The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 09, 1951, Page Page Two, Image 2
SMITH'S RETI
A Fi
It has become increasingly a
that our editorial regarding t
of President Smith was ungri
impulsive, and worst of all, wr
taste that we sincerely regr
time of the editorial's publica
sought advice from friends a
whose opinions and judgmen
Believing that when a newspa]
only has the right to correct
owes this correction to its read
this task of crow-eating to o1
we do so voluntarily, for no i
force has threatened us with at
action whatever. We definitel
The Gamecock should try to i
opinion as much as possible, ar
torials should not be rash or i
Whether President *Smith's
as a whole has been good ot
longer our intention to discove
one person can investigate witb
Interest to decide that questi
President Smith has undeniabl,
contributions toward the Univ4
Carolina, and though we are
position to appraise these coin
would like to point out a fev
obvious ones.
No outsider can walk acroc
without realizing that Carol
midst of a building boom. At I
ministration building, an engh
ing, and a general science bu
under construction. Perhaps
time in our history has such
program been underway. Alth<
that these buildings are too <
other, President Smith is noi, rE
the size of the university's can
one of the smallest state univer,
in the country. And it also
Smith has sought to acquire ad(
erty for the expansion program
Delihera;ion on this editor's 1
vinced him that the president ha
oslty About Guess-W
LETTER
November 2, 1951 r
To the editor of
THE GAMECOCK:
To me, a green, inexperien'eed
freshman, it comes as quite a shock
to know that a university newspaper
would print an article both disre
spectful and seemingly unfair about
an older man, much less the Presi
dent of the university. I know very
little about the facts behind it, but
it seems to me that to kick a man
when he's down is not in accord.
ace with the high sense of justice
that constitutes one of the funda
mentals of a democracy. Such a
thing is indicative of the moral de
eay in our country which so many
of us recognize and so few of us
admit. Freedom of the press is im
portant but has a limit. The article
CROWING FOJ
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Furney Hemingway, Jinx Wilso:
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Laur.ns Irby, Theodore K. Ma
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REMENT:
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.pparent to us contributions,
he retirement Furthermore,
icious, a little honesty that h
itten in a bad with good hr
,t. Since the Whether this
tion, we have fruitful as mil
nd counselors we must leave
t we respect. for himself.
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its error, but miral's favor .
ers, we assign has never bee
irselves. And financial gain
tdministrative interest in th(
ty disciplinary to the 14-hou
y believe that week.
-eflect student To these gi
Ad that its edi- and extremely
1l-considered. a lifetime in
administration thrust him in
had it is no reason for bel
r. Perhaps no a good colleg
sufficient dis- believing that
on. However, a good admir
made certain of a college F
rsity of South have his life
not now in a field is to ref]
tributions, we cation itself.
of the more Trustees will
with represent
on his faculty
s the campus mate success ,
na is in the We believe
>resent an ad- us will admit
ileering build- tactless, and ti
riding are all have been occ
it no former our choice of c
an extensive though the Adi
ough it is true talent for gett:
-lose to each tation, he has
sponsible for -ati heha
pspsbe r courage, as wel
pus, perhaps programs.
ity campuses At any rate,
is true that unfairness. Be
Litional prop- gracious and t
retract those p
part has con- that were ill-fot
s made other
hat:
TOTHE
might have stressed more the prob.
em of keeping politics out of the
aniversity's choice of a president
md less the actual imperfections
four present administration. Does
he editor really think that putting
raimself in the position of aiding in
he choice of a president will make
he choice less biased as stated in
he article? If so, I disagree whole
lteartedly.
BARBARA MUNCASTER
Class of '55.
