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CROWING I UNIVERSITY 01 Member of Asso< Distributor o Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Ellio Gonzales as the first editor, "The Gamecock" published by and for the students of the Universil The opinions expressed by columnists and lettei writers are not necessarily those of "The Gamq JOE MOLONY, EDITOR RUDY RIVERS, MANAGING EDITOR JACK WALTHER, BUSINESS MANAGER News Editor ................ Jack Morga Campus Editor .......... W. H. McCarth Sports Editor .......... Lloyd Huntingto: COLl Jack Morgan, Eric 0 BUSIN] Sam Sorota, Al Morgulis, ( REPORT( Carolyn Busbee, May Herbert, Gerry Hartmar Frances Collier, Rita Webb, Ann Chandler, Elize beth Kearse, Tommy Herbert, Marnie Manninj Lawson Yates, Mary Louise Gaillard, Bobby Smit] Ruth Barker, Mary Bloodworth, Taft Dantzle Jeanette Dickson, Olga Edwards, Roy Haymoni Oppositiol "I am definitely opposed to a survey c the University of South Carolina or of th state's higher education program," Admir, Nirman M. Smith, president of the univel sity told us last week. "It would be a waste of money and I fe< sure Clemson, Winthrop, and The Citad< would be opposed to it, too," he added with note of finality. So, there apparently ended The Gam( cock's suggestion for a seven-man survey c the state's higher education system. But i didn't. President Smith pointed out three mai reasons why such a survey shouldn't happen 1-According to a clause in Clemson's $2 000,000 endowment, the school cannot con' bine its resources with any other in th state and, petud RnBprd nf Regrene plan, which would be constituted by the sui vey group. So, he claimed,,' it would den Clemson of its endowment. 2-No group of outsiders can possibl the school. 3-The survey would cause a Board< Regents to be set up and it couldn't operai effectively in South Carolina since there ai only six state colleges to be combined. works only in states with a greater numb< of colleges. Try It-And Then Condemn It On the first count, Clemson wvould be h hard, but an endowment under those cond tions won't be beneficial to Clemson in tU long run, anyhow. But why should we figi Clemson for appropriations when we coul have a central committee or board to alli cate the money according to various needs Schools could be centralized and money uti ized by both Clemson and Carolina, sayin both schools much more than the endov ment that the president believes Clemsc would lose. And secondly, we may be aware of or needs, but we haven't taken the troublei look around us and notice how other schoo are improving themselves. We are contei to live in our glass world, take advice frol no one and remain a decade behind our neig] boring states. From all sides we are bor barded with vehement protests of: "the su vey won't work. Look what happened to tI Peabody Report. Forget about it." But hoi by golly, can anyone make such a claim wit: out first giving the plan a fair chance operate? So, how can we contend that group of outsiders know less of our nee< New Student ( Students may see some new buildini springing up in the near future. A billj currently before Congress to provide matching, dollar-for-dollar, of federal fund to colleges who plan building programs. Th 'OR A GREATER ' SOUTH CAROLINA lated Collegiate Press r Collegiate Digest t of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the is college year except holidays and exaniinations. y - 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 Kleckley a Exchange Editor ... ..... Betsy Knowlton a Circulation Manager ..... Russel McGowan a Asst. Business Manager ........ Paul Field JMNISTS ppenheimer, Rudy Rivers. ,SS STAFF 'harles Clinkscales, Jim Horton. )RIAL STAFF - Martha Matthews, Bill McDonald, Barbara McSwain, Charmaine Nutt, Bill Novit, Weste Patton, Kenneth , Powell, Bill Rogers, Tom Price, Dick Dunlap, Jimmy 1, Ilowle, Bill Kaufman, Al Gibert, Frances Tuttle, , Lily Groover, Pete Hyman, Celia Moore. I, i Speaks Up f than we do when we refuse to air their opinions? And the president's last contention has been disproved by Georgia, which had only a few more sLate-owned culleges than South Carolina, until it consolidated under a Board q of Regents. After accepting the Regency q plan, Georgia's higher educational system be a came organized and today it outranks our state system by far. Even with the Board of Regents set-up, the University of Georgia, is currently holding a survey. f t It Will Benefit Caroli-a With these facts in mind, The Gamecock n is still sincerely convinced that a survey fi nanced by state appropriations is impera tive today, not tomorrow. We have gradu-, ally