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PATSY PENNEY Theft of Was Expei With the approach of the Carolina - Clemson game last week, many pranks were to be expected, but one of the meanest was that of stealing "the cus pidor" from in front of the science building. Actually, the "cuspidor" is a fancified name for a very valuable piece of prop erty known as a rain guage to members of the Geology and Geography Department, which operates an unofficial weather station for Columbia. The "cuspidor" and its fellow mate the "bird house" (tempera ture station) were added to the campus this year to give Co lumbia more accurate weather readings for the area than could be provided by the Columbia Airport. The Federal Weather Bureau provided the material for itt operation and members of the uliversity faculty donated their time to operating the devices. Last Tuesday night, some prankster took off with the needed rain guage and no one has seen "hide nor hair" of it since then. Although it has not definitely been determined that the person committing the deed was a Carolina student, eye brows have been raised in of ficial circles as to the possibility of a campus prank. Could it be that the "cuspidor stealer" did not realize what crime he was committing? Steal ing the device was indeed a crime. The rain guage was BEN McELVEEN If Colun Then Writ( So you think these edito Then let me tell you som the Gamecock is open for all of South Carolina students. editorials stink because Car editorials that stink rather words why editorials stink wisdom agout them! Carolina students are en Gamecock for such-and-suc But when it comes to takinj schedule (YES, YOU!), th of the Gamecock stink. The Gamecock was rat previous semesters, besies the reason for that was r enjoyed reading editorials editorials, but when they dlown and wrote something should do before you toss "those hopeless Gamecock Now, next time you fe comment, or any comment:j the Gamecock is "Crowing not, don't say it simply stini It might be better than yot P.S. -- Editc The purpose of the edi opinions of the students. TI and letters from any stud must be signed. The writt requested. The Gamecock r letter or column because of CROWIN4G F UNIVERSITY OF Mesmber of Aagoe Ustversity .f Sernth Car.eUm w EDITOR........ * MANAGING EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER. . ASSISTANT MANAGING NEWS EDITOR .... CAMPUS.EDITOR.... SPORTS EDITORS.... SOCIETY EDITOR .... FEATURE EDITOR... CIRCULATION MANAGE] ASSISTANT BUSINESS 3 BUSIN] 'U Kat Anthony, Carol STAFF1 Bertha Gardner, Donna Ha Babb, Dianne WFoodside, Soi Derham, Louise Matthews, Herbert Bryant, WryDavii COLtJ Al Tison. T. E. Brown, 'Cuspidor' isive Prank 'government property and there is a little law somewhere or other that says anyone stealing federal property can be prose cuted. ,Right at the moment the university is not too concerned with the prosecuting end-it Just wants the rain guage back. The longer the prankster waits, the more time there is for that opinion to change, however. Officials at the Columbia Air port have obtained another "cus pidor" for the university to use in the interim before the rain guage is located, so observations will continue. The taking of the ball from the top of Maxey Monument last year was bad enough but this is going a little too far to tamper with something of as much im portance as the weather equip ment. It is time that Carolina students woke up and realized that there is a line to be drawn between fun and crime. The weather equipment may seem of little consequence to some, but actually it has great importance to Columbia if not to the univer sity itself. The rain guage should be re turned and a full apology ex tended whether the person be a Carolina student or a Columbia resident. If the prankster, or pranksters, has enough nerve to tamper with government prop erty, he should have enough "guts" to stand up and take his medicine. ins Stink . Your Own rials stink ? ething! The editorial page of comment from all University Good or bad, trite or triter, olina students prefer to read than sit down and put into or at least some words of rgetic enough to condemn the h's article; yes, that's easy! r time out from your precious m just let the editorial page ad All-American for the two Innumerable other times, and iot because Carolina students that stink. No! They read read had editorials they sat about it! That's what YOU your comment aroundl about ditorials !" el top-heavy wvith dlerogatory 'or that matter, about wvhether For A Greater Carolina" or ks! Sit dlown andl write it up! Sthink! irs Note torial page is to express the le Gamecock welcomes columns ent. All letters and columns r's name will be withheld if eserves the right to reject any content or character. BL [oR A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ated Coliegiate Press b Rebe.t EUbott Ce-t- as the er hs.hd br and for the studeuts of the ib se the.