University of South Carolina Libraries
Library Inconveniez A great injustice was done the student who studies on week ends in the solitude of McKissick Library when the library com uittee and administration decided to close the library on Sunday nights. The reason given for the rearrangement of the library schedule is plausible enough. In the past, there was only one member of the library staff on duty at the main desk afternoons and nights. It was not felt that this was sufficient to take care of the traffic since busiiess is heaviest at that time during the week. Under the revised schedule, there are three members of the staff on duty at all times. We appreciate the thought behind the re worked schedule as it provides better service during the week, the time when most library work is done. But a lot of work isn't done during the week when students are most pressed for time. One factor that was not taken care of is the many students who go to the library to study, to gather information for themes and term papers, and to read parallel. They use the periodical room, the reference room, the science room and the reserve room. Much of this work has to be done in the library, using books that cannot be checked out, and much of it has to be done on week ends or in any spare time a student can find. Too, a certain amount of studying is done on week ends in preparation for the week's classes. A dormitory room on Sunday night is not always very conducive to studying. Students Coal To Gas Is Progress University administration made another step forward when the decision was made to change the school's heating system from coal to natural gas. Natural gas is the ,ieanest of all heating systems and should reduce to some extent the amount of grime around the campus. Smoking faithfully every day for years, the University smokestack has probably poured a ton of smoke, dust and cinders on the campus. Although the University is situated in the center of a city and a certain amount of dirt and grime is expected to fall on the school each day, the change will at least cut down on the dirt coming from this vicinity. Cleaning around campus should be facilitated, and maybe a white curtain will stay white a little longer. The natural gas heating system will alg allow a reduction in the number of persons required to handle the system. Formerly three firemen and a coal roller had to be oni duty at all times. The new system can be handled by existing personnel. Although natural gas may be a little more expensive than coal, the reduction in person PAT TREACY Towing Busini Is Too Good IH The University is blessed with mended for his an intelligent and conscientious students, but police force. They always try been cases of sti their best to protect the property towed away wli of the students and the Univer- from either the sity, and enforce law and order, police. Such act with a minimum of unpleasant- a trifle high bar floss to student offenders. Yet a cause some co: situation has arisen which smacks legality of this of unfairness and discrimination forcement. to students who park their cars The routine fo: near the campus, especially ad- session of a conJ jacent to the new fraternity described by ind houses, been inflicted v In the last few weeks numer - runs something ous cars have been ticketed by it is necessary 1 the city police for parking viola- station and pay tions of almost a picayune na- usually a dollar ture, and others subsequently ing charge of f towed off the streets for similar the offender h; reasons. The parking situation garage which hi has reached the acute stage and job of towing t a superficial observation would wrangle over be that the police are trying rigid charge. Suppos enforcement in order to Insure a a contract with smooth flow of traffic. Such cars, but the pr sentiments are admirable If this known to ask I were the general case. However, dollars before t it seems that the students are the premises. being singled out for some un- Unfortunates usual treatment by the local park too close t gendarmes. a driveway an< Last year the practice of tow- cars whisked ing away automobiles on the pounded, tell a Horseshoe was not uncommon, adventures with Tet the current rash of dis- of bitterness ar appearing automobiles hits the the idea "you studenta quite unaware and with- hall." out warning. It has been re- I think that pe,ted that Chief Bundrick is co- thoritles would operating with -the municipal po- sage they are i - bin and senving summons to the to the public t Ubsted students quietly and with a great do te Ip. TIheeMat isto becom- Yt is true that Closing aces Student are returning from week ends, the chatter is endless, radios blare. In the past, the library on Sunday nights has been a place that a student studying in earnest could get his work done. Formerly, the library was open week ends until 5 p.m. Saturday and from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Although it was sometimes hard for a student to complete necessary work in this time, it was usually sufficient. Under the existing schedule, a student who finds it impossible to go to the library on Saturday afternoon is out in the cold. True, the Sunday opening was in a way a convenience opening, allowing last-minute work to be done. But often, the case is that of last-minute work or none at all. Procrasti nation is a prevailing hobby