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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor Isued 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 rubscription for students. Member Associaed Colle6kite Press Distributor of Colle6iale DiOst "gpNCNT6D Porn NATIONA. ADVantRrNG 8., National AdvertisingService, Inc. College Publishers Represtntativc 420 MArisoN Avt. Ncw YonK. N. Y. CnicAeo . DasToR - Los ArIELtS . SAN TRAnCISCO STAFF Editor ..................................... A nne Searson Managing Edito ...........................Virginia Raysor News Editor . .......................... Joe Drennan Associate Editors Saul Lavisky. Herb Beitel, C. D. Stone Society Editor .......... ..................... Rives W ard Sports Editor ......................Morris Shadburn 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 MeDuffic, 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 Proot Reader ........................... W R. Work Exchange Editor .......................... Anne Stephan Carolinians Attention! Know Your University's Needs! Students and alumni of Carolina, our Uni versity is rending at its seams! With an in crease of 412 over last fall's enrollment of 1688, student dormitories, classrooms. and faculty and administration offices are over flowing with accellerated activity. In the face of current Post-war planning, THE GAMFCOCK feels that you who are and have been the University's most vital force should become well acquainted with its pres ent needs. Accordingly we will publish here a series of authentic reports concerning Car olina's post-war plans. May we in Iassing call attention to the use of the word "authentic" in the previotls sentence. Rumor in its own inimitable and u1npredictable way seems to have played havoc with the actual proportions of Caro lina's appropriation reqLuest to be submitted to the legislature in the near future. Since the final figures ot this requlest have not yet been revealed even to those of us here at the University, wvhat basis rumor has built its ''many-colored mnlsions" upon still remainus a p)rovoking enigma. Nevertheless, it is be ing rep)ortedl through the state-widJe grape) vine-a net-work which operatedl with the efficiency of the Pariis undi(erground-that the University of South Carolina has under way a magnificent exp)ansion program! If you have heard saidl rep)ort and have been visualizing your Alma Mater swallow ing up greater Columbia in exp)andled cam pus andl great wvhite skyscrapers, let us be the first to correct you. Carolina's post-wvar plansi simply cover items needed her'e andI /o Ir! We are asking for only the things that are essential to the accommodlation of outr p)resent and greatly increased enrollment. We are asking for dor1 mnitories in which to house our stud(ents, caf eterias ill which to feed them, classrooms for their instruction, andl adlequtate athletic and1( recr'eationlal facilities. We are not seek ing to expandl ottr college in hopes of attract ing more studtents, on the contrary, we sim ply dlesire accommodlations for the m ultitudle who are now sturginug wit hini oulr walls like restless young sardines. In the case of one Entgl ish coilrse atlone a hundl(redl stud(ents were tu rnedl away, be cause the classroom in which they would meet was too small and there was no other~ available room. Some classes continuledl to meet in 1i sement rc me of dlorm'itories be cause of the shortage of space. F'or example, the Journalism dlepartment, ill which five courses are offered this semester, has but one classroom. We call it "The Mole IIole," we'dged into an almost closet-like space be tween THE GAMECOCK office and the Can teen, a little room which can hardly accom modate a class of 20--much less the classes of 35 working at typ)ewriters! But more about that in futture issues. In the meantime we couild possibly-with California weather !--meet classes under the . elms on Main Campus. But we've got to hav( floor space to put down the beds in whict we sleep! Tenements are literally swelling with the excess of students which they musi now house. Rooms originally designed foi two are housing four people. The two wom en's dormitories, Wade Hampton and Sims were not idequate for women living on cam pus, consequently other buildings had to b( converted. The girls are still overcrowdec and the same situation exists with the men Aside from the actual shortage of space there is the fact that departments are now scattered hither and yon over the campus Administrative and departmental offices have had to be separated into several differ ent buildings. Visitors not too familiar witi the campus almost must be equipped with blue prints to find their way around. A sep arate administration building in which all official transactions might be carried on