Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ik-changipg. Lng skirts hM .eI to the campus. Are they 'ire to stay? Fashion de signers wonder apd so does the public. In every nook and corner of the canipus, heated discussions are taking place. These largely in- g vo*e the .effets on the ' female n fo i. ' -P*m there, talk ranges thiug1 ~ many . phases -Including ecgnomss, Lat week In the canteen four 8 college students examined the a faults and merits of the lqng skirt. a "The long skirts hide the real grace of the female form," com mented Mr. W. . "Oh, no," said Mr. X. "On the I contrary, it gives elegance and s grace of movement which is not C possible with the shorter skirt. The long skirt gives balance and enables one to see the female form in' the right perspeciive whether she be short, fat, long or thin." "I agree," said Mr. Y. "The only reason people are not accept- t ing 'the skirt is because there is s an innate aversion to something u new." h "Aversion to new things," spoke ( up Mr. Z. "Why, that is the very v spice of life. "New things at- k tract people and add to their daily d pleasure." h And so it goes. 11 b 1427 MAI e for Shoes that look like new visit C c ti ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. e -l COLUMBIA ' DAIRIES * 917 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. *THE CA * IS YOUlI SCHOOL S JEWELRY SPORTS WE & * SODA FOU SHOE REP FLORIST S Big Thurs Of Caroliru It's the highlight of the school Car ear-the Carolina-Clemson foot- wal all game. It's the time when one chool spirit runs highest and mol Jums (at least those who can wa: et tickets) flock from far and bec ear.. den Since the first game in the year A 896, the game has been a cause bon or much discussion and comment wal n the state. From the very be- enti inning, a sense of rivalry devel- ers, ped that at times rose to point age f violence. pla; A near disaster occurred in the moi ear 1902 when a torchlit gang of Il lemson students threatened to wa" lemolish the rival Carolinians. for. Vith only a wall between, ten- fiel ion soared to a heated pitch. I )nly when a farsighted young a 0perator's Job B Flectic, Funny C "The life of a telephone opera- - or is both hectic and enjoyable," p ays Mrs. C. E. Hursey of the niversity switchboard. "Many Pr umorous things have happened. One day a girl called here and Bi ranted to talk to Harry, but didn't now his last name, campus ad ress, or anything; just that he ad black hair and was very good 3oking. Another time a country boo oy called in and wanted me to get stet im a date. He said that he mo' )oked like Clark Gable and was ,uni' ine feet, five inches tall. I Mis sked him again and he said the mai ame thing. Maybe he meant five T eet, nine," said Mrs. Hursey. typ "My work is generally pleasant salt xcept the week-ends that Caro- exp na has football games. Then per re are really rushed. We opera- boo Drs would appreciate the student RO ody's cooperation in calling as whi ttle as possible on these week- boo nds," she said. S ing are Eoner in Gender [n French Class ap' six F. C. Perry, instructor in the Ele 3reign language department, was but onducting' a class in French at be university. He wrote a sent-no nce on the blackboard in French the rhich read: "The dining hall was stil luminated by a light." ext All who know the French lan- to uage know that gsalon is a din- pa' hi ig hall and that the word light, con rritten in French, is feminine delh ender. After Mr. Perry had written ma he sentence, he turned to the buy lass and called on a young man stu tani the back of the room to trans- ent ite the sentence into English. to 'he student thought for a minute the nid came back with this reply, can The girl was lit in the saloon!" me boo CENTRAL .the -stal DRUG CO.: be OPEN 24 HRS. T It 5197-PHONES-5198 1204 MAIN STREET scr< Cai re-eTT-t-er m --t-r stui will it < hea is NITEENb 3 it -wo Bu is' UPPLIES v AR . NTAIN. AIR ER VICE ayMarks t-.Clemson olinian dared to jump upon the a l and volunteer to fight any A of the Clemson boys did the b begin to break. This boy t4 Rion McKissick who later sme one of Carolina's presi- a ts. n "fter this occurrence, each year b fires were built around the n Is and freshmen watched the g re night for Clemson disturb Still, the "cow boys" man- :ri d to heckle the university h ers until a thoughtful coach d red the team out of town. 1 1902, when Christie Benet t] coaching the Birds, a free- p all occurred on the football n d. . ti 821, and Clemson fans brought tl 0-minute fight into being by tl uzzing Alumni f Grads' Biogi oblems of Texts i ocurements Cited S Bookstore Head ti By JAMES R. SHERIDAN L A he problem of furnishing text A ks to students has become n, idily greater with the return of ti 'e and more veterans to the a iersity campus, according to b: s Sue Willingham, bookstore a, iager. ir he bookstore makes eight es of sales. They are cash I s, veteran's books, veteran's a endable items such as -note pa- n and note books, departmental b ks, athletic department books, - l'C books, and finally books s, ch are sold to several college c' kstores in Columbia. 