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:nd Justif The right to initiative, free enterprise, self-betterment, or any other phrase one may wish to uge along that line, has always been considered basic in our form of govern ment. It is constantly argued, defended, at tacked, and proclaimed from every rostrum and soap-box in the country. Time after time it is drummed into the weary listener that initiative is the greatest thing on earth, a wonder-worker, and the very backbone of our g-r-e-a-t nation. The average flow of praise would lead an out sider to see America as full of red-blooded little ragged Dicks, struggling upward through the sweat of their manly brows. Actually most of the perspiring around here is done by the speaker who talks about it. His listener gazes at him through half closed lids and saunters out to prop his feet up on the desk Uncle Charlie provided for him. Those who don't have Uncle Charlies dig ditches or scrub floors-and have nothing better in view, nor do they particularly care. If initiative is the ba'ckbone of the nation, then never have so many owed so much to so few. Our rights are like tools which, if not used and kept in repair, will deteriorate and Not Just A Student Council has asked that graduation exercises be held on the main campus this spring rather than in the Field House, as wats done last year. There seems to be an unwillingness from some quarters to do this. Those who will receive their degrees June 6 have w%valked across the main campus at least once every school-day they have been here. They have trod the familiar paths through fair weather, snow, sleet, and rain, k.. da.,, 1li Lnd by the steady glow of the old lamps which line th5 quadrangle. They know every inch of it. To them it is the very heart of their mind's eye view of C'arniinn. The main campus is at the height of its beauty in the spring. It bedecks itself in green and glows in the warm sunshine. Stu dents begin to lounge around on it in their free time and bask in its beauty, friendliness, and memories. KEN BALDWIN, JR. Four Years U, WXoe is us! Last week us thought -cause the Place: we had $eed the last of this part got mle nary an< ofj pa four, hut so help me Ah ain't got a single of fer. Don't F'er 14) thes know wvhuther tis true or not, hut they has had r Ah hears that miah comrades has application fe been swamped wvith people trying atin't got no j< to git into the act. None of them I paid "Com wuz accepted, however, because $1.50 fer six o they wuz States Rights Demo-- poses. All'the crats ats A h hyeard it. rouemn Now this week Ise gwine to anofrst make an offer that won't lose str. fer me. Ah will divulge the identity of Mr. ABC and fur- Te uth nish a pack of a certain brand edt laeh of cigarettes to the most de- waanXJr sirable individual what wants it(anlin-r to w rite this colyumi. Ah will clee(Qle 1 also follow that person around ta 4 oe (ie campus all day and keep jwoefrfrh him in lighted cigarettes so oeClI)hY can el to paks istedof jgaes iffersato one. ~~torhoeet They A will ha Now while iedstalliplfacetwm fie fe nojOb o:at eas th tisAha no mre. ig Editoer-ir-furth effens wEdfitor M.AC,w ai'nerhy Spo t Edtworpcsise f us fA a Soiety Editoscho.....eff..n..t. Coy wiori saln frtm Exchaike ttEldyi i to y.A.. Ah.will.be. k Chercltion M aagreached.he-.al.over..he. Mnagi Editor .Ke ies Motive become useless. The Right%to Initiative is dying from lack of use. But now salvation looms from an unex pected source-the institutions of higher learning. These institutions have been work ing overtime in the recent past and will con tinue to do so. Each year the percentage of our population which has been exposed to higher education increases. And those who have been so exposed will not be content with digging ditches or scrubbing floors. They want something better and they're out to get it. Those who have Uncle Charlies will get it the usual way, but some don't. The day is passing when a college graduate can step into a position of prestige and high income brackets merely by showing his di ploma. The value of the diploma is drop ping. He must have something more, because a dozen other college graduates want the same job. So, while Mr. Average American may not take the burdens of the.nation on his should ers .iust to be patriotic, he is being exposed to the better things of life, and he will exer cise his initiative to avoid losing