The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 27, 1950, Page Page Two, Image 2
Our Fate Pends...
On October 18, nine students, as representatives of the
student body, appeared before the Board of Trustees of the
university in a request that the resolution setting up a
Board of Publications be rescinded.
This resolution read:
"It is the sense of the Board that an advisory committee
on publications, composed of the President of the University,
Dean of Women, the Dean or a Professor of the School of
Journalism, the Director of Student Activities, and Director
of the University News Service, and the Head of the De
partment or a Professor of English be authorized to repre
sent the University in its relationship to all student publi
cations except the Law School publication and be empowered
to advise the staffs of the publications, and to do whatever
may be necessary to promote and insure accuracy, decency,
fair criticism, and impartiality in the student newspaper so
that it will present to the public a fair and correct report of
the life and thought of the University."
After consideration of the Board, it was decided that the
students would be referred back to the Student Affairs
committee of the Board of Trustees, and that the resolution
would be sent back to this committee for reconsideration.
Therefore, the fate of the board is now pending on the
decision of the student affairs committee.
The students are asking that the Committee look back
into the resolution. It asks that the last sentence be read
and that the committee recognize that any idea printed in
THE GAMECOCK could be changed under one of the ad
jectives "accuracy, decency, fair criticism and impartiality
that many things could be construed to appear partial or
critical, which were actually written in a sincere effort to
better conditions here.
Thus the students wait for their verdict. We try to wait
patiently, but find patience a hard virtue. Those who will
appear before the committee will present the case to the
scommittee to the best of their ability.
Again we say that we do not object to investigation, but
o object to control. We say that an investigating committee
hich would make its recommendations to the student
oard of Publications or to Student Council would not find
ny objection to its existence.
Last week, we said that we could not compromise our
rinciples. This is still our stand. Since the resolution does
iolate our principles of a free press and not a controlled
ne, we remain in our opposition to it. We depend on the
pport of the students-and from the expressions of support
om every organization and every section of the campus,
e know that we have it.
.O. T. E.
Your Help Is Needed
With a goal of $2,259, the 'Y' Finance Campaign will
gin this week. Of this amount, $1,514 will go to the
.M.C.A. and $745 to the Y.W.C.A. As the most active
ganization on the campus, the 'Y' goes forward into this
ive this year without Father Bell, who, in years before,
rected the finance campaign among the faculty and was
e guiding light for the students. Whether the campaign
cceeds or not depends on YOU.
The canvasser will not be asking for ten-dollar contri
utions but will ask that each student contribute something
to this cause. Some of you may never have attended a 'Y'
program, but have you never played pool in Flinn Hall? Or
been to vespers ? And what about those deputations teams
which help to publicize Carolina?
Included in the finance drive is the annual membership
drive. Therefore, you will be contacted for facts about your
self for records as a member of the 'Y.'
Some of the money for the 'Y' is given through the
Student Activities fund, the rest is up to you. Won't you
give?
CROWING FOR A GREATER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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EDITOR ...........................OLGA EDWARDS
MANAGING EDITOR ...................TOM PRICE
BUSINESS MANAGER ....... .PAUL FIELD
ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Elliott Wardlaw
NEWS .............Betsy Knowlton
CAMPUS .. .......Barbara Derrick
SPORTS.......................L. C. Tankersley
SOCIETY ...........Andrea Chandler
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FEATURES ................Jci oteln
CIRCULA TION John .ar. .
STAFF REPORTERSRuhBre,KnPwl
COLUMNISTS .Barbara McSwain, Jack Walther,
George LaBruce
BUSINESS STAFF
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Barbara McSwain
Time Cures All
Ills: But Why
Wait On Time?
Throughout the past hectic but
wonderful week-end one insistent
thought has kept cropping up in a
one-man invasion of the holiday.
merriment. Some discreet eaves
dropping finally dragged the idea
out into the light. Here it is, for
all who will to note:
Almost without exception, the
alumni who came to town for Big
Thursday week-end felt nothing for
Carolina except the deepest of de
votion and tenderest of loyalties.
No emotional scars were left from
those frenzied hours of cramming
for exams that meant either grad
uation or another semester of
study . . . no black thoughts about
the professor who invariably said
the one thing that irritated the stu
dents most . . . no remembrance
of the many, many times they
breathed, "If I ever get out of
this place I'll never come near it
again."
All of these scraps in the patch
work of college life seem to have
been ripped from alumni memories.
Only the bright good times and
pastel reminiscences remain.
