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race law* Rich See, Thank God for - County has a senat reason, has seen budget of the univ He saw that the sumes that name t and operating on meets its operati which denies an ir fessors. A budget in the fields for qualified. Senator McLeod continue the unive Univ< A It is easy to be tage of this space I and things. All noi and sarcasm. The problem sta plan to enhance t: this university thr< listened-to band t volved a matter ol student body, coul( would enable us to band. The "we" , Because Monday we step a walkway should disaster nor even a to us that we ha several times. -It is no joke. C and our socks were disappeared. And three classes. The freshman cl take several tasks Among other thinj an effective mear the grass. It is our content classes, or a corpo the service organi2 effective means to the mud and wate Science Is Body Culture is a wor it, they do not ret that it bears suech Carolina is not a for sure. It could We say ouch ! w] lege having Robert you never heard 0: Robert Frost ever Of course there tempts to bring The plan we woul tempting and more social committee w arranging for and ment of national fi, ture, etc. Or do we go to the sciences and ij UNIVEli Memb< Dii year except on tic EDITOR. .. .. .. MANAGING ED] BUSINESS MAN NEWS. ...... CAMPUS . . SPORTS ...... SOCIETY.. EXCHANGES. . Copy .. .... ... FEATURES .. CIRCULATION I ASSISTANT BUW land Cot s Eviden 'ancey McLeod. Richland Dr who, for some pleasant the handwriting in the ersity. state university (it as raditionally) is tottering, a budget which barely ig expenses. A budget crease of salary for pro which allows no research which the university is asked his colleagues to rsity's. lease on life. He arsity Day Characteri iarcastic and take advan ;o ridicule persons, places, ms are subject to ridicule ted is this; there was a ie national reputation of ugh bringing a nationally a the campus. This in money wherein we, the I guarantee a sum which sign a contract with the tudent body was to be L We Stepp ped in a mud hole where have been. It was not a calamity, but it occurred d done the same thing lur shoes were well kept clean, until the walkway we tracked mud into ass has decided to under of campus beautification. s, they wish to contrive s of keeping people off ion that some one of the ration of them, or one of ations, might contrive an keep the students out of Without Art Without Soul d which when people see Ld further. It is curious a strange influence. center of culture. That's be. That's for darn sure. ten we see Columbia Col Frost as its guest. Have Columbia College? Has heard of the university? have been infrequent at :ulture to the students. d like to see is less at doing. There is a student ho could be charged with providing for the engage lures in art, music, litera universities now to gain (nore the arts? OWING FOR A GREATER SITY OF SOUTH CAROL ~r of Associated Collegiate Presi tributor of Collegiate Digest so,, 1,,8, nih obt Elit Gon zales har'in.'.eed"., on.. Fridays, during right to edit is reserved. . RU] TOR ..JAN AGER . . . JACK ..................Bet Mar .Ru .. Bar IANAGER .. ..... L. MOB. inty Senator ce Of Need asked that his fellow senators vote to inain tain the present level of operation. This and nothing more. We are a partisan newspaper. We are crowing for a Greater Carolina. We know the facts of budgetary headaches. We know that permanent improvements are needed, that professors need more money, that the state cannot afford to support six separate colleges and universities. We flatter our selves, as taxpayers, that the members of the General Assembly know these things. Meanwhile, we thank God for Senator McLeod. Plans Develop istic Disunity represented by the various fraternities. The problem resolved to this: that several fraternities saw reason not to go bond for the student body. This might have been pre dicted. It is characteristic of the disunity which undermines most of the more plausible undertakings of the student body. This same disunity cannot be blamed on any particular group or groups. It is tradi tional that we behave in this particular fashion. Far be it from The Gamecock to say, "Shame on us." ad Into Some Mud It is a small and unimportant thing when the sun is shining; but mud and water pre sent real problems when the rain is raining. Everywhere about the campus where walks are, no one seems to use them. They are a beautiful pattern, and are the result of the determined efforts of another genera tion of students. But along side of them and branching away from them are the worn dirt paths of impatient