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New-Chap Would Be Have you noticed the condition of the uni versity chapel lately? A new green curtain has been added and the old seats have been repaired. These have definitely helped the appearance of the auditorium. In addition to these repairs, a plea for new chairs has been made. However, in answering this request, the administration has seen fit to order chairs with folding desk arms with the idea that the chapel could be used as a lecture hall. We are asking that the administration re consider such a move. Undoubtedly, the new chairs would be an improvement over the present seating arrangement, but the possi bility of installing ecclesiastical furniture, would have to be forgotten for several more years. Such furniture would make the chapel more conducive to worship and the serious thought for which it was intended, rather than a lecture hall or a theater. The offer of a stained glass window for the chapel has been made by Mrs. Irving McKissick Belser, wife of the late President And So... Adieu This is goodbye. No more sad stories. Next week a new staff publishes The Game cock. This week, the old staff ends its pleasant duties and its unpleasant duties. It is the purpose of this writing to thank the many members of the Carolina com munity who have cooperated in the publica tion of the newspaper during this semester. Our job has not been an easy one, nor difficult. It has been interesting. We have not always pleased everyone, nor did we in tend to. We have been fair. We have given consideration to each side of each question. We have been critical and have been criti cized in return, fairly. To the new staff we leave this heritage. This is the student newspaper, owned and operated. Play square with the powers which are. They will return the favor. Be aggressive without being extreme. Print the news as you find it. And do not chal lenge to anyone to play horseshoes. Adieu.-R.R. A Fable The Individualist My father once told me of an out the city an Italian man, who in his home coun- booming. He brot try had been a shoemaker, and a six-year-old son rather good one at that. When he bought the store came to America in the early for the second 'twventies, he was fortunate to find which he had rent employment in a large shoe repair Well, the de shop. But Santa Bartucci wasn't things down a bit very happy at his new job, because giving good sers Sandy was an individualist. He tomers even thoug wanted to work for himself, not of the work was y for someone else. So Sandy saved Business picked each penny he could, and at the 1932; so muchi end of his second year in America, Blartuccis were a he was able to rent a small store- raise seven young room situated in the next block, Italian tradition. and set himself up in the shoe- eldest, was sent t repair business, where he did we It was tough sledding for the and graduated wi first six months or so, but Sandy customary four-ye worked hard and conscientiously, Sal wasted littl using only the highest grades of his father in on "I leather and putting his best effort "Pop," he said, " into each pair of shoes that passed p)retty bad for you into his hands. ness man doesn't By the end of the second year anymore to con of his venture, Sandy the Shoe- business. Look maker's reputation for work of from an intelliger high quality had spread through- Here you are wi FA GA4Cot~ CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Associated Collegiate Presi Distributor of Collegiate Digest Vddra~ 60903, with obert Elit Ca s. Unvviye Soth Carolina weehly, on Pridays, during year einest en holiays ad during emaminations. endorssmes.t. The sat to edit Is reserved. EDITOR ... . . . . .. . .. .... .RUJ MANAGING EDITOR ............JAN] BUSINESS MANAGER ............JACK NEWS .... ..... ............ ....0 CAMPUS ............ ....... .. ...Bet BPORTS .................. SOCIETY ............... ....... ........A EXCHANGES ........ . ................Mar COPY .................................Ru FEATURES ........... .............. ..Bal CIRCOULATION MANAGER ...............J A8BIBTANT BUS. MGR. .......... ...... r Furniture Unseemly McKissick, on Improvement of the chapel. The idea of a stained glass window and desk chairs does not seem to be in accord. An assembly held under such conditions would be constantly interrupted by the chair arms being raised or lowered, and by students trying to get into rows obstructed by these arms. The use of the chapel as a lecture hall seems almost impossible. It is needed by the music students who are taking organ and have the chapel as the only place to practice. Since the remainder of the building is in use by the music department for studios and practice rooms, the picture of a history lec ture competing with a lyric soprano or a beginning violin student is hardly inviting. The desk seats, which have already been ordered, could be used in the old law build ing or to replace worn-out chairs in Legare. We're hoping that the administration will give this a second thought and will realize that the need for the chapel for religious purposes and other student assemblies out weighs its use as a lecture hall.