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Activities T Every semester each full-time student pays a $15 student activities fee for the support of the various student activities. From this, amount, $8.50 is automatically set aside for athletics, leaving $6.50. This $6.50 is divided among the Gamecock, Garnet and Black, WUSC, Carolina Review, debate team, and a contingent fund set aside ,for emergency aid to such activities as May Day and the Coronation Dance. The allocations committee, which decides how the money is to be distributed to the groups, has seldom been able to- meet the basic needs of the organizations. The two publications alone need the $6.50 to operate efficiently. If the various activities are to continue, there must be an increase in the amount of money allocated to them. The student activities fee has not been increased in five years, although prices and expenses have been rising steadily. In order to adequately supply the various activities, Non-Met Campus F: Last week a letter was published in the Gamecock from a non-fraternity student liv ing in a fraternity house on the campus. The student said that he was being mis treated by the members of the fraternity. If true, this is certainly damaging to the prestige of the Greek letter organizations. A large number of new students enrolled at the university this year. There was not enough dormitory space, and some of the students were moved into vacant rooms in the fraternity houses. These students didn't ask to live in the frat houses and would un doubtedly prefer to live somewhere else. AL TISON German Rearmai It never ceases to amaze this Defense Comm writer that France could have World will at I such a mortal fear of rearming tion of complete half of Germany; although their On the mai premier, M. Mendes France, has "placed his mark" on the London sovereignty, it conference agreement, it would out that when si be much easier to redict the becomes a reali probability of cooler weather be on an equal tomorrow than to even guess at the nations of tl the action 'of the French Parlia- as such may in ment when this agreement is put regulate its intf to the test of radification. As generally understood, the do all other th London agreement provides con- and independer trolled rearmament of Germany; do-and to take such rearmament allowing a 12- the argument; division army, made up- of 500,- half a nation o 000 men, an Air Force of 80,000 capitalistic-incli men, and a navy of 20,000-this opportunity to defensive military power is about principles andi j equal to the present force under racy, not to rr General Chiang Kai-shek; and it to (defend itself must be noted that this small And the last force, when compared to the sion of the ag tremendous army of Communist admission of' China, has thus far caused the North Atlantic leaders of Communist China to tion (NATO), t think twice, perhaps thrice, about sells Alliance, making an effort to invade an ined with the k island defended by such deter- a member of mined defenders- will be just a Back to the provisions of the agreements of London agreement; in addition as the U. S. an to the German Armed Forces, members, and: American and British military will be addition might will remain on the Euro- geographic locs pean Continent "so long as is tense desire to necessary." After the several many under a d years that will be required for ment and ther the building of the German that East or Armed Forces, and integration many will unit< of the same within the European conditions. $& GAjcon CR~OWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of As.oelated Colieglate Pr< Feened sssy60, 1906, with Robert Enteott Coemih editsr, I.4"l published by ad for the si Univeruity of Seath Cbieeep, e a , ders ..,n these .f -rhe Ge......k.- Publishi. does met endemeoten. The rasht to edit i reeeved. EDITOR .. . . . . ... . .. . . . .BI] MANAGING EDITOR ... ... ... BUSINESS MANAGER ...........D - ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR .. .. .. .B NEWS EDITOR ........................ CAMPUS EDITOR .. ... ...............Car SPORTS EDITORS Bobby Alford, SOCIETY EDITOR ............. FEATURE EDITOR ... ........ CIRCULATION MANAGER AS8ISTANT BUSINEBS MANAGER....... STAFF REPORTERS Bertha Gardner, Donna Hale, Margaret Bauki Babb, Dianne Woo4side, Sonia Riffle, Myrna I Derham, Louise Matthews, Barbara Driver, E Herbert Bryant, Wray Davis, Sue Furbeek, Ma .hart, Carol Shockey, Pat Longmire, Kat Anthor a~. COLUMNISTS Al Tison. T. E. Brown, Ben MeElveen. Bol ee Increase Needed there are two choices. One is to eliminate, or cut -the athletic teams' share of the fee. The other is to increase the student activities fee. There seems little possibility that the ath letic allotment will be cut, so the only other solution is to increase the fee. The administration was unwilling to in crease the fee this year because the room fee had also been increased. A five-dollar increase in the student ac tivities would lessen the problem which con tinually faces the allocations committee. Such an increase would not work too great a hardship on the students. Every student benefits in some way from the student activities fee. If he doesn't at tend athletic events or read the Gamecock, he gets the Garnet and Black and other services. An activities fee of $20 a semester would be a good bit less than that charged at other colleges and universities of Carolina's size. -BL ers Live In rat Houses Fraternities, understandably, do not like for outsiders to live in their houses. The reason for a frat house is to allow members of the same organization to live together. To have outsiders moving in rather defeats the purpose. The fraternities, it would seem, have every right to expect the outsiders to abide by house rules concerning cleaning of rooms and not disturbing others. However, since the boys are not fraternity members, they should not be ordered to get out of bed at 1:30 a.m. to sing fraternity songs.