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STUDENT CA Bad Make If a men's dormitory burns complete with occupants, stu ministration will have to shi Student carelessness will pi sponsible for the flames then adequate fire escapes, which t tion continues to depend on, dormitory-ites trapped in rooms. The above represents the gie formulated after a conferent spector from the Columbia 1 prevention. The inspector to campus buildings are relativel of the fact that none of them However, he was apparentl fuddled that none of the thou ettes that have contributed a floor patterns in almost ever tory room had led to disaster. The fire escapes seemed to spector, who claims that even able to obtain access to one he would have to tax his ac to make his getaway uninjurei be fairly easy to climb out of type escapes when there is i climb would be a real project panic. The inspector pointed mentioned (with a shudder) t A Letter To: LETTER For Letters To The Editor: This might be called a letter to the Letters To The Editor. In connection with several letters which were printed in last wePk's Gamecock criticizing Mordecai Persky's editorial on Admiral Smith, I shall express my opinion: I believe that the article was un timely inasmuch as it should have been written long ago instead of at the president's resignation. As for "when a man has done his damndest and still not pleased every critic" (second letter, by L. H.) I question this statement and would like to ask the author-as Elsewhere Arn Football And Other Allen Jackson was a first-string guard at the University of Michi gan. He won his letter on three championship teams and played in the Rose Bowl. His football and college career ended, Jackson took a long, pene trating look backwards, and de cided that football these days is hardly worth the effort. In this month's "Atlantic Monthly" he states his case. Jackson estimates he spent about 1350 hours on the football field in his four ycars at Michigan. By contrast, he spent about half that much time studying for and at tending history classes. CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assocli Distributor of edto, Th Gmecok is p ul University of South Carolina wee year except on holidays and duri Toopinions expressed be olm endorsement. The right to edit is EDITOR ................... MANAGING EDITOR .. BUSINESS MANAGER . ASST. BUSINESS MANAGE NEWS ..... CAMPUS. ..... SPORTS . SOCIETY... EXCHANGES COPY .. FEATURES........ CIRCULATION MANAGER SECRETARY STAFF R Furney Hemingway, Jinx Wil Don Unger, Laura Patricia Laurens Irby, Theodore K. 1ii Smith, T. L. Buffington, Da Ethel Mathewes, Martha W< Cameron, Billy Watta. COLUMNIST.... BUSINESS STAFF. . STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. CARTOONI8TS..... RELESSNESS Fire Es Doras to the ground are located o dents and ad- tenements. I re the blame. escape-sides i obably be re- that if the iselves, but in- other occupai he administra- inadequate p will leave the handiest win their burning The fire pi der escapes i t of an opinion inaccessible e with an in- seasons ago, >ureau of fire the utiiversit Id us that the disapproval y safe, in spite safety all o are fireproof. building. y a little be- The only 3ands of cigar- bureau infor corches to the bueuifr r men's dormi- a framework marshal's ofi offend the in- open paint c if a man were hazard" is a >f the escapes, in reference robatic talents It is inter< I. While it may that the oth4 rito the ladder- ized approva io fire, such a But it is for a man in a weaknesses, this out, and pointed out I hat the escapes being openly S TO THE I well as the other authors who in sinuated the same idea-how clos< their contact has been with thij man and how they reached theii conclusions. It would be interesting to note how many of the authors have worked on any of the student pub lications, student-faculty commit tees, or in student politics, and ac tually know anything about the topic of the editorial. It is always easy to be oblivious to activity and then condemn the man with spirit. I do not contend that "kicking a man when he is down" is com iong The Edu Gets Kicke Collegiute He also finds fault with the "bigotry" in football: "At Michi gan one of those bigotry-fostering, tradition - conscious pre - game speeches which were impressive tc sophomores but tiresome to seniori was to this effect: "The men whom we were aboul to play would be battling Michi gan; they would as a result be in timnidated; and we should take ad vantage of this fine opportunity t< dominate them." But just in case Michigan doesn' win, there is a slogan to fit th< occasion: "When Michigan loses someone has to pay." "This slogan," says Jackson, "no R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press Collegiate Digest liby an or the students ofth ka"." on Frrtas, during the eflege ishlins doe not ositea reserved. MORDECAI PERSKY JACKIE SOUTHERLAND ELLIOTT WARDLAW R . . John Parasho . Bill Novit *Ken Powell ......Ralph Gregory .Tommie Herbert Sandy Cranford . Ruth Barker Mary Evelyn Rogera . Bobby Smith Patsy Hutto EPORTERS on, Phillip Moody, Bill Leggiltt, Davis, Leo M. MacCourtney, [atthews, F. J. Butler, Tommy n Kipper, Barbara Thompson, oddall, Chuck