geometricians who walk the straightest line between two points. Obviously pathways cannot be constructed along all of these dirt trails. Some of these trails are logical paths, others are meanders. Plow the meanders under, chain off the cam pus greens around the walks, and pave those logical walks. It is a plan we endorse. Because you and we stepped into the mud. Will It Be Indoors Or Will It Be Cool? Several of the members of the June graduating class have urged The Gamecock to advocate an outdoor exercise. And we do. There is much to be said for indoor cere monies. Certainly there is better seating for visitors indoors. Other things an indoor ceremony offers are; freedom from the in dustrious noise of Columbia, restricted scenery, and, perhaps, efficiency in handling a large number of graduates. Likewise there is something to be said for outdoor ceremonies. The open air would lend a certain solemn pageantry to the occasion, it would also lend a stray breeze now and then. It is hot under robes. There are other reasons for and against the site of the ceremony, but these offered seem to be the ones which we best under stand. BARBARA McS WAll Student Suggests There has been a great deal asf~O fnrt (some say too much) talk about the colege mproving school spirit at Caro lina. A letter has come to the Gamecock office which presents a i o ee- new angle to the problem. "What we need," the letter says, "is PARENT SPIRIT." DY RIVERS The letter, which was written by E W. DOWE Lowell Ross of WaIhalla, continued with the following idea: have The WALTHER Gamecock "publish a special edi Iga Edwards tion . . . especially for the parents, sy Knowlton explaining the condition of the . Tom Price buildings . . . and the legislature's tnn Chandler refusal to supply our needs." nie Manning The letter pointed out a weak the Kleckley ness in the idea of having a parent bara Derrick week-end which was suggested In ohn Parasho this column about two weeks ago. Paul Field The article aid, "Let ach akro-. TRE GAMECOCK It's No ] By JOE MC Ticket-Schedule Situi "We need the whole-hearted si before we can hope to enter intc Coach Rex Enright told us Frida "It seems that the students ar( ticket arrangement for next yea game schedule that accidentally ] "but I want them to know that I rry power to alleviate the situatic fer the Citadel game to Charlest play Marquette at Milwaukee, Wih quette at Macon, Ga., but this ali Enright agreed to propose be the Board of Trustees and Stud mittee a reduction in price of d $1.50 per game plus 20 per-cent ?ames and $3.60 for the Clems< ;10.80 for five home games inst per game. Enright agreed on this So, for the benefit of those who -heir spiel on logic, the head coacl s trying his darndest to straightA he same time, please the student We suggest the students leave Fnright. After all, he has had over [ng this. We've been around here As for the ticket mix-up. Enri that the Board of Trustees and t1 Dommittee will reach an agreem( tickets. However, all tickets will season-long basis in order to keep ing arrangement intact. NO BOLONY-A new pep club Don Johnston, cheerleader from 8 3ounds good. But words always do. is mol-e action. This could be it. 3lub's formation, Coach Enright 1 may be the shot in the arm Carolir fficials reported ticket sales s against overwhelming odds even I Mississippi Southern falling out a ive fighters. But the finals tomoi the money.... Got an invite from YMCA, to visit the new Y Cami plant and wouldn't miss the chanc For anything. . .,. Understand F 2amping on the legislature step, ighting for $440,000 appropriati ate. If he gets it he'll still be $9i he originally requested. And the us a favor!!!! An open letter to Pi Dear Mr. President: If the university could assurc odd students at a pep rally in 1 would you consider erecting a f some prominent place on the cE this interested student body orl means for them to know eac: not merely as students in the We believe this would bring situation for faculty-student not only today but in years to We would appreciate your this request because we believe advantage of welled-in school interested students who are: veteran with whom you've beel P. S. We'll ask for a chapel that we'll fill the present one To show our alumni we may o we don't forget them, we're printi grads who've hooked up with GMA Walter Derrick, Don White, D Grady Kirven, Red O'Donovan, 'l Johnston . . . How about some I for the past 50 years? President lete - ?; Student-Athlete - Bry Laval; Student-?; You name ti be interesting. If you have son "No Bolony," The Gamecock, C results and publish them in full M ple foi