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I would rather live in a cc without a government thai arnment but without news Lock A Joe Lawrence, university postmaster, re ports that beginning tomorrow night the post office lobby will be locked each night from midnight until 7 a. m. Several pieces of mail have been reported missing recently and this action is being taken to protect the mail of the student body, Lawrence said. The university suffers from the disad vantage of being situated in the heart of a city. The post office is just a few yards from the street and only a few blocks from the We Rec Recently we had a letter from Mrs. Arney R. Childs, chairman of the student-faculty board of publications, requesting a written statement of what we think should be in cluded in the general plan for the operation of THE GAMECOCK. Because we feel that the student body should know how the affairs of their news paper are being handled, we are publishing below the complete text of our recommenda tions to the board of publications.-T. P. We of The Gamecock staff feel that the only practical method of selecting the edi tors for The Gamecock is the system now in use (cf Constitution of The Gamecock: Ar ticle II, Clause 1). Due to the loss of revenue through a sharp drop in enrollment, the financial situation of The Gamecock is not good. The loss of al most 1000 students and the accompanying loss of $1.10 in student activity fee alloca tions for each of the students lost have caused the current budget deficit. We on the staff were shocked to learn that the deficit is so large. We were laboring un der the delusion that the financial status of The Gamecock was good. Unfortunately, such is not the case. We of the staff have taken steps to reduce the deficit. A cut from eight to six pages per week saves $90 per issue. A cut from 4000 to 3500 copies per issues saves a little more. We have cut down the number of pictures, thereby saving some on photography and en graving. The business staff is attempting to build up the ad lineage with renewed vigor. Unfortunately, by reducing our size, we have also reduced our chances of maintain We Lose With the passing of Christie ton and a law dej Benet, the university lost a friend versity of Vii and champion. The 71-year-old Co- awarded an hon lumbia attorney died in a local gree by the univ, hospital last week. received the AIg< Mr. Benet was an alumnus of van award for r the university, held a bachelor's at last year's Un degree from the College of Charles- ci9s. He was eZi GA CO CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARIO Member of Associated Collegiate Pr Distributor of Collegiate Digest dr "The Gmecock" i publishRoedrb an fot tor a year excpt on hoiday andl aduring examinatins ui Tr opitnions expresd by columnists an letterdwriterst endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR .. - MANAGING EDITOR MORDE( BUSINESS MANAGER...1 ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER El NEWS .......Jacki CAMPUS ... SPORTS ....... ... SOCIETY..... EXCHANGES COPY.. FEATURES ....Mar CIRCULATION MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Ruth Barker, Mary Evelyn Rogers, Sandy Cri Blalock, Furney Hemingway, Don Hays, Mary Fred Dunlap, Frank Wright, Billy Lemii COLUMNISTS ..........Barbara McSwain, ( BUSINESS STAFF.....Lawson Yate. N untry with newspapers and i in a country with a gov papers. - Thomas Jefferson nd Key busiest section of Columbia. Such a location invites trespassers. Any thief from the city at large could easily enter the lobby of Maxey and rifle every mail box there. The combina tion type boxes could easily be forced open. Although we liked the idea of being able to return to the campus at a late hour from a weekend or vacation and drop by the post office to check our mail, we must agree with the action taken by Postmaster Lawrence. It is both necessary and proper and will pro tect the student body.-T. P. ommend ing All-American ranking. This reduction will also work hardship on the student body, for it is obvious that much news that would be included in an eight page issue must be left out of a six page paper. For these rea sons, we cut the size of The Gamecock re luctantly, but with the realization that the cut is necessary. We feel that The Gamecock has done its part to meet the current financial problems, but the cooperation of the Publications Board and the Student Activities office is necessary if The Gamecock is to face the future on a sound economic basis and continue serving the University as it has for 43 years. Therefore, we submit the following recom mendations: 1. To avoid any future accruing deficit, the Publications Board should request a monthly financial report on The Gamecock from the Student Activities office. 2. The Publications Board should investi gate the printing facilities of Columbia and find out if the printing of The Gamecock cannot be done more economically. An in vestigation of the offset method of printing might be worth while. This method is said to be more economical than the letterpress method now used. 3. An increase in The Gamecock's student activities fee allocation should be requested. 