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More Caf eteric The majority of the answers received in the poll to find out the student's opinion of Steward's Hall under its present set-up showed an overwhelming objection to the system. Most of the complainers feel the prices are too high for the quality of food served. The answers unanimously state that the service now is worse than under the old system of university management. "The prices are excessive with no in crease in quality," is a typical comment voiced by the student. A committee has been appointed by the administration to investigate the services of Steward's Hall and to receive student gripes on the cafeteria problem. However, this com mittee has failed to perform its work so far, at least in a way that the students can find out about it. The gripes have continued, almost ceaselessly, since the service was changed. For that reason we have made this survey to offer a few suggestions to the com mittee and the administration. Other comments that were received in cluded: I "I like the cafeteria method of serving food but the food needs to be improved. At least the food could be fresh." "The food is not up to the price we have to pay." raculty C System I. It was with interest that we noted the changes that were made recently in the faculty committees under the new organiza tion. The whole system was streamlined with the number of committees reduced to avoid duplications of functions and the number of members on many of the committees reduced to workable size. The most important change to the stu dents, however, was the elimination of dual membership by some of the faculty. Under the old system some of the members of the faculty served on as many as six committees. Under the new plan no person serves on more than one committee as a voting member. Another important change in the policy was to prevent membership by a faculty member on a committee that is connected with the dluties of his office. For instance the D)ean of Men and Dean of Women will not Publicity Publicity given the visit of Rene Pleven to the campus last week was the best that the university is likely to get for some time to come. Among the outstanding newspapers with representatives here for the event were the CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Associated Coliegiate Pre editr, ~e Gamecok is pubishe by snd for lb University of nSot Carolina w ely onFridays, durik srily ths ofns b Gameooc. PubMshi doe not endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR RL MANAGING EDITOR..TOMMI....R LP BUSINESS MANAGER JOHI 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 Bu~ Timmons, Delight Tiemann, Kenneth Flynn, Arthur Contras, James Covington, Jr., Sara Jane Giles, Tres Lee, Mary Wideman. COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Hunter Rentz, Terrell Glenn, Bill N< Persky, Lowell W. Ross. BUSINESS STAFF WL. Buffinton, Dan Donovan, Wes Sanders CARTONISTSBob Cameron,StnePajo PHOTOGRA PHERS .Sta ..... ...nle ai~o On the a System "Monotony of commercial food reaches a new height." "It is about time to quit using potatoes and get some food." "I enjoy the service but the food could and should be better. That is what I am paying for." "There ought to be a better grade of meat served." "It is true the appearance is better; I would rather pay for better food than better service which could be given." "The last system could have fixed up the building; the food was better before." "There is apparently no pains taken with the cooking of the food." One student was particularly vehement in his condemnation of the system. "Something must change; either the quality and quantity of the food changes or I change places to eat." These are only a few of the comments voiced by the students. Maybe they are just gripers but at least the gripes need looking into before the contract is renewed for next year. Comments will still be welcomed by this paper, either in the form of letters to the editor or by using the opinion ballots which were printed in the Gamecock of April 15. -RNG onnitee 9Revised be allowed to serve on the discipline com mittee. The purpose of this change was to prevent a person's deciding on a case that has already come before him as a part of his regular job. Representation of the students on the dis cipline committee was still prohibited by the set-up but the entire .discipline committee has been changed. Chances for a student member are slight at the present time. We still strongly urge student representation on a committee that punishes students by some times severe methods. A student on the board would present the student's viewpoint as well as the administration's. Several of the committees will, as usual, be virtual honor groups with very little to do; but on the whole the system has been vastly improved over the thirty odd groups that were present before. The new system has cut the number to nineteen.-RNG on Pleven Newc York Times, Newe Orleans Picayune, the local press and the major wire services. The French news services and papers were also present and combined with the Univer sity News Service these groups madec an international event of the (lay's happenings. -RNG IQCP Poll :OMost Students Satisfied with Campus Paper Most college students are satis fiedi with their campus newspaper . as me re --but not enthusiastic. This was maetieb learned in an ACP National Poll ~ ~ of Student Opinion. consttute a= Students across the nation were asked: Hlow would you rate the H GREGORY job your college newspaper is C HERBERT doing in stimulating studlent JPARASO thought? The answers: Ares Artemes Excellent 12 per cent Johnny Ray Good 46 per cent MaryMurray Fair 31 per cent Gusr Mons Poor 8 per cent . obPitsNo opinion 3 per cent Bobby Smith "Has only student news," is one of the usual comments. Another common remark is, "Reminds me yek, Hannah of our high school paper." Bonny Gray Students were also asked, "Hlow Quinn Fans would you rate the job your col lege newspaper is dloing in cover ing campus life ? Here are the wilt, Mordecal results: Excellent 32 per cent Good 45 per cent Fair 17 per cent Betty Beay. Poor 5 per cent moe. Bill R,oss No opinion 1 per cent A m as Vj X IA Ami Ta %P tj A ~1 - "Hmm-Better Giv LOWELL W. ROSS Slave Quarl Be