Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A New I Needs Su A special convocation held yesterday in the field house started an extended "Clean-Up" campaign which will probably be the most emphasized ever attempted in any South Carolina college. The campaign, originated by a committee appointed by President Russell, is an attempt by the administration to emphasize good housekeeping and to impress upon the stu dents the need for it. 'A cut in the appropriations for mainte nance of the university actually brought forth the problem of extra-curricular clean ing. With this cut came a reduction in maintenance personnel. But a new system of cleaning dormitories inaugurated teams which with combined efforts clean the build ings about as well as before. Despite the e-ut in maintenance appropria tions, however, a beautification program was installed last semester, the results of which can hardly be overlooked. Concentrated ef fort of the maintenance personnel 'has put a telling touch on the campus. Brick walks, enclosures around flower beds, more shrub bery and trees, and the organizati6n of the maintenance department itself are a few indications as to the work which has been put forth in recent months. The Age o Not 4 Pre-dawn raids on several colleges this past week should be a reminder to students at Carolina that the age of thievery, unlike the age of chivalry, is not dead. Students at Davidson College in North Carolina and Clemson College of our own state were reminded of this fact when their rooms were invaded by an armed prowler. The thefts, believed to have been pulled by the same man, netted $371.50 from 23 David son students and later $18.00 from two Clemson Cadets. The Clemson students apparently had the bandit trapped as they followed him out of their room, but wisely gave up the chase when a threat was sounded from behind a pistol. Fortunately, no one was injured in either robbery. A suspect of the robbery, apprehended in Georgia, shot and killed a policeman en route to jail. He was identified by the Clemson boys as the same man seen in their dorm. Such incidents in boys' dormitories are not new. These recent happenings are about the tenth verse to an old song. Last semester a similar incident, or inci dents, occurred here at Carolina. For months students had reported missing watches, bill Registering I There should be not comhliints last week about registration being the "same old thing as last semester." Under the new I.B.M. card system much time and work was saved. Year after year there has been a duplica tion of time and effort in filling out card after card for var.ious campus organizations andl university recor tds. The I.B.M. method, using machine cut code, actually cut the work in half. No doubt the system also saved many fac ulty members as much work as it did stu dents-that is, after everyone became ac customed to the method. The most important $6 GAP#-cor CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL1 Member of A,ssociatedI Collegiate Presi Founded Jasnuary 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales editor, "The Gamecock"' is published by and for the atut University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, durig year except on holidays and during examinations. The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers ars sarily those of "The., Cameoock." Publishing does not es endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR JOH MANAGING EITOR BIL BUSINESS MANAGER DAN ASSISTANT MANAG;ING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR Beti SPORTS ED)ITOR SOCIETY EDITOR Carol FEATUJRE EDITOR Ben: CIRCULATION MANAGER W. L ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER STrAFF REPORTERS Faris Giles, Patul I lanks, 1ew James, ,1. IL Roseb ifleI, lBruce~ I'arrish, Cuirtis Watson. COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Faris Giles, J. Allen Tison, Ralph BUSINESS STAFF Wes Sanders, Al Perry, Gibby Dean. CARTOONISTS Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajohn Program apporting The program for emphasizing good house keeping includes the awarding of prizes for the best kept dormitories and rooms. If it proves a success, it may become an annurl event. From March 1 until Awards Day in May inspection teams will visit each dormitory, probably about once a week, to determine which rooms have been kept the cleanest. Prizes will be given to the winners of the inspections on Awards Day. Specific rules for judging and the time of inspection have not been announced yet, but all the plans will be known by March 1. We feel that this program is one which deserves not only praise, but complete coop eration from the student body. It is not one which should be regarded as a passing fad. As Assistant to the President Carter Burgess summed it up, "It is our wish to popularize clean living." Certainly no one can be opposed to cleanliness. The uni ersity is now in a stage of progress -material progress and academic progress. But the students of any school must progress with their institution if any noticeable amount of good is to be done. Such programs as the one now under way is a show of progress. Support it.