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The Bowl Game' Wednesday night, October 13, when the second Powder Bowl game is played at Mel ton Field, most students at Carolina will have their first opportunity to view a grid iron tussle where people keep their eyes on the players instead of the ball. The teams, made up of members of the Pi Phi's and the Tri-Delt's, who played their first game in 1940, expect to show the stands some real stuff. From the looks of things we expect the gals to be making or throwing, plenty of passes on the field, off the field, at their sponsors, at the referee, in the stands and at their teammates. Maybe they will even throw a few passes at the cheerleaders. Incidentally, after seeing the picture of Just A Word In Saturday's edition of the Gamecock on the editorial page appeared a poem by Ben McGuinn. The main idea behind the writing and publishing of this poem was to bring to the attention of Carolina the old tradition of speaking to our comrades-in-books when we pass them on the campus. For many years when USC was a small, well-knit group no one thought of not greet ing another student. It was a tradition. Dur ing the war years this pleasantry, among others, faded in the rush and hurry-up military education that justly invaded our campus. It takes no deep thought to realize that Your Red Wagon Today at noon is another meeting of the student body. After our last editorial about the poor attendance many told us that they didn't know about the meeting, that it had not received sufficient publicity. Well, here it is Tuesday again. More stu At Home In a sense, The Gamecock for the past several years has been an underground newspaper ! During preceeding semesters we were lo cated in the subterannean passages of Maxcey where the new Post Office is lo cated. We saw many changes there includ ing the transition of Maxcey from a Navy barracks to a girls dorm. Whether there's a method in the administration's madness in moving us to the east basement of Sims, we don't know. At least we are furnished with a pleasant environment. Our new offices have been partitioned off in what was to be a game room for the Vet's wives. We're right .proud of the way things are set up. Our various departments have been railed in and signs putt up so that you can find everything but a typewriter. There was a war on, you know. The location, from a journalistic stand point, is not ideal. We're about as far away from everything as we could be and still commute to classes on time. We are printed by a new outfit, the Vogue Press. So far they have proven to be very nice people, and the first few editions are the hardest. Soon we'll carry a feature story on just how this newspaper manages to get to your P. 0. boxes. Veterans' Viewpoint By ED MOORER them, but appar< * Each of you has received a no- nessr oped ta1 tice through the University Post dsohoped that fth * Office of the present parking regu- drivern are futiui lations for the campus. As is ob- diesaeoir vious from the numerous cars on Isting regulations the horseshoe, more space is need- While on the si ed, and desperately needed, to ade- it has been sugj quately take care of student ye- thoughtful vets t hieles. Then too, since more peo- on the side of Di pie are crowrded into such a small a parking lot. TI space, more outside service Is corn- for several reast pulsory. Delivery truck., railway after conferring express trucks, and various other In the first plac trucks must have a place to unload. partmnent claims, The Columbia Police Department that Pickens stri his Investigated the available and congested w places to park and have plainly burden of a conti marked on the pavement spaces streaming onto a for the several needs, both of stu- Green. Trees (wli dents and Wrorkers. To overem- versity dogs do phaise the appropriate spots to would have to be leave, and not to leave your au- such a lot. Afte1 tomobiles, yellow signs have been trees -were plant oonspicioasly ereted about the Carolina veteran Msp,k. veteeans have pro, I. Who aee we Ohir negative vliwpoint IAstly, and perb af qpsotas." You don't like ant, is the fact i Speaking Governcr-elect J. Strom Thurman standing on his head, he will be asked to act as head cheerleader. Members of