November 2, 1951
To the Editor,
Gamecock:
Having returned from supper at
a friend's home, I proceeded to the
Marshal's office where I had a talk
with the night watchman. Seeing
lA GREATER
SOUTH CAROLINA
ed Collegiate Press
ollegiate Digest
Lobert Elliott Gonzales as the first
Bd by and for the students of the
yon Fridys, during the college
is and letter writers are not neces
Publishn does not constitute an
MORDECAI PERSKY
JACKIE S0UTHERLAND
ELLIOTT WARDLAW
t ....John Parasho
........... ....Bill Novit
.... ... .. ..Ken Powell
....... ...Ralph Gregory
Tommie Herbert
Sandy Cranford
. Ruth Barker
Mary Evelyn Rogers
. Bobby Smith
....Patsy Hutto
PORTERS
s, Phillip Moody, Bill Leggltt,
Pavis, Leo M. MacCourtney,
tthews, F. J.- Butler, Tommy
Kipper, Barbara Thompson,
ddall, Chuck Davidson, Bob
........ ....William Hay
awson Yates, Nancy Mitchell
. Jack Turbeville
*Jimmy Simm., Al Sm.
ISO
SEER
lions
too - too many to list here.
we are able to state with all
e has worked indefatigably and
ktention for this institution.
expended energy has been as
ght be desired is a matter that
for each individual to decide
mmendable truth in the Ad
is that his seven-year stay here
n activated by any desire for
As far as we know, only his
university has prompted him
r days- we called fruitless last
Ans we stick: it is hardly wise
unfair to a man who has spent
one profession to suddenly
to another. There is no more
ieving that an admiral will make
e president than there is for
a college president will make
al. To deny that an educator
oresident's stature should NOT
training in an altogether alien
ect on the very quality of edu
We still hope that the Board of
formally or informally consult
ative faculty members, for it is
that the new president's ulti
vill depend.
that this is also true: most of
that Smith has at times been
iat his choice of advisors may
asionally less fortunate than
,ords a week ago. In short, al
niral has displayed no especial
ng along with people in edu
shown a certain amount of
I as a tenacity of purpose and
we cannot overlook our own
cause we have been so un
isteless, we ask your leave to
arts of our previous editorial
mded., unfnir., or un:ruc.
-M. P.
EDITOR
the latest edition of the campus
paper in the office, I took the no
tion of reading the latest news.
On the editorial page, not to
mention the very funny cartoon on
the front page, I had the mis
pleasure of reading the most irri
tating and tripish article that has
ever crossed my sight, which I un
derstand was the product of your
pen.
This dose of trash infuriated me
to the point of my writing this
note. The wording of your piece
must have sprung from a deep and
endless well of rankest sewage.
When a man is fool enough to
think he is doing the best job, and
doing the worst, then he should be
told quickly and without reserve.
But, when a man has done his
damnedest, and still has not pleased
every critic, but realizes his mis
calculations and tries to obtain the
best results, this man has my deep
est respect. This, I believe, is the
belief of most intelligent humans.
Anyone can criticize and make
ridicule of those in office, for talk
is about the cheapest thing there
is. But few, indeed, would have the
ability or forces of thought to re
place the object of their blither
ings.
Although not the best citizen
ever to walk the face of the earth,
matter of fact, probably one of the
biggest fools, I have, for years,
kept the following lines from the
Good Book in practice.
"Judge not, least ye be judged
yourself."
LARRY HODGENSE
Dear Mr. Persky:
I have read your editorial in re.
gard to the resignation of Admiral
Smith with a great deal of interest.
While I think the Admiral has at
tempted to do a great deal for the
university, and has done a lot in
regard to the construction program,
I, like you, will welcome the op
portunity for the choice of a new
President for our university.
I hotant hek Trustee,. will fo.
BILL NOVIT
Make H(
A Hel
Let's convert "Hell Week" into
a Help Week.
This is the theme of one of the
most constructive and praiseworthy
movements to begin on this campus
in many a year.
Practically since their founding,
fraternal organizations, particu
larly college ones, have been re
ceiving adverse publicity for the
activities which occur during Hell
Week, which is a period that a
pledge goes through before being
initiated.
