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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. Member Associ(Aed Colle6ie Press 04- Distributor of Collebiate Di6est qrrPENT%.D PON NATIONAL ADVEr1,NQ ev National AdvertisingService, Inc. College Pubishers Representative 420 MADisoN Avz. NEw YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO * BOstoN Los AnatLs - SAN rMANCISCO STAFF Editor.............................Bobby Williams Managing Editor......... ...........'. . Anne 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 Hendley, Ernest Davis. Walter Myers. Virginia MeDuffie. Jack Bechtel. William Speer. Houston Davis. W. .1. Brown. Henry Younce. Mary Baxter. Micheal Snider. Joe Drennan. Belinda Col lum. George Celusta. Lucille Roache. C. D. Stone. Ed McMullen. Ralph Ferguson. Riley Bradham. Martha Haltiwanger. Jesse Phasey Sprts Writcrs--Naoimi Stale.v. Bill Bader. Frank Scruby. Chick Shiels. Business Manager. . ................. Bill Hutchinson Circulation Manager ..... ............ Quinn Hambright Assistant Circulation Manager............Frank Chapman Proof Reader.......... ..................... W . E. W ork Typist ..............................Anne Stephan THEY'VE REDUCED RATES FOR YOU-SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE BY COOPERATING The Student Council has for some time been investigating the possibility of a re duceed rate for the admission of Navy V-12 students to Ulniversity athletic events. Civilianl studnits pay a total of $9.80 through their student activities fee that goes toward suor-ting University sports. Iii retutrn, they\ receive free admission to all football. basketball and baseball gaimes. Previously it has seemed shtange that the Navy stu(lents. also members of' the student body, were ex)ected to pay the price for entrance into all1 games that othethr ColtI1 bians paid. Yet had they been admitted free to the games (they do not pay the student activities fee), it would have been tun1fair to the civilian students. A committee from the Student Council working in coopeiration with P'urnmn ('an non has devised a system wher-ebv anyv Navy trainee wvishing to obtain 'dadmittance to the games may purchtse a season ticket that will gain him entralnce to gaimes be tween now and Iebrluaryv for $6.50. Since this concession has been made lby the athletic boarid and( si nce the Studene t ( ou ncil has worked v'igor'ously to obtatin it, we shoul take adv'antage of' the opplor'tunity and really show Otur enthusiasm for the co ol)eration shown. Besides, those grandit stands mu tst be l)acked whent (Carol ina's elev'en warims tip for' thirI inlitialI homne game with Presbyterian College Septenmber 21. WE STUDENTS CAN THINK, WE ARE REASONABLE, BUT GIVE US THE FACTS! Prof'use are t he ohb.'titons t hat have risen f'rm the sttudent bodyv aghtintst the varlious5 regulations that havye beein r'ecent ly passed to gov'ern the f'ratern ities antd sorori ties on the campus)0. All of' uts have decla red the adin nistrat ion stria ight-laced. niarrow m'finded and( aultoc'ratit'. Anid how cou)ld( we believe otherwise? Peirha ps Liniversity o tflicijals havte been right in enf'oi'ci ng these rules. Perha ps tht'y have acted for the goodi of' the school. But in all their enthutsiasm and dlevot ion ini utp holding (Caronlinia's pr'incipIles they have I'or gotten us. the studlents. Yes, the adm iniistrlatloln has for'got ten that we can think. too. TIhey' haven't realizedl that we arte adults anid want to kno1w the whys. It's no small wvonder that we obj.ect. We reasoin only with the wayts in which the rules affec't uts bec~ause no one' sees fit to give a hbroadler view by enlIarginzg onur scope of facts. Soon we shall graduiat e and bec'ome cit i zenls of a bigger' wor'ld. (ai'olina is prepar ing us for the r.ole that we shall play. We (10 not want to be blind persons who (10 not question authority, for that is the smooth est lane to dlictator'ship. We want to study the advantages and disadvantages of stattutes passed by our legislature. none of which are ratified without. an e'xplanattion for