the faculty will be assistants. The Bowl game is played for the benefit of the three student publications, the Game cock, Garnet and Black and the Carolina Re view. When the Gamecock began to operate this year the staff found that they were starting over a thhousand dollars in the red. This was not attributed to graft, but it was due to costs continually rising. If the game is a success, and we know that it will be, the editors will be able to come out of hiding and show themselves to the world. There could be no finer exhibition of school spirit than seeing several thousand students at the game, watching the brains, beauty and bulk battling it out for the champion ship of the first bowl game of the year the Powder Bowl. we have now a conglomeration of human beings in various degrees of maturity. Thus, the "school spirit" of which we hear so much cannot be obtained overnight. It involves many little things, things like speaking to each other, getting acquainted. There are many organizations on the cam pus that wish to do something to stimulate interest in our life here. The Gamecock would be pleased to see, and to endorse, a "Speak-up" week, conducted by one of these service groups. Such a campaign would go a long way toward bringing us closer together. Students and professors alike should take time to be pleasant. A little friendliness doesn't cost anything. The profits are inval uable to us all. dents know about the assembly. The publi city has been given. The new amendment to the constitution will be read, among other things. This is a reminder to be at the Field House at noon today and every Tuesday. It's our little red wagon, and we'd better pull it if we want to keep it! The plan of circulating through the P. 0. is being followed for several reasons. Chiefly, it saves us money. During the past semester, The Gamecock was merely stacked up in the canten and you could come in and pick up as many copies as you wanted. This resulted in a terrific waste of the now hard-to-get news print and a financial loss. Secondly, some students were unable to come to the canteen on Friday, and consequently, did not get their copy of the paper. By placing The Gamecock in the boxes now, each student is assured of getting a copy. Joe Lawrence, the postmaster, indicates that the system is working well, except for two things. First, there are still several hun dred boxes which haven't been called for. Mail is stacked up in these boxes so that there is no room for The Gamecock. Second, there are two students using the same box in some cases. Two papers are placed in these boxes, and frequently one person takes both papers. In spite of these small troubles, things are going along smoothly. We will improve as time goes by. If you have any suggestions, please let us know, for this is your news paper. In conclusion, we cordially invite you to visit us in our new offices any Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Sunday night. Come in and talk, or just look. We'll be glad to see you, and find out who our readers are. mntly they are a to be used for administrative of the present. It flees and classrooms, which are to ma be taen be obtained from the government. ted with the ex Of course, that's merely contem plated now and has not boon corn ibject of parking, pletely formulated or authorized ested by several asyet. hat Gibbes Green The income from one room in avi benaenedbas thes dormitorie, has more than na I have found doubled during the past five years. with Dean Chase. In some cases it has been indig o, the police do. nantly asked where the vast sur and rightly so plus has gone. Certainly it has et is too narrow not been for repairs, though a new ithout the added coat of paint has been applied to nual flow of cars the naked dirty walls of our ha nd off of Gibbes bitats and some minor re at would the uni- pairs have been completed. In an without them?) swer to this query, this reply was eut down to make forthcoming: the surplus from all, those sam room rents, which is estimated at id in meor of $10,000 per year, wili be used for m of World War the construction of additional to destroy such? wings to the present dormitories 13s most import-. and for new dormitories. bat this ases Is Progress is in the making! Sen. J. E. B. Wc Yankee's Skirtini Hampton's Red , "Cahpitbaggahs! Damnyankee cahpitbaggahs is infiltrated into our good Suthun campus and is a-tryin' t' influence our fair wim min-folk to continue weahin' them yankee fashuns! But whin we gits through with 'em, suh, as sho' as m' good Suthun name is Senatuh Woodson, they'll wish they niver evin though uv victimizin' our good Suthun gals! "Cunnel Jeff Davis Jackson Lee, spokesman fer th' Anti-Long Skirt Klan, said today thet th' gran' imperial wolf has done seen th' secatari uv state 'bout gittin' an othah chartah, this 'un bein' fer th' A. D. Y. C. K.