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Discipline Col In Hands of Fa About three weeks ago Student Council representatives appeared before the univer sity Faculty Council to ask for student vot ing power on the Discipline Committee. The council gave no decision but decided to refer the matter to the entire faculty at a monthly meeting. This meeting is set for next week and the vote of the individual faculty mem bers will decide the issue. < Under present rules the student body president is allowed to sit in on Discipline Committee meetings but has no vote. There are five faculty members on the committee. A unanimous decision is required in order to render disciplinary action. The proposed system, giving the student representative a vote, would abolish the re quirement of a unanimous decision, but it would give the student on trial a voting rep resentative. Considering both systems, it is evident that the change would give no more protec tion to any student before the Committee. On the contrary, the abolition of the unani mous vote requirement could make action even sterner against the defendant. The point which should be understood is that the idea of "protection" from the committee is Student Elec Votes and In the past most Carolina students have taken little or no interest at all in campus elections. The small number of voters and the lack of knowledge about student govern ment here has put a damper on campus politics, as such, for many years. Perhaps one reason for this is the general accepted thesis that student body and clasw officers exist as figureheads only, possessing no power along with their titles. This is true in part. It is neither practicable nor desirable foi the student government, the Student Coun cil in our case, to take any big hand in run ning the university. It is practicable, how ever, for the student government to have Sonnething .N Grading 0: The University of North Carolina ha: come up with something which is probabl, unique to most of us. It is a campus-widi student rating of faculty members, the firs in eight years at UNC. The survey is being handled by a specia executive committee appointed by the presi (dent of the university. T1he p)urpose of thi rating, according to the committee, is cor structive analysis of each professor for hi benefit as well as that of the student. Each student will receive five sheets o %$# GAA~CC CROWING FOR A GREATERI UNIVERSITY OF SOUTII CAR Member of Associated Collegiate Fdunded Jnuary 8, 1908, wit Robert Eliott Con University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridaya, du Th e on ebolsd eby columnissandm ete write sariBy those of 'The Gamecock." Publishing does n1 endorsem,ent. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER D. ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR C FEATURE EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER V ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Faris Giles, Bobby Alford, J1. R. Roseberry, Do Parrish, Mike Lovejoy, Bob Young, Bertha Sligh.COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Faris Giles, J. Allen Tison, Ral BUSINESS STAFF Wes Sanders, Al Perry, Gibby Dean, D. J1. S5 CARTOONISTS Bob Cameron, Stanley Papajob mittee Issue culty Members not the purpose of a student vote. There is no reason for anyone to think that the Dis cipline Committee treats students unfairly. A smoother, more integrated relation be tween the faculty and students is what Stu dent Council is after. In the university com munity, progressing as it is, student-faculty relations should not be overlooked. Those not really interested in campus re lations may find it hard to understand how this would increase good relations. They fail to see the principle of the issue involved. A trust with mutual understanding and coop eration in recognizing the student govern ment is a part of that principle. For years the Gamecock has tried to fol low a policy of promoting student-sponsored ideas within adaptable limits. We recognize the non-debatable point that it is impossible to give student representation in every ad ministrative and executive action of the uni versity. But there are those matters in which students are capable and deserving of par ticipation. Some members of the faculty have openly favored the student vote plan. Others have privately spoken in favor of it. We hope that it will be accepted by the entire faculty. -JWR ions Require Thoughts voice in matters where students are directly concerned, such as the Honor Board and Dis cipline Committee. Gradually the Student Council is growing into an effective organ for the student body. It expresses the views of those voting stu dents to the administration; it plays a big part in the planning of campus activities. If the student government at Carolina is to make more progress, the students will have to support it. This is the only official representation of students. Monday is election day. And voting is the . only sure way of being a part of the student i government. 