The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 19, 1954, Page Page Two, Image 2
Flaws in th
Systef* Easil
When a new system is introduced in any
organization, unless it's perfect, there is
usually a division of thought as to its merits
and fallacies. It is hard to see perfection in
anything. The new janitorial system falls
into such a category.
Economic measures by the administration
have cut the maintenance staff and the ef
fects have been felt not only by the em
ployees themselves, but by the students as
well.
Before such measures were enacted
there was practically no comment on room
service. Students had become accustomed to
the method of one janitor cleaning one com
plete building. They assumed their room
would be swept at least once a day. Whether
or not a complete job was performed was not
a topic for discussion because as often as
not it wasn't.
Now that a change has been made and
the janitors work in a clean-up crew of four
or five, the janitorial service has received a
good deal of criticism, some of which is due,
some of which is not.
The biggest gripe, from our observation,
seems to be that the rooms are half cleaned
and that by working in a group, the individ
uals don't know where one janitor left off o*r
just where another should begin-a duplica
tion of effort. Another gripe is that no male
student seems to know just when his room
Campus W
With New
The campus as most of us now know it
will be only a small part of a larger campus
in a few years if proposed projects are car
ried out in any reasonable length of time.
An extensive building program is expand
ing the boundaries of university property.
Before the entire program is completed there
will be numerous buildings of which we now
see no sign.
Plans have already been made for a stu
(dent union building and it shouldn't be long
until the long-awaited dream becomes a
reality. A new girls' dlorm will be built within
the next year and a new boys' dorm is in the
planning stage. Most of these projects have
been talked for a long time and even now
some of them are not completely certain, but
in all probability they will materialize.
A new dormitory for boys is certainly
needed- -more now than ever before. Despite
the fact that most of the freshmen are now
housed ini the new Student Center, there is
still a lack of living space. This was evident
at the beginning of the semester when
rooms had to be crowded to take care of
CROWING FOR A GREATER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl
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University of Sout Carolina wel,on rdy,durn
radly those of CTe ameok. *uishi doe nt
endorsement. The right to edit is reserved.
EDITOR....................... .. JO
MANAGING EDITOR . .. .BI
BUSINESS MANAGER . . . . .... . DA!
ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR.
NEWS EDITOR ........ .B
SPORTS EDITOR ... .
SOCIETY EDITOR . .........Car
FEATURE EDITOR ..........Ben
CIRCULATION MANAGER .....W
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER..
STAFF REPORTERS
Faris Giles, Paul Hlanks, Dew James, J. R. Ros4
Hale, Bruce Parrish, Ce'rtis Watson.
COLUMNISTS
John-Duffy, Faris Giles, J. Allen Tison, Ralpi
BUSINESS STAFF
Wes Sanders, Al Perry, Gibby Dean.
CARTOONISTS
Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajohn
e Janitorial
ly Remedied
or shower room is going to be invaded by a
group of janitors and colored maids.
This is a source of irritation and often
embarrassment for the male students living
on campus and it seems to us that something
should be done about it.
As far as duplication of effort is con
cerned, it should be only a matter of time
that all the janitors acquire the know-how
and work out a system of their own to elimi
nate such wasted effort. Even now there is
not as much confusion as there has been
when tenements are invaded by the cleaners.
There is hardly any doubt that some of the
rooms aren't receiving as much cleaning as
they should. The older tenements can hardly
be cleaned well. However, the newer dorms
and renovated buildings could and should be
kept cleaner. It wouldn't take a lot of effort,
either. A minute or two longer on each room
would be worth good results.
Probably the only solution to the "invasion
of privacy without warning" problem would
be a designated hour set aside for cleaning.
This method would warn the student of the
cleaning crew.
With the emphasis now being focused on
good housekeeping, there should be consid
erable improvement in the cleaning situation,
especially since cash prizes are being
awarded to efficient maids and janitors dur
ing the clean-up campaign.-JWR
'ill Change
i Projects
all the students. In some instances three are
occupying rooms designed primarily for the
comfort of two. A lack of privacy occurs in
such a situation.
Housing for girls is now so critical that
many live off-campus in houses rented by
the university. The new dorm for them will
relieve the situation and allowv a centraliza
tion of living quarters.
Living conditions haven't grown quite so
bad for men students, but the problem is
growing worse with every semester. It would
be improbable and more exlpensive to house
men students off campus if the necessity
should arise.
Renovation of all the old tenements on the
horseshoe will probably start this summer.
Attractive living quarters will do a great
deal to increase the enrollment at Carolina.
