The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 23, 1948, Page Page Two, Image 2
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Carolina fraternities and sororities are
forgetting their role in college life.
Fraternity block voting in the recent cam
pus elections is an example of their error.
Candidates were beaten in these elections
regardless of their qualification or merit,
but because they bumped heads with so
ciety politics.
The day of society politics is becoming a
burden to Carolina. Student body and class
offices afford a much better service to the
student body than merely adding honors
to the fraternities' list in their national pub
lications or the school's yearbook.
Many students do not know the duties of
their student officers, btt many expect
something from them when the occasion
arises.
Yet, we continue, year after year, to elect
people to office through the same procedure
-fraternity-pressure balloting.
Fraternities were not founded for this
purpose. They were founded to promote
Christianity, brotherhood and scholarship.
We flagrantly violate their purposes when
we block vote our favorites into office with
no rhyme or reason other than fraternity
affiliation.
We need some purpose, some method in
our politics. There is need for political par
ticipation, but there is no means to gain
such action in our present condition. While
other schools continue to gain their ends
Whether You L
Since some doubt the right of The Game
cock to criticize or suggest improvements
on conditions which affect us, here are a
few reasons that we feel we have to dabble
in the affairs of our "elders" or those who
govern us.
. . . We, the students, are citizens. We
represent, on the whole, an industrious, pro
gressive and ambitious portion of the state's
people. We are somewhat idealistic, but we
are in a decent position to voice our opinions
practically in such subjects as affect us
vitally here.
Most of us are voters. We maintain the
right to suggest whatever we feel is for the
elevation of better education and better
government, since we certainly are in a po
sition to observe how the state function of
each is carried out.
We re students. It is our purpose to seel<
a better way of life. (Certainly, there is
room for improvement.) We study texts ir
sociology, p)olitical science, history and eco.
niomics and we find much improvement t<
be made. Can we be expected to keep our
mrouths shut in the face of needed reformsi
In This C
By CARROI
The State, august journal only 20 per c
of ( olumbia, this week ex- spent for hig
pounded through its editorial the legislal
columnis the virtuous gener- (arolina. No'
Usity of our successive leg- generosity,
islatuires in South Carolina. amount for
Trhe writer concluded with has not been
words to this effect: Anyone ISaying educi
who says that legislatures 0f also an attempi
the last two decades have not skirts of a br<
been generous with education the field down
and other worthwhile works, gains in prima
doesn't know what he or she education and
is talking about, neglected, set
C'ome, come, that's not the educational pla
point at all. Generosity may have, And it is p
been shown to "education and same colleges
other worthwhile works" in this that young citi
state, but only by including the the ways in wt
other efforts *with education can serve their stal
this statement be a truth. When
education is taken alo>ne, the ree- Expect.
ord is not so good. The attitude
The State's e<
Millions are spent and have'those who do n
beeni spent on the highways and contact with t]
other things in this state during No man sittin
the writer's chosen two decades.; Charleston, W4
This has been a noble effort, but Columbia coul
is it of more lasting benefit than know just wha
a niodern and well-equipped edu- schools are.
cational system? Wea
Up to 1945 the great uni- Clemson and
Vrsity of this state received learned from
.......... Robert Isbell
............... . jean HillM
............. Van Newnn
............. Norine Corley UNIV
James Sheridan
.... . Jane Dowe
. . Tillie Young Founded January
editor, "IUe Ganot
............. Ruth Newell University of Soutl
year except holiday
.........Carroll Gilliam The opinions exp
essarily those of "
endorsement althou
pus Parties;
Aty Politics
in a concrete democratic way, we lie like a
groundhog, politically dormant, waiting for
another election to roll around so we can
honor another group of officers to sit up
like what-not adornments for the coming
year.
Every fraternity and sorority on the cam
pus serves as a political party some time .
during every year, but there is no platform
... nor any dream of one. Their resources
are abounding in personable candidates and
campaigpi placards-not in material con
vertible for the service of the student body.
So, we want an answer. Why not end fra
ternity and sorority domination in politics
in favor of a party system? Why not? z
Party politics is not a dream. It is a reality
in most American schools. It furnishes re
ality to idea and reason forwarded by the
students they serve.
A two or three-party system would pre
sent platforms upon which voters could vote
rather than the fraternity pin which ther
candidate wears, rather than for the sound fi
of his name or the way he combs his mop. v
Such a project, begun now, could become 1
a reality before election time comes around f
next year. Such a step might well be the fi
beginning of the end of one-party rule in ih
South Carolina. We voters are given safety f
in competition-especially when the com- A
petitors are vying for our favor.
ike It Or Not.. .
