The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 07, 1955, Page Page Two, Image 2
Freshman
Held Ti
Freshman elections will be held October
17 and 19 after nominations Monday, accord
ing to the constitution of the student body
which reads, "freshman academic elections
shall be conducted under the supervision of
student council within the first two months
of the first semester. . .."
- As it is customary to choose a Home
coming Queen with freshman class officers,
this election will be held at the same time,
although Homecoming isn't until Nov. 12.
Because the "first two months of the fall
semester" will not expire until Nov. 16, hav
ing the election this early is .going to put a
hardship on the freshmen.
A school as big as Carolina with over
1,000 freshmen, undoubtedly has acquired
quite a few former high school student body
presidents, vice-presidents, and other leaders.
Freshmen hardly have time in two months,
much less one, to really become acquainted
with each other and to know how capable
their fellows are. So far, they have had no
chance to demonstrate their leadership. In
fact, they aren't even supposed to be out of
rat caps yet.
The people elected to freshman class offi
cers may not have a lot of duties or be over
whelmed with responsibilities during their
Little Th
They Me
We love the Russell House and we
wouldn't trade it for anything we can think
of, but ...
We wonder why no equipment has been
bought to furnish the air-conditioned bowl
ing alley in the basement. The physical
training bowling classes could be taught
there in the morning, leaving it for the use
of student bowlers in the afternoon and
night. It seems like a right expensive store
room for the bookstore.
We've learned through experience that it
isn't worth the struggle to try to get a cup
of coffee in the Snack Shop between classes
if we only have a one-hour break.
We'd like to know why the Wadiak Me
Letters to the Editor
Agrees- Aboi
Frosh Class M
Dear Editor, compared prices
Congratulations on a swell edi.. other places in
torial! I'm all out for condemn- profit is denied,
ig the almost outrageous food right confession
rates of Russell House Cafeteria; on the part of th
and I agree, too, that I have I'm sure all
eaten better prepared food in appreciate Russ
public eating establishments. teria and the ot
Like many other college stu- veniences contais
dents pinching pennies in order ing, but our pril
to get an education, I naturally attending college
HERBERT BRYANT
Smokers Desp
As Ban Contin
Those who don't smoke don't very little differ
care, but those who do are very cleanliness of th<
aware of the smoking ban this year and last ur1
year. Now that school is getting and remodeling
to the nerve-racking point some into consideratic
cigarette smokers are going to One thing tl
be throwing nicotine fits when stressed in rega
the stress and strain begins to ing han is that
get them down during an hour those who don't
quiz, not to even mention the Some who don't
finals which will be here before are glad they de
most of us are ready for them. the things or
The Advisory Council were the smoke in their
ones who banned smoking in the better reason I
classroom area this year. The the two given
council is appointed by President Council when
Russell and the faculty. consideration-. I
Two reasons have been given it were a reast
for the ban. Both reasons are water because tl
pretty good ones. The "fire plained were pre
hazard" angle is one and "cleanli- ity.
ness" is the other. But even Getting back
though these seem good reasons there is greater<
for the ban it does no,t mean that ette causing a
they are sound ones. in a classroom.
Everyone knows that fire is a is a reason for t
terrible thing. But It is hard to are probably th<
see how a'cigarette could start a bed, then it v~
fire unless it were thrown into a smoking in d
waste paper basket full of paper would be bannea
or thrown onto a floor that had would be a littli
previouul.y been sprinkled with By the way,
an inflammable -liquid. Probably who still chew
neither has been the case at classrooms, and
Carolina. And amost studeats lke those stick the
to go to sehiol #n a clean class seat when they
room. .But very little complain- it. Besides that
ing was heard last year.about the very accomnpili
condition af the classrooms whern tan get a pop o
smoking was allowed. There is -chew.
Elections
ao Soon
term. Yet, in a way, they do have a place
in the student government, and will have
in the future, for it has been noticed that
freshmen class officers have a way of getting
to be student body officers if they stay here
long enough.
The problem facing the newcomers is to
select the best of the freshman leaders for
class officers. Too often the whole election
becomes a popularity contest. In fact, it most
often does, especially among freshmen who
don't know each other very well. The girl
nominee who has dated the most freshman
boys wins, and vice versa.
It may be a good thing and it may be a
bad thing that so few freshmen usually at
tend the meeting called for nominations. It
could be that only'those genuinely interested
in their class attend. And it may be that the
best officers will come from that gathering.
On the other hand, the apparent lack of
interest is appalling, and certainly does not
speak W11 for the class.
