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 . Watchful Wi Tuesday the session of the South Carolina General Assembly which well may decide the postwar fate of education in the state will convene. Before the members, a large number of whom are freshmen at the State House, will be placed many programs, among them the long-range permanent improve ments plans of the University of South Carolina. Within a few weeks, the decision on Caro lina's future will be made in the legislative halls, and for the good of the people and the state itself, the legislative answer to the university's requests should be the affirma tive. For a long time, hundreds of South Caro linians have bemoaned the status quo in their state. Each time a government sur vey in one field or another is released, and the Palmetto State appears either at, or close to, the bottom of the list, a spotlight is played upon our standards. State agencies and bureaus we abound in; thousands of dollars are spent and have been spent for costly studies by experts in va rious fields. All of these look to a better day for the state, and some reflect the low educational conditions existing here. Various panaceas are offered, which when taken all together, certainly could do no harm to South Carolina. But the key to the situation is education, and rather than be ing pushed aside for better roads, penitev tiaries, etc., it should be made the point of emphasis in efforts of reform and uplift. al. Ma-tGssni oo Qi- s'ould be the )urI-SUed ideal rather than the passing idea, for each man or woman who has ab sorbed college training is working for im provement of his or her living standards. Through this unit ambition and attainment comes that which the planners and research ers seek, a truly progressive state. And, this education itself should be within the reach of those masses it seeks to serve, that they may become the successful businessmen, lawyers, engineers, dloctors and teachers in their communities. . Cooperation Success of any .ioint efforts by the stu (lent body and the administration of the university today is doubtful before such undlertak(ings are begun. Somewvhere, some how, dlown the line of authority and through the numerous student activities, the 01(1 idlea of a university community has beeni forgotteni. Various factors may be responsible, and many causes have been brought forth for the feeling of distrust, dlisinterest and animosity between one group or another on the campus. A tremendlous increase of students, no doubt has had its effects, and the influence of the wvar affected all p)hases of university life. Today, however, the na~vy no longer con stitutes the ma.jority of the students at Carolina, and South Carolinians ar.e once more the' most numerous state group on the campus. Veterans are still attending the university, but are now more student than G. I. Yet, the friction remains. Student organizations attemp)t to promote activities and functions; Student Council seeks information concerning phases of the university itself; faculty members and the average studeCnt are swamped under a dleluge of red-tape. Efforts at efficiency only seem to prove that forms and blanks are prolific beyond imagination. In all these cases, student efforts b)ecome confused, with the old treks from /*ice to office, and the impression of a vasL, disor ganized enterprise is createdl. The human relationship between student and adlminis trator is negtative and the natural result is Carroll L. Gilliam .... .... .Ned Threatt Kenneth W. Baldwin, Jr. ............. Joe Molony UNIV .............. Ruth Newell Me ............... Jane Dowe ........... Wimpy Webb Founded Janu ......... Marguerite Webb first editor, "The Bobby Gaines the University o Jack Walther college year exce The opinions -.--.--- Jean Hill necessarily those an endorsement s iting Begins That is the purpose of state universities -low cost higher education for the sons of those who support the institutions through their taxes. That is the purpose of the University of South Carolina. Yet, Carolina tot.ay cannot fulfill this charge. Development has lagged;. while other colleges in South Carolina are already deep in construction of new physical facili ties, nothing has been done here. Over four thousand students will have passed through this institution, attaining their education under makeshift conditions, inefficient, un comfortable and unnecessary. That this is what faced booming enroll ments after the war is the fault of either the administration, the state or both. Nat urally, the vicious circle of "no money, no plans, and no plans, no money" had its effect. Of course, no one could foresee the tre mendous increase in enrollment, but prepa rations apparently were not made for even normal increases. Educational booms fol lowing the first World War should