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Alurn Is. Exactly sixteen days from n seniors will receive that littlE that signifies they have f careers at the university. A fe for further work but most will With graduation most studer with the university. They alw keep in contact with their ai distance breaks all ties and the One sure way for all gradua touch with their past college lif a member of the Alumni As sides the tangible benefits o: there is always the feeling touch. Members receive certain pr membership in the association, are the "Alumni News" contai tion on the university, its facul activities, the "Alumni Footba carrying reports and pictures New Needed We can't let the opportunit ment on the formation of a n and membership of this Unii new group. The old Southei was an unwieldy, cumbersome which there were too many sm representative competition w All the teams could not poss other, as a result the best te always crowned the champions Under the proposed setup will be fairly equal in size and Letter (Letters are welconed fron all students or faculty members. That has long been a policy of the Gamecock. However, the mere printing of a letter does not neces sarily mean that we endorse the idea. Any letter that appears in this paper is printed simply to allow each student to express his opinion.-Ed.) NEW CURRICULUM Dear Editor: In the Gamecock of 1 May, Miss Herbert called for comments on the new curriculum that goes into effect next September, and also the cut system. I do not care to engage in a debate as to which systems arec best, but I cannot help but correct Miss Herbert on several points, or, should I say on one basic point, for that is essentially my purpose in writing this letter. That point is misrep)resentation of the facts, which I think any good newspaper columnist would be hesitant to practice. If Miss Herbert does not agree with the administration and faculty on the new catalogue, then 1 (10 not with hold the right she has to express an opinion against it, but I must demand that ih all fairness to the faculty committee that spent so long working on the schedule, and to the studlents themselves, she make a thorough studly before criticizing. Her article gave the impression that students in the School of Arts and Sciences wvill be- overloadedl with addlitional sub jects. That is not true. The changes made in the School of Arts and. Sciences are these: There is now no such thing as a| minor or a dlouble major. Instead,ai CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Associ Founded January 30, 1908, with I editor, "TIhe Gamecock" is publish University of South Carolina week year except on holidays and during The opInions expresased by column is marily those of "The Gamecock." endorsement. The right tn edit is rem EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR COPY EDITOR CIROULATION MANAGER ASST. BUSINESS MANAGE! STAFF RE Betty Jean Nicholson, Jack Timmons, Delight Tiemann, I Arthur Contras, James Covingto Giles, Tres Lee, Mary Wideman COLUM John Duffy, Hunter Rentz, Terrn Persky, Lowell W. Ross. BUSINESS W. L. Buffington, Dan Donova CARTOONISTS Bob Cameron PHOTOGRAPHERS . i Assoc irth the Dw nearly 400 games, the pri white -scroll of alumni offic inished their cock Football,' w may return ing up the hig have finished. season, and inf ts lose touch functions inclu ays intend to The Alumni na mater but valuable servi( y never do. well as to the tes to keep in alumni to aid e is to become university an( sociation. Be- with each othe membership tions and relea )f keeping in If you are a of joining the -ivileges from join this week Among them Alumni Class ning informa- Alumni office ty and alumni The small fe I Newsletter" much offset I )f the football from the orgar Confer4 for Lom pass to com- will be of suel ew conference can meet the iersity in the team can plal -n Conference for example, conference in conference me all schools and ing rivalries as impossible. There are ibly play each ironed out but ams were not ence appears Southeast. Ti the members it at its prop the conference keep all other s To The the major departments require their major students to take twelve hours of required cognate sub jects which are subjects closely associated with the major. These cognates are chosen from a wide field. Under the present system a student who does not choose to take college algebra and trigono metry must double major, which, incidentally does not seem so sim ple to me. Under the new system a student who does not wish to take the math is given a choice of taking either two semesters of logic or two semesters of a class ical language. Which is worse: a second major of eighteen or twenty-one hours or six hours of logic or Greek or Latin ? The wvhole purpose of the new set-up is to strengthen one's ma jor, so that people wvho leave Carolina wvill have a real major rather than a lot of nothing. It is app)arent that the faculty has succeeded in this while at the same time giving stude'nts a greater degree of freedom in sub ject planning. Are they to be criticized for this? As to the cut. system, I have one comment. It makes little differ ence to me wvhat type cut system w,e have, but Miss Herbert may be interestedI in knowing that most of the large andl more progressive schools have no such thing as a "cut system." At Duke andl the University of North Carolina, for instance, it is left to the discretion of the professor as to howv many class periods a studient may miss. If you do not think that is tough, then try it. With the progressive (ministration that we now have, I A GREATER OUTHI CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press tobeat Elliott Gonzales as the first *d by and for the students of the y, on Fridays, during the college