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0 THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA t] Member of Associated Collegiate Press a Distributor of Collegiate Digest a Feaded January0. 190, with Rebrt Elliott 8enales as the tl first edit.r. THE GAMECOCK is published by and for the [ students at the University of South Carolina In Columbia semi weehly. Tuesday and Saturday. during the oellege year exoept d holidays and examinations. Editorial and busimess offiees are heated In the east basement of Sims dormitory. Advertising rates are 65 eemts am imeh. Deadline for Saturday editlon: editorial and soolety. 8 p.m. Wednesday: ews amd sports. 8 p. m. Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday edita: editorial and seelety. 8 p. m. Friday; news and i sperte. 8 p. m. Sunday. &( V1 Opimiens expressed by columnists and lotter-writers are met eacessarily these of THE GAMECOCK. Publishima does met a) eoastitute an endersement although the right to edit Is reserved. n STAFF Editor-in-Chief ..................... Mary Shoun t4 Managing Editor ................. Mike Karvelas EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor ...................................... Bob Isbell Sports Editor .............................. Don Barton Society Editor .......................'....... Libby McDaniel Feature Editor .............................. Carroll GilUam Exchange Editor ....................... ...... Peggy Trexler Columnists-Thomas K. Evans, Dick Breeland. Dottie Perkins, C] Redmond Tyler, Belinda Collum, Ben McGuinn. Cartoonist ............................... Samuel L. Boylston g News Ataff-Margaret Sloan. Libby Cole, Irene Sanders, Bob uunter, George Stanley. Jane Dowe, Cyrus Shealy, Joy Conard, Ruth Newell, Phil Clark, Jean Davis, Jo Anne Hillinger, Norlne Corley. Bob Carpenter. Mary Saye Gaston, Holly Beck, Bill McClan, Helen Childers, Lynn Couch,t Joe Molony, Sidney Brandenburg, Rita Leveno, Doris Morehead.C BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ................ Candy Taylor Advertising Manager ........ ... .. .. .. Harry Hlott a, Co-Circulation Managers ......Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson Business Staff ........................ Ann Mood, Betty Mood Il The Delinquent 4400 a And where were you last Tuesday at 12 li, o'clock? Feeding your face? Playing bridge sl or poker? Yap-yap-yapping in a bull ses- p, sion? If you are one of the 4400 who did not s< attend assembly and cannot give a plausible ce reason for your absence, then it is toward st you that this editorial is directed. h It was a pitifully small handful of stu- il dents who were present at last Tuesday's as- d sembly. Approximately .100 students and faculty members came to the chapel. That si is less than 2% of the students and admin- st istrative personnel on the campus. si The Gamecock realizes that it is impos- ci sible for some to attend. There are those di who have classes and labs scheduled at the ci 12 o'clock hour, but that number is a small el percentage of 4400. There are others who it have regular jobs which will not permit their ri attendance at assembly, but there aren't 4400 who have jobs. Among the veterans, hl there are those who have wives and chil- tc dren and are obliged to return to their al homes as soon as classes are over, but ai neither are there 4400 Carolina students t( who have husbands or wives and children. b. The Gamecock realizes, too, that with eat ing conditions as they are, it is desirable to G "go early and avoid the crowd", but 4400 ei students can't eat at one time and The Game- t; cock doubts that any student is so hungry w Leftters to / Student is Ashaimed Of Smalluporsec.Ie Attendance At Assembly weudthrape Dear Editor: wihyu ril One of the great figures of our tyn orl u times, Dr. Sherwood Eddy, was ms u h se the speaker at the chapel exer-thtiftsanbe cises on Tuesday last, and I was I' noane s ashamed of the small audience uiest.Ivnu which came out to hear this bril-Ihaebnaru liant sociologist, world traveller, ohrsueto and religious leader,.a eebrwe There are many who do not mc lae n agree with Dr. Eddy, In fact, I mnhpmc ie understand that he was "givenlatSury.oI the boot" by the authorities atwecm neou The Citadel. I am proud thatclaupsehwi Carolina at least had the courtesy eet n ev to allow him freedom of speech,.neesr rfn And as educated citizens we should yls listen to the proponents of every I mntmkg political school. The number offrm ysoe pi members of the'-faculty present hadi etoe was proportionately as small asbypolwhate the student representation,. otss sama When a world citizen-such as adetranet Dr. Eddy surely is--is willing toYorf come to our campus, I feel that B the students should have the curi. osity as well as the courtesy to Crln pr come and hear what he has to Da dtr say. I can assure those who did Ithntatow not come that they would have Yu ogeWe been amply rewarded