The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 29, 1946, Page Page Two, Image 2
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Editor --.... ........ .... ............Virginia Raysor
Managing Editor .............................Mart Smith
Associate Editors-Eleanor McCall, Sidney Wise, George
Celusta.
News Editor ...............................Billy Routh
Feature Editor ...........................Harriet Lee
Society Editor .....................Martha Steadman
Sports Editor ..............................Donald Moore
Photography Editor...................Betty Brown
Cartoonists......................Jinx Giles, B. 0. Jarrett
Columnists-Mary Helen Shawhan, George Celusta, Saul
Lavisky. Charles Wickenberg.
Exchange Editor ........................ Ralph Ferguson
Society Staff-Rives Kelley, Sidney Brandenburg, Doris
Moorhead, Bert Hemingway.
Sports Staff-George Howell. Joe Piedmont. Jerry Krupp,
Frank Scruby, Jim Fulghum.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Beginning with this issue THE GAMECOCK
will publish a guest editorial each week. We
pick the guest editorialists. Today Eleanor
McCall, GAMECOCK associate editor, speaks.
TOO FEW CAMPUS LEADERS
With over 28 hundred students on our
campus our list of campus leaders should
have grown by many inches; however, this
is not the case. The same comparative few
are still carrying the load of keeping Caro
lina's organizations going. This should NOT
be the case!
It takes work and co-operation to put Car
olina back on its pre-war status-this should
certainly be our goal-and at present, the
majority of the campus leaders are those
who have struggled through our war years
doing their best to keep Carolina's activities
active. These leaders should be relieved!
When a person participates in too many
organizations, his energy and spirit soon de
serts him. It is for the good of the organiza
tions and the person for others to take a few
of the responsibilities, jobs, and honors
away from him.
We, the students, have allowed this condi
tion to exist. Carolina needs and wants
changes-let this be one of the first. Now is
the time for those who have been sitting
back expecting the work to be done by others
to give Carolina more of their time and ef
fort and make "has beens" out of the major
ity of our campus leaders. They will accept
the title graciously and will wish you luck.
WELCOME TEACHERS!
THE GAMECOCK wishes to extend to all
alumni andl alumnae atter.ding the State
Teachers' meeting in Columbia this week
end a sincere welcome. It is fine to see for
mer students back visiting the campus, and
the University throws open all its buildings
to these "01(d" graduates.
THE GAMECOCK is proud of USC students
who have gone out to teach in South Caro
lina public schools. We feel that this group
is doing more to raise S. C. educational stan
dards than any other group. And the higher
the standards, the more educated p)opulace
we will have. The more educated people S. C.
has, the quicker it can join the ranks of pro
gressive states.
Yes, the University is always proud of its
alumni. We welcome all of you!
CAMPAIGNING AGAIN
THE GAMECOCK reminds all new students
of a very old custom. At Carolina, everyone
speaks to everyone else.
We have heard several former students
who have returned to finish their education
after war duty comment on the fact that
USC students don't say "hey" like they used
to.
Speak as you pass other students. It won't
be any trouble and you'll contribute your
part in making Carolina "the friendliest
campus in the South."
A BELOVED PROFESSOR
The entire University mourns the loss of
a great man. All who knew Dr. Josiah Morse
loved and respected him. He was not only
a great man but a good man. An eulogy of
him would be trite, for THE GAMECOCK can
not express the admiration it held for Dr.
Morse in mere words.
Dr. Morse stood always for tolerance,
good-will, and the brotherhood of man. He
gave his life to "good works" and was con
tinually fighting prejudice and intolerance.
We are reminded of his words to his
classes on the day that President Roosevelt
died. He said, "Use this daX for a day of ded
ication to those things that make life finer
and cleaner." THE GAMECOCK passes on those
words at this time.
The world - will miss Dr. Morse, for it is
his kind who make the world a decent place
in which to live. The University will long
miss Dr. Morse, for it was here that he
taught students the eternal brotherhood of
man.
IT'S UP TO YOU
Last week we expressed our opinion and
the opinion of many students when we called
the so-called Canteen "disgraceful." This
week we feel the same as we did last week
even more so-for we have examined the
canteen mor closely during the week.
