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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 Cssociated Colleiade Press Distributor of Colle6iale Di6est q4PRI[INTSD FOR NATIONAL. ADVRTIS4N4 by NationalAdvertisingService, Inc. Cellos@ PubliAmr Ro*rrsatetive 410 MADISoN Av. NEw Yonc. N. Y. CNICASO . Boston - Los A1e1s1.1 . SAN FRANCISCO 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 ................... ..........Jinx Giles Columnists-George Delay. Roy Bass. Margaret deMerell, Toni Simpson. Virginia Raysor News Staff-Hives Ward. Betty Hendley. Ernest Davis, Walter Myers. Virginia McDuffie, Houston Davis, W. J. Brown. Mary Baxter, Michael Snider. Joe Drennan. Belinda Collum, George Celusta, Lucille Roache. C. D. Stone. Ed McMullen. Ralph Ferguson. Martha Haltiwanger, Jesse Phasey. Don Vorreyer Sports Writers-Naomi Staley. Bill Bader. Frank Scruby, Chick Shiels. Morris Shadburn. Business Manager...................Bill Hutchinson Circulation Manager ....................Frank Chapman Assistant Circulation Manager ...... Johnnie Roberts Proof Reader................................ W. E. Work Typist ..............................Anne Stephan THEY ARE UNAPPRECIATED WAR CASUALTIES SLAVING FOR THE GREATER CAROLINA They haven't fired a giiii. They don't wear a Purple Heart. They haven't hadi to sheller themselves inl foxholes. The ha iven't shared the glory anmd glamor of parades and ifitorms. Soldiers return as heroes, they sillk into obseirity. Little tine have they had for recreation. No vacations have been awarded them. )octors have ordered man' of them to stop working so constantly, fearful that it woild iin.jure their health. Bitt daily they've stepped before tlifir classes, white-haired. hespectaeled old gentl.. men, and reniniseentlY repeated ajec*d(otes from the Carolina that, was. Although additiomal administrative hurdens were placed upon their shoululers as jiuiior faculty members departed for ilhe ard forces, with grim faes they deterilinel to up1)hohl(l scholastie standards regardless of ite loss. They wat(ched Ile male stuet dwindle. They witnessed the in-sdallatiion of he V-1:2 1nit and the three seilesier.s per animii at Carolina. They resumfed thIieir worik withI an a uhe ini their hearits as t hey observed a wainig ('m.'o lina spirit aml a het eriigi'neoius student. body. Su hmerged in i'lasses anerl test papler's t hey were unable to 'ulti ivale theii spirit they so wanted in this new stuidenit hody. 'They spent t heir leisur ie tim loo Iking to the Carolina of the futu re - a (Carolina that former students woiul be even more proml to altteiid. Wor'king to adv~anicue thle IUniversty d.lepa -t. ments of retailing and honie reonomiies aml the school of nurusiniig werie inst alIled afIteri months of struggle. They lost t heiri lead er. TI'hey were hitteirly disappointed whlen ihe legislatnre appropriated so little for thle construictIion oif new huiliniigs on thle camnpiis. (lassroomis were shoved int io basenients and third floors to make r'oomn fi,i the Navy. Eveni thlouigh shiubllers bent undiehr burdlens. heads w'ere kept high, full of hope Anid now, a brighit er aspec t laces thle schiool. The waru is over antd I he I iversity haI; s emecrL'ed uindiunit ed. Al readr st uidents arie developing morr pei, more spirit. Sooni fuirmer' fai'ul Iv menbhers will returnii. ( aroliiia has won its war! ,Let's hot forget, we studen('tts, vet eranis anduu Uuni, that it's to themi. ouur faeuilty and ad ministration, thait wve owe t his spirit of thle old Carolina and t his n'iiiversitv dest iined to become one of the greater state universities. THE NAVY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN A VITAL SOURCE OF SPIRIT AND ACTIVITY Man,y and niany a time The (Gameeoek has aeverely criticized the navy studirents for not, participating in st uudent act ivit ics. We lam basted them for noit taking the4 intecrests of the University to heart. We've minimizedl their school spirit. We havye spoken oif them~a un.just ly. We have failed to realize that it is the nuavy~ students who foirmu the miajority of membeihrs of all camnpus organiiizatIions. Ouir s'tuident bodyl presi(dnt, our Y MCA president, inany (if thle orientation teachers, thle eheerleaders, mnem. b.