Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Editor ............ . News Editor ........................ Sports Editor ....................... Society Editor ................. Campus Editor ................. Feature Editor ........ Copy Editor ........................ Exchange Editor ..................... Managing Editor ................. USC Studen Informi Current Pul An unofficial public affairs test, given to a single department at the university re cently, showed that 95 students taking the test, including those from all levels from freshmen to graduating seniors, were not too well informed on current events. The questions and results are listed as follows: QUESTION 1. Name the two United States Senators from South Carolina. 71 percent named two United States Sen ators. 20 percent named one United States Sen ator. 9 percent could not name a US Senator from South Carolina. Byrnes, Burnes, Burns, Rivers and Wal lace were all mentioned. QUESTION II. Who is the Congressman (in Washington) from your district? 54 percent knew. 46 percent did not know. QUESTION III. Name one member of the state legislature representing your in terests. 63 percent answered this question. 37 percent did not know who represented them. QUESTION IV. Name two associate justices of the US Supreme Court. 13 percent named two associate justices. 13 percent named one associate justice. 74 percent did not recall the names of any of the justices. QUESTION V. Name two members of the President's Cabinet. 24 percent named two. 21 percent could think of only one. 55 percent could think of none. QUESTION VI. Name three candidates for the Republican nomination for Presi dent. 56 percent named three. Debaters D Congratulations to the Carolina debaters! One of their many quests this year has been placing third in the Pi Kappa Delta provincial forensic tournament held here recently. Under the able direction of Prof. Merrill G. Christophersen', who was elected gov ernor for the Southeastern province of the forensic society, the debate team has repre sented Carolina well in their remarkable de bate showings in this and other years. Good debating is an heirloom to Carolina students. The halls of the Euphradian and Campus Tuesday will be a day for something riew and grand on the campus. Students will be given a holiday from classes, and plans at present provide for a cleanup period in the morning, general campus inspection by stu dents and faculty and a faculty softball game in the afternoon. The Queen of May will be crowned among her court of beauties and the day will be climaxed with the May Queen ball that night. Such a holiday is certainly worthy of con tinuation from year to year. This is the first such day set aside as cleanup day since the days before the war. They were suc cessful then and we feel certain that tliey, will be resumed with a much sucessn. The ... .... Robert Isbell ................Je un =M ........... .Van Newman .. .... . .Norine Corley .......... James Sheridan . ... Jane Dowe .........Tillie Young Founded Jam editor, "The Gai ............. Ruth Newell University of 8< year exetpt holb .........Carroll Gilliam The opinions e essarily those ol endorsement ait Es Not Well d On Alc Affairs 24 percent had heard of two who were willing to serve. 9 percent only one. 11 percent recall no such a thing as a Re publican president and apparently expect none. Truman was named three times, Hoover one time, and Wallace five. QUESTION VII. Who was (or is) Ben jamin Ryan Tillman? 44 percent knew or showed signs. 56 percent had not heard of him, or could not recall anything. QUESTION VIII. Who is the Secretary General of the UN? 16 percent answered correctly. 84 percent did not know. Among the guesses: Marshall, Austin, Gromyko, Vandenberg. QUESTION IX. Name two governors of states (other than S. C. and N. Y.). 32 percent named two. - 33 percent could think of only one. 35 percent-none. QUESTION X. Name two United States Senators-State and Party (other than S. C.). 36 percent named two Senators. Some did not know the state and party. 21 percent could think of oniy one. 43 percent leftthis que:stion blank. SUMMARY Twenty-nine percent of the best educated people in South Carolina do not know who their Senators are; 46 percent do not know their Congressman. 87 percent can name not more than one member of the Supreme Court of the United States. '76 percent can name not more than one. member of the President's Cabinet. 84 percent do know who the Secretary-General of the United Na tions happens to be. 68 percent cannot name more than one Governor of a State, outside of New York and South Carolina. 