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Bu'Idi1g Union Dul The university's building well under way. Probably a in the school's history hai struction been going on at < Work on the Student Uni< dormitories, and the School ministration is well under wi Of course, the most inter( the students will be the Stud ing. Among other things, t house a cafeteria, canteen, tions, a bowling alley, many izations, and a lounge. This building will probal Religio Another Religious Emphaq and this year's program seez one of the best so far. This before, the discussions and aimed at the interests and students. The speakers, and fine sp Letters to the Edi Reader De Who' S( Dear Editor: I do not profess to be an authority on politics, but after reading the article in the Novem ber 19 issue of the Gamecock, written by T. E. Brown, I would like to have the views of my colleagues made known. So I would like to ask you to print this letter to Mr. Brown. We have all read one side of the story. Now let us read the other side and give our readers more grounds to decide the issue on. Respectfully yours, Steve Roberts Dear Mr. Brown: I am one of those poor, sick, misguided individuals who is in favor of the actions of the junior senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Joseph McCarthy. In your recent article in the Gamecock you bemoaned the fact that every good American dislikes Com munism. Well, sir, would you mind stating the names of some of your great patriots who are standing up and. fighting this vast Communistic horde which is trying to overthrow our govern meat? It seems that all your "friends" can (10 is find time to berate the one man wvho is trying his utmost to quell the Coim munists' activities in this coun try. Why don't they utilize some of this time trying to help rather than to hinder? Now, I ask you, Mr. Brown, is it a crime to try to bring Communists out into the open ? Is it a crime to try to rid our Army of its policy of showing favoritism ? Those of us who are not prejudiced against Mr. McCarthy, but think things out before we make hasty decisions, say "NO." Whether it be an all out war or simply a cold war against Communism, there are some innocent peop)le who will have to suffer along with the guilty. That is the sacrifice we Americans must make if wc ex pect to have a better country in which to live. CROWINC FP UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assee onded Jnar 50906, wIt UiJaversity of souah Carolina -. sadly those of iThe Come endorsement. The right to edit EDITOR .... MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING: NEWS EDITOR..... CA MPUS EDITOR... SPORTS EDITORS . SOCIETY EDITOR...... FEATURE EDITOR. CIRCULATION MANAGEI ASSISTANT BUSINESS 19 BUSINI Kat Anthony, Carol STAFF I Bertha Gardner, Donna Ha Babb, Dianne Woodside, Sor Derham, Louise Matthews, Herbert Bryant, Wray Davii hart, Carol Shockey, Pat Lon COLU A1 Ti.on T.E rwn, Program F Iding Most program is now the individua t no other time yet attempt( i so much con- serve as a me me time. association : n Building, new asoratio 1 of Business Ad- Progress, 1 y. in terms of b1 ,sting project to academic sid ant Union Build- building prop he building will tion is being student publica- coming. student organ- Combined, uting to "a ly do more for Carolina stud us Emphasi is Weeb is over, stuck close t< ns to have been By." Their m year, more than plicable; and seminars were legiate mind. needs of college The organi: gratulated. T makers they are, I L "tor fends McCai tections Qu If we, the loyal Americans, agree to a censure of Senator McCarthy, we might as well agree to a full scale Commun istic movement to overthrow the government. There should be more men in our country like Mr. McCarthy. We would then show the Reds that we mean business. Why are so many people against this true American? Don't they want Communists to be brought out into the open? Do they want us to become a province of Russia? Does any true American want this dread ful thing to happen? Of course not. The average person becomes sick at the thought of being under Red rule. If we expect any progress in the attempt to rid this country of Communism, we must stick together and fight as one unit. As the great Abra-ham Lincoln once said, "A house divided against itself can not stand." Tie only way to fight Communism is to combine our forces in an all-out attempt. But as far as any non-partisan can see, all your loyal Americans in the government are dloing is halting progress by fighting among themselves. Yes, if more men would think and act as Senator McCarthy, things would be so much better with all con cernedI with making our great country a country which all the p'eop)le of the free world can look up t.o and resp)ect. To my undierstanding, Senator W~atkins made the statement that whether or not th( members of the c'omimittee were p)artial against McCarthy was irrevelant. To me, this is a v'ery asinine statement. Is this the kind of man your wish to follow? Are we to condemn a man before he has a chance to speak ? I think not. Nowv, non- McCarthyites, you look into your mirrors. You take a non-partisan look. Look your self in the eye and ask yourself, "D)o I wvant a free America or CO cit; )R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA lated Collegiate Pree. ifRobert Elliott Coneales as the firs6 shed by and for the students of the tekly, on Fridays, during the olge ring ezamminations. nista and letter writers are not nece "Publishing does not constitute an a reserved. BILL LEGGITT' .............JACK BASS D. J. SA LLEY DITOR . . Betsy Ehrhardt Patsy Penney Carolyn McClung Bobby Alford, Mike Lovejoty Joanne Carnes .............Dew James ...... ...Al Tison ANAGER Billy Bruce :SS STAFF Shockey, Jack Bourne. EPORTERS le, Margaret Bauknight, Carole Ia Riffle, Myrna Ritchey, Clare Barbara Driver, Kieran Trihey, I, Sue Furbeck, Mary Alice Car gmiire, Kat Anthony. MNISTS Ren McElveen, o ahen. rogresses; Interesting 1 student than any other thinj ,d. At the same time, it Wil eting place, making for a close] students. owever, is not always expresse< jildings and beauty. And so, th< e is running parallel with :th< ,ress. Better quality in instruc stressed and results are forth all these factors are contrib greater Carolina" for Qreatei ents.