-s of thle University Orchestrua, ou' honor council chairman, the presidenit of the U'niver sity Players all Are navy atndents. We have said that it was the navy students who did not pay fhe student activities fee that would admit them to the football games. Again we condemned their attitude. Acting upon our suggestions, Captain Ken nedy has done all in his power to encourage naval students to participate in student affairs. lie has granted many special liberties that they might enjoy tle san'e advantages as civilian students. lie has encouraged many to pay the student activities fee. Between eighty and one hundred responded. In attendance at the football games we can expect, besides those who paid the student activities fee, all the members of the band who give of their time to add color to the games, the members of the Carolina Corsairs who volitntarily spend hours drilling to increase the school's reputation, and the members of the football team who, not on scholarships as are the civilians. work out with the team just for the fun of playing to win for Carolina. We've conlemned them when we owe our hearliest. appreciation to them and their cap tain for preserving and encouraging our school spirit. We've criticiked them wvhen we should have thanked them. TISON'S DYING WORDS ARE IN APPRECIATION OF WORK OTHERS DID Printed here is a letter from Anne Darby Tison and Jimmy King, editor and business manager, respectively, of the 1944-45 Garnet and Black staff. Dear Students: We visl to expreqs our sincwere appre eialion to all nembers of the staff, tihe favulty. tle administration and all others who contributed their time aid efforts toward tle pulicatlion of the 1945 4arnet and Black. Onily 'witvih their vooperationi and per severance iwas it possible for us to have a 3945 anual. Sinierely, T'isonl,anld ,ilimmy. A11I to Tisoni aild .limy ,% tlie stollent body sends their leepest apprevialion for a wonder fil volume! And for the good will fostered hy yolu anad your hard won at tile to give us our (4arnet and Black. USE THE LIBRARY YOUR GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE KNOWLEDGE The idversit v of Sou th Carolina libraries - t le lclKissiek Aleiorial, tIhe Sout h aio Iiniana, the lduvatioin and the Ahiey Law house 176.000 voliimes. makiiig the g-rolp lhe largest librarY system inl Southi Carolini, with tle (Greenlville pub lirl ar)y, vontaiiiiiig 97,000 volumnes. tle next inl size. Besides this ni1umber of hooks, he ('niversitY libiry sibscribes to 4011 periodivals. Ilere is a somr'e of' intellectmil wealth aeces .sible to lis. lere is our ('banlle to read, to do research,Ii to havye cla ssiflied inflo rmant in eas ilI obitaiinble. Ilere is our golen oppor'tutniy to14 absorb the idleas anid hoiughmts of' the wvorld's greteist phiil.sophiers ini every field of i'ees '. A\ndl yet we atre pi'one t10 put oftf t his remling muntii niext: semmest ers. NextI semlest em-s weav~e our asele p x ossessed only- withI thle k aoon-ledge with hiclh wve emild ''-get hy.'' We awn ie and finad lint good Iliriries arenam't to lie foud ini amany of1 thle cojmunit ies ini which we live. JNing the c'ourise of a year only A.000( of thle I10(0 1librar'y hooks are taken (out for' ihe twno- week per'iod,. isu ly 27 .