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"The Tiger"-S. C.'s Bes Testing College Pupe After reading Jake Penland's comment that "The Tige student newspaper of Clemson college, had quoted him saying things which he had not said in his column in "I State" newspaper concerning the Villanova game, we decid to read a copy of our arch-rivals publication to see what it v all about. The first two bits of writing which hit our eyes made realize that maybe Jake is not always wrong. "The Tigt does seem to publish things which are not absolutely corre In the top, right-hand corner of "The Tiger" front pf appears the following phrase: "The South's Most Interest College Newspaper." The Gamecock, which the Associa Collegiate Press Critical service rates better than "' Tiger" does not even dare brag that much for we realiz and admit-that there are more interesting papers in South than ours. In the opposite corner at the top of page one, however, writer-farmers make a statement which they, themsely contradict on page two. "South Carolina's Oldest Coll Newspaper," they say; then on the back of the same p; they make this statement, "Founded by the class of 1917. For the benefit of the co-editors of "The Tiger"-,m incidentally are the same two men who ate a copy of ti newspaper a year ago as the consequence of a wager w The Gamecock editors-we would like to state that ' Gamecock was founded by Robert Elliot Gonzales on Janu; 30, 1908-almost a decade before the establishment of tiger "rag." W'hat's the matter boys, did eating newspr confuse you that much? It seems to us that "The Tiger's" sole claim to fame being the best tasting college newspaper in South Caroli which is attested to by the fact that more Clemson stude eat "The Tiger" than any other collegiate paper in Palmetto State.-B. N. HELEN COGGESHALL Helen. Pleads For Unlimited Cuts Is our cut system here at Caro- i students in orientation classes lina the best? elsewhere that these are only This problem has been facing be used for unavoidable abser the authorities of the school for that do not fall under the categ some time, especially since it has of excused, human nature sho been found that so many of the be taken into consideration in pl students do not understand or else ning a system for college stude do not pay any attention to the Would it not be better if n-uuoning behind the cuts that students were allowed unlimi have been allotted to them. cuts ? No mention need be m of absences at all. This syst At the present time the univer- nee(d not be called "unlimi sity allows a student six unexcused cuts," a phrase that disturbs m absences in each of his classes that parents. It would be assumed meets three times a week. In addi- the university would expect tion to this, he may be excused te univers audataep fromu lasses for university bus- clasdens te have adatae mf iness, death, marriage, and sick- tolatstey aead.hirm ness that is at least three days in Thi amdrethod would take length.responsibility away from the It is the opinion of this column versity and put it on the stud that it is the p)sychological effect himself. One criticism of our of the six (cuts that is causing the leges of today is that they do dlifficulty. The average student teach their graduates to ac gets the idlea that since these ab- responsibility. By the time a sences have been limited to a cer- son r'eaches college age and is taun number, it is perfectly all to conduct himself well enoug right with those concerned if he other p)hases of life to atten uses these six cuts at his con- university, he should be abt venience. This may be for pleasure, know what his limitations ar to study for another class, or just attending classes. to catch up on some needled rest. Our university is going tc But atnyone who has been at Caro- best in all other phases as uina for a while will realize that in years go on. We are all stri most courses, it is impossible to for a "better Carolina." Let's miss six classes and still do one's vestigate our system of cuts, best work. sider all possibilities, and n *Although it is explained to new it the best, too. f/h GA c*~oC4 CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Associated Collegiate Press Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Conzales as the first edlitor, "The G,amecock" is published by and for the students of the University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the college yc'ur except on holidays and during examinations. lihe op)inis expressed by columnists and letter writers are not neces urily those of "The Gamecock." Publishing does not constitute an endolrsemaent. