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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 Assockied Colle6iale Press Distributor of Colle6iale DiOest age, a8gNTo #o NATIONAL. ADVERTI*ING Ny National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publisher Representatito 420 MADisON Ave. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICA1o . 9ao1 . Los AnaLIS . SAN FAAtC16Co 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-Rives Ward. Betty Hendley. Ernest Davis. Walter Myers. Virginia MeDuffie. Houston Davis. W. J. Brown. Mary Baxter, Michael Snider. Joe Drennan. Belinda Collum. George Celusta. Lucille Roache. C. D. Stone. Ed McMullen. Ralph Ferguson. Marha Haltiwanger, Jesse Phasey. Don Vorreyer Sports Writers-Naomi Stalev. Bill Bader. Frank Scruhy, 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 RING OUT THE OLD RING IN THE NEW GAMECOCK STAFF!! Forever a "Ifas Heen! After months of frantically meetinlg deadlines. A ler years of beating away on a typewiter. After dab bing in prlinter's ink. A fter being called ai assortment of namis 1 ac* v i aintances. A fter this and that and the otlher, we. the outgo ing staff, emerge from oulr mo ole sonme what emaciated and war wearY. to live and enjoy life again. We've tried our level best to be iipartial. to cover all the news. to priit all the stories given us. We've even attenlimted to spell lames coi'ectl.v. A miter of' olinion. we may or may not have been successftil. Nev ertheless. we tr.ied. On some sides we r-eccivel coope'ation. From others, a most t'lTifi sib ne. \\'e've been heckled and jeered. \W've tma de some w dondterful1 frietids. We've lost :1 few. It's been awful, this publishing a school palpet', but we' Ye rathIer' t'njoyedt it. We want to thank those who have yiven fr'iendly and helpful advice. We wanit to thanuk sonme of' the tacu lty nit-mibers lot' t heir consideration in r'eh-asinug t he new\s 10 uts firlst ! We've loved thle comp l imentl s we've r'eceiv~ed. so) tew~ alai fat' heit wYet'n.\\ e cherished encou ragt'mient. Most of all we wanlt to thbatik the st aft who have so will inlgly helied uts cri pple through ano I therbii t sm er'. Ouri otne( pridIe hias beeni that mo re studelint s have workd onl this sunmer's paperu'i. Alore' initerest has been shown by th( sttdent bodly as a whole. TIo the nlew staff go our1 deep~ est sympa Ithy as well as filicitat ions. We't'e looking f'or big thinigs next semnester. l)ont't let us dlown. You're to keep it the studntI pa Pter by antd for the stud(ents of the Untiver'sity. And to the stuide'nt hodly I send a plea that you attempt to iiunderstandl the pr'oblemis of publishing a studentt halper. H~e under'stand ing and not too overi-eitical. (Cooper'ate by r'ep)ortintg anty nefws sc. oops to t.he ed itot's. They arent't't pisycie t. liont 1be sillyv, selfIish, or childish beca use your I'organItizat ion isnl't get ting the pr'oper' pulilcity. Mlayhapts it wats comnpletely and( i tinocent ly ovelooked(. If you findii youirselfC it Icizinti The Gamecok, then join0 the st aff antd attempl~t to impr )lovet it!I Teat'fully we bid out' adieu. The new staff is publishing this issue. Her'e's to them! Here's to Carolina! A FIGHTING GAMECOCK CAN KILL A TIGER JUST ANY DAY Tomorrow's sun will bring the fateful day! Again Carolina's Gamecock will tan gle with the Clemson Tiger at the Carolina stadium. Again our Corsait's will drill matching their skill with that of Clemson's Tiger Platoon. Rivalry will be tense. Tonight we'll have our bonfire. The fresh men will keep the chapel bell ringing. Many alumni returnintg for the game wvill he seen on the campus. Banners and signs are even now hung about the tenements and dorms. The Boosters' Club has made numerous pos ters to adorn the trees. This is the spirit of a student body and team predicted to lose but who will only go down fighting . . . and may not go down at all. We're confident that our boys have what it takes and they'll use it against