among college students, and no amount of trying will make them change. If the library staff is not sufficient to pro vide staff members during the week and for three extra hours on Sunday night, we sug gest that the staff be enlarged to include Sundays. Three staffers would not be neces sary on Sunday nights, as most of the stu dents are doing research work, reading or studying. If enlargement of staff is not feasible, it might be a good idea to examine last year's records to see when the library was used most-Saturday afternoon or Sunday night. It seems to us that students are less library minded Saturday than Sunday, and maybe three hours .could be cut on Saturday and added to Sunday. Cafeteria Cuts Items Some little changes have been made in the Russell House Cafeteria and we think some commendation is in order. One of the most important things we've noticed is the appearance of two containers of iced tea and ice, from which a thirsty person can get a second glass of iced tea at no extra cost. Secondly, we've observed that prices on several items have been lowered. Slaw, formerly 10 cents, is now seven cents, and the 55-cent cold plate is now 50 cents. Por tions of some foods have been increased, and more of the low-priced one-dish meals are being offered. A greater variety of 10 cent desserts is available. These are only a few small changes, but they are changes in the right direction, and we're encouraged by them. We're encouraged to the point of keeping our business at the Russell House Cafeteria for a while, at least, in the hope that eventually we'll see more changes. nel will make up the difference so that the cost will be about the same. Letters Dear Editor: SIn the past the management of ~the freshman elections has been I e reundertaken by the sophomore president or vice-president. Here interest in the in has been lying willingness and ~here have also hard work which has been ex dents' cars being pressed in the backstage opera bout any notice tions of elections. Yet for a fact campus or city about 70 freshmen attended the ons appear to be class meeting out of a class of ded, and, in fact, 1200. Perhaps an elections com icern about the mittee with which the sophomore method of en- officer could work would better stimulate student reaction to his regaining pos- ultimate efforts. iscated car, when Carol H. Watson viduals who have ith the torment, are perhaps the most sensitive like this. First, group of people in the world o visit the police when it is a question of individ a fine, which is ual rights, but they are also a and also a tow- fairly intelligent group who are ye dollars. Then more apt to respond favorably as to go to the when faced with a legitimate .5 done the actual criticism, civily proposed, than an he car away and overbearing act of power and au another towing thority. edly the city has To me the problem seems to ~he garage to tow be one which requires only a Dprietor has been sound basic psychological ap or another three proach. If it is one which wishes he car can leave to expedite parking, make a pub lic announcement of the parking who happen to rules and issue a warning to > a yellow line or those who don't follow them. If have had their however, there is another utl away and im- terior motive then I'd suggest we f their unhappy raise policemen's salaries or find a certain amount another source of municipal reve d resignation to nue which is less discriminating. can't beat city When I made inquiries to find out if the situation showed any f the police au- signs of being alleviated, a friend clarify the mes- of mine on the city police foree rying to impart said, "They would tow away more sey would meet cars only the man on traffic al mote success. sometimes Is busy with other college stndent. thing..? CLEMSO "No, he's not our mascot! He ja BILLY MELLETTE Lady Col My Tru My true love. The first time we were together I did not even see her. It was in the fall, in the days of the dark tenements, before the era of the pine panel. In the room was also a couch, a very old couch, and a fan that was held together by coat hanger wire and the grace of God and never ran. Leon was reclining upon the couch, for it was his room; I was but a visitor, seek ing companionship during the first days of school. Cold Spot, my love, my only love, was in the' corner humming. "H a v e an orange," Leon said, and in .that simple way I met Lady Cold Spot. He raised himself upon one arm and aimed a finger at the lovely creature, s a y i n g "In there." I turned and found that I was leaning on the lady. She was beautiful. Gingerly I stroked her forehead, and when dust came off on my hand it did not matter: It was love, love at the first sight. I opened her door and peeped in side. She contained some oranges and a wax paper carton of but tered sweet milk. 0 lovely crea ture! 0 princess! Leon, in the manner of those who take for granted the loveli ness of their mistress, made no remark of her beauty and of. fered no explanation of how he came to live with her. I did not scheme or plan, but straightway made known my intentions of having her for my own, my very own. Leon was indifferent. "Take her," he said. "She wets the floor." And that is how I made Cold Spot mine. I pushed down the hall to my room and my heart was rich with excitement. I scraped her into a corner near the lavatory and there she stayed for many