& te h ens ." Pul.....s.isteusItl.a ..........BILL LEGGITT .. ..... JACK BASS .......... ..D. J. SALLEY EDITOR .......Betsy Ehrhardt . .. ... .. . Patsy Penney . Carolyn McClung ....Bobby Alford, Mike Lovejoy . ... ... ... . . Joanne Carne. . ... ... ... ..Dew James S........... ........A l Tison [ANAGER .. .. .. .. .Billy Bruce SS STAFF Shockey, Jack Bourn. EPORTERS le, Margaret Bauknight, Carole sa Riffle, Myrna Ritchey, Clame Barbara Driver, Kieran Trrihey, , Sue F'urbeck, Mary Alice Car igmire, Kat Anthony. iMNISTS Ben Maintvaan. Bob Cameron. "Save yc T. E. BROWN United Na Should Be Last Sunday was United Na tions Day, so this should be as appropriate a time as one could want for writing on a favorite subject. The truth of the matter is that just about everyday should be United Nations Day until all of the people every where, and especially those who criticize it so freely, know what it is, what its purpose is, and what it has done and is doing to carry out its stated object of keeping peace in the world. The sad fact is that only too few have really taken time to study the organization, and it can safely be said that a majority of those who curse it the most make up the majority of those who know the least about it. This author is certainly only a novice on the subject, but with the help of a copy of the Charter, a few things learned in a well-taught course on the subject (Political Science 108), and the reference books (found in the Reference Room, McKissick Library) de voted especially to the United Nations, it is hoped that enough can be said in this and the next few columns to enlighten all of us a little nore on the subject, and to perhaps arouse our in terest enough that we will do further research in an effort to learn more about and under stand better this league that seems to hold the key to the world's future. To answer a few current argu ments first, let it be said that last of all is the United Nations a war-making agency. Appar ently those who are so anxious to kick Russia out see the U.N. only as an instrument to carry out war, only as a method of balancing off the power of the world so that the western side appears strongest. Not only is this foul logic because a balance of power has never yet succeeded in keeping peace in the long run, but also because the Charter ex pressly declares its purpose as being opposite to war. Article 1, Section 1, states the first pur pose of the United Nations as: "To maintain peace and security, and to that end: to take collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, Colle Syraeuse, N. Y.-(I.P.)-Sy racuse University will award Associate's degrees to students who successfully complete two year of academic work, begin ning this fall, according to an announcement by Vice-Chancel lor Finla G. Crawford. The degrees have been set up to help outstanding high school students who feel that two years as a full-time student is all that they can manage. Students who can meet the university's regular admissions requirements will be permitted to work towards an associate in arts degree in the College of Liberal Arts, or an associate in Applied Science in the College of Business Administration. Two year students will attend classes with regular college students and must meet the same academic standards. Registrar Keith Kennedy said that the new program is expected to. provide a large group of stu dents with a general education as well as the knowledge neces sary to obtain congenial and profitable employment. The courses have been arranged in such a way that If students wish to continue their college work, they may become candidates for bachelor's degrees without loss of time or credit. The programs have been authorized by the New York State Bomado atneeni ur money, there's no cheesecake." tions Day Every Day and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in con formity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of in ternational disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace. The first task there fore of the United Nations is to maintain harmony between the nations, not by war by the whole U.N. against one nation, as some would have it, but as we see by reading deeper into the Charter, by discussion among the mem bers, by seeking in every way possible outside of war to bring about an agreement. As Article 33, Section 1, states: The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solution by nego tiation, inquiry, mediation, con ciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regionql agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice." In any organization from the largest corporation, nation, or league of nations down to the smallest family, there are going to be diverse opinions and differ ing interests. This is most cer tainly true of the United Na tions. There will always be dis agreement , after disagreement debate on top of debate, and nothing in the Charter of the United Nations guarantees a settlement to these disputes, but it does set forth as its purpose the peaceful settlement of them if it is at all possible. Russia andl the United States are na turally going to be constantly bickering, and it seems that Russia has no interest at all in a real settlement, but which is better: debate or war? If we can keep the debate going and hold off q war while at the same time the United Nations carries out its other functions, then why be so anxious to end the debate with the dismissal of Russia, thereby leaving as the only alternative, war ? Next week: The veto power: Who originated it? 