Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Editor-in-Chief ........... .... N ew s Editor ........................... Campus Editor ......................... Sports Editor .......................... Society Editor .......................... Feature Editor ......................... Copy E ditor .......................... . Exchange Editor ....................... Circulation Manager ................... Managing Editoi' .. .... . Ke Mr. Typical Stud, Last week President Bob Sumwalt at tempted to have a student body meeting. An nouncement of the meeting was prominently displayed in The Gamecock less than a week before the appointed time, and this publica tion issued a special bulletin about it that morning. The location decided upon was perfect right on the main campus, where nearly every student crosses at some time during the day. A loud speaker was set up and chairs provided for the students who were to attend. Noon was as nearly perfect as,any time which could have been chosen, since it was impossible to get classes excused. The day was almost cloudless. The gentle breeze was invigorating. No excuse there. The purpose of the mee-.ing was for the third and final reading of the proposed stu dent body constitution. At least 200 students had to be present at the meeting to make the reading legal. With an enrollment of over 3,000, nothing would seem easier than to as semble that paltry sum, especially under the conditions listed above. Yet the result of ll thiS plnnintg and time consuming work was a total of less than 70 students. Nominations for the two recently vacated student body offices were received, and the meeting was adjourned. There is no cause for bewilderment. The explanation is simple. The puny gathering last week is a much clearer indication of stu Help Keep Ca It would seem that the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and his staff have their time very well consumed in sweeping up the remains of caved-in ceilings and such to be able to do more. They have our siym pathy. But they go even further than that. They try to prevent such occurrences before they happen, and in most cases are successful. They are running themselves ragged, dash ing to and fro, throwing up patches an in stant or two before an edifice is scheduled to give upithe ghost. Their patches wvill prob ably outlive that which is pat'ched. KEN BALDWIN, JR. Four Years Ur CHAPTER 4 "Poor Man's V "Welcome to the infirmary, termfine if Mr. heh, heh!" beamed the nurse name is Aesop with a diabolical grin. "Did you (Anyone that run out of APC's, or is your go the remainde sprained ankle better?" may do so. TIhe "Sprained hell! I just broke lor's blessing.) it in one of the fire-traps. While we were Where's the doc?" Hatchet was to take a brief in a foul mood. It was no time the visiting hour for jokes. several friends, "Doc's out of town," the nurse a roommate of C replied. Of course I knew that eyes were banda already, because it was football thought was tha season and we were playing Vas- him with an edi sar college there. "What's the "Well, I might as well go to bed. Lightning hit yc I need the rest anyway and if I "No, I perus stay here long enough I can get 'Gamecocks' so my classes excused," said Hatchet. roommate's picti We made our way to the men's faded out on ihe ward and helped Hatchet up to the don't read The ')nly vacant bed. It was the one his picture is in nearest to the door and farthest "Too bad," I s, -from the little boy's room, issue." I asked if they had any crutches Turning to I but the nurse replied they were that Redmond d "fresh out." bandaged handi (We interrupt this narrative "Yea. He wi to print our first fan letter: "All Keith. Bill wa hail our Aesop! Let us rejoice! played around iip, the era of fermented fables it would explo4 ha. returned in the form of ably put a time "Four Years Under the Mast" are these six gi - or "'The Sloshing in the Bilge!" this side alive o Thank you, Vernon Taylor. A "Barely alive, fuli-scale lnvestigation is being the creatures wl asad. by Bob Carpeinter, the shade of purple . Jean Hill . ........ Rudy Rivers ........... Ned Threatt ............ Joe Molony UNI ........... May Herbert ............. Jane Dowe Founded Jar ............ Suzanne Moye firAt editor, "Th Marguerite Webb the University college year exe Bobby Gaines The opinions nneth W. Baldwin, Jr. necessarily thos( an endorsement ant Lacks Interest dent interest in their own affairs on the Carolina campus than words could ever pic ture. Gaze upon Mr. Typical Student as he en rolls as a freshman at the university and follow him through his stay here. He begins college life eagerly, usually. He has faith in his own initiative and in what he can accom plish for self-betterment and for others. As he meets the first few obstacles he shrugs them off, a little bitter, a little puz zled. If he didn't have much stuff to begin with, he's done for already. At any rate, as more and more issues arise and are batted down again in the well-worn manner, he soon comes to realize the truth. And that truth is that there's not much chance of a student or group of students do ing anything really worthwhile for their bet terment while at Carolina or for Carolina's future. Mr. Typical Student and his friends are under the thumb, whether they know it or not. Squirm as they may, they are still there. So, unless he has a special interest in the election of the May Queen, or waints to get some friend in a campus office, who can blame him for not showing an active interest in his )roposed student constitution? What's the use? His efforts will just be brushed off like so much dandruff on one's lapel, as usual. Student const it ution-what's tha1 ? rolina Standing But they need your help. They can't keep up with all the danger points. We should show our gratitude for their efforts by giving them our cooperation. If you are one of the many who have been watching a crack grow larger daily, go to your telephone now and call Mr. Stradley. Do it today! You'll be glad you did. -The witnesses of the ceiling incidlent man agedl to move in time to avoid active p)artici pation in their pirivate earthquake. Your case may be different. If you are caref ul, you may live to gradluate. icier The MasL /inchell," to de- explaining that they had beeni Tlaylor's middle eating at 'Tomaine Tavern. "All or Ace or-.) we've had for two days is orange desires to fore- juice and chalk. What's more r of this chapter wehvtopyheulbar. y have Mr. Tay- "D 'twryaothtsn, there we decCidedcoictjwihtioprinan tour since it wasbsis,tresaaprsoag. We recognized " nw u.W ruh u weeo wo a Caeo' wiyth fu oad. arro Giliam Hi "Witntt wor turn to tht soher god anlmy irs sid. ofthe r' ot oflt s>aee inr t Crrol hd ht fonnecte wthe this oferinle" tna ofwhma fomeccs Cihesil." matter, Bobby? "What happened to you, get hit u?" by a truck ?" ed the last two( "Not quite," he said, "It wats closely for my .just 'Torpedo' George of th(' So are that my eyes ciety of' Misplacedl Motor Scooter 3. You know, I Maniacs. If I'm lucky I might be G;amecock unless able to walk again. What are our it." chances against Vassar?" aid. "Maybie next "Odds are six to five in our favor, but I hear they are going 'ew I asked "Is to be mighty tough. It's ru own there with a mored that they are loaded with Pi Beta l'hi's this year." ouldn't listen to But leave us not neglect our arned him if he poor friend Hatchet. It grieved w'ith that camera our hearts to see him suffer so. le. 'Whisk' prob- In fact, Carl Hammond has.vol bomb ln eit. Say, unteered to be chairman of a iys ever here on committee to raise funds to buy r dead?" Hatchet a coffin In case he " replied one of doesn't leave the Infirmary alive. o was a ghastly All pennies will be greatly ap .lHe continued, nrecniatd. CROWING FOR A GREATER VERSITY OF SOUTH CARO: ember of Associated Collegiate Pr< Distributor of Collegiate Digest uary 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott P Gamecock" Is published by and fo of South Carolina weekly, on Fri ept holidays and examinations. expressed by columnists and lette of "The Gam'ecock." Publishing d< although the right to edit is resen "Just think of m SOL ABRAMS /May Be W Saturday Is A Lonely Day Saturday night at the Univer sity of South Carolina is as lonely as the whistle of the midnight limited. The campus is diverse of all life except a few bookworms boring into their courses and few birds which have not takeun wing. Every imaeans is used to escape the disturbing monotony of the campus week-end. Some students have gone so far as to sit through a western re-release twice rather than return to the dreary dormi tories. There should be some provision made by which a student could have social contacts without stand ing on the corner of Main and Ger vais or without having to spend such a great portion of their in come that they have to eat at 'Tomaine Tavern the rest of the week. There is a real need for a place where Carolina students can meet and have some informal entertain ment on Saturday night. This would be beneficial in many ways to the school if it became a prac tice. It would help to develop some semb)lance of school spirit and help the members of the student body to make a wider circle of friends. There Is Always Opposition Every time this suggestion is madle, two points of opposition are raised. First the lament is alwvays ra,ised, "The re is no p)lace to have any such thing." And