weeks. She was a glor ious lady, standing there in all splendor, and many is the night I awakened to look fondly at hor HERBERT BRYANT Staff P Having 'B4 The latest addition, and only paid member, to the Gamecock staff is a chaperone. We don't have anything against her, we even like her, but it sort of Irri tates the personnel wor'king on this paper to know that the ad ministration thinks the staff members are so juvenile that It Is necessary to have a person In the Gamecock office at night to see that the "children" get their work done - in good order. The very act of requiring a chaperone while the staff is work ing at night shows that the higher-ups responsible for the whole thing don't think the Gamecock staff is a responsible group of students. It is not too difficult to estab lish their reason for having the chaperone. The implication is there. There are four women stu dents and six men students on the editorial staff who work at some time during the weekday nights. The higher-ups are insulting the men and women of this great University. They aren't just in suIting the ones who work on the Gamecock staff. The parents of students would not appreciate the insult that has been thrown at their adult stu dents attending Carolina. S u r e I y the administration didn't mean to do any Insulting. They probably thought they were doing us a big favor by hiring someone to keepn ns company at NM at started following us around." Id Spot e Love! whiteness in the darkness of the room. Oftimes I would go to her for a glass of milk, or a stale sandwich, or a sardine, and at these times I knew my love for her was a true thing, a thing that would endure until the end of time and electricity. In the mornings she would sometimes have for me a taste of Donald Duck orange juice, and many is the class I endured with such bounty to fortify my patience. As the weeks became months, my lady collected things on her top. Gladly she held my tooth paste, my soap, my old quiz papers, pencils, bottles, and other fond things. She emerged into the scheme of the room and my life. People would visit the room and marvel at her beauty, and I would sit at my desk with pride, a happy scholar. Ah, Beauty! Those were the days. With Cold Spot I knew happiness. But, as Tragedy is the mother of Happiness, this should come to an end. Christmas came and I left her. Would that I might go back again and amend my de parture, but time has judged me and nevermore will I know the beauty of her presence. They took her away while I was gone. They came one day and pushed her into a truck and carried her to the faroff land of Maxcy. My misery has been insufferable. Only once, when good fortune was mine and the day was shin ing bright did I glimpse her through the window of her exile, but it did not come to pass that we should be together once more nor ever again. O my love! My Cold Spot. Who stood 'gainst the crumb ling plaster wall Where are you! My sardines Have no place to cool. Donald Duck! My mornings Are Birdseye and seem unreal: Quick frozen! Oh come back, My dust-frosted Cold-Spotress. Cursed men! Just because You wet the floor and fuzes Went boom! Because of you. rotests aby Sitter' nights when we are working. We don't need company though. We work pretty hard and don't have much time to carry on conversa tion with anyone about anything other than that which pertains to a news article. Evidently the administration hantseen the mistake. It was thought that they would have seen it by now. We of the staff are proud of the Gamecock. We put lots of time into the "putting out" of it. Besides being a pleasure It is also a task sometimes to see that all the copy gets to the printers on time. And in order to get this job done we don't have any time to play around. We work. We aren't boys and girls. We are Men and Women of a great University which has as part of its principle, and I quote: "to train a body of gentlemen in knowledge, virtue, religion and refmnement." None of us learned to walk un til we were allowed to crawl arounid on the floor and try our hand at pulling up on a chair and letting go to take our first step. How does the administration ex pect to show that they want the students to know they are con sidered men and women of the University of South Carolina when they make it apparent that they don't think the students are responsible ne lit1tle t DEW JAMES Honor Boi Should Be The RIGHT TO KNOW is an important concept in a democracy where the business of the gov ernment is the business of the people. Sometimes governmental bodies attempt to isolate them selves from the people they serve for various reasons - some good and some evil. We will not classify the reasons for such an action by the Uni versity Honor Board last spring. We will, however, enumerate the facts and draw personal conclu sions. The board is elected by the various schools according to the number of students enrolled in the particular school. Last spring, in one of the first meetings after elections, the body voted to bar Gamecock staff members from its meetings, reasoning that public knowledge of the board's actions on honor cases may result in great harm to students being tried for breaches of honor. May they not just as easily suffer equal injustice by the public not knowing? Gamecock policy is not to print names of students convicted of breaking University rules. There fore, we