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Fight Still An old question has come the Gamecock print all the nei favorable to the university? I of the utmost importance and on the age-old question of fP press. The right of freedom of guaranteed in this country amendment of the Constitutio: the right was granted in Zenger case in this country a of struggles in other nations Three students were rec, by the Discipline Committee stealing. The Discipline Committee i any information whatsoever cock. Chairman Coleman Ka official policy of the Discipli was to divulge no informati except "higher authorities," authorities consisting of the the university, the faculty ani The editor made two trip; Russell's office. The first one Karesh refused information cock news department. Mr. I would trust the judgment of l\ he was sure something equi worked out. The editor then called Mi stated the committee interpr as ending with deciding the c ing to higher officials. He s. committee's interpretation th they had been assigned to ( was neither their duty nor r the information to anyone els le said he was aware that could get the information fron but that it still would not be Letters To The Editor Vet's Wife I Dear Editor: I am sending this to the .uni versity paper. If it doesn't bring some results soon, I will send similar letters to both the city newspapers. I am the wife of one of the students of the university. We live in the Carovet Apartments. We have a little boy, two years old. Most of the people who live here have cjiildren. A few days ago our little boy ran straight toward the street. I caught him just before he ran out in front of a well known university football player who raced by with his Model A wide open. He wasn't doing 100 miles an hour but was going too fast to stop. In fact, he didn't even slow dlown. I doubt if he even saw the child since he was yawn ing as he wvent by. iIe isn't the only offender. There are others. Most of them either live in the Carovets or are visiting residents. Although there is a speed limit sign, the cars whiz up and down in front of our house. These people have asked, warned, and threatened, but, it hasn't slowed them down. Since these apartments are the property of the university, it's up to them to do something about it. We want the guilty parties punished before one of our children is killed. Punish ment can't bring a child back after it has been carelessly killed. If something isn't (lone soon we're going to take steps of our own. They may not be exactly CROWING F' UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assoe Founded January 80, 1908, wIt edfio r,he Gamecock" Is pubi University of South Carolina w ITh opinos ez1edby cohn' andoraemnent. The right to edit EDITOR. MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR. SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY ED'ITOR.. FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGE ASSISTANT BUSINESS CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHE! BUSIN Kat Anthony, Carol STAFF D)onna Hale, Dianne Woods Timmle Timnmons, Ed Pow: Pat Roberts, Kay Oxner, COL' Al1 Tin. T. E. Browr1 For Free Being *o, Dut again. Can The editor, vs or only that not intend to t is a question and that one i actually rests was to end ru 7eedom of the The editor ized it would the press is Committee trii by the first in the same m ri. Before that, We are not the historical mony of witni nd by a series the offense wi . has been founc ently expelled punishment. It on charges of student think I foolish act. efused to give The charge to the Game- publicity" for resh said the so noisome to ne Committee sion. on to anyone The Gamec these higher top college ne president of the past. This I the trustees. cious news rep i to President sorship in the was after Mr. is not wanted. to the Game- An almost ussell said he last spring whi Ir. Karesh and for breaking i 'able could be the Discipline tion. Karesh who The Gamec, ted its duties tor John Ray Lse and report- week, "No pre dd it was the week's discipli At this was all fight was jusl lo and that it being fought. ght to release As this pa e. press the edit< the Gamecock Committee, Pi i other sources member Facul "official." discuss the pr Nants Spee< legal but they will be effective. Sincerely, Mrs. T. A. Ayers Friendliness Recognized Dear Editor: I know that this page is re served for so-called "gripes" about things lacking or improve ments needed at Carolina. How ever, I would like to call your attention to something that I don't think can be improved, the courteous and friendly attitude of all the students to each other. I am a freshman, but since my first days at Carolina, when everything is supposed to be confused and you feel lot, the friendly spirit in the air made me feel right at home and I'm sure the other freshmen felt the same way. Not once since those first days of September have I seen a stu (ent not hold the door for some one entering the building. In fact, in their effort to be courteous I've seenl several stranded for quite some time. When students accidentally bump into each other, there is a fight. But the battle is verbal as each tries to get in the first "excuse me." I don't believe any college in the world can boast of better relations between students. This fact alone will make better men andl women out of the graduates of our beloved Carolina. I