Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Editor ...........Virginia Raysor Associate Editors-Eleanor McCall. Sidney Wise, George Celusta. News Editor................Victor Barrett Feature Editor ................Harriet Lee Society 4itor...........Martha Steadman Columnists-Mary nelen Shawhan. George of The Ga Celusta. Saul Lavisky, Charles Wickenberg. Sports Editor...............Donald Moore Photography Editor ...........Betty Brown Cartoonists........Jinx Giles. B. 0. Jarrett, Mary Lewis. Managing Editor ......Saul LavIy GETTING THE WORD "Getting the Word" to students at the University of South Carolina is more SNAFU than at any other college in the state ( and probably in the nation). Is this because the Uni versity is un-coordinated? Partially, maybe-but not alto gether. To what then may we attribute this precarious con dition? There are many,items that contribute to this situa tion which we shall list, not as gripes, but as what we frank ly think are its causes. You may say that all of us criticize, (most of us do and there wouldn't be much to us if we didn't), but that few of us offer any constructive criticism. Hence, we shall take up each factor separately and will at tempt to offer a solution to each. In doing so we'll probably step on a few toes but if the parties edncerned aren't broad minded enough to accept facts an(l take progressive steps to improve conditions, then we suggest constructive changes be made. The sudden influx of almost 1400 new students, the need of a cenfrally located large auditorium, indifference on the part of students in attending convocations, inadequate dis tribution of THE GAMECOCK, lack of eating facilities on the campus, lack of adequate housing on the campus, lack of a modern campus PA system. lack of confidence in the admin istration by students and faculty are the hindrances to ideal distribution of information. All colleges and universities are and will have trying times for the next few years until this transition period from war to peace is over. When approxiniately half of a school's stu dent body on the campus are newcomers it takes quite awhile for them to adapt themselves. This could be speeded up if within the first week of each semester all newcomers were carried on a short lecture tour in small groups about the campus. It is true that the Orientation Classes will cover these items before the semester is up. but they need to learn of all the high spots the first week. Many post office boxes were not looked in for several weeks because the studlents didn't know where the post office was or that he had a box. Assignment of a box number could easily be a part of regis tration. Remeher most of the new sttidents in' and for several years to come are matured veterans And if they do not live on the campus they leave as soon as classes are over. The needs of a centrally located auditorium large enough to seat 5,000. of a(lequate eating and hotisinlg facilities are problems that cannot be solvedl by merely talking about them. unless the student bodv, altiniii and aiministration as a whole get behind the building (expansion) program an(l sell te state on our needs. 11tretofore, t1hese ideas and plalns have not had the fullest backing of the stulent body because they were offered from above and the studlents as a 'whole did not support it. If the "povers-that-be" had been wise, we believe they would have seen to it that the expansion program be born within some student service organization; and thence, spread up)ward( from the students as a r'equest (just as we request extra holidays) , to be joinedl by the fac ulty, administration. tr'ustees and alumni ; then we believ'e the momentum wvould bie so great until the whole state would join us in it. Tw'ice now the explansion priogranm has bogged down as offered from ab)ove&. Next time let's all agree on a program and( star'tt'rom the gr'oundl upl. YIes, South C'arioli na is a poor state finanucially and her war reserves are (deplen ishing. Each time one state school asks for extra funds an other counter-requests; maybe a Boardl of Regents wotuld be the answer to stop this political contest b)etweenl state schools, rnaybe not. But it seems that our best bet now is to seek a E taoin S.hrdl We are eternally indebted to Charles Wickenberg for al lowing us to write this column. THlE GAMECOCK is written almost entir'ely b)y .iour'nalism students. We ai'e not such. Please do not say that it is obv'ious. The only thing that prompted us to tr'y our hand at wriiting is that we thought that we cotuldn't do worse than Wickenberg. We will now admit the slight possibility thatt we could have been wrong. We beseech the student body not to attempt any acts of violence against our person. We knew not what we wer'e attempting. T[hasnks, Bob Wilson and George ('ombs. On the campus there exists a deeply clandestine organiza tion which in the initerest of the studlents we have seen fit herin to expose. 