Cognizant of this fact, fraterni
ties throughout the country are
adopting the Help Week idea, for
they realize that the good publicity
that they receive will greatly help
them; but even more important,
they realize that they will be doing
a service to the 'community at
large.
This constructive movement had
its beginning at indiana university
in 1949 when Bob Lollar, Hoosier
athlete and a member of Alpha
rau Omega, came upon a sight
vhich set him thinking. He saw
ialf a dozen pledges to Greek-let
er fraternities doing silly chores
vhile wearing ridiculous clothes.
'hey were doing these absurd t
hings to prove themselves worthy i
if wearing certain frat pins. Lollar i
-ealized that 'these men coipld be c
ising their time ti'etter advan- (
age by helping others.
Within a year more than 20 of
he 31 frats on the Hoosier cam- I
us quit wasting manpower and I
>rains by adopting a policy of aid- I
ng others# The policy brought im- <
nediate favorable attention to the I
school and particularly to the fra-1
;ernities involved. Even the mayor
>f Bloomington, the town in which
;he Indiana school is located, com
rnented that the toivnspeople had
new feeling toward the campus
and that the students and adults
are nowv working together and get
ting along fine.
Since its founding at Indiana,
the plan has been adopted at Cor
nell, Purdue, DePaw, the Univer
sity of Maryland, Miami Univer
low the standards which you suggest
in electing a new man, and I think
that your interest in the matter Is
admirable.
Very truly yours,
AUGUSTUS T. QRAYDON
Attornmey-at-Law,
Columbia
We, members of the student
body, extend our congratulations
and thanks to Admiral Smith for a
.job "W EL L DONE."
A. 0. DUNBAR, JR.
H. 0. CASADA
N. C. COLLIER
R. E. 'NOREN
W. C. HAWLEY III
Attentijon Editors
Sir:
As usual the GAMECOCK came
out on Friday with all the usual
"frills." There was, however, one
"frill" that was completely uncalled
for, biased, untrue, and most di..
gusting. 1 refer to the editorial on
page two, "Let's not have any more
Sunffies." To "16. P.,' (the editor
of the article who apparently didn't
have enough guts to sign his name)
I have a few suggestions. Your
generalizations weie good. You
stated your opiunion without giving
one fact (except that "Snuffle"
works fourteen hour. a day) on
which you base your opinion. If
"M. P." wishes some facts, perhaps
he should look at some of the new
buildings going up around here.
Perhap,s "M. P." should read page
one of his ow paper (Sith Ad
s Week
Week
sity, and dozens of other colleget
throughout the country. Alpha Tau
Omega led the way by adopting
it as a national project and by
pushing it in each of their chap
ters.
Last year the ATO's at Carolin
began making Hell Week a con
structive affair by painting the
home of a crippled Columbia
widow, whose name the fraternity
secured from a local welfare
agency. At the time, this column.
ist praised their efforts in --The
Gamecock and suggested that other
fraternities at Carolina follow suit.
The idea, however, seemed to have
been dropped by the wayside -until
this week.
Now at last the frats on this
campus seem to have awakened.
Monday a resolution will be intro
duced to the Inter-fraternity coun
[il asking Pvory fraternity o%. the
rsto!ina campus to eliminate Hell
Week and adopt the Help Week
dea. This resolution, if adopted,
would, in effect, prohibit mental
md physical hazing and provide
ror a constructive week.
It is true that USC frats have
iever gone in for wild or rough
reatment of their neophytes, but
a mild as the treatment may be,
ve feel that it would be a 100 per
ent improvement to eliminate it
intirely and to have one week in
ach semester in which pledges of
very fraternity would work to
rether on a project adopted by
.FC. Improving the 'Y' camp,
milding recreation areas for the
hildren at Carovets, and planting
rees on the campus are a few of
he ideas which might be adopted.
