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Why A Vacancy? On a campus as crowded as this one, a vacant building stands out like an interesting professor at an 8 o'clock class. Such is the case with the Wauchope House on the Horseshoe. The building was vacated last year and was used as a dormitory for married couples at summer schools. One side was not used during the last spring semester. Since the fall term has started, however, it has stood completely, idle. This is completely unnecessary. The building could be used for something, even while its fate is being decided. There has been many suggestions for its possible use. Some of these have been to give it to married couples on the campus, to turn it into a fraternity house, to make it into a' student union building, and to make it into faculty apartments. We would like to see it given to the married couples on the campus or made into a student union building. The first is due to the fact that no facilities are made for the students who are married, but are not veterans. These have to live in town, often paying exorbitant prices for a small apartment. It seems that at least one place on the campus should be provided for such students. One-room campus apartments could be given to these students for the amount necessary to pay for the heat, light, and water. The other suggestion which we would like to see taken is to make it into a student union building. There has been some objection to this since many have said that such a building would duplicate the 'Y' building, Flinn Hall. This is not true. A student union building would merely give the numerous other organizations on the campus a place to meet and possibly give many of the more active ones clubrooms. Even if none of these suggestions is taken, why shouldn't the building be put to some good use, and not allowed to stand empty? The campus is much too small to let a building as large as this one stand empty. We ask that some action be taken as soon as possible in making this part of the campus alive again. Disgrace To State At last, South Carolina is beginning to wake up to its problem of prejudice. We have seen this in the recent epi sodes and antics of the group of masked hoodlums called the Ku Klux Klan. As students. we are glad to know that steps have been taken to end the practices of the Klan in this state. We do not want to see them begin a reign of terror of any sort. As a group which uses fear to gain what it wants from others, it has no place in our society. This is the sort of psychology which the Fascists used during the last war-it is what the Communists are using now. We have said that prejudice is the result of ignorance and here we mean ignorance in both races. However, ig norance cannot be excused when it deliberately violates law. Here it becomes more violent for it has no reasoning. In time and education, the ideas and the trends which now hamper race relation can disappear, but the work of such a group as the Ku Klux Klan can stop any advance made toward better relations. So to those of the state who have been brave enough to make a stand against the Klan, we say "Thank you. You have the principles of America in your heart and not just in your mouth." Barbara McSwain Mid-Semester Reognzto This week 'The Gamecock staff Thedtilsafadtebs had a session which other organi- esangrpitdotoncf zations here would do wvell to emnu-thfalshehddicvrdn late. The staff unliterarily but raigtesoisroi eot aptly called it "the mid-semester eshdhne n h none start again."thtahorlnmeigwod Here's the way the meeting wasbehleahWdeaytanyz conducted: teatcei h rvoswe' All staff members were invited Gmcc,suytcgo at to be present. When everyone had adofrcntutv rtcs o assembled, the editor explained the tebd purpose of the meeting, which was Thedtrsitathsevo to improve 'rhe Gamecock. 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After reading the paragraph in this week's Gamecock request ing more letters to the editor, I received the coincidental impetus necessary to get a letter in the mail. Since the beginning of the year, there has been broiling within me the tacit disapproval of the aboli tion of classes at ten a. m. on Mon day, Wednesday, a n d Friday. Through casual conversation, I have found this to be the consensus among those I have talked with. For some the fact that classes are not in session at the most pro ductive hour of the day three days a week can be most unsatisfactory. Some students, of which I am one and can speak from personal ex perience, find it necessary to pur sue one's occupation while attend ing school. It is true that such cases are in the minority, but should the university, Qhrough at tempts at regimentation, dis courage those 'lo might find it necessary to follow spch a course? For those whose time is not quite so rationed, you can find them loafing in the canteen or elsewhere during the period when speakers are not scheduled. There have been only three speakers out of about twenty-seven days sacrificed for the development of the project as a whole. Another distracting feature is that these talks have heen delivered in a building so