Good One of the relics of the Carolina Campus symbolizing the pre-Con federate War era is the old slave quarters which is located behind the President's home. This old building has been used for many purposes since it was abandoned ment by slaves after the war and once more stands empty and un used. I feel that the structure has a place on the campus, standing for an era and has had a part in the life of our University, and should be put to a use that symbolizes the purpose for which it was con structed. The only use that comes to my mind that fits this building is a museum. I think a remodeled interior with relics of the Confed erate era in the quarters would be of great interest to students and visitors and would add to our knowledge of our heritage and history of Carolina. Relics and antiques of the Con federate era could be arranged in the building along with personal belongings of presidents, books written by University professors, and works of former University men of note displayed. The transforming of the old quarters into a museum would have one big disadvantage. Since it is so close to the president's home visitors going into and from the museum would invade the privacy of the president's resi dence and this disadvantage might prove serious enough to prevent further consideration of this idea, however if a plan could be worked out that would permit the museum Co/e/4ae Orono, Me.-(I.P.)-A recent study on fraternity costs conducted jointly by the Interfraternity Council and the Council of Chapter Advisers has shown that the cost of joining a fraternity and living in a fraternity house at the Uni versity of Maine is remarkably lowv. The study was based on the total cost of operating and main taining each fraternity which has a house at the University, using figures for the full year 1951-'52. The survey points out that the average cost per student living in one of the fraternity houses here is $614.00) for the full academic [year. This figure compares favor ably with the dormitory cost on campus of $550 for the same period, taking into consideration that the $614 per resident average for fraternity men includes all the fraternity's social, athletic and house activities. In view of the fact that the University keeps dormitory charges to a minimum the small difference between the dormitory cost per man and the fraternity cost per man would indicate that Maine fraternities are operating in a modlest andl business-like man ner. According to the study, the average house at the University handled $24,035 during the year 1951-'52. This sizeable sum was gathered and administered by the student fraternity men with major budget decisions being made by members at "house meetings." Weekly wages in fraternity houses averaged $108.37 including those of the chef, housemother, stewardl, maid, treasurer, house manager, and dishwasher. Four of these seven employees are student members of the house and of the $108.37 weekly payroll, $22.78 Is paid to student workers and ap plied to their honue bills. ,e Him An APC." ters Would Museum visitors to get to and from the building without too much inva sion of the privacy of the presi dent and his family, I think a museum would add quite a bit to the school. * * * May Day is almost here and this year's celebration should prove to be 'the most interesting and enjoyable in the history of the University. As far as I know, no college before has ever had two May Queens-especially as pretty as our two queens this year, and that goes double. The day will include many fes tivities such as: the clean-up campaign, giving of awards, luncheon on the horseshoe, - pie throwing contest, and the crown ing of two May Queens. The day will be climaxed with May Day Dance. Oh, yes, the day will also include a trip to Sesqui for many students, and late rising for many more. Since this year's May Day will be unique all students should take a great deal of interest in all activities. Let's make May Day an unforgetable event. * * * This year's Mr. Formal Contest proved to be profitable to the YW-YMCA. The proceeds, approx imately $121, from the contest was donated to the Y, to be used to further the construction on a gate to the R. G. Bell Camp. This donation has gone to a very worthy cause and to a permanent improvement to the camp, and to Carolina. Knoxville, Tenn. --(I.P.)- Push button learning has come to the University of Tennessee's campus. An electronic device now being used experimentally by the College of Engineering enables the student to register an immediate protest without interrupting his professor if he fails to grasp a point in the lecture. Called the "student reaction meter," the pu8h button learning aid has a meter which faces the lecturer and shows him how many students are not understanding the presentation. If the number is large, the professor repeats and clarifies his material. Unique in the South and perhaps In the nation, the reaction meter is being used now In elementary engineering courses. Originally suggested for use here by Engi neering Dean N. W. Dougherty, the device was designed and built last summer by Professors C. H. Weaver and W. 0. Leffell of the electrical engineering department. Termed simple and practical for almost any classroom, the meter is calibrated by the teacher accord ing to the number of students in the class. Each student has his individual push button on his desk and can set the meter needle quivering. With the control in his hand, the student can show when he Is fail ing to grasp the subject without personal embarrassment. The pro fessor, in turn, can determine the percentage of his class under standing his lecture. Prof. C. Albro Newton is handling the experiment for the engineering drawing department. Hie says the meter Is at Its best when used consistently by the same professor and class. It takes time, he says, for a class to get over the novelty of the idea and use the system consarvatiwaly. BILL NOVIT Pay Phon Opposed f We have learned that drastic changes will be made in the tele phone system on the campus be fore we return to school next fall. The proposed system, as we understand it from discussing it with an administration member, will almost completely mechanize the campus phone system. The advantages of this, rrom the ad