-BL is Week the theme, "A Faith to Live essages were practical and ap practicality appeals to the col. Pers of RE Week are to be con hey did a difficult job well. rthy; 'Who's iestioned do I want a Communist-ruled country?" When you have an swered t'his question, and have realized all the good things thai can come by letting Senator Mc. Carthby continue his investiga tions, then ... and only then . . can you call yourself a "True American." I remain, Steve Roberts "A True American" "Who's Who" Dear Editor: I guess there's always some thing or someone to criticize We gripe about the stupid phone system we have and wind up with fevcr phones. We cry about the cut system and get fewer cuts. We get renovated dorms, but no drinking foun tains to go with them, and many obher conveniences that coulk very easily be provided. Ther some one criticized the cheer leaders and last week, the ad ministration. Well, I'd like to pitch in my "fifty cents' wort.h" now in the form of a few qJuestions. Being a .se'nior myself and having knowvn these 24 seniors wh< were selected to "Who's Who,' I'd just like to ask, "Do yoi think the selections were justi tied ?" Now don't get me wvrong ...I'm not jealous. Actually most of these s.tudents are wor t'hy of such an honor. Ther there were a few who weren't Frankly, I think I could hav( made it, too, IF I had jumpet at every thing that came along sacrificing a high academi< standling for such, joinedl E fraternity and maybe had r fraternity brother on the com mittee' that helped present names and make selections. Why should a few student: select a group of studlents foi such an honor ? If that's the basis, why not really make i1 dlemocratic and let the wholh student body elect them? Now frankly, I don't think this shoult be (lone. Why not just have c faculty committee make the selections ? I ask this because out of the five studlents on th< committee all were named for the honor excepit onie, and the onl3 reason she was not selcted was because she is not a senior! Then "selections are based ot academic rating, character, per sonality, andi service to the uni versity." May I ask, "Wha kind of an acadlemic rating?" suppose I've had classes wit1 most of them, and for your in formation, at least three havy failed courses, not to mention thi number of sixes that were nmadc Then there were a few wh< were "members of the Garnet ani Black and Gamecock staffs whom I haven't seen over ther in three years. Actually, wha kind of a person (lees l't take t make "Who's Who" . . . th edito,r of a college paper? No so in this case! Member a KSK ? Not so irv'this case! Well who??? Name Withhel by Ronnes "Okay, okay, what the AL TISON Green ID Problems ( I am not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I will hazard a guess that RE Week will cause much talk for some weeks to come . . . The one man who im pressed me most was Canon Bryan Green, because of his approach to the problems of being a Christian. I imagine that all of us wonder, at times,' if drinking beer, and saying G . . D . . . , are sins, and whether they are pretty bad sins or right small . . . well, Cannon Green says they are im portant all right, but that our selves are the basis of sin. Everybody wonders how much or how little they have sinned, say, during a (ay, and whether or not it is worth while to ask forgive nes* for things that we can't be sure are sins. The answer given was that being able and contented to get through life without God was sin-well, this more or less con tradicts the agee-old saying that "God helps those who help them selves" . . . however, we are told that God helps those who need help. This philosophy, whcn I first heard it, left me a little be wildered, because there are a great many of us who have been taugiht and who have taught our selves to face the fac.ts,- build up not only a defensive force, but an offensive force as well, and put it to use so that we may in time enjoy the knowledge and financial reward of being "a damned good man at such and such an occupation and greatly respected," and note, that the world is like a wheat field, you get a good harvest if you sow a goodl crop. And note, too, that if you sinnedl a little while battering MONTY HORMEL Play R Last Thursday (Dcc. 2), I at tendled two prodluctions stagedl by the University Players at the Carolina Playhouse. The first wvas a one-act, five-scene play by Moliere, titled "The Doctor In Spite of Himself." The play was highly humorous, dlue mainly to the efforts of Moliere and not the pe'rformers. Herb -McFarland (Sganarelle) showed a remark able talent for overacting, but managed a passing performance dlespite this dIrawback. .Jack Rast (Geronte) played the part of a grasping 01(1 man