Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ani Does The administration this we inch a little further into the al domain of students' rights. T a petty unreasonable reguh television sets in the dormitor The regulation had no fore in it. A fraternity on the nor campus went out and bough1 They had it carted into their fi ready for installation. Then the regulation came, existence by what turned out offense. The reasons given by are: 1. the dormitory roofs aY support the TV antennae. 2. would mar the beauty of the c, Television antennae are bei rooftops all over the country. S heard of no cave-ins on their antennae are made for roofto rooftops of USC dorms can't maybe we who live under I ought to get out from under th make way for repairs. Ch( Touchy subjects are . . . touchy, and we kind of hate up. But did you ever stop t< average width of the human Neither did the guys wh< measure off the derriere widi Stadium. From the results th< pose these guys whipped ou Students Lax In Asse LETTER Dear Editor: Those of us who did not go to assembly Friday should be repri manded. I am ashamed of us, the students, who do not attend these programs. After all, we did come to Carolina to further our educa tton! It is extremely discouraging to any speaker to talk in a field house two-thirds empty. Then, after he finishes his discourse in the best manner that he knows, all the stu dents rush hurriedly out-not hav ing the courtesy to tell the speaker that they enjoyed his talk. Many a speaker has left our assembly pro gram without any students thank ing him for coming. After all, he is doing us a favor. There are over three thousand students enrolled in the University. When only three hundred of these students attend an assembly pro gram given in a free period for all students, it is an ignominy to the student body. An outsider might think that the students are not mature enough to realize the value of taking advantage of the educa tional opportunities placed before them. If a person is not that ma CROWING FC UNIVERSITY OF~ Member of Associj Distributor of eto,"Th amecok~ I. publi University of South Carolina wee year except on holidays and duri The opnon e spreased by colmn endorsement. The right to edit is EDITOR..... MANAGING EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER ASST. BUSINESS MANAGE NEWS CAMPUS.. SPORTS.. SOCIETY.... EXCHANGES COPY .... FEA TURES.. CIRCULATION MANAGER SECRETARY STAFF R] Furney Hemingway, Jinx Wili Don Unger, Mary Patricia Laurens Irby, Theodore K. M~ Smith, T. L. Buffington, Dai Ethel Mathewes, Martha We .Cameron, Billy Watts. COLUMNIST BUSIN ESS ST AFF .. i-TV RuI t Make S ek saw fit to As for beau ready ravaged item and has his time with less conspicuo tion banning is accepted o1 ies. the aerial on I sight involved to condemn i th side of the plastered wit' b a video set. delinquent bei raternity room The enforc anything to u spurred into which the regi to be its first on the frantic its enforcers We ask tha e too weak to decision-not the antennae have any viol Ampus. because an v ing set up on logic an a o far, we have lon ds account. The tration needs ps, and if the of them. support them, An admini. hose rooftops to regulation em awhile and stantial reaso ek To Ch well, they're rulers and h to bring them possibly thre > calculate the of their oldes derriere? Next week o got paid to with 35,000 d hs at Carolina they'll be pr( )y got, we sup- Who know t their trusty situation? mbly Attendance S TO THE ture, I do not think he should be in college! Yes, I know that we might over sleep and need that ten o'clock hour for breakfast or that we might have stayed out later than usual on Thursday night and need that hour to study. But, if it were not for the assembly programs being held during that hour, we would be in classes at ten every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Something should be done! We, the students, must be made to realize the opportunities we are missing every time we do not at tend assembly. I know that the seats are uncomfortable and that the acoustics are bad, but the few minutes spent at assembly would be well worth the discomfort. I would like to offer the followv ing suggestions as a partial solu tion to the problem: 1. That each student think for a minute of the things he could gain by attending the assembly pro grams. 2. That these programs be held in Drayton Hall where the stu dents could be comfortably seated and the acoustics better. It would CocI6 R A CREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press Collegiate Digest Robert Eiottonzle ast the ire kiy, on Fridays, during the college Publishin es tconstitut an reserved. MORDECAI PERSKY JACKIE SOUTHERLAND ELLIOTT WARDLAW R John Parasho ...Bill Novit Ken Powell Ralph Gregory Tommie Herbert Sandy Cranford Ruth Barker Mary Evelyn Rogers Bobby Smith Patsy Hutto PORTERS on, Phillip Moody, Bill Leggitt, Davis, Leo M. MacCourtney, atthews, F. J. Butler, Tommy rKipper, Barbara Thompson, oddall, Chuck Davidson, Bob . . William Hay Lawson Yates, Nancy Mitchell ense? ty, the TV aerial is a fuctional been accepted as such. It is far us than a sooty chimney, which i the same basis. To condemn rrounds of delinquent beauty is L million houses-all of them h the shiny contraptions-for