Now is the time for every fra
~ernity on the Carolina campus to
tet. Act wisely! Adopt a plan
wrhich will be beneficial in three
brays: 1) your pledges will be
working with pledges of other
frats; thus creating brotherhood
and understanding; 2) it will give
favorable publicity to fraternities
and the university; and third, and
inost important, you will be doing
a worth-while service to others.
vocates IHouse and Car For Presi
dent). As for the statement, "The
presidlent of a university should be
a man of sound intelligence, which
has beena tried anid tested else
where," I ask this question: Is not
the judgmnent of thle United States
Navy of a man (enough to make
him an admiral) as good as the
judgment of the editor? Perhaps,
Mr. Editor, you would like to be
president. Perhaps you would
spend fourteen hours a day work
ing. I doubt it! It is this type of
editorial (??) that nmakes an other.
wise good newspaper worthless, and
can do more harm to the univer
sity than ten thousand "Snuffles."
It is with great regret that, after
the Nov. 2nd issue of the GAME.
COCK, I admit that I anm a member
of the U. S. C. student body.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM C. IIAWLEY
Box 1794
Dear Editor:
I have a suggestion that I am
sure many students living at the
west end of Preston Dorm would
appreciate it if it were put into
effect.
At that end of Preston there is
a high brick wall which prevents
students coming from the direction
of the Field House or Steward's
Hall using the little-used flight of
stairs at the far west end of the
building. If a gap could be torn
in that wall so that students can
GEORGE LaBRUCE
AnOpei
On Honoi
Last year while writing a column
in The Gamecock, I wrote very
often about the Honor System. I
suggested replacing our present
system with one somewhat more
effective. Nothing came of It.
Once again I am trying to arouse
student interest in a matter of ut
most importance to all who attend
the university. The posters about
the campus are part of my cam
paign, as are the letters I have
sent to some campus organizations
and the deans most likely to be
interested.
Contained in the sentences below
is an explanation of the mechanics
of the system I propose. The
theory behind all of this is dealt
with in detail on the posters, and
copies can be obtained by writing
box -2314, so I will write here only
of its workings, leaving its prin
ciples to those who are particularly
interested in them. I advocate that
all students read these lines and
study them carefully. Having done
that, I hope you will care enough
about your own welfare to write
to the Honor Board and express
your opinion. We can't expect the
Honor Board to work for us if it
does not know how we feel about
things.
When new students arrive, they
should receive a formal speech
from one of the university's mos't
distinguished figures, in which- he
would discuss honor at the univer
sity ad its practice here. This
speech would have place of most
importance on the nomenclature
schedule.
When the assembly is dismissed,
small groups would meet with stu
dent leaders and clear up any ques
tions they might have about the
system. This would be the time
to present them with the pledge.
It would say that they understood
the system and wanted to live
under it. They wou,p never again
have to sign any sort of pledge on
taking examinations or on subse
quent registration the following
years. Leaders would have to be
chosen that would propagate an
attitude of friendly co-operation in
showing the honor system as a
need of watkinjf down to the cenw
ter of the building an4 then
doubling back to go to the far end.
The destruction of this short por
tion of wall would not be expensive
and perhaps a few dozen time-worn
bricks could be salvaged from the
wall there and be put to use as a
start in the construction of a Stu
dent Union Building.
Sincerely,
FRANK DRUCKER
Box 1126
Dear Editor(s),
Last Thursday's game was a fit.
Sing climax to your artificial
dilemmna: "to cheer or not to
cheer."~
Tomy mhindl the originial purpose
of spectator sports, is for the spec.
tator (audience) to enjoy itself;
Project itself that it may vicariously
have the feeling of comfort.
As was ap)parenit "T" Day, the
success of the team, or the efforts
of individuals on that team con
trols the sympathy of the spectator
and his expression of it.
Certainly Clcmson showed the
futility of having a good team in
the stands.
As long as our Gamecocks are
gamie, throughout the gamie we'll
cheer thema.
Forget a b o u t paraphrasing
Shakespeare, and devote the saved
space to necessary improvement in
o,ther facets of our campus life.