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR BL OI MANAGING EDITORRAP GEOR BUSINESS MANAGER JH AAH NEWS EDITOR .Tmi ebr CAMPUS EDITOR LoM aCute SPORTS EDITOR Palhiip SOCIETY EDITORJuePenl FEATURE EDITOR BraaTopo COPY EDITOR Ae .Atne EXCHANGE EDITOR Aa ae CIRCULATION MANAGERBoPit STAFFPHEPORTERS Bonne Trne, Sony ray KenethFlyn, i Watbert Don anladinham,MarkBuyk, Hnna Tmmo M amtey Mishoc,PJerlyPRillins HunneePresnell ASST. BUSINESS GE BobyAFit FurneyBHemngwa, Biln Leggit, WeMadrsleBe, BtyJak CATOSSAlssno, Bob Camero,BtyJaNihlon, Atnle Poutrah, MihoOGerRA liS.. u ao,Gr e Lette WATER COOLER Dear Editor: I would like to give you mo r," facts and information concerniu as the picture and two line caption he the water cooler of Preston colleg led first floor east. I consider myst an authoritative news source as this particular subject for th reason. The door to room 116 just across the hall right in fro us of the water cooler and I've liv 3r" in 116 or 114 going on eig ct. semesters. The picture implies that ge once beautiful water cooler is ng total wreck, which is true. Th ted porcelain top was broken an dented badly enough for tha he particular part to be rendere - unserviceable to the rest of th the machine. However, I'd like t point out emphatically that th missing front showing the insid the mechanism of the cooler ha 'es been off for at least a year, may ' be longer. I have seen main ge tenance men working on th' ige machine leave the front, whici , should have been bolted back or leaning against the wall for sev rho eral weeks at a time. Finall; eir either the janitor got tired of I ith being in his way and put it ii Che the trash can or probably som Prestonian stumbled over it on night and put the crap in it the proper place. That's just ai ilt assumption. The machine never was servic is able for more than three consec na, tive days and that wasn't due vandals every time then but tl nts cooler was obviously worn o; the There's no telling how much lab was spent on its repairs but imagine that one or two new on could have been purchased wi the money spent on its spare par and labor. This year the cooler had n worked at all. When one wanti water he had to go down the lor corridor, up a flight of steps, ai down the second floor corridor get it. That's a lot of trouble. I' seen students come off the dri and field or from some athletic activil to go to the fountain to get wat< ces before going on to class and ory their disappointment find it o1 uld of order. That's when they'd sa an- "We ought to throw this thir nts. out on the street." the I assume the $193.35 is th< tP st of the new water cooler ade I'm sure money was saved bi em l going ahead and getting thia ted new one. It sure is a nice one Lost been here for almost two week hat and not a scratch on it yet. May the be that's because either the boy the don't know that there's a work ney able cooler there or they. jus desire to take care of it afte the experiencing that other terribl ani- thing. lent L.ast spring the cooler wvas col- ported out of order at the m~ not shal's office time after time. :ept was reported several times tl per- semester--I mykl1f reported able once hoping maybe this semest 1 in it wvould get results. We ~ d a results all right thanks to s0r to considerable vandal hut wvhat in stigma it heaped on thc tenar of Preston. Our reputation is: be too savory as it is but why be the one-sided ab)out it, Ed, in- CHUCK DAVIS con- Box 1166 lake*** TOO "CLEMSONY" 'Dear Editor: Don't know who makes arranj ments for the flowers for the Cai lina sponsors for the Clems game, but this is just a remin( that yellow flowers should strictly taboo, as they look "Clemsony" and on occasions hi brought bad luck. Big wh "Mums" always look goodi.-or roses, dahlias, etc. Just dlon't let a Clemson flor put one over on us! Yellow on that is! And may Big Thursday again Carolina's Day! MRS. S. S. SEIDEMAN, Class of '27 (Mrs. Seideman's suggestic has been turned over to the ai propriate Block "C" Club off cial. The Gamecock commeni both Mr. and Mrs. Seideman ft the interest which they have a ways shown in their Alma Mate and needless to say, we, to< hope that Big Thursday wi again be Carolina's Day!