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E dito r .. . . . .... .... . .. ... ...... . N ews Editor ............................ Sports Editor ........................... Society Editor .......................... Cam pus Editor .......................... Feature Editor ....................... Copy Editor ............................ Exchange Editor ........................ Managing Editor.................. SOUR GRAPE WHO GL( OUR SHOP The Gamecock has voiced many argu ments for the advancement of our govern ment and our educational system in the past year. Newspapers over the state have paid little attention to the improvements advo cated. Some wiser than us have given the nod to such suggestions, but not so with most newspapers-and citizens. ' However, much to do has been made by these newspapers and citizens in re cent weeks concerning a poll taken by The Gamecock which showed that a majority of Carolina students voting favored Harold Stassen for president of the United States. Ironically enough, an editorial appeared in the same issue titled, "USC Students Not Well Inform ed On Public Affairs." This editorial contained the results of an unofficial public affairs test given to a random group of students from all four under graduate classes in a single depart ment. The poll was by no means indicative of the knowledge of the entire student body imnoirreit affnirs. It was printed in con sistency with our policy of the entire se mester which is concerned with intensifying interest in the factors and people who gov ern us. The test was displayed to accelerate interest in the knowledge of the world to day. We did not intend to wash our dirty laundry before the entire state We certainly were mistaken in think ing that it would be any other way. No sooner was the ink dryed than com ments appeared in editorial and news columns of several papers, and sarcasm wreaked from the man on the street that "those college students d-o not know what they are doing." Only one paper, The Columbia Record, dealt favor to the students for their surprising Stassen vote. Editor Buchanan, in point ing out Dr. John W. Corbett's avowed independence from the Democratic party, declared that "both ends of the In This C By CARIROL) Psychiatrists often find that They copy a neurotics draw the basis for their styled in New mental upsets from too narrow diet is not too d interests and too much attention of the citizens o to the little happenings of every- automobiles fro day living. This could be the diag- also climb the I nosis of the political thinking of cisco; they smok the South today. of cigarettes us For so long we have thought of in Boston; their nothing but preserving the status same fpri nle (quo in the political field, that this sam faigtand self-imiposedl paralysis creeps into ich Wareinton go the other necessary phases of life.whcartog Even this week, the leaders of the And nobody South, men who hold the highest about these 1t1 offices their states may offer them, South would n< dIroppedI the affairs of their re- if no clothing spective positions and hastened to Potomac; if a Jackson. Mississippi, to try to not allowed to stop, if not to push back, the Or if our toba clock of civilization, smoked outsid At a time when other gov- i weuld nalot ernors are spending their days afie ladin nt solving housing shortages, tv admt educational handicaps and lag- would not he ging public welfare, the chief upon to do so executives of the South scur- Yet, we build ried away from their posts of around ourselves duty to wave little flags and laws of the nm voice bleatings in the wilder- outmodied laws ness, vague threats at a mov- little province. ing force that derives its mo- things not by mentum from powers far us in the twen greater than they. Affairs of what was best state must stop while "think- fathers in the n ing men" try to push the sand back to the top of the hour- But, what w< glass, what is actual dlifferent matte And this typifies a provincial thinking that has never ceased to Evil Bi flicker in this part of the nation. Nationalism Southerners have a nationalism rather provincia of their own, sometimes far more Virginia creeper vigorously dlefended than Ameri- of our life. Nan canism. with projects which clouds 01 Separate Fields ing solutions to This feeling however is a fal- When we e lacy. People south of the Mason- flee, we don'1 Dixon attempt to end their na- qualifications tionalism outside the political of advanceme field. pIe. We list. ... ...... Robert Isbell ................. Jean il ............. Van Newman ............ Norine Corley UNIVI ........... James Sheridan Mom ............... . Jane Dowe Tillie Young Founded January edltoi, "'The Gamec .............. Ruth Newell University of Soutb year except holidayi ........ Carroll Gilliam The opinions expr essarfly those of Iq endorsement althous MS TO THOSE )AT OVER. TCOMINGS age scale in South Carolina-at 85 and the college students-are men who are not afraid of words." It'is not our ambition to be brave in our convictions so that others will admire us. It is our duty to better our way of life, our scale of living. Our attitude is not molded of demagogu ery and ignorance. We are open-minded, but we resent criticism from those who are pe rennially folded-armed, close-eyed and eared and open mouthed. The fact that The Gamecock has admitted to the outside that apathy probably eists on a large scale in the students' attitude toward current affairs gave wonderful op portunity for our critics to pounce upon us like happy little buzzards on a still-warm carcass. The revelation of a single isolated case on our campus does not mean neces sarily that we do not know what we are doing . . . not does it erase the ignor ance of the thousands of others over our fair state who do not vote, or-some tiMAQ Ova~ W1%rQCh,_,V"fP_ To throw some sour grapes in the line of reasoning adopted by our critics, we might point out that 41 percent of the 95 students participating in the test had good overall - knowledge of affairs. We directed our edi torials to shaming the 59 percent who rated poorly. Our critics damned us all. Only 19 percent of the student body voted in the mock presidential poll. These were P1 students whose interests were along these lines-certainly they did not belong to the 59 percent who rated poorly. In the final defense, The Gamecock ak suggests that our eider, more worldly- u: wise critics give themselves to more e% introspection as to their knowledge of current affairs, their genuiness to build up rather than tear down, to give .rather than take . . . and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. orner . ..0! L L. GILLIAM nd wear clothes who can praise the good old rr York City; their days the loudest and who can ifferent from that promise "cleanups" which turn f Ohio; they drive into civic disgraces. 6 mileroif whichan Net results include the Bilbos i eil the sae rans the Talmadges, the Folsoms, thie i ed tosm bwrinds Ben Tillmans, the Huey Longs and sons died for the others who are closer home. And and under the this process continues, from those thesam jstieswho will seat themselves in the terpre teas mnarble halls of Congress to those nterrtm teo.w who will surround the spittoons in enthmto. the county courthouses. cries "Shame!I" Then when the opportunity to ings. We in the do something good for the people at be very happy beckonis its weak hand, these men could cross the are not to be found; they are off utomobile were ibrewings little plans to put the ecos thel o, state back twenty years. Progress ec oul Dixie be is a stranger to them, for they relv xe. cwd dont even know It exists. defend our na- And then comes the time for me of war, and the laurel wreaths. They do sitate if called not go to the men who have U strived long and hard to bet- c .ter the education of the people a wall of prejudice or to those who attempt to when the general improve and economize in gov tion would erase ernent. For these are not t4 of custom in our the heroes, and theirs is not We judge these the place of glory-they are what is best for shoved aside to make room for tieth century, but those weary workers who are foretuen rand proclaiming themselves say meteenth- ors of the South, those men , wish to do and who have won a temporary ly done are two victory with the clock.I -s And the greatest of all is he a eeds Evil who shouted the loudest, he who c in politics, or spread his vituperation the thick lism, spreads like est and he who mouthed the most through all phases 1860 cliches. Then the people will I rowness In dealing bow; they will exalt the favored a becomes a habit one and some enlightened souls ir vision in creat- will whisper that he should be other problerps. presiden.. Then the low- conditions of edu lect men for of- cation, housing, popular justice think of their and all the rest is forgotten, for or their program the status quo has been preserved nt for the peo- and Southern "nationalism" has ni only to thone prevailed. Business Ma Amo#_#nt Bus bir*won Im CROWING VQ" 4 QRBATER Advrtlsing & RRSITY OF SQUTH CAROLINA Business Stafi br of AssociatedColle press or of!" - tSaye Gas 