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CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF I Member of Associat Distributor of C Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales 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 COLUI Leonard Duckett, Al Munn, Eric Oppenheimer, BUSINES Sam Sorota, Al Morgulis, Charles Clinkscales, REPORTOR Carolyn Busbee, May Herbert, Gerry Hartman, Frances- Collier, Rita Webb, Ann Chandler, Eliza beth Kearse, Tommy Herbert, Marnie Manning, Lawson Yates, Mary Louise Gaillard, Bobby Smith, Ruth Barker, Mary Bloodworth, Taft Dantzler, Jeanette Dickson, Olga Edwards, Roy Haymond, $33,000-Or I Add it up. Seven survey experts plus $33, 000 equals an improved Carolina. If seven of the nation's most outstanding educators were to come down for a full-scale survey of Carolina, offer a detailed report on what improvements are needed in our current sys tem, and if we were to abide by their report, only one thing would come about-a greater Carolina for this and future generations. And if you haven't noticed it before, take a look at'our masthead. It says: "Crowing for A Greater Carolina." President Smith said he'd favor such a survey if the seven men were unbiased and sincere in their findings. But, on the other hand, he reminded "there ain't no such ani mal." He also pointed out that a similar survey, the Peabody Report, was attenipted here but wasn't feasible since the group's findings tended to disrupt state School sys tem. The report passed the House in the form of a bill but it is now buried in the Senate where "it should be left to die" as the president emphatically puts it. From what we've learned of the Peabody Report, maybe it should be left to die a peaceful death in a Senate Committee room. It was, we understand, drawn up by local educators, as a local issue and it was pushed by local designing politicians. Possibly be cause of the local nature of its backing, the Peabody Report is all but forgotten today. But this seven-man survey that's being carried on at Georgia is fool-proof compared What Does US Just as in the past, The Gamecock will con tinue to honor all signed letters to the edi or. We received one just after our first issue, but had no room for it on the editorial page until this week. We are printing excerpts from Joseph Gilbert's letter to columnist Al Munn with Munn's answers to the rnajor charges appearing at the bottom. Ironically, this week is Munn's last with The Gamecock since he's forced to resign because of a top heavy schedule. His column space will be oc cupied by News Editor Jack Morgan. The space used below for Mr. Gilbert's let Letter Ytteun: (Due to sNeeC linmtations, the follow- 3~,ii o ~hr ing letter could not be published in full. sl'~i latIyw However, the original letter is in file at STh Mayan The Gamecock office should anyone wish nwcret(ovv to see it. Ed.)deis O w ch t Sept. 28. 1949Crliawllnd Dear Mr. Munn: rcvr 'rat sem This letter, in response to your request ~t~aa,~frsn for student expressions of opinion, is ap- asgtr oauie propriately concerned with a line in your ocr.Adunsta own column, speciflcally-"hot as Maxey'swllamtttCa temper." The monumental bad taste of thatnamy uifomlI sorry joke in a. University of South Caro- epl as eigad lina publications as in itself a kind of con- ny tt-s po,ec summation of the sophomoric attitude whichsholi utCa has dominated The Gamecock for the last etotis.adr three years. mr hnodnrl Carolina students have frequesntly beencadonday.C astonished and hurt at the almod' fanatical Mxycs,tels hatred which many residensts of this statestdtta jkabs have shown toward the university. A great 'mangmogac deal of the antagonism is due, of couirse, suetbd.We to incidents in history and to situations instdmtnwpera the present over which we, as studentsacosteoury hefe, have no means of correcting-the con- vr peln m ts'oiersy over Thomas Cooper, thse Tillmanisti? moverment, competition between the - fouar Hoer,a da-muportd whi. coleps nd te l Yeesthein imost m miin h w oter t A GREATER iOUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press olleglate 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 Foster Copy Editor .Ruthe Keckley Exchange Editor.........Betsy Knowlton Circulation Manager . .. Russel McGowan Asst. Business Manager ... . Paul Field INISTS Rudy Rivers. 