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 ....................... Marii ng Editor . ................. The Politi (it' is often said that Carolina graduates are Dastma8t6rm in the field of politics. It is true, but ironical, when we compare the results with the means and find that noth ing, virtually nothing of good comes of our intense political participation. Each spring our fair campus blossoms forth with placards and ribboned stream ers, and the dogs can't see an available tree for the forest of campaign posters so win ningly designed by members of the umpteen anonymous political parties on the campus. For once in a month of full moons a crisp, sweet smile breaks cutely over a heretofore frozen face of a co-ed political aspirant, who sacrifices her conspicuous aloofness for the glory of dear old sorority. Fraternity pledges break under the pressure of their big brothers who campaign laboriously to land an office for the chapter's scrapbook. An honest-to-gosh, conscientious aspirant has about as much chance for advancement as an ice cube on the equator if he doesn't have the backing of at least two greek let ters and a Tuesday night honor club. Is this what we mean when we say that a good Carolinian is a good politician? Is it more essential to the progress of ourselves and our school that we be merely better politicians rather than good office holders. It is an insult to the students and to Carolina that year after year we allow a small avalanche of social colonies to domi nate the polls, putting in office many whose knowledge of campus affairs, of the will of the student body is secondary to their de sire for personal and affilial prestige. Other schools in the nation, and even in the South, have long been advanced from (Editor's note: This week an Now this stc advanced Spanish class was inter- as it seems, rogated upon a work, Caballero fighter in the k Del Cisne (Knight of the Swan), could easily h and knew so little about it that curtain rope on we asked our Spanish-opera critic ever, the bru to release some valuable informa- kindly, conside tion concerning the subject. So, ful person, excl for that class, and also our lovers around the c< of opera, we present this column). beating, rapina Quite some time ago a German which was mos by the name of Wagner (pro- At the begin nounced Vog-nuh) went to sleep the music calls at his piano, and knocked his bot- strains of 100 tie of schnapps over on the key- which may prov board (pronounced kee-bored), ficult, since tI striking several keys. "Egad!" only six pieces, he exclaimed in his native Ger- pipew (which th man (pronounced jur-mun), "Joost ready in case da ting to use as an opening wvrote a Scotti! chord for my new opera." So he As the curtai wvrote the notes town, stole the ence sees a gor story, and an opera was born mountainous tel (pronounced born), trees, etc. The The story was based on the cess Brunhhild4 "Knight of the Swan," which is opera!) Anywa not to be confused with "Week- Blimp, complete end with the Chicken," which has backdrop, whis nothing to do with the opera, to for stagehand the disgust of many. It is an old scenery unnotic Spanish tale that takes place in ing to the Brut Germany, so why they speak beside her, but Spanish, we don't know. Ask him, he helps tl Wagner (refer to above). The scenery. story goes like this. For months s Once upon a time . . . Actually ing for someone there is no factual or historical the tyranny of basis for beginning the story like the Brute, but this. It could have begun "Once fallen before upon two times,'' ''Once upon no Brute's swvord, time," or even "Twice upon a bigger than time." However, Wagner chose scene-changers "Once upon a time." We won't In the scor argue, is in her tower Once upon a time, a willowy notices the diff maidlen lived in a castle. Wagner dlecides to try must have made a misprint here, tics, and b)egin: because when the audience sees from her oppr< the maiden on the stage, they the form of the agree he must have meant bil- After prayin lowy. There is little room left months (this to see the stage- opera), she is Anyway, this maiden was a courtyard one < princess, and owned a vast river. (The gur amount of land. In other words, not the river, I she was loaded, a n d s h e orchestra cryin usually stayed that way. Because not for the Bli her step-brother, a mean old skin- selves, who can' flint who always stood behind like the audien, her (this i. just an assumption, About this ti because no one has ever seen swan, pulling either past, behind or around the river, on whicl Blimp while she is on stage), dressed in whi ruled the kingdom arnd kept her a perance meetin virtual prisoner in a tower (whica effect in conji must have been a whopper). formances of .... ..... Robert Isboll . .. .. ... ..Jean Hill .......... Kenneth Baldwin .... . ....... Norine Corley ............. James Sheridan ............. Van Newman ........... .... Tillie Young Founded Janw editor, 'Th Ga ................. Jane Dowe University of & year except hob ........ .Carroll Gilliam. The opinions c essarfly thoe oj endorsement alt] cal Cocoon the soda fountain, high-schoolish type of politics which places little value on the im portance of campus affairs. Indices of the outcome of state and national elections are found on the campuses of American col leges. National political figures are well aware of the weight that the American col lege student carries and are careful to analyze the actions and ideals expressed in campus elections throughout the United States. We, unfortunately, do not qualify to a goodly respect in this category of po litical participation. Our political participation embraces the honorary rather than the principle involved. We are on the whole more interested in who is May Queen rather than who is president of the student body. We aren't slipping we've slipped. This spring's campus politics will be re newed Monday, March 29, when an as sembly will be held for the nominations of student body officers. This brief period in concern of campus welfare will continue un til elections which take place April 5, or the runoffs, which will be held April 7 is neces sary. The Gamecock urges genuine political in terest, concentrated thought and a con scientious effort by students to nominate and vote for those whose interest is beyond the bull-session stage. Classroom discus sions alone will show.that Carolina students definitely are of the far-thinking type when matters of national and world affairs are concerned. Be fair to yourselves and to Carolina that you are represented next year by officers whose merit and merit alone de serves your vote. p-brother, strange disembarking, he walks up to the was the greatest hitherto undefeated Brute, and ingdom, though he slews him without batting an vy. ave passed as a (This is also presumption sinc the stage. How- the knight still has on his helmet te was actually a For all we know, he may not even ate and thought ept when he went Jmeieyteilgcalao >untryside killing, f'teBip t ar h e and stealin~g, srnekih,wihh osli t of the time. n atclrrao,uls ei ning of the opera wryn bu h etsotg for the beautiful H~ee,h oss ihtecn violins in unison, dto httepics ee e to be pretty dir-hihinaeotrwsheil ine orchestra has laea ne including the b'Ag- Thnetdyhepicscoe ey wvere holdin~ginwhabaynhearsSh Robert Burns ever snsa rawihsy," h opera). fudabb,abb on ni opens, the audi- fotn,fotn,dw h ie geous backdrop ofuptervracosheie,th rrain, with br'ooki, bb a laig ae ae e n out comes Prin- hh"(hc rvscnlsvl .(Oops, wrong secntmk phrbn. y there stands thewhcthorhsasansuan 1y obscuring the sot,"htswa h as! eh makes it easy Ti,hwvr a ohn od s to change the wt h pr,bti ae ed. She is sing- pet ra e, who is standing I h oreo ie h e since no one sees cmscrosaotteKih' hie men change the nm,adfnlysesnsa he has been plead-:A hspitteoceta hc a to frnee her fromdos' gie a er aou her step-brother,hinaegtsuadlav,fo all who try have lwn h xml ftea the fury of thedine whc ha lftsm which is actuallyhorber. he. One of the Sotenihdeirasald helps him carry it. b ign oennsneae I scene, the Blimp taeln aemn hnsy,I alone, but no or,.tl yu e, odyo,ya erence. She finallywodlevwhnyuakde a change of tac-ye,ys Iwlltlyo,Iil to pray for help lup(hsi ~ ntesrp ~ssion, which is in tog) u o e,Ig,g Brute,.o hstlsth eann e Sand waiting for sn nteadec noteie is a pretty long s hyflo i ugsin standing in the Thkigttlsereisfn lay, looking at theVahla an hinmes i gling now heard a mrabr. Te mdt aut the men in theteroftebipwhsem g. They feel sad, sd o eas ei evn,b mp, but for them-beasth prisfnlyor t get up and leave adsems ot ok h ae.)swnrtrswthibag,n me, along comes ~ ake h ngtbc oVl. a barge up the(weerthts) in stands a knight Ta stesoyo oe to armor. (Tem- gi.Tog ~cmsfo e is have had greaten,iisatesor.Iyo inction with per- dntbleeI,fn h wn9l thi oera) n skew him el w tellut o battn any'e CROWINQ FOR A GRBATER IVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO dember of Aselated Colleate P Distributor of Collegiate gest ry 80 1908, with Robert Elliott Go: M;e; 0Is published by and for 0, auth Carolina weekly, on Fridays, 4 days and eaminations. apressed by columnists and leftervn I'The Gamecock." Publishing does ough the right to edit Is reserved. I hear you spend your s Grin ang AL B ON POLITICS Come next week and the cam pus will make motions as if it were coming alive-like an old houn' dog dozing by the fire twitching its ears while dreaming. Politicin' time has come! Who cares? The usual ones, of course. Al ready ambition permeates the sur charged air. You can smell it. Like fear. Or sweat. Already the glory-hounds have started racing down the well-worn trails, sniff ing frantically with their noses close to the ground, that glassy gleAm i their eyes as they rush along, yapping and baying them selves hoarse. Vote for me. Vote for me. Vote for me. Never vote for what I stand for. Never vote for what I plan to do. Ah, "but wild ambition loves Ito slide, not stand." So sayeth Dryden. Political