Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r THE GAMECOCK CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collegiate Digest Founded January 30. 1908, with Rsbert Elliott Genzales 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 lecate d In the east basement of Sims dormitor,. Advertising rates are 65 cents an inch. Deadlines for Saturday edition: editerial and society. S p, m. Wednesday; news and sports. 3 p. a. Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday edition: editorial and society. S p. a. Friday; news and sports, 8 p. a. Sunday. Opinions expressed by columnists and letter-writers are not necessariiy these of THE GAMECOCK. Publishing does not constitute an endorsement although the right 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 Trexier 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, Jean Davis, Jo Anne Dillinger, Norine Corley, Bob Carpenter, Mary 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-Circulation Managers .......................... Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson Business Staff ............................................ Ann Mood, Betty Mood Your Two Cents' Worth During the semester thus far, THE GAMECOCK has tried by various methods to determine the general trend of opinion among students on controversial matters. We have received several "Letters To The Editor," conducted "Questions of The Week," and contacted students personally. This, how ever, has not been satisfactory insofar as enabling us to judge just exactly what the MAJORITY of students think and believe on subjects under discussion. Now we are beginning a new procedure by which the opinion of every student can be obtained. This morning you will find in your mail boxes a simple questionnaire about The Gamecock. This is your paper and you have a right to express your opinion about the type of paper you want. We have heard complimentary remarks and uncomplimentary remarks about the various features and columns which we carry. It is impossible to please all the people all the time and we cannot promise to do that, but we do want to find out the opinions of the majority. Now is your chance to express your likes and dislikes. We have placed ballot boxes in the post office and canteen where the questionnaires may be deposited. It will take very little time to check the questions and drop the slip of paper in one of the boxes. Questions which will follow will pertain to campus policies or subjects in which each student has an interest. We ask your cooperation in this project. Then, when THE GAME COCK makes the statement that "the majority of students feel this way or that way," you, as well as THE GAMECOCK can be sure that that is exactly the opinion of the majority. Still Waiting We are still waiting to find out results of attempts which the WSSF committee is making to arrange two post season games between the Gamecocks and the Wof ford Terriers. In the last issue of the Wofford newspaper, the editorial staff "heartily endorsed" the suggestion which appeared in The Gamecock two issues ago. They agree that playing such games for WSSF is an excellent idea. They, however, add that such games will prove that "Wofford is the best team in the state." To our Wofford journalistic colleagues, we say, "That is a debatable statement, for THE GAMECOCK believes that our Birds are the best team in the state. And, as a word of warning-consider Duke's fate in the recent tournament." As we stated before, we believe that big crowds would attend and that the proceeds would boost the WSSF con tributions above'the set goal. Time to Retaliate It is time for South Carolinians to protest against the unfair criticism made recently by a Radcliffe College studeni and printed in a Washington paper. The Gamecock is sur prised that The Times-Herald allowed such an item to appeai in its pages. The writer of the letter was, evidently, looking for trouble South Carolina students can give it to him. If you have comments, and loyal Palmetto citizens shouk have, send them to Bill Routh or The Gamecock. Letters to the Editor Student Urges Support of WSSF Dear Editor: I was shocked to learn that a school like Carolina witi over 4,000 students to date we have been unable to mee1 the goal set for us for the World Student Service Fund. N< one on the campus has a right to say, "I cannot give." W< here in the most prosperous nation in the world owe this as our small investment in the security of the future of hu. mnanity. All that is required to meet this goal is $.70 frorr each student. If you have not yet given, give now. Let'i all pull together and put this worthy drive across. Yours for a better Carolina, ussell . Gre.n - (lt INTERNATIONAL PLAYHOU No Need For A The United States, as well as Great Britain, must face questions ri raised by the necessity of British w withdrawal from some of its im- T perial commitments - reduction, is for instance, of its armed forces "] throughout the world, to ease its N labor shortage and reduce gov- it ernment spending-for our own N foreign policy will inevitably be b affected. Great Britain has an- e: nounced that it is going to with- t< draw her troops from Greece as T soon as the Greek National Army t< is mobilized. The British remained in Greece by consent of the gov- f< ernment to maintain the domesti, a peace which was threatened by ti guerrilla forces. Now, with an economic crisis at home, Great N Britain is forced to shed herself N of foreign dependencies and to tl concentrate on her own recovery. G My fellow columnist deems it ti permissible and indeed obligatory si for the United States to administer f< a coup d'etat. This amazing ei scheme prescribes for the military n occupation of Greece as the first n step, and then the economic infil- h: tration of the Chamber of Com- f merce. The reason behind this ag- ti gression is to head off the Russian of annexation