9 STAFF Jim Horton. IAL STAFF Martha Matthews, Bill McDonald, Barbara McSwain, Charmaine Nutt, Bill Novit, Weste Patton, Kenneth Powell, Bill Rogers, Tom Price, Diek Dunlap, Jimmy Howle, Bill Kaufman, Al Gibert, Frances Tuttle, Lily Groover, Pete Hyman, Celia Moore. Thither Away with the Peabody Report. If there is such a thing as an unbiased group, then this is it. Each man is an outstanding and experienced educator of national fame. None is a poli tician nor are any influenced by politics. There's is strictly a long-range plan for higher "education" not higher "politics." In their report, the surveyors would prob ably suggest setting up a Board of Regents, thereby eliminating politics from our sys tem. it would mean that bills for appropria tions at Carolina would no longer be political footballs bounced around from committee to committee, from the House to the Senate back to the House. No longer would Clem son, Carolina, Winthrop and The Citadel op erate so independently of each other, butting heads for appropriations, with each suffer ing in the long run. Things would be or ganized for a change with a central school of engineering, pharmacy, etc. keeping the cost for higher education in South Carolina at a minimum. If these suggestions were made and fol lowed through (and it could happen), the entire state higher education program could throw off its shackles, awaken from its long sleep, and start comp)eting with those sys tems of nearby states instead of staying 20 years or so behind them. We could utilize the little that we do have. It dloesn't cost much more to go first class, in fact, it might, in this instance, cost just $33,000.-J.A.M. C Need Most? ter to Columnist Munn in the future will be reserved for constructive criticism by out standing South Carolina alumni who will be guest columnists of The Gamecock and will write on the subject of: "What The Univer sity of South Carolina Needs Most." It wasn't by our design but through lack of space elsewhere on the page that Mr. Gil bert's red-hot letter of condemnation was printedl in this particular spot. We aren't ex tremists, but here's a case of The Gamecock going from one extreme to the other. - J.A.M. antiontal colleges in ICi iaawmt lyt'ia ae* f 'h g others.(.ancck esr te jas fw yar.'i. 'rtant factor ini dete'r- )'f),ao 4% lc'Uesriy llmir, egard s is the way IIarlwr(lg ate '4ertiia ru lsl ition we have of our- ht '4dO'llt ~sat i ie ijmls ch others will dlefine' (1 I~il i~ eeipaea, lav nem te vet other assault caseS s itoft'lo t oaail reice'fma insufficient the evi- aisrviwer 434Te amc k, ot me le.at ohno0xious(a of whm hi'got to retetees o inacidents from which mk teiltt lt arte r'aleV nasny, manay years teo sthg. >t going to show mouch iaiiry th uslceaglaarw his Ling their sons anid of.sml gr p trolmel atSrig n .ity where such thtings Asi 'nlise upssl oi,ta a it is, we might as wseevtd anoteaiey t orn olina is regarded by o a)e.a un sada ih n tat perfectly sincere ca ony b grtfl tt itws sue nt of intiquity. As the leer h aeyafi cerel whaite cdcationsal 'asaue ts an rtnt'y no hes >dina, we are, at tha e anitd i h aeok taatepsa ant oligatioan to be laaarlydr,itta. tre esns nat carefuml of whast we aIofsntsont ofilrgheane, ap hutmor aboaut the nI n suniselItaIn vtcacc thing for a Carolina tc-at ofsar,tho g dIn,bt ,is hsad enouagh cir- ln 5d4t, a eqa, wIh otie rtaint elemeant of the truh Is(leIees a vrea on it goes ouat in the ooyon Crln opnm;in eft, f .1 over the state, and Th cled stm whh nle Tb t's going to make a Ga cokrotiatepttheorfr ession for CarolIna, smsesoesmlfe h opIae s suesrfhatmaceo the University odayr, abue everything and enerpd,risdgronpwih h,ti priu ar st oaind n black t a nd whte goodanes a soatd ssdet n vi ofpuns and rerip met ha