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Cori Unde When students are old enot college, it is logical to assume old enough to have some sen bility. Yet a few students seer the sole objective of their cc to steal everything they can destroy everything that's too Vending machines are de phones are torn from the w; is stolen. It's true the vending mach' a few dollars, but students no use for a dead telephone, i tory furniture can't be of i what's the reason for this vai dom, perhaps. Maybe they'v4 Down Beat Band News BAND NEWS: Coumbia record artist Les Elgart will take his band on a road trip through the middle Atlantic states this month. Les' new album, "Just One More Dance," is scheduled to be out this month also . . . Roger King Mozian's band is also set to roll this month, with stops at the University of West Virginia, Norwich' University, and Capitol University . . . Vet eran pianist Earl Hines is plan ning to kick off a "new sound" band. Hines, who has used only small combos in the last several years, will have 11 men in the unit plus the writing talent of ex-Kentonite Pete Rugolo . . . Prez Prado recently recorded a 15-minute concert suite for RCA Victor. In the band for the re cording session were Shelly Manne, Maynard Ferguson, and Pete Candoli . . . Benny Good man will re-form his quartet (Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, and Lionel Hampton) for a special NAACP benefit. Benny will be presented with an award at the affair for his work in breaking down discrimination in music. RECORD NEWS: Columbia records, who recently signed pianist Dave Brubeck's quartet, is now making generous over tones to Gerry Mulligan. Plans are also afoot to release a special LP based on Woody Herman's three Herds .. . Blue Note records will release a set of pianist Bud Powell discs which are purported to be among his best yet . . . The label "X" vault originals, including those by Jelly Roll Morton, Ben Pollack, and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, are now being offered along with a subscription to DOWN BEAT magazine... Decca records is working on material for a music biog of Bing Crosby which will contain some 30 to 40 songs. CROWING I UNIVERSITY 01 Member of Asse F.md aa 0,908,w Univrmity .f South Carotlas1 EDITOR.... ..,...... MANAGING E DITOR... BUSINESS MANAGER.. ASSISTANT MANAGING NEWS EDITOR ........ CAMPUS EDITOR ...... LPORTS EDITORS ...... SOCIETY EDITOR ...... FEATURE EDITOR.... CIRCULATION MANAGI ASSISTANT BUSINESS BUSIH Kat Anthony, Cart STAFF Bertha Gardner, Donna E Babb, Dianne Woodaide, 8: Derham, Louise Matthews, Herbert Bryant, Wray Das hart, Carol shockey, Pat Lo COL Al Tison. T. E. Brown, Dina Has Si sirable Stud Lgh to come to movies and lacl that they are to read a book. ie of responsi- a couple of ve a to think that a telephone or flege career is Doteep ] carry off, and Dg athese pe heavy to tote. ing a hardship stroyed. Tele- they just don't %lls. Furniture The universi behavior are ines may yield honesty and r obviously have - dents who car tnd the dormi- not ready for nuch use. So, This small, : idalism? Bore- of students ha seen all the -BL Letters to the Edit 'Phones; C Bring Stud Dear Editor, "Can" the damn administra tion. Of all the hypocritical bunch of people I've ever known, they take the cake. For instance, they have "apolo gized" to the students inumerous times about the telephone system chaos. They go even further to say that if a student is needed in an emergency, every facility at the university's disposal will be utilized. This included leaving messages in the student's mail box. Since Tuesday before Big Thursday, they have been closing the post office at 8 p.m. This means that a student who either works for the university, Stew ard's Hall, or has late labs can not even check his mailbox until the next day. I As things stand now, a sick relative or parent would already be six feet under before the stu (lent knew anything about it. If the officials must take this action, why can't they inform us of their decision? A further imposition upon the higher "Echelon" would be a plausible explanation of why they took the aforementioned steps. It appears that the former sys tem of having the post office re main open until 12 was far bet ter. And, as I know of, no flaws were prevalent then. I'm sure you have received many such letters as this but have hesitated to print them because of possible recrimination. I defy you to print every word as I have written it. Again, "can" the damn ad1 ministration! Frank Yerby Dear Editor, Maybe I'm just another hot headed individual, but I feel that I was gypped by not being on the voluntary attendance list for classes. Last fall I missed the list by one-tenth of a point, but the blow wvas lessened by the fact that I had only myself to blame. To make up for it, I really slaved during the spring semester-and wvhat did I get for it? Nothing! The grades I received in my classes worked out to a 2.4 aver age so I thought I had at last reacheti my goal. However, my dreams were shattered last week when the gentleman at the machine records office informed me I was not on the voluntary attendance list at all. The reason? I had cut out of 'OR A GREATER SSOUTH CAROLINA Bated Collegiate Press th Robert Elliott Coniaes as the first dished by and for the students of the "'l, e ' idays durins th. esilege mate and letter writers are not uees k." Pubnbbag does mot oeestitute am Is.r.erved. ..... .....BILL LEGGITT ..... . .. .JACK BASS . .. ... .. ...D. J. SALLEY EDITOR ....... Betsy Ehrhardt . . . . .. ..... Patsy Penney .