'giate Clip and by the State Department o: Education. Work leading to an associat in applied science has been avail able to part-time studentsq at tending University College, thi Adult Education Division o: Syracuse University for severa years, and a program leading t4 an associate in arts degree wai started in the college last spring Chicago, Ill. - (I.P.) -- Stu (dents, rather than professors have the most reason to complaii about the lack of academic free dom. The finding was disclose here by Dr. Willard A. Kern associate professor of p)sycbol ogy at Illinois Institute of Tech nology, after a preliminar; analysis of replies received in al "academic freedom" survey cori ducted among more than 50 lIlli nois institutions of higher learn mng. The survey was conducted b the academic freedom committe of the Illinois division of th American Civil Liberties Unioi Dr. Kerr is a member of th committee. Most institution surveyed were found to maintai an "admirable situation" wit respect to most of the freedom studied. Dr. Kerr indicated th survey results may be mon useful to show individual insti tutions where remedial atter tion is needed. W1aborating on the point the fS di t p h n 0' a Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Just a few lines for praise, but still more for criticism. I'd just like to pass an opinion on the cheering at the Clemson Carolina game. As for me, oh well, I'd say, "Up to par, for that game, but only improved as a whole." No, I don't think we can blame it all on the stu dent body. Yet, it only takes the third most beautiful girl in the United States to yell loud enough to be heard above the cheering section of 2,000, and she did. But, a queen Is supposed to be dignified! Well, just about everyfody in that cheering sec tion must have thought they were queens, but of what, I don't know. My date said that she thought I worked as hard for that game as anybody else. Well, if you had sprayed my throat next morning you would have thought so too. But it so hap pens that I'm a senior, and thanks to Mackie Prickett, if I live to be 85, I can still say "We beat Clemson all four years I was at Carolina." There is one loyal sister in sec tion 10, about row 20 that I'd like to nominate for cheerleader next year. Yet I say one can't blame the entire student body. There's just one thing about those cheerleaders-they're as sured of a good place to watch the game, and frankly, I think they make good use of it. When Carolina did get pos sesis,an of the ball, those cheer leaders should have been out theee begging everybody to loosen a tonsil with "Go! Go! Go!" But were they? Well, somebody else started it if they did. Do they ever, practice? To compare them with Clemson's and all their form and motions one wouldn't think so. I heard that one Clemon stu dent said he guessed the best team won, and it was good that they did, because he thought the whole Carolina side was fixing to loosen up the other side. Well, we must have made some noise one time. Why can't we keep it up? A Disgusted Student serious deficiencies exist espe cially for students, Dr. Kerr said survey results showed the least secure freedoms for this group are "to hear outside speakers, to criticize the faculty and ad ministration, to organize associa tions and affiliate nationally, of press, of petition, and of reason able off-campus activity." Freedom of choice of faculty advisers was found to be stu dents' most entrenched freedom. Survey results disclosed that faculty members' greatest free dome are freedom from special requirements (oaths), of asso ciation in faculty organizations, of citizenship activities, and of research. The faculty's least secure freedoms relate to faculty self-government, to tenure (sec urity), and freedom to criticize curriculum and administration, the survey showed. ~'San Franciseo, Calif.-(I.P.) "Tapping the great untapped reservoir of potential teachers among graduates of liberal arts ecolleges who have taken no a preparation for teaching" is the riobject of the new program of the riSan Francisco Board of Educa ation, according to Dr. Herbert J. aClish, Superintendent of Schools. tThis program has been made -possible 'by a grant, with no -strings attached, of $850,0J0, received from the Ford Fnounda OEW JAMES Flood of Then The When It Rains It Pours--state dr, "Big Thursday" and holi tys, all in the same week. But, as, we speak too soon ... the ay days are no more . . 'back o the salt mines . . quizzes, lasses; quizzes, labs; quizzes arallel reading and more aizzes. Like everything else, holidays ave their faults .- they are either long nor numerous en ugh. A Lynchburger we know, with n evasive Pop, is not quite sure e knows how many times he ourneyed twixt Columbia and is fair native village, Lynch urg, last Friday. To start the all rolling, Lynchburger, Jr. itch-hiked home. while Lynch urger, Sr. came to Columbia to neet him. When Lynchburger, rr. discovered Pop and Sis were n Columbia, he decided he should -eturn to Columbia and make it i threesome at the fair. In the meantime, Pop had the siame idea and aimed for Lynch >urg to pick up his son., When )ack in Columbia again, Lynch >urger, Jr. went first to his room md then to the fair grounds BOB CAMERON Does Int Mean Advi rhe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People may have done a lot of good for the colored people in this section of the country, but at the same time, it has caused a lot of trouble. If one can judge by reading the papers, the NAACP seems to create conflict where none previously existed, and ap pears to do, directly or indirectly, as much harm for the Afro American as it does good. But what does "advancement" mean to the NAACP, and to any similar program that may exist? "Advancement" appears to mean turning dark skin into light skin. If a Negro can adopt more and more the ways of the Anglo, can gradually possess the things he possesses, share