(00( pci' aiana a a re celicked omit ovyern i ghlt. Th le aver-'age (ao Jiamx itl'ent then reads only six hooks duriiig onie yeara'! I vem'nighit hooks Itaken (out a-er'age J.5) hooks per' stituet pCa er i'a. ( lir tfigiamres e'n lie compijiared to I hos of Fiveytrsity of N\orth Ci(arolinma students, wvho readI oi athe avyera-age of 2(0 hooks per' pem'son per yeara and whio c'hiek out '(O hooks per stia dent ovemamight duinag oane yenar. F"uarthlerimorec, the I l 'i'sity of' Son t (a.'o hunW stpenads as imiuch for hooks as anyv sou t hern state iiiiverasityv except thle I 'aivea'sit - of' Mix. My'i~ thle stuidenmts do nmot ut ilize lhibrr facilities ('8n niot he unider'stoo(l. Mni of us do anot have time. O t hers are juist iaoam.ialai Sti'll othflers miay' havye soinm' ii ic is to mae~ against the aranement of' lihrary t'aeilties It is to 'orrae('t this lat ter' end that th lUae Key libary survey is hbeing madte. Th'le lihbre-' is mauitaiined to be of service toIn lie stiudenat body'. We must realize its potenutialI valiie! GO GAMECOCKS! LET IT RING!! Studienats, everyt hang hius heen done to umake th is football11 seasont thle mtost sp ii-it ed mot eaithuasiastile (varolinu has sceaeni n maay a year! Thea'e is only one thIinag r'emin i ng to he (lne to inake it 5o; that is f'or' ea'h oane of' as as stuI dekis to get in aini give to this thin t'll't "sxchlo ol spuirait" the.'1 push anad dive wor'thIy of' oura aama amaaler! It's up~ to its to see that the team wants to win for us! Let the team kniow~ that you're pulling for it to win! It deserves our most ar dent aunnort B LL BRDER.... NRDTC S*C.% PGM- vevmber SQAuo MC ca.bte Booster CIubS AFe.e1 1 Club; creta-Y4, COtibo C%ubrrr.Xt eprese4tue, o*nef-em Counal & *%a~R, paI -.vk pyeser* secs*.Y1 of KappQ, Odpho. ..z4Ainqro unci What is your opinion of dancing to the juke box in the. canteen? Jack Brett--I can think of a lot jmre suitable places, but the C11n1eenl is fiun. Dutch Brembs-It would he swell if ihe catil een were hig enough. Jimmie Lyles-I don't think it shouid be done-the canteen is no place 1to (ance. Willie Unkefer-lieally I can't complaiii- -1 used to dance there mid thorolighly ei.joyed myself. Jerry Robinson-o. K. by me. Of course. this is one reason we need a Iar-ger cante14-en. Bob Shook-Of coirse-_an1d a couple of. bridge tables. The hooth lables are hard on vards. Jo Anne Cousins-St~rictly against it. Anne Clark-There's not enough room. Knobby Walsh-Too much lascivious dancing. Dick Herron- don't like the idea. Mildred MarquiA-Soum. good. Too small. Babs Bostic-Nice idea because the c-iteen is there for us to ve fnnn--dl( (Iancing could use a larger place. Dennis S. Sanchez-( ood idea. Frances Simpson-ir it were bigger, 0. K. Now. no. Peggy McCarley-t's really fun, but the canteen is rather small for( daicing. Billy Simmons-A pretty good iden if it's riot too crowded and von won't knoek eiaeh other down. Helen Russell-I don't see anyting wrong with it. Bobbie Marsh-Excellent idena! If rearriaged. C. B. Myers-It's .iist a litile small--but permissible. Art Bliesener-Smre--L dlon't see anything wrong with it. ookmg~~ LacAward/ ' lioting" was at favorite p)astime of thle South1 Carolina Col lege ini Anutebelilum days. Ini 1814, .st udeints becamen so unirutly, tight in g, fiin g of gunis. and fist icu ffs, th1at t he muil itia had to be called in to keep order. Professors were oft en burned in effigy. Oiver 100) yearIs ago thle honior systenm was shamefully 'ondemetned1 by I he president, who, being a Yankee, (coildh not a pprecia t e t he Souit her'n yout h's honor. H e set up.his own system or espiona tre insteadi of the stu. dents' polliee system. which lie rega irded ats a combi na. fion to sheIt er one a not her, IIe alIso remar'ked that -no sii(e(essfulI college 'oi hbIe miaiintaHinedl southi of