fallen behind the rest of the states be e cause in the past we preferred to live in our own little dream world, accepted advice fromif no one, considered our observations to be in fallible and thereby failed to maintain the pace set by our sister states. y The Gamecock's sole purpose in suggest ing such a survey was to attempt to offer h some means of consolidating our higher edu cation program, of getting the best results from what little finances that we do have on hand and of putting an end to the cease e less squabbles that pop up when appropria e tion time rolls along. This would happen [t if a Board of Regents were set up. And such ~r a board would probably be suggested by this (or any other) surveying group if it investigated the fouled up affairs of our backward educational program. it WTe are not alone in our views. Mr. Charles i- WV. Coker, vice-president of Sonoco Products e Co. of Hartsville and past president of the Lt Alumni Association, bears us out in his spe d cial feature article appearing on this page. S The Gamecock didn't just dream up this 1- idea. WVe gave it serious thought before dis gcussing it editorially. We first considered whether or not it would benefit Carolina. Then, we wvondered if the overall higher edu cation program of South Carolina would be constructively affected.'On both counts, we r unhesitantly dlecided that we couldn't go o0 wrong by presenting the idea to you for ls your considleration. tWe have been discouraged by top school officials, but we have yet to hear one dis senting vote from among the students. And until we (10, we w:ill continue to fight for an improved Carolina, a more sensible and organized program of education in ,South Carolina and hope, someday, our sons and daughters will enjoy benefits here that we aunfortunately missed. It's $33,000 or bust! -- -J.A.M. enter? Could Be :s fund and as soon as this bill passes and the s figure is matched, building will begin on a a new adlminitration building, student activi .5 ties building and several other plants on the e campus, President Smith announced. This gr in, if Congessa passsen l.-Jm .A.M Phil Student life has The worth and < It is sad indeed that tremuloui When I consider of the little a Who misgauged tion and was aquas The little beggai A wonderful litt Of three segmen six legs, which can slander. . A God-made figi Mechanism, with undoubtably; p Yet I had no cor about stepping Until afterwards On better ideals And life and suel Matter; came a a sigh arose. "Poor ant, poor c your life is sad Because walking Can never ever It is fatal! ERIC OPPENHEIMEF Between Y Normalcy has returned to Caro lina. The Gamecock's triumph over Clemson is glorious history now. The rat caps have passed from the campus scene and eierybody is warily anticipating the mid-term examinations. However, several occurrences of B i g Thursday should be recalled. The wejL-Lehaved student bodies at the game received plaudits from all quarters. There were no serious disturbances Thursday, and the seating situation proved satisfac tory. However, the presence of a large number of ticket scalpers at the stadium gates proved embar rassing to USC officials. How these persons obtained so many tickets is still a mystery. Precaution should be taken to prevent recur rences of such flagrant practices. The custom of hurling rotten fruit at passing vehicles on the night bfore the game was severely criticized by Columbians and out of-town visitors. Carolina students and fans, as well as Clemson sup portcrs, wvre targetS of these messy missiles. The car window of at least one university student was smashed by a petrified orange. One intrepid driver stepped from his car and pointed to the Game cock s,ickers on his windshield only to be greeted with a barrage of rotten tomatoes. It is difficult to What USC (Ed. Note: The feature below by Charles W. Coker, past presi dent of the Alumni Association, is the first in a series of articles on "WVhatr the University of South Carolina Needs Most" by prominent alumni throughout the state. Mr. Coker, (AB '29), was president of the Alumni As sociation in 1948-49. Prior to this time, he served as an active member of the Alumni Associa tion for many years. lie has been affiliated with the Sonoco Prod ucts Company in Hartsville, his home town, since 193C. and is currently vice president of the company. Hle is also president of the Sonoco Products Company, Ltd., in Brantford, Oat. Mr. Coker gives the businessman's views on a subject with which he has been directly concerned for the past 25 years.) It is very much an honor to be asked to write a guest editorial for The Gamecock. I