Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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See Hq Shades of the South Carolin Just like the big boys who in the state capitol some tw from The Gamecock office, s blew its top Monday over th ceived in the press. Student body treasurer-ele< council member Virgil Duffi Gamecock highly by saying i1 the opposite direction of stude really hadn't realized we wer so fast or were so progressive until Mr. Duffy brought it I Dele May Day chairmen Flynn H gil Duffie ( Virgil works as we lead editorial) have been wo setting up the program for I Both deserve a great deal 4 All they are asking for iE from you, the student. It is : You will be fed at lunch, off Letters to the Edit Alumna Fir Dear Editor: Re: Telephone System at the University of South Carolina. I am an alumna ('48) of Caro lina and recently had a bus stop over in Columbia. I attempted to call my brother who lives on campus and was rudely surprised when the operator said I couldn't speak to him unless I called from campus. If I had been on campus I Would have gone to see him, not just call him! After reading aboUt the great forward progress the University has shown in ex panding its physical plant and getting many prominant addi tions to the faculty, it was shock ing to see such a lack of fore sight in practically isolating the campus from the city. I hope the University continues to make progress and will correct such faults as the telephone sys ten. I hope I'm not exaggerat ing existing conditions. Sincerely, Mrs. H. J. Brody Charlotte, N. C. (Ed. Note: You're not exag gerating, sister.) Owners Urge Return Of Missing Phonograph l)ear Editor: I have been told that the uni versity was basically run on the Honor System. When I registered for classes, I signed the Honor P'ledge as all students areu asked to do. I sincerely believe in upholding a pledge of this sort, andl I fully expec(t others to (10 the same. I'm sure everyone enjoyed Sor ority Stunt Night. And someone is evidIently still enjoying the use of the Zeta Tau Alpha phono graph. The Zeta's wvon the phonograph during Clean-up Week last year, and wvere very proud of it. When the engineers CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF! Member of Associa Founded January 30, 1908, wIth editor, "The Camecock" Is pubilal University of South Carolina weel year except on holidays and durim The opinions eirpressed by columani sarily those of "TFhe Camecock." .ndorsement. 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 flUS IN ES Carol Shockey, Steve: STAFF RI Donna Hale, Dianne Woodsid. mons, Jim Brandon, Jackie Mat Larry Crlbb, Mike Desky, Harriet Dickert, Mautrine O'B: Barri COLU r Ali Tison. T. NE Brown, H5on Can wre, Mr. a legislature!! Monday. fuss and fume Ort one han< blocks away Gamecock wit tudent council council activiti a coverage re to complain ab t and present of the night t praised The later than mid was going in staff:) He said nt council. We council member e going uphill tion. this semester You braggin out so ably J. B. Way Da ings To arrell and Vir- ment and a cha 11 as talks; see throwing conte rking hard in see your May ( vlonday.. ocrdi. will have avail; >f credit. ; participation and his band, m rour day. band in the cou ered entertain- Make the moQ or ids Fault Wi at Stunt Night asked to use it for all the stunts, the Zetas read ily assented. At the end of the program, they went back to get it, but it was not there. Since then, inquiries have been made, but no one seems to know anything about it. It seems to me that in two months a person should realize they had some thing which did not belong to them. Surely it could not have disappeared into thin air! I feel that this is a reflection on the entire student body. I would appreciate your printing this letter, in hopes that someone who knows the whereabouts of this phonograph will return it to its .ghtful owners. Sincerely, Marilyn Shealy Visitor Likes USC Except For City Cops Dear Editor: Last Saturday, the Denmark High group, along with groups throughout the state, attended Carolina's High School Day. We are glad to report that Carolina wvent out of its way in trying to p)lease the high school students. You made us feel at home. The seniors in our group really needed this hospitality since wve had just come home from our Washington trip and1 were ex tremely tiredl. We thought we had a perfect (lay until wve got on the bus at 4:35. Then up comes a policeman who growls at us, "Can't you read this sign? It says no parking after 4:30. If you dlon't hurry up andl get this bus out of here, I am going to sic a wrecker on it!" It happened that our student bus driver wvas a little late in getting through his test. When he arrivedl a fewv minutes later, the wrecker was just about to t(ow us off. Weren't we lucky! I