It seems logical to assume that,
out of the hundreds of alumni who
returned here last week-end, at
least a few must have had as much
trouble with studying as we are
having. At least some must have
had as matry worries and feuds.
Life at Carolina couldn't have been
peaches and cream for everybody
all the time!
That should have some meaning
for us. If our post-college days
are to be enlivened, as the alumni's
seem to be, by returns to the alma
mater - if friendships made here
are, as theirs, to be some of the
most lasting we shall make - if
memories of the four years at col
lege will really be among the most
cherished we ever have - then
shouldn't we realize it now, while
we're still here to appreciate it?
Can any of us afford to throw
away these college days, which
others hold so priceless?
Those of us who are on the last
lap of our college careers can al
ready feel a difference in feeling
toward Carolina. We are half "col
lege kids" and half men and women
ready to be weaned from our Alma
Mater.
But to realize these things partly
when you're a senior and fully
when you're an alumnus is not
enough. It's not enough for us and
it's not enough for Carolina.
Let's wake up to the fact that
we are experiencing something for
wvhich people all over the world are
envying us. Let's realize that there
are people all over the world who
may have done great things, given
the opportunities we have had.
We don't have to get out and
blow a horn to prove we're loyal
sons and daughters of Carolina.
We can do it in so many small
ways: yelling our heads off at foot
ball games, attending the assembly
programs, backing the 'Y,' uphold
ing the honor system, supporting
the student council, using the trash
cans on the campus, and hundreds
of others.
Let's be the alumni classes that
come back gladly and unregret
fully. Let's never have to say,
"Yes, those were good days,
but . .."
Betsy Knowlton
Foreign College
Has Rat Week
Rat week was a howling success!
Perhaps some of the obedient
freshmen might not agree with
that but the sophomores are very
happy.
It might comfort some of the
rats to know that this isn't the
only university where rat week
happens. A letter was received
last week from a French student
attending medical school in Paris.
He says:
"Yesterday (Oct. 5), there were
hazings for new students -- I have
seen some of them. One was obliged
to walk on the Boulevard Saint
Michel with his jacket on inside out
and a saucepan on his head.
Another one had a red herring
hung to a string and he was obliged
to suck the tail every five meters.
A mathematics new student was
measuring the length of the boule
vard with a ruler of 20 centi
meters.
"When I was to college I have
been hazed also. I have been
>bliged to measure the length and
~he width of the school's yard with
i match. I did must give the sur
JACK WALTHER
What About F,
Recently there has been a good
bit of dissention between segments
of that body which is vaguely
termed "the administration" and
various factions of the general
mass of students who term them
selves "the student body." This
difficulty has arisen over the ques
tion of which of these parties is
to control the campus publications
and what are the duties and limi
tations of each in regard to the
other. "The administration has de
fined its purpose by stating that
it intends to exercise this control
by setting up a committee which
will establish regulations for elec
tion of staffs for these publica
tions and which will have the
power to develop general policies
concerning their operation."
This is at best a vague and elas
tic definition. We may rightfully
inquire as to its real meaning.
What are the regulations for the
election of staff members? What
are the general policies that "the
administration" has seen fit to im
pose? And lastly, what are the
alleged causes for this administra
tive action?. -
We may only guess at the an
swers to these questions, but with
out knowing the true motives be
hind them we can safely defend
the position of these publications.
This university is supported by
the people of the state. They have
Guest Columnist: P
Not Much Alike .
During my stay at the U.S.C. I.
have often been asked, how the
German universities compare with
the American ones. In the follow
ing I will try to give some ideas
of what a German university of
today is like.
The average age of people en
tering a German university is 22
to 23. This is due to the fact that
many veterans, returning from
captivity in Russia and other coun
tries, try to go through university.
All German universities are over
crowded, so that a boy, just. having
finished high school finds it very
hard to be aeoepted, because natur
ally the veterans have priority.
Usually h ' :'to wait for .a year
before he will be accepted. It is
clear that under these circum
stances the university authorities
only try to pick out Uhe besi stu
dents.
The way of studying in our coun
try is quite different from that in
America. We do not have a credit
system as I found it over here. A
student, entering university, is sup
posed to have completed his funda
mental or general education. That
is to say, that he has a general
idea of German literature and his
tory, that he knows the funda
mental facts of mathematics, and
that he at least has studied an old
and modern foreign language for
several years. So the student is
completely free to choose those sub
jects in which he wants to
specialize.
There are two wvays in which
these subjects are taught at the
university: the lectures and the
seminars. (In addition you may
have experimental and laboratory
work.) A lecture is usually at
tended by 100 to 200 students.