s aee d h U, N-3m ~ Fe n AL MUNN GA ME-C There comes a time mn every olumnist's career when he must &ie up his column . . . when he nust dismantle his typewriter, his )ursting ideas, and step back into ;he obscurity from which he came. )ur time has come. Over-loaded by a few chores, iour columnist has, in the past few ,veeks, drifted away from his first ove-studying (a fact which three rofessors kindly brought to his at :ention the other day.) So we're hitting the books-even -hough it interferes with our so -ial life--and into our run-down ihoes will step Jack Morgan, who ias several touching crusades al r-eady brewing. But before we go, here are a few mused crusades of our own. To he Student Council: Why isn't the University band ordinated to work with the cheer eaders at gamsi an t e alis isisth cs wihbnso)vr >te 0olg n uiest nti 0aio ? Bad usi ael pprly Theran e esariesena every >theristudaer wen hnerest novuphio cun . whnh ndt aes this pwriter i ~he obuimn ro m whictu h(hey ca e.ac )hrutim as ffcove.gnztono h O.uveraddty-ntrd an fe p chres, ou cludenistody), i the enstewe flekdrifto eaw y from Gamcsc fis ovhyey-sumin (a pracd whic treea) ntio the othesday.)o ieta(wt l So incmpetndmntrtdg the osee ight neryfe, wth mouve-e mhoersit wil didn' Jalp Mogban who >racticavegal ouhing aacenusad al nred bilding.hc h reietot Butd borte ea goAhraembi di fewp oe kicwhtrhaes the ourown.a had) nhe Stude Cnorunai fatrslfh Whm s'teUiversity annybecretdbando perdatin amo oreves.h the chs ieer adetate gamesit and peiminaie s not the arewth andsac ofi ever itaey collete andwe univrity iwn thisn >Ast rent the Carolinarane pree tre aly two apvlgss go thehe >fl the uiestn for the firto tme nsyetusand hh monly fte ubhae and ouicr? Ofacouse not et' rall Sie eey orso,wy u Jo( a'tb rsent atieery Reeig i oplyftosn lter studiletsr ictoerst4 i houghly.tr ot YAur artigasm thsy wite"ron lerniussel of Maxsiiiey Itt1 do not ctn est,t asIi maeffci norclaimfo ny oif thy okes.ic 1,sred1a cline aftert (the ebate,li~' ni whic iinally tiecpided taif o ura) eader id'iptnt kno srti thefatabu igaxey, thiety oudfnt ntic the joe." iia.'5thy ditknowt hel fato, oten that Aiir you mayr' wihtelreal,mclmnt ostate ihaety welcoed aliecetl letesfern scg. ertioi siior airovg. Cartin. In tiur Itter. hle narnet nd Bla. k (--m- ha COMES APPRO E NEED ACKLIN wishes hLt, our hand leader would kindly abstain from unleashing his musical gems until after our cheerleaders have finished a yell. The poor kids down front have their hands full coaxing a cheer out of the stands without having a snappy two-step blaring away right in the middle of C-A-R-O-. Perhaps by discussing the mat ter with the cheerleaders and our band leader, Student Council can persuade them to join forces. We are sure that the result will be a more effective cheering section, and we will have much peppier pep rallies, Many lines of copy ago, we stated that we were going to run a weekly feature entitled, "Coed We Would Like Most to Spend Our Meal Ticket Money On," with the iame and vital statistics of a campus cutie. Well, on its first appearance, some clinker-head cut out the last three paragraphs of our column and that choice bit of information died an obscure death on the printer's floor. So we can only hope that our successor will con tinue this great public service. We enjoyed writing for you these past weeks and it is with regret that we junk our favorite "key-board." But we find some solace in retiring, for as some aged saint phrased it: "The reason a dog has so many friends is because he wags his tail instead of his tongue." is wvrong weith C'aro,lina andc its pumblica tion. het G;unecoc'k, you fail to menitioni a single suIggestion as to, ho4w thiese 'coma. dtitions" mioght he' improved. You metioaned'c that The G.amecock is, "in effect, it not in) intent, a controlled stuadent press."' lThen, in,st two pairag,raphs later, you5 state, that you1 are not aissoci aitedl with The Gamecock. D)on't you think that you shld,i htave taken, inst as little time, to stop by The Gamecock office