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Editorialy Speaking Indefensible In a very short time the General Assembly of South Caro lina will convene for its 1947 session. Governor-elect Thur mond will be inaugurated. The University of South Carolina's future will again be at stake. Aside from granting our appropriation, the Gamecock would like to make several recommendations to the new legislature. As the system of governing the various state institutions of learning now stands, we are, in fact, in competition with one another. The core of the trouble, the apparent backward ness of our higher education, lies here. Instead of pulling to gether we are pulling apart. A central board, a Board of Regents representing all the state supported schools with restricted membership so as to insure fair representation, should be formed. This would be the first step in deflating the various political footballs now being kicked about in the name of education. The second measure should be the consolidation of schools that are duplicated at each college. One school of engineering, in place of three. It stands to reason that the state could afford to purchase more and better equipment for one school better than three separate ones. A better faculty and higher standard of learning would follow. This recommendation is by no means original. It follows that of Mr. Edwin G. Seibels in a letter to the Governor dated January 19, 1945. Wrote Mr. Seibels, in part: "I take it that no one, who has had any experience with the matter, will deny that appropriations made by the legis lature in the past for buildings have depended more upon what influence particular institutions had in the legislature, than any intelligent consideration of a co-ordinated building plan at all of the state colleges. A continuation of the present system seems to me wasteful and indefensible. "I think also that it will be admitted by any one, who will take the trouble to look into it, that appropriations for the administrative needs of the various state colleges have been curtailed to a degree, that has forced these institutions to enter into competition with each other and spend considerable funds in soliciting new students to supplement the state ap propriations by their tuitions fees. This also appears wasteful and indefensible." Of the men who walk up the capitol steps this January, we must have a champion. It Can Happen Here Recalling the tragedy of the recent Winecoff Hotel fire that cost 119 lives and untold sorrow to hundreds, there was the fact that Atlanta fire officials had classified the building as "fireproof." Indeed, so deep was the holocaust impressed upon the peo ples that many of them who journeyed to the bowl games and stayed in hotels took with them coils of ropes. It is human nature to imagine that things like that always happen to someone else. It can happen here. It is not the Gamecock's intention to incite panic, but follow ing the adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, why not look about your classrooms, dorms, and other buildings you enter. Make a mental note of exits and fire escapes. The University is now in the process of installing new fire fighting equipment and escapes about the campus buildings. Again the Gamecock would like to point out along this line of prevention-it would take a long time for the fire trucks to get their license numbers taken at the only open entrance to the campus proper. Tennis Troubles Of the minor sports here tennis seems to have received the least attention. Just what and where the trouble is is in definite. Last year members of the tennis team virtually fi nanced themselves from their own pockets. Without a coach, and in spite of disorganization they won the state title. Prac tice on the University courts was impossible because of stu dent demand for them. At a buck per man they used the Forest Lake courts. According to players, an outstanding tennis pro here in Columbia is willing to assist them. Several excellent tennis players have returned for this season. With a little thought, consideration, and interest from au thorities, Carolina can have a top notch tennis team. It may not pull in the money like major sports, but there are other angles to consider-those who for the sake of sports paid their own way. THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Founed anry. 0.by wth Rbort Eliott. Celg .u efrst f dter. .H..CAME. CCALE 1.pbih.db o W ICK uENt.ERt, JR..IOR-IN-uhCHoIEFnCo RY E. HO UN..k . . Tu u Satrda. du.n .h .AeNGIN er E.hlDayTORu Cug ADYar TAYLORt. . loch .. Deie .o .aua BUSItNESS edtrilANAER CARLESAH WODGES............EDOCIETYNEDITOR MIKE KARVELAS, BOB ISBELL.. .NEWS EDITORS CHICK SHIELS .