-BL Collegiate ment Clippings unity, the Free What's Good Enough ist be in a posi- For Mother . . . self defense, Upset because they were not ter of German permitted to sunbathe on a must be pointed dormitory roof, co-eds at Oregon ich a government State College staged a riot. ty, Germany will They painted the glass tops basis with all of to their room doors in black, and ie free world, and some added bars and the words time declare war, - "Stalag 17' for extra effect. rnal affairs, and Campus police were called in to ings that a free quiet the girls down. .t nation should When school officials said the the "pro" side of ruling was made because the hould we deny to roof was unsafe, one co-ed comn anti-communist, plained: "My mother sunbathed red people the teach itself the on the same spot 20 years ago ractice of democ- and dlidn't fall off." entio the ight The rioters were soundly ad entin te rght monished by the editor of the impotan proi- Barometer, campus paper. reement, that of 3ermany to the Letters to the Edi Treaty Organiza hrough the BruLs should be exam- i Ahu nowledge that as0 0 VV NATO, Germany Dear Editor: a bound by the I live in Sims Dormitory. that organization Several nights this week, I've d all of the other com ip late with a pile of books rurther, Germany on my desk, waiting to be sIly bound by her studied. I was also hot, hungry, tion and her in- andi tired, but above all, thirsty. unite all of Ger- By the time I had read several emocratic govern- pages, made a trip to the water e is little doubt cooler, and repeated the process Communist Ger- several times, I was exhausted. under any other The ads say, "Coke, the pause ______________ that refreshes," but it was after 10 o'clock on these occasions, and the Sims canteen was closed. There was the coffee machine to be considered, but I just grim aced and made another trip to the water cooler. [JNNA The coffee machine, to the in experienced eye, does a booming *Nee the business. But why ? After talk a h eeeig to enough girls to get an opinion that seems to be typical eensitse as of Sims, I get the idea that they aL LEGGITT drink coffee simply because after JACK BASS 10 o'clock, there isn't anything . . SALLEY else to drink, except water. ~ay EChrhardt Some of the opinions are: "' Patsy Penney tastes vile." " . . . reminds me slyn McClung of tepid muddy water." "I liked Make Lovejoy coffee before I came here, but eanne Carnes this has ruined me, even for real ..Dew Jame. coffee." . . .. Al Tison The Sims canteen does a boom .Billy Bruce ing business on cokes. This can he easily noted by the fact that night, Carole they atke usually luke-warm. It titchey Clar. must be that the supply needs to eran ~lrih, be replenished frequently. ryAieCr Why not a coke machine in y. Sims' 'As one girl puts it, "It's Cameron. very inconvenient to try to make nz1, "There's no enough room in a clothes that Esquire said a eoUeg4 FLYNN HARRELL Literary Soc Students C The university is noted for' its diversified program of extra curricular activities appealing to all interests of the student. Un limited opportunities await those who prorate a portion of their time for participation in one or more of these activities. The oldest and perhaps most colorful organizations on the campus are the two forensic so cieties-the Clariosophic and the Euphradian. Founded in 1806, just one year after the South Carolina College opened its doors to students, these are among the oldest forensic organizations in America. Through the years they have played an integral part in the history of the university. The societies encourage Intel lectual stimulation and forensic training through public speaking, debating, parliamentary proce dure, and political strategy. Such controversial issues as "Segregation in South Carolina," "McCarthyism," and "Recogni tion of Red China" are debated in the meetings. Attention is also given to local issues, such as the current battle for the U. S. Senate, and to campus issues as well. The Clariosophic Hall is lo cated on the third floor of Legare College, while the Eu phradian Hall is situated directly across the 'horseshoe on the third floor of Harper College. These quarters have been occupied con stantly since 1848, with the exception of the period of the War Between the States when university buildings were con verted into hospitals. Inciden tally, the first student to matric ulate at Carolina in 1805 was William Harper of Newberry who later became the first presi (lent of the Euphradian Society tor nts Coke M your thirst coincide with the times the canteen is open." When