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Phi Bete Gripers Many leading educators foresee a larger enrollment of G.I.s in our large universities in 1948, thus creating a more serious educa tion emergency in those schools than exists today, it is revealed in "The G. L.s And The Colleges," a booklet just issued by the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. The new educational study, the fourth of a series of booklets issued by the company on veterans' problems, also discloses that G. I.s are today the best students generally, thus contradicting the fear of many edu cators of a year or so ago that many of them would draw government educational allot ments but be "educational bums." On the basis of replies from 583 institu tions of higher learning, the study reveals that "the majority of veterans wish higher education with a definite vocational in terest." Engineering is said to rank first in veterans' interest, business administration a close second, and pre-medical third. Because of this, educators fear that many of today's G. I. students, who are now en rolled in junior and liberal arts colleges. will seek to matriculate in the larger universities for their professional training. Since these universities will have their own lower classes going into the professional courses, it is ex pected that a critical situation will arise. "In general, veterans' marks have been higher than normal pre-war classes," the booklet says in reporting on the G. I.s as students. "Returning veterans have done better than before they left campus to enter the armed services." Letters to Dear Editor: several days ago This is not a criticism of your Inn where sever paper's attitudes or of any one speaking of the individual's attitude. But it seems a degradatory m to me that something should be asked for exam said of the smallness of the at- cite a specific cas titudes of the past of the people zations and hear: here. College studen Too often people are ready to all be rational an criticize when they do not know tha they swallo the facts preceding them, or even hear. Around th worse, that criticism is not based have formed tha on fact and but just heresay. on fact at all, The other night I was sitting in opinions. So an the lobby of McKissick Library and Joe tells hii when one of the University spon- didn't do for a fi sored committees came in and three agree that wanted to ride the elevator up to strictly no good. the floor that their conference was This gullibilit on. The attendant told them that manner shown b the elevator had just been closed at times is a g to student use by Mr. Kellam, to make a mount: the librarian. Whereupon two or hill. three of them protested in such a manner that did not alleviate the .Lct us be a situation at all and ended up only criticize, and wi in antagonizing people around, cize let's make student and other attendants. criticism. It we If this is the way one of our moment longer t< student body representatives go fer a possible se about doing whatever business are good, but wli they might have, it is no wonder tradictory to est they are always complaining of precedence we sh the lack of cooperation received cretion to withd from the administration. Who can It have made accomplish anything unless they such instances al are willing to hear someone else's to reason thati opinion. I know of no student a few contacts function, or hardly any function them, people witl for that matter, that is so im- varied contacts a portant that the persons carrying possibly worse es out their duties cannot spare a few moments to walk up the - stairs. I know that climbing stairs Dear Editor: is somewhat tedious, but I be- In a recent * lieve that the elevator is for the newspaper you I use of library staff and not for portant question such committees. Does the fi Another example of the ma- students on a licious breach of conduct happened nation so that A Veteran's Viewpo For this one Issue of the Game. I'm not going i cock, Ed Moorer, the original longer on this si "pen-pusher" of this widely criti- like to give yc think about: Ne, cized column, has graciously con- anything to say ceded his few inches of gob to ministration, thin yours truly. So in my humble ef- cently called cla fort to hold you good reader's There are no interest may I not open this "brain number of peopl storm" with a statement retrac- at these meetinj tion or an apology as my friend were, I would be Ed seems to have made a general ihe thebecue i practice. chops and get o SThere is only one kick I have you are organized Icoming, and that regards the and beat them g whole student body. Don't get Turning the si me wrong now, because I'm not more worthy, let attacking the whole student body, people something I'm simply expressing my disgust telling. It seems for Its. attitude! Just to give you organization on t: people some food for thought let as the Freshma me remind you that this business Y.W.C.A. Council of knocking your administration It on Itself, in al simply reflects on you. All I've a little variety a heard since I started Carolina last lives of ch.lldren Spring is this and that about our deprived of the p admlnistrationi and its leader. ine home life, t Speaking "The University of Richmond and many other institutions