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ReInstatement Cr As anxious groups of petitioners huddled outside the registrar's office this week awaiting verdicts from the faculty Com mittee on Scholastic Standards and Peti tions as to whether those applicants would continue association with this University, rumors rapidly spread on campus concern ing reinstatement. As the stories spread, the number of re ported failures increased while the reported number of reinstated students dwindled. Actually, nobody knew the facts on either score. No official count has been released but according to Registrar H. O. Strohecker, the number of student failures was neither more nor less than usual. Within that nebu lous approximation, freshmen, it was learned, constituted the greater portion -of petitioners. From the chairman of the Peti tions Committee, it was learned, also, that fewer requests for reinstatement were granted this week than there have been in the past. To the conscientious University student and to every member of the University community interested in the status of schol arship at the University, the news couldn't have been better. What the Petitions Committee is doing in cracking down on its selection of applicants for reinstatements amounts to a more rigid weeding out of individuals who either will A Pause I Carolina's nineteenth annual Religious Emphasis Week begins Sunday. It repre sents a vast amount of planning and work involving countless details by the "Y" and the RE Week Executive Committee to make 1957's RE Week the best. The panel of speakers is without a doubt one of the most outstanding to appear on the Carolina campus in several years. The administration has cut class periods to allow No, Daughti Near The I When two slightly ruffled coeds wrote a latter to the editor last semester protesting that women students at the University couldn't enjoy the facilities of the recreation room in Russell House, we were reminded of the old bugaboo regulating what ladies should and should not do. One iron-clad rule we remember hearing somewhere is that women folk don't fre quent strictly masculine don.ains, not of the pool room variety, anyway. The University recreation room on first floor of Russell House contains four pool or billiard tables, four ping pong tables, and four card tables. When the pool tables were moved into CARL M. REYNOLDS In Memoriam-Or, S A number of interesting facts Money, too, have been revealed upon return dowvn on the enr to the campus after the brief in- wowr eel termission during which the wowr eei faculty recomposed themselves student was ovi and the student body applied for a letter from hi reinstatement, suggested that Final exams were the last rit- money go as far ual for a large number of stu- which the obedie: dents . . . who are not back with "You can be ass us . ..they were either victims the money wvill of accurate grading, or just not you'll never see close enough to the right an- But then ther swers . . . say two or three seats dent who was a away. kindly old gentle Of course, some who are not if he had a din back have actually graduated; coffee, and the they received their sheepskins, edged that he having successfully pulled the posed he'd get b wool over the professors' eyes. Then, some st Others, too, have worked their ing to get by on way through college, and now One lad felt are attempting to college their neglecting him, way through work, would be nice is CROWiNG; FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Associated Collegiate Pres Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Consales editor, "'The Cameock" is published by and for' the stud University of South Carolina weekly, on Friday., during {ear e on holidays and durin examilnations. aeonuryy thomni tq an lette write an endorsement. The right to edit is reserved. EDITOR ~ MANAGING EDITO RUSINESS MANAGER - ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR AISTA'rNTSPORTSEIO CIECULATION MAAAGERANAGER CARTOONIST-- --------. PBOTOORAPMERS------------- Walt Ilor STAll WTES: Linda cathen, Ina (laIre Nelson. Bill Blat Bell.laeea, Richard DeWitt, Robert Talbert, Parker Evatt Phoee Mlle te Burkl,e Anne Vall. Bart Raat, (Carolyn C BU8 SIt355tfl 1 fruag MIke Jfbert, Warren Hair, Ph1 Aylward, MarIon Singley, ohn Welborn, Beverly Jones. Libby COL,UMNISTS: Carl M. Reynolda, Robert Talbert, Herb Bryai Ronald L. Bern. Dick Samith. ackdown Is Good not, or cannot assume and carry out Univer sity work. This second type of individual can be classified as a "resident collegian," since he fails literally to make the grade as a bona fide student. From the same cloth as the residents are those students