We intend no slur on the present upper
class officers. We just want to remind fresh
men that they will be voting under a handi
cap-that of not knowing each other very
well-and that they should nominate and
vote for the most qualified people, not the
most popular.-C. M.
ings, But
an A Lot
morial hasn't been put in one of the show
cases in the lobby.
We wish we could take food out of the
Snack Shop as we get right hungry up here
in our offices trying to do a six-hour job in
four hours.
We wonder where the barber shop, called
for in the plans, is, and when it will open.
We wonder why the elevator is at one end
of the building while the stairs are at the
other end.
We hope it will soon get cold so the little
green and other assorted bugs that come in
through the open windows will leave us alone.
And we hope the water fountains are
installed soon.-C.M.
ut Cafeteria;
ust Be Strong
with those of around in a beautiful cafeteria
Columbia. If a eating all the time. I commend
there is an out- you on your capacity and ability
of inefficiency to exercise free speech, and a
Le stater System. swell newspaper.
tudents of USC Wihhgetrads
eil House Cafe- Wihigetrads
her modern con- James R. Cheek
ied in the build- -
mary purpose in Dear Editor,
is not to lounge In about the past twenty-one
__- years the meaning of "class" has
become a loose term due to the
growing size of our school. Being
a class of about 1,200, we are
a I rfaced with the same problem as
past University freshmen but we
can attack It with different
OSu weapons.
To be a class, we need a strong
ence between the tie of officers to bind us. For
e classrooms this many years up to now there has
less the newness been no function for the freshman
of some is taken officers except the president who
.represented them in student coun
Nat hasn't been cii. This is a deep lack in the
rd to the smok- needs for our class. We should
it probably suits be bound as a class for events
have the habit. and competitions, and we should
., have said they be proud of being a part of it.
n't have to smell To pursue this opportunity for
be worried with activities of a real freshman, let
face. This is a us determinedly attend every
or the ban than class meeting which will be on
by the Advisory public notice for us In plenty of
ill is taken Into time. Monday is the day student
lut even this, if council has determined for meet
in, wouldn't hold ings for nominations and elec
se ones who corn- tions. Here we will find the be
'bably in a minor-. ginning of a real Freshman Class
at the University.
to the fire angle, Carol H. Watson
ehance of a cigar
fire in bed than Dear Editor,
As long as this I know that I am not the only
he ban, and there person who Is not happy about
se who sm_oke in the football tickets. I realize that
Touid seem that every effort was made to assure
ormitory rooms an equitable distribution, but I
I also. And that can't help wondering why my
outrageous. ticket was better four years ago
there are those when I was a freshman.
chewing gum in Even though tickets have been
probably some of redistributed, there are still
gum under the juniors on the ten-yard line and
are through with in the end zone. I had looked for
there are some ward to at least a fairly good
Ieed chewers who seat in my final year here.
ut of every other Wonderingly,
John D. Neilsen
"is that the only cap yi
BILLY MELLETTE
A Tribute
All of us have at one time or
another been exposed to wall art,
that field of expression which in
cludes every rhyme on every rest
room in the world right down to
the inscriptions on the walls of
the cave men. In this field there
stands head and shoulders above
all other creative artists of the
wall one character and one char
acter only. His name is Kilroy,
and today is the anniversary of
the first day he was here. I think
it could be no more fitting a
tribute to his memory than to
write of his art and its related
fields today as a means of say
ing, "Thank you, Kilroy, for your
contributions."
He was a master of the sign
on the wall. His message was
brief and to the point. Kilroy did
not dally. He wrote what he had
to write and he left. He has be
come so famous that today no
public rest room is considered in
mode without his inspirational
message. I personally know a
tile maker who is having the in
scription baked into his ceramic
products, thereby endeavoring to
bring Kilroy into the home. Such
a thing is but worthy of that
great man.
There are other less well-known
wall artists in circulation today,
and while none have as yet come
up to Kilroy's standards, there
are a few who certainly rate
mention. Tops among these is
Bobo Tortoise, who has become
an immortal with the inscription
seen on thousands of neckties all
over America, the ones that light
up in the dark. Truly he must
heve been struck with the divine
breath of creation when he first
wrote KISS ME IN THE DARK,
BABE. This'message has been
translated into eighteen foreign
tongues, illustrating its popular
ity. There are those wvho credit
LOOK OUT BABY, WOW to Mr.
Tortoise, but I have my doubts
about this. I am with the school
of thinkers who believe the latter
inscription creditable to a twen
tieth century well digger who is
said to be related to Washington
Irving by marriage.