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first Bob McLellan ock" is published by and for the studeit of the Katz, Hunter Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college Albert Munn. iand examinations. Marguerit essed by columnists and leterwriters are not nee- Ellen Schofiek he Gamecock." Publishing does not constitute an Jack Morgan, rh the right to edit is reserved, ecell, Lloyd "...for the ONE THOUSANDTH and THIRD times NO, I AM NOT KAY KYSER1" The Inside Track By AL RUFFIN' Guest Columnist How long is the student body going to tolerate the com ete dictatorship of its dramatic activities by one man, imely, Professor Merrill G. Christophersen? Thiw, is not an attack upon his character, but a protest rainst his attempted domination of any dramatic events ion the caipus. This has been lbrougta to Uigh by evera ,ents which occurred last week. Last fall several members of the University Players withdrew from the organization to form their own pro fessional siock company, the Palmetto Players, an act which evidently displeased Christophersen, according to their reports. However, that is a matter between the parties concerned. My protest concerns that which grew out of this situation. Several weeks ago, the WSSF, in order to raise funds, stitioned the office of the Dean of Education for per ission of the Palmetto Players to give one of their plays, )ne In A Million," in Drayton Hall on the nights of May and '7. According to this office, Christophersen personally ied to stop this by claiming they were a professional group. don't know what his reasons were, but whftt right has he dictate what dramatic groups ever come to this campus? Isn't it strange -that the day after the WSSF play posters were put up, there appeared on the campus posters advertising a skit by the University Players (which had not been previously advertised) and which just "happened" to be scheduled to precede the other play by one' night? It must have taken some fast work to whip up this little enterprise. It wasn't their fault that confusion might arise in the public's mind over the proximity of the two plqys, was It? I have personally talked to Dean Crow, and he told me at on the night the WSSF play was to open, it was dis >vered that corrugated steel staples had been driven into ie door to the dressing room which the Palmetto Players 'ere to use. He himself was present when admittance had > be gained through a window. I wonder how this hapa ened ? According to Dean Crow, permission to use Drayton Hall must be obtained through his office. Dean Crow said, "I ob 3ct to any group attempting to acquire squatter's rights in irayton Hall." According to the Dean, much conflict has risen with the University Players when other groups, spe fically fraternities and Phi Beta Kappa, have wanted to se the'hall. May I remind Professor Christophersen that Irayton Hall is for the use of the entire university as well s the University high school and not for his group alone. I said his group delIberately. There has been much criticism of the quality of the plays given by the University Players. Might I suggest that It may be due to the complete domination of one man?.. nager ............ 144= W 14iatt, Jr. iness Mgr..................... Georp W. Shelor, Jr 4.. ...............................Lynn Hook haff: Ben Quarles, Buddy Turner :Electa Hall, Luki Bennett, Bettie Moore REPORTORIAL STAFF I ;on, Belinda Collum, Pat Ram, Jay Rodgers, Ruth Patrick, Ruth Newell, Gladys Johnson, Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn Russell, Colleen Morris, Rupert Blocker, Bob Gillespie, ;e Webb, Ida S. Webb, Betty Frazer, Audrey Chapenan, 1, Jo-Anne .Dellinger, Bob Horton, Joy Conard, Ned Threatt, Jem Newbury, Henry Macklen, JimMy Crawford, Grady Huntington, Joe Molony. Grin and Bahref AL BARRET On Lampoonery Anything above ridicule is either false, foolish, or dangerous. Monologue In A Doctor's Ofice "The poets and songwritere have always felt it . . . Last week Dr. Ian P. Stevenson . . . proved it (that people who claim "my btt skipped a boat" or "my heart stood still" are probably staung a iteral fact) by tracing the hat's action electrically on an electrocardiograph . Example: . . . txtrasystoles (premature contractions of the heart) showed up when they asked a 61-year-old spinster why she had never married. . ." -TIME Magazine, May 10, 1945 "Come in, come in, Mary. Glad to see you again. My, you get >rettier every day. Sit down over here, won't you? . . . Now what ieems to be the trouble ? . . . You don't say? Now, I'm sure you're nuch too young to have your old ticker