--JWR I Thlievery Mone folds, and other articles. For months nothing happened. The campus policemen claimed they couldn't be everywhere at once. Students even began to suspect one another of steal ing. Finally one of the students noticed a strange character prowling around a fra ternity house. Upon further investigation it was found that an article had been stolen just a few minutes before. That ended the crime wave for the time being, as the thief was brought to trial. We mention these facts because we feel that such things should be stopped, and that student vigilance will aid in the elimination of such occurrences. Every student has a room, every room a door, and every door a lock. This is what the university has given in the way of protec tion, besides the campus police force. No police force can catch all the criminals all the time. The campus force has given no reason for us to think any differently of them. However, the students are of sufficient age to know that in a matter such as this they will have to rely a large part upon them selves. We are indirectly responsible for most of what happens within our dorms.-JWR W!ade Easier chine part to us, however, is that it helped the students. Mr. H. 0. Strohecker, registrar, in a letter to the Gamecock commented, "I would like to express my appreciation to the members of the Student Body for their cheerful and hearty cooperation with the new plan of registering by the use of I.B.M. cards. When consideration is given to the fact that the plan was being tried for the first time on ths campus. with the closing of the Fall semester on Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, I feel that you did a grand job." Here's praise to you and your crowd Mr. Strohecker.-JWR NA Crying Brn AAt the time radio and TV comedians were spiking their well. am the first worn material with Johnnie Ray *"h__ te jokes to get laughs, Johnnie's -,,,, managers were smiling, too... natitnte Sin not at jokes, however, but at their N W. RAY bookkeeping records, which showed 5, LEGGITT big, black entries. And Johnnie, DONOVAN although figuratively crying yEhrharne through it all, had a big grin, too. Jack Bass For .Johnnie Ray's weeping, per yn McClung sonalized style, although the source 1. McElveen of much contention, was reaping Buffington fame and fortune. All of which Jack Field should bring to mind something e.rry, Donna about laughing last, laughing best. "Mr. Emotion," as Johnnie has Gregory.been tagged, worked as a nite-club Gregory. pianist andl as a straight-man for a comic before he settled on sing. ing for a career. In 1951, a Co humbia Record representative henrdi "Why didn't you tell me (folegiate BOOKSTORE PROFITS Fayetteville, Ark.-(I.P.)-The $35,000 profit shown by the Uni versity bookstore for the 1952 53 school year has been split up between the Student Union and the Intramural Sports program, ac cording to a committee report made to the local Blue Key chapter at the University of Arkansas. The service group's investigating com mittee announced that the $35,000 was broken up into: Approximately $4,500 for retir ing bonds outstanding against the new wing added to the Student Union building; $3,000 given to the Intramural Sports program; $4,500 used to help balance Student Union operating expenses against the amount gleaned for that pur pose from student fees and $17,000 set aside for the remodeling of the Student Union building. The remainder, or about $6,000, has been kept by the bookstore in an emergency fund. The committee's report also stated that token approval has been given by University officials to halt the 10-cent charge for the cashing of checks by the bookstore on banks on par. The par-bank list was obtained by the committee from the Federal Reserve Board. The organization was told that the average student wage rate on the campus is 61 cents per hour. An additional 14 cents would be needed to raise the wages to a standard. This would cost $3,000 per month or $27,000 per year. CUT SYSTEM Greenville, Pa. -(I.P.)- The new cut system at Thiel College, inaugurated this year, requires students to attend regularly all college exercises, i.e., the classes for which they have registered, the laboratory sessions, conferences that the instructor may demand, chapel exercises, and convocations. Other features of the new plan include: 1. All absences decrease the stu dent's chances of passing the course. 2. Three cases of tardiness count as one absence. Tardiness beyond 7 minutes. will constitute an ab sence. 3. If in one semester, a student is absent from class without just cause more than the number of times the class meets per week (more than one time in a class that meets once a week, more than two times in a class that meets twice a week, etc.), he shall be dropped from the course. KINSEY REPORTS South Bend, Ind.-(I.P.)