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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 80. 1908, with Robert Elliott Goenzales as the first editor. THE GAMECOCK Is published by and for the students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia semi.weekly. Tuesday and Saturday. during the college year except holidays and examinations. Editorial and business offices are located in the east basement of Sims dormitory. Advertising rates are 65 cents an Inch. Deadlines for Saturday edition: editorial and seoiety. S p. m. Wednesday; 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 solumnists and letter-writers are not necessarily these of THE GAMECOCK. Publishing dos net genstituto an endorsement although the rigit to edit Is reserved. STAFF Editor .....--..................................... Mary Shoun Managing Editor ................................. Mike Karvelas EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor ---... -.................................................. Bob Isbell Sports Editor ............-----......................................... Don Barton Society Editor ..... - -. -----....---..................... Libby McDaniel Feature Editor ................................... ................ Carroll Gilliam Exchange Editor ..................... ........................... Peggy Troxler Cartoonist .- ....... ........................................ Samuel L. Boylston Reporters-Margaret Sloan, Libby Cole, Irene Sanders. Bob Gunter, George Stanley. Jane Dowe, Cyrus Shealy. Joy Conard. Ruth New ll, Phil Clark, Jean Davis. Jo Anne Dillinger, Norine Corley, Bob Carpenter, fary Saye Gaston, Holly Beck, Bill McClain, Helen Childers, Lynn Couch, Joe Molony, Sidney Brandenburg. Ranny Reaves, Betty Koty, Chick Shiels, Ken Baldwin, 'Syd Badger, Vilma Huggins, Jane Dowe. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ............................... Candy Taylor Advertising Manager ............................-.-.................. Harry Hlott Co-Circulaten Managers .......................... Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson Business Staff .......................... -................ Ann Mood, Betty Mood The Future of The Veterans Organization In last Tuesday's issue of The Gamecock, there appeared a story announcing that the Veterans Organization would hold a smoker Thursday night and that all veteran students, whether members of the organization or not, were invited to attend. The purpose of the meeting, officers stated, was "to find out what the veteran wants and to give him a chance to join the veterans' campus organization so that he can work within the group to procure these things, keeping the main interest-a greater university-in mind." Out of an approximate enrollment of 2,700 veteran stu dents, exactly ten attended the meeting. At that time, the president of the organization proposed that either the group disband or be revised as a council. However, no action was taken because a quorum was not present to authorize such steps. The Veterans Organization is the one group which could ( secure the wants of the veteran students. With even half of the students who are eligible for mmbership participating in the organization, it could easily become the strongest and most powerful group on campus. Lack of interest makes us assume two things-first, that the majority of the veterans are quite contented with every thing that goes on around the campus and that there is no 1 need for any progressive changes. Yet, from the number of gripes that we hear daily, we cannot believe that that com placency is firmly rooted. The second assumption which such apathy points to is that the majority of veterans prefer to be regarded as any other student and that they are not interested in the benefits which a united veterans group could reap. Yet, again, we cannot believe that the veteran, or any other person, prefers to remain a disinterested party in an organization which would provide'for his wants, his needs, or his rights. A strong Veterans Organization could be the leading force in student affairs. It could be of great service to the univer sity in constructive action and progress. The absence of such a group is a waste of power. The Gamecock has no magic formula to offer which would create dynamic interest in the Veterans Organization. The future of the organization rests upon each individual veteran. If the veterans are not interested in the organization, its survival is unwarranted. If they are interested in it, it is their individual rcsponslbility to make the voice of the vet erans heard. A Message From The WSSF Chairman I would like to report that your World Student Service Fund drive Is a little more than half finished. So far, we have received splendid cooperation from our workers and those who have been contacted in the drive. However, we know there will be some who wish to give that the canvassers will miss. Therefore, if you will send your contributions to1 WSSF through campus mail, it will add just that much to1 realizing our goal. We know, of course, that the results of our drive will not be seen in the world until many years have passed; but this is true-if peace Is our destiny, your WSSF contribution will have helped to bring it about. This is truly an investment in the peaceful world for which we are hoping and working. We must put In our bit, however small, wherever we can. GORDON S. SHOMAKER. : 0 4 0'' i "If the Judge be] THE GARNET AND BLACI Evils of Our Prese That big balloon of comatose eeling on this campus, political hinking, received a minor prick y the editorial question: "What lo you know about your student ,overnment?" Judging by the re ponse of various students, ,the uery aroused some interest, both avorable and unfavorable to this ublication. Therefore an answer o the question is in order. There are more than one thou and members of our Freshman 'lass, many of whom who do not now just how government is con lucted here. For their benefit, and or the benefit of many others nrolled here, a few lines