The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 15, 1947, Page Page Two, Image 2
THE GAMECOCK
CROWING FOR A GREATER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Member of Associated Collegiate Press
Distributor of Collegiate Digest
Founded January 0, 1908. with Robert Elliott Gozales 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, duriag the sellege year exet holidays
and examinations.
Editorial and business offices are located in the east basement of Sims dormitory.
Advertleing rates are 65 costs an inch. Deadlines for Saturday editien: editorial and
society, 8 p. m. Wednesday; news and sports. 8 p. m. Thursday. Deadlines for Tuesday
edition: editorial and soclety, 8 p. m. Friday; news and sports, 8 p. i. Sunday.
Opinions expressed by eciumnists and letter-writers are not necessarily 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 ...............- ...........................J....... Carroll GilUam
Exchange Editor ........................ ......................... Peggy Treiler
Cartoonist .............. ................................... Samuel L. Boylston
Reporters-Libby Cole, Irene Sanders, Bob Gunter, George Stanley, Jane Dowe, Cyrus
Shealy, Joy Conrad, Ruth Newell, Jean Davis, Jo Anne Dillinger, Norine Corley,
Bob Carpenter, Mary Saye Gaston, Holly Beck, Helen Childers, Lynn Couch Joe
Molony, Sidney Brandenburg, Ranny Reaves, Betty Koty, Chick Shiels, Ken bald
win, Syd Badger, Vilma Huggins, Jane Dowe, Al en Becker, Betty Horton, Frank
Hard, Genanno Jones, Mary Lee Pender, Bob Pierce, Marian Rodgors, Alva C.
Singley, Charles Watson, Eugene Webb, snookle Kirkland, Mary Foider, Norma
Mani, Marvin Carter, Ellen Schofield.
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager .................................. Candy Taylon
Advertising Manager -------- ..................................... Harry Blott
Co-Circulation Managers .......................... Lynn Hook and Darien Robertson
Business Staff-Ann blood, Betty Mood Joanne Mae Weaver, Al Lovata, Margie Teague,
Jean Eleazer, PhylUs Dukes, Beth Fillingim.
The Parking Problem
The areas in and around the university are inadequate for
the number of faculty and students' cars which must be
parked near the campus daily. Some, therefore, carelessly
violate regulations by parking in private driveways and re
stricted areas. Consequently, several cars have been tagged
and some towed in to the Police Department when it has
been impossible to locate the owners.
Several possible solutions to the problem have been sug
gested but as yet none of these has been worked out to a
satisfactory plan. Until the university and the city get to
gether and take definite steps toward alleviation, the park
ing problem remains that of the car owners.
THE GAMECOCK, at present, has no workable suggestion
to make relative to obtaining more parking space. We do
suggest, however, that, in order to prevent cars being towed
in, each car owner list his name and license number at the
Marshal's office. Many of the cars owned by students are
registered outside the city of Columbia and police officials
have no way of finding out who owns the cars which some
times have to be moved. If names were listed, the owners
could be located and notified to move their cars before the
towing in procedure became necessary.
The Columbia Traffic Division has requested that students
be more cooperative in observing parking regulations. We
must not continue to deny adjacent property owners the
rights to their private driveways, even if it means parking
further from the campus and walking an extra block.
In Sympathy
The Gamecock, in behalf of the Carolina student body,
extends sincere sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Brown at
the recent tragic deaths of their children.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:Attahegvmeacfi
I would like to call your atten- dnilwn n ekndm
tion to a serious crisis whichclsr"Teerti,so,ha
threatens the university. As you
knowv, several new buildings are gaate o ols oeta
at this very minute in various it er.
stages of construction on the cam- "Wl,Ianwrd"ttsem
pus. We are, indeed, seeing anqitresnbeom. case
able attempt to cope with the ta o upr dcto n
classroom shortage. But when thehudeprcnintssaead
last stone is in place, how can i o' eln eoeteui
one find his way to the,buildings?vesthaaltefcitest
r That is the problem: the buildingsned.