-Anti-Damn Yankee-Cahpitbaggah Klan. The membahs uv A. D. Y. C. K., mos' uv which belongs also t' the A. L. S. K., has sworn to git rid uv them cahpitbaggahs, even if war has t' be deeclared. Cunnel Willyum Jones, presidint an' commandah uv Car'lina Veterans, has offered t' mobilize th' orginizashun fo' im mediate attack. 'Bein' th' true Suthunah thet ah is, ah is sorri thet ah has only wun life to give t' the SOUTH, suh! 'Cunnel Jones sed. "The gran' imperial wolf uv A. L. S. K. done tol' me yestiddy thet he sho is proud uv the way mos' uv our fair Suthun co-eds is re espondid t' thet newspapah ar tickle which done tol 'th' truth 'bout them new fall long dresses -YANKEE long dresses, thet is! In genril the reesponce has bin veri upliftin', and A.L.S.K. is dee lighted thet yo'all gals done see through thet yankee trick. "Howevah, sum uv our good co eds still is undah the deelushun thet them dresses come from Paris, or eithah is bein' influenced by them yamdankee cahpitbaggahs whut is on our good Suthun cam pus. Them cahpitbaggahs is doin' they best t' persuade yo'all gals to keep wearin' them long dresses so's them yankee cloth manufac turers can git rich. "Pa'don me, suh, thet's m' mint julep boy comin' in with some good Suthun liquid refreshmints whut really does quinch th' thirst. Boy! Whut's thet magazine undah ya arm? Supah-Yankee!!! Gawda mighty-them cahpitbaggahs done give it t' yal Put them mint-juleps heah on m' desk an' throw thet fowl yankee magazine in th' fiah place. Heah, take this qua'tah an buy ya the bes' magazine whut is -Supah-Rebel-printed on papah made from Suthun pine! If'n ah catch any uv my darkies readin' Supah-Yankee, ah'll niver let 'em git neah m' watermelon patch agin! This Co lle FLYING GRIDSTERS TULSA, Okla.-(ACP)-Coach Jim Tatum's Sooner eleven will be known as the "Flying Gridsters' this fall. The Oklahoma U team will travel to every one of its out of-state games by airplane. "Transportation by air is very favorable to the team," said Law rence Haskell, director of athletics, "because the players will miss fewer classes, they will get to sleep in their own beds the night before the game and they will be far less tired when game time rolls around." The University of Oklahoma is believed to be the first state uni versity that has resorted to flying to all of the out-of-state sched uled games. WHAT NEXT? AMES, Iowa-(ACP)-An Iowe State professor, Dr. A. G. Nor man, of the Department of Agron omy, has developed a type ol chemical warfare that will in the event of another war, cripple ar enemies' food supply. Powerful synthetic hormones car severely injure the crops of eneml nations in future wars, reveales Norman. "If the hormones are properl3 applied, there is no yield," sait Norman. "By varying the concen. tration, crops such as corn, oats, wheat and potatoes would be com. pletely destroyed." THE HARVEY BOYS AUSTIN, Texas-(ACP)-The blue-plate special-that two-bii luncheon platter that has moat potatoes and bread, all topped b3 a hunk of two-day old pie-is or the way out if the new course be. ing offered this fall at the Uni versity of Texas fulfills its prom. is. to teach men how to buy food prepare it and serve it in the best Emily Post manner. The course, Rlestaurant Man. odson Denounces Main issues; )kirts Revived "Ah understan's thet two yan kee cahpitbaggahs walked across th' State House groun's the othah nite, discuss'n ways uv trickin' us Suthunahs into buyin' yankee products. They wuz plottin' an' a-plannin' as they went buy Gen'l Wade Hampton's stature. Hearin' th' fowl voices uv cahp1tbaggahs again, th' Gen'l an' his horse done come t' life an' pert night tromped them