thle Mlason anid Di xon Il ine. Shoot inig guns11 duiring chiapcIel arieid a he av~y peiiaIt y. TI'wo sinide'nts were puniiishied for t his offense by havring to recite n-0 lines of Virgil's Aeneid before thle faculty meeting. The skies over the college wiere anxiously' watc'hed in the niineteent h cent ury hy the students w'ho would not attend( classes if the weat her was too inclement. It was a c'omimon o('currenc.e for an innocent looking ('10ond to be mistaken for a had stor'm. A general rebellion once hroke loose because the stuidents were called upon to att eind classes whein it was cloudy., it required "frIindly expomstuilation'' on t he part of lhe facu lty to end thle affair. Th'le dashingi llomns oif thiiis college 85 yearis a go oft en h ired fidd let's to serenadle his .Juliet. Once while serenading Barhami v'ille, a famous school for women, a gay band of studlents of' this schlool was fired upon by the Barhamville president. Tlhey nred to ret urn hiis firie bitt thleiri musk et s failed to go i ff. IIfoniir was coniside ired t he mioni requret of ' Jl'0l0I thle sItiden'lts here about 100) yearis ago. So strictly did the stutdents follow~ this honor code that any student could 'get unlimited credit at husiness houses without any security except the knowledge that. he was a stuent at the Sounth Carolna Colnge Now Hear This By Roy Bass The show that seems to be the best drawing card. as far ak University students are concerned is .the lpes trial. Approxi. mately one-half of Sims was represent-ed there Tuesday after. noin. The other half was slated to be in attendance Wednesday. Lost, Dept. (a public service). Lost : One pair of spekeR in a brown leather case. Name of yours t'uly/printed somewhere on the case. Return of same will be greatly appreciated. There are so many things we want to look at around here. . . . Lost: Some valuable keys between Green Street and Davis College. Please return to Madame Sweeny. Keys are so very inportant. You need them to unlock doors thatare looked. This is the big weekend. Football season makes its official appearance np at Durham tomorrow afternoon. Hope that many Carolina students are on hand for the occasion to eheer the boys on. Some one had a swell idea in chartering that bus to take students to the game. Sorry it was not possible for a lot of us to go. However, there shotild he some fine figures eut on fhe gridiron Here at Alelton field Saturday night when the JV'.s meet the Newherry college Indians. Liet's all be there to inspire our .iuior edition of tle Ganecoeks oil to a win. That tree tlat was bloWn down on the main campus has really taken a- beating in its long life. This is the second time Chat it has t'oppled. It was uprioted the first time ten years ago and was-iuprighited and supported by wires. The plans are to do the same thing again. We got. this story second hand. For- details contact Mrs. lawkiis of the Eniglish Dpartment. It seeis there was a little bird that gained entrance to Davis college id speiit a long night in that old hall of learning. Mrs. Hawkiitis founId it the iiext morning and set about freeing t-he imprisoned crea lure. She chased it up anid ove-r chairs and desks and around tle room. Finally she cornered t le nmch confused little bird aid set it free. It is much more difficult. for most of us to get ou(it of lglish. The ifext prodiletioll of he i'iii versity Players should be a fomr-star show. 