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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. Subscription rate per college year ...................$2.00 Member Associated Colle6ae Press Distributor of Colle6iale Di60st .......NT0 PON NATIONAL A....RTI.ING I,% National AdvertisingService, Inc. Coleg Publisher R*Pres,,talt' 420 MADISON AvE. NEw YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO - OsoTN - Los aIS. - sAn rotANCISCO STAFF Editor ...................................... Anne Searson Managing Editor ..........................Virginia Raysor News Editor ..................................Mart Smith Feature Editor ...................... Gcorge'Uclusta Society Editor ............................... Rives Ward Sports Editor .............................. Bryant Meeks Exchange Editor ......................... Anne Stephan Cartoonists ...................... Jinx Giles. Bill Jarrett Associate Editors .......... Saul Lavisky. Herb tseitel. C. D. Stone Columnists-Martha lialtiwanger, Chick Shiels, Ferguson, and McMullen. Gorge Dehy News Staff-Mary Shoun. Victor Barrett. Elimabeth Mc Daniels. Mary Helen Shawhan. Sidney Brandenberg, Martha 3teadman, Bert Hem ingway. Sports Writers-Frank Scruby, Billy 9outh, Red Tyler, Richard Thorton, Owen Miller. Business Staff-Ed Teague. Candy Taylor, Joe Lumpkin. Feature Writers-Jean Via. Stan W. diechlin. Dorothy Perkins. Peggy Atkinson, and Michael Karvelas. Typists ...........................Jack Brett. Barn Moody Circulation ...... .................. Frank Chapman ADIEU The staff and editors of T11E GAMECOCK join in saying a parting word of good luck and appreciation as this last issue of the se mester goes to press. The cooperation of the students and the faculty alike has been a de ciding factor in the success of the present administration of the paper. It is our hope that this inspiring cooperation may be the good fortune of all staffs to come. THE VANISHING CAROLINIAN Disparaging comments--whether ground ed among observing bystanders, enthusiastic alumni, or our own ranks!-have been strik ing rather thick at our student body of late. Some refer to it as student apathy, sonic as disinterest, some simply murmur "C'est la gare." THE GAMECOCK, with its disturbing fac ulty for dissention, again begs to differ! Whoever these misguided individuals are who think Carolina siirit is dead, we point edly question their integrity or their infor mation whichever the case may be. We do not attempt to prove our point as any nor mally intelligent soul who wanders across our campus will be amply impressed by the excess of activity going on. However before we attach our thirty to these editorial inches, we have a few sug gestions to offer in con nection with the over lapping channels of authority present on the campus. We are continually amazed at the number of organizations and committees which meet on this campus every week. In fact we even tried to get a complete list of same and found that no one really knows just who's doing what and when. That sit uation certainly doesn't make for (fficiency. There are two solutions to this problem. Either do a little house cleaning and com bine or dissolve some of these organizations. or initiate some system whereby there is a general head for all organizations to illumi nate each on the activities of the others. F acuIty committees are on the whole well decided. But there is here also a needl for a direct channel of authority. A path dlown which all projects may glide smoothly toward an end. There is too much "referring of this to a committee and that to a department head and back to a committee and1( then to the faculty and back to the presidIent, once over lightly by Dean Chase," and nothing decided until six months later. The fault may lie with student council or may lie with the fac ulty or bo0th. Insist that it be corrected! In a roundl about way this brings us upl to "you'' and "'me'' who are the per'sonnel of all committees anId organizations. We are the "them" to which we all too frequenltly' refer to objectiv'ely as "inefficient, short sighted, and apathetic." We are the "Vanish ing Carolinian" whose identity' is being con sumed in a round of committee meetings, club meetings, and other collective proceed ings. That's all ver'y well. We're eager, we're active, we're the backbone of the campus. But it's well too to keep in mind that you can do just so much well! Emerson once said. "The more you join, the less there is of you."