Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Why Actie Should E A well-rounded program of student ac tivities cannot be maintained on six and a half dollars a semester. Carolina students pay $15 a semester as a student activities fee. Eight-fifty of this goes automatically to the athletic depart ment. This sum is set by law and the alloca tions committee couldn't divert it to other purposes if they wanted to. That leaves $6.50 which simply isn't enough. The two campus publications, The Game cock and Garnet and Black, received $1.75 and $2.55 respectively last semester. Both reach the entire student body and both need at least that much to meet the high costs of printing and engraving. The Y received $1.55 last semester for its Y camp and men's and women's divisions. These three received a combined total of $5.85 last semester which left only 85 cents for all other activities. Twenty-five cents went to the contingent fund, which pays the cost of May Day and other functions. And the debate team and WUSC received 20 cents each. The literary societies are planning a ses quicentennial celebration next fall and hope to bring back to the campus many prominent alumni. It's going to take money and can't be accomplished on membership dues. These societies have been a part of the campus for 150 years, almost sinec the first day. Their importance has declined, true, but they perform a worthy duty of teaching students how to stand on their feet and speak, and many of their members will someday hold Phones Still The administration apparently intends to wait for Uncas as far as the telephone situa tion is concerned. The literary-minded will recognize Uncas as the Last o the Mohicans in James Feni more Cooper's novel by that name. The present junior class represents Uncas since it is that class that last entered school before the current dial system went into effect. For the benefit of freshmen, sophomores and transfers, we'll compare the old, ade quate system with the incomplete service of the present. The location of telephones is practically unchanged. Each of the smaller tenements have a phone and the larger dormitories such as Sims, Maxcy and Preston have one at each end of each floor. The old system was manually operated. The operator had to connect all calls, whether on or off campus. The operators were highly efficient, however, and in some ways were b)eneficial towards better service. For examp)le, they would politely ask stu dents to hang up if a long-distance call was coming in or if the line had been busy for an undluly long time and other calls were trying to get through. The big difference, however, rested in the greater service of the instruments them selves. Off-campus calls would be madle or received at all stations, not on just a v'ery few (four) unrestricted phones. Namue Dream H If construction proceeds on schedule, we'll only have to wait two or three more months before the Carolina Student House is com pleted. It will fulfill a great need for the univer sity and especially the studlents. We don't expect the full realization of the complete ness of this $1,175,000 structure to become apparent until the students can actually see it for themselves. Thanks To I Commendations to J. Watson Williams andl Albert J. Perry for a very fine job as co-chairmen of the Interfraternity Council's Greek Week committee. Both men have been working hard for many months now and the university's social schedule may have the classiest week of the Lettera 1o 1he Editor -r-oreign diy)k U1. S. State De Bring Back swhav eat C It rogression by Culture n fljon or~ fr programs devot Dear Editor, entertainment Imbued with enthusiasm for of students and the current series of annual or During our f biannual convocations bringing thoroughly enj< to our campus men high in the ing and variedi councils of International affairs to the niv.,rs,. 0 * vatzes Fee te Raised public office. Some of this state's outstand ing political figures of the past and present got their start in these forensic organiza tions. They have received no allocation the past few years simply because the money is not available. The debate team, which has again turned in an outstanding record in intercollegiate competition, has run out of funds. And not by extravagance either. Last week, the debate team entered one of its toughest tournaments of the year at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. They did not have enough money to spend the first night on the road and there fore left Columbia by car at midnight and drove all night to Williamsburg. The four debaters had two hours' rest before the debates began. The negative team of John Altman and Kermit King lost its first match by a very close decision. They then won five straight and King still managed to finish among the top four debaters from the 26 schools entered. It is a shame and a disgrace for these men to have lost, not because they lacked ability, but because the university couldn't afford to send them first class. We would like to see the student activities fee raised five dollars a semester and feel this would work no undue hardship upon any present or future student. Five dollars a student should be enough to cover all deserving activities. We hope the trustees of the university will take appropriate action and recommend an increase to the general assembly.--J. B. Inadequate When the change was first proposed, The Gamecock came out strongly against the new system and pointed out many of its weak nesses. The new system went into effect the fol lowing September (1953), however, and met with immediate disapproval. More pay phones and a few free phones were promised. Student council (they were active in those days) then advocated a plan whereby non restricted service in the dormitories would be financed by an increase in the student activities fee. This plan was rejected by the administra tion as being "out of the question." - A promise of about 35 additional unre stricted phones for dormitory use was made by Dr. W. H. Patterson, dean of administra tion. There are still four free phones in the dlormitories. D)r. Patterson told The Gamecock this week that he wouldl "guess" that it would cost about an additional thousand dlollars a month if all phones on campus were made unrestricted. He emphasized that this was not an exact figure. If the trustees would approve a five-dollar increase ini student activities fees, we feel this would cover the cost of complete tele l)hone service andl also take care of deserving studlent organizations that have no other means of support.