The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 14, 1948, Page Page Two, Image 2
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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.
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........... James Sheridan Mom
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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
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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.
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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.
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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?..
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;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,