0 ome Columbia mills are hold- a classes for employees. Books sold to these schools also. During this semester's regis- a ion period books were sold to f roximately 4,000 students in v days," says Miss Willingham, fl ven extra girls were employed t the rush was overwhelming. 1z d f proper books for courses can- d be had, one must remember J4 fact that the paper shortage ,' limits editions to a great mnt. Books must be ordered six eight months in advance. De tment heads may not decide e ch book they will use for the h ting semester thereby causing tys in shipment. omne complaints have been le that the bookstore does not enough books back from the 1 lents. The reason is that -cer books are not needed at pres Every effort is being made buy as many as possible from b students, but the bookstore v~ not depend too heavily on this i hod. A definite number of z ks must be supplied so enough d be on hand at the proper time. t en the veteran rush is over a bookstore will return to a .e of normalcy and books will B somewhat easier to get. d t iey Did... Before?? c Vhile headlines and stories 3 ~am of a buried hatchet in , olina - Clemson relationship, lents wonder if a real truce l ever come to be. For, believe ir not, there was another such dline in the October 19, 1939 ie of the Gamecock. And 'he occasion was a dinner given -guess who-the Blue Key pter for the Clemson Blue Keys. inds a little like history re ting itself. )id the attempt at friendliness .k ? The records don't show. for now all that can 'be said "Keep your eyes open!" PATCHES DIAMONDS B. B. HARMON JEWELER 2024 Devine St. Columbia, S. C. Phone 4-1522 OCATED CON VENIENTLY AT FIVE POINTS t5sh Year Rik'a1ry tealing Carolina's mascot rooster. ,a the fight raged, a trembling Ird lay hidden under a specta r's coat in the stands. When Clemson teams walked way with . victory, the boys ade sure Carolina and Colum a remembered. Statues, monu ents and buildings were slapped enerously with red paint. A Carolina victory meant the nging of the chapel bell and asty departure of Clemson stu ents. Now, as both schools anticipate ie 45th game, the Carolina cam us will oome to life with ban ers and projects. And, even if mes do prove slightly 4uieter ian former years, you can bet ere will be thidga to remember. i Office Center 'aphy Records Welcome, alumni, to the Caro na-Clemson game. We print this i your interest. The office of the University of outh Carolina Alumni associa on is no place for loafers. "We're busy down here," Ralph ewis, executive secretary of the lumni association, says "We've At more than 12,000 proved ames on our mailing list. We y to keep up-to-date records on 1 alumni of the university, brief ographical records, changes of idress, and a great deal of other formation." A look at the buzzing office is mnvincing. . People everywhere re sliding out file cases, making Dtes on little white cards, little lue cards, big white cards. Big -it's bewildering to the visitor, to iy the least. Typewriters click )ntinually, addressographs and ther machines run almost without break. "You would be surprised to see ow much information we file bout our alumni. We never fin h. Anything that might be aluable to alumni now or in the iture we record. There's no such iing as being 'caught' up on work i this office. The things to be :ne multiply, but we're on the >b and doing all within our ower to make our office a con ict point for Carolina-men every here." Mail goes out from the office in rates. The postman must be a atient man not to throw up his ands and quit at the sight of tacks and stacks of letters to be icked up almost every day. PRIDAY NIGHT MEETING (Continued from -Page 1) The fact that this group would e uncontrolled and unorganized ras brought out, and it was sug ested that some sort of organi ation be set up to conduct an or erly parade, if possible, in order bat the reported "vandalisms" of uch parades would be eliminated. Alex Long, Carolina cheerleader, aid that this was the one time uring the school year when a eal school spirit was shown and hat some provision should be inde for some activity. Another student said that in is work with students on the ampus no spirit was shown for 64 days, but on