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THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collegiate Digest Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Geonales as the first editor. THE GAMECOCK is published by and for the students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia semi -woekly. Tuesday and Saturday, during the college ypar except holidays aid examinatinms EdNerial and belaeess effices are located I the east basement of Sims dormitory. Advertising ratos are 06 esats am inh. Deadlines for Saturday edition: editorial and seeiety, p. m. Wedneeday: news and sports, 3 p. m. Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday edition: editorial and society. 3 p. m. Friday; news and sports, 8 p. m. Sunday. Opinions expressed by columnists and letter-writers are met necessarily these of THE GAMECOCK. Publishing does net constitute am endorsement although the right te edit is reserved. STAFF Editor .................................... .Mary Shoun Managing Editor ................................. Mike Karvelas EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor ..................................................... .Bob Isbell Isparta Editor .................................................. .... .Don Barton Society Editor ................................................. Libby McDaniel Feature Editor ..................................................... Carroll Gilliam Exchange Editor ............................................... ..Peggy Tresler Cartoonist . ................................................. Samuel L. Boylston Reporters-Margaret Sloan, Libby Cole, Irene Sanders, Bob Gunter, George Stanley, Jane Dowe, Cyrus Shealy. Joy Conard, Ruth Newell. Phil Clark, Joan Davis. Jo Anne Dlllinger, Norine Corley. Bob Carpenter, Mary Saye Gaston, Holly Beck. Bill McClain, Helen Childers, Lynn Couch, Joe Moionya Sidney Brandenburg. Ranny Reaves. Betty Koty, Chick Shiels, Ken Baldwin, Syd Badger, Vilma Huggins, Jane Dowe. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ............................... CandyTaylor Advertising Manager ............... ..' . Harry Hiaott Co-Circulation Managers .......................... Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson Business Staff ............................................ A n, Mood, Betty Mood Appropriation Increase Another increase was made this week to the state appro priation requested by President Smith for the university. During the Wednesday session, Fletcher Spigner, Carolina alumnus and Richland County delegate, requested that the House approve an increase of $50,000 to the ways and means committee's proposed appropriation. His request was ap proved. President Smith requested $710,218. The Budget Commis sion provided for $420,720. The ways and means committee I increased that amount to $470,720 and the increase made by the House brings the total of the university's appropriation to $520,720. The recent increase is gratifying; however, it is $189,498 I short of the amount requested for maintenance and opera- r tion expenditures alone. Those expenditures include salaries of faculty, heating, water, and lighting facilities, and other general operation costs. The enrollment for the fall term is expected to greatly e exceed the present enrollment of approximately 4500, per haps as much as twenty per cent. A larger teaching person nel will be a necessity to meet the influx of so many new students. Cost of general maintenance will, too, increase. With discussions on the state's expenditures just begin ning, we can say that there is still hope. However, if the C General Assembly continues its policy of previous years in the amount of appropriations to the state-supported insti tutions, there isn't much chance for the State of South Caro lina to make any noticeable progress in the education of its a college students. e b Looking To Campus Elections In a very few weeks it will be time to elect new officers of the three top undergraduate classes and of the student a body. r The election of officers is of vital importance in estab lishing a strong and united front for constructive class t action. Class officers must be selected who will accept the challenge to lead, and not merely follow the crowd. Th4y must be men of character, of honor, of discretion, judgment and trust. Interest in affairs of the various classes have been at an all-time low this year. In one instance it was even reported to us that the president of one of the classes was unable to name the other officers of his class. Class meetings during both of the last two semesters have been farsical, almost never attended by as much as twenty-five per cent of the class membership in the rare instances