Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I would rather live in a a without a government tha ernment but without newi ON TRUMAN FIRING MacART The Stude Last week President Truman relieved Gen eral Douglas MacArthur of all his commands because the General spoke out against the administration's policies in running the war in Korea. This abrupt dismissal of the supreme United Nations commander has had the ef fect of a political earthquake in the United States. Republican congressional leaders have demanded an investigation of the Tru man administration and a few GOP members have spoken of impeachment. There has even been talk of a Republican-Southern Demo crat coalition in the next presidential elec tion. Congressmen have not been the only ones to talk about Mr. Truman's unprecedented action. It has been the favorite topic for newspaper editors, radio commentators, and practically everyone else in the United States for the last week. The university is no exception, so we had Feature Editor Martha Matthews interview a number of students and ascertain their views on the controversy. Printed below are the answers. THE STUDENTS SPEAK Irene Herty: "I feel that MacArthur was in the wrong, and Truman was in the ,wrong. Truman could have been more diplomatic." Fred McAlister: "MacArthur stepped out of his way several times in trying to outline his views of the far east. This should have been left up to the administration. Truman also handled his side clumsily by outright NOTES FROM Our Conti KEFAUVER, TAKE NOTE . . . Gambling in the card roomi at Hiof tra College, N. Y., may lead to a shutdown of the room, the student council there decided recently. A council member said he had seen a card game on campus last week where three dol lars were exchanged. Players spoke of cut ting classes to continue playing and the game broke up only when the owner of the cards finally took them away. Commented the "Hofstra Chronicle," "We want to serve notice on all amateur gamblers on campus. It is now open season on you; with the possible penalty of expulsion from school for engaging in this universal weak ness. "To the habitual gambler we can only offer our sympathy. The situation is indeed tragic when an otherwise responsible person can't tell the difference between an activities award medal and a poker chip." QUIRKS .. . The Discipline Committee at Washington State College was alarmed at the wide-spread cheating going on during exams. Admitting that the problem couldn't be solved immedi ately, the committee nevertheless made sev eral recommendations, bordering on strin gent measures. Some of these were: Avoid repetition of the same tests year CROwING FOR A CREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARIO Member of Associasted Collegiate Pr Distributor of Collegiate Digesi Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Conzal University of South Carolina wu kly, on Fridays dothe year except ,n holidays andi during examinations. Th opiy a. expresd t,y columnists anti letter wrteot endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR.. ... .... . . MANAGING EDITOR ... ...MORDE BUSINESS MANAGER.... ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER ........E NEWS .. .. . . ..Jack CAMPUS....... SPORTS ... .... SOCIETY....... EXCHANGES ... .. .... COPY . .. . .. . . . . . FEATURES . .... ...... ....Ma1 CIRCULATION MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Ruth Barker, Mary Evelyn Rogers, Sandy Ci Blalock, Furney Hemingway, Don Hays, .Jiar; Fred Dunlap, Frank Wright, Billy Leni COLUMNISTS. .. .. .. .. ..Bairbara McSwain, -BUSINESS STA FF. ........ Lawson Yates,?1 )untry with aewrpapers and n In a country with a gov. papers. Thomas Jefferson RUR ts Speak! firing MacArthur without asking him to re sign or some other diplomatic way. Person ally, I disagree with MacArthur's far east policy of gambling with lives." - Martha Petty: "I think Truman had the authority to fire him, but technically, Mac Arthur has been over there 12 years and he should know a little bit more than anyone else, and I- wonder if it is the right thing to do." Gene Ann Strickland: "I think Truman was right, because I think MacArthur went too far in wanting to make China fight against itself." Gary Newton: "Truman was within his rights, but I don't think it was necessary." Jeannette Dickson: "He (Truman) might know what he is doing, but it is a terrible time to make such drastic changes." George Crepeau: "I agree with Mac Arthur's policy, but I believe that Truman was right to fire him for not following the administration's policy." Joe Ruth: "I think it was too abrupt to be well-planned, and therefore well thought out, and such an action done hastily certainly in creases the chance of the decision being the wrong one. MacArthur's qualifications are indisputable." Chuck Winder: "Truman had the right, but the policy itself is wrong. No nation or group of nations can fight a conditioned war. MacArthur knew that and he was trying to get to the point where he could fight an all out war." 0 mnporuries after year; use larger classrooms; use two forms of the same examination. Then the committee came up with the greatest recommendation of them all: "De velopment of frank and friendly relations be tween professor and student." COMMENTS .. . From the "Daily Lass-0," Texas State College for Women "Slanguage, to coin a phrase, is strictly for the birds. Which doesn't mean to forget it completely. Slanguage, once in awhile, can lend lots of spice to everyday small talk. It should always do for conversation just what a cherry does for a hot fudge sundae ..,. give