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As the number of autom<
and the parking space sbrinki
finding'a place to park has
problem.
Some professors say that
to school long before nine
want to find a parking place
pus.
Students living in town sa
drive their cars to school bec
lar bus schedules, but have
blocks away from the campui
Out-of-town students who
that they find a place to
campus and leave their cars
at a time. They are afraid thi
them, they won't be able to
. 0aCollef
Sign of the Times ...
Tuesday at 2:29 p.m. an un
usually large crowd was watch
ing the Yankees-White Sox base
ball game on the Drown hall TV
set. At 2:30 p.m. the Senate
hearings on the Army-McCarthy
dispute replaced the baseball
game.
That such a large number of
students should be interested in
the hearings is not only surpris
ing; it is very encouraging. It
can also help to fill a gaping
hole in the education of many.
Who we feel is right in the
dispute will not be discussed
here. The interested person can
find that out for himself by just
watching the sessions.
Inverse Variation ...
Descartes, Bertrand Russell,
Alfred North Whitehead - all
three mathematicians turned
philosophers. We claim to be
neither but have been stimulated
to a bit of philosophizing by the
mathematical principle of inverse
variation.
The principle (for those un
principled in it): A is inversely
proportionate to B if when A
gets large B gets smaller. Could
it be that the university is suf
fering from a type of inverse
variation?
That is, as the physical facil
ities Increase, the personal facil
ities-vigor, spirit, eagerness
decrease. Have we lost in spirit
what we have gained in rbal
estate?
Our university cannot live by
building alone.
Watch That Slipper-Inner ...
Time is money. If this state
ment Is correct, then someone Is
robbing you-provided you eat
in the cafeteria.
The Investigations .. .
Dr. Marcus Singer, professor
of zoology, child developmrent
and family relations at Cornell
University, has been cited by the
House Un-American Activities
Committee for contempt.
Though Dr. Singer admitted
being a member of a Marxist
group not subscribing to force
ful 'overthrow of the government
in the early 1940's, he refused
to reveal the names of other
members of the group on the
grounds of "honor and consci
enee."
Commented the Cornell Daily
Sum: "If Dr. Singer had imme
diately taken refuge behind the
Fifth amendment and refused to
answer any questions, he would
most likely be free and clear,
albeit suspected, at this time.
"Instead he relinquished the
loophole of self--Incrimination
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Babb, Dianne Woodside, Soni
Derham, Louise Matthews, I
Herbert Bryant, Wray Davis,
hart, Carol Shockey, Pat Loni
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and took the more courageous
view that the committee was en
titled to know about his past
activities and beliefs. As a
result, if found guilty, he is sub
ject to a maximum fine of $1,000
and a year in jail. Such a situa
tion does not appear entirely
equitable."
Chemistry
From the University of Rhode
Island Beacon comes this chem
ical analysis of a woman:
Symbol: Wo.
Accepted Atomic Weight: 120.
Physical Properties: Boils at
nothing and freezes at anything.
Melts when perfectly treated and
very bitter if not well-used.
Occurrence: Found wherever
man exists.
Chemical Properties: Possesses
a great affinity for gold, silver,
platin-m and precious stones.
Violent reaction if left alone.
Able to absorb a great amount
of food batter. Turns green when
placed beside a better looking
specimen.
Uses: Highly ornamental. Use
ful as a tonic acceleration of low
BOB CAMERON
Rifle Tean
Deserve Th
For many years the university
has had Naval and 'Air Force
rifle teams as well as a Naval
pistol team. The rifle teams are
made up of ROTC students who
spend some of their free time in
the armory painfully assuming
seemingly impossible firing posi
tions trying to better their scores
by a few points. Under the di
rection of their excellent coaches,
the team members slowly im
prove their positions and thereby
their scores, but not without
work, practice and time.
Should a layman hear a fellow
say, "Whew, I'm exhausted!
Shot 50 rounds of ammunition
today," it might seem a little bit
silly. But, man, any old body
can shoot off 50 rounds! Cer
tainly, and anybody can throw a
basketball, but how many can
get the ball through the bucket
for the two points? It takes
patience and practice in any sport
to make the scores. That goes
for tennis and riflery, as well as
track and football. .If anyone has
.his doubts about the rifle taking
work and the right muscles, try
it out. You're dlue for some sur
prnse.
(Perhaps someone would ask
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SOUTH CAROLINA
mted Collegiate Press
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shed by and for ths stadents of the
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as ezandaations.
