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Votes E Should A formal referendum on the publication of the number of votes received by candidates in future University elections will be included in spring elections. The vote will be taken Monday, April 9, and the outcome will be an important one. The Gamecock believes the number of votes received should be available for publi cation. It takes this position not because the votes would give a more complete story for the paper, which it undoubtedly would, but because of the students' right to know. At present, when elections are held, the winners are announced. That is all. Some elections, such as that of freshman class president this past fall, show a narrow mar gin of one or two votes. Knowledge of such a happening enables students to see that the defeated candidate, as well as the winner, is a "good man." Student Council and others, in appointing student body committees, can use this as a basis for securing exceptionally good campus workers. Students will know those that they can count on, besides officers, to help them. If the results of a city, state or national election were not given, the country would rise up in alarm. Applying the same prin ciple, the students here should know results. At the University, students are to be trained for public life. Therefore, they should know the number of votes as they are known in local, state and national elections. No student is forced to run for an office. Therefore, when he does run, he should take everything that goes with his action. When he puts himself before the public, he should expect that the public will know how he fared in elections. If he is afraid to have this known, he should not run - and no one would be the worse for it. JACK SCOTT Waste C A Gross i I am a person who detests only other outle waste of any sort, be it food, his directing sk time, or talent. All waste is a play offered by shame, some more so than Players each se others. Rex, last term' Most of us are familiar with thanks to Gene one particular waste of talent and Geddeth S here at Carolina that is a gross very commenda imposition on a good many peo- But it was the o ple. The specific talent to which a three-night sta I refer is that of Gene Crotty, of over 125 nigl and the specific waste is the un- a compliment t economic use of his artistry as that antidates a damned good dramatics direc- by over 2,000 y tor. In the first place, many Mr. Crotty u people are deprived of the University to pleasure and appreciation of his body access to dramatic presentations by bein-g from a closer vi offered so fewv of them lately, that of the sp And in the second place, Mr. hired on the ni Crotty himself is being imposed pressive recort upon. culminating in- h Mr. Crotty willingly came from as director oft the stage of the Town Theatre in Columbia. to the classrooms of this uni- AND WHAT versity, when invited to do so, to Teaching th: personally dircct thc Dramatics freshman Engli; department. The undlerstandiing course, and dii was that his duties were to con-- versity play en sist of work dlirectly connected his assignedl we with the teaching and dlirecting two hours oult I of dIramatic arts. The idea was in the subject I a creditable one: to broaden the The fault is n English department and thus the be more than academic curriculum as a wvhole- time and OVe WELL HiE'S TEACHING, all studenrts he wa right-teaching English 11 and in the subject 12--Freshman English! The un.. teach them.( dlerstandling turned into a mis.. does teach are ( understanding. hilt.) Nor is th The situation on the surface ment, in whit seems to smack of the not-too- "d(epartment" i rare Army practice of offering holed andI almos commissions andl guaranteed it is difficult duties to top)-notch civilian blame lies, wvt specialists -- doctors, lawyers, prevented the engineers, etc.--and then stick- matics from bh ing them with such incongruous but a frustratin and ill-fitting tasks as cooking, Surely the lack clerking, or repairing diesels. ancoprto Of course, these men are promised i u on i that such work is only "tem- I le em porary."reaien-c The surface similarity is mis- thaearss leading. In the Army, these mis- sra hog l)lace( persos can oly wai 'l opeatilon In te mentim, al the ca aduaehnsin do i coplai-arl thn nt to wate idovateem lou(Ily.releviseionac GeneCroty as he igh to smral througlta upaed leaesn can timely wat Ther out to rt utiete t rms dishatgeds.olie- muurhe.esst,ai i ndter noeantrm blgaticn Anrd whpetheys to off cophinsrvandt theo tooi gieante ioat voudly,ytelevisitnhingh, GrE CO.E has he r I iighty ml trenga este and smave incentive inhee wato goou to wartit eticbeemn, whorms thatpis.le ofcrs np)ar prodofrcing drmaice work the nihieaone thae i hest cssalie ntivu ie showed t hat fn ot scale, to remain- with us. The those who recei, Leceived Be Told At a recent national collegiate press as sociation meeting, The Gamecock representa tives raised the question of printing voting results. The representatives of other schools were, in their words, "astounded" that the University of South Carolina was living in the dark ages. They all print the number of votes - and have been doing so for quite some time. Despite