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I wouM rat) without a g erameot but Def The draft deferment test v the. campua for the first time testing dates have been set fc June 80. Local draft board off that students are not regis1 tests in the large numbers pated. Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfr rector of Selective Service, I students take the test regai scholastic standing. The Emory Wheel, Emt student newspaper, summed system in a recent editorial. that editorial here: "The Government of the has given the college men of a great opportunity and an challenge in the new draft dt "We believe, as the gove that they're doing the right mitting men to finish who working hard toward a del who can better help their graduation. "We realize that we can'l an all-out war on manpower i brains, know-how and leadei manpower mean anything, ar Letter Dear Editor: For several years I have fol lowed student life at Carolina as an interested alumna. I have seen policy of The Gamecock swing from biting, blinding prejudice, anti-officialdom, to total indiffer ence (the latter probably worse) but never in 10 years of reading The Gamecock do I remember reading better student writing than that which has been presented con sistently by Miss Barbara Mc Swain, graduating senior. Never at any time has she stooped to a sarcastic or holier-than-thou atti tude but with intelligence and in sight has made some of the best comments, or if you will, criticisms of her university and fellow stu dents, demonstrating at all times a real loyalty to both. I think we owe her a vote of thanks for her tactful presentation of our mutual problems. It may be said that the editorial page in general has shown a con structive tendency lately which is very gratifying. In departure from the original purpose of this letter, let me add a comment to a subject appearing in Miss Southerland's column, I. e. the CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF! Member of Associa Distributor of ed Ganiec'i publis University of South Carolina weel year except en holidays and durng heordloa epssed by columi eudorseonent. The right to edit is EDITOR ..... ... .. MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER... ASST. BUSINESS MANAGE: NEWS. CAMPUS. SPORTS. SOCIETY. EXCHANGES COPY .. FEATURES. CIRCULATION MANAGER. STAFF RI Ruth Barker, Mary Evelyn R Bialock, Furney Hemingway, Fred Dunlap, Frank 1# COLUMNISTS .. Ba BUBINEB8 S'PAl'E ier live in a country with new overnment than in a country without. newspapetm.... Thom ernent 1 rill be given on ment is makii May 26. Other to provide the r June 16 and "It's a gre cials have said college to fin ering for the rupted, but it at first antici- to them to do tion after the ow, deputy di- "There an ias asked that in the new ph 'dless of their clauses in tha tion the fact >ry University benefit who i up the testing feel that the We quote from majority - w ment's faith United States "We can b this country by showing e even greater proving colle ferment plan. general. We rnment must, for the future thing in per- now." are obviously Draft eligil Inite end and registered for country after should report 1 as possible. Th possibly win sity is Local B done. It takes If you're el ship to make doing yourself id the govern- test soon. -U O T chapel programs and late comers. During the Apollo Chorus concert I witnessed unexampled rudeness, or was it ignorance, from some of our student body. People entered at any point in the concert, granted they tried to tiptoe, and seated themselves. Surely the most basic I audience manners should be known by students on a college level. If they are not known, then monitors should be placed on the doors to see that people enter only during applause breaks or at intermission to prevent embarrassing Interrup tions. In any event one might think of remedies as Carolina is not a discourteous place. Most Sincerely, Jane Brooks Marshall. USC (AB '45). Dear Editor: I think it might be nice if The Gamecock satisfied t h e curios ity of quite a number of Carolina students by finding out and letting us know what will be in that new Science building being worked on at Gibbes Green. How large will the building be? Who will occupy R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press Collegiate Digest ed badfor th studets of the on MFridnys, during the coDege reserved. ........ .. .. ...TOM PRICE *MORDECAI PERBKY .PAUL FIELD R Elliott Wardlaw Jackie Southerland . .Bill Novit ...........Ralph Gregory Marlene Rast Ken Powell Bobby Smith Martha Matthews *. Charlie Wood PORTERS ogers, Sandy Cranford, J. M. Don Hays, Mary Bloodworth, rright, Billy Lemacks rbara McSwain, Olga Edwards Lawson Yata,. Nancy Mitchell , aspapers and with a gov. 1s' Jetterson 'est ig it possible for the colleges. se qualities. At opportunity for the men in ish their education uninter 's an even greater challenge something with their educa y finish school., some unfortunate omissions in and there are undoubtedly L shouldn't be. We can't ques that there will be some to n no way deserve to, but we re are others-we hope the ho will prove the govern In them. egin to justify that faith now in increased interest in im ge and community life in can indicate our capabilities by expressing them actively ole students who have not yet the draft deferment test ;o a local draft board as soon e nearest board to the univer )ard No. 40, 1420 Lady street. igible for the draft, you'll be a favor by registering for the Editor what floor? How will lecture rooms and labs be arranged? What will happen to LeConte? and so on, These questions and others, I would like to see answered, as I'm sure others would. Thanks a lot. Very truly yours, Frank Drucker, Box 1126. Editor's note: Professor William H. Patterson, assistant to the president, reveals the following in formation concerning the new Science building: The ground floor will house the geology department with the south end reserved as a geology museum. The department's rock collection will be displayed in glass cases. The second floor will belong to the biology department. The pharmacy school will have part of the third floor with the remainder and all of the fourth floor going to the chem istry department. The entire building will be equipped with exaust fans to "eliminate that LeConte smell." The structure will measure 273 by 71 feet. It will be strictly utili tarian with concrete block painted interior-no plaster. Corridors will have acoustical tile, eeilings will be of tile, and floors will be of rubber tile. Con struction cost will be about three quarters of a million dollars.. The building will open onto Gibbes Green with two doors and two starways. LeConte will probably be turned over to the business school, but It will probably be remodeled first. POae tob lyn ntht8 auid .. .aSyDu a.n5.i84 By- JACNul sOLU1UnLADt Hwhad heard a lot; S:he took a look. Haeentered theein. And found a church. He bowed his head, For he,had. heard -Of the holiness. He stood stunned At the door of thechurch, Stunned by the web;of confusion, For he had heard . -Of the simplicity. He had been ready To find a god; To take this one, For he had heard -Of His greatness. He backed away. He only knew His teachings and.Hia life; He did not understand -The rest. The people looked And frowned With righteousness; They called him -An atheist. BILL NOVIT Muc Could Have Been That Man Gen, Douglas MacArthur in his "fading away" process has shown that democracy is as much a living reality in America now as ever. Americans, long accustomed to democracy, have been prone to overlook it in the heat of debate. Yet it is something which typifies as well as anything the very attitude of life which is fundamental in the conflict with communism. This aspect of the MacArthur-Truman incident must be very puzzling to members of the communist nations: A gen eral who took issue with the president and who was so badly on the outs with his Commander-in-chief that he had to be busted was granted the right to ue Lthe wurids greatest forum of government-a joint meeting of the Congress with complete liberty to repeat his views and criticisms. The general was not thrown in jail, sent to a concen tration camp, or placed before a firing squad. Instead, he has not only been honored by the public, in one rousing demonstration after another, but by the officials of gov ernent, too. Even the President, who had fired him, showed every consideration possible under the circumstances, even to can celling an address he was scheduled to deliver the same day on which MacArthur spoke before Congress. We have heard the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff decline to appear before a con gressional committee before MacArthur has had his chance. We have seen the spectacle of millions of people, dis agreeing with the edict of their President for one part and paying tribute to the record of a hero for another part, lining the streets to cheer the government's opponent, under the protection-rather than the clubbing-of police. The rest of the world has seen this too. Berlin's Der Tag said, "in Moscow, a stubborn general would have been silenced. In Washington, he was called on to speak." These two sentences express our sentiments more pro ficiently than do the several paragraphs above. MacArthur has enabled this country to display its democ racy, MacArthur has served his country ably in war and peace, and MacArthur has given his country worthy advice on an aggressive foreign policy. But he has not done a great service which he was in a position to perform.. In San Francisco the general asserted that his only politics