Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assoclh Distributor of , Founded January 80, 1908, witl editor, "The Gamecock" is publi University of South Carolina we year except holidays and examin Editorial and business offices Sims dormitory. Advertising ra Deadlines are: editorial, 3 p. m., news aud sports, 12 a. M., Wedno Mondays. The opinions expressed by colu essarily those of "The Gamecoci endorsement although the right i EDITOR] E ditor . ................ Managing Editor ......... News Editor .. ........... Sports Editor ............ Society Editor ........... Campus Editor ........... Feature Editor ........... Copy Editor . Exchange Editor BUSINE Business Manager ........ No, We Ai At the onset of the legish of the university turned to stretched out eager hands fe thing on which to build. University students feel drawn up. Legislators, too, cation, perhaps, but no m< starving pup. Of course we should be gi a boosted appropriation by the wake of the greatest e tutions ever. We are gratef have been last year. During the semester of 1 enrollment in the school's hi facilities of normal times ph buildings. We have undout ment. But, even with the k cation program, the legislatu sent out by our administrati Then along comes election business this year a bill is lina a more substantial sum. and remarking to their colle state is so kind as to gran fact.) Yes, things look good on t already are earmarking whe be spent. We've even forg< ance. We're very happy ab( of $1'75,000 for Carolina sta behind schedule. But hold on! Don't start built and advanced from thi: ingly a handsome amount. A Prior to this year the es taken in by the university expenses. The difference w~ was asked to appropriate. This year the state, instea ence, is approximating the t< come of the university will treasury. On the surface it appears quite a sum, but actually it the estimated operating cost income. So, to the folks back ho visualize an appreciable chan on the university campus, do It seems that we should erate sums the legislature se university and to the other s the customary hand-out wou] Carolina stood the level wil States. But now, it stands to reast ef forts toward improving ed priate more money in order I under the sun. It sounds far-fetched that be taken so as to assure -so: not exist as an emergency. 1 state is at a disadvantage ir or die. No, we aren't satisfied, no appreciate greatly what has to keep the reminder before and ourselves that all we cam in South Carolina is still not i About Th Several well-written and have been received by the ed these can not be published printing material where the The Gantecock wishes to ye It welcomes such letters an any of Its readers. But in or to you, we must adhere to ti R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ited Collegat Press ColleglatelDgest i Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first shed by and for the students of the ekly, on Fridays, during the college itions. are located In the east basement of tes are 65 cents per column inch. Mondays; society, 3 p. m., Tuesdays; >days. Advertising deadline: 3 p. m., mnists and letterwriters are not nec ." Publishing does not constitute an :o edit is reserved. [AL STAFF ...... ..... Robert Isbell Carroll L. Gilliam .................. Jean Hill ..... Kenneth W. Baldwin, Jr. ............... Norine Corley ............James Sheridan ..............Van Newman Tillie Young ................ Jane Dowe :SS STAFF ... . Harry W. Hiott, Jr. en't Satisfied itive session this year the eyes ard the State House and again r subsistence and a little some pretty good about the figures feel pretty good-with justifi re tha'n to one who feeds a -ateful for ,the consideration of the state, which follows in, nrollment in educational insti ul, but no more than we would 946-47 we enjoyed the largest story, and we got by with the' rs a few war-surplus temporary tedly seen our peak in enroll-' nowledge of this oversized edu re lent a deaf ear to the S.O.S. on last year. year. Early in the assembly's drawn up appropriating Caro People back home are smiling giate offsprings as to how the t "all those millions." (It's a he surface. We on the campus re we think the money should >tten last year's meager allow >ut receiving an outright grant dium, which, too, comes about visualizing great things to be a appropriation which is seem great amount really isn't there. timated income from all fees ,vas subtracted from operating as the amount that the state d of approximating the differ >tal operating cost, and the in be turned ove,r to the state that the state is appropriating is only the difference between and the university's estimated me and to the students who ge in the appearance of things n't count on it too heavily. be satisfied with what mod ~es fit to dole out to the state tate supported schools. Maybe d suffice if education in South th the average in the United mn that we must make stronger ucational standards and appro .o give South Carolina its place such material measures should rnething which seemingly does lut the fact does exist that our this day when it is progress twthstanding the fact that we been given us. We only hope our lawmakers, our taxpayers exert toward better education mnough for at long time to come. ose Letter.s worthwhile anonymous letters tor in the past few weeks, but because of our policy against author can not be identified. ice