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We Still Oppose... Last week THE GAMECOCK printed an account of a new board of publications, set up by the administration to "advise" the campus publications. Soon after the account was printed, THE GAMECOCK was told that it had made a mistake in doing this-that it should have waited until the board was set up and seen how it operated. Yet this position hardly seems to be a good plan since once the board is in working order, it might be a hard thing to stop. At present, it might say that it wants no control, but next semester, or even next year, it may decide that this is no longer true-that THE GAMECOCK is becoming "det rimental." The potentialities of a board which says in its initial letter that it will "develop general policy" presents too great a risk for any campus organization to take. Since last week, we have been told that the board was set up only to better student-faculty relations. If this were true, why has the board not been abolished? It is evident that thus far the board has done nothing to help these re lations, but has only caused a further split between the faculty and the students. THE GAMECOCK has also been told that we should present a united front to the public. How can any criticism be offered if a united front is to be presented? And how can improvement be made if the individual or organization does not realize that the need for improvement is present? THE GAMECOCK also wishes to point out that with a cir culation of less than 4,000-3,200 of which are students and most of the others as advertisers or exchange groups (who seldom look at their exchange papers)-the paper does not often reach the public eye. It has even been dis covered that members of the Board of Trustees have not been receiving a copy. Before the committee members were made public in the initial letter, the administration was told that THE GAMECOCK would oppose the plan. This is the stand we will continue to take. In the first issue, we stated as a part of our policy that "we will not attempt to tear down unless something better can be put in its place." The Student Board of Publications is the "something better," therefore, we will continue to work under it-and we will continue in our fight to stop the new Board. O. T. E. Is Scalping Necessary? An obnoxious situation has developed at Carolina which has been caused mainly by quite normal habit-called dating. For years, Carolina fans have enjoyed taking dates to the football games. This year, however, with the advent of the new ticket system, the habit cannot be normally followed by the sophomore and freshmen on the campus. The reason 4s simple. The date tickets had simply been sold out before the sophomores were able to get theirs. The athletic office sold 600 (late tickets this year-the same number that was sold last year. Yet with several hundred less students than last year, the tickets sold out more quickly. The answer to this riddle? Also quite obvious. Tickets were bought by students who are not planning to use them as date tickets, but are planning to sell them for a neat profit. Another factor is that some underclassmen lied about their class standing, thus putting themselves at the first of the line and obtaining early tickets. The one thing that can be done about the situation this year is to put a close check on the gates for student admis sion. Thus any student who had sold his ticket would be caught and his athletic card revoked. Next year we hope to see a system worked out by the ticket office whereby the date tickets will be proportioned out to the different classes. In this way even the freshmen would have a more even chance to obtain tickets. A more rigid system should be worked out to prevent the changing of class standing. Finally, we hope to see those who would stoop to buying and selling student tickets, out of school. O. T. E. CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTII CAROLINA Member of Associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collegiate Digest eitor, "The Gamecoek is pubishoed by andtor the stts f tthers University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college year except on holidays and during examinations. arheyopinfons expressed by col mnis and letter wrtern arc not neces endorsement. The right to edit is reservedl. EDITOR OLGA EDWARDS MANAGING EDITOR TOM PRICE BUSINESS MANAGER PAUL FIELD ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Elliot Wardlaw NEWS ...Betsy Knowlton CAMPUS Barbara Derrick SPORTS L. C. Tankersley SOCIETY ....Andrea Chandler EXCHANGES Mary Bloodworth COPY . .Bobby Smith FEATURES ...Jackie Southerland CIRCULATION ....John Parasho STAFF REPORTERS ..Ruth Barker, Ken Powell COLUMNISTS ' . Barbara McSwain, Jack Walther BUSINESS STAFF Foreign Student Expresses Thanks Exactly 26 'days ago I got off our boat