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For Telephi
A column in last week's Gamecock urged
a change in the proposed telephone system
which is scheduled to go into effect this fall.
The column suggested that the system would
cost the students more than the university
would save in installing a dial system. Under
the new system all phones in the dormitories
are to be dial phones-pay phones at that
thus doing away with the university ex
change.
The column opposed the set-up because it
would cost the individual student ten cents
each time he or she wished to call into town.
That could run into a sizeable amount over
a year's time.
Service on the campus will not cost any
thing. The student will be able to dial other
campus phones simply by using a special
three digit number. The administration's
offices will still be on an exchange system.
In response to student opinion that the
new system would cost the students more
than the university would lose under the old
system the administration has tentatively
offered a compromise. The proposed offer
would place dial phones in certain locations
over the campus which could be used to call
into Columbia without paying the ten cents
which the other phones would require. Of
course they could not be used for long dis
tance calls.
We approve of a plan to alleviate the bur
den of paying for every off-campus call a
student makes. The placement of phones over
the campus seems hardly sufficient, how
ever. It seems that the easiest way to solve
the problem is to put dial phones in place of
all those which now operate through the
university exchange. These should not be pay
Cafeteri Bull
Replies on the ballots concerning the cafe
teria system continue to trickle in and the
results have been unanimous. Every ballot
that we have received condemns the present
set-up. Each one thinks the system is worse
than under the old university management.
Still most of the complaints are that the
food is worse while the prices are higher.
One received this week commented, "At least
CHEATING STEMS FROM THREE LEMONS
RESENTMENT .. . NORTH CAROLIN
Washington State College is Life at a North
thinking of introducing the honor Cleefaent
system, and at least one psychol-stagtlmn
ogist there has a feeling it will plc ofsae
work. lie is Dr. James H. Elder, Asuetoea
who sid i an aticl in te Dalleg convitedrni
F~vegren: Thedelghtul x-police confstTed
whichin owns the hf
perience, for teacher and student which soae t$50.
alike, that comes through a sue- wvas acquitted, e:
cessful honor system, is worth machine, which i
wvaiting for and wvorking a long court order.
time to get. KEEP IT PUBLIC
"...Cheating is an expression The era of hot<
of resentment toward the teacher has enmled at Ohi
for using dlefective procedures ...of hotel rooms b
To eliminate most cheating, it is private group p)art
necessary to correct these proce- Violation of the
(lures................"a minimum fine of
5i4 GA Cot
CROWING FOR A GREATER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTh CAROLI
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STAFF REPORTERS
Betty Jean Nicholson, Jack Bass, Mark Buy<
Timmons, Delight Tiemann, gCenneth Flynn, S
Arthur Contras, James Covington, Jr., Sara JTane (
Giles, Tres Lee, Mary Wideman.
COLUMNISTS
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Persky, Lowell W. Ross.
BUSINESS STAFF
W. . Bffngton, Dan Donovan, Wes Sanders,
CARTONISS .Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajohui
PHOTOGRAPHERS ........Gus Mant
Suggestion
mne System
phones, however, but regular phones such as
are found in homes and offices.
The only difference in these phones and
tny other dial phones would be that the
university phones would be rigged so thatI
the caller could not call long distance. Since
the long distance operator is reached by dial
ing 110, the phones could be so fixed that
when the digit one is dialed as the first num
ber, the circuit would be broken and the long
distance operator could not be reached.
This system would allow the student to
call city numbers without paying ten cents
for each call and at the same time the univer
sity would be protected from students call
ing long distance and having the charges
made to a university phone. To allow for long
distance calls there should still be a few pay
phones at strategic locations on the campus.
Keeping a supply of change for pay phones
would be a problem to the students as well
as expensive. If the university wants the
students to help pay for the telephone service
it can adopt a telephone fee which would be
required of every on-campus student. It could
very easily be paid along with the room fee.
A committee of student leaders met
Wednesday to discuss the problem. At this
writing there was no way of knowing what
they would recommend as a solution. We
heartily endorse a plan to provide for some
way to call without paying for each call that
is made. More calls are probably made into
the city from the campus than are made from
phone to phone on the campus. Phone service
into the city is more important than phone
service on campus. It's not such a problem to
go across campus to give a message or to
receive information but it's a long walk to
some of the Columbia locations that are
called by students.-RNG
ots Continue
they could wash the silver which we have
to use."
The more we receive of these comments,
the more we feel that a few must be legiti
mate gripes and that some investigation
ihould be made. Whatever happened to the
:ommittee that was supposed to check on
the new system? These comments by mem
iers of the student body should give it some
masis on which to begin investigations.
