The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 07, 1956, Page Page Two, Image 2
Student's Request I
Was An Al-Sti
Student wants were not recognized last
week when a petition requesting earlier
holidays was flatly turned down by the
President's Council.
It was reported at Student Council that
the rejection was unanimous. Dr. W. H.
Patterson, member of the council, said that
this year's calendar was approved last
semester by a group from Student Council.
This last point is very interesting. We
cannot see why such a group would approve
of such a calendar since this year's calendar
presents an almost identical problem as last
year's did. Surely such a group could look
far enough ahead to see that the students
would not be pleased with the calender. And
they are not. We believe that at least 90
per cent of the students, if a vote was taken,
would desire the earlier holidays.
Before the request was presented to
President's Council this thing was thought
out, and we believe that mature judgment
was given to it.
The main student objection is that stu
dents will not have enough working days
before Christmas to do any good. Holidays
begin at 8 a.m., December 21. That means
that students can leave school on Thursday,
Fee Situati
The administration has made a wise move
in not agreeing with the proposal to make
students pay their room fees this semester
for room reservations for next semester.
As was stated last week in an editorial,
we were not in favor of the proposal at the
present time. We are of the opinion that
the move was being made at the wrong
time. If students had been required to pay
their fees this semester the confusion that
might have arisen would have nullified any
thing Housing Office had been hoping for
in the new system.
A news release was handed out last Tues
day to the effect that students would be
required to pay the $55 deposit between
January 3 and 22 in order to insure that
they would have the same room for next
semester. If they did not pay during that
A Student W4
A Hungarian student spoke to Carolina
students last Friday in a foreign tongue
about something that does not seem so
foreign to us--Russia and its threat to
democracy.
Although the title of his speech was not
this he talked about this threat.
This 21-year-old student who went by the
name Istvan Laszlo, which was not his real
name, came to this country to speak to the
American people about Hungary's plight.
His talk was a very moving one, not
because of his delivery but because of what
he had to tell.
He told how Hungary has lived for so
long as a slave state to Russia, and how
they got tired of living that way. They
Many Studer
A Southeastern regional meeting of Inter
national Relation Clubs and the State Student
Legislature meet in Columbia this week end.
Representatives from 10 Southeastern
states are expected to attend the IRC meet
ing. Such notable figures as Dr. Philip E.
Moseley, head of the Russian Institute at
Columbia University; and John C. Broger,
who was the principal advisor to Adm.
Arthur Radford, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff, until September 1, will ad
dIress the IRC delegates and visitors. These
two men will address gatherings in Russell
House Assembly Rboom today and tomorrow
morning. Dr. Moseley will speak on the
"Political, Economic and Social aspects of
the Soviet Challenge" at 2 p.m. today. Mr.
When our vices leave us, we Don't say~ th
flatter ourselves with the credit are stands over
of having left them, and thunders a
La Rochefoucauld, Maxima, 192. hear what you
* * *trary.
I took on. draught of life, Emerso1
I'll tell you what I paid,*
Precisely an existence- Be sure you a
The market-price, they said, ahead.
Emily Dickinson, Davy C
'or Holiday Change
sdent Request
December 20, after classes. That leaves
Friday, Saturday and Monday-three days
-in which to work. For some it will mean
fewer than that because it will ,be Friday
or Saturday before they can get home due
to the distance from South Carolina that they
live.
The distressing thing about all of this is
that Student Council, which is supposed to
represent the student body is not being
recognized.
Whether the President's Council thought
this petition was a good one or not, it was
nevertheless the desire of the student body.
And it was the desire of the every student
if you want to get technical about it. Be
cause, as we said, student council is elected
to represent the WHOLE student body, and
therefore what they do is the WHOLE
student body doing it.
The petition was presented in plenty of
time to allow students to make traveling
arrangements in accordance with this earlier
date. It was also made in plenty of time for
professors to make other arrangements for
tests that they might have had scheduled
for the last couple of days before holidays
begin.-Herbryant
on Is Better
time they might have to give up their room
in favor of someone who had. The regular
time set aside for paying fees and tuition
is between February 4 and 8.