yankees t' death. The onliest thing whut saved them wuz thet they started runnin' No'th-th' Gen'l bein' the true Suthunah thet he is refuzed t' face NO'TH, suhl "Jes' a minute, suh, thet's m' phone a-ringing' . . . Suthun Belle, thet is! Hooray an' aaahoooo! Hits Senatuh Claghorn callin' from his Arlin'ton headquahtahs-SOUTH uv Washin'ton, thet is. Whut! Them yankee captillists is spendin' a thousin billyun dollars t' propa gandize them yankee fashuns in our Suthun newspapahs! But yo is gittin' even with 'em by gittin' our good Suthun editers t' put a capshun on them ads readin', 'Yan kee Propaganda-Beware, Yo'all!' Senatuh, yo is th' save-yur uv the South! So Long, Senatuhl "Ah sweah, son, thet Senatuh Claghorn is th' smartest statesman we all got. Yestiddy ah got a let tah from th' good Senatuh, an' he sez thet his fust-couzin, Senatuh White Lightnin', who is wun-foth injun (Creole-Suthun injun, thet is!), is gonna visit all uv th' Suthun campusses t' see thet they all has chaptahs uv the A.L.S.K. and the A.D.Y.C.K. fo' t' fite this heali cahpitbaggah movemint. An' Senatuh White Lightnin' sez he'll donate a thousin dollahs t' each chaptah. Him an' Senatuh Clag horn done pulled a fast un on them yankees whut paid 'em a millyun billyun dollahs t' vote fo' a yan kee bill in th' Senate. But them good loyell Suthun Senatuhs is fo evah votin' fer th' SOUTH! "Two more perfessers-an' they ain't youn' sprouts eithah, Marian -done joined A.L.S.K. and ast t' be chartah membahs uv A. D. Y. C. K., so yo'all wimmin bettah stop wearin' them yankee long skirts. Ah's gonna fite this heah yankee menace t' a fare-ye-well 'cause ah'm from th' SOUTH. M' office windah faces th' SOUTH. Ah goes t' sleep with a good SUTHUN breeze blowin' ovah m' tired yan kee-fightin' bones. Evah time ah looks out m' windah, ah looks at thet grate magnificent tree, the SUTHUN MAGNOLIA. Soon as ah kin git m' han's on a cahpit baggah ,ah's gonna kick th' var mint square in th' SOUTH end. So long, YO'ALL! iate World College of Business Administra tion and will instruct prospective restaurant owners in food prepara tion, as well as business manage ment. Laboratory work will be practical-even to the washing of dirty dishes. NOTHING BUT MONEY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-(ACP) -The greatest building boom of all time is approaching for Ameri can universities and colleges. Federal government sources es timate that the state appropria tions for the academic year 1946 47 will exceed the prewar peak and general expenses may run more than 250 million dolla'rs. NOISE IN HARMONY SEATTLE, Wash. - (ACP) - Something new in the way of school support for the football team will be Inaugurated at Wash ington State this fall. A seven part gelee club consisting of sev eral thousand voices will harmon ize to cheer the Huskies In the homecoming grid scrap with Cali fornia, October 20. It Is expected to produce one of the most unique cheering systems yet devised, and if the venture proves successful, may be established as a tradition. EDUCATION DIGGING ALBUQUERQUE, 14 Mex. - (ACP)-Within 150 feet of the Tizeras canyon highway, 12 miles out of Albuquerque, students at the sixteenth annual University of Now Mexico anthropology field session have spent the past six weeks excavating in a Pueblo In dian ruin which was occupied from 1450 A. D. to until a few years before the founding of Old Albu querque. The pueblo on which the stu dents have been working contains from 80 to 50 rooms, of which 15 have been excavated. Thirteen skeletons, six of which were ac companied by pottery offering, have been rvered.a etaoin shrdlu. When I recovered from an acute attack of indigestion after reading Lumpkin's column Saturday, it suddenly dawned on me that I missed reading an edition of P. M. and several volumes of the Code of Laws for Soutb Caro lina ... and to think that there Is a shortage of paper. Ah, me! My receeding hair line was taken unfair advantage of. But since we are dealing, with Robert's permission, in personalities, I should like to inquire in the words of Prince Hal to Falstaff, "How now, Sot, when I$ the last time thou viewed thy feet!" I understand that there has, for a long time, been a controversy over whether Shakespeare or Bacon or John son