their being. When wQ-wer'e toddlers we were incapable of' understandling why we must not touch the kitchen stove. Later. our parents cotuld explain it to us, and we were satisfiedI with a good reason'. We are University students capable of weighing reasons, advantages and disadvantages. Likewise, we will be satisfied with sensible answers. We students are a docile people-but we want to know why! CAPTAIN NEEDHAM WILL RENDER EVEN FURTHER SERVICE TO CAROLINA Captain Needham came to the University in 1942. During these three years not only has he been a good naval officer, acting for the good of the training units under him, but he has constantly worked toward better ing the school. It seemed, at first, that with the coming of the V-12 trainees that some of Carolina's spirit would be lost-that here was to be a disinterested factor as a part of the stu dent body. We waited, and did watch some of Carolina's spirit wane. But the civilians were not fighting the battle to encourage pride and pep alone, for Captain Needham was in behind his boys to participate in campus acti%,ities, to make themselves a part of the student body, to keep Carolina the place from which they wN-ould like to obtain their degrees. Toward this end he granted many special liberties to the student seamen so that they might attend University religious, educational and social functions. Not only was Captain Needham attempt ing to satisfy the trainees, but he was simult aneouslV trying to organize an eli cient training unit that would please his superior ollicers. Captain Needham reaiized that the unit was (tirolina's mainstay dur ing wartime, and he assumed the task of seeing that the University had the oppor tunity to keep it here. Only a few weeks ago, we learned that Needham was to retire. It was then that we realized how much he had becomc a part of the University. It was with friendly interest that we awaited his plans after retirement. It was with relief that we learned that Captain Needham was to stay with us as our registrar. Certainly no man could have been picked who had niore the interests of the Univer sity at heart. No man could have been chosen who is more familiar with the stand ard-s that the University wishes to uphold. A COMPROMISE BETWEEN TWO FACTIONS WILL STRENGTHEN STUDENT GOVERNMENT Last week I fiercely denoUnCed crooked politics aid pleaded with the students to think more deeplv before electing organiza tional ollicers. I pointed out that not until we proved ourselves capable could we ex pect the administration to place more re s,ponsibility of student goverlnment withii ourl hands. I eading the ty pical editor's life, I'ye been hl11m1basted by many students for my goody goody view~ an 11nab)il ity to dletect the fundl(a mient al weakness. TIhey' believe that the ad mlinistration dloes not give us the opportun it y to prove that we can govern ourselves. W~e elect ou r stud(ent bodyv and class oflicers, bult the Universitv dloes niot inlvest authority in them. (Conse(quent ly, no one ev'er knows theirI abIility to rise to the occasion. Tlhese are ouri two op)posi ng v iewpoinlt s. Ini one, the stud(enits are to blame. In the ot her, the facu lty' is at faulIt. AnDd how~ like h1umian natu re these opiniiions are ! Neither is willing to adlmit that he nmight be a little in the' w rong as well as a little in the right. l-:ach is st a unch antd on relenutinug in his Perhla ps it has beeni this uniiwillingness to accept the whole picture that has caused( much of' the frict ion between studenits and admniin istrlat ion. We talk andl criticize anud nleve'r yield( to the happy medlium where full1 co)opIerationl might be met. It is grantedl that the studenits are not given'u enough responiiility in student gov erunient. Whether they deserve it or not, 1 dlo not dIare to say. Nevertheless, it is an anomraly that shoul not exist. Possibly a system could be effectedl where by the studlents wvouldl receive a gradluaI ('manlci pation into the responsibilIity' of sell governiment. The adlmin istration wvouldl theni be' giving the studienits the chance to prove