A CREATER OUTHI CAROLINA ed Collegiate Pres. tobert Elliott Conzales a. the first ed by and for the students of the ly, on Fridays, during the coflege g examinations. its and letter writers are not noes Publishing does not constitute as JACK BASS CAROLYN McCLUNG D. J. SALLEY DITOR Patsy Penney Dew James Herbert Bryant Walter Johnson Bertha Gardner Ben McElveen Steve Baumrind NAGER Kat Anthony Billy Bruce S STAFF iau imrind, Robert Bell :PORTI*: s 3, Wray Davis, Timmie Tim tin, Kay Oxner, Roy Williams, lid Badger, Linda Cauthen, 'ien, Lise Verner, Mary Scott n ger [NISTS crnn at Treany Billy Melte Duffz1e 1, Mr. Duffie charged The i insufficient coverage of Bs and then turned around )ut being called at all hours o give information. (Never iight according to our news he also assumed that other a had been called for informa g or complaining, Duff? You nce to participate in the pie 3t, given the opportunity to tueen and her court and you ible for dancing Les Brown rhich he calls the best dance ntry. it of it.-J. B. ith Phones I was bragging about our southern hospitality in Washing ton, but the city of Columbia doesn't even compete with Yan kee hospitality. We at Denmark are sure this was only an excep tion to the general rule in the South. Yours truly, Meyer Drucker Denmark, S. C. South Carolina Offers Opportunity Dear Editor: Rare opportunity awaits our university students within the next few decades. For them is the chance to hell) the occurance of one of the most phenomenal growths in the nation's history. F iends, I speak of the future growth of our beloved South Car ci a. Set back for almost a cen tury by the effects of the War Between the States, our enviable Vv.graphic position and natural advantages offer us a second glorious chance in a rapidly changing world. The leadership our state has within the next fewv decades can win or lose for us the golden op)portunity of again making South Carolina a byword in in ternational commerce. Our cit izens must make a careful study of economic, social, political and many dleep-rooted historic prob lems, not only of our own state, but of all parts of the world, for indeeCd our economy is inter locked, not only wvith the rest of the nation, but also the rest of the world. There is nothing that can hurt us worse than sectional prej udice. Cooperation and honest app)raisals are in the final anal ysis what make men rich in both money and employment of life. Therefore, God, give us men and women of international con science, who rise above their petty acquired prejudices, and ours shall be the greatest of states, wvith leaders such as these. With each new industry or extra advantage founded in our state, a whole new chain of po tentialities opens up for the fu ture. We need a strong, twvo party system that one might p)rovide men of honesty and in tegrity readly to make the most of every God-given opportunity as it arises on our part of the world stage. With our one-party system, the destiny of all of us becomes too entwined in the per sonal, immediate desires of a few men. Trhe name of our state univer sity must ever he kept above b,lemish, for it represents our state in the eyes of the world and its reputation can win or lose many friends for us. In concluding, let me say that with a divine faith in a better destiny for all people, assuming the full responsibility to make the most of our manna from heaven, we can lay the founda tions of a happier and more prosp)erous state and world for future generations. Rob Saverance BILLY MELLETTE How T4 A Tern First thing is to select a title for your term paper. If you are at a loss for one, your in structor will provide a list of highly provocative suggestions. Sme examples are: 1. How to Build a Garage. 2. The Habits of South Sea Island Protozoa. 3. The Life of Davy Crockett's Dog. 4. How to Predict the Days When the Janitors are Going to Come. After the selection of the title, you have begun the first of four periods of work. This first one is called the Research Period, or "Time of No Sweat." During this time, the writer makes diurnal trips to the canteen, orders cof fee, stirs it with a straw, slings the straw under the counter, plops into a seat, and broods. This lasts for a time of from two to three weeks, or roughly one half of the time allowed for com pleting the term paper. The second period begins when the instructor feels a need to remind the class that papers will be due in three weeks. It lasts until two days before the dead line, and is called the Think Period. Each day of this period the writer, having shifted his station from the canteen booth to the funnybook store, assumes a position of modified parade rest in front of the pornographic magazine rack. Here he receives his mail and all other commun ications. Some, more intelligent, wvriters prefer the more