University of South Carolina Libraries
Elsewhere on thI piage thel for revolution, which we do no Instead, our support gdes t the administration may think ary-in spite of the fact that conceived with the idea of endi1 and ideas about them. The idea will be proposed t< tation by student council in th Into what form the council w do not know. A council commi studying the situation all th council will probably form th, findings into a resolution todi The resolution will ask representation on the disciplin It will ask for student represt a vote, not merely an advisor The 'fury that a discipline cision incited on this campus declined. Now we can think cle to the rational conclusion tha1 the justice of any decision dE And An Open One To T LETTER Dear Editor: Readers probably get tired of glancing over articles fussing and fuming about necessary improve ments at the University of South Carolina. There seems to be in our opinion, however, one department that has been sadly neglected and ignored . . . The Department of Fine Arts! This department has the reputa tion of having one of the finest faculties and producing some of the best work and students in the field. Considering its size and facilities, this department has brought more than its share of recognition to the campus of the university. Our attention was brought to this inadequacy by a group of young people struggling to put up a decent looking exhibit in the lobby of Maxey College. This ex hibit had gained the acclaim of the people of the state and had been highly publicized, the paintings having been on exhibit at the Co lumbia Museum of Art. All four artists were students at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Getting to the point, we would like to state a few of the handicaps that this department is facing and still turning out such a high caliber of achievement. 1. Class rooms-it is a disgrace for the state university to have only a temporary building, only half of the building at that, for the entire department, their equipment, etc. It is impossible to keep it: decent to work in. We do express, our thanks- for one new room, for one new course and an added room in Old Petigru. Think, however, of the way classes have been scat tered over the campus: McKissick, third floor; Old Petigru; Flinn Hall; and Building D. Provides quite a setting for artistic talent! 2. Exhibits-Has anyone noticed CROWING FORl UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associat< Distributor of C Founded January 30, 1908, with Rt editor, "The Gamecock" is publise University of South Carolina weeki; year except on holidays and during saril those oegreb. Gmcocn." endorsement. The right to edit is r EDITOR .. MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS.. CAMPUS. SPORTS . SOCIETY. EXCHANGES COPY..... FEATURES. CIRCULATION MANAGER. SECRETARY STAFF REI Furney Hemingway, Jinx Wilsor Don Unger, Mary Patricia D Larwens Irby, Theodore K. Mal *nfth, T. L, Buffington, Dan Ethel Mathewes, Martha Woot Camneron, Billy Wattit. COLUMNIST...... BUSNESS ST A FF L DLUTION, 'e is a request faith in the jui advocate. And now t an idea tllat proven themse] is revolution- selves througl it is an idea disciplining th ig rovolutions board) it is h e afaculty commi > the admmis- the power to 1 e near future. welfare, and ill put it, we ttee has been Heretofore is week, and school to let a I a committee's deal with the y, students, as v for student discipline. Whe e committee. the committee ntation with of the student 1 y voice. lend his moral !ommittee de- ber. last week has The Gamec any and come procedure, and our faith in to support or c< pends on our he Student Body STO THE the exhibits in Maxcy lobby? They are hung on shaky, dirty beaver board with barely two walls fit to hold the pictures. As added space, a bulky, disgraceful, roll-a-way stand was built by some industrious art student to make up the in adequacy. 3. Faculty-The faculty here is one of the finest that could be as sembled at any school but they are heavily overworked. Anyone knows that they can't possibly give the at tention to their students that they want to because with so many stu dents and the limited room space and materials no one could be ex pected to do the impossible. 4. Another drawing card would be the offering of a B.F.A. (Bache lor of Fine Arts). Unless signed up in the Arts and Science Depart ment, a student can only obtain a Certificate in Fine Art. This little spiel will probably ob tain nothing, but it will, I hope, point out what difficulties one of the finest and least publicized de partments on the campus has to contend with and still produce the talent it does. Sincerely, VIRGINIA (SANDY) DOWDLE DOROTHY KARALL MARLENE RAST. OPEN LETTER TO THE STUDENT BODY The time has come when we must rise as a body and see that justice is done. Everyone is preaching about our 'personal freedoms" . . . if we still have such a thing . . . a person's individual integrity is not to be decided by the few. If the few do decide, tell me wvhat we are fight ing for now ? Also, if this were the case, we would no longer be able to mix A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press