acoustically unsound for speaking that the audiences misses half the words. I understand that the continua tion of the aforementioned project depends upon the success of it measured by student attendance. This is an unfair measurement. Orientation students are required to attend or take a class "cut." On November tenth, the most disturb ing aspect arose. The canteen was closed. The laundry was closed. I did not observe any other buildings closed between the hours of ten and cleven a. in. If these buildings were closed to keep students out of them during the time set aside for a speaker, it is indicative of regimentation; an action that has never been approved of by Ameri cans. This letter is not to criticize the ide. and good intentions of bring ing learned and nationally famous personalities to the university. Such edlucational progress af this is always approved unanimously by students and faculty alike. Those resp)onsib)le for getting these men here are to be. commended. The gain, howvever, in this instance does not balance the loss. The time of day and circumstances that have arisen to p)'rmote the project are seemingly unsatisfnctory. An hour hiatus at a time wvhen the mind is most recep)tive to teaching and learning is 1)oor student psy chology. By wvay of suggestion, I wvould say schedlule the speakers early in the evening at an audi torium acoustically designed for spe'ech ini which all interested per sons in the city could he accommo dlatedl. Very truly yours, Bob Raiford (Ed. Note: Are there any re l)lies?) could not or would not put out good wvork .would be asked to leave. This is the first time in at least two years that a determined at tempt has been made to unify and organize the staff and to train it for ac tual newspaper wvork. And here is an organization which will b'e stronger as the result of this (co-ordination plan of its editors. Wouldn't a similar action be wvise for groups whic'h are finding them selves stale and ineffectual? If the heads o,f as strong an organ as The Gamecock can realize the needl for more inner strength and take step)s to fill that need, how much more success members of weaker organizations might have! The same procedure would not he practical for different groups, hut the basic steps would be the same. A complete "going-over" meeting should be held at which the aims of the group and the means of accomp)lishing those aims are explained by the president. A tightened-up program of activity should have been decided upon by tihe president. Members should be told that they are either to work for the advancement of the pro gram or join another group whose aims suitedl their ideas better. Too many eamnns goupsnare GEORGE LaBRUCE Some Honor Work - - WIT Not long ago I wrote an article concerning honor and the new method of conducting the honor system at Carolina. You may re call I was not much impressed with it as an improvement over the old one. This is because it is an at tempt to add strength to the sys tem by making it tougher on some one who is caught and by catching him quicker. It stands to reason that if few violations were re ported before, fewer still will be reported now that "it shall be at the discretion of the board what shall constitute a ease." To get students to co-operate, we must assure them a fair chance and not that in possibility the report they make will be the cause of some one's discharge. As long as the system works on intangibles, stu dents will be wary of it. Some systems work and have worked for years. Notable of these is that of the University of Vir ginia, which is based op absolute fairness and assures the student every possible chance. It would take about four years to make such a system work here. Based on their ideas which time has proved, here is a suggested overall plan: People everywhere must hear of our honor system, must be given to understand that it is our most prized possession; that here, if no where else, the honor system works. Deputation teams, the extension division, and other appendages of the university could be invaluable in this respect. When new students arrive, they should receive a formal speech from one of the university's most dis tinguished figures, in which he would discuss honor at the univer sity and its practice; also the pro cedure followed when a breach of honor occurs. Something of this nature is already being done here, but the administrative officials should see that this speech have the place of importance on the nomenclature schedule. When the assembly is dismissed, small groups would meet with stu dent leaders and clear up any questions they might have about the working of the system. This would be the time to present them with the pledge to sign, and it would say that they understood the system and wanted to live under it. Leaders would have to be chosen that would propagate an at Paul Field" Change of Heart "WVell, what do you know - Carolina's got a wvinning football team. Yes sir! Oh, we lost one game to Duke but the breaks were against us --- but just look at the rest of the record. We heat Tech 7-0; we mauled Furman 21-7 and tiedI an undefeated Clemson team 14-141. Then