Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* Badeabt Ca 01 Carolim Another school year has started at Caro lina. Registration, classes, rat caps, drop-ins, lost freshmen. Just the usual thing. Except that the university probably mIde a much better impression on the freshman class than it has in many years. These new students saw grounds that were green and well cared for. They saw dormitories that had old walls, but new interiors. They saw new buildings under construction. They finished registra tion in record time. A couple of years ago, this school would have made a pretty poor impression on any body. The campus was littered with sand wich wrappers, paper cups, discarded socks, old newspapers and coke bottles. Buildings, especially dormitories, were unpainted, dirty and on the verge of collapse. Rooms with dirty windows and beat-up furniturT offered little comfort to freshmen who were already scared and a little home sick. Plaster ceilings might (and did) fall in without a moment's notice. Registration was a nightmare, not only for freshmen but for old students and faculty members as well. Students walked al1 over the campus from one "station" to another. They usually missed one somewhere along the way and had to go back. Two years ago these were the first things a student noticed about Carolina. Students, old and new, weren't proud of their school. Why Didn't i Excused Cu A group of students ieft by train for New York yesterday to attend Carolina's football game with Army, which will be played at West Point tomorrow. Last fall when student council started making plans for the tri , they asked the Administration to permi e students mak ing the trip to have excused cuts from their Friday and Saturday classes. The adminis tration refused. Since the trip was sponsored by Student Council, it was obviously approved by the university. If it was approved by the univer sity, why couldn't the absences be excused? In 1952 Council sponsored a train to New Letters to the Editor Occupants Like But Want Loi Dear Editor: rooms occur whi As occupants of the newly home. renovated Tenement 16, we are We remembe delighted with the beautiful and freshmen a few functional living quarters. The warnig tked o pine paneling, tile floors, new sity could not furniture and generous shelf sible for perso1 space certainly provide us with the University a home as fine as any known policy? Certain] university dormitory could be. now is less ths However, there is always a L nat inidnt flaw in any scheme and we, as last year becau well as the other new tenement carelessly left divellers at Carolina, find our- locked. selves a bit disturbed at the True, we are "Community door-latch policy." hasps on our ver Even in the first few days the but these closets chance of keeping the front door our clothes, p locked has proven impossible. radios and othei Persons wanting to visit occu- Nor is it pract pants on the upper floors have to unlock these ea< shout to their friends or can't an article of c gain entrance; thus, our com- Once again, w munity door must' be left open. pride and satis1 It Is fine to have locks that expense, interes work from the inside of the in- went into the dividual rooms for privacy while new living qua studying and sleeping, but the to protect these real necessity of locking our belongings, mor %A GAA#co4 CROWING FOR A CREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Uaanh.- ef Amseeated Coilegiate Pre Kn ebet UtW Gae. mo .m ... .sm .edm .a . . g BIIm.h MANAGING EDITOR BUSINE8S MANAGER . D ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR Be NElWS ED~ITOR ... CAMPUS EDITOR .Car< SPORTS EDITORS Bobby Alford, SOCIETY EDITOR .. ..J PlEATURE EDITOR. CIRCULATION MANAGER. ASSiSTANT -BUSINESS MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS Donna Hale, Bob Young, Bertha Gardner,1 COLUMNISTS Fpai. anies. 3 Aln The, T.. 'r Brn. Li Be Proud to Cupus Frankly, there was very little for them to be proud of. Of course, we could talk about Carolina's age and tradition, but the age was very obvious and the talk of tradition sounded a lot like an excuse. Carolina today is different. Grounds are neat and carefully tended. The tenements on the Horseshoe have been renovated and with pine paneling, built-in furniture, and asphalt tile floors they offer students rooms that are as good, and maybe better than the ones they had at home. Some other dormitories received new paint jobs, new floors, and newly tiled showers. Under the plan now in operation, all men's dormitories will even tually be remodeled. A million-dollar student center and a dormitory for girls are now under construc tion. Work on other new buildings will start soon. Working under a niw system, registra tion this fall was quick and -almost effortless compared to former years. There was a cer tain amount of confusion, which was in evitable. There are still many improvements to be made. Students have some legitimate com plaints (See Letter to Editor), but the uni versity is moving forward, and after so many years of standing still, it is a good feeling.