call it 'a pleasure to teach' the G. I.s," the study says. Other institu tions are reported as saying that the vet erans are "intolerant of poor teaching" and that they "demand to know why statements (of the professors) are true." . , It is reported that the G. I. Bill of Rights has democraticized higher education by making it possible for 75 to 80 per cent of our G. I. high school graduates to attend college, as compared to less than 80 per cent of high school graduates who went to college in the pre-war years. And the pro portion who have been withdrawing from school, as compared to the pre-war years, is said to be only one-half to one-fifth as great. The educational study points to the need of "careful, realistic vocational guidance based upon a knowledge of job opportunities as well as of aptitudes." It is said that, while engineering leads the field in veterans' interest, it is estimated that the demand for college-trained engineers will be filled by 1953. After that "only replacements will be needed." The study generally indicates that the present overcrowded situation in our col leges and universities will continue for three to five years, and that college enrollments will never again drop to their pre-war levels. The G. I.s, as students, are hailed as Phi Beta Kappas in the art of "griping." One Western college official speaks of their "di rectness, maturity and 'post-graduate skill' in griping when things can be improved ... griping, not whining." The institutions gen erally bend every effort to improve con ditions that prompt the "gripes." the Editor in the Collegiate seated consecutively as a con il students were venience to the students or is rdministration in this a means of demonstrat anner, but when ing that they are distrustful pies none could of the student's Honor? ie, only generali lay. Your editorial states "surely is should above this is not done for student con d not so gullible venience, for unfortunate members r anything they of the student body do sit side school opinions by side and take notes for hou, t are not based after hour. A student's 'honor' is but on popular d So meets Joe not strengthened by placing hin n what someone some few feet farther from hiE ricnd of his. All ieighiur." Mr. Someone is According to the Honor Prin. y and juvenile ciple, the faculty should mak( y certain people seating arrangements as com. ood combination fortab'e as possible. Spacing stu. tin out of a mole dents on a quiz or examination is little slower to not a violation of the Honor Prin en we do criti- ciple nor should a student believt it constructive it to be an act of the faculty t< uld take odlly a show that they have little faith ir analyze and of- the student's Honor. lution. Opinions Should a student be disallowe< en they are con- a better grade because he has re ublished order or fused to answer a question on ould use the dis- test whereby he has accidentall aw them. seen the answer on a paper nex rio effort to find to him? Should students wh< though it stands have studied for a quiz be vie f a person with tims of someone who had rathe1 as I have seen cheat to pass? larger and more ill find more and The answer is no! The polica :amples. of spacing students has a two A STUDENT. fold purpose-to make the stu -- dents as comfortable as possible in that it lessens the student' ditorial of your chances of unmeaningly seeing rin a eryim-another's paper, and to remov ringo very m the temptation from the sinal rculty arrange percentage that might cheat. quiz or exami- MARION POWELL, they are not Chairman of the Honor Board. mtBy BEN A.McUN o elaborate any tainment for the fifth and sixt bject, but would graders of Epworth Orphanage u something to On .Saturday and Sunday after t time you have noon, members of the council gi about your ad- out to the orphanage and call fo: k about your re- a child they have chosen as thei: is meetings. "charge." A trip to a drug stor< statistics on the for a sundae and then to a movi< who turned up may take place, or any entertain is u fteement suitable to the child. The ashamed i thpren children usually prefer to go t would be a slap teairport or some local westei sit beating your show. rganizedl When All of this has gone over s5 , beat your chops big, and has proved to be so muel mod! more joy to the Council than th< ibject to a note children, that a Christmas party me tell you good planned at Flinn Hall for Decem that's worthy of ber 18, will find St. Nick dis that there is an tribut numerous presents and gooi se campus known cheer. Members of the counci n Y.M.C.A. and are buying gifts for their chosei which lias taken child, and in addition, a committe< 1 effort to bring has been soli(citing gifts from mer rnd light into the chants in Columbia. who have been So a word to the wise is suffi leasures of genu- cdent. You do what you thini s provide enter- should be done. THE NEW T "Wake up, dear, it's time for 3uijet Of Last week the editorial colui ried the suggestion that the mental system now in use at drastically revised or entirely suggested the system used so sity of North Carolina as a pos organization here. Since reading the editorial, I portunities available to me to system. It is patently. obvious in use here encourages little in terest from t,he average