in New York, was rushed through endless subway tunnels to a bus station, and there I was . heading south and telling my self: "Well, it is a very nice country. Curious. howv the people will be ?" Well, nowv I knowv. In no other country you could be so sure that the man you wvill pick up at random in the street, in the college, everywhere, is a che.erful optimist wvho will loudly and wvill ingly show you around and help you tackle all difficulties you ;iave. Now, I am already obliged to you, all students of the university as a whole, because I am spon sored by your organization, the university 'Y' and by WSSF. This sponsorship got me out from Ital ian concentration camps where I lived the sorrowful days of a po litical refugee, brought me over the ocean to your home and opened me here the ossibility of new work and new life under the auspices of the American liberty. Europe, too, is obliged to America for a large scale material help, which for long years poured over to all states of my war-ridden continent. But obliged as we are, I ask you after my first impres sions immediately for some more; you have given to Europe all help you could, but give her your optimism, too, give her your light hearted and overpyowering ap proach to all problems of life. Don't content yourself to sponsor inlividuals, sponsur all Europe . andl I am sure you'll be richly rewvarde<f. A u tomyself, Lthere are cases when thankfulness stands beyond wvords. But good deeds are im motal; im eou cast ne of them on the immense ocean of life, the waves arise and travel in always broader and broader circles, and move and changze its surface even after the cause is perhias for gotten. So may it he with all you have (lone for me. And this wish I would like es pecially to extend to Miss Marie Edwards, uirector of the YWCA ( iho, hoever, dioesn't need any wishes of good p at all, because being an angel she has her place in paradise) and to all I have met in these first days of my American life . . because all were so kind. Vladinmir Rus. Guest Editor: George LaBruce I understand there have been volumes written on the subject of school spirit and I realize some of those who read this will accuse me of trying to organize a re vival, but here goes. At the D)uke game we saw Caro lina lose a football game by a two score margin against the team rated the best in the conference. I)uring this game we watchedl our boys buckle down and hold on the one-yardI line; not once, but many times. For this what did they get? The insane screaming of some in ebriatedl fans who wvorked off their wrath against the p)layers in many forms of uncouth language every time the other team made a gain. It did not occur to these fans that friends and kinfolks of the players were also sitting in the stands; that if they yelled loud enough maybe the p)layers themselves might hear; that to say the least this sort of thing has a demoral izing effect on the team. Perhaps the boys are hardened to it by now but is this enough justifica tion for it ? Cheerleaders spent many hours of work to bring the crowd to A frenzy of team-backing spirit, but this has little or no effect on those filled with spirit from a bottle. It has been said that the cheer.. leaders wore the fans out before the game and left nothing for the second half. Perhaps this Is true, but it is a poor sport, indeed, who will not applaud his team after a goal-lne JACK WALTHER Of Minds And At long last this university has attempted to remedy a situation which has been subject to wide spread indifference for many years-namely the virtual lack of interest in the personalities and ideas of our outstanding con temporaries. To those who are responsible for the conception and undertaking of this project we owe a vote of thanks. Yet we have no obligation to them that is not also an obligation to ourselves. It is far less difficult to read history than to know the minds who made it, yet how much of the real nature of things is missed by such an expedient. With the passage of time we may gain a truer perspective, but time may also distort our picture, saving only the fragments and leaving the whole to die in a mortal grave. A university is necessarily a crossroad of ideas. We collect them in our libraries. They abound in our textbooks. We toy with them in our bull-sessions. All of them require thought, opening our minds to our environment, awakening new fields of interest .and thus enriching our lives. In BARBARA McSWA GOVERNMENT Of, By, and For V We all know the story of the li4tle Dutch boy who held his fin ger in the dyke to keep the water from rushing through. The child knew that the tiny leak would take little time to expand, that even tually the whole dyke would cor rode and the city would be ruined by the onrushing waters. One of the morals of that tale is, "The potential danger of any thing is not necessarily in direct prop)ortion to its size." At Carolina we were faced last week with a problem wvhich is, on the surface, trivial. A small hole wvas p)unched in the wall of our independence.