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THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Asseelated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collegiate Digest Feuaded January $0, I0$, with Robert Elliott Goszales as the first editor. THE GAMECOCK Is publshed by ead for the etudents at the Usiversity of South Carolina In Columbla semi. weekly. Tuesday and Saturday. duriag the oellege year exept beidays and examlations. Editorial and besiaess effiees are leoated Is the east basement of Sims dormitory. Advertia rates are 65 esats am meb. Deadlimes for Saturday editlem: editorial and soeety. $ p. w. Wednesday; ews and sports, 3 p. m. Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday edities: editorial and seelety. 3 p. w. Friday; sews and sports, S p. m. Sunday. Oplalams expressed by eelumnists and letter-wrter are met aeessesarity these of THE GAMECOCK. Publishing does net seastitute an sadersement although the right to edit Is reserved. STAFF Editor-in-Chief ..................... Mary Shoun Managing Editor ................. Mike Karvelas EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor ...................................... Bob Isbell Sports ator .................................... Don arston Society Editor .............................. Libby MeDanel Feature Editor .............................. Carroll Gilliam Exchange Editor ........................ ..... Peggy Trouier Columaasts-Thomas K. Evans, Dick Breeland, Dottie Perkins. Redmond Tyler, Belinda Collum, Ben McGulnn. Cartoonist ............................... Samuel L. Boylston News Staff-Margaret Sloan, Libby Cole, Irene Bandern, Bob Gunter, George Stanley. Jane Dowe, Cyrus Shealy, Joy Conard, Ruth Newell. Phil Clark, Jean Davis. Jo Anne SlRinger, Norine Corley. Bob Carpenter, Mary Says Gaston. Bolly Beck. Bill McClain, Helen Childers, Lynn Couch, Joe Molony, Sidney Brandenburg, Rita Levene, Doris Morehead. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ................ Candy Taylor Advertising Manager ............................. Barry Hlott Co-Circulation Managers ......Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson Dusiness Staff ..................... Ann Mood, Betty Mood The Pros And The Cons The Veterans' Organization committee which recently released a report concerning the possibility of the university securing a press plant is to be commended on its thor ough survey. The acquisition of such a plant would af ford advantageous and desirable facilities to the campus. It would, too, bring added prob lems and responsibilities. Among its advantages, The Gamecock points to these: 1. The reduction in price, which ma chinery purchased from the War As sets Administration offers, is so great that the plant could pay for itself and operate self-sufficiently within a few years time through sav ings to campus publications and printing jobs. 2. A press plant would afford opportu nities to Journalism students to learn the fundamental techniques of the printing art. Workers in the print ing business today receive excellent wages-much higher than the av erage reporter. 3. The campus would have at its finger tips a plant which could supply the majority of its printing needs. Among the problems and questions that must be faced before establishing such a press are these: 1. Is a printing press one of the major needs of the university now? 2. Can the university afford to spend money on such a project when hous ing facilities, teachers' salaries, and physical plant equipment need im provements? 3. A press would demand a full-time printer and instructor to supervise work until students learned to handle the machines efficiently. Can such a man be found and paid standard printer's earnings? These are only a few of the advantages and problems which must be considered. It would be well for both the administration and the student committee to view the pro posed project from all angles before a final decision is made. Profanity In Yells There have been many discussions and several "letters to the editor" concerning "cleaning-up" the yells used at athletic events since the first attack was made dur ing Clean Speech Week. There have b'een feasible arguments on both sides of the question. Use of profanity in the yells has been described as "crude and undesirable," "unsportsmanlike," and "not the height of intelligence or the finest in character." Other opinions are that such words show "typical school spirit," "emo tion," and are universally used. The Gamecock is unable to ascertain the opinions of the majority of the students on this subject. The Gamecock does ascertain, however, that the number of yells used is entirely too small and that the present yoll are practically worn out from repetition. It would be a worthy project for one of the service organizations to sponor a conteal for new