Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It -Coi FOR SALI model yet finest qual well. Not left. Prest condition. Our most powerful weapo America in good running ci vote. Are we too busy to powerful weapon? Surely we should exercise o1 We should not, however, be pi versity regulations for missi is necessary for one to do so i Many states have absentee dents. South Carolina, unfo not. If a student from Cha ville or anywhere else in this vote, he must go home to thi menti which he is registered to v< WhyS Monday the YM-YWCA of begins its annual fund-raisir order to be able to carry on it the ensuing year. Every student will be askei nation. It is The Gamecocl show why you should suppor The "Y" is another home you are at school; you ca leisure time and enjoy your. they can't keep up the bui work without money. On Two Timely Topil Lettei Dear Editor: advanced apology, having in mind the possibility of a misinterpreta tion of all or part of this letter. I wish to express my realization of how easy it is to sit back and be an 'arm-chair" critic, so to speak. However, I do not believe that an individual's thoughts should be made known as often as possible so that these thoughts may possibly be developed by others, where the individual may fail. My thoughts are concerned with the school spirit here on the cam pus, or should I say, the lack of it. For the lna.L two weeks the school paper has presented the urgent necessity of or for a "boom" in the spirit of our student body. Several students have written very impressive articles on this subject. It is very difficult to criticize these writers when their good intentions are so evident. These writers are indeed a crdit to ou studlent body. However, in my most humble opinion, their applroatch is ineffee tive. Now here is my suggestion! I amt convinced that the Gamecock can be the kindling for a "fire of spirit." Let's have a column for the students, by the students, and of the students. Use a whole page, if necessary. Hear Andy Flunkinmnath's gripes, Susie Bleachinhair's praises, or Junior Tutemsix's suggestions. Let the students hear themselves. This C:ROWING FC UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associ Distribuntor of l'onndedti Janu,,ary 10, 1908. with, ei'lto,r, "The, G;amecock" is publis Uiniversity of South Carolinas wee yea&r except oni hiolidlays anld durn 'Te opinions expressed b,y colnum sarily those of "The Ganmecock." endorsemenot. Thme right to edit is r ED[ITOR MANAGING; EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY ED[ITOR FEATURE EDITOR COPY EDITOR EXCHANGE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASST. BUSINESS MANAGE STAFF RI I"urney IIemingway, Bill Leg Bass, Bob Cameron, Betty Je Bennie Turner, Sonny Gray, Don Vanlandingham, Mark Bi Covinmgton, .Jr., Delight Tiema Mishoe, .Jerry Rollins. COLUli Helen Coggeshall, John Duffy, Hunter Rentz. CA RTOONISTS Al Simson, BUSINES W. L. Buffington, Dan Donov CARTOONISTS.... PHOTOGRAPHERS. mld He OR TRADE: One Nation. I built. Only 176 years old. ( ity blood, sweat and tears. J rancy but sound design. Last nt owner too busy to keep in Apply: U. S. America. to help keep this means a )mdition is our two hundred use this most students woi ir right to vote. classes. malized by uni- When busii Qg classes if it ployees time n order to vote. will lead the ballots for stu- the next foui rtunately, does university sh rleston, Green- to all student state wishes to who live at : community in that it would >te. For many, classes in ord uppori the university Its religioi ig campaign in service activi s work through to operate. ' I to make a do- shouldn't yot 's intention to During n t the "Y." money, but for you while of you. It i n spend your each of you, ,elf there. But The "Y" d Iding or their nancial camp not give it t< 'S s To The could be something in between Jake (Ouch!) Penland's "Inci dentally and by the Way" and "Roving Reporter." Maybe this would not make the fire roar, but it could start a flame. I am mighty proud of Carolina, but I want 3800 others to share that proudness with me. I sincerely believe that a 'down to earth' column, appealing to every type and every group, would produce a spark of unity on the campus. I hope that you will be able to understand my point. Also, please do not throw my suggestion out before you have considered it from every ang!e, becau;. it is a broad presentation of an idea. Thanks for listening! Hoping for a future campus of overflowing spirit, I am, Sincerely, LEWIS C. THORNTON, J.T Box 3924 Dear Mr. Edlitor: A p)hilosophy called Commor Sense supports the theory that, ii a gold guinea is offered to a persor of just average intelligence, a greal number of such persons would ac ept the rare prize-maybe hesi tantly, doubtfully, wvondering.