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..SPORTS EDITOR SAYE GASTON, C. L. GILLIA~M. FEATURE EDITORLS Cot11IiOLnll the ClO Rnn den Ino] gar sec x }S for Lac dam Letter To The Editor Dear Editor: In reference to the latest col- Fed umn "A Veteran's Viewpoint" by poli Ben McGuinn there are several not comments I'd like to make. Out pop of this jumble of words and frus trated thoughts the author has ag placed himself in a category un listed. His points are ill-taken: it V 1. "Such ' remarks as ' He ang (Smith) has no personality,' 'He ern is the product of a political ma- to i chine,' ... are of no value to me until someone shows me how they affect his efficiency as an admin- trei istrator. In the first place Smith cur: didn't want to come to this Uni- T versity, and he had to leave a infl beautiful home in the West to ac cept the office of president here." -r Absurd! The fact that President tior Smith remained in the Navy so Uni long manifests his ability as an T administrator of a kind. This is elec not the principle question (al- at though McGuinn considers it so). At this point in the University'sWO history, it needs more than an ad- by ministrator. How does the author sele account for the deplorable lack of Ad< spirit here ? Without his gold braid nor does President Smith create a ' favorable impression? How do you his account for his authority earning j the "respect" it now has? not President Smith did not have to St leave a beautiful home in the West and --unless he were ordered here (by hin his brother, perhaps?). Sm 2. "In the second place, should whi we take it that he was put here kn< through a political machine, what can significance does that hold? The 3 President of the United States is wit placed in his office through a po- of litical machine." Na The very logic of such reason- ing ing shows the insufficient educa etaoin shrc There are at least three of us tin who are approaching the end of his our rope as well as the end of the ter semester. While Dix, Hal, and I be drank coffee, fought mental bat- thi tles to keep our feet off the seats, and criticized the wall paper at the the Green Derby (plug for an ad- sh< vertiser), we began talking about to the future. "There must be some easy way s to make a million dollars," said Hal. wi "There must be some easy way al~ to make a million dollars," said 25 Dix.ni "Yeah," said I. (I'd already -t started on my first million and given up. I sker .oo much on the th4 job.) cal Agreeing that there must be alt some easy way to make a million ter dollars, we set about an orderly hii conversation on how to make a bu million dollars. After forming a lip corporation, we decided that we dri should have something to sell be cause people always want to bu'y sti stuff. p0 "People like to be amused. Even ter If there's a depression," nur con- sti I. ictured are the sponsors for Cotillion Club officers. t ckwise they are Penny Jen gs for Harold Hewell, presi t; Muriel Black for John land, vice-president; Mar et Lunn for Chick Shiels, retary; Bert Hemmingway Jimmy Moise, treasurer, and ira Dowe for Joe Lumpkin, ce chairman. 54tjct f is an old story in the Soul eral government or any of tics immediately musters IT otherwise stand there. No ular as he was, could bei inst outside pressure. The tax, which would surely I rere not for the misguided < ling for the Negro vote, is a voter is as untouchable a; nake up his own mind is co seems, therefore, that Ser nendous advantage in the rent move to deny him a se he object of the move, of c uence, such as it is, from t the author is receiving at the versity! he types of "machines" that t the two offices concerned are extremes-the best and the 'st. One is a majority choice, popular election. The other, a ction by a few men-as Herr >lf selected his puppet gover Surely this has no affect on job as president .. . kn amazing statement! Does the president of the United tes carry out policies decided endorsed by the party electing i? Just where are President ith's primary obligations? And are has he demonstrated his iwledge of them? Any student tell you. Vith the columnist's infatuation h giving authority the benefit the doubt I would say that the vy Recruiting Service is miss a good bet in McGuinn. NAME WITHHELD. ued while examining a hole in shoe, "People got to be en tained. They'll do anything to entertained. I know of a guy it got married . . . Elal refused to be switched from small matter at hand. "We uld pick out a group of people sell to first, then figure out nething they could use." 