The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 07, 1954, Page Page Two, Image 2
.T.l urxStill T
u editorial appeared
n-t advocating the installation
of at1W1i t at College- St. near the
horseshoe i(ance and one on Green Street
near the entrance by Preston College. As
usual, however, safety was put in the back
ground and nothing has been said or done
about it as far as we know.
Accidents have occurred at both those
spots since that editorial was written. One
week-after the editorial appeared a car trav
-eling on Green Street sideswiped two parked
cars in front of Preston. It was about three
weeks later when a truck, attempting a turn
onto the horseshoe from Sumter Street, col
A Justified Con
A letter to the editor this week written by
four students now living in Burney Dormi
tory (Ten. 29) stated that the administra
tion "has succeeded in confounding the
budget of the veteran-student and others
who are self-supporting." The letter made
mention of increased room rent and the new
procedure on room deposits which requires
the students to put up fifteen dollars in
advance which is not deductible from -the
fifty to be paid at the beginning of the next
semester.
Mentioning other situations-the adminis
tration rule that only ten of the fifteen dol
lars may be refunded if a student decides not
to room on the campus after making the
deposit, and the lack of notice regarding
change in fees-the initial protest concerned
the increase in room rent.
In regard to the ten dollars increase in
room rent it must be noted that the increase
was made not only for those living in new or
renovated dorms, but for those living in older
dorms such as Burney, Snowden, Woodrow,
etc., as well. Surely the renovotion program
calls for increase in rent, but does it call for
an increase for those who do not or who
will not benefit from the program? We think
not.
Possibly the administration, by making
this overall increase, is attempting to alle
viate discrepancies in collecting rent and to
establish a unform room rent rate. But it
hardly seems fair to the student making him
pay for something which he isn't getting.
Room rent is not unusually high at the
university. To be sure, if everyone could live
in a new or renovated dorm there could
hardly be reason for complaint about the
rent.
Krupa is Openi
For Ad
Gene Krupa, together with i h er
drumming partner Cozy Cole, en n e
recently opened the doors to the fae
Krupa-Cole drum school in New zeay19
York, which offers complete clftodm
courses on all percussion instru- badwhc,t
ments for both beginning and ad- ha delod
vanced students. One of the two ChriVeti
drum stars will always be on oyEddg
hand at the school, and as soon oim*lam
as Gene fulfills current commit- t1?Pihr
ments he plans to devote most of (e~ ru) e
his time to the project.hiSinrln
The Chicago-born percussion- onti o
ist began his drumming career FdleSua
as a boy of 13 with a dime-dance Naoen
grind group called the Frivol
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lided with an auto.
The accidents were minor anti, fortunately,
no one was injured.
With late afternoon traffic as heavy as it
is, especially on Sumter, there's wonder that
students and autos alike haven't been
smashed up.
Many things more important than
traffic lights are needed at the university;
but, although this is a minor issue, it is and
shall remain an issue until safety precautions
are taken.
Caution lights at both places could make
it safer for everyone, but it seems as if the
City of Columbia just isn't interested.--JWR
aplaint Is Mud
This is a situation which could and should
be remedied.
There is a reason, however, for the ad
vanced room reservation fee not being
deducted from the semester room rent. In
the past many students have abused their
rooms either by carelessness or recklessness.
Under the new system any damage to the
rooms will be deducted from the fifteen-dol
lar reservation fee. This is not such a strict
rule as it would seem, for the room reserva
tion fee is to be paid only once during one's
stay at the university. At the end of four
years, for example, if a student has not dam
aged his room his reservation fee will be
refunded. If he decides to leave the univer
sity after one semester and has not damaged
the room, his entire reservation fee will be
iefunded. This is a rule of necessity and one
which is not unfair as it would seem at a
glance.
The rule by which only ten of the fifteen
dollars deposited is refunded if the student
decides after paying the fee that he does
not wish to stay on campus, is several
semesters old. The instance of the letter
writer, in which he was "clipped for a dollar
a minute," is an unusual one. Perhaps, under
the circumstances, the entire amount could
and should have been refunded. Every rule
should be flexible; but basically nothing is
unfair about the rule itself, since it tends
to remind the student that he either should
or shouldn't reserve a room and that the
paper work involved in refunding requires
both time and e1fort.