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Carolyn McClung . ....Bobby Alford, Mike Lovejoy . .. .. .. .. .. .. ...Joatnne Carnes . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...Dew James R .. .. ... .. .. ..Al Tison MANAGER .........Billy Bruce ESS STAFF 1l Shockey, Jack Bourne.. REPORTERS ale, Margaret Bauknight, Carole mi1a Riffle, Myrna Ritchey, Clare Barbara Driver, Kieran TFr1hey, 'is, Sue Furbeck, Mary Alice Car ngmlre, Kat Anthony. UMNISTS Ben Melven. Bob Cameron. lents the patience (or intelligence) So they go out and knock off rding machines and tear out two. ple realize that they are work on all the students? They do; give a damn. ty's rules concerningistudents' lenient. All they demand is 1asonably good conduct. Stu t meet these standards are -ollege-or life. ut highly objectionable group s no right to be at Carolina. or ut System ent Gripes a course, and that was DISHON ORABLE. All right, so maybe it was DISHONORABLE, but did anyone ever tell me this would be held against my average? Was this gem of information ever published in any form? "No," the gentleman admitted, but anyone would take it fo- granted that if a person cut out of a course, he would be given a SEVEN (7) as a grade. This was the first I knew about it. Well, I know when I'm licked, but if the machine records office won't publish the qualifications for the voluntary list which so many students aim for, I only hope the Gamecock will, so that no other student will make the same mistake as I. Name Withheld By Request "Bernadine"" Reviewed Last Tuesday (Nov. 16) saw the opening night performance of "Bernadine," a play written by Mary Chase, the author of "Harvey," at the Town Theatre. Aside from the usual opening night jitters the majority of the cast seemed to play. their respective parts well. Roses to Vincent Maurer (Beau) and Ged deth Smith (Wormy) for out standing portrayals of two very round teen-age "Wheels." In general, the rest of the cast are also worthy of roses. In cc-rtain instances I did detect minor booboos among the major supporting actors, but none of these led to a theatrical disaster. Mr. Gene Crotty directed the play and in my estimation he did a remarkable job, especially in his choice of actors for character parts. As for the audience's reaction to the play it could not have been better, testimony of this is the four curtain calls dlemanded by it at the end of the pierformance. Sign of the Times... Truesdasy at 2:29 p.m. an uin usually large crowd was watch inmg 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 rep)laced 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 cducation of many. Who we feel is right in the dlispute will not be discussed here. The interested person can find that out for himself by just watching the seLsions. Inverse Variation . Descartes, Bertrand Russell Alfred North Whitehead - al three mathematicians turne< philosophers. We claim to bi neither but have been stimulate< to a bit of philosophizing by thi mathematical principle of inversi variation. The principle (for those un principled in it): A is inversel: proportionate to B if when A gets large B gets smaller. Coul it be that the university is aif fering from a type of invers variation? That is, as the physical facil ities increase, the personal facil ities--vigor, spirit, eagerness decrease. Have vie lost in spiri what we have g&ined in rei estata? "Going home for the weeL "No-going to make a 'p AL TISON This Polil Is Half-A Cast: Hvril Arriman, Liberal. Balvin Carkley, Conservative. John Ohnson, Loyal party member. T. Jhrumond, People's Repre sentative. Sidli Devenson, Economic ex pert, also Head High Chief in charge of all Chiefs, and Lesser Folk (Abbreviated HHCicoaC, aLF). * * * Scene: . dark, secluded place, with only a pay telephone for outside calls. A small table is in the cen,er of the room, having on it only some old ballots and several pencils-a candlestick in a bottle of Southern Comfort lights the room. Hvril-In view of the plight of (lowntrodden, exploited citizens, I think we should raise the cor poration taxes so that we can give more money to our unfor tunate compatriots; I'll admit that we won't have as much production, but think about all the money the people will have to spend! Sidli-That's an excellent sug gestion, old man. Reminds me of a story I heard in Indepen dence, Missouri-it seems that an old advocate of private enter prise-(here Sidli was cut short by John, who was shouting and waving his arms). Jolin-What the people need is somebody to tell them about LOYALTY, and I don't know anybody who has been more loyal to LOYALTY than myself, if I do say so, myself! I can re member back in '48 when I was going to get General Eisenhower to run