have no names."Taisawynypoc,"h
There are several possible so- rsodd Rs hog h
lutions that I have heard rumored.cuilblsad hndvt h
One of them is to continue theretoth tietedcina
prcsent policy of naming buildingsmatr.
after professors. However, the EgryIpesdhmfrhr
suggestion has received little sup- "htaeteecuil,Al,Sn
port because there is such keen ao?
competition among the professors Smlnatynavigonc
as to who shall give their namesadhokn hithmsnhi
to the structures. Another idea isvetheasrda4rom r
abroad to number each one, but feto."ei e' e,oeo
this, too, has been coolly received 'mls emwsteana p
since such an act would lower the porainfrteuke n
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THE GARNET AND BLACK
University Trustee I
Gates Opening on ti
Our university, the favorite
stalking horse of the General As
sembly, was paraded on the floor
of the House of Representatives
last week and promises to be
dragged around again this week.
Representative Blatt tossed a
bomb-shell when he announced his
intention of resigning from the
Board of Trustees. This little
word brought praises to Allah
from many all over the state,
but little did they know the dra
torical jousting which. would re
sult from it.
The House had a field day. Mr.
Blatt's young son, a recent grad
sate of this school, was nomi
sated to succeed his father in the
trustee post. "Barnwell ring,"
"Thurmond ring," etc., bounced
about the walls of the lower cham
ber of our legislature. And what
was in the middle? The Univer
3ity of South Carolina, as usual.
Fhe Political Paradise .
This is a situation which is
naking those who love the uni
rersity sick to death of the whole ]
)usiness. The legislature, the peo
ple, or the officers themselves 1
tave made membership on the
Board of Trustees appear to be a :
early gate opening on the para
lise of political ambition. Mem- :
bership on the Board has come (
to be one of the most commonly 1
iccepted political pay-offs "for fa- ]
vors granted".
That is what we are all tired 1
>f seeing done to this institution.
What we need is fewer men who =
ire still running for public office i
mn our board and more who really
want to see higher education in 1
the state advanced. Many' feel that
1r. Blatt did such ideal handling :
>f the affairs of the university a 1
ravor by his action last week. If
this is so, he is to be praised...
It seems to be the practice to
langle membership on the Board
is a beautiful golden apple. To
avery trustee it should mean a
ot of hard work for the institu
ion, but what it has come to
mean is the mere marshalling of
INTERNATIONAL PLAYHO1
Russia Has Lead th
Concept That Such
On the basis of the written rec
srd, Russia can claim, with con
iiderable justification, to have
l>een a leader in the field of in
ternational schemes for disarma
nent. From the Genoa Conferenice
sf 1922 until the Geneva Confer
ence of 1932-34, the Soviet Union
consistently advocated total dis
armament. When it became ap
parent that complete disarmament
was unattainable, Russia pressed
for proportionate disarmament on
i substantial scale. All her pro-4
posals provided for international
ontrois and inspection. The So
viets based their proposals on the
oncept that disarmament would
Bliminate war--a thesis that is
rjuestioned by those who believe
that disarmament will result from1
world-wide security, not security
from disarmament. In any case,
there is good reason for looking
for more specific reasons underly
ing such unprecedented proposals.
At that time the Soviet Union
was not only a new state, but a
new kind of state, alone in a hos
tile world, Its principal assets
were population, area and unde
veloped resources, which combinetd
to give it great inherent strength.
However, lacking arms, such
strength would be more effective
in a world where the capitalistic
state had been shorn of their ar
maments. At least in theory,
therefore, general disarmament
supported the basic Russian policy,
of improving its position in rela
tion to the other great powers.
But then as now, Russian policy
was based on communistic ideology.
It is a matter of contemporary
Soviet record that communism
held all armaments to be tools of
the capitalistic states for the sup
pression of the proletariat. The
Communist International of 1928
stated that no Communist thought
that the Soviet disarmament pro
posals would be accepted-and
that they were submitted merely
to expose capitalistic hypocrisy. It
seems, therefore, that all Russian
proposals for disarmament be
tween World Wars I and II, while
basically sound from the national
SPIRIT
positions Appear As
te Paradise of Politici
1
influence with the Assembly to "
get a big appropriation. 03
It also seems that the influence k
to get this money has- long been w
necessary. Appropriations are as
tonsidered another bunch of ap- ti
ples to be doled out to favorites.