secondly the cry is raised, "But the students are not interested enough to make such a proposal wvork." Maybe there is no place to have a social gathering for the whole student body, but the naval armgry wvould be ample for this purpose with very little work. There should not be opposition to using it for this purpose. As to student interest, which is the more dlifficult problem, it wvould he up to the various student groups, social and otherwvise, to create such interest. A system could be set up by which dIifferent fraternities The H I just saw a lion working at the f, I just saw a soda jerk, roving 'rou I just, saw a jackal. dancing with r Too many beers, or else it's gettii My date is comin33g back to me'. Shi Horrors, what green sensations-ai "Waiter, another beer for me to ci< Hurry, hurry, waiter, the chairs ha One chairi tuirned to me andl saidl. Men as you on earth are through, di I threw mty glass against the wall When next I had my senses I was I thought of the ghastly night just F'or I knew t,he path of the night h Knowing this and wvorried by the h I promnisedl ne'er to drink again, (t< "I'll turn to wvomen, that's wvhat I'l To ward off this frustr, TIhey wvill be sweet and goodl to me. Me with ('lation.) To make the story shorter, I'm on For those were minor horrors I sa The women are the horrors, the dev They appear so sweet, so good, confl Well, I went out and married one, She stuck me in a cannon and said, Who could live with a wvit like that Tell me truly, Mister, dIon't you thil Thank you for agreeing and thank Business:I Assistant Bu LINA A i2orgull NEWS AND Pat Sha Gonzales as the W. H. M r the sttidents of SOCIETY: E Says, during the -man, Bo SPORTS: I Newmar rwriters are not FEATURE: es not constitute COPY: Ruth ed. Carroll e as Dan Cupid." 'rong But... sponsor a drop-in each week which certainly is about due since ihe sororities have been giving almost all of them for some time. A plan such as this will be beneficial An keeping the students pleasantly oc cupied and in solving that grave problem of, "What are we going to dn Saturday night?" The Problem Is Serious This problem is really a serious one with- students who have a limited income and no automobile. Other than taking a date to a movie or getting her out early enough to win a bench on Sims' grounds, there is no recourse except to take a walk. This lack of reasonable enter tainment has led to many students not dating as often as they would like. Certainly this condition has led to a smaller amount of mingling among the students. If it were a certainty that the armory was to be open and used as a social focal point, dates and arrangements could be made for various activities. It is rather silly to have to drink several bottles of beer or sit in suffocating smoke just to have an atmosphere of friendliness and a jukebox by which to dance. Some Group May Follow-Up Possibly the Inter - Fraternity Council may see some merit in this suggestion and give it some thought. Possibly some service fra ternity will examine the value of such a proposal. If any campus group is seeking for a worthy proj ect it may find that this or some sinIlar plan will suit their pur poses. At any rate, here is a pos sibility for constructive action, an action that will be of great value to the university and its student body. Such a plan should not be defeat ed by anything other than the apathy of the students. This can h)e overcome b)y individual action and work to obtain success to a problem wvhich has been one of the reasons for the poor spirit of recent years at Carolina. OrrorS auntai n. nd( the mountain. iy date. Gad! ig late. 's turned into an ape. ri ape in an opera cap)e! ear away these creatures, ye turned to preachers!" 'I)runkard, you raise my ire. astinedl for hell's hot fire." cnd staggered through the door. *n my bedroom floor. past, and on the floor did cringe, e-fore had been on hell's hot fringe. orrors of the night before, ) mlyself there on. the floor.) I do ition. "(This thought filled whiskey as before, w from the barroom floor. il's own invention. orm to all convention. just right-not short nor tall. "Nowv you are on the b)all." ? I fled into the night. 'ik I had the right? you for the beer nen ne'er get near. Ellswarth. Wanager .............. George W. Shelor, Jr. isiness Manager ........................... Jack W alther BUSINESS STAFF s, Sam Sorota, Jule Kleinmetz, Rus McGowan, Carol Ferris. REPORTORIAL STAFF CAMPUS: Olga Edwards, Eric Oppenheimer, Edward Vereen, dduck, Betsy Knowlton, Marjorie McCorkle, Jim Crawford, cCartha. linor Keels, J. Burrell Sanders, Jeanne Turner, Norma Berg Dty Wall, Barbara Fowler. ,loyd Huntington, Leonard Duckett, Jack Morgan, Van Mary Denny, Jane Gerard, Frances Tuttle. Kleckley, Margaret Ficquette, Kat Sims, Charmaine Nutt, 'illiaM. CARROLL GILLIAM Criticism Of University Is Not Always Harmful! Criticism, of late, has been directed at those at the Uni versity of South Carolina who find fault with some of its aspects, failures, and personalities. 