tuty. ers' arguments do not mean s. They suggest the haste with ilation was passed, more or less idea of "act now, think later." ,t the university reconsider its so much because its students ent need for TV- but simply :tion taken without sufficient student faith that an adminis in times of crisis, as well as out tration that passes and clings ; of any nature without sub ns may not deserve that faith. -M. P. eek id off some arbitrary length, e and a half times the length t nephew's right forefinger. the stadium seats will be lined errieres. And as in other years, tty doggone cramped. s what will arise from this EDITOR be better also for the speaker as the auditorium should be filled or overflowing in contrast to the two thirds empty Field House. Sincerely, -KITTY WILLSON. (In following Miss Willson's suggestion, the students might even dispense with their thank you's. The chapel speakers are well paid-very well paid. Their fees are excellent indications of their professional ability.-Ed.) Dear Mordecai: To Hell with William Hay. One week he writes a column that drips with tears over the lack of school spirit. The next week he authors an attempt to undermine the very spirit he bemoans the non-existence of. IThe ringing of the bell before Big Thursday is an important cog in the spirit of Carolina. Take away that and the Gamecock's crow is a little weaker. Mr. Hay refers to the manner of behavior at a certain college where they teach courses such as Cow Milking 103 and Cotton Chopping 11. He implies that we of Carolina should adopt their way of doing things. If and when the university looks to the hills for modes of con duct, I say let's put on our clothes andI go home. FURNEY HEMINGWAY. Elsewhere Among The Educated THEY GOT ME .. . The "Oklahoma Daily" reports some badly smeared walls in the infirmary, following the freshman physical examinations. It appears that freshmen kept leaning against the newly painted walls after getting their shots. "Those walls sure come in handy," reported one victim. "After the nurse jabbed me for the second time, I walked around the corner, reached out for the wall and slide down it and hit the floor. Next thing I knew, the ndrse was push ing my head down between my knees. Every time I tried to raise it, she pushed it back down to the floor." Officials noted that one student orderly had five males pass out on him when he gave them the needle. But when a nurse took over, the men remained in a conscious state. .f 1/1J "There goes old blabbermouth, n Jackie Southerland Jackie! Shh, it's a secret. We have an Honor Board. Did you know about it? On the top floor of McKissick Library meets a secret society with all the trimmings of a privileged high school club. Its members are university students. Its chairman is Dick Polen from Pennsylvania. What goes on in the meetings is kept from the student body. What the board decides upon that will affect the entire school is aiso kepi secret. Yes, we operate under the Honoi System, but this is a well-guardei fact. The only persons who know whal constitutes a breach of the honoi principle are members of thiE board, and even they are not sure. Thus the average student is kept in the dark and stumbles on, not knowing whether he is doing right according to this body, or what his punishment will be if he is doing wrong. This dark room of the Honor Board must be lighted. The stu dents must know what's going on. This does not mean that they should know who is being sus pended from school; this, we agree, is a matter that should be kept secret. But the students should know what the Honor Board is and what it is doing. Publicity. That in a word is CR0' AND. CI By KEN Opportunities galore! They are here at Carolina. The opportunity to learn something about almost anything in which one is interested. Not only to read about them, but to actually do them. The latter privilege comes in laboratory periods and extra-cur ricular activities. But many of us are neglecting the opportunity to learn. Those who just go to classes and let their education stop there arc cheating themselves and Carolina. We have almost one hundred organizations on the campus. They have noble histories, and we must keep them going strong. Now is the time to join those in which you are interested and in which you have time to participate. There are so. cial, professional, religious, aca demic, athletic, military, a n d others. Take your choices. You will be helping yourself and rendering a service to Carolina. Time-An Juppprtant Element We find sonte students who are Sandy Cranford and Seeingp Today we would like to express an opinion that closely resembles a promotion number. It concerns The Gamecock, WUSC, the "Garnet and Black," and other campus publica tions that carry advertising. These publications receive part of their expense money from the Student Activities Fund, but these allocations do not cover the entire cost of production. Part of the revenue comes from ads solicited from local and national concerns. Unfortunately, many merchants have the idea that buying ads from school publications is a form of charity that they indulge in be cause it happens to be convenient. Some merchants recognize the ad vantage of placing ads in school publications, but these are in the