Initially, the letter seems to have been
justified in that its emphasis was upon the
uniform room rent, with which part we
certainly agree.-JWR
ig Drum School
herents
following, both Trio featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.
e skyrocketed to have joined the variety unit that
Jack Benny plans to take on tour
8, the (rumming this summer . . . Jimmy Jones,
n to form his own former accompanist with Sarah
irough the years, Vaughan, returned to the jazz
such stars as scene andi waxed a jam session
', Gerry Mulligan, for Columbia with a group of all
md Anita O'Day. stars . .. Red Norvo broke up his
mber of the Jazz trio to begin working dates with
ionic touring con- Shorty Rogers' band . . . Trum
ie is now beating Peter Chet Baker is troubled with
drums with his a gum ailment wvhich may
posedi of tenor- threaten his music career.
d pianist Teddy RECORDS: Outstanding pop
records this month for the dis
* * riminating listener are Tommy
EWS: The board Dorsey's "Blue Room" (Decca)
"Down Beat's" and Bob Manning's "Goodbye"
itest has been ex- and "That's A-Me and My Love"
ude some of the (Capitol), with Nat Cole's "It
dl experienced men Happens To Be Me" (Capitol)
ig and publishing and Georgia Gibbs' "My Sin"
mull over the en- (Mercury) coming- off as good
Talmadge of Mer- commercial bets. Dance-wise,
leston, Columbia; give a listen to Dan Belloc's
alter, Victor; Alan "Boston Bounee" (MGM) and
pitol; Milt Gabler, Harry James' "Stomp and Whis
Myerson, MGM; tie" (Cohlmbia). There's good
tearns, Broadcast vocalizing on Doris Days' "I
amember, the win- Speak to the Stars (Columbia)
uaranteed publica- and Joyce Taylor's "If You Only
vaxing by Mercury Knew" (Mercury).
," and extensive Jazz LP five-starrers thu
radio and TV. month are: Dave Brubeck's
ITIES: The death "Jazz at the College of the
r, accompanist, ar- Pacific (Fantasy LP 8-18); Ro3
music director to Eldridge Quintet (Clef MG C.
was a blow to the 150); Vol. 3 of "Jazz at Massel
'. Fischer contrib- Hall" (Debut DLP-4); and "The
o the success of Jazz Scene" (Clef); Five-sta
Pianist Dave Bru- singles are: Billie Holiday's "I:
as been receiving the Moon Turns Green" couple4
everal record corn- with "Autumn in New York'
'picked Columbia (Clef 89108) and Lester Young'
lartet. The Colum- "Tenderly" (Norgran 102).
re already in the The five-star nod in the class
iting tapes of soy- ics field went to: "Andr
~ollege concerts for Chentier'' (Giordano) by Renata
play . . . Benny Tebaldi, Jose Soler, and the Radi,
signed contracts Italiana orcheatra, conducted b:
sal - International Arturo Basile (Cetra C1344)
gin production on and "Cinderella, William Tell
Goodman Story." overtures (Rossini), "Force o
ray is being men- Destiny, King for a Day, Battl
e role . . Gisele of Legnano overtures (Verdi) b:
d the Will Mastin the Radio Italiann orceatra.
"I hear they're pretty
Letters to the Ed
Raised Fee
Brings C(
Dear Sir:
As your publication seems to
be the only function on this
campus which is even remotely
interested in the welfare of- the
non-millionaire student, we take
this means of expressing a re
cent and far-from trivial com
plaint.
Once again the administration
has succeeded in confounding the
budget of the veteran-student
and others who are self-support
ing. For today, one of the under
signed was "given the word" by
the guardians of the cash box.
It seems that this individual went
by the Administration Building
to reserve a room for the sum
mer and fall terms. First, he
was informed that the reserva
tion fee of $15.00 would not be
applied to the rent of the room
but would be held by the Treas
urer's Office .' . . a sort of
financial hostage in case anyone
could be ingenious enough to in
flict any further damage upon
the room or equipment, most of
which was probably obtained
from General Sherman as war
surplus.
Realizing that he was over the
well-known barrel, our student
made this deposit, but only after
a hasty inventory of his pasnable
assets. Returning from the
Treasurer's office with receipt
in hand, he was presented with
a mimeographed sheet which
contained the announcement that
room rent charges have been in
creased from $40.50 to $50.00,
a trivial twenty-five per cent.
Those who are attempting to ob
tain an education with limited
finances can well understand the
successive stages of shock, grief
and anger through which our
student passed. Again our stu
dent took inventory . . . $50.00
for 16' x 16' of floor space, aver
age summer temperature (mean)
985*, janitor service (if you
could call it that) daily, shower
privileges (two nozzles shared by
only 23 men), plus built-in lava
tory and G.I. cot with Korean
style mattress . . . and maybe
there won't be three of us
crowded in there this time, but
the rest of the plaster may fall
any day now . . ." A confused
inventory, yes, but made by a
confused student who finally
decided that three could-live more
cheaply in a roo mn.house oper
ated for profit thea they eatlive
in a dormitory at:thefrmw state
university, supported by taxes 'at
well as fees.
