Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Editor-in-Chief ... News Editor .......................... Campus Editor ....................... Sports Editor ......................... Society Editor ........................ Feature Editor... Copy Editor .. Exchange Editor . Circulation Manager Managing Editor Ken The Last Char Carolina students will scatter todaAto be gin enjoying Easter holidays. We have a good while off this year-almost a week. Some years we have had only a day or two. But whatever the length of time that has been given for our Spring vacation, it has al ways meant that. the school year is almost over; that when we return to books and classrooms, it will be only a short time 'til the semester's end. This realization has led and will lead to the attitude of, "Well, I'll just coast along now. It's almost over." To the returning student, the last lap is just a waiting period, and he just tags along, counting the days. Easter itself, as Biblically recorded and as Christians observe it, is not representa tive of the end of things, but as the begin ning. All which has gone before has only been a build-up for that which lies ahead. And so it should be for the student in his classes and in the other phases of life at Carolina. Winter has gone, and along with its coldness and darkness, it has taken its problems, victories, and disappointments. The book of that part of the year, dreary Reward Thos What holds a weak organization together? What mysterious force prevents some of our campus groups from complete disintegra LII? i"he answer to these questions in many cases is two or three energetic members who carry the load and drag the rest of the mem bership along. If that answer is acceptable, then another question arises which is more difficult to answer-and that is, why? Why tlo these re sourceful and loyal members wear themselves out struggling with an unresponsive group? The answer to that in some cases is un doubtedly that they are seeking recognition, a place in the sun-more specifically, an of fice. They want to be a "wheel." There's nothing wvrong with that, if they are accom plishing anything by their efforts. But there are others who expend their energies and who do not fall in this cate gory at all. There are a few students here who give their best for their organization and who do not receive anything material in return. They wo,rk quietly. The things they do don't cause a big splash. Even their fel low-members aren't aware of the services KEN BALDWIN, JR. Four Years Un~ The times what my friends (?) took during the have been writing this hyar thing Ah been taking F we have been pouring over a mad Ah could ge French book to please Professeur at Stewvard's Hlall Stephan. Alas, wve has so much By the way, ar French to read that it hangs like any moldy 01(d b< a hatchet over our head. If we will help me get don't watch out Prof will prob. please let me kr ably cut the string that holds it rewards ar beil and the Lord knows that we been same. around this hyar place too long P'rofesseuIr Si anyway. Well, at least my family giveing mewardk knos t.will have to be Oh, if Ah didn't have to Stephan Comm: study French. Then Ah could versiye Activiti be studying English so Ah Classes (writir could write better than this reading Englisi hyar. Ah guess Prof was talk- in class and out ing about me the other day the Society for when he told us what lousy ing French Wo English we wrote on our Kittrick, preside zamination papers. lie was like it. Neither appalled, he said. Probably William Hluthii why Ah made a sir, to say tee on Cursing I nothing of knowing nothing Seuirs Behind Th about French- Of course none< But shucks. Ahi know why we rmrsact don't write no better English.cotayothfa That's easy. We has to spend all h soeo h our tim'e larning French and read- Wdrwow a ing those horrible French books.thuneriy (' To say nothing of my friends what adtsciym take Spanish under Docteur Fitz- Noifyuh gerad. Wen A thik ofall he and cne ofite y English courses Ah could have j a listen. By 1 p. .. . .Jean Hill Rudy River ............. Ned Threatt ............. Joe Molony UIN ............May Herbert .............. Jahe Dowe Founded Ji Ruth Kleckley first editor, "I Marguerite Webb the Universit: Bobby Gaines college year e The opinlo neth W. Baldwin, Jr. necessarily th( an endorsemei ice Awaits Us or bright as it might have been, is nov elosed and filed in