where meetings were actually called for some necessary function of government. The Gamecock, in common with a great majority of stu-< dents on the Carolina campus, has long deplored the lack of school spirit at the University. The almost unbelievable lethargy, the really startling indifference to even the most elementary of the required functions of student govern ment have amazed us. Here is an opportunity to break with the growing tra dition of indolence and complacency. Here is a chance to rise to responsibility, to play an active part in building the attitude and the atmosphere that will foster the growth of a new and greater Carolina. DB. The Alma Mater After a recent survey in several of the orientation classes, it was reported that very few of the new students knew the words to Carolina's "Alma Mater". They are not to be blamed for this ignorance because there had been no oppor tunity for them to learn the song. For them, and for any other students who have not been informed, The Gamecock prints the words below: "We hail, thee, Carolina, And sing thy high praise; With loyal devotion, Remembering the days When proudly we sought thee, Thy children to be Here's a health, Carolina, Forever, to thee." INTERNATIONAL PLAYH Should U. S. Leni To Support Trool One of the most provocative re >orts coming from Washington ately is the request by Britain or money to maintain her troops n Greece. The question is not nerely whether we are justified in ending the money for such use, out whether there are other means y which we could help Greece nore effectively. The importance of maintaining xreece favorable to democratic ountries can scarcely be overes imated. It is strategically locat d as far as the Dard nelles are oncerned; it is the only Balkan ountry which is not under Rus ian political domination; it was, Lostalgically speaking, the cradle f democracy. The two major problems con erning Greece are (1) whether or ot we should interfere, and (2) that form, if any, this interfer nce should take. The appeal that Lmerica should preserve a hands ff policy in European affairs is xceedingly impotent. The period etween the two world wars should e enough to predict the conse uence of any such doctrine. An ther assertion is that we are tired of pulling their (British) at out of the fire." As is evi ent to most, no longer are we ierely pulling British fat out of he fire but will be taking that at as ours. No longer is Britain he main power which occasionally eeds help from us to extricate P'ALKING ABOUT: Need For Grandst Well, here it is Monday, and I till haven't received any mail rom my last column.. And just because that column won't come ut until tomorrow has nothing to lo with it. I'll probably be say ng this next week, too. At least t's a start for 15 inches of blahh! (By the time you read this one, t'll be next week, so we're all ball d up. What would Winchell do ini case like this?) I had a swell time last night. 3reamed I was in New York. reah, in a big, huge, magnificent, ~abulous penthouse looking up at he Third Avenue "El." There were two dames in it too, but they were so crocked I saw three of hem. And I was speaking Span sh!! Just like a Castralian. I wras telling them all about avoca los (that's a Mexican vocation, ike going to the Rocking moun ains). But don't worry about me, woke up too soon!! Last year, one April, I went tc baseball game on Davis field. Baseball. That's a game where rou miss the ball and they cuss rou out. You hit It and they cuss he pitcher out. It's a great place .o learn a limited vocabulary). It vas free to students. So I went. And it's really a fine place. tou sit backwards on the Melton 'leld bleachers, peek through the eats, and pray that the guy on he row above you doesn't get ex ited and kick your teeth out. I also noticed a fellow st.ann N.8 The Light That Shall Not Fail. DUSE I Money To Britai >s In Greece herself from a squeamish positioi The United States has become tli main power, and as a consequenc must take over any interferenc considered necessary for the pei petuation of democratic ideal: That is, unless we prefer to avoi the responsibility and let a lea democratic power assume it. T recapitulate, assistance is a logici result drawn from our desires an world position. There is one exception to thi positive statement about our a suming power. Such lead woul automatically be released as soo as the United Nations becomes a integral part of the governin, units of the world. Until it i recognized as an over-all goverr ing agency, we are perfectly vir dicated in asserting our leade ship. The two organizations of th U. N. which would ordinarily b concerned with this situatio: would be the World Bank and th U. N. Police