But we have some additional facts to pre
sent to the entire student body: A good esti
mate of number of people going through the
canteen each day is 5,000. One day last week
1,200 paper cups were used-many hundred
were thrown on the floor during the course
of the day. Also, on our tour of the canteen,
we saw booths carved with various initials
and names. One morning we observed every
booth being used by "card fiends"; in the
lobby and post office were students standing
as they ate and drank. When they finished,
they discarded their wrappers and cups on
the floor.
This leads us to this conclusion: The huge
number of students on the campus is respon
sible to a great degree for the dirty, disgrace
ful condition of the canteen. Not until every
one of us stops throwing our cups on the
floor, stops carving up the booths, stops us
ing eating places for sorority rooms and "bull
sessions," can the canteen come anywhere
near being clean.
THE GAMECOCK is intensely interested in
the canteen. We see a deplorable problem,
have presented suggestions for remedying
that problem, and now entreat the entire stu
dent body to do something about it!! It's go
ing to take student interest and student
movement to clean up the canteen. THE
GA MECOCK is convinced that that alone will
accomplish any good ! Criticizing without us
ing that criticism to accomplish something
constructive is merely a waste of words.
If the administration doesn't feel it can
clean up the canteen, surely it's about time
the student body did it!
SUMMER SEMESTER?
Practically every student at the University
is interestedl in whether or not we will have
a summer term. Students want to make their
plans, and many are doing so. But it is well
to keep in mindl these facts:
The University has provided for a summer
semester which would run from June 20 to
September 17 and which would enable the
student to earn between 12 and 15 credits.
But any kind of a summer term requires
money. As yet, the General Assembly has
not appropriatedl the money to operate the
University this summer. We expected the
General Assembly to take definite action on
this matter before it rdjourned last Satur
(lay. But it dlidn't adjiourn. Therefore, no one
can say definitely what will happen this sum
mer. Whether or not the University operates
this summer depends on howi much money
is ap)popriatedl by the General Assemb>ly
within the 'next few days or 'week..
As a result of this uncertainty, no com
plete details can be made as to courses and
schedules for this summer.
IN MEMORY
THE GAMECOCK has just received word of
the tragic death of Charles Edwin Swartz,
Jr., of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., a former NROTC
who was graduated and commissioned in
November, 1945.
Swartz was killed in an automobile acci
dent March 26 on his way home to Pitts
burgh on leave. He was stationed in New
York on a patrol craft.
While at Carolina, Swartz was a member
of Sigma Nu, the Color Guard, and the Var
sity track tam.
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Now that the whirlwind of an
tagonism towards Russia has pretty
nearly blown itself out, a great
many of the people who were goin-g
around saying, "I told you so,'
about the war-scare headlines are
now going about talking in terms
of "the easing of the crisis."
Everybody is happy, of course.
that the "crisis" is over. There is
now a wave of "relief" sweeping
the campus. I don't see any basis
for the feeling of relief because I
can't see any basis for the "crisis."
Let me explain. ,The Russians
have promised to have all of their
troops out of Iran withio four or
five weeks. In all probability, that
means that they have gotten what
they wanted, a foothold in Iran.
There is little reason to doubt that
they have reached an understand
ing with the Iranian government.
The hullabalu that w*vas raised over
the situation in Iran may have hur
ried up negotiations, but in no way
did they affect Russian plans.
There is no reason to believe that
they will now follow any other plan
than they would have followed any
how.
And it's a curious thing to see
people who were so hysterical be
fore, nowv taking credit for the eas
ing of the crisis, that they helped
bring out. Thai's like the man who
beat himself over the head with a
hammer because it felt so good
when stopped.
So I don't believe there is any'
more reason for a wave of relief
than there was reason to fear' the
crisis. I don't believ'e Russia is out
IThe Vetera
Dear' Editor:
Now that a continuous pr'ogram
is likely to be followed here at the
University, I think it is appropriate
that a few matter's be clarified con
cerning the veterans' viewpoint.
The parade around the statehouse
was not a veteran affair. The drive
for continuation of the accelerated
program had its inception last No
v'ember with the Freshman Law
Class when they petitioned the
trustees to continue the program.