the strictest means council has been able to impose to keep votes from being known, the numbers have always managed to leak out. It is far better to have the number announced officially than to have rumors that could be wrong circulating. In elections last fall, Student Council re leased to The Gamecock the difference in votes between the winner and the next high est candidate. That was a step in the right direction but it should go further. Students expressed their approval to The Gamecock. They approved of knowing at least this little bit. But they asked for more - the complete results. The majority of candidates in the fall elec tions - both winners and losers - called The Gamecock to ask how many votes they had received. They expressed considerable surprise when told that the number of votes was not released. In many cases, the candi dates informed The Gamecock that they thought the votes should have been printed. Student Council is to be thanked for pro posing a referendum on the voting question. When candidates themselves request the number, when the University is a training ground for the future, the students have a right to know. By voting "yes" on the referendum, the students will come into their rights.-penney If Talent mposition t on campus for claim for their performances ill is the single were from places other than the the University Southern states, the local people, mester. Oedipus for the most part, taking the bit s offering, was, parts and supporting roles. 'rotty's direction These informal statistics are rnith's acting, a sketchy at best and may, if true, )le performance. he only temporary conditions. nly performance; But they do parallel the inertia nd in- a semester on the part of the local student ts. Not much of actors and audience. Oedipus, > pay to an art though a fine performance on Southern culture the whole, had little to offer in ears, is it? 'as hired by the thwaofspoincs.Th rive the student anitdieto.Adhesz the theater arts o h 1(inewsltl oba mtage p)oint than aot actator. iIe wvas werits of an im- ItfUYetattreresm i ini dramatics, tig h ot ipyde o is six-year p)eriodl wn vl o cet.Ol be Town Theatre tm vi el ntematm is he dloing? sre yms ein o h ~ee sections of fn rs hsgpi h h,one dramatics Suhr vycno eeyb ecting one Uni- fildvihteatobins ch semester. Of cal cetbeadlvdb rk schedule only on'nigbrowthhefd >f every five are (ra)o easac fVc e wvas hired for. tra rsorc.Asceywt ot his. lie would agptesz fteoeta pleased to work noveitcantflitwh rtime with the taito nldgapse lw s hired to teach frmgnrtosiwhcte he was hired to trdtoanldgahdabte The students he chneosucsflyvokn ~rotty fans to the nexctothi. SEnglish dlepart ithe diramatics AS NTl ENIE as been pigeon- whlthSotiseiulya t lost, to blame. nupismnwhteornto to say where the acettepoesnofGe at factors have C'tya( te e fat r rine are of dIra- Cotyadsm ofhetes coming anything myfnly eutnl,cs < relative failure,. esnlte sd nIflo h of p)articip)ation loglnofohrrtsswo on this campus haea(egothiespefm gle, simp)le cause. teclua Io uti"o though, that this teDe ot nolnsNrh cepJtance of the wr nIWswr hr hi somewhat wide- taetwilbamnfrndad out the South. terwrswl emr'sts I exceptionis, of fig general, South- twlbe)thicined he subject coolly whnteSuh(cietatse vely as an un- oftetigitwshian mf. The'y'll wvatch abuarrelyuielligt >me, but unly a onyt(icvrththeep te will actually reeatvsothetinsae b a "live" play, oe(isuecyontgrnr ticipate in one. iatrs (10 spectate they f ilb ahtc ned ression that they ~hntoecnenda h methin-g slightly Iiiest eiet eoemr I a keyhole. iea( neett iaais DOK T'IIE troun- ol ofn htte(rmtc where the best deatetnlogreisad at the Town tht(en rtyhsgewer om. T1he results hi 'rtiealnsw'te wemjrt f hered byo tacngothehanh fortemotc tnlih.otpr,tkn h i "Well, Furler, suppose you ju DEW JAMES Legislature White, N( The members of the General Assembly have gone home. The 1956 session may be called monu mental in at least one aspect it managed to spend most of its time passing legislation rebellious to the Supreme Court decision ending legal segregation. The Legislature through legis lation has succeeded in widening the gap of misunderstanding be tween the whites and the Ne groes when they should have provided the leadership that would have cushioned the shock of the inevitable - compliance with the Supreme Court deci sion. Instead of proposing a gradual or voluntary process, it turned to evasions and what in reality is direct rejection of the Supreme Court decision. Actually, they have set the pace for the 1957 session which will doubtlessly find itself giving in point by point and manufacturing new evasions as will state legislatures thereafter. THE INTERPOSITION RES OLUTION in itself is weak and amounts to little more than a formal protest. Yet, it may be the most sensible piece of anti integration legislation to be put through the Assemblyj despite its long-range worthlessness. Probably one of the most ob viously prejudieed pieces of legislation was the state censor ship of books resolution con sidered "inimical and an-tagon istic to the customs and tradi tions of S. C." This display of passion came after it was dis covered that the book The Old Swimming Hlole depicted