would greatly enhance efficiency and coor (ination of University departments. These, Carolinians, are but a few of the glaring deficiencies which our post-war plan ning program would seek to correct. During the semester TiE GAMECOCK will report tc you in more detail. Temporarily, our purpose is to put you on notice that USC has increased her flock, she must in turn enlarge her fold! She will need your support both moral and lit eral. To lend this assistance you must have the facts, and it will be the voluntary respon sibility of your GAMECOCK to supply those! Y Needs No Praise; Remember Its Service After a brilliantly successful year of ad and comfort given, entertainment and re creation sponsored our University Y turn. to us for assistance. In our mail boxes a let. ter announcing the annual YM-YW finance campaign has recently appeared. Some of us will be asked to serve as solicitors; others simply to contribute. T HE GAMECOCK sees no necessity for pre senting a plea that all cooperate in making this campaign a success. In remembering the fine speakers at well attended Y lunch eons, the splenldid vesper services each Sun day, the successful retreats, Happy Hour programs, dances, and the numberless other services rendered by a forceful, energetic Y, we are satisfied that the Y's own program during the past year speaks too well for it self to require any additional comment here. The Truth About Your Gamecock For mainy years now\ editors of TI E GA M ECOCK have been writing editorials OF, "policv." Always there are promises about what TIlE GAMECOCK stands for. It is the opinion of your GAMECOCK staff of this semester that our paper will stand for but one thing-Carolina! Our efforts will be directed in but one dlirection-that of serving the University in every way we l)ossib)ly can. TH E GAMECOCK( belongs not to the staff but to studlents andl faculty of We are p)repared for criticism--i n fact, we wvelcome it ! If you have suggestions, they will be accepted andl considleredl with all (due nmeditation. We are with you in your (every p)roject for the betterment of our college. There wvill be times when we must exercise our own .iudIgment as to the choice of material for the p)aper. But wvhen wve dis app)oint you, when you feel we have let you (own-rave! An energetic, thinking student bodly is the hope andl prayer of Carolina and TIlIE GAM ECOCK(. Any comment, goodI or bad. will reach us at Box 80 on the campus. Returnees Need Not Be a Problem .Ioi ninig the ranks of our studlent body in increasi ng numb)ers are recently returned servicemen andI women. Some of them have registeredI while still on terminal leave. it is with the utmost pridle andl appreciation that we extend to them a cordlial welcome back to the campus. We do not look upon the add(ition of thes( men and women to our affairs as a "prob lem." They were to us before the war, a.s they have been throughout its dluration, a great credit. Tlheir infiltration hack into ouri midlst is to be accepted with the same con. fidence in them and in ou rselves as mat ure men and( women of Carolina. They ar'e nleeded' in every l)hase' of' oulr (ol lege Ii fe. In many respects they are b)et tel (qualifiedl 'han the ot hers of us for the re sponsibilities at hand. They hav'e acqui re through their wvartime service an u nparal leled sense of values, a priceless lesson i liv'ing. Let uts meet them not as aln alien grour buLt as individuals from whom we may learr much and with whom we( can accomplish great dleal. In this we trust they will alst feel that we are worthy of their respect ant c'omradeship. May we together work towart a finer standard of living andl thinking foi our university! DICK VANDER\VEEN ' President- o. Blue K<g, a.nd Edor 4 the elue Reg Divec.+oY4 , Qs well a.5 o. ymn,mey o Student Council, Ond Lhe S+udent-Facu + %IA-ons Co mmiffePa. He's Co-cdi.oy o4 th-e, CaLolma.. RQeuIw, ast- Rexq arr C(arosophe., and a Yneybe oF -ihe Soiuo Sto.f. Dick's FReo.sUvey Of- 44he CoAilihon Club, cd Pa.st Pyesident og S9M. Chi. AtAin_ Around Question: Are the automotive workers justified inl their demands for wage increase? Captain Needham-No! They certainly are not. R. G. Bell-I am inclined to believe that they are demand ing too large an increase. The solution lies in reducing prices. Dick Vander Veen-Yes! Current wages in the automo tive industry are not enough to meet living expenses. Thirty percent might be too much and labor should consider the 15 per cent offer. Also, management should submit to media tion. Prof-Yes! But they are not justified in taking time out for the increase. Dick Dusenbuiy-No! Fulmillui-t of their demands will result in further demands and the inevitable reaction would be inflation. Dr. Horne-In general no! Because their wage scale is not lower than other groups and