This petition was turned down by
the trustees in Decemher and an
eight-week' summer school was of
fered insteadl.
Believing that this was not ade
quate to c'ope with the situation of
having hundreds of veterans re
turning for an education, the mat
ter was next taken to the House
Education Committee. After hear
ing both a student committee and
an administration committee, the
House passed a resolut ion request
ing the trustees to continue to op
erate the accelerated program. It
was at this point that the academic
veter'ans joined the law school in
their desire to get an education as
soon as possile, knowing that
there would he a dlecided increase
in veter'ans returning for the next
two or three years.
The trustees then met and de
cided upon the present three-month
summer term. A student commit
tee's request for a hearing at this
meeting was turned down, but it
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by Saul Lavisky
to conquer the world. I think they
were merely throwing their weight
around as any big nation will do.
England and the United States
have both done the same thing.
In my opinion, there has been no
change in the Russian policy. What
the Russians were before, they are
today. What the Russians are to
day, they were before. The change
has not been with them, but with
us. The true change has been in
the American mind, In their ac
ceptance of the situation.
I'd like to quote a columnist In a
New York newspaper who wan
writing a series of articles on Rus
sian-American relations. He said:
"It is an index of the world's
maniac-depressive state that every
few months there is a crisis in
which passions boil up. and then
there is som' sort of across-the
table agreement and things quiet
down, only to zoom again when
tempers are straine(d."
The crisis Is over. It was not
the first. The crisis was serious.
But if a crisis occurs again, it
would be worse. It is timie to real
ize that in the present-day world.
there Is no room for errors, no time
to make mistakes. Men must do
what is right or else perish.
Too often lately we have pinned
the blame on "those darned Rus
sians" or on "power politics" or on
the "atom bomb." But no. the
cause is not there. The cause Is
not mechanical or physical. The
cause is man himself. The chal
lenge of the future is to man. The
solutions of future problems are
left to man. It is time to realize
that we are not to be guided by
c'hildlish hysteria and passions. it
is time to growv up and find out
what's, going on.
n Viwpointj
appears that the summer term is
a fair compromise to all parties
concerned. The law fresh)men, by
attending this and next summer,
will he permitted to graduate in
Sept ember' of 1947. two months ear
lier than we originally asked for.
Academic students may obtain
within two credits of a semester's
work, on the av'erage, and most of
the faculty will get from one to
two months rest. IIence, it ap
pears that a program has been
reached which Is acceptable to all.
though not the most desirable.
In the drive for this, both the
v'ete'rans and administration did
things that made each other mad,
mostly due to misunderstandings.
After discussing matters with the
adlminist ration (both sides putting
thetir cards on the table), we now
seeN a better spirit of cooperation
among the entire University. The
administration has promised that
the student body wIll be kept In
formed of dlevelopments. With this
goal of maximum cooperation be
tween students, faculty, and admin
istration in mInd, this organization
looks toward a Greater Carolina.
In the future, we shall continue
to "lay our cards on the table"
through the media of this paper,
and by personal contact with the
adiminist ration, but at the same
time we offer our cooperation In all
matters pertaining to the welfare
and improvement of the University
as a whole.
BOB STODD)ARD, President,
"Carolina Veterans."
ETAOIN SHRDLU
by Charles Wickenberg, Jr.
Did you ever stop to listen to snatches of conversation?
Some of the things you can hear while passing people on the
:ampus or wading through the canteen are amazing. I picked
up these scraps Wednesday morning about 9 o'elock.
"She used to call me a pain in the neck. I guess I'm slip.
ping."
... but it's so early in the morning I"
"If I were a girl I wouldn't want to go to St. Mary's." (Fe.
male voice).
"It's difficult to keep absurdity out of such a discussion.
You see, the true evidence of belief is not in the intellect
alone-this philosophy postulates the transcendant nature
if ultimate reality. It goes beyond the limits of all possible
experience and consequently beyond knowledge . . ."
"Can you get stomach ulcers from drinking this Orange e
stuff before breakfast?"
"Have you read Lion in the Streets?" "No, I read sitting
up in bed."
"Who's the cute blond in the sweater . . . reminds me of
my mother."
