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Editor ...........Virginia Raysor Associate Editors- Eleanor McCall. Sidney Wise. George Celusta. New%s Editor................. ictor Barrett Feature 1-4itor................ artiet Lee Society Editor............artha Steadman Columnists-Mary l1elen Shawhan, Geoige of The Ga Ccelusta. Saul Lavisky. Charles Wickenberg. Sirts E(uitor ...............Donald Mome Photography Editor ....... ....Betty Brown 14,00 Cartoonists.. .. .. ....Jnx Ges. .lmy Lewis Managing Editor ......Saul Lavisky 6k4 GUEST EDITORIAL When a college magazine has to pay its contributors fancy prices for the articles it prints it seems to us a few things are dropping below the level of ordinary school spirit. When student attitudes toward their literary publications reach this state, it is time for the magazine to fold up as it has done so many times before and go back to the grave from whence it was resurrected only two semesters ago. We're speaking of the Carolina Review, which recently announced it would pay $50 for articles which appear in the forthcom ing issue of the magazine. If students of the University do not have enough interest in the magazine to contribute their work for publication. then the magazine is not a success on the campus and it is not filling the need of a literary outlet for students. As we see it, if students wNill not contribute articles and they must be purchased, then only the meager staff of the magazine is profiting from the publication. At the beginning of this semester the Review was desti tute and went-a-begging to the student activities committee for financial aid from the student activities fund. At that time, the committee agreed to pay the printing cost of the magazine for this semester. This was an effort oin the part of the committee to help the magazine get on its feet. We're wondering where the Review got all the money it has now\. If the magazine can afford to pay for the material it pub lishes, we do not see vhy the student body of the University should have to sup)ort it with money from the Student Ac tivities fee. We are not trying to cripple or hurt our fellow publication in any way. We desire very much to see the Carolina Review make a smashing success where its predecessors have failed before it. but we feel that the magazine is establishing a dan gerous precedent early inl its Car-eer b y paying for the ma terial it publishes. It may be hard for ti.cceeding aiminis trations to follow up the practice of paying for nmaterial for the magazine. It is our understanding that not all the Contributors of the magazine are to be paid for their efforts but that only spe cial contributors selected by the staff of tle magazilne are to be reimbursed. This is unfair to those people who contributed their work in good spirit to help the nmgazie. and who will receive nothing for their efforts. We hope that the Review will not be offienlded by these statements. W%e want as mch as anotne to see the magazi ne a :,1ccess and we hope thit it Ilts a long and brilliant fitiulre before it. Sii) WIIE. TO THE OLD AND NEW Wednesda' the newlY-eiected stIdenlt bodly 'sident took over the reins of student government from thc retiring president. Dick Vanderveen, and his student conicil. To F'redl rogdion TIiu -: G;u.:Co('K c rows a hea rty wvelcome and( pledges its cooper:atilon in all pro.iect s that wvill help (Caro To Dick Vanderveen. Tit: G.un- Io('I e'xpresses alpprecia tion for a ble and great l-adership. (Caroliuna has beeni exceed ingly fortunate to have him as its presidenut during these imn portant (dayS. Etaoin SrdILu SUPPORTING ROLE TO AN ELEPHANT Have you ever been the stern end of' a pachyderm ? If you never have--don't ! I can think of many