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Don't Bi With the I The StudentFa'culty Relation committee will meet Wednesday to hear the recommen dations of a subcommittee on the absentee system. The plan that the subcommittee will submit includes several provisions that would create only confusion and hard work for the instructors and staff of the registrar's office. The most objectionable feature of the pro posed plan is a decision to count cuts on Saturday and before and after holidays as two cuts. What's the difference whether a student cuts a class on Thursday or Satur day? He misses one class period in either case. There is just as much reason in cutting a Saturday class as any weekday class. Many students, who live at great distances from Columbia, save their cuts for holidays so that they can take a slight extension on their vacations. It's practically insane to think that the student should be penalized when he has attended every class meeting during the regular term in order to save up cuts for a holiday. He doesn't get to go home more than twice a semester anyway. Besides the lack of time there's the problem of finance. Another part of the committee's suggested plan is to give unlimited cuts to all students Vocational C Needs One of the few times that campus organ izations put on a concerted drive is for Vocational Guidance day which is coming up next weekend. All the leadership groups, student council and various faculty groups co-operate in an effort to make the day a success. Rivalries between the groups are for gotten temporarily in order to get the job done efficiently and effectively. The joint effort for this day is valuable if for that reason only. But more than that Vocational Letters To Dear Editor: A greater nu in my mail box this week I would prefer t found a posteard from the Chester- university presi( field Tobacco Company. A reduc- speak on his r tion in price is indicated as an experiences th inducement to smoke these impressive and cigarettes. speaker. Govern I can't understand why my mail also be a very box should be cluttered with such informative spea advertisements. Is the University What these n of South Carolina officially recoin- would be appr meu-tding that students smoke thusiastically re C2hesterfields ? If not, why should it would certai such advertising stunts be foisted to hear them and upon the student body. state legislators Very truly yors events and other S. Merchant. to all. Cord Each of the postcards in ques- Mar: tion had a two-cent stamp on it -- so that it was officially first class Dear Editor: mail. For that reason it had to be At last the placed in the box. TIhe company American Demo< paid the regular postage fee for Congress is goir the right Mo send the cardls and subversive activi smece they were specifically ad- We have watched dressed to individuals they were scare" infect th delivered to that address.-E. until the most el citizens have beer Dar Editor: cases and now ou I am in complete agreement with ernent has deci, the sentiments on assembly pro- ; our Houses of VW grams exp)ressed in a recent issue iNo doubt they of The Gamecock. 'Our Blessed Lc CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO' Member of Associated Collegiate Pre Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert EllIott Conaa!< editor, "The G;amecock" is published by and for the a University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, durk ye-ar exacept on holidays and during examinations. The opin ion~s expressed by columnists and letter writers serily those of "The Gamecock."' Publishing does aot -edorsem-ent. The right tos edit is reserved. EDITOR RALP MANAGING EDITOR TOMMIJ BUSINESS MANAGER JOHJ NEWS FDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR COPY EDITOR CIRCULJATION MANAGER ASST. BTUS[NESS MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Betty Jean Nicholson, Jack Bass, Mark Bu Timmouns, Delight Tiemann, Kenneth Flynn, Arthur Contras, James Covington, Jr., Sara Jane Giles, Tr-es Lee, Mary Wideman. COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Hunter Rentz, Terrell Glenn, Bill No Persky. BUSINESS STAFF WL.Buffington, Dan Donovan, Wes Sanders CARTONISS Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajo PHOTOGRAPHERS .-...... .Gus Mar Drastic :ut System who are past their first year and can show a 3.0 average or better for the preceding semester. All students with less than a 3.0 average will be limited to only four unexcused cuts. The new system plans to give single day excuses for sickness to make up for the re duction in cuts. That would only cause those students who had unexcused cuts to go over and apply for a one-day sick excuse. It would only change the system of cutting, not abol ish it. The only system that would work effec tively is either unlimited cuts for all upper classmen or a retention of the present system of cuts. Four unexcused cuts without some recognition of one-day illness is impractical and unfair but excuses for one day absences would be abused to the point of getting them for any pretext. We heartily urge the Student-Faculty com mittee to discard this present plan and search for some more feasible system of changing the system. More practically a voluntary at tendance for all students above the freshman level.