minds are already in a bubbling and broiling fermenting stage. How many.votes can I pull in this sorority? That frater nity? Have I got Sims tied up? How about Preston? platrm what would be a good pltomto run on. What can I run for ? Only one more off?ee andl I'll make Blue Key. How miany ODI( points will it give me ? Another key! An. other key! Integrity, integrity, thy name is Carolina! Who SHOULD Care? Should people of quality take one sniff *of the putrid proceed ings and then withdraw as is the general practice ? What is to be gained by withdrawal? Or lost? First, the possible motives for withdrawal. Could thoughts like this be coursing through many minds anon and aniow? "To run, or not to run, that is the question: Whether't is nobler in the mind te suffer The slings and arrows of out. rageous politicians, [Or to take up arms against this sea of troubles, And b)y opposing, endl them. Te run, to win- . To run, perchance to win; ay there's the rub! ,For in that dread campaign what things may come And what toes be stepped on in; these hellish broils Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes inertia all of our life: For who would bear the whips and scorns of rivals, I The .opponent's wrongs, thai p)roud man's contumely, The pangs of dispriz'd hope, de feat's dismay, The insolence of an office one'd been spurned? I Thus opposition dloes make cow n-ard o usn.l Business M Assistant Bu Circulation I Advertising LINA Living Business Sta reaw Saye Ga azales as the first Bob McLella * students of the Katz, Hunte luring the college Albert Munn, Marguer iters are not ne- Ellen Schofie not constitute an Jack Morgar Decell, Lloyd ummers in the mountains. I Bahret kHRET And thus the native hue of reso lution IR Rieklid n'pr with the pale c.at of thought, And enterprizes of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action." Must it always be so? Success or failure, finger-burned or laurel browed, something is gained, something is learned. This is no monastery. We live in a world of men and women (surprized!) and have to associate and deal with the creatures. Are we at a uni versity to learn how to live our lives or not? And Lord knows, "there'll always be a politician." (Churchill). What's in an Office? Well, just what can one get out of running for an office? .Fame? Glory ? Honors ? Recognition ? Let's see what one P. B. Shelley has to say about it (slightly misquoted): "I met a traveler from ahi ancient school Who said, "We have long rows of Yearbooks A t our~ place. In one, upon one page, Way dow n, a smirking visage lies, wvhose look, And curled lip, and leer of half con tempt Tell that the camera well his pas sions read. This followed by long list of life less things WVhich ne'er survived in him or in his time at school. And beneath the 'portrait' do0 these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, wheel of wyheels: Look on my offices, ye Mighty, "and despair!' Nothing beside remains, except for this slim hook, Alone and lifeless on an unused shelf. Unbolsteredl and yet baSre The campus carries on without a backward look." So guess it's not fame and transitory honor. Just to bolster the argument: "Men the most infamous are fond of fame And (hose who fear not guilt bloat most their name." (-any resemblance to anything Charles Churchill ever said is p)urely coincidental). Could it possibly be what a per son andl the school get out of a job well done ? Some wag has said, "You get out of a thing what you put into it." Now this is rather a selfish outlook, but after all, what isn't selfish when. it's an outlook ? And after all, we are paying out goodl money to get edlucatedl. (I use the term loosely). A man would be a fool to fork over coin at the box office and then only sit through the travelogue. Why isn't it jht na foolish to wihaw. anager ...................... Harry W Hiott, Jr. siness Mgr. ................. Allen McEachern fanager ....................................Lynn Hook Sthff: Dool Coskrey, Lois McBride, George Shelor, Alan stain, Fred Tolly, Ben Quarles. ff: Electa Hall, Luki Bennett. REPORTORIAL STAFF 3ton, Belinda Collum, Pat Ram, Jay Rodgers, Ruth Patrick, a, Ruth Newell, Gladys Johnson, Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn r Russell, Colleen Morris, Rupert Blocker, Bob Gillespie, ite Webb, Ida S. Webb, Betty Frazer, Audrey Chapman, Id, Jo-Anne Dellinger, Bob Horton, Joy Conard, Ned Threatt, Jem Newbury, Henry Macklen, Jimmy Crawford, Grady Huntington, Joe Molony. OSBORNE GOMEZ Tremendous Trifles CAROLINA'S HONOR SYSTEM How much does the average student know about the Honor System? This is one of the most important questions confront ing the Honor; Board at present, for recent cases and testimonies prove that some students are pathetically ignorant of what it is all about. Students who are brought before the Honor Council are asked the inevitable question, "Did you know that this (what ever they did) was an infraction of honor?"