64 percent can name no, or only one, United States Senator, other than those from South Caro lina. oing Well Clariosophic society have bulged with able debaters for nearly a century and a half and no sign of letup Is in sight . . . for which we are proud. Not much attention is focused on forensic participation here today because the size of the student body is so large that interest in any minor campus activity is little. But, nonetheless, we continue to produce good debaters. The Gamecock extends its Wvell-wishes to the debaters on their final swing on the road and it is confident that they will continue to bring Carolina honor in forensic circles. Holiday event will be continued depending on the way it is carried out. In addition to its being a. colorful and en tertaining day, Tuesday will present an ex cellent opportunity for the students and fac ulty to meet outside classes for informal chats and a little extra-curricular relation ship not ordinarily affprded. The plan of a holiday has been designed primarily that such might be attained. Students should take advantage of their campus holiday and spend it on the campus. The success of the day will depend on the cooperation of the students and faculty in attending the events and making the day entertaining and enjoy ible for the other. e6AA~O CROWING FOR A GRRAT3R IVERSITY OF,BOUTH CARO [ember of Assoeiated ColleQiate PN Distributor of Collegiate Digest ry 80 1908, with Robert Elliott Goi Ueoc" is published by and for th uth Carolina weekly, on Fridays, , lays and examnations. ,Tressed by co)umists and letterwx 'The Gamecock." Publishing does tough the right to edit is reserved. 1 JL Don't worry, Vernonboy, Dr The Insi Strictly By VERNON TAYLOR Guest Columnist Cacklety, cacklety, Mrs. Mac Ulty (rhymes with faculty). This mimeographed announce ment sheet has been plagued of late by an epidemic of Clucktro phobia. The weakly edition feat uring "Sin and Shareit" by Cackle Bearit has the campus clucking: "Little Chick Bearit come blow your horn, Chicks in the henhouse, your column's all corn!" Letters from ex-readers, out raged by the feathered atrocity, have poured in addressed to "Ae sop Bearit", "Barnyard Philoso pher", and "The Chicken Editor of The Gamecock". 'Twas the night before Bearit, and all through the house Not a chicken was stirring, not even a louse. WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT? General Douglas MacUlty Henhouse E. Stassen Bantam F. Byrd Leghorn E. Dewey Rhode Island Red Wallace Earl Brooder Claws Pepper Wattles S. Truman PARTY PREFERENCE Democacklic Reclucklian Cackleist I want to go down to the coop again; to the bantam and Rhode Island Red. The table of DAS ROUSTR VON BEHRUT Once upon a time there was a rosmaqiaj powolnlej cog rooster. Var kvlvk tala till mig little red hen. Ii me faut partir maintenant Wheel Wir studieron heute den orate Egg. Pomoz sam soble twoje zddowle chick hatched. Haf god heten apportez-mol une des pom mes de terre boulllies fable by Bearit' I think that I shall never see a chicken lovelier than thee. In addition to the aforemention ed, the second page contains "In This Corner" or "Not in the Middle of the Fjoor!" by Crusader Gil 11am, the scourge of Carolina. In this delightful rubbish heap one can read a discourse on "The Tre mendous Importance of the Tuetse Fly In Outer Mongolia", or per haps a recipe--"How to make Klan a la Wallace". Also of note is his recent editorial on "Waffle Eating Flower rden". Business M Assistant Bu Circulation b Advertising I LINA Business Sta Saye Ga wales s the first Bob McLella: e students of the Katz, Hunte luring the college Albert Munn, Marguer iters are* nec hilen Schofie not constitute an Jack Morgar Decell, Lloyd Waddell will untangle yout de Track Biased Tales by Bearit miss the spot, tie ' my stomach in a knot. Longer, drier, ballyhoo-tales by Bearit is the thing for you. Cackle, cackle little chick. Tell me now what makes you tick. Tis the latest ode by Bearit, juice of lime and shredded carrot. Incoherent as usual, Hangnail Isbell, the editor, spews forth his p"ecuiar doctrine of "Where Did They Go? It Is Worth The Ex ploitation". A sampling here and there of said item goes like this: We are students, scarce as gooseteeth. The press does comply while peering over a short foam. Carolina needs monkeys making faces at Aunt Flossie's operations and arm-chair generals. We are fathers, approximating the total operating cost. The Legislature lent a deaf ear to a Ubangi play ihg host at an Altoona birthday party. Chickens on thee little man Bearit of the leghorn clan. The society coluwns are simply fraught with interest. "Sophie Qogles won the grand prize at the annual Aborigine So ciety masquerade ball for the rich, exquisite trimmings on her horse. Miss Oogles came as Lady Godiva. Mamiby Pamby from Lower Ughville is engaged to a squirrel! The Ladles Auxiliary of the Society of Grandma's Ap pendix threw a wild, drunken orgy last Monday. Mrs. Powers' marble bust has met with an accident." Chickens, chickens everywhere, and how the people shriek! Chickens, chickens everywhere. It's Bearit every week For sheer reading regurgitation, don't milsa "Tremendous Trifles" by Trigger Gomez. Only in this column can one learn that "The Snake frowned. The Buf falo burped. The