that extra dash." (Ed. note: Yaht, but how can you talk when your mouth's full of cherries?) From the "Tulsa Collegian," University of Tulsa "TU students are confident that sports will outlive war situation." (Ed. note: Thank God for the little things.) GUILT BY ALLITERATION DEPARTMENT . .. From the "Hullabaloo," Tulane University, Louisiana "Tulane's Terrific Tub Toilers Give Gar ments Gorgeous Gleam." Letter To Editor Dear Sir: Numerous announcements of summer schools in near and dis LINA tant countries come to my desk, as swell as announcements of student travel groups on this continent and es as the firt elsewhere. I cannot post all of udents of tha them on the board in Davis Col a the@ coilese lege, and even if I could not al] rnre not nee- would be able to see them in the constitute anone location. It might be a service to the stu TOM PRICE dent body if you would call their CA ESY attention to the fact that many CA ESY such announcements and schedules PAUL FIELD together with descriptive material Iliott Wardlaw may be seen in my office, Davis e Southerland 109. . Bill Novit Sincerely yours, Ralph Gregory Thos. A. Fitzgerald, Marlen Rast(Prof. of Foreign Languages.) ..Ken Powell He had his hand upon the wheel; . Bobby Smith Quite joyful was the ride. tha Matthews The other arm was wrapped Charlie Wood around The cuties by his side. A copper yelled, "Use both your anford, J1. M. hands." ,r Bloodworth, In a voice that carried far; acks "I can't," the loving swain re plied, Olga Edwards "I have to steer the car." raneq Mitehell -T'he Lenoir Rhyne.r /idde She was old and getting gray, And her face began to cake up; People were inclined to say That she badly needed make-up. They brought stuff in little vats - And they dipped a paint-brush in It; Here she is-Ain't she the cats? Getting grayer by the minute ! FOES SAY THERE IS A Finkel Like Garfinkel The following news story appeared in an unidentified periodical. As yet the GAMECOCK has had no verifica tion, but feels that Carolina students should have a chance to investigate. The male candidates for cheerleader have asked for an other runoff on the grounds that one of the men who went in on the first ballot campaigned under false pretenses. Their request, accompanying a suggestion that young Philip Gar finkel be immediately ousted from office, followed hard on the heels of the literal unearthing of John "Scar" Finkel in the detention room at the federal penitentiary where he had been brought for his weekly oxygen this morning. Finkel, according to Garfinkel's opponents, is a Finkel like Garfinkel; thus invalidating the latter's platform of "There's no Finkel like Garfinkel." It was confusing, they asserted, but, to them, definitely not amusing. Disbelieving representatives of the press filed through the prison gates in an effort to certify the recent claims. After a good deal of red tape, John "Scar" Finkel's cell was reached. It is located some hundred feet below the earth's surface, and is of the solitary confinement type. Finkel has been occupying this cell for ten years, or since his conviction on a narcotics charge climaxed a five-year criminal career. At the time of his conviction "Scar" was nine years of age. He had, accord ing to his police record, been indicted at the age of four for smuggling bubble gum and sex magazines in various youth centers in his home town. For these outrages he served sev eral weeks on a Georgia road gang, where the accident oc curred which earned him his nickname. That was the first thing we asked him about. One of the boys turned on his flashlight so that we could fight our way through the dark tunnel to Finkel's cell. The first thing any of us saw was the scar, so we asked him. He spoke up imme diately. "One of those road gang workers was psycho, see, and he thought he was still on duty bustin' rocks. He hit me over the head with his shovel." The gash extended all the way around Finkel's skull, making you wonder what held the two halves of his head together, but you could tell that if the head were in one piece, he would have been a Finkel like Gar finkel. The resemblance was amazing. We asked Finkel how he happened to get convicted on that narcotics charge. "Framed, boys," Finkel said, taking advantage of our flashlight to find his bearings. He went to the northeast part of the cell and had a drink from the Con. garee River which was flowing through that corner. Then he said, "I had to have something to ease my pain, didn't I?" He pointed to the scar. "So I smoked reefers, and they caught me at it, and here I am, and I been here a good while, too."' We could see the man didn't have any truth in him, so we finally got to the point: "Do you think there is any similarity between yourself and Philip Garfinkel, newly elected USC cheerleader ?" "Hell, no," he said, "There's no Finkel like 'Scar' Finkel." JACKIE SOUTHERLAND A Joke "It is especially forbidden to employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering..." This is read from the Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land. It is a joke. It is a bitter, ironic joke on mankind. A group of men, in all seriousness thought of the law and did not laugh. Even a kind ,benevolent God must have trouble suppressing a syni cal smile. It must be comforting to know that a bomb, a rifle, a flame-thrower cause no unnecessary suffering. It is satisfying to know that war leaves no "unnecessary suffering."