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CA A CRO*INlG FO UNIVERSITY OF Membr of Assoela DIsttr o Founded January 30, 1908, *Ith editor, "Te Gamecock" Is publh University of South Carolina wo year except holidays and examins Editorial and business offices Sims dormitory. Advertising rat Deadlines are: leditorial, 3 p. m., news and sports, 12 a. m., Wedne fdondays. The opinions expressed by colur essarily those of "The Gamecock. endorsement although the right t EDITORI Editor ................... Managing Editor .......... News Editor .............. Sports Editor ............. Society Editor ........... Campus Editor ............ Feature Editor ............ Copy Editor ............... Exchange Editor .......... BUSINE4 Business Manager ......... Joe Gamecock V If student opinion can be count ed as valid enough for -considera tion of corrections on the cam pus, if 10 per cent of their gripes are valid, then much house clean ing is positively necessary. There are constant requests foi changes, complaints of setups ranging from janitorial service t< the diplomacy used in the various offices of the administration These complaints may or may not be of merit. The thing that counts is-there is little or no way t< remedy, correct or even receiv! these complaints. Beginning with the 1946 Spring with the end of the 1947 sessior of the state legislature, there was considerable unrest among uni versity students, mainly concern ing the administration. Open dem onstrations became almost as popular as the new look. Explanations For Unrest Explanations for the demonstra tions included (1) the return o veterans who deplored any forni of militarism in their civiliar lives. Consequently, the presence of retired naval men in the ad ministration presented two strikes against the school's management with the veterans. (2) Stemming out of the foregoing reason, others on the campus followed the trend of opinion simply because the ma jority voiced anti-administratior sentiments. (3) The postwar era tends to make the average mar and especially the liberal group which is strongly represented among college students, realizE keenly the need for progressiori and reformation. Here at Caro lina the need for progression was evidenced even more strongly than most other state schools in the country. The demonstrations were not of little~ note over the Carolinas. During one semester here The Gamecock voiced strong disap proval of the administration. Ef figy hanging was labeled a "Caro lina pastime" by one of the state's larger newspapers. The demon strations were a bad thing for the school. We received much pub iicity-of the nasty type. Some Grievances Of Worth The root of the unrest grew in the kind of soil that produced no remedy for the large amount ol complaints registered by the aver age student. Such complaints compared and magnified as they grew in number, resulted in a mass feeling of resentment of. the people responsible for the manage ment of the school. Many grievances were undoubt edly of some worth, as they are today, but the danger rested noi in the complaint itself but ir there being no outlet for it-n< channel through which the stu dent may find remedy.. Complaints were ignored anc the buck was passed through s< many avenues that students gave up in disgust and the result waa illustrated in the many demonstra tions. Unjustified Acts Of oourse there was little justi fica tion for the demonstrations, But there was a mistake of both parts-the students for their con duct whieh was prompted by the lack of interest and of diplomacy with the affai-rs of student. on the part of the administration. A n investigation conamee,aa CQ R A GiBATER SOUTH CAROLINA SColle t. Press tesegtte ge t Robert Elliott Gousles as the firi bed by and for the students of th klcy, on Fridays, during the coll9g ,tions. tre located in the east basement a es are 65 cents per colEun Jnc) dondays; society, 3 p. m., Tussdwr 3days. Advertising deadline: 3 p.m rnists and letterwriters are not nec Publishing does not constitute ai edit is reserved. , &L STAFF ................ Robert Isbel ........... Carroll L. Gilliar ................... Jean ill . Kenneth W. Baldwin, Jr. ............... Norine Corley ............. James Sheridam ............... Van Newman .......... ...... Tillie Young ................. Jane Dowe ;S STAFF' ......... Harry W. Hiott, Jr. lants Square Deal sent out by the board -f trustees found no grounds for the demon, strations - simply because tho causes were not in black anc white. Students were supposedl] interviewed by the committee. Th4 result was as could be expected nothing bad enough to warrani further investigation. Students were ordered to direci complaints directly to the presi dent, and if no satisfaction is re. ceived, to the board of trustees Capable as President Smith is, il is doubted that he could handle a small percentage of studeni gripes. Then, too, the average Jo4 on his feet before the head of i school, or he's just "plumb to( scared" to face a man of the presi. dent's position to tell him thal this or that "stinks." Now Joe Gamecock may noi know all the answers. He may nol have the enturage to take hi gripes directly to the ones re. sponsible. Nevertheless, Joe Game cock has his minor grievances none of which should require i shake-up in the university admin, istration, but he does have th4 right to tell his troubles