history. When we come back next week to take ul what we are leaving today, there should b no cause for doing it with an unwilling spirit Six full weeks will stretch before us, cram med with possibilities and opportunitiefo those who will take advantage of them. For those who have not done as well a they should have this semester, there will b time to rectify it to a large extent. For thos( few who are pleased with their term's worl thus far, a little elbow-grease can sen( them beyond their expectations. To many of the graduating seniors, thos six weeks will represent all that is left o their formal education; but whether this i the end of supervised studies or not, th student should realize that this time wil never return again, and he,will never hav a chance to clear what a home-stretch let-ul may do to him now. So go on off and enjoy the holidays. Ge a good rest from the confinement of educa tion. And -when you return, return with light heart, ready for a strong finish. eW S . ,erve they perform. They are probably the mos valuable members of which an organizatio: can boast, whether it be weak or strong They are its very backbone. It is these members who give all and as little in return who really deserve recogni tion. Some organizations have ways b which this is given, but more do not, nor d they realize its need. Look through the momhorship if unur nr ganization. You will probably find someon in this category, someone who has serve( your group in little ways-little, time-con suming ways. An excellent opportunity is just ahead fo your organization to recognize such a menm ber-Awards Day. On that day, every or ganization should have on hand some awari through which to express its gratitude tV those who serve. It is true that there may be no worth: recip)ient for the honor every year. On thosI years it should not be awarded. To do si wouldl lower its value. Reserving it for ver: special services would make it a p)rized pos session fo some member who has receivet no other recognition for his efforts. der The Mast seven semesters, should be done wore out from rench, Ah get so taking the IIome Economics ,hack to eating and Agriculture sequence of Senior Placement Zaminations. iybody what has Ah won't be ablie to write any >Ok reports that more. out of French,f In short, Ah is tired of low. Handl(somle writing this hyar column. My ig paid for the friends is tired of writing it for me. My friends is also ephan is also tired of me asking them to s for anybody write it for me, to say nothing 'eports, so y'all of the lawsuit what Reese -areful lest the Danniel has got into with Mr. ittee on Sub. A bramns and Mr. Gilliam. es in French The latter two is tired too. Ii ig im books, fact we is all thinking abou translations throwing in the j-er, towel. Any of class and body' what wants to write a colyun Mispronounc- can contact me or my tabble rds, Sam Mc- rousing colleagues. woul migh E.o- All semester now Ahi been try ou themmit- ing to be entertaining while ma reonc Pomet- colleagues have been inciting' thi rench Packs- masses~ and condemning the few ei ak. Their soap'boxes has been coveret >f the foregoing with the foam that has frothed mean anything from their typewrit>ers. Behold t that we think they have pointed the way but few >est Professeura have followed. Ah has tired 0: took courses at entertaining, and they is tired o: 'he others don't screaming oracles from boxes. Ah hope?) Ah give up and say that s got this far every thing is perfect. If it u better take Isn't, why beat your brains , m.today Ah out about it any way? Business Assistant B CROWING FOR A GREATBR Al Morgulia [IVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Paul Fi Member of Associated Collegiate Press I Distributor of Collegiate Digest COLUMNIS Carolyn knuary 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales as the Paul Fc 'he Gamecock" Is published by and for the students of 'NEWS AN r of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the Betsy I xcept holidays and examinations. SOCIETY: Barbarv as expressed by columnists and letterwriters are not SPORTS: Pse of "The Gamecock." Publishing does not constitute Newmai it although the right to edit is reserved. COPY: J. B 4-' Reprinted from April 1949 Issue of ESQUIRE "I've been going out with a Frenchman and I want to learn what he keeps whispering to me." (Copyright 1949 by Esquire, Inc.) Off To The Beaches t The week-end has