-bui I believe a majority wvould accept if only for its intrinsic value. Last Friday morning, we "Men and Women of Carolina" were offered a rare light on a subject vague to many; the v'alut able experiences of a man who ~CO CIft R A GREATER SOUJTI CAROLINA sted Collegiate Press Collegiate Digesit Rtobert Elliott Conzales ats the' first ned by andi for the students of tihe kly, on Friday, durinug tihe college' p e'xanuinatios. Ists and1( letter writers are not nteces Publishing dtoe"s not 'onlstitute an ~servedl. BILL, NOVIT RALPH GREGORY JOHN PARASHIO Tommie Herbert Leo M. MacCourtney Paul Phillips June Presnell Barbara Thompson Ares L~. Artemes Alan Baker 1B01 Pitta R Bobby Smith CPORTERS gitt, Mary EIIlen Butler, Jack an Nicholson, Ar'thur Coutras, Kenneth Flynn, Billy Watson, ty('k, Hannah Timmonts, Ja&mes rtn, Carolyn Komiiners, .Johann INISTS T'errell Glen n, Mordecai Persky, lob Cameron, Stanley Papa john S STAFF an, Wes Sanders, Betty Seay. Al Simsoni, Bob Cameron Gus Manosn, Gar m4 lost advanced 'onstructed of ust broken in of this model good running round-trip drive of more than miles. To take such a trip, many 1ld have to miss one or two less and industry give their em off to vote for the men who destinies of this nation during years, it seems unfair that the ould not give excused absences s who are registered voters and ;uch a distance from Columbia be necessary for them to miss er to vote on November 4.-B.N. - the'Y' Is, social, cultural and student ties all need money with which 'hese activities serve you; why i help support them? xt week, you will be asked for that is not all the "Y" wants ants active participation from eserves your support in its fi aign and in its activities. Why them?-B. N. Editor has been and seen; a clear, con cise (Sutline of Ame rica', (w-ign policy-the one mundane subject that will affect our future more than any other, and "the only real issue in our present political a camipaign," quoting the speaker. No other campus activity of ? fe Ied any competition ' (except a maybe t he canteen), our money paid lr. lirown's expenses, the most comfortable accommodations t on the campus were provided for h our sensitive sacroiliacs; and yet p Drayton Ifall was barely half-filled S -and many of those present were r members of the faculty or visitors e to the campus. t Mr. Itrown's words were a strong, clear, challenging; the f applause was fervent, enthusias- f tic, full of respect and gratitude. Yet, throughout the discourse, a vital question hovered over the t scene: "Is this group a repre- f senftative of the thinking minds I here at Carolina?" t Maybe' I 'm wrong in suggesting hat our "intelligent, informed, ~ well-read student hody'' needed the informiation offeredl. But I doubt it, seriously. Rtather, I feel that' there is need for an e'arnest prayer that someday when this wvorld situation erupts into a Third World War', at least a fair' majority of us, ''Men a nd WVomen of Carolina,"1 paus(e, iln leafing.. to sect ion "B" of the' morning pa per long enough tread the headline. Itegretfully, buit veriy sincerely, WVATlSON MIUPIIY Hox 2841 I (Editor's note: The Gamecock is in full agreement with both let ter' writers and would like toi he ar mort opinions on bo0th of< the subjects.)t MORDECAI PERSKY Count One of the best ways to get a I seriets of c'olumn is statedtt( is to wvork i in an antaly s is of the football team. I Thousand(s may dlisagree, andl hun-< dredis may compllain that the edi oiaIl page' is no place f'or' sports s -bout ever'yh)ody will admit that no c moreC vital topic is available. s With prlofounld regret, therefore, y his ('o1Lumin announces its total in- t abi lit y to ancalyze the foot ball team, s thus giving up about ninety per f t't'nt oIf its potential reading audi.. a 'iten. Bu t for' the 'emai ning ten li per cen t, if t hey will lean a little l ('loser, we have' a sacr'et : Nobody t else can analyze the football team, ti either, because of a very unique o t'omlication, which we( will dis- s close later. ( This complication has been bared s, to the world for season after a season, wvith no apparent recogni- s< ion on the p)art of the fains. This is how the complication shows it- ei self: (Jurl team goes into