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Next Year's Cale Considered Fromc It looks as though last week's Student Council letter to the President's Council is not going to aid the students. That is, Christmas holidays will most probably not begin until 8 a.m. next Friday. Student Council asked two weeks ago that holidays be allowed to start at 8 a.m. next Wednesday. The President's Council turned this request down. That body did not meet last week to reconsider this question. Student Council has recommended again that they reconsider. We feel that it is highly unlikely that the student proposal will be acted upon so that the wishes of the students will be fulfilled. We feel this way because, as The Gamecock reported last week, the President said he thought there would be no change in coun cil's attitude concerning the renewed pro posal. 'On the one hand you have the University doing one thing and the students wanting another. The University is guiding the ship. One of the biggest points in favor of the students' recommendation is that, as the cal endar now stands, students are not going to have the opportunity to work before Christ mas, because there will be; too few working days before Christmas, and after Christmas Legislators Ea A lesson was learned by some, some got a kick out of it and some were just sitting in on the first State Student Legislature ever to be held in South Carolina last Friday and Saturday. We commend those who were responsible for the student legislature. Most of the students seemed to take a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Student Thinks Should See A Dear Editor: of the earth. Yo I have been to see the chaplain an act of braver and had my "troubles card" Is your mind punched. So now I make my frustrated? Did troubles known to you. If your happy childhooc fiddle is in tune, play while I step on your toy sing my blues. small? If you Monday morning, Dec. 10, I above symptoms awoke to go to chow at Russell psychoanalyst House. After eating my break- you do not hay fast, I came out of Russell House refer you to Dr only to see the two rear anten- He has a word nas of my 1956 Dodge bent and If you now broken. Now, to the person who shaken over t is guilty of this act, I wish to childish act, yc express my thoughts: you are c oet not, det undoubtedly the most courageous a creature as person that crawls on the face But, if the crea ROBERT TALBERT 'Twas ACh In A 13 It was Christmas Eve in the folded into the Big City, too-large pants. The streets were crowded with held the pantsi shoppers making last-minute ar.. his tiny waist rangements for the coming of St. muffler wound Nick. The heart of the Big City like a ragged was jammed with parents and His face was children peering into the store man-lines. He I, windows. It was cold in the Big old man as he s City and the coldness caused the bits of wood wv people to attire in heavy, thick claw-like hands garments. Little boys and girls tween the legs stood like bundled teddy bears .and found hits beside their parents and looked lying in door fr at the trains and dolls and Where the sleigh's with eyes wide with ex- body didn't sht citement and glistening with ex- grime did. For pectation. Red and green colors the cleanest. splashed the windown, and artifi- The 01 clal snow mimicked the soft But he had to flakes falling on the outside. the only way But the Big City is a cold and enough money f cruel place. He passed by Down among the throng of the rich oven-sn people an urchin scrambled here for a minute. and there picking up small pieces looked at the ba of wood and paper in hopes that all of the delig he could sell the litter to a junk hunger in his st dealer. It was the only way he it caused him t could have a Christmas. the street with Bare and Blue tion. The legs of the urchin were A few more1 bare and blue with cold. His feet paper and he w< sloshed through the dirty, black A drunk stag slush of snow that had fallen and stumbled< Into the gutters. His bare toes knocking his tr curled under to ward off some hands. The pap of the cold of the street. scattered in the A thin, raggedy shirt fell on the street. loosely around his body and heavily into the ndar Should Be . Student's Angle businesses do not want student .elp anyway. But there is always next year to think of. And the President's Council has submitted two alternatives to Student Council for their recommendation for Christmas Holidays for next school year. Student Council did not like either. One of the alternatives would give students a chance to work three days prior to Christmas, and the other would give students two days in which to work prior to Christmas. Both of these periods, generally speaking, are too short to allow a student time In which to work. Student Council has recommended that in stead of the two alternatives that another be taken into consideration. This other one would allow students five days to work, but would also take two more school clays off the calendar. Therefore, it seems that if this student recommendation is followed then two days would have to be added to the cal endar somewhere. The only likely place is at the beginning of the semester, and start ing school days early would not make that much difference to students anyway. Although it does seem to be a very moot point to some we think these pre-Christmas working days should seriously be taken into consideration and be allowed for in next year's calendar.