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CROWING FOJ UNIVERSFTY OF I Member of Assocla Distributor of ( Founded January 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonales as the first editor, "The Gameok" 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 Let"s Go A lot has happened at the university since President Smith first took over in 1945. The school reached its peak in attendance just after the war and facilities were improved accordingly. It was a slow but sure process and, contrary to radical opinion, today we aren't in such a bad way. College life has settled down to near-nor mal. Students are beginning to appreciate the school for a change and a lot are begin ning to visualize a greater Carolina of to morrow. But even though we've made a lot of prog ress with the limited facilities on hand there's still room for improvement. The Uni versity of Georgia, for instance, has called on seven outstanding American educators to make a full-scale survey of Georgia's univer sity system. The survey will cost $33,000. It was requested by Georgia's Board of Regents No Minimu We've been swimming in a sea of ultimata since the semester began, wondering how re sponsible individuals can be so irresponsible. First, there was the notice one day before registration that graduate veterans had to be re-admitted to school under a new certifi cate of eligibility. A lot were found inelig ible, didn't have the finances to pay their way and were ultimately forced to leave school with no immediate employment in view. Over 200 veteran students, most of them married with children, were affected. These unfortunate students cannot fight back and it's too late for them to start the semester now. Their only comeback would be a beef to their representatives in Wash ington: U. S. Senators Burnet R. Maybank and Olin D. Johnston. Then, students took offense when Dean J. B. Jackson issued a directive condemning hazing. It was just a misunderstanding and It was cleared up In record time. Initiation now goes on the same as ever. An attempt was made to outlaw coin operated machines. Admiral Smith an nounced that all except the one in tenement The Spir A few disgruntled, pessimistic upperclass men, who grew that way through several years of post-war inactivity, got the sur prises of their lives Thursday night at the pep rally when an enthusiastic crowd, the largest since the war, shook the rafters of the field house with yells. The spirited crowd needed no prodding to cheer for their alma mater. After Coach Rex Enright made his talk and his staff and members of the football squad were intro duced, the students were in the right mood. They just did what camne naturally. This demonstration, coupled with the fine reception given the YM-YWCA membership financial drive, is definite proof that the spirit is here. In the past, the Gamecock took a negative approach to the school spirit question. Now, with the younger student tak ing the lead .- and he demonstrated Thurs day tHiat he could - the complex has com pletely changed. We no longer are forced to cry "more spirit" through The Gamecock be cause it's here. The Best Team Won Surely, a lot of students were discouraged over our upset loss to Furman last weekend. But some-teafn had to win and the best one on the field that night, Furman was the lucky one. Kowever, we should be proud of the spirit, istle and enthusiasm of our football representatives. It was just a case of Fur "man oji and Carolina off. Both teams played clean, hard football and showed good sports *nanahip throughout. We hope we expressed st udent body's feeling in the following CQI tA GREATBR BOUTH CAROLINA ted CoUgate Press 'llegate Digest of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college year except holidays and examinations. cock." Publishing does not constitute an endorse, ment although the right to edit is reserved. SOCIETY EDITOR ...................Jane Dowe FEATURE EDITOR ............... Paul Fostei COPY EDITOR ................... Ruthe Kleckley EXCHANGE EDITOR ........... Betsy Knowltor CIRCULATION MANAGER . . . . Russel McGowan ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER .. . Paul Fiek Surveying to provide a long-range plan for higher education. The survey will last for a month, during which time the group will gather data or Georgia's problems and compare it with con ditions in other states. They will spend another month writing up their findings. The contract for the surveyors calls for study of costs, administration, procedures, teaching loads, salaries, teacher advancement and retirement, and all student activities. Special attention will be paid to possible overlapping of services provided in individ ual university system units. When the group finishes at Georgia, they?ll be available for a full-scale survey at some other university. Why can't it be Carolinal If we hope to achieve a greater Carolina for tomorrow we'll have to get busy today by keeping our eyes and ears open for any little bit of advice on how to better ourselves The cost should be no object.-J.A.M. rn On Beefs seven would be retained but no new sofi drink machines will be added, the presideni said. Seating Plan Works A small minority of students voiced their disdain for the seating plan for home foot ball games, but their )Teefs lost momentum when a few older and wiser heads prevailed and begged them to give the new system a chance before condemning it. Student coun. cil agreed to maintain a wait-and-see atti tude, also. The seating arrangement worked perfect ly for the Furman game, but the end. zones were practically empty since only 18,000 at tended. What will happen when North Caro lina comes to town tomorrow with CharliE "Choo'Choo" Justice to play before a ca pacity stadium crowd, we hesitate to say. These were the major beefs of the monti and they all stemmed from irresponsibility of a few high and responsible authorities from the. VA in Washington down to the stu dent leaders here. The only encouraging not< was the gentlemanly manner in which thi majority of the students accepted these hard ships.