examinations. s and letter writers are not iseces Publishing does not constitute an RALPH GREGORY TOMMIE HERBERT JOHN PARASHO Bill Leggitt Ares Artemes Johnny Ray Mary Murray -Gus Manos Jerry Rollins Bob Pitts Bobby Smith PORTERS Bass, Mark Buyck, Hannah enneth Flynn, Sonny Gray, n, Jr., Sara Jane Quinn, Faris 'ISTS 1l Glenn, Bill Novit, Mordecai STAFF n, Wes Sanders, Betty Seay. Stanley Papajohn, Al Simson Gus Manon. Bill R'os. lution P .ce vilege of voting in the election ers, "Little Red Book of Game an annual publication point hlights of the coming football ormation of various university ding athletic events. Associition has performed e in the past to members as university. It has encouraged in building good will for the I has kept alumni in touch r through the various publica ses. 3enior consider the advantages Alumni Association. You can by contacting a member of the [,ommittee or applying at the in Lieber College. e of $3 for membership is very >y the many benefits reaped ization.-RNG mnce ig Tie i a handy unit that each team other in every sport. Each the other seven in football, and still schedule three non mbers including any outstand >r intersectional foes. still several problems to be on the whole the new confer to be the strongest in the e only problem now is to keep Dmed size of eight teams and out. RNG Editor I feel Carolina students will be lucky to have any cut system left. I should think it would be better if such columnists as Miss Herbert would stick to subjects of which they have an exact knowledge. If she needs something to write about, then why not try plugging the administration by asking stu dents to stay off newly planted grass, etc. If she wishes to per sist in criticism, then why not sound off on such subjects as the use by WUSC of loud speakers to make sure that students listen to their programs--whether they like it or not. A progressive column might also raise the question of why some dlormitories are privi leged with a water cooler on every floor while others have none at all. IBy a progressive column, I mean one that (does not just criticize, but offers also a solu tion. Then, and then only', wvould it be "crowing for a greater Carol in a." Sincerely, Thomas IE. IBrown ANSWER TIO SIIEALY A WARDS Dear Editor: Trhis letter is not being written in resentment or bitterness, but rather for the enlightenment of those obviously uninformed peop)le wvho have been blasting the student government so unjustly, untruth fully, and unkindly. We, the memi hers of your student council, realize our failures andl appreciate any intere.stedl, constructive criti eim However, those who have been vehemently attacking the stu dent government, camp)us poIlities, etc., have not taken the trouble to investigate before calling names. Mr. Paul Shealy stated in a letter to the editor that the stu (dent-faculty committee was com p)osedl of people elected strictly by popularity. I dloubt that he knows even the names of those on the committee. He further imp)liedl that the "working" studlents were not representedl. There are seven studients on that committee.I know that five of them have out side jobs. In fact almost two thirds of the entire council have ouitsidle employment---.that includes engineering, law, and pre-med. students, studlents who are married and have families to support as well as a few that he would1 call "soc'ial wheels." They are not only working and studying (as I'sup pose Mr. Shealy does)-but they are dloing more. All of them ar~e working double time to keep your studlent body going. If you think there is nothing to extra-curricular activities except pop)ularlty con :ests, I challenge you to actively >articipate for awhile. One comment on the new attend i t asi -qAIWAnt,"UA REGISTMK "Five drop cards and L BOB CAMERON More Cut S The Student-Faculty Relation Committee recently made recom mendations for a new "cut sys tem," as pointed out in recent issues of The Gamecock. Perhaps the committee made these recom mendations without much thought to a few minority groups on the campus. 3.00 Average There is a little difference in the curricula for the pharmacy or chemical engineering student and the Arts and Sciences student, as an example. Not that the latter is a "crip" generally, but it is slightly easier to get good marks in some courses than in others. A few people (1o sometimes con sider students in a rough curri culum as a "brain" regardless, whereas the course is harder or covers more material, not the students necessarily any brighter. High averages will come a bit easier to a person taking 14 semester-hours, who possibly isn't worried about graduating by any special time, and has little or no financial worries. At the other extreme might be a contract NROTC student working his way through school, being pushed by the Navy to graduate by a specific date, and therefore having to take 20 or more credits. He's more worried about learning and passing than making the Dean's list. Double Cuts Not all Carolina students hail from South Carolina and Charles ton. ECvery nowv and then one will come acos a student from the Empire State, Florida, Nebraska, andl points between. It takes a ance regulation: It is not a "cut" system. I am under the delusion that wve come to college for an edu cation. Do wve come to attend classes or to "cut" them ? If a person can not achieve average scholarship, (does this not prove that he needls to attend class. If a studlent can wvork from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. andl carry a full credit schedule, there is something wvrong with the course he's taking, or else he is indeed a genius. If we are so intelligent that we can get an education without instruction, then wve should save our money and not go to