Clemson. Because we're gunning for the victory that should rightfully have been ours last year. We can't, we mustn't disappoint our alumni in the service who will be at home to witness the game for the first time in several years. Many of our student body have already left for trips home between semesters, but you who are here must come to the pep rally tonight. It is we who must be on hand at the game tomorrow to give our fellows the encouragement they need to escort them to victory. The Tiger by nature is a more ferocious and stronger animal than the Gamecock. But a Gamecock with spirit will always win! IT'S LETTERS LIKE THIS THAT KEEP WEARY EDITORS PLUGGING Printed below is a letter from former stu dent lo(ly president, Willie P. Horton, and his associates, now stationed at the Naval Alidshipmen's School, Columbia University. Complimniltary letters are welcome by old, Careworn, bedraggled, outgoing editors, even though Willie P., faithful to his Alma Mater, was standing frightfully near with a seldge hammier. Dear Bobby, Would like to extend my congratulations to you and staff on the fine job that's be ig done on every issue of this semester's Gamecock ! Really, it's getting so that the entire "Fighting First" section here at Co himibia Midshipmen's School looks forward to my copY every two weeks. lhe September 21 issue came today and you shotild have seen the fellows eating ipl that big spread on the Co-Ed Circus along with pictures of the Cotillion Club dalnce spinsors. A couple more issues like that will briig all these;v Yanlkees down to Rebel coin try *just to get in the whirl of life at Caro Hina! I keep tellill' 'em about the gorgeous U - Co-Eds aid when they read each issue of 'l'he Gamecock they becomb more and M(o)e colvinlCe(l that USC is the place to be. More power to yOu and your.s. tell every bolds "el lo' for me. and best regards from all the guys in the "Fightin' First" for a file -ewspaper. WILLlE P. IIORTON. 1 I e(end(l V Willie P's Ilotiol--frol a Maine Yanktee. C Gamecock fanl. Ken Sullivan. I'll third it m one coidition-Northwest (1rn C(V-eds can't be beat---ou've got a red hot papor tlho-a shade better than North wVest crn. A New Yor'k Yankee andl prioudl of it ! George II ack. Chalk up a fourth for me. Next to Cali f orniaa, South (a rolinaa sounds all-reet!! lI h .Ailler. I alw ~ays dlid like ci reuses, andl that Co- Ed .iob mulIst hiave been a lualu. P'ennlsylvaia. \Art lKratzer't. T'o mec. I.SC means Unliversity of Sout h eajn 'alifo ni ia. be'intg from t he Fa r West myself'. 1I0 yi our paper--andl co-eds----are makingw me envy an ot her USC. Ileleyon Ball. It's an all right paper. Beats anything I've se(en. even Northwe.st erna. Warireni Black. The pa per is su per, so is South Carolina. Now make Illorton stop) twisting my arm andl I'll let you Rebels know that even though I can't beat your paper I can beat your state withl Pennasylvania. .Joe Cunningham. I lonlest, honey chile, your paper is the bright sp ot in ani ot herwise miserable week. Keep up t he swell work and showv us more co-d'(s. Sho nuff', we all wouIld al)preciate see'inI' our i lettIer ini The Gamecock. Shut mys mouth if' we wouldn't. I.ove' to all you South.. ('rnl IIlles. Hob Gambile. This thing of fi ndling somethinag dIigni fiedl anad set tled for' t he l)iike of' Windsor may I ake' time. Over i'Ihe veal's we had ('ome to hink of' l)ave and Wally' as strictly' a road showv. Of an assort ment. of seven world leaders shown ill a pictur'e page, five are openlly smoking. It was not thus when ('al Coolidge ('arefuIlly swallowed the end of t he planatela beflore f'ac(ing Ithe IlelY. A writer on rural migrations suggests that many a small town has disappeared since "10. IIas he looked behind the freight car's 0on the sidings? Thie wor'ld political ferment brings to the suirface weirdl new forms. As in lively Ar gentina, where fall maneuvers have become a form of gmovenment BOBBY WILLIAMS, JECHTEL Seniov- 'on Sutev-, o.- Ro.