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 Ken Too Much E If the South Carolinian of today ever stops for a few moments of serious thought, his mind will eventually come to rest on the question, "What is to become of South Caro lina?" Commonly referred to as one of the nation's more "backward" states, it has late ly been heralded by some as "a state with a future," as being "on the road to greatness." With the first statement we agree; with the second, there's room for doubt. If it is on such a road those at the wheel seem de termined that it slip back two st(-)s for every one it takes forward. . Let us take the case of our state univer sity, this institution ot higher learning which we have chosen as our medium of instruction in the knowledge and methods of the modern business world. We all know its history. We have been told many times of its )ast accom plishments and recognition. For these things we are grateful to those of the state who have led its university in the past. But now those citizens of South Carolina who are nearest to Carolina, its own stu dents, realize that "she ain't what she used to be." Our fellow citizens have heard from us concerning this. Our leaders have heard from us. We have wanted to, do want to, and will always want to better the position of Carolina among other similar institutions. A plan was devised by the students to move the university out of its little cubbyhole in the heart of Columbia and lit it where it could have room to ex)an(l and modernize. This plan was stated clearly and logically in these columns along with the reasons for Helr Us With i With this issue The Gamecock begins a new semester with a new staff. As always, there are plenty of jobs to be done by stu dents who are interested in their newspaper and who are willing to work for it, such as typing, headline writing, news gathering, copy-readlinug, etc. A meeting wvill be held Tuesday at 4 p. m. in the Gamecock office which is located in the p)ublications building behind McKissick Library. All students described above are& cordlially invited to attendt. If you are unab)le to c'ome at that hourt, dIrol by anty afternoon, KEN BALDWIN, JR. Four Years Ur '"To hell with registration!" idrly rig Hatche't, Lewv and I agreedl OnIwytrog that four bleak years ago. Today Ioi n iae we have changed( it but slightly to ~estioni ''To hell with the Navy!'" But jy ,~ ors that is a story that must be' post- rlgpayexi poned for a while. Jseturnint F'our years ago we stood infecusi hd many long lines all day. Some- tecas efu how we got in the line where ja ii teto various shades of draft-dodgersmawihteol were registering for Naval ern tt'if Science. I, having just gotteninfotfthr out of the army, didn't exactlyfulnfom81 know what was going on. Tllings cnTett ib were SN AFl', TlAlII"U, andCodcadVit FUHJIAIt. Before I knew it a lit- lelerda tIe man with cold, fishy eyes fllmnt.'he had signed me up for NS 100.sefut hsu Hatchet and Lew were sum- ahi-pted marily hooked because they srehd"eas thought I had gotten in the anIweesdi right line,.ermie t Upon looking in our catalog we ifre sta discovered( that we' had enrolled in t c ieten a course entitled "N.aval Methodselegto.I A pplied to USC." We weren't ts htw e particularly interestedl but since spooe n we had taken practically everytieybureiv other course at the university we i h isfo thought we would give it a try. Tetigo After all, three credits are threethfonofher credits and1 we had taken all the atasprogl radio courses.tonnilIsae Monday, the first day of tral oboe classes a.rrived and we wentpulhsrnona down to Whitey's to fortify our- ta on ebg selves with jelly doughnuts andlilcoe od ciee.Thee binga bg mb Tcurern e e of eualy trvig reuge siderasbecomein fromthe nivrsit's omale brin profesao ........Jean .Hill .......Rudy Rivers .......... Ned Threatt ............ Joe Molony UNI May Herbert Jane Dowe Suzanne Moye FoneJa Founded Jan first editor. "Th Marguerite Webb the University college year exe Bobby Gaines The opinions neth W. Baldwin, Jr. necessarily thosc an endorsenrent xtra Weight such a 'move and the minimum expense in volved in it. It was supposed that those in power%could see for themselves the infinite dividends which would be reaped in the fu ture. But those in power could not agree with us. Some expressed the opinion that a greater Carolina could be built on the present site. Others didn't say anything. Maybe they don't care. At any rate, if a greater Carolina can be built here, we'd be glad to see it happen. We are by no means opposed to such a miracle, much as we doubt its pos sibility. We'd be happy to support these miracle-men with all our strength. This development may be considered as a step forward for our "state with a future," uncertain and hesitant as it may be. Then the South Carolina Budget Commis sion got off to a slip-back-two-steps start last month by recommending to the General As sembly that the university be allowed $4,530 less than was spent last year. Other points in President Smith's request to the commis sion were ignored. This is not a unique case. Other activities of the state