white and Negro children swimming to gether. Some members of the legisla ture stoodl up to protest the censorship move, but unfortu nately they were in the minority. T HI E LEG;ISLATURIE IN VITED) "test cases" wvith its lawv ordering any of the four wvhite colleges to close if any court ordlers adlmittance to a Negro. The law would also close the state Negro college if a white college were ordered closed. Thus, CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF S( Membher of Aaaoelate Founded January 30, 1908, wIth R editor, "The Gamecock" Is pubilahe University of South Carolina weekt: year except on holidays and during The opinions expressed by colunilst sarily those of "The Gamecock." endorsement. The right to edit is EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING El NEWVS ED)ITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS ED)ITOR SOCIETY EDITOR. I"EATIURE ED)ITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASSISTANTI BUSINESS MAI PHIOTOGRA PH ERS CAIRTOONISTI STAFF RE] Caritol Watson, Mat ciai Fischer, Harhara Wright, Melba Corley, Itonie Herni, MIac lI[ill, Norman IHacot., Part ker Evat t, MIurray 1: Wiseheart. HUISIN ESS .Iimmy Turtner, Windy Mullinia, luck, Hill K ay, .1un tol legler, Alward. Hilly Mellette, Dew ,1 amets, iler L.n, Nnm-y Fo. at follow him BACK home!" Widened agro Gap the "separate but equal" doc trine is destroyed as a defense against integration. When the legislature passed its resolution commending the White Citizens Councils and' then passed legislation barring NAACP mem bers from employment by the state, county, or municipal gov ernments and ordered investiga tions of NAACP activities at the State Negro College at Orange burg, it served to make more distinct the lines that divide the Negro and the white into two warring camps. The General Assembly has ended its session with almost no attempt to establish an under standing between the races. Sen. Gressette's Committee appears to be only a machine to manufac ture evasions and to seek out the legal loopholes, not a group seeking a permanent solution. Governor Timmerman, mean while, concerned himself with such matters as suggesting that we ship our Negro population to Oregon. The suggestion was good for a laugh, but frankly I don't think we can spare the congressmen and besides it's election year. " * Last week a petition bearing 85 signatures of University stu dents was sent to the General Assembly commending that body for "firing" R. L. Morton from his Senate pageship. Actually, the credit for the "noble act of p)assion" p)rob)ably should have gone to Lt. Gov. Ernest F. Hollings since he seems to have been the "genius" in charge. This week a rumor spread that Morton had been fired from The Gamecock. It's a little hard to fire anyone who hasn't been hired. Morton wrote his column as a "guest columnist" and the discretion as to who is or is not a "guest columnist" is left to The Gamecock editor. As for the 85 signatures on the "We 'Hail Thee, General Assembly" petition, it wouldn't be too hard to get 85 signatures on a petition to build an airfield on the horseshoe. Eighty-five out of a possible 4,000 "ain't" too good a batting average. A GREATER )UTH CAROLINA e Collegiate Presa ibert Elliott Consales as the first di by and for the studenLs of the r, on Fridays, during the college examinations, and letter writers are not necee Publishing does not constitute an eserved. PATSY PENNEY HERBERT BRYANT KAT ANTHONY ITOR Roy Williams * Nancy Fox Sylvia Hanna Sid Badger * Barbara Hawthorne * Mary Alice Carhart Billy Bruce 4JAGER Carol Shockey Bob Finley, Wayne Patrick Richard Alpert PORTERS' Jerry Sanders, Harry Taylor, Ned Hordeun, Linda Cauthen, Spell, Jerry McGuire, D)anny any, Rtosie Newman, Marsha STAFF :, Marion Sinugley, Edith Buil L eia I ar r Sullivan, .1 errie VIlSTlS HERB BRYANT Hold Limit For Chee A proposal at last week's meet ing of Student Council by a coun cilman was a good idea in prin ciple. But maybe a better idea con cerning this sore thumb situation would be to hold a "limited" elec tion for cheerleaders. This column's explanation of "limited" election is this: Elect one male and one female student as head cheerleaders and let them choose their assistants. And this is why .. . If you did this you would have a much more responsible group of cheerleaders. BECAUSE, IF YOU yourself didn't like the way the cheerlead era had been cheering, then you could go directly to the respon sible person (and not persons seven on a committee was pro posed) and tell him or her that their helpers hadn't been whoop ing it up enough. And you would have, on an overall basis, a much bet+er group of cheerleaders. Because (and you can bet your bottom dollar) they would be sure and choose students that wouldn't make them look silly when they get out to cheer at a football game or a - yes, you might even get them to cheer at all the home -basketball game. The football ticket committee has done a good job. They have come up with some good ideas. They are wise in deciding not to recommend that students be seated on a first-come best-seat basis (as an original plan was). Letters To The Ed Machin Integrated Editor: Allow me to point out a dan gerous menace present on the