college! There is no nleed for me to list the projects on wvhich the council has worked this year. If Mr. King horn or any one else cares to know the facts (which I dtoubt) the minutes are available. However, minutes do not tell the whole story. Most of the work is (lone in commijtee meetings. Any of the members will be glad to tell you what has been attempted and what has been accomlplishedl. May I congratulate Mr. King horn for his well-written, forceful letter in which he denounced the honor and integrity of every electedI officer- on this campus. I wonder if he knows the people of whom he speaks? Those of us who have worked with them could ask for no better peop)le than the re tiring studlent body officers. You have no idea how many hours the student body president spends working for you, the students of Carolina. When we were electedl, none' of us expected a p)at on the back. However, we couldl have done a better job, had you of the studlent body offered constructive sugges tions, cooperated with us, and1 let us know what you wanted. We didn't take the job for recognition or for the vain glory of our fra ternal oups. We wanted to do t new catalogue, please." on the ystem long time to get home for some of them, and somehow they'd just as soon not spend most of the few and-far-between vacations travel ling to and from. On their own judgment, they do cut a few classes for the convenience of catching a certain train or getting a ride. Most students can get home every weekend with time and dis tance involved negligible. Not everybody falls into this category, and double cuts before and after a holiday would eat deep. What would make those classes any more important than others? Why a Cut System? With a six-cut system as it is now, often a student will cut a class simply because he "has a few cuts left." '"Take all six cuts in the first two weeks so you won't have theni hanging over your head all semester." This, of course, is silly. There are a few colleges in these states united that have unlimited cuts. Florida State Uni versity is one example. The stu dents know whether they can af ford to cut or not, and most cer tainly the instructor does. The more classes one misses, the less he'll learn and consequently the grades will suffer. Perhaps I have a higher opinion of our professors than does the committee, but I think each teacher would have enough judgment to deal with ex treme absenteeism. Students should be here to learn, and ex p)erience usually shows that the best wvay to dio that is to attend1 a few lectures and labs. Besides, wve claim something called the Honor System--what about Honor? whatever we could because wve were interested in the welfare of the students, because we cherish the University and all she stands for. As the Gamecock staff wvell knows, participation in student organizations is serious wvork for some of us. It is often disappoint ing, long, tiring, thankless-but knowing we p)ut forth the effort to accomp)lish something wvorth wvhile is reward enough. You who complain are doing your part, too. There must be two kinds of partic 'pators: those who complain andI those who wvork. It's your choice. (At east the student body and the student council are now aware of e'ach other's existence, Gus.) Sincerely, Madelyn, Camphell ANSWER TO KINGIIORN Dear Editor: I agree with your editorial on awards. It is beyond my compre hension how a member of the junior class could be given the Sullivan Award when the catalogue specifically says it is to be given to a "graduating student" andl how a junior could be elected an "out standling senior." Furthermore, how couldI the faculty committee give the Mc Kissiek Scholarship for next year to a student who is graduating but wvho will return next fall to do gradIuate work. Is not the scholar ship for undergraduates? If the faculty can't follow the requirements in giving the awvards and scholarships, maybe the stu dents could. Obligingly, Name Withheld by Request TOO MANY OFFICES IDear Editor: Who is this Thos. Kinghorn? Is he advocating- fascism, o-_ JOHN DUFFY An An Mr. Kii For five years, I have been con rected in various capacities ' wit1 eamptis newspapers and maga. rines. I have in those five yeare written and edited articles which might be considered as fanatical and fantastic. I have always con 3idered it a sign of an alert stu. dent body when some young mar or woman becomes very muc} upset about the present conditior of society and writes an articl condemning what he or she be lieves to be the cause of society'i present sorry state. But in my fiv( years, I have never seen an articl by any student which would have to be considered as an attack or a fundamental premise of our so ciety. I have never seen an articlt in which totalitarianism was sug gested as a serious alternative foi the ills of our present society. Al least I had never seen such ar irticle until last week, when the Gamecock published a letter by one Thos. Kinghorn. , I was upset by Mr. Kinghorn's letter-upset because Mr. King horn challenged a belief which I had never been called on to defend against any serious attack by v fellow student. I wonder how many of our young men believe that ef ficiency and honesty in govern. ment is well purchased at the price of freedom. How many Kinghorn's are willing to commil our nation to the hands of a total. itarian regime in order to achieve a state in which all men are honesi and hard working because they have to be? Is Mr. Kinghorn too young tc TOMMIE HERBERT Art Dep Rank! The Fine Arts Department made Lhe score of 522 on the advanced tests in the Graduate Record Examinations. This rating is the highest in the school for this year, rhere were twelve students taking the exams with seven finishing this June. The departmental