giving out on you already, ut we'll have a look at it anyway ... Oh, I see! You say your heart ias been ravished. There, there, don't cry. Everything will be alright. Iarrumph. Who is the young man? . . . I see. Does he realize what ke has done? ... Hmmm. Now, now, child, wrongs in this old world of ours always seem to get righted some way or another. Just let me ret out my little old electrocardiograph and I'll give you an examina ion . . . No, no, it won't hurt, won't hurt at all. Now here, let me trap on these electrodes. There now. Just be calm and sit perfectly itill and I'll plug in the current . . . No, no. This isn't going to hurt at. all. !'i t gen. to mention a few phrases and ask you a few iimple questions. And then we'll know all about it. Now just relax as nuch as you can . . . That's right ... Mary, how old are you? ... The ktlantic Ocean is 60 feet deep in places - . . Mary, I love you . . . 4ave you ever been on a golf course after dark? ... Do you like your nother better than your father? . . . Dearly beloved . . . Do you like ;o eat crackers, in bed ? . . . John, tonight we love . . . There, that's mough for now . . . Oh, my dear, my dear, you don't have a virgin ieart . . . Tsk, tsk, tsk. Definite traces of arrhythmia. Extreme extra 'ystoles when I mentioned John's name . . . Now, now, everything is ;oing to be all right. You just get your young man to marry you ... But this is leap year, yo,u know . . . Well, in thab case these graphs ['ve just made will stand up as testimony in any court of the land, iou know. They definitely prove your heart has been ravaged. Now, ,r, you will be tested further, er, he is the only man, isn't he? . .. Oh, >f course, of course, I was sure of that. Now don't you worry about t thing. If you like I'll call in the young man and talk to him. I'm sure t could be settled out of court when I confront him with the evidence . . Fine, fine. Now just go on home and rest and I'll take care of verything. Remain as quiet as you possibly can. Be sure not to read kny poetry. Don't listen to any juke boxes either. Aggravate your con lition, you know . . , Good-bye. Come right in, Mrs. Carter, come in. NTow you say your heart keeps leaping up when you behold a rainbow *n the sky? . . . The United Nations By DOROTHY PHASEY Can the United Nations succeed ? Americans are continually asking bhe question without trying to find the answer, without just knowing just what the United Nations is, and without trying to find out about he problems this organization is up against. We have a bad habit f criticizingwithout knowing anything about the subject we are talk ng about. What do you know about the United Nations? The U N Is the biggest step man has yet taken toward attaining world peace. You want to know if it will work ? It a oki o r Full-heartedly behind It,. a oki o r . Now you wonder what one person can do. World opinion has a ter ricweiht but only if the opinions expressed by people who have tudte issues, and are alert to all Bides of the question. Still there Is more to do than just being informed. It Is everyone's responsibility to see that the other fellow knows what the score is. ris is where the biggest problem comes in. We are so apt to give prejudiced views, telling only one side of the tr n tesn u idea and what we think about the situaio witout andi teving rh Facts to let the other fellow dra tuhison cothousins. Smtie tghe fther person has a good idea!!rwhsonccusn.Smemete Again you ask if the U N can succeed. The U N is your instrument F o un e c - ou are t h at on u reonsb ke or its success.aYour opinion Write the United Nations--U S MIssion, 2 Park Avenue, New York. .Shakespeare Sits in On A .1' Student Council Meeting In The Fall of chertain convocation of politic worms (H IV) . . . Sweet smoke ofg rHoIc! ( OL th. Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal! What a brawl ing!c(Hrupt a.sa0,tthouyhast damnable iteration, and art indeed able (TV corp a sint htV . . . A fine volley of Nords, gentlemen. (TG)f exlmain F(H WIatman of good temper would endure this tempest . .. AND THEN IN TIlE SPRING SoDyou walk softly and look sweetly and say nothing. (MAAN) Ds ri ption cannot suit itself in words in life so lifeless as it ngI wer etterotobe eaten witth rust than to be scoured to noth dog weinth petua oin H ) . . . We do debase ourselves, cousin, doie not, Tosek so poorly and look so fair? (R 11) . . .We trifle tieak (MV trt. (H I h shak'st thy had, and hold'st it fear or sin to spa angrth. (HV) . . . Shall more fool I shall appear by the time Good-bye my friends, farewell my foes,