When he announeede his -uinn
tion to move ofi"esuts, he iwau
subjected to Usoohr jolt. Il
seems that he'hoedera~ deposi1
and, though the likon the naslip
therefor was haad1y dui, thi
rules of the nivesity are the
only $10 df .the $15 depsit sai
be refunded. Based on an esti
mated time of fiwediunue inethi
Administration Duilia, thi
man was virtually clipped hr I
dollar a minute.
We realise that the opevatinj
expense of the university I
enormous. We further agree t
and accept without eomplaint th
- incerase in the university fe
a $7.50. We violently proest th
h increase in room rent for sem
>in such builngs -as m
r Woodrow and Snowdmn 'OUIagei
A charge of $10 per-ren, tbme
"three occupat per mom, wool
be more in keeping with a MWan
a Beach location.
r We further protest the leek <
notice reardning aesa In fee
od fried in muter."
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>OMM.ents
Admitting that the university
reserves the power to alter any
charges without notice, it re
mains that the university has no
moral right to do so as a matter
of habit. For most of us, such a
step has the effect of an un
announced cut in the veterans'
training allowance. It means
that the budget is useless. It has
the effect of a fraud in that we
have been induced by habit to
rely upon one scale of fees while
thise in charge quietly substitute
another.
It is in the sincere hope that
these grievances will receive
some consideration from those in
policy-making positions that we
submit this letter foe, publica
tion. It should be obvious that
circumstances such as this are
the real saboteurs of university
morale.
Signed: Wallace M. Wright,
John B. Foster, Dean Cannon,
Francis H. Wright.
Time To Drink?
Dear Sir:
There are some people, and we
are fortunate that we have them,
who are ready to drink at the
drop of a hat. There are also
those who frown on drinking an
such, viz, certain university
police.
Lately, the university has
adopted the policy of "let the
drinker beware" insofar as im
bibing on the campus is con
cerned.
Being loath to lose any
drinkers to the disciplinary com
mittee, I trust that this note will
serve to make wary those wh<
are inclined to take their pleas
ures in the wine cup.
Let the chronicler here state
lest he be accused of associating
with publicans and sinners, thai
he does not, under any circum.
stances, persue the spirits before
the sun passes the yardarm.
"Nunc est tempus
imbibere" 3-15-14
Sincerely,
Name Withheld by
Request
Red China-Never
Mr. Editor,
In a column by Mr. T. E
Brown In last week's issue of the
Gamecock, he suggests admiittin1
Red China to the United Nations
The column was also headed wit1
the question, "What are the rea
Sons for not recognizing Re
China in U.'N.?"
As for the suggestion of ad
mitting them to the U. N. I fe4
that it would definitely be on
of the worst political errorse
our .time. The question concerr
ing the reasons for not recoj
nizing them in the U. N. is
very theoretical one and can on]
be debated in's theoretical wa:
Before Mr. Brown wrote h
column, the Geneva Conferen<
had not taken place. Now ti
conference is over and- just
s most predicted, nothing wi
i done. Only the plans for a pea<
conference were made. This tyj
r of thing has been going on du
* ing the entire existence of Ri
s China and during the majority
s the time that we have recogniz
f Communist Russia. The pictu
. that Is rapidly beiag drawn
s that we can expect no more the
!, this type of dealings with t1
i. Communist Nations.
a The pattern so far has bei
di for the Soviet Union, either<
i reetly or indirectly through sor
of their sattellites such as R
f China, to create a controver
L. with the world outside the i
T.F . BROWN
is Freedon
Hanging
Balat
A common remark today, espe
cially in the light of the hearings
now going on in Washington, is:
"Well, maybe Joe is hurting some
innocent people, but the job has
got to be done, or before long
the Communists will have us by
the throat." Two questions come
to mind: Are we doing the right
task, I. e., what, exactly, is the
"job that has to be done?" If
we are on the correct trail, then
are we pursuing it in the right
way? It is submitted that ac
tually we are only half-way on
the trail, and are way off in our
pursuit.