for President, and when ole Tarry H. got the nomination, I headed for home to vote-got caught in a regula' flood of rain, and didn't get to vote, tho'. Turned out that the folks down there voted for T. Jhrumond. Hlavril--1 must admit to you that we leaders of the Party were surp)rised at the intelli gence level of the poor, itenerate Southern farmer-we here at the top level didn't even realize that agiate Clip) Our university cannot live by building alone. Watch That Slipper-Inner , Time is money. If this state ment is correct, then someone i: robbing you-provided you eat in the cafeteria. Tfhe Investigations... Dr. Marcus Singer, professoi of zoology, child dlevelopmen1 and family relations at Cornel University, has been cited by th< House Un-American Activite: Committee for contempt. Though Dry Singer admitted being a member of a Marxls group not subscribing to force ful overthrow of the governmen in the early 1940's, he refuse< to reveal the names of othe members of the group on th groundls of "honor and cori science."~ Commentedi the Cornell Dal Sun: "If Dr. Singer had immc diately taken refuge behind th Fifth amendment andl refused t answer any questions, he woul most likely be free and clea: albeit suspected, at this time. L "Insteadl he relinquished tl Sloophole of self-incriminatic - and took the more courageot a view that t,he committee was ci titled to know about his paa - activities and beliefs. As - result, if found guilty, he is sul - ject to a maximum fine of $1,0( t and a year in jail. Such a uitui I tion does not appear entire O E B 1N T h end?" hone call." n Jeal Play ct Farce they could read, much less c writel Balvin-Perhaps, dear friend, d our "poor, itenerate Southern farmers" didn't realize that you and Sidli, and Tarry and Hauhn, were the leaders of the Partyl Just remember, you can impose on gentlemen only oncel I find c it hard to forget that you and your people opposed me in 1952 when I could have had the vice presidential nomination. Jhrumond-Let's not call up I old grudges, gentlemen; we've all lost a battle at one time or another, and vengeance is a petty thing-Mr. Hvril, it is a known fact that the leadership of the Senate is due to the Southern representatives, for the most part, and you must realize that means conservative policies for the next two years. In addition, even you and Mr. Sidli, who are most concerned about the strike of the United Beer Can Itispec tors for seven and a half cents raise, must be aware that the in ternational situation comes first, for if we don't attend to it, there won't be any beer cans to inspect. Sidli-Well, the Lesser Folk aren't very concerned with such things, you know-look how much they liked Aean Dcheson, and even HHCicoaC,aLF didn't know exactly what was going on. Balvin-That's his point, dear friend; it i our responsibility to the people to attend to these things. I'm sure that Tom Jef ferson would have expected the same thing of us. Jolin-We've got to have more LOYALITY; that's what we need-just like the Bishop said, if I'm elected, I'll be loyal. Hvril-Loyal to what, Jolin? To the party or the people ? Jolin-LOYAL, that's all, just LOYAL. The meeting was adjourned by a written ballot, and Hvrfl and Sidli went away singing a quaint little dlitty called, "Steal from the rich, give to the poor; For eign p)olicy ?, don't be a boor.", while Balvin and Jhrumond san;t "Dixie," with Jolin intoning with strands of "Loyality, I've -got Loyality." pungs 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, platinum 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. rUses: Highly ornamental. Use Sful as a tonic acceleration of low -spirits and an equalizer of the distribution of wealth-is prob V ably the most effective income - redlucing agen.t known. e No Offense Intended... o Sister Matilda Mary, in charge d of casting for "The Young and , Fair" at Holy Names College, Spokane, Wash., was quick to e explain her criteria. n "When I give a girl a certain s5 part it is because she can do it o- well," she said, "not because I it think it fits her own personal a ity." - Characters In the play include 0 a bully, a liar, two women who i- value material security more y than a clear conscience and a kleptomaninc. rEW JAMES Radicalisn But Not T these FIRST-few SENTENOES [e WRITTEN for THE benefit F crazy MIXED-UP ben MC LVEEN. inacolumnlastweek, en struck out AGAINST TOO [6CH CONSERVATISM IN HE Gamecock." he supported ich radicalisms as upside down eadlines, printing articles in .d, and running words together > attract attention. Actually, we agree with Ben. oing things in an unorthodoxed ianner can be very effective, but ,e don't think it should be over one. * * * On the subject of radicalism, re have a little note from Syra use University. It seems the yracuse student body were azed a couple of weeks ago ihen 4,000. copies of the campus ewspaper appeared featuring tories of a gridiron scandal and videspread drinking on the Syra use campus . . . All this pre eding the Cornell-Syracuse foot iall game. It later came out that the >apers were fakes rigged up by 7ornell pranksters-who made iure the papers looked authentic >y printing