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To This \ As this semester draws to a cloe, we busy ourselves with thoughts of final examg, and other problems become remote. We set aside the ideas, thoughts, and dilemmas that have faced us in the past weeks and months. For the next week, approximately 3,000 souls on this aged and honored cam pus will engage in a binge of study the like of which is seen but twice a year. Amid all this cramming. hoping, and perhaps fearing. a new staff moves in to assume command of the operations of THE GAMECOCK. It is the customary thing for a new editor to begin by outlining his policy for the coming semester. For our policy we ask you to turn to page one and examine the masthead of this issue. Just below the words "University of South Carolina." you wil see five little words. "Crowing For A Greater Carolina." Let these five words set the policy of THE GAMECOCK for the next several months. We plan to praise when we feel that praise is deserved. for it is our theory that a little pat on the back at the right time can Henry's Unp Since matricu a:n at Caroina, have you ever been beset with :inancia problems? If you're a s tudent with average means of iive _!h'id. udrTa btedly you have. If you have ever tried mai :ain a car. any kind of car. on yo;ur G. I. subsistence, allowance from home. -r :,.ur s.a ar-: from that part time ob. you prcbaby know whereof we speak. "Herr-'s Unpardon able Sin." a battered canvas-.opp.d Ford. has been a familiar sight arara.d the campus for some time. The venerable product of Herr Ford's genius il: cc; :ies a regu:ar parking place ear te entrance to the horseshoe on Sum er Street. it has freiuentl- been seen buzz ng aru.und tcm-' with its name proudly OM TAR HEELLA Leters To (Editor's Note: THE GAM.E COCK recently reprinted a col uman which oririnally appeared under the byine of Chucki Haaser in "The Daily Tar Heel. ~niver-iity of North Carolina tudent newspaper. Hausr de- zrou, f C ribed a trip to Columbia for ;. :'c . he Socth Caroli.na-North Caro-- :: ini f'otbail rarme and added a ery dikparaginr pictu:re of his oncepti.n of the Univer"ity of eth Carolina. it.i campa:s. ar-.:~ hite<tzzre and student biody. :a.- e: SThe result wa.s a flood of edi--MRO toriail comment by THE G.A(E COCK columnists the foibowing week plus a number of letters from irate Soath Carolina sin.u- r dents.. Apparently many mem. bers of the student body at the * Un.irersity of North Carolina .. agree with those South Carolina :'' students who protested. for -... three letters from the Chapel ir. ~ Hill s<hool were received re- - - eently and are publi:shed below.) Member~ ofa ameiatdC eiteP a d:an .i -"Th aas-ek*npbaedb n o s e taerI~t SIt OFim S-OU.fy A r O[s esn yea esegtelh,tit r d of-n Cleae Diesnn Tie esenrnn exprsedf bw e~nmunast eand Sutter w,iters ai ude' diane if --The G.aml.en:k.' P-nuhuss deaes a.se endosr ensent The r'ijht tas ete :n m'eer-"ed. EDITOR OLG3A MANAGING EDETOR BUSINESS MANAGER p ASST. BUS:NESS MANAGrE?. EU NEWS Be CAWMPUSBa SPORTS Mo' SOCIETT And EXCHANGESMa COPY SE ATUR ESJa CIRCULATION ASSISTANT STAFF REPORTERS Ruth B.rer. Ken PoweDl. M~ary E""'yn Sandy Cranford, BdI N'vri COLCUMNISTS Barbara MeS,vain, G.e BUSINESS STAFF Lawme. YaZes, Ve Pledge produce good results. We plan to criticize when we feel that our criticism is justified, for our university's shortcomings are still many and it is only through criticism and suggestion for change that a better and more compatible Carolina community can be obtained. We plan to wekome comment and criti cism of our columns, for this is your uni versity. your paper, and the destiny of both is ultimately in your hands. We will welcone letters to the editor, provided they are signed. We will print no cowardly attacks on individuals or administration when the attacker hides behind a pseudonym and waits for the paper to de his dirty work. Please sign your letters and keep them clean. We plan to survey the efforts of