llegiate Digest bert Eliott onzae das the first ron Fridys, daring the college I and letter writers are not neces ublihing does not constitute an1 MORDECAI PERSKY JACKIE SOUTHERLAND ELLIOTT WARDLAW John Parasho *.. .. Bill Novit Ken Powell Ralph Gregory Tommie Herbert Sandy Cranford ..Ruth Barker Mary Evelyn Rogers Bobby Smith Patsy Hutto 'ORTERS , Phillip Moody, Bill Leggltt, avis, Leo M. MacCourtney, thews, F. J. Butler, Tommy Kipper, Barbara Thompson, IdalI, Chuck Davidson, Bob v ......... ....William Hay awann Yates Nancy Mtchell BUT 3tice of those who make it. hat student Carolinians have Ives capable of handling them i student council (and even emselves through the honor ard to have faith in an all ttee, however wise, that has ;oy with student reputations, stige. it has been the policy of this troup of nine faculty members suspensions of insubordinate ell as with their subsequent n a student was called before for a hearing, the president ody was invited to attend and support as a non-voting mem ock takes a dim view of that invites your comment either )ndemn the views it expresses. -M. P. EDITOR with people for fear of their scorn. All of you know what I refer to! There can be no doubt a great in justice has been done, and unless we rise and stand for what is only fair and decent we shall allow an other injustice to be done. In this case, I do not believe in my own mind that any wrong was committed, but for the few who do think a wrong has been committed: let them look back at their own past errors, those which could not be helped. In other words, we all slip up at sometime, and someone always seems to find this a reason to voice his own opinion and try to swerve the rest to their way of ;hinking. I spent 32 months overseas and an say I have a "colorful" past n a way, but all of that is in the ast and forgotten. I still hold my zead high. No one holds anything against me now. I have not seen any fingers pointed at me or any whispers. I am a member of a fra ternity here on the campus and count many of the finest people on the campus as my friends, includ ing the professors. I am on my own merit now, and though I would not ordinarily say a"ything against #hat our adminis tration says, my ire has been fully aroused now--I wish all of you would weigh this carefully for what it is worth, and then decide. I may be sticking my neck out, ut someone has to end this un :alled for infringement on personal Ereedom. I might add; I am im partial in my opinion for I know ieither of the parties on either side, and not afraid to sign my name. JOE G. NOWAK. Box 2921. Dear Editor: What has happened to "The Spirit of Carolina"? There wasn't any cheering at The Citadel game. Fow does anyone expect the team to do a good job if the Student Body doesn't show that it is behind the team one hunderd per cent? rhe cheering section from The Citadel was smaller than the Caro lina cheering section but they could drown out our cheering section completely. If the team isn't sup ported any more than that at home there won't even be enough to hear at an out-of-town game! Another ;hing that I noticed at the game wvas that there were a number of 'Alums" who were saying, "Why lon't you quit, Rex ?" If the people hat are from the school aren't go ng to yell for the school, why hould they be sold tickets on the 'orty and fifty yard lines? Why not ~ell them to the students and put he "alums" in the end zone ? Or vhy not have a "first come, first erved" policy. It isn't doing the chool any good for them to get eats if they aren't going to yell or the team instead of being gainst it. If they aren't going to eli for the team that's supposed to e theirs, Why Don't They Keep 'heir Mouths Shut? They are ery annoying to the persons round them. Sincerely, JOE FOSTER. "He followed meI CR01 AND CII By KEN I Is vandalism on the loose at Carolina ? Last week end a Carolina student invited a friend to be his guest for the homecoming ceremonies and the Furman game. The visitor, al though not a Carolina alumnus, cheered for the Gamecocks more than nine out of ten of the stu dents. After the visitor parked his car just outside the horseshoe on Sumter St. Saturday night, some one broke the radio aerial off the car, bent it, crushed the Confed erate flag that was attached, and left it at the entrance to the horse shoe. Although having no clue as to who figuratively "jerked the aerial 1 out by the roots," the visitor < thought it might have been a Caro- 4 lina student. The sign "elect Dean rackson homecoming queen" on Mc- i Kissick library reflected that there t were vandals on the campus. : Incidents such as this happen on r nany football game weekends. c ?hey hurt the reputation of our < student body although many times t students aren't involved. Maybe a solution to the 'problem would be 4 to allow parking on the horse- 1 shoe at night so that the cars would I have the protection of the campus 1 policemen. i Bill Novit Cumpus Ni Night -Tinme l'he homecoming decoraions (and a we aren't referring to the displays 4 made by a few fraternities) will be I long remembered by the returningi alumni. These "decorations" on McKis sick