-BL students Get ts for Trip? York and last year a special train carried students to Washington for the game with Maryland. On both occasions, excused cuts were granted. It's true they only missed one day of classes. Excuses for at least one day's classes could have been granted. These trips are well chaperoned and in expensive. They are popular and could be come an annual event. They offer students with limited finances a chance to make a trip they couldn't ordinarily afford. The university seems to approve of the idea, but it doesn't seem willing to help.-BL New Quarters, cks on Doors n we are not at night latch on these community dloors is necessary. Every visitor r as entering cannot be cross-examined and years ago the every visitor has access to every needoors should room. With such easy entrance be held respon- ju.st one undesirable "visitor" ial losses. Has could load a truck with loot dur changed its ing any weekend. y the protection By means of this letter we .n before! This hope that this plea for protec several unfor- tion to the students as well as which occurred to the University will get to the ie students had right hands so that an early ~heir rooms un- solution will ar'ise before some student is forced to take an un provided with necessarylos 7 modern closets, Sneey can not hold all SgAee us our books,JonTyr Items of value.EdOmn ical to have tohlPael h time we needEdGsu [othing.RoetAkra e must state ourBilE.sea ~action with the Pu .Mde t and care that.-ob .MCue planning of ourFrkLe e than merenC etely, Alho gh Chelaers be IN active in Jhn circlfor ol threeorPfou yearelread a. the ffd has wo Geeamsicpolsa HaryJmesandDiby . icCalee JACKeS.h owever trmeor asd,iJr. premierhardt hoioersetdouusrad eathan P enne flo rCord t an BaJ ecnl )ly Mcl a Ear utadeohs Tive Atough me Chet Bi uak ar eer Dew Jme acwile in high scholswfore hel ArthurNess heed o fourm ters,cheo' ae Bil Bue hasnd Aferera utio,s he time nesejoine tumetermy ndudile "Down ars Ge. Boeat Bverln suc tawamrtsa of"Har Jmes28t andrm y Gllnpd. >yn MclnAfherd beidohisartedve MY~ PAL9 e3t ME 014 YOUCOX cori N AL TISON People Sho Brown,Thur The politicians of the State of South Carolina are in a tight spot-if they support the obvious views of the people of their respective counties, and cam paigning for or use their in fluence in electing Strom Thur mondi as South Carolina's junior senator, Mr. Edgar Brown will return to the South Carolina Senate with blood in his eye and vengeance in his heart. In his position as chairman of the Fi nance Committee, speaker pro temp of the Senate, and various and sundary other minor offices, Mr. Brown can exert tremendous pressure, or grant extravagant favors to our public servants. Now, in all fairness, it must be pointed out that such influence and power is not by any means uncommon-in fact, similar situ ations exist in all organizations, from church groups to the United Nations. However, the qualify ing factor is, and always will be, that as long as the best interest of the people is the motive for any action, the practice of cen tralizing authority will pass un noticed and with implied ap proval. The safeguard vested in the people is the vote, and this right is basic to all other Constitu tional provisions. Without the opportunity to express them selves directly in governmental affairs the people are reduced to nothing more than a mob, hav ing available to them only force of arms or meek compliance. The action of the Committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party is nominating Edgar A. Brown to the full six-year term of the late Senator Maybank was nothing more than a gigantic usurption of the people's sover eign right. The ccurses of action open to the committee, other than nomi nating Mr. Brown: The committee could have peti tioned the Secretary of the $tate for an extension of the filing deadline-the secretary made a statement that he would have suspended the deadline to allow for the filing of all candidates, wvhich would have enabled every one to have been in the regular primary election; ers Trump it of James 1948, he entered college to study music, but In 1960 left school to re-enlist. This time Chet was stationed at San Francisco where he played with the Presidio army band, and also first sat In with local jazz groups. uld Vote in mond Race The committee could have ap pointed a substitute nominee, such nominee withdrawing before the general election so that all of the candidates would have an equal chance as write-in candi dates. In this connection, it must be pointed out that when voting in the general election, if a person desires to vote for Strom Thur mond, he must be very careful: 1. Not to write anything other than J. Strom Thurmond. 