themnsel ves, anid t he students Ii kewise could( prove their cap;ab)ilIity. You mAy (questioni my use( of respons15ibhi I ity. What responsibilities mnight be left in he hanids of the studlents? First, I w~ould( advocate the full construction of all assembly programs by the studlent council as a step. Later, if the studlents have succeedled at this project, perhaps they should have the juris diction to pass rules of campus coniduct. Ultimiately, wheni the position of the student government is secure, the powers of the I)isciplinue C omm itt ee should then fall into studlent hands(1. Of' co:.rse, it would take many years to effect the plan, but it can be done. Other schools have provedl that college studlents can successfully gov'ern themselv'es. In the future, Carolina will I USC PROFILES 6'A/ 4D/do-VZ A/5'W OWW04/, /3 97-PAeQw A7 "T-W" OA//seM/ry V - 7W49.&, &F'1,A/y WAY oo91*/,C4Ws 71'1rDE6G6-EE oWf,we/- ct/?/ o:pA R9A O , /A- 4ID ^49414 DC 4oVe0ra0 8Y Aiv4dAk _4ISLF&///-, / 47;# UQr/ 1,o9.779f,Co /-Aw/ Alwotng Arouina Dot y .ol IIik I he e.IIv.4n sion of I,, rN ea;k in to I e,f-ver1--,11if on 11 hIe vanmpulsI Anne Stephan --Yvs. e4-fiiiitely. \'tm met suchVel Pi(e e)p tlit waY! Marian Stanley -Y'es. Ii*s good for school spirit. "Prof" Christopherson- Yes. beemise each of 11s likes to beii lilt- soit of iis owln voice. Shorty Johnson-Ah;olutely. TImha's I I e wa ou get Vi ,Ilm people. It creates that frienIdl a lit WS Ilier e. Crooks Eddy---hoot, yehI! Alton Locklair-- -I I hiiik it a very gol iden. It herwise. N. C, Mary Varn -'es. imi I wish people wml priw-t.e it mre 11 Smlile nlever. bIIIs anybhofiy. Bob Rowe-i _ etI aily dol). Freddie Shealy- -es. I thinki it's s4i friemndl*v and l all. Bob Weber. Not. lt*' too mumli irmle am] besites ' 'I kinmw whio ymu're inlkiin- it, -ind how\\ about he mnes thoat do4il'i George Farris li's m rine ile. it pr,mo es a spirit fr u i.\ almomn lilh st uldenis. Betty Fellers - it imtin u e. rrien hl ip .11141 imprIIItiveNe I-f-laliml Ship amloll4 silldentis. Elton Morris I ilhink ii'*. a preyiiy 4d iden. I-nose (ara jilln is slipp(Iseld III bie a frielllY plave. June Shealy- --N*es., It'S 1,a111-al 1111. S4u,the14.-1 pleliple Io, Ill Leslie Coker- - \'ell. I like 1 14pek i, everybily. but it .Ven yol ()II ilf breiathl if* Youl walk m-allihe ln m'. Jerry Robinson I tbhink it's a) go2l iden it show's a i 4perI lI Tiv piit. OO iq L?Ckwa/a{ most'''4 "sucesl".'114 foot rvba ll Igason ' i C( ('aroi 's5 his t-y m41 ii A flerth sIeason of'Il lVIi4.'the Trlus g4eesa oi'e ooh,n '"M len ly th I' a4ll months l f 1 !4'g'4 were grea ly leii' i "coHege sp i iIE4I" 1' 1' malIeveryth ing s em d lste s. lo , o great e njoym etof th ei ntire41. si i nt -bty.4ly ia n. ' ti 'lin blt (':1!4t5 g* l't'i'soit4 oot4 ba ll lie e !t4lsos(II~' en1tlld t h egre n utli I iSon sI '4) .1 .l~l S T he(ut &tntC hy ll beo iil'i the sin n e -11!l4iE l1111 l linh. rahirah)for 'arolinn Now Hear This By Roy Bass We are both surprised and elated over the response that-,, we receivedsfrom the column in the last issue. Several rep resentatives of campus organizations have tolq us of their intention to make public the minutes of their meetings. Bill Prigge informs us that Blue Key and KSK already are making plans to carry out such a policy. Congratula tions! This is the kind of response and spirit that will arouse interest in student affairs on the campus. Let's start the ball rolling and I am sure that others will follow suit. The new atomic bomb seems to have caused quite a stir. May we say that it is being manufactured near our home in Tennessee, and that in the last war Tennessee gave the world Sgt. York. In this war Tennessee gave the world its greatest weapon. We completely ignore the remark that the only reason that the bomb is being manufactured in Ten nessee is that if the plant should blow up, Tennessee would not be missed! Ilere is a note for those of us who tire of studying foreign languages. Maynor lardie, a former Carolina student who left school when in his sophomore year to enter the army, has written Madame Sweeny