Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Carolin4 Varied I High School students will invade this campus from all over the state tomorrow for Vocational Guidance Day. What have we got to offer them? At first glance there's very little. This institution is not noted for its physical beauty. To many that's an important deficit. One must admit that a number of imposing buildings would greatly improve this campus. However, there are a lot of intangibles hidden in the 150 year growth of this school that are negligible to a newcomer to the campus. Carolina offers an academic and extra-curricular program that should appeal to everyone, no matter what his interests. From anthropology to zoology and most sub jects in between, Carolina can offer at least some study. Included in between are law, pre medical work, journalism, etc. The extra-curricular field is just as broad. Virtually unlimited opportunities are offered in almost every conceivable phase of student interest. Publications, debating, public speaking are only an introduction. Every student has an opportunity to participate in intramural athletics, religious work through the various denominational groups or the YM-YWCA, or in campus politics by running for the various offices. There are organizations to reward the workers, too. Blue Key, Omicron Delta Collegate 'THE AMERICAN BOY' THE 'SCRIBBL -HE AIN'T ... AT UTAH ... (From the University of Oregon Students at U Daily Emerald): will be given a We saw a piece recently in a whether the Ch national magazine describing the "Scribble," the characteristics of "The American magazine, is fit Boy." According to the article, he whether the ban has even, white teeth, crisp hair, continued. wide spaced eyes, a lanky, muscu- The administr lar frame, strong, long-fingered magazine "contai hands, a healthy, well-scrubbed unsuitable mater look and a flair for wearing casual ago it clamped a clothes, zine, confiscated We are rather interested in the copies already di: story of "The American Boy" be- Now the Pub cause we've never seen one . . . will take a surve; We can't help wondering where the students feel al author found his perfect specimen. and whether it s "The American Boy" is a popular uted. Students wi myth . . . Illustrators and authors the contested iss combine all the admirable charac- out the questionn teristics found in American youth - to create a composite picture of an TH E 'TECHNOl American stereotype. It has re- AT MINNESOT, suIted in a cult of sameness. This month's ...We'd like to see( stories and nolog"-thie Univ pictures concerned with .Joe Blow, sota's engineerinj who doesn't want to he a big league bieen withheld fr baseball player but likes to play cause of the ma the bassoon. Maybe then all men to maintain hig} could feel that they had a boyhood ,,oi. which was somewhat nor'mal. hmr The things boils down to this: A A committee o: bunch of dog,ma-bound fellows are has ruled that ti trying to be something that isn't. b icltdp "The American Boy" doesn't exist. a "conspicuous il ______the committee's d WHAT? SO LATE? magazine's humo> cluded is a staten Closing hours for wvomen's houses Isaying he will at Kansas State College have been establishment of extended a half-hour to 10:30 p. m. cedure for pre-p on week nights. The ruling was of the humor coi made dlespite strong opposition While the rulin from frosh coeds. editors of "Tech The freshmen feared a time cx- acceptable to the te'nsion might hurt scholarship, re- who has appealed sult in less sleep. Upperclassmen special Universit had no such doubts--they voted for dean wants the extension, banned. CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Associated Collegiate Prei Founded January' 30, 1908, with Robert Efliott Consale, editor, "The Gamecock" Is published by and for the s* University of South Carolina weekly, en Fridays, durinj Sear exet on holidays and durn examinations. pnn expressed by columnists and letter writers a sarily thse of "The Gamcock." PubNihing does not endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR ... . . RALPI MANAGING EDITOR ...TOMMIE BUSINESS MANAGER JOH?N NEWS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR. COPY EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER] STAFF REPORTERS Betty Jean Nicholson, Jack Bass, Mark Buy T1immionh, Delight Tiemiann, Kenneth Flynn, Arthur Contras, James Covington, Jr., Sara Jane Giles, Tres Lee, Mary Wideman. COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Hunter Rentz, Terrell Glenn, Bill No' Persky, Lowell W. Ross. BUBINESS STAFF W L.Buffington, Dan Donovan, Wes Sanders CARTOONAPSTS.Bo Cameron, Stanley Papjo Offers Program Kappa, Kappa Sigma Kappa and Alpha Phi Omega are honor fraternities that select their members for previous or potential service to the university. Alpha Kappa Gamma is a similar organization for women students. For the social minded there is a choice of thirteen fraternities and seven sororities to help the individual adjust to his new environ ment. The pleasure of new acquaintances is enhanced by the dances and parties these organizations give. Outside the formal set-up there are campus dances, numerous varsity athletic events, football rallies, concerts and noted speakers which include some of the nation's most noted figures. One of the most important characteristics of the university to many students is the amount of freedom allowed the individual. By the time a young man or woman reaches college age, he or she should be able to take care of his own affairs. Working on that principle, the university has set up no watch dog principle. The individual person is re quired only to conduct himself in a gentle manly fashion. Of cotirse some restrictions are imposed on the women students but these are exceedingly liberal. For a person who wants to equip himself as an adult citizen for the purpose of getting along in our society there can hardly be a more suitable place than this.