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McCarthy Drum Beating Clc As this is apparently the "Age of Mc Carthyism" it is not surprising that some of the McCarthy proponents have adopted some of his tactics. Not only political friends, but political worshippers as well have started to beat his drum. The effects have been felt as far south as North Carolina and perhaps farther. Considerable publicity was given to the rumor a year or two ago that Communism was being taught at the University of North Carolina. We cannot say whether this is true or not. But it certainly impressed some into associating UNC with pink images. A similar situation has again arisen at UNC. An edtorial in the "Daily Tar Heel" supports three religious leaders at Chapel Hill who have been "given the opportunity to resign" or have the recommendation made that they be dismissed because they are too liberal. The editorial reads, "Three more men of God are about to pay the price of thinking for themselves. They are adult leaders in the state's Baptist college student program who are to be fired if their inquisitors have their way. . .... The source of the trouble is the usual source of Chapel Hill's church trouble: 'lib eralism'. The suggestion that they get out -it is understood that they have refused came from a seven-man committee made up A Suggested PI Alleviate Tra A recent suggestion by Mr. Carter Burgess, assistant to the president, may change the traffic flow on the horseshoe and provide for a more organized traffic system. This suggestion is to change the entrance of the horseshoe to where the main exit is now located and, in turn, relocate the exit to where the entrance is, reversing the flow of traffic. Doing this would eliminate much of the danger of any parked autos being side-swiped, since the parked cars could be easily seen from the driver's side. Traffic through the road between the president's house and Tenement Five would With Sam Donahue Billy May's Ban The Billy May band, formed service band a some 22 months ago, takes to the charge of all road this season minus Billy May. the Armed Forci Ex-leader May will do occasional wvriting for the band, but the new front man for the organization will be tenor..saxist Sam Dona- ~ hue. The band hereafter will be billed as "The Billy May Band ~%~ with ' Sam Donahue," and will retain the May sound-slurping saxes et al. And, of course, C;apital Records will continue to record the group. D)onahue first gained promi nence in music circles during the swing era when he was a featured sideman in several top bands. In 1938-40 he was with Gene Krupa's group and later joined the bands of Harry James and Benny Goodman. In 1941 he was Sam D fronting his own orchestra but was forced to disband when the The tenor ace v Navy called him up for service, on many servic In the Navy, Sam had his own played the arme A& GAA*co4 CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Aseoclated CoHegLate Pr. ounded naary 60so0.ws, RbetElit Comi University of South Carolina we.eMr, eFd'a duria eeiy C " P'Th endorsement. The right to edit is reseved. EDITOR ... .. . .. JO] MA NAGING EDITOR .......BI] BUSINESS MA NAGER . . . B ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ... NEW S E DITOR ................ .... ..Be SPORTS E DITOR. .. ........... SOCIETY EDITOR ....Carc CAMPUS EDITOR.. CIRCULATION MANAGER . W. 1 ASSIST ANT BUSINESS MANAGER. ... STAFF REPORTERS Faris Giles, Dew James, J. R. Roseberry, Donna Parrish, Curtis Watson, Bob Young, Bertha Gi Sligh. COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Faris Gles, J. Allen Tison, Ralph BUSIMESS STAFF Wes Sanders, Al Perry, Glibby Dean, D. J. Salle CARTOONISTS Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajohn ns Have Begun ise to Home of Baptists appointed last fall to investigate student work and 'liberalism' in the college groups. Immediately prompting the commit tee's appointment was the students' protest which followed when their elders canceled a talk by a Tennessee theologian, charged with liberality. But behind all that lies years of suspicion of the student program, particu larly the non-segregated aspects of it." There is not today a common, accepted meaning for "liberalism." Certainly there should be more grounds upon which to base the dismissal of three religious leaders. It is acceptable to us, however, that any attempt to argue politics, segregation, or religion is negligible in its results; and when religion and politics are combined results, as to truth, arb even harder to obtain. Religious leaders in South Carolina, as far as we know, have limited their interest pri marily to religion-with the exception of one state bill. At least, they have not ex pressed any so-called "liberal" views to any great extent. If, in any event, such leaders should at tempt to come out into the open with any views which they may have, they, too, may have answers to give. However, we hope that the approval of McCarthy evidenced at the Buckley speech is not indicative of most of the students and faculty at the University of South Carolina.