-TIl Editor) 10 A.M. HOUR Dear Editor: Congratulations on your editor on the AFROTC. It's about tii someone wrote an article ont AFROTC and the way they t to run things. Why in blazes < the faculty give the OTC ... i l V.snama Ut1 rs To Th( one hour period that could be to teach classes? The 10 a.m. free hour, whi< re on Monday, Wednesday, and g day, was for assembly progr of When past editors, Morc e, Persky and Jackie Souther f proposed to do away with the period and to have regular cl is during that hour, I thought it is an excellent idea. I still do. M istudents wouldn't have so r conflicts, when they went register if we could use the o'clock period. But the ROTC units said, " the ten o'clock hour to us so boys won't have to march du the dinner hour, and when assembly program is schedule< that period, why we'll cancel drill period. What could be ft e than that?" D e So the faculty was taken in, e the ten o'clock hour was tu over to the ROTC's. The R units have now abused 1 privileges and have shown e respect, not even for the Gove of our wonderful state. Let's use the ten o'clock pi . for classes, and if there is , assembly program, cut ten t utes off each class that one as was done during last Relig L Emphasis Week. As for the R e units, let them drill during 1 time. If the ten o'clock peric used for classes, cadet stud will have a better chance to their twelve o'clock period if not their two o'clock pe to Therefore only a few students be inconvenienced instead of it. the students who are not in r Naval or Air ROTC. I Yours truly. es ARES ARTEMES th ts (We have been informed t the ROTC did not request 10 a.m. hour on Monday : Wednesdays for drill, but w perfectly content with drill ig at 1 p.m.-The Editor) to re ANTI-ADLAI 11 Dear Editor: y There seems to be some d about just where Mr. Steve: to stands on Fair Employment P it tices legislation and other ' rights proposals. At one tim gsaid he preferred to leave F up to the"ta es, but he has parently changed his positic - little, for recently he has come in favor of a federal FEPC with strong enforcement poa This excerpt from the "Car 3 Chronicle" clears up any d - concerning his stand on t issues: - " . . . He (Stevenson) has courage to say the same thi r about civil rights in New Y e and in Richmond, Va. He's le a great civil rights Governor e- he will make a great civil ris 'President. It 's. ....tevenson quietly Is it an executive order ending sei gation in the national Gu er And he issued another execu ot order taking race out of ne Illinois employment forms. a it was during his administra ts that segregation was fin ni wiped out in the Illinois pua so schools..." Of course the above is fr< speech by Truman (who is noted for being too accurat stating facts) but it tells us about Stevenson's record on issues than we have heard tofore.. re- I have heard it said by '0- that FEPC is not an impo on issue in this campaign and ier be -- ite ed N~ ist be ( he 3 COME 04t Editor used tion, that "it's only a lot of talk to- get the Negro vote." While h is foreign policy should be the most Fri- important issue, both candidates sms. have nearly the same views on lecal world affairs. But let me ask you and, this: Do you consider unimportant free the threat to deny a man the right 8ses to choose whom he employs, whom was he promotes, whom he fires, to aybe whom he pays with his own money, iany who shall clerk in his store, who to is to help him on his own farm, ten who is to work in his factory, or who is to represent his insurance Give agency ? This threat strikes at our the very principle of freedom of ring choice. I think it is very im an portant. for We spend 50 to 60 billion dollars our .irer a year to keep our liberties safe from destruction by foreign pow ers; are we going to stand by and and let them be destroyed by our own rned "liberal" politicians and pressure .TC groups at home? heir Since I believe most South no Carolinians are against a law that rnor would call a man to trial before a federal judge (without jury) for riod the crime of choosing his own an employees, I don't think it neces min- sary to point out other outrages in day such legislation. , Instead, I submit this article to eh help clarify the position of Mr. d is Stevenson on this point. ents Although civil rights may not be have the most important issue in the free, election, think all this over before riod. you go too "madly for Adlai." will WILLIAM J. NICHOLSON. all * * * the IKE LIKERS Dear Sir: The Young Independents of the University of South Carolina or hat ganized themselves a few weeks the ago on the campus. Through no and fault of our own, the organization ere was accused of being primarily ing composed of "disgruntled Demo crats" and "hero worshippers." For the sake of clarification, I would like to say that these terms are both entirely false and a mis representation of the true facts. )ubt The Young Independents is not a ison front organization for any poitical rac- organization or party. civil We believe in a return to a he the democratic principles which EPC made this country. We see to ap- day a dangerous and an impend n a ing disaster which rides in the out form of the phantom of the So law cialistic Welfare State. We be rers. lieve that the principles of indivi iden dual freedom and free enterprise, oubt' which time cannot tarnish, must hese , be revived in the souls of the American people. the In our present day, we see these "igs principles being nonchalantly flush ork ed down the drain by too much een government too little interested and in being the instrument through his which the people speak. We must perpetuate the living ideas of ued Democracy. rre- This organization was not form ard. ed with the idea of being a tem porary one. We see the one-party the system in South Carolina and its duselessness. One party with the Linsame ideas and purposes does not, lyby anSi manner of means, stimulate blic aetive thinking among the people of this state. It does not make for m a the competitive existence of dif not flerent ideas. This is not a criticism e in of the ideas of the party in this more state, but merely an urgent plea ~hese for a two-party system which will nere- produce a variety of ideas in the minds of the people of this state. iome They deserve to participate in rtant their government, and to under eec- stand varying ideas. 2 od JOHN DUFFY Acadernii Must Nol Pity the poor educator! Not i Jay passes but that some wel meaning idiot attacks some educa ,or, school, or philosophy of educa .ion as Communistic, Socialistic, of in-American. Few people or insti utions connected with educatior have escaped these charges. A college economics professoi who ventures an opinion contrar3 to the gospel of the National Asso. :iation of Manufacturers is imme. liately classed as a "Red." A zistory professor who runs countei :o the super patriotic interpreta. .ion of history is a suspect. A science professor who entertain: loubts about religion is an enem3 )f society. The famous Tenne.sse< aw against the teaching of evolu ion was a small threat to educa ional freedom compared to the .resent attempt of certain ir responsible groups to limit aca iemic freedom by marshalling un informed public opinion. The people who have borne thi brunt of the attack have beet the Progressives. They have beet naligned as everything from benev >lent crackpots to malicious Com munists. Yet any impartial inquir3 would show that the Progressive: have contributed much to Ameri an education and have workec many far reaching reforms. Fo: every crackpot in the movemen there are hundreds of intelligent rtable, and respected individuals Miany who could not be classed a: Progressives will readily admi that the movement has been t beneficial one. GUEST COLUMNIS' I Choose On the editorial page of thi Gamecock last week, there appear ed two separate columns of poli tical import; in the one a hal spoken preference for Stevenson in the other a sentimental ani highly agitated appeal for suppor of General Ike. Now, of course, sentiment I necessary to human life. With out the sentiment of mother-love for example, our life could not g, on. However, I am of the opinioi that there is a time and a placi for everything, and that sentimen and maudlin appeal to flag wvavinj patriotism 'of a sort that say: absolutely nothing is more out o place in a political campaign thai a bank robbing uncle at a famil: reunion. NO FACTS I was sorry to note that in th. column favoring the General, a is the case in the prejudiced pres of todiay, the same general patteri of his speeches is followed, viz no facts. If I am to give mysel into the leadership of a man wh, may wvell control the question o life or death for me, I believe tha I at least have the right to knos wvhat that man stands behind, an for the life of me I fail to get an, idlea of Ike's views on practicall anything at all from the sort o tommyrot that lhe hands out in hi addresses, Of course wve can se that he loves America-but I be lieve we all (d0 that, even at th risk of being sacriligious t Stevenson. A CRY BABY The guest columnist stated tha she prefers Ike because he brok down and crIiedl in one or two o his speeches, and that no on could doubt the honesty of hi tears. Granted, HUT--I