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W"- .--- vmbL1 orn u,r oez 219 8. Waccamaw St. ol.ubia, 48, 3. C. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XXXX, No. 45 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 19, 1946 Founded 1908 Why We F( An E The University spent tirel Bill; students wrote and saw resentatives; the president of ,'tor of THE GAMECOCK tried see leaders of the Senate; hu a constant rain demonstratink read, "George Washington s "We Are In a Sad State"; "V everythirg was done Why -hould students at the sity of South Carolina act in ; Here's why! Facilities at tl they were 20 years ago wher of what it is now. Therefore, an Expansion Bill-but a Bu manent improvements to the 1 needs of the University N-O-V sity desperately needs every it the increased enrollment At T1 In proof of the above we li Civilian students have to shar guys. And on top of that, it cos the University is so poor. (2) have to share their rooms wit sity students have no place to pect the University to hire coi youth when many of our pr< many part-time unskilled emp thousands of students have 1 Fact is: There are only six sc the campus! Parents of enroll you like the idea of your child playing in fire-traps? If on wouldn't take long for the ent (6) All our facilities for a housed in one wing of a half-li tion, part-dormitory, part-sor (7) Our non-fireproof infirm rolment of almost 3,000 stud (8) We have no woman's gyn a converted Chapel. (9) Our practice rooms in Trinity Epis ciate the co-operation of Dr. M versity should continue to im manner. Further THE GAMECOCK be * South Carolina will progress ards progress. The General didn't even appropriate the m out of the red, much less raist University asked for $776,000 f could operate for the fiscal 3 Well, for the benefit of the on our crowded campus, here' ing Program Bill: It passed was sent to the Senate where i ate Finance Committee. We h since! Only one item was provided ried veterans. And the Fedet that!! We who are suffering fron speak for all those wvho are an< University and for all those they see howv far belowv the s the University falls wvhen we things during this election ye THE GAMECOCK leads in cro versity of South Carolina whi service to the state. But crowii It takes money, citizens of S your aid in electing an educati Assembly for 1947! Future Lies Wit Pr'es. Smiithi Tel "The future of the University of Southi Carolina is dependent upon the active, Informed alumni work ing t0 support the inst it ution's pro Sgram," President Norman M. Smith told university aluamni of t he fourth j udicial circuit meeting ina Hen mettsville Saturday. Alumni from Chest erfield. Dar linogion, Dillon and Miarihoro (oun ties heard Smith and other univ'er sity rep)resenlatives .desetihte the p)resent prohlems and prospeels of 4 the future. The physical and fi nancial condition of the university was then discussed from the floor and plans laid to aidl in effecting a post-war progriamn of development. J. Arthur K night. Chesterfield attorney and member of the univer * Lily board of trustees, gave a re port of his stewardship andt de serihed sonie of the peculiar diffi culties of financIng the university Under the present system of yearly applropriations from the state. lie. too, exp)ressed the op)in ion that in formed alutmni working in the in terest of the university could do0 much to bring the state into its own as the home of a great institu tion. 4Also .peaking on .he program Were Dr. Leonard Tr. Baker, presi dent-emeritus of the university; Dr. Orin F. Crow, dean of the univer sity school of educatton; Frank K. Sloan, returned veteran at the uint versity, and Ralph Lewis, executive secretary of the Alumni Associa tion. * Lewis described briefly the war. bel As We Do! ditorial ess efforts tryirg to pass the personally Senators and Rep the student body and the edi in vain many, Iny times to idreds of students marched in r and carrying placards which ept here; Why should We?", eterans are Voters!" In short, staid and traditional Uviver iuch a manner? ie University are the same as the enrollment was a fourth the University asked for-not Iding Program-to make per-, Jniversity to accommodate the '! Let us repeat: The Univer em it asked for to take care of iis Very Moment! st a FEW of our grievances: ! a single room with two other ts them twice as much because Civilians (men aid women) h the mice. (3) 2,200 Univer eat. (4) low can the state ex npetent professors to train its >fessors earn little more than loyees of