are handled in a like manner. "South Carolina's greatest handicap is the constant flow of its young, educated people to other states," those who defend it say. The fact is that this state has a wealth of sensible people, regardless of age, who have the initia tive and ability to bring it forward, but these people are thwarted in their ambitions in every activity of the state which they try to improve. There's too much extra weight present for the sincere few to carry. our Newspaper preferably Mondays or Wednesdays, and ".ioin up." The Gamecock is the students' newspaper, published by and for the students of the Uni versity of South Carolina. It is listed as one of the best college weeklies ini Amierica, and we plan to keep it that way. If. you feel that there is anything note worthy which we fail to notice and discuss on this or any other page, there is always room for your comment, pro( or' con, about life at C aroli na. J ust write a letter, add(lress it to The Gami eock, and drop it ini the cam p)us mail. der The Mast e delayed con- volunteered the information that to fight our he knew nothing about the sub e fog of hali- ject because he had been in the te smoke. Sea ('ow marines. But, as it a booth to en later turned out, that was in~ iment b)ut the keeping with his general knowl id the last bell edge for he knew nothing about > elass with cof-' USC either. In words that we Bursting into took for an apology, we were d( those present told that he possessed the only and the little copy of the textbook which he ,fishy eyes wvas had written and lately revised. om his platform It seems that the bookstore had om. He was in lorgotten to order the original one vor'e the Amer'i- andl "it" was in the prIocess of re n and the Good writing his book to sell so he could ry medals. miake an additional kick-back from he class for a the publishing company. Several he drew him- other books could have beeni used I height and in in the course but as they were strident voice written by P'hD's, they wouldn't "Hatchet, Lew doC. mbfounded that "Your first assignment will'be nding until he to read the first 50 pages by we would have Wednesday. I shall place the val students, or book in the reserve room at the started to pro- I i b r a r y," he triumphantly e veterans and growled. juniors, respec- "Fifty pages!" 1 protested. da sharp poke "That is correct!" he snapped Lew. back abruptly. he "Bridge" in Hatchet r'attled off a stream of om continued to "Mon D)ieu's" while Lew mutteredi re in our dlirec-- to me "Looks as if we got another' him down. Af- Don Triboniano. I'll bet if the Iown braid could world was coming to an end in ten ex-corporal. At, minutes he would say 'Let's take ri to utter a few~ 25 before we go.'" At this mo relative to the' ment the 01(1 man on the poolp deck appearedl a little too flus a custom with tr'ated to carry on, so he dis 'a, he finally missed us until Wednesday. CROWING FOR A GREATER VERSITY OF SOUTH CAROI ember of Associated Collegiate Pre Distributor of Collegiate Digest uary 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott e Gamecock" is published by and foj of South Carolina weekly, on Fri ept holidays and examinations. expressed by columnists and lette: of "The Gamecock." Publishing do although the right to edit is reserv Omar On JusL tv lie in the san( 'Neath a moonlit co .-list to lie in the sand 'Neath a tropical su Just to lie in the sand With a bucket of bc While my salt-crusted I To yours so conveni Here the pleasures of li Unchaotic an(I neat, Just kiss me again with And pass me a beer SOL ABRAMS IMay Be Thursday morning it wias found that a new building of a tempo rary nature had been constructed at the university. It was built on the only place left except the ten nis courts-the horseshoe. It was a very temporary student union building, much too small to adequately serve its purpose, but then so are most of the other struc tures on campus. It was comparatively safe al though it did collapse twice. The edifice was a dull uninspiring khaki and so fit into the color scheme of the institution niicely. As in many oCf the classrooms, adle(uate furiitore was lackintg, anid thle two sutpportinug columns11 stoodl ini natke~ relie'f againist the bare dirt floor. But small as it was and as; unfurni,hed as it was, it was a vast imprl)ovemienit because for the firist time ini modern his tory a st udent had a place he could take a visitor. Here was a building which was not a center of uirgent administra ive activity. Here conversation did niot have to lbe carried abov'e the thItunder of collidi ng bilIlard balls. Here the soft turif nmuffled the rhy thm of t rauisient feet which punew tuate every' pthrase. At least the metallic (lick was absent. However, the building did niot get toi serve its purpose as it was uniavoidlably des't royed b)y atdinis trative act ion as are many ot her goodl ideas which come fromi the student body. It was removed before it had acqui redl imuchi tradition and the Society' For the Prevention of Progress and P'reservat ion of Ani tiqIuatedl Objects (lid not bother to hold a meetiing in the Caroliniana