-O.E. Campus Looks Good Several grateful citizens have commented on the improvement in lighting around the back end of the campus. The light which has been placed at the left rear corner of Mc Kissick Library is the difference between night and day which Edison sought to de fine. It is no longer dark. Improvements on the campus, other than lighting, are also to be commented on. The Freshman class set out to improve the ap pearance of the plant. The Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds cooperated im mediately and extravagantly. Greens have been chained off, unsightly paths dug out and planted, and even windows have been washed which have not been washed in many years. To President Smith, who ordered these things done at the request of the students, we owe a vote of thanks. To J. T. Stradley, superintendent of the plant force, we owe a vote of well-done. The results gained by the Freshman class and other groups in the improvement of the plant would indicate that good, practical ideas are respected. It is an indication, too, that the university can be improved. Ideas and progress are inseparable.-R.R. and only yourself to work it; but -- down on the next block, the Elite Shop has ten machines and 20 shoemakers--in a short time they'll d business was run you right out of business. You ghthi fe and had better prepare for the future vrfom, n ptay '-save your money now, even if land equipment you have to charge a little more ad with the room, for your work. Prepare for the ression slowed day when the big shop will force but Sandy kept you to retire." ic o hs cus- Sandy didn't understand his ut "on the cuff." son's words. After all hadn't he up again after managed to do well in the past ra fact that the years even with the big shop in ble to begin to the next block ? sterasvatthe best Nevertheless, Sandy took his o the university, ao' advice and began to emiha .1 in his studies size saving all he could. He raised th honors in the his prices, began to use a cheaper ar period- grade of leather, and took less care he tie insettng with his work, in order that he the future looks might work faster. .The little busi.. As you can imagine, the volume stand a chance of business declined sharply, and ipete with big in less than a year Sandy was it theointuation forced to close up. And to his son th one machine he said, "Sal, you were right--the big shop did run me out of busi ness." Well, it took quite a while to get down to the moral of this story, but here It is. Many of you men and women of Carolina are NA stepping out into the world in AJune with fresh ideas and high ideals. You're going to hear a lot of talk like Sal's out there. Don't asth__s fall for that pseudo-intellectual tet rot-if you have a good idea, a ~~ new style in art, a new architec tural design, a new advertising i o ncs line . . . anything, from better anatitute na mouse traps to sharper can open ers, then get out and build your )Y RIVERS own success. E W. DOWE Work with some firm in your WALTHERchosen field just long enough to WALTHER acquire the necessary experience ga Edward. and capital to strike out on your my Knowlton own hook. Always remember that ..Tom Price individuals like yourselves have nn Chandler made America the prosperous land sie Manning it is, and there will always be the Kieckley room for another good man who >ara Derrick Is proud to carry the torch of the >hn Parasho pioneer spirit to a better Carolina Paul Fild and a brighter Amerien..-B.A. JANE W.. DOWE We Are To Under "The South loves the Negro as a person but fears him as a group." This familiar quotation may aptly be applied to the student reaction to the faculty and administration at this university. Without the faculty a university could not exist.. Too often we have extended a few words of criticism in the faculty's direction, but, in the 15,680 inches of Gamecock each semester, no column space has been devoted to this group. The university's faculty is ex cellent, underpaid, criticized, over worked - but excellent. Approxi mately 45 members have doctor's degrees, but they could be living in greater financial luxury as day laborers. Most of the .other pro fessors have their master's de grees and are continuing their edu cation while they try to "earn a living" with other jobs. Several of the faculty have na tional or sectional fame as authors or scholars. They could double their salaries elsewhere, but