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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Issued Bi-Weekly by the student body of the University of South Carolina during the college year except during examinations and vacation periods. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, S. C., November 20. 1908. Alumni Association membership dues include subscrip tion for alumni. Student activities fee includes $1.00 subscription for students. j, Member lssocited Colle6ite Press Distributor of Colle6iate Di6st OIPR GENTED POR NATIONAL ADVKRItIGINO a, National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representativc 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON = Los AnOtLtS . SAN FRANCISCO STAFF Editor................................Bobbyv Williams Managing Editor.........................Ann Searson News Editor...............................Virginia Raysor Associate Editors........... .....John Reese, Jeune Good. George Delay Co-ed Editor...............................Eleanor McCall Society Editor................................Toni Simpson Sports Editor--.........................Saul Lavisky Photography Editor......................Jo Seideman Cartoonist........................... Sandy San Fratello Columnists-George Delay. Roy Bass. Margaret De Merel. Toni Simpson. Virginia Raysor News Staff-Rives Ward. Betty lendley. Ernest Davis. Walter Myers. Virginia McDuffie. Jack Bechtel. William Speer, 1oUston Davis. W. J. Brown. Henry Younce. Mary Baxter. Micheal Snider. Joe Drennan. Belinda Col lum. George Celusta. Lucille Roache. C. D. Stone, Ed McMullen. Raliph Ferguson. Sports Writers-Naomi Staley. Bill Bader. Frank Scrubie. Chick Shields Business Manager.........................Bill Hutchinson Circulation Manager....................Quinn Hambright Proof Reader........................W E. Work AGAIN WE HOPEFULLY STATE OUR IDEALS AND ROSY AMBITIONS And so it is! Another editor, another staff-all leading to new policies and lew organization. Yes. we have our ambitions and ideals like every other new staff that proudly steps into the Gamecock office bursting with ideas, bubbling with elergy, bounding with determination. We, too, think that, unlike the editor and staff that stllm bles our somewhat emaciated and careworn at the end of each semester, we shall.emerge proud, even tempered and healthy -when the next staff replaces us. We haven't investi gated the reason the Gamecock is headed by a new staff every senester. Some say the same staff couldn't take it! NeveriHieless, we're enjoying our optinism. Please don't discourage us! First, we want to ask of you your fore bearance. We're going to (10 our best to get all facts accurate, all names spelled correctly, and then we're going to attempt to cover all the news. However, errors have a most effective way of edging in wN'hen backs are turned, and sometimes when they're seeking homes so desperately, we haven't the heart to turn them back. (I refer to the dleadlline when Professor Mastopherson's initials arie un1 available andl journ'alistic ethics relu ire uIs to prlint initials. Since every goodl writer has a v'ividl imagination--well, initials are manu factured instantaneously for' the goodl pro fessor who never stays at home.) We prlomise not to do it again!I We hang our heads ill shame! Secondly, The Gamecock has been crit i cized sever'ely in the past semesters because it wasn't tr'uly representative of the st u<lent body. A cliqIue wrote the paper and( the paper was of interest only to them. No college newvs paper should be guilty of such er'roneous practice since the pur'pose of the paper is to publish the news of the studlents for the studlents. Rut, the students must also write the newvs! We want to enllar'ge our staff' so that every p)hase of campus activity will beC truly represented. If youl have a flair for wrliting, we want you! Thus far ourI dlo's and dlon'ts have appllied to news. There we shall be unol)inionatedl. But here in the editorial column, we shall feel free to criticize any dlominant organizations, radical projects, or practices her'e on the ' campus that will make for a b)etter, smoother rulnning University if corrected. In our more agreeable' moments we shall commend those organizations 01' persons whom we conIsidler. worthy of such commendlationl! Summarily, we shall be impartial in news andl editorials but editor'ially, we shall use fr'eedom of opinion! FRESHMAN, CAROLINA BIDS YOU WELCOME; GIVE HER YOUR BEST! You are Carolina's greenest-our ne0w freshmen! Youl are fast becoming acquaint ed with college life-with classes that meet thrice weekly, with registration lines, and eccentric professors! Carefree you walk between classes on