to some. ,me besides the chaplain. Joe Gets Heave-Ho It will be argued that there ar4 several of many receptacles int which Joe may file his complaints And when he does he'll see wall thrown up more complicate< than the Maginot line. Joe won'a feel too good about the redress t< his alleged wrong. To those of you who have b3 now concluded that we are insti gating an upheaval, you art gravely wrong. We earnestl: want a place to which Joe car take his troubles. With the ad. vent of sueh a thing, unrest wil never take. hold. Joe is likely t< produce something of value to the school with the correction or ex. planation of his complaint. We would advocate a full-tim4 director of student affairs, but 11 would be argued that such would involve added expense whici should go for other things neede4 here. We would advocate a work able student-faculty-administratioi relations group in which difficul ties of all groups could be ironed out. It is not probable, however that interest in this sort of grouI would be lasting. Unrest Era Finished The period of open dissatisfac tion is through at Carolina. Dem onstrations came and left in th< disgrace befitting it. Carolina stu dents now hesitate to advocat< anything with the least taint o radicalism. Some look with sus picion on those who gripe. Whatever Joe Gamecock ma; wish to say, It should be hear< with patient and understandin ears. Joe Gamecock is fed-up o1 many things of concern to hin but he is more fed-up from sound ig off. in the wilderness. Fed-uj or not, he is subdued. He won fight in disgrace, but rather si quietly in humiliation. Deliberation Needed Wi offer no positive solution t< the problem. However, we hop that so many words haven't falle: heedlessly In these columns. W hope that the students, the fe ulty and administration will give deliberation toward a workable plan in which Joe may find refuge and rason. Gri a e S I M i f AL I '' "1f it's Joe., I'm studying. If it' S~Grin ai A PLAN A subscriber to this newps (I use,the term loo'ely) rece wrote in requesting an evaluat of Fraternities and Sororit Good enough. Column after n will be conducted on a Mr. I and Mr. Con basis. All letters , be included in a compilation "for" and "against" argume3 Names will not be used, but it requested that all letters be siL ed. Deadline: one week from day, Friday, February 27. W3 this column, % Gamecock. A COLLEGE EDUCATION 0 git me a soapbox, dear mitt The sermon's ataste on me tong O git me a big soapbox, mitho I've words, and desire to young. -Nietsche Fire One: A college educat is the acquisition of a genu interest and love for knowle< and its uses. Fire Two: Ext curricular activities, by whicl mean the devices through wb a personality is integrated, are essential of a college educati You can have 'em, I don't w 'em, they're too deep for me. L wander and wonder. Pigeonholing people is narr but fun. Pigeonhole No. 1: ' Scholars: So-called. Not rea Those who are here to abs a certin amount of k,.-.. >and then depart, leaving no m trail than a snail on a cabbi leaf. They don't know it, I they're only getting half ti tmoney's worth. They have a pended their personalities, chi acters and friendships, and g nothing by their stay but a te book vocabulary. Worse than ti they add nothing, except u themselves. Verily, verily. Pigeonhole No. 2: The "leadei They scurry from one meeting i another, lending neither ene1 nor interest, but just time, their "endeavors." They eme like ducks from under the fo taing, of notoriety that have p1 ed over their backs for four yei How To ! Male wolves (the so called: man variety) can be spotted far as you can see them if are wise to the wolf technique And the technique is unvaryi according to an article by A Leone Moats in the February sue of Junior Bazaar entil "How To Spot A Wolf." e "The technique of wolves f dom differs," the article sti - in part. "Young ones use it instinct and aren't n'ecessa ir aware that they are using a t4 I nique; older ones have perfe r and given it polish and they ki ii exactly what they are do , Aside from that difference, - methods are the same. Their ti P nlque might be compared to i t of the jujitsu artist who defE t his opponent by making him his own strength against hima A wolf keeps stepping back. letting the girl come forward, til, In her eagerness, she falls ) her face . . . to put it politely. I Uncertainty is one of the cl weapons of the wolf. At the 5 of his first date he will murr something about calling you as I some time and then let you sw Sit out for a few weeks, wonder why he hasn't called. Another wolf approach in I 404 00 I Bill, I'M out. If it's Jack, I'm here." d Bahret BAMIET triumphantly ruffling thei-r ser feathers to waddle off -untouched, tly quacking as loud as ever. Blesed Ion are they that work, for theirs is Lea. the kingdom of heaven. Mxt Still going. No. 8: The criti 'to cixers: Those of the extrovert rill minds and the introvert actions. of Buttonholing specialists. Also good its. at lapel grabbing. Continually is stewing in own juice like week rn- old prunes. Never will realise that to- the only quality you need at CarO 'ite lina is initiative. You don't nec essarily need honesty, integrity, courage of your convictions (or Ler, convictions), personality, or even ne. much intelligence. Just initiative. r, To add a little tone, let's hark lee to Woodrow Wilson. "After all, gentlemen, a University has as its only legitimate object intellectual [on attainment. I do not mean that ine there should not go along with Ige that a great deal that is delight ra- ful in the way of comradeship; . I but I am sure that men never ich thoroughly enjoy each other if an they merely touch superficially. on. I do not believe that men ever ant thoroughly know or enjoy each it's other until they lay their minds alongside each other and make M, real test of their quality." 