'Well," said I, "I read some ore that there are 750,000 acute oholics in this country-that's 1,000 more than have T.B. ; ybe we could do something for We all paused a moment for >ught. From one of the minds no the suggestion: perfect an ohol that will solidify at body nperature. The sot will pour nself a drink, turn up the glass, t by the time the drink hits his s--clunk! It's a lump! He can't nki! rhe idea sounded good 'til we rted finding faults with it. Sup .e the guy has a sub-normal nperature; he'll swallow the To Be SC2SS3 t ick Sreefan h that the intervention of the its agencies in Southern state Len around the flag who would t even Franklin Roosevelt, as tt that tendency to organize perennial controversy over the ave been repealed long ago ii rusading of Yankee politician, good case in point. The South. a porcupine where his righi ncerned. ator Bilbo will inevitably rear State of Mississippi from the at in the U. S. Senate. :>urse, is to remove his vicious ie national political scene. We may hope that the attempt will be successful. What he does in the State of Mississippi is of far less importance than what he does in the highest legislative councils of this nation and2 there is little dot that tendeencet irniU perennae controversg tove thn tire South wreealetiongaoiin isadicened oanke otcwhol goodncas in theoinonh outhe woernd. Ste eofe,hwvr Missip fro weih probnlte. St Seona. eio seasto revahs vigooslpousth maoe t at theb attep will of sucesenat. Where ae doesly thee Sapaen reasnMpssible o far les importance than must e dsun thllo natoutn,sao and thelte dubtse tht is presnce inthe de.e Sgateis daagiprsntoatve can ntire Sothe mothere nainal iitonl is equoncerant tht Soeo country i nt opsinogo theu prtoblem. South Carolina senon movtento behin Bilbo' atnne oorced aprnteson osbl o i stufnd, dto. s bicone ith nce. Su elybl lfoat toe suppoed chrig out hisdtaets:le gAcaete himasat reetatvematn notlby the otpuvead it souldo be equlybertgan that Seaorl Maybank s ot castin pour sup-e port ofe ris. t-aoiacn Astagent beind funnlos annced t principlest iet i.(h clnk!ghb guy ould evenche.) h AWofbth that ewford wes thbar churin t Ies.( Ate ciaette bthalt abutmti Fcourescentouhoes.l(SoIyouucoul fithe ack. hinrnc iffcthese thee.hu) oftenih. ACberalasstreatedwuldpe trha o could ourth change and tllr wudins. e ecetg key achol ton direc bram. (TE Aerownt btuh thath oulor tebarevrnd.)iuts.( step svr butw what about mth dlars.) find hfamn thing inthewe ILHeld Nancy "Gives 'Em Good Food"--Has Pleased Patients "I loves to fix for the boys and girls," declared Nancy Al ston, who for 35 years has been cook at the Wallace Thompson Infirmary of the University of South Carolina. Nancy, washing dishes as she talked, proudly told her story. She came to the University in firmary 35 years ago with the intention of staying only two weeks. "That's the longest two weeks you ever heard of, ain't it?" laughed Nancy, speaking of the years she had remained. After Nancy had worked for three days, she was asked to stay for nine months. She agreed, for she loved the work, although she had no help at that time. Nancy served as die titian, cook and dishwasher in those days. Many years passed before a maid was employed to assist her. Now Nancy's hours are from 11 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. Her chief task is to cook supper, but she "just does anything she sees to do" when she arrives to take over the kitchen. It is obvious that Nancy is a real cook. She enjoys her work. The hardest time of all, Nancy says, is when there are only a few patients to cook for. She likes "big crowds" because that means a "big time." Nancy Alston has come to work faithfully during her years as cook at the infirmary. Her longest absence was that of one week when she was in bed with pneumonia. She will be 60 years old TOPS IN WAX- Stan Kenton and Harry James both share honors for the current outstand ing albums. KENTON: Artistry In Rhythm. JAMES: All Time Favor ites. In Stan's album of four 10-inch discs, he climaxes over five years Eddie S.franskI of effort to albumize his distinctive and original music. He offers eight sterling sides, all originals, never before recorded and each based upon his Artist ry Theme. Among the titles he features famous Kenton sidemen -- Safranski, written for the bass 1st and rhythmic spark-plug of the band, Eddie Safranski; Artistry In Percussion, features his new drumming sensation, Shelly Manne (of the