~ It is indleniably better to concentrate your' efforts in the behalf of oneC or two societies, giving them your best, andl applreciati vely applauding the efforts of someone else in an other field. When the individuality of the Carolina student disappears, the individual ity of the University is also doomed ! TRI-MESTER INDEED! THE GAMECOCK, along with the student body at large and the administration, is in deepest sympathy with the problems of the veteran. They are, we know, formidable and desirous of prompt consideration. But we have also the over-all picture of the Univer sity's future to consider. Recently a group of well-meaning fresh men law students approached the State As sembly and demanded that the University be made to continue on "an accelerated sched ule." They succeeded in getting the House to tack a proviso on to our appropriations re quest which insists that Carolina offer a "summer term." There are still a few facts that demand consideration before the House or anybody else can force such an issue as this. We have acceleration, gentlemen! The spring term closes June, summer school opens June 25 (with expansion of offerings for the veterans), summer school closes Au gust 17, the fall term opens September 9. Only six days intervene between the spring term and the summer school, only twenty between summer school and the fall term. In 1947 two summer terms are scheduled. This, gentlenen. is acceleration, believe us! But if you're taking issue with the sys tem, let us give you a few more eye-widen ing facts about this third semester. First the serious implications in regards to the sum mer school of '46. Already the enrollment for summer school is swelling beyond ca pacity with the number of South Carolina teachers seeking recertification. To run an other term along with this school would be to completely overpower the smaller depart ments of the University. They would have to split their staffs and resources between two separate and distinct units-and, gen tlemen, it just cannot be done! These de partments are already under-staffed and ba(lly equipped! E1xperience with the summer term dur ing the war has proved much. The first year it was offered, i. e. 1943, it was very popu kr. In 1944 there was a perceptible drop in enrollment to 452 civilian students. Keep in mind that the Navy with its financial aid was still here, but last summer, 1945, there were only 380 civilians enrolled. Out of a class of 33 freshmen law stu dents, 24 have indicated that they favor the third term. The remaining nine ('o not seem to care. The junior and senior law students are not at all interested! This represents only one department on the campus. We have no figures, but judging from the spoken word around the campus, the average ata demic veteran does not favor a third term. Surely the pre-medical students, whose en tire schedule is thrown off by our system, are not in favor of it. The medical schools Only enroll once a vear; a student finishing his undergraduate work in November here Vould have to wait a whole year around be fere he couldl enter medical school. The tri-mester is out of gear with the greater p)ercentage of universities in the cou nt ry. T HE G A MECOCK goes on record as being opposed( to its contintintion! NOT SO FAST! That screeching of mental brakes you're hearing is THE GAMECOCK, all hot and hoth ered with enthusiasm over the Senate's pass ing our long-deserving app)ropriations re (iuest emb)odied in the Senate Finance Ap plropriations Bill. The old Bird was all ready to crowv for our astute legislators and their benef('ice nce. But the figures r'ead this way. The Senate has p)assed the hill at the saume figure the .Iouse specified which is $515,500 (fiye hun dIred andl fifteen thousand. five hundred (101 lars). 'That sum is exactly $201.488.88 less than the $716,488.88 we asked for-andl they've tacked on a proviso which states that we will have to conduct a third term! Ge(ntlemien of the legislature, a third term will cost the University' an estimated $260, 000. T[his means the University is $461, 488.88 (four hundred and sixty-one thou sand, four hundred and eighty-eight dlollars, and( eighty-eight cents) short of w~hat it needs! 