR.srdEtr of- O A 'PR.StdErT~ of LAw School Prustdertr of Eup"fit PAsT AssociaTe. Ediatt of GAt Question ol Q. What feature would you add Merrie Lou Conoway---I never r lioward House--Varga girls. Patsy Patrick- A brief resume vditorials on such would he very p art of our education today as our Toni Child---Preview of coming olumbia. Harriet Lee Perhaps good let tet ntelligent discussion in the paper Mlale ma Copeland-- I would like I nd the column of school activitie: Dot Inal inet---I think individual Peggy Murray- I think a colun give it mnore appeal. Faye Appel-- I think the freshm he background. Sylvia Iewis I think it's pretty Becky Milton -Some more gossil Bill Prigge--More feature e'olum Frank Fine-Ought to have two Claire Lewis- -The Gamecock co Billy Beckham - I would like to he foolish things that happen to st Ann ihanie- -A calendar of weel H lnlm-h ull -More photographs George Langstaff Ilow about si retivities? Mi11 'Miller- -Style column for th "Jazz-Ho" Ilancock-- An editorial Herb ieitel Suggest an opening riIing on campus problems. lien i Huffnan and Crooks Eddy Mar.jorle Curtis-- I think we shot elout the professors on campus. Bill Bader It's all right as a sc Ve're a "eekly. I4c1 i r a The flwn b-Eer u rived omi Domt l"isri. w eli I sieemberi'ed is '"Omari. I le Tient I-makLe~ "Eof foolt. all rfame. by Il>ean F. \\. I adlIey. >P aciquintances i 1'Sof IDom. Ediitor'. Your- most w~el'omlef let t'r of t he !2ndt of Mvarch has jiust arrived. It '('rianly is good hearing from you igain. I didn't think my last letter o you was good enough to have wrint ed in t he Gamecork. The war' with Germa,ny is finally >veri. E'verl flne in t he world had b ig ti'lebrait ioni ex(ept t he' boys lut here. \V' went about doinrg our 1aity tnsks. Of ('ouris(, we' were glad heirauisi we knew t he boys from Europe' would be out herec (0oon helpinug us fin ishil t'S ese0mo keys. This wair with Japan should 4 m I' ' 'a Thirtyfour days were spent on the 11. S. Navy mien, huIod F. D)ixon, After endusraig torturotas days un nights, these American heroes wer were kept afloat by a WAR BOND. We ne lots of te'rgyber bouti emn, -o'vdone'$ur'bit new d6 BY JULIA Butt 1 ~/) IeZURSKY iM'ML:U - - - Memtbet K.S. K . Studerl Body, FA - P AsST- PRe-s. c+ iLLcL Soe y iecocK , PRES.Of EF -T ? the Week to the Gamecock? ead the Gamecock. of would news and affairs, and rofitable. It should he as much a classroom studies. attractions on the campus and in s to the editor from students with to awaken more student interest. o have editorials on world affairs, s needs more variation. s should he given more notice. in on school personalities would en should stop being pushed into good as it stands now. ns. or t hree pages of colored comics. vers all. see a Carolina Day Hook with all udents such as Brooksie Marshall. :y campus events. iapshotc of eamptis life and social e current Navy styles. on the har in the canteen. of column for essays by students' Pin-up pictures. tid have a joke "ouiurn, especially 'hool newspaper, except I wish it lie EIitor aunitilmig oin Russia declariing war IOI on iur lit I le .\ e*l low friend(s lbe fori th en~ d ofi .tune. I beliu' p 1 told you l'm on a P .T. Tendler. lTha 's abiout all I I -an tel I you abhout the ship. On one of t he Torpedot 0 o''s, I have a not e "I rom t he Gamierocks to Tlojio." That's one gi ft from Cariolina hey're going to get a "hang" out of. I'll try and get a picture of it hefore the gift is delivered. Along withi your letter I rec-eived seveu al issues of The G;ame(-o(k. In one or t hem I saw a pict uie of you ande several professors doing a great .ioh cheer-leading. I really got a kick out of them. I wish I could haive seenl Ithalt. I haven't mutch mote to say so I'll close now wishing this letter finds you in the hest of health. R espect fully, ,IDom F-use-l. open sea In a rubber buoat by three ene Aldrichl, and( Anthony P'asiula. er thme blazing bun, and Irezing e finally rescumed. In effect, they ,so bmy aa Y... Bn. m.y..... The Foot Is Off The Face "You can please some of the people some of the time, but none of the people all of the time." Now, listen, folks, I aim to please, see? This is your column, printed for your entertainment and enlightenment-but rahly now, it isn't quite cricket to criticize my feeble efforts so mercilessly. Constructive suggestions receive my warmest welcome advice is music to my ears. (Now let me tell you the truth! It doesn't make the faint est difference to me what you think. Obviously, since no one else has volunteered to take this column, it is the con sensus of opinion that no one has more ability than I in writing the enclosed paragraphs. If I have or do