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CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF 84 Member ot Associatw Distributor of Co Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonsales as the first editor, "The Gamecock" is published by and for the students of the University The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers are not necessarily those of "The Game JOE MOLONY, EDITOR RUDY RIVERS, MANAGING EDITOR JACK WALTHER, BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR ........ ..... ..Jack Morgan CAMPUS EDITOR ............. W. H. McCartha SPORTS EDITOR ............. Lloyd Huntington College Goe That long awaited day, anticipated for years by many of us, has come at last. We are' now living in a -collegiate atmosphere. College is finally becoming collegiate again. Take a look around you. Rat caps, shaven heads, scared expressions and everything that typifies a college "rat" is there. Our enrollment is gradually dropping to the pre war level according to the latest figures from the Registrar's office-it's 3,800 compared to 4,200 a year ago. After close contact with some 75 of these freshmen at the university YMCA camp two weeks ago we can't help but feel optimistic over the future for Carolina. The boys, con sidered by many as the "cream of the crop" among new students, were eager, interested and spirited. And none of them were faking, either. When cheerleader Shorty Hilliard went to work you could hear the rafters ring. M Y, MY, Printed elsewhere in The Gamecock is the student body constitution. Read it. Now, read it more carefully this time. Do you see what we see? If you'll notice Article X, section 7, you will find no stipulation that after stu dent body elections the votes must be COUNTED. It merely states: "All ballots shall be kept in the college vault for a period of five days following the date of election. They shall then be turned Will It Ben If you'll look up above this you'll see a picture of a bird, supposedly a gamecock, under which is printed these words: "Crow ing For A Greater University of South Caro lina." That slogan has stood up through two world wars, an insurrection against eating conditions in Steward's Hall, efig nn of top administrative figures and the fmous and recent project to move the site of the 'eampus. It's pretty battered, we adrnit, but it'% st'll' there and The Gamecock just keeps] on rolling through the years. If we had our way we'd change it to read "pulling for" a greater Carolina because no permanent and constructive change can be brought about without everyone pulling together with one ultimate goal in view. If criticism will achieve the ambition, then< we'll employ it, but it will be of a construc tive nature, not destructive. If praising wfll do it, that's for us, too. But regard4ess, of how we attempt to reach this goal, well Challenge The Gam~ecock, whether you know it or not, is a pretty unique college newspaper. It started off with quite a bang. In fact, its founder, Robert Elliott Gonzales, was on the wrong end of the bang. The former Gamecock editor was an individualist. He feared no man and pulled no punches in his cuttinig editorials. While editor of The State, Gonzales' personality caught up with him. He became involved in a heated argument with~ a politician. The argument finally rpached a climax. Qne day while Gonzales kus walking down Main Street the embit ere .~ d politician drew a gun and killed Gon sale In broad daylight. We won't endeavor to follow directly in ~Ganues' shadow-we're allergic to guns wp do appreciate this gteat man's rug IividualIs*E Even today, The Game reiigese of the few independent tiede ona the campus, And that's just A GREATER )UTH CAROLINA i Collegiate Pre" legiate Digest of South Carolina weekly, 'on Fridays, during th4 college year except holidays and examinations. cock." Publishing does not constitute an endorse hnent although the right to edit is reserved. SOCIETY EDITOR ...................Jane Dow4 FEATURE EDITOR ................Paul Fostei COPY EDITOR ................... Ruthe Kleckle3 EXCHANGE EDITOR ........... Betsy Knowltor CIRCULATION MANAGER .... Russel McGowair ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. . . Paul Fiek s Collegiate School spirit is deeply-rooted in this new non-veteran crop which numbers over 1,000 and it's going to be hard to change their ways or their conceptions of college life. So, let's get off our high-horses, admit to ourselves that the veteran has had his day, and give way to the young, high school graduate who'll be building the Carolina of tomorrow. If the oldsters around here would cooper ate, a plan instituting "ratting" in the stu lent body constitution could be presented ind probably passed. "Rat Courts" and "Rat Weeks" could become rituals. The cap, we anderstand, is required, but the wearing of It hasn't been rigidly enforced. The idea Is no good if the upperclassmen don't pitch in with the right attitude--and the spirit of "Ratting" hasn't yet caught on here. -J.A.M. Council! )ver to the president of the student body ind member of the Honor Council who shall immediately DESTROY them." Therefore, any candidate who knows he hasn't a chance to win could contest the election on the grounds that there is no provision for the counting of the votes. And the guy'd be within his legal rights, too. -J.A.M. f4it USC? keep in mind one question: "Will it benefit Earolina ?" DON'T TALK--WRITE! As a student publication, subscribed to y the students, operated by students with ut outside interference, it is only natural that the primary function of The Gamecock is to satisfy the students. We are your voice n print., If we say something that you don't ike, let us know. Who knows but we might rit on a happy medium. But whatever we say, we'll always remember that one ques tion: "Will it benefit Carolina ?" We have set aside enough space to print "~letters to the editor" each weeke. None were published in this first issue simply be :ause we received none. Remember, it's your paper-you paid for it. All issues have two sides to them and The Gamecock is here to air both sides. If you write us please don't forget to sign your name to the letter. Un aigned letters are worthless.