-RNG
AT newv ruling, student social fune
Aroin - -tions "mybe held only in public
CaolnaSat rom. A social function is
house changed described as "all dances, parties
-res to three
recently wvhen and entertainment of any nature
a nickel slot Iwhere both men and women are
~sement. present."
ng the machine The Columbus Hotel Managers'
made to pay ascainsy h uesago
alumni group ascainssthruesaod
rtriyhueone and promises to help enforce
Everyone else it.
:cept the slot NIllLECTOWN, CONN. (1.P.)
ras junked by --A survey of scholarship men at
Wesleyan University indicates that
. . . he Honor Roll requirement is a
i oom pates" eteret to partic'ipationi in ex
State Univer- .auriua afar,'a, vla
banned the use Iracriua far,a ela
y students for a cause of an over-emphasis on
es. marks for their own sake.
rule will mean Question nair-es were distribuitedl
$25. Unader the to the scholarship men in the
- - -- Classes of 1 94t thtrough 1955, in an.
effort to r'e-evaluate the scholar
ship awardls here. The studly wvas
condluctedl by the joinat cooperation
of t he lFacult y Committee on Schol -
arshi ps and the Alumni Council.
AThe honors requ irenment was
Aternmed too stiff and rigid by a
large p)ercentage answering the
am &e irst question naires. Many felt the re
ttsothe quirement especially burdensome
the .tie. dur'ing the first two years, as a
st**5 result of requiired courses. A bout
55'', expressedl desir'e to part ici pate
GEORY in mocre activities if the scholastic
PARASHO requilre'ments wvere low(eredl. A bout
Bill Leggitt 25' st atedi that the pressu re of
res Artemec t he honors average caused( t hem to
arny uRy wit hdraw from some ext ra-curric
Gus Manos ular activities.
rr RolinsOver-emphasis on marks wvas r'e
obbybSmit Peatedly menitionied. Men fromn
var'ious c'lasses wrote' that their'
k, Hannah Ibasic' at ti tude towardl studies
any Gray, chanuged fr-om trying to u nderst and
uinn, Faris a subject to merely achieving a
good mairk. In some cases the
t, Mordecai sc'hoilarship holders stated that
they had alte'redl their course of
study, away from their real in
3et meon- teests, Jni or'der to r'aise their
s. Bill Rosa I averages with easier courses.
"Number, hell, I y
TOMMIE HERBERT
Sound
New Cut
On Wednesday, March 11, -the
subcommittee for the Student
Faculty Relation Committee made
a recommendation for a renova
tion of the present cut system.
This would be a drastic change
for the average student. Yet the
students just sit back and do not
voice an opinion either in favor
of the new system or in opposition
to it. Are we going to wait until
the suggestion has become a real
ity before we even express an
opinion? Do the students prefer
the suggested cut to the absentee
system?
Next semester another "bone of
contention" will be put into prac
tice-abolishment of the double
major, with the addition of re
quired courses in logic, Greek,
mathematics, or Latin for Arts
and science majors. I don't know
About the other curricula, but
imagine six cuts will hardly supply
he need in this group of studcnts.
Four Cut Limit
The Student-Faculty Relation
ommittee passed the four cut
imitation suggestion made by the
mnbcommittee. It did not pass
ecomm11endations for double cuts
M Saturday or before holidays.
[OHN D)UFFY
Academic Fre
There is a great cry today on
he part of a certain pressure
roup) for academic freedom. This
~roup is madi(e up largely of uni
'ersity professors and1( well paid
>rofessional "'liberals." These
elf-sacrificing gentlemen are
isking everything to bring their
nessage to the people-t he pro
essor must he free to teach wvhat
It believes. They have invented a
Onspiracy which plans to take
tway that right. Actually, how
wver, thle re arec few people who
,vouldl bother thc great majority of
)mr professors, since, in the main,
~he average person agrees with
hem.
In fact, the profe ssors admit
that when they speak of academie
freedom, they do niot mean to in
ulude the frecdomi of C oiimunists,
Fascists, or even Socialists (unless
of the relatively harmless Norman
Thomas type.) So why all the
noise abiout academic freedom ?
Thle professors only want it for
those of them wvho conform to the
basic A mericana ideals. They point
with pride to the fact there are
so few crackpIots in thle profession.
In fact., the height of radicalism
among college professors s(ems in~
he adherence to thle D em ocrat ic
plart y.