Library. No formal p)rotest wvas foripally pre'senited, and they were content to see the structure re moved as it was const ructed Sin0ce Shermani burned Columibia. H ere was oiie building that did not stand( to out live its usefulness. It was never cond(emnied by the safety inlsplectors, aind it. had nio landings which were firte traps. But all these things madIe it too uiqiOue ando different, and its pres eiice was resenitedl by the controlinog p)owers, aind the judlge remioved the 1pup teiit that for a (lay had servedl as thle mucith nieededl stud~enit uniioni b.uilding. * * * * * ICach year thle Studlent Countcil of the U niversity of South Caro Iinia c'omes inuto coiiflict with var ious camplus elements. M uch of this is due to circumstances which are' brought about by the lack of cen trial co-ord ination. Sonme of it is caused by the biased viewvs and at titutdes held bcy each faction. The St udeint Cou ncil should( serve' US ii(amiiiof di fferi.un,.' .noi Business A William I ,INA Mary Denny, Patrick, Elinc Suzanne Ned Threatt, Gonzales as the Nutt, Margi the students of Genaro Huer1 lays, during the Jack Morgan, Grady Decell, Sorota, Jim A rwriters are not Walther, Ann es not constitute garet Ficquet ed. Tuttle and Hi 1 - I,jo/ -/ ( 9 7//f f//Mw/,-e(R/$. The Beach by the thundering su f, halt sky, by the thundering surf. n and fry. holding your hand. er near by, ips make frequent trips Lntly nigh. fe minus the strife, a squeeze of the hand, will you, Sweet ? rong But... campus organizations. Yet, when th Conicil itself is a party, there should be some method by which the opposing organization would receive e(ual considerat;,%ni of their points. Recently a conflict developed be tween the president of the student body and the Blue Key fraternity. The controversy was due more to misunderstanding on the part of the president of the student body than anything else. This is under standable as he has little access to the activities of Blue Key. The implortant thing was that he was fully awr of this difference of opinion in the matter, and yet took no act ion to see that the een troversy was p)rop)erly settled. In stead, be took advantage of his of fice to carry out his own views without giving Blue Key fraternity an opplortunlity to have its case heard and considered. It is here that the danger of campus conflicts arise. No individ ual at the university, regardless of p)osition should be able to carry out contested p)rojects without having p)rop)er consideration shown to those holdinzg another viewv. It (does not matter which piarty was in the right and wvhich wvas in the wrong, the p)aramount fact is that onily one side of the issue wvas heard. This incident is over and nothing can rectify it, b)ut action should be taken to p)revent similar occu rrences. There should be a re-estalish ment of a strong central social comin nittee. Every spring finds p)lans for graduation being drawn up in March and April and quar tered in May. TIhis is due to spathy of the students and the adminis tration, anid a lack of over-all plan ning. In the recent pjst graduation has conlsistedl of terming, confirming, an sq15(uirmiing. An unsuccessful (lance is giveii for the student body but the real climax of t he school year is a private and iestricted dance given by the German Club. Both the inactive officers of the jumn ior and1( senior classes, and the over-act ive officers of the student body should joinlt ly attempjt to ar iange gradluationl ceremonies and activities which would lbe a worthy fin,ale to col lege life. These studm(i4nt leaders should make,these p)lans with the idea of est ablishing a lasting precedent which would make the p)roblem m1uch simler for future group)s. Student- faculty groups which meet for this pu rpose should have a sec retary who would take complete notes( on dlecisions reached and these should bie kept on an acces sibile file so) that work will not lhe dupl)1icat ed froni yeari to year as is lanager George W. Shelor, Jr. REPORTORIAL STAFF 1. Scott, Terrell L. Glenn, David H. Crum, Ditty Fleishman, James Hughes, Arthur Rugheimer, May Herbert, Ruth r Keels, J. Burrell Sanders, Jeanne Turner, Olga Edwards. Moye, Eric Oppenheimer, Edward Vereen, Pat Shadduck, Harold Bourgeois, Rudy Rivers, Jane Almy, Charmaine Levinson, Betsy Knowlton, Al Munn, Marjorie McCorkle, a, Bob Westerfield, Lloyd 'Huntington, Leonard Duckett, Van Newman, Jim Crawford, Jem Newbury, Ish Thomas, Jane Gerard, Pete Partee, Belinda Collum, Bill Fairey, Sam lexander, Bill Rogers, W. H. McCartha, Chuck Gibson, Jack a Clark, Toni Leppard, Florette Reyn-,r, Carolyn Katz, Mar te, Virginia Emory, Marion Gibsen, Patsy Epps, Frances Ida Adams. CARROLL GILLIAM Fire Prevention Can Be Campus Life Or Death A recent graduate of this institution often said that only the beneficence of Pro-.idence had prevented some of the inmates from being turned in their beds. During the mid-semester holidays this was proved true. Fire broke out on tihe third floor of Rutledge, that 145-year-old structure which houses the Chapel and approximately 100 students, most of whom were out-of-town. An alarm was turned