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Needed Fire PrE Defective wiring started what could have turned into a disaster in one of the older tenements on the campus last week. A fire started in one of the rooms, which destroyed a desk, damaged a chest and ruined over $300 dollars worth of a student's clothes. As it turned out everybody but the owner of the clothes was lucky. The first thing the two students did on discovering the fire was to rush for the nearest fire extinguisher which was the only one on the floor. Since it hadn't been checked since October 3, 1951, it was only reasonable that it was empty. The only way the fire could be extinguished was to get one of those from the first or third floor. This dormitory was pretty lucky since it has three fire extinguishers. The smaller tenements have only one in the entire build ing. Tenement I has only one which was empty at the time of this writing. Accord ing to the inhabitants of that building it has been enpty for more than a year. The length of time on the checks of these two fire extinguishers prompted an investi gation of the others. In the building that caught fire the dates were October 3, 1951, October :-'1, 1951, and November 1, 1951. The one on the floor on which the fire started was used during the last spring term when an automobile caught fire. It had not been filled since. There are only two in the whole building in which the Gamecock offices are located. Both were refilled in October. 1951. The Let's Hu; if rewer, The student body has been criticized fre quently for failing to support the assembly programs presented by the university. Per haps a great deal of the lack of interest stems from the quality of the speakers that have appeared on the program. When a top-flight speaker, such as Carl .andburg, was presented tiny Drayton Hall was insufficient to seat the crowd which gathered. This morning's program with himorist Ogden Nash should produce almost as much iterest. There will probably be an 1ther tuIrn-away crowd. What the assembly committee needs to do :e a few standout speakers with the mon''fley which they are allotted instead of a orv,t many less-known. less-interesting news Letters To In-"ar Eidit.r: Deat Editor: ('arolin n. eeds bener' 1bhti"g-~ It is with deel lThe scenn u&etweenr Cfurrell and appreciation that Ituilding < one of t he least wish to thankc tht iHded area*s (on camplJus. Ye't it izations for the si : s a ig*hby many co-eds tion and thel( gre .ing to t he Obrary . leidenlt after have out forth in nitent. ba, occurred! m this area. piete the Robert ( \n ffe,tive' systemi of campus Frt,w a uniivers-ity admini inlg u- to secure ti~3f(.l~ I' '.ct ie~td*ft O(y.porary buildings i~:ri .-i it audd a. the plan to build a n< r ar Jder dar (ik, -he could call and bathi house. the 'ampus pohee andI get. an Let us mention rtto the dorm. The loss of of the University) son1 la woth ot plants fromt Club, which is n1 turmali ga rdeni at the admIinti- professors' wives -'rat on building points up the supper in the N ne'ed tor bett lighting tand raise money for a -r amon olice. faculty families1 Ros Levy. There is the %& GAA co< CROWING FOR A GREATER I 'NIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL. Member of Associated Collegiate Prei Fo,unded January 80, 1906, with Robert Ellott G.na.les editor, " The Cameock" is published by ad for the ab I;niversity of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during year except on holidays and during examination, lbhe opimion. expressed by columnuts and letter erriters a earily those of "'lhe Gamecock.'' Publaking does. not endorqement. Ihbe right to edit ic reserved. EDITOR RALP1 MANAGING EDITOR TOMMIE BUSINESS MANA(;ER .IOHN~ NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR t"EATUJRE EDITOR C'OPY EDITOR IICULrATION MANAGER ASST. rUISINESS MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Hefty .Iean Nicholson, Jack BassR, Mark Bu3 Timnons, Delight Tiemann, Kenneth Flynn, A rthur ('ontras, JIame.' Covington, Jr., Sara .Jane COLUMNISTS JIohn Du.ffy, Hunter Rentz, Terrell G;lenn. Bitll No Persky. W.L.Bufi,~.n BUSINESS STAFF W. L.TBufingon Dan Donovan, Wes Sanders CA RTONISTS Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajo PHOTOGRAPHERS Gus Man Dotter wention latest refill we found was in Preston, January, 1952. That's a pretty disgusting record for fire prevention. It's not any worse, however,: than the method- for turning in an alarm. If # fire got out of control after the phones go off at night the nearest alarm for most students is on the outside of the marshal's office. By the time an alarm could be turned in and the firemen directed to the blaze half the campus would be in flames. . There's a conspicuous lack of fire escapes on the buildings too. On the older tenements there is only an iron ladder which is very often unsafe because some of the steps are loose. On T.enement 29, for example. two of the steps are loose and are dangerously close to pulling from the wall. What we need is a systematic check of the buildings. (1) To remove the hazards which might cause a fire. (2) To check the fire extinguishers and be sure that they are in working order. (3) To provide a better and quicker system of turning in an alarm. These dormitories are so