minority. Perhaps they have some right to feeis w.a.... because /; / )w the whole neighborhood'll know." rells All what the Honor System needs. Recently the football ticket situation became even more muddled than usual. Student Coun cil had submitted a plan (which was not carried out and, in fact, rather ignored) and the Board of Trustees said that the Honor Board should handle all violations of the ticket set-up. Honor Board was astounded. No one had told any of its members that this responsibility lay on its shoulders. After many shiftings of thahot potato, Honor Board agreed to handle the matter. Honor Board decided three weeks ago to take care of ticket violations and settled upon a punishment. As this article is being written Honor Board has not released the infor mation. The chairman of the board, Dick Polen, insists that the dealings of Honor Board should be secret. How are the students to know if they have violated these ticket rules if .they are not informed of the Board's decision? How will they know not to violate the rules next year if they do not know the steps to be taken by the Board? If we're working under an Honor System, let's hear about it. Honor Board should not exist for the sole purpose of keeping students in the dark. This Ku Klux Klan stuff is high-schoolish. PING TICISING POWELL into everything educational and social and others who participate in nothing. We don't have a recommended solution to the problem. We can only asked those who belong to nothin gto get into some organiza tion or activity in which they have an interest. And to those who are "into everything," we ask that they do not aspire to high offices in many organizations. No matter how able one may be, time is re quired to do a good job, and your time is limited. If you can't do a good job, don't accept the position! The majority of us can't pos sibly participate - in everything in which we have an interest. The an swer to this is a 48-hour day. But since we aren't likely to get a 48 hour day, I sl4all pass on some advice which we received at fresh man camp and which will remain with us for many years to come. "Work hard while you work, and play hard while you play!" Mary Evelyn Rogers there is little evidence that Caro lina students pay any attention to the ads they see or hear in campus publications. However, in order to operate all of the publications must have ad vertising. The merchants who place ads with The Gamecock, WUSC, etc., are helping to make these activities possible. If the Carolina students enjoy reading The Game cock, or listening to WUSC they can thank In part the merchants who are represented in the ads or commercials. If Carolina students made it a point to patronize these advertisers, provided of course, that the merchandise of this mer chant comes within the standards of the students, more merchants would use these campus activities as a medium of advertising. The problem of geting as has Bill Novit Novit A Hiuser Last year Chuck Hauser, manag ing editor of the "Daily Tar Heel" arrived on the South Carolina cam pus to witness the University of South Carolina - North Carolina football game. After viewing our campus he commented that nothing here inspired him or even favorably impressed him. I, too, traveled out of state to view the USC-UNC football game. This, however, is where the simi larity between Chuck Hauser and myself ends, for I was not only favorably impressed but also in spired by my visit to the Univer sity of North Carolina. Naturally, it was the beautiful and spacious campus that first im pressed me. Although some of their buildings are more than a hundred years old, like ours, theirs have withstood the ravages of time much more successfully. Even more remarkable is the fact that the Chapel Hill institution has buildings which have as their sole purpose that of providing recrea tion for the students, alumni, and friends. An excellent example of this is the beautiful Student Unior building which has many lounges, meeting rooms, recreation rooms, as well as television sets. The beau tiful Monogram Club, where our alumni association held their re union last weekend, is another building which exists for the stu dents' enjoyment and entertain ment. A year ago, Mr. Hauser said that there are no fraternity houses at South Carolina's state university. I was offended by this statement when it was first published, but after viewing the frat houses at UNC and staying in one of them for a few days, I can truthfully say that we DON'T have fra ternity houses here. The University of South Caro lina is one of the few schools in these parts where fraternities are not allowed to have homes off cam pus. Although the tenements in which members live are not "reminiscent of stables" as our critic from Tar Heelia said last year, they do not present what one might call ideal living oonditions. The frat houses at UNC are nice homes where the boys live and eat under better cdndltibti and, more reasonably than we can on this campus. Furthermore, they are available for members of the social organizations to bring in guests whether they be parents or dates for meals or parties. These homes have no restrictions against tele vision sets as do the fraternity houses on our campus. Ah, yes! To the average per