The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 07, 1952, Page Page Two, Image 2
A Blood'
With little effort on your part compared
to the great sacrifices they are making over
there, you will receive an opportunity to help
the fighting men in Korea when the Red
Cross bloodmobile returns to the Carolina
campus on November 17 and 18.
While Americans-including an out
standing alumnus of this university-were
dying on the battlefields of Korea last
year, you, here on the campus, were con
tributing meagerly to the blood drive in
comparison to the student bodies of most
colleges and universities.
The Air Force and Naval ROTC units re
sponded in large numbers to the plea for
blood last year. The remainder of the student
body responded very apathetically although
drives were sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega
service fraternity, Student council, and a
student faculty committee headed by the
popular Prof. Kit Fitzsimons of the account
ing department.
This year-although it shouldn't be
Why Not
Our Par
Most universities have two weekends
which are the highlights of the year-one
honoring the institution's alumni and the
other honoring the students' parents.
Of these two, Carolina observes only the
former, and that in a very half-hearted man
ner, as one of The Gamecock's columnists
comments on this same page. Perhaps we
should make Homecoming weekend a success
before suggesting another, but we cannot
help feeling that our mothers and fathers are
left out because Carolina has nothing which
resembles a Parents weekend.
Last May we suggested in an editorial
column that University day be combined
with a Parents day or that a Parents week
end be held. We presented advantages and
disadvantages of both ideas and suggested
that a committee be set up immediately to
Southern Gentlemen
Letters To
Dear Editor: citizens, and I
As an alumnus of Carolina 1 gientleman of s
was interested in the enclosed arc not leag
quotation which I discovered in teachers for the
an o1ld Harper's Magazine. I fraudulent exa
thought it might be of interest trickeries of ste
to you. lists of questior
The following appeared in Har- copies of lessons
pers Monthly Magazine, January, rooms, mutual
1869, page 198. It was written by chased composi
John William DeForest of Connec- of the Charlest
ticut, Captain in the Yankee army assured me tl
of occupation and an administrator detected such
of the Freedmen's Bureau in South years of tuitio
C'arolina (luring reconstruction, the University
"The honor of the Southern Carolina, told
student is not college honor as that he had kn(
it is understood at the North, and instance, and
perhaps in Europe; it comes much the two crimin
nearer to the honor of good leave by their
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CROWING FOR A GREATER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAR(
Member of Associated Collegiate P'
Founded January 30, 1908, with nobert Elliott Conz
editor, "The Gamecock" is published by and for the
University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, dui
ye'ar except on holidays and duifng exanminations.
The opinions expressed by colummnnsts and letter writer
sarily those of "The (;amecock." Pu,blishing dloes n
endesr'ement. The right to edit is reserved.
EDITOR
MANAGING EDITOR RAL)
BUSINESS MANAGER JO!
NEWS EDITOR '1
CAMPUS EDITOR Leo ~1
SPORTS EDITOR
SOCIETY EDITOR
FEATURE EDITOR .Bar
COPY EDITOR . A
EXCHANGE EDITOR
CIRCULATION MANAGER
ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER
STAFF REPORTERS
Furney Hemingway, Bill Leggitt, Mary Elle
,Bass, Bob Cameron, Betty Jean Nicholson, A
Bennie Turner, Sonny Gray, Kenneth Flynn,
Don Vanlandingham, Mark Buyck, Hannah T
Covington, Jr., Delight Tiemann, Carolyn Kot
Mishoe, Jerry Rolling.
COLUMNISTS
Gloria Roddey, John Duffy, Terrell Glenn, M<
Hunter Rentz.
BUSINESS STAFF
W. L. Buffington, Dan Donovan, Wes Sander,
CA RTOONISTS .. Al Slmson, Bob Cameron, Sti
PHOTOGR APH ERS .....Gus Mi
y Battle!
necessary-two free passes to the State
theater will be given as an incentive for
students to do what they should do out of
sheer patriotism. This incentive, along
with the fact that Carolina's Student
council has challenged Clemson's student
body to a "battle of blood" should certainly
make every able student turn out to give
blood on November 17 or 18.
The need is there! Ask any of the more
than a hundred Korean vets on the campus
what blood means to the guys over there.
They will tell you that the men in Korea
need the blood ; you don't ! The one pint of
blood won't do you a bit of good in your
veins, but in Korea it might easily save a life.
- The actual blood-giving process is one
which will not bother you at all. You don't
even have to leave the campus.
Men and Women of Carolina, let's all turn
out and give Clemson as sound a defeat in
the "battle of blood" as the varsity gave
them in the Big Thursday gridiron battle.
B. N.
Honor
ents?
look into the possibilities so that another
year would not roll around without our
officially remembering our parents.
We expected results; We got none! We
thought that Student council or some other
responsible organization would investigate
the possibilities, at least. But to this date,
nothing has been done to our knowledge.
Paying the bills is about the closest con
tact that many of our parents have with the
university. If they do happen to drive up to
see us on a normal weekend, they see an
almost empty campus after they are greeted
by the heavy chains which still remain up
on Sundays and which prevent them from
driving onto the campus. Compare this to
Clemson, where an entire weekend of activi
ties are planned solely to entertain the
parents.-B.N.
The Editor
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t Body
Be Alert
students want. He must give voice
to their major aspirations.
But if you want conclusive evi
dence of the intellectual stagnation
of the students, sit in the canteen
and listen to the conversation
around you. Nine times out of
ten it concerns sex or sports. Now
I have nothing against sex or
sports, but it has always seemed
odd to me that the students should
be interested in them to the ex
clusion of everything else. We
gather our knowledge of sex and
sports in grammar school. They
should have become dry topics by
the time we reach college.
What is wrong with a student
being an intellectual and discuss
ing an intellectual topic? What
is wrong with a student exhibiting
to others the knowledge he has
gathered in class? Isn't that what
we came here for; to gather learn
ing for our use, to raise ourselves
above the dead level of mediocrity?
Perhaps the majority of students
cannot raise themselves to the
point of intellectuality. Perhaps
they will never be able to discuss
Plato, Aristotle, or anything else.
There is one thing they can do
for the good of the university:
They can act like college students,
even if they can't think like college
students.
Clppings
mered, "will that work ? I'm
registering for my husband."
R(OOM WITH VIEW .. .
Want ad in the "Michigan State
News": "Single room for male
student with parking space, on
east side of Lansing."
IAMBIC CANDIDATE . . .
To Vice-president elect Nixon
from the "Daily Californian,"
University of California: "Bare
foot boy with cheeks of tan, what
have you done with the 18 grand.
kens
isn't an ounce of originality in the
suggestion that follows. Since the
idea is being ignoredl so totally,
it should deserve at least this re
statement:
A government publication, to be
issued to every voter before major
elections, containing statements
from major candidates and parties
telling In a few wvords each prob
lem as they see it, what they have
done about it, and what they will
do about it. The facts in these
statements to be carefully checked
by both the parties and some im
partial group. Such a publication
would, it seems, make the elections
a battle of policy, the results of
which would indicate the will of
the majority much more clearly
than is now possible. And it would
provide a merciless check on un
kept promises.
Meanwhile, we are consoled that
neither candidate offers a very
radiical departure from the political
philosophies we have grown to
accept. As the Gamecock rolls
off the presses, we'll be celebrat
ing with the winner, anxiously
waiting for him to put our plan
into effect.
Aw! . . . What's the use. We
that means we miss seeing our f
JOHN DUFFY
Studen
Should
This university boasts of 3000
students. It possesses a faculty
without parallel in this state. Its
physical plant should be a matter
of pride to the people of South
Carolina. Its two well equipped
libraries are a boon to scholars.
Unfortunately, it takes more than
a large number of students, a
qualified faculty, new buildings,
and numerous books to bring into
being a good university. The
major requisite is an alert student
body.
Frankly we do not have such a
student body at this university.
If you need proof of this fact,
read this paper. The two male
literary societies rarely report an
attendance of twenty-five each. A
recent political poll reported in
this paper revealeed the startling
fact that only a little over one
hundred and fifty people partici
pated. Our editor evidently be
hieves that the way to make this
school another Harvard is to in
crease the student body until it
is equal to that of Harvard. His
major concern last week seems to
have been that the students were
held a minute or so after the ball
by the professors. This is meant
to be no criticism of the editor.
After all, he must write what the
Collegiate
PROXY NEEDLE...
Registration usually causes a
uo f confusion, and a coed at
North Texas State college almost
got the wvorst of it.
She wvas going through registra
tion lines when she was ushered
into a separate room. There a
nurse told her that since she had
no record of a previous vaccina
tion, she would have to take one
now.
"But," the young lady stain
ting Chi(
were at least eloquent. But it
wouldi have taken a discerning
language student to detect an)
dlifferences of opinion, except as
to which party was better qualifiec
to (10 the job.
In the hour of decision, that is
not enough. The voter does no'
have time to investigate every
boast and accusation even thougl
he may feel that many are eithei
untrue or unfair. The political
campaigns spend millions to coax
to weedle, to cajole--but they arn
robbed of their original purpose:
to inform.
A camp)aigning politician cannot
"inform," because it is impossible
for him to be impartial. He lacki
a common meeting ground, where
he andl his opponent can give con.
cise, unbiased information on bott
the policies, and voting record'
of himself AND his party. The
press fails in this because it ii
not supplied with, any concise,
authorized information. Party
propagandja pamphlets are, in the
vernacular, a total loss.
We have a bowing and scraping
acquaintance with the length of
political science parallel lists
thus' we are positive that thore
TERRELL GLENN
Home To What?