the opinion of the students. d encourageA comrments from der'to be fair to ourselves and| ie policy .et forth.I Universities throughout South are faced today wit blunt problem-that ever-pre social situation of two races 11 in the same area, seeking goals. It is not new, but the y have caught up with us an once theoretical question now mands an immediate pos answer. The old solution has be dual education as far as t spending of state funds f schooling of each race. Whi universities have been bul and Negro weak sisters e tablished, but now the Unit, States Supreme Court is ma ing rulings with teeth , them. Oklahoma, like South Caro met the Waterloo of no school for Negro citizens and ordered to set up one immediai The University of Arka threw tradition aside, heat NAACP to the punch and opm the gates to Negro legal trai in the face of this rising tid dissatisfaction. Other Southern universiti must answer the summons b fore many months are gor Our own university is still i volved in legal bickering ov the application of a Charle ton Negro veteran for admi sion to the law school. BLESSED LOOPHOLES South Carolina, using that culiar talent found in this s to find legal loopholes thrc which to pump oxygen to f quated tradition, set up a simile of a law school at the S A Movie Scenario Music. Man standing with I to camera, looking at campus, hand on inon fence at en( Horseshoe. le is around 50 , middie-age bay wndow, trace: gray hair. Conservative busi suit. No hat. Springtime. T beginning to leaf. On righi Horseshoe: Lieber, Legare, (S of Preston, low porch with umns, high classroom windo, McKissick, Student Union (S of Maxey, large windows, por On left of Horseshoe: Carolini Library, Harper, McCutcheon, ministration (similar to Stu< Union. Signs: Registrar, Pi dent, Dean's Offices.) At end Horseshoe: McKissick Libr Tempor'ary buildings. Titles and credlits as can moves aroundl man. Stops fad him. Behind him to right and are residences. D)irectly lbeh the Auditorium (High colui dome, long wvindows with dlri in one wing, small windows other). As camera moves arc man a ghostly figure. is dis, ered beside him. The appari is old1 andl bent. Grayish-wi (Superimpose entire figt White hair. lie has great strer and spirit in his eyes. Man: (still looking forward has changed so much. Whlo< wvould have thought. DeSaus: would be gone ? Or the Chapel Apparition: (thin-voiced) it changes, or so it seems. Man: Have things really chL edl ver.y much ? It's been 30 yi since I was at Carolina. How v dlerful it wouLldl be to relive. it I remember the times we had. were alwvays intere'stedl in so thing. Each (lay was full of ideas and pe-ople. It was the ni exciting and stimulating time my life. Couldn't I go back It week arnd be a p)art, of it once more ? Apparition: Hlmmmmmmm. Man: Wouldn't you let *Just for one w(e)<! I woul fit ini now. Let me go back be with all my friends again. Apparition: You wouldn't, it. Best keep your memories. Man: No, no! Only a week of four years. Going to cla: andl being in love and... Apparition: (Quietly) Re< hider. I warn you... Man: Please! Just one day ti Let me go back alnd feel yo again and be excited abou football game or a course about going to a dance or~ b< in a c!lub). Apparition: (Reluctantly) V wvellI. One dany then. I iloubut riet and Black CARROLL GILLIAM - the A&M College at Orangeburg. I a This, of course, involves spending sent additional money as does the idea ving of regional graduate schools for like citizens of the Negro race. ears The time has come for this d a to stop. To 'continue dual de- education is to continue itive throwing tax. money into too many needless drains. Dupli Dn city is the law of the day, he based on prejudice and pure or political expediency. te Do we need federal bayonets to it waken us to the truth that we are 8- being hoodwinked by demagogues? ed Too many worthless men who k- should have been left at home in have arrived at political offices of public service on the basis of 1850 ina, thinkihg. law We are 100 years behind was the time. The Negro who Rly. wants to absorb the law of ) sas the torts or advanced zoology is me not the same man who was mned flung upon our shores, igno ices rant and in chains. He is no of longer in bondage, but fie, with the kind aid of our s glorious statesmen, has made us the slave of hypocritical e- prejudice. er Yet, we continue to take notice when some demented soul rises in our midst and rants about the sin of beginning to be sensible. We I lift our drowsy heads and sniff i the odor of magnolia blossoms I pe- that were withered before we ( tate iwere born, hear the tinkling of < ugI 4 spinet long rusted when our I mnti- grandfathers were in their graves, fac- and dream of a (lay that actually tate never was. Grin .and Bahr -- AL BAHRET ------ The Most Wonderful D you'll want to stay that long. But >ack don't pick an important day. I his Those are the cruelest of all. < of Man: Foolishness! What could vith be cruel about a day at Caro lina? Any ,bx, oh, how about of the, oh, thirteenth of February, 1-ss '48. That sounds like a good one. rees The Apparition reluctantly - of places his hand on the man's tyle shoulder. Suddenly the scene is col- transformed and the Apparition VS), vanishes. The man is standing by his younger self of 30 years tyle before. The new buildings are I gone and in their place are the ana- ones as they wecre in 1948. The Ad- boy of 21 glances at his watch. lent A bIuzzer rings. He adjusts his t esi- b)ooks undler his arm and walks } of onto the campus. Trhe man fol ary, lows, hovering andl unseen. Stu-r dents pour out of the buildings; icra atnd flock across the wvalks across .ing the campus. Thie boy wvalks in a letstream of students lost in his own inthoughts . . . Enters Davis ... ntiiers classroom . . . Puts bookst ples onI iarml of chair . . . Sits down .l . . Leans towards girl sitting ulyl ne(xt to him. 