With an administration as we now have
bent on increasing the p)restige and appear
ance of the campus, it is probable that the
building program will envelope many more
projects. Such enthusiasm will go far in the
establishment of a greater Carolina.-JWR
Letters
(Ed. unote: These two letters
we*re received Friday and Saturday,
respectively, after the Maxcy ball
Awas missed Thursday. They were
INA crudlely printed evidlently to pre
event any recognition of hand
e sthe nes writing.)
g the college Maxcy ball shall be returned if
rentncs andl when courteous and efficient
costitute an sevc is instituted( at the deposi
FIN W. RAY tory.
LL LEGGITT Mlister (hips
i DONOVAN AP'OLOGIZEs
. .Al Lane Mr. C'hips sorely regrets Mr.
tay Ehrhardt lRussell's discomafort concerning the
. .Jack Bass Maxey ball. TIhis (Ieed was done
Dlyn McClung w/it h no ma liciuuus forethbought and
R. McElveen wasM not inItendedU as a personal
L. Buffington afftron t to I 'res idlent Rtussell whom
. Jack Field Mr. Chips holds in the highest
esteem. Mr. Chips wishes again
~berry, Donna to apologize to the president and(
to assure him that the ball is un
Gregory. ne. and will be returned upon
Gregory. the initiation of courteous and
respectful service at the deposi
tory.
Mister Chins
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SOMETHING'S AMISS WITH
THE MISSES...
Chaos has split apart a highly
publicized contest held last month
in Miami Beach, Fla., to choose
the "College Queen of the United
States."
First of all, the third-place win
ner accused the winner-Toby
Gerard of Miami-of wearing fal
sies. Miss Gerard promptly denied
the charge, declaring, "No one
could possibly know."
Then Rosaline Sappington, a
University of Michigan beauty
who participated in the contest,
also claimed the judging was "not
on the up and up." Miss Sapping
ton said her hotel room was across
the hall room from that of the
contest director, and that she heard
the judges decide on a winner
"a girl from Texas who goes to
the University of Miami"-the
night before the contest was held.
"They wanted someone who
would be around Miami after the
contest," Miss Sappington said,
adding, "I found out later that
one of the judges was a man she
(Miss Gerard) dated."
HOW'S THAT? . . .
Students of beginning psychol
ogy at San Diego State College
(Calif.) were asked recently to
write down what they considered
to be their "most valuable asset."
Two answered "intelligence"-and
both misspelled It.
QUIET, PLEASE, LIBRARY . . .
Graduate students at Wheaton
BILL LEGGITT
Mr. Chips
About the
More than a week ago, the brass
bail that tops Maxey Monument
was stolen. This is the same ball
that is supposed to spin when a
virgin walks by and has remained
stationary for many years. Many
of us thought at first that some
dliligent student, firmly believing
in the virtue of the Carolina
co-eds, had taken the ball to see
why it never movedi. It seems,
though, that nobody cares about
the question of the co-ed's virture.
The disappearance of the ball is
connlectedi with something fa' less
interesting; the depository
'The Gamecock has received two
letters from some character who
calls himself Mr. Chips, who says
that the ball will be returned
"when courteous and efficient serv
ice is instituted at the depository."
In his second letter, Mr. Chips
emphasizes that the theft of the
ball is not intended as an insult
to the president of the university.
So far as we have been able to
find out, nobody has thought of
the ball's disappearance as an in
sult to the president. But, that is
getting just a -bit off the subject,
which is the courtesy and efficiency
of the depository and the people
working there.
Admittedly, there is room for
improvement in the depository
system. There is a certain amount
of red tape connectedl with cash.
ing a check. Some of it is neces
sary. As for the courtesy, there
may be room for improvement
there, but I dIon't know where. Tfhe
dlepository employees have always
been courteous and helpful to me.
It is their job to see that checks
andI deposit slips are made out
properly, that checks are prop
erly endorsed, and to check the
student's idIentification cardl. In
sistance that these things be done,
probably leads some students to
feel that the employees are dlis
courteous. However, if they aren't
careful nnd mistakesa na made,
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College (111.) will act as monitors
to keep down noise in the library
this semester.
The monitors will enforce Whea
ton's new library code, which says
"Any continued or recurring talk
ing or whispering and for that
matter any discourse among the
students would be considered a
violation."
The monitors will issue "viola
tion cards" to offending students,
and two violations will mean sus
pension from the library for a
week.
ANOTHER NAME-CHANGE? ...
Earlier this year (See ACP
Feature Service, Nov. 15) Penn
sylvania State College changed its
name to Pennsylvania State Uni
versity.I
Now the movement has spread
westward. A bill which would
make Michigan State College it
university has been introduced in
the Michigan legislature.
