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to .Dark Spots Need,To I Late at night, even with a moon, there ae three pitch-black spots on the back of the campus which are excellent spots for mayhem, robbery, attack, or just plain spookiness. Lights are needed for these dark spots. Especially on the left rear corner of Mo Kissick Library between that building and Building C. There have been many reports of frightened coeds who have business in the library and have to pass between Sims and the library. Another place for a light, or better, two lights, is along Gibbs Green between Build ings A and B and the new Petigru. There are many persons who have occasion to pass along there late at night. Their hair usually crawls around their heads on these occasions. Prices In Canb Generally M Contrary to a rather prevalent belief, the several businesses that comprise the Uni versity Stores are not a co-operative enter prise. They are to the contrary, a university enterprise, run for a profit. The primary function of the stores, book store, canteen, laundry, depository is to fur nish a service on the campus which would otherwise be available only at some distance' from the center of student activity. 'The canteen prices are those prevailing in the city. It employs students as clerks as do the other stores. Its sole distinction from other stores in the city is that it caters to the student body exclusively. The bookstore has been the butt of many disparaging remarks for its sale and pur chase prices. The price-list for the books is set by the publishers. The books are de livered here at cost. You sell back used books for a price that may seem unfair. That book has been used and by that it becomes second-hand. There is no deliberate attempt to finagle with prices in any way. The store, like the canteen, has to make a profit, if for no other reason than to pay its employees. Wolf Reinbacher 'Strictly Con Traveler Returr Frnm Teare To I We had hoped to get home from Denver. This, in our trip in this installment, but not have been S< since the editor-in-chief has only the several 11,00& limited space, we may have to lay which we got stu over for a week somewhere. But eventually we'll get back to Caro- day morning we a lina. frozen for a chan From California, eastbound, the It was almost at fact which dimmed our fun was Bryde with the r that we were already on the way after paying a ful back. But still the vastness of this we made it. (Wi country impressed us. One thing In Denver I nr shall always be in our minds: If GI friend. We ha you see no houses anywhere, that's the countryside n not bad. If you don't meet any- to a considerable more automobiles, that is not bad in Denver we ta either, but, brother!, if there Is while of the ge no more billboard advertising, youbac artig better keep going fast to the nextblcmreig place. This was particularly im- most as bad as In pressive in Nevada and through mutual sufferanet the salt flats of Utah. Our further 'a Through the Rockies in Colo- country, Kansas rado, the U. S. Weather Depart- us to Hannibal, ti ment must have made a mistake, of Tom Sawyer We got Into one snowstorm, and The last part of never did get out of It again till signified by our f/ GAA - Co CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Associated Collegiate Presi Distributor of Collegiate Digest Fone anuary SO,08, with Robt Elot Coma. Univeruity of South Carnnha'wendy, om Fridays, during yea osepsem oalidar. and during eml-atoatin. u*te.of "TeOgo&"Publihi.g do. e mder---m. The uiske to edit it rserved. EDITOR . . ... . . .... . . .. . . ... .RUI MANAGING EDITOR..................JAN1 BUSINESS MANAGER ...............JACK NEWS................................. 01 CAMPUS..............................Beti SPORTS ................................. SOCIETY ...............................A EXCHANGES . ...,...............Marl COPY................................Rui FEATURES ...........................Bart~ CIRCULATION MANAGER ................Jc ASSIST ANT BUS. MGR..... .. .. .. .. .. It's No By JOE M Your Room h Your Hol What happens when you go .of Columbia in a slightly inebr the top of your lungs ?? Rigl gets on the phone and calls the around too long, you find yot barrassed, short of cash and ui your room in Preston. But what happens when you You yell and screai to your marshall won't bother you. Wh< of Preston asks you to knock it insult and make even more no I know because it's beenhal years here. Being from out of Being Irish, I like my whiskey drinking'angle. But being a ve a man making an ass of hims4 Fifty students live bn each flc fifty students were awakened I from a group of four men, al age of manhood. One student the long run, did more harin t: Where was the marshall?? Y doesn't include the dormitories see that the temporary building into. Call the Law!! B1 This is a reminder to the mi includes keeping order in thedo the same as private suburban I entitled to peace and quiet at , it's the job of the marshall's o It's impossible to call the law dorm because there is no nigh And this is also a reminder cerned with these goings-on. If stay out and get plastered. But back to the dorm. Just yell Gervais one time and -see whal your likker, then don't