of Greece, which my s fellow columnist is pione to, ex- E pect within a few days. Severale fallacies are visible in this prne- i scription. C TALKING ABOUT: Radcliffe Student ( I'm pretty burned up today. I've e been so all week, but I had to I wait until Saturday to get my S say-so in print, and I've gathered steam all the way. I think I'm a South Carolinian, and a pretty( good one, and I don't like to be talked about in certain ways. Call i me a Claghorni, a "Cunnel Cul pepper," or what-have-you, but Ir still don't like to see a half-baked "journalist" blow his top about something he knows nothing of. a Somewhere along the line I got hold of an article published in the< Washington Times-Herald on Feb ruary 24, and it's to this article 1 refer. Here it is, in its corn plete text: CAROLINA CLODHOPPERS "After diversified traveling alt over Europe and the United States, -. and after careful observation, I have come to the conclusion that the prize clodhoppers of all come from South Carolina. "These picayune parcels of hu inanity are absolute pathetic. I have met so many people who come from the sami place so lacking in personality and am bition. Those I have seen must be equivalent to the lower society of Slobbovia. "The women are insipid; the men are dull-almost stupid. All are barely literate. What Is that peculiar jargon they substitute for English? Don't they have schools even In South Carolina? "Anyway, they detract from our lovely city. Washingtonians should pack them all back to their native habitat. But please let thenm Itake their shoes, a simple booke on "Throw me a rope!" SE merican Occupatil First, the United States has no ght, either inherent or acquired, hich permits such intervention. he claim that the United States vindicated in asserting its eadership" because the United ations doesn't have the author y is ill-conceived. The Good eighbor policy, which has long wen the state department's credo, tends to each nation the right its own choice of government. his applies to Greece as it does Russia and Argentina. Secondly, Greece has asked only tr a loan from the United States sd has not proposed her domina on by American industry. The Greek note from Foreign [inister Tsaldaris to Secretary [arshall states that "Owing to ie systematic devastation ~of reece, the decimation and debili ition of her people and of the de ;ruction of her economy through >ur invasions and protracted riemy occupation, further and im iediate assistance has unfortu ately become vital." In particu ir he requested food, clothing, uel, etc., for immediate consump on. He asked for a shipment farms to complete the suppres ion of a small band of guerrillas. easked for amnrp e!" n neina cil asanccupanti rst,ce. AUso,ed Staese has size hiales it Souch intrton. hetclid,"tth nitd Stat vndicted n tating itsh atonslesn'rterav dintheve auhor noghnrv poliy wich hs long I Frnd o eha isnaion the right its paragrah,oIcasete ofgveuet.o hs appetan t Greece assumedoe Scnadly,i Gcree hasasevatonly itr hl unde the Uinfledncaeso dwhas not proposed hersdolisa onil bomrin ndury.eiflec [m ise Tow daistoSegear [rHa saes weae "bolungto a hetic."Tereasareton oflaa ion of her epl ad of tep he atine ofhr o"enod" thogh mrenaio s aufrn prorate emy accup uation rhe ai antesy beomes ital."e to poalong with etc., fortteditr.nup iond odle a n adnalyurillaspe. peso ase fortadinstatineo sad coromthirc expertoilie the' knawnchar asournc givehngto1 Whilsind" hi fro,autI'l lay fietopione tAand mosPoayt sewet, are Emetsh and eamby Unote.i tAte, that' it The o-alwriter u Idn'tieves we'real noug ere totg theres ae. bat "oegs" i vr uc,bti Fomhat necssaid spi the open We vern ut aso massum Nrh ither whlond the aoinfluecmpus Somehn strongr hanu tea,sor spoths yspe andcours ec.,ohud moste laoringe unde thecanfusenthe Hen to,as we aere "absoly,ebe. rhneti Therelike ntwo explna-. on In Greece By CARLTON OWEN able loan for rehabilitation. The major items are arms and money. The first can readily be given by the United States from its surplus munitions stockpiles which will soon rot. There is nothing contrary to our policies in this for we have sold arms to many other governments since the war's end. No specific figure was men tioned concerning the loan but it is generally estimated at $250, 000,000 or $350,000,000. This re habilitation measure would not re quire action by the Chamber of Commerce but the appropriation of the amount by Congress. The chances are that the Con gress will approve a loan. Given this, the Greeks feel themselves capable of setting their economic house in order with the aid of a few technical assistants. Also, they are likely to receive arms from the U. S. With these she will be able to put down the bands of guerrillas who refuse to accept King George II. Greece will then be able to accept left wing factions into the government which are now excluded. There need be no clash of Rus sian and American arms in the withdrawal of Britain from Greece. There is no need of American oc cupation and no certain threat of Russian intervention. 