Library and other conspicuous places on the campus could have and should have-been prevented. Of course the easiest way would bei to prevent morons from enrolling in the university. A more feasible way, however, would be to provide more adequate police protection on the campus under the supervision of the univer sity marshal. If this campus were properly patrolled, mischievous students could not possibly be able to perform such feats of destrue tion. There are only three watchmen t according to the information given in Blue Key directory. One would 1 think that these three work one at e Who are you? You do the same things I do. These years out walking on And sitting in wood-and-ste desks, Trudging or swaggering her --searching for something . --following something .. . Something hazy Leading you places and leav Alone with me and thirty ht All remembering hazy somet We used to call them purpose Until a haze of wood-and-a walks intervened. When the haze clears And the wood and steel and 1 Who will you be? home; can I keep him?" VING TICISING 'OWELL New Buildings An Accomplishment The administration under Presi dent Smith is to be congratulated for its success in the most exten sive building program in the his tory of the university. The new science building now under con struction will cost $775,000; the administration building, $285,000; and the engineering Laboratory building, $360,000. These buildings in addition to the $365,000 Law School building were built with ap propriations from the state. This is quite a feat in itself. The administration under the late President J. Rion McKissick made substantial additions to the minversity's physical plant but this !onstruction was largely subsi lized by federal funds. A maintenance program includ ng the exterior painting of prac ically all of the buildings, new lumbing for many dormitories and ewiring for fluorescetit likhting f classrooms and offices is an ther achievemept of the adminis ration. If you walk into the president's >ffice, you will find him surrounded )y drawings of new university uildings. You and we can justly be roud of t h e acnmnlishrment, 'resident Smith. eds More Protection time on eight-hour shifts. It is >bvious that one man can not cover1 he entire campus satisfactorily in he hours after dark; otherwise the tudents, and there must have been everal of them, who -did the paint Fob on the library, would have been pprehended. They must have been. mn the main campus with paint and )rush in hand for almost an hour o accomplish the mess they made. In this instance it would have een cheaper to employ anotherI vatchman than to pay the several aborers who have been working 'or almost a week trying to eradi ~ate the scars left by the not-so >right students.. We are in no way rationalizirig md blaming the marshal, watch- , nen, or administration for this de- a >lorable situation because we real- c ze that no one can be blamed but he anonymous students. The university is located in the t eart of a metropolis of about t ighty-five thousand people. Things '* d S -You live n1 brick walks .g el contraptions called school il ti e and there a 1 ing you there indred others . . . hings; w teel contraptions and brick w 'V >rick are gone . . . a: ..... t Jackie Southerland n Blaci Sotry, wrong pew! I thought this was a university. It is a kindergarten. I thought we had outgrown our childhood - but still infintesimal brains guide grubby hands to draw over nursery walls. Only this time the nursery walls were not washable. This time the nursery walls were the pillars of McKissick Library. - This time the walls belonged to the University of South Carolina. This time the walls were one of my pet possessions, one of your pos sessions. I know nothing of architecture; I know nothing of the professional beauty of the building. All I know is that black paint characters across the front of an edifice add only glaring, lald ugliness. We were all angry about the events that led up to the vandalism. This proved that we had depth enough to believe in principles and fairness. But some children with a twist toward maliciousness seized upon the opportunity to go wild with a paintbrush. It was an excuse for vandalism. It was no excuse, it was not a reason. These retarded bodies undoubted Sandy Cranford and ] Seeing 4 The theme of this week's column is Campusology versus Canteen logy, the two subjects most popu larly majored in by the students. Many freshmen commence their first semester at the university with diligent and earnest studying -of canteenology. This particular ubject requires many hours of con entration, but very little effort. the daily exercises of proving which student has the greatest apacity for consuming coffee and lonuts, the daily lectures from the -bn,-nd the test of withstand ng elbow jabs and hurdles provid Ad by too many over-sized feet of >ther canteenites at the 10:00 norning period greatly tax the itudents' endurance. Graduation from this school must prepare the student for something, ecause the university fiJis litLe f merit in his activities. Perhaps rs, pool rooms, and other like : stablishments will profit from hese experienced