there are not the hazards involved in this field that are found in others of similar wage scale. such as mining and the steel industry. Allen Bonnoitt-I don't believe in strikers. I think thev should be taken out and shot! Prof. J. B. Shand-No! They are demanding wartimc wages for less work in a less critical time. A returning ofr ficer who has been receiving high pay, could demand his wartime pay with more justification. "Cookie"-l don't get that stuff so well. Prof. Stephan-I am doing some research on the question and I reserve my answer until later. Sarah Bull-If they think they are being mistreated why don't they write to their senators. Looking Backwards has evidlently never triedI to get an swvers to a question as controversial as the one asked this week. Asking Around, not Question of the Week, feels that it is now fully qualified to go to Washington or any state capital and giv'e a comp)lete report on any subject ev'en re motely connectedl with the current wage dlisp)ute. In fact the authors are even thinking of going into business as econo mists. Had we but known earlier that Looking Backwards was going to take the attitude it has taken we would have taken all the space. We tried to be courteous and leave it plenty of space and look what happens, you can't win. ?ooAing IacI wad When Thomas Cooper was President of the University hc was rumoredl to be an atheist, admired for his mind, andI notedl for his temp)er ; on one occasion in 1825 when the old gentleman was about eighty he wrote a very belligerent let. ter to a former acquaintance offering to fight a dluel. Again in answvering a letter from Thomas Jefferson, wh( had written seeking information of the progress of his ne. phew, attending the South Carolina College, saying that ac cordling to the students' code of ethics it was an unforgive. able sin for the studlents to visit or talk with the professors on the groundls that it might be considleredl to me apple-pol. ishing. Some str-ange things can happen in a hundred years ol history. Laws of the College printedl in 1836 state that th< total expe~nses of a studlent for a year should be not ovel hree hundred and fifty (dollars, which should include th< fifty dlollars allowed for pocket money. 'There was also at act of the legislature in 1837 that forbadle the sale of liqluol to the students because they were to b)e considlered as minors Because of some misdtemeanior which was comnmittedl b) a studi(ent the student was allowed to remnai n in college "pro l vidled he was not seen on tho campus after 2 p.m." - If the qJuest ion of the Week wishes to be so rudle and in considerate as not to fill the space that they should I shal have to (d0 it myself. This b)usiness of space filling isn't th4 Smost pleasant thing in the world, andI all goodl journalisn students would faint at the idea which is so contradlictory' t< the rules, but nevertheless, it sometimes has to be (lone. Wher one stops to think of appropos material to insert in a blanl I two inches he finds that there really isn't any, and if anyon4 I has (discovered the secret of writing readable "padding." wish that they would tell me, and I would be glad to rewar( them with a very lickable ice ceam cone [4QM InACanu By Herb Beitel History When "Devil Dog" Searson popped the question to me, I was quite naturally embarrassed and flustered. I had never realized until that moment that what I had considered just a platonic friendship had flowered into a glowing admira tion. I had held some secret feelings for many months but rather than pain her so much by trying to make that pan smile or even show some slight flecks of compassion, I had suffered in silence. But here was my chance. I sailed down at her flaming red mop and sweetly said, "Get up off your knees-I'll write the (couldn't use the world) column." In a moment of moral weakness I had doomed myself to filliijg out this column until I am either assassinated or relieved by the powers that be. The thought of trying to say some thing interesting, intelligent and humorous for a whole * column every two weeks for the next four months is little short of terrifying. I only hope that all of you who are un fortunate enough to read this column have written a column at some time or another and will temper your judgment with kindness aid inderstanding. Biography After Reese's description of nie there is little that I can say on my behalf-there is little that I could say anyhow. I was iorn (as mlost peopile are). The place of this catas trophic event was the famous little town of Kokomo, Indiana. I am not the famous "Kid from Kokomo." I like to flatter myself by thinking that I am almost a man and I hope to start shaving any year now, so naturally I couldn't be the Kid-from Kokomo. I was born at a very early age and I ' was so shocked by the fact that I was unable to talk for several months-that accounts for my natural backward ness and will also account for the many corny puns that we shall suffer through. When I did start talking it was the little town (did I say little?