Some seem to think that we have little
or no right to think for ourselves, that there a
are greater minds than ours made to do our h
thinking for us. Some maintain that the t
status quo was good enough for our fathers e
and it is good enough for us. . . But not so r
here. We have the right to think for our- 14
aflh7*'kT^ nv.A -r I~4~4
Aelve*andto iitiae chnges No&JSpLrog re
of note ever came about without some al- ,
teration of the conventional. And, our a
fathers lived in a different time; so did a
their fathers live in a different age. They, e
like we, made their changes. So can we.
We are the fathers of a new generation.
Our sons and daughters must live on the*
foundations already prepared. We must see
that these foundations do not crumble.
Our voice is not a small one. Our minds'
are not infantile. We are on the threshold
of life in its concrete form, and we want to I
make the road passable, the horizon clear.
So, to those who have scorned us for ours
stand, please consider that we speak in the I
interest and concern of our future. And
whether you like it or not, we own that
right as long as we adhere to the principles
of honesty, decency and fairness..
orner. ...
2L L. GILLIAM
ent of the money campuses the conditions urn
her education by der which we and our facul
ture of South ties are carrying on in the
v is that exactly educational field. We also
vhen the total have talked to students from
higher education colleges in other states and
boastworthy. know what they have that we
tinigeeais do not possess.
to hide behind the Theni people like the editorial
ad truth. Narrow writer wonder why so many of us
and eliminate the don't stay in good old South Caro
ry and high school lina.
mnyone can see the The answer is quite simple:
ni-starved higher whenever anyone complains. that
nts of the state. the educational institutions are
rincipally in these beinig wronged by wasteful dupli
and the university cation or by legislative neglect,
zens come to know someone like The State's honored
hich they can best writer thunders forth with the
e and its people. old "buddy-buddy" back-slapping
i ignorance technique and turns reproachful
of the writer of eyes toward the individual with a
itraishaofprattling "How could you, he has
ot come into direct .Just done so and .so for you."
e several colleges. A Day Comes
g in an office in The principal trouble with
~stminster or even all the attempts at progress in
d be expected to this state is an unspoken hush
t the needs of the hush alliance between some of the
newspapers of South Carolina. and
some members of the General
iarolina, and at Assembly who have made the
The Citadel have State House their second home.
living on our Nothng is ever ..a by on which
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AL BA
The Fable Of Th
Once upon a time there was a
ne young rooster in the barn
ird. He was the first one to
rout a real honest-to-goodness
?ather, the first to fly up on a
mce post (and the first to get
is wings clipped), and even thel
rst one to have his crow change.
real razzler-dazzler. But even
'ith all that Theobold (that was
is name) never got to be a hero
n the farm.
He began to wonder about this,
nd one day he ran across (in a
ir corner of the barnyard) all
ie other hens and roosters gath
red around a certain group of
Dosters who were stretching their
?gs and flapping their wings and
Aisting their necks into all sorts
f pretzely positions. And all the
illy little hens were standing
round in an awed circle cooing
nd cackling in admiration at
verything these roosters did. It
rould just leave them all aflutter,
ackling ecstatically and helpless
ri the dust.
Then Theobold suddenly realized
rho these roosters were who were
etting all the attention. They
rere the ones Mrs. MacUlty had
ired to come and entertain the
hieken farm--the Blockhead Club
era.
Theobold didn't say much. Just
ided his time. Was going to find
ut all about them. And he was
oing to have a hen or two flut
ering around him, too, before he
was finished. So he watched the
ilockheaders very closely to see
vhat they did so special.
Theobold noticed that the au
umn was the time when everybody
n the barnyard, even dear old
iear-sighted Mrs. MacUlty, just
vorshipped the Blockhead roost
rs. And he discovered it wa's all
ecause they played a game call
d Pig-tail. Eleven of them would
ret out oni a field with a little ball
hey had madp by curling up a
>ig's tail (sometimes they called
t a pigskin, too). And everybody
voult troop out to see them play
which will contradict the other,
in Invisible truce stifles any
riticism from either quarter.
Without a newspaper to
prod the people into prodding
their representatives, nothing
will change and improvements
in the lot of the common man
in South Carolina will never
be made. People can't do
anything If they are kept ig
norant of the facts.
And statements such as that
>road semi-truth in The State this
veek do not serve to enlighten
Inyone, only to reprimand those
i'ho do question. They are better
eft unsaid unless the whole
ruth is to be told.