a game s< as a forty-point uniderao. the s S-ill I have a strange feeling so TERRELL GLENN Adlal For Th( For the first time this columni vill be faced with the opportuni >f choosing a candidate to recei is vote in a presidential electic The issues facing the world t lay and the answers and solutio )ffered by the candidates have d ermined which way that vote w )e cast. The vote will be cast fi overnor Adlai Stevenson, the ma iot for Adlai Stevenson as tl )emocratie candidate alone. Th hoice has been made from tl tandpoint of a liberal independen 'he term liberal independent i nee admits the fact that they re certain reactionary force perating within the GOP thf 'ould predetermine a vote in ti ther direction. However, tu tonths ago Dwight Eisenhowt tight have been able to overconi bose forces within the GOP an ave provided the solution to tf roblems facing the world toda; adly enough this is not the cas wight Eisenhower, the Republ sn candidate today, has hecoir he captive of those very force nd ideas that make it impossibl or him to be the choice for tr uture. Who Dislikes Ike? The Republicans' slogan f< heir candidate cannot b)e dispute, or truly, who does dislike Ike? I as provided great leadership ft he wvorld in directing the tremei OUS armada of D-Day. He serve he free world iln realizing the pla f NATO and in heading SHAPI t was this Eisenhower that v 'aited for to lead us again as ti 'resident of the United State 'his Eisenhower has never arrive< Ve are still wvaiting for himi ffer a concrete plan for us to fo aw. We are still Waiting for hii o rebuke the selfish intere: vithin his lparty and to speak or blove these men. His voice wvi Imost heard iln Abilene, hut tha as been muffled since the Co1 'cntion. Too many roadblocl ave been placed in the p)ath of tI isenihower for wvhom we wve: vaiting. The first of these wvi n the choice of Senator Dirks( f Illinois for a high p)ositioni he party. Tile second was in tI ing Chi ome crowd is so afraid of tl isitors that they huddle togethi or p)rotectioni - two hours late ur team emerges with a 80-poir in uning margin. Or again, til qlund will reign supreme favorit4 n1 the basis of several lmnpressh~ cores, national forecasters ai rooming them for a spot amon he nation's top ten; fantasti eores are expected as this buddini ('otball giant grooms itself to g gainst a team which has alread >st two games playing in Littli 'our competition. The result c his one is that the Little-Four tyri :-am scores three times from it wn forty, using tile quarterbac rieak exclusively on all thre rives. Students and alumni ar > humiliated that they wear blac nd work card tricks for four cor acutive home games. Other appropriate times for th >mplicationi to show itself is a tason openers and, of course 'ason closers. In the opener t rnebody is cheating on this test. A Choice Future st surrender to Senator Taft. How ty can Eisenhower purport to be in ve favor of continuing the present n. foreign policy of support for our o- Allies and surrender to Robert ris Taft ? At present Eisenhower's e- speeches begin to have the tone ill of Senator Taft's book, A Foreign >r Policy for Americans. n, "General of Generalities" ie This book is more a book about is what hp i against than 'hat he ie is for. It has been plain what Taft t. is against. We cannot follow a it foreign policy based on what we -e are against,. rather it must be a s positive course that is clear to the t free world. The third roadblock, e an insurmountable one, has been o Eisenhower's support of Joseph McCai ny and GeIai,or Jenner. The e Eisenhower of the past and Joseph q d McCarthy must make strange bed e fellows on the GOP Campaign . train. The truth is that it is not e. the Eisenhower of the past. This i- fact was borne out in his past visit e to Columbia. The crowd waited for r s the voice of leadership, instead we t e heard the man who has been dubbed a e the "General of Generalities." Can a we afford to wait longer? The I answer is no! r What Has Adllal Done? ' I, What has Adlai Stevenson done e to warrant the support of those I r who desire a world based on the I ~- individual worth of mankind? He l d has remained a candidate loyal to e n his ideals first and loyal to partyi D. second. Eisenhower has placed I 'c loyalty to party first. Stevenson - e has made a realistic approach to 4 s. the matter of Civil Rights rather - I. than muddle the issue in fear of ;o losing a section of the nation. He 1- is opposed to Taft-Hartley, a law rn that wvas born