-RNG luidance Day Support Guidance day is a chance to introduce the school to the people of the state through their sons and daughters. The publicity is overwhelmingiy valuable to the university. The entire student body can help to make this day a success whether the individual students are members of the groups that are working on this day or not. By taking a little time to acquaint these high schoolers with the campus, showing them a friendly, adult attitude every student can impress the visitors. RNG The Editor mnber of students with Marxism, when he com ) hear our own manded the rich man to give his lent, Mr. Russell, goods to the poor. Or perhaps the iany and varied gospel of St. Mark was written an some un- by St. Marx under an alias. Con little known gress is forbidden to make laws or Byrnes would "with respect to religion." Let interesting and the present administration beware ker. that they do not carry their shamne enhvtosyless tyranny too far. They may eniae saen become more subversive than the ciedade-elements of the population which :eived- they seek to eliminate. nly be a privilege We all realize that there is other prominent definitely a Communist threat in] discuss current our educational and social Institu topcs f itersttions, but when the congress casts topcs f iterstreflections of an insulting nature upon the group of men who gave tially, us our new Bible, they are going k Buyck. too far, yet this is what a govern ment official has done. Is America headed for a purge? bright day for Tincerei ghorn. :racy has come. -_____ tg to investigate ties in churches. the current "Red (1II" .j t e United States -O O emental rights of Sviolated in many clippigyg r benevolent gov led to investigate orip eie ht ig Those Crazy Want Ads rdwll decthat From the Northwestern Daily: "Found--Baby Elephant in Deer ing Meadow. Upkeep expensive. eOwner please claim. Inquire Lunt Hut III-D. Ask for Rajah." And from the University Daily Kansan: "Wanted--Baby sitter LINA for two Siamese cats during a. Christmas vacation. Sitter gets ~adets ~the run of house and financial Ig th Ug remuneration." onre o ecs. Bon Mt .. . H GREGORY "The only trouble with getting ERRARBERT to class on time," comments the Bill Leggitt Cavelier Daily, University of Vir Ares ArteRee ginia, "is that there is seldom any MaryMZurray one there to appreciate it." Gus Manos Good Point... Be~o Pit The Daily Athenaeum, West Bobby Smith Virginia University, recently came yck, Hannah Iup with an appropriate typograph Sonny Gray, ical error. Quinn, Faris Commenting on academic witch hunts, the Athenaeum said, "There vit, Mordecal are undoubtedly communists in the American school and college sys tem . . . But let's not destroy B$7ett Say. public confidence in the institution os, Bill Rosns while getting red of them." IL WeO5s4RMgv HI-YO BILL NOVIT Stay On ti For One On a typical Saturday after noon the Carolina campus is at devoid of life as a haunted house A visitor to the campus woul( probably wonder whether we wer even in session. There are many reasons for thij mass exodus on the weekends. 1 is essential for some students wh( live in nearby communities to g< home and work on Saturday after noons. Many students go homq just to be with their family an< friends, which is sufficient rea son. Other students go off t retreats, conventions, etc. on week ends. The major reason given fo leaving the campus on the week end is that there is nothing to d< here. In time the Student Unior Building will alleviate this situa tion by providing USC'ers witl a 'place to have enjoyable timei on the weekend. Now that I have given the rea sons students give for leaving, I would like to answer a few. Al though I love my family and lik( my hometown friends as much at the next student does, I hav( found it possible to live the lasi four weeks without going home Furthermore, I have spent foui enjoyable weekends in the city od Columbia. Although the Universit3 doesn't offer adequate facilitie, for the weekend's entertainment Columbia does provide some facil ities. I do agree that a Student Unior Building would be a great factor .n keeping the students here on 3aturdays and Sundays. Natural y, this would improve school ipirit. Several members of the faculty ire advocating charging studenta irith two cuts instead of one for mexcused absences on Saturdays. r'hey point out that this will keep he students here on the week nds. The double cut charged LOWELL W. ROSS What's O'clock What of the problem of the ter >'clock hour? This problem hat Jeen discussed and argued since ii wias installed in the Fall term of L950. When the program was firs1 initiated it seemed like a vera workable solution to the problen of getting organizations togethe and for the assembly program with guest speakers and othe: programa~ of interest to studente At the time the plan was formu lated It was the hope of its organ izers that student body meeting would Improve school spirit an offer an educational program o general campus interest. The first assembly was hel September 20, 1950 with Dr. Di. rant as speaker and with a ast-unding audience of 2,501 Since the first assembly the nurn ber of students attending ha dropped to a large degree althoug noted speakers and programs dra, a good percentage of the studentV In general I think the assemibl programs have been a success an should definitely be continued, bi. is it necessary to use a regula class period for one or two at semblies a