of ex lanatory material is neEessary. )ur "Democratic" Government The governmient of the student ody at Carolina is handled ex lusively by a student council. The rincipal members of this group Lre students chosen at general lections held in the late spring. The most important members re the president who is a senior, he vice-presidents, one of whom s a co-ed and the other a member >f the law school, the secretary mud the treasurer. These are the nly officers elected from the stu lent body at large. Also in the spring, each class hooses from its number its of ~icers which include a president who serves as representative of uis class on the student council. In addition to these, various mmpus organizations such as the ~our literary societies and the lo-ed Association elect representa ives to the governing body. This is the democratic govern nent of our campus! i Few Evils Though this method may have its virtues, its apparent draw acks seem to far outweigh them. In the first place, by including )n the council representatives rrom the campus organizations, something far from democratic is iet up. The four literary societies, Leti It has been stated by WV. G. Rogers that "there was a time when you could be drawn and auartered if you cut up an ele phant folio of John James Audu bon's "Birds of America". Now ;he day may be near when you'll >e penalized if you don't. Harry Shaw Newman of the )ld Print Shop of New York ias broken his four full sets up md framed them, since he said t was impossible to turn the pages 'requently without irreparable lamages to the prints.. Here in our university library, here are in the treasure room un er lock and key, these priceless our volumes of Audbo- p..i.t, 0~ I. ieves this Stunt Night story, it's all i I SPIRIT nt Student Governm for example, have on the body rep resentation equal to that of all. four of the classes in the school. d The total membership of these t organizations, at the most, does not exceed two hundred. Yet, on e the campus governing body, thiss group of students has a voting power equal to that of the more than four thousand students who 0 are represented by their class v presidents. That can not be called b liberal democracy in anyone's ]an-V guage* Another of the drawbacks is di rectly responsible for the lethargy t among the students concerning t this matter. What business this small council can transact is gen p erally unknown to the mnajority of f the student body. It is humanly n impossible for a dozen or more i people to acquaint the multitude of studeniLs with just what is hap- v pening all the time. is For this reason, the average student is ignorant of the prob lems, the plans and the solutions ii that may arise durins his thse t naoia exedtohnrdte,o Twee muts goenigboytti C Aoe yeqal ago that oprn the r Than event waamthouanssueies h aign represented by theinationss C libera emoicray rie anyoe' the sApngofhbr of thfdravoteks isdi vacriosogniletiors the rearyt aTnhe suwastsluencndnan the thr paterec Wthns athis pheric concitions trnsactised.-Bu teal nknnt the aoity of itaf msr imsble nfouade ofrmi-ntree i poleaae to qan the ulitudoes pein ll the tmueofce. t mor ptheiTis os he aag suentr s itorat/o te pr which,wee pnseantdt the uni verait may arie lerighisture yarst aol.hebokarthebyfv t Tee onthsr nowathsmc Auear beigo targe spndeghe i latest campus elon aseld. f ofhappnings.Afeamokcm spehs piverityl liraisand wrte e swappnwman blocsn him voes by atious orgizibainsai thehrat a dayrivolectio ha enrundb hegy revrets blef alne. alThe e ther onerineou teiclory afteyore going t e piyept lke up miser a souls paraed shol the balogt boxes C ao thuan students ndothed pope of ofrth tto nm the E c '1 ight with me." ent By CARROLL A. GILLIAM Do We Have One?" The general feeling of the stu ents perhaps may be attributed a the small part they can play their student government. What ver the reason, the general con ensus on this campus is the shrug f a shoulder and snarl about why did you bother me anyway." When asked just what his pinion of the student government ras, one of our unenlightened rethren gave the classic, "Do re have one ?" This is the point rhere feeling has reached the bysmal low. Other "gamecocks" claim that ey don't know what the whole ling is about anyway, but that iey feel that there should be a sore representative body. That oint we all agree on and it is rom there that the student body ;ust travel. Panacea? That is the place in the script here the cue for student action placed. To find a workable plan 3 suit the precise desires of each iember of our student body would e impossible, but anything done 1 that end is an improvement. The plan of the government of he University of North Carolina t Chapel Hill was presented in art on this page last week. Most f the important points were in luded, at least enough to show hat some school in the South has ucceeded in that direction. This owever is not the only method f student government in exist nee. Other colleges and universi ies operate under a different sethod, and if the Tar Heel ideas re particularly objectionable to ny certain party, there are other talls in the market. Every student on this campus hould have some idea as to what *e wants of his student govern ment. It is even possible that there a one mind here which could con eive an entire constitution ac eptable to the entire student body. 