-Herbyrant. The Making great interest in what was going on, and were just as serious as they would have been were they passing real bills and resolutions. At this year's mock legislature some mis takes were made, but for the first one it was rather efficiently run. In years to come this should be a very im portant student event.-Herbyrant. Antenna Breaker Psychoanalyst u have displayed sire to use his strength, to satis y second to none. fy his mind on some puzzling sick? Are you situation, or to prove himself as one of our most brave in the you have an t ii night, let him perform against ? Did someone someone that can defend himself. S when you were It takes a brave man to strike a iave any of the defenseless radio antenna. please see your Now, guilty one, wvhen the time immediately. If arises that you wvish to display eapeeec,I your courage, please contact me. ~ a refrenc, I However', before you choose to do Sigmund Freud. battle, let me give you a little for you. advice. Pray to your Lord, that think that I am is, if you have one and possess5 his useless and the knowledge of prayer, that He u are abso!utely wvill have your soul, because I us not stop here. am game for your frame. re to meet such Indecorous?-You bet! this guilty one. Russ Falls ture has any de- Ten. 27, 14-A ristmas Eve ig City top of his much- there. The little urchin started A grimy string for his paper and wood but hesi n b)unches around tated. He went to the drunk and A dirty, gray helped him to rise and stagger around his neck back into the dloorway of a room make. ing house. etched with old- The urchin scrambled to the >oked like a little gutter and tried to salvage part tooped to pick up of his collection. Most of the pa th his tiny, blue per had blown beneath the grind He-I hurried be- ing tires of moving cars. Tears of the shoppers froze in the corners of the boy's of his treasure eyes but he picked up what he onts and gutters. could and smoothed the paper >lue'-cold of his with care. w, the dirt and Still Time his task wasn't There is still time, he thought, as he moved p)ast the windows ily Way filled with toys and color. Just do it, for it was a little bit more. he wou!d have With excitement showving in r his Christmas. his old little eyes he stopped in a bakery where front of the junk dealer. He went ells -stopped him in and placed his trea8pre on the He turned and counter. keryv Window and He came out of the dealer's hts it held. The shop clutching a quarter in his omach spoke and tiny hand and hurried back up o move on down the street. more determina- The urchin's pace slowed as he neared his destination. It was >its of wood and just a few minutes before mid uld have enough. night and there was time. rered from a bar The little fellow entered the >ver the urchin, cathedral and placed the quarter easure from his in the candle box, Hie placed the er and the wood candle on the altar r.nd knelt and gutter and out prayed. The drunk fell The little urchin put Christ gutter andela bn ackt into Christmas. "One more DAVE MONTEITH First Stud An One of the most interesting events which occurred last week end at the first annual student legislature was the passage, re consideration for amendment, and defeat of a bill calling for advocation by the student' legis lature of a full-time United Na tions Police Force. When the bill was brought to the floor of the House after much revision in the committee, it drew much debate. When the heated arguments finally came to an end, and the roll was cal!ed, the bill was passed by a narrow mar gin. Not satisfied with defeat, the opponents of the bill moved for reconsideration for amend ment. The amendment would hav* required that the results of the student legislature's action on the bill be made known to the United States delegation to the United Nations. Following much discussion regarding this, the question was called and the bill as amended was defeated. This was probably the Lest lesson in legislative process that the stu dent legislators could learn. A Unique Legislature This student legislature was a unique one being the first to be held in South Carolina. The idea is not new, however, because such assemblies have been held in North Carolina for several years. The assembly included (dele MONT MORTON Th Lii ' Merely crumbs these are, crumbs being tossed to the birds. Any similarity herein to persons half-living or half-dead is purely deliberate. As most of us exultingly re alize, our culture is charmed by four types of ladies: there is the good-good girl, whom we marry; the good-bad girl, diabolically b)eautiful, whom we sometimes wish we'd married; the bad-good girl, whom we're glad we didn't marry; and the bad-bad girl, whom someone else, praise God, always marries. On the under hand, or male side, there are only two species: the idealist, or star harborer, and the realist, or splenic. Rarely may we discover a blend ing of both. Each realizes the unbearable difficulty of trying to kiss clouds while scraping chew ing gum from one's shoes. Atra b)ilia and ambrosia just won't mix. There Is Room For Both IHut in this neat, just-add wvater-andserve world, there is room for both. -Now, the be fuddled majority of idealists are also misogamists. His logic? Love is a subtle form of surrender; death is the ultimate surrender; therefore, love is a subtle form of death, so why love? However, he abounds in practical blessings. If his unreal helpmate should ac cidenta,lly burn the morning toast, he pipes "I like charcoal," whereas the realist in a voice as mellifluous as an adding machine would grunt, "Agin? Agin?" and chorus of 'Jingle Bells' and you're lent Legisla Interesting gations were in proportion to the size of the school represented) members of the student councils from 13 schools throughout the state. These groups were divided into a Senate and House of Rep resentatives in order to enact "legislation" pertaining to mat ters now facing South Carolina. . White Elected First on the agenda of the mock legislature was the election of presiding officers of the two houses. David White of the Uni versity was selected as President Pro-Tem of the Senate, and Preston Stokes of Clemson Col lege was selected as Speaker of the House. Prior to the first meeting of the groups, delegations had drawn up bills calling for va rious legislation which might af fect South Carolina. Some of the most heated de bate of the session came with reference to county home rule. The bill in question called for local county-manager type of government for those counties desiring it. As debate on the home-rule bill progressed, cries of "Point of personal prIvilege Mr. Speak er, point of personal privilege," pierced the house chamber. Speaker after speaker rose to defend or fight the bill as the debate went on. At long last, the e Crumbs 0 eral Educat Inexorably, the realist is the better spouse. Above all, he is a conscientious provider. Tempered by his peculiar financial custom, livelihood hums through his ci phering brain like lullabying lo custs. And never does he die. His metabolism merely stops. But the milky way rider is def initely a risk. For him, the value of money is to be spent. If she snares hinm, and becomes walleyed with his wampum, she is not be ing frugal. Ono. She's a shrew, and never until sun becomes moon and earth becomes star will their haggling melt into that blissful modicum of nonexistence known politely as compromise. "I got my rights," says he. "I got my rights," quoth she, and in this domestic Fifth Amendment dark ness, only the world knows which way to turn. The Columnist Too often out of this tipsy turvey muddle there arises a pe culiar sport known as the colum nist, believing himself capable of CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associa FoundedJanuary 80, 1908, with editor, "Th Camecock" Is publi, University of South Carolina we {er ec, on holidas and duri nec',arfy thoe a.cL~' an endorsement. 'The right toeed ICDTTOR MANAGING EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER. out, Purvis" ture Was One question was called. The bill was defeated, but only by a narrow margin. Rules Are Different It is interesting to note that the rules of the South Carolina General Assembly, which were adopted for the student legisla ture, are somewhat different from the conventional rules of order with which most people are best acquainted. This proved confusing at times, for the stu dent legislators, but the able as sistance of Representatives Wal ton Greever and Sidney Duncan of the Richland County Delega tion helped clear matters up in many cases. At 1 p.m. Saturday a motion to adjourn sine die was made and the 1956 South Carolina State Student Legislature came to a close. Later, in Russell House Dining Room, the delegates met for din ner and a critique of their ac complishments. Sidney Duncan made comments on the work of the legislature and spoke con cerning any legislature. "You people," said Mr. Dun can, "'can do a great deal to make known the problems facing the legislature of this state. Even though the legislature may only meet a few days each week, they accomplish a large amount of work. f A 10 