Canteenologists. Most students after one semester hange their major to broader1 ield of Campusology, which brief-1 y constitutes cheering heartily at ocotball games (in high heels ori oats and ties, whitch ever the casei nay be), applying a fresh paint lesign to at least one activities 1 >uilding a year, and learning as I nany dance steps as possible and >racticing them at as many dances< is possible. WVilliam Hay Sile: That Tr In the words of Webster, tradi ion is: "The oral transmission of< nformation, beliefs, customs, etc., rom ancestors to posterity withouti vritten memorials." As applied to] ffairs on this campus, the word ften connotates blind plodding in ake place quite often in the wee ours of the morning . . . things rhich should be prevented. It is natural for these acts to ccur in a city, but if the campus rere adequately patrolled you rould not find girls scared half-to eath in Sims dormitory when they se men staring in the windows at1 g,nor would you have valuables ;olen from dormitories by stran- c ers, nor would you have signs ask ig you to vote for this dean or iat dean for homecoming queen. t More adequate lighting would f so0 alleviate the wrong doings ii ter dark on the campus. A com- P ittee of the freshman class of ~i 149 suggested to Dean Chase that t4 ore and better lighting should be ' rovided. This committee sat down ith the dean and figured out ti here these lights should be placed. ci he recommendations arrived at ot ere followed, but perhaps the job as not thorough enough, as there si e many, many dark spots on the es mpus. If these spots were elimni- qi ted then thieves, peeping-toms, es d vandals could not lurk waiting da r somethingor someon- . -vation l Paint ly thought that they would be heroes. They thought that the campus would clap them on their backs and say,, "Stout fellows." They received a jolt. The catnpus was angry about an injustice, but it was also angry about an inane stupidity. The campus as a whole revealed that it had graduated from kinder garten. It is a good sign. But those children, still wearing diapers and dangling lollipops, do not belong here. They have not learned the value of property. They have not learned control. Children must grow and learn. If they do not, they repeat a grade or have the misfortune to be com mitted to an institution. They do not come to college until they have learned their lessons; they cannot take Spanish 12 unless they know Spanish 11. So these kids that call themselves college students have not learned their lessons. They have not mastered responsibility 11 and therefore have no business in Re sponsibility 12. Send them back to kindergarten. Their brains are impressionable, for they are blank. 1ary Evelyn Rogers bo te The biggest home-work assign ments are seeing how many bottles of "firewater" one can consume at one sitting. Graduation from this school does prepare students for something. They will probably be useful in such glorious organizations as the Eastside Petunia Club, the Bad miton Club, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Alley Cats, and/or the Alcoholics Unanimous Club. The more ambitious grads can become public benefactors and carry preserves to the "shut-ins" or sell Christmas cards for the church guild. Participation in these various activities is supposed to make bet ter citizens of students, but no one has yet said of what kind of gov ernment they are to be citizens. Participation in extracurricular activities is supposed to widen the Pield of a students' knowledge, but some people feel that a student has to have a field of knowledge be fore it can be wiidened, so some mnusual persons can be social wet Alankets and learn something. It's up to each individual studest :o decide for what his education is o be used. He can loaf, be a social >utterfly, or (horror of horrors) e that almost extinct species cnown as the "useful citizen." This mniversity offers a very specialised ~ourse In each field. Take your >ick. nee udifion! someone else's path. The clanging >our chapel bell is supposed to >e a great tradition, to announce he imminence of Big Thursday. 'or decades, this act is said to ave been an unbroken custom. There is a close parallel to our eli-ringing at Clemson. The stal vart cadets beat a bass drum for |4 hours before they descend on solumbia for the festivities. The rum is located far enough frosa he barracks not to disturb any ne's slumber. Your writer has been matrise ated at both Clemson and Cae na; but hasn't seen this di1 elI-business as having a signi ant effect on the football fidd4 ntil last year. 'Twas in the deep of evening, 05 eeve of the great game; but the otball players couldn't sleep. fl icessent noise from the ehi rovided ample reason for tlm . isomnia. Finally, through a # irious quirk of fate, the bell "9S 'as cut, and silence prevailed. We didn't win that game, but ie athletes had been given iance for a full night of sleep, atcome might have been differll The point to this prose is 4 mple: If we are not to sutahd [pense of lodging the teams miet quarters, away from mpus, on the eve of Big ThU0 by, let's forget the tradition aS en that hanl quleti