this one day the rhole student body showed a-1 ini Brest, but that It did not seem ANNOUh A Ente Fea' .Corn 11 DOl 5 POINTS Bird's 1View (CQatined from Paga 1) from wedding of high school team mate namely Bobby Gage, with b whom the Gamecocks must cope b with Thursday ... v . Thomas Chadwick, university b student and stellar reporter for The State paper, being kidded by t friends who insist that he gets fan si mail from his dog and cat fea- 8 tures. One fellow tabbing him - the "Animal Editor." a . Two inebriates shuffling into b the Toddle House, "Whersh Mish- d tah Toddle ?" c - . - Everyone huddling close to u the entrance of Davis college as steady torrents dared unsuspected p class-goers to weather the down- p pour. One fair-haired lassie C emerging from the cringing crowd on the porch, pulling out transpar ent raincoat from pocketbook, slip ping it on and calmly walking out d into the rain much to the others' 0 snvy. . .. State troopers playing cow boy before each home game, mak ing room for spectators to park their cars . .. The round-ups be ing conducted in highway patrol cars and on f,pot . . . neither to much avail . . . the bovines as serting their right to pasture where they pleased.... the ttoop era finally attacking in waves to catch the elusive souls. ... The rubbernecks -at each game straining to catch a glimpse of what might be a fight. . . . Vernon Taylor ". . . I wouldn't be in Palmer McArthur's shoes right now for hell 'r high water.".. ... Brooksy Marshall falling over backwards to the floor, laughing so hard she couldn't regain her balance nor her dignity ... . . . The flying beasties on the campus disrupting service in WUSC's studios and. in the can teen .. . WUSC being plagued by sparrows nesting in the ivy on the walls of the Goofus building, and flying in the -studios during broad casts . . . the girls behind the counter in the canteen terrified by an elephantine grasshopper . . . the male workers doubling up with laughter . . . and some brave hearted gent removing the mon ster... worthwhile to bother with that one day. "I think that if you can get student school spirit for that one day during the year," one of his listeners said, "something should be done with it." Another speaker suggested that the students who attended the dance would not be the students who would participate in a pep rally, and that some activity should be arranged for those who would not come. It was also pointed out that the Field House could not possibly AUTOMOBILES FOR RENT $5 per 24-hr. day -- Special Rates for Trips Renting hour--8 a. in., 'til 7 p. m. DIAMOND DRIVE-IT-YOURSELF Phone 2-6386--1000 Main One Block from Campus rCING... NEW AT rtainment Plus turing Billy S * Can you If you can whistle ii e on down and lounge ai sterior. Delicious sandw TG BROOM] IAMECOCK'S VIEWPONT (CoP tI4uefroni 'Pag. 1) ie plan, es It no 'st4ds, ,wexe rere to go on, without' a paradi, iere would" be one anyway, end lain stret had better look' outl 'herefore, a controlled paradi, led y one of the principle gioups ad beating better relations, seems to e the only answer. Thus this plan. Have a ger and all, to go up Sumter i treet to Hampton avenue, then wing to Main, and march down ecommodate the entire student ody and that the remaining stu ents would be left "idle" on the smpus, to indulge in any of the sual pre-game activities. The motion was then made to ass a vote of confidence in -the lans of Blue Key, Student Coun il and the Booster club. A motion to table this and to mntinue the discussion of the sue was .defeated, and tie stu ents present then passed the riginal motion. ALL SEASONABLI ART FLOW CORSAGES A PHONE 1227 Hampton Street Phone 2-9250 ColIegis s,ecias STEAKS - CHICKI DINE AND DA "GAMECOCI JOE PA' Proprl STUDENTS!! For Your Own Patroni: UN IVE LAUNDRY & D SERVICE LOCATED IN BUILI BY THE C * 48-H oux I'RA CTI( pivey at the p1 whistle'? ;, Billy can play it. -ound in our sparkling iches, cold drinks, bee E'S DRIVI to' the fWIe .-mpto,n (wbere, incidentally, the Qlausoni teap will be quart red) to .iave the tigex-burning at th fras Main intersection. Then msW - back to Davis Field for thp rally, and the dan whch fol lows. That sums' the entire plan t1 a nutshell. ,t is now in the laps of you students. So, be at tomor row's student body meeting -in the Pield House, where everything will be ironed out.. College Barber' .Shop 4 Block from Campus Side Entrance University Grill CUT FLOWERS .E SHOP SPECIALTY 2-6781 Columbia, S. C. 918 Main Street te Inn ing in N - SPAGHETTI NCE IN THE K" ROOM CRONE letor Convenience . ze The RSITY RY CLEANING ~sTATION THE NEW )ING ANTEEN Service )N ano! new r. S- IN. 5 POIlNTS