4. The advertising rates of The Gamecock should be raised to conform with the rise in production costs. We feel that these recommendations must be p)ut into effect if The Gamecock is to re turn to its former size and maintain its high national rating. A Friend tree from the Uni-Cesocolgbadoftses ginia. He was adafre ntdSae ea rary doctor's de- tt ehdbe ebro h ~rsity in 1946, and rnon Sidney Suilli- Clmi a o ayyas 1eritorious service Crsi lnti rbbyms iversity Day exer-faosaogUieitofotl s~ ~~~tr ehdbe member of the Crln lmifrhsefrsi ___________ Clumiga bar iot mafte hes. Clems.on-.Carolina football game An underdog Gamecock team upset the Tigers after several losses anc a band of sulky Clemson cadett converged on the horseshoe armed LINA with an assortment of sidearms 88 i)rick b)ats and other weapons. A small group of Carolina studentt s as the first gathered behindl the brick wall fac. udents of the. g the college ing Sumter street and prepared t< rc not neces- defend the campus. cons5titute a Before there was any bloodshed Christie Benet, then a Carolina stu. TOM PRICE dent, leaped onto the wall and of. 3AI PERSKY fered to settle the matter by fight. AUL FIELD ing any man from the Clemsor liott Wardlaw group. The Clemsons talked thingi Southerland over and agreed to settle the argu. . Bill Novit ment peaceably. Through the ef. ~alph Gregory forts of Christie Benet bloodshet Marlene Rast and a probable tragedy wer< Ken Powell averted. Bobby Smith Thus Christie Benet performed :ha Matthews his first great service to the uni. Charlie Wood versity. He later became heat football coach for several years and Lnford, J. M. has served the university, in mans Bloodworth, ways since. ieks The University of South Caro. )lga Edwards lina needs many more friends and ancy Mitchell alumni like Christie Boet.-Tr P. V C Go To The F An ini (Editor's note: The following signed article was submitted by three students shortly after an interview with the president of the university.) It is high time for the students at the university to be concerned about privileges which have been denied them in the past and will continue to be denied on a larger scale in the future. A committee of the undersigned students, "a group of minority radicals" appeared before Admiral Smith on the morning of the 16th of March to ask for an explana tion of our denied privileges. The items with which we were most concerned were dances and the mo rale of the student body. We were being refused our heritage of free asset to our community. Case I Is it fair to deny one group privileges granted to ano.ther? By this we refer to the cancellation of the plans of the Air ROTC Ball which wvas to be held on April 11, wvhen Hal McIntire could have been retained nt a very nominal cost. This objection was voiced by Ad miral Smith as not conforming to the policies of "his" administra tion. Other organizations have been allowved in the p)ast to have dances during the week. If rules and regulations are made, they are made for everybody and not for just a select few. Argument: What is the differ. ence between having a dance on Wednesday night or Friday night? Answer: It is a policy not to al low dances during the week ex cep)t Onl Friday night because very few students have classes on Sat urday. Argument: How do you account for dances held during the week in the past? Answer: I did not know that they were being held. Argument: How do Founders' Day Banquets held in the middle of the wveek differ from formal dances? Answer: Founders' Day Ban quets only come once a year. Argument: But many formal dances are held only once every two years. Answer: Oh! Case 2 Why are groups of students not allowed to sponsor charitable or ganizations in the form of dances andl projects on the campus? In the ,past other organizations have do. nated to the orphanage home, how. ever other students are denied the privilege of sponsoring other hu manitarian charitable societies. So far these projects have been turned down beaus. they don not cons-r I ols Monday! :erview with the "policies" of the presen administration: Damon Runyoi Cancer Fund, the Globe Trotters the March of Dimes and thi Crippled Children. Argument: What is preventing the ambitious students of the uni versity from sponsoring charitablo projects? Answer: We cannot have chari table solicitations on the campus. Argument: But if they are proj ects and not individual solicitation on the campus, would they be ac cording to policies? Answer: There is no definite de marcation between solicitations an( projects. Case a At this point the ivy of the uni vcrsity entwined itself into th+ conversation. The admiral begai speculating on why ivy could no be grown on the buildings. As th monologue went on we discovere that the buildings would leak. Thi led to the renovation of the ex terior of our dlomicile. Argument: Why bother to paln over the buildings when they hav ot been properly scraped? It wi nlneesitate another job in few years? Answer: Do you think you ar the only one who strives for e1 ficiency ? You are going to gro1 up to be a very critical young mai About this time the conversatio shifted once again and the que. tion arose as to why the student (do not use the Armory for th~ formal dances. Argument: Some formals ar held in the Armory but the poc acoustics, poor ventilation and thi poor1 decorative effects that thi artillery lends makes dances les