believe the greatest need that Carolina has today is the need for understand ing. Every one of us who has an interest in Carolina needs a fuller understanding of the problems of the other. No one person can now state definitely which of our vari ous problems is the most acute, The Student Body may believe one is, the Faculty may believe an other, the Administration still an other, and the Alumni or Trustees still others, the point of view de pending almost entirely on which group the Individual belongs to. No real progress towards ac complishment can be made so long as some member, of each group pull against the other or until all groups understand the problems of the other. This ndeandingu JACK MORGAN Song Of Roland or Hit Parade of 778 (This is the first of two stories about King Charlernagne and the Count of Roland. If you don't enjoy this part be on the lookout for next week's startling climax. It will be wel, worth yout time. This week's story is dedicated to Madam Sweeny's French 31 class) The good King Charlemagne, or just plain Carl, as his pals in pants call him, was in Spain as the action opena, (in the story). Carl had been conquering around in Spai4 for seven years. In fact, he'd whipped practically all the world, for that matter. He was the "Joe Louis" of his time. Many foes met him, all foes were defeated. One thing about Carl, though, his enemies didn't have to get a match, he'd go after 'em-no Mike Jacobs promoting. Only one man, King Marsil, and his two or three hundred thousand men took further dispute with him. They weren't anxious for it until Ganelon, eighth century "Benedict Ar. nold," made his play-from the bottom of the deck. Ganelon finally came to the conclusion that a philosopher wasn't a man who could look at an empty glass, or storehouse, and smile. His intuition was the strange instinct that told him he was always right-whether he was or not. One more thing was against Ganelon. He found when writing his alibiography, that ignorance is when you don't know some. thing and somebody finds it out. Now, let's look at the hero of our tale, Count Roland. first and last-there were no seconds or juniors. (Well, he wasn't married, anyway. He died too soon, with his girdle on.) Count Roland didn't exactly have a halo around his head, either. The way he figured it, though, it was all right to kill if you were a rough-ridin', sword-totin', heathen-killer Christians, they were called in his day-(but no Noah Web. ster hadn't come along with a word for it then). For matter of information, Roland and Ganelon played to a draw on things not known. Roland didn't know that the head never begins to grow until the mind stops growing, and that vanity is something that can't be preserved in alcohol. There are our main characters-now back to the story. We were talking about Spain-Europe's only hardened ar. tery, yet on King Carl's Bill-of-war. The old boy could reason, when he had to. He knew that King Marsil's army. out numbered his five-to-one, so h'e figured if he could get him to surrender without a fight, he'd accomplish his purpose anyway. That is, of course, if the enemy would sign his real estate bill-of-fare, leaving King Marsil just enough back yard in which to make mud-pieR, His mind settled, he called in his quiz lids and most able generals. King Marsil had already sent a messenger to make peace with Carl (if it will make you ardent Roland admirers feel better) with a message that Marsil wanted a truce. He was willing to give Carl enough money to whip a modern Russia. To show Carl he was sincere, he agreed to throw in a few prize bird dogs ... in case he ever had to go hunt. ing, I guess. Carl held a council at this report. It was agreed among his men that they would accept Marsil's proposal, and a "true bill" was returned. "Okay. tell Marsil I accept. I'm tired of fighting, any, way," said Carl. "Besides, I got a wife and kids back home that I ain't seen in God knows when. . . . But I'm going to send one of my men back with you . . . and wait 'til I tell you what else I'm going to make Marsil do-it's a honey ! Tell him and his people that they have got to become Christians. You and them subscribe to my paper, and yotU oughta' know it's the only paper in the world with the news that's fit to print. Last two issues carried a whale of a story on Christianity. . .. I wouldn't be the man I am today without it. . . . Oh, yes. Tell Marsie I will be good enough to let him keep half of Spain, and I'll leave my favorite in charge of the rest." (You say you liked this so far? Well, who asked you to read it anyway ?) For my friends--I must have two or three-the final episode