That Taxpayer st et Behind Solons lina student who lives near Co lumibia invite his parents to visit to him." Ross pointed out that it col would be "practically impossible be for the majority of the students' tel parents to visit our campus. We fOi need help from every part of the wI state." no He said that the special Game. Pa cock would help our parents to ot! realize the critical situation at Carolina and encourage them to de do something about it. tu Several students have expressed fu favorable opinions of the Idea of St a parent week-end and many prob ably have other modifications In D< mind. But the ideas will do no- pa body any good without action to ye back them up. That's why It's Im- he Jolony LONY ition in Review .ipport of the student body > the 1950 football season, y afternoon. , up in arms about the date r as well as the six home popped up," the coach said, 'm doing everything within >n. I'm trying now to trans on. If this fails, I'll try to ;c. I had hoped to play Mar ;o fell through." fore the joint meeting of ent-Faculty Athletic Com ate tickets. We suggested tax for four of the home m game, costing students ead of the proposed $8.60 price. are talking without basing i and athletic director here M out his schedule and, at body. the schedule-fixing up to 15 years' experience at do only a couple of years. ght feels pretty confident e Student-Faculty Athletic nt to reduce price of date have to be purchased on a the current workable seat has been started headed by t. George. The constitution What we need around here . . When informed of the eamed broadly. . . . "This ka needs," he said.... SIBT low. They were fighting oefore it opened, what with nd Carolina producing only -row night should be worth R. G. Bell, Director of the . We hear it's a beautiful e to see it and eat that 'cue resident Smith has been ; for the past two weeks on increase from the Sen 1,263.94 shy of the amount Senate's supposedly doing esident Norman M. Smith: you of a crowd of 2,000 'he next couple of weeks itudent union building in mpus? We need to keep ranized and provide some b other as college men, 31assroom. about a more satisfied administration relations come. careful consideration of now is the time to take spirit among the young, Fast replacing the staid ri more familiar." when we can show you vhich seats 350! verlook them at times, but ng the rest of the Carolina (C: Jess Tipping, Bill Bobo, lek Sprott, Hugh Simrill, 1om Lyles and John David >est men at the university --J. Rion McKissick; Ath ant Meeks; Coach -- Billy ie rest. The results should ie favorites drop a line to ampus. We'll compile the >efore May 1. ice where action can legally and cefully be taken. That place is student council. Letters to The mecock might do some good in rting ideas. But the ideas will no good if they remain in the st.ract form of just ideas. It esn't matter how good they are, Right now is the opportune timel take any suggestion to student mcil about helping school spirit cause council is especially In 'ested in it at this time. Plant getting help In various othei iys are being made now. Why t get council to Incorporate the rent week-end Idea Into the ser plans? "If we could get our parents t< mand the support of the legisla. re," Lowell said, "wouldn't It bh n to watch the fur fly in the ate House? "What do you say, students1 you think you can get you' rents Interested In the college *u attend, or did they send 701 re to have you killed by a fall r building?" COMPLETE OVER Wolf Reinbacher 'St Newsstand Through Blo Lately I have been reproached for finding fault with the one or other things in this country. This, friends, is not entirely the correct interpretation; I am trying to let you see your ways through my blurred, bloodshot eyes. And these t eyes, maybe due to the excessive consumption of C,H.OH or for some other reason, see it very dif ferent. Like this: Comics Weren't Funny At every newsstand, almost every shop, there are stacks and stacks of comic books. Actually ] I would not let my eyes pst there, 1 if it didn't see people spend money I for them. So I look closer. "Ha, Pureheart Rider, I gotcha, yer gonna hang fer shootin' me poor innocent moiderin' brother. I He ain't done nuttin' but poison i mother, for pure sentiment, 'cause i he wouldn't let a stranger do it." i "Screeaam. I beg you, don't feed him to the tigers, do any thing to me, Bloodcurl!" This was 1 the usual combination Russel- I Hayworth-Bergman (senior). "Ahhh, scram. Where is my meat cleaver. I am cuttin' yer nails foist." Whereupon Pureheart Rider presses the secret button 1 under his left arm pit, turns