industry? (5) Many ;o study daily in a fire-trap. -called fire-proof buildings on ees at the University, how do ren eating, sleeping, studying, e building caught on fire, it ire University to be in flames. Student Union Building are asement of a part-administra >rity building. What a set-upt ary can house (out of an en ents, remember) 24 patients! nasium, and the men's gym is Music department has to use copal Church. While we appre elchoir, we do not feel the Uni pose upon his Church in this lieves firmly that the state of only as its educational stand Assembly of South Carolina ney to operate the University its standards. (As proof: the as the lowest figure on which var 1946-47. It got $525,000!) many students who are voters what happened to the Build the House of Representatives, t was pigeon-holed in the Sen aven't heard a word about it for-that of housing for mar 0/ Government is paying for conlitions at the University I will be denied entrance to the who blush with shame when bandlards of other universities say: We'll remember all these wing for a bigger, better Uni ch can give bigger and better ig alone doesn't do much good! outh Carolina. and we solicit onallyI a nd progressive-nmindted h Alumni Is Group time program gif the associat ion and( outlined plan for fu tre alumni particeipat ion in the affairas of the univ'ersity. iIe reported that mem he.rsh ip in the associa tion had in1 ereasedt atnmost 100 per cent duri ng t he past five yearas anad is con11tin uIin'g to gr:ow. Routh Becomues New Gamnecock Mgr. Editor Billy Rout h has suceeedr Marl Smith as managing editor of the Gamiecock. Vict or narrett Jou, nalismni 1 or fromi wVest minlster. sueee'd RoutIh. who hailIs from Columbia. as News Ed it or of t he Ga mecock. Other addiltionas to our' staff in .lude Nevit t Grove, who has taken over as Circulation Manager. and( I Baiinda C'i um, assistant Ex change Editor. New replorter4s are Opiat Isen how'r. Lacy But ler, and( Mary~ Saye G as ton. The new staff members served in their of ficial ('apac-it ies in t hIs issue of the Gamecock. FLI"OOD)IJGHT ON LIBRARY It was a pleasant sIght Wed nesdlay night to see the flood lIghts on McKissick Libtary. We believe in showing of f our beau tIfu huIldings. Traci No X'A Thirteen new members have bee Joe Lumpkin, Frank Chapman, Ge Lavisky, Dick Dusenbury, Joe Pie berg. (USC Photo by Stan Lewis, USC Debating To Va. For Nati The University Debating Team, only recntly reorganized after five years of inaclivity due to war-time conditions, are entering nation-wide competition this week-end. They journeyed to Mary Washington Col lege at Fredericksburg. Va, on Thursday afternoon to enter ihe Grand National Forensic Tourna ment. which Is to he held on Friday and Satuirday of this week. They will enter elimination debates Fri day, with run-offs on Saturday morning. Tho debate will be "Resolved, that the United States should adopt a foreign policy which would he directed toward the establish ment of free trade among the na tions of the world." Each team will debate on holh sides of this question. Four Make Trip The non,: who are making this trip from South Carolina are Rob ert Ilirseh. Robert B. Bates. Johnny Cochran. manager. and Professor M. G. Christopherson, debate coach. The Debate Team won second place in the South Atlantic Foren sic Meet ast month. The U.S.C. negative teai defeated the winlners of first place, the University ol Florida. whlmilec in competition. Out team is one of t he hest dlebatec teams in t he Sooth. Trhe members of the team atnd t heir coaeh have shown wonde(rful results so far this erm, and it is hoped thait t heir, high record will he kept. VETS Wives Plan Picnic For Sat. 27th Thirty-fiv'e wives of Carolina V'el cra ns hatd t heiri second meeting Tuesday night in Flinn lItall. At his time, plans for a pinic suipper on Saturiday, the 27th of April. to he held at Sesqui-Centenn iat Park. were announced hy the President. Bett y Stoddard. All veteci ans and their wives are invited to tiring picnic basket s and meet at sesqui (Cen ten nial Par k at 5 p. im. Bradley Elected Higher Education Francis W. Bradley. (lean of the colleges of arts and sciences at the Univer'sity of South Carolina. wvas onec of the 22 new mnembers elected to the Commission on Institutions of Iligher' Education of the South ern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Match 28, in Mentphis, Tenn. Dean Bradley, head of the mod ern languages at, the University, member of the school hoard, and a t rustee of Erskine College, will fill