pre-war Bobby Byrne band); Fantasy with solos by Vido Musso, tenor, and Boots Mussulli, alto; and a bit of Debussy in Willow Weep For Me -- some choice warbling by June Christy and tromboning by Kai Winding (Capitol). The James album In cludes those scarce collector's items--Concerto For Trumpet, Flight Of The Bumble Bee, and One and Ttwo O'Clock Jumps. The balance of the eight sides Include such as Sleepy Lagoon and You Made Me Love You. All discs are selected from the great James productions thai stand as milestones marking his climb to fame (Columbia). DANCE-Dance 'records this month fall into a relaxed vein with Tex Beneke and The Mil ler band lead. ing off wIith the immortal Carmichael * opus - Star dust, and backing it with * Leaves. Both instrumentals receive the Teas~~k@ same arrang ing care that Tex consistently uses to capture the attention of audiences and record buyers, and retain the same high stand ards he has set and maintained since the inception of the re organized band (RCA Victor). Another Victor offering Is their dynamic star, Deal Arnez, who with band plays a bolero--I'Ll Never Love Again (with Elsa Miranda vocal), and an Instru mental, Tia Juana. Gene Krupa of the frantic stick-licks, has a highly listenable pairing ini T here Is No Breeze and Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did? Carolyn Grey sings on both, and on the latter she Is joined by Buddy Stewart (Columbia). Fonight Cabaret Affair Given At Jefferson From 9T11 i The Cotillion Club of the University will hold its cabaret dance Thursday, January 9 from 9 p. m. to 1 p. m., in the ballroom of the Jefferson Ho tel. Woody Woodward will play. Sponsoring for the officers will be: Penny Jennings. for Harold Hewell, president; Mu rial Black for John Holland, vice-president; Margaret Lunn for Chick Shiels, secretary; " Bert Hemmingway for Jimmy Moise, treasurer, and Laura Dowe for Joe Lumpkin, dance chairman. The Cotillion is a dance club composed of 100 male members selected by the group. Its pur pose is to sponsor one dance, cabaret style, each semester. The club was reorganized in August, 1945 after a long pe riod of inactivity. "come May 15" and intends to spend many more years cook ing meals for University stu dents who are sick in the in firmary. Nancy's ready laugh, her jolly personality, and her ability as a cook have made her well-loved by the infirmary staff and the patients who are confined there. "I give 'em good food," Nancy said with no uncertain pride. According to her reports, stu dents, especially boys, develop some minor sickness for the sole purpose of "getting some of my good cooking." R ECOR D R EVI EW Weston, pair Matt Dennis in vocals of So Would I and At Sundown, a favorite of the '20's. Charlie Spivak leaves his "Sweetest Trumpet" in the case except for a short warm-up, and the band makes an instru mental pairing of Stomping Room Only and Let's Go Home (RCA Victor). VOCAL STANDOUTS-Bing Cros by, with backing supplied by John Scott Trotter and band, sings Anniversary Waltz and Yours Is My Heart Alone (Decca). In a lighter vein, the King Cole Trio, with Nat Cole at piano and vocals, make one of their typicals--It's The Be ginning Of The End and But, She's My Buddy's Chick (Capi tol). Dinah Shore has one of the best of: A Rainy Night In Rio, reversed with Through A Thousand Dreams (Columbia). JAZZ FOR COLLECTORS--Blue Note, the famous label of the Chicago and New Orleans styles, makes an en try Into fran tic modernism with Tiny Grimes and Sw ingte t. Tiny, always a * great guitarist, finds some ex cellent show casing in the InIy Grimes two-sided 10 Inch Flying Home, and in an other 10-incher released at the same time: Tiny's Boogie Woo gie backed with "C" Jam Blues. He uses "Trummie" Young, tram; John Hiardee, tenor; Marlowe Morris, piano; Jimmy Butts, bass and Eddie Nichelson, drums. "Trummie's" t'ram stands out, so does the Grimes guitar. Hardee's tenor gets raucous in its exhibitionism and severatl ragge,d spots in the ensemble appear during the ex citement. The tempo on all four sides is fundamentally the same, it still gets a lashing into pressure which causes bobbles P and rushing, noticeable at the drums and piano-which dis concerts. Those who like rhythm and licks from melodic lnstru mients instead of great tone pro duction,.may enjoy these. NEW AND WORTHY IMPRESSIONS IN WAX UIFE CAN SE BEAUTIFUL-Vaugha Monroe, dance (RCA Victor) THAT'S MY DESIRE-Frankle lane and Manny Klein Orch., vocal (Mercury) OH, BUIT 3 DO-Harry James, dance (Celumbts) ' HADDA BROOKS SOOGIE-Piano Bol. Albem (Modern Music)