Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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E ditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . News Editor ........................... Sports Editor ............................ Society Editor ............................. Campus Editor .......................... Feature Editor ......................... Copy Editor .............................. Exchange Editor ......................... Managing Editor ............... Now Hear Ye g "What kind of a paper is this? ... Why aint'cha put in an editorial about that dan gerous stob between here and the Grill? ... Why don't you give us some publicity on the rotten deal we're getting on the book store? . . . You never print the things we complain about . . . No, I never read the editorial page, but I will if you'll get nasty about this . -. ." And on and on . . . all this and Aunt Flossie's operations are heard. Somehow it is flattering in spite of the crackpot ideas passed. It's good to know that so much faith is put into the press. Yet, it seems time to answer some questions flatly, without much satisfaction to an tagonists. Keeper of the Flame The Gamecock (bless it) is the organ of protection of student interest on the cam pus, and for 40 years has served as such without the help of any professional fact ions. However, it is not a tool that punk mechanics may use to tear down good me chanism with isolated opinions. The Gamecock will act in the interest of. student welfare, but validity of their com plaint should be reasonably proved before hard labors are laid on black and white for the criticism of 5,000 readers. This should be remembered: News and editorial writers do not bury their mistakes; they display them for the ridicule of every Tom, Dick and Harry who chances to read them. Scarce As Gooseteeth Already it will be argued that students are sufficiently interested in affairs here. No doubt, but with every 100 here who voice a compiaint, there is scarcely one who will back his own opinion with his own good name. Most of those who shout, "Why don't you. .. ", never once take part in any stu dent activity in which their opinions will be exposed to repercussions. We encourage student opinion, but we re iterate that each opinion should bear the weight of at least one man to back it. The 'practice and current fancy of the average griper is to iiide in the darkness and yell, "You so-and-so's, why don't you do this . . or that . . . or anything . . . for my In_This C( By CARROLL Once again it is election year beis. Mepenae and open season for hood-winking selvefs. en heh the South!sevsithrse as the first arm di Men are rising from their seats --the defense to of responsibility, claiming to speak man's perpetual p for us, blasting the doctrine of human rights and gaining for Voting places a themselves the front pages of the month in Georgia nation and the votes of the "wool out appropr'iate ce hat bodys" back home. Klan. The privileges of man are be-. No Negro vote ing bartered for the scratching of tin but he was names on the ballet-and this is thing. He just ha being done in the name of the not to ask for ar people of the South. This month it iv No one, who hasn't been drag- next month It coal ged int.o lethargy by the slime of lie, the Jew, the prejudice, has spoken. No one has anybody who darei said that he believes in the rights self. All of us are of man. targets, but nothir Maybe we don't like Harry Tru- A sheriff says, man. It is true that some of usscrdothKl feel that the nation was better but nothing is de off when he was plowing in Mis- continues. souri, but this is not being said and Agreement with these reasons are not being the only requisite brought forward. Georgia, and how Just forget that The man Is being used as the rih. ovt,t target for blows aimed at prin-1adtthn;fr ciples which are not his, or anyanAeinad other man's, to dispense to the~ fteKase nation by passing laws, and you can get Our Spokesmen No Vowe. At the same time, the noble And this has bel head of the Elan has been raised* deeades. Every f . Robert Isbell Jea. Hill Kehneth 1b*Win ~ UN*V.H -. . .Norine Corley M*me .......... James Sheridan ........... Van Newman. n .... Tillie Young ttr G Univesty of SOWt .............. Jane Dowe year except holiday Ca.roll Billi- The opinions oxi ....... ilaM essarfly those of *I endorsement althoui knd Wake Up! good?" Some people.get IMighty brave as long as there's sonmeone else to do their fighting. Unwilling to Share Consequences Yes, it's all very well to wish the task of making corrections, reforms and what have you, on someone whose voice will be heard, but it doesn't go so well when you share the brunt of the backfire, .Thla is what a great many of the so-called reformers fear. So, they yell, "Scare-dy cat,"' to .the press when the press doesn't comply with their wishes. And, if the press does comply, they stand at a distance and shout, "Go get 'em"-Re peat ... at a distance. In last spring's student elections, candi dates who stood for more representation in student government came out on the long end of the elections. Student trend of opinion stood profoundly for representation in the government of the campus. Where Did They Go? The same elected officers, on numerous occasions this year, have made attempts to arouse that interest in the representation they promised with open council meetings,' - special class meetings and programs design- " ed for students to voice their individual opinions. The officers feel like a Ubangi playing host at an Altoona birthday