Int ellectunal Fight
If thtle Amnerican intellectuals
really want a fight, if they want
to com11bat somet hinag besides an
imaginary conlspiracy, wvhy don't
they really come out for academic
fre(edomii? Why not allowv anyone
who is competent and by compe
tence I mean one who hias the edu
cational requircements tec'h any
th ing lit pleases - Conmmunism,
Aniarchism, Athe ismi, Taoism,
Vegetarianism, or whatever he
believes. TIhe only check upon
any idlea should be other ideas, not
professorial blacklists or vigilant
truistees.
Education (ont rolled
Ed~(ucation in this c ountry is
rant my peanuts."
Off on
System
The recommendation passed would
give freshmen only four cuts, any
upperclassman with an average
below a 3 a limit of four cuts, and
voluntary attendance to the stu
dents who keep their semester and
mid-semester averages at 3 or
above.
Dr. Patterson said that the issue
came up with the president's ad
visors but was not definitely
discussed. Madelyn Campbell has
informed us that the suggestion
has been sent to the president's
office from which copies are to be
sent to all the faculty members.
Faculty Meeting
A meeting of the faculty will
be held within the next two weeks
to give a positive decision on this
matter. Are we just going to let
it pass without even any opposi
tion? There is no sense complain
ing after it passes.
Maybe they were trying to stop
complaints about the present cut
systcni and show us that after all
they could make us worse off. At
any rate, it probably will cause
enough students to cut out of
school or decide to go to another
school and solve our crowded
housing conditions.
edom.. .Why?
effectively controlled and that
control is as effective as that of
aniy totalitarian state, although it
is more subtle. Thrce forces con
trol education, either separately or
jointly, the state legislatures, the
c'hurch, and the wealthy. All three
are forces for conservatism and
conformiity. As long as .these
forces control American education,
there are three things which can
not undergo any attack on their
fundamental basis: our political
system, our religious set up, and
our economic system. Thcre may
be and there are criticism of all
three, but this criticism is never
fundamental.
Of course, there is no other
agency capable of adlministering
education any better- andl even if
there were it is dIoubtful that
there would be any increase in
indlividual rights. Any group
would administer in its own in
terests. The fundamental enemy
of freedom of idleas in our educa
tional institutions is the fact that
they are institutions. An institu
tion can tolerate no ideai which
might destroy it.
New Ideas
New ideas then will originate, as
they always have, outside of our
institutions. The outcast, the
dIreamer, the individualist will
continue to p)rodulce change. The
solution, then, would seem to be
freedom for this group. Freedom
for these people is the right to be
independlent of institutions .
whether political, cvonomie, or
acadlemic. The aim would be not
to encompass these p)eople, but to
tolerate tht'm.
The true friend of intellectual
freedom should strive not for
academic freaIom, wvhich is little
more than the right to shock the
D).A.R. or one of their dull-wittedI
sophomore sons, but for a much
broader intellectual tolerance of
those who choose to remain out
side of our present ideological
BILL NOVIT
Stick Ar
U nivers
Acxt Wednesday is University
Day. It is the day set aside by the
faculty and administration to
recognize worthy and distin
guished men and women of Caro
lina who have served their alma
mater faithfully during the year.
No classes are held to conflict
with the award's program.
A Day In May
University Day is a day set
aside every May by the student
body to incrcase and improve
school spirit by enabling and
allowing students to let their hair
down and have a lot of fun. No
classes mar the fun of University
Day and several enjoyable and
cntertaining events are held.
Certain students - specifically
the members of ODK leadership
fraternity, KSK service fraternity,
Phi Epsilon Pi social fratcrnity,
the University Band, ard Student
Council-put forth a great deal of
effort to present the students with
a worthwhile University Qay
program.
It is unfair to these people for
hordes of students to leave the
campus and go to Sesqui, the
beach, or home. Actually, however,
it is the students who leave the
campus that miss out on some
thing fine. They deprive them
selves of a day of fun and enter
tainment at very little or no ex
pense since the Coronation Ball
is the only event which costs
money.
The first actual event of the day
is the ODK Award's program
which we have already discussed.
Following this, fraternity houses
are open for all studemts-male
and female-to visit. It is the only
day in the year on which it is
permissible for co-eds to visit all
fraternity houses.
Munch Your Lunch
At 12:40, a free lunch is served
to all students on the Horseshoe
under the supervision of KSK.