have been some indication of what would follow the second. Today, the university has prepared the blueprints for its expansion. These plans and dreams will never be more than just that for those of us who are here now, but anyone who is interested in the school wants to see it grow, and we would like the guar antee that our generation will be the last to achieve college education in "temporary" This program awaits the action of Ja General Assembly, many of whose members have expressed themselves individually as looking with favor upon an improved Uni versity of South Carolina. Collectively, their action will decide the course of the institu tion and the future of higher education at low-cost for the masses of South Carolina, the families and constituents of the legisla tors. The university has made its plans at last, andl now the university waits.-CLG. : Dual Affair feeling that the administration is "a nec essary evil" and that the student body is ''necessarily evil." This existence of the university as a di p)loma machine is unnecessary. Students should not look forward to the day of gradluation as convicts anticipating paroles; each studlent should feel that he has a place on the camp)us, that he is a part of the uni versity itself and that his or her ideas for its imp)rovement, or suggestions on its func tions, should not be dismissed as just so much prattle. Even though students may not be important, part of the gift of pleas ing thent is making them feel important. Some members of the student body have triedl and are trying to meet the administra tion half-way. Reciprocation of that gesture is all that most ask, yet, it is lacking. Cer tain members of the student body criticize anything which occurs, yet take no steps to better Carolina or to participate in its ac tivities. They become a disgruntled core, to which others flock when given the "cold shoulder" treatment. Today the university is planning for vast improvements in its physical plant. Those looking to the future foresee tremendous in creases in- enrollment, and general expansion of Carolina's facilities. Tifs, however, is not enough, for some time should be devoted now to the realization that each person on the campus is a part of the university com munity. If the university's poles, administration andl studlent body, can come closer together, we all will appreciate, rather than deprecate, each other .--CLI. GA 40c CROWING FOR A GREATER ERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL nber of Associated Collegiate Pre Distributor of Collegiate Digest ary 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gamecock" is published by and fq f South Carolina weekly, on Frid pt holidays and examinations. expressed by columnists and letter of "The Gamecock." Publishing dot Jthough the right to edit is reserve And let Carolina beat Clemson a better TOM WILLIAMSON AROUND T Duty is to each individual just what it entails in his or her daily existence; to some, it is doing things to help others, a different group of thinkers seem to believe that duty is owed first to one's personal sielf. To be perfectly frank Qbouj.. the matter, 0iVi7 seems to really mean just what one does above and beyond his natural call. A policeman's duty does not end with just enforcing the statutes on the books at City Hall, he must also be an ambassador of Goodwill to his city's visitors and citizens. Children are taught to look up to him as a shield against the wrong-do ers, and one to turn to in time of danger and need. One of a soldier's duties is to fight in time of war, but thanks to Divine guidance, armed violence is one of the less-called upon duties which he has to perform. The other, less demanding services which his station in life calls upon him to fulfill are the ones which occup)y the greater percentage of his time. Usually a citizen feels that it is his duty to pay taxes, al though somewhat begrudging ly, and to obey those laws which he feels he must, In order to maintain a free status in his community. Oth er duties are to his personal self and to his loved ones. But what of the unfortunate person who is unlucky enough to become enmeshed in the coils of the law, and finds himself on trial, perhaps for his very life? Jury duty then becomes the lot of several citizens whose names are picked at random from the lists of taxpayers, and a prolonged hue and cry accompanies the selection of a EVENTS S This space will carry each weel ganizational meetings, socials, an campus In general. Such info GAMECOCK office by Monday, the event. FRIDAY, JAN. 7 1 p. r.-Junior-Senior Y Coun cil, Flinn Hall, second floor. 8 p. ml.--Carolina-Citadel bas ketball game, University Field House. SUNDAY, JAN. 9 10 a. m.-Wesley Foundation, Washington Street Methodist Church. 6 p. m.-Canterbury Club, Trin ity Episcopal Parish House. 