Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Advancemer Some E: Graduating seniors are leaving Carolina in the midst of a tremendous building pro gram which is*rapidly marking the univer sity as one of the most progressive in the South. While seniors will not fully benefit from the program as students, those underclass men and future University of South Caro linians will reap the harvest of probably the most advanced administration in Carolina history. Then, too, there is the inward satis faction of those graduates who fully realize the progress made during their tenure. There is a marked contrast between the campus today and the campus as it was when the freshman class of '50 rode through the guarded gates of the horseshoe. Probably the most noticeable improvement is a result of the campus beautification pro gram. The planting of trees, grass and flowers and the general street improvement has added to the attractiveness of the campus. The overall clean-up program has eliminated many an eye sore. These are some of the things the grad uating seniors have seen. But there have been plans of greater things. Construction has already begun on a new girls' dorm. A $1,175,000 Student -Jnion Building will have its beginning early this summer on Melton Field. Work will begin on a $550,000 School of Business Administration at Bull and Devine Streets this summer. A new freshman dorm for boys will go up on Blossom Street between Sumter and Marion. Construction of an auditorium will begin sometime next year. State Musei Could E Two weeks ago the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a resolution to appoint a three-man committee to study the university gym, located in the middle of Sumter Street at Green, to determine if it is feasible to convert it into a state museum. Because of the existence of more pressing issues, the committee has not yet been ap pointed. It is quite likely, though, that it will be chosen within the next few weeks. In vestigation of the old gym will be carried on during the summer months. Such things as structure of the building, possibilities of conversion, and university approval will have to be ironed out before the report is made back to the House. If the report is favorable, definite action may be taken next year for the establishment of a museum. Rep. George H. Davis of Richland County, author of the resolution and former Carolina student, has the highest hopes of establish ing a museum or exposition in the Greek styled structure. Recognizing the need for a state mu seum, Rep. Davis made a tour of museums in states between here and the WVest Coast two summers ago. His purpose was to familiarize himself with them to such an extent that he would be qualified to intro duce legislation. L~as't summer he made another tour of state museums on a trip to Canada. "Nearly every state I was in had a state museum," he commented, "and it seems a shame that South Carolina doesn't." One in San Francisco, he said, strikes a force ful combination of an exposition and mu seum. The state's natural resources are on exhibit as well as historical relics, etc. %G GAA -Co4 CROWINC FOR A CREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Assoclated Collegiate Pre Foned Jary 30 1908, w I Robert Eiott Coazl Univerity of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, durin earaondodurihan g examn atin es salyt ou 'h Gamecok.'' Publisin does not EDITOR....................... .... JO MANAGING EDITOR ..BI BUSINESS MANAGER .DA? ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR .. NEWS EDITOR .. .... . ....BE SPORTS EDITOR.. SOCIETY EDITOR ..Car FEATURE FDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR. CIRCULATION MANAGER .W ASSISTA NT BUSINESS MANAGER..... STAFF REPORTERS Faris Giles, Bobby Alford, J. R. Roseberry, Donr1 Parrish, Mike Lovejoy, Bob Young, Bertha G;ar< COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Faris Giles, J. Allen Tison, Ralph ( Brown. BUSINESS STAFF Woen Sanders, Al Perry, Gibby Dean, D. J. Sail CARTOONISTS Bob Cdineron, Stanley Papajohn at? Here Are camnples Also an addition to the School of Educa tion is forthcoming. These are some of the greater building projects. But there are still more plans for some of the older buildings on the campus. All the dormitories on the horseshoe are to be renovated, also during the summer months, and the School of Journalism, long in need of much repair, will receive something like a $20,000 remodeling job. Another project in view is a major repair job on the university chapel. This may begin next fall. These are some of the things this year's seniors will see as alumni. Of course the most interesting project to the students will be the Student Union Build ing. Among other things, the building will house a cafeteria, probably replacing Stew ard's Hall, a bowling alley, student publica tions, many student organizations, and a television set for the main room. The delay in construction of the building was caused by a few changes in the archi tectural plans. Later plans have styled it a more pleasing, modern structure. This building will probably do more for the individual student than any other one thing yet attempted. At the same time it will serve as a meeting place, thus knitting a closer association of students. But progress is not always expressed in terms of buildings and beauty. And, so, the academic side is running parallel with the building progress. Better quality in instruc tion is being stressed and results are forth coming. Combined, all these factors are contrib uting to "a greater Carolina" for greater Carolina students.