Force. Neither i in operation. As Greece is in dir need of aid, and as the Unite States is the only country finan cially capable of undertaking an; dichte venusriting our deai Therew r anaion frs of ts U.stnce which weul ominar ily i usingcerian thios. sincetio wold beacetn the rldonsibilt ity forationeA actionof n dir nedoad ndsAt heo nite Statesri the nly ontr upa t cially cApable ofayd erigton suc enBue it didn' ourt ut a TherasTree Fatros.frsf sistancan' whichve tsitght body Grece. Frst, mlitharth asametatc singpArtica desroos. Since tw willnbetacceting th power,there been for theaco ourse olini ace,1 but M ietong Fo thoser roestad ookingaddl at cros gir? And sie stythere,v teo utilr snte a otle donb atomen Butitdith urt ida a] utt 'ens aains tht Canc they can't gilved ithe students bod placet ust noghait t sam st dntdyeer ivea is tea t< surt berit esrouch.'Sinc wul gradstaln tokfenceowdee,anhere beni avn obtaeet cousedn se< place buotae who liks tos angfon thoe basopies, orsstradde aweroe bar? cAchnd sinen the navylef therfe n't e anyp tor thab omonica gotrde. gt de puttngl benhe agittahaed fe haveaiong tfis-aea lie bta "tieyd. were nfied's hetets goo had that oughildspi rand toar yon chee thei eamshest.Adt spreadalon the fencetiken an i doent ethe eats con'ts Then, ther's altwasth 'mdriin te fenc cntrsee lany morth Fr( attra lanta whici mitte subm recei' a dat Th for a sent West De Fran Loi toSa / 'WWI~*Los name De3 have Thi aske answ, psycr age,: . you r all fu Wi the f west( more to th plane By JOYCE HAYES Alt it will naturally be more advanta- spot geous to use our troops. Second, with e regarding food. Since only 15% plane of Greece's land is adapted to farming, we could send food to al- Th leviate the present conditions and dent basic farm machinery so that in tensive cultivation could be start- a bor ed. Third, regarding money. A Re( d sizeable loan could be made to the ment Greek government to be used for home relief measures, for stimulation to The 1 s businesses, or for other means which would help the country re dl gain its economy. As a supplemen- profe n tary measure, the United States Afi Chamber of Commerce could en- story S courage American investments attac] abroad. The main objection to this move is that economic pene Wa tration in a country is usually W followed by political domination. used i That is, if and when the Greek super e government should take measures kind undesired by American investors, it haf the United States would protest e and apply political pressure. How- able t ever, our attitude towards the ex. posse propriation of Mexican oil wells in 1938 is an encouraging sign. It tends to show that we are em- i I 'barking on a policy of politicalI non-intervention~ over purely eco nomic matters.I - The above measures would 3 achieve our desired ends and at Wit1 e the same time raise Greece from sity, e its pathetic condition more effec- and ir - tively than the mere presence of "pet" i, troops alone. BIL ___________overer, tory c< ments WI' Freshi ... , a loss By BILL ROUTH foreha ewas two (Yes, even I had a child- ROE n' hood. It was red, just like Little man: 'Riding's). I found out that if I to th4 'felt like a change would do me Carolii .any good, I'd get it by yelling. So entirel I'm yelling now, should .- Don't get that same idea, materi e though. YOU, the students, can't small *e get it done by the same method. FA3 s But you can do things, if your find t) s student organizations get behind adeque a move for a place to rest your of the -weary posteriors at a ball game. Colum t, If the students didn't have to list. .either stand or climb up to sit of fac i backwards (when those boards are pus w e hard enough in the assumed di- could r rection) we'dl have better attend- ANI' oance at our games, think ~t The right field fence is a good plorab i distance longer than the left field eleven d wall from home plate. There's book, 1. plenty of room to add bleachers girls y 3. out there, on Sumter street, as and et ,f well as put up a grandstand where startet g the old woodpile used to be. We'd a need that much capacity if and TOl~ n .when you students will decide to sical< n show a little of the school spirit on the e Carolina should and could have, one sb It would help you men and women vise tl o of Carolina as well as the uni- too ob *t versity itself. We could get out the va I, and cheer for a team that's good adequs enough to have the full support of VEIl e 4,600 college people,.an t Carolina should have the best close ti baseball field in the state. It's got books g the worst. Let's get something er non I done! when.. The Barter Post By PEGGY TREXLER shmen at Georgia Tech are currently chasing Atlanta's etive females, in search