the vacancy in the class of 1946. olen Ow Member Of OD n added to the circle of ODK. Th orge Auld, Bill Thue, Hugh Carriei Inont, Jimmy Moise, Harold Hewo ream Goes onal Meet Chase Goes To National Conference Dean John Chase of the 'niver sity of Soutan Carolina attended the National Conference on the Educa tion of Veterans in Colleges and Universities, April 11-13 in Chicago. Dean Chase received a personal in vitation to attend from the Depart ment of Higher Education. Na tional Education Association of the United States. which sponsored thc meeting. Over 200 representatives from 43 states attended, representing col leges. universities, veterans admin istiratiorrs, and state departments of educai onl. Every Problem The educators discussed all phases of piroblems pertaining to vet eran administ rat ion. Dean Chase commented that every college is experiencing the very same pioh lems that the University is expe riencing. D iscussion grouips w.ere divided into six general grloups: 11 "Can the facilities of American colleges alnd univriVtliis be so used or ex tendled as to providte adeq(uately for the great number of v'eterans dte siring to enroll?" (2) Can colleges and uIniversit ies arrive at cerltaina basic principles of admission and classificat ion which wvill saisfactor ily meet present emergencies and at the same lime promote the best iterests5 of all of higher eduent lion7" 43 "What provisions shouldt he made for gulidance and personal welfare of veterans en tolled in colleges and ulniv'ersit ies?" (4"H-ow "an the financial and hus iness administration problems of colleges and universities be most effectively resolved to Insure adle quale education of veterans?" 45) "Is it possible for thle colleges andl universities to expand their facili ties sufficiently to meet the need?' t("What may he dtone to insure that veterans have the benefit of good. halanced curricular and effee tive teaching?" dtetr Sentiments of leading educator s of the day can be4 summed up in some of these qtuotations from the meeting: "All the c'ollege's and uni vetsittes of this nation have had to make changes In their prt ograms which would normally take 50 years to ef fect. Some of -these changes are permanent; all are experimen tal." "There is a hacklog of four years of students who have been in the services." "Watr expands higher education." "The great ma jority of vetetrans are under the G3.I. Bill; a very small number un der Vocational Education." Meet ~A0k ey are: first row, Nevitt Grove, , art Smith. Second row, Saul I1. Absent w-as Charles Wicken. Reserve Room Moves Back To McKissick 2nd "The reserve room of the McKis. sick Library. 1'niversity of South Caiolina. will he moved hack to Ohe second floor. 'eause of ciowd ed conditions." Dr. .lohn Va Male. libl arian. announced toda.. The resevve and pwrirdal riooms WVr -obihined asto Novembet when the librai. wat not so riown ed. Since the incieased enrollmnt and the reltn of many v-etians. morev students have been using the loom for study. Thetefoie. the crowded condition de%vloped. "Even though we move the re serve room. I expect we w%ill oe short of space next fall." said Dr. Van Male. "hut it will ease the sit untion this spi intg and in the sum m er."I Incitren'i "The- McKissiek .ihtat\. ''liver. sity of South Catolina. has ciru laited two and a (uater pee cent more hooks in March. 1946. than it did in March. 1945." Di. John \'an Male. librarian. announcod. Stating that increase in hook c-it iulation was anotlher i eason for the congestion. Dr. Van Mal1 said that all parallel hooks will te found on the sec(ond floor. andee thaet all latest magazintes will remain on t he first floor. Thcis intcrea'se in hoeok cit eu leaion rate bce attriblute'd partly to the Blue Sta cueol lectlion of hooks, hooks bought fronm student fines feot plea sur ie readingt. Dr. Van Male said that the increased enrol lmentI had a lot to do witht it. These books have been added to the Blue Star c'olleetioen at the Mc Kissiek I.ihi ary: C. P. Cturt is. "The Pratic al Cogitatot" M. Kantor, "Glory fot Me": L. A. Kent. "Coun try loeise"': B. Ridet. "Death Stalks the Range": F. S. Wie'kar'd. "Dan gerouls G;rountd": and R. Gibhings. "Lovely Is the Lee." Weeks Question Ther e has beeni in the past a ineed of answering quest ions conerning the honor' priniciple at the Uniiversity,. and through this colutn,. which is to he pinted weekly, members of the lionor' Board will answer' them as best as possible. It Is hoped that students will send In any quest ions c'oneerining the honest system that would like an swe red. Qusesetion: Ia It a violation of the honor principle for students to dIseuss with other students exams that they hava juti taken? Answer: No. it Is not. The obligation falls otn the professor to change his exam tat her thatn make this niatural tendency for disetussion a violation on the part of thn stuent. WolE Events Start At 4 Saturday On De C'oachI Sterling~ Dutl'reX's 1tr;g i l .