the property, attributes, characteristics and culture of the white man, it is "advancement." "Advancement" comes to mean occupying a white man's residential section or home, or to have a lighter skin than fellow coloreds. Why does he consider this as "advancement"? The American Africans seem to he the ones thinking thusly. For generations now, the Afro-Americans have been subject to the doctrine of White Supremacy. This isn't too bad in itself, but the harnm comes in with the Negro's believing it. Certainly, the white man con siders himself a little bit better, in many ways, than p)eople of another skin-culturally, and physically. But we should natur ally expect people of another color to feel a certain amount of pride In their owvn race. In most cases, they do. But in some places, notably and to our con cern, the southeastern part of the States of America, a race out for likely young college graduates with an interest in teaching but without teacher credentials, givIng them $1,500 a year fellowships, as "internes' and put them to work. The lnterne's time would be divided about evenly between professional training and direct experience in classrooms. After approximately a year of this, the candidate would receive a regular teaching credential, and become new blood for the San Francisec school system. The purpose of this experiment Is to encourage liberal arts graduates to enter the teaching profession. Under this plan, the internes will be placed only in the high schools where the need is acute. Lafayet te, Ind. - (I.P.) - The Purdue University Inter-Faiti Council this week will for the first time operate a co-educa tional camp for entering fresh men. Emphasis during the three day camping period will b placed on religious leadership, in spiration, and wholesome fellow ship. The camping period wil be from September 15 througi 17 at Camp Tecumseh on the banks of the Tippecanoe River. The freshman camp has beei held intermittently for over 21 Holidays; y're Gone looking for Pop. No Pop, so he goes back to his room to relax and try to unkink the kinks. Lynchburger, Sr. comes- back to Columbia and goes to the Wr grounds where he leatns fn the sound lady that Lynch burger, Jr. has been an earlier customer. Lynchburger, Sr. rushes over to Lynchburger, Jr.'s room and the chase ends. * * * Canteenology Dept. - One Gamecock to another over cof fee, "Ben, why are you always so sleepy?" "Cause you never say any thing awakening." * * * We saw Hazel's trail last weekend and some of the worst of it after wading through a dozen or so military guards to the Grand Strand which ain't so grand with all it's splintered and sand swallowed remains. Hazel left her mark on t*old homestead too. Two of our holi days'were spent nailing on a new roof. That accounts for our blue fingernails and bruised fingers . . . never could hit a nail (tacks in this case) on the head. argration incement? accepts the idea that another race is superior by simple virtue of skin color. To "advance" means to become, in every way conceivable, a person of that color. In our area, "advance ment" to the Negro means being a white man. Pride In his race is somewhat shot. His natural attribute, personality, and abil ities are so often overlooked. There is not the harm in servility of the body that there is itVhe servility of the soul. When the British gave up slavery in the Bahamas-where the culture and economy wEre similar to that of the South the African was left to fetch for himself. He was not served and pampered as was his Amer ican cousin. Recently, a story goes, an American lady "aboli tionist" from up north was visiting in Bermuda. At 'a din ner, a mature colored woman was to serve and wait on the table. Considering herself a "liberal" person in race relations, she asked that the colored woman eat with them. The hostess was willing, but the Bermuda Afri can was not. "Oh, but come on and eat with us. You're just as good as we are," the northern lady benig nantly insisted. Still the Negro refused. Thle hostess then informed her guest, "You don't understand. She may be 'good enough' to eat wvith us, but are you 'good enough' to eat with her?" The guest was infuriated. "Why, that lowvdowvn, #11# nigger!" The American Negro needs to implrove' him self, certainly. .(Don't we all?) But dloes foz d integration necessarily mean' ac - v'ancement? first time that co-eds have been invitedi to attend. Campus reli gious foundations and local pas tors have taken part in the camp throughout its history. The (campl is staffed by student coun selors, pastors, and university p)ersoninel. Dean of Women Helen B. Schlemnan and Dean of Men Donald R. Mallett will at tend camp sessions to answer students' questions about univer sity administration. An outdoor sanctuary proWdes a place for the worship program. The central lodge contains the (lining room and meeting rooms. Students will stay In cabins, each of which accommodate ten of them. Accommodations are avail able for 150 entering freshmen, 75 men and 75 women. All en tering students were invited to attend, but because of limited facilities, only the first 150 re plying have been accepted. Dur -ing the three-day period, stu dents will get a ohance to meet with the pastor of their particu lar religious group and learn I more about its foundation pro gram here on campus. Upper class counselors selected from various religious foundations will i leadi freshmen In group discus 5 sion topics Introduced by keynote