and1( se for yourselt how The Gamnecock is run? I asna,' you. tha,t you would not have been, harred froms the door bumt, on, the coniitrairy, quoite' eagerly welcomeds'c to our staff if you had1( anmy opinions whatsoever to express. -l.et me,. further aessure you thast this hmbille w5riter, as well as other writers on. The Gamecock staff, is controlled solely by the dictates of his conascienc(e and by no0 o,ther force. In you,r letter you opens old sore spots (moving the University, etc.) and make stastem,ents conlcern,ing organization,s with which you have had no association, as you.r letter admit. It was tisi columnist's desire in the tiegininag, to bring nut constructive ideas ,from you and other students in order to help U. S. C. [i'or I say sincerely that I bselieve in Caro,lina, and that only by stus dent exptression, can its ill. he cured and it reach the haigh, goal for which I believe it was intendced. let me pause here, to say that I am not condemning your letter. I deeply ap preciate the interest which nmoved you to write fosur pages to this column. Bumt -it is time students stopped sitting hack asnd merely griping, buit got sup and begans working to improve what is wrong. You, seem interested in Carolina, but yosu are not helping Carolina as you are now. Why not comae around to The Came cock-see for yourself how it is. then pitch in and help uts make it betteri I feel sure your, idea of clique-controlled organizations will be quickly changed. Fair enough? Sincerely, Al Munn PRIATION TIME ATTE NTIN TH AN YOU W u Let's Face It By Leonard Duckett (NOTE: This is the first of a series of three re views onl the books of Max Shulman, "the barefoot boy with the six digit income." Shuhman has published three books which are touted as the funniest pieces in the last several years.) BAREFOOT BOY WITH CHEEK The book opens as Asa Hearthrug- bounds joyous;ly from the bed on his big day-he's off to enter the University of Mmnnesota-but he bounds right sback again. His drop-seat pa.jamas haye become entangled in a bedspring. On the campus all was a bu-SY hium-masons aging a building so they could hang ivy onl it, landscapers trimming a 12-foot hedge to spell "Minnesota, Minnesota, rah, rah, rah, ree. Little brown jug, how we love thee." e ILii h i f ai day" te avisr sid L eht's FtImat. Iwigt rdo hs a o (NOTE:n i fois thyistcal eam see ofped thre e viaes n th ooksad ofMxuman "hed refooty oy r withodheorkxrdigitouncome."areuanlittas publihed toput things off.iYo are toteng th ae aongs ricsi te lat. Asage boo imen as Asnn Handtwent ondsjyu.yfo H odthe benextsi dy-e'of tow henhto etpi theUnvriyo middnesoftbhe bogh.ns igtr'sboyfrin. His adarosat pajamad hade beom sientangbuled in ahi backard,nsAs ha O gun the us l s athe nihm-mtone agin sta upilgs they ouied hang iy ond itrlndscwith theriming aT12foo hedas tappell innfaeritA nsta, fraht pat, reheryoe. Lite browngug, how w lov title."awntwt "easric balosncelv nhs ofeain siea sunupwo"buhs g"rTraen's was meat Ingeios. aShie rain It burill hmelth potat higero hrnvl."mk es nYu ye. s' "Ys Irtent haoud soutevery potatoncingMialesotang." That'sa wth picture Itevr wil geond thops with po Asquo wentciy frie onphsceak. Helsotepacheveent thaer motto as ocosid. Ampakehoriands easily.a you'are agtton wnokrato."o r ltl nlndt u Thg oyuarse gikly poblaem ae londri solved. wAfter Ahs gfootbma paen they went outt.qan ltl e stodbid the tdotr mpassie hadtoetringi the ky Smdeboyyledrs the ngtHissr'sm "oyren as ad railroad drank a hadie a serac-gilt finto athere' backr, so sica ad togenu odfsineddloe ofte the ihoheeh stgrnem Carwhle thnae ooin amegirn outsde tifle wit itereister. Tenorhc rock streditor he frarity A thad noti upathy "Put yurve balack on hiad. YouTleatc Forldw," bTie Cart hinge bnad tohrnvlSoke anotse Ir Yout. Finally Ash' Hisa rt enity amereovicn.slsanls They dieadd the ue of i oncthe capuoth, hoe fnae aexss ge, etned woeigt,in hits, aiste food rn iorwt caahoiry writenman thack. lsothe hieemeftwt recortdsoevr fellowan who ad akenl he othey udin' geirfin it" o im las ugy