outmoded that they constitute fire-traps. The university probably couldn't afford to insure the stu dents in them if it were inclined to do so. Because of this unfortunate situation we need better checks on the possibilities of fire breaking out and means of-stopping it. There's certainly no excuse for fire ex tinguishers remaining empty for more than a Year. R NG Fe Better, Speakers c(ommentators who tell us communism is a threat to democracy. That same amount of money allotted to men like Sandburg and Nash would fill Drayton Hall every time. When the assemblies were held in the flild house there was room for everybody. Once attendance fell off, because of the inferior speakers, the programs were moved to Dray ton Hall. Now when a good speaker is to appear the programs are still held in Drayton c Hall which is not large enough to seat the th crowd. Might we suggest that the better known speakers be presented in the field house so that everybody will hav,e a chance L to see and hear them. The Cecil Browns, et al, are always welcome to Drayton Hall since they can't fill it anyway.-RNG The Editor. mnakinog "Hell Week' a Hlpp gratitude and Week,"' which is being furnished up we the "Y," hy the, ph'dges of the campus st various organ- frater-nitie-s through the Inter- , dlendlid co-opera. fraternity Council. Their plan of t at effort., they spendling 'hree days at the "Y" aie helping to corn- Camp to construct a wall around . ;. Bell Camp. one side of the lake, will add much to thank the totetnehtonadapaac tration for help- t h osrainadapaac mne of the temn- of the camp. T with which we Off campus, friends of Mr. Bell thi w dining room, are providing funds to construct i a memorial entrance to t he c'amp. -f the contributions Then lastly, we want to thank .adies' Auxiliary t ade up of the ,all those other students and pro which held a' fessors who are doing all possible sval Armory to to help build this lasting memo projct o srverial. In time to come, People who e poeefectively.rv attend this camp will ask "how in reat proectvely. all this came to be," and it is this u ,ia )O*. ~ which will make the camp a menmn- a r-ial in your life also. We want o everyone to feel that our camp is o your camp and that you're entitled g. to use it at anytime. It is our - belief that you will continue to do e INA David V. Creel, 4 YMCA President. as tae fanta uents of the _______________________ Ithe con)ege ____________________ re not -eces ---.ttu -- (1*llegiate I GREGORY at HERBERT (iippgS$# PARASHO ___________ Bill Leggitt tres Artemes Myth?...( .Johnny Ray*'--d lary Murray The library at Brigham Y oung n Gus Manos I 'niversity, t tah, blushingly an-a err obnounced last week that one of its ag Robby Amith books, "The Myth of the Manu script Found," is missing. d ek, Hannah Democracy at Work . . . c onny Gray. As a result of at campo'ivwide 0 Qnn- vote, the Social Standar-ds comn- t rit. Murdecal mittee at. Duke Iliniversity, N. C., e has rutled that students going to n BettySeay.and from gym classes and field (I B,tty Smaon trips need no longer wear rain- <q. rs, Bill Ross coats over blue jeans. p The pictures above illustrate 1 ntrol in the dormitories. (.See e damage done to a chest, desk acause of defective wiring. The< OW ELL W. ROSS Scholar! Lower Last week an announcement was ade publie via Tlhe (amiecock at a schoilar'ship fundi oft $1 2,0001 r' semelsterl la. goinrg to ble st from t he profIits of the book - re't anid ('ante(en toi aid studentIs to need ti na ni aid and to r>se students of outstanding udeim ic achievement. This plan certainly' anf improvement over i previous use of the funds 'ing to the athletic department, mis change in administ rat ion of e profits fronm the camfipus bus esses is to be highly commender there nmust be a choice bet weer e' previous use of the realized (filts an d t he proiposed use Thins columinist , however, cannoi .n(etive of thIe idea of money paic by ' stdents fo n(1'lecessit ies rj meir college carteer being used ti dI other students. Lett me elab rate. There are many studenti ni the campus who need aidi il irthering their education and wh nd it very difficult to secur nough money to pay tuition fee nd to buy books and supplies. Obiviously the t'undl set up can ot help all students who hav mitedl finantc ialI resouirce's, therev r>re, there will bie some st udent rho are scraping the bone, figura vely speaking, that will bie con ributiing, t hrough their purtchais 1 booiks anid surpplii' fronm h niversityV commrisaries, to lh atpport of comnparable needny stur eats. This to me is like takini money from the Salvation Arm: nd giving it to the Red Cross,i c'omparrison cnn be made. Why shoumld an engineering slu entI for i nstanlce (whose boo1k mst conisidlerably rrmre than moos themr studients), contribute mior the 'scholarship lunid t han ai riuent ion stuident or bulsines major. The purpose oif thi' cnmpu latribution centers is to be o arvlce to all studentIs and not t rovide schrolarrships, regardlessi o x S S, he damage done by inefficient fire f ditorial at left). On the top left is A and wall by a fire that broke out I -xtiinguisher on the right was empty 1 5hips Vs. Prices the financial or academic status of the recipients. There is some logic in the profits from the coke