-kee. Bo who I s +KO C out- hall s 9eom Wst 'PJ" Bach gom% Ed . h(- His post Editov- oF 4+e, Seru'g ci0.5 VM. of Stoo, ond o. vne"beyr of Al pK0, KdPPO, GUMMC4i, ~-- e,osLd o' Teo.s. oKCo-q,cU weAt as ds Ortento-tid -Za"_ bu4jrtSS YVjqv. 14 O~leBu. oyi Y canei GL\d Nit lP studpmt Diyezkov% Hd's 4he &r-ipes ( nruee. 0ce. pr4wAq o4. }KPppQ. Siqrma. 4heb Gripe C kapp,, a.nd . past- u ice BobbqA iS -- PO .v-ex ayd Secvey o 'PyeX Oq Polume%iD1Ln ClaIosoEc. Lso ., .0 e.. Sphornoe- . PApt -Ta.ch is 14 She IS 0,ieMbev-oF pa. pyesidevt op feDee Zee" S15fey- SIga, kappQ. Fr&fernitq hood. - ?ooAing I?ac warcl The day before the Carolina-Clemson game wasn't always its peaceful as it has been for the past few years. There was practically no limit on wh;it students were likely to do the lay before and the day after the "big game." There has always been the shirt-tail parade with the well-worn tiger being burned on Main street in front of the Jefferson Hotel. But not until about twenty years ago were young ladies allowed to participate, and w\hen at last they were granted permission, the good people of Columbia were quite shocked, so much so that at least one delegation visited City Hall in protest. Then, as now, bonfires were built at the entrances to the rampus. For several years they served to illuminate the crounds for the fights that were certain to take place be ween Carolina and Clemson students on the campus. Once here was a particularly serious tussle that threatened to Ccur, the rivalry had reached its height and the two teams ined up for the battle, the scuffle was avoided, however, and he series w"s cacelled fr several years. Ser1ious5 riots at the games themselves have occurred. In 1902 while Christie Benet was coaching, the two stu dlent bodies were pitted against each other in the midl (lIe of the field duirinig the game. The capture of the Gamecock nmiscot by the Clemson band in 1921 gave rise t.o a thi rty-m inut e fight for the p)ossession of the rooster while the rooster lay hidden undler a spectator's coat up in the grandlstandls. From Green's A Ihistory, of thec Uniiver.siti, of South Ca ro 01HH. "T1he feeling between the students and the citizens of the town wvas long one of antagonism, so that the students and the town marshals were often in conflict. Whenever a stu dent found that he was likely to be arrested, he had only to cry 'Colle.ge,' wheni the studlents came swarming. To put a dtudent in the guard house meant a riot. In consequence, as soon as a studlent was confined, he was bailed or otherwise released. In 1811 at the time of the riot t hat resulted in the withld rawal of Professor B,lackburn the il iit ia came on the campus)11 anid kept guardl over his house unit.il order was re.. st oredl; but for many yearts it has b>een uindlerstood that the ri ty pol)1ice shall not come on t he campus,115 perha ps never, as there is no recordl of their a ppea raonce to a rrest a studI(ent t hat a r'iot woulId not be per'cipitatedl. On the Sunday biefore commencement in 1 839 one of the studlents was arrestedl and hulrriedl to the guard house on account of a disturbance he had made at a church. The cry of 'College' reached the cam pus andl brought the students on a run, over the stick which Professor L ieber interp)osedl across the gatecway'. When they :orriv'edl uIdown t hey foun td that the inuteondanit, I )r. R. W. G;ibbes, had already in ant icipaotion of a rush of the studtoents arrangedl for bail and had secured the student's i'elease. Hius brother, a senior, armed himself with a pistol and made for the guard house to rescue his brother and did not contain himself when he was Informed that hie had already been turned( loose, but threatened the whole police force with rnuch flourishing of his p)istol, the result being expulsion, Ilthough he had passed all of his xami.tion.,, Now Hear This By Roy Bass We have always thought of Bass as a slimy fish, inhabit. ing the streams and channels of our fair country, a pis catorial