-JWR MM at USC le Asset An attempt was made last year to bring the matter before the House. Another was made this year, but it was not until the clos ing weeks that Davis got his resolution through. The investigating committee will prob ably be appoirited this week. A provision for $250 for study of the old gym is in the reso lution. If the committee makes a favorable report the issue could be determined next year. Mr. Davis is optimistic toward the prospect of a favorable report. He intends to "follow through with it if elected next year." He is also contemplating another study of mu seums in the central and northwestern part of the country this summer. (All these studies have been made at his own expense.) The proposal of a state museum at the university seems both ideal and logical. It indicates that the educational values have at least been considered in this era of South Carolina industrialization. There is another angle, too. If the building can provide for the exhibition of South Carolina's natural resources, it could be a great help in bringing more industry to the state. Since the Plan ning and Development Board is just around the corner, it would be convenient for repre sentatives of potential industries to get a first-hand glimpse of state resources. There seems to be all advantage and no disadv'hntage to having a state museum at the university. Undoubtedly, it would benefit bo0th the state and the university. The combined efforts of the university and the state legislature could culminate in the christening of another intellectual institution within the state university. -JWR Collegiate .. ..Clippings AINA aAt the University of Colorado da te fa the traditional spring variety g the coliese show has been replaced by an re not~. All-Men's revue--not entirely to everybody's liking. E~ .RYComments the Colorado Daily: LL DONOVAN "Can you imagine anything more . Al Lano dull, colorless and dlismal than a tay Ehrhardt spring-time stage show without . Jack Bass girls ? . . . Will a hale, hearty Dewe Mcln all-male show drawv the crowd Patsy Penney and1 make the same amount of L~. Buffington money as an all-star cast in .Jack Field eluding talented andi gorgeous a Hale, Bruce loveies? ner. " . . .The male attitude toward iregory, T. E. a male show was long ago re flected in an old English poem that started out, "Wot, no wo By, Bill Doar. men? Wot kind of pawty is th in?" CANTwofthf "Lost the eh AL TISON Eisenhowe Tell Factc Caesar said, "I have crossed the Rubicon." Charlemagne said, "I am not worthy to be emperor." Napoleon said, "Follow me, Frenchmen, and we will conquer the world." Bismarck said, "We must unify the (German) States in order to be strong." Churchill said, "We (must) offer blood, sweat, and toil to preserve our heritage." Stalin said, "We desire only peace." Eisenhower said, "We will 'immediately' retaliate if attacked." And this columnist says, "Spring is wonderful, I like everybody, 'specially women." All except one of these men have shaped the history of the world, and have indirectly decreed who shall live to enjoy such a pleasant season as this. It is very possible that the U. S. will be fighting a hot, ac tual, bullet and guinsmioke battle in Indo-china by thiil coming Saturday. If this happens, Churchill will puff furiously on his cigar, call the Laborites "bunglers" and throw in with us-France, already more unified and justly proud than she has been since Napoleon was exiled, will be able to accept our assist ance without the usual downcast attitude of a proud, but dis unifie'd nation receiving gifts. G'erma ny, undler their present, but more honorable Bismarckian chancellor Adenaur, will say, ".Ja, fight the Communist," and hope that the restored pride of France will allowv the settlement of the Sarr' plemlC1, andl that the European A rmy will become a reality. Despite Pi The Talk i. By D)EAN SCHIOELKOPF Editor, Minnesota D)aily The talk in Russia today is of peace. We heard it everywhere we we'nt. This is the line: The Rus sian people suffered great losses in the last wvar. Their homes and their factories were leveled. Their friends and relatives were killed and