CLIFTON C. ADAMS
October 23, 1951
Dear Mr. Porsky;
This is a little late as a reply
to Ken Powvell's column in your
issue of Sept. 28, 1951, but perhaps
it might call others' attention to
a way by which they can help
themselves in difficulties similar to
Mr. Powvell's.
le makes it all seem very simple
but he overlooks some points that
tend to complcate matters. I am
sure the teachers would be willing
to multiply the number of sections
in various subjects in order to have
smaller classes, but what about the
taxpayers?
i Letter
Systems
positive force working for the bet
terment of all university life. Stu
dents would be warned not t6 sign
the pledge if. they were not ready
to accept. it as thijr oWn. Thpy
would keep it and 'would hae' un
til 'egistration to decide *hether
they wanted to go to school Ire
or not, for if they didn't a0ee
with the system they certainly
couldn't go to school here.
Professors would have t6 be
given a course in the Honor Syst m
so as to help and not hinder its
operation! The student'q wjWd
would gradually becomW q4eted
as the truth.
If a student saw another com
mitting what appeared to be a
breach of honor, he would direct
the attention of at least one other
student to the action. If the two
agreed here was grounds for sus
picion, they would confront the
suspect at the first opportunity. If
he gave a satisfactory explanation,
the matter would stop right there.
If not, the accusers would present
the case to the Honor Board. The
Board would proceed to investigate
and hold a closed trial, with the
accused being alloCved any counsel
or witnesses he wanted from with
in student ranks.
If he was acquitted, the records
of the trial would be burned and
handshakes would be in order. If
convicted, he would leave the uni
versity at once and a nameless no
tice would appear in The Gamecock
that "the Honor Board regrets to
announce that a student has been
dismissed," and would name the of
fense. Any person who could show
cause that he had new evidence
could have a case reopened at any
time. Otherwise the records would
be kept secret.
This, then, is whAt I propose. If
you have ideas that you think are
better, by all means submit them.
If we have any sense of responsi
bility for our fellow students, and
for those who will come after we
are graduated, we must do some
thing to improve the situatinn.
Write the Honor Board today -
RIGHT NOWi - PLEASE ...
ready-nasumal lasses, and6d&v8d1 ~
ng it would make needless ex
3ense for those who foot thA bill
ieedless because there is an alter
itive. It would greatly help re
tieve the situation Mr. Powell com
plains of if students would take
'heir required courses in the year
when they normally come - and
rot put them off until their senior
year.
As for the implication that teach
era schedule no classes except at 9
and 11 Mondays, that is patently
absurd. If, however, there are
more classes scheduled for those
bours -than for 8 and 12, Mr.
Powell could find an explanation
if he would help us try, during the
registration period, to get students
into 8 and 12 o'clock sections. He
would even observe a difficulty in
getting students to take any TThS
elasses at all, and particulnily
after 10 o'clock.
Usually wheni a player gets l4e
hind the 8-ball it is due to' poor
planning of shots or unskillful use
oif the cue. I wonder if the need
isn't for a brushing up of the stu
dents' game, rather than a set of
amendments to the rules.
Very truly yours,
THOS. A. FITZGERALD,
Pr ofessor
Aniswer to Dr. FitaCerald's letter:
We could be taxpayers too, and
might evens pay enough taxes, with
in that extra year that we' have to
rome~ to college, to pay a professor's
salary to teach another class.
You say there is an alternative.
Ihere is no alternative for those of
usN who dlon't have a senior year. "tO
put thenm off until." Some of us
are pre-law, pre-dental, and such.
It's true that this student's bil
lard game isn't too sharp because'
fan overlI,aded schedule this se
resater, but he did have his plans
irawn up, and they were working
pretty well until he couldn't g@t in
he only- Spanish 31 class that was
>ffered this semester.
See you in Spanish 31 and 82
iext semester.
Respectfully,
KEN POWELL