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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELUOT 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. Subscription rate per college year.............. 2.00 Membe 14ssocidled Colle6iae hs Nstributo, d Co09e6iae'Diest "Upage1NTgD FOR NATIONAL. ADVERTIOING e Natlo'nalAdvertisingSenfice, Inc. C0lleg9 PublisherS Rerse8Nftie 420 MAvSSO Ava. vb NEW YORK. N.LY. NICA6a6e . oston & LoS ANGELES . BAN rnANCIsCO STAFF Editor ..........................Anne Searson Managi Editor ....................Virginia Raysor News itor .........................Mart Smith Feature tor ......................... George Celusta Society Editor ............................... Rives Ward Sports Editor ........................ Bryant Meeks Exch Editor.--....................Anne Stephan Aronistrs...............Jinx Giles, Bill Jarrett Associate Editors ..... ..... Saul Lavisky, Herb beitel. C. D. Stone Columnists-Martha Haltiwanger, Chick Shiels. Ferguson. and McMullen Gorge Delay News Staff-Marq Shoun. Victor Barrett. Elizabeth Mc Daniels Mary Helen Shawhan, Sidney Brandenberg, Martha Steadman. Bert Hem ingway. Sports Writers-Frank Scruby, Billy Routh, Red Tyler, Richard Thorton, Owen Miller. Business Staff-Ed Teague, Candy Taylor. Joe Lumpkin. Feature Writers-Jean Via, Stan W. Aicchlin, Dorothy Perkins, Peggy Atkinson, and Michael Karvelas. ists ............................Jack Brett. Bam Moody C culation .............................. Frank Chapman THE FAIRER SEX During the years of the war when Caro lina sons were forced to leave the Alma Ma ter and scatter abroad, the back bone of USC was found in the strength of its women students. True they received inspiring sup port from the Navy men who dropped an chor on the campus. But their's was the spirit of the old school, their's was the oy alty of countless generations of native Car olinians. Now our veterans are returning in almost overwhelming numbers. Overwhelming be caus% our plant is inadequate to accomo date the student body the University so richly deserves and is now attaining. Dor mitory space, the scarcity of which we have so often lamented in these columns, is here again a disconcerting problem. We do not envy the administration its job of designat ing men's and women's dormitories in the coming terms. Until we can acquire the needed financial assistance for new build ings and the "go-ahead" signal from the state legislature, the housing situation re mains a very sore spot. At present there are girls housed in Maxey and Coker dormitories, originally designed for men. It has already become necessary for the administration to ordain that Coker be returned to the men students in the coming term. Enrollment indicates that there will be a greater demand from them. Maxcy is still under consideration. All this wye admit and commiserate with those who have to face the problem of reassigning the girls to other quarters. But let us insert her'e that caution and consideration in limiting our feminine en rollment are indeniably necessary; The in sistent increase of girls at Carolina is dlue primarily to one factor; the untiring and ex pert efforts of Mrs. Arney Childs, our' (lean of women. This increase was not a task ac complished in one or two years work. It has required a battle with state prejiu(dice against our institution which has raged for more than a decade. Because we are co-edlucation al and non-denominational we have afford ed a fine target for suspicion in some parts of the state. For many years now Dean Childs has been the champion defender of the University's character. It is common knowledge that the choice of colleges in many South Carolina families becomes an inherited trait. "Whither thou goest, so shall I" is the chant of the daugh ter and the little sister. We have among us on the campus women who will take with them a great Carolina heritage. But we have had to turn away the applications of some who would have been equally as deC sirable. Should this limitation on our co-ed enrollment become too severe, the University' would certainly suffer a blow to its life line. The Gamecock offers no solution, but re mains anxiously gnawing its editorial fin gernails! Moscow would place Greece and Indlonesia on the UNO agenda, but doubts if the world would be interested in its relations with Iran. "It's just a back-fence conversation with a neighbor," our Russian chum assures. Cosmic ray findings at Schenectady are played down by the press; headline writers as a class being allergic to Schenectady. A thought is that the whole enterprise be mov ed to Troy. CALORY CALAMITY Psychologists will doutbless agree with us that the one universally basic urge is that of eating. There is a thoroughly sensible rea son behind this urge, as many of us are dis