'ew Is Added I Professors a which he will grade his last semester's profE 'on five points: clarity of presentation, op e portunity for questions and discussions t ability to arouse interest, attitude in clast toward students, and attitudec toward th4 d subject. -Student leaders urged that a proper atti e t ude be taken in the constructive progran i- in order to obtain accurate evaluation. s Results of such a survey if taken here a USC could no dloubt be helpful also, if no n highly interesting to the profs. Collegiate .. ... Clipping: OLINA WlElroM E, D)ARN IT... Press "I'reshmeni are getting moi tent oft and more cynical," say the ed ring the collese tors of the flatchet, Georg -a re not necea- Waishington University, Washing lOHN W. RAY l"aced( with welcoming fres1 BILL LEGGITT menPf to the' university for tI AN DONOVAN secondl semester, the edito: .Al Lane wrote, " . . . it is getting i Betsy Ehrhardt crei('tngly uncomfortable for ed Jack Bass toris to come outt editorially at arolyn McClung say, 'Welcome, freshmen'." Dew James The liatchet called freshmi Patsy Penney "hardbitten andl leconic now . IL. Buffington days." "They sneer," says tI Jack Field flatchet, when welcomed. "As unua fiale, Bruce matter of fact they sneer moi Gardner, Joyce andi more beautifully every year Hut de'spite their protests, ti Hp gr.atchet editors shrugged the ph Grgory.shoulders andl did their dut alley, Bill Doar. Saying they dIidn't care if ti freshmen did laugh at the gerreting, they said, "Welconme.' 7. "Tell yo 3-D Movies In Russia, But Oh (Editor's Note: This week's and next week's articles are the last two of six articles by Dean Schoelkopf, editor of the Uni versity of Minnesota Daily and one of seven American college editors just returned from a three-week tour of the Soviet Union.) By DEAN SCHOELKOPF Editor, Minnesota Daily They have three dimensional movies in Russia, too. In fact, they were invented there-or so we were told. But we saw one 3-) film in techni color that literally was a pain in the neck. In order to get the dimensional effect in Soviet 3-D movies, you must focus your eyes on one particular spot on the screen. If you move your head, you lose the effect. No special glasses are needed. We focused and refocused on a film called "May Night," and it left us with nothing but sore eyes and a greater appreciation for Cinerama. By American standards, most of the Russian films we saw 3-1) and regular screen-would rate as class B movies. We did see two outstanding documentary films-one about an oil develop ment out in the Caspian sea and another about the growth of the province of Georgia. Some American films are shown in Soviet theaters. When we asked what titles had been shown recently, the answer fre quiently was "Tarzan." Not nuch better than the movies was the opera wve saw at Odessa. T1o American opponents of opera1 sung in Englis , this would be a real nightmare. It was the Italian opera "Tosea,' performed by Russians who sang in the Ukrainian language. Much better than the opera was ai concert by the state sym phony orchestra--Russia's finest -at the Moscow conservatory, One' of the most outstanding Soviet condluctors - Eugen4 Mravinsky-was on the p)odium The orchestra played Shosta. kovich's Tlenth symphony, wvhicl had been premiered a fewv week: before in) Leningrad. A fter th t performance, Mravinsky mfo ionedl to a b)espectaledl man sit ting about half way back in th hall, and D)imitri Shostakovicl - walked qjuickly to the stage. After the p)erformance, we ha a chance to talk to Shostakoviel briefly, iIe is a slight man, an .he seemed*( nervous and shy, al though e'xtremely polite. We asked his opinion of sonm American composers, and he sai e of Aaron Copland: "Very inte: esting. I particularly like hi e '1'hbird symphony." George Gersil win is "a ve'ry strong' composer, he said. "I like his Symphon -in Blue." eOf Gian-Carlo Menotti he said a5 "I have heard his work once o -the radio, but he seems interesi ing." Benjamin Brit ten is "'ver d talentedl," he said. "His oper ablouit miners-Peter Grimes-i n ve'ry in te'resting." 