Students at Michigan State, how
ever, have been much more apa
thetic than those at Penn State.
Says the Michigan State News:
"Students apparently o not care."
UNION SCALE . . .
The Weekly Graphic at Pepper
dine College (Calif.) is looking
for a flag pole sitter.
To publicize a school flag-design
ing contest sponsored by the
Paper, the Graphic says it will
PaRY "union scale to anyone wh]o
will perch atop the flag pole on
the administration building."
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RALPH N. GREGORY
Why Student Activities
Fees Are Too Low
Since the 1930's the student activities fee has been in
creased exactly $2.90. In a report for the school year of 1939
40 the amount set aside for all activities other than athletG
was $3.60. Fifteen years later it is only $6.50, and $2.50 of
that increase is earmarked for one activity.
At the end of the thirties, this nation is just beginning
to overcome the effects of a depression which had plunged
it into the bleakest economic spot in its relatively short his
tory. Prices had begun to rise but were nowhere near the
incredible sums they were to reach during the Second World
War and the years following it.
During the year 1939-40 the activities fee was inadequate
to cover the needs of the many activities which it was de
signed for. Many of the organizations reported themselves
in debt at the end of the term and screamed for higher alloca
tions. They didn't come because there was no money to p
ply their needs.
The fee remained the same during the early forties,
through World War 11 and into the postwar period when the
university reached its peak enrollment. With about 5,000
students paying the fee there was an increase in revenue but
also an increase in the services demanded by the publications
and other activities. Prices were rising and the revenue
couldn't keep up with them.
The end of the war didn't bring the expected lag in the
price boom. Instead the cost of everything continued to rise.
But the student activities fee remained the same. The cry
for funds continued and now the athletic department added
its powerful vail to the cry for more money.
The fees of the university are controlled by the state and
any increase is subject to the whims of the General Assembly.
For nearly three years the cry continued until the university
president, Admiral Smith, suggested that an increase of $6.50
be made to the $8.50 fee, bringing the total to fifteen dollars.
The Athletic Department was to receive $8.50 of the total;
$2.50 was to be-set aside for the Garnet and Black and the
other four dollars was to be divided among the remairIng
dozen or more groups. In exchange for the increase every
student was to receive a Garnet and Black without any addi
tional charge.
The plan was approved during the legislative session of
1949 and went into effect in the school term of 1949-50.
Under the new schedule of fees the athletic department
received a 42 per cent raise and the Garnet and Black got an
automatic five dollars per year compared to something like
fifty cents before the raise. The remaining dozen organiza
tions got approximately a sixty-five cent raise per semester,
over a nickel for each group).
That schedule for the allocation of the activities fee is
still in existence. It hasn't been raised since 1949, and in that
year most of the groups dependent on the fee for operation
were in debt and could not depend on the student activities
fee to pull them out.
What has happened since 1949 to the cost of living can
be told by any wage earner or housewife. Prices have con
tinued to rise. A quick look at the consumer's price index will
show how much they have risen.
The same story of expanding expenses and the shrinking
dollar are evident in the organizations which were without
proper funds 15 years ago. While wages have risen, their
mode of support has remained the same.
For example, consider the cost of publishing the Gaine
cock, the Garnet and Hlack andl the Carolina Review. The cost
of newsprint has risen more in the past five years than it(
had dluring the entire period from 1940 through the war.
Since the Gamecock's financial statements are easy to obtain,
consider the cost of p)rinting an issue in 1949 against an
issue today.
The cost of printing an eight-page paper in 1949 was
ap)proximately $400, including engraving and photography.
Tfhe cost now, just for printing is $448. Add to that approxi
mately sixty dollars for engraving and one issue runs over
$500. In 1949 a ten-p)age issue could be published chsper
than we can puLblish an eight-page one.
Every other publication has been hit with the same
p)roblem. Year after year the Garnet and Black has been
forcedl to trim its expenses and to cut the size of the book
to stay within a budget which was enlarged for them by the
addition to the fee. The Carolina Review has reached the
stage where it can hardly meet two publications per year.
If the time has ever come for raising a fee, it seems that
t he idIeal place to start the increase would be here. A five
(dollar increase per year would mean an adequate amount of
mioney to p)rovide these organizations wvith the funds they
need and would cost the individual only $2.50 per semester,
only twenty dlollars for the entire college career.
It would be rather foolish to expect a business to operate
undler the same b)udget which it had five years ago. It's
equally foolish to expect the campus groups to (10 the same