covering: in order to survive, we must eat. And if, while surviving, we can maintain a metabolism that is slightly above basal, life is much more pleasant. We venture the opin ion that those emaciated students who chew crackers in class and refer to this action as "eating breakfast" are leading unpleasant lives. Since people do not willfully neglect their stomachs, the only cxplanation is that either there is nothing to eat or there is no place to eat. It happens that both of these are true. The University operates one cafeteria, the Wade Hampton, which feeds 150 girls. Adjacent to the campus are several eating establishments, varying in size, cleanliness, and quality. Disregarding their condition and quality, however, these establishments are simply insufficient in quantity to meet the needs of 1500 civilian students. The administration cannot be condemned for this appalling situation; there is nothing they nor anyone else can do unless the legis lature is made to realize these conditions and passes the appropriation bill. As for what action the administration will take once they have the money, we are taking it for granted that the construction and main tenance of cafeterias is uppermost in their minds. We are hungry! CORRESPONDENCE To the Editor of The Gamiecock: Among the things that have been notice ably missing during the war is the annual June Ball. It is one of the events which long highlighted the school year, and one of the traditious that the University can least af ford to lose. The German clib should make every at p_t ,~ i iron this .innJ : the longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to have one that will measure up to the standards set bY Carolina (hlmces in the past. Trhe students shouli do all they can to hell) the German club to revive this dlance, an(d the sooner we start, the more success we are likely to have. Sincerely yours, Clift'l 'rd Miprdiv FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Fully realizing that the University of South Carolina is upoi the threshold of un precedented o)portunity for development, I am thankful that I have been placed in a p)osition to do my utmost to further the de sires of those who hohl <lear the advance nient of Carolina. It is my sinlcere desire to see the cultural and intellectual status of this university con tinually' in a state of evolut ion. Resolvedl to concrete terms, this (desire is expressedl by what shall be my unbending effort to prom.. ulgate, to the extent that I am able, any pr'o gram that will supply the University with the necessary facilities for the enicoutrage mnent of a friendly, desiriable, scholarly' at mosp h ere. It is my plant to keep the stutdent body fully informed as to the actions taken by the studlent council. We will welcome criticism, criticism born of the knowledge of our p)oli cies. The students shall have'the opportun ity of offering this criticism through the publications andl in the studlent body meet ings that will be held as fre(Iuently as is thought expedlient. I would like to thank the many students that have given me the responisibilityv of' the office of the presidlent of the student body. I sincerely hope that I can fulfill, to the fullest of my ability, the trust that you have placed in me. Thank you. Richarid IF. Vanuder Veen, Pres. of the StudIent B3ody. Senator Burt Wheeler is ap)palledl to learn that foreigners, in lieu of hair oil, are but tering themselves wvith our butter. Ilow wvafile. The OPA says "No." Otherwise the man nifacturer with 4,000,000 of them laid away would gladly give you the shirt off his hack shelf. We haven't seen it, b)ut aren't betting against it: that some reconverted (H will add the souvenir Samurai sword to his movie doorman ensemble. A returnedl hero with seven medlals was unable to find a flat in Los Angeles. It seems a further definition of "home," as in "home of the brave," is now in ordler. Peace on the home front is hardly to be dlistinguishedl from war as we rememher it. All the ever-widening strike situation has griven us is a new kind of duran. HERBP ASSQCm DITOR OF OUR\ A IFINGER IN .OTS OF CW~pUS PIEVi E-15 A MIEMBIER (F 'BLUEO CABNET, AD BEAUX ARTs/ ONCE SECRETARY, "S NOtV -RSIDrNT OF CtARIOSOPtIlK LITERAVY 5OcleTY9 HE'S BU5tfEsi MCR. OF THE. CAROLINPr RVIEW D CHAIP41AN OF 1WE CCAILLION' CLUB, OERB is PAST PRESIDENT QF WK At. AJ Mg 4Lintj_ _round Qllestion of Ile \V(c. Do yol Ihink 1h111t thI Germ clui sih ul ,I sponlsor file Irt - ditional Jniie Ball this year. Billy Simmons-Yes definitely yes. I thiik that it wouhl be a m11ost Welcome a ditdlion to tile social caletdi- of ( anolinla. Ken Huffman-Yes. It wolId be a w%elcoIIe relief after examinin a I i(I IIs. Ann Stephan-Yes, it is of lie I Ing ltha t . ive aiuwiays ben lookiig torwant to. Bob Lake-Yes. by all