active brainwork involved in manipu lating the pinball machines lo cated near the funnybook store. One or twvo business-like profes sor.s are even available for coun sel at this spot wvhen they are not in class. Standing beside the machine, the writer can interpret the moans and groans that ac company the lunges made at the machine by the operating pro fessor, if he should be around. When two days remain before the deadline for the paper, the third p)eriod has begun. It is calledi the "Time of Much Sweat," and is characterized by the basic needi for reassurance on the part lMsPEC-T1asj "You move them ) Write i Paper of the writer. This is evidenced by noticing the writer as he but tonholes his every acquaintance and tells them he has a term paper due day after tomorrow. What he needs is moral support. On P-Day, the writer does not attend class. He cuts and re mains in the room, where he paces the floor. He is unknow ingly in the Overtime Period, the time when most of the real work is done. As a help to hopeful students, I have outlined the most advantageous plan for really writing a term paper. The first step, after cutting the cLss on P-Day, is to purchase 2,387 index cards. Notebook paper will not do. Next, hustle across the horseshoe, taking care to fake out those tricky mechan ical brains that water the grass, and go to the library. Check the file of overdue books and copy the first 15 titles you see. If a book is worth paying a nickel a day for, then it must be good enough for your bibliography. Next, rush to the room where the encyclopedias are stored. Grab one of each kind and copy. It does not matter what you copy, so long as you copy. Above all, use those handy little index cards. After this, go to the storage house for old term papers. Select three or four and copy some more. Use the index cards, that's what they're for. Then, just on general principles, run by and kick the dean. Child, don't ask me why, I am not al lowed to tell: General principles is reason enough. After this pleasurable devia tion, you are virtually finished. Merely sit up all night and make up the final draft. The best way to arrange the material is to shuffle those magnificent little cards, deal them, reshuffle j;hem and begin copying. When you finish this, you will need a few footnotes here and there. You will need to know such expres sions as "Ibid," "Op. cit.," and "Damned if I know." They are handy when you can't think of any other reason for having the footnote. Get one of those official looking folders and embalm the piaper, turn it in, andl go out to Sesqui or to the Blue Room. You have finished and might possibly graduate one of these days. DEW JAMES About La Skip Classi Councilman Virgil Duffie charged yours truly in student council meeting Monday with being unjust to a council member in last week's column. He was right.... We feel that it is proper to in form our readers of the circum stances under which last week's column was written. Last week, a councilman asked for a volun teer (female) to assist him in guiding a group of visiting high school students around campus. A coed volunteered, but added that she didn't know very much about the campus. Columnwise, we advised the young lady to get in on Joe Ryan's orientation pro gram for freshmen next year since councilmen r.re expected to know something about the campus. Unfortunately someone was talking to us or vice versa, and we did not see who the council member was. As soon as the Gamecock started circulating last Friday, we were politely in formed about whom we had writ ten. Actually the member in question is one of the council's hardest workers and we feel that we were unjust to her. Mr. Duffie's charge did not stop here. . . . He charged the Gamecock staff with poor cover age of council activities, slurring council members, calling council members at all hours of the night for information and in his words, everything "to stop, halt, hurt or hold up council progress." Sir, you got carried away, didn't you??? As for council coverage this semester, at every regular meet ing of the council, at least one member sometimes as many as three of the Gamecock news staff has been on hand to chronicle council doings. Slurring council members, we deny. Last week's incident was unfortunate in that it hurt an individual member unjustly, but council members as a whole have not been slurred. As an elected member of the student government, a council member must expect to be in the spotlight and to be called upon for information and it is the duty of the Gamecock as it is of the daily press, to report actions of the government in the news columns. It is also the right and the duty of the press to express its opinions through editorial com ment. We feel the Gamecock has restricted its editorializing to the editorial page. PAT