them. Whether through a sense of duty or for his selfish interests, the same end is being ac complished. mother Day Then comes the most important time for a student as a student-the day of days, the day he will receive his degree and become a Carolina graduate. He dons the symbolic dress, his cap and gown, and assembles with the others for the happy farewell. The scene of the occasiun is important to him. It would seem ironic that he not receive his degree where he has most enJoyed and will most remember his life here. He should not be led away to an overcrowded, indoor affair at a place where he has not been more than a dozen times, excluding classes. It would seem strange that spring, the season of graduation, be ignored and graduation be held indoors as though it were mid-winter. Graduation day of all days should belong to the student. His wishes should be given first considleration when plans are made for that day. >der The Mast nent B3ureau ain't f~i0 hha'te sgi't Smany months toaytelst-nsil ya iy' picture and a lt rm b)ut I still hb. And to think Htteei n hn nercial" Harris wudlk osedn eo F those gangster leeshrantatiter time I is gitting s about insur school teachers da.Thtiunobelte vork in ten cent ms vrddse e er ve dlone overlook- awy opann bu t ere I put dlown I on the cash reg- Adhr aey oeoydn n bandit. Guess a tl( i hthsromt aC mii't help you wit I haou'forfieDnsdnt hy my roommate ko htte eecoe i 3r information toSndy.Itogthewul month ago andihv ento l~' 11cte aid a thing. Ah ta n ftefot(okso h Ah is coming backMciikLiry.usbeom iay don't get me a kn fsclgcleprmn Ssoe sucess mcaue, A hrthey is cagin te willlao yorranyvlteoermen topnisayo th~ e le-nstll Ahgttsootay loo feajBut Don't iss onethin wek' Peopl resining ould l toe wrtne by a aceves ere andthat istheore f.... rdy RierslyGtenSn days.....Ne Thatti nobel h mostuncaled Fouthnde A nowh Kthkey hasrbee kedtor ocke Magert Sunday the nverbody always complge ab eit. Bobb heeGaineyoeoydn that oe of ur Tie Deanidnt net W. adwien took necessaince thon __________ than___one__of ah rnt edorsemnt n - K1 ----7 -01 Cleaned am There was a young Who fell in the was She was battered and Awfully confused, I "At least I am clean!' SOL ABRAMS IMay Be W The time has come for a realign- n mvnt of the major national polit- n ical parties. Most of the legisla- s tive and governmental difficulty of r recent years is the lack of unity n among groups with real political a interests in common. a The situation has come to the point where deadlocks are common u and little legislation has nny i chance of passage. Lack of com- f mon grounds have led to constantly tj shifting blocs which are similar to n the multi-party legislation (of some a European states. n The democrats of the South have little in common with the demo- e crats of the Northeast. The Re- n publican Party is split in every- t thing except its dislike for demo crats and its hate. for President t Truman. There are natural tendencies to split the major parties and force a national realignment. This may happ6n at any time, and the future action at the national level along civil rights lines should cause a regrouping of numerous sectional and local political interests. This is very apparent inth ISouth where the shock of the 1948 presidential election is wearing off, and the States' Righters are coming out into the open after sev eral months of hibernation. The conservative movement is being united in the South, if not I growing rapidly. The huge suc- I cess of the recent States' Rights' dinners and other affairs indicate that this may again play an im portant role in the 1950 Congres sional elections. The republicana have extended encouragement to the rebellious I Southerners, hut this has not been Iaccepted because it was too indefi nite andl offered little in the way of compensation, and also because the States Rights ranks have not < been solidified. Fewv of the lead-i ing figures of the South have de- I cided whether they will break with the traditional democratic party or not.' In other sections of the country where p)olitics is based on a two party system and is therefore I more flexible, there wvas a realign-< ment of voting. Midwestern farm ers, accustomed to following the republican party line, swung over to the dlemocrats in the recent elec tion because of the favorable farm< policy of the administration, and indications are that this group