reasons why you shouldn'ft, having~ once played the role myself, but the chief argument against taking on such a tremendous job is the extr'aordina ry nick names anid fables which latch onto one when the prulic at large, a fter feverishly' searching through the dramatic personae, pounce collectively upon your name and p)roceedl according to human natunre to dirawlI subtle remarks not unlike,--"My. he p)layed the p)art nat urally "' The occasion for my dlebut, 11ron1ically enough, was duri ing Be Kindl to Animals Week, and alas, I must confess, it was in a parade sp)onsored( by t he Society f'or Prevention of Cruelty to A nimals, an organization for which I have ill feeling, and which I have often t houight of' bringing suit against for the many embllarriassinug moments for which I deemi it entirely responsible. NO REASON There was lno plausibil' reason or' ai'rinment pre'sented why I should no/ play the fore parit of the mani-fiash ionedl creta ture, e'xcept sonme i uknown vic'ious gr'ud(ge the buxom. wrinkled amazon who was responsible for' the gr'uesome look ing costume's being in the par'ad', wvhich incidentally was a mile in length, held against me a 1 niade known in a t rumi pet inrg series of v'ocal noises that 'rminuded me of' an e le phanut howlinag at the moon or whatever' it is they' do. Fort unately it is a lifttle known i fact that t here are sev'eral types of elephants. F"irist of all, and necessar1 li ly it would see'm, there is the male andl the female. They' sem to ('ome iln as sorted shapes0 and sizes, and are uisuialIly ha iry'. I have it on goodl aut hority that both male anid female arie shaved, crudely enough, with a low forcoh!I What 'ar'thly dliffee(ne this makes I'nm not qu it e sr'e, but. it bearls out my point: That if' men and women sha ved with blow torches t hey 'd be as stu pid and as ugly as elephanuts, and there wouldn'Vt b)e any use for either on earth, which means I am ini favor of The Gameco tion Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First i Tniecock: tasued Weekly by the student body of the U of South Uarolina during the college yeai excep examinations and vacation oeriods. 0. Entered as second-class matter at the postc Columbia. S. C.. November 20. 1908 Student activities fee includes $1.00 subscrip students. )lia /& THANK YOU, SIR THE GAMECOCK wishes to thank a man for a job well done. Very little is Said about the McKissick Library, its librarian, or the part it plays in our campus activities. During the past year and a half, the Library has had as its librarian, Dr. John Van Male. Here are some of the re sults of his hard work: (1) An increase in the circulation of books above that which can be accredited to the increase in enrollment. (2) The moving of practically every book in the Library so that the Circulation Desk could be moved from the second floor to a more advantageous location on the first floor. (3) Inauguration of the Library Hour, which has.. ac quainted the people of Columbia with the University, its famous men, and traditions. (4) The opening of the Science Reading Room. (5) Dr. Van Male has been a key figure in local, state, and national library surveys. At the present time he is rep resenting the University in Buffalo, N. Y., at the American Library Association Convention. Dr. Van Male leaves sometime in August in order to ac cept responsibilities at Denver University, Denver. Colorado. his home. Dr. Van Male, TiE GAMECOCK takes this oppor tunity to say it has been profitable to know and work with you, sir. r[HE GAMECOCK would also acknowledge the work of the entire staff of both the McKissick and Caroliniana Libraries. There is a great deal of tedious routine involved in library science. We know the library staffs to be capable, hard-work iny. and pleasant at all times. We thank them for their con tiiial efforts. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION! As we come to the end of this spring semester. 19-16, T11E GAMECOCK wvishes to impress upon all Soith Carolina stu dents this one fact : During the simmer state legislators will be campaigning, seeking election and ic-election. The legislators that the peo 11 1 Sout h Carolina elect next Auguist will be the meln w ho w%ill consider the iU'niversity's bidget next year; they will Ib( the men who will build a great University or allow it to fall by the wayside into the git ior of secolnd-rate schools. (fen we have criticized actions of the General Assemly; now it is up to vou. stildents, alinmni, parents. and friends of the i'tniversit v to vote for those men who will work for the expandinig of our University. We go further and suggest tha,t vottrs demanid of cam paigneMrs that they take ts a part of their platform the build ing of a great University of South Carolina. The'1 I'ixrsity vhears the name of the tate. The Univer sity bu1 is futuiire leaders of the state. The Uniiiversityv has the oldest pelant of' any other edlucat ional inst ittution in the state. The Un iv\ers it y needs help--iimmve il hel p as does no0 other (educ(at ional inst itutiiion in this state. Why then will you allow the people of' South C:(arolinai to elect men to oflice who will not builId a great L'nive'rsity' of Sout h ('arol inau? annihilating the elephane or giving him inback to the I nd ians and the Africans-which seems at the present to be the case with the democrats. DON'T TALK ABOUT IT Tlhe pcart icutlar "elephant" of which [ was soon to become an inite'gral part was fi rst viewed by myself, alone. 1 never saw what the front le'gs belonged to. It is one of those things peopIle (don't talk about, as you shall soon see. It had the usual accessories that go with the cutrrent mode(ls. Its trunk was movable, a featur ie which I ne(ve1' could quite fiure out, andl also it earis flapped up ion oc'casion. Needless05 to say. I was far from hav'ing anything to do with these eccentrici ties. WERE IMPRESSED UPON US Tlhe i mport ance of beothI bow a nd stern, andl t heir re'lations to one14 anoethe'r. (Cooperat ion was th(' t icke't. This, I (lid not under: tst and i unt il we d onnie'd the ouit fit anid be'ga n toe move uinste'adily' forwvard. The effect onl bo0th the outIsidle and the insidle was startlIing ! When the front endl stoppe)td abruptly. I had noc alItern at iv bu nt to steel (of de(capl~it ate( mys('lf1 on a wvould(-bCe'-gu illoneitine fashi oned by a strianug of'i bind ing wiri' julst be fore my throat. It seemed to hold the sides of the. costucime t ogether. The top) parit ofl the (elphanlt was jiuggled about by a t wvo-by- foutr on each should('r: we' had don ned over-alIl-Ilike ''legs'" made of t he sanme mate(rial as our bur (It'n. Our i first sudden halt brought a cry from me as the wire scra pedl my adams apple. Then the front made a state'me'nt hat was slow in reaching me. It s('emedI to say that it was little bet ter' off t han mysel f. We could not see wher~e we were gointg. Our I navigation depended upjonl certa in lit tIe fie'nds on he outside who we're suppeosed to give' us5 dlirect ions. "IT" As we. or ''it,'' stood the're wait ing for the paradle to com menee. I suddenly r'eal ized that lugging the cumbersome hinug a mile, knowing my whereuabouits only in relationship to the f'orwarid end (who had only reciprocal knowledge), was (definitelv going to influnce the remainer of my life, if The G difor Holds iiversity p during Ameri *fie at Rating lion for -7 Letter To TUhe .\u-:u-ta I hiabi .\Ma_N 1:1. 1946 .