-RNG ippings E'SQUABBLE The "Minnesota Daily" considers the question to be one of freedom tah State College of the press vs. censorship. "The chance to decide principles of a free press," says ristmas issue of the "Daily", "cannot be based on campus literary exceptions. For exceptions are too for circulation or easy to find." on it should be' LEWISBURG, PA. (I.P.) ation claims the Approximately 539r/1 of the women ns unworthy and students who answered the sorority al." Two months poll conducted by the Dean of ban on the maga- Women's office indicated that most of the sororities at Bucknell University tributed. need to be improved while 8% lications Council stated that they do not need im r to find out how lrovtmient and 38% felt that Buck ut the magazine nell does not need sororities, ac hould be distrib- cording to Dean of Women Mary 11 read a copy of Jane Stevenson. ue before filling Dean Stevenson reported the re uire. suilts of the sorority poll conducted here in order to determine the gen OG' TIFF eral feeling on campus about ' ' sororities. She explained that the issue of "Tech.. questionnaire wvas sent to all the ersity of Minne- 676 women students. A total of magazine--has 441 blanks were returned, but the onm students be.. results of the poll are based on 435 gazine's "failure answers since six sheets wvere too er standards of incomplete to be counted. Of this group 442 or 65% were sorority .members and 234 or 35% were not student affairs members. The tabulation shows e magazine may that 66% of the sorority women vided it includes feel the sororities should be im isert" explaining proved while 10% of the sorority isapproval of the members feel no improvement is .Also to be ini- necessary. Approximately 24% of ent by the editor the sorority women think that so cooperate in the rorities are unnecessary. an effective pro- Almost 80% of the women who ublication review have been affiliated with sororities et"but are no longer affiliated felt g is acceptable to that sororities are unnecessary at nolog," it is not IBucknell. Of these women who dean of students, have never been affiliated with a the decision to a sorority, 58% feel there is no need rcommittee. The for sororities here while 35% feel February issue that sororities are needed, but _________should be improved, and 5% indi cated that the sororities at Buck nell need no change. From the comments on the blanks, Miss Stevenson drew th( general conclusion that the de. ferred rushing is an outstanding NA improvement, that there is an in terest in sophomore rushing and that many feel there should bE $ntse, Emore inter-sorority and all-women's the OSfeSe activity on campus. re not fleces constitute an' [ GREGORY HERBERT Bill Leggitt ' $tted e... Lres Artemee Gu ano erry Rollins Dear Editor: lobby Sih In regard to the proposed Smithchangen in the cut system, I have ek, Hannah a few remarks to make for the lonny Gray, poor man. Quinn, Faris The student who is forced to hold down a full or part-time job in pit, Mordecal order to raise money for his tuition or the necessities of life, quite often Betty Bea * finds himself short on sleep. Some s, Al18Imson of these students are having trou os. Bill Ross ble0 with -the present system which "This Mi LOWELL W. ROSS Carolim For Many If you approached most of the students on the Carolina Campus and simply asked them, "Why'do you go to Carolina?" no doubt you would get a variety of answers. Why does The University enjoy a larger student body than any other educational institution in the State? A look at the characteristics and traits of our school will reveal sonic of the reasons why students prefer Carolina. Columbia, being the capital of the State and the center of most activities of statewide interest, is the ideal city for a State Univer sity. In Columbia the students are close to the legislative bodies of the State and they can learn much about the government and affairs of their own State of which many will be citizens and leaders. In Columbia, too, students have access to many business and social con tacts so necessary to the life of a citizen, and great possibilities are realized in the obtaining of part time work. Carolina is a co-ed institution. By some this is regarded as a disad vantage but since one of the main functions of a university is to pre pare its students for an active par ticipation in a democratic society a matriculation of boys and girls during the pursuit of a higher education is a great asset to our school. The graduates of a co-ed school are better prepared to ac cept their responsibilities as home makers and as citizens of our na tion. The University, as well as the GUEST COLUMNIST: Drama To one who has always been in terested in a career in the theatre the lack of opportunities in the' South had always been quite dis couraging to me. Not until my- re cent trip to the Southeastern Theatre Conference Convent ion in Chapel Hill, North Carolina didI suddenly realize that not only is the South offering a live theatre but it is also giving birth to a dis tinctive and exclusive kind of drama. At the conventon attended by delegates from the drama de allows six cuts. To reduce the num b)er of unexcused cuts could only add to the dlifficulty of the present situation. Sure, the change would bring about better attendance from stu dents who have no compulsory ob ligations other than school. But that wvould be favoring the stu dents who are better off finan cially; and that ain't good. .It's nice to be able to attend class every time it meets. In almost all cases, the student who has one of the better attendance records also has the best grades. The effects of absences show up in tests. Isn't this enough