'hat is what everyone wishes to ind out. Now is the time for each stu lent to make himself heard on his question, "What do I want ny student government to be?' fot next June, September or Janu ry but today Is the hour for the nswers to be made public. lior f dlisplay cases many books have een locked into this room, but his should not be. It would be a ood idea for some organization *r service fraternity to try and, poss11il, to work towards buying ust one glass case for the uni ersity library and in time others an be added. Then these prints an be exhibited, for when we are o fortunate to have these books, hey certainly should be put to use nd shown off to their best ad antage. The legislature was gen rous5 enough to give them to us, o We should try to show our ap reciation, in this way, for them, i puossible. SNOOKIE KIRKLAMn a dash of bitters By DOTTIE PERKINS The Coffee Clientele Registration has been completed these many days; fra ternity ruse-ing is a thing of the past, with sorority ma neuvers just around the corner, and the Carolina coffee clubs have set up their rather dubious housekeeping again. Yea... coffee clubs ; shades of Boswell and Johnson. There was a time in London when these distinguished habitues represented the haute monde of literary circles . . . not now. Your only ticket of admission to membership is: a free conscience towards cutting class and a lively tongue. Honor ary members include 3 groups: those with cars, those with access to cars; and those with unlimited checking accounts. You can classify almost anything, except women, it is said, and so it goes with cafe addicts. First we have the impulsive, parasitic type: the Let's Cut Class and Borrow a Car and Get Some Coffee species. This is the most innocuous and deadly group. Nobody has a car, so you snatch the "Y" station wagon, run over a couple of canteen co-eds, and make for Lower Main Street. By the time you get there you've lost the originators of the idea ... and have gathered quite a motley crew. This particular type of club isn't too successful, because the drinkers drift away one by one and you get stuck for the check. But you meet so many interesting people this way ... well, people, anyway. Next is the Intelligentsia Clique, or Daily Grinds. This club consists of a limited group, from 2 to 6 permanent members who have the same 10 o'clock class period free each day. The same people pile into the same car, go to the same restaurant and occupy the same table daily. This type of Clique, who call themselves the introverts, are interesting only to themselves, and sit for hours over cold coffee dis cussing the importance of being earnest, the Id and Ego, with an occasional dash of Dali. These Daily Grinds are people who lack that sense of security and band together in a spirit of rebellion against the 98% of the "bourgeios hoi poloi." These are the thinkers . . . but they never do any thing except lament the passing of the revolution. Misunder stood, scoffed at, the Intelligentsia are the martyrs and white hope of coming generations . . . they think. Another type is the group of Incompatibles: you have class with an exquisite feeling of relief, and a yen for a cup of coffee. A stray acquaintance grabs your arm and the next thing you know you're well on your way to the Green Derby. You glance around the table at the noisy crowd of anonymous nonentities ... and mentally shudder. Their con versation is an unintelligible jargon: "brew" is coffee; "smokes" a cigarette; "goofus" you don't know what. You smile painfully at the banter being passed back and forth across the table, while crawling under the table, to avoid being seen by any friends. It goes something like this: "Hey ... gunner; he's on tap ... one time ... large charge ... yea, charge." The final, and probably most popular type of Coffee Club is the Party Group, or, Who Wants Coffee, Let's Get Beer crowd. This group includes about 78% of the inmates of Carolina and you find a friend in every crowd. It all starts innocently enough, with coffee as the main objective. But, fate is against you; the restaurant is crowded, and the perco lator broken. So you travel far and wide in your 'quest for coffee and first thing you know you're in Tampa drinking coffee all right, but it's got vodka in it, and one thing leads to another and the next thing you remember it's morning, you've cut classes for a week again, you don't remember very much, and you say over and over to yourself ..,. never again. The Coffee Club is a fine institution . . . it makes for hap py, carefree pleasures during college days. The coffee con sumed over a period of four academic years keeps yqu awake in class, therefore you learn something. Social contacts are made and you learn those little niceties of convention, which make for a brilliant ~future after college in the local Rotary club or state bank. It's a great life, if you can stand the strain. Anybody got a car? Let's go get some coffee. Hey How You? The following are excerpts from a .letter received concern ing the unfriendliness of Carolina students . . . again and again. "Having listened and talked to a dozen or so people on cam- ' pus, I thought this might be a little "dash of -bitters" that would apply to all of us at some time or another. .I guess you've heard it as many others have . . . the fact is that people just aren't friendly like they used to be. One boy said yesterday: "Why, when I was here in '43 everyone spoke to everyone else. Nowadays, when speaking to a girl, you'd think you were crazy or something, the way they turrn up their noses." I know we all have manners ..,. it's what a southerner is known for best. You know, it kind of makes you feel funny to speak nicely to someone and get a cold glare in return. Just because a girl gives you a big smile and hello, boys, doesn't mean she is trying to flirt or hint for a date. Speakt whether you know people or not; it's just a friendly gesture and won't h6irt you. Come on, Carolina students, let's make this campus look like one big, happy family, with everyone being nice to everyone eles. It won't hurt us and I bet it would prove to be a lot of fun. If this plan doesn't work, why don't we all ge a copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." I betcha rule number one would be: be friendly to everyone, 'cause I'll bet you'll have a lot of friends if you do. Sincerely, Bobble Hester. Conversation at Midnight; or life as it's lived on the steps of Sims, circa 12 a. m. Co-ed, wide-eyed: Look at all those foolish people just standing on the porch in this weather. D)ate, with worldly air: That's love. Co-ed, eyes wider: And those couples sitting out. there on the benches when it's freezing out! Date, cnically: Thts pasin