will be in next week's issue. Dofit miss it, it's all about the double-cross and the big battle. Damn good. RUDY RIVERS Desperately I wish I had a dictaphone. There I sps iefrsvrlm are lectures which I desire to havebesothfauytoertid records of. There are lecturesThyaebonus;tirti' which I cannot take notes of,in tormnagladquc which escape my retentive mem-witdsamrbl,uta. ory, which rasp and ream my ears, I sapi n noda o which are confusing confusions of tecassudrteeae P words, which are insults to thosesnsIticretobhsudt d hearing them,.rfesr I wish I had a dictaphone and Suet r eotdyo ~ that some responsible and sympa-leurcas.TyaeindsP thetic person would listen to theatserhfromhigoii* recordings I want. These records ettermns rt netl would be worth a laugh and worththm a tear. They would be worth noth- rformutneesth ing to me. arbtcmns tews h My sense of normalcy has be- dn.bcm netie.Teii conmc distorted, is outrageously ns scmlt hnacasb twisted, because I attempt to lis-coeacmuntJo. ten to venerable old gentlemen each AdtesdesI oil~ day. And listening, becoming more Yugtnusaevcostn outraged and pitying. Icudb neetdi e~ It Is a sorry business. Thereclsenoexpthatesdf must be others here, also entrustediscmlt.Iculbetdy' with sharing their knowledge andorprinmregafigaiS experience, who can recognize thatbuI lstseoerhesnlI several of their colleagues have do.. adIcmeec mt no teriorated. Young minds are eager trec a,wihIms and discriminating. eut oorw I am not bitter; but discouraged. Ec a n al rqet~ I do not seek a revolution, only 'a Cassweeps ra rI3 replacement for something alreadyAbtadabu,bot*tI xstnt AdItur apan made tan oreI o ;ophy led me to see ut of philosophy. to relate i quaking emotion the fate. my forward mo. bed because of it. was peaceable, le proportion .s and a feasible no distortion ire, a worthy some function - erhaps earthy; ipunction on it. when musing ind death confusing gentle breath, reature, ier still under my heel teach you -By r. r. )u And Me reconcile sportsmanship and school spirit with such outrageous be havior. Bonfires and a shock brigade of freshmen, to prevent forceful en try of Carolina premises by un friendly persons, are reasonable displays of enthusiasm. But van dalism, the wanton destruction of property, should never be con doned. OBSERVATIONS While a hot autumn sun beam ed on the 35,000 spectators, the program cover of the USC-Clem son fracas featured a man bundled in fur coat, scarf, gloves and galoshes. . . . Last week several disgruntled coaches charged that unethical practices abound in intersectional football games. Two Southeastern conference teams claimed that poor Qfficiating contributed to the de feat of their teams by Southwest :jern conference foes. Supporters of UNC claim that Louisiana State University produced home-made rain to stymic Justice and Wcincr. i; had no1, rainei fur several days in Baton Rouge, but when North Carolina appeared the gridiron was muddy. The NCAA should investi gate these alleged infractions, and if violations of rules have occurred, adequate measures should be taken to prevent further violations.... Needs Most cannot be accomplished without better and more accurate channels of information between each; wvith out proper translation of the needs of one into the jargon of the other, and without specific study of each problem to impartially determine which needs ar most acute and what. corrective steps are neces sary. If we would' develop the ability to interpret the ideas, ambitions and problems of one group to the other, and develop the desire to understand1 these ideas, ambitions and problems, we wvould find that the wideL chasm that seems to separate each group narrows down to a~ tiny dlitch which one easy step wvill cross. I bielieve to accomplish this a systematic survey and appraisal of all needs of the University should be made by an impartial board, or committee, representing all groups. In 1947 the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina au thorized by Joint Resolution No. 444 the formation of a South Carolina Education Survey Com mittee to conduct a survey of the p)ublic school system of South Carolina and report the results thereof to the General Assembly, the Governor and the State Board of Education. This Committee limited its survey to elementary and high schools of the State. It is the most far-reaching and care. fully developed survey of the school systems that has ever been made in South Carolina. Such an approach, I believe, is necessary at the University If we are to find the answer to the question, "What the University of South Carolina Needs Most." Sincerely, C. W. COmERe