Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Editor-in-Chief News Editor Campus Editor Sports Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Copy Editor Exchange Editor Circulation Manager Managing Editor . To Those Wh This, the first issue of The Gamecock f the 1948 fall term, is appearing after mo than usual interest from the student bod Those who have wondered why there wt no paper to greet them on their return - Carolina, must be reminded that the new paper had to be organized from the grour up and that advertising contracts did n< begin until the first of the month. Ti Gamecock will continue to be published eac Friday, and beginning with the next issu will be increased to ten pages. This semester The Gamecock will coi tinue, as usual, to be the sole campus orga devoted to student activities and stude1 opinion. The pages of this newspaper w not shift from the traditional stand of beir the voice of the student body in the que tions which will arise inevitably on a uin Versity campus of this size. However, we of the staff do not preter to know, or what is more important, to sul scribe to all the facets of opinion on th campus. No one could. We will seek only 1 interpret issue as they form and arrive the conclusions and solutions we consid( to be of the best interest to the campus a a whole. Neither The Gamecock nor its editor ha any formal connection with any politici organization on thi& campus or elsewher Commentaries on this page on current que Actilvilty Directo Last week music was blaring forth froi a loudspeaker on the steps of McKissic library and approximately 150 people wei enjoying the first street dance since scho( opened. Then, between 9:30 and 10 p. m., th uniformed night watchman of the unive sity informed the sponsors, Delta Tau, tha the administration had ordered the dant stopped immedliately'. The music was ai noying certain studlents in the campus do mitories, so those in charge folded the loudspeaker and silently crept away. *But, this was not the end of the affai Due to campus, comment andl requests < the student body, Student Council aske and received an apology from the presider conveying his regrets over the incidlen Which, of course, is now past and ver lovely or unlovely, depending upon tH viewpoint. However, the underlying reason for suc friction must be considered. Tfhe (lance ha been registered in the business officei April of this year, which gave ample tim for objections to be- raised. In additioi several days before the event, posters ar nouncing the time and place appearedi various places on the campus. No one wa unwarned, but no one objected--then. Now, if the university employed a ful time director of student activities instead c leaving them an extra burden on the shou dlers of the business office, such incident and hard feelings would be avoided. Fou months ago, a committee named by ODI investigated the needs for such an officia The Y Duns B Carolina's YM-YWCA has been seekin funds this week in its annual finance drive with solicitors appointed to contact eac] student enrolled in the university. The Y, along with The Gamecock, i, aware that students are being "touched' often these days to buy, contribute or give But, of all the organizations on the univer sity campus, this is the most deserving ol the support of the entire student body, foi its rolls are open to all, and each student i* welcomed into Is activities. The long arm of Flinn Hall naturalls . Carroll L. Gilliam - .......James Sheridan ........Kenneth Baldwin Van Newman U Ruth Newell .. Jane Dowe Wimpy Webb Founded first editor. Marguerite Webb the Universi Bobby Gaines college year The opini --------- Jean Hill necessarily t an endorsem o Pay The Bills )r tions of vital interest to all of us represe e only the position of the newspaper and a y. not the echoes of any outside group a ts should never be interpreted as being su< ;o Fairness and impartiality will be 1 tempted at all times in the news colum id and the rules governing good journalh t everywhere will be our guide. As was stat in our fortieth anniversary issue last yei The Gamecock has never had faculty or a e, ministrative supervision or censorship, a the present staff, like those in the pa - believes that this condition has resulted ,n a newspaper unprejudiced in the dissemir it tion of campus news. 11 The staff has accepted the responsibili g of continuing to publish a rewspaper whi - will be of the most service to Carolina, a: - at the same time will maintain the standa of journalistic excellence which last ye d placed The Gamecock among the ten be college weeklies in America. is We believe in the University of Sou o Carolina, and in its duty to be of servi Lt to the people of the state. We believe th r this can be and will be one of the greate s years of progress for both, and The Gani cock will not be left behind. s We will seek to serve all Carolina, ai solicit