-JWR an Could Help ffic Situation be limited to incoming traffic, thus elimina ting the danger of emerging onto Green Street by Preston. Inadvertently, the neces sity of university vehicles circling the entire horseshoe in order to make an exit would be eliminated, since the proposed exit is much closer to the truck yard. No definite plan has been made to this effect yet, and, perhaps will not be. How ever, in view of the increasing parking and traffic problems arising, there seems to be some step yet to be taken in order to alleviate the problem. This suggestion may be worth a try.-JWR d Is Minus Billy rd was put in alovrtewr.WheinL avy music for bo(css ~s Radio Service. Afebendihag,Sa donahehdhiuenhwso ias alsoo totheretuarAFR moeteNv ald forcs newor duy(uin thsKheeafirsr Thietmets ofe assttine Uo his sthen disharg from heoavy aejonedth wscottod ai,eastcordeng, ....AlmuicfasLaonav ynaMlung mznl sottm hsbcm antusy Pinemsialnranya tioB-widintoor HaitiehColumbi Gregory.artst high oe forld Wuhieh insn IN one ~bofc ads tpvcl trc formd cJanthe aband Xbut oce as the irsdoit firs two rhisaseshos monh in ddtin o hereult FR oh. one. [ore Yoe ad Thalled Thim Way -1 ~ duty dur ineKrea Bilare. This tim a~l l'e Donahue ea atind Prol thek Navh the joicadh Desnd, Tosey Woan asis DONOAN tat ofader [[hen retdop the * Al Lane lnd sudi wejork.('iiey e o Ehrhaflloe the enteoi im of the Co lyn Mcun Hilooy iMaytroupewi in ansa anBffnn oi outtndJin d muia reriza JackFied stiron, wilaete oportunity was shoetains sttings current a Hale,Bruce proationd theabtur.oan rdn Joye GibPrt new: nightafford sigre centlso feure in he ithth Grgoy.Lartih-Cluma ledsxin hris bhh hopes forHhesr,hs signes y,Bl r oeord unlndrs town noame attrc Deccs . . . Juiutrs aof-sowe appearn ate byo' sin BillywDae. Reprinted from Docember 1950 ivse e*Eq, "It's nice, bu some sort qf Letters to Editor McCarthy Ceiling Fall (Ed. Note: We wish to re emphasize the letter policy of the Gamecock. All letters must be signed. Names will be withheld by request at the discretion of the editor.) Mr. Editor The Gamecock University Campus Dear Mr. Editor: I agree with the opinions Mr. T. E. Brown expressed in his article, "Disregard of Student Rights on Campus," in the March 12 Gamecock. Such fees as the athletic fee should not be compulsory for every student for every game. I think a student price for every game (I think a student price for individual tickets would be better.) I feel wasteful spending money for tickets of which I know I can not possibly use more than one-third. It would seem almost impossible for very many students to attend every athletic event of the season. The students from homes that are not rich in anything except loving care would greatly appre ciate the elimination of any uni versity fee that is not absolutely essential. A Working Student ATTlACKS DUFFY Mr. John Duffy Dear Sir: In Friday's Gamecock you seem to be against Senator McCarthy very much. I think if you read up on your present day news paper you'd find that people are against him. If you check their records you might find that they belong to some party or labor union that under Trueman(sic) was full of Communist. You also stated that he had (lone less than any one Senator. Well, if all Senators were as much against Communists as he is the United States would be better fix (sic) to fight it. With a bounch (sic) of Communists in the government how can you do anything. I wish you would in next week's paper tell a few good points about him and maybe you can find a few things he has done to suit you. How about don't be saying things that you cannot back up. I know you are not In co/egiate Canada: Another Burning . . Canadian students have found a substitute for panty raiding. A month ago University of Toronto students-dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes and shouting "Joe's our foel Joe's a shmoe" burned Sen. Joseph McCarthy in e'ffigy. Now more irate students at the University of British Columbia have undertaken another burning. They strung up, in effigy, Col. Robert McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune. McCorm ick's (tummy was stuffed with copies of the Tribune and hung before being set ablaze. The burning was a protest against the Tribune's recent at tacks on Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Minister of External A ffairs. Ce.we 1990 by wq-., e I had in mind pension plan" Upheld; .s in Dorm congress to find out the truth about those statements that you had in the Gamecock. Don't be putting a man down because a few