drink!! A third reminder to the stude If a group happens to continua around your room, deal with t enough to tangle with most of you are. It might be a case for the But it should be brought before some law enforcing campus body before it grows and grows and becomes out of hand. The best way to handie it is to nip it in the bud before it gets too far gone. You take it from there George. NO BOLONY-At the Phi Epsilon Nu testimonial banquet in honor of Dean S. C. DePass and Prof. Frank H. Wardlaw, Charlie Wickenberg, former editor of The Gamecock and currently doing reportorial work with the News & Courier, upon being introduced, stood up and asked of Mr. Wardlaw: "I read your bird book, Frank, but I have one question, where does the wild goose go ?" Wardlaw thought1 for a mom'ent and soberly an swered, "All the wild geese I know go tothe News &Courier." And the crowd roared!! . . . By the way, the journalism keys with the mis spelled word, prejudice (with a "d) have been returned to the Balfour company and the changesC are being made, Treasurer Tom Price of the fraternity, reports... Look for "Miss Baseball of 1950." She'll be here soon .. . N dlor Dance d Sccess ferent at any rate. The strains of ~ music by Tony Pastor and his ' internationally known band floated out into the warm stillness that ~ night. ,. The picture as a whole was that ~ of a normal college's junior-senior dance, looked forward to and ~ eagerly attended by the college ~ student body. The nine organizations which co operated In making the dance pos sible are P1 Kappa Phi, P1 Kappa ' Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma ' Nu, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa Sigma, ~ Kappa Alpha, the Block "C," and McBryde Brotherhood. All of the I boys in these organizations lost ~ money on the dance. If a few ~ others had attended, or a few more groups had backed the dance, a profit could have been made. It takes time for an idea like 3 this to get across to some orgen- I izations. Thanks to the nine who ' are far-sighted enough and school spirited enough to see the value such a dance can have, Carolina may yet realize Its potentialities of being an ideal school. This can happen only in the event that the other campus a groups wake up and realize that < they, too, have a stake in and a responsibility to this college of r On Cam pus 3e Lighted Still another good place for a light is between the Armory and Building D. This area has been the scene for several "inci dents" to our knowledge. A remedy is very much in order. Until this writing, no serious offenses have been perpetrated in - these darkened areas. No offense except that against the pride and peace of mind of those who walk in them late at night. This matter ras been expounded bWfore. No action has been taken. If the university cannot afford the cost of three or four needed lamps, then it is for some of those leadership and service fraternities to take action. Argue with me behind McKissick Library any moonless night between dark and dawn. -R.R. ?en, Bookstore isunderstood And so with the other stores. Bitterness over price lists is common to this day and time. But bitterness cannot add nor subtract. The next time you growl, you're growling at the American way of life, the society of individual enterprise and capitalism.-R.R. Shenanigans The Gamecock wishes to retract a certain implication made .in an editorial in another issue of the paper. The implication was that the conduct of the campus politicians around the polls was childish. Since that time the shenanigans in the upper house of the General Assembly have been noted, particularly with reference to the state budget. Let us purchase for each of our senators a rattle and a doll. e"* ' Deterioration Is By MORDECAI PERSKY When first I saw the bright, fresh a bloom ml g* Inside a vase across the room from me ts ssece woldIt smelled as sweet as sweet can ts esene, wuld be Sbad except for (As sweet as the lips she gave to )-foot passes, on me!) ek. Easter Mon- I saw it next ... thrown from were waiting half the vase ce to buy chains. And dropped with garbage in cold as In Mc- disgrace arofca It smelled more sour than I can :ho.ut chains.) (As sour as the lips she took et again an old away!) d been pestering a*oe-dt,ranr BARBAA McSWAI lked for a long restrictionsday-l n OrSe, Sines) and other Pr cl ,m ay through the and Missouri, led It was proven last week that the Le St. Petersburg annual junior-senior dance does and Huck Finn. not have to be the biggest flop of our journey was the year, every year, at Carolina. dwindling funds. Until this year's dance, it had grown to be something of a tradi tion for the juniors, seniors and everybody else to stay away from the dance en masse. Those who went to last year's dance, and the one before it, and most probably those for years NA back, can recall vividly the almost Aempty field house, pathetically strewn with bright crepe paper for the "big affair." The dozen or so - faithful couples who did attend atS oflthe usually felt so alone in the hollow as 1h5@s sounding halls that they either left, or felt like it long before the -at ..... one o'clock curfew. muttbte a Usually nobody had any special reason for not attending the dance. ~Y