2. Not to pull the voting lever. 3. Not to tuark the box denot ing party candidate. 4. Not to do about half 'a dozen other things. It can be seen that it will re quire at least a Master's Degree in political science, or a tremen dous lot of public education in the Art of Voting for a Write-in Candidate in order for the citi,en to either vote for Mr. Thurmond or against Mr. Brown. A favorable comment or two for Mr. Thurmond becomes nec essary in view of Mr. Brown's allegation that this whole matter involves nothing more than loyalty to the Democratic Party -back in 1948, when the only honorable course of action 'left to the Southern Democrats was to leave the party, Thurmond represented the feeling of the majority of Democrats in four states, and of the minority of many other states, as he made a vain, but gallant effort to chain pion the cause of States Rights. H-e has, like most men, made mistakes, but evidence of his loyalty to principal instead of blind loyalty to a party repre senting the most liberal kind of men possible, as wvell as the most conservative (where, it will be notedi, that the conservatives are in the minority, with little bar gaining power because of their one-party system) indicates that he will have the interest of the people always before him, as op posed to interest of the party. His offer to submit the office of junior senator to the people in 1956 is further evidence of his good intentions. There is a story told concern ing Boss Ed Crump, who controls the politics of the state of Ten. nessee; a party official once asked the boss8 If he was worriedi about an election. Boss Crumip replied, "I don't care who does the electing, just so long as I do the nominating." et Work , Gillespie In the spring of 1952, after his second discharge, the future poll-winner worked with the Charlie Parker band for several dates. Next he joined with Gerry Mulligan in forming the now famous pianoless quartet. Presently on tour with his own combo, Chet plans to continue playing his Martin horn for five more years, then devote full time to arranging and composing. The star trumpeter also plans to develop his singing career; he al ready has a Pacific Jazz album out entitled Chet Baker Sing. Then too, Chet wants time to in duge in his favorite pasttime of sailing, and has an eye on a sail boat with which he hopes soite day to make a long leisure DEW JAMES 1Roving. I Notices Around We are not quite sure what a volumn should contain-one of this variety anyway. As a tem porary classification we'll call it the U-Name-It column. Frankly, we like the definition which says a column is the eighth pirt of a newspaper In which the colum nist has a personal chat with his readers--both of 'em; himself and the copy reader. THE NEW LOOK on campus (referring to the renovation and remodeling of buildings) almost took our breath when we hit the campus Tuesday. To be very feminine Legare College, the home of the school of journalism, is simply darlin'. The new tile floors, the knotty pine walls, the flood of fluorescent light, and new ivory blinds for the windows make the aspirant joui-nalist feel a little more like hurrying back from an assignment and sorta proud of the old home base. The junior male who said the other day, "you know them freshmen babes ain't bad," knew what he was talking about. Last year we acquired Miss South Carolina; who knows what we picked up this year? Speaking of being picked up! Last week we were about to take off from the post office to make JACK BASS 'Free Eats' Liquid Re "Free Eats," the sign said. "Come to Two-Macs." So I went. And I didn't forget my ID card either. The sign said the ID card wap necessary to get what was free although it didn't say what it was that was free. I screeched my hard-riding 51 Prefect (that's a 4-door English Ford and all derogatory remarks about my Prefect being a defect won't be appreciated. In fact, none of them will be appreciated) to a halt. And a curb girl walked up to my window. "What's free, I asked eagerly." "Beer." "That all? I don't like it and~ b)esidles I'mi not 21." ..."That's all," she finally said with a "you-think-you're smart-don't-you-sonny" look. I ended up with a milk shake. paidi for with cash, and the thought well imbedded in my mind that it'll he a long time before I