of "Miss Perfect Lips" of At Each searcher is armed with a supply of kisskards i he presents to likely prospects for filling in. A com e of experienced men will pick the most inviting pair itted. The lucky freshman who unearths the winner res a prize, and if the judges don't beat him to it, e with "The Lip." * * * a following exchange of telegrams should win a prize mething or other, you name it! The telegrams were by the Los Angeles and Denver reservation offices of ern Airlines. iver: "Need reservation no-name Los Angeles to San isco." Angeles: "Reservation made no-name Los Angeles n Francisco." Angeles: "Re your no-name reservation, must have for same." iver: "Re your message 'Re no-name reservation, must name for same,' same is name. Passenger is Indian." * * * Providence College Cowl quoted a freshman who, when I by a patronizing "family friend" how old he was, ered: "Well, my latest personal survey shows my tological age to be 22; my moral age, 10; my anatomical L7; and my physiological age, 16. I supppose, however, efer to my chronological age which is 18." That silenced rther attempts at conversation. * * * ether there is life on Mars may soon be revealed by indings of a new electronic device developed at North- ' rn. This instrument, a special recorder, will make a intensive study of the stars and planets and may lead e findings of new stars, discovery of life on several ts and information about the stars in new mechanism. hough astronomers have long speculated that the green on Mars might be vegetation, the first investigation the recorder must be put off until summer when the t will be visible in the sky. * * * re is one Texas Christian University professor and stu who have more than a class in common-they share abing. ently, Dr. Walther Volbach of the university's depart. of speech-drama was telling of the bombing of his town of Mainz, Germany, by a group of U.S. B-17's. ;arget was a near-by munitions plant, but, due to bad ier, some of the bombs hit the town, destroying the ssor's house. ;er class, a student, Nick Dear of Fort Worth, had a of his own for the professor. He had led the B-17 c that night on Mainz. * * * nted at Iowa State: The formula for the white paint in the campus walks at homecoming. Ben W. Schaefer, intendent of the physical plant, would like to know the of paint used to raise enthusiasm that week-end, for p i resisted the weather better than any he has yet been o find. It is not to be expected, however, that those in sion of the formula will publicize the fact. eQuestion Is: he By BBN McGUINN I a reference to the Univer- te f ihadm lt.Nw its activities, surroundings,whnyuloatorsfatr ramediate life, what is your suyn o oka fyuv gripe"? be nasu iei L McDANIEL, Junior: "The DVDPIC,Sno:" awded rooms and unsatisfac- tikoegaiglc tteUi mnditions in the campus tene-vestisapcalom te,f is awful!!!" fclyadvtrn ocnie ,LIAM M. THOMPSON, ecfcpolmofousrad nan: "The gripe I have isjutetfovtrasThwol rek of sufficient fire es- aaei eurmn ytmi on some of our buildings,.nieytorgi,adtksIt ~ake a chance and wait forcosdrtnnoicutaesQ of life ? Do something b es- ftesnl eeas oe tmsIwnde!"h nveSt ~ERT D. LANFORD, Fresh-Motothverasdntae "My favorite gripe pertains ters fterlvst ot many courses offered at sho! is. The present system is ILA EDE,Jno:" y too fast. -The teachers tikta h nvriysol not give a student so muchhaetefclistoarynr al to be covered in such a sac oki hi cec e amount of time." prmn.W ero te ri 'E DAVIS, Freshman: "Iveste an thiacols. nat Carolina does not have masi hsfed h o u te dancing facilities. Mostow? dancing establishments in SU IE,Jno:Thi bia are on the 'forbidden'efiinyocapssmyav rhere should be some sort i,gie raiain ofit lity on the immediate cam- igwt n nte;terls here anybody in the schoollasanreutonpraingo frequent at will." tecmu oe hudb J VARNER, Sophomore: "I aeddI the shortage of books is de- BE SUM STT Juir le. I went to Chemistry "h rtclsact ffmnn for six weeks without a iyo h apshsmd ao and I also know two otherliaavrdabdu,anui rho have been taking typingteeinplcto'agu." onomics since this semester JONHD N,I,Sei: I without books.""Mfaoiegiesaantthe PITTS, Senior: "The phy- wogieaoteeyhn ne onditions of the classroomthsu,adwoavnorsn campus are pitiful! Some- frdigs! ould be appointed to super- YOR TUL,Spore e janitor department. I' rious that the cleanliness of ti aps oeArl n lc rious rooms are not being to ek hs epewohv tely cared for!"taenoitesincmua NON SLOAN, Law Fresh- yseatywoi elyitr 'I think they ought to en-esdinorchladwoisot ecovers of each of the lawwilfnpelebnglctdo in plastic-glass or some oth- ofcso h aiu lse h -opaque plastic material soaraculyitesdinoy heyge drt yu anclanthemr own pritaeam! cot.!ow