America seems to be seized
with a morbid fear at this mo
ment that there is an active
Communist behind every door
and under every bed; that any
one who is a little off centef is
on the "other side"; that all
government officials and em
ployees should be thoroughly in
terrogated (with a mental tor
ture that is as painful and even
more painful than the cruelties
of the inquisition) to determine
if they are exactly in line with
what some have set up to be the
criterion for a "Good American";
that nothing with a pink tint to
it should be allowed to be used
in the class room; that teachers
and professors should be watched
closely to discover any trace of
redness in their beliefs and
teaching.
Why waste space? It is ob.
vious that we have decided the
"job to be done" is to purify all
Americans, to wipe out at any
expense anyone who believes a
little differently from the con
ventional American, whether
they are active members of the
Communist Party or not. Our
fear is leading us to a persecu
tion that reminds one of the
early Jewish and Roman persecu
tion of the Christians, of the
very recent Hitlerian attitude
toward the Jew, of the Catholic
attack on the early Protestants,
et. al. Down through history
when people have lost faith that
they are no longer on top, that
some other is going to take the
lead, then fear has led them to
mass executions, such as in Red
China and Russia, of all who
show any disagreement with the
current thought: "Oh, sure,"
they admit, "innocent people
suffer, but if we get all the rats,
then what is the loss of a few
innocents ?" Well, usually the
rats remain, grow stronger be
cause persecution solidifies them,
and the innocent are the ones
who suffer.
It is painful to see this hap
pening in America. We, who have
always stood for freedom of
speech and belief in spite of harm
to the state; we, who stand be
fore the world exclaiming that
nothing will keep us from guard
lng the right of all people to
Curtain. Red China is nothing
but a tool of the Kremlin for
wveakening our war making or
defense potentialities. Do we
. want to admit them to the U. N.
so that they may aid the Com
munist vote there.
3 Mr. Brown says that Red
China wants recognition very
.much. He says they want it
enough to pay for it. lHe also
- suggests that we recognize Red
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decide what they believe and
what they wish for themselve6
we, who have foug6t two world
wars in the name of preserving
democracy, are at last caught
with a fear that is going, if not
quelled, to lead us to internal
destruction of all which we have
so long claimed to love. This
fear comes directly from a lack
of faith in our democratic ideals.
So scared we are that democracy
cannot stand on its own, cannot
meet the competition in the
market place, that we are will
ing to utterly destroy it trying
to put down forcefully every
thing and everybody that dis
agrees slightly with some of our
ways.
Now, it is not advocated that
we let Communists run hog-wild
in mass sabotage and destruct4n.
This is where the correct task
lies: The "job that must be done"
should be that of finding those
who are actually organized in
spy rings and sabotage crews;
they are criminals and deserve
punishment. And the right way
of pursuing this should be the
FBI way, with no extra pub
licity, with no smear campaigns,
with no innocent brought to the
fore, with real evidence and con
crete convictions by the judicial
method that we claim to cherish
so highly.
As for those who simply like
the red way, or who might be
pink around the edges, why drive
them to active participation with
the criminal group, why punish
them for disagreeing with us:
Is that not an American right?
Let democracy defeat them in
wide open competition, rather
than in a spy-counter-spy opera
tion. Why will democracy not
win over them? Do we need
thought control and force to in
still a democratic zest in p
people? No. We just need
democracy, we just need to fol
low the precepts of liberty and
equality that have led us through
before, we just need the practice
of the freedoms we claim to
have. Nothing else will cause
democracy to grow so rapidly In
the world as people seeing our
democratic ideals put to practice,
nothing else will defeat the Com
munists so quickly. Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said
this:
But when men have realized
that time has upset many fight
ing faiths, they may come to
believe even more than they be
lieve the very foundations of
their own conduct that the ulti
mate good desired is better
reached by free trade in ideas
that the best test of truth is the
power or the thought to get It
self accepted in the competition
of the market place and that
truth is the only ground upon
which their wishes can be carried
out.
What would Joe say ?
C'hina in return for her corn
p)lete withdrawal from Korea and
Indo-China. If the Communist
nations were as good as ther
wvord, then 1 do0 not deny in the
least that this would be a good
suggestion. The drawvback is the gi
p)attern shown by the Commun-,
ists so far in international pol
itics. They would agree pos
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yon Fridays, dmri.g the .0obeg
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JOHN W. RAY
BILL LEGGITT
DAN DONOVAN
DITOR Al Lane
Betsy Ehrhardt
- Jack Bass
Carolyn McClung
.Dew James
- Patsy Penney
---W. L. Buffington
NAGER ... Jack Field
PORTERS
.Roseberry, Donna Hale, Bruce
sung, Bertha Gardner.
INISTS
len Tison, Ralph Gregory, T. E.
IS STAF
Dean, D. J. Bailey, Bill Doar.
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