\lariiamle Edt or: 1 am11 siite thitt it will not be too difficult for you to recall i lt t 1. along wii tlie rest of the staff. op posed yoltir hecominllg ditor of Thc ;am r .\' y reasol t ot dl oing Ihis as 1hat I felt :.ou wotild not m:ke at Pr,0,,.eSSiVV oditr; iha y11 ou wo l 1-1 'hlo p:110. rld- aloll.: onl itsle i w colislol: and that yoit wo til h14 so houid bY your Woll-knowA n pro-jutiics ind tt ilr political alfi i. ationls llhat. wore Youl to trY, Your attempts at plogress wouli h' fail ures. I felt that not only would yotu not progriess bu t yout wouIlld actu-Il a oppose ha n . ttortunttatelt. however, I was wrI()n1-,. UnTitfor1- tunaitelf Y. you halve Chanit'--d the palr. And I am ad vised hy the editors of the lierahil I hti never have' th,:y :.ii at pagi in suchl a hoewildoetintg becilm at it ..our etdtit itl ptage. Fot :s you knoii. paim -t :w a mposeid fuor tip e tract iiee. anud blance. Yoiur piag is dteadfuilly tacking itt all t hieci atsji(ts. By Cimn I lived through t he ordelal. I gi cont raptionOl beca me hea2dvier wi moment to the effeuct t hat the (1 ing gum duitntg practice anld fulsing to move or phayt uttil was5 ascertained. I dlecidled to It was a grave dlecision, ant t o informtn the leatdintg membller and1( prtoceedIed to stoop, to a s< a sitting one with myl legs out ment of my sitting dlownt the one' of childish terror frotm thi of pinl fronm the inIside frott hatd beeni&(l1 ad irintg f1Tarzan 's "j na~t tura11l osition11 wvhich t he rem one( of1 Ildgar It ice Itu rrou.gh side--my actiont had1 b)roughtt jYanl t) watz sidIeways itt a sti lain his balane', all the w'hilk lerior' at which alny self' respe he shaved with a blow toret dtittely I got to my feet. Thisi how inito forward motion stil antce. From the out side the st a runniting start, then sligrhtly colla11pse to its fotre knees on iI erect, legs apantrt, antd wordls ofl the thitng. It got to its feet, indicat ing that the elephat i frot legs ! TPhis strange intde blast of a btass horn ; but a st CAUTIOUSLY l'Cach lit tle fienid ( tSA ) ja We caultiouisly b)egan to move contintued on png r,. column 1 DL Ex amecock S Sp The All 3n Honor As For 1945! ci rhI 7 P MD /f ./L/IO.'OPf/C, P10~' WCUUM11/1c,1 AW/ 0/s11/t1MA , 5W ////fM/A))O#, 2 .,XJKI L. / i EIL LUEDTKE I'hc Editor Youir vChIcaialk. \Ahlio Ibh'y havc )M Ih- Pm-c- !!nd ;-.:w- !f a pup, sonol hi ng. A nl I n t 3 ha nk ful t hat I he.( do not coe(i' l "whi< h1 sido of I he chair should i, stI k ou 3how Ing gun oil." as .01114 0 1V \soifill\ pr-edicted. Your constant ilL:ing of peopl11 1b1i \'anderlveenl. I':m r t .1 al bII c imes irlitating allt-i a .lIIb Th s ner d l iekd . p11pl kimu al; Wo0 wf-ll w%1( hot\ m, ni. A nd ourma- agt;n "\iMOC', t) "Wh who" Whim a flat-,rant disreg(I (iud i I i ;(adbli on, amil is at po"il i v displa of \ (u11\ II )\ Iml, InIvriol it\ conliph-.Hv ie t ; it's d is pes ctfu t o\u da . ws r i - I1 S1n111n ation. I s,ouhIi lok to poin outu t1 h obvi)v -Nt (Th N I IiIIng w.olg w l ( I tis (:1111ccock k 3 hat1 it has n14ve3 hlua a ".3 l 5ng, fl ee dai IiI di torilul. butl lase th rI l 01" i t53 alile. S iie'\ the I:di:::. 'Cw Iflr itt'(le ihught;/ih ('\ tie.a ewr ari' at I I'1lgt Ihat >rne(t p)hry ho'lill 1(ost his ('hew t he b as $ or hipl lay'er w\as re.. the whereabouh( IIts of t he yumf it dolwn,. of our13 utst ofI hmy i ntetions, lattinug plosit ion, Ila then toICI i st re'tuched like a \'. A t tlt he mo re. twoN simu11 lnouIs screams, ' outIsidle, a uti thle It her a (rv .Oni the outstidle-aI little tot lay mate," and~ t he Suddenl' 0t un0 endI assumedi'( frightuieed away' S bes't ('ustomer('s. On the iln ht e vighIIt sit the burdeI~ te o t Ihe iyging im ba~lnckwvard(. 