will b confoundIed if I want a leader wh sits down and cries in his bee .As Young Independents, we be hieve in a two-party system no because we are Republicans, Demo erats, Socialists, or even Prohibi tionists. A revived interest i government as being the child o the people born through their owi thoughts and actions is our basi belief. In another way--govern ment is "of the PEOPLE, by th PEOPLE, and for the PEOPLE." We are supporting Genera D)wight D). Eisenhower for the p)residlency, not because he is thi RIepublicaIn candidate, but becaus< we believe he is the epitome of al the feelings previously stated. This letter, I hope, will clarifl in the minds of many what wa firmly stand for. WE ARE INDE PENDENT! Sincerely, PA RIo GIr a D,Freedom : Be. Lost The charge of Communism when leveled against the Progress. Ives is absurd. The whole philo sophy of the Progressives is based upon the development of the indivi dual. This is the antithesis of Communism. Those who make the charge of Communism against the Progressives are guilty of sloppy thinking or worse. But the threat is not to one philosophy of education alone. The attackers presently single out one phase of the educational move ment, but there is no assurance that some other phase may not soon come under attack. If aca demic freedom is weakened in one field it is consequently weakened in all fields. Academic freedom is essential in a democracy. There must be divergence of opinion, and any check upon opinion must be weigh. ed carefully before it is enforced. Divergence of opinion can come about only when competent teach ers are allowed to teach what they believe. Enforced unanimity of opinion is not an American doctrine. It is more worthy of our Communist brethren. If academic freedom must be checked, that checking should be done by competent men, by trained educators, and not by overzealous members of the American Legion, the U.D.C. or other pressure groups. Professors, students, and interested persons should form a counterblock to the forces of anti. intellectualism loose in the United States today. We owe it to our selves; we owe it to the future of the free world. :BILL MARTIN Adlai when he thinks of the plight of his country. The idea is-get out - and DO something about it. C Stevenson has given some pretty definite ideas about what and in I what way he is going to do some t thing about the present situation, both domestic and , international. All Ike has said is that he's going to clean house. I'd like to ask the sort of vacuum cleaner he intends to use in this project. I have no i doubt that his intentions are of the highest order. However, there's an old proverb about the i things that are made of good in. tentions. r Above all, I would like to know which Republican party Ike stands 1 behind--that of Dewey, or that of Taft--and there is a big dif ference. I do not believe however that we will be able to discover this until the General has, God helping, been defeated. It would not pay to lose. the votes of one faction by declarin~g for the other. Ike has swvorn himself above party Spolitics, but, if this is so, why has She not given distinct views on con t troversial issues ? PROFANITY In the matter of the President's 'rash choice of words In times of stress . . . I remember hearing even preachers swearing on occa sions, and I hardly think that it - lowered their moral standards. A 3 man's lang0zage may be an indica ) tion of social indiscretion, but it is in no way an indicatlon that he 1s unfit either morally or mentally for any position that he may hold. I wvould imagine that even General Ike, horror of horrors, mutters a gentlemanly "damn" wvhen he stubs his toe.. Eisenhower has followed a trend in his campaign that seems to say that what we need is a military man and not a politician in the .White House. This, of course, t Implies that a military man is . better than a politician. Ike has proven this in at least onc respect. He has out-politicianed the poll r ticians. 'rhe Republican party throws up the General's military record as a -reference for the job he is applying for. They seem to think that a military man would make an CX Icellent Chief Executive-that he would straighten the mess easily as a veteran of WWII and the Korean conflict. Let mec say Idon't believe it. When the day comes that the military can do anything other than foul things up rather than clear them away. I'll turn in my grey flannel and join the army--and, brother, if you think that ain't convictionl, try it sometime.