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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
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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