Fox Terrier scraped the ground with his prai rie silence a thousand to one shots rang most collegiate. The Frog croaked." (See issue of Feb. 27.) "I hereby certify that I have neither given nor received aid on this column or expose." Ed. note . .. That is plain to see nager.. siness M gr.............. [anager ..................... itsff: Ben Quarles, Buddy Turn f: Electa Hall, Luld Bennett, B REPORTORIAL STA: 3ton, Belinda Collum, Pat Ram, a, Ruth Newell, Gladys Johnso r Russell, Colleen Morris, Rul Ite Webb, Ida S. Webb, Betty Id, Jo-Anne Dellinger, Bob Hort< Jem Newbury, Henry Mackle Huntington, Joe Molony. In This Cc By CARROLL I Students on this campus lai they are far ahead of their elde: "college halls." In voting unof: President of the United States qualm before the words Repub] tate to cast a ballot for one of t In a state ivhich is rabidl; known Republican would be si students of the state universi president with a political unk And, another Republican and in third place with nearly 20 est Democrat. . But the votes for Harold Stal and other sections of the countr a member of the Republican pE of the trends of the times. A Renew< The heavy voting for Harold Fire of the people to depart fo cliche-like tenants of governm times. Stassen brings somethinj realm of national politics and t vein the ballots are going. Students at Carolina, like the and questioning of the old reas, desire a new deal-not the new but the new deal of better liv everyone. A spirit of tolerance is gro the country, among those wh study our government, and a comings of even our great A companion of this awakening, that we, too, are not perfect; always commendable and ti Southerners can make mistaki principles of democracy. This renaissance is coupled vi in heart and spirit can add muc government of the people of this tenees on which the republic res be added to the house, or the: without changing the necessary And it is from this belief t Stassen and the other youn scene springs. This is the rea life, and It is not the breeding a search for improvement o Start At These ideas need not be conf limited expanse of national aff, the practical sense on the stum1 What is good in spirit and in i North Carolina line or the Sava things that do not meet with c litical scene of our state. Some and are violent hams at their are missed, and we who are botk in the drama are those who suf: Our tolerance we allow to k to the dingy reality of our < calm weighing of the facts Il cated set of balances establis: But we do not need to foil activity; we may bring our ic to the dear old magnolia-.cotte Our beliefs on the national this is possible and should serv long-suffering individuals in thiu a two-party system for many ye day be holding the reins and can horse ship of state down our oin These are facts that should bi Ln civic affairs on the campus ai sideration when the all-mighti rnocraev convene. .... Harry W Miott, Jr. George W. Sh9lor, Jr. er. . ........ Lynn Hook er Yttie Moore PF Jay Rodgers, Ruth Patrick, n, Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn Pert Blocker, Bob Gillespie, Frazer, Audrey Chapman, n, Joy Conard, Ned Threatt, n, Jimmy Crawford, Grady >rner.. . GILLIAM it week demonstrated that rs outside the time-mellowed icially for their choice for in 1948, Carolinians did not ican or Progressive or hesi hose parties. r Democratic, in which a 1 4unned in some areas, the by prefer a Republican for nown given second choice. lone wolf Henry Wallace votes more than the high. isen, like those in the North y, are not for a man who is rty. They are an indication I Quest Stassen show a renewed de m A -e oud, the wornout and ent for most of their life r fresh into the besmirched ) him and the others of his ir counterparts, are restless )ns why and why not. They deal of political handouts ing and better chances for wing here and throughout i have taken the time to realization of the short merican traditions is the We are beginning to see that our actions are not at even Americans and ~s in carrying through the ith a belief that the young h to national affairs and to land without destroying the ts. A new coat of paint may nterior may be redecorated foundations. lhat the support of Harold rer men on the national LI grass root of American ground of radicalism, but our world. Home ned solely to the great un uirs, but may be applied in > circuits of South Carolina. rinciple need not stop at the nnah river. There are many ommon approval on the po )f the actors are mistrusted business; some of the cues. spectators and participants fer. se its lustre when applied wn environment and our a replaced by the compli lied before we were born. ow this plan for political leas in the national realm n field belt. field further Indicate that e as an Indication to those state who have fought for ars. After all, we will some guide South Carolina's one n paths. sar out the greater Interest id should be worthy of con es of South Carolina ne