cripplled. And so they want peace, they say. They think the American peo pIe want peace, too. But they b)elieve that "war mongers" con trol the government. They say President Eisenhower does not really set policy hut is "a tool of the monopolies." Anatoly Krasilevich, 25, an engineering student at Moscowv University, to?ld me he doesn't think there will be a war hetween the United States and Russia for five or six years. "It will take America that long to ge't ready after your .losses in theoeaon wr,e" he snad "ut 9-c' etion., eh?" r and Co. to Reds And the United States, under her greatest leader since Wash ington (this comparison is valid, I think, because never has our country had so much at stake as in the Revolutionary War of 1776 and the Cold War of 1954; and it is as evident that we will be successful in this war as we were in the first one-this is no mere result of passing time since 1946-it is actually a compliment to the American people that the elections of 1952 resulted in the courageous, calm leadership of Eisenhower, Dulles and Co.), is now in a position to look the descendants of Genghis Khan straight in the eye and say, "We have a bomb that blows down as well as up, covering an area if about seven miles. It destroys buildings and kills people and Russians. HIowever, we are a Christian people, andl as such, we go to war only to protect and preserve onr institutions, and( those of our allies in common. "Now, therefore, we demand tha}. you honor all of the effective agreements between our govern ments-this wvill include a free election in East Germany, Po land, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, tihe Baltic States, and Austria. Also, as a member of the United Nations, you will be expected to op)pose aggression, and abide by the Constitution of that organiza tion. Otherwise, we will continue to prepare to protest ourselves andl our allies against any ag gression, and to p)rovide( ourselves wvith an overwvhelming retaliatory force, and an inpenetrable de fense." opaganda, s of Peace there will never be a war unless the United States attacks Rus sia." We were repleatedly asked why the United States is building a network of air bases around the Soviet Union. The Russian people think the bases will he used to launch an "aggressive war." Largest Army When we asked students why Russia keeps the largest standling army in the world, we were told it is for dlefense p)urposes only. One interpreter told us that Rus sia dloes not have any long-range b)ombers - only fighters for defense. Our other interpreter smiled at that obvious untruth. Along with the wordIs about peace, Soviet leaders have been carrying on anJ extensive pro gram of anti-American p)ropa ganda. We could see evidence of it everywhere. Posters in the factories andl schools dlepicted UTnce Sam ns a villain-carrying T. E. BROWN USC-Hon( Must. Be F To Be SL The recent condemnation of three students by the Honor Board brings again to mind the problem of honor violations on the campus: how to prevent them and how to punish them. There are varying opinions on this, ex tending from the complete over throw of the honor system to the strict following of its principles as practiced now. Somewhere be tween the two extremes there Is a solution. Often the complaint is heard that in reality the honor system is a fallacy as only a few of the guilty are caught and then they feel that a crime has been done to them by those turning them in. This is true to the extent that we remember that 100 per cent of the criminals are never prose cuted, and we are lucky to catch 50 per cent. But it does not have to be that way at Carolina. The writer has had the good expe rience of attending a larger uni versity where the honor system (lid work, but it did so only be cause the students believed in it very seriously and put it at the top of the list of campus ideals; it was an ideal in operation, something sometimes called im possible. It is believed that the trouble at Carolina lies with the fact that the honor system frankly is not respected as such, is not ex pected to work, and in general is laughed at by most students as not only unnecessary but silly. When we arrived for orien tation at the University of Norh Carolina we were sub jected for several days to in tensive lectures on the honor systemt by seniors who really believed in it and who knew it did work, but also knew the importance of stressing to new students fron the very begin ning their place in the honor FARIS GILES Evils ir Consti Need Co We hear much these days about revising and amending the Constitution of the United States. Such controversial issues as the lBricker Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18, and other issues which reemphasize the fact that c'onst itutions and lawvs by which peop)le are governed should be added to and changed in order to keep pace with the times