Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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%ieGAA CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associa Distributor of Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first editor, "The Gamecock" is published by and for the students of the University The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers are not necessarily those of "The Game JACKIE SOUTHERLAND, EDITOR MURRAY SEAMAN, MANAGING EDITOR ELLIOTT WARDLAW, BUSINESS MANAGER News Editor .......... . Ruth Barker Campus Editor .......... Tommie Herbert Sports Editor . . Ralph Gregory COLUl4 Rudy Thigpen, Mordeca BUSINES Lawson Yates, REPORTOR: Jinx Wilson, Leo M. MacCourtney, Barbara Thompson, Mary Bloodworth, Chuck Davidson, Bob Cameron, Billy Watson, Bill Leggitt, Phillip Moody, TRAD HOLDS FO Tradition is not to be ignored. Far be it from me to ignore the precedent set up by lines of former Gamecock editors. Each one in his glory types down a few dictums for his staff and his stay in office. These words he writes before the pressure of his position makes him ignore "friends" with stories to be published, makes him cut classes because he has just been up all night, and makes him wish that he had gone to the "Garnet and Black" rather than to the other end of the Publications building in his fresh man days. He inevitably writes, "It is not our pur pose to criticize unjustly; we will commend where it is fit and condemn where it is not." These words he scribbles down in a burst of editorial enthusiasm and in the highest spirit of journalism. The weeks pass and gradually he realizes that nobody ever reads his column, that no one gives a (in respect to my mother's complaints I leave out this word) what his policy is. When he asks a typical student a question about the Gamecock, he receives a blank stare and then watches the dawning comprehension in the innocent one's face, as he says, "Oh, the thing in my post office box every Friday ; the thingamabob with the jokes." Old editors may never die; but they would like to sometimes. Well, as I said, I will not break this opti mistic precedent. So here I set forth a few of my policies, policies that will, of course, be totally ignored, for whoever remembers what he said when he starts off new and fresh? It also seems to be a Gamecock tradition to criticize continually, to pick at flaws week after week. Now I may be a stupid senti mentalist, but enough is enough. If I believe that the Gamecock can accomplish something through a complaint, I shall write that com plaint. If I see that something is wrong, but cannot be remedied now or in the near fu ture, I shall hold my peace (see how long that resolution lasts !). Now, there are my happy resolutions for a new term. Now for the changes. Past policy of this paper has been that happenings in the big outside world have been totally ignored. If they have been recognized, the silence greeting them has de flated their ego and they have crept back to where people regard them with much more respect than do we. This shall not be my policy; I am not frightened by my own stu pidity on world affairs; I shall speak forth, be reprimanded for my audacity and ignor RECOGI The university received a somewhat dubious recognition in the national weekly news magazine, "Time," in its Jan. 7 issue. I quote in part: "When the University of South Carolina got a new president in 1944, alumni pro tested, facultymen seethed, and a group of students promptly burned him in effigy. It was not that they had anything personal against Rear Admiral Norman Murray Smith (USN ret.). It just happened that his brother was one of the most powerful men in the legislature, and so the appointment smacked of polities. "Last week, when Governor James Byrnes announced that his longtime friend, Donald Stuart Russell, would be the admiral's suc cessor, the odor of politics arose again. But this time the scent was false. Students, alumni and facultymen had been consulted coc;( [t A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA led Collegiate Press oliegiate Digest of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college year except holidays and examinations. cock." Publishing does not constitute an endorse ment although the right to edit is reserved. Society Editor ........... Norma Bergman Feature Editor ...... Furney Hemingway Copy Editor ................. Patsy Hutto Exchange Editor .............. Don Hayes Circulation Manager ......... Bobby Smith Asst. Business Manager .. ... John Parasho [NISTS Persky, Josef Euringer S STAFF Nancy Mitchell [AL STAFF Laurens Irby,- Theodore K. Matthews, T. L. Buffington. ITION RTH AGAIN ance, take the reprimand to heart and speak forth again in equal ignorance. You'll probably notice that the lineup of columnists for this semester is somewhat dif ferent. First, Mordecai Persky, retiring editor, happily moves from the left hand side of the paper to an aloof right hand; here he does nothing but observe, write down his ob servations, and expound forth in type; this is the ideal state for any journalist; he has yet to decide whether or not he will stay. Secondly, Rudy Thigpen, former Gamecock sports editor pulls a Persky and also leads the easy life; it took several semesters for Mr. Thigpen to recover from his editorial stay, but now he feels fairly confident to join his name to the Gamecock masthead again. A change which is not yet obvious will also take place. Josef Euringer, exchange student from Germany, has consented to occupy oc casionally a space on this editorial page. Columnists are not white pages decorated with black, smutty type. Their fingertips do not carry the legend, "idea for week one, idea for week two, etc." These weird people with the audacity to air their opinions run out of editorial blood occasionally. They ask for transfusions; so these men are the trans fusions for the 1952 Gamecock. Concerning the policy of the spring, 1952, Gamecock, I casually mentioned to a friend, "I think I'll