into Second Lieutenant Marble Loose, and drives off in his own super rocket, embracing the heroine till the next installment is due. True Fictions Besides the fact that these stories lack originality and genu ine tension, the English used most times is not taught in school. And --I learned this in psychology you don't even have to read, if you are good at guessing futuramic bowvling alleys and p)eril boule vards. JANE W. DOWE New Pep C School Spir Have you read your front page? Did you read about the newly organized "Gamecock Pep Club"? Or did you glance at the headline and say, "Just another club to add to the other sixty-nine on the campus?" If you said this, you were wrong. But don't leave in disgust 'with out an explanation. This is not a club for one social or professional group-or even for the campus leaders. It is for those who have the Carolina spirit and are willing to work to promote it in student body activities. Many organizations on this cam pus work against each other, but here is one that is working with and through all other groups. The club's charter reads, "All bona fide students of the Univer sity of South Carolina shall be eligible for membership ..." And it goes on, "Total membership of f'raternity members shall not exceed two-thirds of the total membership. . .. Applications are accepted from anyone who has been at Carolina for two consecutive semesters and are voted upon by a secret ballot of the members. Two per cent of the students may be members. Idea of the club originated with Don Johnston who, attending a convention in Florida recently, found that we were the only col lege among the seventeen repre sented that did not have a pep club. Realizing that this was a club that weaol a ffordm .s t to hav. 4AUL, PLEASE! rictly Continental' Literature >dshot Eyes But I like true fiction even less. t is so confusing, that it must ie a constant secondary source of neome for brain fixers. Especially roung girls get so warped up in hese stories, that they need a pay hiatrist or a sledgehammer when ver they are confronted with a cal-life problem of minor dimen ions. I feel sorry for many boys vho date these girls and have to ompete with "Love the Way I (new It," and "My True Disaster." don't know where this comes in, )ut the divorce rate in America is iigher than anywhere else I know >f. But that's another "first." What Has Happened What happened to the storles of (ipling and others, which I used ;o cat up by the volumes? The ,orld is not advanced enough that t has run out of interesting topics )f adventure and success. The tory of Roebling, who built the )iggest bridges in America was my avorite, or books like "Emil und lie Detective," which you know, vho take German. I am all for an education as )reparation for later life, but leave .he grown-up problems for grown ips, and present them in a way 6yhich does not imply wrong ideas. For this rule there are exceptions, too: I like the comical comics very much, and I have taught English with nothing else than 100 Blondie -lippings. But till then I give you the secret handshake, give the Lone Rooster's password and watch more kids spend their entire al owance on true stupids and Limp along Mandrill, the super-ape of the rocket age. Simply out of this world. :Iub Offers it Boost at this time, he called togethei* several students to consider the j idea. These students, charter members of the club, drew up a charter and approved it last week. They will be the ones who consider your applications for membership this semester. "But what is the purpose of such a club?" you ask. This is best expressed in the charter, which reads, "The purpose of this organization shall be to stimulate spirit in student body ac tivities, to present the card system, to supervise pep parades and rallies, and to work in cooperation with the cheerleaders and various campus organizations in attaining this end." Members will sit in a specified section at football games, will par ticipate in the card system, will be identified by a special Pep Club % key, and will have other advan tages and responsibilities. They will be required to live up to the responsibilities conferred by this membership. Pep rallies and parades, both at home and in other cities where we are playing, will be planned, and work will be in close cooperation with the cheerleaders. Now will you look back over the front page story ? If you are In terested, submit your application to the club. If you do not have time to participate, show your spirit by attending the club's open activities. Organizing is not easy--but, whoever you are, support the Gamecock Pep Clunowa!