right down to the last wrinkle and gray hair. Almost without exception the supporting cast appeared as If they were being drawn across the stage by strings. I must corn pliment the make-up artists and the peoplo responsible for the c'ostumes for doing a very good job, roses to all of them. TIhose Sneaky True-False And Pop-Quizzes... NEW YORK -(ACP)--True false tests took a beating and - were characterized as "sometimes p)resented in a tricky manner," according to results of a faculty .student survey taken among ap proximately 300 Central State College studetnts. "Pop quizzes" '(drew even more unfavorable Sreaction. Two hundred and eighteen students considlered true-false tests "inadequate to measure the knowledge of a subject," while f69) students dlisagreedl. Sixty ,nine students thought that "pop" quizzes should be given, while E 279 voiconbjehcntin. hell are you selling?" liscusses f Christian your way to the top, you can be forgiven - well, Canon Green said that after a while we be came accustomed to our little everyday sins, and don't even realize it. But if we stop every now and then and consider whether this or that is a sin, I have visions of being left at the startifig line while all of the unconsidering sinners go charging down the race track of success-how can a man rightly consider the people who will be losing money (and faith in themselves and the trust of their families) when he is sell ing stocks on the exchange in order to retain faith in himself, since his success depends on his ability to make money? What is the answer to these problems? Canon Green said that we must realize that pur self sufficiency is the basic sin, and that all of the little sins are results of this attitude and the practice of this philosophy. Canon Green implied, in my opinion, that this was the exer cise of human free will, and therefore, to be expected; but said the Canon, it was our good fortune that God would hear the priayr from a man who said "God, I am the sinner, forgive me." The basic sin includes self sufficiency, conceit, use of others, and selfishness, which inflate the ego, but leaves out God. How can one enjoy college and follow such exacting rules? Does it. include drinking beer? Gad, sounds awful! But, at the same time, if you think just a minute about growing accustomed to little sins, you can see the good sense in taking stock of your self, and asking forgiveness of the basic sin so that the little ones wvon 't be so perplexing. The second feature of the night, "Overtones," wvas a one act, one-scene play by Alice Gertenberg.- In order to criticize this p)lay I can only recall the words of some oft-quoteed critic by saying, "I envied my feet, they were asleep." I will not say that the actresses in this p)roduction were dlevoid of talent, only that they made poor usew of that which they had. Taffy Wal lace (Hetty), had the irritating habit of running all of her words together into one big word. Sandra Hull (Ha.rriet) and Pat Arant (Margarc't) both seemed to be a trifle insincere in their p)ortrayals of two very sophisti ca.ted ladies. Delight Tiemann seemed a bit bored with the whole thing. To the people handling the lights I give an onion. Jack Rast, the director, is automatic ally a candidate for the onion. Clippings A report in the University of Buffalo Spectrum gave the fol lowing figures: Seventy per cent of those quei tionedl thought that at least three to nine tests should h)e given (luring a semester before a semester grade wvas given. Fifty seven per~ cent thought that from four to nine or even more tests should he averagedl to estimate a final gradle. Tests frequently given were thought to be writ ten for past classes rather than for the current semester, 199 studlents said, while 136 felt that all tests appeared to be current. Suggestions offered Included studly sheets which would indicate Planning( Is A Tot Last Saturday, we, along with two other Gamecock staffers, journeyed up to Clemson for a South Carolina Collegiate Press meeting.i Having fair winds and a late start we arrived exactly one hour late. But, since Caro lina is the host school for the S. C. C. - P. convention in the sp-ing, the dear members of the executive board received us cordially and proceeded to give out with the "has to be done prior to." Among the "has to be done" are such minor things as reserv ing park benches two nights for approximately 100 people, in cluditig women; finding hotdog joints cheap enough they can afford to eat; make name tags so they can remember their names; make maps of the campus so they don't wander into classes; and arrange for evenings of soft lights, dreamy music and light food so they don't get bored. One of the things we noticed at Clemson was that when there's a meeting, there's a choice of meeting rooms. We could use No. 1, No. 2, or just pick a num ber up to something like No. 15. We also took quite a fancy to their two or three-acre dining hall, t'heir lounges, and their ultra-modern dorms. Amid the splendor, we could but utter, "At least, we have a football team." Period, end of quotation. BEN McELVEEN Carolina Sh Negro The subject of segregation in the public schools has been op posed and sipportW, chewed and re-chewed, and hashed and re hashed so much and in so many varied ways that even this ap proach is repulsive. There is nothing original I, or anyone else, could possibly say in approval or disapproval of segregation in the public schools that hasn't already been said, thought, or written about before. So why