-J.A.M. illIs Here letter seht to the editor of The Hornet, Fur man university, immediately after the game "We wish to take this opportunity to convey to the Furman student body Carolina's most hearty congratulations for your well-earned 14-7 football vic tory Friday night. "Your team displayed the best sports manship seen at Carolina stadium in many years. You won the game deci sively, but better than that, your fine fighting team won the respect of every Carolina rooter. "We wish you the best of luck on the football fields this year and trust that in the years to come you will continue to show the same high calibre of sports manship whether you win or lose the game." Anymore Booster Clubs Around Because we lost is no reason for the stu dents to go back on their team. An elaborat pep rally is planned by Student Council fo tonight. Be there to help cheer the underdo Gamecocks on to victory tomorrow. Student council did a good job in settin up the well-coordinated and interesting pe rally last weekend, but the three-man con mittee appointed for the job just wasn enough. In the past the Booster Club, noa apparently inactive, arranged detai- for pe rallies, bonfires and other student, celebri tions. If this club can't handle the job thi year. then Council should set up some othe group, possibly a seven-man, all-student con mittee, to take care of it-.-J. A. M. SIMS CLOSES AT 11 AL MUNN GAME-C The sun was shining brightly upon this old Green Saturday morning, but all its sprightly rays combined, could not have dispelled the cloud of despondenty which hung so blackly over our lifeless campus. We wandered from face to face, seeking in vain for one optimistic soul, and always it was the same utter dejection. It is amazing what a game called football can do to 3,800 hearts. Thursday night we had finished one of our ,most successful pep rallies held in years, and student morale was at its peak. Friday night, 8,800 students were stunned and crushed, as they watched their hopes and pride ground into ashes. Yes, they were hurt when they saw their Gamecocks fall . . . but we are thinking that those stu dents who were most hurt by that loss, were the fifty-two men in football uniforms out there on the field. For no matter how brutal the ridicule being heaped upon them, nor how keen the criticism of them, no one can cut them any deeper than the mental lashing each Is giving himself. Sure we lost, but must we com pletely collapse because of one ball game? Do we lack the guts to get up out of the mud and come hack? ERIC OPPENHEIMEI Between Y A dejected group of Carolinians filed out of the newly enlarged Carolina Stadium last Friday. The Purple Hurricanes from Furman had struck a devastating blow to USC's 1949 football fortunes. As football is ani integral part of the university's program, students and alumni should analyze the3 status of football at Carolina and at other colleges in the nation. Professionalism In college foot. ball is a stark reality. Schools spend a great deal of money te secure good players and coaches, Alumni associations contribut( willingly to the athletic coffers i order to see their teams triump: on the gridiron. Students auto. matically share In the expensi through student activity fees ear inarked for athletic funds. There. fore the calibre of the teams it - largely determined by the amouni of money at the coaches' disposal r On that basis, it is easy to under, stand that supporters and contribu. tori demand winning teams. Student support of athletic teams has suffered accordingly. A p winnIng team still receives enthu siastic acclaim, but a losing squa< tIs no longer praised for its valian efforts on the friendly field o: Sstrife. The coach is under constan P pressure from those who hav< -pecuniary Interests In the com s muercilised football teams. r aolin, too, spends a consider abeamount of money on its foot ball team. Of course Carolini can't mnatch the tnwads expndm :00, MY GOOD MAN! ACKLIN' Teams have been upset before. Even mighty Notre Dame has, in years gone by, fallen to a lesser foe who, inspired and with dogged determination, played over its head to win. Our players made mistakes, sure, but they didn't quit! No ball player in the country could have fought harder for his school than Bishop Strickland, who played his hearL oui, even when hopes of vic tory were crumbling around him. Bayard Pickett, who made tackle after tackle until injuries forced him from the game-John Boyle, who watched true passes skitter through fingers of his ends, and others, fighting to bring victory to us in the closing minutes, did not quit! Baylor was supposed to be the test for our football team. But we believe that neither that game nor the one Friday were th counters. The big test is NOW. The truly great team is one who can stand up after having its apple cart upset and by sheer grit, begi all, over again and batter its way to the top. Tomorrow we meet one of the country's football giants -- a team which is picked to roll over us un opposed. Are we through for the season? .. . Tomorrow, we will know. by some of the larger institutions. However, the university's expendi tures surpas.s that of Erskine, Wofford, Furman and other small denominational colleges. Gamecock supporters expect victories over those teams which do not have the financial resources of the state uniiversity. Fans expect football material and results on the grid iron commensurate to the expendi ture. USC has some outstanding play ers on its roster. Men like Strick land, Wadiak, Boyle and others, would be first-stringers on any team. The yard-gaining prowess of the Gamecocks Is a proven real ity. The material is worth the monetary outlay. But the team has certain chronic deficiencies which are quite apparent. The T-formation