they remain faithful to their state uni versity. They Stay Here - - - Perhaps it is because they love Carolina that they are so inter ested in student affairs--too in terested, many students think. Carolina students are independent! They will admire a certain profes sor and quote him reverently, but, when this professor and a few other beloved professors attempt to put a thumb in student activi ties, they are criticized by their proteges (students). Both the student and professor BARBARA McS WAIl Student Ad Sought Byi A plan to have student advisors for freshmen and transfers is now under the joint consideration of ODK and AKG. The details will be worked out this summer by a committee of members from both groups. As it now stands, the plan will be roughly this: At the beginning of the year, each freshman and transfer stu dent will be assigned a member of the faculty who will be his ad visor. One faculty member will have about five students assigned to him. Meetings between advisor and student will be compulsory, and the student will be free to ask help from his advisor about his curriculum or school problems. There are many details which wvill have to be worked out, and the two groups do not expect to have the plan in working order in time for it to go into effect next semester. Load on Faculty Some criticism might be based on the fact that more work will be imposed on the already over worked and under-paid faculty. That is true, but there's another side to that obvious weakness. To enter the business of educat ing the young is to Impose willing ly upon oneself the responsibility for those young. It is the moral duty of the deans and professors of every school at Carolina to know Sophon "Tell me, Freddie," the ic While his ice greeted the "Tell me, how is it that tV Makes no impression on a "When I have slept on a With the din of cricket an I have often sensed a pot, In the undulation of my pi "And examining the cause Found it to be a strolling With many feet and very A centipede, with hula-sqi "Yet there was no sound And I am suspended in a Waiting for the precision Which ought to arise frol Freddie thought, and scr* Thinking that scratching1 Why the many-footed cen Would not produce a marn "Ah!I" said Freddie, "And The answer is pleasant nm The centipede is afraid of And wears a hndred ru Inclined -Estimate sides of this gap _of misunder standing should realise the futility of this relationship. Professors should realize that we are adults. Most student lead ers are old enough to vote for national leaders. The Gamecock, Honor Board, and the literary so cieties are examples of groups that have been well-run by students for many years. The Gamecock has been given an All-American eicellent rating for several years, is a $16,000 business, and is en tirely under student control. Students see these factors, fac ulty and administration members, and hope that you will loosen the reins of control outside of the classroom. Students Too All-Knowing BUT - students, we have been too all-knowing. We may have all the common sense in the world, but the faculty has the knowledge that we often lack. They have seen some things work and others fail, and their advice, like that of our parents, could save us from many pitfalls. If we accepted their advice more often, perhaps they would not find the necessity of exercising so much control. This seems to be the prin cipal problem of faculty-student relationship. Faculty and admin istration members are not dic tators, and students are not radical hoodlums. We will be leaving Carolina next week, but we hope that our advice does not fall into deaf ears. Let's end the student-faculty fight by COOPERATION. visory Plan KG-ODK that the members of their schools or classes have at least some kind of idea as to what that school is preparing them to do. Thccretically, Carolina now has a plan to help incoming students. The dean of the school in which each student is enrolled must place his signature on the registration card before it is validated by the registrar's office. But the bustle of registration week is no time for talking with anyone about whether or not you should be enrolled in his school. And it can't usually be told in a five-minute talk what course an undecided person should be taking. Student Counsel Has Points That's why faculty advisors could be such a real help at Caro lina. Most of the faculty here would be only too eager to help in any plan which insure more eager, interested students in their classes. The time they might be asked to donate would be repaid over and over by the higher quali ty of students they would receive. There's no reason why the plan shouldn't be a success. When it is put up to you next year, give It all the support you can. The In fluence you exert may mean the difference