certainly am looking forward to seeing more articles about the good points of Carolina. E. D. *EcOCGIt C)R A CREATER SOUTH CAROLINA lated CoHlegiate Prce l Robert Elliott onsalee as the firt Limed by and for the students of the sehy, cc PrIdays, during the ell.ge mits n letter wuiters are not aeces.. ." Publishing does act constitute an Is reserved. . JACK -BASS .CAROLYN McCLUJNG D. J. SALLEY EDITOR . .Patsy Penney Dew James ..........Herbert Bryant Bobby Alford Bertha Gardner Ben McElveen R Louise Matthews SA NA GE R .Billy Bruce Landis Perry ESS STAFF shockey, Steve Baum rind REPORTERS ide, Wray Davis, Pat Longmlre, a1, Jim Brandon, Jackie Martin, Barbara Ratliff. JMNISTS Press Mght trgued that the Gamecock did print names of the accused ,eason for printing the news mor and idle gossip. also said the Gamecock real iot be feasible for Discipline Is to be open or to be reported inner as court proceedings. interested in reporting testi -sses but do want to report th which an expelled student guilty and the extent of his may even make some other wice before committing some that the news would be "bad the university is'not nearly us as that of news suppres >ck has been rated among the wspapers in the country in has been done by conscien orting and a free voice. Cen guise of "official guidance" identical situation occurred m two students were expelled nto a professor's office and Committee refused informa )ck printed the story and edi - editorialized the following cedent was broken when last ne story was printed. An old renewed." The fight is still ge of the Gamecock went to ir, members of the Discipline -esident Russell and the 12 ty Council were to meet to )blem.-J. B. ling Halted Foreign Co-Ed Asks. For Freedom Dear Editor: Maybe you're just as sick and tired of complaints as I am. Just the same, here's another one. I am a foreign co-ed and am forced to stay on campus over holidays. I love the campus and all that, but I'd rather go home, too. Well, I've had some friendly advice: "Have a big time and don't get too homesick!" I'm not a sour-puss, and since the profs keep you sort of busy (luring school this would be a grand occasion to have a good time. But do you know what? The "lucky" girls have to be in the dorm by 9 p.m. I believe in beauty sleep, and even if I stayed out until midnight I'd probably get more of it than during school. I understand the hostess wants a vacation, too. But then, don't we have to be checked in? My mother hasn't tucked mea in bcd for quite some years, although she did give me a curfew. I know all the other out-of state students who have to stay agree with me. Couldn't some one have mercy, or is this.asking too much? Bly the way, I think Carolina is grand and has a swell student body and faculty.. PAT TREACY Can WeS The Chin Very much in the headlines these (lays is the orthographic ally unimportant island of For mosa where Chiang Kai-shek has assembled his immediate family and( some 350,000 armed con tempories. This oriental domicile andl fortress, with its domestic problems, has created an in teresting chain of events thai manufactures pressures for th4 titans of government and inter national p)olicy to deal with, and has touched many sensitive nervi centers on the internationa scene. Admiral Pride has been doinl yeoman stints at the wheel witI his Seventh Fleet in conjunctioi with Washington's concept o: the situation. It seems that Mr Eisenhower feels that a fashioi paradle of guns, ships and plane: with a background of battle shi1 gray will pacify the most belli gerent C h i n e s e Communist Trhere are other equally fascinat ing sidelights. Gecneral Ridgway who enjoys the privilege o "Not only does it get me to ch trying to make an outside phone BOBBY JONES French Et System Is (Editor's Note: Bobby Jones is a 1954 June graduate of the university and is currently a Fullbright scholar studying the French educational system. Bobby accompanied this column with the following note:) Recently, a friend sent me a copy of the issue of the GAME COCK that contained my letter to the University Press.' I hadn't realized, of course, that the letter would ever end up in print and am certainly dubious about its literary merit. Perhaps I can rectify the paucity of details by a little more ample idea of Dijon and University. I hope the en closed report reveals more of the life of a Fulbright student in France. I have enjoyed so much the GAMECOCKs I have received from time to time. Very sincerely yours, Bobby Jones My first experience in the provincial university town of Dijon, France, is, perhaps, not the experience I shall want most to remember about the quaint capital of the Province of Bur gundy. Arriving in a strange t,own in a strange country to room-hunt in a language other than my native one was destined to have its complications-mainly because of the steady stream of incoming "old" students and visitors for the annual "Gastron onic Fair"-all of whom were fast obtaining the remaining available rooms. After a favor able bout with the inevitable problem, I soon settled down to the steady grind of studies in a university system which is quite different from that of the United States. In France, on a Fulbright grant, for the purpose of study ing the culture, language, aad most particularly the educational system, I was aipost fearing the registration session which often