we wvent to George Washington and wvon 34-20. After' that Marquette held our team to a 13-13 tie. Well, that's a pretty goodl record." But look what happened next. Carolina meets Citadel at Charles ton and the Gamecocks are favored by 21 points. A fighting Citadel team upsets us 19-7. Now listen to the fans cheer. "The boys wvere loafing. Rex needs some better p)lays. His offense stinks and his defense is rotten. Just look how they blocked those punts. Boy, that's a rotten team. Yes sir, we need a new team and newv coach." That's the wvay a lot of Carolina students and backers felt after the Citadel game and still do. It's pretty rotten when the members of our football team get bowed and ridiculed by its fellowv students. The cheerleaders wvere winning all right. Yes sir, back those Gamecocks. But now, when the team needis our support more than ever, wve let 'em down. A football teazg has to work to gether to win but they have to have your support to stay together. Everybody says football players are nothing but patid semi-pros who are p)aid to win football games. Sure, they get scholarships to help them through school but they're human, too. Just imagine how they felt. A game like that is enough to break up a football team's spirit and teamwvork. If the present atti tude toward the team and Coach weighted down with persons who are dead weight, sapping all vital ity. Only through stripping them selves of these excess members can organizations stop stagnating and begin growing. Only through in dividual inner coordination wvill they gain strength again. Systems y Not Ours? titude of friendly co-operation in showing that the system was a positive force working to develop men and women of integrity and to bring freedom from mistrust to all of university life. A student would be warned not to sign the card until he was ready to accept the honor system as his own. Pro fessors would have to be given a course in the honor system also, so as to help and not hinder the work ing of it. The student's word would gradually become accepted as truth and such things as selling football tickets to the Clemson-Carolina game for huge prices would fade out. The procedure of dismissa) would give more of a chance to the of fender than the present one does. If a student saw another commit ting what appeared to be a breach of honor, he would direct the at tention of at least one other stu dent to the action. If the two agreed that there was grounds for suspicion, they would confront the suspect. If he gave a satisfactory explanation, the matter would stop right there. If not, the accusers would pre sent the case to the Honor Board. The Board would proceed to in vestigate and hold (closed) trial, with the accused being allowed any couhsel and witnesses he wanted from within student ranks. If he were acquitted, the records of the trial would be burned and hand shakes would be in order. If con victed, he would leave the univer sity at once and a nameless notice would appear in The Gamecock that "The Honor Board regrets to announce that a student has been dismissed," and would name the offensc. Any person who could show that he had new evidence could reopen a case at any time. Otherwise the records would stay secret. It is said that schools where sys tems work without a hitch have something to base it on, like the great founder of the University of Virginia; Thomas Jefferson, and the honor which his very life por trayed. Certainly we have as fine an example of love, devotion, and honor, within our midst as there is to be found at Virginia or any where; for those who know "The Colonel," know that he is never far from the university; once in body, always in spirit. Enright continue, it will do a lot of harm. They know and we know that we had a better team on that field. But something just hap pened -- what, no one wvill ever be able to explain. Let's showv the team that we are behind them by attending the pep rally tonight a.t (1:30 and by going out tomorrowv and cheering for them wvhether they win or lose. We've got a great team playing for Carolina. Don't let 'enm down now when they need us most. This stu dent body can make or break that football team. Betsy Knowlton A Better Situation Gamecock editors are very pleased this week. Three weeks ago we printed an editorial ex laining the sadl plight of the cheerleaders, the fact that they had been footing all the expenses for decorations and p)ublicity for all the athletic events, as well as their own traveling costs. Last week the athletic depart ment presented each of the cheer leaders with $10 for the trip to Charleston for the Citadel game, November 11. However, the word has gotten out that the Athletic Association is looking for the au thor of the editorial. The athletic department is to be congratulated for listening to the complaint and doing something about it. It is a wonderful thing wvhen a mo,versity gets to the point that faculty and students respect each other enough to listen to each other and act according to the most reasonable idea. The Gamecock is not a scandal monger. It is not constantly trying to find things to criticize or rea sons to