yells. If the organization felt i1 necessary to prohibit the use of profanity in yells submitted, that would be iti privilege. One Step Forward Construction of four temporary buildingi to house science laboratories, administrativv offices, and class rooms will begin in th near future. These new edifices were ob tained by President Smith only after a snar of governmental red tape was untangled. I1 is a job well done for the president and hii staff for obtaining these temporary struc tures. Some criticism will result, however; whei former military buildings, unsightly as thel are, appear on the campus. Definitely, it ii not temporary buildings which Carolini needs, but complete renovation of her oldei ones and the addition of handsome nev plants. The procuring of new buildings on nev land is a near impossibility. The Board o: Trustees gave the university her chance ti take on new life in less crowded territory that opportunity was muffed. So, for a partially satisfactory solution ti a grave problem, we are deeply grateful. DS Is Disaster Necessary? Firetraps, rat-holes, cracker-boxes - al these names have been applied to the glo rious, tradition-bound buildings of the Uni, versity's physical plant. Many of our once splendid structures arf well worn and ill-kempt and the safety of these buildings is, indeed, a pertineni question. Experience is a wonderful teacher. Aftei every tragic occurrence steps are begun t( remedy the situation so it won't happer again. Will disaster be necessary on the University campus before the State of South Carolina realizes the manifest need for a safe USC physical plant? DS Education On Education The government of South Carolina is un. doubtedly in the hands of the common peo ple. Questions of every kind are arising which are going to require the decision of our representatives and senators in the legislature. Are our law makers, who represent the majority, going to let the ma a.rity down The majority represents the citizens of thiu state who elected these representatives int< the legislature, the people who want the educational facilities of the state expandec and raised in standards for the benefit oj themselves, their children, and their ci. dren's children. Is the legislature going to follow the ok traditional conservative policy in education4 Are our representatives afraid that the ok post-civil-war aristocracy will come bacd from the grave to fight them in the nexi election? A possible answer to these questions caim recently when the legislature reported theij totally inadequate tentative appropriations bill to the house. Our president has done, is doing, and ii going to do everything in his power to obtair adequate funds for this school. If we do noi get all the facilities that we need at the University, place the blame on the lay makers you have placed in the legislature When are we going to stop cheating our, selves? TO Are You A "Dunkard" Are you a "dunkard"? If not, you shouk make it a habit to go "dunkard-ing" every Monday night from 9 to 11 in Wade Hamp ton Cafeteria. The Booster Club, in an ef fort to raise money for its services to th4 campus, has initiated the "dunkard" ses sions. Hz:nburgers, coffee, and doughnutu are listed on the menus, a juke box is pro, vided, and there's floor space for dancing. THE QAMECOCK congratulates Bill Keith, Sue Rives, and all the other Boosters who are working to make the new Monday night event a success. You boost the Boos. ters and the. Boosters boost you. 1A "Is your back seat Letters to t Dear Editor: a P I would like to add a little more and to what Bill Rogers and Benny coni -d Greer said in their letters pub- muc lished February 22 about Caro- mu< lina cheers and yells. to The present set of worn-out vies I yells are certainly a disgrace to sma Carolina and would be to any in- tere stitution of higher learning. Some. I one has said that a person curses littl and swears only because he hasn't Aloi learned more appropriate words UP Therefore, the reflection is direct- this ly on the university, for most peo- son ple assume that the actions of deni even a few students are similar to gar, those of the entire student body. sch< I feel that there are more stu- M dents who would like to see our this yells cleaned up than to go on as can we are. wit] I also believe that ou degraded Wh yells are a direct factor in the bod lack of student body spirit. Who exp gets a highs feeling of school pa- swe triotism o f damning their own not team? For that matter, if I were not a Carolina team member, I would T leave the field if the student body illui yelled "Whole Damn Team l" spir Perhaps the fellows who wrote bett the other letters would like to get of o together with mne to take some verl positive action as a self-appointed feet committee. Or perhaps a service wor organization would like to do the are job. but Here are