can be a headache in American universities, I was p)leasantly surprised when my only tasks were to fill out a sheet of paper, dlonate three photographs for studlent cards, andl pay my money-all of which took about 15 minutes. If one hates to attend a class three times a week, he should come to France. Courses are given only one hour a week and generally last for the entire year. Don't think, however, that just beccause courses are given only one hour a week that this care Away ese Reds? representing our Army on the joint chiefs of staff, was asked by members of Congress recently on the administration's dlecisionm to reduce the standing army Previously the 'President ha< made a few unofficial comment in which he stated that a reduc tion of the Army was in order However, as sometimes hap pens, General Ridgway felt tha in the present crisis a reductioi would be in the nature of a mai removing his false teeth befor< attempting to eat an unusuall: tough steak. He made his poin with great efforts not to obligat himself, but to be realistic abou the thing one must realize tha Mr. Eisenhower has a secure jo for the next few years whil even chiefs of staff are expend able. In San Francisco, the agin -hut ever gallant Douglas Mac -Art.hur stood on a platform an *risedl a quiet voice in the mids ,of the globe's rumblings. H iss on time, it's a lot quicker than Sal." Iucational Different doesn't mean much work. There is much to do. The courses have as their object to expose the state of a given question,to be amplified by the previous re search of the professor. There are no tests during the year only the final exam. There is also no mention of cutting. One may attend class when he wishes, but because there are no periodic tests the students feel more compulsion about class attend ance and the "mortality rate" (as many Carolina professors have termed it) is not great. Nationalized Universities One must remember that the universities of France are na tionalized. Private universities don't exist in the form as those of the United States. The uni versities are organized the same way witi the faculties of: Let ters, Sciences, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, and at Strasbourg only, Theology. These faculties, however, must not be confused with the American connotation of "faculty." This, in France, corresponds more to what we, in America, call "school" and in some cases, "college"--as a part of the university system. The American idea of a uni versity includes an idea of campus and campus life. This is not the case in France. The different faculties of a univer sity, as a rule, are scattered all over the town wherein the uni 'versity is located and may ap pear as inconspicuous as any other building in a busy business district. Social Life Social life, meaning frater nities and sororities, is nil. This is completely non existent. There is an organization, rather na tional in scope--"The General Association of Students -of-such and -such university." .It helps students get discounts at movies and in the stores, and also, special discussion meetings are sponsored by it. In Dijon, each faculty has an annual ball and then there's a general univer sity ball. The university ball this year was quite nice and was not too much different from one we might have in the United States. Sports also are non existent. No football games, cheerleaders, displays, homecomings, or May days are to be found. There are only the movies for amusement. One of the wonderful features of the French university is the student restaurant.- The one in Dijon is quite modern and stu (dents are served in restaurant style for two meals-lunch and supper-a day. The cost of these meals is 80 francs (about 25c) - government supplemented. Most of the students in Dijon live in private homes and eat in the student restaurant, because the (dormitories unfortunately are large enough to accommodate only a few students. These are just a few of tha many differences b e t w e ei French and American university student life-but they are prov ing to be an 'interesting part o. studiy of the French educaitiona system. t our modern society, its lack o serving a real purpose of resolv Sing controversy. There is every ,' thing to lose in modern warfar4 t he said, and another means mus e be found to deal with interna t tional differences. t So the scene is set and th actors are on stage for anothe e acene in a play that promise -a long run. Mr. Eisenhower I directing the cast admirably bt SIf an unknown takes it upon binr -self to ad-lib and attempts I isteal a scene, we, as the audienc< t may be called in as extras an e be treated to a dose of ut n plaanteaspainnt. DEW JAMES Registrat Long THE LINE-UP, where before you pyses the reinstated, the six-makers, the scholarly; the tired by having long braved the' line, the overly-feminine co-ed' half-supporting herself on the shoulder of a coffee-drunk male and the hungry for an envelope of punctured cards awarded by order of Great Alphabet . . . That's the line-up, beginning at Barnwell and stretching as far as the eye can see . . . To Sims, a weak voice declares . . . a runner denies the speculation; only to the law school. * The line moves nervously, when it bothers to move at all ... a sluggish stream of human ity beaten by one line waiting to get in another . . . to write on cards-names, numbers, ad