in at the maishal's ffice, but the city's engines were delayed at the gate to Horseshoe for some seven minute; because someone failed to unlock the chains across the driveway. Firemen themselves broke the locks. entered the campus and (wuie.nched the fire after it had gutted two dormitory rooms and part of a stairwell. Meanwhile, some eftieient employee replaced the locks on the gateway chains, forcing the engines to wait another several minutes befoie teturning to the station. In case i. had been a two alarm fire, the second engines would have been delayed as the first were. Coupled with this is the statement by an official of the fire department that if the alarm had been ten minutes later. the whole buildIng probably would be blackened stones and charred embers today. Despite the fact. thst locking the gatp seems to he a justi fiable mania on the campus, there are times when it can be dis pelsed with. Fortunate the university is that this occurred while most of the residents were not in the dormitories, and it is proof that fires can occur in antiquated buildings termed dangerous by fire inspection. Recommendations for improvements were made by the city's depart nent~~~~~~~~~ is 96i..... .., ..L ment in 1946, but are not bindinl .- th- university because it is state property. A check with this report and conditions existing last fall showed that only a few had been followed. Fire exits were not marked and some campus fire extinguishers not techarged until two days after a copy of the report was sought from the administration for publication. This, two years after the report was submitted. Efforts have been made to correct faulty wiring. but other con ditions termed "hazards" (obsolete fire-escapes, wooden stairs, doors opening in the wront direction, etc.) wil! require remodeling and ex tensive repairs. And, as in the case of everything around the uni versity, this will cost money-money from the state's taxpayers through their General Assembly. Also, in view of the fact that the condition of certain buildings is known fully by officiais of the university, extra precautions should be maide at fire prevention and cooperation given the local authori ties. For examp)le, the fire chief has requested that chains across entrances to the campus be left unlocked at night; they could be put up andl "c(losed" signs p)ostedl, or other arrangements madle wvith local authorities. Until the state (does see fit to correct conditions wvhich approach criminal neglhgence with regard to the safety of crowded tenements. those on this campus have a duty to do all within their power to p)revent p"ss ible ent "stroph ier in 10.r of public ad p-ivate property and even human li fe, and also to lessen their Iliab)ility in case such did happen. Minor impirovements should not be delayed two years a fter they were recoinmended. Students, those who wouldl lose the most in such an occurrence. are pei sonally r'esp)onsib)le for lessening the dangeir of fire by adhering to university regulations designed to do this. Practices of overloading electrical wir-es wvith myriad appliances and amateur rigging of lamps are stnectly out of order and constitute p)otenitial trouble-makers. The illegal kitchens set up in various trunks and wardrobes should be tossedl out and the lackadaisical attitude toward matches and cig arette, butts is without regard for consequences. Only care and diligence oin the part of administration and studient hodly is necessary as long as the university is to consist of buildinigs not uip to modIerni standards. Those wvho live in the tenements andt those wvho are familiar~ with them realize that, despite thei. long history an(d theiri possile value as architectural specimens, they are not dw~ellmngs in which an "it can't happ)en here'' applroach is safe or sensible. However, until those off the campus in a positioni to remedy the situation wish to (Io so, the buildings will have to serve in their Present condIitions. So, p)recautions by adlministration and student are a nece'ssity. .Somehowv it seems better to lbe alive in a tinderbox than dlead in a coffmn. EVENTS SCHEDULE This space will.carry each week the time, date and place of or ganizational meetings, socials, and other events of interest to the campu in eneral. Such information should be left at THE Ahe(vent. office by Monday, 3 p. mn., of. the week preceding FRIDAY, l"EB. I1TESA,FE.1 1 p. m.--Junior-Senior Y C'oun- 5p.mIlpia teayo cil, Finn;1 Hall. cey 'aiapi al 7 p. m.--Carolina Christian 5p.nEphoye iear Service ('lub, Flinn Hall, see- Soit,Eprda Hl. ond floor. 7p .(lroohcLtrr SATUlRDAY, FEB. 12 Scey 'aispi al H p. m.---Carolina-C'itadel Box- 7p.m-uhainLtry ing Matches, Field House. Soit,E hrdaHl. SUNDAY, FEll. 13 10 a. m.-wosley Foundation, IWDEDY E.1 Washington Street Methodist j1.Biehy twr' (Church. 6 p. m.--.anterbdry Club, Trrin- .m-ohmoeYCucl ity Episcopal P'arish House. hll 7 p. m.--Vespers, University 5 .m-CodAscaonL (Chapel. ae11 MONI)AY, FEB. 14 ''IJtDy E.1 1 -, mn.-Freshman1 Y Council., .m-Y-WA Cbnt llnn Hail. iln al eodfor 3 p. m.--Gamecock Staff begins p.m-tdn (onc,M work. (uTUhE,second floo. 1