Passing on to the minor in
scribers of wall rhymes, we find
Cheater Bo-Simian, who said
HOT CHA and opened up the
button field, the ones about as
big as a quarter that you pin to
your shirt. The messages on but
tons are necessarily brief but are
noted for their punch. Examples
of this are some of the works of
such men as Mosquito Ruminous,
CROWING FOli
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University of South Carolina weel
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EDITOR.
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NEWS EDITOR
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STAFF RI
Timmie Timmons, Roy Willian1
Alex Lancaster, Jo Allen Brad]
Barbara Hawthorne, Paula Del
COLUI
D9IHy Mellette, Pat Treaey
BUSINES
Jimmy Turner, Windy M
Marion Singley, Jennie Pa:
Cauthers, Nancy Wallace
u could get, Mister?"
To Kilroy
Itch Bobo, Jack Hamburger and
Jack of Napes. Found on their
buttons will be WHOOPS, HI,
CHICK, and WILKIE.
Closely related to buttons are
the ribbons you can win at the
fair by knocking over the fuzzy
dolls. They have stenciled upon
them the longer masterworks of
various artists, thoughts like I
WAS WON AT LIMBOS, along
with WHO IS GOT THE LAST
LAUGH NOW. The ribbons are
of Hawaiian origin, I believe.
Of course, it is neither within
the scope or purpose of this
treatise to go into ALL of the
wall inscriptions. Everyone has
a favorite he likes to quote. I
will be content to say that most
of them are arranged in couplets
of two, the last words rhyming.
There are a great number of
amateurs who add to and enlarge
on what the original authors have
written. They a r e probably
driven- by an intense desire to ex
press their true artistic feelings,
usually done with an added line
or two, or by a signature. One
amateur singularly caught my
eye with his signature. There was
an inscription reading PLEASE
DO NOT THROW SHORT
CIGARETTES HERE. IT
MAKES THEM DAMP AND
DIFFICULT TO LIGHT. To this
was added the signature: SUB
MARINER.
Some perverted amateurs take
their expression to guest rosters,
signing fake names instead of
their own. (I have visited places
signed by Al Hamilton, Art Tos
canini, Jim Monroe, and many
others, but the most outstanding
guests ever to sign a roster were
Raggedy Ann and Andy.) These
dlesecrations are best not men
tioned, however, for we may lose
sight of the principal theme of
this monograph, which is to com
memorate the memory of that
great adventuring soldier of the
world, that noble traveler, that il
lustrious writer, Kilroy. Lest we
forget.
* * *
Carolyn, seriously, I want to
commission a typist, someone
who can decipher and might know
grammar pretty well, someone
reasonably fast and unreasonably
accurate. There is fifty to a hun
dred dollars worth of work to be
done here. Since It is best they
live near the campus, I believe
the Gamecock is the best place to
advertise, so would you have
someone make and run an ad for
that? My box is 2832, telephone
658.
A GREATER.
OUTH CAROLINA
ed Cofleglate Press
tobert Elliott Gonzales as the first
ed by and for the studenits of the
,on Fridays, during the college
examination.
a and letter writers are not neces
Publishing does -not constitute an
re irved.
CAROLYN McCLUNG
PATSY PENNEY'
KAT ANTHONY
)ITOR .Dew James
Herbert Bryant
*Pat Treacy
..Walter Johnson
..Linda Cauthen
. . Kay Oxner
Steve Baumrind
NAGER Carol Shockey
.Bob Kelsey
RSid Badger
GPORTERS
a, Tom Walker, Lewis Cromer,
am, Pat Palm, Jimmie Gasque,
ine, Jim Brandon
INISTS
Dew James, Herb Bryant
S STAFF
ullinax, Mary Vernon Clary,
une, Priscilla Hiarris, ibby
DEW JAMES
Council Ai
Is Que
IN BOLD-FACE . .. Student
body president Don Clark sug,
gested Monday that the names
of all student council members
not present at the council 'meet
ings be printed each week in
bold-face on the front page of the
Gamecock. Mr. Clark, we are in
deed gratified!!!
Generally, the attendance of
council meeting runs somewhere
between one-half and two-thirds
of the body's total elected mem
bership. According to a discip
linary rule regulating absences,
no member is allowed more than
two unexcused absences without
dismissal. Yet, with a consistent
record of less than 75% of the
members present on the average,
we have yet to hear of a council
member being exiled because of
excessive absences.
We wonder just what consti
tutes a legitimate excuse for ab
sence. This excuse popped up at
Monday's session: One legislat
ing "Miss" was absent because
her boyfriend was in town. Be it
far from us to hinder the designs
of Cupid, but it does seem that
the law-making "Miss" might
have tortured herself by taking
leave of her beloved long enough
to attend to her elected duty. She
might have brought her beau
along to behold her mingling with
the governing set. But, perhaps
she feared the possibility that he
might not be favorably im
pressed.