ImeIanls, it would deitons iate a def iilf. proogress i slltudelnl activitivs. Duncan Heron-Yes, tle campus (s not have VItouII so Cial a-ic ivit i(s, Il his woI(I be a welcote adi ion. Betty McCright--Yes. we haven't lhad one inl so Niy years Slot I wouh i 1ke to go lo oIe again. Gloria Widner-'certainIly, it woul1d be tle makiig of a wonl. defleveningp.. John Holhuid-Yes. I it me June Ball should be given i'eCitIse it is on ol Cjr-oliia's oldesl traditions and like anny ilers bas beeln saidlY Igleteled. Tom Pike-t 41ocest't make a11 in d ilfcrece to umie, 1 go ing to (;reat Ullkes anY i way. Carl Stone-I definitely (to. 1 I tought pImIIs were al1ready ndvrw;1 fv tor it. ot voir'se everyhody is it lavor. of it. Mart Smith-Yes. I'm VverY nIlI il lavor of' it. Joe Seideman-Yes it a Itlishell. but I helieve liat tihey sh ie01 revise this rotation of, oftficrs. It's no fair as its d1one ntow. T inok every~ fr'altrit y sI huld hav e a ('lhan1ce to hiold I t' big- .olts withI a phitce inthe li roittion for iiependeints. Mr. Bell--Why tnot-inia <pItest ion is tere about it ? Beach Gattman-Ye.te era intly, of courtse. deflitit ely, w ithoumt a ehut. Nevitt Grove-No! NCo! Nevetr. I nieed lie sleep! Long b)efor'e the Delta began to come in at night, Caro lina stud(en1ts were not at a lost to find a fascimile for lovers' lane. Most of the freshmen have never known, and even some of the uplperclassmen have forgotten, that the walk way b)etween D)r. HI. C. Davis' house andh Harper College was calledt "hover's' lane" by generations of Carolina students. Behinid Le Conte, before Hamilton was built, was a small fish pool, atround which were benches of the appropriate size, and many a Carolina co-edt was first kissed here by her future husband. The pool has gone and the benches have been moved to the terrace in front of Sims. The Gantecock office, once on the third floor of Flinn Hall inspired1 its staff to miracles of production with a Bohemian andl garret-like atmosphere. Now something more business like, it is in the b)asement of Maxcy, where coke bottles abound, and( is much more frequentedl by those w~ho findl three flights of stairs something of a Marathon. If you look closely at the brick walk between D)eSaussure and the 0old library, you'll see the initials M. S. putt into the walk with redl brick. The story behind this goes back years ago when the walks were being laid. At this time Dr. Havilah Babcock and the late Dru. Rtion McKissick who was a professor at the Univer sity at the time, were supervising the building of the walks. They, with the help of some students, and a few brick mas ons began the task. A Nekro brick mason by the name of Marion Sims became very enthusiastic about the walks. He and Dr. Babcock be came quite goo,d friends. One (lay Dr. Babcock went out to inspect the progress of the walks. There in white brick he found the letters H. B. This made him somiewhat angry, and he asked Marion to take them up. The 01(1 man refused. Then he asked some of the students who had been helping to,take them up, but they also emphatically refused. A few (lays later a little below the H. B. were found the initials M. S. The old Negro was scolded for what he'd done, but until today the initials remain.' In a few-too few-days I shall leave Carolina so this is to be my swan song here. I sat for hours woidering just what I could say for this one last time.For one who has said so much and probably done so little it is really hard to ru minate over the possible alternatives and decide upon one that hasn't been exhausted before or one that won't leave another bad impression. After much cogita,tion-and for me this is a gargantuan task-I finally decided that I should leave behind my impressions and memories of Carolina. First of all I want to list my very personal mem'ories. 1. Hutchison spraying cigarette ashes on the floor and with a political gleam in his eye saying, "Beitel, may I see you for a minute?" 2. Th'at juggernauting flume of sandy hair known as Hammond bearing down upon me and patiently screamings "Beitel, why haven't you written those two thousand libra ries to see if they want to subscribe to The Carolina Review." 3. Awakening from a mid-class doze to have a pair of ghoulish eyes burn into my consciousness and a set of sharp, white, teeth snap, "And what would you like for breakfast?" Among my other memories there are many that I will long cherish. 