-39 W%ill over ille I)avihs anotjiher Siout1hern (ionferenceet vhi t hey invet thle Niprith Ciarill ina Fiehl eve nt,s will starl at one-IIt i by th 11.Shot pill. broadjupig AKG To Sell Profs Time At Auction A student and faculty time auc lion sale will he sponsored by Al pha Kappa Gamma on April 22. at 12 p. m. in the Field House at the University of South Carolina. Pro ceeds will go t) tothe World Student Service Fund. Students and fa,uilty members will auct ion off tli i t imle to per form designated dutit's to the high est bidders. Also faculty member will nuction oft "coke" dittes to the students. decided at their mite-ting last Tues ciay to take on as it newv project helping with It" vnteitainment of service Imn 1 at tihe 1.amrel Street *'SO on Thurs dtav nigts. This pioject was acco-pid af1er a re quest for het1i fom the 'SO. USC Talent Displayed At Convocalions Six U'niversity of South Catolina students entertaineid with a variety prograin at student convocat ions in the V'niveisily Field louse at noon Tuesday. Dr. W ith tthison. chaplain, led the inocation. Dick Vmndet Vve'ln, student hody prtsid(nt. in todtuced the stuidvts on the pto gi am. Butdd .ohnson. a NROTC stud d-nt flom Chicago. la.%ed "ilumor esque" and "IRhalosody ini Blue" on his electtic guitar. George Simpson. an NROTC stu rhont fi om Rockfoi d, Il.. gas z , comict sket ch on hw W)I'Sw . t he proposed campis radi'l station. ma, affect the lives of titl students. la iion Powell. a cKIilian sItIdeit ft o A tigt iln, .I . aconipanied by Betty Atin Daih. of Florence. pilayrd "'N obody 1Know 's the Trou ble I 'se Sei'n"' atnd "'I irnterm.i on his violin. LOUIS BROMFIEID as he all April 13. Shown with him is Dori ally known writer, talked to mem~ the English department. He was head of the English Department. tpack Jne Thirty ivis Field kinen. vivoriolus hast Saftir<lay oin Wih(-ats, will he out for t,vr looii'Irr'Mw afterftooll whell ialv Willc'Imek oil Davis Fivhd. r-ly 'with poll, valtinl,f followedI awi114 the various other evetsitm. As usual, Coach DuPree will be counting very heavily upon Jimmy Ratliff. Gamecock . hurdler and dash man, to garner Gamecock points along with long distance run. n1-t, Richard hornton. 440 yard man Buddy Riggs. and pole-valutier Ben Badgvr. The Gamecoeks at presen1 ate rather weak in the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes. as well as in the high .iump and shot put. Strong Team Ilowewer. they rank w ith the strongest teams in the countiy in both the high and low hurdles, the Javelin. and the two mile run. At present, they have a record of one win and one loss. In last Siaturday's Davidson meet, Ratliff was high pjint man with two firsts and a st-cond. Riggs, Thoi nton, Davidson, Iavel. Meeks, Car-nvs. Fat rier. Bodget, and Del iwa i t0ok one first place enh. Results: 100 Yd. Dash- Lasley. Davidson; Ratliffe. 'SC; and lunnicutt. 'SC. Time 10.2 seconds. 220 Yd. Dash- Lasley, Davidson; Hlunnicutt. :SC; and Montgomery, Davidson. Time 23.1 seconds. 440 Yd. Dash -Riggs, USC; Bra Ivy. USC, and Orr, USC. Time 54 sel,1nds. 880 Yd. Dash --Davilson. lSC; .M-iwmeather, 'SC. and Marston, l'SC. Time 2:09.5 minutes. Mile Run - Gray, Davidson; Thoi nton, I'SC. and O'Rourke. USC. Time 4:42.6 minutes. 2 Mile Run--Thornton. USC; Metier. USC. and Reuber, USC. Time 10:48.4 minutes. Javelin--Hazel. USC: Buck. USC, and Robertson, Davidson. Distance 177 ft. 6 inches. Shot Put - Meeks. USC: Frantz, I'S(*. and Peteis, Davidson. Dis lance 3S ft.. 5 inches. Broad Jump-Carne-, USC: Fat rier, I'SC. and Troutman, Davidstn, D>i stance, 20 feet. 11 1-2 inches. 120 'd. ligh IHurdles-Ratliff, 'SC: Lacy. Danidson. and Peters, Davidsmn. 'lile 15.9. 220 Yd . Low ! lurdles Ralliff, VSC: Lacy. Davidson. and Carnes, 'SC. Time 25.4. Iigh Jump--I,aey. Davidson. and Farrier. 'SC (tied for first placel. and Yonte, lSC. leight 5 feet, 8 Pole Vault -~ Badger, U'SC; Mont ICont inlued on Page 7, Col. 6) dI Student peared on the University campus i Boria. Mr. Bromfield, Internation hers of the faculty and students in the guest of Dr. Havilah Babcock, ( Photo by Stan Lewis,)