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.................BILL LEGGITT
.............JACK BASS
. ... ... ..D. J. 8A LLEY
DITOR ....... Betsy Ehrhardt
. ... ... ... ..Patsy Penney
.... .. .. .. ..Carolyn McClung
....Bobby,Alford, Mike Lovejoy
. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Joanne Carnes
. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...Dew James
. .. .. .. .. . Al Tison
ANAGER. . .... .. .Billy Bruce
EPORTERS
s, Margaret Bauknight, Carole
a Riffle, Myrna Ritchey, Clare
arbara Driver, Kieran Trlhey,
Sue Furbeck, Mary Alice Car
gmire, Kat Anthony.
!NISTS
ean McElveaeRaBob"Cameron.
Need.
1pace
any Carolina students (not
ffers) have automobiles, it
>re parking space is an abso
ggested that "Dr. genney's
tind the athletic field be used
parking. The buildings on this
own several months ago. Peas
o prevent erosion.
are some immediate plans for
he land in the 800 block on
across from the university,
or parking space. Later, when
areas are provided, the lots
aped and used as.some sort
pun us...
epirits and an equalizer of the
distribution of wealth-i4 prob
ably the most effective income
reducing agent known.
No Offense Intended . . .
Sister Matilda.Mary, in charge
of casting for "The Young and
Fair" at Holy Names College,
Spokane, Wash., was quick to
explain her criteria.
"When I give a girl a certain
part it is because she can do it
well," she said, "not because I
think It fits her own personal
ity."
Characters in the play include
a bully, a liar, two women who
value material security more
than a clear conscience and a
kleptomaniac.
Perfectly Normal ...
At Oklahoma City University
a co-ed placed a want ad in the
school paper to recover some
lost articles. Among the items
she advertised were two mechan
ical pencils, a purple formal, a
$3 check, one shoe, a pajama
bottom, a suit of long underwear
and a white shirt.
"It's normal for a girl to lose
these things," she said.
Members
eir Letters
what good is all this shooting?
Well, this country didn't come
into being by Americans running
around the British Army's left
end, or by dribbling a ball
through Georgia swamps.)
During the school year, the
teams hold several "postal"
matches, for which the schools
fire at home and mail scores to
each other. As far as funds per
mit, "shoulder - to - shoulder"
matches are held whereby two or
more teams meet and fire to
gether in competition. Postal
matches are fired with schools
throughout the nation, and in
clude some special matches such
as that held by the Secretary of
the Navy. Shoulder matches are
fired with various colleges, uni
versities, and military installa
tions in the southeast.
For these matches, the team
members practice from two to
six hours a week, spend an hour
or more "zeroing in" at the site
of the match, and take about an
hour to fire 40 rounds during the
actual competition. And the team
really is a team, for ono or two
men can lose a match, but it
takes everybody to win it. Of
course, there isn't any physical
hazard in riflery as there is In
football, outside of a little eye
strain, ringing ears, 'cramps,
sore muscles, and the possibility
of getting shot.
The Naval ROTC rifle and
pistol teams in past years have
awarded a limited number of
letters-three for rifle and two
for pistol--each year. In the past
the Air ROTC 'has awarded
medals to its shooters, but at
long last will begin to award a
few letters. No student is given
a scholarship for his target
shooting ability, but still there
are plenty of participants in this
sport to make the competition
rough.
If you consider awarding
sweaters to a small number of
riflemen the big farce of the
year, or think that this cheapens
the Block "C," or that the shoot
ers don't go through work and
hiard training, I'm sure you'd be
welcome down at the range to
try to properly fire 50 rounds.
You might find that a few letters
each year isn't too much.
WAO
Letters
to the
Editor
Dear Editor:
The letter published in last
week's Gamecock concerning the
locks (or lack. of them) in the
newly renovated tenements was
justified, but I think I am in a
worse fix than the boys in the
tenements. You see, I am a
non-fraternity man living in a
fraternity house on the campus.
I didn't ask to live in a fra
ternity house and would rather
live just about anywhere else.
The fraternity 'members have
.tried just about everything ex
cept bodily harm to get me out.
They act like they think I want
to keep on living there.
I am not the only person with
this problem. I know some boys
living in another fraternity
house, and they a!.e being pushed
around too.
Maybe if this gets in the paper,
somebody will do something
about it.
Thank you,
Name Withheld by Request
Collegiate
Clippings
By Dawn's Early Light .