RIVERS The general attitude was, "Nobody 3 W. DOWE else will be there, so why bother?" WALTHER Still, the music has always been WALTHERgood and the price not exorbitant. ga Edwards This year the field house pre y Knowlton sented a different picture. Out Tom Price side, cars lined the streets beside nin Chandler thte gym. Inside, the crowds looked tie Manning nothing like junior-senior crowds he Eleckley of past years. About 450 attended. ara Derrick While it is a matter of opinion hn Parasho as to whether the music was bet Paul Fild ter than in past years, it was dif Bolony OLONY no-Act Accordingly! into a quiet, private suburb iated c6ndition and holler at t. Some law-abiding citizen law. If you happen to hang self in the jailhouse. Em cannily sober you return to hit Prest6n? Right, again. lung's delight, knowing the arn some sleepy-headed citizen off you take It as a' personal Ise. pening throughout my four town, I live in a dormitory. too, so I can bear with the teran at it I can't appreciate lf in a sleepy dormitory. or of Preston. Last week-end >y the shrill screams emitted I of whom were beyond the raised hell about it and, in ian good. - ou answer that one. His beat He keeps a close check to 1s, Davis, etc., are not broken it Where Is It? irshall's office that their job rms.' The students' rooms are tomes in Columbia. They are I o'clock in the morning and ffice to see that they get it. from Preston or any other t emergency number. * to the students directly con you want to get drunk, then don't carry your exuberance on the corner of Main and happens. If you can't hold nt body seems to be in order. Ily disturb the sleepers in or hem accordingly. I ain't big the principals, but a lot of honor council, I don't know. A Brief Vie By H (Continued from last week) This apparent ruthlessness has cason behind it. Belgium is an verpopulated country, and compe ition for university degrees is nost severe. Under the Minister f Public Instruction, the state mniversities of Liege (for French peaking students) and Gent (for he Flemish), and to a lesser de tree the "free" universities of 3atholic Louvain and municipal 3russels, are the only licensing >ureaus for the professions. Since he great business firms also rely n their recommendations, they ome close to saying who will get he "boss" jobs in business and ndustry. Thus, it is the university vhich says who is to be a physi ian, lawyer, dentist, magistrate, ocial worker, engineer, or police fficial above a common patrol san. The faculty concerned also :nows about how many profes ional people can be absorbed in he country in any particula~r year, nd while no one would probably .dmit the fact quite this bluntly, here is a strong suspicion that hey pass just this many. They ave no intention of seeing the niversity degree debased or their particular profession humbled by he sight of unsuccessful alumni, r worse. Thus, the university, epresenting the public interest, ias a very real control over social .dvancement. By "social" one means, of course, economic and ccupational standing. Graduation rom a university to maintain or btain "social standing" in the ther sense is unthinkablo in a mall country with an ancient, ecognized nobility. One trembles o think what would happen to one mademoiselle who would ask ape ial privileges from the conserva ive Monsieur le Professeur le laron de la Gauggrerie des Ga ettes on the basis of her residence n the "right aide of the tracks" t Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, or to an 'ther who might ask mercy from he socialibt Mijhheer Professor an Niet-Rooken because she vants to get on that side at Sint ficklaas-Waas. On this the right *nd left wings would agree. Becoming a Professor T h e administrative structure nay be outlined as follows. A nan becomes a professor by first aking a good license, a degree bout one year beyond our stand ,rd M. A. He then works for his loctorate, which is about 'ne year hort of our bettor s. His najor professor might then ask Reprinted from May.1950 issue of ESQUIRE "Did you say som JANE W. DOWE The Forgo We were out in the'wprld week before last, and it was a world that we had almost forgotten existed. The Easter holidays came, and, for the first time in two months, we left the campus. What is it like "on the outside?" Some of the people are selfish, and some are not, but the majority of them are unwilling to accept anything out of the ordinary. It is a world that seems to forget that unusual times call for un usual action. These people "on the outside" criticize the aid that is being sent to Europe and then say that they hope certain European countries will not fight us. They complain about high taxes and then say that they hope the United States can prevent war. They forget where the money to prevent war comes from. They have one word to toss at anything that is out of the ordi w Of The Belgian arry Holbert Turney academic career. If this official thinks he has promise, he will re tain him as an "assistant" on his own staff, or recommend him to a colleague elsewhere. The man then toils in this minor capacity for a pittance until a professor dies or retires. His own or another uni versity may then suggest him to the Ministry of Public