machines, pinball machines, lunch counter, luggage and jewelry counter going to a scholarship fund since these items are not necessities and are not1 required in the obtaining of a college education. Let me repeat: If a enoice mustI be made between a scholarship fund and an athletic fund from thei Profits of the University stores,i then, this column is definitely in< favor of the scholarships. How-< ever, I think services performed by the University for the students should he co-operative and profit-1 less.1 TOMMIE HIERBERT Student BuildingS The Student Union Building should become a reality or a des pondent hope within the month. The Permanent Improvements Bill is before the House with a time - limit of twenty-five years instead of the from ten to fifteen years - stlgges4ted by the House. Rep a resentative Charlie Verner of -(Greenv'ille County, chairman of -the Ways and Means Committee, has said that the fact that the b ill will be passedi is practically ascerta ined. The Bill would allow - state schools to float bonds. S The flouse is also considering Governor Byrnes's Bill for an* f 800,000 allocation for buying mnore land for the University. Dre. Patterson said that accord ing to plans now formulated Mc t(utcheon will be razed for the a rising of the St udent Union iBuiling. The architectural plans a have not been drawn up yet. It is not dlefinite yet that the location f will be at McCutcheon. It would seem that the building would be r rather cramnprd for ane in this ;0 that the fire wasi allowed to spr another floor. Result; over $300 losi urned in the chest (bottom photo Tlovington) 3uest Columnist: CHA A Matter The University of South Caro-,. ina stands out from the other ichools in this state, in the amount >f freedom allowed its students. WVe are not told when to study, *hat time to go to bed, or when ,we can leave Columbia. More im >ortant than that we have been ielegated the responsibility of con rolling and safeguarding our1 monesty in our academic life. WI 1ave been given this opportunity >y the Board of Trustees because w'e were thought mature enough :o be worthy of such a responsibil ty. It is each and every student's >bligation to guard himself from rommitting any dishonest act. Besides the responsibility to )urselves wve should be willing to help a friend out if he is in Lrouble, or better yet before he Union sems Near place. Some of the studlents have suggested that the building be put on one of the fields across from Preston. One of their reasons was that Sims would be close enough so that more girls would patronize the new canteen. That the publications will be in the Student Union Building is fairly definite. This would at least put a stop to the continual trekking across the campus of the "Garnet and Black," the "Carolina Review," and the Gamec(ck .. .M xey, Publications Temporary Building, and now McCutcheon, just in re cent years. The Gamecock at least could do wit h some presentable quarters. If something happens to cause an at her postponement of the ma terialization of th(' new building, though, Dr. Pattersonj has promised to try for a paint job. We hope for a bulletin board also. We have quit hoping for the return of the swivel chairs that were confiscated! when we made our last change in end while one was brought from by a student whose clothes were .(Gamecock Photos~ by Jimmie RLIE FERGUSON of Honor gets in trouble. If someone is valking on thin ice unaware of he potential danger we should not ,vait until he falls through before Ase help him. in the same way if a person is committing an honor iolat ion a friendly warning might iave him from getting in trouble. Some of us, however, do not feel ~apable of discussing a matter so personal as a man's honor. Your alected Honor Board wishes to htelp you. In the small silver boxes located 'onveniently around the campus, nave heen placed Honor Warning ardt(s. If you see a person comn mnitting a dishonest act, and do not feel up to offering a friendly ~ warning, obtain one of these cards from the boxes and fill it out with the following information--the name of the person involved; the time and pla5ce of ths violation,~ and sign your name. The card should then be enclosed in the ad(dressedi envelope, also found in the b)ox, umnd dropped in campus ma il. In order to prevent malicious use of these cards, a member of the Honor Board will approach you for verification before it acts. Then, the violator will be approached by a member of the Board and given a warning. Please note that thNie cards will not be used to bring a man to trial before the Honor Council. Your name wvill not be used ini then warning, hut the cards will he ignloredi unless signedi. Tihe Honor Board wishes to go on record as wishinig to handle cases involving academic honor only. That is involving class work only. Each professor should be asked the amount of student co operation that he will allow on lab reports, parallel studies, and other home assignments. However the Board will handle any violation of t.he spirit of the hlonor principle if presented to it, and if it feels itself catpable of rendering a de (ci sion. Since honor at Carolina is each student's responsibility, he or she is most welcome and urged to submnit any questions, suggestions, or criticisms to the Hor. uoard.