-Dr. Alfred Kinsey, principal author of Sexual Behavior of the Human Female, has been criticized by the head of Notre Dame's sociology department for using statistics which are "questionably valid" and building upon them a philosophy which is "unquestionably Invalid." Dr. John J. Kane, a specialist on marriage and the family, de clares that Kinsey "has Invaded the field of social philosophy where js 'Mr. Emo' 4nknnA n 909 CAMIRON this wasn't a wash basin?" his authority and ability can be severely questioned." His statistics cannot be projected on all Amer ican women. But despite these serious reservations, Dr. Kane con cedes that Kinsey's findings are the best scientific data available on the subject. "Let's not dismiss Kinsey as a crackpot," Dr. Kane cautions. "Let's remember that while this book may do great harm, it can also do great good. If America is alerted to the decline of moral standards, and realizes the impor tance of religion in regaining them, we may all have cause to remem ber Professor Kinsey with grati tide," he states. "Kinsey's findings reveal that certain types of illicit sex behavior have increased in recent decades," Dr. Kane notes. "He likewise con firmed statements by religious leaders that religion is the most effective method of curbing Im moral sex behavior. Again and again in the course of his investi gation Professor Kinsey found that the devout Catholic, Jew or Protestant was least likely to en gage in immoral sex behavior." * * * NO TV HERE Appleton, Wis. - (I.P.) - The Lawrence College faculty recently approved a recommendation, made by the Committee on Administra tion, forbidding students to have television sets in individual rooms and to place antennas on the roofs of college buildingi. Faculty ruling on the recommendation fol lowed investigation of the tele vision rulings in other schools. Dean of Men Chandler Rowe wrote to Beloit College and to Lake Forest College. TV sets on the Lawrence campus will, however, be allowed in dormitory and fraternity house lounges, in sorority rooms and in the Student Union. An indoor antenna is adequate for reception of broadcasts from the Green Bay television station and free-standing antennas will be allowed. If there is sufficient demand, some ar rangement might be made whereby one antenna could be erected to serve the fraternity houses. * * . LIBERAL ARTS Northfield, Minn.-(l.P.)-In an effort to silence for all times the unenlightened who ask, "What can you do with a liberal arts educa tion?," a report on the recently concluded Carleton College Careers Conference reveals that the event this year was an all-alumni affair. Based on questionnaires filled out by students indicating voca tional interests, Dr. Leith Shackel, director of Carleton's Placement Service, invited 36 alumni in as many different fields to speak and conduct vocational sessions at the all-day conference orn the campuai-. Each of the 36 persons invited was a leader iin his field and, stated Dr. Shackel, "I could easily have selected a hundred more Carleton alumni just as well qualified to talk to the students about career opportunities in these fields." tion' Smiles naIm at a Detroit club and signed him to Columbia's Okeh label. Johnnie cut Cry and The Little White Cloud That Cried, which be came top sellers and launched Johnnie on his fabulous career. His personal appearances thereafter broke records nearly everywhere he played, even topping the all time mark for New York's sophisticated Copacabana. Johnnie is a unique showman. ils repertoire is sprinkled with songs in the pop, jazz, and reli gious vein, all of which are deli vered with exaggerated gestures and eracking voice. And, yes he really does cry on stage, but, con fidientially, after he leaves the floor, he doesn't do much sobbing. After all, how tear-jerking is a million doallars ? JOHN DUFFY Isolationisr Bricker A With the introduction of the Bricker Amendment, Isolationism once more becomes politically ex pedient in the United States. The great tide of Internationalism brought to a flood stage by the war and the establishment of the U.N. is ebbing. Previously the isolationists in Congress had to be satisfied with leaders of the Langer variety. When in 1941, Arthur Vandenburg and Robert Taft disowned the "America by itself and for itself" tag, it seemed that the era of international co operation, the dream of Wilson, had at last come. In 1945 with the foundation of the United Nations the internationalists scored their greatest victory. Under Ttuman this new trend toward a united free world, led but not coerced by the U. S.. continued. Deep Rooted However Isolationism which claims spiritual descent from Washington had struck deep roots in American politics. No single wave of internationalism could actually uproot it. For a moment the idea of a hermetically sealed America might be submerged, but it could not be destroyed. In the past five years Isolationism re turned, at first slowly and in disguise. Renascent isolationism first ap pealed to our emotions and our heart pocket books with the cry of "Bring the boys home and de mobilize the armed forces." The Internationalists were taken in. rhey trusted the Russians and they were tired of war. After all, wasn't the aim of this whole movement to bring peace, and wouldn't peace be expedited if we showed our sincerity by disarming. As it be came increasingly evident that peace would not come if America did not bolster the free world economically against Russia, the Truman plan and the Marshall plan came into being. But technical direction and economic aid were not enough. In 1950, America sol diers had once more to be put on the battle field. The embryonic America firsters began their progress toward the idiocy of the Bricker Amendment with cuts in foreign aid. Then they became Asia-firsters for a while, AL TISON Who Reall For S. C. Go On