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 Assistant Business Manager Managing Editor USC - - Nuci Each man, woman and child in South Carolina today has a stake in the University of South Carolina. From the uppermost hill of the Piedmont to the lowest land strip on the Atlantic its influence or the effects of the lack of that influence touch every indi vidual. For, the efforts of the university are directed to the future, and it is to the future that all South Carolina is looking in tlH.s era. Economically and socially this state has moved forward since the age of the red shirt and night riders. So, too, has the university become m6re important since Ben Tillman, the leader of that age, termed it a "cesspool of iniquity." Today's youth are looking to the univer sity for tangible education which can be con verted into a better job, better living and a better future. More high school graduates ick at Carii:2 - d training de signed tu fit them for the modern world, and in so doing turn from the small liberal arts college to state institution. Responsibility for seeing that these new students find what they seek lies with the university and with the General Assembly which is responsible "for the university. It is a new role for both, and the two must and should rise to fill it. But, the question remains, is the univer sity today fitted for the task, and are the leaders of the state aware of the new de mands the people are making of their insti tution? Apparently, the answer would be "No." Carolina has been behind the door for years when funds were passed out and the only thinking (lone on the future of the school, the only planning for postwar de velopment has been by the university ad ministration and Board of Trustees. These men themselves do not have the power to appropriate money to carry out those plans, Guidance For This week students have been planning their courses for next fall, their first brush with the usual red tape. It might be called the Age of Realization --realization by many students that they have been at the university three, four, or five semesters andl have not taken the courses necessary for their required curri culum. Sonme seniors find that graduation day will just be the (lay they register for summer school. All this points up a fault in the 'adminis trative and faculty planning for the student body. Students need accurate, correct and Ashes To Ashe Carolina needs birth control and mercy killings for organizations. Today's campus finds the list of organizations, functiofting and unfunctioning, approaching the one hun dIred mark. This is one organization for each 40 stu dlents, but unifortunatelyintheir total member ship would not exceed one thousand and meetings of some find the exact member ship found at meetings of others. Without constitutions, which are annually rewritten throughout the campus, harassed presidents would not know exactly what was meeting, and1 everi if he (does know the net result is the same-a semi-organized bull session at which committees are appointed to have smaller and less organized bull sessions. Carroll L. Gilliam - . . . Ned Threatt Kenneth W. Baldwin, Jr, ............. Joe Molony UNI ............. Ruth Newell i. ................ Jane Dowe Wimpy Webb Founded Jar Marguerite Webb first editor. "Ti Bobby Gaines the University ..............Jack Walther conege year ex The opinion: --------- Jean Hill necessarily thos an endorsement Dus Of Future and the postwar program has amounted to little more than their blueprints with scant attention from the state itself. Conditions on the campus have become progressively worse despite efforts of har assed officials. In the beginning, it was believed that the postwar flood.of students would taper off to the prewar level, but that has proved incorrect, and the university re mains with its 46 acres, facilities for some 2,000 students and an enrollment of more than 4,000. Needs seem endless but actually may not be. Requirements necessary for this en rollment are only those normally necessary for a state university this size. Changes desirable are under the heading of a de parture from the policy of niggardliness to that of expansion which is already in prog ress in other states. Carolina owes much to the state and the state has much to gain in its development, so the cry of the students and the admin istration is a plea for the people. The uni versity is the property of the citizens and is their servant; through its education rising standards of culture, economic life and in dustrial development are possible. Today, the university needs space, land for expansion, land for education and rec reation. Buildings and other facilities are in poor shape and the school itself is being smothered in the expansion of the city of Columbia. The university should be moved, rebuilt and revitalized at a new site. Realization of the duty of Carolina to its students and the state is necessary today. Students on the campus are asking that the university be moved, that a long-range plan be drawn up, so that five or ten years hence we may see a greater Carolina rising in place of the present antiquated school. We believe that a new Carolina is a pos sibility.-.today and a necessity for education and advancement of the state.-CLG. All Students? resp)onsible counseling in selection of their courses. This dloes not mean the current system of shoving piece of paper under some (leans nose for his signature, but guidl ance aimedl at well-rounded curricula which meet the requirements for diplomas. Freshmen are given guidlance in their se lection of courses without resorting to gram mar school (dictation. Upper-classmen could be given the same personal aid. The result would be less dlissatisfaction with the stu (lent body, and possibly clos@r relationship between studlent and professor, something which is a scarce commodity todlay.