month. Soon after the program wa formulated the ROTC imits on th campus obtained permission to us the Monday and Wednesday fre periods for drill periods and thu remove the possibiles of mos organizations using the hour o Monday and Wednesday for meet lngn but the drill periods permitte, the Military organizations to as sembly the entire unit at two reg CIVIL re Campus Weekend would not be fair because students i who are absent on Saturday miss . the same instruction that they I would miss on any other day. The double cut would not serve its intended purpose because 90 per cent of the students who migrate to other towns do so after their last class on Saturday. Next weekend the University will play host to an estimated 600 high school studernts who will be I our guests for the Annual Voca . tional Guidance Day. It would i not give these high schoolers a very good impression of Carolina to see an empty, lifeless campus, Students who are interested in their Alma Mater should bear this in mind next weekend and stay here if possible. I an not ad vocating that we put on a show for the visitors and give them a false impression of Carolina, but I do believe that we should play the part of hosts and hostesses and show every consideration to our guests. These high school students are coming up here to see what col lege life is like. If there are none of us here to show them, they will miss out on Carolina's greatest features-its spirit, friendliness, and liveliness. The University is expending a sum of money to provide this program for the high school stu dents, and students and faculty have worked hard to plan the program and carry out the details. AKG, Alpha Phi Omega, ODK, Blue Key, KSK, the YM-YWCA and Student Council all have shared in the work-and it has been a lot of work. Now its up to the rest of the student body to pitch in by staying up here next weekend and doing their share to show these high school students that Carolina is a great school with a great stu dent body. the Ten Problem? ular drill periods instead of the previous schedule of holding three drill periods per week--Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1:00 and the drills at 10 permitted the Cadets to eat lunch and have a break before going to a 2 o'clock lab, or class. The present system, although it is quite advantageous to those students enrolled in ROTC, proves to be an idle period for about two. -thirds of the students and inter - feres with many schedules o. - classes. s What is a workable solution' One solution that has been pre. sented is a plan similar to the one employed during Religiou: Emphasis week. This plan cut ci each class 10 minutes short or the Assembly day. This, perhaps n would sotve the problem of the .assemblies but what of the ex .termination of the drill periods foi a the military units ? Undoubtedl: h a resort back to the use of the tec v o'clock hour for regular classe s. would interfere with the eatinj y, periods of many of the Cadets bu d the number would be small i t comparison to the number of stu r dents who now are inconviencer .. by the present system. It is the purpose of this colum, s to present both sides of the prob) a lem andl if possible to present e definite workable solution. Ir a order to accomplish this it i s necessary to gain opinions fron t the students, therefore this colums a would like for all students or fa - culty who are opposed to or favoi I the existing plan to write this - columnist in care of The Game. MORDECAI PERSKI couning The Gamecock is a crusading newspaper because newspapermen are habitual crusaders, and the Bird's columnists are no excep tions. They are always ready for a verbal scrap and are usually trying to start one in the interests of a "better Carolina." Nine times out of ten the collegiate crusaders can expect to be left brooding over the ineffec tiveness of their challenges. Some times Gamecockers are reduced to trying to divine what the univer Aity's next move will be-,so that they can have the dubious satis faction of anticipating it in print. Sometimes they may subdue them selves for a week or two and discuss the weather. But they will almost invariably choose a new topic every week. Week in and week out they will have a go at raging over some unpicked bone-working on the theory that all existing flaws should be brought into the open. In this manner (the theory runs), while they may sacrifice some of their ultimate effective ness, while there may not be as many concrete 'results" to gloat over-at least the newspapermen will be demonstrating a thorough knowledge of the school's prob lems, and maybe beginning a movement for correcting the prob lems. According to this theory, Gamecockers don't expect much immediate action, and are (sup posedly) not as disappointed when they don't get any. It was with great shock, there fore, that this newspaper stood JOHN DUFFY Actions Louder Th The Eisenhower administration has now been in power for a little less than two months. As was to be expected its acts have been greeted with a round of applause by the press. Some of its acts, however, have not received the attention they deserve. For instance, Mr. Dulles, in one of his first official statements, angered the French by attempting to coerce them publicly. Then the State Department insulted the British by failing to clear our new Ambassador before appointing him. Mr. Lodge