come. Let's go to the beach, And cast our cares to the wind. Off to the strand to roll in the sand, And get either beered up or ginned. Let's pack our grip and get in the car, And head for that wonderful place, Where the people are jumping and the feet are thumping, With a primitive sensual grace. With sunburned features and bleached-out hair, Relaxed in comfort and ease. With bottle in hand stretched out in the sand, Cooled by a soothing breeze. Get ready, let's go. I'm leaving soon as I can. 3 For with spring in the air, I abandon all care, And head for that wonderful sand. (Ellsworth) SOL ABRAMS I May Be Wrong But.. Education Is a Weapon - elyefceteuainlss There is talk by some officials tn ilb dpe o h tt Ithat the state of South Carolinaintefreaefur. 3 is too poor to afford the twelfth Ms ot aoiin ihrd ) grade to its high school pupils. ntko o nfiin u rs 1 This talk coming from importantenscolytmi,ord nt - persons is indicative of the at-thn teris uc tatanb I titude toward education that many dn bu t of oi4r leading citizens hav'e taken. SuhCrln si eprt To them education is a politicalnedfraltefdsovset weapon to be used to gain and o dcto.Teadto.o h hold office. Some of these out- tefhgaeddntsret u standing leaders fear the resultsusathtoofhettsind of an educated electorate. Somecain Sot Crlna ant of them, who have succeeded in hp ob nsc aoal o spite of a lack of education when sto. Tetefhgae'a it was not the requisite that it ismelya atmp tokpth nowv, greatly underestimate itsstefrmdopn fahrb importance,.idms fte eto h on Education is a weapon. It is a ty h wlt rd snta wveapon against poor government andl unwise legislation. It is alsoflmcnesiy a resource, one of the most un - IwefhGrd Esnta developed potentials in the state. '' wlt rd Education parallels earning abil-wolbetdip ity. True there are exceptions to a oeo u this rule, but they are so small a peiu iie ua eore percentage that the overall pat tern is that increased earning ability goes without bettor edu-pesv.Oedsnomaktn cation,.nu n nolse tn e There is more to educational Oesol o ogtta no systems than appropriating vast vlpdaiiyi rae at sums of money. These educational ta neeoe naersucs expenditures can be largely wvast- Hmnrsucsaeprsal edi with unplanned and unsuper- ieswihms eue me vised spending. daey Need of Efficiency Unrecognized Teqeto snthwmc At the present time, many citi- sol dctoa xessb zens of the state are dleeply con-cu,bthwmhcawefor cerned over the fact that there are t d otepeetapora 46 separate operating game com- to obte h dcto fot missions in South Carolina. Fewpel. of them are even cognizant of the fact that there are 1,680 sepa- N te xedtrso h rately operating school districts in aa ilb eads ayfl South Carolina, and that at best o n5 aywy sta pn only 60 cents value is realized ononeuai.Itdvdes il Peach dollar spent by the state forbeicutrleonm, njg education. -rmna ils hr a en Judging by the difficulty the epniuea oga ot ao proponents .of a centralized gameliarmns nitpeetd commission are having in the legis- poal oiini lieaypr latur, thre ino cancethata Mce t n ow arlnin caity.d Manager .............. George W. Shelor, Jr. usiness Manager ... F Jack Walther BUSINESS STAFF e Sam Sorota, Jule Kleinmetz, Rus Morgan, Carol Ferris, )ld. REPORTORIAL STAFF rs: Carroll Gilliam, Sol Abrams, Ken Baldwin, Booty W Busbee. all, Frank Fayssoux, Mary Denny, Lily Groover, Frances Tuttle ster. CAMPUS: Olga Edwards, Eric Oppenheimer, Edward Vereen ,nowlton, Marjorie McCorkle, W. H. McCartha. linor Keels, Jeanne Turner, Norma Bergman, Booty Wall, Fowler. Lloyd Huntington, Le7nard Duckett, Jack Morgan, Van arrell Sanders. CARROLL GILLIAM A Few Confusing Ideas About Today's Graduate What is the purpose of higher education today? What do we who are the college graduates of 1949, 1950 and 1951 have to gain or offer in the world we are entering? This year and this age the daily customs of man, along with his aims and ambitions are at the mercy of forces which a decade ago would have been ignored. Cynics and conserva. tives standing on the curb of mankind's Main Street are in. cined to smirk and repeat the impression of those who stood in their places before them: "Times don't change-t' all a cycle." Yet, every hour of eveiy day traditions and roles which have governed the past are falling before progress' on. slaught. Ideas held dear by many are being found imprac tical in this age, and political