Early payment would have caused two
problems. One is that this move would have
hit many students by surprise, and another
is that it would have put more work on the
Treasury Office. University Treasurer
Frank Welbourne said that they would have
had to set up the front office to take the
early fees and then have to turn around and
made more arrangements to take up the
regular February 4 through 8 fees and tui
tion.
By changing their minds we think the
administration did the right thing.
Herbryant
ants Freedon
tried to do something about it. Istvan led
an army of 5,000 against the Russians. They
were freedom fighters. In the face of over
whelming odds (Russia) they were almost
successful in gaining their freedom. They
(lid not make it because they are a tiny
nation. The whole population of Hungary
is about 9,000,000, about the same popula
tion as for New York City. And they did
not have any help.
It is hard for us to conceive of the courage
that Istvan and his army must have pos
sessed. But we sympathise with them. With
such strong persons in this worldl as Istvan
and his countrymen we feel that freedom
and democracy is strong enough to live and
grow even in the face of a great threat.
Herbryant
lits Meet Here
Broger will speak on "Military aspect of
t he New Soviet Challenge" at 10:45 a.m.,
Saturday.
Ninety-two delegates from South Caro
lina colleges and universities will be on hand
for the meeting of the student legislature.
They represent 14 schools. Each school will
have senate and house of representative
(delegates. The meetings will take place in
the State House where business will be
carriedl on just as though it were being
conducted by regular senate and representa
tive members.
Both of these activities should prove edu
cational andl interesting to studlents. Both
of these are good for the maturing mind.
HTerbryant
oled
Ings. What you Nothing except a battle lost
you the while, can be half so melancholy as a
) that I cannot battle won.
say to the con- Duke of Wellington,
Dispatch, 1815.
~Social Aim.. * * *
* * My way of joking is to tell the
re right, then go truth. It's the funniest joke in
the world.
rockett, Motto Bernard Shaw, John Budl's
War of 182. Other. Island, II.
"6
NANCY FOX
Are Students
Conservative'
A college newspaper survey
recently reported that, as re
flected by college papers today,
students now are far more con
servative than their parents
were. No reason for this was
given but explanations have been
offered that suggest that the
apparent conservation is, in a
way, rebellion against the rebel
lion of the last generation. An
other theory expounded is that
students today are concerned
mainly with security and want
to take no chances of jeopardiz
ing that security in the face of
turbuhint world events. "
Carolina has been described
as the "most conservative of the
conservative schools." Whether
this observation was made ac
curately, or the observer simply
mistook something akin to lazi
ness for conservation is debat
able.
We tend to feel the observa
tion is correct, but slightly ex
aggerated. Anyway, the Univer
sity hasn't always been conser
vative. There have been days of
rebellion here. Those were the
(lays of fiery oratory and stu
dent insurrections. Those ex
ploits have now faded into ro
mantic tales for the history
books.
We're Romanties
Nevertheless, history might
explain our lack of real rebel
liousness now. Our history af
fords us with adventure and ro
mance while conservatism is
p)lainly comfortable. Besides,
we're romantics through and
through. We're rebels, too, but
only completely so during crucial
times.
. . .
Fog indices are going up, up,
up. Collegians have always been
prone to classify friends and
non-friends according to looks,
brains, personality, etc. The cur
rent gauge abouts is the fog in
udex, that in a second-cousin man
ner embraces the other categor
ies but mainly stresses mental
alertness.
The peak of fogginess is nu
merically designated as 20, but
occasionally an extremely obtuse
individual will merit a rating of
20 plus. We aren't sure of our
statistics, but coeds are gener
ally higher on the fog index
than are men students. The lat
ter, though, are by no means out
side the pale.
Fog-bound people are usually
happy folks. Lost in their misty
reveries, they're easily identified
by their characterisutic and in
cessant, "Would you mind re
peating that just one more
time?" while their countenances
have that "What, me worry?"
lante.
ROY WILLIAMS
Religion
OnV#
A few fraternity and pledge
classes have begun regularly
meeting on Wednesday nights.
This is an unfortunate trend
which should not continue.