wrote all those plays. The situation can now be solved after that misquotation all they have to do is dig up the three gentlemen and find out which one turned over. Last semester there was a character, ficticious of course, who appeared in these columns. Her name was Lu. In brief, Lu was the daughter of two squared-toed people of the soil from upper South Carolina. She took great pride in her family, and delighted in telling people that her mother was a Norse and her father was a Souse. As fate would have it she came to Carolina-but not until after they decided to leave it here and not move it all over the state. The last we heard of Lu she was on her sum mer vacation out in Crowheart, Wyoming. While there she met a young man of great calibre with a one second idea and a two-hour vocabulary. She met him in a bar where there was some misunderstanding over what she ordered. lQuothe she, "Ah wanna mug a bear" (Beer-pro nounced bear. ) "You want to do what?" asked the bartender who had just finished pushing all the corks in the tops of eight cases of wine down into the bottles. At this moment, Hjalmar, who had been watching her for several days, managed to speak to her. "Hey, how you," he said. Completely charmed and fascinated by Hjalmar's bril liant conversation, Lu, who was no mean extrovert her self, accepted him and a bottle of beer. According to the custom of the co-eds she bit the neck off the bottle, chuggled, then ughed, licked the outside of the bottle, and ran her tongue casually across the bar for the few fallen drops. "Do you like it?" Hjalmar asked. A semi-satisfied burp and a modest blush was Lu's only answer. Hjalmar beamed. He liked this creature more each mo ment. He was loathe to interrupt the sequences of ani mal sounds Lu was making in beat with Shostakovich's new arrangement of Wilson's "Run Into the Roundhouse Nellie, He'll Never Corner You There." Being a very shy young man, he eyed Lu carefully, and contemplated each word he would say. As the orchestra swatted out the last few hot licks of "Who Put The Benzidrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine"' he said: "Let's go to Pennsylvania and live in sin!" Immediately he knew from reading the contours on Lu's map that he had said the right thing at the wrong moment. Confused, and suffering pangs of paranoia he whipped out his scimitar and set about cutting off his tongue . . . what a fool he had been. He should have known! The idea of saying a thing like that to her! He had forgotten completely that she was a southern girl and that Penna was a Yankee state. T-ti ls'y ther' with her head resting against the brass foot-rail of the bar and watched the desperate young new psychopathie swing recklessly at his outstuck tongue. After 50 attempts, the bartender, who had studied a course in trig and abnormal psychology, staid Hjalmar's hand and dashed off a brief psychonalysis In a few thousand words which convinced Hjalmar that his reflexes were normal and that he should have his eyes examined. Besides there was a toothpick agent and a pulpwood buyer who were dickering over the price of the bar. Hjalmar stoically lit a cigarette. "I gotta go," said Lu to the bartender. "Where7?" asked Hjalmar. "None of your stinking 'business you bulbous nosed overgrown wart. I'm a lady and I'm from Charleston!I" "I'll follow you." "Oh, go slide down a razor." This was the most cutting remark Lu knew. "I'll follow you." "You won't." "I will." "You won't." "I will." Lu glared at him. Lu got up. Lu walked to the little door at the end of the room. Lu turned around and glared at Hjalmar again, with triumph in her eyes. Lu opened the door. Lu went out into the street. THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Founded january 50. 1908. with Robert Elliott Coneales as the firnt editer. TUE CAME. COCK I. published by and for the students at the University of South Carolina Ia Coe lumbia seml-weekiy. Tuesday end Saturday. during the osilego year enoopt holidays and p. m. adsd ne w end sportsd S p. m Turedy. .dliso. for Taeedat editioa; oi.' Opnos ehe db cou it. and etter.wlgere are not necessatily these of 3 M . CHARLES H. WICKENBERG, JR... EDITOR-IN-CHIUP MARY E. SHOUN.. .. .. .... . ..MANAGING EDITOR CANDY TAYLOR.. . . . . .USNESa M ANwAGR