The editorial writer should
stick to the accustomed state
ments on waffle-eating, flower
gardens and the long~ run in
Columbia of "The Egg and I."
They are a.ier on te reae.
Business MA
Assistant Bui
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Advertising 4
INA Business Staf
Saye Ga.
ales s. the first Bob McLellai
students of the Katz, Huntei
ring the college Albert Munn.
Margueri
111en Schofiel
;Mr are not nec
lot constitute an Jack Morgan
Decell, Lloyd
one spade, Moe?.
I Bahret
HRET
e Funny Rooster
against the roosters of another
farm.
But Theobold played Pig-tail
just like most of the other roost
ers on the farm. But he wasn't
popular like a member of the
Blockhead Club. Now there must
be some reason why, Theobold
thought.
So he went out and watched
them some more. He had it! They
were playing for the chicken farm!
They were the basis for the chicken
farm spirit. Why, of course. That
was why they were so popular!
But then Theobold began to
ponder. It certainly all didn't seem
to add up. These roosters would
come around and see how much
Mrs. MacUlty was going to pay
them. And if it wasn't as much
as some other chicken farm why
they would just go to that farm
and play against Mrs. MaeUlty's
team.
Just to see Theobold went up
to one of the hens and asked her
what she was making such a fuss
about. "Why, they don't care any
thing about the chicken farm," he
said. "All they care about is how
much Mrs. MacUlty gives awvay
to them."
The hen looked blank. Theni she
gave an odd sort of cackle and
then cocked her head sideways and
gave him a fishy stare. 'What
a funny thing to say! They'd do
anything for the chicken farm!
Why, of course they would. They
are the chicken farm. Pardon me,
I just remembered a worm I've
been meaning to dig up all morn
ing." And off she flurried.
Well, Theobold wasn't too con
vinced. So he just beaked around
some more. And lhe saw Mrs. Mac
Ulty taking most of the egg money
in order to get these roosters to
come to the barnyard when the
roosts for the chicken farm hens
and roogters were ovbrerowded
and sometimes the special mash
wasn't too, too special and there
wasn't anybody much to pay much
attention and really get them
ready to go out into the great
cockfight.
One day Theobold got up his
courage and flewv upon Mrs. Mac
Ulty's shoulder and told her how
he saw things about all that
money.
"Why, for goodness sake, who
ever heard of such a thing! Who
would ever hear of the chicken
farm if it weren't for our Pig
tail roosters? What a ridiculous
rooster you are to think such
things!"
"But Mrs. MacUlty," ventured
Theobold, 'Do you have to pay
them all the egg money? There are
plenty of roosters on the farm
who can play Pig-tail."
"Crazy little chicken with funny
Ideas!" she said exasIp3ratedly.
'The Idea isn't for the chicken
farm roosters to play for the
chicken farm," They'd never win
*a game. And besides, what are
you complaining about, anyway?
Don't you know it's not what's in
a package but how it's wrapped
that sells it? When you get out
into the great cockfight you'll
see -that It's not how sharp your
spurs are or how fast you can
run or how hard yu ca fly. It,
mnager .
iness Mgr.
[anager ......... .......
taff: Ben Quarles, Buddy Turner
f: Electa Hall, Luki Bennett, Bett
REPORTORIAL STAFf
ton, Belinda Collum, Pat Ram, Ji
i, Ruth Newell, Gladys Johnson,
r Russell, Colleen Morris, Ruper
te Webb, Ida S. Webb, Betty I
d, Jo-Anne Dellinger, Bob Horton,
Jem Newbury, Henry Macklen,
Huntington, Joe Molony.
The Inside
By JIM SHERI
Guest Columi
Last week the lusty wind of po
!ampus propelling candidates at q
the wind died, all the elements
throat-cutting had gathered in lit1
>bjectively hither and yon.
The harmless gusts'were appar
themselves. Foremost of the blow
era who huffed and puffeld to blo
their own blown down and payed
tues of the people they were supl
All seemed a little dazed at the
mained with a bad taste ii, their n
a lack in politics on the campus.
doubtedly be filled by the organis
litical parties with definite platfoi
students. For one reason and al
political scene ,vondering just wh
Many ask what alu the slIoutin
do these people hope to accompli
What powers will they have? Wh
It's just a little bewildering to som
the majority apparently care littl
Part of the confusion can be li
dents themselves. The political I
hearted sort of way and was att(
dents composed lrgely of Irateri
women who came to hear their et
urge impelled numerous listeners
to leave immediately after their
thing hardly seemed %%orth ill th
Candidates for studeit bodyI
dent made speeches at the rally.
lapping and conflicting at the san
tions tend to center more on pel
ing than on clear an( concise pla
ing what the speakers really stoo
do about it. contented thle teeS
Ious campaign promiises.