At Albany, New York, State
College held its first dawn dance
recently. Called the "Bunny
Hop," the dance began at 5 a.mi.
Quotable Quotes...
Here are some quips from
light moments in the college
press:
"A pledge should be obscene,
but not absurd"-the Cavalier
Daily, University of Virginia.
"The American Flag is 178
years old, but does the one in
front of the administration build
ing have to look that way?"
the Student Prlntz, Mississippi
Southern College.
"Figures don't lie, but girdles
condense the . truth"-the Uni
ersity of Oklahoma Daily.
Survey S
STORRS, Conn.-The typical
college daily is published 151
times a year, averages four pages
per issue, and prints 755,000
copies during the academic year.
Most college dailies are pub
lished five times a week, although
a few schools get out six issues
every week.
These were a few of the facts
uncovered last spring In a na
tionwide survey conducted by the
Connecticut Campus, undergrad
uate newspaper at the University
of Connecticut.
Questionnaires were sent to
editors of all daily college
papers, all state universities and
several representative private in
stitutions.
The results provided editors of
The Campus with an accurate
and reliable cross section of the
American collegiate press today.
Some of the questions aked
were: Do you have a compulsory
student publication fee or' tax?
Do you pay your editors'
salaries? Are you allowed to
LODESTAR O'TOOL,
Everyone I
For Confk
Once upon a time there was a
Hawaiian King who had a golden
throne which he prized more than
any of his possessions. For fear
that someone might steal his be
loved throne he had it stored in
a grass tower and placed a sentry
there to guard it with his life.
In spite of his precautions, how
ever, one night the throne came
crushing through the tower and
hit the sand. The moral to this
story is: People in grass huts
-houldn't store thrones.
What has this got to do with
the price of eggs in Afghanistan?
The answer Is absolutely nothing,
but when The Boss says to write
,him something to fill up some.
space on the editorial page one
has no choice but to do as The
Master commands, unless of
course one wants to get fired.
Giving a glance at my greying
temples 'and bored indifferent air
so typical of a Carolina senior,
he pompously announced that I
had been chosen to have the
supreme 1honor 'of giving "Advice
to the Prestmen."
And so, with much weeping and
gnashing of teeth, I sat down,
prepared to share with the Frosh
the benefit of my many years of
experience at this noble institu
tion.
Oh, for those carefree days of
being a rat again. Wearing the
familiar garnet and black beanie
until it seems to be a part of
one's head, scrubbing Maxcy
monument with a toothbrush, and
playing air raid. It seems that
air raid 'has gone out now, but
old timers remembpr the days
when the cry "Air raid" was
sounded by an upperclassman
neophytes to this campus were
required to hit the ground and
remain in a prostrate position
with their hands over their heads
until they were given permission
to stand.
hows Variel
W.ho determines your editorial
and financial policy ? Do you
have any form of censorship?
The answers to these, and more
than 50 other questions, Indicated
there were almost as many dif
ferent ways of running college
'papers as there are colleges and
universities.
Here are some other highlights
of the survey:
Seventy-five per cent of the
colleges have "No Drinking"
regulations, but 10 per cent are
allowed to carry beer and lignor
advertising. All dailies are al
lowed to carry cigarette adver
tising.
Said one editor: "How do you
think we make all our money?"
* More than half the college
dailies fail to show any profit at
the end of the year. Moat paper.,
especially those at state univer
sities, have to depend heavily on
compulsory student fees to break
even in June.
Twenty-two editors said they
make an annual profit, which
ranges from $50 at one mid
westen school to "aonda $6,000"
las Advice
ised Frosh
But I digress. To get back
to the subject,' everybody wants
to give the poor little perplexed
freshman advice. Mothers ad
vise them to wear their rain
coats when it rains and to write
home at least once a week.
Upperclassmen advise them to
have a good time and get the
most out of college life by partic
ipating in the many activities
offered to Carolina students.
'Professors say to spend at least
two hours studying to prepare
for one hour spent in class. Need
less to say It is impossible to do
all of these things and still have
time left over for about seven
hours of sleep at night.
So are they to be joiners,
bookworms or socialite? Ac
tually they don't have to fall into
any of these categories. There is
a happy medium. All of these
things are important In the life
of a college student. But the well
rounded student, the one who gets
the most out of his or her col
lege career, is the one who com
bines these elements successfully.