those who passed before us, to echo some of their words. and perhaps profit from some of their mistakes. With these words, we begin. What the results will be. only time will tell. T.P. 3rdonable Sin displayed in large white letters on each side of its hood. But alas. the problem of maintaining a vehicle in these times of stress and infla tion seems to have caught up with the pro prietor of Herry's Unpardonable Sin, who ever he may be. Several days ago something r.ew was added to Mr. Ford's blunder; a square sign with the words 'For Sale" in neat, black letters. Now. Henry's Unpardonable Sin stands. sadly dripping tears from its radiator. in the usual parking place on Sumter Street. awaiting another and perhaps more cruel master. Another pitiable and ir.ocent victim .: the high cost of living. The Editor k. a _e.ghler- eii - : - . ::CCra. team arge: c-:nf se ':he "s:sue A. L. F. WOOD, Jr. NC s:ude_ts are UNC .d a.sses. We're ar:i:na but there DNear S.r: -Feaze, no Da;: Tar e:, I ..otleed te _ in e r _.: .rr:e USC rt..dent CCh H.Ha.s"rr a. :e UN. j: W4 A_ad I -don't 'V-hehd a .. : n r.can:p:1.a .rae "'- L n. .'.e*:.......s eattt sa a-s:a..d --J.ss o r :sy KnowLs,ea-m.ton~r Bob SmJIthr' ::. ~~ an.a.aiya4I ~. outherland ~L~ at i "C 'aek Walther,' : ::.ege LaBruce'. p47r -. 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Their answer is printed below.) In his article. "A-.:: her Danger." Mr. Opcenheimer Lr:''ught forth sore recreaches whi:h canot re Kairn .r.awred. They are in cr :t.:.:. ^ re :r tss d::ia-ed by . _i o yr .Kr- e.^a't pre4-ud.ce. The au:.:-org-:t a en hsem !ace p?.ra-ses- He maay ai.W T^e a:-: s;ea'cs o -Ex Na a. i Ne- _t:.-: :?n Ger 7.~ Th- - i Ti: d:st' thati e a.e :a a:a. w er have. ker :e Wo:g. hi isin. Ger :a - -. s - er *:e,: wa.s sz:_ A '._. es. Ge: r.a : 2. ... .:: i:. .. ._. ~ "-_- e :3 $::r:.'J2 to t' e da a - ar:ar. youth e eesdea:a cws-:edaars a:-ar service. l : Nav -.voted az:e ache _ -.:_ .-. some weeks *e --: :+ . s m :ry s:uerice a.ga:an:"s rearn smewek age.a'ge * rarr-i-. : rearma e:-e e ": '.i t~ar ar ege-heLGaB:anr eac FINIS 1 h ..:' : Wi e r' r J . ..Me - A rd ; d ^:.7 (m* -: '.3 A trah T , M T r ?.". -. A v ',m --.. ruma t To JM ' z'iL erh47r-a.14 P e her theer'..7 .u P ,I1* To ffrE1y7 atri .a.ae .,,at C ni -- C4n ,w ...,-.- ar..w. ..i Z um Yom Think niswer Danger? these legal preparations against Communism "militaristic," he has to say what he proposes for Ger many to do. Shall we wait until the Russians come? 3 He speaks of "authoritarians" endangering democracy. Germany has millions of refugees, displaced perso.rs and people who last their' houses and property as an effect of air-raids. We needed and need author:ties to prevent these people f rom _tarving and freezing to death. We passed some cutting :aw-s r:h -:he agreement. sometimes prts,.re., *f the Allies. Democracy does no': only consist in giving reedomrn-:e, erybody, but also in _ e-erybody a chance to exist. a state of emergency a certain :'r-:rat.icn :f power is neces ry a.i i-evitable. in order to :Ie ::e ex:stence of the individ :al Hard.sh:ps against the possess. :z ,lases cannot be avoided. Is Wh.re are the reactionaries, the ;ea'cs of? Are they in millions day after day :w that they want to be re zarded a= dernocrats? Surrounded a s~r':a Russian army they d:: ::rate every day their faith dem.:cracy. Or is the "reac .. e found in the Russian ..:, ra':,:: camps, where tens :1s.andi suffer for their faith de-,:,: rac'i Or in the refugee am::.