Another council member, and
we don't know whether to term
this love, duty or otherwise, sent
a fellow student to serve in his
stead. After examining the stu
dent body constitution, we can
find no provision which legalizes
JACK BASS
All Aboul
Carolyn McClung, crusading
editor of The Gamecock and red
head about campus, has just
asked me to write a column. I
haven't done any research on
campus gripes and inadequacies,
at least not enough to write a
column on them yet.
In passing I'll mention a few
things that could be done to im
prove things generally. I could
become really effusive about the
wonderful changes in the physi
cal plant over the summer, but
that's already been mentioned.
Or I could ask what has hap
pened to the orientation plans
that. last year's student council
railroaded into the constitution.
From what I've heard this situa
tion needs some investigation to
see who goofed and who didn't
cooperate and then put a feasible
plan into effect. But as was
stated above, I haven't done any
research yet.
Then there'i. the cafeteria
prices, but that was handled quite
ably last week by the able editor.
Of course she could have added
the canteen prices (are cheese
burgers still 45e?).
For commendations, I like the
way the book store operates. It
reminds me of a five-and-ten in
that you can browse around and
almost always find something
you need.
I think the fraterities as a
group deserve a good word. The
Blossom St. boys have done a
lot of work jn getting their chap
ter rooms fixed up and have gone
Into hock to give their area s
little class.
And for all girls who haven't
been informed, housemother. aro
on duty from 1:30 to 11:80 every
p. m. except Monday and girls
can visit fraternity houses be
tween these times. As the Army
Reserve slogan goes, "Bring a
buddy."
* . .
The men honored here at con
vocations the last three years
have been outstanding leaders,
men whose decisions will be re
corded as history. It has been a
credit to the University to honor
these mn.n
Ltendance
itioned,
the delegation of powers and'ire
sponsibilities to fellow-students.
What we have written is not
intended to reflect the whole
character of student council.
Within the legislature are those
who are a credit to the office
they hold. It was this corps who
so efficiently handled the foet
ball ticket situation and are now
working on -better student park
ing and a professor evaluation
system by students.
But, also within the council are P
the others who are more a rep
resentative of their fraternal
society than the school that
elated them.
* * *
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF
WOMEN as swiped by Columnist
Hilda Mauldin of Wake Forest's
student newspaper, the Old Gold
and Black, from a seminary bul
letin board and in turn swiped
by yours truly:
Symbol: WO
Atomic weight: 120
Occurrence: Found everywhere
and nowhere.
Physical properties: Boils at
nothing; freezes at a minute;
melts when properly treated; bit
ter when not well used.
Chemical properties: Great af
finity for gold, silver, platinum,
and precious stones; violent ac
tion if left alone; absorbs great
amounts of food matter; turns
green easily.
Uses: Highly ornamental; tonic
of acceleration of low spirits;
equalizer for the distribution of
wealth; most effective income re
ducing agent known.
Caution: Highly explosive in
inexperienced hands.
t Nothing
But for the average intelligent
student, unless he is a history or
political science major, attend
ance at the convocations has
usually been the result of respect
or compulsion (ROTC if I'm not
clear) and not interest in the
speaker's message.
The University will continue~to
bring credit and recognition to
the campus and to the state with
its series of convocations honor
ing interRational figures with
honorary degrees.
What I would like to see is a
good lecture series to supplement
these degree-giving convocations.
Have some poets, philosophers
or editors as well as some con
troversial public figures. Let the
students hear the Idealist as well
as the practical man and bring
in the best of both.
Carl Sandburg was here three
years ago and students were
turned away from overflowing
Drayton Hall. Others of less
stature drew lesser crowds, but
for the students,.who did attend
this "culture series," it was Icing
on the cake. -
Why not have a joint faculty-WJ
student committee to sel'ect a lec
ture and culture series? Right
now it would seem appropriate for
student council to take some posi
tive action In this direction. Stu
dent council seems to be on the
alert this year and might even be
able to get something done.
* * C
A t the start of this column I
had intended to write a column
on the headlines of the 1987
Gamecock of which there Is a
bound volume In The Gamecock
off ice.
Soooo, next week you'll get
that column.
T-Quotes
Tobe prepared for war is one
of the moat effectual means of
preserving peace.
'-GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Address to Congress, 1790
* * *
Were it left to me to decide
whether' we should have a gov
ernment without newspapers, or
n wapa per. without a govern
mnent, I should not hesitate a
moment to prefer the latter.
-THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Writings, VI