is "God Bless America." Why then didn't he perform the service of uniting the country at a time when it is most needed'? On the very day that the great bi-partisan statesman Arthur Vandenburg died, MacArthur had his chance to close the gap between the parties, which is hurting and endanger ing our very existence. Certainly we need a two-party system. The two parties, however, must be able to work out a foreign policy together, The general could have been a powerful force In doing this when he returned to this country. Instead he widened the breach between the parties. What this country needs is another Arthur Vandenburg. Douglas MacArthur cnould haven. that an. BARBARA McSWAIN New Student Council Meets Old members absent: Roger Ready, treasurer; Paul Stod. dard, Constantine Siokos, Walter Price, Beattie Hipps, L. Alford, Jim Horton, Elmer Davis, Bill Grimes, Jim Sims, William Baxter, Bob Thoren and George Lee. New members absent: Leo Hill, vice-president; Milton Mazarick, Bob Naylor, Bill Norman, Ted Kennedy, Izzie Lourle, George James and Ed Royal. "You can and you will do something with this organiza, tion," Lamar Collie, retiring. president, told new president Floyd Spence at the joint meeting of the new and old councils April 30. Collie enumerated the accomplishments of the old council as follows: 1. It helped instigate and prepare for the Ray Anthony dance, which was held last night. 2. It helped keep the publications on campus. 3. It successfully worked out a new date ticket plan. By the new plan, date tickets may be bought next year in un limited quantities in the end zone by students who relinquish their seats in the student section. Spence told the new council that its work was to knit the campus organizations together and help them to work as a unified body. The new council decided to follow the Constitution's ruling that two unexcused absences are an automatic dismissal from council. A committee on pardons will determine the valid excuses. Spence reported that Martha Petty, chairman of the Ray Anthony dance committee, will make a written report of the committee's work, so that the new council can profit by the mistakes and benefit by the useful effort. The most important thing Spence told the cuuncil was this: "I don't know of many campus activities that are more important than student council." If he instills that feeling into his council, he will be ful filling his promise of becoming a really good student council leader. It looks from here like both he and the new council are ready and able for constructive action. OLGA EDWARDS Adjournment Itsesthat our friends in the State House are again having difficulty-this'time over one of the strangest reasons we have heard-that of when to adjourn. It seems that they do not agree on the proper time or, at least, the same time, in both houses. One of the difficulties lies in the probable veto of parts of the $1,581,245 deficiency-supplement bill by Governor Byrnes. If this is true, the lawmakers would have to take some action on it. However, we feel sure that somehow the group will adjourn this week-and before they leave, we would like to make a few earnest requests to those who will be naturning to the next session. First of all, we would like to thank them for the constructive things they have managed to pass for the state, and for our own appropriation, which was above what we had asked. During the next session, however, we would ask that they look into themselves and say before making any decisions, "Am I representing myself and my interests, or am I repre senting the state ?" We have a feeling that the rotten politics in the state would change considerably if your representa tives took one good look at themselves-or maybe our consciences have become so hard that even this dynamite does not loosen them. We would also like-to point out that while good roads are quite wonderful-there are other things which need money besides the highway department. These holes in p)eoples heads need help) too. Of course, we realize that the sales tax is supposed to go to education. We just hope that it will not get sidetracked into some other channel. While we are talking about the state affairs, we only hope that Governor Byrnes will not see fit to veto the part of the deficiency-supplement bill in regard to the university. This bill provides for a twenty per cent raise for the faculty. As It stands now, they will receive only a five per cent raise, to be administered to those worthy. This will be decided by a very few members of the administration, including the Presi dent. Again we repeat what we said in a preceding column "the system of pay raises are indiscriminate, decided by a few people and differ In each department as to qualifications. Needed: A systematic and unbiased method of raises and promotinsn.