'ov- Boy : You get all of that read t.01n inlg done ? ite. Girl: Most of it. Hiow far'd you re) get? gth1 lHoy : A bout halfway. lHe thumbs through book, It e'rammlinIg. The man stares at the verI g.irl ai long moment . . . the pro ur feso enfters . . . Huzzer' . . . He ?calls the roll and f>egins the lec fes t ure. H is voic'e soon1 becomes hlazy ,and dIronles off into nlothinigless ng.. although he continues talking. ars. Hoy p(lnders something on b)ack ron?- (If seat iln front of him . . . Fade- ~ all. out. We Same scene. Professor talking. me- To low and in the dlistance to be l iew understood( . . . Huzzer . . . Class tost rises, pickin)g upl bIooks. Some stop of to talk. Hoy walks out, lighting ir a eigarettec . . . Boy walking into just Priest on . .. Sitting ill room thumbling thbrough Reader's D)i gest,* readlinog anecdlotes . . . A fter no? some timei the man makes an im :ln't j)atie'nt gesture . . . Boy wanders and1( arounId room' Goes to mirror andl comblIs hair. D)oor opens. Student like leans in. Student: Hey, you coming to t out .iterary Society tonight? Got a big debIate on the United Natibns- t (Tlhe man remembers the United j Nations with a pang). - Boy: 'Fraid I can't. Sure wish ( 1 could1(, thlough. len. Hie looks at the clock. It is 20 t t"g to thle hour. Studlent leaves. Boy i La picks up a book and strolls out. I< --or Hie stops in corridlor to talk to a I *ing friend. "Wanta play some bridge tonlight?" "0. K." lHe saunters on, ( ery pIassinIg se'veral students without 6 if speaking. Thol man stoand m /' SpiriI This is not sensible! It Is not the proper approach to a pr#blem tht urets us in every facet f ,i fe. Yester day's solutions are not to days' answeral SELFISH THRIFT Arkansas has pioneered with separate - classes for the races, ,vhile using the samid buildings md equipment. This combines iensible thrift with preservation of self-respect and easil'y could >e done right here. The two races laugh at Bob Hope in the same theatres, worship the same God in the same churches, and could ac quire learning In the same educational institutions with out destroying that inborn desire to be with one's own kind. That is economical common sense with advant ages on both sides of the color line. South Carolina, as everyone Cnows, needs better educational acilities from the teaching of the klphabet to the study of philoso )hy, yet duplicity of institutions -obs us- of the full opportunities >f the sums of money spent for, hese purposes. Introduction of common sense md eradication of self-acquired Lnd artificial standards will de itroy the chains that bind us. )bstinacy is harming us; for, the lictates of dead generations are lepriving their offspring of their 'ull rights and privileges. It is time to look at the calendar. The date is 1948, not 1868! ly tares at one of them . . Hasn't le been in the new-Papers re ently? (In despair). Man: We didn't even look at Me another. We never even topped to look at or hear any of he things around ,us. (Turns face mnd closes eyes). Take me back. rake me back, The scene slowly dissolves tround the man. When it clears ie is standing with his hand on he iron 'fence with the Audito ium behind him. The spirit has is hand on the man's shoulder. Apparition: I'nt sorry. They all ee the samie things--even those vho joined all the clubs and made he highest grades. (He drops us arm). Man: (softly) There was too nuch, too much. How could wve let t slip by like that ? (Pause). Vere all of the days like that ? Apparition: Most of them. It's rood you only stayed an hour. They usually stick it out through he evening hoping, hoping it all sn't going to be true. Man: (Looking out at campus) wasn't really a part at all. I Ilways thought I had been. We lidn't even know each other. We veren't interested in anything at The spirit nods, stands a. mo nent looking with the man. Then lowly walks away. By now the ost dlay is fading into evening. 'he dreamy campus is dusted vith the (dim pollen of the street snmps. The windows of quiet ights in the tenements and thei sibraries stand in r.ows behind he trees. Silhouettes of students rossing the campus. The profes ors have long since gone home o their own private little wvorlds. 