1- Shostakovich, now 47 yearis ob eo is a professor. of mutsic at Lenir a grad conservatory. lie was r< - uked in 1 948 for. writing "ant " dlemocrat ic'' music but receive ie the Stalin prize in 1950. ir Two of our most memorale e> .periences in Russia were visits t e the Bolshoi Theater for balle r performances. TIhe Rolshoi, in entral Moscns 9 ur brother to go in the house for his drii Letters to the Editor Students C Profs, Lac Sto These Profs Dear Mr. Editor: Thomas Edison once said that genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. But -who can deny the importance of a pinch of stuff. It takes only a pinch of manganese to trans form soft iron into hardest steel. Where inspiration is, perspiration will often follow. Around the campus we have heard few inspired souls talking of taling the world by the tail and swinging it around. Where are the boys who are determined to fly to the moon, who will connect England to France with an under-channel tunnel, who will grow the world's best corn, and who will paint the paintings that will put Mona Lisa to shame. Would it not be better to have some inspired old bearded charac ter with soup spilled on his vest and inspiration spilled on his heart than some of the neat, clean, proper, and quite dull lec turers we now endure? If the eyes of the students don't gleam with anticipation as they walk through the doors of the lecture hall, perhaps it is because the eyes of the profes sor ceased long ago to gleam. Perhaps the university needs a separate Department of Dreams and Inspiration to handle the inspiration problems. Would it not be novel and interesting to see a group of dull, listless stu dlents, with neither aim nor pur pose, file into a class of Inspira tion 11 at 9 a.mi., andl come hustling out at 10 a.m. wildly enthusiastic about something? A nything! Yours very truly, James C. Byrd, Jr. "Review" Still Alive D)ear Editor: The "Carolina Review" has not ceased publication. The "Review," like nearly every other campus organization trying to survive on allocations from the Students Activities Committee, is hard pressed for funds. I do not know the reason why the "Review" failed to make a request for an allocation at the last meeting of the Allocations Commit tee. But, it was certainly not because of excess money, or cessation of p)ublication. Appar ently, the fault lies with the "Review" staff, or a member thereof. In light of this short coming, the' view expressed by the Gamecock is understandable. The dlebate team is an asset to e the university, and its record d this year is one of which we may .be justly proud. However, by comparison,,*the activities of the .(debate team directly affect few nstudents. y'The "Review," on the other I: is a beautiful theater. The n largest theater in the Soviet -Union, it has six horseshoe bal y ois trimmed with gilt. All aupholstery is red. Son the stage we Maw what is ge'nerally recognized as the finest i,ballet in the world. We saw Cin. -derella and Swan Lake. Both were -performed in their entirety, with. .out deviation for propaganda pur dI poses. For sheer spectacle, it wam -better than anything I have ever o seenf. With the big stage at th( t Holshoi, they could put more thar 100 beautifully costumed dlanceri o ut front at ne._ A of watcr." omplain of A Week's ries hand, reaches and serves far more students. It gives students interested in writing and becom ing writers an opportunity to see their work in print. No other campus publication offers an out let for the literary output of the student, and at the same time makes campus literature avail able to the student. Printing cost has increased tremendously, and so has the cost of many other phases of student activity work. Sooner or later, student activity fees will have to be increased; or else, some new system to finance student activ ities devised. Perhaps the best method to solve the problem is to dispense entirely with allocations, and consider student activities general operating expenses of the uni versity. In this way all bills would be paid directly by the uni versity, and thus all these alloca tion head-aches eliminated. Dew James Not So Fortunate Dear Editor: I was making my way through Miss Sonia Riffle's feature story on Mrs. Dugan and was enjoying it until my eyes rested on "Stu dents today should consider them selves very fortunate indeed." That uncalled-for bit of edi torial comment did get me peeved. The story had just said that there were only five phones on the campus 26 years ago and the author thereby concluded that the students must consider them selves lucky. I'm not so concerned with~ the five phones in 1928 as with the phones in each tenement and at each end of each floor of the larger dormitories in 1952-53 when a student didn't have to go looking for change or stand in line half the time that he wantedi or needed to make an outside call. Students most certainly should not be satisfied with the inferior phone system they now must put up with so that the university saves some money for which the students probably pay double. This is certainly not aimed at Mrs. Dugan who does an excellent job under trying conditions and who is one of Carolina's most loyal servants. When Carolina goes modern again in its communic.ations sys tem andl gives all students equal phone