'he And after all, gentlemen, there Ily. are many pigeonholes left. Time >rb for one more. No. 4: The Frus !g trated: They stand aside, resigned are to their Carolina fate, unknown, Lge unRought for. Most of the finest but people on this campus are un Leir known. They have seen that most us- campus organizations are a sham, ar- overrun with glory-hounds, pawns sin on a political chessboard, and/or xt- just downright boring, so they at, withdrew. And once they have ito done that, they never come back for a second look, forgetting that s. organizations may change. As to tounding as it seems, they never gy realize they could change them to themselves. ege It is a tribute to their intelli in- gence that they stand aloof. A iy- tribute to their intelligence. But rs, not to their character. 3pot A Wolf mi- declaration that he doesn't like as casual affairs. rou "T'he moment a man says that, run for your life," the article con ng, tinues. "You may be certain that ice they are all he does like, and the is- more casual the better. Naturally they have to be casual on his side e-only. Part of the fun is making sel- you think that this is the real bything, this is for keeps. ry When your new boy friend con ch- idspensively that he "has bees ted terribly hurt by a woman," be Wware, because to the trained eat ng. this wolf call is as recognizable the as the Star Spangled Banner. ch.- And wittingly or unwittingl) hat the wolf is aware of the fact that ate most women want to be needed use~ Therefore the work he is doing i. elf. never what really suits him, but and with you at his side he could un- really accomplish great things. on When he finally slips out ol "your life, either through at dief adroitly engineered quarrel or a arnd gradual disappearance, you cam sur console yourself that you will not ain be forgotten immediately.. eat when he starts to work on your Ing successor, you will live on as the woman 'who "hurt" him, the ar its tie concludeah. SG& 8 Spirit By CARROLL I LIAM Thought processes of the South #n~ mind and particularly that of %b 39th ,9aroliniahs of college $e today are simple, stereotyped Ideas. Parrots we are born, and parrots we 'are supposed to live and die. From the time one is born, or from the first breath to the last, a standard pattern of ideals, be liefs and goals is supposed to gov ern us. To deviate is disaster. One begins by being naive and with bright eyes on the great 1 knowledge to be gained in schools, I in churches and in individual re lationships. But no knowledge is acquired, only a set of rules. We are told what tp hate and what to love, what not to enjoy and what to enjoy; what not to believe and what to make the laws of our ex istence. The result is the creation of eternal prejudices, "morals," and I distinct%ns between one indi vidual and another. We are told that black' is black and therefore bad; that religion is immemorial and therefore not to be tampered with, that people are divided into strata and supposed to remain in .their respective nooks. We come to colleges and uni versities to broaden ourselves, bu nothing is broadened. We only find more people to fit into cate gories and more instruction in what to believe and to think. We 4 are told how to affix these stand ards to our everyday life, and we follow these instructions. Generation follows generation and nothing is supposed to change. Moonbeam Junction We all climb aboard that train marked "progress." All of our little towns put up signs on the outskirts proclaiming their great advancement. Everybody reads them, looks around and nods in agreement, The courthouse does have a new coat of paint and three streets have been paved dur ing the last five years. What we don't look at and don't see are the same men sprawled under the shade trees in motley colors and the same women gossiping over the backyard fences. These men and women die eventually but the grass cannot grow very high under the .uadel trees and the paths to the back yard fence are still worn bare, for| their offspring take their places and the holy cycle is unbroken. We are still riding the train of| progress, but we come to a place| where it is necessary to throw off some of the burdensome weights| that are pulling us back. Without| evaluating the costs or the await ed result, we make the decision.