about some of. his experiences. When Maynor was at Carolina he studied French under Madame Sweeny and had no mean dislike for the subject; in fact, he referred to French as "that stuff"! Here is the pay-off. Maynor was chosen from a large group to teach French to army personnel. Now the army has sent him to Sorbonne University in Paris, one of the greatest universi ties in Eur'ope, to study. Ile was given a preliminarv exam and wvas placed inl an advanuced class! This was the boy who referred to French as "that stuH," to qlote the words of Madame Sweeny. During basketball season the consensus of opinion seemeld to be that we had a strong basketball teani and a weak schedule. Now, however, Furman Cannon has provided Johnny Mac's potentially strong gridders with a very im pressive schedule. Now we are on the ball at last. Latest reports from the softball tournament show that the odds on Company 5 have taken a nose (live due to Tues- a day night's game. It seems that you need more than a pitcher and a catcher to win all of your ball gaimes. Watch Com pany 2. Although 1Hamilton College is the engineering building,# one of the greatest engineering blunders is encountered when you try to enter or leave the side entrance. It looks like a good invention for reducing, butt as far as an entrance to a building is concerned, that complex system of doors makes quite an obstacle course. Thinigs wve caai do without: Getting alnother persons "T'' shirts back in our laundry . . . the lack of trash cans on the campus . . . inadequate information service fo-r veterans who are trying to locate the Veterans bureau on the campus there should be a sign somewhere on the front campus . . that grass jungk that makes up the infield of the baseball diamond on Davis field-the boys are expecting to encounter Dr. Livingston any day now in their search for grounders! ... the pests that are always bothering the switchboard ope rators . . . those loquacious lugs w"ho spend so much time talking to those Sims sweeties while other luckless lads long for the use of [Bell's brainchild. Things we can do with more of: More helpers for .Jeep in the canteen . . .more ash t rays in the canteen . . . more trash c:ans in the canteen . . . more clea nli ness in the canteen... more people 'with the sp)irit anid iniitiat ive of Betty Knowles . . . more men onu the campus like Dri. (Criawford . . . more oIrga nizat ions that are as activye as the C.o- Ed association they' have really been setting a~ ra pid fire pace wvit h their social program for thIiis semeste~r . . . (;irls! Note to t he cheerlea ~ s: I am surie that all of you r'ealIize Ithat you have a res r ;ible piositioni. It is up to you to muster the support . t o.ir team is going to needl this season. I am positive that t.ere is niot a single man or' woman of Carolina who is not individually behind our teanm, hut -ORG;ANIZEl) supplor't is wvhat we must have. This is your .iob1. 1 hope that you are alIready making plans for a hi g pre season pep) rally wvith all the trimmings. Tlhe most wvell dIressed men of ouitsta nd ing i nstitut ions. TIhe movies-Adolph MIenioui . . . the stage--ClifIton Webb . . . the Univ'ersity of South ('arol ina--Proflessor Stephan! Ju lst bef ore we left the barracks to bring thIiis copy' over to the (Ga8mecock office, t he loudslpeaker bla red fort h wvith the w'elcome news that Rlussia had dleclared war' oni .Jap)an. Some of the remnarks that were heard in the hall wer'e <ilit.' humorous . . . " TIow can I pack to go home wheni all my clothes are in the Ia undry ?"' . ..'l "m going on liber ty no0w a nd i f they should start giving out dIischa rges before Ireturn call me at the flap-room'' . . . "'I)o you t hinuk they will mulster us5 out in al phebetical order? .'' . . ''Anybody wanut a (Calculls hook ?"' . . . I could n't helP bult wondler' wh'a;t will he heard up and dowvn the hall wheun it is re'ally all over. ii l ew 'I rainoen of h- y t h i a s m -il a - ~ -i II% i' -' nn . ell t a to c< eeliaasly'sIiti, nnal. as'. f .''Ia li . ''~~. 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