delight, but as we sit here typing this column on the morning after the deadline, we think of Bass in other and less flattering terms. And so this effort is the results of*the combined talents of The Chief, Anne Searson; Dooley DeLay, the mad bridge player; and Johnny Reese, the has-been. Herb Beitel just walked into The Gamecock office, un suspecting soul. Herb will be the author of these twenty inches of drivel next semester. "Hey, Herb," we have just cooed pleasantly, "come write this column for us, please, huh, please." Our old-fashioned propriety forbids our printing Herb's sweet reply. The phone rings. We type on. It's Bass. (Censored.) We type on. Dooley just went to an .exam. That leaves us with 2-3 of a brain. The melodic strains of Herb's handsome harmonizing wafts quietly on the air along with the smoke from a burn ing Searson. "Horses don't bet on people . . ."-not quietly enough though. A thought. Perhaps you don't know Herb; we could de scribe him. "Sit quietly on your haunches while I caricature you, Herb," I have just said simply. (Have you read "Barefoot Boy With Cheek"?) Herb sits quietly. Herb is an NROTC, as is everybody who is in the Navy at Carolina except those V-12 engineers. "I never saw a purple eye, I hope I never see one," but Herb says his are that fair hue. If they were open, I might could make a liar out of him. Herb is rather tall, but not too much so to be considered medium sized. (Take it easy, Reese. You're getting feverish.) (Not fever, hangover, I said simply.) To get back to Herb. But who would want to? There must be a fair damsel somewhere (there always is) who is waiting for r to get back to her, but there ain't, Herb says. Herb talks in a voice, as most of us do. except those un fortunate souls who must write on a typewriter. (Station break for Searson's essay on typewriters.) ESSAY ON TYPEWRITERS Little friend of weary hours H-ow your widle black mouth devours Thoughts andl space andl question marks (Elditor's voice: Feed that copy to the sharks!) Little friend of print and key HIow~ can you inspire me W~hen 1 would be other-where (IEditor's voice : Shad, you wouldn't dare!) Little friend of large mistakes Ain't I got that which it takes? Ah, my brain she feel so blank (Edditor's voice: TJhat last verse dlist inctly malodorrous!) (Break for commercial graciously contributedl by Herb who was thinking as he sat there on his hunches.) "D)o you aspire to be a columnist ? D)o your fingers itch to struggle with the typeCwriterl? (This is not a psorisis salve commercial.) D)o you want to make Searson suffer? "If so, go immedliately' to the nearest psychopathic ward f or your primary course. The training you receive there will be useful to you for the rest of your tortuous life, and, after all, some of your best friends are people and will be. "If you wvould like our new 2,000-page pamphlet en titled, " lowv You Can Be a ('olunmnist--If You're That Stupid," .inst tear the top off1 2 (two) 1946 Chevrolets and send t hem in wvith your wa rd numbher and we will send by return pony express this fine work.'' To get back( to,I lerb. . . the above comme(rcial1 is inidicat ive, is indicative, is imbecative. (IIleavenis, a sItuttering typewr.iterI.!) of Herb's literary ln-owniess and wit, we can only say, simply, " (Heav ens, I can t spell it!)" (Break for another commercial.) (That Searson always censors the Punch line.) 'o get back to Herb. On the collar wings of his khaki shirt, right next to his chaed ndams apple, IIerb wears the anchors and rope of henavy. T here should b)e some vitrolic remark we could miale abouit rope arouind his neck, bu w'hat? "At the Mound of the gong, it will be exactly too late." benl t at larity bet ween1 the gong herein heard and the bel tat oled for whom is purely coincidental " Searson says she is going to censor that time break. he Ja e i '. oi t time breaks. Once knew a fella w~hose eart byia Nstatiof bating cause his mother was fright Searson cringe. We acrne