the support of the entire stude . body, which, after all, pays some of tl ;- bills for this newspaper. r Needed --Nov n drew up an extensive report on his project( k duties and powers, got a green light fro e the faculty and left the matter in the han >l of the administration. To date no one has been hired; no a e nouncements have been made, and the ma ,_ter', seemingly, has reverted to that peculi ~t Carolina limbo (of being "under consi e eration." . No criticism may be heaped at the do -of the business office, for student activiti r~ and scheduling of events and meetings f the 90 or more student organizations is, a: must be, a sideline for those employed thei 'Yet, the student body is rocking along, wi d(dull meeting after dull meeting, confli tI after conflict, and more and more fricti it and misunderstanding. Tlhe need for a full-time employee of t univ'ersity in charge of student activiti should be apparent to anyone on this cai pus. Events could be expedited; full al h varied p)rograms of activities could be s d ranged and interesting affairs held at fo< n ball half-times, resulting in a more pleasa e tour years at Carolina and a more interest, i, alumni. The job offers infinite responsibiliti( a andl also infinite opplortunities; but the s ternative is to continue the p)resent ha hazard system and ultimate friction. The - are still many of us here who can rememb f the era of ilIwill and its unfortunate afte - maths andl unfavorable p)ublicity for ti s university, and we dlon't want to see it ha r Pen again. C Consideration, it seems, is golden; b l, postponement is risky. ut For A Cause g reaches into every organization, but ti , work which benefits most is that of helpi, i the student to help himself through ani terest in others--a broadening aspect n i found in many activities. The YM-YWC 'program is varied, so as to capture the i terest of all types of students and tb sern the campus as a whole. This is the only finance drive conduct( by the Y during the year, so it should I given the whole-hearted support of the ei tire student body. This is one place whei money contributed shows results. GA <OC CROWING FOR A GREATER NIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Associated Collegiate Pre Distributor of Collegiate Digest January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott 4 'The Gamecock" is published by and for ty of South Carolina weekly, on Fridi except holidays and examinations. ons expressed by columnists and letter iose of "The Gamecock." Publishing doe int although the right to edit is reserve !nt re - nd ,h. ns m( ed d in a ty id rd TOM WILLIAMSON ar st AROUND TI th c e Thomas A. Edison once re at marked that he considered Time St the most valuable thing in exist e- ence, because, in his words, "all the money in the world cannot buy one second." id He never halted his tasks nt until the pale hands of Death ie at last sealed his eyes from earthly scenes. His unceasing search for knowl edge led him to learn many things, but probably the one great im- ti pression that was made on him b when .5till a youth was the ne- h c4sity of action. U Edison is gone, but the ad- A vantages which he would have ji ad cherished so much are here a m for you, as students, to en- il joy. The one great hope of b the South, this state, and our a Alma Mater is to furnish n- citizens for posterity who t_ have learned to seek Truth , always, in order to better the conditions which affect our way of life. No worthier goal can be chosen. or * * * * PeseGREATS FIGHT! o Pteand Repeat were brick masons, and according to those dwho knew about such things, they 'e. could lay a wicked row of bricks. th They had learned the trade by et observing the union masons who were busily engagedi in construct- e ing a monstrous jail-house in n Bigtown. Bigstir, the foreman of h rie this senior-grade project had is- t. es sued a proclamation denouncing b n- independent mortar mixers, and h it irked Pete and his namesake p no end, for they considered their s r- handiwork as exemplary as the a t- big boy's, and besides they liked at to mind their owvn business. ad The big cheese on the jail Job wanted the concession that handled the mortar mixing 8, contracts, but the little fel Ll- lows liked to wade around in rEVENTS S( r- Tlhis space will carry each week ganizat ional meetings, socials and ecampus. Societies, clubs or any rt p. desire its R EG U lARI meetings ac leave this information with Miss M event will be included throughouti tFRIDAY, OCT. 1 I p. m.-Junior-Senior Y Coun cil, F"linn Hall, second floor. 7 p. m.-Carolina Christian Service Club, Flinn Hall, sec ond floor. 8:15 p. m.-Carolina - Furman game, Sirrine Stadiunt, Green ville. SUND)AY, OCTr. 3 10 a. m.-Wesley Foundation, sWashington Street Methodist Church. ig 5 p. m.--Pan Hellenic tea. Sims lobby; Sorority Rush Week S begins. out 6 p. m.-Canterbury club, Trin A Ity Episcopal Parish House. 