and the need, are presented ever so often in national, state, and local governintg b)odies. T1he Student llody Constitution at USC is no dlifferent. It must be amtendled and changed to cor rect p)resent dliscrepancies which exist in certain election laws. It needs a face-lifting job, and nteeds it badly. For one thing the Constitu tioni states that we shall have elections of Student Body offi cers on (one daOy, and elections for class officers on another dlay. It's certainly much better thme wuay we hold elections now i.e., all elections in one (lay, buIt thme Constitution should be amuendedl to read this way and should not he left as it is. What we're actually doeing now is un 'onistitumational. I can't see wvhy only rising sen iors in Law School are eligible for vice-president of the Student Isody. We sawv in the recent Stu dlent Body election that only one person was nomninatedl for this office. It seems to me that it cann tonts unrder' hiis arms, dollar signs int his eyes, committing some mnayhem on .John Bull and characters representing other na tions. Cartoons in magazines and newspape(rs fol low the same theme: dolla r-h ungry A me rican militarists, politicians or bus inessme(n looking for war or money, or both. Elate-Amnerica Posters We asked often wvhy there should be all these hate- Amuerica posters if litussia really was in terestedl int friendlshi p among nat tions. We always were told that these posters wvere not directed against the A merica n people, but against the military mter; and monopolies who want war. Russinn thin, th United )r System tespected ccessfuI code. It was urged that one had violated his pledge just a much if he failed to turn in a violator as he (lid if he himself were a violator. We froshmen accepted that and as we moved about the campus we realized more and more that this was the attitude; none of us would have hesitated to turn in a violator. But not so at Carolina. We spent only a short time on the honor code in Orientation class here, and now these classes have been abandoned. The general opinion was expressed that it is up to the individual to decide if he should turn someone in. This of course leaves room for one to exclude from those turned in the ones he likes and to in clude his enemies. If he fails to turn someone in he becomes the students' buddy and just the op posite if he does his duty. It is suggested, then, that if the honor systen is to work here, we must put it over to all the students all of the time, and not leave it to a few to support it. Learning to respect the honor code in all of its phases should he just as much a part of our first few days of school as paying tuition or planning a curriculum. It should be impressed upon every freshman that with him rests the whole system, and that upon the system rests the repu tation of Carolina. So deep should the channel be cut into the student's mind that nothing could make him cheat or fail to confront those w1hom1 he sees cheating. Only when this is done will the system at Carolina be worth anything; only then will it cease to be an'agent for re venge, and only then will cheat ing stop. USC tution rrecti ng would be much better to make every law student eligible for vice-president. This would assure more heated competition for this p)ositiont. Needless to say, yours truly still believes that we can im prove the qluality of our cheer leaders by setting up a com mittee of five people to select a specifiedl number of people who have p)articip)ated inl the tryouts and1( then to let these people ''runs for the office. Perhaps many of uis will re memiber the sham and farce which occurred whens 33 in diidmuals tried out, andl all were ilmmediately nominated regardlless of their qualifica tionus. An amendmnenIt to thne ef feet that we would have a comn mittee of five to select the nloitmiees was diefeatedi by .@ present Student Council in office. Well, a brighter day will come and Perhaps a more broad mnindied Council I These are just a few of the articles which I believe neod re vision. There are perhaps many others which also need change., hut p)rogress is slow and 'people are slow to change. It will indeed lhe a great accomplishment if the fewv issues mentioned here can be changed. Our constitution would undoubtedly be more up-to-date and fairer. States already has started one war--in Korea. We were told that Secretary of State Acheson and President Truman planned the war wvith Sygman Ithee, and that South Korean troops invaded North Korea. But the p)olitical consciousness or the lRussians wve met extended beyond international affairs. They were mutch interested inl in te'rnal problems of the United States. We were asked often about Sen. McCarthy. Usually the question was, 1 low mutch popular support does be have ? They said they think most A mericans oppose him. They called him a fascist and an enemy of Russia.