'T'IF GAMECOCK, fully cognizant of the fig uresC set downI by the adlminlistration in their reqluest, b)egs to inform you that these fig Ures were not padldedl ! They represent the essential needis of the institution! T1he Navy has been spending between $700,000 and $1,000.000 per year on its stu dents at (Carolina. ,iuly I this revenue stops. finis, terminates! The unprecedlented expec tations on enrollment for the coming years will be a great tax on the University. This means i ncre'ased staff, increased equipment, cafeteria increases. We hope that when the bill which is of such vital importance to ouri state Univer sity is returnedl to the House this week, the solons of the flouse will see fit to reconsider their current decision. Otherwise the Uni versity andl its students are due to continue operating under the veritable poverty which has so lngr been their cross tn bear! ne WamcOCK pC IN THIS CO(IER.PEOPLE E HAVE k X(5ARLE T T MEARO, EDITOR qj THIS VIVACIUS REDIERD HAS WORKEP ON THE . A.IC ETcLnc( a VJCkMIT~ 0 fCI4 0L1f 1Itw FOWM iJ EWS PTR &." MANI\91W Epiokj Ofe _W E PAW l 3 1f 3 A15O ( MEkIk O y mWWiT ns WELL O i ill '. CNE v/V& SCIE1RY 0f ES ?ootnq 2ac4warcl We are certainly lucky people to be getting an education, but about this time every semester I for one don't feel so lucky, and after exams, I doubt if I will have any feeling left at all. It might be the influence of these exams, or it might be because of an unhappy childhood, but I simply can't see myself digging into a bunch of old files to get ma terial for "Looking Backwards." so as this is the demis of this column I will depart with sonic gems of poetic wisdom. Roses are blue, violets are pink. That is after, The twenty-third drink. (This will be accompanied with violent screams of hilar ious laughter.) Be there a coed, with voice so dead, That never to herself has said, "This is my own, my final exam Cram, Cram, Cram." Ode to a Soda Jerk "Ho-Hum" He said, And, "Soda bed." Jack and ,Jill, Went up the hill, Each with a 'dollar and a quar'ter, Jill came (down, With two-andl-a-half, D)o you think they went for' wateri? Do you think that the tri-semester' system would1 benefit enough studlents to make it practical? Tlom Hrophy-No ! It would be a better incentive to study if' the students had a summer vacation. Lou Magna ni-No, but it would help the veterIans catch up on lost semesters. Vivian Anderson-Yes, because the veterans need to get through in a hurry. Viv'ian Chapman-it's a good idea, because boys taking pre-med and pire-law need to finish to go to law and med schools. Jlohn Ilart---Defi nitely. returning v'eterans dlon't want four more years out of their lives. Ruth (Crawford-No ! They can come to summer school anid get almost as nmany credits, and the three semester sys em overworks the faculty. .J(erry Meecham-No, professors need summer vacat ions to re(st and1( to recover from wvar-time strain. Marit ha Pa rker--Yes, it wouIld benefit the vet era ns. Jiim G;ibson-No! For instance, FO pre-meds would finish n February' on the semester basis andl could not enter med school until t'all. Kate Ellison-Yes, I think that it would benefit enough to have it. G;ordlon Shoemaker-No, it would not benefit the majority of studIents. Sarah Rull-No, the students and professors get school weary andl wear themselves out. Bob Schaus--Without the navy I dlon't see how it can work, besidles the professors have become stale.. Boots Clark-No, the mind should have some time to rest. Frank Ilunley-No! That's all. Virginia WVilliams-Yes, It will help the veterans. Jimmy Martin-It sounds good to me because people can ge't more work (lone that way than they otherwise could. Edna Hill HIaynes-Yes, if they get more professors to take the load off the ones who have worked so long and tire lessly. V wool mug 7 AbF V VW The Latest, Dope By George Celusta The mist has cleared, The sun has riz; Beitel has left, And here I is. Since my predecessors have thoroughly covered all topics in this column from seven means a coed employs of break ing a date, to the rats in Tenement 20 (both subjects to which your present writer would disclaim any exposure), it nevertheless leaves a limited field for discourse to fill this space in this and subsequent issues. STATISTICS In an attempt to enlighten our perusing public, we have rummaged through volumes, looking for a little unborn mo ron .