Communists don't like him. Thank you, John A. McLeod. P.S.: I know he challaged (sic) the army once. Some one needs to get the Communist out. CEILING FALLS Dear Editor: The ceiling fell in over In Tene ment 29 the other night. Liter ally fell in on one of the first floor rooms. Fortunately, the occupants were out. Gone out, not passed out. Since nobody was hurt, I don't guess too much will be said about it, but if the stu dents had been killed or injured, there would have been a flood of statements from university offi cials regreting the incident and saying that such a thing should not have happened. Well, it did happen, and providence, not the university, is all that kept some body from getting a scalp full of ceiling. We may have some hard headed students around this place, but a good, hefty chunk of that plaster will soften up the hardest head. I know that we've had three tenements renovated. That's fine. We've had sprinkler systems put in to keep the dormitories from burning down, but somebody needs to do something to keep the damn things from falling down. I may be mistaken, but I think the school is supposed to have somebody to inspect the dormitories and see that they are at least safe. Seems to me like somebody goofed. Now, this may not sound too important, but it must be a bit disconcerting for a student to walk into his room and find the ceiling laying all over the floor, beds, desks, and clothes. That plaster is probably a bit hard on clothes and I'm sure it doesn't make a bed too comfortable. .I know the university plans to renovate all the dormitories even tually, but something should be done to make them safe until they can be remodeled. The university should keep in mind that we need a roof over our head. Not on It. Sincerely, Bill Leggitt England: Knife Thiowing... A new society has been formed at Cambridge University-dedi-. cated to the advancement and promotion of knife throwing at the institution. Undergraduate members of the Cambridge Knife Throwing Club are now in the process of hunting up targets. Austria: The First Election .. Students of the Mozarteum, the Salzburg Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, showed slight en thusiasm when they went to the polls for the first time this year to elect their student government. Of an electorate of 182, only 41 voted. Nine ballots were terned invalid, and the remaining 32 votes went to the unitary list of candidates--who had been put up unoppomed. T. E. BROWN 9 to Isolationisr To the Foi The support which Senator Mc Carthy has received in his efforts to "purify the impure America," the passage in 1952 of the prej udiced McCarran Immigration law, the recent atteinpt at the Bricker Amendment, and other endeavors to cut the power of the United Nations and the United State's responsibility under it, as well as ever-present urges to cut American aid to Europe, disband the North At lantic Treaty Organization, and in general to play in our own front yard with our own little toys for our own great benefit, are indications that there is again on the rise in America an isola tionist attitude that places the self-interests of America above everything including world peace and security. The fact that McCarthy is perhaps losing some popularity, and that the Bricker Amend ment has met rugged criticism is of some encouragiement, but there is evidence enough of a trend that not only is morally wrong, but is tragically dan gerous, if United States' policies are molded by it. This is the trend of isolationism which, regardless of degree, can be disastrous. Though such a policy has proven its dangers in past years, people continue to take up its banner when too much sugar is put in the other fellow's cup at the expense of a grain in their own. Needless to say, as it is clearly and indisputably evident, Amer ica is a blessed nation. In the shortest possible time she has risen from thirteen inferior and struggling colonies to a strong, healthy nation, with power that could, if she so pleased to use it, rule a major portion of the world. The significant thing about American growth is that it continues, and that it has re mained for a period of years which previous world leaders would have, did, and do envy. Since assuming our place at the top, we have won every conflict, and have not failed to climb each AL TISON On Local 0 McCarthy, I It would be easy to say that the "County Option Bill" is not democratic because such things as smoking, dancing, drinking and religion are matters of in dividual freedom of choice, and to further defend this proposition with the conclusion that any of these freedoms, if carried to ex tremes, are punishable by exist ing laws--but next week it may become necessary to defend seg regation on the basis that it is the desire of the majority to con tinue the institution, as