-J.A.M. Accept:ed We feel that we were left a challenge by past editor Jean Hill and her very capable staff. We accept it and will be 'tonstantly remindful of the great record which The Gamecock enjoys. If we weather the storm, don't lose fatth in humanity, we hope to add 1949-50 to the growing list of All. American ratings. COME ON OVER To stay among the top ten college weeklies will be a rough job. It will require a lot of work which means a large staff, studded with freshmen, sophomores and juniors, es pecially. Experienced help from seniori would be a godsend. The Gamecock extende each student, experienced or not, journalisur majors or not, a hearty Invitation to visil our office behind McKissick Library any afternoon after 8 o'clock between Monday and Wednesday. It's your paper, so why ni keep it tana?.--.AM. N OILI OILI WE'V AL MUNN ON Here we go again. Back from vacation - pleasant ly dissipated, and four days behind in three subjects already. They say this is Fall, but so far the only things falling around here are morals, for the weather is still as hot as Maxey's temper and the price for registering at this Uni versity was just three times the amount we brought with us. Ah, registration. People were packed into little rooms. like so much fruit. H-m-m-n fruit? Well a few were stewed anyway. We have seen sardines packed tighter than some of the students who oozed in and out of Building "C" but then - the sardines were dead. We understand they're still look ing for the two freshmen who wan darad off trying to locate a divi sion of the foreign language de partment where you register for "Orieut-ation." Ught And -speaking of freshmen, this is as good a place as any to insert our three rules of Carolina con duct - Just a few pointers every "potential wheel" should know. 1. Strive to attain the "I'm great - who the hiell are you ?" at titude which works wonders for re building a deflated ego, we're told. 2. If you don't snow something, don't ask anyone else - they don't ERIC OPPENHEIME; Between Y< The sacred fire of Carolina still burns. The detractors of the Uni versity and a usually lethargic student body and faculty have not succeeded in extinguishing the flame. Every year a small group continues to work loyally for the best interest of Carolina. Ilut the task is too immense for just a few to shoulder and the dimming of the fortunes of USC has been appar ent. Insufficient appropriations for the state university jeopardizes its national standing. Certification is usually based on per capita ex penditure. Last year President Smith advised the legislature that an increase in funds was necessary to insure minimum standards. The General Assembly did not heed the admonition, It is therefore impor tant that all Carolinians- join in concerted action to enlighten their representatives. It must be empha sized that USC ranks far behind other state universities in per cap ita expenditure. Carolina spent $210 for each student in 1948-49, while $250 was the required mini mum fo q~h~ college. The facu ,'lfiary and labora tory f4ecilities determine the calibre of a university. Higher salaries for professor., an expansion of the library, and better and more mod. ern laboratories are the remedies for Carolina's mediocrity. The uni versity's plight is of import to every person who calls Carolina his alma mater. The national standing of a university largely determines the sueess o te gedma.. E STRUCK OILI know either. Besides, why let them know how stupid you are? 8. Develop the technique of at tending a party with one person then jawing and making eyes at every other hoob in the Joint. But now on the serious side. As this column stated in Its first appearance last May, it was origi nated solely for You. We figured it Is about Hame You, the student who reads this Gamecock, should have a special voice - a private corner In which to air yo-ar Ideas on the University and how It might be Improved. This in your chance. Beginning next week, we will pub lish all 1LtOera received by this column pertaining to .matters af fecting the University. We guarantee to print any let ter received, providing it Is print able. So If you hsave something on your mind, write It down and send it to the Gamecock, care of this column. Also next Issue we are insiall Ing a weekly feature entitled, "iCo ed We Would Like Most to Spend Our Meal Ticket Money On," which will contain the namo and vital statistics of some campus cutie for tI Jssu - b w w - know neidthe Beies, whyckette knwhostupid you hae?ebse tha Dever-pwtegehtiqueld maidgt teing t a prwt oe pson -h Bunw conese riu.ie AthsColmnsAteinvitie frs natdsely activYtiesae fitgrad itiaot te u,rsthe stmuden whoup re meis byecck houlder haved spneial vsocei-ato. prvae learternenorganhzation whicl idels onilte Uniersaity and howadermihtp be impovdn Tshl jis yorthangrou wih albetLr reeie bynters colum n pterainingat mantters prf fectingat.he niv erspth grou guaratease orntiee anyt te requeing provinr It is pr ale Soithate omeofthe or yourniin writhete itdwanseda and tda theaeok wcaep mosthis AloIt isettbe har intpal more an eel ftre sented hao egWetod ike onstd tivitped Our ealTicket Money wO,"os wh will cotaen pare na atuden avi statistic owee some perns tie youre beeith and