in prejudice, yet it he is in favor of a strict labor it management law devoid of loop is holes characteristic of Taft-Hart it ley. He supports the Supreme i- Court of the United States in their r s decision on the tidelands oil issue. c ie He has proven himself to be a can- a e didate for the presidency of the i is United States and not for the d n p)Iesidency of one state or section c n of the nation. eC Stevenson's approach to the a ickens te odds are riding with a devastating a ~r defeat - one that will cast itsi r,g shdwover the whole approach- t it ngseason. In the closers, bookies C say we will win by any score we t Le have in mind - thus embittering I< i; and mystifying those who have I e been sitting in while a mediocre e e record was being compiled. ti g Before the final revelation Is v e made, let us say that this is the i g team we love. The team that can e o make or break our spirit every y Saturday. The team for which we ci e- yell ourselves hoarse, brag, moan, t< ,f and alibi about. And above all, it ni e is the team that saved us - almost t< s magically -- from making a meal r k out of this newspaper about a year P e ago.a e It is inevitable, though, that we a k make public the long-sought clue - - that tells the whole story of our team's puzzling personality. Thish e is it: They are the South Carolina t Gamecocks! b ,, It's a wonder nobody thought of is e it before.n JOHN DUFFY Humor I Out OfFE General Eisenhower has criti- '] cized h i s opponent, Governor b Stevenson, for being too flippant 1 in these trying times. He believes c that this period of crisis requires d more than flippancy. I find my- i self in agreement with the General a on the fact that these are trying a times and I believe that the Ameri- 1I can people must view their prob lems realistically. However, the r greatest impediment to a realistic t view of our problems comes not a from Stevenson's humor, but from a t h e unrestrained emotionalism a which has been the trademark of t the Republican party for the past c four years. s Eisenhower and Nixon are safe i in attacking Stevenson for his t sense of humor, for that is one thing which they do not share with a the Democratic candidate. In fact, I it is this very lack of a sense of p humor which makes their emo- c tionalism so dangerous. They are i deadly serious and they take them- I selves and everything else deadly c serious. Woe unto him who would b caricature anything American. f The Republican party is playing t up two of the most irrational strains in the American character, c religion and patriotism. Neither t religion nor patriotism are evil in a themselves, but history has many f examples of the damage wrought v by unleashing these forces, unre- ( strained by reason and good humor. s HUNTER RENTZ AfDeudfl Honored I A man's ability of self expres- s ion is perhaps his most cherished cl irtue. Few people possess this I bility, yet all aspire to it. In ni olitical circles silver-tongued ora- y ory seems to be the order of the a ay. The times of Webster, Cal- d oun, and Bryan have long passed, ut the cry of the hour, even dur- f< ng this low ebb of statesmanlike b ualities, is a man who can rise s bove the crowd and utilize his s bility to speak in order to make sc sues known and purposes clear. e Young, gregarious, and herdlike a tmerica follows after new ideas % ot because it seriously considers ti heir importance but because it is fe n expedient manner of trans- ri ction. We let trivial thoughts g reoccupy our minds and fail often n realizing the POWER-POTEN- w ~IAL in a thought well said. tl In the current political cam- tI aign America's docile minds have ti allen victims to the platitudes, it romides, and cliches of the politi- ce ian. Little thought is given to the y ssues and less consideration to the di nerits of the candidates them- a suest Columnist: HAR No Short A reminder is in order to the n ffect that there is a duty every fI tudent owes to his school. That s Luty is the perpetuation of the niyriad phases of student extra- h urricular campus activities. A ir urvey of USC the past six years ti ndicates clearly a declizhe of stu- bi tent interest in this important hi ategory of education, and a sub- w equent lessening in the output k: nd quality of these student or- c< anizations, which are always a: niajor contributing factors to the it ulse of any great university. ni Unfortunately, we cannot say the di nergy has been re-channeled to ~reater concentration on studies- s< erhaps this would