thought and actions are being changed as development of higher social and economic standards demands. In some cases, beliefs which have been considered the basis for American democracy are beconing shop-worn and an evolution in government by both political parties, whether admitted or not, has been aided by the demands of the public. Whether these changes have broadened and bene fited American democracy or have infringed upon it, is the major political issue of the day, although proponents of neither theory are waiting for a decision before plotting future activities. But, despite the fact that " republic" and "democracy" do not mean the same thing to a citizen in 1949 that they did in 1789 or 1889, the citizen is still more proud to say "I am an American" than "I am a Mason, a Catholic, a judge, Scotch-Irish or a college graduate." Those who are able and proud to add "and a college graduate" have a responsibility, with other citizens, to insure the world of 1989 that the term "American" will also mean "republican" or "demo. cratic" as expressing the will of the majority of that day. Personal ambitions and plans are always predominant in the mind of a man who is entering his vocation or career, but the graduates of today have added to these personal wishes those words and ideas expressed by Wil,on, Roosevelt and others about a "better world for mankind." The prob lem then for the graduate is not to forget those wishes and submerge them in the race toward the ambitions and cul mination of personal plans. Higher education in 1949 is not a gift or something wvhich adds to the value of man himself. It is a responsibility which places oni him a greater burden than on the man who has not been so fortunate--the burden of using supposedly broader knowledge of public affairs for better citizenship, the burden of expecting greater material success because of supposedly superior training, and the burden of closer ac quaintance with problems of society and the knowledge and capabilities for removing them. In the past, the majority of college graduates have been inclined to ignore public affairs and even the civic duties of a citizeni. A sigh of dlisgust over the breakfast table when contemp)lating the state of the world as expressedl on page one has satisfied many. Today, however, p)ublic expense has guaranteed college education to thousands, and the public will be cheated if the beneficiar'ies do not make use of the opportunities, both per sonal and civic, which that education has granted. College graduates, despite the howls about diploma mills and degree factories, ar.e in better position than ever before to use their training for public good. That American t radit ions of government and life.*are changing as the gradunate becomes a p)roducifig citizen is a challenge to him to aiccept his responsibility and utilize his trmminng to insure himself and others that such changes, granted t hat they ar'e netcessary and are inevitable, (do not take a course which would destroy the system which af ford(ed h iml his opplortunities. TIhis is the most important thing that he has to offer in 1949, t hen-that his training will be lmrt of the insurance that ''American'' will invoke adlmiration and not scorn throughout this century. EVENTS SCHEDULE Ti.space will carry each week the time, date and place of Or ganizational meetings, sociails, and other events of interest to the campus in general. Such information should be left at THE (GAME~COCK office b)y Monday, 3 p. m., of the week preceding the event. TlIlURsD)AY. AP'RIL 14 7 p. m.-Carolina Chrtstlan' Easter Holidays begin Service Club, Flinn Hall. SEI)NEI).\Y, APRIL 20 SUNI)AY, APRIL 24 H a. m.--Classes5 resumed. 10 a. m.-Wesley Foundation' I p. m.---llue Key. Steward's Washington Street Methodist -al Church. I p-.m.---Sophonmore V Council, 6 p. m.-Canterbury Club, Trin Fhinn Hall. Ity Episcopal Parish House 5 -m.---'oed Association, Le- 7 >.m-epr,University gagre 101. - 'h V sers 'THUIRSIAY, API'LI 21 M OND)AY, APRIL 25 Sl.m.--VM-YW,CA ('abinet, I p. m.-Freshman y Connel, i linn Hall, second floor. F"linn Hlall.. I p. m. -Alpha Kappa G;amma, I p. m.-Vespers Committee, Sims Music Room. Flnn IHall. 5 p. m.--Student Council, Mc. 3 p. m.-Gamecock Staff beglin Cutchen, second floor. wvork. * l'RIDALY, APRIL 22 4:30 p. mi. -- Interfraternity I p. m.--Junior-Senior Y Coun- Council, Flinn Hall. cil. Flinn Hall 8 p. .-o Cn..n, Flinn H1ll