(Sometimes the attendance runs as
high as 800.) It is clear that in
such a group no discussions can
take place. It is mainly that the
student here gets ideas and sug
gestions for his private studies.
The seminars have much smaller
groups (20-30). Here problems are
discussed, and students are asked
to make reports on books or on
problems they are working at. The
most valuable and most important
I have measured during two hours
and a half with a boy who looked
after me. There were about 3,000
matches for the length. The haz
ings are very funny for the spec
tators but not for the victim.
"Unfortunately there are no haz
ings in medicine school. I should
like to haze Michel who is begin
ning his medical studies. He has
a very bad character and does not
like to be teased."
Jacques tells more about his
school life in the same letter. Rat
week only lasts two days and after
that the students take their work
very seriously. They study about
ten hours a day and attend class
about five'hours. They have very*
few extra-curricula activities.
''I am just finishing the first
part of my examination and I am
quite tired (biology, physiology,
'ee Discussion?
contributed their money and their
patronage for the educational and
social advancement of those who
are qualified to attend. The very
existence of the university, there
fore, is intended to advance the
interests of its students. In this
sense we may say that the uni
versity belongs to the students. The
administration exists solely for the
management of their interests.
That is not to say that the slight
est whim of the students should be
gratified. The rule of reason
should prevail at all times.
In this case, however, the stu
dents have not been unreasonable.
They have established publications
which have consistently contributed
to one of the most essential func
tions of a university - the promo
tion of free discussion. Unless this
spirit prevails a university stag
nates. It is impossible to go for
ward without looking forward. The
status quo may seem comfortable
but there is always the possibility
of something better.
Whether it has been unconscious
or not our publications have fur
thered these ends. No one has been
barred from airing his views. As
a rule, those who have volunteered
opinions have done so with an eye
to the sentiments of the entire stu
dent body.
Is it for this that our publica
tions need to be controlled?
ter KahI
. .
part of our university studies, how
ever, lies in the private study, in
the individual work in the library
or in the laboratory.
After 6, 8 or 10 semesters (it
depends on the subject you are
studying) the student can apply for
an examination which is usually
taken before a state board. For
this he has to write a thesis, which
sometimes may have the size of a
book, and takean oral examination
in each subject he has stndied. Be
sides that he may study for a Dr.
degree, which is similar to the
American Ph.D. or M.D. The Ger
man university does not offer the
degree of a Bachelor or a Master.
These lines may cause the im
l)ression that the absence of tests,
mid-term or end-term examinations
make the studying much easier.
This may be right to that extent
that one can concentrate better,
and perhaps spend more time, on
one particular subject. But seen
as a whole the strain on the stu
dent is much harder. There the
student is fully responsible for
himself, nobody cares, whether or
not he studies, or whether the sub
jects he chose will give him the
right training for his job. There
are of course advisers and guid
ance programs to lead those stu
dents, who don't know what to do.
After 4 or 5 years of study the
student shall be able to report on
the subjects he has studied. This
does of course not mean that he
shall only memorize facts, but I
mean to say that he shall under
stand the principal ideas, and that
he shall be able to discuss them.
A student having finished univer
sity shall, as a German professor
said, "have developed a good abil
ity of scientific thinking."~
It is by no means the only aim
of the German university to teach
and to train people, to make them
fit for their job, it is more than
that. But that may be discussed
in another place.
It is as the wvords over the en.
trance of the University of Ham.
burg say, "Der Forschung * Der
Lehre * Der Buildung" (For Re
search, for Teaching, for Educa
tion).
Greek, and anatomy). I work now
for chemistry and histology. I
have to wvork very hard until Dec.
21. I shall go after in the south
of France during two weeks and I
shall b)e able to take a rest.
"My sister has been accepted to
her examinations (age 17) and she
must begin to learn philosophy dur
ing one year - poor girl!! She is
much to be pitied. She wants after
to work in chemistry."
ie attends American movies
regularly if he has the money.
"I have seen two American films
in Paris during the month, 'Iwo
Jima' and 'Francis.' 'Francis' is
very popular in Paris. It is a good
satire and very funny. I cannot
say that 'Iwo Jima' is funny. It is
very impressive. I prefer that to
the stupid films about cowboys in
.vour far west."
The Price Of Things
By TOM PRICE
A Little Reminiscing
The greatest day in the sporting calendar of the State of
South Carolina has passed. We must wait 12 months, 68
weeks, or 365 days-take your pick-for another Big
Thursday. Now that the 1950 edition of the great spectacle
is history it might be best to let sleeping dogs lie, but we
just can't help reminiscing a bit.