the very brick walks that for'mer University stu dlents themselves laid. You listen to lectures in rooms where South Carolina's foremost citizens also yawned sleepily. Youl pause un der the shade of the trees edlging the campus that commemorate Carolina's dead in the first World War. You sit on the steps of the library named for the University's own Dr. McKissick. In registering at the University, you have accepted the respionsibility of upholding the Ufiversity. You have accepted the challenge L)f those who have kept her from falling since the doors of the South Carolina College were opened to students that bleak January 10 of 1805. You are Carolina's future! How can you enrich your Alma Mater? Give to her of your best. Strengthen her ionor system by devoting yourself to up holding it. Your behavior here at school and away reflect upon- the college. Learn the give and take of school life-of any life. Never let your spirit wane. Don't be critical 11nd one who does nothing about the situation ne criticizes. Perhaps you are not impressed\ with the University yet. Perhaps it's not what you thought college woulk be! But if you put ,,our whole heart into making a success of -ollege--a little work and a little play-you 100 will sonie day become one of Carolina's nost loyal alumni. Carolina, the student body an( faculty, welcome you! STATE SUPPORTED, WE MUST PAY EVEN MORE FOR OUR ROOMS-WHY? 1)uring the fall semester, dornitory stu lents will pay five dollars more per person or their rooms to enable the University to meet its budget. Already the students pay as much for room rent as any other state sulpported school, and yet more is to be ex pected from them! Why should this anomaly exist? Why should a state supported school be forced to call upon its student body for additional fees to meet expenses when a surplus lies in the state treasury? The fault doesn't lie with the administra tion. Funds al)l)ropriate(l for the school's up IeeI) are wisely slent. The University (oes not attempt to provi(l more than comfort ible means for its studlents. University prop !rty is niot mistreated. This school bears the name of the state. 'his is our state university-the University )f South Carolina-aid yet our legislators l(i not appropriate enough money to support )Ur budget. We are severely criticized for not being he crackerjack school that other state uni -ersities are, an( yet we are to limp along in less than enough to repair school prop !rty. We would like to be a great school, but antil the University wins the support of the 4tate, our ideal is unattainable. Until every -itizen of South Carolina realizcs that the L'niversity and state repnutation are comple Ilentary, our cause is lost. Until that (lay Ae shall continue to stumble along, crippled )y popular stupidity, billing the students or timch too much! WITH PERSISTENCE WE WIN-INFORMATION BOOTH ESTABLISHED Pan-H ellenic has openedl an information jooth in a cozy corner in the canteen. Pan fellenic will this summer puliish semi ,veekly a calendar of campus events. The in ornmat ion booth and calendar are Gamecock I r a mns reaIize !/C( Long before the Maxey lobby information enter was set up in .July of 1943, The Game n'ek had been pleadling for' sonie central point there in formation of meetings, students, and aculty members might b)e obtainedl by the :1 udents themiserves and v'isitors on the apus. Thle in format ion booth headed by Betty rews was shortlived, however, and after w() semesters was abolished with Miss rews' resignation. For three semesters, here was no coordlination or centralization >4 student affairs although the need was Heiniitely felt. I )uring the spring semester, Pan-IIellenic lecided to undertake the conducting of an niformation booth in the ca nteen. The varni >us5 sororities took turns keeping the boo0th, ml t the boo0th received 1n0 coop)erat ion andl( acts w'ith which to inform were unobtain ible. The te'leplhone b)ooth stoppledl giving in Formaution. TJhe Gamecock sent upl a final >lea last semester for sonic place where all nfornmat ion could b)e organized! Pan-IHellenie's effort to gather andl release ufbormation is now being strengthenedl. Stu lents filled out blanks registration day con 'ernintg their schedules andl activities. Presi lents (if organizations have been asked to :lace notices of their meetings in the box it the Pan Hiellenic booth, so that a bulletin f these meetings might be madIe availabile to every student. Information concerning the various organizations is on file there. Pan-Hellenic has undertaken a worthy project. At a school as large as the Univer sity, an information boo0th is a necessity. With the cooperation of the student body Pan-Hiellenic can make this a successful, per manent source of information and guide for new students and camnns visitors. USC+ ES TS 6eTVTGfL / 0&T T Lo0%) EV 4f A LL 1! ' k 0 6 AST WES. 01 Y.M.C.A. VTW OF5 VWVI.AR4AN L ITER A"t SOeteTY 10SS M OF GANIE COCK mmeca q09 1:00-eR -'Res.