7:15 p. m.-Vespers, University ri- Chapel. eMONDAY, OCT. 4 1 p. m.--Freshman Y Council, Flinn Hall, second floor. d a p. m.-Gamecock staff begins work. ie .8 p. m.--University Film So j.- clety. D)rayton Hall. eTUESDAY, OCT. 5 5 .m.-Hypatian Literary So Business William INA Mary Denny Patrick, Elin Suzanne sonzales as the Ned Threatt, the students of iys, during the Charmaine McCorkle, G4 Duckett, Jac writers are not Th s not constitute omas, Gr d. Fairey, Sam 4E CLOCK their own concrete, and po litely told the knuckle-head to go plaster himself. How an gry can a man get? The big boy donned his craftsman ship overalls and for the first time since he had become a hod carrier he picked up a trowel and decided to show those characters a thing or two. He mounted a bright. red dump -uck and began to tour the local uilding prqjects, showing them Dw he could dilute concrete 50% rd still get the desired results. few listened, but the majority Ist shook their mortar boards nd went on with their landscap 1g. "Goats spring eternal in the loomin' west," it has been said, nd Bigstir sprang on. Pete and Repeat kept right on dabbling in their goo while the big boy raved, dis dainfully showing him only the rear of their busily roll. Ing wheelbarrows. At the end of several weeks of fren zied scurrying around, Pete and Ditto had constructed a crowd of swell little phone booths, while Bigatir had let his supply of diluted concrete harden on him back at the home base. Meanwhile, unnoticed, Timt Cal mine, a former rodent extermi ator and after-dinner* speaker, ad garnered the market on con 'acts by advocating ready-built ungalows, without porches, for as money. He became the king in In the big league while Big bir went back to totin' bricks a reduced salary. Pete and Repeat? Why, they're still mixing their own concrete, to sell at cut prices to Mr. Calcimine. Moral: If you're gonna be a brickmason, don't let your concrete harden. :HEDULE the time, date and place of or other events of Interest to the cognized campus groups which heduled, on this calendar may arshall in Maxcy lobby and the he semester. ciety, Clariosophic Hall. 5 p. m.-Euphrosynean Liter .ary Society, Euphradian Hall. 5 p. m.-States Rights Demo. crats, Chapel. 7 p. m.-Euphradian Literary Society, Euphradian Hall. 7 p. .m.--Clariosophic Literary Society, Clarosophic Hall. p. r.-Kappa Sigma Kappa, Legare 101. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6 1 p m.-Blue Key, Steward's Ip. mn.-Sophomore Y Council, Flinn H all, second floor. 4:30 p. m.-CAROLINA RE VIEW, Publications Building. p. m..-Coed Association, Le gare 161. THURSDAY, OCT. 7 Ip. m.-YM-YWCA Cabinet, lilnn Hall, second floor. P. m.--Student Council, Mc-1 cutchen, second floor. p. m.-Pre-Tulane Pep Rally and bon-fire, Maxey Monu- ' nment. Manager-.---... REPORTORIAL S B. Scott, Terrell L. Glenn, Dav , James Hughes, Arthur Rul Dr Keels, J. Burrell Sanders, J Moye, Eric Oppenheimer, E< Harold Bourgeois, Rudy River rutt, Margi Levinson, Betsy I mnaro Huerta, Bob Westerfiek k Morgan, Joe Molony, Jim dy Decell, Jane Gerard, Pete Sorota, Jim Alexander, and B SOL ABRAMS /May Be W Everyone will agree that there is a certain amount of commer cialism in college football. Just how business-like it has become is seldom realized until personal experience brings it into sharp fo cus. Such incidents occurred Fri day night at the Carolina Stadium. Last football season the stu dents of the university were seated from the 50-yard line southward to the goal in the west stands, being separated from the "paying customers" .by a wire fence. This admit tedly was not enough space, and those who came late (that is up to half an hour before game time), were herded into temporary stands, built with the idea of seating the over flow so that it would not im pede the view of the cash clientele, and with no consid eration paid to the latecom ing students. This year since the student body is considerably smaller than it has been in the recent past, there were hopes that the situation would au tomatically solve itself. However, the Carolina - Newberry game showed it worse if anything. The wire fence at the 50-yard line had been moved to the 40-yard line, al lowing no easing of the congested condition of the student - section. One might suppose that in years to come, if the student body is re duced to a fraction of its present size, the wire will be advanced un tii all the students are seated in the temporary stands. Not only is there a great amount, of inconvenience in seating, but the approach to the gate is itself an ordeal. Since only one section is al lowed to the students, all of BOB SOLOMONS Fore '1 Only a few will insist that cot-' lege is just routine, the rest of us argue that it is a "leap in the dark," full of surprises, asi well as unpleasant and delightful sit uations. The only thing routine is the fact that freshmen, year af ter