by Dr.godtm frth Eddy's searching analysis of thedetbytomk world situation today. i t oiis GUS GRAYDON Thveycuea Students Advocate 'Clean-Up'stdnboyha Of Yells At Athletic Events beo,escily1 Dear Editor:"Vtrns iepl I read your front page article Moe,btltl concerning the clean-up speech t orc hsds idea created by the high schools I eeec ot of the city which appeared In ktalgm,ee Saturday's Issue of the Game-oraie pofn cock. Frankly, I was happy that suetbd ipa some group had at last realizedliecnutnbc that our modern version of every-aniortms, day speech was full of words that al fauiest are not considered the height of Ia culyah Intelligence or the finest in char- be ato o acter.suha atide However, after attending lastboswrboe Saturday's basketball game withTrethy adb Georgia, I wondered just how werod ontecu Wereplaingo bein I clening ing o ruhe uutpo lay Faky,It a Tuesday morning that he can't wait an ther forty-five minutes for lunch. More than a year ago, students petitioned iat an hour be set aside each week for 3semblies. The faculty gave up, except in few cases where it is absolutely necessary schedule. classes, the 12 o'clock period on uesday for those assemblies. It was a atu ant project and the students are not sup rting their own project. The Gamecock's feathers are ruffled in nger at you-freshmen, sophomores, jun. rs, and seniors; at you-veterans and non eterans; at you=fraternities, sororities, id independents; at you-faculty and ad inistrative personnel. Assemblies are orthy of your support. What are you going do about it? Vorld Student Relief The World Student Service Fund drive hich begins on the campus next week is a iallenge to every Carolina student to share enerously and sacrificially, as a matter of mnscience in the name of sheer humanity, obedience to Judaic-Christian ethics and digion, as a part of the education of Ameri in students in enlightened world-minded ass and responsible world citizenship, and ; an investment in the rational, humane, oral society. Universities, students, and professors paid heavy toll during the past year. Students ught, suffered, and died. Great numbers red dangerously in resistance movements, iffered in exile as refugees, languished in isoner of war camps, fretted In compul ry labor, or wasted away in concentration imps. Of the students in eighteen war arred countries in Europe and Asia who ive survived, fully 400,000 are debilitated, 1, hungry, poorly clad, badly housed, and scouraged, or despondent. Student relief and rehabilitation are es ntial to help restore students to health, to If-assurance, and to their long-interrupted udies. There must develop a number of instructive permanent associations of stu ants in the world university community, nsciously committing students to a pow -ful and distinctive organized role in the iperative rational, moral and institutional volution of human affairs. We have the material means to relieve iman distress and to bring life and hope millions of persons. We are lucky, living id studying in comfort and happiness. Our d can easily bring health and life and hope > our fellow students victimized innocently r total war. The need is great. The time is now. THE AMECOCK urges all students to give gen -ously during this drive. Every dollar con ibuted to WSSF is a dollar contributed to orld peace. lie Editor__ very yell that dent attitude and the many ques red the words tionable decisions of the officials tated we were while playing an important, hard iour vocabu- fought contest, I don't think it link that we would have been out of order for on the foot the entire Georgia team to have in right there, walked off the court in disgust tudent at the in the middle of the game. Tern e to say that porary loss of temper in the game d the school should not be over criticized by is long as any so many other human beings who he campus. I would have probably become im our yells were patient much earlier. our sports- Other than bad sportsmanship, than it was the language used in cheering advocate that was abhorrent. In a student body program to operated on an honor principle, h our athletic and supposedly encouraged by iff the many student leaders and faculty mem words in our bers to grow in honor and integ rity as well as knowledge, such this comment language does not fit. Honor and ion but have a vile tongue do not mix. rS many places In my opinion, at a basketball d our athletic game the only necessary orga s of pleasure nized yell would be one to wel come the opposing team who llow student, comes from another educational LL ROGERS. institution to participate in a clean -- sports contest . . . Such things as smanehip "Beat hell out of ", "Rah for the whole damn team," "Hell, dluring "Watch yes, we're happy" and "Hell, no, ', would be a we're not down-hearted" only tend iniversity stu- to detract from the event. Also, i few changes public opinion of the Carolina stu dent body is