4 Evidently, a school of thinkers exists which believes that only medals of excellence should be distributed and that rose tinted glasses are a part of the anatomy of matriculates of Carolina. Their constant plea is for "constructive criticism, not destructive".and their reasoning is as fallacious as it is surface-skimming. These they do not consider or either deliberately misin terpret: 1. Destructive criticism is a tearing down of everything either through malice or for no reason. 2. Constructive criticism is the pointing out of errors and wrongs with the intent of the common good and offering suggestions for correction o1 such errors and wrongs. Most of the fault-finding on the university campus, by students and by faculty members, is of the second variety, and as individuals they are exercising a right and privilege whieh this initution hs. d,etonil its rsi nts dwn through the years. If they were not interested in Carolina and its well-being, they would join the undemocratic clas sification of those who are "docile citizens." It is hard to believe that those so adverse to any criticism of the univer sity prefer an institution with sheep for students and sheep for faculty. It is scCret to no one who have been on the campus for a while that Carolina has more than its share of the tension and ill-will normally found at a university. Gulfs between various groups have existed, in varying widths, for years, with rationalizing of their existence being a popular pastime. In the past, some have met the problem head-on, suggesting solutions of different magnitudes, none of which have been carried to completion. Recently, student organizations have used a different ap proach-seeking out reasons for disagreement, in the hope that correction of small things would solve the larger prob lems. The reception, generally, has been that the sugges tions were just so much blatant noise and that students were meddling in affairs of no conce-rn to thm, "giving the university a bad name," and so on. Student organizations, however, nev'er were intended to be publicity bureaus for the university, but mediums through which life could be made more pleasant for the student body, which, after all, is the reason for the university's existence. That, through such efforts, the university becomes greater and its services more appreciatedl, is to the credit of the organizations, but is not their main objective. Also, students wish to have, and to see their university have, all the advantages andl opportunities foundl on other campuses. Perhaps impatience for changes has been the watchword, but even this is of more value than a defense of the status quo, blind to all improvement and based on excuses andl datedl explanations of why Carolina must be without so much. The question is: Who are (doing the most for Carolina; those who "criticize'' or those who stand on the sidelines and parry suggestions with excuses? And, too, there is another classification -- the (do-gooders wiling to change but fearing .the process and the stand-p)atters who fear change will injure their- position or cr-umble their little worlds. Logic indicates that improv'er"ents are fosteredl by realiza tion of the need for- change, wvhich in turn is brought out by criticism. . That students feel antagonistic and rebellious when their grievances are ignored and that they eventually become disinterested alumni, is the fault of their reception, not their criticisms. Carolina needs more peop)le criticizing and fewver to dismiss criticism as no more than that. .EVENTS SCHEDULE This saewill carry each week the time, date and place of or gamatinalmeetings, socials, and other events~ of interest to the GA CSKieneral. Such information should be left at THE otfecevbynMonay, 3p. mn., of the week preceding FIAY, FE. 25 1 p. m.-Junior-Senior Y (oun- .m-iptanLtrr o 7.p. m.-Carolina Christian mSer-ro y ea itr vice Club, F"linn Hall, secound ar oit. prda al floor. 7p n lroohcLtrr SUJNDAY, FEB. 27 7p .EprdinLtrr 10 a. m.-Wesley Foundation, Soey,Ehria ll Washington Street Methodist WDEDy AC Church. I m-ju (y twr' 6 p. mi.-CanterburyCubTrn ity Epi scopal P'arish House. 1P .SpooeYCucl 7 p.m-eses Universitye MOND)AY, FEB. 28 TUSA,MRE 1 p. m.--Freshman Y Council, 1p.n-Y YWACbet Flinn Hull. inhllseodfor 3 p. m.---Gamecock Staff begins - .m-lh ap ~ma work. inMuiRom 4 p. m.-Interfraternity Couin- Sp .SuetCucl c cii Fng hal.Cce, laiseodi aloo.