On November 15, the campus will participate in another
annual homecoming and once again it will pass up a golden
opportunity to increase alumni support and interest in the
school. In the six years that this columnist has been a
student at Carolina there have never been any outstanding
activities in conjunction with the day. A small amount of
investigation indicates that nothing will take place on this
Saturday to make it different from the rest.
Comparing this school to others has become an unpopular
method of criticism; however, in the present case it should
be well taken. For example, the recent Duke-Georgia Tech
game was homecoming for Duke and was covered by "Life"
magazine. It is admitted that the game itself prompted this
coverage, but if we were lucky enough to receive national
attention to our homecoming game, what activities would
be worthy of note? The University of North Carolina has a
very colorful parade preceding their game. All the sororities
and fraternities participate in the parade and receive beauti
ful trophies for the best floats. In this field the Pep Club
should promote more participation in displays since we do
not have a parade. They should create the incentive for any
organization, not solely sororities and fraternities, to build
large and outstanding displays. These groups should be given
ample advance information concerning the nature of the
displays desired and the exact time of the judging.
The foregoing should set the stage for homecoming. Dis
plays in themselves do not attract the alumni to the campus.
There should be some place for the alumni to go when they
reach the campus. This could easily be accomplished by al
lowing the fraternities, under proper chaperoning, to have
open house before and after the game. Certainly they would
be more than willing to cooperate in this for they would not
only be serving the school in building alumni support but
also themselves.
The matter of a large dance sponsored by the student
body as a whole has become such a controversial issue on this
campus that it is mentioned with some reservation. On the
other hand, a big dance following the game would certainly
be a drawing card for some of the younger alumni.
The good work that the Alumni Office is doing certainly
deserves recognition and praise; however, the question is
are they doing enough concerning homecoming? Perhaps
this office should assume leadership by being the coordina
ting body for all the activities of the day. Of course their
main job should be in getting the alumni here for the game,
but beyond that they should provide attraction to the campus
itself.
This article has not had as its purpose the singling out of
any organization or any one person for criticism. The fault
does not lie here. Perhaps the failure of homecoming is an
other reflection of the general apathy of the campus to
participate in a group effort. We must admit, however, that
alumni support is essential to the well being of the univer
sity; therefore, it seems a tragedy to miss this chance in
which to build it.
At the completion of this article, it was discovered that
KSK is leading a drive to build homecoming to be a big (lay.
It is hoped that they have not waited too late to accomplish
their desired end. The entire campus should readily fall in
behind KSK's leadership for a bigger and better homecoming.
GUEST COLIJMNIST: ARES ARTEMES
Should KSK
Be A bolished?
I don't believe KSK is needed te eal~e oji D{ n
on the campus and should there- Bu e vudb lcdo h
fore be abolished. OKpitrqieet hr
Now, wait, don't get me wrong. sadn~,amme fOKcn
I think KSK is one of the most
worthwvhile organizations on the ntji leKy n ytai
campus. Kappa Sigma Kappa has ilbebonnxtmthame
done a lot for Carolina.be*oBleKycntjinD.
We now have Blue Key and Thsviltn(1 vawthbh
Omicron Delta Kappa, two Bu e n D optn o
honorary leadership fraternities,thsmeosaniglde,ad
wvhich really serve the same pur- Crln vnthv omn
p)ose. According to their constitu-horayrtenis.Iflth
tions, they serve 'different pur-moehnryfatniesW
poses, but they almost always endhaetemoev'rdfain
up serving the same purpose,.h ups fhnrr rtri
which Is to recognize outstandingtis
leaders on the campus. Of course, A o h evcsKKi O
Blue Key publishes a directory 1efrig e D aes~
which is very helpful on the o h rjcsadBu e h
campus, gives some kind of ath- rs.Bt raiain ilte
lete award, and fosters better rela- b efrig mc rae
tions with Clemson. ODK sponsorssevcstathyrenw
Awards Day, presents a scholar- Al)itoineetautKKi
ship key, and also gives a scholar- ta elyKKcno ekof
ship to some needy person. Yet I sKpaSgaKpa hT
don't think these projects areisantolscalfteit
enough to keep thenm busy.knwasKpaigaap,ad
My opinion is let a student beiftaornzton alti
a member of both ODK and Blue(vicIdo'thnitoe)te
Key. If a student has shown sca rtriycudbigCr
service andi a desire to (10 hisliasKKtcortomk K
share to make Carolina a better cag t ae
place In which to live he wouldi I vr raizto st e~
then joined Blue Key insteadl ofa(eintpuosonhecipl
KSK as the situation is now. ThenthnKKsolbealsed0
if a student in Blue Key or any ara togln rw ewe
other student, as far as that goes,tepuossfOKan lu
has theenobntslforedDto jeishouKd Key