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%AA CROWING F UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associ Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliot1 Gonzales as the first editor, "The Gamecock" is published by and for the students of the Universit: The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers are not necessarily those of "The Game BILL NOVIT, RALPH GREGORY JOHN PARASHO, News Editor. .. . ... . Tommie Herbert Campus Editor Leo M. MacCourtney Sports Editor Paul Phillips Society Editor June Presnell Feature Editor Barbara Thompson COLU Helen Coggeshall, John Duffy, Terrel CART4 Bob Camer PHOTOC Gus Mant BUSINE W. L. Buffington, Dai REPORTOI Furney Hemingway, Bill Leggitt Valerie King, Billy W; We con Mr.H Seldom has a Gamecock editor received the pleasurable task of writing an editorial on a subject which he is certain would satisfy faculty, administration, trustees, alumni and students, alike. When welcoming Donald Stuart Russell back to the campus, this time in his official capacity as president of the University of South Carolina, we are certain that we have the support of each of the above-named groups because before Dr. Russell was named president, he received the highest recom mendations and unanimous approval of every group to which his name was presented. Upon our first entering the university as freshmen three years ago, Donald Russell was just another name to us. Suddenly, we began hearing rumors that this man would be our next president. We began to learn of his many accomplishments. We looked over his record and learned that twenty-seven years ago Donald Rusb ll grad uated from Carolina as the top man in his class. The "Garnet and Black" wrote a fitting memorial to his brilliant college career, saying in part, "The old USC has had her Thornwell, Davis, DeSaussure, and Spark Sman, but as yet, she has had but one 'Don' Russell . .. he stands as the morning star of the class of '25. . . . No one has gone out from the . . . dear old institution with a higher grade of proficiency. . . .A friend to More Dorn Our Gree The university is in the midst of welcom ing to the campus the largest freshman class this institution has seen since the influx of the veterans in 1947 and 1948. At the time this editorial was written, more than 900 new students had already matriculated, and others were still doing so. The total of new enrollees may even reach a thousand. Carolina has worked hard to build up this large enrollment, and its success can be at tributed to many factors. Possibly the great est boost to our registration figures is th( outstanding selling job several university of ficials did last year. Dr. Hennig Cohen, newt service director, had hundreds of news stories published which interested highn school students in Carolina, and his staff mailed out thousands of pieces of literature to potential freshmen. As any politician will tell you, however, nothing wins friends like personal contact does. This is where Registrar H. 0. Stro hecker came in. He - along with repre sentatives of the ROTC units, the student body and the faculty - personally spoke to high school students throughout the state during an extensive program of high school visitations. Along this "line, of course, our own student-run Vocational Guidance day did more than its share by bringing hundreds of high school students on to our campus where they could see the university in action. The passage of a bill granting free educa. -1 tL co, [R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA . lated Collegiate Press of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during ti college year except holidays and examinations. - cock." Publishing does not constitute an endors ment although the right to-edit is reserved. 'DITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Copy Editor ............ Ares L. Artem( Exchange Editor. ... Alan Bake Circulation Manager . Bob Piti Asst. Business Manager Bobby Smit MNISTS I Glenn, Mordecai Persky, Hunter Rentz )ONISTS n, Al Simson RAPHERS s, Gary Lee SS STAFF 1 Donovan, Wes Sanders UAL STAFF , Mary Ellen Butler, Bob Cameron, itson, Mary Bloodworth. ue Back ussel all . . . a non-discriminator in friendshij ... he now leaves us." But Donald Russell's ties with Carolin. were by no means broken by the receivinj of a degree. He enrolled in law school the fol lowing year and again won first honors ii his class. Through the years following his graduation from law school in 1928, Presi dent Russell has been in close contact witl the university. And now in 1952, a dream of a few year. ago becomes a reality - Donald Russell re turns to his Alma Mater. By returning, he ii making a great financial sacrifice, for in pri vate practice Donald Russell could mak< many times his present salary. But Donal Russell is a man of principle. He earnestl3 feels that he can serve his Alma Mater ant his state best by heading this university. Today, Donald Russell is no longer just name to us. He is a warm, human individua whom we personally know and respect. He i; a >resident whom we realize will do great almost impossible-things for the 'iniver sity. He is a man that a student can speal to and feel at ease while doing so. He is: brilliant man with ideas, which he will fol low to their completion. We could go on and on describing Dr. Rus sell's achievements and outstanding charac teristics, but we know that President Rus sell would just rather us say . . . Welcora back, Mr. Russell. intones - - - test Need tion to the Korean War veterans and the cor fidence which the parents of South Carolin have in President D)onald Russell were als factors to be considered. Of course, no one expected the university enrollment to increase so greatly, but no that these new students are here, where ai we going to put them? It is, indeed, unfortunate that the uni versity does not have adequate housing for these new students. A part of the fe. male overflow has been crowded into stor age rooms in the girls' dormitories and into a rented house on Pendleton street A bout thirty-five men have