-CLG. s, Dust To Dust Ithis mushrooming of man's natural gregarious spirit, p)rofessions, servants of the university, leaders, religious sects, poli ticians andl so on have their separate con claves, only more often it is an appointed conclave at which few appears. We need to ascertain whether an organi zation is needed before it is established; we need to prune those we now have, consoli dating groups with like purposes and elimi nating those which exist in name only. This could solve many of the complaints about school spirit through increasedl stu (lent interest, purpose and participation. Mr VAEW C %, qW CROWING FOR A GREATER VERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl [ember of Associated Collegiate Pr4 Distributor of Collegiate Digest uary 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott e Gamecock" is published by and fo of South Carolina weekly, on Fri -ept holidays and examinations. expressed by columnists and lette e of "The Gamecock." Publishing dc although the right to edit is reserm TOM WILLIAMSON AROUND T At long last, rush week is over, and another phase of Carolina life has passed. This particular rush period has been a tedious one, and very long drawn out; it seems that something should be done to shor ten the pain and worry of those taking part in fraternity life, and to streamline the period devoted to securin'g new members. Interfraternity council can do some very constructive work in the near future if it will join the other "constitution conscious" groups and revise its constitution in order to simplify its program of fraternity life. One of the chief aims of a fraternity on this campus should be to provide wholesome recreation at a mini mum cost to the individual mem ber, and the expensive parties which rush week (?) occasioned this fall has left a drain on fra ternal treasuries. Bids should be issued at least by the Clemson football game, and initiation could take place that same semester, if the fraternity so diesires. Thought should be given to the costs which the par ents of some of the fraternity members have to bear, and -lightening the load on them would be the admirable thing to do. IA college boy can get a lot out of being in a fraternity. To be gin with, it gives him a chance to get started in college with the kind of companions which can give aid and consideration, and on the -other handl it teaches him to meet financial responsibilities and social -problems. There aie many on the campus who can never get n a fraternity because of the money involved. Others simply dho not wish to be come part of the fraternity sys LeIters Dear Editor: Your statement in the Dec. 3 Gamecock regarding Carolina "its scholastic and scholarly stan (lards may be high," etc., implies that this is the case. Think again, maun. Or just think! It is not buildings that make a university. (Though they help.) It is the cali bre of the faculty plus students who want to and can learn. Consider this.. Some 35 per cent of the university faculty have no more than b)achelor's dlegrees. Ten memb)ers of' the faculty, according to the 1947-48 catalog, have no de grees at all! It is safe to estimate that about one-half of the univer sity faculty are not well enough p)rep)aredi to hold the positions they have. Look at the recordi and see. Any talk ahout high scholastic standards at Carolina is bunk. In isolated cases, it is true, we have Business i William E INA Mary Denny, SB Patrick, Elino: Suzanne Ned Threatt, Gonzales as the Nutt, Margi r the students of Genaro Huert lays, during the Jack Morgar, Grady Decell, Sorota, Jim A rwriters are not Walther, Anno es not constitute garet Ficquet ed. Tuttle and Hil .. . .. T7777 t L HE CLOCK tem. If the fraternities have their best interests at heart they will, though their members, attempt to rectify some of the conditions which are being criticized on the Carolina campus at the present time, and help make our univer niUy Wne of thc bt i;n the South, This school is not ig enough to support a divided student body, and it will take the concerted ef foits of all the members of the academic classes here, in or out of fraternal groups, to pull through to a successful goal for which the university stands. Competition makes our country have the industrial might wh'ich( is the envy of the rest of the civi lized world. It existed in the arm ed services during the recent war it also was present in the sub ordinated sections of each branch of the service. But it was the over all unity which achieved the re sounding victor yagainst the ag gressor nations. The several groups on our campus can have - friendly rivalry, too, but all petty ambitions should be junked when the good of the university is con. I cerned. Shouldn't the great aim of a a school such as Carolina be to send out adequately trained men and women to combat the engulfing a torrents of life? Why don't they '] return to the campus later in lifei to aid in the furthering of the c aims of the college from which I they graduated? There doesn'ti seem to be much incentive to come back, maybe the fault lies in their Alma Mater, she is proving to be , a harsh matron.t Let's work together for a greater Carolina, maybe someday we'll get one!? great teaching. Our few great a teachers are the glory of Carolina. Our many poorly prepared ones i make the university an educational slum. It is not just the buildings that need replacing. Faculty salaries are, in all pIrob) ability, the lowest in the nation for a state university. The num her of classes that each teacher has to teach is so high that great scholarship is out of the question. I suggest you advocate a better faculty, and a more fairly paidl one. Only so can Carolina be great. t Name Withheld. (Ed. Note: The faculty isg poorly paid, but this view is highly ex- j aggeratedJ as to its reflection onI the present members. Many are e here at personal sacrifices, and v~ Just raising their pay does not make the university more livahle a or more attractive to persons 5 customed to better living and d teachingr cnditins) wanager .......... REPORTORIAL S' Scott, Terrell L. Glenn, DaN James Hughes, Arthur Rul r Keels, J. Burrell Sanders, J Hoye, Eric Oppenheimer, E( Harold Bourgeois, Rudy Ri Levinson, Betsy Knowlton, i a, Bob Westerfield, Lloyd I Van Newman, Jim Crawford Jane Geraid, Pete Partee, Be lexander, Bill Rogers, W. -. 