privileges instead of just a lucky few who by chance hap pen to live near an outside p)hone, then students should con sideCr themselves lucky. This equality means the privilege to receive a call as well as to make one from outside. Sincerely, Jack Bass Thanks From Pep Club D)ear Editor: As president of the Gamecock Pep Club, I would like to thank each person who helped make our Variety Show a success last Tuesday night. We, of the Pep Club, wish to congratulate each of the contestants on fine per. formances, andl to thank Jack Rast andl Phil Benediktsson for their work on the lighting for the show. We are indebted to many of the students and campus officials for their cooperation and support In this production. Thank you again. Sincerely, Al Perry Writer Says Byrnes Is Half Right By T. E. Brown Governor Byrnes in an address last week to the South Carolina Education Association asserted that "unless we find a legal way of preventing the mixing of the races in the schools, it will mark the beginning of the end of civilization in the South as we have known it." And he is more than likely correct. But is there anything to be alarmed about? Let us look at "civilization in the South as we know it" The civilization that Governor Byrnes is so afraid will be ended is one which we can proudly pre sent to the world as a perfect piece of Communist propaganda, and as an ideal working ground for Communist organizers, be cause here we find all of the misery and strife, exploitation and poverty that Marx pro claimed would be the downfall oft the capitalist system. One does not have to go far in South Caro lina to find some of the worst slums in the world, to find people who have never been inside a school house, to find schools which look worse than some people's tool sheds, and homes that are even more in distress. The unique thing about all of this is that most of it is found among the Negro, which, accord ing to Mr. Byrnes is profiting by Southern culture as no man could ever hope to profit, at least no man in a subordinate position in a society that places "racial integrity" (as Mr. Byrnes calls it) even above their religion. Yes, the Negro is looked out for so well in South Carolina, and the people are so free of prej udice against him, and he is being so well educated: that we still look upon him as some form of lower animal, to be pitied and fed the scraps, rather than as a being made by God, and equal in the sight of God to any white. person that ever lived or will ever live; that his per capita income is the large sum of $700.00 per year (as compared to $2,200.00 for the white man), a measely $13.46 per week, less taxes, which is enough to hardly pay a uni versity sutdent's food bill each week, much less take care of providing shelter, food, medical care, etc., of a Negro family; that petty prejudices prevent most of us from even adding "Mr." before his name as that designation belongs only to those lucky enough to be colored white; that we refuse them entrance even into our churches, where supposedly God and Christ rule (but they (do so only within the limits of human pride and prej udice); that we exploit him by paying such salaries as $2.00 per (lay for fourteen hours and more in a hot steaming kitchen, when we wouldn't even think of paying a white man that-why, it would be a disgrace-we wvouldn't be able to sit in church on Sunday andl pat ourselves on the back; that we allow our p)olice forces to use brutality of all types on him, andi seldom even try to (10 any thing about it. But why go on ? We know'9 what we are dloing. We know we are in the right. We know (at least Gov. Byrnes does, thisC columnist.does not have his op-. timism) that God will see our way if we keep asking him to. We know that our civilization is a great one in spite of its faults. We know that if the Supreme Court even tries in a logical way to gradually bring an end to segregation that we will stand up for what we believe and fight to the end. We know that we do not even need( a court decision to decide for us what is right ank legal; we have already decided. We know that Jesus Christ had some pretty good ideas on the subject of racial differences, but though we follow Him strictly, supposedly (at least to all out side appearances), on all other subjects, lie was all wet when it comes to dealing with the racial problem; when that subject comes up we and our politicians are the experts of all times. But, good p-eople, are we so sure ? If we are, then why must we continue. to dlefendl it, to be sensitive about it, to refuse to even allow argumentaion1 over it, to make sure our children are taught well the dloctrine of race hatred and white supremacy? Yes, Governor Byrnes is right; our civilization will undergo some changes, but is it not apparent that soemar n..e -.(1?