The meal is always enjoyable since
it is served out-of-doors under the
shade of the trees on the main
campus and since it is an occasion
in which students and faculty
Guest Columnist: MI
Do We N
Organi
In reading Miss Herbert's
article, "We Need More Useful
Organizations," (Gamecock, April)
one wonders if Miss Herbert is
aware that there are some eighty
five student organizations on the
campus, each theore.tically serving
some purpose useful to the student
body. Does she possibly think that
further subdividing of the student
body can result in anything more
than another means of gaining
points for one of our three service
and leadership organizations ? Can
we possibly need another source
of communication for our three
block campus that two radio sta
tions, a newspaper, a magazine,
and a public speaking system can
not supplace?
Need Less
It wouIld sec'm that the Univer
sity needs not more, but less
organizations. We all in our in
dividual clubs are starve<$ for
apportionate appropriations which
would be much more propitious
andl much more useful if they were
to be dlivided among fewer organ
izations with fewe r duplications.
For instance we have a philosophy
club, a graduate history club, and
an international relations club,
discussing world problems, while
our four literary societies wrangle
about parliamentary procedure.
We have in addition to the
YM-YWCA nine dlenominational
groups, the Christian Service Club,
and the Inter-varsity Christian
Fellowship Organization; in addi
tion many students take part in an
interracial intervarsity organiza
tion in Columbia.
Although we have no depart
ment of dramatics (indeed we
have no courses in dIramatics), we
have a professional fraternity in
that field, a speech and debate
fraternity, andi the University
Players. We have eight "honor
ship and leadership" organizations,
twenty-eight "professional and de
partmental" organizations, and
many of these have no function
which is not being duplicated by
some other campus organization.
Indeed they cnn fil no fun.ion
cund for
ity Day
members usually sit down and a
casually. The University Band
adds to the gaiety of the occasion.
Pie In Your Eye
From 2 to 4 p.m., one of the
most hil4rious events of the year
will take place. It will be the'
second annual Phi Ep Pie Throw
ing Contest. Anyone of the several
hundred students who saw this
event last year will tell you that
it was a lot of fun. Can you
imagine seeing your "favorite"
professor smacked in the face with
a pie? It's a good way to have
fun and to raise money for the
ODK scholarship fund.
Queens, Jean and Jean
The May Queen Coronation will
give Carolina students an oppor
tunity to watch history being made
for it will be the first time that
two May queens will have been
crowned In one cercmony ho
People all over the country Wi'
probably see pictures of the
coronation in the newspaper since
it will be such an unusual event.
One would think that the students
here would want to see it. Good
entertainment has been planned
for the coronation, too.
Climaxing the day, the annual
Coronation Ball will be held at the
Youth Memorial Center Wednes
day night. It is the big social of
the year for all the students. It
is the only dance, except for the
Air Force ROTC Military Ball,
which brings a name-band to the
campus.
Speaking of the Air Force
ROTC, their day was a success.
Why can't the University's day be
a success? It can-and will-be
a success if the students stay on
the campus and participate. Take
my word for it. I have been here
for three University Days and I
have enjoyed every one of them.
Another added incentive to stay
here this year is being offered by
the Garnet and Black. The Uig
versity Annual will be distributed
that afternoon.
All in all, it sounds like a
wonderful day. Why not be a part
of the University and stay around
to enjoy it?
E KINGHORN
eed More
ations?
since numbers are not large
enough in many groups to facili
tate any degree of working power.
We have thirteen social fratern
ities and seven social sororities,
plus three "independent organiza
tions." If the fraternity or soror
ity member still feels that he or
she is not on the inner circle, there
is always the inter-f raternity
council, the panhellenic council,
the German Club, the Cotillion
Club, the "service fraternities,"
the English Speaking Union (off
campus), etc.
Elections Farce
In adidition wo go through the
farce of student elections annually,
although everyone knows that the
elections are nothing more the'n
popularity contests, entitling the
winners to an extra picture in the
Garnet and Black. We faithfully
and diligently elect an hon'
council on the basis of popularit
-not honesty! Indeed with stu
dents so divided into cliques, how
do0 1 know how honest the member
is ? However, it matters little,
because Carolina students follow
the "you mind your business, and
I'll mind mine" line with the
Honor Council. The only time we
hear of the various offices is dur
ing elections every April. Outside
the few intellectual groups obthe
campus and the student body
government (which does nothing),
it would seem from observation
that the only real function of the
many organizations would be to
give students to pet, primp, or
prattle.
Even now there is a movement
to organize the political groups of
the campus into political parties.
What, may I ask, would be the
electioni issues? How Is each
party to decide on its standard
bearer without more sub-elections,
sub-groupings, etc.? How in the
name of reason could a student
hody-officer be accused of malad
ministration ? If we are to have ~~
active, vital groups on this camnps
let us first cut out some of the
deadwood which accomplishes
nothing but the division of forces
which might If united be a force