(.inside dope). We discovered that at the present time within these campus confines, there are more horse's necks than there are horses. Also that according to recent figures disclosed by the 1944 census, half of the married people in this state are women. HERO-WORSHIP Three epic characters aire understood to increase the col lective pulse rates of Maxey occupants each time they pass into or out of the canteen and post office-Dutch Brembs for his speed displays on the gridiron last fall; 'cute' Billy Pizza as a result of his adeptness on the hardwood court; and Poor Richards Almanac Vanderveen, for reasons un known. Each time one of these individuals passes by Maxcy, the structure assumes a slight list of his side. NICKNAMES With basketball season at an end for home fans, we thought you might like to know a few sobriquets by which the players have been intimately called. First, there is "Bird. dlog" Thornton, who when scooping a stray ball from the floor with outstretched arms takes on the appearance of a pointer hot on the trail of a quail. "Crick" or "Esquire" Talus, whose reputation is that of being the "After"' pic ture in a "Before and.After" advertisement. "Al Capone" Meeks, alias "Scarface." distant relative of The Lofgren, only man from Texas with a bow-legged jaw. "Old Man" Mallis, sage, senile sentinel, whose wisdom, mellowed with age, has proved a steadying factor on the youngsters of the squad. "George" P1hilbin, the only man who has lived to tell of diving o; the highboard into a pool devoid of 1120. "Pretty Boy ' '.zza, whose every shot causes a frenzy in his bobby-sox routing section. "Red" 'Trewhella, known thusly because of a certain weakness inherent in 7 him regarding the weaker sex. "Bones" J'arbell, who slashes through opposing players with his knife-like elbows. "Lover" Foote, whose hunger for the sweeter things in life is Satiated by teminine admirers whose frantic efforts to pur chase ice cream for him are thwarted by this hero. "Splin ters" Bolo, who advocates addition of backrests and cushions for the benches. "Tweet" Trewhella, younger member of the brother act, one handed push-shot artist. Iinally, "Cooter" Giles, definition and origin unknown, but renowned from California eastVard to France. (Non Monsieur.) COMMISSIONING A number of fortunate underclassmen will be one auto graphed dollar richer when they render the first salute to newly commissioned officers this afternoon. The Navy is adding a new ensign for each state in the Union, plus Geor gia, when 48 of the ROT's will uncover their half-inch gold stripes at the combiniedl grad uation-commissioning exercises in the field house. T1he ensigns wvill all depart for Newport. R. I.; some stopping en route to establish legal claims for family allotments, before setting sail on a six-month train ing cruise'. BETWEEN TERM VACATION D)ue to the short time between term vacation, students are planning to spend the few dlays in nearby rest .havens ad vert isedl in Chamber of Commerce bulletins, devouring victuals recommended by D)uncan ines, etc. Caravans are p)lannedl to the beach, "su nny". Florida, the mountains. Other ECager Beavers, we hear-, will remain on the campus mi ordler to .jumnP the guin on next semester's studies and assure themselve's of a Priority in the hectic registr-ation chaos. NEXT TERM Expecting to return r full of the t hree proverbial "'V's'" everyone is looking forward to a Spring Term full of ac tivity. With Valentine's D)ay breaking the ice, andl the sea son of year fast approaching w'hen a young man's fancy turns to w~hat the girl has been thinking of all the while, the influx of veterans retur-ning t.o the campus, and a new contingent of 180 Naval students reporting, professors and coeds are apt to be faced with many trying situations. There is p)romise of relaxation of Navel Regimentation so that Navy students can even more near-ly assume the r'ole of civilianI college st udents. FAREWELL With1 this issue we bid adieu to the Red llen, who might have la id a few eggs during her p)erch on the roost, but nev ('rt heless has kept the nest andl incubated us from adolescence to> the stage where we nmust use "Now B.e H onest, Hav'e You 'Fried--HA RRHASOL4?" bi-weekly. Now that she has fled the coop, we have in her steadl Virginia. To hoth these young women and the other- members of the gentler' sex who have b)een doing such a remnmarkable job at the helm of The (Gamecock, we can only show'our gratitude with continued efforts in the paper's behalf. And to our new editor, we dedicate the following with profound reverence: Thy beauty shines, Oh Lovely One, Better by far than the rose; T'were but a pity, 'tis all I can say, ,,That thy shine is all on thy nose. '1hrouigh a br'oken p)ane in one of these windbows in Mrr' Ed(itor's of fice, 1 see that the moon is rising; the hi' outside the dloor~ is subsiding; andl the printers are callung for the copy, and( needless to say, we ran short of material long before we started to write this column. We knowv a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, 8o don't stop here--read through the rest of the paper--someone told m your name is metineomaoterpae