-O&K BLL "11AO00 14 * LO S9PM " 9*r offIcC ov G-Es 0 cuu6 PASTMQE.of10TER-FRATERIJUM COW m _. gec-eSG BEA\X A(5, I kD IS A (AM13 oF STOD&Vf COOL ,At-9 P, ME1Ei em 6 MG ea 01_0t xl T L S e M M I nTee. 4$ing J/rounl Question of the week-What do you consider the most valu able subject taught at the University and why? Glenn P. Roddey-All the subjects are of such relative unim portaice tlat one can't choose the most important. Tommy Gilbert-All the subjects are of such relative importance that onie eant cioose lw mst ilipirtant. Tut Lown-Public speaking, because speaking, publicly and privately, is one of tle Ilost satisfying means of self-ex pressiol. Phyllis Karesh It's lrd to siiy. They've all given me so much t roaghle. Bill Armstrong -Naval science because I have io ulke it. Harvey Carter--1 guess, too naval science because that's my living. Daiieig class is pretty important too-for work and play! Billy Bryant-'lie subject that gives you the widest scope to be used in the future is canteenology. Eris Taylor-Mathematies, of course. A knowledge of math is more beneficial. Margaret Connor-English, for it's necessary to all education expressed or writtenl. Bill Brooks--Caitee,nology, I guess. It helped a lot. You meet a lot of people-all kinds of people. Johnny Herin-Wliat would you expect me to say besides com. merle ? After all, it's my major, and combined with eco. 1nomilies it gives a foundation for good business prin. ciples. Alice Marchant-'d say Dr. Babcock's vocabulary because it gives you a knowledge of words. Mr. Bell-I would consider tle most valuable subject, taking, everyt hintg int o considera tion, En glish-appreciat ion ol lie fi nest ma ( best litera11tur ie of thle ages. Saul Lavisity---Anyvthing ini the journalism department because l'ma Inm.orig ini it. Gus Apostolakos--All my engineering subjects are* valuhiable. I believe ini an ailI-round education where one subject (de pQtnds on aniothier. Bill Miller-Sackology--.thle tend(er art, of being wooed by M[orpheuIs. Dean Bradley-That's like asking which one of the pieces of a .iig-sa w puzzle is most important to make a pietuare. These sub.jects fit in t oget her li ke thle various p)ieces of a mosaic, Thle impilortanit. ting is to get them all fitted together. ?oo ing dacAwara Stealing somte oh thle space formerly occuplied by "The Ques Ition of th e Week,'' we will endeavor to qhuote someW <plotatilom from th le (a uecoc k of t wenity-fivye years~ a go. From thle (samecock of Sep)temberl 30o, and October 7, 1920 I leadl iness- ''Carol ina (Opents WithI Great Stutdett Body, Uni versityv Enrollnent 500( Stud(enits !" "I. (. [11011 Op~ens Second( Year' as Secretary1 of thle YMCA.' Inci(ident Ily Ithe F"reshmani "Y"' must have reallhy been some t hinig in thoi(se days. At a baninuet prepa red by Mesdamiet Wardilaw, lInaker antd Kenn tedyv, thle metnis wrcittIen ini sla ng phlrase's was about as follows: (trapte-fruit cocktail lianst young Pijg liice withI coutrty griavy Sl 'iids a la narat oga P ickeled (I) Cuceumbers I lot floIls a la hutt ered le.e (Creami atnd C'ake l)emni Tlasse. ''Tey miust have had a droll senise of lhuimour, thle follow ing beinug a linte fIlller from thle first. page : ''Lyrics and Soiled Linen." Poet : (,joyously ) "'I wrote a poem oni my cnff last night What. should 1 (10 with lit?" Wifey': (iutnipathetdically ) ''Send it to t he laundry." Anid atnother Sticks( antd stonies may break my bonecs, I hit tnames will niever hutrt. me. Fromt IhIird pa ge advertIisemet: C,ol lege fees for theisyear, $40, inclumd inig imedIical at tntioni lFor womnen st udetnts college fees arc *26. For those palyinag tii tioni, $40) additional. Rooms with light, heat, andl service, *40 TniOt ii lu nnii nh iab. Now Hear This ' By Roy Bass According to the instructions we received from the editor this page filler that we laughingly call a column is supposed to be in her capable (Ed's note: Flattery!) hands in just about one hour. Being one of those unfortunate persons who persist in putting off things until the last minute, we are just now be ginning to write. We have often wondered it anyone ever reads the columns that are printed in college newspapers. Probably not. Therefore, since it is very likely that there are only two people who will ever glance at this, (the editor and myself), we shan't worry in the least about not having a single idea. In all fairness to the staff of the Gamecock, there should be an