=s he west where people, they ha-.e lost everything, d d 'becomne Communists or N0_s C O an:.ng the millions of +. ":yedo Iahorers who - though o wr'- and daily influenced cornur.is:ic agents - do not turn toward Communism or Nazism. but keep their confidencj the democratic idea? (Germany" ha- sinned heavily, but Germany has shown her sincere will to became a democratic nation. Thank God the American officials in Germany have a better opinion of our people than the author has. They helped us in our efforts t:ward democracy. They did what webeg all A mericans to do - they trlsted us. The Germar. exchange students Helmut Stockmnann. Gerhard Nickel. Peter Kahl. (The editor points out that the views expressed by cot umni.sts do not necessarily ex press the i e ws of TH E G A MECOCK.) j r - Sneerf ee' i c. ::. a-.ay I?.ad an -- :it krevhsow ':orpresn tak ;~' - ':i -- Best 0:.he a. :pe. aascsfltnr ^ 9- .: 'n :- anyor. eprde ,-u a :-tew se- frtriy prepofo n op 7-~.:e!f ao incssu serc-t T: ~. ~c.etinuae thugoo * tue artrted- prde beat a -r ua se'-;e ratn ty, smt ia.a Ema,t.IA eat Betsy Knowlton Just A Bit C So ends one hectic semes in George LaBruce's column to write about. He is so righi I can't help remembering I Barbara McSwain Another Carolina Caravan Needed Columbia's Blood Center needs donors. Carolina students can be one of the biggest sources. In fact, the Center is hoping for more stu dent donors- It has announced that if 150 students volunteer, a blood mobile will come to the university, instead of the students' having to go to the Center on Devine street. Members of one fraternity are already planning to make a trip to Columbia's Center today. One of the donors ferreted out these facts about :he Center. The blood bank verified them: One-half of the blood goes to hospitals within 75 miles of Co lumbia. There are 39 of these hos pitals. One-half goes for national defense. It is either sent to Korea or stockpiled in case of atomic warfare. Here is what to do if you plan to dorate: Phone 2-94 and ask for the Blood Bank. Make an appointment. Groups of six to ten are preferred :o large ones because it takes 45 minutes per person to get the blood. About six persons can be taken every 15 minutes. After registering, the donor has a medical check before he gives the blood. Then he rests for a short while. Afterwards he goes to the canteen (at the blood bank) where he is given fruit juice and other restoratives. One person who has already do nated asserted that the actual process of giving the blood was no more painful than a pin prick. This giving of blood has more than one good side. When the donor gives it he finds out which type his blood is: A, 0, B or AB. This information could be useful in wrecks or other accidents. If five groups of about thirty persons would collaborate and de cide to donate blood, they could more than fill one day's quota, 130 pints, for the Blood Bank. They might also save the lives of neigh bors or friends in the army. Let's start a "Gamecock Cara van" to the Blood Bank. Mordecai Persky More of Hauser, That Poison-Pen Fellow from UNC This week brings another staff to The Gamecock, and to us it offers another roost to cling to while crowing for a greater Caro lina. The roost has been offered on an unfounded theory that if a man can yap on one page, he can crow on another, and accepted ~s a challenge to the experienced yap. To those who have overlooked a&. on page seven goes the opper taity7 to overlook u.s on page two, ada p:ea to pa.ss ':p that opper 7ut for a.s tong as they feel te7 ma afe-rd. Oj' tih page the editor h.a.s detntsi o the Ur-iersit7 of North Car a.. These t'etter's are exam p 'es cf a thin,g whch liesi forgotten *ntn-kzing collegiate rivalries of S:n':h Carotina. These three Tar Heets have w-ritten to ask forgive n.es.s for what they considered an ;nfazr comment by the managing editor of their student newspaper. Before the ink was dry on Chuck Ha user's editorial, the men and women of Carolina were whipping out their fdes and sharpening their tongues--ready for pttched battle with all Chapel Hill. But they are not to be condemned for this, be cause they have been trained on the verbal firing lines of a web of rivalries in which every Insult up to and including the unintelli gible mouthings of infants whose only error lay in wearing garnet or orange booties, is scooped up and pawed over until it itself shrinks aside from the unfriendli ness it has caused. The