spreading Irresistibly enlighten ing and entertaining thoughts ac,ross a page just as easily as little Sammy spreads jam over bread. Sometimes the jam is filched; sometimes it's sour; oc casionally it's sweet. And if he's crafty enough, it's syndicated. We are blessed, we are bomt bardied wvith columnists lolling in wishbone wisdom. Without them, we wouldn't know how to vote. Without their incisive analyses of yesterday's news, we would face the\moerous task of thinking for ourselves. Without their suc coring solvent criticisms, all laughter would cease. And with out the viscid level of their thought, we would never have stepped to higher decisions for ourselves, though we have to wipe gum from our shoes in do ing so. Theirs, perhaps, is a glandu lar story, old as Christmas, but not as urgently beautiful. And these are merly crumbs. Some.. one has to feed the birds. ~cocc R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted CollegIate Pre. Robert Elitott Cemsales a db. Ib med by and for the students of dhe y. aP., durtn .asegs n,l,ta and betaer we ame nt k." Ptasa dea mot cematte. HERBERT BRYANT NANCY FOX -- CAROL SHOCKEY )ITOR Ro.. Will.n Carl M. Reynolds Challenge From Low. Country An interesting observation was revealed during the week-end when a student from a low coun try military school outlined a "most successful lecture series" by his school. It was an impressive array of wares which he offered. Of course, Carolina student have long been aware of th( splendid programs w)th can be offered to a school whose main objectives center around the modes, methods and attitudes of war. Speakers in this ,field are many, and prominent. They have distinctive titles and carry con siderable prestige in the circles which almost exclusively cater to their programs. Naturally, the University of South Carolina has persons in terested in this broad topic. Many are actually devoted to it. However, as a liberal arts school, the University must, then, 1-onden its scope of speakers. Now the young man did not infer that the University's pro gram was in any way lacking; he merely didn't acknowledge that such a program existed. Addressing Administrators He was, however, addressing his Alma Mater plaudits to a certain responsible administra tor of the University. Then let's look into the situa tion, and defend it if there is just cause. The University of South Car olina does not have a "lecture se ries." At least, not in those pre cise words. But the University does have a commendable slate of distin guished speakers who are con stantly addressing gatherings at this institution, on a most im pressive array of subjects, at tendance to which is usually vol untary in nature, but enhancing for those who take 'advantage of the program. Consider for a moment, those speakers who have visited the campus during the past few weeks. (And the gentlemen a!so referred to his visitors, whether they were merely guests, or speakers.) Sins of Omission While the sins of omission are present here, the partial list fol lows, and it is supposed that a few Carolina students may re call that they appeared on Cam pus: Dr. Philip E. Moseley, pos sibly the nation's foremost au thority on Communism. John C. Broger, advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, consultant on high command military issues, and Deputy Director of the Armed Forces In formation and Education Office, the Pentagon. Jonathan Daniels, prominent newspaperman. Jenkins Jones, president of the American Association of News paper Editors and Publishers. The Hungarian student rebel leader, with an unpronounceable name. An authority of the Woodrow Wilson pages of history. An authority on novels. A gentleman gifted in the passe art of poetry. Prorninent lecturers in engi neering. An Associate Editor of th~ Saturday Evening Post. f The Provost Marshal Gener of the Army, discussing crimi nology. Top Scientist Slated Those are but a fewv, many others have appeared recently; and it is understood that the world's top nuclear physicist will / be here at some date in the near future to address interested stu dents. The campus newspaper is chuck-full of really important perso0ns who drop in on the Uni versity to give students bene~ of their long tenures of succe U ful accomplishments. It reads like "Who's Who." The gentleman from the low country meant no harm; he only hinted that the University did not have a lecture series; he was correct, the University has more of a "world series." lie prided himself with the va rious dignitaries who frequented his campus. He was impressive. However, just last week-end, Carolina had several important "drop-ins" on board- a few might be recalled. The Hon. James F. Blyrnes; the Hon. Judge Timmerman; Dr. T. Z. Koo, Oriental philosopher and theologian; national officers of the Chi Psi fraternity, and scores of other. Carolina, then, has a right to