come back here again. It was, too, until Friday night. My conscience wvorried me about letting something for free slip away like nothing. So I brought a friend--he's a doggie but came dIressed like a human so it wvas 0. K. I figured-and gave him my free Schlitz. And what has been the purpose of relating the above episode ? The reason was twvo-fold. First it goes to show the importance of having your ID card in pos session at all times and secondly it has filled otherwise empty space'. The only corny joke I remem ber from the summer was the one about the termite who walked into a saloon and asked "Is the bartender here?" The "new look" on campus has been remarked about in another so-called column on this page. So-called because there's nothing else to call it. So I shall proceed with a very Oops, Just a Little Mistake... The following article is re printed in its entirely from the lieights Daily News, New York University: "An error was made in yester day's announcement section. In the YMCA notice it was stated that the topic of discussion was 'Christ's Sin.' "The reporter preparing the section--a member of YMCA confused the topic of the previous day, 'Man's Sin,' with yesterday's talk, 'Christ's Gift.' Hence the error." In Case of ' Accident... From the Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska, come thene suggstinsn on wha ... Reporter Changes Campus a 2:00 p.m. class when'somet between a call and a yell at tracted our attention. A male of apparent ,upper-classman status gave out with* "ley you, fresh man . . . you, the one in gray . . . com'ere. The attractive face and body beneath a rat cap stopped, looked snickered and persuaded her girlfriend to wait while the male strolled over. That's the way we left them. Last Friday night (or "Friday gone," as they say in Walter boro) we saw a real humdinger of a football game between the afore mentioned city and Beau fort. At halftime when the bands from the two schools strutted the gridiron, our eye' was caug*by a girl, every bit of five, at the sideline. She strutted up and down in perfect rhythm with the band .until she noticed every body, including the majorettes, were stilled by the playing of the Alma Mater. She followed suit. PREDICTION. We predict she'll strut in all the glory of a full-fledged majorette one of these days . . . Oh!' who won the game? Walterboro, and our host, Ben McMillian, a* Walterboro alumnus and grid star (now Carolina frosh) seemed in high spirits after the 6-0, last quarter win. Are Really freshment short essay on "My Campus And the Machine Age." It has atr k. One of the most pleasant little surprises found upon returning to dear old Carolina has been"the automatic food dispensers on either side of the Horseshoe. One is just off the southwest corner of Maxey and the other is in front of the back of Preston (or behind the back of Preston might be better) wedged in a group of maintenance buildings. Whoever was responsible for the idea, more power to you. And thanks, too. Having a few coin changers among the machines is very convenient, too. The most surprising machine, tho, is not the lawn-watering device that works so good in the rain, hut a coke machine in the basement of the old1 gym. Coach D)eMars must have been'on vaca tion wvhen that one was put in. He hates 'em. But we don't, let it quickly be added. Next they'll put in a wvater fountain in the o1(d gym that really works. Proposed new University mot to: Estbay Orfieredway Ampu skay Inaye EeThay Ountrykay. If you can't read pig-latin, ask your neighbor. Awarding Block C sweaters to members of the AFROTC rifle team is about the biggest farce of the year. They deserfed something, I suppose. But couldn't a medal of some sort be given instead of cheapening the-) highly respected Block C. Letter winners usually get my admira tion because it's really a small token compared to the work and hard training Athletes go through. But to hear a fellow come in and say, "Whew, I'm exhausted! Shot 50 rounds of ammunition today." That would be too much. The most striking thing this writer saw in "The Egyptian' was those Iron Age lBerdhbda shorts. Solid, man, but cool. CippIg8g can do if you should fall on the dance floor during a fast .num ber: 1.Just lie there-they'll think you've fainted. 2. Start singing-they'll think you're part of the act. 8. Start mopping the floor with your handkerchief-..they'll. think you work there. They're 'on the Wagon'... A t Hfardin-Simmnons Univer. sity, pranksters dismantled a full-size chuck-wagon, then car ried it piece by piece to the third floor of a classroom building where they reassembled it and left it for morning classes. They did the complete job without benefit of lights.