be a conservative editor." Her eyes grew large and her face expressed grave concern and shock, "Oh, no, be another Joe Molony ! Don't be a weak editor !" Taking this plea to heart, I sauntered up to another friend, "I'm tired of milk toast editorials, I'm gonna set the campus on fire." Another aghast face lectured me on my obligations, my sense of fair play, my good taste. I searched out my last friend, "I'm going to be a strictly middle of the road editor." My last friend raised her nose to the heavens as if her olfactory nerves were greatly of fended, "A wishy-washy placater! Humph !" There seemed to be but one solution. Either I put out a blank editorial page or I stay home in bed. My grandmother can't take the idea of my staying about home all day; so the latter suggestion is out. The first sug gestion would thrill too many people; the non-veterans could get free notepaper. Not only is there no place for old editors, but even the new ones have no place to rest their weary typewriters. This I will say. I shall try to write all things in good taste - until that taste be comes indigestible. IITION? and all had agreed that Russell was a good choice.... "Last week Governor Byrnes was quick to say that officially he had nothing to do with the appointment of his old friend ('I did not attend the board meeting at which Mr. Rus sell was elected.'). But unofficially, he had to admit that he was pleased. In both size (3,810 students) and stature, the university still ranks far below such Southern campuses as Virginia and Chapel Hill. Both able and powerfully connected, Donald Russell might prove to be just the man to bring it up to par.'' An ancient qualification of a lady said that one was never mentioned in a newspaper ex cept when she was born, when she married, and when she died. Either you could say that the university is not a lady, or you could call this a new birth. One way or the other,-this is one way to get yourself in the naum..-. S. In the cool, cool, cool of the morning MURRAY SEAMAN STATEMENT FROM GEORGIA About two weeks ago Herman Talmadge, a governor of one of our 48 states, made the newspapers by issuing a state ment. Two weeks may seem a long time tb wait to comment on a news article, however, I believe there is no time limit in the fight against narrow-mindedness and dogmatism. Talmadge blasted the entertainment world for allowing white and negro performers to appear on television shows in acts together. He said that one show had the audacity to allow a colored man to "exchange badinage on an equal basis with a white actress." My ! The nerve of those culluh'd folk. One. of the shows coming under the governor's scrutiny is MC'd by Arthur Godfrey. Talmadge objected to the fact that the Mariners, a singing group, is composed of two white and two negro men. Now ordinarily I am not one to beat the drum for King Arthur, but now I salute him. His reply was that the Mariners had served together in Korea and that he feels sorry for Mr. Talmadge. I think that's about as appropriate a feeling anyone with a little grey matter in his skull could have for someone who is so misguided. Talmadge thinks the only thing a decent SOUTHERNER can do is either turn off his television set or become shocked. Well it looks as if they are going to keep on being shocked. Godfrey was not the only one to reply. The television net' work officials were unanimous with the statement they will continue to hire the best talent available, regardless of color. Thus, Herman had better dust off his radio and hope that Hollywood comes up with some good pictures so he has some way to spend his spare time. After all, you can't see those horrible colored people try to put themselves on an equal plane with the white man on radio. And of course in the movies they are always shown* as scared chauffeurs or ex tremely corpulent domestic servants. We have just begun a new year. The third in which American boys are fighting on~ foreign soil. I wonder if Mr. Talmadge ever bothers to think that everyone in Korea, shooting and being shot at, is not a white man. Of course, I suppose that's different. Everywhere in the United States there are drives on to get blood for the soldiers in Korea to save lives. I take it for granted the same is true in Georgia. In his frame of mind (and isn't it too bad that we can't frame it) Talmadge would probably stop this practice if he thought that SOUTHERN blood was being used to save negroes. The old, worn out saying goes "It takes all kinds to make a world." Let's hope there aren't enough of his kind to re make this one. LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Ed. note: The Gamecock's cmeiinfo h o etdo policy is against unsigned letters wohsjs oei ign n to the editor. Few and rare ex- tligfl oue h o' h ceptions have been made. This is vcletuissji h hrs one of those exceptions, for thisMabitsecuehycn'sig letter is not the first of Its kindThobevtnscaesaohi about the noise in Preston. In the rdocmso t1:8 future, writers who wish to remain Tesrneasneo ie anonymous should Include theircrcestngtiovwhln. names and a request to have them Myeti sacutdfrb withheld.) tefc htabce fbu an Hell-Hole (Not Swamp) wspue l vroeedo h Jan. 12, 1952 hl ale hsatron rmy Dear Editor,bei'jutooary I call the building in which I live Hoetywhis'smtin "Hell-Hole" because that's exactlydoeauthinis?Afwp what It is. But I understand that pecm oti colt e the occupants of this building aresoe"oklang.Adoe making extreme efforts to Increasecadovrliteelsuyinuh its elevation. In other words, they sronig.Telbaycoe are raising Hell. js hnyural tr osuy One letter has already been adIudrtn htteehv written to the Gamecock concern-evnbnfiwokthr.AdI ing the excessive noise in Preston,pesnly wodlieaite but I would like to write another, e. I believe the first was too much Ieretyapa o td of a literary masterpiece to pene-pridanhuofslceanie trate the minds (?) of these crev rsmtig...ayhn chronic noisemakers. Or recogni- t eptestain tion may have served as inspira- Ishlomtysinurbe