been placed in a temporary building referred to as the "barracks" - a word totally unfamiliai and possibly displeasing to the average civilian-minded Carolina student when re. ferring to the edifices here. It has been learned that the university ca easily obtain funds to build new men's ar women's dormitories in order to accomm< (late a larger studlent body which, we hop will grow greater in numbers in yearsi If the money is available - and we understand that the university has the permission to obtain the money by issuing bonds - now is the time to go ahead witl1 the construction. Will another group of new students have to herded into tern. porary residences next fall or will the.a have suitable accommodations available of which the university can be proud? ie 8 8 h How many times have I permitted in class! HUNTER RENTZ Will Pei ElectAPi This presidential year repre sents the opportunity that the Re publicans have waited for since ) they lost favor and support in the early 30's. Administrative scan dals, dubious foreign policies, and governmental doles are the key notes for change this election year. Certainly it cannot be denied that the bleakness and acuteness of the hour are being adventageously used by the seeking party. One cannot help but observe, however, that the G.O.P. candidate does not have the governmental experience and know-how that was manifested in their '48 nominee. As for personal appeal, it is ob vious that "Ike" is the personality of the hour. His administrative ac complishments at SHAPE and his genius of military situations in World War II make him popular with both the younger age group and the women. It is upon this t asset that Republican strategists I are capitalizing. Suppressing the facts that Eisenhower has had no - Another Opinion On The Honoi Editor's Note: The letter belou -f rom Dr. Francis .W. Bradley dean of the faculty, w'as writte, after our last issue had gone t< press last spring in answer to ai editorial written by .past-edito. Jackie Southerland. With your statement that we are brought up in the tradition thal carrying any report of another' dishonesty is to be eschewed, agree. We (10 think that way. Ordi narily we act that way. Carrying a report, however, sig nifies, in the underworld, carrying it to the police. In the family it i carrying the report to our parents .who exercise authority over us. a Now on our campus it is dil 0ferent. We (10 not carry a repor to some outside authority, such a: the faculty, the President, thi 's Board of Trustees. It is the stu dents who have set up the Hono: Board and the Honor Council These are your own machinery se up to transact your business fo you, and a most responsible busi ness it is, safeguarding the good name of you and your fellow stu dents, and also of your institutior Is there not a difference? You ask: How can we chang an entire cultural heritage in fou years of college? Of course we must be willing t do it. But with good will to d it, you don't even need four yeari We had b,eeni in college only on year in 1904, when one of my class mates observed another copying al answer out of a book. The observe d told the copier that he was violat )- ing the Honor Principle. Th 3, copier paid no attention to thi 0 admonition. The observer then re peated his words, and warned tba he would report the case to th class (there was no Honor Coun cil at that time) if he did no stop. The copier then turned ii anger- and told his accuser tha this was none of his business, an< advised him to hetake himself te -the lower regions. Now all of us sophonz~ores were brought up with the same cultura - J( {I St8 be ev tic pl col zei av pe NO _co:'a c - - ci ---. no civ qu - tic told you that no smoking is e ke, tec ag sonulity T , ~foi en residente WE governmental experience and has not been directly acquainted with current domestic issues, his advo- ha cates are playing more on personal- tic ity than on political policies. ye Thus far the Republican strategy has been to avoid meeting the is sues head on in an attempt to tel stand one way or another, rather ar to continue in the roll of crusader st1 in pledging a house cleaning in the te high places of government. Civil rights, the Taft-Hartley Act, farm assistance, the tide-land question, WE and foreign policy have been gen eralized upon with no specific com mittal being made. it seems that ~ this has been done not because ne "Ike" does not stand for certain - changes, but because he either is not fully familiar with the issues H or else is afraid his position may impede his widespread personal anneal. So in a final analysis will a gre garious American people willingly scrutinize and carefully rationalize the situation or will personality elect a president? be th r Principle, weconsidered that this persistent il cheater was something less than an r ornament to our class. He was not [ reported to the p)olice. He was not reported to the faculty, the Presi dent, or to the Board of Trustees. He was reported to his fellow stu dents. They sent him home. No one of us, so far as I was W' able to observe or experience, felt bf any prick of conscience over wvhat PB we had done.w Another illustration: One of my or college mates went (off to a medi cal college. He had been culturally conditioned here on the campus to observe the Honor Principle, in' four short years. On his first t - examination, after the professor g had handed ouit the qluestions and t withdrawn, he saw that the other Sstudents were making shift to get - out notes, books, etc., and to stand r this examination with everything -they had1( stored in their minds and to up their sleeves. Having been con- h Sditioned against this method of bc - standing an examination, and real izing that his classmates would far - outshine him with the'ir dishonest -me'asures, he rose and explained to them that he was not going to P e use any illicit methods on the exam- hi r inat ion, and he woulId ask then) to follow his examp)le. Other- A a wise he would replort the case5 to a the professor,.t .'The result was that the class ma e went through medical college on w, - the Honor Principle. All the way. wi i It did not occur to any (of the mem- mi r h)ers oIf the class to call my friend fr - a rat. They honored him. S Our freshmen come1) from schools th a where they often saw (cheating go- in - ing on, may have taken part in it. nU t We tell themi that here we 'onl- mi demn such practices, and expect ev - every man and woman to measure he t up toI the maturity of doing their wI ow'n work, and having enough self- mn t respect to he above dishonesty. I wi Ibelieve students will always feel a ar thrill at knowing that they are TI treated as adults. They always so have. You must have experienced I that thrill. That is a part of any go tolee or university tat ,.la:.