student, and it is the average student whose interest makes or breaks political and governmental sys tems. Students have recently made great hue and cry to the admin istration and to anyone else who would listen about the lack of ad ministrative support. for plans and ideas supposedly representa tive of the student body. Actually, as most thinking students will ad mit, these ideas were those of a small minority who had the initia tive and the means to express their points of view. The cold fact is that the average student at this University does not exert any voice whatsoever in the af fairs of student government. Stu dent government here has become an inanimate pawn to be used by special groups as a means of putting their ideas across. Many of the bndia which are authorized to have ,representatives on the - student council do not even take the trouble to appoint such rep resentatives, and have no means of insuring that the views of those bodies are correctly pre sented in the instances where representatives are appointed. Up at Chapel Hill they have a system that cemes close to the mark. There the campus is di vided into political parties which act as proponents of opposing po litical views. They have a legis lature, elected by the students on the basis of numerical proportion. They have devised a rough parallel to our system of national govern ment, modified where necessary to conform to the spirit of the idea rather than the rigid form. There is plenty of room on this campus for two political parties. ,Call them Radical and Conserva Stive, or by any other names that won't run counter to South Caro lina's traditional party prejudices. Choose heads of the parties by the simple and logical system of party nominations for the office of president of the student body, the nominee from each party to act as head of that party. Have each party choose an executive commnit tee, whose responsibility It will be to draft the party platform and outline party policy subject to the approval of the party convention, -Elect representatives to party THE GA CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF Si ) Founded January 30, 1903. wish nobers Eiliott C:OCK is published by and for she stadentsa lunmbia semi-weekly. Taesday and Satsurday, examinations. Editorial and business offiee are locaied in 5l liing eases are 65 eenia an inch. Deadline. fe p. m. Wednesday; news and sports, 3 p. sm:. T serial and soceey. 3 p. m. Friday; news and si Opinions expressed by columnists and letter-writ COCK. Pnbiishing does not constitute an endorc CHARLES H. WICKENBER MARY E. SHOUN....... CANDY TAYLOR....... MIKE KARVELAS........ MARIAN RODGERS..... CHICK SHIELS......... MARY SAYEi GASTON.. 'OP KICK | h --- tl n i g fi v, h "5 your eight o'clock class." t 11 a i,SChssiOfl t' : ick .meefanS r 0 nns of this newspaper car mtire political and govern the University ought to be abolished. The editorial t successfully at the Univer- d 3ible model for an improved 0 have taken the several op- d find out more about that that the system currently conventions, and nominate party candidates in convention sessions. i Have independent candidates nom inated by petition bearing a cer tain specified number of names, 1 who will act as pledged supporters of that candidate. In short, encourage by every n possible means the political in- f terest of every member of the student body. The results will be beneficial in at least two respects: decisions of the student govern- I ment will be truly representative of the student majority, and we will all benefit from practical ex- I perience in the operation of a governmental system that will better prepare us to take our places as responsible, informed voting citizens of our sort of democracy. How shall we go about organiz ing parties and setting up this new syttem of student govern ment? First, it is up to our present student government lead ers to take the initiative in plan ning for the new system. They must draft a new constitution, or better still, call a constitutional convention made up of represen tatives of the various classes or of the various schools with the duty of drafting a new constitu tion which will provide for a party system. Then it is up to us, individually and collectively, to for-m our party lines. Leaders will appear, and if they do not, party groups can create them. It will be our re sponsibility to support the prin ciples that we believe in, to line up behind those whom we believe to be qualified to represent our points of view, and to exert con tinuous influence through our party systems on our duly elected government. Such a change Is radical in na ture, but I can advocate it al though I profess conservative principles because I believe that radicalism has so much the up per hand in student affairs that a radical change is necessary in order to strengthen the position of true conservatism. If our present student govern ment will take the Initiative In creating a new system, they will deserve our thanks for the good that will result. NIECOCK A GREATER )UTH CAROLINA Coniale, as the first editor. THE GAME. it the Ulniversity of Sonth Caroline in Co. uring the eollege year eneepa hilidays and as east basement of Sins dormitory. Adver r Saturday editIons editorial end siety. 