we come in from dates, or have to study late, especially In this hot weather, a coke really wvould be the pause that re freshes. It is easy enough to keep food in the rooms for a late snack, but there is no way pos sible to get anything cold to dIrink after 10 o'clock. The girls in Freshman Center East have a coke machine in the basement, andl the boys, who -have no re strictions whatsoever, can get a cold drink any time from the newly installed vending machine houses open 24 hours a day, on -either side of the campus. There are other good reasons why there should be a coke machine In Sims. People with labs from 11-1 usually want something to "munch" on when they return to the dorm, or at least something to drink. At this time the canteen is closed. On Sundays, the canteen opens and closes spontaneously. I'd like to suggest that a coke machine be installed somewhere in Sims. If it would "gum the works" as far as the coke bus iness in the canteen is concerned, take cokes completely out of the canteen and have them exclu sively in the vending machine. Lets make Coca-Cola the pause that refreshes in Sims at any hour of the day. Name withheld by request School Spirit Ity cloes for se to Ps all taw usa"n sold kAwel" :leties Offer Ipportunity and also the man for whom Harper College is named. From these halls have ema nated many of the state's leading governors, congressmen, sena tors,.judges, ministers, educators, doctors, and business executives. Active members have included William C. Preston, James H. Thornwell, James L. Petigru, Wade Hampton, S. L. Latimer, Jr., Donald Russell, Solomon Blatt, and Daniel W. Hollis. The societies. have had such honorary members as John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Washington Irving, James Buchannan, Jeffer son Davis, Robert E. Lee, James F. Byrnes, Strom Thurmond, and Brooks Hays. Preliminary plans are now being made for the Sesqui-Cen tennial Anniversary celebration of the Societies to be held in 1956. There are two literary societies for girls on the campus, the Euphrosynean and the Hypatian, which meet twice monthly on Tuesday afternoons. The Euphradian and Clario sophic meetings are held each Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in their respective halls. Both Societies extend a cordial invita tion to attend any of their meet ings. The late president of the uni versity, J. Rion McKissick, once gave his advice to new students: "Join one of the literary so cieties, so that you will by ob servation and practice learn how to speak well and easily on your feet. If you will do good, con sistent work In one of these so cieties, you should derive more lasting benefit from it than from any one course of study in the university." This is why we consider the societies as offering a genuine opportunity for the students of Carolina. achine; Sch Dear Editor: Saturday night 31,000 fans turned out to see our Gamecocks take on one of the best teams in the country. It would seem silly to say that most of the people at the game were not pulling for Carolina, but from the response of the fans to the cheerleaders throughout the game, it would appear that everybody was Impartial as to the results of the game. It's true that our boys made some mistakes, but we, as fans, should not turn our backs on the team as If to say, "If you don't get ahead we're not going to waste our breath yelling for you." We don't have fans as good as our team. Its hard to keep from yelling when we're winning, but when we're behind, we don't even .stomp the floor hard enough to be heard in the field. Our team still has a chanc, to redeem themselves and win the conference championship, and you can bet your botton' dollar that they will be playing their 'hearts out for Carolina. Another thing we ought to think about is the fact that we have been rather fortunate in all of our recent outings on Big Thursday, but In every game I've attended, Clemson has made more noise than we have, and each time they've gone home on the short end of the score. If anybody is disappoidted, dis heartened or dejetedeausm.. of DEW JAMES Horseshof An 'Obsta( Last year,' we heard the horse shoe called the "sheep pasture," and now somebody comes up with "Carolina obstacle course." The reason for this dubbing is those new fang-dangle sprin klers. You know, the ones who delight in chasing up and down the walks. One female acquaintance of ours said the chilled "old faith fuls" seemed to have a mind 'of their own. They wait until you're just standing on the walk, mind ing your own business, talking to somebody, and then they come swooping around and chase you from their domain. This female contended that the water kings had it in for the trees too, be cause she had watched them swoop around until the stream hit a tree and then not move for the longest time. T. E. BROWN Students SI How Mon Much has already been said in the way of complaints and praises concerning the campus improvements that have been made, and .anyone that has been here as long as I have know what a difference there is in the present condition of both the physical appearance of the cam pus and the quality of the fac ulty. The president and his assistants are certainly to be congratulated. But with all change comes un wanted consequences and Caro