'Emperor Jonles" promises to he something ditferent. The star of tle show is tle Thespian front Pittsbuirgh, Don (I waiina line) Robinson. He is spending mnlily hour'A on Meltt Field in. the sun acquiring the necessary complexion for his role. The production is under ile direction of Aubon G. Burkhart, better known as the Cecil B. DeMille of Tennessee. Here we are pounding thiR typewr-iter anid its nearly 1530 on Wednesday afternoon and we have liberty until 2230 to night! Such sacrifices we make for art ! We can't even think of a thing to ei-iticize or er'usade for. Oh. yes! That circus was a capital idea. A substantial snm was. raised with which to renovate the chapel. Those Co-eds are some gals. W.hat will they think of next ! They continue to attempt and sueeeed in doing the impissible..I think that tihey have contributed more to Rchool siirit this semester than any other social or service organization -we have had iii several semesters. I hope the neW freshman gals take ain active part in the affairs of the organiza tion and continue to carry on the excellent. work that Betty Knowles and Jo heideialln and othi-rs have been doing. The engineerivig depariment is slated to lie several huiidred dollar vs richer ini maclinvery aid equipment withIiin a short wvhile. The depa rtmnit has alhready' started makinig room in Hamilton college for' thle equipmenit. 'his is an excellent advrancement beiiig made by onr' sc'hool. The engineer'ing~ deparitmneenit has been in nieedI of -new' anid better matevialI for some t imne. We shoul now have eone of the best eqri ppedl engineering c'hools in .thle SouthI. As a side(light to t hese imuprovemnent s it cert ainly has heeii not iced by those of us who hav~e classes in Hamilton College tha It lie maze of doors to thle cntra'snce across from Sloanv College) has been removed. TIhant turnv'v up the sta irs can niot be imadle at a muvchi greater r'ate (if speed(. Th'le niext big function that hiss thle spot light is the Nav"y Ball. Tlh is shi idig is slated for' thle 28thI of thlis month I at thle Township Avd it orittm. Melvrin HemphillI and Ihis orchestria wvill do the nmusical hoors. Th is danice is being giv~en in honor of thle graduating cl1a1s. it is, r'eported thait the ODKr hampiliet in honior of' thle view mel(mbe'rs is to be next Wednvesdlay evenuii at lie Jefferson Hotel. Foi' the fir'st ti me we hiave moved doin into thle Gamieoc'k office to f'inishm t his column. Youi ('N take my word for it this is really one mad house. Thel most promitnent qulest ion seems to he. "Hlow (10 you spell so avid so ?" Searson is runninvg arounvd yellinig as usual, anmd St ephan is m pester ig us by t hrowing w"ads of pap~er over thiis iray., . . . Sea rsoni. vou rcalIly don't knh' ' imanty wordls. do you ? Thinik I will w'anider down to the cantreen and see whait's doivng. Went inito the eavnteen and fouvnd om't that horses don't bet (in people avid that Sue's hair' should not be curly because she had .inst washed it! Scenmes fr'om Ma in st reet ovn a sleep.v Thuvrsday afternoonn: An RO andl his hest git-I who looks awtful ('o0l ini a white eyelet dress going~. to thle show. '. . . Shoppers rini ll g into every -e an mlencv hiopinig to get a little hit cool before proceeding wVi h thle shopping.. . .".orry. nlO ('ocoa-c~ola today'" routinie from the waitr'ess at Ecker'd's. We finaslly evnd up hv asking hem w'hat she does hav~e !- . . Inquisitire femmes going in and ((ingoiut of thle ("oun11ty ('oimthiouses t rying to catchi a glimpse of a i i et eniant K;,es. ltiy thle way, that's lie topie of (c(n. 'vrsIa ion th'va t is kee pinvg co.ed 'a ii lto thle wee hour's of thle ntuo'iiin g thIese dlays---'') id lie ori d idn 't lie ? ? t" .. . (Co- ed st arvts acrioss thle st.reet o'n a red light ; sees a pol icemanv ont lie othver side and( decidles she had better st op in the ceiiter safely 4on. . .. At thle State composing r'oovm. four .iovrnals of' en. I ighteced thloiughIt tryinog to get (lit for tIme Fridav ('dition The State, the Fort Jackson paper the Columbia Air Base paper. and our daer Gamecock. (Her&s hoping we get throtugh by mid.nigt).