That borders on nonsense. th
We're All Lobbyists a
But this is not' the height of the cc
ridiculous acrobatics performed on h<
the legislative trapeze. - One tc
rhomas Pope, duly elected repre- fi
sentative of the people of New- w
berry county, rose on the floor and th
lenounced a university student for ti
expressing his personal opinion ax
mn the election of new members to
f the board. sa
This seems a little strange to ju
those of us who had come to have g<
r great respect for Mr. Pope for ed
his work on the proposed regency
plan which has apparently disap- C
seargd. down one of the many be
:onvenient drains in the State T:
Elouse. th
But now. Mr. Pope is exerting th
tis rather wide influence in the be
lssembly for the election of Blatt sc
he Younger, and to do this prop- at
rly he has lashed out at a citi- th
sen of the state who did nothing
nore than exercise the right of er
ree speech. It is proper for a atu- ni
lent to show his interest in mat- sy
;ers affecting the school which th
te attends. The right to do so ri
ihould not be denied or questioned ar
>y any thinking South Carolinian. si
For that matter, if it were be
equired that all who "lobby" at c
he State House place their names g<
)n some register, then it were fe
ime that the entire roster of uni
rersity students be placed there. Si
For we are all lobbyists for the ve
)etter interests of our school.
When we feel that our opinions pi
ill in some way make for better to
rovernment, we should give them th
md in no mincing, polite and ad
trchaic legislative pig-latin. pr
Where We Stand by
The position of the students is is
tot one to be envied. Those who Sc
are for our financial well-being lii
nust either be members of the av
JSE
World in Disarmam
Action Would Elimini
point of view, were made as tacti- an
eal moves in the international ai
field of communistic policy, with ki
ao expectation that they would di
be adopted- be
Last year Russia proposed 01
general disarmament of conven- re
tional arms to the Security Coun- tlh
eil. Gromyko maintains an atti- at
tude of "agreement in principle" St
but practical and concrete steps in
ire yet to be taken. The priority
f atomic control and the necessity gi
>f international inspection are the es
nain planks of the Baruch plan, th
iirectly opposing Russia's plan pc
>f disarmament by gentleman's fi,
igreement. In contrast to the thi
vell-defined pattern of Russian is
)roposals in the period between be
he world wars, the present situa- er
,ion is very confusing in trying to thi
letermine the underlying motives. be
Looking at it from the Russian tt~
riewpoint, everything would be w
rained by atomic priority and In- ba
spection, for capitalistic encircle- It
nient and strangulation could be til
:hecked. Russia greatly fears the Is
itomic bomb in the hands of the fe
Western powers and Is not making
much progress toward making ci
bombs of her own. Notwithstand- o1
ing this, Russia has consistently hi
impeded progress toward atomic ti
energy control by injecting into si
the discussions the broader sub- si
ject of general disarmament. ti
What is the explanation? There ri
are those who suspect Russia of a ti
wicked scheme to get the United C
States to destroy its bombs and al
then to break the treaty and start o'
an atomic arms race from scratch. lR
But if this were true, Russia's h,
plan would be better served by d,
working for an atomic treaty, and i
the sooner the better-.t
Somehow, Russia must see ad- s<
vantage to herself in the delaying
tactics that she employs. There el
may be some technological expla- a
nation within Russia-maybe an ti
Impending discovery--but this Is 'T
not certain. She may consider w
that she will gain support that o1
will soften the position of the n
Western powers by c:onsistently p
takingr the initiative in the widea.
"Pearly
a Amibition
y CARROLL L..GILLIAM
Elarnwell" or "Thurmond" rings,
most be automatons with little
owledge and less interest in
aiversity affairs. Our moral
ad educational well-being are en
rely beside the point.