'he man stands g'azing onto the arkeni ng campus watching the igures crossing it. One or two vander into the Student Union uilding for a class meeting. A ep rally with torches and drum ~athers on the Horseshoe. The mall group goes from building o building yelling and hollering or people to come out. They inally go off between the two uildings. In the hush of the ight they can be heardl cheering ri the dlistance. Figures cross in he darkness alone or in small 'roups. Their voices float through he dusk. "Let's go uptown. Good Vestern at the State." Laughter. Hey, Joe, let's get a brew at the irill." In the hollow stlllnessq the man urns with his hand still on the on fence, lie looks back for a ng moment. He turns andI goes, 'adeout. (A pologies ' to Good Bye Mr. ~hips: Cheers for Miss lBishop; peech and Patter: Our Town, ec IIllt Dear Editor: A situation has come to our at tention which we believe is well worth the cognizance of all those who are interested in the welfare of the university. There is something definitely wrong with the operation and management of the book store, (a division of the University Co operative ? ? Store) and the se lection of textbooks by faculty members. We realize that the faculty should know -what is best for us. However, the innumer able textbook changes that are made each semester are inexcus able. These changes not only cause additional expense to the studehts, but al4o, they must un doubtedly cause an undue burden on the professors. It is plain stu pidity on' someone's partl We can cite a few cases of these injustices. Originally, the textbook used in Math 17 and 27 was MmMhematics of Business, by Hart. This book included all necessary tables and seemed to be very complete and well-round ed. Then, in the Fall of 1946 or Spring of 1947, someone had a brainstorm and changed the text for Math 27 to Mathematics of Investment, also by Hart, which required a separate set of tables. There was no appreciable change between the subject matter in this book and that in the latter half of the old Mathematics of Business. We are' now informed that the textbook to be used this semester is a flimsy, mimeographed brain child of a professor at Presbyte rian college. Isn't Hart good enough? Is this a field of mathe matics that is so changeable as to require a different text each year? . . . . . . Another outstanding ex ample occurred with respect to English 21 textbooks last Fall. The Library of Congress fur nished a nuniber of copies of American Poetry and Prose to the book store for issue to veterans. The book store was to receive 25 cents for handling. We were then informed that this text could not be used as a later edition (costing six dollars) had been se lected. There were only minor differences between the two. Also, why is it that the book store will not buy old books to resell wiless they obtain new copies? It seems to us that this is another practice that causes much extra expense to the stu dents. We realize that these are only isolated cases. However, they have affected a large number of students. We feel sure that there are many similar cases. We are writing The Gamecock hoping that this matter will come to the at tention of the proper authorities. 'Yours very truly, ROBERT A. HARDEN, JEROME P. ASKINS, JR. Ed. Note-Lack of space re quires cutting in parts of the foregoing letter. AT THE '1 . NEXT Sun- thru Wed. TYCOOI'. John~ WAYNE t.rigDAY Su- h Wed. 'EgE WE, Blutfalo Ujil aluharer A0I-Y .0a fleaven Entertainment Is Health and:1 Dear Editor: Last Friday night at the Caro lins-Clemson basketball game quite a few tiekets for double parking were issued. Before I go any further I'd like to make it clear that I was one of the vio lators and am one who paid *a fine, but this letter is in a spirit of friendly criticism, realizing that what was done w1s in viola tion of city ordinance In that double parking crpates a traffic and fire hazard. My criticism lies with the mat ter in which the city police de partment carried out its activities on the night mentioned. I realize that each person who double parked knew that ordi narily it was wrong to do so, but the city officials knew ,there was to be a basketball game, they knew parking ,acilities around the field house were inadequate, and they knew an unusually large crowd was to be effected, yet the responsible d8partment failed to have a man there to prevent any such occurrence. Naturally, driv ers looking for' a' place to park, began to double park when they saw the driver ahead doing the same. After the game started, the city sent seVeral policemen down to write tickets. Now, my sug gestion is this-if several men could be spared to write the tick ets, then one man could have been sent to the vicinity of the field house earlier to prevent the trouble. For future practices, I suggest that an officer be placed on duty around the field house or where any large gathering is to take place to direct traffic and see that no similar occurrence takes place. After all, it 'is not unreasonable to expect our law enforcement agency to try and -prevent trou ble before it occurs. (Name of violator withheld by htaff). Dear Editor: Concerning last Friday night's basketball game with Clemson, or the events surrounding thereof: I heard a lot of moaning about tickets that people got for park ing double during the game. "Good work," I thought. But when I got down to Joe's that night- I sLaried wondering just where the cops came from. Evidently they swarmed on them like locusts after the traf fic had subsided. I sure didn't see any of them directing traf fic on the corner of Sumter and Green when taxis and other ve hicles were zooming around that intersection before game time. That intersection is dangerous when there is a game at the field house. I suggest that the cops, instead of wvaiting around for a big killing when everything is quiet, come down and help out when things are popping. How about it? WILEY MacFARLAND. HEATRES WEEK!.e ThurS. 'hs at Ot' fthe Ps nobedt MRE . 0 TYCOOIN 6.tieDAY TbUtS- tbfl' sat. UeUllo the L,ash & S Golden' Essential to Good. Elamniness!