7 p. rn-Vespers, University Chapel. MONDAY, JAN. 10 1 p.m-reha Y Council, Flin Hal, seondfloor. 8 p. mn.-Caroline-Wake Forest basketball game, University Field House. TUESDAY, JAN. 11 woo Business William INA Mary Denny Patrick, Elin Suzanne Ned Threatt ,onzales as the Nutt, Margi the students of Genaro Huej Rys, during the Jack Morgan Grady Decell Sorota, Jim A writers are not Walther, Ani ia not constitute garet Ficque d. Tuttle and H this year so Daddy will be in humor! HE CLOCK large number, for each feels that he should be excluded from sitting in judgment. Nu merous excuses are offered for exemption, some so ludi crous as to be mentioned in the joke section of tb_a A. Judges have become vexed at this apparent lack of civic duty on the part of grown men and women, and sone legislators have advocated trial by judge alone, as is the custom in domestic rela tions and juvenile courts. Of course, the constitution guaran tees the right of trial by jury, but it has been amended in .the past and will so be in the future. When countries have awak ened One morning to find their fundamental freedoms van ished, as has been the case too frequently in recent years, then it is too late to make re forms, and check gaps in gov ernmental procedures. When a child is apprehended by the authorities for stealing, va grancy, and the host of other crimes against his society, then someone older has neglected his duty. If the pioper people (the ones too busy to generally serve on juries), were to perform this sacred function to preserve the in tegrity of the laws and people's liberties, then a better system of legal developments wouldl ensue. Indifference is a great evil to human development, per haps one or the first crimes against Man. If more atten tion were paid to the processes whereby a human being is tried and convicted of crime, then the costs in dollars and cents, ignoring the price of human misery, would drop greatly in a short length of time. CHEDULE the time, date and place of or I other events of interest to the -mation should be left at THE 3 p. in., of the week preceding Council, Flinn Hall, second floor. 7 p. m.--Clariosophie Literary society, Clariosophic Hall. 7 p. m.-Euphradlan Literary society, Euphradian Hall. 8 p.' m.-Student Democrats' Club, Legare 101. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12 1 p. m.--Sophomore Y Council, Flinn Hall. 4:80 p. m.--Carolina Review, Publications Building. 7 p. m.-Westminster Fellow ship, F irsat Presbyterian Church. 7 .m-app~a Sima Kappa, THURSDAY, JAN. 13 1 p. l.Y-WA Cabinet, Fln Ha Cunil,.c Manager -------G REPORTORIAL '] B. Scott, Terrell L. Glenn, Dav , James Hughes, Arthur Rui Dr Keels, J. Burrell Sanders, .1 Moye, Eiic Oppenheimer, Ed Harold Bourgeoia, Rudy - Ri Levinson, Betsy Knowlton, I -ta, Bob Westerfield, Lloyd I Van Newman, Jim Crawford Jane Gerard, Pete Partee, Be' klexander, Bill Rogers, W H. ] ie Clark, Toni Leppard, Floreti tte, Virginia Emory, Marion ilda Adams. SOL ABRAMS I May Be U In 1944 the McKissick Memorial scholarship fund was established in memory of Dr. J. Rion McKis sick. Many individuals and organi zations participated in this worthy project. A sizeable fund was, en thusiastically raised. In 1948 the fund lay forgotten and unused in the offices of the administration. only the attempt by Kappa Sigma Kappa to sell rat caps and the annual bridge party by the same group kept the proj ect from joining the musty glories of the past, preserved in the Caro liniana Library. No report has ever been made to the student body on this fund. No effort to establish a policy for distributing scholarships has ever been presented or made public. No group has ever been appointed to consider awarding scholarships. Nothing, other than noting that the fund existed, has been accom plished. The student groups have lost in terest. Alpha Kappa Gammia, once the co-leaders of the fund's estab lishment, have turned over .their interests and responsibilities to KSK. KSK battles indifference due to ignorance of the fund. Year ly the task of raising money for this purpose becomes more diffi cult. Only after considerable student and faculty inquiry was the ac count of the fund brought up & date. The total cash We of the funf was founf to be over $9,000. There are U. S. government bonds with the maturity value of $6,325 and insurance stocks with thp pres ent value of about $4,500 in the ac count. Also, there is $693.43 in cash on hand. One full scholarship can be is sued from this sum, and with help from student organizations the bal BOB SOLOMONS Fore* One of the most unjustifiably criticized organizations on the cam pus is the University Theatre. Af ter seeing "Arsenic and Old Lace" the week before Christmas I was so pleased with both the set and the performance that I dropped backstage just to see how things were