this writer' will continue to go down to the last 51 per cent of the voters. However, whether the major ity should rule the freedom of the individual, or whether the in dividual's "inalienable rig'hts" should be paramount to the ma jority vote is a philosophical and theoretical question; but for the case at hand, as in all matters Involving people and other., the results of any change should be examined from all possible angles; in other words, is it prac ticable? As for this glorified prohibition, the County Option, it is sufficient to say that when the same change now lobbied for was made law in the 20's, It not only failed to reduce the number of people choosinig to like whiskey, It Increased the number so greatly that more people voted to repeal the 18th Amendment than voted in the presidential election! And it is jolly well unsporting to subject our representatives and senators to such pressure as has been applied (during the past two weeks, when it is conceded that a vote from the cItizens of the counties would defeat the motion in all but a few counties, where the people would like to pour the whiskey donm th dri, u cn n Coming re in U.S. new ring placed in the ladder of progress and prosperity. We have yet to see a major war fought on our land, or to see American homes blasted b. enemy bombers. For some rea son God has put His hand on our nation and continues to let us reap the abundant benefits of such a blessing. The United States, however, like a spoiled child who finds life too easy and wants more the more he gets and strives tenaciously to hold onto what ever he already has, is facing the danger of waking up one morning with its entire world fallen in as a result of its own selfish and greedy attitude. We have no right to pursue our lives with no thought given to the effects of that pursuit on others. Neither has the United States, as the leader of the worA, any right to shun its respontf bility towards other nations. It is a massive responsibility that our nation has and we must ac cept it in good faith as the cost of our own prosperity. This responsibility involves world leadership absent from the desires of self' gain; it requires guidance with one thought in mind: advancement of the other nations of the world along with ours, and aid to others based on a policy of honest help rather than ultimate subjection. We must in the following of every foreign and domestic policy con sider first its effect upon our fellow nations; if we gain at the expense of others, then our gain is wrong and should be avoided. Now, this is not to say that we can gain without taking away from others the opportunity to obtain that which we gained, but it is to say that if we deliberately pursue a policy based solely on self-aggrandizement with no con sideration given to world respo sibilities, then we are followl ig a policy which deviates from the Christian doctrines which we so faithfully tell the other nations that they should follow. America is made up of individ uals, and thus this becomes an individual problem. Every Amer ican should reconstruct his ideas along the lines of a world view, rather than of a group or national view. The United States would then become a world-loving, rather than a self-loving nation. 'ption, Joe Diplomacy tinue to receive their share of the taxes collected from the sale of non-bootleg hooch. * * * As for Senator Joseph Mc Carthy, it seems that "de lord" Is about to cast him out of "heaven," and this is as it should be-it has become increasingly evident that Senator Joe is not doing as much good for the country as he is dloing for himself. A congrg. sional committee, such as lie heads, is an undesirable neces sity, but it is definitely neces sary! However, viewing this con troversy for an un-investigated position, it is gratifing to note that the present administration is not cutting the props from under McCarthy while hiding be hind smoke screen of counter eharges and "Joe-is-still-our-boy" propagander, but doing It right out In the open and in conformity with the campaign promises of the administration "not to cover Lip mistakes, but to admit Am atnd to do something about it." * * * . In our international relations It is apparent that John Foster D)ulles has gained a real, as well as a diplomatic, victory at both the Berlin and Caracus confer ences. All of the European coun tries outside of the Iron Curtain, atnd East Germany as well, are well adlvised that the Soviet Peace Dove is as unpredictable in his dlestination as in the mes sages he carries. This expose haa, for the time being, "unshook" P~rance, andl in giving consider sble cause for thought to Italy; and in our own hemisphere, con olidation of the American Re publics has isolated Guatemala and caused the "Gift Horse" to rock a wary eye at Mexico and Argrentina.