inspiring. Answer: What could be more iri spiring than dancing under' ou country's flag? In conclusion we would like t say that changes are badly neede here. We discovered that two worn wars have elapsed since the by laws were last amended whic were affected for the Victoria era. However, we were told thi we were not governed by these b1 laws but instead by the policies se up) by thik dynamic world so far a we are not in conflict with th ideas of the administration. At this time we were asked t leave, but were given the chanc to state one more question becaus the Admiral had a board meeting Our last question was, "Will yo help us to get the dance on We( nesday?" Answer: "1 will do everything I my power to prevent a dance dui ing the week." FRED H. PLOTT BETTY LOU WILSOlI SUZ/AMNE MnYK BARBARA McSWAIN Do We Learn By Experience? Absent March 19: Roger Ready, vice-president (excused); Paul Stoddard, Constantine Siokos, Walter Price, Beattie Hipps, Jim Horton, Eric Pressley, Bill Grimes, William BaU. ley, Ish Thomas, Bob Thoren, Bill Logothetis, and Georg, Lee. Thirteen members, approximately 50% of the student council, missed the last meeting. Plans were made for elec tions, which began Tuesday. The Constitution places student council in charge of these elections. Was your representative one of the 50% who did not help conduct elections? If so, profit by experience. Monday, we elect new student council members and of ficers. At the polls we will have two alternatives: to elect a good student council or to elect a mediocre one. There are certain requisites that a candidate for an office as trust-imposed as student council membership should have: Before we scratch a name off the ballot list, let's ask our selves: Is this candidate qualified intellectually and emotionally for the job? Is he tactful? Op9nminded? Your student council officers will-or should-be in con stant touch with university officials and outside groups. They represent the Carolina student to these people. We cannot afford to elect an incompetent officer, for the sake of our good name as well as the school's. Is the candidate affiliated with enough campus organiza tions to keep in touch with the students? A person taking t part in too few student groups is a poo'r bet for a successful officer. Is he too weighted down with other duties or activities? This may be an even more important factor than too little campus responsibility. A person who does not have time to attend regular meetings and perform regular duties of office - has no right to accept a nomination or election. Is as isciarship average or better? Statistics show that among the best college leaders are those who have good scholastic and extra-curricular records. - Is he really interested in the office for which he is run - ning? Does he know the work involved or is he planning to hibernate after the election, only turning up when he deems it necessary for publicity reasons? These last considerations may be the most important of nill A rlsly hard And interested "'orker ean n vercme rC perience and lack of campus contacts. - No matter whom we vote for, let's vote sincerely and in telligently. We cannot be satisfied with a student council composed of nice but incompetent persons. We need represen tatives with the willingness to exert elbow grease. If we elect competent officers and even a few active rep resentatives, we may be electing the beginnings of real stu dent government. Enthusiasm is supposed to be catching. - BILL NOVIT School Improvements? 1 hnour worthy governor and-indeed difficult to believe that leg'inltor discuss the proposedmoetaonhlffteyog sales tax bill, they say that. it is mno hssaeaedee n1 needed for the betterment of thefrmitays.vcbeueofd 0 education of South Carolina's ctoa rmna eiinis youth.Thrtilslstxhsen "We can and we must go for-akefointeam ofpbc wvard now with a program to im-edcto,adwagethtlre 'prove our schools," Governor aporain r eddfreu n Byrnes recently said. aini h amtoSae . Every recent study made of this Btwa a eoeo h state's tax structure and the need rcmedto httemnyb for its citizens concluded that au.dfoeuctoaproe? egeneral sales tax was the only source of sufficient revenue to pro- I o per ht odda e vide adequate facilities for the ls hnhl ftepooe a r state's public schools. icess~ilg otepbi Governor Byrnes now has backed shos u fti udslre e up his arguments for iuncreasing o e h aentigt owt e school expenditures by citing the d('tiIwllbinrael s unusually high percentage of Evntemeywihvnual South Carolinians who fail selee- 'ilgtoshlsitobspt tive service intelligence tests. udrtecrfldrcino h In South Carolina, the governor )ltiun-tobsptinuc r says, 60.7 per~ cent of all persons ,awyta t~ild h otgo exaine fo th drft re urndmore than poiins,halther than then dow fr mntlrasns.Thfg-most oofoti stte schools. nfi for smreta heetmsa Senatoay rc Wilaus, of u highas he ntioal aerae. ceeionae oumntya propsedies dTehrewthGvro lynsa(let to sales tax bill been thatthefigre s aarmng.t skedll ifo givn fiename apova pbyi educthious, n earr theatnirer PU. aproritos ofrte saeseded for tedu Editor: BTr whtl hs tieformte oplte WhatI wnt t as ishy reomendtateio that thei ony t edtorils o artclesabou uword iortv elgations knrowes? 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