two plans that I think vul Wld war a n et a ctorn the b ad lcofitdenolet body spirit Wn hoi trnotm ove tofann thcheirlead-sot team? Fortha smattr, if I weren- ot leaesthr balotifgb the student b ilu Perhap theb fellowsn whem wrote bet togethertmenht with tae appomelcan ommthee stdets pehap athervplan som Hereo ae to pln thatI thicher vkno woudrk Onis to beeete hnAvei wilanR tur themo ovcenn to tcheelad-try ers, orhe sentbd sotofake their givo ces orbotigb the rleden beo body, theebysectihn te froml hav an assotmentv wtheniappr oa ae fcheleadets. Thlae ther pand soe and tosemt it thateche aste oher kgo leaer mgt be elcte in course, will two dorte acto of clakn,u the ells tryTh asestudent body takeo their igiem cheerleadermst delatues standt ther lass anderstdent studyn oiedo. ncor tivities, this might not present a vair true picture. Sincerely yours, plac DAVE WILLIAMS. wor wisl Dear Editor: clea Looking over the last issue of thai The Gamecock I find "Letters to ed, The Editor" hot on the subject of whc clean speech. Some very fine ar- hell guments we have had too, but I must say, I fancy myself as being FOUND: One Bridge. Not of L the Brooklyn or Golden Gate ilk, --T.zj but an essential portion of some- te one's dental equipment. The bridgeth was turned into the Daily Kansan ahy business office by Mrs. Coen Byrn, Wol hostess at the Memorial Union. A 0. note from Mrs. Byrn says the and bridge was "Left or lost In the Los Union fountain." It is made up of two teeth, be- ver lieved to be incisors from the cen- " tral forepart of the lower jaw. No "th< tobacco stains are perceptible, in- savy dicating either a non-smoker or a seai superior dentrifice. The teeth are x reposing peacefully, althoughex somewhat forlornly in a small box 1n which formerly contained paper thai clips, and The individual who Is going mior around wearing a smile with a fror hole in It can fill his gap by scie calling at the Kansan business of- fror flee. si IN - Si figh Un3 of t by : cori vera ligh In ligh ligh A vide - F coul cam - - any N com the Mai autc reserved?" pho A e Editor : roor retty broadminded personality T therefore have come to the proi lusion that too much is too hou hi By this I mean, that too fore h attention has been drawn roor the "con-profanity" point of A v, so would beg to offer a 11 bit of "pro-profanity" in- It . at. phi never thought that mother's exp e favorite son, Benjamin iysis Wade, would be taking TI the side of - profanity, but in of particular case I think it ebody's duty to indulge stu- He8 interest with a good word re- ture ling our so-called "vulgar" ped ol yells. into ay the good Lord help me (and "] is a prayer) but yours truly nur! t possibly see anything wrong - i our present school cheers. mn somebody says "Is every r happy?", and I feel happy, I and my greatest spirit by an ring "Hell yes!". And if I'm down-hearted, "Hell nol I'm down-hearted." he latter paragraph is only an itration to show typical school it. Emotion might be a far V er word. Take the colors out a picture and the result is a ri blunt and uninteresting sub . But don't get me wrong, the d "Hell" and the word "Damn" bad words. They are nothing instruments of ignorance and rarity; that is, in ordinary life conversation. But when four isand students take these very e words and make something d out of them,'it's nothing to ~rowned upon. There seems to something present that one t put their finger on, but it's ething good, and everybody ws it's there. eally, I'm a good boy! And I f, to use clean speech, but.I have c ,n the subject much considera- 0 and the only conclusion I d e is this: The words in question P bad words and tend to give TI impression of illiteracy in dl company, but there is just , ~onnection or comparison in the ways the words might be used. re is one point I would like to TI ihasize though; and that is, e is never, never any excuse the word "God" to be used in 'I o, hoping I have sought out a e in clean society for the E ds "Hell" and "Damn," and C iing that my point was made c r, I would just like to say here ;, hell no, I'm not down-heart hell yes I'm happy, and the le damn team better beat the out of Clemson next season!! Yours truly, BEN McGUINN. OS ANGELES, Calif.