operated. Talking with some of the~ stage crew I discovered that "Arsenic" was produced and directed by one of the students. Being a law stu dent he chooses, and tactfully so, not to reveal his identity but the results reached in the stage pro duction are a credit to his instruc tor and head of the University Theatre, Professor Merrill Guerden Christophersen. The University Theatre numbers about 40 or 50 active members, While the enthusiasm of this group is never <4ampened, they are faced with considerable difficulties in the staging of a play. First of all Drayton hall has to be shared with other campus organizations, the University High School, and with outside groups. This cuts h~eavily into the rehearsal schedule. In or der to get ready for "Arsenic and Old Lace," several of the stage crew worked the Saturday night before the opening (late until 1 :30 a.m.; got up before daybreak Sun day morning and worked until 11:30 that night. They met classes Monday morning and then worked continuously until '7:30 Tuesday morning--all night without a bit of sleep. Their efforts were not unre warded. One of the largest audi dheen to see a University play was delighted with their almost exact copy of the original set used on eorge W. Shelor, Jr. 'AFF id H. Crum, Ditty Fleishman,. rheimer, May Herbert, Ruth eanne Turner, Olga Edwards. ward Vereen, Pat Shadduck, vers, Jane Almy, Charmaine l Munn, Marjorie McCorkle, luntington, Leonard Duckett, t, Jem Newbury, Ish Thomas, linda Collum, Bill Fairey, Sam VcCartha, Chuck Gibson, Jack ;e Reyner, Carolyn Katz, Mar Gibson, Patsy Epps, Frances (rong But... ance needed for a second award can be obtained. With joint planning by the administration and the stu dent body the fund could be in creased to an amount which would insure the financing of at least two scholarships with the interest from the invested fund. By such an organized plan more and more aid could be given worthy persons, who normally could not af ford a college education. This would provide useful outlets for student energy, and a common ground for bettering student-fac ulty relations. The students can do much to help the fund by such actions as encouraging freshmen to resume the tradition of wearing rat caps. These will be sold in the registra tion line. Attendance at activities which are designed to raise money for this purpose is an enjoyable and effective way to assist. Students can only instigate tem porary interest without the full co operation of the faculty and ad ministration. Concrete evidence in the form of publicized scholarships to unnamed persons would receive statewide publicity, and would be an incentive to greater action. It is even possible that other per sons would become conscious of the service they could do for the aate by either directi, g%Aving scholar 1-hn or by contributing to such funds as the one being discussed. Administrative action to set up a joint student-faculty committee to establish scholarships for imme diate usage and policy in the handl ihg of these scholarships would be helpful in closing the breach that now exists between the student and the administration, and give some good publicity to the university for a change. N' Aft Casting difficulties is another problem often confronting and con founding the thespians. For in stance, Bill Keith was all set to p)lay the lead in the aforementioned comedy wvhen his wife found out that he would have to kiss the lead ing lady several times. Of course this bounced the gay Lothario out on his ear. Matrimony isn't the only obstacle blocking the progress of the theatre. Too few students and professors, too, for that mat ter, know that try-outs for a play are open to the whole campus, and not merely to active members of the theatre. The current play be ing cast is Oscar Wilde's "The Im portance Of Being Earnest," to be presented the last of February. Noticeably lacking backstage at Drayton Hall is technical equip ment. There is no light dimmer, few spotlights, and the whole light ing set-up is quite inadequate as comp)ared to that of other schools. It is miraculous that the lighting director illuminates the set as well as he does considering the material he has at his disposal. In spite of all these handicaps we must not lose sight of the fact that there is no department of drama here at Carolina. This alone accounts for the lack of technical equipment. What material that is used is purchased with funds al lotted the University Theatre from the Student Activity Fees. Nothing daunted, Carolina's theatrical complement has pro duced four three-act plays this so-. mester - more than any other school in the state. Few colleges in the whole country without a drama department have equalled this rec ord and yet retained the profe. sional quality as exhibited by the University Theatre at Drayton Hall.