1 Clark, Toni Leppard, Floreti te, Virginia Emory, Marion da Adams. i0L ABRAMS I May Be 9 It is very encouraging to see he school authorities take action o establish a thought-nut system if pre-registration and supervision f student curriculum. This action ias been needed ever since the hapel was found to be too small o accommodate the entire student iody. The success of this project depends on the students them selves. We must not think of this plani as another of the necessary evils connected with the semesterly rat races called registration, where only the quick and the lucky obtain any great part of the classes desired. Instead, we must realize that a almly considered schedule pre iare( with the guidance of pIo eSSo1's, and lresented well in ad 'ance to each department will il ow the student a larger choice of ubjects, the faculty a correct and sable list for class enrollment, nld the administration to deter fine the lrol)lems that w'ill face hem in the near future. This is the first time that pre-registration has been at tempted in this manner. It is to be expected that some prob lems will come up which have not been foreseen, and others to which the proposed solution will be found inadequate. This is natural and should not be taken as proof that the pre registration pllan will not he practicable. Many observing students will ave sensible recommendations to iake which are based on their cadeiic erwritlces. They should ot hesitate. to voice these to the urofessors, especially to heads of lepartments. 30B SOLOMONS Fore 1I As we take a closer look at the etivities and problems of the Caro. ina student we realize with little oubt the vast number of trying ituations confronted, each day by Mr. Average Student." This opening paragraph may ound like pessimism at it's best. osome it may suggest that feel ng with amazing correctness. To 'thers it may serve it's intended Purpose by suggesting a problem mnmediately concerning men and vomen of this institution. It has been the policy of this olumn for the past few weeks to ake issues effecting a majority ~roup and give them a little light. These are neither products of my mnagination~ nor situations which rave no basis but those offered by tudents directly affected. Last wveek the problem of park g on the University campus was iewedl. An attempt was made to resent both sides of the question n a clear and accurate manner. ince last week comments have eeni passed supporting and de iounici ng the suggested changes. is could be expected, however, a arge majority favored this ser 'ice to the students and to the Uni 'ersity. Whether anything will be done b)out it remains to be seen but here is little doubt that a large umber of students would be great y aided by favorable action. To sk for a complete change in the resent set-up would be foolish. t does seemI highly probable, how.. ver, for a plan to b)e worked out thereby the gates could be opened n Sunday afternooun and kept open little longe.r dluring the week. tre we wrong in expecting Stu ent-administr.ation Co-op)eratioun to e rei,wrncal eorge W. Shelor, Jr. AFF id H. Crun, Ditty Fleishman, Kheimer, May Herbert, Ruth eanne Turner, Olga Edwards. ward Vereen, Pat Shadduck, vers, Jane Almy, Charmaine l Munn, Marjorie McCorkle, funtington, Leonard Duckett, , Jem Newbury, Ish Thomas, linda Collum, Bill Fairey, Sam dcCartha, Chuck Gibson, Jack :e Reyner, Carolyn Katz, Mar Gibson, Patsy Epps, Frances rong But... Students have justly com plained about the present practice of class scheduling. The customary procedure is for the departmental heads and higher ranking teachers to take their classes at the convenient mid-morning hours. Often only one section of a required or highly desired course is taught at one of these hours. This often results in a student having to choose one subject to be taken from a group of equally d2sired courses. Often a little wanted hardly useful course must be substituted for one more ap plicable to the student's degree. Stories are told of persons who have had to remain in undergraduate school for sev eral semesters because of this practice of arranging most classes between nine and eleven in the morning. One must realize that some con flict will be found in any sched ule, aid that not everyone can be lAeased. However, an intelligently conceived schedule can be drawn up by co-ordinating all depart ments, and with a definite at tempt to alleviate the situation as I)Iuch as possible. Some plan by which the ju nior-senior required subiects would be taught at less popu lar periods, and all classes generally to be more evenly spread over a greater number of hours would he highly bene ficial to those students who seek an education. This action by the school is an effort in the right direction. It is expected and hoped that it is merely the first step in establish Iing a pre-a rrangedl and person alized system of study for stu Nf Aft I do not champion a cause against an ap)parent unconcern by the JUiversity administrationi. On the contrary paUst records show that the administration has work ed hand in hand with the students in bringing about necessary changes. It is safe to think that any outstanding problems will be giveni this same consideration. Another popular topic of discus sion is student-faculty relation ship. When student groups get to gether the subject is usually brought up. It is the opinion of a ntumber of Carolina men and women that a growing feeling of unconcern about student welfare is apparent. A nother complaint is that some faculty members fail to present subject matter in an easily understandable form. It is an old trick left over from grammar school days to blame the professor for the faults of the stu dent. It would be impossible to say how much of this feeling could be contributed to the grade school idea and1( how much could be justi-~ fiably charged. In a group discussion held re cently at the home of Dean Jack son, this subject was discussed. Dean Jackson and President Smith assuredi those present that the pro fessors have the b6st interest of the students at heart. This feeling is genuine. If as a freshman you are having trouble arranging your classes or understanding an assignment ask your instructors for assistance. You will find them veiPy glad to help you in every way possible. IIelp them and yourself by doing ~ your p)art and my guess is that, they will turn out to be pretty nice people after all.