will become in ideology at least demo-i crats if p)resent trends in Congress are indicative. The break in the South, if and 1 when it comes, wvill be along eo 6 A4CoQC CROWING FORl A GREATER VERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL ember of Associajted Collegiate Pres Distributor of Collegiate Digest uary 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott ( e Gamecock" is published by and for of South Carolina weekly, on Fridi ept holidays and examinations. expressed by columnists and letter 3 of "The Gamecock." Publishing doe althnog the ri-tk to edt I.. .reser,e IPressed lady named Jean, Ixing machine. bruised, and >ut she said, (Ellsworth) rong But . ..0 omic lines as in the rest of the ation. This will be somewhat ob :ured by the everpresent cloud of Licial issues which will become kOreC and more universal in scope s the trend of Negro population way from the South continues. The big husinesses have already nified along national lines, and khor cannot be expected to remain .r behind in this. Today one of ie major labor problems is to re ove the sectional differences mong wbrkers. This will become iore byparent in the near future i the Sout when labor of other ions sall expend m uch utiergy nionizing the South to protect weir own standards. The f'egrouping of political in rests will find the big businesses ppoing labor and both ine tnIg or the approval of small business nd professional groups. At first, these middle groups will e split along definite sectional ies as in the South where they ill go along with the consev ive element which big business will on the asr of Far Wess adpoeinwil roups.b ty, n Ate fgirst the badlane goup witrl ill ai? in the otheas theyid Rellgoaduess wit .the nuousCia >roblemen hichanige buinesslitil >r arte.ilcet,teeaemn 'ica:$tion tht till oal be tbe nefcid ic magyi thue realancses fcorol vile andith Nlortheavter adefi ite chiet npltcs.tlat n itealeityo setme nmersbe rlefits etishehan i, poitca irtiespafr hc will cret,teearr ay iidilction wth itinty hs beeil Thi may avoaidsuesfo statin vhichae rdcentlyth reotedei iiservaies in potcs patleast un ig to majorty sniberasno both been efntCongessiablhpd,tsa isu iltes atfrma h wil awayt Setitoneihpartaintytems stien sedhin sme savoidsuc iuain icn the sreientia reultedtins onevtso oth parties tredtnicrprt ierythn anybeoersa stiony pre het Cogesoal poitcsofcetsin ius res beong knownhad tohis awayit ore dinsoite pota s usih InThe ast intresdenislaelecin hethir parties id the incorporat osvetify ay bloc the dsctinfac ioe n its presetfarram.ets.rI ir bomgnowhan this relgment wi oe ofbeefit ltoihe suh; ithan iontestify asndtion the wrse.iac Busines] Assistant BIh Al Morgulis, INA Paul Fie COLUMNIS'] Carolyn FEATURE: ,onzales as. the Paul Fo< the students of NEWS AND iys, during the BesyK SOCIETY: I Barbara w~riters are not SPORTS: I s not constitute Newman d. COPY: J. B,. CARROLL GILLIAM Classes Shoulo Extra - Curricu The University of South Car nost arpong the nation's unive lent activities in the past few i self should offer thorough tra greater achievement in these fi( Carolina's debating team, aft, vears in tournament after toui the Number One college team greater acclaim for students a which has no department of spe n that field in its curriculum. The Gamecock, for the sedon 'All-American Superior Rating egiate Press, organization oj [amecock was one of only nine n the entire country to be awa Radio Station WUSC, relativ Activities and relatively remote host to the regional convention 2asting System. Proof is shown ganization has improved from f ,n amateur radio station with y That these three student act when placed in competition witl ties is a service by them to th lina. New respect for this insti f students from other schools, little hick school in the Deep Sot met them and won on common Stimulus for However, the university shot terest in these fields, and impr related to them-stimulation f quent achievement. As for The Gamecock, althou tion with the School of Journa the newspaper profits or lose standards of that school. Today the orphan school of the univ4 inI a temporary building, posse" the form of two dozen or so tyI Apparently, university offici; the development of other profe pharmacy, business administrat is a Professional school, and, ti held in regard ou.tside the state instruction and successful gradl an adequate budget for acquirii