unfriendly rivalries are itere., but it i.s our hope that they ast nC bodg'ed as, finaly as the iks n Oki4 Petigr'u. If there is a sMi thtere eaa be a way of .is'ty seki-aq rivaries in this f Reminiscing ter and begins another. I see this week that I have nothing , except for a few memories. :he Gamecock office last spring back in the days when I thought it would be such fun to be the man. aging editor. There were the awful two weeks of the water pistol craze sponsored by Jackie Southerland. She ha no scruples about whom she hit where, when or how. Then there was the day when 1 came in after class on a hot day in Davis. I have always been af. flicted with the habit of taking off my shoes in hot weather. When I had been in the office about fi" minutes I missed those shoes. For a long time I thought I had left them in Davis and was scared to ask anyone if they noticed. Mor. bidly, I sat on my feet all after. noon and ran home barefoot, after dark. Rudy Rivers, the editor then, called me later and wondered if I had lost anything. They say writers are all screwy individuals, just a little peculiar. Anyway there was the terrific afternoon we had the carbo" paper fight. That was what started the water pistol craze. Then there was the afternoon not long ago when I was serving as the news editor. The telephone rang and I, being in feminine mood, answered in my most honeyed tones. He wanted to know. "Are you the news editor?" "Do you remember that list of names under the honor roii iist?" f A list of 20) names.) "Well, I just wanted you to know that you spell the Smiths_ of the upcoiuntry with an 'e'.' That was the day I hit myself in the eye with the tele phone and had trouble explai-ing my black eye. Then there was always the love life of our illustrious editor. Rudy. - All the girls had terribe e e on Rudy. Rudy got married over the sum mer months. This semester the Gamecock office is terribly quiet. It's a'most depressing. Please, readers, isn't there another Rudy in the crowd who is willing to be come editor of the Gamecock a-I enliven the jor.t a bit? The fe male staff is beginning to get edgy Olga Edwards New Furniture Graces Chapel For Services A bevy of new improvements have taken place in the university chapel, giving it a new look en tirely its own. First, new flooring has been put in with new tables and furniture in the lobby. On the inside, new seating adds to the comfort of the students. A new speaker's stand and bish op's chairs have been bought'for the stage to help make the chapel the more serious, thoughtful place that it can be. All this has been done by the un'rversity at the request of the vespers committee. IHowever, in return for the im provements, the students have an obligation in showing that they appreciate themi. This obligation is best fulfilled by attending ves pers. These progratus are~ ar ranged by the Yugt" Commnittee of the 'Y' and are ee the most well thought out pxogram s at Carolina. So, this Sunday night wheni the chimes start ringing. go oiut the dormitory door and towamrd the chapel. The building and the pro gram may surprise you. Amd A Word To The New Staff This issue marks the end of the fall semester and the beginning of a new one, It also miarks the comi plete, tur-nover in The Gamecock staff, with Tom~ l'rice behind the editor-'s typewr'Iter. The work is one@ of the most interesting jobs that OneO enn find; it can also be one~ of the most irritating. How tWver, we' are confident that the nlew staff can do it with very little troub'le, So to themi we say, good luck, our sympathy and our envy goes to you. To those who helped us so generously during the past semester, we really appre e iate it, To those on the staff who spent many of their waking (and sleeping) hours in The Gamecock office, we hope that this semester may be easier on them, and we thank themt again for their work ;and good humor (even in the face of water pistols, footprints on the ceiling, crude eartoons, and knifW throering).