explanation as to the purpose of this column. Frankly, there is none. When we accepted this assignment there was one stipulation made. This was that we could write whatever we pleased about anything or anybody. (If this column does not appear in the next issue you will know why.) However, we might add that this is not going to be entirely a gossip column. Nor is it going to be a discussion of Searson's latest pin-up man. Furthermore it is not going to be like the "Foot on the Face" series. I notice that the Indepeiidents are throwiig a dance in front of the library tonight. This is a golden opportunity for all tihe new students to get acquainted. Suppose we all turn out and try to liven things up around here. From all appearances we are headed for a very dead summer session unless some life is injected into the organizations on the campus pretty soon. The atten(lance at the Freshman "Y" last Monday was low. True, there are very few freshmen in school, but there are thirty or so freshman co-eds and the number of those at the "Y" meet ing could have been counted on one hand. This is our third summer at Carolina anid it seems that this is the (eadest of them all as far as stutdent activities are concerned. This, particularly, to tlie new stidents of Carolina-the best way in the world to get the most out of school aid to enjoy youw o' stay at Carolina is to take an active part in the many orga iza tions on the campus. Carolina has somethiing to offer every member of the student body, and I am sure that you have some thing to give to her. Devote some of your time to the organiza tions in which you are interested. You are sorely needed. This might be a good time for the student body dance that has been talked of so much. Iow about it, George? Big time promoter, Jack Jones, has some bang up ideas for the graduation dance this fall. Name band, etc.!! It's about time Carolina had sonetihing like this. Last tiime was when Dean I1udsoin was here over a year ago. More power to you, Jack. Hope you can work things out. Some jerk just came in and asked if we remnenibered ihe Goesinda factor in math. We replied that we did not. "Whiat ," lie replied, "You don't remember about two goesinda four, fone * goesinda eight?" Someone ought to see that a fellow like that goesindla b)ug house. Thinigs we'dl like to know: Who thle gals are t hat have thle "Welcome First Army Sign" ini their window-does that go for thme Navy too? . . . IIow manay eredhits Jeep) gets for working in thme 'Canteen . . . Ilow many p)eohple have ever beaten the pini ball machines in the "dlin of iniqu ity"'-just dlon't b)elieve that it can be (done. . . . Is the Informat ion Booth in the canmteeni doing anything worthwhile, or is it just taking upl space ? ...What happened to thle b)ridge games ini thle D)Z roomm. . . . W\hi's rona take Brooksie's p)lace. Iavye you niotied:l Ste(phani and his faii . . . Madame Sweeney and her hats . . . aniy gals ini thle library I his senmest er . . lite boys leavinig Rut ledge college dulring music p)ract ice . . . how that College Shop fills up at five on Tuesday . . t liat refresh. ing beverage the boys go for after a hot drill period 7 . . . how little acorns to big oaks grow Ra mbling thloughits : The U ni versit y's hailiing program might go int o effect wit hiin the niext forty or fif1ty years .. . st iek to it, Hutch, you might see it yet ! . . . Things are p)rettIy well set. tiled dlownl to normal now, and it umighit be ai good idlea for thle St uden'it Con neil to hold( thle Presh mani ('lass elct ions in thle inot to d0(ist ant futuri e.. . ... Ceer' leaders for thle comiin gseasm (ought to be elected pret ty son also... ..Wen is thle Gariiet anid Black coming out, TIison? . . . Undlerst and thle 8AEs hel a meetiing in the Tri-D) room thle ot her iiight ; tha t ought to con firm a lot of rumor's. .. . Fat her Hell's niew~ secret ary is Mi ss Kathicrine Elliott. She gradluate f'I rom I SC a yeari ago, was a TI'ri D)elt-thle former see, Miss Sara Spencer, resigned for ma triioiiial rensons.'..We eould (do withI some mloreC faculty members who are as initerestedl in student affairs as Dri. Brad-. hey. iIe rarely misses a student mneetiing or a student function, . low nmany of yon have ev'er attended Vespers on Sunday evening? . . . There are over a hiundredl boys out for football. Let's begin now to work up some spirit for thme cominig sea son. From whiat I hear t here is a touigh scheule ahead anud thle team is going to nieedl all thle support t hat we can inmistr Uiiderstand the sophomore YW is going to dIiscuss5 and1 aftete * to find solutions to thle problems about thle school. Thnt's a commeiidabhe undertakinig. Ilowever, it may require as maniy