-J. B. ouse For Russell A student union was proposed as early as 1938 by the board of trustees. It has been a favorite editorial subject of The Gamecock for many years. And now it is a dream coming true. The person for whom the building will be namedl will receive a great honor. The name Russell House or Russell Stu (lent House not only looks good but sounds good. It would be a fitting tribute to a great p)residlent and to a great first lady.--J. B. 11 And Tootle last 150 years next week. Highlight, of course, will be the Greek Week dance with Tommy and Jimmy Dor sey playing Thursday night. The (lance has been well planned and will b)e well attended. Congratulations on a success, IFC-and especially Al and Tootie.-J. B. mats as well as proae nlielCr ad p)artm1ent officials brgOgeNah.JnJao most overlooked Nls ln ihmscas o be a slight ret- arisanlnwcomtto. :he virtual elimi- Itituetasoepgam L(Lequet assembly wr etratnldta tes ed to the cultural btusalnmeostuns and advancement wr undaa rmtebt faculty alike. teprgasatrvryvil reshman year we abeprinostdngoo yed the interest- nratnalhdbe ak. rograms brought Wetuetcolwllpfi ty; ome f t ersoaesiluded arl 6and Stop worrying, honey. Your bo Fort Jackson, isn't he? PAT TREACY Legalize C1 Throughout South Carolina a tremendous program of Indus trial expansion is building up to what, some day, we hope will make the South the hub of the nation. Textiles and even heavy industry is shifting to the South because here manufacturers can realize a greater profit due to reasonable taxes, ideal locations and a strong force of cheap labor. Perhaps the most inviting factor to a producer who wishes to spend his expansion dollar to make yet another dollar is the South's ample supply of his most expensive production cost-labor. The legislature has recently made a closed shop illegal. A closed shop is the backbone of organized Labor Unions and such law-making is a blow aimed directly at the dentures of labor. With the expansion of industry we must expect an upsurge of labor, it can be expected as surely as we hope that industry will bring a glow of health to our economy. The endless catering and back bending by the Chambers of Commerce to woo the capital ist has made labor out to be a Fagin or Oil Can Harry. From the press in Charleston, South Carolina comes tirades accusing labor of monopolizing government and the means of production. This emotional out burst was composed of rather old dirt freshly moistened and applied mechanically. Yet the stale echos of these shouts can be heard all around us, even in the state capitol. The ignorant or the timid mutter about gangsters and hoods and soilt blood and the terrors of mob rule-and other fantasia imported from Holly wood. The real things they can PLAY REVIEW 'Sabrina' F With a prologue well (lone by Miss Peggy B3rowvn, the Town Tlheat re cast off its hawsers Monday and the play "Sabrina Fair," was launched. At times it looked as if the play might run agroundl ont some of the menacing reefs it encountered, but due to the szkill otf its captain (director Getne ('rotty, who also played the p)art otf Tom Fairchild) and a crewv composed mainly of exper'i encedl hands, the battered, but seaworthy vessel wvas kept afloat. Almost without exception the players wvith main speaking parts were add(icted to forget line-it us. This, of course, we shall blame on opening night jitters, since it was opening night. Lawrence Weaver (Linus, ,1 r. ) knew his lines perfectly, but he seemedl to lack the ease that would have mad(e his perfor~m a nce superb. Rebecca G resham was every bit the gay, vivacious CROWINC FOI UNIVERSITY OF ! Memnber of Associa Founde tanay S0, 1903, with eto, Ce=menac" is publ Ulnive,sity of South Caroa weel year excp on holidaw and dwrh serflr these of 'Th Oseock. endorsment The right to edit is EDITOR . . MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING E NEWS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS Ma CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER BUSINE! Ktat Anthony, Carol Sh STAFF RI Donna IIale, Dianine Woodsid Timmie Timmons, Ed Powell, Pat Roberts, Kay Oxner, Ba COLUl DEW JAMES Council Ha! Spring RE Dropped i'n on a meeting of the student council Tuesday afternoon. . . . The legislature, in typical legislative fashion, dis cussed such issues as a new student body constitution, May Day dance and the proper and legal method of choosing a new student council secretary when a secretary is contributed to matrimony. (These politicians go fast.) They couldn't make up their minds whether or not to let mere members of the student body vote approval or disap proval for their literary talents (new constitution), so a com mittee is working on it. We counted noses and it seemed that about 25 per cent of us were unrepresented in the representative assembly. Three of the elected members sneaked out before the adjournment gavel sounded.... They were probably running late for another meeting as important people always are. * * * It's a bit late for New Year's resolutions, but we ran across some in the University of Miami Hurricane that may well fit in the category of new semester resolutions. We quote: "Spend one hour a day in the library, not neces sarily studying, but getting ac quainted with the setup, in case you ever wish to take a book out for kicks . . . Laugh at your instructor's jokes at least once a week to humor him, but not BOB CAMERON Let's N< Our Hi " Where is DeSaussure Col lege ? " "What is this business about a grade-point ratio?" "Biscuit Rebellion? What was