year, are just- as bewildered, and seniors just as arrogant. The rest of us drift to and fro on the misty flats--unquote!l Registration set the pace and left us a little the worse for wear; if it's any consolation for fresh men and transfers. The story goes1 that an old student, nearing thel eompletion of a grueling day, wasi confronted by one of the smiling~ coeds at the row of desks in fronts of McKissick. She said, "Are youj an Episcopalian?" "No, a Lamhda Chi," he answered in all sincer ity, before the crowd swept him up the steps to the next station. ..Confusion was King for a * * * * . As the week moved on, things ooked better; everyone got in step and Carolina gained n)oment um. Some sported sun tans, others in sisted moon tans were to be pre !erred. Many parties got under way and social life maintained a comfortable lead over scholastic sork. * * * . . Another early mistake was try ng to get in Joe Patrone's; al hough the casualty list has not een posted, the traffic was ter' rific. I managed to get back toi he black hole of Columbia only I >y getting In the traffic pattern >ehind the giants with the well haved heads, (freshmani foot- I ~allers, no less). This is the only pot In town where one can get a moke without lightin' up. . . Another interesting remark 'verheard in the canteen last week < ras the demure Freshman coed i sking another, "Now, what's thiu tory about the ball on Maxcy ( rionument?" - - . Need I say5 %'MtUUWr AV AUV%O . George W. Shelor VAFF id H. Crum, Ditty Fleishman, gheimer, May Herbert, Ruth eanne Turner, Olga Edwards. Iward Vereen, Pat Shaddock, s, Eugene Rogers, Jane Almy, (nowlton, Al Munn, Marjorie 1, Lloyd Huntington, Leonard ,rawford, Jem.Newbury, Ish Partee, Belinda Collum, Bill ill Rogers. rong But... them must be admitted through one gatr where tick ets are checked and punched. This necessitates a certain amount of lost time. The fact that one entrance, just as the present seating allotment, Is insufficient was proven by the line four deep, and almost 100 yards in length that formed before game time, and which was still moving in after the game had started. After entering the stadium an other obstacle was encountered in the form of a backlog of students jamme.d in the opening to the stands as they tried to squeeze into the area assigned them. All in all, it took about 20 minutes to struggle into a seat in the tem porary stands at ground level. Besides being uncomfort able, this overcrowding that caused the aisles to become impassable could be danger ous. Certainly this condition contributed to the lack of school spirit among the stu dent body at the game. This could be rectified by as signing individual seats, just as the post office boxes are assigned, or by simply reserving enough scats in the stands for the num ber of athletic tickets issued, tak ing the limited number of date tickets into accouAt. Are the Carolina students to be shunted aside by the commercialism of football? Even so, some part of the $4.90 paid each semester as an athletic fee goes toward a seat in the stadium, which makes them semi-customers. As such they are entitled to half the consideration of pay ing customers; that is about all they ask. N' Aft Hats off to the Gamecocks for their victory over Newberry; we sincerely hope the season wvill be successful. If I might pass a comi ment and have it accepted in the right spirit, I'd like to say that the cheering was not up to par. Realizing that the game was Caro lina's all the way is p)art of the explanation, in addition to not having a mike to announce the yells. If the team can run up a score like that, we can at least add some vocal accompaniment. Fifteen rahs help a lot at times.... We aren't saying that school 5lpi'dt in't good l)ut there is vast r.oom for improvement. If aniy ane has suggestions to offer for t necessary "shot in the arm," this !olumn wvill be glad to accept all entries and pass them along. 7 Sp)eaking for Hill Dominey and the rest of the cheerleaders, let's. rock the ole stadium next time, ss well as follow the team as of ren as POssible.... CAMPUS Oi)DITIES: Longest thing on the campus is ;he line handed new students, and Fill Keith's face when he signed ib for an eight o'clock class.... B~usiest things were freshmen 'egistering, and the phones in # uims. . ..Transfer trying to get ni the "phone booth," which turn ~d out to be the gateman's hut at he mamn entrance. . . . Incidental y, Columbia's airport is the only )elta stop which claims more uight traffic on the ground than n the air; the highway depart nent is seriously thinking of in taIling traffic lights to regulate he rush.... * * 9 While waiting for attention in he Infirmary last week, an ami l'student subjected Doctor. WAad el' five-year-.old grandson to the ~ sunl questioning: "Would you ke to be a doctor, like your randpop, when you grow up?" he ,as asked. "No," he replied, "I rants work !"