There is a- mistaken philosophy
at the university is one of the
ate government items which
me under the head of "grab it,
od it, and control it." This leads
the little skirmishes on the
sors of the legislature which
ill some day make the university
Le laughing-stock of the educa
mal world. Such skirmishes
e doing, perhaps not at the in
ntion of those participating, the
me wrongs and the same in
stices with which the late Eu
ne Talmade nearly wrecked the
lucational system of Georgia.
We do not want that in South
arolina. We want our school to
respected throughout the state.
he farmer on the Blue Ridge,
e merchant in the Piedmont, and
e coastal cotton planter should
equally proud to say that his
n or his daughter is a Carolina
udent. That is the purpose of
e school and it should remain so.
We rightly stand for better gov
nment in South Carolina, begin
ng with a clean state educational
stem. It matters little whether
e "Barnwell" or "Thurmond"
ng controls the schools, if they
e both vicious little groups de
gned to control or ruin. We
lieve that the people should
ntrol both the university and the
vernment, and think it is right
r us to say so.
That is the position which all
nuth Carolinians who are in fa
or of liberal democracy take.
This is not the time for enter
ising and ambitious men to try
control the university. It is
e day and hour for educational
lvancement a n d democratic
ogress. If this is to be denied
the General Assembly, then it
time for the sensible people of
uth Carolina to "fold their tents
ce Arabs and silently steal
ray."
ent On
ite Future Wars
By CARLTON OWEN
id ill-defined field of general dis
mament. Also, Russia well
owa that when an army is re
iced, the men remain and can
remobilized, whereas if a navy
an air force are reduced, they
quire years to reconstruct. But
e United States would still rank
Lead of Russia in industrial
rength and little could be gained
this direction.
These considerations, taken to
ther, still offer an Inadequate
planation. There must be some
ing in the atomic control pro
'sals that the rulers of Russia
ad impossible of acceptance. If
is is the real explanation, what
the "Impossible7" ' It cannot
the matter of limitation of soy
eignty. If the U. S. can accept
at, Russia can. It cannot really
the much-discussed question of
e veto, for Russia knows full
11l that she cannot be coerced
the U. N. 0., veto or no veto.
would seem far more probable
at the "Impossible" for Russia
the matter of complete and ef
etive inspection.
Those who believe that Russia
nnot accept the full implications
an effective inspection system
wed their conviction on the idea
at such an inspection would
owly but surely undermine an es
ntial element of the Soviet sys
in: namely, Isolati.on from the
ast of the world. It would
reaten the whole structure of the
ommunist-controlled police state
ad eventually would result in the
rerthrow of its rulers. Whether
ussia will or will not submit to
ternational inspection lill be
ipendent upon whether Stalin
minks his system could survive
me opening of Russia to such full
ale international inspection.
Disarmament in itself wilt not
niminate the threat of war. It is
erely an indication that resort
arms is not the means of peace.
here is every indication that the
orld has the will to peace and
see the Soviet submits to inter
ational inspection, the will to
tace will have made itself more
mparanL.
etaoin shrdlu
... a dash of bitters... .
By DOTTIE PERKINS
One of the first things you learn in writing a column,
(besides fear of libel and getting caught in the literary
feuds) is the horror of pounding out one of these things
once a week. You get one deadline safely passed, and then
lose sleep, weight, and your excellent disposition worrying
about "What on earth will I do for next week's ?" Some.
times there isn't a holiday to write about for inonths ...
and the day of St. Patrick and Paul Revere's ride have been
written into the ground. So if you're smart, but not clever,
you pull that old, old dodge of . . . guest columnist. Ah,
guest columnists ... the sleepless nights you have without
them. So, note well the following, and check the last line
... I'll be back next week and write the column myself from
now on ... until I'm counting inches again instead of sheep.
So, we'll bypass the 'dash of bitters' for a week ... some
one just told us: "Carolina isn't all beer.
* * * * *
I have discovered why newspapermen drink.
Maybe I won't win the Pulitzer prize-I didn't even get a
college degree-but in my few months in the outside world I
have learned one thing.