campus of the University of South Carolina. They have machines here which sell candy, chewing gum, crackers and other kinds of edibles. Among , the items sold by this machine is an integrate4d cracker, a sandwich type affair in which a white wafer and a black wafer are joined together by the filling. I am sure this must be the work of the NAACP which is try ing to influence the minds of our Southern students that a.y com bination of black and white is socially acceptable. It is a con temptible situation and the comn pany which owns these machines ought to be investigated. I'm sure you wouldn't want to see ai virtuous, sensitive Southern girl being subjected to offers of these integrated crackers. It is a threat to our cherished Southern way of life. Our cause must have unity to withstand the threat of this clever propaganda. Name Withheld By Request 'Sing A Song Of Sergain Dear Editor: May I contribute the following limerick: Sing a song of segregation, A pocket full of ire, Six and forty legislators indigna.. tion, all afire. NANCY FOX Grace An Desec Over 27 years ago D)r. R. E. Coker, professor of mathematics at the University andl since re tired, planted a red cedar tree between Barnwell College and the Administration Building. With all the paternal affection of an anxious horticuiltu rist over a newly grafted shrub, D)r. Coker eunded his tree, retuirniing to the campu)is at intervals to observe he plnt's griowth and( (develop m enit. Over twenty 0(1( years the little s h r ui h emerged to maturity. Settling its roots in the familiar soil between the two buildinags it separatedl, it lent grace and1( b'eauty to the landscape. 1,ast week unlsympathletic hainds wvrenc'hed the red cedarm from its scenic settinig and1( plopped it squalirely between the niar row conl fines oif the Russell Illouse ramp anad the bu ild( ig's side(. Thle beauty and( grace of a qluarter century's growth have beenm eseerate(l 'lh al r _. d Election rleaders Their idea of having an ID photo on each ID card is a good idea. This will keep non-students [ut of the games in the reserved sections. SEATS SHOULD BE reserved for students according to class. And date tickets should be avail able. A senior should have prior ity over a junior and junior over a sophomore, etc. And students, especially upperclassmen a n d married students should be able to carry their dates or wives to the games. * * * It can not be overemphasized that The Gamecock should be able to print individual voting re sults. The Gamecock should receive all of the votes a person receives, whether he wins or loses. That is the way it is done in all public elections in this country. That is the way it is done in all other known colleges and universities in this democratic country of ours. And that is how it should be done at this school. * * * No office on this campus is more important than the office of Student Body President. And stu dents should remember that in their vote casting this year. It isn't an office for a person who isn't willing or can't (be cause of difficulty with grades for example) do a good job. A vote should he cast for a person who will do the work, all the work. A vote should not he cast for just a name. rtor' es Sell Crackers When page Morton was fired, The press associations did agree Wasn't Morton, a dainty martyr, for the NAACP? P. S. The moral for integration ists If the nation you would shock, Get fired from an SC job, I:ditorialize for The Gamecock. Roz Levy * * * Establish Boxes For Honor Turn-Ins Dear Editor: A lig campaign toward effect ing the U SC honor system more efficiently has biecomie evident since. the b eg illing of this se miester. llow (do we know the honor systeim isii't effective here? The ans1wer comelts in the comparison of ni ubers of caises turned into outr IHonior lionid to the larger ones of schools where the systems are' mlore successful. Why doli't our students turn in cases* they see? Perhaps, it is be cause the Hlonor Board hasn't cateredl to our human adaptation to mnodern conveniences. Boxes into which names can b)e turned ini should lie established. The place is in every classroom building and they should be located outside the classrooms where students could find thenm immediately after they have seen an act deserving of be inig turnedj in. Carol Watson d Beauty rated (cedar niow. stand(s embarrassedly aloof. It has become a hideous collection of sleek foliage marring the symmetry of an otherwise hitnidsomne landlscape, to 5 a y niothinig of impairing passers-by of viewing the natural beauty of thle t lee' it self. Uniifortuniately, Washington's biiirthday is past, so we quell a bunin11tg Lirge to imitate the Great Fat her's hatc(het act. But all is not lost. - -we still have hopes thaiit somiie benieficientt tornado miay lift it fronm its h'ed anid trans p)lnt it mieriifully to a miore ap iieailinlg site. rhouigh wei profess 110 great 1 notwledge (If landscapintg, we do submiiit. ltat te once gracious tree hits biecomie at towerl ingmn siros)it y foi onily one apparent riaon: evietly it will stand lpa tintly un itil next l)ecember and thlen be diressed gayly in all the decorallt ilns oXI)f jolly Chr istmnas ar ray a satd and1( potintless5 fate itdee fr- --~O a lowl.pn.