~~ This hole, as you know, is in the form of a plan for censorship of the press. The idea as set forth in the president's plan is innocu ous soundling. It calls for a new board of p)ublications, consisting of six faculty members and five stu dtents. It sounds harmless. Yet it has all the potentialities of becoming the first step toward restriction of free speech at Carolina. The university is supposedlly run as any small city. The student government, co-op store, pos5t of f ice, dliscipline committee, andl newsp)aper correspond to similar city functions. That this is true has b)eenl one of the stronge.st dlrawing cardls Carolina has held stand just because he is tired; and in the secondl half when the strength of the team was waning, the fans were completely (lead. Could it he football is harder on those who watch than on those who p)lay ? It would be a fallacy to say this condlition was universal. Actually there were many students (mostly freshmen wvho are not too digni.. fied to holler) who kept behind the team till the last whistle was b)lowvn. These folks came recently to ouri school with deep indoctrina tion regardling team support and it would seem they have more enthusiasm than the old students. ICvery year Carolina plays a rough schedule, a rougher one, we think, than our agricultural friends. Because of this we must exp)ect to lose some ball games, but win or lose--and last week we showed that we could win--let's stay behind our boys all the way let's yell, holler and scream till the final gun, and -show these other schools how It's dne! Li.. k ,.- o Con temporaries the light of this we cannot afford /to miss such an opportunity as has been presented to us this se mester. And yet there is danger of a misconception. This opportunity if not fully taken advantage of may not result in the desired end. The university has arranged for our speakers but it has not im ported refinement to our campus. We may go to look and still not see. We may listen and refuse to think. To attend these lectures for the sole purpose of being able to say, "I have seen or heard the speaker," results in an end which is completely devoid of any real meaning--a pseudo satisfaction at best. Flowers cannot grow on jock. Any true bud in the widen ing of our understanding must be born in the fertile soil of our own motives. And so the gates have been thrown open on a project which will depend for its success upon $ sufficient number of interested students. Each of us will in some measure determine the outcome of this undertaking. We have only ourselves to profit or fail. Al Thom? to attract new students. The in dependence and regulations have been in such delicate balance that parents could feel safe in sending their children here and at the same time the students could feel that they were on their own, cit izens of the Carolina community. The newspaper has been the principle organ for the student's expression of his independence. Letters to the editor and editorials have let the student give vent to some of his truest emotions. They have stirred civic interest among the entire student.body more than any other single factor. That they also stirred up talk about changes that wer~e needed seems to be one of the chief reasons given for the need of a newv publication board. Criticism, wvhen it wvas offered, usually represented a wholesome cross-section of the student body opinion. When student or adminis trative opinion wvas against The Gamecock, it may be noticed in last year's papers that Trhe Game cock printed them in ink just as black as that used in recording opinions about other organizations. Whatever the reason for the ac tion taken, a reconsideration of the p)roblem should be madec. The stu dents have taken their history and political science, courses too seriously; they really believe in this business of government of, by and for the peCople. And A Pat On The Back ...to every studlent who at tended the Friday assembly where Dr. Will D)urant spoke on "'Can Civilization Be Saved ?" A pprox imately I ,400 students attended. Also to the program committee of the assemb)lies, who arrangedl the excellent schedule of programs in Such a short time. ...to those responsib)le for the beautification of the campus grounds. The chains established take. a little longer to go around but are worth the effort when the neater campus is surveyedl. ...to the football team who came out from under to win angl show the Georgia people that South Carolina raised some peaches too. The Price Of Things By TOM PRICE Wadiak Cadillaced If the Atlanta sportswriters were eligible to take part in the voting for All-Southern football team berths at the end of the