sling mud. It attempts to be what any top newspaper is, an impartial medium of presenting news, facts, and entertainment. When a situation that is undisput-. ably bad, is brought to the atten tion of thn editor ov,r a ove The Price Of Things, By TOM PRICE Turn Out Tonight Tonight at 6:30 the Gamecock Pep club will stage a pep rally in the Field house. Don Johnston, head cheerleader and pep club president will be in charge. The band will be present to furnish music. Let's all turn out and make this the biggest and best pep rally in Carolina history. Sonte of you fair weather fans will gripe and say, "Why the hell should I come out and cheer for a team that perforrna like Carolina did last Saturday ?" Perhaps you have a point, but despite past performances, we should remain with our boys and demonstrate our loyalty with enthusiasm and action. The fair weather fan is worse than no fan at all. Reasonably Sober Last Saturday, shortly before 2:30 p. m., a party of several Carolina students, all of them from Charleston and all of them members of the same fraternity, entered Johnson Hagood stadium and took seats near us. They were reason. ably sober. When the Gamecocks took the field, these several stu dents agd fraternity brothers joined in the ovation that went up from the Carolina student body. They were one hundred per cent behind Rex and his boys. Several minutes and more than several drinks later, Sam Rubino of The Citadel, blocked a Carolina punt and scored for the Bulldogs. The several fraternity brothers seated near us, like everyone else on the Carolina side, were silent with con sternation. They were not quite as sober as before. Time To Change Not too many minutes later, Rubino blocked another Gamecock punt and The Citadel lead 12-0. Then the switch in alliance came over our heroes (?). With Carolina on the short end of the score, they were faced with the possibility of being on the losing side. Being staunch members of the ancient order of crumbs and fair weather supporters with the motto: "We love you till you're losing," they switched horses in mid-stream. After all, they couldn't afford to have their record of never being on the losing side broken. After the second Citadel touchdown it was "Poor Caro lina," and "All the way, Bulldogs," from our heroes (?).They opened their mouths only to cheer for Citadel or to emit an occasional drunken gurgle. This group of slobs should have been thrown out of the stadium. They created an obnoxious distraction for those seated near them besides obstructing the view of the playing field on many occasions. We do not endorse the performance that the Gamecocks presented in Johnson Hagood stadium last Saturday. If we were permitted to resort to the vernacular we would go so far as to say that we "stunk." (Or is the word "stank?"). Nevertheless, the University of South Carolina is our alma mater. To the University of South Carolina we owe our complete allegiance at all times. Get The Hell Out Despite the fiasco that we witnessed in Charleston last Saturday, we should maintain our loyalty to the University of South Carolina. If we find ourselves unable to maintain that loyalty to the University of South Carolina, we should GET THE HELL OUT of the University. of South Carolina, and go to another school. This includes drunken fraternity brothers and members of the ancient order of crumbs and fair weather supporters. We Are Thankful We are thankful that the majority of the Carolina stu dents present did not act in the manner of the several above mentioned slobs. All of us were disappointed, of course. Most of us went to Charleston expecting to see an easy Gamecock victory. Despite this, however, most of us are still with the Gamecocks and are pulling for them to bounce back against the North Carolina Tar Heels tomorrow. This writer has always been a staunch defender of Caro lina student spirit. Turn out tonight and prove that we were not wrong in defending that spirit. Let's show the football team that they are representing a proud university that canl still hold its head high after suffering a humiliating defeat. Perhaps they will show us that they, too, are proud and maybe they will prove just how proud they are on the grid iron tomorrow. Slobs May Stay Away Those several slobs from a certain fraternity house canl stay away for all we care. The air surrounding the pep rallY will be purer without them. again, whether by the students orthyaecniulysrvgfo by the faculty, the editors have noacucyadtth choice but to publish the facts. Trewesaoabdstalf United States is a nation in wsbogtt ih.I a which freedom of the press is verysmlthninhelgtothF important. People rely on theThipotnreutwsWa newspapers more than they realize cutd h iuto a for information on what is goingrctdbths howrresn on in the worldi. If the paper be-abenogtolsntorafl gins to fail in its duty of publish-Thtigod shpetlt ing facts, goodi as well as bad, i h uuemr n oepO people will no longer rely on the pewl eraoal nuht paper.litntresn Thtiho Newspapers m a k e mistakes,.opoie n gemnsO After all, the editors and reporterscoeautCmpmis areonl hman Bt peae bliveisavhngi the ayt pofngs.