Davidson, Bob . . . . William Hay Lawson Yates, Nancy Mitchell . .. .. .. ....Jack Turbeville Jimmy Simma. Al Riman IS FACTOR: capes Unsafe n only one side of maiy of the n some cases these theoretical tre doghouse-sides, which means escape-doghouse is locked, the its must resort to the even more rocedure of jumping out of the dow. -evention bureau frowns on lad ri general and on our sometimes escapes in particular. Some vhen the first survey was made, y was informed of the board's n a report which covered fire ver the campus, building by real fire hazard, according to rnation, is the paint warehouse, building in the vicinity of the ice which boasts a multitude of ins. The inspector thinks "fire verbal inadequacy when used to this building. ?sting and encouraging to note r buildings meet with author l. annoying to know that safety even after they have been y commissioned authorities, are ignored. -M. P. EDITOR - mendable or that kicking a man who has done his best is fair, but I do not believe the letters are true. I was impressed by the letter by Gus Graydon and rather unim pressed by the novice who heckld the editor, "without enough guts to sign his name" for signing the editorial with the initials M. P. This is merely journalistic proce dure which I thought was general knowledge to most people. In answer to "Judge not, lest ye he judged yourself," I suggest a little introspection be done by the letter-writer. SUZANNE B. MOYE Dated I Around, Aiuirs -- only implies that Michigan shouldn't have lost, but it also sug gests that the loss was caused by something wrong somewhere-per haps something shady on the part of the other team." "The point of viewv suggested by this slogan becomes positively un Christian in its implication that revenge will be sought at the ex pense of next week's opponent." Jackson says that the idea of team spirit has been perverted by bigtime football. He blames this in increasing specialization, too much publicity and fierce competi tion for individual berths on the team. "So," concludes Jackson, "after four years of seeing everything there is to see in bigtime college football . . . of being known as a 'football player' rather than a hu man being . . . of having my natural desire for physical exercise corrupted and commercialized, I have decided that bigtime football is a poor bargain for those who play the game."~ Sweet Shambles... According to the "Silver and Gold," University of Colorado, stu dents attending a morning lecture recently got exactly what they were wishing for - the roof fell in. While the professor droned on, the ceiling began to crack loudly. The professor screamed a hasty warning and students fled in all directions. Two jumped out the window while others hid under fur niture. The professor was unhurt. Low Bridge... From Texas Christian Univer sity come these rules for dormi tory bridge: A deck of cards and four people are helpful, but not absolutely necessary. If you can't find a fourth, get a fifth. Scholars... "The Beacon," University of Rhode Island, threw a stock ques tion at asoestudeants:. Wt, 'Liz, honey, fetch your old paw th4 JACKIE SOUTHERL The Kimr A Pittsbi Five hundred delegates from col leges and universities all over thi nation gathered in Pittsburgh re cently and pooled ideas and prob lems. Inevitably the problem of com munism in college newspaper. arose. The leader of this discus sion was a former editor of thi University of Chicago's "Maroon.' This former editor, Alan Kim. mel, had been removed from hi: position by the administration of the university for attending the East Berlin Youth Festival last summer. The reasons that Kimmel gave for attending the festival were good reasons. He travelled and at iended the conference as a private citizen, representing no one but himself. He wanted to learn as much as possible about the confer ence. There is no criticism in these ptints. But Kimmel went on into the Soviet Union itself as the guest of .he Soviet government on the con lition that he tell the American people about the trip when he re :urned to the States. While in -Europe Kimmel re !eived word from his university that he had been removed from his editorial position. The staff printed a special is suc of the paper in which they condemned the action of the ad ministration. They pointed out that the university has no power to remove an editor, that this move violated the Student Bill of Rights recently passed by the school. In spite of the fuss raised, Kim mel was not reinstated nor did he return to the university. It is not my purpose to pass or not pass on the action of that ad. ministration. It acted with what it considered the best action. They do you think about studying in the library? Answers included: "I go there because I like to meet people, and you never can tell wvho you will find underneath the tables." "The heavy reference books make good pants pressers." "After studying for fifteen years, it is too hard to concentrate with no noise." Difficult But Interesting... "The Park Stylus," Park Col lege, Mo., last week did a bit ol p)hilosophizing on a subject rarely mentioned in the college press: namely, the college press. It de. clared: "As wve are all probably