current season, Stout Steve Wadiak, the Gamecock Cadillac, would be an almost sure bet for at least a couple of first team votes. The Chicago Comet put on an offensive show for about 25,000 fans in Atlanta last Saturday and the Sunday edi tion of the "Journal and Constitution" was loud in its praise of Rex Enright's right-hand man. The "Journal and Con stitution" was also loud in its praise of the entire Gamecock team that upset favored Georgia Tech 7-0. Besides a two column writeup of the game, there were three feature ar ticles praising the Birds' victory. One of the articles was by Jimmy Jordan, former 134-pound Tech halfback star. There were 13 pictures' including a nine-picture sequence layout of one running play by Wadiak. Tech Coach Bobby Dodd said that Wadiak was every thing that he had heard and more. Jimmy Jordan praised Hootie Johnson for his all around play and especially for the fine fake he made when Wadiak went 35 yards to the Tech three. Spirit There, Too For those that still doubt that the student body spirit has risen to its highest point since the war, the large crowd of screaming Gamecock rooters who negotiated the 231 miles to Atlanta for the game should be proof enough. Even Jack Tilly, a Clemson alumnus who sat next to us, was screaming for the Gamecocks. Sophomore Rocks While praise for Wadiak and Ilootie Johnson was appro priate, Rex Enright's sophomore linemen should not be for gotten. If the world situation doesn't ruin Rex's building program again, fans can look for one of the finest defensive lines in the nation to be performing for the Garnet and Black for two more years at least. The work of Tackles Don Earley and Hugh Merck, and Ends Specks Granger and W. A. Skelton was particularly outstanding among the sophs. Skelton was performing before a hometown crowd. Soph End Fred Duckett also looked good in snagging a Dick Balka pass in the final payoff drive. The work of Balka, who was working his first varsity game, was excellent. He should develop into a real "T" quarterback before he's through at Carolina. While praise for the sophomores is fitting, the older members of the Bird squad shouldn't be forgotten. Wilbur Newman, also playing before a hometown audience, showed up well, as did Dave Sparks, Roy Skinner, Larry Smith, Harry Jabbusch, and the others. Ed Pasky quarterbacked well on offense and also saw considerable defensive duty. Enright took a chance and let some of his inexperienced men see action and the gamble paid off. Although the Gamecocks made several serious mnistakes, they were strong enough to keep Tech from capitalizing on them'and much valuable under-fire experience was gained by men like by Blackie Kincaid, and Zack Taylor. Blackie had been a regular dlefensive halfback, but was given an offensive shot at full back Saturday. Taylor, also used at fullback, got off one six yard run. No Overconfidence We can all be sure that the Birds won't let overconfidence get the best of them tonight like it did against Furman last year. With Wadiak Cadillacing, Bishop Strickland bouncing, Chuck Prezioso well again and chugging, and En right's seven rocks of Gibraltar up front to iil Ed Jasonek, things will be rough for,the Purple Hurricane tonight. BETSY KNOWLTON Toward Better. Understanding .. . TIhe Jnter national Students' As-Euoepolew'ecmtokw sociation, with offices% at many ofvrywlanifeds esal the larger- univer sities, hasi been wiet n a oet tsm sp)onsoring tips) abroad for Amer- ae yr.Ntmntoitshv ican students at less than half the(lnthtad'mvrgadw money the average American hv.I' n oese,tog sp)endls. A special ship, the S. S. avr ml n,twr ol Volandam, is chartered for thefredhp jouirney over and back. I wvas I'stlamzdtthwokf fortunate enough to make the trip teesuetognztosta this summer with NSA on the hv aeteetispsil o Volandam. I was gone for three Aeia tdns hr sa months andl visitedl seven countries,.nentoa tdn ogesa Th'e total ('ost of the trip, includ- tevrosuieste eeta ing e'verything~-..travel in America, srvst-cet iteudr passage, spe(nding money, food andstnigadolrcenth hoard, plus tickets to approxi- mnso h tdns hssm mately 21 of the best concerts in mrtae o mrcn sol the wVorjl--camle to about $800!aaalprtoiswrkAlth Hoys can make the trip for muchwokisvlnayndomcof less, even as little as $500. tre-oln a(iwtelnd The next is from my last letterthsudnsimlqitcolfr home about the foreign branchesayertgiehejbhirfl of NSA.tientefot,athiowe "So ends my trip) to Europe pne I'm afraid. Tuesday morning Thyvcetildoeafe 1,600 students who have been bgjb steAeiashv sp)readl out all over Europe willjutdsoed.Teiahd board the SS Volandam to comesmlbeingadbaared home. The most remarkable trip otrw l h nta ra' I think is the fact that every one adi tl rwn.Armral. of us is leaving not one or two, ognzto,Itik th* butsixor igh ne frendinermou weossandlfriensw sal