William Hay Muguzin Are Dupin "Are you a University student? I'm conducting a survey." If some stranger approaches you with these words, beware! For the past sev eral days, several boys have been polluting the campus with their glib words. These people claim they're selling magazines. They use the survey line to get acquainted with unsuspecting peo ple, then offer to sell magazine subscriptions, "For the price of the postage." That is: you get the year's supply of periodicals for a nominal price. It later turns out that you have been duped into a contract wvhich requires you to pay half the full subscription price immediately, and the balance by mail before you begin to receive the magazines. There is a statement In red letters on the receipt to the effect that the subscriber makes the deal at his own risk. In plain English, there is no assurance that you wvill receive the magazines at all. Your writer checked the Colum bia Chamber of Commerce and the Police Station for verification of his suspicions. His anxiety was well meant. The gentlemen doing the selling were representatives of always faced business managers like the "bogy man." The Game cock and WUSC are not at all in terested in accepting "charity." These organizations can and do provide a bonafied medium of ad vertising. How to convince the merchants ? It's very simple, really. Let the merchants know that their ads have been heeded. If a store ad vertises a sale, let them know that you heard about It either through Pulls In Reverse son the grass looks greener else. where. One cannot help but notice the beauties and conveniences of the North Carolina campus corn pared to ours, but under the sur face I think we have. them beat. It's true our campus is not as beautiful as theirs, nor are our buildings as nice, but we feel that we are a part of this campus and that we belong here. Although the buildings bordering our paths aren't enviable, we walk along these paths feeling that people walking past us are our friends. We don't have to wait to be formally intro duced to our fellow students before speaking to them. Our fraternity houses do not re semble southern mansions as do some of theirs, but when our frats rush, it is done on the level and is not cut-throat like some of the rushing exhibited at the university above the state line. The University of North Caro lina is not a Utopia as one might think from a short visit. It, too, has problems such as keeping the campus clean, keeping people from making paths across the grass, and eliminating temporary buildings which are several years old. UNCers have no way of recog nizing freshmen since the "rats" wear no identification such as rat caps. Perhaps this is the reason why so many students there walk around lost without anyone to speak to. Our northern neighbors can be envious of our fair football plan whereby seniors are assured of seats near the fifty-yard line. They can also be envious of our fine an nual, the "Garnet and Black" which does not approach vulgarity as does their "Yackety-Yack." The trip to the Chapel Hill cam pus was a very enjoyable one al though our football team was not what it should 'have been. Chuck Hauser left USC very disgusted. I left UNC feeling fine. The only thing disgusting about UNC was the action of one religious organi zation which I learned about through the columns of the "Daily Tar Heel." This organization re fused to participate in Religious Emphasis Week henq ce on org.ni zation of different religious beliefs also takes part in the same pro gram. It is truly a pity that one group has to ruin the name of a campus known for liberal and democratic thinking. Taking all weaknesses into con sideration, whether we be at the University of South Carolina or at the University of North Carolina, we can wvell be proud of our Alma Mater. e Fukers g Students the American Circulation Company of Los Angeles. The Police Depart ment has issued no permit to the company nor has the University. Last year, several people were taken in by a similar scheme. One girl paid six dlollars Yor a sub scription; she received exactly two issues for her trouble. This is a rather high price to pay for a 254 magazine. One of the boys involved in this business has been nabbed by the marshal. Mr. Shephard is trying to collect all the receipts given out. The school hopes to get refunds of the money collected. At the moment, we are not able to say that such refund is possible. We can say, quite emphatically, that these representatives of the American Circulation Company are operating under false pretenses. There is no assurance that other sales campaigns of a similar naturei, won't occur. If you are approsef by someone selling something' on the campus, ask to see his w'rite authorization signed by the dean of adIministration. This may save ye# some money and the University a lot of trouble. whichever carried the ad. Most Carolina students, we bon estly believe, wholeheartedly sup port the campus publications, Only in these can the enti e content be designed to appeal to students. If you support your advertisers you are supporting your' school extra curricular activity program. W of The Gamecock and WUSC would like to urge your support of the merchants whose ads you hear of see. They are supporting us!