be somewhat of y< *n acceptable substitute. The point it s this: Grades are nio higher on al he student norm than usual. Our jr nly conclusion is that student in- tU erest, ambition, drive and intel- sc act are not what they used to be. ti hear the canteen was jammed w yen more than usual during the of me a noted radio commentator pi ras speaking at Drayton hall. Vhat can be the remedy for this sc pidemic of sleeping-sickness? o Here at Carolina we have every th sneivable channel for outside in- or erests. We run the gamut from iti wusic, drama, forensics, politics, m >Social activities, sports, service, de sligion, literary, radio, and the ac ep club on through many natural ari nd social science groups. All need a n active student membership not , pr roblems is pragmatic with the pal~ ope of finding a solution for the Bi enefit of all groups, not one. He|m realistic enough to realize the|A ecennity of the supp-r of his..t sNot lace 'he religious man or the patriot ecomes a fanatic when he is no nger able to recognize his short omings. What is true of the in ividual is true of the sum of ndividuals, the People. We have een an example of this unre. trained zeal, not too long ago, in razi Germany. This talk of forever ending cor uption, this throwing oneself pon the altar of public judgment fter proving oneself as spotless a the sacrificial lamb, this cru ade in an almost messianic spirit, his one hundred per cent Anieri. anism of Joe McCarthy are all igns that a torrent of irrational ty has unleashed itself ii the Jnited States. Stevenson stands as a bulwark gainst this anti-intellectualism. le has argued logically. le has resented a program to the Ameri an people, not a collection of latitudes culled from eighth-grade istory texts. Whether this man f logic, this symbol of reason will e able to survive the torrent of alse zeal and patriotism renains a be seen. In the meantime those of us who herish the idea of living in a na ion where opinion is tolerated, nd where it is no crime to think or oneself might continue to pray ith St. Teresa of Avila: "May od save me from these surly ints." Ut virtue !lves. The need of the country is ear: Serious rationalization by OU of the failures, accomplish ients, and policies of both parties. re need to make this initial jab ,id follow through with the knock >wn punch of self expression. On the campus of USC-in the >rensic and literary societies for ath men and women-remain the )ark and zeal of the self-expres on virtue. The societies do not )licit numbers alone, but seek to roll those who desire to keep ive the ideal of true democracy. e feel that once a person fails to ink for himself then he becomes cund earth where the seeds of actionaryism and radicalism arminate. I challenge you to stop drifting ith the masses and make your toughts andI desires known trough the medijum of organ iza ons that foster suc'h idleals. Your eas determine the future of mpus, state, and nation, only if ur ability to expr1ess thenm will ~termine the response' of your ad ienace. VEY GOLD)EN Cuts erely to survive, hot to grow. in uence andl function properlyv. A hool can only be the sum of its irts---and thle parts of ors are affering from dystrop)hy. It be >OVes 'eery one of us to be active , at the least, two out side at vities. The student himself is 'oadlenedl tr-emenidously the more mixes idleas and1( personal it ies ith his fellow co-seekers of iowvledge. i know many cannot >neceive of the average ciapusite Sa ge'nuine knowledge-seeker, and is for this very reason that we ust recognize and arrest this ingerous trend of apathy. There ar no21 short-cuts to thle hool spirit that so nmany art 'Iling aibou t; a recognition t hat is more than getting hoarse at hletic events and bigger than st a card system, is in ordetr. I ink you will always find that hool spirit is directly propor mfal to school love. This, coupledt ithi an understanding of the needs a university can form a healthy. ogressive student botdy. The only way towartd geninet hool spirit is through a thlor gh-going acquaintance with atlI e activities within a given schototl, the part of every student; andi Sdeath or life hinges on how ich time the individual decides to vote to them. Extr'a-curtricualar' tivities are par't andl partcel, lif. d substance of our' university rededication to its values anti inciples is long overdue. rty, hut he refuses to becomettt a uitus to his ideals. It is this in that is the hope for' tomtorrowi. lai Stevenson as the choice for future.