In colleges and universities
such as Carolina with at least
100 campus organizations com
peting for students' attention and
time there must be mutual co
operation between groups.
According to Dean Arney R.
Childs there is an unwritten rule
that Wednesday nights be re
served for religious organiza
tions' main meetings. Although
less than one third of the stu
dents at the University belong
to fraternities or sororities,
Monday night is reserved by the
entire campus for their meetings.
And this is as it should be.
Need Cooperation
Not only fraternities and so
rorities but all groups through
mutual courtesy should abide
CARL M. REYNOLD
Today Is Sig
Today is significant.
It marks two events of par
ticular interest to Carolina stu
dents. One past, one present.
Of course, 15 years ago, the
Empire of Japan launched a
sneak attack on naval and mili
tary forces assigned in the Ha
waiian area. That was signifi
cant.
For during the same time, the
Japanese w e r e negotiating
through their diplomatic minis
ters, in Washington, seeking
peace, goodwill and better inter
national relations.
International relations were
possibly.pt a low ebb during that
time; forces were engaged in ag
gression in Europe; dim views
were being rapidly formulated
in the Orient.
The United States, however,
was entertaining the prospect of
continuing better relations with
the Japanese.
The International Subject
This brings another interest
ing event to mind. International
relations are still an intriguing
subject. Many people are dedi
cated to this unique philosophy
which attempts to adjust situa
tions and tensions, making the
world more ideal.
Ideally, this is fine, but at best,
it's still elusive and tricky.
The second event, however, is
the gathering of college students
at Carolina this weekend, all of
ROBERT TALBERT
A Shor
Have you ever been around
someone that made you feel to
tally useless and small?
I felt this way last Friday. I
went to hear Istvamn Laszlo,
the Hungarian refugee, speak to
an assemblage of Carolina stu
Carolyn McClung
A Lesson I
The report from Student
Council is that there will be no
extension of Christmas holidays
this year, despite efforts on its
part to lengthen the vacation by
two days.
This is not at all surprising
in view of the fact that when
the same problem presented it
self last year, an extension was
granted and the committee was
told by administration that this
year's holiday should be attended
to before the calendar year was
made up. Student council at that
time should have attempted to
remedy the 1956 situation by ask
ing for the extra time, but we
understand that the present cal
endar was approved by a council
committee.
It is regrettable that the com
mittee in question was either
composed of people who knew
they wouldn't be back this year,
or people who couldn't see far
enough ahead to know that the
CROWIN(G FOl
UNIVERSITY OF!
Member of Asmocia
Founded January 0,. 1908, with
editor, "The Camecock" is pubiliel
University of South Carolina weel
year except on holidays and duri
The opinione expreseed by coln.
necessarfly those of "The Camecoa
an endorsement. The right to edi
Versus Fra
fednesday ~
with Wednesday nights being set
aside for the religious groups.
If fraternities are to comply
with the high goals and purposes
of their charters they should not
alienate their members from the
churches.
It is most important that col
lege students affiliate them
selves with the campus church
groups. It is a well-known fact
that many students who let
church attendance slip while in
college never return to the
church..
Freshmen, especially, should
get into the habit of attending
their church groups. With some
pledge meetings on the same
nights as the church groups
many of them don't have a
chance to enter the religious ac
tivities of their church.
The different churches in Co
lumbia and throughout the state
spend large amounts of money,
time and personnel in an effort
to reach students. The Presby
S
nificant For 1
whom have vital interest in the
international relations field.
The organizational convention
of the Southeastern Association
of International Relations Clubs
is under way.
Bringing great attention to
the University, this association
has as its purpose, among other
things, the advancement of
knowledge in world affairs.
Carolina is fortunate in hav
ing the convention on its campus.
For delegates from ten South
ern states have focused their at
tention to this contrasting cam
pus. Speakers of urgent impor
tance and position will present
authoritative views on the cur
rent problems in the phase of
international relations.
The New Challenge
The general subject theme is
the "New Challenge of the Soviet
Union."
Fifteen years ago today, it
could easily have been Japan.