1. Walking to the post-office; biting, kicking, shoving, pounding and slashing my way to my box; opening it, pick ing myself out of the deluge and sorting through announce. nents, circulars, announcements, folders, announcements, invitations, announcements, political notices and a few an nouncements to find one forlorn letter from the Lonely Hearts Club. 2. Innocently asking for a shortstop in the Canteen and being given a flagon of evil brew consi.;. ing of a maraschino cherry, pineapple sauce, chocolate, marshmallow, hot fudge, lemon, root beer, strawberries, orange and-at at last; a microscopic portion of ice cream. To this list I want to add a very recent incident that sill has me aghast. I went to tenement 20 the other day (get this Tyler) and as I was walking in the hall, a door slowly opened and a bedraggled rat limped out. le looked around at me and I could see huge tears welling up in his eyes. le stared at me for a while and then morosely cried, "I've got to leave dear old Carolina-I just can't live in a place like this". Then he sadly. reached in the room, picked up his bag and forlornly walked out. After the experience with the forlorn rat, I decided to in Vestigate further. I felt such suffering at ieast deserved com miseration if not understanding. By devious channels I contacted the leader of the rat community and asked him for an appointment. le was so glad to hear that someone was interested in the plight of the rats here that he immediately granted me an interview. I went to the designated room at the appointed hour and waited. From the corner emerged my friend. He looked furtively around then sulked over to me. He was a middle-aged rat with a pelt slightly gray at the temples. Hle looked very haggard and very tired and his eyes were streaked with tell-tale red lines. He sat down across from me and we immediately got down to business. I asked him to explain fully the plight of the poor rats. With a wizened smile of gratitude he told me the following tale. Back when Carolina was first built, Jonathan B. Ratcy came here with his family and settled. Jonathan was of hard pioneer stock and here he made a fine home for himself and his family. Soon others joined them until a set tlement was formed, from a settlement it grew int a town, from a towvn to a city andl finally to a metropolis. Rodentia, as the metropolis came to be called. grewv as the University grew. The young rats of Rodentia startedl attending the Uni versity and many gradluated with honors and coveted de grees. As the years rolled by and the University became older and older it became increasingly' easy for them to get into the classrooms. The standlard of living r'ose as more and more. barriers were chewedl away or breachedl. Rodentia be came a modlel community and1 exchange studlents came from all over ther at world to study the methodls used( in Rodentia. Literally Rodentia became "The ra)ppy Cheosing Grounds" and the more ambitious from everywhere strove that they might some (lay trek to this mecca of culture. But as all Utopial pictures, things b)egan to happen in Rodentia. The tremendous crowds forced into the :-hapel caused several (disastrous cave-ins and finally forced the evacuation of the w'hole section. Section after section fell to the same fate as overcrowding became worse. Finally even the business district fell victim of the same plight. As it be came necessary to utilize ev'ery posible inch of space Rb dlentia became more Alid more dlisorganized., The food sup plies although more plentiful than before weire almost in accessable and their procurement extremely hazardous at best. Even the strongest of heart faltered and moved. Ro. dlentia wvas truly in a calamitous porsition. Civic leaders in dlesperation finally' formedl the Rat ('ivic Betterment League. Under01 the able leadership of William Rtatchison many ap peals were sent to the authorities but all that the league ever got werie many rejection slips. Finally the league went peCrsonally to plead their case, buat they were told that wvar t ime rest rictions madle hopeless any chance of alleviating their suffering. At this point my friend broke into an utter frenzy' of tear's, iIe cried that the scene tht I had witnessed earlier was being reenactedl many' times every (lay. He told meT how the city hadl become almost a ghost town hauntedl by grim. emlaciated,l spectres of the former well-stationed in habitants, lie toldl of how Polish ris Evere taking up collec tions to sendl to the poor beleaguered residents of Rodentia, <as were thor ats of many' other European countries. He fially rose to leave he said that he must go back and pack. His children were all ill andl conditions had become so ter rib>ly filthy and1( ove'rcrowdled that he could no longer safely stay. iIe tur'ned1 to me agan andl asked if there was anything that I could possib)ly (do. 1 assured him that all efforts wvere theng made andl had ben made in the past andl that now th ifte of Carolhna as w~ell as Rodentia now lay in the hands of Providence. lHe turnedl dejectedlly away. As he slowly entered the hole to Rodlentia he looked back and with an appreciative wave he said, "Thank or. trin..olymrew.ld.tm.h