that?" "What schools (oes Carolina have?" These and many other ques tions come to the minds of new, and sometimes old, students on the campus. There are many things about the history, tradi tions, and orientation of the University of South Carolina that many students don't know. Old students-principally jun iors and sniors - do know quite a bit about the university from a History and Traditions course they took wvhen they were freshmen. Sophomores andI fresh men have had to be satisfied with several optional programs on the honor system and other subjects. These speeches andl lectures are a weak fill-in for the old1 Orientation 11. The campus is growing in numbers of students, buildings, andl acres of landl. More and more it is becoming "hig-school." Sonme of the traditions that really make Carolina ar in great daonger of falling into oblivion. CIGA; ODEI FILTER TIP Gives You The Ti You've Bec e friend is still on manoeuvres at osed Shop not see. An extra ice cream cone for a worker's child, a TV set in the living room of Joe Doaks and a standard wage that isn't necessarily the minimum wage. Would a large solvent working middle class, which can only be made possible by a strong union movement, crimp our hopes of industrialization so badly that we too must keep our eyes only on the producer's dol lar and shut them to the workers and the future prosperity of the State ? As a sidelight, let's look at labor's reaction on the national level. A bill was introduced in Congress for increased Fed eral aid to Georgia, Missis sippi, Alabama and South Carolina and was opposed by labor lobbies in Washington. No mob rule here, instead parliamentary jockeying by capital and labor on the South's turf. It is to our own advan tage and self interest to offer to industry and labor alike our splendid resources and skills, but at the same time to reserve to the South and its citizens, justice, and no partiality from the common good. When the state government yanks the carpet out from under our future's feet it is time for the citizen to stop nodding and take action. We shall have labor eventually and the wise policy would be to play host to a guest and not burden ourselves with unpleasant company. It is more a question of southern hospital ity than politics and I'm sure that if the private citizen recog nized all the facts in the situa tion our hospitality would be magnanimous and our traditions would not be found wanting. ares Wel and confused Sabrina. I must congratulate Chris Wolfe, Jr., on a successful stage dlebut. The fine support rendleredl by the rest of the cast must also be taken into consideration here, since without it, the play would not have warranted three curtain calls. I would like to pause now to give special attention to the set uised ini the prodluction. It was a genuine work of art. If the play had been a complete fiasco, I would still have to take off my hat to the people who con structed the set; it was pains takingly complete down to the last (detail. From what I saw on opening night I would venture to say that most of the dangers have been p)assed and that it should be smooth sailing for "Sabrina Fair" until it reaches port on February 21st. MONTY IIORMEL ~cocaj t A CREATER OUTH CAROLINA ed Cofleglate Pre.. Itobert EilBof Ga.mb. as the Ifrnl drand for the .e..a.....ef th iemVlau destbg the eeDegs ,I.. d.....m. wlia.e .....e. P-bIM=g doe. aot osasetwe am ...JACK BASS CAROLYN McCLUNG D. J. SALLEY DITOR . Patsy Penney .Dew James Herbert Bryant Bobby Alford Bertha Gardner Ben McElveen Louise Matthews NA GE R ...Billy Bruce Landis Perry 1S STAFF >ckey, Steve Baumrind CPORTERS e, Wray Davis, Pat Longmire, Jim Brandon, Jackie Martin, rbara Ratliff. INISTS Bob Cameron, Pat 'Tr-acy Problems; hsolutions. too often, for you may encourage him to go overboard . . . Don't fall into heavy slumbers while the prof is lecturing because it may give him the idea that you are bored . . . See your advisor before you graduate, preferably the day before, so he can tell you what required courses you still have to take . . . Either wear glasses or avoid Wjind dates . . . Quit lending term papers to fellow-students who end up with better grades than you." .* * * Noticing that the chapel at tendance was considerably below the enrollment, the Carthage College, Ill. administration de vised a new method to catch of fenders. Secretaries were sta tioned in the balcony to check off the student's name as he entered. Now they've adopted a new theme song: "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder, I'll be There." * * * And it's all for the sake of art . . . art on canvas and other such inorganic surfaces, that is. We still don't like it, but a drastic change will have to take place to alter the course. We still think there's more art in trees and grass and a tiny pond than in trampled grass and parched bare earth surrounding gray walls, with windows. We like the arboretum as it is; un adulterated by structure. ct Lose n Rtage Much of the interesting history will more and more tend to be unknown to the student; left marked 'only by the names of buildings and monuments - Lieber College, Maxcy Monu ment, and "HB" laid in white brick in the red brick sidewalk. Carolina has its own way of doing certain things. How does the grading system work, and where does one pick up a drop card? What organizations are there on campus? What are the re(uirements for joining a fra ternity ? What is May Day? Simple things they are, but there are many of them. The incoming student may find things a bit be ftaddling upon his arrival. Sure, he'll "get with it" after a wvhile. lBut until then, what ? A class on1ce a week for a semester, or several small required classes at the beginning of the first semester, wouldi help a lot. A small, friendly, relatively informal course for the new stu dent would get him "on the in sideC" at Carolina and would give him the "skinny" on traditions * and history. If he's going to live here for four years, he .may as well get to know the p)lace. ETTES S N SIZE TAREYTON 'ue Tobacco Taste n Missing !