Instruction for the vacancy. One suspects that this official will take some notice of the candidate's political activi ties with reference to the party in powver. Bui, the Minister does not have the final word, however, as professors are important enough people for their appointments to go directly and personally to the King. Great builders like Leopold I, or shrewd administrators like Leopold II, great patriots like the saintly Albert I, or conscien tious persons like the present Prince Regent Charles may take a very decided view on appointments to the state universities, and royal disapproval means the endl of that career. Professorial Privilege and Power Once the candidate is a professor of one of the two grades, he has only a life of work before him. His tenure is secure, and only con viction for serious crime can dis lodge him. He teaches until he is seventy-f ive and is then retired en full pay. His pay rate gradually rises to a maximum of about sixty seven hundred dollars per year. But the university does not object if he augments his income as a technical consultant, private physi cian or lawyer author or journalist until his outside income exceeds one-third his university pay. lHe is now a voting member of a faculty, institute, or department, and as such he and his colleagues are, under their dean, virtually In dependent. Several of these power ful (leans and directors are women, Parenthetically, and the men do not feel humiliated by working un der them. No rector would think of dictating educational policy to the deans and faculties, but his advice and help are often sought. The professor teaches about half of the Carolina load, but is ex pected to perform research and maintain regular publication." The deans are very apt to be leaders not only In administration but In scholarships as well. Their pro fessorshlps are secure, but they may be removed from their dean ships and directorships. By public law as well as by custom the rector must be elected by and from the professoriate of his own nivst . mJ poe,. o Copyright 1950 by Esquire, Inc, ething, dear?" tten World nary-communistic. They seem to believe-these eld ers of ours-that the world will take care of itself while they sit back peacefully. They forget that perfection has not reached the world-or even the U. S.-yet. And they forget that coopera tion with other countries is cheap er than war. Yes, they forget it, even though it has been proved twice within their lifetime. It is they who criticize the uni versity students and call them radical when they request or work for anything that is out of the ordinary. Do they forget that without experimentation the world would be in the Dark Ages yet? We thought how soon we will be one of these people, listening to their chatter daily. Will we support extravagance at home and penny-pinching abroad and wonder why war approaches when every one is making money over here? Universities -High even the royal one, may force a rector on a university nor retain him in office. The rector serves a four-year term and, with rare ex centions, is usually permitted to return gladly to his study- or lab oratory. Thus, the mortality of both Belgian and American state university heads is about the same -four years. The faculties, having their interests in mind, elect rec tors who are not only administra tively .efficient but famous schol ars as well. The concepts are not considered antithetical in this coun try. The Rector of Gent is a distinguished philosopher, while the Rector of Liege is a great p)hysician wvhose research in physi ology is wvell known in America. Actually, they are very human people, more often approachable by a student needing helpi than dean or professor. My own rector magnificus wears quiet college clothes, drives a Plymouth, loves to consume steamed mussels and so-called french but actually Bel gian-fried potatoes in a cafe and does not even own a hat, except his ceremonial academic chapeau. Administrative Functions The rector's main jo'b is super vising high educational policy and aiding his subordinates. He is in deed , responsible for monetary matters and strives to get money from Parliament and private per sons. Hie is not to be worried, how ever, by picayune money matters or the care of buildings. The state p)rovides him with a powerful of ficial called the University Ad ministrator, comparable to our comptroller, business manager, or dean of administration. This in fluential person is frankly a po litical appointee and, having no tenure, may be removed with or wvithout cause or apology if the cabinet should fall and another party comes to power. He there fore is apt to use considerable dis cretion about getting himself di. liked. Such administrative organization andl educational policy may strike. the American as strange. But by their fruits shall you know them, and great have been the fruits of these ancient academic trees. I shall not list the great Belgian alumni1. Reading Americans kcnoW of most of them but think they are Frenchmen or Hollanders. The Belgian university has much to teach us, and perhaps the greatest lesson of all Is that faculty and students are rated by the only fair and practical academic test, a judgment on results and results only