1iai1s htetice ILL ROUTHI its people. The Civil War ended long ago, but people like our "friend," Anonymous, seem to want another private one. He'd probably be happy if we seceded, and I'm cer tain I wouldn't object if he went back to Slobbovia, and continued his study of society classes. I'm not going to hit at Wash ington. It's just unfortunate that their TIMES-HERtALD runs so short of articles that it has to run such a pile of trash. But I'd like to know how Radcliffe Col lege, supposedly in Cambridge, Mass., got connected with the kind of Washingtonian that wvrites that stuff. I think it is a definite challenge to South Carolinians, whether they like to be referred to by a char acter that usually "publishes" his works on restroom walls, or not. If you are really interested in YOUR South Carolina, you'll answer this challenge. It shouldn'i be left unanswered. If names had been used, the article would have been libelous. I call it an insull to any TRUE South Carolinian andl I resent this slander to my. self and the state, too. There are some persons fron1 here that are lacking in person. ality and education, true. Thern are some of those everywhere liut a generalization of this sorn Is uncalled for, out of place, and idiotically presented.. If you have any blood, Soutl Carolinians, boll it out in a lettei to us. The more opinions we gel on this article, the sooner some action will be taken. So write, anm I RIGnT unW!! The Barter Post By PEGGY TREXLER The possibilities of converting GEORGIA TECH into a co-educational school has proved quite alarming to a certain number of students. The Technique, student publication, stated that the invasion of the opposite sex would make conditions unsafe for an innocent, unprotected male to wan der the streets alone, and "what of the effects of a don't shove-just-push session in the post office." With the inroad of petticoats, it is believed that G. T. might as well change its name to the Georgia School of Gynecnology (new word) -shortened version, Georgia "Gin." As a final argument, The Technique suggested the student to listen to the strains of the beloved G. T. anthem, "Ramb lin' Wreck." No longer would its stirring words waft across o Grant Field. In its place, they would undoubtedly hear: "Oh I'm a modest co-ed from Georgia Tech And a powder-puff engineer. A motherly woman, and chastely, maidenly feminine engineer. Like all other numerous females I indulge in my one-percent beer Cause I'm a modest co-ed from Georgia Tech, And a powder-puff engineer." * * * Down at the University of Texas, a student in a reporting class struggled with a wedding story. When the story was returned to him with a grade F minus, his pride was hurt, so he decided that it was time to have a conference with his instructor. "Mr. French," he said "this is terrible, I've never made an F minus like this before. Isn't there anything I can do to bring it up to an F?" * * * '9 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S "best-dressed" man was shorn today of his title, not to mention his newly-won prestige among the university's susceptible coeds. Last week an imposing advertisement in the Daily North western announced that the "American Tailors Associa tion" had chosen Frank Williams Durkee, Jr., a junior from Buffalo, N. Y., as one of America's best dressed men. Dion Michael O'Bannon of Notre Dame was also mentioned. The half page ad featured a photograph of Durkee, clad in a handsome glen-plaid coat and a large knotted tie. Durkee's social standing sky-rocketed. He was invited to important sorority functions. Students told their barbers: "Cut it like Durkee's." Then, editors of the student publication became suspicious. A telephone call to South Bend disclosed there was no Dion Michael O'Bannon enrolled at Notre Dame. The Better Business bureau said it had never heard of the American Tailors Association. Tracing the matter to their own advertising office, inves tigators discovered that Durkee himself had inserted the ad. It cost him $40. The editors disclosed that the tip which had sent them checking was a small classified ad that appeared after an nouncement of Durkee's selection. It read: "Frank Williams Durkee, Jr., 1 want my coat back-Buzley." * * * All organizations or groups of students at the University of Utah who have a "favorite brunette" may win a free week's visit to Hollywood by entering her in the Chronicle's, student publication, "My Favorite Brunette" contest. The contest is open to any academically eligible coed over 18. "My Favorite Brunette" will leave via train for Holly wood around April 6. There she will be met by a Para mount studio automobile, taken to a hotel suite and possibly receive a screen test. During her stay there she will be shown through the studios in addition to other famous places in the area. Bob Hope who is starring in the Paramount pic ture, "My Favorite Brunette," will act as her escort the final two days of the week. * * *. First it was women's suffrage; then, women in Congress. Last week, Miss Jean Ezzard probably for the first time in the history of Emory University, competed in inter-frater nity athletic competition. She swam the 220-yard free sty.le in a "five-man" heat and finished fourth for the "democratic" Independents.9 *. * * To close its unsuccessful football season with a spirited article on how good their team was, the FURMAN UNI VERSITY HORNET began by heading it' "FU Football Not So Bad; 82 Teams Listed Lower." According to this same article, "Only 99 teams are stronger than Furman, and figures don't lie . . . the boys are just playing out of their class, that's all." May we add an Amen!? THIS COLLEGIATE WORLD Dy Associated Collegiate Press "Professors of D)rake Universityaytigfrm rbe'lgso are unfair to organized marriage!" Gbeser,btyu red r This is the cry of many of the teecpini o rv a veterans on the Drake campustoshl.tIsartobie, after the results of examinationsbuJoClegbhidawels were revealed,.h raetrsko h od h One student explained, "Poor "oa rvr a ial e grades received In my subjects hrmthi ahm have made life at my home mis- " nwyucleesuet, erable. It seems my young sonsttdoeuerieroChls - attending a nearby school, broughtF.GusWahntnUieiy bis report card home the samestdnwhwaprpeigfoa day I presented my marks to his plc."o pe al,hbt mother, iIe received severaluayinnalolcfg,gig "A's" and "B's" while my gradesatpeygil,lainfndr Iwere straining for the "C" level,.n unn onsetodgad "ie now sits at the head of mtesjs o h pr fI. the djnner table, reads the paper I em httelaigIsr before I do and chooses the radioanetcosfthcutrhve' programs. It's demoralizing." ls hi ev. Bnrpc Insurance companies are known) iiycam nacdnscue to ~e o te rvva o amothb e getstudek n t rad h