ministration's standpoint, are that several thousand djolars will be saved annually on telephone opera tors' salaries, automatic switch boards would be more efficient than human beings and they would offer University officials more privacy in their calls. Of course, we can understand that the University works on a limited budget and the more money saved from such services is telephones, the more money can )e devoted to such worthy causes is higher salaries for our under ,aid professors. We also believe that the change is false economy .n the long run, howe.cr, and we iope to convince the proper offi :ials of the fact in this column. The plan calls for the removal >f the phone system which is now in the dormitories. In its place in automatic dial system will be installed on which only calls to Ather phone extensions on the :ampus can be transmitted. Pay phones will be installed for all off 3ampus calls. The obvious complaint there is that the pay phones will cost the average student a great deal at ten cents a call. Men dating Co lumbia College girls may make ten Dr fifteen calls a week. Of course it will be inconvenient, too. If a student wants to make a phone call and doesn't have the change, he may have to walk all the way across campus to the drug store In order to do so at night since the canteen closes so early in the evening now. There are more serious criti cisms, however. Perhaps human Dperators are less efficient and more costly than automatic ones, but they can provide certain human services that a machine could never do. In case of an emergency now, the operator on duty will do everything possible to track down the student concerned and notify JOHN DUFFY America' Controlled Those of us who are too yo the reign of Franklin D. Roose ity, which our older brothers great president in action. In f greatest administration since ] idea one would get from readi ur unbiased press. Some have called Eisenhow tutions. Others believe him chosen people. "He led us thr they say. "He shall lead us a he seems to be doing just thi; solution to Korea? Has he nc and turned the perfidious Faij There are, of course, those of this "Great Man's" achiever kind of people are. They poin the desire of Malenkov to en the need for the Chinese to i much to do with the present su Others have questioned w 600 Allies is a fair trade. Sti administration has done notl predecessor, But there will a! Then there is this matter< There are those who say tha been shelved. Some have the Director of the Bureau of Sta to wield political influence an should 'have been respected. the tremendous influence wh wields. It is the department i of golf balls. A few disgruntle that the elimination of coffee omy move since 1932. What that government officials can off. They must be on the jol a day if anything is to be ac vacations in this new adminisi Yes, we are fortunate. Thi giants. The American people golf clubs (pardon me, its deE great Americans as Dwight Bobby Jones. .~fLpr Ar-9AJ0 e System or Campus him. With dial phones and pay phones, this service will be almost impossible. One stuaent could completely$ monopolize the paf phone booth for an hour, thus keeping the other people in that dormitory from making out-going calls or receive Incoming calls. If one of our parents were to call us long distance after the new phone system is in use, there would be nothing the operator could do if the line is busy. Now the operator can, and does, politely ask you to cut your conversation short when there is a long distance call waiting. This could not be done with automatic phones even if the call were an emergency. We realize that the telephone system, as it now is, is a real serv ice which the University provides for the students as well as them selves. It is a service which manX,' educational institutions do not provide, but is that any reason to eliminate it? We can no longer be satisfied to do less than others, but we must strive to offer more in all fields of endeavors. The administration is conscien tiously trying to cut operating expenses. This is a very noble idea, but it is a pity that services to the students have to be eliminated to accomplish this. First the deposi tory, and now the free phone system-what next? If the University feels that the phone bill is an unjustifiable ex pense, then charge the students a dollar a semester. This would bring in more money than would be saved by converting to an auto matic system. Of course the students would not object to paying a $1.00 tele phone fee rather than having to drop a dime into the pay phone every time they used it. Until a few years ago, every student paid $1.00 of his student activities fee towards the telephone expenses, "4 know that the student activities fee cannot afford one cent for telephone operators, but I think that it is entirely logical to charge each student a dollar additional rather than eliminate one of the greatest services provided for Carolina students. We ask the administration to reconsider this matter and consult the students before it is too late. s Destiny by Ike, Ben ung to have vivid memories of velt are getting the opportun also had, of witnessing the act, we may be witnessing the aincoln's. At least, that is the ng the objective columnists in er a saviour of American insti to be the gift of God to his ough the Second World War," say from the Third." Indeed, s. Has he not come near to a,r t reorganized the government Dealers out ? who cast doubts on the value ients, but we know what those out that the death of Stalin, rench himself in Russia, and einforce themselves have had ccess of our truce negotiations, hether 6,000 Communists for il others say that the present iing more in Korea than its ways be some who gripe. >f government re-organizatio . t many innocent people have Ftudacity to point out that the ndards is hardly in a position d that his civil service status r'hese people, however, ignore ich the Bureau of Standards vhich specifies the dimensions :1 people even question the fact breaks was the greatest e~onl th6se critics fail to realize Is riot be allowed too much time around the clock, five hours complished. There will be no ration. s will be an administration of have nothing to fear when its tiny) is in the hands of such Eisenhower, nen nogan, andl