-(ACP) wo or three years from now 'e may be more Americans) e than if there had been no eld War II. So says Dr. Ven Knudsen, professor of physics e dean of graduate study on the J Angeles campus of the Uni iity of California. [n other words," he explains, number of American lives 3d as a result of medical re 'ch during the war will soon ed the number of boys killed Lhe war." Dr. Knudsen adds1 , apart from winning the war Producing atomic energy, e benefits are likely to follow ni the researches In the life nces and medical sciences than ni those In the physical The Barter Post By PEGGY TREXLER ms occupants are not the only ones who have had to, It the dark recently, for a talented personality at the versity of Georgia succeeded in putting out three phases he university's lighting system the other night, merely 'unning into a light pole with a jeep. the midst of confusion, two librarians personally es ed Eds and Co-eds from the warm security of the Uni ity s library where it was dark, and out into the moon t where they would be safe. the student center a club meeting was held by candle t long enough to vote women into the club-in case the ts should fail again. etually, the lights were out only long enough to pro an excuse for not studying. What more does one need? * * * rom the Indiana Daily Student comes the following ac it of a field day for students living in Unit C on the I. U. pus. It all began when they discovered they could call where in the United States FREE! D, it isn't a new service for veterans. The telephone pany just neglected to install the money boxes enabling fellows to call their Uncle John in San Francisco or ie in Hoboken with only five cents. The coin would matically drop through to be used again. The Bell Tele rie Company reported a loss of $500 in one week! * * * beautiful woman a la nude smiled wistfully from a re ng position at "Sweetie" Russel, the KA's housemother amory University the other day when she entered the n. he woman, actually a manikin owned by G. B. Starnes, luced a chorus of laughs that echoed throughout the ;e. The manikin had been given to Starnes the day be by his father to supplement a bevy of pin-ups in his n. fter the laughs had died away, "Sweetie" reflected that ras "quite a fast one." She has, however, a philoso al attitude toward brothers tricks, "having learned to ct anything around a frat house." * * * ie guest who came to stay was Patrick Kane, University innesota Arts sophomore, who ambled over to the Ith service to visit a friend confined there with a frac d skull. On the steps of the Health service, Kane trip and fell, fracturing his elbow. -He was promptly moved the room next to the friend. hadn't planned to stay this long !" said Kane as the " ;e adjusted his bandages. 1R ECOR D L. UK REVIEW )PS IN WAX-Shared by two Foster sings (RCA Victor). Vic eat trumpet men. Roy Eld- tor also offers the Mary Lou dge waxes Hoagy Carmichael's Williams Trio in Humoresque, opus: Rockin' a relaxed and carefully arranged C h a i r and instrumental. On the reverse. Yard Dog; and the Trio does Waltz Boogie, one Billy Butter- of her originals. Columbia has field records one of the last Doris Day vocal Jalousie and choruses with the Les Brown Steamroller. band in Sooner or Later and All four sidesreessiwihaJcHskl rate play.ing voaofYasAdersgo but the stand-wthLsBw. outs are Rock Roy EIdride in' Chair and lousie. On the former, RoyVOASTN USToin ilttle Jazz" Eldridge gives his il range trumpet a completealthvolsntentini ork-out and in a mood of re- Jc ce' oet eod xation that must rate bowsin,peTh om Hoagy, the composer. RoyDorRchd atches the precise feeling Hoagyanbckdy riginally intended, and, In ad- Lonesome ition, Roy lends careful sup- lusRiad ort through the background ~acda usic, in the use of his bandgatueht Decca). On Butternield's Capi- Jc n h i label of Jalousie and Steam-bosdreu ,ler the great horn of Billy ~ lryo n redominates throughout exceptgaeeta >r a spot given to Bill Steg- HagCrmtelthenthey eyer for clarinet. Billy Whtslblanngsokth a teamroller, and productiontonbsor nainis along the line of Ce- .Aohr'ih ient Mixer-a good novelty. ad sdn nteEtrrs lANCE - Leading off, Benny Jmsvcls,snigDcm ioodman makes a good choicebranbckdy mrebe f a standard marching band Yu e olc n adsp number for pr e ihpcdwinmsc background TpJk ae,OdBteml and solo work Syhsa seilygo e in the Colum- crigb h opsr og bia recording Crihe nDcaAuoa of Benjie's tehg aigtte ulyu Bubble He dn yJhn esaido backs it with RAVco;Yt a~ e A Gal In Cal. h iu h,~Yur rig ..icc. with vocalVugnMrowihteMn by Eve Youung Mud,RAVco.FrS. Bennyoodma BoiSSonn Buhm o vge) ngFed ,orthwhile recordings of Save Cob Dca:Hgi'Ai le A Dream. Exclusive Rec-ACaki'rCptobyJhn rds offer a jumping novelty.MecrwtthPalWto W A. by Joe Liggins and budanSeDd'tayY, he Honeydrippers. 'then back PegLewihDvBrou with a moody Lasi Nightan hioresa-Cpto hues. Another new Exclusive Ciein elease Is the highly playable a Roln 'bum, by Johnny Moore's Phree Blazers, three 10 inch liscs with these titles foremiost NWADWRH low That You're Goune New tork's sensational smiall group USEO-.MiIl.det he Joe Mooney Quuartet, have (aeut ifour star topper in Septemvber ' TC IH TCU-,d tong and Just A Gigolo (Decca ) rommy Dorsey does two titles ht at Eivle from his new picture. "The Fab- NI oI v0.g et ilous Dorseys"' a mellow m. RC kti trumental. At Sundown, fea. LOKORTUILRtNNG uring his tromibonie; arnd the MogesWkg.vI Cp9) everrsesoTofferswhiehMaryaro