Times have changed, however,
since that eventful morning. In
ternational relations h a v e
changed. Relations with Japan
are now most commendable. The
peoples of the former enemy are
now engaged in great commerce,
exchange of ideas and cultures
with the American people and
with the world.
International relations, then,
is a living thing. Where It suc
ceeds in one area, it may be des
perately lacking in others.
1 Giant Amor
dlents. I was glad to see the huge
turnout.
SAs Istvamn's talk progressed,
I felt myself getting smaller as
his story unfolded. I thought to
m.nelf that here is a boy, ap
proximately the same ~age as
For Council
same problem would exist again.
It is a known fact that college
students like to work several
(lays before Christmas in order
to acquire some extra spending
money. Carolina students are no
exception. It is also a known fact
that most communities and/or
churches have programs the
week beforo Christmas and that
college students often take part
in them, or at least like to be
present for the programs and
activities that have always been
an integral part of Christmas.
Carolina students are no excep
tion.
Damage for the present was
(lone a long time ago and there's
no way of undoing it. But we
hope Student Council will take
a lesson from the incident and
act right away to see that Christ
mas Holidays 1957 will be long
enough to make them profitable
as well as memorable.
Ft A GItEATEIR
SOUTHI CAROLINA
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Some .Are Not Aware
I do not feel that some of the
fraternities are aware of the
Wednesday night meetings. I do
not think that they would will
ingly not co-operate with the re
ligious groups.
' A partial solution to the prob
lem might be the publishing of
a complete University calenda
of events by the "Y" or the Ad
ministration in order to avoid
such conflicts. There is no such
calendar kept at the present
time by any group on campus.
Inevitably there will be un
avoidable conflicts to arise In
the scheduling of events on the
campus. Organizations, however,
must be on guard to see that
their rights are respected, and
not gradually infringed upon.
There must be consideration and
co-operation shown between
groups.
wo Reasons
Peculiar as it may seem, at
the time of the Pearl Harbor
event, Russia was an American
colleague. This even continued
for a few years, and within the
past 10 years or so, the picture
has changed, the situation al
tered.
An Amusing Switch
This is an amusing, but not
too unsuspected, switch.
And it is fitting that the dele
gates to the convention here this
week end should be interested in
the new Soviet challenge.
It is well to assume that many
students, too, will be interested
in the general subject matter,
for an informed student is a
good student.
Much time and preparation
has gone into planning the con
vention here; and excellent
speakers have been engaged.
It is understood that students,
who are not official delegates,
will be allowed to sit in on the
addresses, provided that all del
egates have seats.
This is a courtesy extended by
the local IRC, and that organi
zation should be commended for
considering the students, who
otherwise would not have the op
portunity to hear such men of
prominence speak on such an
urgent subject.
Yes, today is significant. It
can be even more so, if the stu
dent body will avail themselves
to the opportunities of the day.
ag Men
most of the students at our uni
versity, who without any pre
vious military training took
charge of an army of 5,000 and
forced the Russians to leave his
city.
After the Russians had left,
the control of the entire city was
turned over to Itsvamn. He is 21.
A slightly built fellow less than
five and a half feet tall. In my
eyes he was much older and
wiser than 21; he was much
taller than five and a half; he
was a giant among men. All of
this because he was fighting for,
something we take for granted.3)
Something that doesn't bother
us. Istvamn was fighting for
freedom. The right to be an in
dividual in a free democracy.
How Would We Act?
I wonder how I would react
if the thing of oppression was
shoved on me? How would you
the students of the University of
South Carolina react?
I like to think that we would
stand as tall as Istvamn. I won
decr what you think? How would
you think and react?
Anyway, I felt mighty, mightrg,
small standing next to a man
that I dwarfed in height.
C C *
From the craw of the Game
cock:
This thing about the Christ
mas vacation time - the nine
teenth or the twenty-first-is a
lot of jazz. Man, don't the stu
dents have a voice anymore? Or
is theirs just a timid plea. As
long as they are going to keep
us around here for the twenty
first, why don't we wait and
come down the chimney with
Santa and help him trim the tree
with effigies. It would be a Novel
Noel, to say the least.
No Santa Here
Yes, little girl, there Is a
Santa Clause, but not around the