continue ? Stop right here! Nope! To stokp eating isn't going to cure ulcers! And to stol) fighting or defending segre gation isn't going to solve the integration problem. Therefore, k wiTi continue, p)lacing myself open for repug nance by the admitted repetition. "Segregation is wrong. Its practice is sinful, hypocritical, and backward. It represents the ant ithesis of the great c'oncep)t of the brot herhood of man. It opposes' all that is dlemocratic, decent , andl religious. It con fines a specific group of people to an intellectual and spiritual ison. It condemns them to a low standard of living which they (an rise over only after overcoming tremendous obstacles. It restricts their full enjoyment of all the beautiful gifts which God put on the earth for all to p)artake of. "'The p)ractice of segregation contradicts our Declaration of Independence which states that all men, being created equal, are endowed wvith life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." So Gus Manos stated in an article, "Segregation Is B asaiea ll1y Wrong," which appearedl in the Gamecock on Nov. 20, 1953. . It is perhaps not an unfair sum mary of the p)ro-dlesegregation arguments. it is so obvious that desegre gation is eventually going to be in existe'nce throughout the South that i feel somewhat em barrassed to utter such a naive statement. I can only ask, ridiculing my modesty by more modesty, "Is the University of South Carolina going to hold out to the very endl ?" I think that the university has an exceellent opportunity to indi ('ate some weak sign of its fore sightedness, its broadmindedn(os, andl all those other' wordls that have been so aptly applied to frequent tests to e'nable students to become familiar with the type of tes5t presented by priof ssors andI to give bette'r undierstandling of what to studly. "The' survey seemed to reveal that if the instructors wvould give mon01 tests the student would study for each individual test and thus keep his studie's up to date," the Spectrm reotcnld. ,onvention igh Job Here Comes the Bride-Last week while gleaning page three of the Loris Seentinel, we found ourselves being stared at (picturewise) by one of our h school classmates. The old ll got her man, or at least the promise thereof. One thing bothered us though . . . Directly underneath the inch-deep, two column wide, bold face cutlines announcing hqr engagement ap pcared this 24-point headline: "RULES FOR HANDLING GUNS GIVEN." Pure coinci-' dence in the page make-up, we're sure!!! . * * Who says women carry every thing in their purse? The other (lay we turned a corner and met two giggling co-eds picking up pennies from the walk and grass and throwing them handful by handful into a black purse. Act ing on gentlcmanly pret es, we stopped and held the W rse while they retrieved the spill. This must have been a speceial purse because all it had in it was little brown pennies. We still haven't been able to figure out what they were doing with so many pennies. The two most logical solutions judging by the evidences are: they had just cracked a bubble gum machine, or they are operating some sort of a gambling concession in their dorm!! ould Admit students "nigger lovers" by admitting Negro students immediately. An other second wastcd, and it will even be too late for Carolina to be accredited with being at least sluggishly foresighted. By refusing to admit Negro students, Carolina is merely marring its own educational rep utation, and is stubbornly hang ing on to the prejudicies of its forefathers. And when an insti tution of learning is so asinine as to allow segregation on its canpus then that's about like 1)reachlng athcism unknowingly to a group of agnostics. Among the white colleges aind universities in the South that have already officially adimitted Negroes, according to The Negro Yearbook, 1952 edition, the Uni versities of Arkansas, Kentucky, Kannsas, North Carolina, Tennes see, Virginia arid West Virginia are but a single handful, lBut South Carolina, will you always j)ersist in being b,ackward ? The Supreme Cou rt unanim ously outlawvtd racial segrega tion in public schools on May 17, 1954. And although there was nio effective (late, the decision appliedl to 21 states (including South Carolina) and the District of Columbia where segregation had formerly been permitted or mandatory. Now, South Carolina must invent some sly, legal method of avoiding the Supreme Court d i sio)n, adlopt a "private sCr'" amnendmiente--such as Georgia's-, or, in the one other perhaps not even considered method, abide by the decision of the Supreme Court. The University of South Caro lina, being state supported, must take some action toward integra tion, or be liable for suit by any Negro student desiring admis sion. Whether Negroes are al lowed at the university, I think, should be left up to the student body--not the administration. And I tihink that the majority of stud(ents at Carolina are bf%d mindcd enough to adapt them selves to dlesegregation now. If not, they must step asideC for those who can. I favor adlmittir.I Negroes to the university. And that is the most egregious repetition that I have saidl yet! But until some action toward that goal is ac c'omlplished, foresighted individl uals must bear the repetition. COLLEGE PARK, Md. - (ACI'--A University of Mary land campus election was tallied by JBM machine within a few hours, the Diamondback reports. In a freshman class election, voters were furnished electro graphic pencils andl special bal lnto.