awar< a college newspaper occupies a ver difficult but interesting position This is true for several reasons primarily, though (because), a col lege paper must constantly prin1 material that is no longer news. "In an attempt to remedy thi situation other alternatives mus present themselves. The most ap pealing of these alternatives i~ that of having the paper presen' opinions on the issues that con stantly arise on the average cam pus. "The attempt to strike the mid die of the road has always had tw< results: (a) the reporter ha( nothing to say or (b) the facti were twisted to suit the occasionm as the writer saw fit. "...Therefore, a paper musi obviously pick sides. Regardless o1 how undemocratic this may sound it is a necessary step. If a news. paper is to be a voice that is heard in the dark, it must of necessit3 be someone's voice. "...This means that some people will disagee;n ho.,m,m. ir l 0 cocker spaniel, Mah lep's cold." AND nel Affair: irgh Item - felt, as is only right, that the news paper of a university does repre - sent the university and that and - communist tinge would place thi institution in a bad light. At the meeting in Pittsburgl i Kimmel was questioned to a greai - degree about Russia. He answerec very few of the questions. To the question, "Do Soviet college papere or regular newspapers have free dom of the press?" he answered, "I didn't ask." When the student rephrased his question, "Can they say anything against Stalin and the government?" Kimmel an swered again, "I just didn't ask." These questions and answers brought about a great swing iii opinion. Most delegates seemed to think that as* a newspaperman Kimmel would have been vitally interested in asking the same ques tion of the Soviet people. The basic issue is, I suppose, do college administrations have the right to remove editorial members or to exercise any sort of censor ship? But the issue with which the University of Chicago administra tion was concerned was, "Do we want communistic propaganda in our newspaper?" Of course, when they took this action, there had been none in the "Maroon" since Kimmel had not yet acted as edi tor and perhaps there never would have been any. So there are the two sides. The administration's attitude was right - there should be no communism in a college newspaper; but the staff of the "Maroon" is also right -- a university should not have the power to dispose of a staff member. Each argued different points of lawv; each wvas right; each was wrong. our competitive society this is not only good but necessary. Thought, as such, is not the results of agree ment with everything and every b)ody, but of disagreement. " . .. Moderation implies among other things mediocrity, 'the com mon man in the street' sort of ap proach. If one wishes this sort of a life it is perhaps very fine; however, the impression has been that the extraordinary can be more dlesirable. ". .. Any newspaper that wishes in any manner to be read must ex prs the opinions of its staff." The Upholstery's Familiar, But... "The Daily Trojan," University of Southern California, tells the story of a freshman girl whc trip)ped gaily into a sorority house to exclaim: "My goodness, I just love your house, it's so pretty, and everyonc is so pretty, and I've just heard so much about your sorority and everything, but I'm sorry - I've forgotten what house I'm in." Princeton Clippers.. - Sixty freshme'n at Princeton uni versity had the haircut problemi suddenly solved for them - their heads were shaved by the sopho mores. Here's how it happened: Il)uring a iot staged by 400 freshmen in one of those tradi tional class struggles, a largE number of frosh forced their way into Holder Hall, a sophomore str-onghold. IThe invaders were promnptly drenched with buckets of water, but some of them kept going. ThE wily sophomores enticed the young sters to a "barbershop," which had just been set up. Before anonne c..u,d ca h CR01 AND CRI By KEN Buildings, buildings-look at the new buildings! Buildings going up everywhere, but where is the student union building and the auditorium? Seems that all the buildings have to be for classrooms or labora tories. You know what the first building on this tyro's building program would be? An audi torium. It's true that we probably needed a new science building, but the old science building is certainly more adequate than the auditorium or the student union building. The only auditorium we have is the tiny one at Drayton Hall .and the closest thing we have had to a student union building was a pup tent erected in the center of the horseshoe by a crusading Game cock columnist way back in 1948. This student union building was short-lived since the administra tion, in the person of the marshal, tore it down. Some enterprising professors have established student bodies as places where students may con gregate, but as for action from higher levels-well, if there is any, there certainly are no signs of it. Aside from the great help that a large auditorium would be to students and faculty, the public relations feature of such a struc ture would be tremendous; like wise, the lack of one is embarras sing to everyone connected with the university. We