"Was Farris there-he's so pretty-hey, how you?-what
time is it?-thanks-hey, how you?-we simply had the best
time ever last Saturday night. . . you should have seen Coop
er when he knocked over the keg-hey, how you?-he could
n't see very well... it was dark... and-hey,hdw you ?-and
he said, 'Sorry old man, not hurt are you?'-hey, how you?
Really it was a scream what time is it I've got a lass where
aremybooks-hey, how you?-gotta go, it was nice talking
with you heyhowyou? heyhowyou? heyhowyou? heyhowyou? '
Oh, Betty, before I forget. . ."
"* . . and he said that the radio officer was supposed to
check the rooms to see that radios were off between, uh, uh,
twenty-hundred and er uh eleven-hey, how you? can you.
imagine'anyone being so dumb?"
"... HEY BOBERREEBOB..."
"Hey, how you?"
All of this should prove something or other. Dean DePass
did tell us in class this week that the average man's vocabu.
lary is around one thousand words, but that he understands
around three thousand words.
While we're on the subject of words, a rather haggard
veteran didn't mince any when he gave his excuse in a class *
the other day for not studying his lesson.
Quote he, 'I was up all night with the baby !"
During Lu's second sophomore semester, summer semester
that is, she decided that there was no sense in wasting time
.o she recklessly enrolled in a course in astronomy. After
three labs she cut 48 straight classes in a fit of nervous bore
dorn when she discovered the telepscopes would swing only
a 60 degree are, including the South corner of Wade Hamp
.on and the West end of Sims. Lu decided there was nothing
ihe didn't already know and went to Kansas City to visit her
zreat-great-grandmother and 148 relatives who lived in a
Southern Pacific railroad tunnel.
Even after she was run over by ten troop trains rushing
reinforcements to General Custer she thought it was safer
'han standing on the porch of Sims between 11:59 and
12:29 Saturday nights.
Lu grew great in the love of her relatives. She would sit
>y the day on a pile of railroad spikes whistling dirty songs
to the great amusement of the family circle. Her experience +
at the University rendered her capable of caring for the
y'ounger children. It was an inspiring job, and one which
she took to with vigor.
At times she would conduct seances (Dr. Babcock, please
note use of word) and voodoo rituals which her mother used
to perform to scare her when she had hiccoughs the morning
after. The kids all thought her performance was better than
Ray Milland.
Her favorite trick was changing her complexion, a chame
leon dodge she learned for lates dates at Pawley's Island so.
she wouldn't be recognized by number one boy. This versa
tility was a favorite with the kids. But one day she made her
self look like a strawberry sundae with whipped cream and
cherry on top. The thirteen children who had not eaten any
thing but caviar were stamped.ed and immediately set about *
eating the three youngest tots.
This trifling incident upset Lu so much that she went on
a binge for thirteen days--that's a bakers dozen and a Sulli
van week-end. It was during this weak moment that she met
H- jalmar Asdfspacesemilkj, a fine young man with two legs,
two arms, a head, accessories, and a modest income of $90,.
000 a month.
After watching her for three days Hjalmar decided to
speak to her.
'Hey, how you ?" he said. He was a very outspoken young
Lu eyedl him carefully.
"Oh. go slide down a razor blade," she retorted with feel
ing.
"Hey, how~ you?" he replied, Hjalmar was a tenacious
.young man.
"Oh, your father's mustache, Lu screamed.
"Hey, how you?" he pleaded.
"Ytoou purple bellied louse, I'm a lady and I'm from Char
"Hey, how yall ?" H jalmar was a psychologist.
"Oh, dry up, you drip!"
That (lid it. Hjalmar was sensitive. She had cut hiA water
ofHe wat lergic shrto water. She couldn't do this to him.~
"Hey," he said,simply and with much sarcam.
'Grrrrrrrr", Lu grrrrrrred.
Obviously it was love at first sight.
thnex so we are forced to leave these two love birds until
the nextg tie, menwhie jo..do you don't feel right ? Hmmm?
don't you stay OUT of those joints. And do'm? fore, Uoy
wohyeh spelled backwards is the secret to briliat, cove
sation. Try It toda. brlinbovr