head has sent congratulatory letters to those students participating in the tests, telling them of the depart nent's appreciation of the effort put out by these students. Such interest in the standing of the tudents by major advisors has zonsistently proven a means of mncouragement in keeping grade iverages up. When a student is made to feel i part of the group, he realizes :hat his wvork is helping an entire lep)artmenlt and by this, also, the [Jniversity. Twvo members of the' tradua(ting class of seven in art nade Phi Beta Kappa; the entire lepartment has miade them know >f the pride in their accomplish nent. Perhaps this is not possible a the larger departments, because. f the inability of keeping as large i number of students on such an ndividualized level. Yet it has een most p)leasanlt for those st.u lents wvho are e'nrolled( in this ;maller dlepartment. iunism or some other "ism" as in alternative to student organiza ~ions ? Why is he casting dis )araging remarks at our leaders ~he one wvhom we the students ylected ? What are these general ~harges .that he has made about 'dlubious practices that have ~haracterized the p)olitics at Caro ina heretofore"? If he would he ipecific, and if these charges are rue then he wvouh? be doing his [Jniversity a favor by revealing ~hem. If not, let him keep his nouth shut! Sincerely, Name Withheld b)y Request [)ear Editor: (Before I start this letter, I A'ant to apologize for its bad taste, >ut I had to get this letter off my ~hest) This is something I have never luite (lone before, but I felt I ihould speak out in protest of a tudent that I know. Since he is friond of mine, I'm going to equest withdrawal of my name o that no one will be hurt. I want to say that I (10 not think hat anyone on this campus should hold' the position of president of hree major important organiza ions simultaneously, no matter how deserving the boy is. The main reason I say this is hat he is doingeacha organition May ta, 19i5 swer to nghorn remember that upon just such arguments Mussolini rose to power in Italy, and Hitler in Germany* If he is, someone should point out to him that one of the most com mon arguments in favor of Fas cism in Italy was that Mussolini had made the trains run on time. Hitler in Germany took the bung ling Weimar Republic in hand, destroyed it and returned Germany to her place as the most efficiently run nation. There was little cor i ruption, at least not as much as before, under the Fascist regimes. There was none of the bungling, the inevitable haranguing, the factionalism, the petty politics so typical of democratic governments,\ in the Fascist systems. Italy and Germany became effi cient governments. They became so, by embracing totalitarianism. But look at the cost: the Germ and Italian people were broken in spirit by their own govern ments and were finally broken physically in a great and devestat Ing war. Efficiency and honesty were purchased at the price of human liberty and in the end at the price of humanity, itself. Such is too high a cost. My advice to -Mr. Kinghorn and to those who think like him, is to first consider the cost of the remedy before they set out to cure a society's ailments. It is better to tolerate inefficiency and cor ruption than to remove them by destroying man's liberty to be inefficient and corrupt, the product of that same free will which allows man to choose the opposites. artment High The students, for example, A this department have been urged not only to try to make good grades, but also to participate in extra-currieular activities. There has been an attempt to develop school spirit with the group. This department has as its head one of the foremost artists of to (lay. le has been recognized inter nationally. He has just returned from participating in discussions with other artists who are also leaders in the art-education field. These people hold him in such high esteem that it would' be embarras sing to the University for them to visit this school in the pitiful quarters of the art diepartment. The dIepartment could profit by visits of these leading artists of the nation. The University pays for lecturiers. Lectures would probably be given to th(e students by the'se p)eop)le. The money could be put into improving the depart ment therefore. At the p)resent the department is dlepenldent on the reputations oif 'its professors for its place in the state andl the nation. Let us hope' in the future the equipment and? qluarters will he raisedi to a level to join in to keep high the stand ardls of the dlepartment. an injustice, Hie could not, l matter' how hard he triedl, (do a goodi job. ECven taking only the minimum cre'dit hours possible to~ stay in school, he must still study some time, and there are also (lances andi parties to attend. Being president of one organiza tion and dloing more' than an adIe quate job of it is enough to keep one person oh his toes. I am also told that being presidlent of two organizations is tiring enough to make one wish he hadin't acce dr( two presidencies. But wvhen' a person belongs to three major, and not minor, organizations and' be conmes presidlent of each one, he is( cheating all three organizations out of a p)resident who would have the time and energy to put into his duties. Time and energy are neces sities for a president to have. There must be other persons in the organizations who could do the job just as well as he. I wouldI like to ask this parti cular person why he took the three positions. Does he truly think he could do each job efficiently or d'id he take the positions only for his personal glory ? I hope that he will write the Gamecock and answer this letter because I am interested in hearing his side of the story. Yours truly, Name Withheld by Request