demands pre cision, deception and speed. These qualities have not been mastered in recent years. Tackling and down-field blocking has been par ticularly deficient. The absence of a pliuging fullback already has cost Carolina several touchdowns -as the Gamecocks have been un able to score when only a few yards from the opponent's goal. If the weaknesses can be cor rected, Carolina will be able to field a capable and spirited team. But despite professionalism in col lege football students should con tinue to support their team... -win, lose or draw. The boys on the field are still going all the Let's Face By Leonard DuckeW I have seen the-intricacies of double-wingback foot he polished efficiency of the single-wing, the seem in nagicry of straight T's and 'split T's and the utter con usion of beer par-T's, but I have never seen such am ngly smooth handoffs and reverses as the extension divi' ion accomplished on one correspondence course. I ran 100. inly to find I had been stopped at the line of scrimmage. After transferring 73 hours (six required, 67 electivesX. rom a junior college, I found I had to have six semesters if French. So I waited until this summer to start doubling.. ap. I never had a doubt-of not being able to get it in time-.... mntil I unsuspectingly walked into the extension division >ffices. "I want to take a correspondence course," I said con. idently. I Like To Read, Anyway The girl dug into a file and came up with a batch of >apers that looked as if it might be a manuscript for a' rhomas Wolfe novel and explained: "Fill out these few papers, get the registrar to sign here ind your professor to sign here and then come back." "All this for just one course," I asked. "That's all for the first step." I sat down and started to work on the application. Name, >irth-where, when, why-former schools, where do you ;vork, do you think this course will help you with your ;vork, do you think your work will help you with this course, iualifications for taking the course-I laboriously waded ,hrough all of them. 'You're In the Wrong Pew' Then I headed for the registrar's office. After a fifteen ninute wait he told me I wouldn't need the card I had and to go back and get the right one. Back to the extension division. "Oh, I didn't know you were a veteran. Take this form )ver to Colonel Parks' office and get him to sign it." Colonel Parks: "Get my secretary to fill this out for you and I'll sign it." That done I headed out again. "Whew, I'm glad I'm finished." The secretary overheard me. "Take this form out to Fort" Jackson and they will give you a supplementary certificate;1 Af eligibility." "TV-u -Fort Jackson T," I didn't have a car so I wrote a letter and sent the formW along with it. A couple of weeks later I got an answer. "Dear Sir: We cannot approve your certificate until you tell us -the'' name of the course you wish to take." Another three cents and two weeks shot. I finally got my certificate which read: "We have approved your changing, courses from Journalism to French 31." I said a silent prayer] that. I wouldn't major in the course, clicked my heels and,.. ran for the extension division. "I've got it," I screamed and laid the paper on the des triumphantly. "And what course was it you wanted t ae? h il asked. "French 31 and I sure am glad to get it off. The summer ~. is almost gone." I Am a Foreign Correspondent She checked the catalog. "I'm sorry. Madame' Sweeneyj teaches that course and she's in Europe for the summer3~ "That's okay. I'll send my assignments airmail." "I'm afraid she will be too busy to correct them." "You mean I can't get the course," I smiled bravely. "She will be back in September." Oh, well. What's one more year in my young life ? RUDY RIVERS Expounding A man must be honest with him- That morning I had been the. self. He ought to let himself out man. While he cat-walked high up when he most desires to stay with- in the steel skeleton, I trecame hit, in. It is like the kite and the for awhile, daring, nonchalantd string; the kite goes up when the and busy. I was someone else wheE string is out. he screamed first, Then again .The majesty of truth is what I became him, falling gracefull% wish to expose here. The honesty from twelve stories up. I think of a juan to himself is a poor in- was startled when .he hit the troduction, but it-serves to convince ground and bounced once ani me that I need letting out. Too didn't move again. Truth came t much is mine; I can not contain it me then and looked me in the fac alone. -,and asked me if I understood. KTruth, like a pain, is annoying. A nman came by and, asked m Knowing truth, we, of all God's what had happened. He was smil pets, are most blind to its majesty. ing a funny smile that faseinate Iimposes on all our living and is me. It wasn't in his butbu unavoidable. It is painful. It is aon i is pedn h also wonderful and moving aond ar likeadgs apreading thIn transcending description,ga epars wiee hog's The a redl I was watching a building being eyesomeehn buta;They wanet built, being myself the reincarna-gshed.et rask; again be tion of each man whose hands la rouguihead imatein besin bored there. It was a huge ugly -rinngh.n main u t framework of steel and I was watching the men moving around I could not answer 'him for in It. A scream startedi way up was more frightened gif him tha high suddenly, and I looked and of the death there on ,the ground watched and heard the man fall- And in his eyes I saw he deeperai lng twelve stories to the rocky (utility of life. That Is when trtE ground. Same to 'me for th* second timn I heard his seam die beor and depired nte to understand. he hit the ground and bounced So, the truth oftlife is mine. I once. I saw him die in the impact, came from death, the ultimia It was very simple and very quick, truth. And I am only now bein The motion of the body in the fall honest with myself. The string was slow and, somehow, -rfl,..tadth iei .