lowered; bad influ id undesirable ence is forced on young students anity by the entering the university who are >een criticized shaping their lives by the habits y the former they form in college; and a very t" writer, Ed bad influence is made on the las been done younger boys and girls of our race. high schools and elementary Georgia bas- schools who might think use of without the profanity is smart 'because col cheers, the lege students use it. ed sportsman- I hope that organized profanity ming even to and Individual profanity will be and unthink- discouraged by all students who student body. see this situation as some do and Lined to have that such students will refuse to y who showed join in on such undesirable prac Two Georgia tices. Booing is always poor *ff the court, sportsmanship. Profanity is never come a little desirable. t, but in the Very truly yours, tsmanly stu- BENNY GnRER Thee G m aerPs LA1DERI~ OP AGByS PEG TREXLER I Vt dflC t The Barter Post t Something positively amazin' and phenomenal happened in Luma House at Purdue University the other night. Take a deep breath all your bridge hounds, grab an aspirin, and read on. Four fellows, Paul Bravo, Donald Edwards, Richard France and Nathan Grear were playing bridge when Nathan Grear was dealt THIRTEEN HEARTS! The odds on this are ap proximately 15,753,339,900 to 1. Another angle on this is if 20,000,000 people played bridge e 2% hours every night, one perfect hand would occur every 2 years. Henry, if you break the seal on that new deck of Bicycles f we'll go on from here-just be sure and pass those cards to I me to shuffle everytime before you deal . .. unquote a Frances Myers, a student at Florida State College for V Women was rather surprised the other day when she re turned from classes to find a curious crowd gathered around an ominous looking nine-foot box addressed to her from Rockmart, Georgia. I "Looks like a coffin," one of the spectators volunteered. a "Maybe there's a cadaver in it," another cheerful soul added. i Miss Myers found a hammer and opened the box. There, grinning up at them, was a real human skeleton. One of the ' biology profs, a bit amazed, said it was a very well pre served skeleton and valued it at about $125. The women are still wondering what to do with "it", and Miss Myers is still saying, "But I don't know a soul in Rockmart." Hannah Beard, secretary to the University of North Caro lina Business Manager, has gone on a stand-up strike against the shocking conditions existing in her office.. An electric typewriter has charged her metal desk and chair with so much electricity that Hannah is afraid to sit down. And can you top this one of the co-ed at Purdue Univer sity who got an incomplete in Physical Ed. 56. The incom plete isn't so unusual, but the course is. Individual gym. Its requirements are that the girls come over to the gym and sleep two hours a week. Since the slacker failed to get all herI hours in, she has to go back and sleep another four hours off. All this and credit too! Did you know that Wamboogie Institute, world famousc seat of higher learning in South Africa, is undefeated for ] the twelfth straight year in basketball. Led by 8 foot 4 inch Dijan Waltzqrptzi, Jabberwooki tribesmen, they have aver aged 108%'/ points per game. That's a bit of all right In any body's language! Be not discouraged, my friends, for where there's a will ] there's a way, if education is your goal, that is. Just follow ' the example of a student who was refused admission to West ern Michigan College because all classroom seats were occu pied. His ingenuity and determination caused the ban to be. lifted by a very simple plan. He now carries his own folding chair. Women at Alabama College realize how lucky they are to I be going to college in the year of our Lord 1947 because judging from past records, those who went before them had < a hard time of it. Alabama College pupils of 1900 were "positively prohibited from making accounts at stores in town." Twenty-five cents a week was considered a sufficient allowance for unnecessary things. In 1908 a student had to obtain a written request from 4 her parent or guardian before she could go home for Christ mas. In 1925 students were required to be on the campus by 5:30 a. m., in winter and 6 a. m., in the summer. Students of 1925 were permitted to receive visits from men on Saturday and Sunday-only., The calling hours were from 2to6 In the afternoon and between 7 and 9:30 in the evening. Ahh. progressive edaion! February 22, 1947 a dash of bitters By DOITIE PERKINS knd a Jigger of Schmaltz We are declaring "open" season on columnists this week, o with malice toward one, and with the cheerful thought hat orily about 2% of the student body read this array of rivia anyway, I am devoting my 14 inches to one Mr. Al 3ahret, my severest critic. Mr. B., along with his "enlight ned" letter of criticism, enclosed a parody of the column