between Its success and failure. ooriSM e man said, Spring with tears; ie centipede's tread ensitive ears ?" swift summer night, d frog, 3nt might llow-log"; of the gentle tremble, worm, nimble; irm." from the marching feet beat n such ambulation." Ltched his head, vould help him expound, tipede tread :hing sound. Ahi! again, sws; rain, her shnen "-R.R. Reprinted from June 1950 Issue of ESQUIRE CopyrIght 1950 by ESQUIRE, Inc. "This is Mr. Finizi. He's a wine taster" It's No Bolony By JOE MOLONY A New Staff Means Renewed Support Tonight a new Gamecock staff will be announced. All of you should know each member of it. They're the people you can count on to go to bat for you. If you don't recog nize them by the picture printed, stop by The Gamecock office behind McKissick and meet them. Like any true veteran, I can see only a hard road ahead for this new (and what seems to be), inexperienced troupe. But, I'm only human enough to be a little jealous. Yester day they were learning. Today they're ready to put their principles into operation. They can't do this unless you continue to show whole hearted support and cooperation with them. Without com plete student backing The Gamecock would not exist today. I know some of you are afraid of allowing the paper free rpign over news events here, You holler "censor it 1" In reality, you mean "censure it." You can't understand how The Gamecock can be so much different from other campus organizations. How did it ever become so independent? That's exactly what the administration is wondering right now. They welcome your wonderment with open arms. If, and when, the paper becomes a publicity organ, the job of the censor will be much easier if you continue criticizing it for being free and independent. It's strictly up to you. With your continued support, The Gamecock will remain as it has been since 1908-a J4 student paper by the students, of the students and for the students. If you don't like it as such, then fall in line. You probably won't be alone. Here I Go, But Don't Hurry Me The first column is supposed to be the hardest, they tell you. Subsequent ones come easier and before long writing gets to be a snap. Well, take it from me, it's no snap. You can't win in this game. If you're outspoken in your views and straight forward in your publicizing of them, you're bound to lose many friends. You can't please everybody. And that's what has happened to No Bolony. Writing a last column wasn't hard, I was told. But, that, like a lot of other second-handed advice, is the bunk. My first No Bolony was a snap compared with this last one. After four years with The Gamecock and at brief experi ence with both local newspapers, I can truthfully say I learned more from writing for the student body at Carolina than for Columbians. You were an interested and attentive public. My mis takes didn't escape a single one of you and I profited by them, too. Bringing you No Bolony was an experience I'll never forget. I only wish it could go on indefinitely. Despite all the column inches I produced, I admit I didn't say much. To be honest, I didn't try to. Through this column, I attempted to bring Carolina to you and you as close as possible to your school and your classmates through good, sound thinking. If I accomplished this, I consider my brief career at Carolina a success. If not, I'm in the wrong racket. Some of the things I've said here hurt a few people. But you must admit, I didn't pick on just the little man. The big boys have fouled up just as much as you and I. At times, criticism is the only way to straighten them out. At all times I attempted to print the truth based solely on fact. It hurt me just as much as it did them. But, you know, the truth always hurts. .Someone asked me the other day if I hadn't run out of ideas yet. Then, I said no. But now? Well, I have. I'm what you might say "all said out." If I were a poet or a journalistic genius I could possibly paint a vivid word picture of my emotions at this moment. But I'm not. The words just aren't there. I can only say I'm deeply appreciative to my readers for putting up with me as long as they have. As for my . enemies?? Don't be mad.- I still love you-all. NO BOOY-Cngauain to Anne Davis and her "G & B" staff for putting out one of the best post-war annuals ~ I've seen!! (But, Anne, what happened on page 810, huh?? A group from Preston Third East (Earl Beam, Bill Tinsley, ~ Bill Gambrell, Worth Thames, Wayne Felkel, Bill Fleming and a couple of other bums) are planning a houseparty at Myrtle Beach May 27 through May 28. They're all gradu ating seniors (Thames is a graduate student) and they're planning on making it an annual affair. Other groups would do well to follow Preston's lead in this student reunion busi ness. It' ni to - hav ..rens to gobckt.