8 suraday. Deadlines for Tuesday editlent edi. erte. 3 p. ms. Sunday. wre are not neceesarily these of THE CAME. ement although the right ie edit Is reserved. A, JR... EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ... . .MANAGING EDITOR ..BUSINESS MANAGER . .. .. .. ..NEWS EDITOR . .. .. ..SOCIETY EDITOR J .. .. .. ..SPORTS EDITOR < .....F ATRE EDInTOR taoin shrdlu... The high pressured salesman had been trying for ours to break down Mr. Levy's sales resistance, but ze bulbous eyed gentleman sat firmly in his chair and ierely looked at him. It began to appear that Mr. Levy was not interested i purchasing a dictaphone for his office. All the way down the selling points the salesman had one. He had told Mr. Levy the statistics on the num er of steps it would save his secretary, of the novel 3atures of the dictaphone, the increased efficiency .. . he salesman had not missed a point. He let Mr. Levy ave his finest and best line of chatter. Yet Mr. Levy at firmly in his chair and displayed only the smallest idications of life. "Mr. Levy," said the salesman, "To prove to you that his dictaphone is one of the marvels of this age we live 1, and that it can be a great asset to your business as n efficiency device, may I leave the dictaphone with ou for one week? Of course, there will be no charge D you for its use. I would like for you to try it out and ee for yourself. If you choose to buy we will maintain epair service for life. If you are not satisfied with ur machine, you will be under no obligation to us for he week's use." Well, our friend Mr. Levy, being a man to get some hing for nothing accepted the salesman's offer of the ictaphone. Next week the salesman was admitted to Mr. Levy's ffice by the secretary. As soon as he came through the oor, Mr. Levy leaped from his chair and began a long nd loud series of sounds. The salesman was immediately n the defensive. "What's the matter, sir"? cried the salesman, "Didn't b do everything that I said it would . . . is there some hing wrong with the machine? Didn't you understand Low to operate it"? Visions of horrible things were passing in the sales 1an's mind as Mr. Levy snorted his sounds in indignant ashion. "What has happened"? screamed the salesman! Mr. Levy, outshouted, quieted for a moment. He )oked the salesman in the eye and said very slowly "Oi, Oi, der machine's voiking fine, fine. Eets a very )fely ting . .. but mine aching spinal columnmn, vot terrible hack-sent de damn ting has got"! RECORD LUU REVIEW ros IN WAX-Exclusive Rec- VOCAL STANDOUTS Vaughn Drds offer one of the finest Monroe produces Dreamland albums of the year in Magenta Seil nabm i h 'features the smlrt i voice of ex- rcn on Ellingtonite, ba lu - Herb Jeff ries rlae ils and the musi-Dra,M cal scoring of Dem r talented Buddy ,GtigBte Baker, music ~ director di Ex- M seo Bud e e lusive SixGoIdei three 10-inch record album spot Il e o nM ras the vocals of Jeffries and hisFor0-nhecdswtte treatment is done in the relaxed abv tilsmoghe et style of his former Ellington (Vco)PerCooashs waxings. Buddy Baker makes a lu aigisbda good use of both a 30 and 18- lsigtiuet h mssa piece band, using each alter-so:eryCm SngMry nately as the effect requires.ChtmsMicAonte Leading titles are: Flamingo, fu 0ic ic r hs e large band production in a lcin-Wne odrad descriptive vein that makes full Sln ih,SnaCasI use of some of the greatestCongTTwnadOCme recording men in the nation; AlY atfl(itr.J All of Me, Which shows tasteStfodanwileoyhrie In ballad recording through the wr ihteLnMra use of a smaller band, and a Snesi h aio ic design to~ create "listening WieCrsmsadSln music." Basin Street, again with Ngt the large band, creates a new recording freshness in moods and effects. DANCE-Fpreddie Martin makes tre1-nhrcr lu o an enjoyable ballad pairing of Jzit n lsia tdns Once Upon A Moon, backed Aogtesxsds pca Everything To ThtYu no (fs Me. On bothanfrni)DakEe(c - ,sides he usestrtsislwadft)an - ~~hevocalizing BoyadSu(wttep Sof StatWade cnrssas) h ra fr ~~(Victor). Artie Ttm ln ihhsspot Shaw likewise, igisrmnait.Sa tw has a two-aronbs,adTnGims sided vocal re-gutrwevinicetch Ari hw lease, his withcapatrsrqing lmt Art. Sow Mel Torme' atuneivbetciu.Th the mike: For You, For Me,vraityoech risre Foretfermnore and Changing Mysle notamipoiain F'une- The Shaw clarinet fillslitdbmoeariniain the instrumental spots. Two ofteak-finrmn-n good, danceable sides (Musi- itrsig xiigsuyi craft). Here is good jazz im:. go az oln provisation, but, in the swing m vein because of the use of full _______________ band: Eddie Heywood and his yrchestra playing, You Made HNA0NS I afe Love You and Heywood Blues. Vie Dickinson, trombon- TORERD ast, has the large part of the (aea eodErsSiy irst aide and Eddie's stylized 1mMnAEfYN piano, in solo, has the second ilde feature (Decca). The Duke a9.(.r)(.do plays Stwamp Fire, a Victor re- MnhClb ease, featuring the famous Pok.Cd CIuh. Ellington piano and the top- AdrwSeo De) ranking bass of Oscar Pettiford. 2TETIG EDDlS U~ )n the backing, Just Squeeze MR..uahEor Clmh Ife, Ray Nance (trumpet-.vio. -FIEMNTSMR-o o in-arranging) in the Ellington oh(Vtr ,and carries the vocal. Inter- ~. j~gg uTEPPR estingly, an earlier Nance re- ADG OE-Lehw odn,Subtle Slough, is used baSpecial,danoalbum tnethe H Dram vI