dresses, class, sex, religion, race, organizations belonged to, et cetera muchos times and each time achieving a new skill in the art of hop-scotch by maneuver ing the pencil point around rectangler extractions in the cards . . . joining a new line . . . being reprimanded for missing a blank . . . correcting the dis order . . . moving to another line. Waiting in line again and at last coming face to face with a machine -operated by a semi machine, which quotes a price to be written on a check and AL TISON Conquor C From At last, at long last, the United States has closed quarters with the Red Chinese-we fired MacArthur in Korea because he dared to say that they were the real, effective weapons of the Russians. We gave the Coi munist almost all of Indo-China because it appeared that the Chinese were about to enter the French Colonial Action. And now at last we have said that Formosa is included in our first line of defense, and we intend to hold it, even at the cost of total war with Ited China, or Russia, if she so desires. In spite of the fact that this writer, and all others who might be culled upon to "fight that good fight' and throw atomic hand-grenades at the bloody Chinese, would rather be left alone to graduate and get into that $10,U00 a year job, there is no doubt that the Communists wvould find that our A-bombs really do explode. And they would have a terrible foe on their hands because of these last 10 years of antagonism and godlless aggression which they have forced on peaceful people. It is almost asinine to debate the subject of recognition of R,ed China, and seating them in the United Nations. The United States, along with' the free world of 1941, refused to recognize Hitler as ruler of France, or Belgium, or Italy, in spite of the fact that he was the ruler of those and many more coun tries. The parallel between France and China is amazingly similar; France, because of traitorism and internal sabotage capitulated to the German Army with only n show of resistance. The Republic of China, under General Chiang Kai-shek, fought r$1,0000I For the Best Essa On "How I W the P of C R ULES r I. Only bonof ide students of acutedited col sleges are eligible to compete. 1st prin $500; 2d, S200; 3d, $100; plus four $50 -2. Essays must be accompanied by one (l) oKING EDWARD CIGARILL0 band, or reason. ,oble facsimile thereof. d Y :ion And Lines exchanged for a piece of paper called a receipt. It is night . . . the next day, another line . . . books . . . whew!ll That's registration. . . . Straight From the Horse's Mouth: We hear temporary building C will make its exodus after next June bride season,, and in its stead may colne a plane tarium. If the planetarium is constructed according to existing dreams, it will be an annex to Melton Observatory. If we are correctly informed, only one col lege in the state can boast such an asset, presently. This one is claimed by Wofford and it's minus an observatory. The bouncing ball has bounced again and this time all the way to dean of engineering Sum walt's lawn on Sweetbriar. The pranksters were obliging though ... they replaced it with a piece of modern sculptor selected from another lawn. The sculp tored work is in the form of a dark gentleman, all of two feet tall and possessing every charac teristic of a Negro minister tie, vest and swinging arm. The old ball keeps wandering, but we can't imagine why. It has only one attribute in its favor . . . its power to spin ... accord ing to the time-honored legend. ommunism Within a fight against not only the Chinese Communists, but against the Japanese at the same time. However, when the United States withdrew her support of the Re public, after Japan was defeated, the government was forced to move ever Southward, and fin ally out onto the island of Formosa. And there, like General DeGaulle, Chiang Kai-shek has received the recognition of the United States, but very little support. Until the North African invasion, the Free French Forces were left to their dwn resources; until the "line of demarcation," the Forces of the Republic of China were left to their own resources. Although the evacua tion of the Tachen Islands can hardly be called an invasion, it does place the Red Chinese in an embarrassing position because of their "sacred oaths to liberate" all of the islands held by the Nationalist Chinese. The great hope of the Free World is that the Revolutionists wvill revolt, that because of hunger and terrible living and working conditions, the Com munists will produce another Lenin, hut that this time, he may he immediately introduced to the ideas of Western progress and democracy. Such a revolu tion must of necessity be begun from within, but it should get immediate moral, financial and military assistance from the Free World. Barring such an event; it appears that a war, long or short, must eventually take place between the Com munist Doctrine and the Demo cracies; it isn't a pleasant thought, so the logical line of action appears to be to divide the Communists, and conquor them from within, through the "inaliable right" of a people to rid themselves of an oppressive gover nment. N CASH PRIZES '-(250 to 500 Words) rhe Subject ould Increase opularity igarlillos" 3. Only one entry occepted from each student. 4. Contest now open. Closes April 30, 1955. 5. 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