ur refernce Threde pwtould haeien man godpin thi ise uterrsn suenter hngr andsneeed eto ofeall majorkea. Ths greek we hav obeenousi-htoe tharsn anove-et oldsmafdlyean tiitoanety coret soam for the denoney estw htos h Stuen acivdiierento itea prthofth dnverbesity.io Capu grop hare mhedimby whpichd ther sonvs of simlahtae an n trs t Let~~ ace I By Leonard Duckett Shortly after the end of last semester I was unwillingly initiated into the S.T.P.U.D.T.W.T.A.L.O,L. This. Is ,au organization rapidly becoming mcre and more non-exclusive as school goes on. More simply, this is the Society To -Pro vide Underprivileged Dormitory Thiefs With The Neoe. sities And Luxuries Of Life. Still more simply, some lowdown louse rahsacked my ioom while I was in town working my fingers to the bone slaving over a hot typewriter. He got a new, though cheap set of golf clubs, a fishing reel, a watch, a cigarette lighter and the best pair of pants I had. During summer school Wayne Felkel lost a portable type writer and a $20 piece of luggage, while his roommate, Bill Tinsley, contributed a portable radio to the same cause. The Door Was Unlocked. The entry into my room was simple. The door was un locked and the closet doors open, so anyone who was wander ing through could have easily wandered out again with just about everything I had that could be pawned. Felkel's and Tinsley's room was another matter. The out side door was locked with the bolt and night latch and the closets were locked with the night latch. The typewriter and luggage were taken from a closet. Another student, Jim McCallum, lost two suits-the same way. He later recovered one of his suits from a pawn shop. Of course, he had to pay the pawn ticket to get his own suit. Undoubtedly there have been more cases of this type that I don't know of, because the few I have mentioned in volved only people I know well. In any case this is a serious situation and it is a situa tion with no easy solution. I have talked to Dean Jackson and he nor I could suggest any immediate, sure way to stop it. Even locked doors are not sure remedies. But they are probably the best. With almost 4,000 students enrolled and the campus open to anyone passing by. no central system can successfully guard against stealing. As Dean Jackson said, anyone be tween 16 and 30 may walk on the campus and enter any dormitory without being noticed particularly. - Each Person is Responsible So, it seems the solution must be left to the individual students. First of all, each room should be kept locked. This would at least temporarily discourage the thief from enter ing rooms and stealing all useful articles and maybe some textbooks. All of the colored employes on the campus formerly wore badges to identify them. This practice should be carried out and any colored person not weariug a badge should be reported to the marshal's office. Emphasis must be placed on prevention rather than try ing to catch the culprit after he runs off with all- your loose belongings. After the things are missed you have about as much chance as a one-legged man at a kicking contest. This whole thing may not seem important to you now. It seems important to me every time I start to go out and ' beat my way around a golf course although my clubs did have an inherent tendency to slice. I'm sure it was the clubs. When I turn my wrist to look at my watch I get.dejeted and want to cormmite assault and battery with intent to maim. It was filled with water at the time, though, And was beginning to rust around the edges. The flint in the lighter was wo it and I Would have needed some fluid in a few days, buut iwasn't so bad in a way. The pants had been worn several times' but I can't think of a thing wrong with mny reel. So, in case you want to get careless, we still have a few openings in our organization. Wayne Fel#el is~ president. He lost the most. I'm vice presideit and Bill 'insley Is secretary. We don't have a treasurer for we have nothing left. Take all the precautions you can, because the initiation is pretty rough. RUD RIVERS4 Women? Thousands\ them. tised~ She is an atm~osphsre - am Prim, cute,,soft, fair, voutuous, determined. swee, ft, fecked,siendr st-I staa into her atmosphefsea t,fat, om end IsI n !be the inrge "Yur too am tiu e.And I? adI anm one pretty,? ses I without diplothacy. And mut nt amireanyonet~qAnd she colors twies, before .shis closely. I must be true to lote. But says stiffly, "I'm sorry." it is a burden. .. . Ah!I The essence of wit suffuses "Hello bright eyes," she says in nie'. "If you werA sorry, you would hersmie, I tinktoure oodfordo saething about it." This kind h aed. er smile, " thinks ly and kloating. She reeddes like a lte ate" er m5l sys thsa snail Into her atmosphere again. out loud, and her face setuses so So, I ani n love again. Still pay blush. Ah, misery of a smsile. l -ig only lij ece. I am in love I have to smile baek'sorsrowfully, with this at ophere that floats ,"Sorry chick, no dies." er 'I am around me each dsy. That is chilly. in love. And you know whiat that ,Who is like a snail. Who hates my mneans. miles of intestines. I am in love until this hen comes *I am in love again until that first along, who does not smnilq' Who sits love is seen with another lad. Then, beside me each day in~ Homemak- Oh then, the ceiling is gently ing. Who refuses t,acknowledge rained. I carried my cracked heart that bod puffed fi~aand marrow in my eyes for a week until she stuffed bone exist. How vain can stapled it back together again. we get? . And we were one for eternity. I wa In love. Lip service still Until a well-molded sweater, with ' J pay. But -this straight-faced a well-milled face attached went biddy .Is an intrigna. I am hyps. b.. o..e da,wt .musia. p. ..