tion to strive for further goals. cueIdht owk psm Nevertheless, I write,.akngtt idfrcakr e At this very moment It is 12:44 tenm os(ihe) rsm a. m. I shall describe to you thegilngIotsadgovrm events of the next few minutes as wt ukto lepit o they actually happen. Two radiosthsrao,hipoblywnte are fully audible . . . both tuned to pitd u thsdn ego different stations. From down the t e hnsofm hs.Ihv hall comes the sound of a boyseiudob,anwythths singing in no sweet voice. A doorscahigwlbrnayreut slams. Two cans roil down the hallwhtovrbuIdoopte one after the other. Oh how won-Gaeokwlgiemaittehp derul Stn entnlButhehascomyetit fr seebnxt doo MORDECAI PERSKY EDITOR'S BON VOYAGE This week the old Gamecock staff stands a supervisory watch while the new staff tries its hand at issuing a college newspaper. The retiring editor, who is trying to sneak out before somebody gives him something else to do, is wonder. ing what his last words of the semester will be. It isn't the first time we have wonlered what to say, al though few realize it who have noticed that the upper left hand corner of this page has been filled for fourteen issues hand-running. We and, we suspect, the rest of your Gamecock's column. ists don't always have something to say. What we do have is a place for saying and a desire to fill that place with some thing that will have a useful meaning there. Most of this filling is experimentation, and, like most ex perimentation, it doesn't always work as desired. When it does, the author is at least mildly happy. When it doesn't, he may border on the manic-depressive. We were lucky enough to have the assistance of as will ing and able a group as any experimenter should have the right to expect. For the most part, our readers have been indulgent and our critics gentle. The new editor of the Gamecock has just completed her fifth semester's work as chief executive of the outer office -managing editor. She may need some encouragement as she drops a heavy physical task and exchanges it for a heavy A mental one. The best encouragement possible would be an advance knowledge of reader interest-a belief that some body cares whether or not your projects will succeed, and not just whether or not your writing will entertain the masses. Be comforted, madam, the students and faculty of the University of South Carolina meet these qualifications. They will tell you what they think in certain terms; they will talk to you and make suggestions; they'll give it to you straight. And whether or not they jive with your ideas, you will be grateful for their interest and for their realization that what you are doing has very little chaIce l leading to any kind of glory except the "Garnet and Black" variety. If you crow for Carolina, you have at least 2600 allies, and most of them are reading what you have to say - hoping it is the right thing said in the right way. -To you -who have taught ue the above lesson, we shove aside our little mountain of newspapers and say, thank -you, Thanks for our biggest experience (and experiments) with people. More often than not, we enjoyed it. RUDY THIGPEN STUDENT-FACULTY RELAT ONS LOOK UP Favorable student-faculty relations are one of the greatest assets a college can have. When the'students and faculty members know and understand each other, they can work together in closer harmony. Carolina is extremely fortunate in having such excellent relations, but even greater advances are being made in that direction. These new steps are' taking place in the form of the Student-Faculty Relations Committee, a product of the YWCA Jr.-Sr. cabinet. This committee plans to institute a program designed to bring about a closer spirit of congenial ity and cooperation between the student body at large and members of the faculty. To achieve this goal the committee has six definite proj ects in mind. The first of these is a series of informal student-faculty teas. These are to be informal gatherings of students and faculty members in different departments for an occasional cup of coffee or tea. These gatherings will be held in Flinn Hall until a more suitable place can be found. To get things under way, the Freshman class is having a drop-in for the faculty in Flinn Hall this morning at ten. The second project is to encourage various professors to lead discussions in student professional fraternities. These discussions will be extremely informal; of the "bull sessionl" type. In these discussions various problems can be ironed out within the school while the students will come to know their professors better. The third project of the plan is to invite professors to student parties as guests and not chaperons. It is through these social contacts that the professors will come to know their students far better than could ever be done in the class rooms. The faculty coffee hour is another phase of the project. It will encourage faculty members to occasionally invite atf dents over to the Faculty Club for coffee and a chat. The fifth project Is designed to encourage as many fac ulty members as possible to attend the assembly programs and other campus activities with their students. The last step of the plan is to encourage members of the faculty to invite groups of students to their homes for even ing visits and informal chats. This policy was followed a few years ago but interest dropped over a period of time. It is one of the friendliest gestures a professor can make. This project for improving student-faculty relations is one of the best programs launched on the Carolina campus8 in a number of years. It is hoped that Carolina will come to be kmown as the friendliest campus in the South, and rela tions between students and faculty members will be asi formal as that between students themselves. But regardle6 of the outcome, the formation of this committee has shoWm that there are students and professors both that are vitull7 interested in the well being and future development of Caro lina and to them we wish all the succe.. In the world.