The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 31, 1946, Page Page Four, Image 4
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
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Cartoonists.. .. .. ....Jnx Ges. .lmy Lewis
Managing Editor ......Saul Lavisky
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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.
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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
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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
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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