Recently the debaters' frater erary societies have requested t to establish a full department oi not been done. Instruction in cotirse, io debaters, has a cas] fItIre salesIe, teachers and C the public for a livelihood after In this case, technical equipn quate instruction and planned lished through a separate speL in the field of radio, one of i dutstries, the English dlepartmc of instruction wvith limited lab these courses is large and inter, be followedl by e'xpanlsion of rad: Comp)lete training for its matri In the studlent activities rela gardless of st udenlt ach ieveme catiouns, dlebat ing teams and th ing from the classroom is neet Adlded emphasis on these dept to the activities, to the studen ates, and to the uniiversityV itsc EVENTS Si T'his spalce will carry eachi week ganizational meetings, socials, and campus in generatl. Such infor GAMECOCK office by Monday,, the event. FRIDAY, APRIL 29 1 p. nm.-Junior-Senior Y C'oun cil, Flinn llall. 7 p. m.--C'arolina Christ ian Service (lub, Flinnt llal. sec ond floor. SUJND)AY. MAY I 10 a. m.--Wesley Fon da tion, Washingtoni Street Methodist Church. 6 p. m.-Canterbury Club, Trini ity Episcopal Parish flouse. 7 p. m.-Vespers, University' (hapel. MOND)AY, MAY 2 I p. m.-Freshman Y Council. Flinn llall. I p. m.-Vespers (Comhmittee, Flinn hlall. 3 p). mi.-Gamecock Staff be-gins work. 41 p. m.-Interfraternity' Coun cil, Flinn (Iail. 8 p. mi.-Y Canteen, Flhinn llail. M4anager' siness Manager BUSINESS STAI Sam Sorota, Jule Kleinmetz, Id. REPORITORIAL, ST 'S: Carroll Gilliam, Sol Abram Busbee. Frank Fayssou x, Mary D)enny, hter. CAMPUJS: Olga Edwards, Eric ( nowlton, M\arjorie McCorkle, WV lhnor K(eels, Jeanne Turner, N Fowler. 4loyd Huntington, Leonard T I Back Up far Interest olina has been placed fore. reities by three of its stu veeks, but the university it. tining which could lead to lds. r' winning honors for three -nament, was recognized as in America. This is even rid coach from a university ech and lists only one course I straight year, received the from the Associated Col college newspapers. The college weeklies in the class rded the top honor. ely new addition to student to the average student, was of the Intercollegiate Broad. that this still-struggling or 4"public address system" to rofessional aspirations. ivities have been recognized I larger and better universi. 3 University of South Caro. tution is gained in the eyes And Carolina grows from the ith to a university which has ground. Students ild take note of student in. ove sections of its curricula or that interest and subse gh it has no official connec lism and nevei should have, s in direct relation to the Journalism might he called rsity, situated in one room ,sing technical equipment in >ewriters. ldom is much interested in ssional schools-engineering, ion, etc. But, Journalism also iough the Carolina school is because of a hjstory of good iates, technical training with Itg #Iimpment is -,needed.,A ity and members of the lit he administration and Board speech, but, as yet, this has )ublic speaking, valuable, of i value to pre-law students, thers who will be addressing ient is unnecessary, but ade training could be accomp ch department. nodern America's largest in nt has set up three courses Dratory work. Enrollment in st shown by students should o into a full department with ulates. tedl to these three fields, re at in semni-profssional p)ubli e radlio station, strong back ssary for continued success. rtment's would be profitable ~s as students and as gradu If,. HEDULE the time, date and place of or other events of interest to the niation should be left at THE p. mi., of the week preceding TUESDAY, MAY 3 5 p. m.---Hypatian Literary So ciety. (Clariosophic Hall. 5 p. mi.--Euphrosynean iter ary Society, Euphradian Hall. 7 p. mt.--Euphradian So,ciety, Euphradian Hall. 7 i. m.-Clariosophie Literary Society, C'lariosophic Ilall. WED)NESDAY, MAY 4 1 P. m.-Blue Key, Steward's Hall. 1pm.Sophomore Y (Council, F'linnHa. 5 p. m.--Co-ed Association. 101 Lega re. 5 p. m.--Canterbury Tea, Trin ity' Parish House. THURSDAY, MAY 5 I p. m.-YM-YWCA Cabinet, Flinn Hall, second floor. .5 p. -m.-Student Council, Mc (Cutchen, second floor. George W. Shelor, Jr. .. . ..Jack Walther 'F Rus Morgan, Carol Ferris, AFF a, Ken Baldwin, Booty Wall, Lily Groover, Frances Tuttle, )ppenheimer, Edward Vereen, .II. McCartha. orma Bergman, Booty Wal, uett, Jack Morgan, Van