party when time for these arranged meetings - comes around. When *the show-down for interest in representation comes, you'll find more of said students preferring a game of tiddly-winks rather than a class meeting. But, they'll keep right on,'like a monkey rh making faces behind a cage where you can't ru get to him. Corrections will be advocated, ca but rather while peering down a cue stick or W over a short foam rather than placing it where it might be effective. NV su Wanted: Blood and Guts se all If an idea is worthwhile, it is worth the M exploitation of the individual from which it emanates. Then, and only then, can he expect to gain a following-to earn the t support for something worthwhile, if it is worthwhile. t it -j --I-- A1A_ Carolina needs actual student participa- or tion--not just the noise of arm-chair gen- w erals. di 3 or )rner .. .1. L. GILLIAM en lye of Southern properly elected representatives er dressed them- must shout at their party--for they Bts and paraded are up for election at home, too. ch Dixie's defense But the "wool hat boys" are not b insure another the only people in the South who of aonage. can vote. There are some who like fa ere opened this to think for themselves and get but not with- an honest joy from scratching cer- c remonies by the tain names at the polls. th he But, for whom can they vote in, I in that elec- this year? The entire crop of poll- ha not denied any- ticians. has joined the blatant call Ad been invited ing in the wilderness. No man has hio ything. risen to speak for the real demo- h 'as the Negro- crats. s d be the Catho- Year after year the same men HF college man or have yelled the same words from Sthink for him- the same stumps. It is just the Ei potential Klan replaying of the same old record, ca g is being done. complete with scratches. ot ''I am just as Why, then, does not someone 0 n as you are," rise, who can, to speak for the ro ne. The parade other Southerners-that silent body arn who is not being represented in an The Klan was the chanting before the altar. ed for voting in We ourselves can be a part of imple that was! any such voice. Some of us have a you have the gone on record from time to time tir speak, to write for this and that, but now weti et that you are can cast a vote for mankind,.5 that the rights Today, we should let the rest hc are yours too, of the nation, and our representa- ch along. tives know how we feel about Gs Hoe these matters. We should be ac- to f Hopetive citizens and not automatons, in, mn going on for waiting at the sidelines for some- th our years our one else to strike up the chord. d AACO L *-*" &AA~4)Bsiness Mina Assistant Busin Circulation Man ROWING FOR A GRUATU Advertising Sta RBITY OF SOUTH CAROUINA Livingbta or of Associated Collegiate Press Business Staff: Oistributor of Collegiate Digest 80 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonftlet s the fit Saye Gastot o;" Is publiehed by and f6r the students of the Bob McLellan, . L Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college Katz, Hunter I i and examinations. Albert Munn. Marguerite osed by columnists and letterwriters are not nec- Ellen Schofield, rhe Gamecock." Publishing does not constitute an Jack Morgan, J rh the right to edit is reserved. Decell, Lloyd H OUR AME-I4AN HERITAGE OS . ] ..wIcsmon7casEAr -7*: ce-eisses . 6au Grin -and Bahret AL BAHRET e Falile? Of The Forgotten Rooster Once upon a time there was a Once a week they'd stop and icken farm. A great big place flop down exhausted. Pretty soon n by an old, near-sighted woman the cuitkens cld e e t Iled Mrs. MacUlty. . (Rhymes'uhecikncolsewatad F th Faculty).bendn.Ecponynertw And these chickens on this farm stare blankly at all the ,re really something. Going from ing. And then flap away. So.Henry nup to sundown cackling and figured it wasn't worth it. ratching in the dirt and raising Ad Re the cks that kinds of a fuss. Poor old Mrs. were Tle the iamecoc IeUlty would read up in all the wr o ieteGmcc sclywudra p Inaltechickens except thdir scratching ultry books on what to feed was fancier. But they couldn't even emn. And then spend long hoursgeafwstyhnsolokt eking up the special mashes sothis ey'd grow up nice and meaty.Nwabuthsim Heyws id those derned chickens wouldgetn awuldicrgd.H ly peck out the corn. Justwantgtigmcouofle >uldn't touch anything else,. fbigdsluindh~ tre So Mrs. MacUlty thought sheotloknatsm mrecu. d her worries. But she just Teewr h raiigs in't know about the worries ofchkesyudvrwatorn e of her roosters called Henry.ino >w this poor rooster had started S e~etoe oteYCCA t alright.. He had feathers glossy (on hita hces s ough to get him in with any scain.H vnsae o wd. Had a good crow, too,. opeo etns u n a But he didn't like the other smoesi oehn edd' ickens. Oh, he had a few Cronies,dintlkthwasoeigws t that was all. Thought the rest dn.AdHnyhitdhstl them were foolish. And he was fahr gi n okof at becoming a forgotten rooster.AnsoiwetHnrsa a Niow when Henry was just alitewog ihevrhn.Ad Ick he started looking into te ewud' aeatigt ese various organizations. Firstdowti. went to a Clarioncockic meet- b iteb iteHnybgnt r. Now they had a rooster whowajutsrtighsfstal d won a sec~ond prize at the fahr l h te itehn Luty fair there to do some crow-anroseslkdupthiad r for them. And that's just what togtwa odru ose did. About how he won thehewsgigtb.BuHnr sond prize. Far into the . night.wihalteeoercckn.H __ mnry didn't like it.colsealthtinshydd So then he 'went over to the wogadjs antwligt i-bray-my-son Society (they ascaewt hm lied it that because