hat appeared in the February 11th issue of The Gamecock. Ve were both delighted and dismayd at some of his shrewd mnd not-so-shrewd observations, and, at the risk of boring rou 2% once more, are publishing below his letter, and ex erpts from his rather caustic commentary. (Editor's note: This is a favorite, if over-worked, device f collegiate columnists.) Ve quote: "Dear Dottie: What has happened to you? You always eemed such an enlightened person ... but your column! loping for things better than the tripe dished out by Wick nberg & Company last semester, we find nothing more than watered-down version of the same, depending upon pune uation, cute personal associations (you're dealing with ,000 persons, remember), a knowledge of French (I guess . . it looked like French), and capitalizing and black type or effect. I am honestly very disappointed. And the title! ust because you couldn't unload it on The Carolina Review loesn't mean you are entitled to inflict it upon The Game. ock (unfair crack). Frankly, you can do a hell of a lot better han that. Why don't you forget this saccharine (substitute or sugar) surface cuteness and give forth some satires ased on your acuteness and insight into pertinent affairs. ou seem to be a judge of character . . . Why don't you set ome fires under some people? It'll do them good and make ou famous ... or at least readable." Sincerely, AL BAHRET. erse Travesty A Hash of Dithers" By AL BAHRET "It seems to be the custom for all new columnists to de ote the first 8/, of their first, last, and always attempt to xplanations of: why said person is writing said column and dull (sic!) dissertation on the whereabouts of the delin uent (solinquent, insolvent, or any other word that doesn't + it) author, and the making of cute cracks concerning the Lorrendous and heinous despotism of the editorial superiors dear, dear!). There is nothing NEW under the sun and this pproach, TOO, is simply an inverted distortion OF the con entional. So don't expect subtle wit (I Bid 3 Hearts, Beitel, Hearts); clever captions [cryptic (it's not hidden, dear . the damn thing's out there in the cold, glaring sunshine f print) commentary]; or anything else worth reading ... ou won't get it! And if Texas Guinan got away with this ine, why can't I? (There are so many funny things to be aid . . . 1. But I never drink when I read The Gamecock .. . t's incomprehensible enough as it is. 2. She died young, too. But, honey, she was in not-so-plain sight when she said it. Do you mean "Hiyah, sucker, ha, ha, stuck with another busy column; make the most of it, dopes! Great God, I ound like a columnist myself !)" Bid 3 Hearts, BjkIg, 3 Hearts. (BjkIg was a student at the University approximately 50 !eas ago and one of the biggest of the BMOC's.) A certain Miss . .., who works in the library every other 'hursday from 3 to 5, dated him occasionally. If you want o know what this is all about, just go to the library and sk her. The rest is just the inevitable sans space filler with the ewspaper's address. Ho hum. "r Sennamenal Reasons.. .. .. .. .. ........ And so on and on and on . . . "So-o many familiar faces, loak of dignity, hallowed halls, nodding acquaintance with wrotius." Take a note: polysyllabric cleverness is never schieved: a. in a paragraph; b. without twenty drafts; c. y a college student. tepublican Landslide; the LOVABLE girl I am reasonably confident, Miss P., that 1 have an I. Q. if 100 or better and have passed three years of college work. * sut I don't understand it. Don't tell me . . . let me guess. Sie typesetter left out 3 sentences. No? Incidentally, I am retting .. . BORED. Let me . .. Set ..,. you straight. The vord sex should have been capitalized throughout the col inn. Nobody's interested in love. How you ever worked a leady-to-Wear Co., an old-fashioned LOVABLE girl, the tepublicans, etc., etc., ad nauseum (it wouldn't have made 'he Gamecock if it didn't have that in it somewhere) into 'ne column is a marvel to behold. Your lucidity is excelled nly by your cleverness, madam. Keep it up, gal, keep it up ..they haven't even started to groan yet! 3ryptic Commentary Eerp! 'Envoice (and now, gentle reader, as a special treat, I am going to e uote a very applicable poem in Sioux): Ub gibt mir ugh prof huith Ugh mine en blank varse Un ugh class dught And no birds sing. (no subtle pe-u's, either.) )pen Sesame! With due consideration to Mr. Bahret's integrity and all hat sort of thing, we thank him for the above letter and ielpful commentary ..,. and for his sincere interest in the Ioubtful future of journalism. We hereby, to wit, ad hoc, etc. nvite him to air his views further on coy, coquettish colum. sts in the Gamecock Issue, Tuesday next! 4 Our policy remains: an elastic sense of humor and a large eserve of tolerance toward all "budding" columnists. The ... dye ... Is cast; the bluff is called; and let the chis all where theay, Mr. Ba.b.et!