pay large amounts of money Sandy Cranford and ] Seeing At an early age we became very excited over "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Later on we were con cerned with "Who Put the Over alls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" Now we are more concerned with "Who Said That?" For instance: Who said that students at Caro lina spend all their time party ing? This person has never met the professors we've had. Not around mid-semester anyhow. Who said that fact is stranger than fiction? We defy that charac ter to find Boswell's biography of .Johnson more interesting than "The Count of Monte Cristo." Who said that the Civil War wvas over? Save your Confederate prowess - the South will rise again! Who said that you can never believe what you read in the papers? This person probably thinks that a red herring is a fish Dean Acheson ate for dinner. Who said that the younger gen eration is headed straight for - ah - the equator maybe? We have WILLIAM HAY Tigers Ge More Readi Yesterday, the mobile unit of the Red Cross paid its visit to this campus. At the time of this writing, we had collected about one hundred and fifty pledge cards from students and faculty. Enrollment is above the three thousand mark; the faculty num bers well over two hundred. By simple arithmetic, we determine that the cards submitted for the breath, 60 freshmen had had their heads shaved. Other events in the struggle: One freshman was tarred and feathered with chocolate syrup and confetti; firecrackers and water filled balloons were employed by both sides in late stages of the battle. One enthusiastic freshman ex claimed afterwards, "What class spirit down here! Boy, when this is over, we ought to be great friends." But a more mild-mannered in dividual with a clean shaven head wandered about the campus re marking, "Gentleman, I am a TICISING POWELL to secure internationally known speakers. And where do they speak? In the field house. The acoustics are terrible and the decorative effect is far from pleasing. Now ask yourself what kind of impression the University of South Carolina made on our speaker. Just what is our ex-guest going to tell other audiences on his itinerary -about our school? Let's just hope people he meets aren't too inquisitive about us, be. cause his opinion of us and our university won't be the best one could hope for. And when religious speakers come to address us, where are their lecterns set up? Right, par don, wrong, in the Naval armory surrounded by guns and other articles of destruction. What are the impressions of any guests or of our speakers? Still, we can build a stadium, a science building, or an engineering lab. Someone not familiar with the Carolina campus might suggest having these persons speak in the chapel. But, here again, it's im. possible because the chapel is Just too small. Now don't try to com pare our chapel with the one at Duke, for instance, because there is no comparison-all contrast. For many students, especially those who live out of state, the only time that their parents visit the university is on graduation day. And where are the graduating exercises held? In the Field house again. And what are their impressbeat Well, you take it from there .. . Mary Evelyn Rogers 2boulde it on good authority that Uncle Remus is still holding his own against True Horror comics. (Got out of that nnn, -14A-PA Who said that reading history stimulates the intellect? The only thing it's stimulated in us f1- a very unstimulatory yawn. Who said that college sports are losing popularity? We extend a personal invitation to this person to attend the Carolina-Clemson game next year. Who said that the only sure things in this life are death and taxes? They obviously haven't tried to sneak by the Sims dormi-. tory after 12 :00. Who said that all's well that ends well? What about the morning after the night before? Who said that in the Spring a young man's fancy turns to love - yeah - love of baseball. Oh, well - these worn-ont proverbs will endure as long as we endure them. After all, the proof is in the pudding. Who said that? ye Blood ly Than We blood drive represent under five per cent of those distributed. The Navy R.O.T.C. Unit, a minority group, Is responsible for over half of the blood pledges. We go on record with heart-felt thanlks to these Navy people for saingf the University from total failure in the drive. Our paltry contribution to the drive Is indeed a pittance as com pared to the fi've hundred and sixty-three pints given by ClemlSo Cadets. Several weeks back, Mr. Furney Hemingway protested in print against our statements about the boys in the hills. We feel cer tain that even Mr. Hlemingway would agree that we would do WeiU to learn a lesson from Clemnson concerning the blood drive. Fortunately, there is one ray of hope In all the apathy exhibited by "Carolina's supporters." 'Iii Air R.O.T.C. Unit plans to carry out a separate blood drive. The plan Is to have competition amongU squadrons for that having the largest number of donors. Ther are over six hundred membenl d the Air Cadet Corps. This Is tbdr' chance to show their "esprit de corps" and preserve the pride me are supposed to have In our Uld