A college freshman should ac
quire good study habits, for they
will remain with him until he
graduates. He should take part
in campus ictivities, but he
should make sure that they are
the right ones for him. There
are many groups on this campus,
perhaps too many. Some are ex
tremely worth while and some are
worthless. But there are enough
that everyone can find an organ
ization that suits his needs and
desires. He should be careful
not to join too many clubs indis
criminately, but remember that
It Is better to do one job well
than to try to do a lot of tasks
in a haphazard manner.
Last of all, but maybe most
important, he should not take
anything so seriously that he can
not 'have a good time and enjoy
college life. So, freshmen, get out
and join in the fun. Carolina Is
a wonderful, friendly campus.
These will probably be the best
days of your life. Make the most
of them.
ty In Colle~
at an Iy League college in New
England.
Heavy local advertising is what
mnakes the profit. All college
dailies carry both local and na
tional ads, but their Income
varies from 1,500 (at a New
England College) to more than
$56,000 a year (at a mid-western
college).
Operating budgets for dailies
vary from $15,000 to $100,000
with the average budget around
$47,000 a year.
The daily college paper pays
its editor a yearly salary ranging
from $80 to $960.
The editor of the typical col
lege daily receives a little over
$500 a year for his ervicee. His
business manager gets $425, him
,managing editor, $400.
Two dailies said they paid no
salaries, while five others split
the cash only when the paper
makes a profit.
Editor. at Ivy League colleges
were very reluctant to give out
any figures about ineome, operat
ing expenses or salaries.
A few of the dailie av.. u
DEW JAMES
Toothbrushes
Are Useful In
Cleaning Jobs
The absence of a watch on
one's wrist, when he -has become
accustomed to consulting t6t
precision instrument for the man
manufactured hour, can prove a
handicap, especially if that per
son is a Carolinian whose well
being depends on his being on
time for class.
A friend of orn awoke the
other morning and his first im
pulse was that he was running
late for his "nine o'clock." He
jumped out of bed, threw on the
few requirements for decency,
and didn't stop until he ran
breathlessly into the classroom
and collapsed on the nearest
empty seat.
The professor was well ong
With his lecture, but sofow
things seemed a little out of
place.
He made himself comfortable
and five minutes later the bell
rang. He waited 10 minutes
more for the next bell . . . He
wasn't late for his "nine o'clock."
* * 0
The verpAtility of a toothbrush
is surprising. It will brush the
teeth, smear polish on the shoe,
and now it becomes a scrubber
to erase the soils from Maxey
Monument. At least, that's the
task assigned to it by dungaree
and pedal-pusher wearing fresh
men in a clean-up campaign on
Wednesday of Rat Week.
Note to Freshmen: All the
camera-carrying witnesses at the
cleansing of Maxcy weren't
professional photographers. The
ones who hauled the biggest
cameras were amateurs fresh out
of their second photography
class in the School of Joml
ism.
*.* *
USC 34, ARMY 20: Muchos
congrats, team; that "Army is
ready, are you" sign in the dress
ing room must have been a real
inspiration.
The girls at 1611 Pendleton
had their own cheering squad
while the radios blasted play-by
play descriptions Saturday after
noon. For one time those
females had something worth
raving about.
* * *
A Greenville lass who's turn in
the chamber of G 4 B portraits
followed ours Saturday sized up
the waiting in line as being
similar to waiting in a doctor's
office. She was right. Everyone
who could 'find chairs lined-them
selves along the wall to wait his
turn to the chamber within. One
thing missing though . . . the
old woman who tells everybody
-her ailments, and knows the cure
for what ails everybody else.
* * *
A free-loading murderer of
words commented on our column
last week. The free-loader gho
likes his "frees" real solid still
grieves that we beat him to the
new look. That's the way the
e Papers
versity-employed full time bus
iness and circulation managers.
One lucky editor at a midwestern
university even has a full time
secretary, whose salary is paid
by the school.
Editors of dailies are pretty
well satisfied with their bards
of publications and feel that their
newspapers are almost entirely
free from any form of censorship
or control.
The survey revealed that these
boards exist at nearly every state
university having a daily paper
and at two private colleges with
dailies.
Ni.nety-five per cent of the edi
tors said their papers were per
fectly free to publish anything
they wanted. Several pointed out
that they were expected to stay
within the limits "of common
sense and decency."
T1he editor of a southern daily
summed up the attitude of most
editors by saying: "If we know
something is true, and we think
it should be published, we don't a
hesitate presenting It to 0o21