it on the Syracuse wresscs. The phony papers were printed at Cortlaid, N. Y., and then the :opies were rushed to the Syra :-use plant. The lone pressman on duty was told to go about his business--"but don't call any body." T. E. BROWN McCarthy Emotion; N At the time of this writing, the United States Senate has not yet taken a vote on the cen sure of Joseph McCarthy, the junior Senator from Wisconsin, and thousands of Joe's backers are pouring into Washington, so a perfect opportunity is afforded once more for this author to give a few opinions on the Mc Carthy controversy. One thing stands out about Joe: His backers are behind him all the way, and from all ap p)arent evidencies it would seem that those for him are much more ardent about their task than those against him. Some thing like 3,000 supporters are in Washington now to try to influence the Senate decision. This is really not surprising when one considers the type of p)erson, ti.at falls behind one like Mr. McCarthy. Anytime a leader comes forth wvith an emotional p)lea as his platform, a promise to rub out an undesired element regardless of costs, then a crowd of the same type falls behind him: a crowd which like the leader sees only one way, and is so filled with emotion that it forgets all about logical thought or fact-finding. It seeks to rule by force of numbers, and its numbers are added to through further emotio,nal squeals to the peCople. So the crowds converge on Washington uttering" that Joseph is being nailed to the cross5 andl we are here to bear away his poor battered body, to bury one who never said a cross wvordl, never told a lie, and al ways was thinking of others, aund his country; to mourn over the loss of the one great Amer acan. The trouble comes in the fact that these people never atop te realize that nothing Joe han accomplished causes them to feel so for him, but rather what Jo4 has saidI. Hie has told them hi is the one American, the oni anti-Communist, the one guidi to patriotism. His actions ar< 1, Please, oo Much ' Then, the Cornell men posted signs for the circulation crews: "Because of press failure the editions will be late--Come bk at 10 o'clock." This taken care of, the jokesterb duplicated the circulation routes and spread the papers around Syracuse. The regulation edition of the Syracuse paper hit the stands an hour later. * * * DRIVE-IN SCENE-She: "Oh! this orangeade is so fresh and sweet!" He: "Probably from a fresh milked orange." * * * Don't Do't-The proposal to a build a Fine Arts Building in Moore Arboretum could 4ear investigating. We see little to be gained in destroying- art to teach art. The Roman Senaca once said, "All art is but imita tion of nature," and we see more art in trees, grass, and a tiny pond than in concrete walls and asphalt walks. The university must possess another plot of earth somewhere which can be used for the site of the new art building. * * 0 Last week everybody except us hit the fanatic economist who is yanking out the free phones and installing the ten-cent model. Our comment on the situation will be brief. "Amen, brother columnist, Amen!" s Appeal ot Intellect people with this fact rather than with his accomplishments at getting rid of Reds. His whole operation has been on the basis of emotion rather than fact: his TV appearances point this out perfectly, an actor on the favored stage. According to the commenta tors, the most common comment among those for Joe arriving in Washington is "I am an Amer ican, I am for Joe. Aren't you?" Poor misguided people, that could have their thoughts so twisted. Are there so many who have forgotten what an American Is? Are there so many who no longer realize that being an American is more than falling behind a man who claims to be The Great American? Is the number so great of those who do away with our .old ideas that Americanism means freedom? Yes, freedom in all its form for all the people all the time. Can we so easily overlook the fact that whoe concede the freedom of so inn ordier to punish others, we are on the gradual road to doingg away with all freedom? Those who consider Joe the guide to Americanism need des perately to throw off their cloak of emotion, and remember that there is a lot more to being a great American than just claim ing to be anti-Communist, or, if you like, to being anti-Commun ist. Of course one could hardly be a good American in this day and care much for communism, but if we stop there in ou.eval uation of what an Amer n Is, then we shall find ourselves calling many Americans that are really no more American than the Communists themselves, because they, In their efforts to bring publicity upon themselves, to prove that they are right beyond doubt, destroy more American beliefs and freedoms than the Communists have yet succeeded in doing. You McCarthyltes, look at the rash in the mirror, and see if you can cure yourselves of Mc Carthyitis long enough to take a non-partisan look, and make an evaluation in which your sick ness does not affect your deci sion. Look back into time and see what the great Americans thought an American should be. You might cure yourselves per manently in this way.