Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Not One of the most unpleasant incidencea that we have known of at Carolina happened Thst week. The Inter-Fraternity council and the Pan Hellenic council were to have sponsored a charity dance for the Crippled Children's society Wednesday night in the Field house. Woody Woodward's orchestra had agreed to play free and admission was set at fifty cents per person. Last week's issue of The Game cock endorsed the.dance through an editorial and through the column of Campus Editor Bill Novit. The editorial page went to press Tuesday morning. On Wednesday morning, Dick Polen, chair man of the dance committee, reported that the dance was cancelled by orders of the ad ministration. Some tickets had already been sold. The Gamecock had to announce the can cellation with a last-minute notice on page one which went to press Thursday morning. Student activities director George Tomlin said that the dance had not been registered with his office. As we understand the rules, this procedure is required for all campus social functions. President Smith was quoted by a Columbia newspaper as saying that- he did not order the dance cancelled, and that it was never scheduled (registered). He was also quoted as saying that a university regu lation prohibits such affairs on week nights. We do not know with which side the fault lies. If the dance committee neglected to go through the proper channels in scheduling Shades C We could hardly believe our eyes Monday morning when we walked past Rutledge and DeSaussure colleges and saw paint being spread on the walls of those two venerable buildings. We don't know whether the spring weather brought on the painters, or whether the poison-pen editorials of Hauser the Heel from the Hill (Chapel, that is) have finally stirred the administration to action. If our not too popular visitor of last Home coming day is responsible, we owe him a vote of thanks despite his odious character. If, at we suspect, however, the administration ordered the painting without consulting Childish Chuck, the credit and praise should be dished out to that branch of the university organization. V Jackie Southerland I Long Fc "The ties that bind," or is it "the ibilities to money tie that binds?" Whatever it is, any man makea the phrase runs through my head him a hero, and and has not left my weary, be- that wvork of a fuddled brain for many weeks.- of a god canno I long for my freedom. The man labors und ropes are old and frayed, decayed lesser, an inferi< with utter uselessness, but they So man tiesi bind tightly. the noose, gives Rules that men make bind men, and hangs hims A common man with the same himself with his foibles, weaknesses, and suscepti- Man rules hin1 CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Associated Collegiate Prd Distributor of Collegiate Digest edio, nde amerc0ck" t publi shed by an or the at University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, durn year except on holidays and during examinations. Theopnion. xpresd by colhmnists and letterd wrtersot endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR .. . MANAGING EDITOR MORDE4 BUSINESS MANA GER . .. A SST. BUSINE SS MANA GER . .El NEWS .. ... Jacki CAMPUS. SPORTS. .. . . .............. SOCIETY... EXCHANGES COPY.. FEA TURES ..Mar CIRCULATION MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Ruth Barker, Mary Evelyn Rogers, Sandy Cr Blalock, Furney Hemingway, Don Hays, Mar: Fred Dunlap, Frank Wright, Billy Lem COLUMNISTS. .. .. .. .... Barbara McSwain, BUSTMINESS STAFF......Lawson Yata,. E )ance the dance, perhaps the administration is right in not permitting its being held. On the other hand, we don't like the idea of innocent crippled children being deprived of aid because of an avoidable disagreement between university students and administra tion. We fail to see the logic in the no week night dance rule when athletic events are permitted on- week-nights, and many dances are held on Friday nights with classes fol lowing on Saturday. What's the difference between staying up late before a Thursday class, or staying up late before a Saturday class? We have no fault to find with the rule requiring the registration of sociAl functions. Situations like this one indicate a complete lack of understanding between administra tion and student body. The students blame the administration, the administration blames the students, and neither faction does anything to better relations. We believe that there is a measure of fault with both groups. We hope that someone will soon come up with a plan that will re sult in a buried hatchet and better under standing between student and administrator. As for ourselves, we don't know of a plan that would result in acceptance by both sides. Meanwhile the crippled children still haven't received a cent from a benefit dance in the University of South . Carolina Field house.-T. P. )f Hauser! Therefore, at the risk of being ostracized by our fellow students, we say "Well Done" to the superintendent of buildings and grounds and to any other university official responsible for the fresh paint. Rutledge and DeSaussure are appropriate buildings to start with, for they are the oldest on the campus. We hope that the paint holds out and the painters don't get tired, for there are quite a few other structures on the cam pus that need a face lifting. While we can't get overly enthused over the color (that, ugh!!, battleship grey re minds us of our navy days), we agree whole heartedly with the painting program and admit that any color (even grey) is better than dirty, peeling, stucco walls. r Freedom and corruption as able, not having the courage to cor a rule, time makes rect himself. the rule becomes Time has passed and man is not rod. The products able to distinguish between reality L ecagd oof God and the reality of man er the rules of a ma.made gods. So life becomes a he rope, slips on tightly bound space of riecessities himself a push, and ordered obedience. elf -- strangling Each man-made god puts him own words. self and his set of rules above that self and is miser- of every other god. Perhaps the __________spirit of competition will cause each to cut his own throat, but man has submitted for centuries and will undoubtedly continue to do so. He is so busy obeying rules and INA fulfilling his obligations that he se neglects the world's realities. Sase rst Man is ini a tight room, cluttered d s eefHewith objects of no worth. Attached re not nees to each object is a price tag, bear constitute an ing an exorbitant price . . . free dom. Outside the dirty room is the TOM PRICE 3AI PERSKY light of knowledge, but the shades 'AUL FIELD are drawn and man sees only the liott Wardlaw immediate. s Southerland If someone dares to rauise a shade, . Bill Novit he is pronounced a troublemaker, talph Gregory an irresponsible, unconscientious .Marlene Rast idvda.Bigacwr,h Ken Powell ndvda.Bigacwr,h Bobby Smith restores the room to its darkness tha Matthews and returns to strangle himself Charlie Wood with price tags . . . or, if he is courageous, he leaves to enjoy his anford, J. M. freedom for a while, and then to rBloodworth, live in miserable loneliness. There acks is no middle ground. Diga Edwards I long for my freedom . . . but ancy Miteal wonuld T feel lnost without the r.ope.? 0 OUCH 1 MUSTAFA DAHIR Holy Land Life (The following account of peasant life in the Holy Land was sub mitted by Mustafa Dahir. Dahir, an electrical engineering major, is a second semester freshman at Carolina. His home is in Bethel, ten miles north of Jerusalem. He has been in the United States since March 17, 1950.