punishment for missing class? Personally, I advocate a system of unlimited cuts, such as in prac tice in most of the universities in Europe. Shouldn't the student be given credit for the course if he knows the material? And, by the same token, should the student who doesn't know the material be given credit for the course, simply be cause he attended class? Of course, there is too much oip p)osition to such a Utopia, at pres ent. But if we can't make e. change for the better, why don't we just leave it like it is for a while. Sincerely, Roy Hammond Box 1801 7 ith 6?" Grows Reasons State, is in a period of great edu cational and economic advances. We are just beginning our growth and the beginning ,processes are always slow but in a short while USC will be growing at a tremen dous rate and setting a new record in all phases of educational and social progress. The people who will begin the process of further ing their education at the Univer sity in the following decade will have a part in the great develop ment of a school, now rich in tradi tion and at one time a pace setter, to a top position in America. Carolina offers a variety of courses of study for its citizens. To name a few of the schools which the University offers that are of great importance to the students, to our school, and to our state we can list the School of Law, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Journalism, the School of Business Administration, the School of Nursing, and the School of Educa tion. We could go on but this list gives the schools which are not found at other schools in the state or in which we excel in South Carolina. We have only scratched the sur face but from this we can see why Carolina plays such an important part in the educational system of South Carolina and why students who plan to pursue a college de gree should carefully consider the University of South Carolina be fore a final decision is made on the school from which the degrees will be issued. GATOR SMITH In Dixie partments of both Negro and white Southern universities auditions were held for six sunimer com panics: The Lost Colony, Horn in the West, Unto These Hills, Thundlerland, The Vagabond Play er8, and the BCrter Theatre. The author of Unto These Hills and Horn in the West, Kermit Hunter, spoke about the exclusive ness of the outdoor historical pageant. I then saw that here in the South a newv kind of drama is rising, a kind of drama that does not depend upon reflecting the raw, naturalistic conditions of life in the 20th century, a kind of drama that will bring to the South more and more opportunities for technicians and actors, a kind of dirama that will be .distinctly Southern. But here is the danger! Unless the universities of the South begin to offer training in the dramatic arts, the South will lose all these opportunities. The theatre is a crowded profession. Actors and technicians alike are crying for jobs just like the ones offered b)y these summer companies. Unless something is done and done quickly we will find ourselves in the un fortunate and distasteful position of supporting a theatre in the South that is not primarily ad ministered by Southerners. Trhe South has been called the "New Frontier." Money and indus try are coming, and fortunately or unfortunately, the arts follow money. Our people are at the threshold of appreciating and fos tering good theatre. The time is now. We must take advantage of our opportunities. Let us hope that our universities will realize this need and realize it quickly, and that the South may now begin to enjoy and cultivat, an art from which it has for too long been too uniustly deprived. BILL NOVIT Carofinf Never I The University of South Caro lina is an educational Institution with an illustrious history and tradition extending back a century and a half. During this time the University has produced some of the outstanding names in the an nals of South Carolina history. More important thap Carolina's past is its future. Carolina is at the dawn of a new era. Its future has never been brighter than it is today. In the half-year that Donald Russell has been president of Caro lina, this school has made new strides, shown new life, and gen erally given the impression that we will not be left behind when it comes to progress. Academically, Carolina is grow ing in prestige. Several more PhD's have recently been added in sev eral departments. The Biology and Chemistry departments have both been authorized to give doctorate degrees. The School of Education has begun a cooperative project with one of the leaders in the edu cation field, the University of Chicago. This joint undertaking will certainly raise our own Edu cation School. Physically, the campus has never looked better. Within the past few months the new Science Building, Engineering Laboratory and Ad ministration Building were all com pleted. The president recently moved into his new home on the campus, several temporary build ings were torn down, and a beauti fication project was begun which has made several sections on the campus look like garden spots. Athletically, only time will tell, but if this year's boxing team is any criteria, the future looks good in pugilistic competition. The TOMMIE HERBERT Do We An Hono The honor system has long been a controversial issue not only be. tween professor and student, but also between student and student. The honest student proves dishon est in not reporting misdemeanors. He excuses himself by saying that too many people use the system to carry out spite against an enemy, He must then be convinced that a trial is done in the utmost secrecy so as to p-&et innncent students, An offender or supposed offender is tested extensively on whatever grounds his honor has been ques tioned. He can prove his honesty (with nervousness and other ex