they let in Hehdteroestatpc-De der animals besides chickens).edothsaerstwhhi 'er there they .had a bunch of aotaltetig rn ntet asters who ruffled their feathersbanrdenthybgnosunfr d beat their wings and cackledhicopy.n d crowed and cackled and crow- Hernvrdidoayhg.W Henry didn't like them either.Hejslokdnadpcedt st a lot of crowing, he said. ro But he didn't want to just stroll gtb ih u ound the barnyard all of the Oedyh ettewyta a ne, so he kept on looking for algo hcesg.Bth intsb mething to do. mk uho ama.H antln Over behind one of the hen-grw veymc.Dd'haetn uses he discovered a group ofmuhthi.pe ickens that called themselves the Donithbayrdheesdn mecock staff. Henry couldn't see adrotr tl cridaon n much because they were rais- adsrthdi h utad ' r such a cloud of dust with all ccldadcoe n a u thcachn ndgiu wduld me.are din't ven ter *t igsns he lpawy o Henrylk ger .............. Harry W Hiott, Jr. ss: Mgr. ................... .. Allen McEachern ager ...... ................ . Lynn Hook 4 ff:. Dool Coskrey, Lois McBride, George Shelor, Alan [n, Fred Tolly, Ben Quarles. Electa Iall, Luki Bennett. REPORTORIAL STAFF i, Belinda Collum, Pat Ram, Jay Rodgers, Ruth Patrick, luth Newell, Gladys Johnson, Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn tussell, Colleen Morris, Rupert Blocker, Bob Gillespie, Webb, Ida S. Webb, Betty Frazer, Audrey Chapman, Jo-Anne Dellinger, Bob HortQn,- Joy Conard, Ned'Threatt, em Newbury, Henry Macklen, Jimmy Crawford, Grady mtington, Joe Molony. BORNE GOMEZ Tremendous Trifles Frankly Speaking When a faculty member gets up before a class and nakes an appeal on behalf of the World Student Service lund, you can bet your last sou that he is not trying to iell you anything. And'when a canvasser comes before rou, requesting a contribution for that cause, you may 'est assured that you are not cramming the bulky )urse of an intermediary between that canvasser and tn assiduous but starving student in Mildn. And when raudy posters fling the brutal challenge in your face, >r when signs and bulletins plead for your donations, ;his not in truth a show of ostentatious propaganda. ;tudents like you and me need help. They need food. [hey need books. They need everything that you and have, comparatively, in abundance. There is nothing underhand about the WSSF. Less than 17% of your contribution will go for the operating costs of the campaign. The rest wili go for food, tuition, materials, hospitalization, and re habilitation for refugee students. Is any amount too large to bring about these ends? Study Abroad In the near future, thousands of American students ind professors will see for themselves how the studert ibroad benefit by WSSF contributions. In fact, the vill be attending foreign institutions along with the Fery btudellt1b who receive the aid. Under the "Voice >f America" Act, already passed by Congress and ap 3roved by the President, upwards of 10,000 students, aculty members, and specialists yearly will receive free ,ducation abroad; and too, there will be a similar ex hange of foreign students, etc., to study in this coun ry. Full details of the plan are unavailable as yet, but ome of its features can be cited. Under the act a student may choose any country, but usually will be required to have a speaking knowledge of the language in that country. He may choose any college and practically any field of study. A college degree or its equivalent will be necessary. Veterans will be favored, to some extent, and they will be able to. draw their G.I. subsistence in addi tion to the grant. Now these are not regular scholarships with a speci ied payment made. The grants will vary. Tuition, living ~xpenses, transportation, and other necessities will be >aid for, though these will vary with the cost of living n different countries. Students with p)rivate incomes vill not often get a grant as large as those without neomes. Cases will be conisidered individually. This "Voice of America" Act supplements the Fulbright Act that provides for a similar exchange of students. Under the latter, scholarships are to be financed by the sale of U. S. surplus property abroad. To carry out the "Voice of America" Act, Congress will have to make special appropriations (ab~out $50 million a. year). I hope that the University of South Carolina will be vell represented in the number of students, faculty nembers, and specialists who take advantage of these wo programs. Inquiries concerning both can be di ected to the Division of International Exchange of 'ersons, Department of State, Washington 25, D. C. Epitaph This daring fool had a taste of life Before he died He did not quite talk back to his wife: He only tried. becz4eddo ... ummer School ProtestH.MJhso,r..M.Ra ,r Editor: *M .CmbU SmAdro le, the undersigned, who plan attend the summer tem of-Edtrsne-oa'eitil d by the university, are not crisape o ute tdn favor of the six-day session.patcaio inffrsothr felthat the six-day eson coer.Teoegiglt hardship due to the hot class- w li ob h rul nsu ns and the high cost of -living,.etafis lo tpestm 'lng the four-day week of thethrwapoedithcnee summer term, it was pos- agoigls fnms~nap for a student to ped the o doaig eiisi week-end at home, thus cut-thrfe,ha sudnshV down expenses. The planbetnutohepchntikg iented will necessitate the stu-core tpstacolihht maintaining himself for an o hc hyiss.T hs ecessary two extra days. whhaebgnoteion.W he four-day session of lasteaouwrd.Tthswosil mner was a satisfactory sys-initohdngeidseee in ou opiion nd wewoulaeln tdhei m l~,O tose tu yseminefecpawrdsciptiold.afar f hi