'Though the (club has been known to us for some time it was niot until recently that we lear'nedl through a reliable source, the malevolence planned by this infamous society. Its secret hname is Malaraqcambs which to an ex perienced cryptologist is tr'anslat ed simplly Kcr'anbrsa. 'The club was originally organized in oppIosit ion to the W. C. TF. U., but has since fallen inito uinscrupulous hands and is at pries ent operating at full swing, and before the eyes of the public, an ice cream par'lor. The profits (derived from this r'acket are being used to promote the interest of Eightball as opposed to Rotaition. These character's are known publicly by the erroneous title of the Whiskey Witts. It was purely by coincidence and a master stroke of ltuck, that there recently fell into our hand a portion of their secret journal which we present in its original form, exactly as it came to us. "March 14. 1946" At fiv'e P. M. this afternoon w~e were standing in front of Money's after a session of pool tr.ving to think of something The Gamecoi ition Founded January' 39, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES. First E me cock: Issued Weekly by the student body of theUi of South Carolina dunnth col0ege year excepl examinations and Vacation periods. )0. . Entered as second-clan matter at the posto Columbia. S. C.. November 20. 1908. Student activities fee includes $1.00 subscripi students. ~ria long term building program to expand all state schools ac cording to'need in a manner such that the state could absorb it gradually instead of in one lump. To do this we must ask for essentials only and as we do receive them, they will aid in consolidating the activities of students so that they will eat, live, study and play together enabling them to get im portant information at the same time. ROBERT L. STODDARD. WHICH? TiE GAMECOCK printed an editorial some weeks ago ad vocating the change of name for the so-called Co-Operative Stores. A co-operative store, as wve understand it, is supposed to operate on a non-profit basis. TiE GAMECOCK has often wondered why, with no light or rent bills to pay, the Can teen has always sold items for prices as'high or higher than they are sold dowvntown. And surely students don't relish the idea of waiting five or ten minutes to buy a cup of ice cream and then having to sit in a booth with seven other people to eat it while waving off the flies. We are not trying to exaggerate or be sarcas tic; we are merely reporting what we've experienced our selves and seen others experience. - Last week we obtained this information: President Smith has investigated the operation of the Co-Operatives and dis covered that most of the profits made from the so-called Co Operatives go into the Athletic Association. All that is fact. It is also a fact that many of our Athletic coaches receive much, much more in salary than do some of our professors. TIHE GAMECOCK raises no objection to this situation if that situation is what the student body of the University of South Carolina wants. If the students and faculty and alumni had rather see an A-1 football team in action than to raise the educational standards of this institution to an A-1 level, then this situation will continue to exist. But TiE GAMECOCK believes that this state endowed insti tution of higher learing has a far nobler purpose to perform than simply that of entertaining itself with an expensive rootball team. Surely TIJE GF.AMECOCK would crow loudest for an all-American football team . . but not at. the expense olf the educational standards of this University! Alld 11hast is 1rhot fo Its prore to be ho>pning todoalY! Stu dients, if you approve of mying part of your activities fee to the Athletic Association and then continniig to ntribute money to it through the so-called Co-Operatives, don't ever gripe about prices in the Canteen. We of TIlE GAMECoCK approve of paying an athletic fee but not of continuing to contribute to the Athletic Associa tion everytime we buy a sundae in the Canteen. We believe the University of South Carolina should be a university, not a playground! QUESTION WVe wonder howv man.y of you who attended convocations TIuesdlay realized how~ much noise a tiny peanut shell makes? THAN KS The C'arolina Broadlcasting Company thr'ough THE GAME COCK wishes to thank all contributors to campus radlio sta tion WUSC. The station also wishes to acknowledge 'the helpful co.. operation which is being shown by all three radio stations. WKIX, WIS, and WCOS. to do, an.ything to keep from studying. Of pool we had had: enough. Otherwise why should we hav'e been standing on the outside in the rain when we could have been in stroking the cues. Ten hours of 1)0o1 is quite enough, especially when one is out of shape, which we were, Someone had jIust come up with the brilliant suggestion (I think it was Unpresentable who is our idea man) that we mosey in for another shot of the ole grap)e, andl( we were all just before nodding our heads, when who should we see approaching but Hot Henrietta and Cuestick McHlugh, 1)oth members of