went to the UN and tried to out-Vishinsky that Russian master of invective. Un fortunately the more experienced diplomat outmaneuvered our diplo matic neophyte. Of course, one cannot exp)ect these innocent crusaders to fare very well in the Machiavellian science of diplomacy. It would be unkind to attribute these faux pas5 to anything but inexpertness. I would not suggest that the Re publicans are returning to the old American tradition of "grandstand diplomacy." The "new" foreign policy seems to be very sane. It is premised on the same idea of collective se curity which underlay Truman's Campus0Op Campus Fi By JERRiY RtOLLINS Copy Editor Students may not have many impartial outlooks on the fra ternity house situation, but their opinions are certainly many and varied. Ed Rloyal, a fraternity man, wvould like to see individlual fra ternity houses b4ilt on leased university property somewhere near the school so that they would be part of the campus, allowing easy access to its facilities. Ed, a senior in law school, feels that the fraternities at present (10 not completely serve the purposes for which they were organized; namely living and working to Sgether as a social family. Ed states, "We. are not able to en t.ertain guests, such as parents andl dates. There is no incentive Ito keep our. place like a home or to make improvements where they would evidlently do no good." "Mo" Mcredie, a staunch fra aternity man, claims that private fraternity houses, not overcrowdled as they now are, and offtering meals where they enan all eat to agether, would build b)etter fellow ship among the fraternities. - Jeannette Dickson feels that the girls ought to have a say-so In this queationnaire. She deofinitely wou1l liken to -e a p.i--tl Ckiceni by Ad. watched a radio man work his way into its columns, wreck a little havoc with facts and his mother tongue, and get dynamic results. In one tremendous, cockeyed blow, the radio man destroyed the fruit of one of the Gamecock's few extended campaigns. And this despite the fact that all his argu ments were given' the cyclotron treatment by -the erstwhile editor. Gamcock staff salaries were abol-0 ished for the second time, but for the same reason: The campus radio station couldn't work out its own salary scheme, and so made it impossible for the Game cock to operate its successful plan. Bill Novit and others (none of whom had any chance of personal benefit), had gone to great lengths to prove that staff salaries were not only workable and desirable, but a common practice at other schools. Yet when o1,* position was advanced, the board of publications failed to see the difficulty of asking someone else to do work-without salary without offering one's own serv ices, or at least some token help. And they completely overlooked or forgot the Gamecock's most valid argument: Those who had done the work (and had not been and would not be rewarded for it) believe that those who would do the work should be rewarded. At any rate, this sudden turn of affairs has left the Gamecock crusader wandering dazed, penni less, and lost, through a maze of outmoded editorial theory. Speak an Words policy. Its major aim seems to be "containment." The same polic4 for which Acheson was condemned as everything from the product of questionable ancestry to a member of the Communist party. In fact it would seem that there is no difference in basic foreign policy between this administration and the preceding one. It is only that this administration has had more stirring press notices. Undoubtedly the official removal of the Formosan blockade (it was never an effective blockade), Mr. Dulles' 'get tough" speech (it was not followed by any "get tough" actions), and Mr. Lodge's UN Sp)eech (which contributed nothing, even to our oratory) have reflected various criticisms voiced by the p)eople against our foreign policy. Th6 question is, however, whether these statements and speeches rflect any basic change in policy. The answer in view of what has been done, not what has been said, seems to be that they do not. These statements seem to have gone no further than the pages of our newspapers. If any basic change has occurred it is only this: Trhe Republicans have better press agents than had the Demo crats. inon-Favors5 ~at Houses ownedl "Fraternity Row." The in-( famous waLgging tongues of Caro lina leadi Jeannette to desIre house mothers for the fraternities so that girls may visit without fear of idea gossip. Jeannette, realizing some finan eial difficulties, offers this help. "Have houses affording recrea tional. eating, anid meeting faci - ities, without the added experee of sleeping quarters, so that all fraternities cian afford these places; with them, expensive rentedi space would not be required for many social functions." Stan Hamilton, an independenth says, "A properly supervised "Frat Row" would c'reate com1petl tin for more p)ledges who could help out financially, beside neces sitating attractive houses to which families and friends may be' brought." Howeve'r, Stan hopes that financial b)ound(aries would be real izedl. Harry liolyn is one of the many boys who dislIkes seeing hundreds Of dlollars being paiid for rented chap)ter~ roonms when the money could be going into their own house. Harry also sees more room for independents, provided by the Frat houses now being used. I3olyn Is ging active ti week.,