-my, what an understatement) of Gas City, Indiana-any similarity between the name and my present calibre of speech is purely ambiguous. I grew u) as most people (10 and lived as most people dlon't in many places. I have called Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri and Michigan home. My present hat-rack is in Chicago, Illinois I am hoping that they won't throw me out of there. That will suffice for the biographY--except. that onl request I do give my telephonie minmber aid vital statistic-s (only for t. feminine fans). Zoology In my many travels I have always tried to see every zorA that I could for I like to see strange animals. I have seen the zoos of New York, Chicago, St. Louis anl Gas City but never have I seen such a strange animal as the South Caro lina student registering. On the morning of registration he resembles sonic sort of docile, unsuspecting rare African bird. As the day wears on and the lines increase in number and intensity many resemblances to familiar creatures ap pear. Some who apparently have broken under the strain resemble the laughing hyena. Others who have completely worn off their legs running from line to line go slithering on about their business resembling very much a new type of snake. Others turn into walking question marks and .Just wander about asking where in the devil they have hidden )avis now-or what course is crippiest. About four in the afternoon one can walk around the campus and find scenes very reminiscent of the leserts of Arizona and Cali fornia during the gold-rush (lays. There is the litter of others who have passed before and everywhere can be seen the bleaching bodies andI bones of the less hardly that could go( 110 farther. I tried to make an investigation to find out hwmany' prosp)ective students are lost to the University in these few~ open inrg hours and1( ifter (lashing about count ing the p)rostrate bodies and trying to estimate the number carriedl away by the p)add(ed wagons, I realized the futility of such research. To sonie enterprising senior who has b.y this time b)ecome so callous to the scenes that he beholds a nd will iiot be moved by the emot ions display'ed I would gladly give my notes so that he might continue my research, Sociolog y 1 was looking at the social calendar foir this semester and it really looks like (Carolina will b)e going strong. Many l amiliar faces'are returning to the fold-Columbia even sent back Lazar (I (10 mean sent, too). Already the campus is ' teeming with studlents by day arid ablaze with lights by might. Thlere is every indlication that long dlormant organi zations will b)laze f'or'th with new activity. To one who has seen Carolinma only as a univer'sity gone to w"ar it is really marvelous to see all of' the elements of the old1 Carolina receiving their t ra nsfusi ons andit wriggling forth i n new life. I expect any (lay to see a smile of contentment sweep across the faces of' Ma xey arnd McK<issick. Orienfotion The cam pus has c'ertainily ('ha nged in3 the last week. I can re(menmber last t ermt how~ one could1( w~alk around1( the cam pus and1( .1 ust see bu ild igs wit h a person or two dlott inrg the landscape, now you can't eve(n see (particrularly if you are shior't). Someone told mle that they sawv all of' )avis college the other dlay but I dlon't believe therm. All I have seen for .lays have been bluie flashes as the Navy wenlt to work, loud' i's of ret urininmg veter'a ns and1( poor worn~ haggledl fresh men. 14ast semest(er after a : hard day at the classr'oom I used to be able to (lash dlowyn to the l)ost office, now I can't even get 13 the l)lace. A f'r'i('nd of nine( said that there was a letter in my box--he got in there yest er'day. I triy to r'ation abz',e the w'hole af'fair by saying that it murst be a campus riot ice. I n'ireember how ('anrteeniolongy lab ursedt to be a slow~' lonely al'l'a ir. I w'ent by t here yesterday:. and saw a. mi e snakig its way past t he larundry. I thought it must -he a book Ii ne bunt afIter ask inug onie little fr'eshman stagger. I rg urrder thle loadl of' a r'eam of slips, catalogues, etc. I fond that it was only a ('oke linle. According to uncori fi rmed( r'epor'ts f'r'om r'eliable sources "'Jeep"' hasn't even been there vet. The c'amrnpus is ('ertaiinly di fferenlt but it is wond(erful. The Final Blow Tlhat is all f'or volume one1(. I 11p1 you3 will crioy wh'Iat Ihav'e si r'nggled out, and1( if you don't .iuist look f'or some* I ('h rac'ter t ryinrg to b)e inrconispicrous behind a dark pair of gflasses arid it will beme hidin:.