- .. )HN DUFFY Is Culture osing Ground? "If a nation expects to remain ignorant and free, in a te of civilization, it expects what never was and never will Thomas Jefferson wrote those words in 1816. They have' n more meaning today. Modern science, economics, poli s, and all branches of learning have become highly com x. Learning.has passed into the hands of experts, and the intry which does not number such experts among its citi ry will pass into servitude. As learning has moved further out of the reach of the erage person, it has become more important to the average son. Learning, once the pastime of scholars, has now be ne a necessary part of the life of everyone. When atomic ence was in the theory stage, it was the concern of scholars, w that it is in the weapons stage, it is the concern of every ilized man. Mere technology is not enough. Techniques are easily ac ired by many, but the mastering of techniques, the utiliza n of techniques for the benefit of the majority, is a dif ent consideration. That is the type of knowledge which eps men free. It is the knowledge which will keep our hnology from creating "1984" instead of "Utopia." We Westerners, with a few exceptions, have so far man ed to be the masters and not the slave of our technocracy. ere is behind us a Judaeo-Christian-Humanist tradition of my centuries which has caused us to Use our knowledge r the higher aim of keeping ourselves free. Until the pres. t century the march of technocracy and of freedom had ralleled each other. In this century, however, there has en in many parts of the world a parting of the ways. The uit of this parting has been totalitarianism, racism, and r. In America, however, we have been spared. The ways ye not parted. This has been largely due to our educa nal system, to the continuation of our tradition in the uni rsities and colleges of this nation. There are appearing in our schools, however, alarming idencies. More and more students are deserting the liberal s, the ,storehouses of our culture, for more "practical" idies. The universities are beginning to encourage this .dency. If this continues, if the liberal arts are neglected, nerica will become ignorant of its tradition. The last bul rk against totalitarianism will have disappeared. Today we might paraphrase Jefferson: If a nation ex ts to he ignorant of its tradition aind free, it expects what ver was and never will be. ELEN COGGESHALL West Point Bound! Going to West Point? This is the question everyone has en asking this week. And today, Friday, is the last day at this question can be evaded, for this is the last day to n up to go. How can you miss the big trip that has been arranged r you by your student council? There are very few other laces that you could get a trip to New York at such asonable rates and with as many of your classmates and riends. The advantages of the trip are many, for there Sno parking problem for cars after once getting to the ig city, there are adequate chaperones for the ladles, and comfortable ride and place to stay are already provided. For those of you who have already decided to go - a rd of encouragement. By this time next Friday you will enjoying your weekend in New York City and at West )int. However, New York is a big place and those of you ao have not been there may not realize that it is a dangerous Le in which to get lost. It is also a place where one has to be refuil where he goes, when, and with whom. You, the students who shall take advantage of this trip, vill be representing the University of South Carolina, and herein have a responsibility. Because certain people have one to much work to give you the opportunity of this ri, you owe it to them, your school, and yourselves to onduct yourselves as mature college students, but still ave a good time. Actually, this is entirely possible. There are many things see in New York which are within a short distance of the itel in which you will be staying. In the short time you will there, it will be impossible to see much more than these ings that are within easy reach. The night activities are o within a few blocks of the hotel. To you who are undecided, join the bandwagon for West )int toda&y; it's your last c)hance. To those who are going, ve a good time but remember, you are representing our' ma Mater, the University of South Carolina! he great. If the institution ismut'doha. going to try to make a man Or lotayn il il ota man nobler, stronger, as well as tetet hnyuhv ae ner, it is failing in a part of its yu lsmt n oemr o asion. I believe your facultythtcastehnaltepoe e.nd will agree to that. putoehr We shall always have with us BtI ae uhcuaet ( >se who are slow of understand- ta,adw ontalhv tt :. What to do with them? We ta ere ed in most cases only to ad- Fruaey ieynn n nish them. They want to be likefot-urhnedsofhewk erybiody else, but they don't knowinspotfthHnrPrnpl w. They have an overload ofhanoigtodwthrptn. rk, they are trying to do too I sdn na retto ls c,or they are simply lazy andwhranoesstdtexrs aste precious time in play, dates, fehe ob oetsuet.I lusement, until it is too late. i oewe n tdn el ecy are tempted to cheat, andantehomchordiifd metimes fall. What to do? anrepcblItitoetusd The Christian thing to do is tothnobespeedadhw to him or her and aay frankly, podw hudb htw r 'oh re ceatng, nd yu trtment suhen whoesome sied yorclsmaean on or 4o