-to which question they give the inevitable answer, "No." Thus, if a student is brought up for cheating he implies either that he thought cheat - ing was permissible or that he didn't know the difference between right and wrotig. Cheating is wrong, and' when there is a case of-cheating, the student is brought before the Honor Council. If he is found guilty he is punished. There would doubtless be little cheating if all the students were aware of the harshness of the punishments that are meted out for infractions of the Honor Principle. Even minor cases of cheating (or any other matter of dishonesty) carry suspensions. These range from two weeks to indefi nite suspension from the university, and a suspended student cannot appear on campus at all during his suspension. In addition he gets a black mark on his records, and also failure in the course or courses. 'Offenders who receive such punishments are, of course, se verely handicapped. It is virtually impossible to make up the work lost during a suspension, especially since the offenders usually have low averages anyway. And the black mark on the record remains, and so does the grade of E in the course or courses. Nor is it pleasant when the parents of an offender read the notification of his act of dishonesty. Which is better: To take the chance of receiving such punishments, and possibly copardize a university enreer, Qr to curb any and all tempta tions of cheatng? I am inclined to think that those students who cheat, or pass bad checks at the depository, or steal, or forge absence petitions do so only because they think they can get away with it. Evidently their attitude is that the Honor System does not work so well as to catch all offenders of the Honor Principle. Perhaps not, but members of the Honor Board are not the only ones on the lookout for offenders. The faculty supporta the Honor System and turn5.over most of the cases. Also, students turn in other students,~ or notify the Honor Board of cheating in classes. Everything is secret. No one knows who reports whom; and it is not a question of "telling on some else." It is a matter of supporting the Honor System. I have merely Pointed out a' few of the important facts about the Honor System in this article (which is, in reality, not a "tre mendous trifle" but something vastly more serious). The Honor Board has a publicity committee, under Benny R. Greer, which is at present taking steps to remedy the sad lack of knowlege that apparently most of the students have about the Honor System. Seemingly, too many have for'gotten what they once iearnei mn orientation about this vital p)hase of campus life. N e g r o Q u e s t :i o n ' ( , ii ) I ' o i i n i s t a t h Dear Editor:muhithinbltofhewts Recently, a Mr. Gilliam wrote t cetteia oiia n that Negroes should attend the sca qas u ntedne university. His argument wasby euly acpbe Ngr largely that of the expense ofwokstohefncileury maintaining separate schools o h hts ntearra which did essentially the same eooyo h ot,tewie type of work. However, hean Nerscol ntcmpe hasn't adlvocated combining theeual an mitin adct engineering or physics depart-stnadoling Mnywte ments of the various schools of X)iii'gradficlynat the state, which would definitelytepigomanin vnalw help educational expenses. Per- sadr flvn,'hc sei haps the Negro should attend the(ln yth hue um rs o university, but the time is veryshcsadtnthoe.Te definitely not ripe for such an ex-olyase,wih ncdtly pertinent. When politicians have hsbe tt( ieadaan wolked1 everybody into a whiteisndtrazto. heat over the civil rights pro- Wh hant omhig be gram, going off on tangents to(ln tofse btereain? attain their questionable goals,Wh hantheUirsyspn very few persons catn, or will, at-soe smegupt brn t tempt to think without prejudice. gte'torcs'h iei h Pushing such programs, either pro sm ol u r olsaat or con, would cause a p)sychologi- thsbe lnea eeihCl cal reaction between both raceslgead'v(lscsfu.Ith that will take yea's to overcome. uiest ss iea htS Social, or at least political, equal- dyadTylrwtthitd ity can only develop through theca ivsanbivtetosak V amity of the two r'aces andl not ~h antlaigNgoeua enmity such as wouldl be causedtosa(inuraltsb vte by so-called progressive legisla-tol'enthirvws Tema tion. Cecil Sims, a Nashville at-joiyfusaevtrnwhb torney interested in Negro edu-livthtw ca sotheft. cation, statedi in the February 27,Wh cantris,wiead 1948, issue of The State that the Ng',b nie opromb Negroes wvere not anxious to at- temsc(e)itet hc a tendl white schools, and that racial Peetdntigmr hnsu discrimination would become more dn eiasad ofra a intensified if they wvere admitted,.idot nyon )romneb What Mr. Gillianm has failed to tefclyo h eateti from everything but classescantsmhigbdoeoi ("Mutch have I traveled in the fr auatrr fteopr realmns of beinig toldl," etc.) andtintefoitusraitonnth not be a part of the complete life Suh hscudb ln ncl of the university? lbrto ihteeooita: Now if we could only figure gooydlatet fohrl' out a way of withdrawing from trse col ntesae see,ssesmy.opinion is thtte