January 1, 1950, the State of South Carolina began its own Reconstruction Program, and now four years later, this state, one of the eleven states withdrawing from the Union some 80 years ago because her sovereignty was threa tened,, is still sovereign, governing her affairs and providing for the welfare of her people. With the guidance and deter mination of her greatest governor since Wade Hampton, South Caro lina has progressed and developed to such a remarkable extent that the political tendencies and eco nomic potentiality of the State are subjects of heated debate; both complements and criticism are heard regularly from all parts of the nation. Guovernor James F. Byrn will leave a legacy of over 6 million dollars surplus in the treasury; a rapidly growing industrial eco nomy, an equalized and greatly im proved public school system, a highway network rated third in the nation, and many unobvious accomplishments such .as domestic tranquillity. And above all, the legacy of prestige and respect now enjoyed by our State, equaled only by the political power known before the years prior to 1860. We citizens of South Carolina have had the exceptional good for tune of having as our governor a competent, honorable chief admin istrator, as well as a real servant of the people. This summer, our cherished heritage and opportunities for the future will be at stake as the peo ple of South Carolina cast their ballots and elect thne next governor. Although five men hav. an n Again with mendment figuring that it was cheaper to use Chinese Nationalists and a blockade than to use our own troops. They cut a confusif figure in 1951 clamoring for ee nomy and at the same time urging an all out war with China. They were criticized for deluding the people into a belief that an all out war would be a cheap war. They also spoke of preventive war. In spite of their ingoism they criti cized the limited war in Korea as too expensive. Their logic seems to have been that it is less diffi cult to fight on a single continent than on a small peninsula of that same continent. Unfortunately, the Mad Hatter reasoning gained many converts. McCarthy Criticizes At the same time they critic*d our allies in the U.N. McCarthy, in fact, suggested that we fire on English vessels. The French ordeal in Indochina was ignored. The ef forts of our NATO allies were be littled. According to the neo isolationists, only Spaniards and Yugoslavs could be trusted as al lies. Since neither nationality seems anxious to cooperate fully with us it is once more hard to understand the thinking or the ad vocates of such an alliance. The critics of the foreign policy of the Truman Administration (and basically Eisenhower is not one of them) seemed to have devised an "Alice in Wonderland" program. It is now, however, apparent that inordinate economic cuts, criticism of trustworthy allies, and the em bracing of impossible friends were all part of the same pattern. That pattern is one of isolation and a retreat from the moral leadership of the free world. The Bricker Amendment is a key to the whole crazy puzzle. All else is but preliminary. With be Bricker Amendment comes the repudiation of the U.N. and of international cooperation. If the amendment is passed as Bricker is proposing It, the United States will find it virtually impossible to cooperate with any other na-' tion. If even a watered-down ver sion is passed, the amendment will serve as a moral repudiation of all previous agreements and a warn ing to the world that we will have no more of them. The United States will have for the second time in fifty years exhibited that it is a nation ruled by narrow and partisan courthouse politicians and that such a nation is incapable of leading any wvorld movement. y Qualifies vernorship? nounced themselves as candidates for the State's highest office, (one of them withdrawing in favor of Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman) only two of them are considered to be strong enough to win the majority. Lt. Goy. George Bell Timn*Ar man, .Jr., of Lexington, in offering for the Office of Governor, said that the separate but equal public-~ school system should be main-r tained and that industry and agri culture would receive his personal attention. His more than four years as Lieutenant Governor would no doubt enable him to very capably administer the responsibilities of the state and maintain its position in the nation. Mr. Lester Bates, of Hell Hole, South Carolina, stated that he was also in favor of separate but equal school systems, and would endqvor to "put more business in govern ment and less government in bus iness." Mr. Bates is a very suc cessful business man, president of the Capital Life Insurance Com pany of Columbia, and as a result of his many appearances as guest speaker for organizations through out South Carolina, he has be come acquaitated with the people and problems of all parts of the state. But the final responsibility for our continued progress, both eco nomic and political, rest with us, the voters! It Is we who must investigate the conditions and cir cumstances surrounding the ad ministration of our state govern ment, and deterrmine the man beet qualified to guide the efforts of the G,eneral Assembly and repre sent the State to its best ad vantage.