TREACY Tastes Boa Ever since Eve stuffed Adam with rotten ajpples, plain John D)oe has been trying to make the intellectual wvaters flow up stream and reach the headl waters of knowvledge. It's all a big p)rop)osition, this search for learn ing, and it dIraws some odd characters in its wvake. Today, a college text book and a con versational knowledge of the arts will excuse a multitude of sins; in fact, almost anything from a glass eye to the little (log wvhich really isn't there. On a recent visit to Newv York I took in some of the sights fre qjuented by the "intellectuals" and "Bohiemians." Luckily I have a personal friend who qualifies for both titles and he actedl as guide, with his lady friend doing gun bearer's chores in the as p)halt jungle. My friend explained that he couldn't be typical in all respects. It seems that his health was too good, and this in itself was a flaw since it violated the Van Gogh, Wilde, Poe tradition of one lung and removable eyeballs. I sympa thizedl andl suggested a little lye for the stomach lining and told of stories I'd heard of authentic (ueling scars made with can openers in the privacy of one's own coldl water flat. We set forth on the "A" train and before long were able to leave the crowdedl subway and get in line at the Museum of Modern Art on 59th St. It was the wveekend andl my guide cau tioned that it was tourist (lay andl that the regular crowd stayedl away until Monday. Still the halls were filled with all soJrts of characters, andi even a few ordinary people, who were intently devouring Edward Stel chen's, "The Family of Man," photographic exhibit. ist Week; s Tuesday The official university bulletin board seems to carry more of its share of eye-catchers distributed by free-loading advertisers. We do not think advertisers should be permitted the free use of the board to pedal such items and services as cigarettes, golf courses and radio repairs. It should be the "official uni versity bulletin board" as the name implies. We do not object (in fact we think it very proper), to its being used by students to sell books, get rides, etc. We suggest to commercial firms that they try campus publications as mediums of putting their services and products before the con sumer's eye. * * * Suggestion to the "People In Charge of Those Things Dept." Why not forget about classes Tuesday after May Day until 11:00 since we're stuck with them Monday. Maybe the dance at tendance would be swelled that wny . . . party-goers like to sleep late the morning after, you know!!! Quotes An honest man's the noblest wlork of God. -POPE * * * Be sure you are right, then go ahead. --DAVID CROCKETT, Motto during War of 1812 * * * A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can af ford to leave alone. -THOREAU * * * Revenge is a kind of wild jus tice; which the more man's na ture runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. -FRANCIS BACON * * * The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. -BERNARD SHAW * * * For all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "it might have been." -WHITTIER, Maud Muller * * * The art of reading is to skip judiciously. --P. G. HAMERTON emian Life p)inchedi collar, dark suit brigade a la Princeton; assorted school teachers, Greenvich Villagers complete wvith berets, sneakers and five o'clock shadow; and of course~ the shifty eyed potetic type who looked at everything out of the corner of his eye and sneakily digested whole panels of scantily clad females. D)ownstairs was an exhibit of the wvork of children in progres sive schools. The youngsters had taken paint and flung it, dropped it, smeared it, mixed it with their feet and in general just used a lot of Paint. I made a few ad verse comments about the dirty little tykes and immediately the female in our party was all wvorked up) in a sophisticated lather. Evidently the bone that surrounded my bramn was not hollow at all, and for a soul I was using those on my shoes. Outside I viewed an imported Jfapanese house surrounded by modern sculpture that looked like the trash gate at a first rate b)oiler factory. From here, it was a short jaunt to the Village; Greenwich Village, that is. Here I learned that New York is going hill billy, only with a French accent. NYU students slopped beer arnd heat on guitars while friends and assortedi cats howled the words of folk tunes in French with all the enthusiasm of back fence tabbies. There was not a pair of wvhite bucks in sight and,. from wvhat I saw, a hoN I the seat of ones britches was more apropos than a convertable. I did( learn a few things, how ever, from this trip into the land of the enlightened. For instance, the induistrial revolution replaced .Jesus (Christ in the world picture andi statistics prove that newly wveds are huying more TV sets than bedroom sets. Oh, well.