tenuating circumstances taken i ntc consideration). If the new students cannot bring a healthier idealism into college life, the honor system will be killed. Even in orientation classes some students cheat. It is fairly, obvious when niany students havE the same wrong answer that some one has been dishonest. The stu dents need not think that theii professors are fooled. They were once in college, and have heard ol most of the tricks. One of the excuses given by vio lators is that the professors quib on a spibject before lecturing or it. This action was brought on th< students by themselves. They de pended solely on lectures for theii college education. Here they wvere cheating themselves out of the in formation in the texts and out o1 the. pr-ice (which simply over whelms us all) of the books. The professors complain aboul dishonesty because they like to pro tect those students who came t< Carolina for an education. ThE profs go to the trouble to make oul different quizzes for all the groups ,so that discussing a quiz will noi be an infraction of the honor prin ciple. They show their faith in thc principle by leaving quizzes. It most advanced classes in majoi subjects there is no cheating. Thi required courses tell an entirel3 different story. Apparently stu dents feel no compunction aboul accepting aid on these courses be. cause they were forced to take thE subjects. When one feels that hE is required to take a lot of coursel that mean absolutely nothing tt him now and will never mneani any thing to him, he obviously does nol look on hi. fraudulence an dishon orable. For example, one require spnent that is given is foreign lan guage up to the sixth semester level. Those students who have no foreign language in high school find it almost impossible to keep up at the rate of those students who have had languages and by whom the professor usually sets the pace. Then rater than,.., e th i Future Irighter Gamecock basketball team was oomposed almost entirely of fresh men and sophomores, so with ar other year of experiencl thei should produce a winning ball club next season. In spring practice the football team has looked good con., sidering that most of the men have not had experience in playing both offensive and defensive ball. Spirit-wise, both faculty and stu dent body have a feeling of en thusiasm and a high morale which has reached a new peak. Witi a president interested in strengthen ing the faculty, the professors many of whom remember Mr. Rus sell from the days when he was a student leader-have the utmost confidence in our president. The student body realizes thl, Mr. Russell is interested in us individuals and as a group. His in terest has been evidenced by the amount of time he has spent listen ing to student problems, by his willingness to discuss student af fairs with campus groups, and by his invitation extended to student organizations to visit him in his home. His living on the campus, in itself, is bolstering student morale greatly. With an adminis tration leader that the students have faith in, naturally students are looking for a brighter future. With a building program which will provide for needs such as an auditorium, a student union build ing and a new School of Business Administration, with a strength ened faculty, students and admin istration all working arduously for a greater Carolina, how can the future look anything but bright? Deserve r System? credits, they stoop to cheating. Furthermore, they feel justified. A person who feels justified in his bad action is practically impossible to convince of his wrong-doing. Usually he is one of those persons who would not have cheated had he felt that he had a chance other wise. Another reason given is that of the general belief that athletes in all large schools receive copies of the quizzes. The fact that the ath letes are required to maintain a certain average to retain their eligibility in sports encourages them to use "ponies." The other students with no proof that an ath lete member of the class is using a "skinny" will excuse their own dishonesty anyway. Two wrongs cannot make a right. Students shoula realize that when one cheats, he cheats not only his classmates, but cheats himself. One of the foremost reasons for seeking a higher education is for prep)aration for making a living. If one cheats his way through school, the professor does not know that the student has not received the necessary knowledge for his career. This way the student wip' be no better able to cope with the business world than before he be gan college work. This results in a waste of time and money. The per son receives a warped outlook ol~ life because he imagines that he can cheat the rest of the way through life. By the time he real izes his error, he may have ruined his opportunities for success. He may have caused a loss of faith in him that will follow him the rest of his life. The average person is not a cheat. The sooner the frauds are weeded oute-the better. In. eny freshman year before an En4lish examination, a student asked me if I were a member of the honor board. He cheated, and I saw him. I did not report him, but I did not forget the incident. I felt then and I feel now that I itelped to kill the honor principle. A:iyone who leaves reporting to others passes his part of the responsibility to other peo ple. He is helping someone t'o de velop a habit that could easily ruin his life. I wrote a portion of this column during a lapse in my senior com prehensive examinations. I was not qluestioned. The fact that I was not cheating was taken for granted be cause during registration I signed a statement to support the honor principle. I gave my word-it must have been good enough to satisfy those giving the quizzes. This is one examok1 of an experience each of us has had 1. Let' .....rv it