cannot go along with the Honor Board's reasoning that of fenders m a y suffer personal harm if violations are made pub lic. Perhaps the publication of violations and the punishments exacted may serve as a deterent to would-be offenders. Fortunately for the Gamecock, it's managing editor and news editor are members of the Honor Board. But this does not excuse a gross violation of the right-to know principle. After the next election, staff members may not hold seat: on the board. Even now that they do hold seats, can they view issues as newsmen and not board members? We doubt it, and we feel that the Honor Board was in error in its spring ruling. It would be wise for them to consider that they are elected representatives JACK BASS Paper Pht Are Sup Last Thursday night, a student accidentally crashed through a plate glass door at the first floor entrance to the Russell House. The Gamecock, located on the second floor, happened to have a staff p)hotographer and a loaded camera in its office at the time. Since the student wasn't in juredi (and he wasn't dirunk either, just didn't see the door and thought it was open) it was an almost ridiculous situation, something that is likely to be found -in cartoons only. Russell House Director Joe Barnes, a newcomer- to the cam pus, prevented the photographer from taking a picture of the broken door, saying it was "bad publicity." The photographer should have taken the picture anyway, since Mr. Barnes has no authority to tell the Gamecock what kind of pictures to take and what not to. If Mr. Barnes would have per sisted, the picture should have CROWING FOIl UNIVERSITY OF S Member of Associat< Founded January 80, 1908, with 1 editor, "The Camecock" is publish1 University of South Carolina weel yr except on holidays and dum ing Teopinions expressed by columi sarily those of "The Camecock." endorsement. The right to edit is EDITOR. MANAGING EDITOR .. BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING El NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MA CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT SPORTS EDIT( STAFF RI Timmie Timmons, Roy Williatr Alex Lancaster, Pat Palm, J thorne, Jim Brandon, Marsi Marian Upchurch, Phil King, OOLUI Billy Meliette, Pat Treacy BUSINES Jimmy Turner, Windy Mu Rnu1nucr. Bill Kay ird Meets Reported of the student body, elected to perform student body business and the student body has a right to know. " " " AT THE DEDICATION cere monies Sunday, we noticed an ac cute shortage of students. Rus sell House is a landmark in the betterment of student life at Carolina and yet far too sew stu- 0 dents turned out to show their appreciation. It was a fine time to show ap preciation, too. Numerous state officials, the board of trustees and a large percentage of the fac ulty were on hand to be im pressed. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, candidates for homecoming queen made up a large segment of the student body representatives, and they number only fifteen. As for the program itself, we felt that those in charge worked hard and did a good job; for the most part. " " " The way we hear it, odds aren't too much in favor of the Game cocks tomorrow. If you Birds loose, there's a lot of Tigerites down in Horry that won't let yours truly forget it soon. " " + "THEY WEREN'T NOTHING IN THE PAPER." . . . That's what the boy said Sunday at the dedication, after the staff worked every night last week to get out that twelve-page paper. The boy was a student wearing one of those badges proclaiming "Guide." Sir, we do not hestitate to in form you that it does take work, J and sacrifice of even decent grades to publish your Gamecock. If there was nothing in it and you think it doesn't take time to put it together, you are cordially invited to come over to Russell House's second floor every Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday and have your opinion changed. to Rights pressed been taken with him blocking the door if necessary. It was a definite news item and certainly one of interest to the student body. The Gamecock has a duty to print the news, whether one minor University official likes it or not. Since he is a newcomer, Mr. Barnes might be forgiven for thinking The Gamecock is a pub licity organ, rather than a free and uncensored newspaper. There are some University officials and faculty members who have been here much longer than Mr. Barnes who are under the same illusion. It is true that last week's special issue had more than Its usual publicity value since 8,000 extra copies were printed and a larger number than usual of pro motional stories were carried in the special dedication and expan sion issue. But The Gamecock cannot af ford to suppress stories and pic tures of news value in the name of "bad publicity." fcocic A GREATER OUTH CAROLINA td Collegiate Press lobert Elliott Conzales as the first ed by and for the students of the I,'.amninridays, during the oiege ta and letter writers are not neces Publihing does not constitute an rsre.CAROLYN McCLUNG PATSY PENNEY KA-T ANTHONY )ITOR Dew James Herbert Bryant *Pat Treacy Walter Johnson Linda Cauthen . . Kay Oxner Steve Baumrind NAGER ...Carol Shockey SBob Kelsey R..Sid Badger CPORTERS a, Tom Walker, Lewis Cromer, immie Gasque, Barbara Haw a Wiseheart, Carol Watson, Marcia Fisher, Pat Lott' [NISTS Dew James, Herb Bryant S STAFF Ilinax. M.aio oSig.. Edt