About 4:30 p. m. on Thursday, October 19, approximately
35,000 rather wrinkled individuals filed out of Carolina
stadium. Very few of these many persons were happy.
The ladies had hoped to show off their new Fall finery as
per custom, for Big Thursday has been South Carolina's
number one fashion show for over 50 years. Jupiter Pluviua
stepped in, however, and the fine female fashions were
hidden beneath unsightly rain gear and many a shapely
ankle was concealed by a ponderous waterproof boot. The
rain ceased shortly before game time, however, and before
the end of the first half a few soggy chrysanthemum cor.
sages began to peep out from hiding. Most of the new styles
were crushed and mud-spattered by this time, and as far
as the ladies were concerned, Big Thursday, 1950, was a
total loss and shouldn't have happened to a duck.
The real football fans-the alumni And student bodies
of the two schools-filed out of the stadium in frustrated
silence. This silence always follows a tie with an arch-rival.
To the Clemson supporters, that 14-14 score was a bitter
pill. They had come to Columbia to see their invincible, un
beaten, untied, unscored-on Tigers humble the Gamecocks
from the Columbia "night club" school. They hadn't seen
what they had come to see and those who were gambling
men were considerably poorer besides being sadder and
wiser.
To the coaches, the outcome also meant frustration.
Frank Howard came into the stadium with a team of solid
favorites and was lucky to get out again with a tie. His
dreams for Clemson's greatest season under his tutorage had
fallen in the mud around him.
Rex Enright had seen almost sure victory slip away in
the waning moments. His boys dominated play throughout
most of the contest and he should well be proud of their
showing, but no coach could be expected to be anything but
disappointed after being- so close to victory.
There was another small group of frustrated persons
also. They were the scalpers who cornered extra tickets to
the classic and offered them to the hungry public for a
price several times the market value.
Those scalpers who got rid of their holdings several days
before the game were all i'ght, but those that held their
ducats with the idea of peddling them at the stadium gates,
really dropped their candy. The weather brought the price
down and for fear of being caught with unsold tickets after
game-time, scalpers were selling for the $3.60 face value of
each ticket 15 minutes before the game started. One couple
came all the way from Macon, Ga., and bought two tickets
at the stadium five minutes before the kick-off.
Into each life a little rain must fall, but also, every cloud
must have a silver lining. The silver lining to the sloppy
Big Thursday weather was the come-down in scalpers' prices
for tickets. Quite a few deserving citizens were able to see
South Carolina's greatest sporting spectacle of the year
without being fleeced by these scrounging individuals who
managed to corner a sizable block of tickets and hold them
for exorbitant fees.
GEORGE LaBRUCE
Why We Have Universities
"Learning without thought is knowledge is invested and comes
labor lost."--CONFUCIUS - - . forth with Interest.
When I was a freshman I won- Imagination is youthful: the
dered what courses to take and why young often act on it without fact
so many were required that I didn't - the aged may act on fact alone,
think I needed. I also wondered without imagination; the univer
just why we had universities and sity must act as a bond between
what their place in,our society was. experience and imagination.
Because I wonderedi and sought an The world around us more and
answer, I attempt to explain it now more is coming to the realizationl
for what good it may do you. of the necessity of an aesthetic
Our country ranks first among quality in knowledge and fact.
nations in the expansion of its uni- Many industries advertise more
versities. This growth in size, and better products through
number, and complexity of organi- imagination in engineering.
zation shows some danger of de- The scientist does his work be
stroying the sources of its useful- cause of curiosity and immense
ness. This is due to widespread interest In the workings of nature
lack of understanding of what pri- and their rationalisation. He
mary functions a university should literally Imagines what will hap
serve, pen in a given case and puts his
Universities have always been facts and knowledge of techniques
schools of research as well as to work to find out.
schools of education. The basic It is necessary that we work at
reason for their existence, however, something we like in order for US
is neither; either could be per- to get the most from life. The
formed ch9aper elsewhere. Uni- multitude of courses and personal
versities exist then, because they adjustment equipment in a univer
preserve a connection between sity enable us to find that work to
knowledge and the enjoyment of which we are best suited, it being
living; they form a basis for uni- a balance between aptitude and ini
fication of ideas by young and old. terest. If a person has ability along
A university imparts knowledge, more lines than one, his relative
but must do so imaginatively if it interest in them should decide for
is to be of service to society. The him which to choose. Those who
feeling of curiosity drawn from fail in their search for the right
imaginative teaching causes a 'life work, also fail In their proper
transformation of knom ed.. Th- servc oscey n hlVs