lina is no exception to this rule. The question, however, is whether certain unwanted changes are necessary. One such change hit us be tween the eyes this September when we found ourselves shell ing out more fees than ever be fore, apparently because the university needs the money, but with no explanatio on the part of the administration as to why such a great addition was added in one semester, with it obvious that the university is pouring thousands of dollars into water and grass for lawns, that in cer tain places still refuses to grow, but is persistently replanted with new hope (and waste) each year. This writer attacked this last year and drew much fire through private channels And with this we come to the real point of this column: Why has no effort been made by the prIoper officials to let the stu-. dents kinow that their money is not thrown away for unneces saries? Is not student content ool SpiritI last Saturday night, dlon't bet any money you can't afford to loose on Furman, because I've got a hunch that this time next week, the papers will again be talking about the mighty Game cocks. Don't be too surprised to see South Carolina listed in the top 20 before the season is over. I'm sure that a trip to Miami January 1 would help convince everyone that the team that crushed the Army is still alive and kicking. Yours truly, Gene Griffith Dear Editor: Carolina lost to West Virginia Saturday night, but you sure couldn't tell it by the great gang of cheerleaders down on the field yelling themselves hoarse. Eight people with a school spirit that couldn't be beat! I can't say the same for the rest of the student body. A few people yelled, a few more pre tended to yell, some kept their enouths shut like their teeth would fall out if they opened them, and others were too busy renewing old acquaintances to give a good old cheer for Caro lina. Girls on dates wouldn't yell, probably for fear their boy friends would see their tonsiL. Where is the school spirit Carolina is so noted for? It may show up on the campus, but It certainly didn't at the stadium Saturday night. Patsy Cook Is Called Je Course' Then there was the case 0; the two lovers, parked on thb horseshoe with the windows down. The horseshoe se el pacing his watch must be an envious soul, because the male came In for a real dousing. . . * Virus forecast: The installa tion of T. V. in the university4 infirmary may start an epidemic . . . an epidemic of T. V. watch Ing by those afflicted with sniffkr,s. There is a problem, though. It seems that the set is in the men's ward and infirmary offi cials frown upon. ladies visiting the men's ward to watch T. V. We suggest another pie-throwing session next May Day to pro vide equal rights for male and feniale. iould Know Ey Is Used ment worth a few words of ex planation ? Is the student at Carolina not entitled to know what goes with the increase in fees, the bookstore profit, and - the canteen profit, by official reports rather than by the com plaints of columnists, etc., who can act for the most part only on hearsay? We believe that Carolina is operated for the .udents by the taxpayers (and a large number of us are tax payers), and that the satisfac tion, comfort, and freedom of Carolina students should be kept in mind always by the admin istration. Perhaps the comfort has been afforded in tly re modeling program, but still satis faction is not complete due to misunderstandings which ap parently the administration does not wish to try to clear up, and certainly there is little freedom when, in the interest of effi ciency, rooms are searched, as they were last Christmas, in the absence of the students, and evei sealed boxes of personal letters are opened for inspection. With all due credit given everyone for the great works accomplished, we beg the ad ministration, in the interest of gr-eater student happiness, to re view its past attitude toward the student; to remember that we too dleser-ve reports on expendi tur-es, and that the last thing we wish to give up is our per sonal freedom, regardless of how efficient it may make some operation of the university. s Needed Rifle Teams Dear Editor: There has been quite a *on troversy in your paper concern ing letters awttrded to the ROTC rifle teams. It has not yet been made clear why th university gives letters to persons who engaged in re stricted activities. By that, I mean an activity in which not all students are eligible, but just those who are members of an ROTC unit. As a veteran, I am not a mem ber of either ROTC unit, but I am Interest In rifles and pistols and would like very mul~ try out for the team. And there are probably other students who are also interested In this sport but who are not affiliated with the ROTC. Why doesn't the ROTC units disband their teams and have their instructors coach university rifle and pistol teams instead with all students eligible. Such a team would be repre senting the university and not a particular department of the university and could and should be awarded block letters with probably no objection. The ROTC could still have their own teams if they wished or evena several teams firing on an intraunit basis and members of thee teams could be awarded medale or something similar by the ROTC. Name withheld by request