Long before amd do-rin th le 1.
campaigners were buisi ly ar'ranigi
posing groups and ma kinig snide
half turned backs. Thlev hung ab<
assailing annoyed voters withI t I
the market place and id little ol
Few were contenit to prlaise th14
wvork actively for his elect ion. Th
vate campaigniing, leanedl as mnuic
possible. Seasoned poli t icians hi
method as almost celr tain politica:
shouts did little to answver the qu
All cannjot be con(ll'aiIat ho'
lIayed in the elect ions. There wc
their .jobs earnestly and seriously
mind. That intentioni was to sele
the. task at hand regardless of frie
ties. They are to be comnmended.
I;iWronIe must pull togethier toi
holding and to accomplish t'nds I
dents and the un iv \ersi ty thlrouj
government call be made inato( an
ganization when the studen'its ovi
the present system of jiolit ics an
of avoiding meetings designed to
hat yo)u con frul a c'hike ki'lf
tarmi with prestige. Anld t hose of
Pig-taj )i Y p les givte us pr'est ige(. bus
Now shoo !"'(th
Theobol could t',. la wax't Ih
going to get anyvwhiei. Andi all win
over th l arm toin Ihey betganl to look Ite
at hin as a roosteri with such ebai
funny ideas. Why, lie t'een took S.
pidek in Ite mashi Mrls. MaeUlIty chic
gave hon.i (n a~i chicken farm. bolt
Iimlaginlit! s
'And he wouIld stajiti arund flap- .saj
Ping his wings and( racing ar'ound w
aRid having at wt,nder'iful t ime with theit
all t Ihe at her ehjeikc.'s dinag all the '
t'venl thloughi Ri~ In of te henls T'ht
wouhii slandl aroundii andt watlch do
Sioni hit'ls ha vt.
thin gn t a l . a p p 'n(' T h e o bo ld a
...HarrysW Hitt, Jr.
George W. Shelor, Jr.
.............. Lynn Hook
ie-Moore
ty Rodgers, Ruth Patrick,
Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn
t Blocker, Bob Gillespie,
rrazer, Audrey Chapman,
Joy Conard, Ned Threatt,
Jimmy Crawford, Grady
Track
DAN
list
litics swirled through the
uite a rapid pace. Before
of confusion, gossip and
tie whirlwinds and struck
ently made by candidates
hards-were the campaign
w Jack's house down, had
little attention to the vir
>osed to be supporting.
results and not a few re
ouths. The election showed
A lack which would un
,ation of two or more po
-ms to present to confused
lother many look at the
at is happening.
g is about anyway. What
sh once they are elected?
it can we expect of them?
e and clear to others while
e one w9y or the other.
tid at the feet of the stu
-ailly was held in a half
mded by perhaps 400 stu
lity and sorority men and
mndidates only. Some inner
to be ill mannered enough
man's speech. The whole
e trouble.
wesidenit and class presi
)omie latforms were over
ie time. In such cases elec
*sonalities and mud sling
tforms. Listeners, wonder
d for and what they could
wit I ickering at ridicu
'allotinig in every election
ig to swap~ votes with op
remarks behind opponents
>ut the polls like vultures,
Iiir c acap)honous yawp of
-ir ca&ndidate's- virtues and
e order of the day', in pri
h toward mud slinging as
ave always avoided this
I dleath. Painted signs and
est ion of "who is he?"
vever, for the part they
~re many who went about
with but one intention in
t the man best fitted for
nd(ships and organizational
nake student offices worth #
or the betterment of stu
hl these offices. Student
efficient and forceful or
'rcome their disgust with
d help the leaders instead
benefit them.
lie had turned out to be one
the bJest wingflappers in the
ness. Without' even a coachv
'y were always too busy with
Pig-tail players) they got a
gflapping team together for
ahickeni farm and took the
IIJ)ion ship.
ii then all the wise little
kens w'ould come up to Theo
I and ask him, 'Now, don't you
how funny the thinga you
are?"
Why, no, not at all. They aren't
same thing at all."
hey would all just wag their
Is. ( A few of them~ their tails.
re-re always a few who never
Ket the word stral'ght.) ''Guess 4
I always be a little off that -
-always be a little funny."
oor Theoboldf That's how he
e to be~ known as the funny