~ What comfort and satisfaction the authors of this law have brought to the world. We may, and since 1907 have been able to, go to war without any fear of pain or sadness. It is a joke. This jest called international law is nothing. It is a set of rules for murder. Murder is outlawed and so is war, but still rules are written not for war but for aggression. What is aggression ? . .. organized murder. What is organized murder? . . . war. So our world statesmen got together to do away with this monster called war, whose far-reaching arms do not cause "unnecessary suffering." They said, "War is not war when it is aggressive murder; then it is aggression. There is no war because we have outlawed it." It is the same in America. On our books murder is outlawed; so there is no murder. I find it difficult to comprehend. Aggression is organized murder; war is organized murder, yet they are not the same. In geometry I learned, finally, that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. International law is not a math then, for it does not follow the book of mathematical head aches. Or maybe my geometry is rusty. -Give it credit. The world tries hard. But it is like a little girl dressing In her mother's clothing. It cnnotb God.n BARBARA McSWAIN Carolina Offers Take one large portion of Carolina campus. Add a few hundred freshmen, slightly green,-some ripening sophomores and fresh juniors, and a pinch of seniors. Fold in over a century and a half of tradition and thousands of memories. Season with the influence of Caro. lina men like Lieber, McCutchen, Snowden, Maxey, Cooper, Bradley and Smith. While this mixture is cooking over a very high tempera. ture, begin preparing a sauce of spicy co-eds and salty boys. Pour in large dashes of good times, numerous romances and a few sadnesses. When the mixture has reached the boiling point, remove from heat and pour sauce generously over entire mixture. Garnish with reminiscences and let sit for a while. Four years' wait before serving has been found to improve flavor. Something More Carolina, like most modern universities, is much more than a four-year boarding place with a little education thrown in on the side. It is the place for the development of a mature person. ality. It is the place to learn to weigh and evaluate other per sons' characters. It is the place to decide what we want from life. It is the place to begin taking steps to get what we want. Carolina is the place for us to choose those whom we want for lifelong friends. Our years at Carolina are the time for us to train ourselves vocationally and mentally for post-graduate years. For most of us, Carolina is the last stop on our tour of formal education. Therefore, it is important that we learn while we are here. Pride-Inspiring Abounding in tradition and having had its full share of great men, Carolina is a proud and pride-inspiring Alma Mater. She appears to be the ideal place to spend four uni versity years. Where could we better learn to evaluate character than in the close dealings we will inevitably have in working with the faculty and students here? Where could we mature more satisfactorily than right here, where little credit is given where none is due and a lot of credit is given when even a little is due? Most of us can get at Carolina everything we want from college, if we are willing to try hard enough. Are we? OLGA EDWARDS Better Relations One of the best ideas in promoting world peace-and en. joying doing it-was shown on the campus during this se mester. The situation was this: Twenty-one Cuban students have visited Columbia, South Carolina, and the campus during the past week. They were entertained by their friends on the campus and in the city. We Visit Havana The trip was made in response to a trip to Havana, Cuba, which was made over the spring holidays by a group of Caro lina students. The trip to Cuba was made independently by the students, mostly those enrolled in political science, who were accompanied by Professor Douglas Carlisle of the po litical science department. While in Cuba, those of us who went were entertained by members of the School of Dentistry of the University of Ha vana. We were taken sight-seeing in the city and were graci ously greeted by many people of the city. Included in our tour of the city was a visit to the campus of the University of Havana. The campus has about 13 main buildings, one for each major school, and approximately 14, 000 students. Some of the buildings are the most beautiful we have seen. We were also taken to Morro Castle--a navy fort built be fore the time of the Ponce de Leon-and many of the old ca thedrals. Also visited by most of the students were the fabu lous night clubs of Havana, where many tried to learn one Of the Cuban dances, known there as the "mambo." While in Columbia, the Cuban students, all members of the School of Dentistry, have been entertained at one of the campus Formals, where many of them found that they did not like the custom of "cutting"-considered impolite in Cuba; and at a square dance on Saturday night-which they liked very much. They have also been taken sightseeing in the city and the state. Liked Honesty One of the main things that they seemed interested in ws the more wholesome attitude of honesty-since students could leave books on campus with little fear of loosing them and the Idea of the honor system working on a campus. These were some of the main things that they liked, just as we had liked the easy happiness of the people we met on our visit there. All in all, we just hope they enjoyed their visit here as much as we enjoyed ours in their country. And we say that here is a practical method of promoting better understandn of other countries. People can hardly fight when they0e friends and under..t..d on .ante.