114' be ait'ang -n)aInner try*in~g to min i Iltte'riig pIhrasies at his 11. -' cln elpanlt whlet eygyi wouhriill have hhished. Imml)e I Irinhg to mlaintaini his blal raniIge' aniimal was st eni to get loIwer its heaui, bl)l1-like, ami xarc'(asmi seemed*'u to come114 fromi Vas try'ing toj rid itself of its I al itruggle' 4'lnded4 wit h the raniger st ruggle b egan0! bhered'a 'd i l re co decn siness Manager Joe Lumpkin change Editor ....alph Ferguson :iety Staff-nives Neley, Sidney Branden. burg. Doris bloorehead. Ats StIlr-GeorgO 11nwell. Joe Piedmont, Jerry Krupp. Fank Scruby. Jim Fulghum Ited Tyler and Sara Cline. ws Stilff-tiko Knrvelas. Bielinda Cuilum, Maty Shoun. I-Ni.aheth Mc)aniel. ljty Butler. Opal Isenhower, Miary Saye Giston,. cyitis liealey, John Whalen. istant lusiness NIgr...... ...Candy Taylor ,ilcs Staff..... . 41 Teau e tist.. lIrbara BInnIcker rculation ........Nevitt Grove TheVeteran View Point BY* L. A. liton, Jr., and J. W. 'atrick Thrie was sar-tel onl this campus 3 at the begiing of this seiester a velv;-tis' 41or.tni/ationl 1hat Wa molded aloig dlemocri;tic pilrlpintais. \s i.; setmeser diraws to a (lose aid the tinlilf cameic for the election of new officers fot tile next teil, itho i<ills of democr-acy seem to have brel thliown liside and tihe \,, w'rans oigaimilion came undvr tIII conitiol of i few iln(lividluals. There tre cillullislances that, like velvhing els', caullsed this to be donc. InI tIhis case it sevls to he tle interest of th1- veteranls lire it Car'ina ; that is laitilil. This ttter umlnar Ion thearl of thle m111 jolity of 0h0 \clelails here hus (.auqI il, thol vani/atioll to graduily sill into a1 sr(onld Ite affair that las not aiounlted it t o\w of pills. Tho-rc ao itousi4 bwing built for hw mat d i et d \ertns aid thvir . it and YvI thelt h1ll been no :1rgltI'-/vd muov(.m1en11 (m the4 part of 'iv t rli-if-d \41clotas Io fix tile rellt i ; Ih h se botsws. As indivi. dua1l'. it is all Ini- mavittel to leave i I l.in up to Someone VIse to dc.. P'o Ihmps iH coulhd he t hat Ite Mall lit\. of till' wtells do 1111 t one bouttheethings. \\ell, wha abutl tIll ealing facilitis here? It .,m1 t1#I4 . 1hatl \%v do t vcall a Ilo Itn 'lut befoo I t fe\w \ 'ltrants at a tn: ' ng onl night itha11 the cal mg p-a(vs tltlnt helf i Itlimp s h,e ininlgatedand gladt-d as% tothi 4-beanllinlf ,'. As yvt that is to be e I donle. still Ihe motion received tihe h1Oat It supikllpolt (if tle veteralls at Al t i iIImle. unlipo: it was pass. 141 a ih .1'ropowvine. l1h rl ar.ce \(-Iy o, % f t)r tiI,, \f-io,rwis iiiat ait ially kn(u u6m h1P41 k plac" last Tuesdav 'i ht. hl-41.' u;1 :In Vltc ion. held ': 11111i 't - :11 n i er of vetelalls 111b1, 11 smil1 of tilfest ill it and laill-Cadt-6jib.\ i! olgallij/ed[ grouip, InI othti \wrd \'E;TE.RANSI \Our siri i/ lot is "goi ng oil thle iweks." I'nh'sz 1heie is more inter o'st lin the pail of lho- %eterains inl t ho oll .ai/ait on. till' officers cel. Zilld 4< i ln t d1 o 1 nyt hins l it h ut 4111 1111 42111 MpjI 11411) t I u i.. . ..I...il. Tin-le ''4 It nu'elin I the veterIl/l -444t h i <.f Junel.s' dIie. 1ay oumrk " II I"'d 11 and14'511 n itark 4l 1h 1.wll ill 4111 ill' fl i .' he pe.u- if ; i iti. e 4h. that 114 tt1411u 11ina ' group thati fhas Il als been11k itts d in10 the11 a 1nation. Yel. ln- moffity of144' . ii l \I t isIiIi;Illts f expily I heoUg n1 /a-i i itb 141 ldlt. I the111ie at 11 1.egare1 4444ltn 4)litio l4.\(l(11~sti o . Ais tfor taccusaI4tins nod 14in this4(1 a twh', "111 15( e414t hirn thgh (ho fit a itte. 11)n11 fltsithemt sof- of'44'S if own nl''5'in. t Ja e led' hI 'thed Idoeor'. hated.'4 1t exent fs l>ibyha tld hu'gin 114h44t 1411 11h4 means 'i.so andt h it lIt'r 4411n the'4 Dr.1( pa1gl I of J lifn 'tlIln' 44litr e S ril nV ovl fior 19' t. it' hook1 Sil i . pifhookgin hr of hissl' heitgeilly broughiwith