print any thing personally distasteful to you, my by-line is attached for your convenience, my box number is 1143. This, my friends, is an invitation to register your complaints with the source. Roar away!) ABNORMALITY SKETCH I've had a request to bring back this paragraph. Hence, below the first and last sketch of the semester: Once I was sitting alone in the dark-when suddenly a great eagle loomed on the horizon. (But it wasn't an eagle, it was McKay !) Once I (lashed up to Ish Nabibble to get his autograph. (But it wasn't Ish Kabibble, it was McKay !) Once I thought I heard a jack-ass giggle. (But it wasn't a jack-ass, it was McKay-or maybe it was both !) McKay admits he is one of' the most outstanding men on the cam pus. When he told me how popular he was, I figured I ought to get an interview with him. This is his own frank, un biased, unprejudiced opinion of himself. "I'm the handsomest man on the campus," he smiled modest ly. "I taught Culbertson and Blackwood how to play bridge," he smiled modestly. "I was the ghost writer of '1low to \in Friends and Influ ence People'," he smiled modestly. "My' singing voice has never been paralleled by Caruso or Sinatra," he smiled modestly. "I value my opinion above anyone else's," he smiled modlestly. "Adolphe Menjou has his tailor duplicate my clothes," he smiled modestly. "Einstein is my favorite protege." he smiled modestly. "I can truthfully say I am the greatest man alive today," he smiled modestly. McKay lives in a house of mirrors; his hobby is collect ing autographed pictures of himself. He says although he is fully aware of his charm, he has not let it go to his head at all. BRIGHT SAYINGS AROUND THE CAMPUS "Pledge." . . . "When is the last day to drop a course?" "Oh, Professor, you're so witty !" . . . "Where's the broom '' . . . The other (lay I referred to a certain RO as "that child." I was informed that he was ''01(1 enough to be my mother." . . . When the Navy labs turn out around four, individual sorority pledges are posted on the steps of Coker. Overheard one answei' ani alnxious active with ''Ceiling zero'' the other day. . . . Quotiug Bob IIirsch: "Come with me to the ('ashpbah!' . . 1. II als(n (lescribed as ''slippery as a piece of soap in a shower bath.'' . . . RO at hula show in (Carniival, ''Anid I left my lawn tnower' at home." . . . The c'rowin g glory of the w'eek, Tony~ Sim psoni quotedl to be ''keeping her' month shut.'' (Quiet down. Ilamuilton, you suggested it you rself1.!) OVERSEAS STORIES I'rom across the seas the stories come--and( thr'u them A mer'ican wit and1( inge'nuity dift back to us! I"irst and f or('most let me dledlicate a special remark to one Fred Bremer, U'S( ' alum superlative. What his rank is now, 1 (do not know. Nor am 1 acq(uainltedl with his present geographical situation. However, I've owed him a fewv words for about two months now. Some or you will recall the poem I printed last Summer entitledl "Uunderstanding." Fred or "Beautiful." as we used to call him hereabouts, was thoughtful enough to driol) me a unote in reply. I print below some of the context of' said epistle: "Y'es, I r'emember the night I left you, dear,. "But not with a sadl halt' smile "I knew that you could nev'er be true "Not even for a little while. "I met her in a little town "She was so lonely and blue "I h'ad to take her in my arms "She r'enminded me so of you. "She wasn't quite as (discreet as you "She kissed nme more than twice "I knew it wasn't the thing to (d0 "But gosh her kisses wer'e niice." The last verse has unfortunately beeni misplaced. At any i'nte, my comp)liments to "Beautiful" whose intellectual natur'e had escaped me until so recently. Any~ other contribu t ions will be equally appreciatedl. Fr'om the Pacific, my favorite "IL. '. g." edastr to e record(edl oin joke-boxes from coast to coast. Tokyo0 Rose, the Nipponese pr'opaganda queen, has quite an audi ene amonig Amei'icani service per'sonne'l. She sponsors a var('v sho~' f'"bul'd1 music. Hfowever, not so long ago her stock of' A mericai ecodnsIs'a-owe hn S cratchy recordls (d0 not alpp'al t.o sensitiv'e "Yank" cars. So i a ecet 1-29rai, hundretds of new swing platters wer e driopped over the Tokyo broadcasting station. The ' nex da, oer he irwaves, came Rose's American edu cated voice with profuse thanks for thi'itrs hw in her "WordIs of Wisdom'' isntrtshw In Europel4, alt hough war drumlns have ceased to r'umb,le 011' amy('ovos ai's tilemployed in the tedious alnd trying job of cleaning up that ravagen continent. Suppiy lines are still stretched taut. Therefore, fresh vegetables and poultry are an extreme rarity. Nevertheless, the old U. 5. kngannier Ig a a... isti wh.s jutw.' a