-Ed.) The peasants in the Holy Land are the oldest group in the country. Most of them are the descendants of the Canaanites who entered the country about 5000 years ago. The geographical position makes it an easy thing for in vaders to come and conquer the country: the Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Jews, ie Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and many others. However, they all seem to go sooner or later. The peasant only remains. The loyalty of the Palestine peasant is not to a fuedal lord, or to a foreign government. His devotion is to the land on which he lives. To him it is something holy, something to be handed down from father to son. This land on which he lives is not generous to him. Most of it is hilly, rocky, and hardly anything can grow on it. Social life in the village centers around the guest house. The guest house is a place of one or two rooms, and is main tained by the help of all the people in the village. It serves as a gathering place for the men where they can sit around in the evening, sip a cup of coffee, and discuss the various prob lems of the village. In spirit these gatherings are similar to the traditional town meetings of the New England states here in America. Another good reason for having this guest house is to serve as a place wvhere a stranger can always find a good meal, good evening entertainment, and a goodl bed. The habit of those people is never to ask the guest his name or final destination unless he chooses to tell them. He can stay three days without telling his name. Marriage and the family are the cornerstone of all other things. No man is considered to be mature, no matter how old he may be, unless he is married and owvns a piece of land. Young women are seldom allowed to marry outside their tribe. Although the woman does not take an active part in the social life of the village, she has a very important position and is looked upon with great respect. The woman not only cooks the meals, bakes the most de licious bread, and cleans the house, but she is the man's right arm in the field and in many cases she controls the purse strings. Like her sister of 3,000 years ago the peasant woman of today still goes to the village well to get water for the family. This is one of the most popular of her tasks, for there she spends an hour or two each (lay exchanging the gossip of the village with other women. SONNET WRITTEN IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE CONTACT WITHl PROFESSORS Dealer in Studies-Is this same awful force That makes your menu little more than bread alone-. Is this the thirst to find what men have known That made me buy a class card for this course ? If so, the troubles of us two rise from one source. Then, when-assignments flow like manna from the stone That Moses tapped-Professor, hold the phone! Four like thee do the same without remorse. They think not how we tread a common plot By Gosh! I'd like to show just one assigner How much he overdoes his job.-if not, I'll never see Quattrocchi get a shiner, Nor spend a daylight hour on my cot, Nor view a movie at the Carm.Inm...! BARBARA McSWAIN Council Attendance Carolina's student council is not unique in its attendance troubles, even though it may have more of them than moet other schools. Some students, realizing the danger of an inactive govern ing group, studied other schools' student councils and found that they, too, have had their working wheels- clogged by uninterested or incapable members. Possible Remedy Many of the schools have found that this plan has helped their attendance problems a lot: Every week the student newspaper publishes an account of the proceedings of the student council at the latest meet. ing. If there was no meeting during the week of the paper's publication, that fact is noted in the column. A list of nanes of representatives who did not attend the meeting is pub. lished at the head of each week's column. "Excused" is placed beside the name if the member was excused. Benefits The benefits of this plan are twofold: The student body will know exactly what the student council is doing at all times. With a definite column for ex planation and discussion of council activities, the confusion of looking over the whole paper for student council news will be eliminated. Also, in knowing about council's activities, the students may discover a long-neglected interest in them. They may even become eager to find out what their speelial representatives are doing in the interest of their school. In the second place, the publication of a sort of roll of dishonor, which is what the twice-repeated unexcused ab sence would amount to, might encourage lazy student coun cil members either to resume (or begin) the duties of their offices or to resign and let better members replace them. It might make them understand that, by electing them to office, the students were not merely conferring upon them glory and honor, but a very real responsibility with important duties. Hopes We begin this series of columns in hopes of helping to revivify student council. We remember, however, that a student government is usually as strong as student spirit makes it, and that the praise or criticism due any student organization is a reflec tion of the student body and the individual student. OLGA EDWARDS Susie Still Limps Susie limped on to school - her one, but wve don't think that will leg needed the treatment that only help Susie--and others like her. money could bring - she watched Nor can we understand the stat the other children happily at play. Iment about the charity drives on About $50 might help her play campus, since we have seen boxes with these children - but she for contributions to the heart as turned and slowly limped to the sociation, etc. In addition, thIs rom Will she get help? Pos- dance was not to be sponsored by sibly, but not because of any help the university, but by student or we have given her. Probably not, ganizat ions - Inter - Fraternity because there are others who needConiadPn-eeic money so much more. So we must TePeietwsqoe i sit by and watch plans for help to te"oubaRcr" ssyn her and hundreds like her, stop! htte"tdnt illan5i The reason is this -- plans anddythtIaprsenofheni tickets were ready for a benefit vriy"W ontfe hti dance for Crippled Children when ~41 vzsgtb h tdns those planning it found that theyNo'dwetikhateyont had not followed the right proce- ko hth speiet dure and therefore would not be Hwvr ed o odn n allowed to have it. 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