Now, that may not sound like much to you. You think
that you learn a great amount every day in college. I thought
that, too. But the stark reality of the cold-cold world quickly
freezes the educational marrow in your bones. In other
words-as an intellectual, you're a stiff. It won't take long
to convince you that you don't know from nothing.
Why do newspapermen drink?
They drink because they are (1) thirsty; (2) because of
the food they have to eat (You think you got it rough?
Try and beat 149 representatives afd 49 senators to chow!);
(3) and because of the "routine."
You can understand being thirsty. You're able to under
stand being hungry (yeah, I went to school there). But
this "routine"-you can't understand until you try it. It's
like the first kiss. You-well-you just don't know until
you try.
Here's the pitch. It's like being a freshman in college
again ... "can you tell me, please .. ." The routine includes
work, by the calendar not by the hour, and work includes
stories, and vice versa.
The "routine":
A telephone rings. It is someone who has a "hot' story
from Snaggs Bottom, U.S.A., 'way down in the swamps.
The voice twangs through the telephone; "Jim Goochwool-.
lives 'bout a mile from here is havin' trouble with his bees.
Ya see, the bears don't believe it's winter ... " (and so on
and on until you finally get the angle.)
It works out like this: the bruins hang out in the swamp
where brother Goochwool keeps his bee hives. Last Decem
ber's Spring-like weather brought the bears out of hiberna
tion. And they won't bo gack. The dopes (bears) think
that it's Spring-even if there is ice and snow all over the
place-and raid the hives for honey. Brother Goochwool
doesnt' know what to do about it. How do you convince
i bear that it is winter?
Then there is the worry about libel. You think you've
]one okay with a murder yarn when suddenly someone opens
up with a corpuscle chilling scream. It's the boss. After
a lengthy discussion of the subjets of libel and slander, you
discover that your finger slipped on the typewriter keys.
You have Al Wheezeel arrested for murder (not suspicion
Dr connected with) and signing a confession (who told you?
did you see It?) and pleading insanity (he graduated phi
beta kappa at old sewash) and his name is spelled Wheezlle.
Later it develops that he is the postman and was returning
to ring the d6or bell the third time just for the hell of It.
The coroner comes through and declares the case a suicide.
The routine includes more unpleasant things than those.
"You are new here. Besides .everyone else in the office
has been out to the state pen--on stories of course. It's not
bad. You won't mind it if you don't think about it. Now if
you don't want to go just SAY so .. .
Finally the boss gets around to it. There is a human
being scheduled to be executed in the death chamber, and
you are to cover the story. All you have to do is stand
there and watch the man die. And don't forget how long
it took him. (No chasers with this drink, brother !)
"The shadows of superstition and voodoo fell dark and
heavy among the farming people of Altamont community.
A once healthy tenant farmer said he was dying from a spell
cast on him by a witchdoctor. The young farm hand is a
skinny enricature of the strapping man he was 15 months
ago ..."
Sure, it started off good. But the "routine" set In before
long. The guy was a niental case, but actually thought he
was passing out. The witchdoctor couldn't take the spell off
because he wasn't around anymore. Another "victim" caught
the conjure-man putting dried bones In his mailbox and shot
him three times between the shoulder blades with buck shot.
So a New York City hypnotist decides to come South and
cure the stricken man. He takes the "hex" off in a short
trance (trance, not pants). You think you're t,brough with
it then. Suddenly everyone who can read gets a death curse
on 'em and writes for help. There is nothing to do but read
the letters and throw them away. But there is still a little
flattery on your shoulders--they think you have "hex" ap
peal. You only covered the story.
Unfortunately, for me, and fortunately for you, space does
not permit more ETAOIN SHRDLU.
The "routine" outlined above are true with the excep
tion of names and places. Any doubts you have as to the
veracity of these stories, you may lay aside by careful read
ing of any newspapers. It won't take much to convince you
why newspapermen~ drink.
It is my desire that this be printed in its old position to
illustrate (1) the value of higher education to me 'and (2)
establish the fact that I can make no claims to the noble
tle of newspaperman.
"Er, make mine a dash of bitters, please--straight, fromn