| We decide in favor of the sacred weights that have been instilled in our being. We do nothing origi nal, take no initiative, and get off| at a junction with our traditional standards to keep us company. Wel still have the moonlight, the shade| trees at 'the courthouse, and the nice little chats about one's neigh-| bors, but nothing more. The rest of the world passes by and occasionally turns our way with a laugh or a sharp word of criticism or advice. We bristle, drag the Confederate flags out of the attic, and start singing "Dixie." We have been taught to be proud and if someone criticizes our way of "life," it makes us hold it more dear. Two Feet Each Only the realization that the desired progress is not free can wake us up. The world is passing on and we are passing out, be cause we do not want to pay the price of helping ourselves. All of us were born with two feet. We were so endowed with these limbs to aid us in standing, not to hold the ground down. It will stay there by itself and all above it will remain the ame un less we move ourselves. Traditions are not bad. They are unwanted only whien they re tard proper growth. If it is found that they do so, the remedy Is to shed them without a single tear. To do so is original thinking, vio lates what we have been taught, but must be done. We have the opportunity to make a- deal. Traditions we can swap 'for progress; nostalgia can be exchanged for better living; and a poor past may be traded for a bright future.. The question is ours to answer; the reply Is the extent of our ex nectman. )SBORNE GOMEZ Tremendous Trifles 'THE DOG THAT PLAYED SHOAtTSTOP I want to tell. you about a most remarkable dog, a Ger nan golice dog that belonged to a man I knew named Robin ion-truly, one of the most gifted liars I have ever known. rhis Robinson had the gall to stand up and say that his'dog ictually 'played shortstop on a softball team in Charleston. 'erhaps I was a little hasty in contesting the truth of this itterance, because afterwards it set me back thirty bucks 'or bridgework, but the veracity of such an incredible as ertion would be questioned by even the most gullible of )eings. I flattered this man Robinson by listening to him as he ecounted the accomplishments of his remarkable cur, Ful er (so-named because his vicious mother once devoured t door-to-door brush salesman). "A great dog and a great )allplayer," Robinson ended earnestly, and though I was A me of several listeners who ruefully agreed with him, I :ouldn't help but feel that he, had swayed from the truth ts far as anyone could possibly do-and keep a stolid :ountenance. Fuller, it seems, was not meant to be .an extraordinary log. In fact, it was hard to determine exactly what he was meant to be, for there was some question about his parent. ige. His mother was a genuine German Police dog, but no me knew for sure just wlo or what his father was; how ver, there were so many possibilities that the deciding ractor Jay in preference. When he grew out of the, puppy stage, Robinson began baking him out to the sand lot where -he played ball with the other fellers. At first, Fuller didn't stick around the sand lot very much. He would run about the streets or go to the alley. He liked to go to the alley. Thiere were always ther dogs there that he would romp and play and cavort with, and he liked to romp and play and cavort, especially with the female dogs. He always found his way home, how 3ver, so Robinson let love have its fling. Fuller had a passion for retrieving thing. That's really bow he got his start in softball. Not only could he pick up )bj.ects sliding or rolling along the ground, but he was adept at catchiniz them in midair. It so happened that one day when he was at the sand lot, a wild and high foul was hit, and he raced out in the street and nabbed it. The incident stimulated his interest in soft ball, and after serving a short.apprenticeship as batboy, or batdog, he was given a position on the te&m--shortstop. This position was virtually cut out for him. He could catch an.y kind of fly in his gaping jaws, or pick up a grounder with the agility of a big-leaguer, -race to first with it and have the man out before he got halfway tQ the bag. It must be admitted, however, that the dog was a weak hitter. He had a good eye and a good swing but not enough power to get the ball out of the infield when he connected. Clenching the bat in his vice-like jaws, he stood at the plate on his haunches, and just before each ball was thrown he would bare his teeth and snarl--his own effective way of rattling the pitcher. As a result he usually walked, which invariably meant a run, for he was the best base-stealer in the game. He- was really fast. In fact, according to Robin son, he once dodged a streak of lightning that struck where he was sitting. Of course, I don't believe that. A scout for one of the city's commercial softball teams saw the dog play one day and immediately signed him up. He played a bang-up game at shortstop, but his batting average was only .180, because he walked most of the time. And, too, he was suspended half the season for biting the umpire, who called a rather low ball a strike. His most outstanding achievement occurred during the following season when he made a triple play at a crucial moment. It was in the last inning, three men on, no outs, and his team leading by one run. Fuller's canine instinct told him that something had to be done but quick. The bat ter swung and hit an infield fly. Fuller barked, nabbed it, tagged the man who had stepped off third and tagged the man at second in the most spectacular and miraculous dis play of speed in the history of baseball.' Fuller died at the height of his career. Somebody drove a sizzling grounder down his throat and he choked to death on the bag after scooting to first. Robinson tearfully told of this tragic ending, and he told of how they solemnly burled the dog on the sand lot, not far away from his be loved fire hydrant that served as a memorial.