a certain notorious sor oritv whose name we will not mention here but whose ini tials are CC'C. Unbearable, w~ho is our front man, swished right over andl ushered them, in his best cavalier fashion, over to where we stood. Cuiest ick was blowing her top). " ()0 () ! ;:..) ! !" she said. That was all we could get out of her', but from Henrietta we got the story. But to get back to the story at hand, we had juist begun a (discussion of what to do about the dlrinking fund when an un-named dIrunk flound'ered wildly in from the pool room side andl stumbled ov'er at least half of us as he made his frantic way. This we ignoredl. We were used to it. But it was on his way out that he made his mistake, and stepped sound ly upon the toe of a dangerous little lady, namely Hot Hien rietta. lienrietta spat a molten stream of epithets thait took the very paint off the walls. To which the drunk replied, "Whassamadder yole bag?" Unpreventable siw fit to con: test this statement and without further ado flew into violent action. The fight didn't last so long. Either the drunk wasn't so dlrunk, or UnpreventAble wasn't so unpreventable. Any how, things came to a sudden stop. The drunk cocked his' hat and strode merrily hack to the pool room. Unpreventable picked up his teeth, straightened his none, and sat nce. The E di*or Hold4 iiversity durng ' Ameri< fice at Rating ion for MY O Here it is, almost election tim, again. Nominations for student bod: fficers were made at the chape last Tuesday. By Ithe 1 ime Ihe Game i-ock comes out, everybody here ai Carolina will know who's runninj for. what office. And so, in view of the forth cominlg race and election, I woul< like to devote this week's columri lo the facts and principles tha sh1ou1ld guide you in selecting th1 rand(lidate of your choice. Carolina has reached it's post-wt, ia. The veteran is rieplacing tih naval trainee, and unless somethinj unIUsuai happens, the campus vii soon settle down to its accustome4 tate of dormancy. And that mean, that once again the ISC studen body will go through the rituals o another election. I am not going to write again oi the ugliness of fraterit.y politics.. am not going to write again or detrimental effects of such a systen as we have now. I don't think: have writ ten enough about t he hat situation that we are in, but 1'< like to take a little time to mak, a few suggestions, First of all, I wtant to urge every one on t he campus to voteo. Ont0 ahout 85 students were interestec enough to come to the nominations we are 2,800 in number. TJie se lection of the proper' person to By Cha moniously dlown. "I was only kiddin'," he to W~ell, the situation was gre houtr. All of us were dejected of us were broke. We were just before decidi ble, oulr gambler wtho had gon into the room and came up herself had just come into was electrijfyi ng. There were ing "we should b)rain her an let Imperturbable engage he and many less gentlemanly c dIecided' upon01 was to hav'e Ur passionately love to her, an, jack. We knew Rheeba to be able was in no shape to argue watch from the transom. Exactly what was said af It was only a matter of seco ing arm in arm out the froni one but Henrietta was jubilar able was our man!! It was almost an hour latei ly despondent and Henrietta that Unpreventable, lipstick grin on his face, breezed hal for him which Henrietta wol is tunprintable, but what she Anyway, the money flew it up in short order and left preventable! Oh well, we ha grrape, and we stil had Cue.i Du ;amecock Sp The All Ne :an Honor For 1945! f -ry C tt Pin ion by Saul Lavisky each office is not only the re sponsibility of each oC us, but also I our duty to ourselves and fellow students. Secondly, I want to suggest that you think before you vote. And by that I mean, study the candi jdales qualificatlor,s. Catolina is now at the crossroads. The cur rent of student opinion can carry it vither way. Compare the true with the false and the good with the had. Pick a president who has shown that he can do the job to be dlone. And don't let anybody fool yom into believing that there Is,It a job to he done. The student body president for the next semester will he the foundation for buildinq the new Carolina. You wouldn't erest a building on an inferior foundation. -You can't build a bet ter Carolina with a poor student body president. Carolina needs to make certain (hanges that will promote the well-being of us as students. To develop intellectually, physically and spiritually, cettain changes must be made. These changes will have to be accepted by the student body withbout t heitr losing the value of the old way of doing things. Ton lead a sI udent body' t hrough such a period as we now face, will take the skill of a natural, leader cotspled with tare intelligence. ries WJicken berg dus later. ve. It was nearing the cocktail ,all of us were thirsty, and all ng to give tip when Impertuba p out to bum a beer, slid silently v'ith the statement that Rheeba he poo01 room. This knowledge nulmerous conjectures, includ dI steal the dlough," "we should r in a little game of chance," thers. But the thing we finally preventable take her out, make :1 somehow make off with the susceptib)le, and( as Unprev'ent , he readily agreed. We were to ter that none of us were sure. nds before the two were stroll (oor of the pool room. ECvery t. This would do IL. Jnprevent after we had grown thorough had growln horns and a tail, encrulstedl and with a satisfied >pily in. There was a mad race i by six strides. What she said dlid is inhuman. in all directions. We gathered them to fight it out. Poor Un d the money, we soon had the ick. which Is a dealthin-. siness Manager ..,. Joe Lumpkin change Editor ...........Ralph fergusoa !iety Staff-Rives Kelley, Sidney Branden burg. Doris Moorehead. , . )rt Staff-George Howell. Joe PiedAout** 1 Jerry Krupp, Frank Scruby, Jim Fulghum, Red Tyler and Sara Cline. wa Staff-Mike Karvelas, Belinda Cullum, Dorothy Perkins, Mary Shoun. Victor Bar, rett. Elizabeth McDanfel. Lacy Butler, Opal Isenhower. Mary Saye Gaston, Nancy Craver, Cyrus Shealey, John Whalan, sislant Business Mgr.. .. . a. .. .ndy Taylor %iness Staff. ...Ed Teague. Victor Barrett, pt..................Barbara Binnicker rculaton .........Nevilf Grour Letters To The Editor May 15, 1946. Dear Virginia: In the April 19 issue of THE GAMECOCK, an editorial appeared on the front page, explaining "Why We Feel As We Do!" In it you listed nine reasbns for supporting the Building Program of the Uni versity and also defended our march around the State House. Our march? Yes, for I took part in it. My question Is,this: How many of us, before the march, took the tnou ble to investigate the needs and claims of Clemson, Winthrop, Cita del. Medical College or the State A & M College at Orangeburg for fund? One state college, incidentally, announces that it -expects 6,000 stu dent applications next year, and that it has facilities for a maximum of'3,000 students. Maybe that school needs money more than USC does. Most of us are sure that some thing is wrong somewhere. Our civilization has progressed to the point that we usually go to special ists when we need advice or help. To a mechanic (when we can find one) when our car isn't running properly, and to a surgeon when we need an operation. Our state legislature (lid this last year (1945) when it authorized "a study and complete survey of the State Tax. Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945, Section 3. supported institutions of higher learning in South Caro-. lina." The report. "Public Highe;gk Education in South Carolina," strongly advocated the establish ment of a Higher Education Com. mission to coordinate the state tax supported colleges. Such a com mission (similar to the Board of Regents in Georgia, North Caro lina, Kentucky, New York, etc.) would plan the expansion of our higher educational facilities and eliminate needless duplication of functions (schools, courses, etc.) with regard to the educational needs of the whole state. For at least ten or twelve years, Edwin G. Seihels, chairman of our Board of Trustees, has advocated a board of regents for our state tax-sup. ported colleges. "No business man in our state would run his concern as our state operates its colleges," said Mr. Seibels on one occasion. Let's pause a moment. ,. . Ready now? Okay, 1. South Carhlina is not the wealthiest stale in the Union. 2. We must carefully plan and budget our money to get the most out of it. We can do this best by setting up a permanent Commis sion Board to coordinate our state tax-supported colleges and plan their expansion for the best inter ests of the state of South Carolina. in the past our colleges have drifted aimlessly as the political tides have ebbed and flowed. Lit tle, If any, regard has heen paid to the educational needs of the state. Instead of narrow-mindedly fight ing for the best interest of our school, let's fight for a better way of distributing our state funds. It is quite possible that the expansion of our uaniversity may not be to the best Interest of our slate. You and I all of us who took part in the Stale Hlouse march should be the first to re('ogntze this. L.et's get together with Clemson, Winthrop, Citadel, the Medical Col lege and the Stale A & M College and fight for a Commission or Board to belier ('oordinate the col leges. And instead of v'oting this suimmer for meni who will vote a larger appropr'iation to USC, let's solicit and vote for those who'll * back a Commission fir Higher Edu cation. GAMECOCK, Student Council, let's put oura fututre "tireless effort" In stuady and action behind this plan! Sinc'erely, SHEILLEY s. WILLIAMS. '46, A.B. in Education. VETERANS The Veteran Viewpoint had to be omitte5d this week, hbut Walace Coleman annonnees that he has in vestirated the fact that the deposi tory is charging l00 for cashing av ernent cheeks. Hie wIll present hig findings TUESDAY NIGHT, MAY 21, IN THE CHAPEL. AT 7:50 P. M. Veterans are asked to attend, pre, pared to expres tenaa eatti Issan.