who escape the Petitions Committee by managing to pass, but barely pass nine hours a semester. Not all applicants for readmission to the University, of course, fall into the non-stu dent or pseudo-student categories. Most of the applicants, for example, freshmen, need and deserve a second chance. Meriting no consideration are those who nonchalantly stumble along the academic pathway fol lowing a guiding principle of: Just nine hours to pass, why sweat it? For the sake of those students who just may be here for something other than a home away from home and for the sake of scholarship at the University of South Car olina, the nine-hour "guiding light" should be - snuffed out. The Petitions Committee seems to be preparing the snuffer now. A new statement in the University's scholastic standards asserts that failing to pass 15 hours a semester is sub-standard. The statement should be strengthened to replace the present nine-hour requirement for certified membership in the Carolina community, with a requisite stipulation that 12 hours in an average course load of 15 hours a semester be passed. lo Ponder for the morning convocations. RE Week is for the benefit of the Caro lina Community. We should avail ourselves of the opportunity to hear one of the South's outstanding teams in the field of religion. RE Week offers a chance for personal evaluation and spiritual stimulation. It of fers a respite from studies and strain of college existence. It costs nothing. It can yield much. ?r, Don't Go Pool Roonm Russell House, apparently the stigma of the corner pool room came along with them, pre-packaged in a warning that read "Not For Women." It is unfortunate and a bit ridiculous that the presence of game tables in a university student center should carry such a connota tion. Manager Jim Blanton of the recrea tion room has tried to remove the idea that tge room is off limits to "genteel ladies" with a cordial invitation to all coeds to take advantage of recreational facilities there. Ultra-"genteel" ladies can still shun the poo01 table but doubtless they will have no inhibitions about wielding a ping pong pad dle. ome Bland Ballyhoo may have cut write more often, even if he only ollmient of some sent a few bucks at a time. st semester. One Exams Don't Examine 3rheard reading Final exams were a lulu. s ol manwho But they don't necessarily in s ol manwho dicate what the students have he "make his learned. One student we know as possible," to claims the hardest thing he's at son returned: learned in college is how to open ured, Dad, that a beer bottle with a quarter. .go so far that A boastful father says his re it again." cently graduated son is an asset e was the stu- to his business corporation. In pproached by a fact, his son mixes the cocktails ~man who asked for all of the board conferences. e for a cup of One enterprising student tudent acknowl- claims the hardest thing to deal iidn't, but sup- with is an old deck of cards. y somehow. But getting back to those final udents are try- exams. the GI Bill. A Roman Puzzle his folks were One professor asked what and thought it "L.XX" meant, and a coed re his pop would plied, "love and kisses." ________ We saw one male student in near hysteria about an hour be fore an exam . . . his roommate had sent his shirt to the laundry ...and it had the entire history of England on the cuff. It was interesting to note that [NA another student felt that the most important contribution that chemistry has made to mankind ag the first is blondes. h. cn.s.While another suggested that are anitrate of sodium might well be coste=.half- the day rate. And, in geography, the profes SoyNWLAN Mx sor akdfrthe "U. S. coal ex )THBULLC port in any given year." An an Jerry Meatre swer which came in was: "1492 e c ain '. . none.*" arhar awthorne But history exams are so un carol Watson fair, they ask about things that Ter ad'r happened before most of the stu Dave Monte dlents were even born. on, Ken Sturgeon No Versatility Hklnaon- Still, despite all of this, It's * *tead,Jerte good to see so many friends back Beamd,onrs. ---even the veteran who made hi, Roy wnama, four sevens and a six. His trouble was oious, thou.., he J =n a v4% u n r.%,.vi. "We just heard that every stu class!" HERBRYANT Sound Legis Taken On Sound legislative action was taken this week during the course of business at Monday's Student Council meeting. T h e elections committee, headed by Representative Carol Teague, wisely recommended that the time for nominations for student body officers should be pushed back on the calendar. Council voted to accept this recommendation. Under this new action nominations will be made on March 1. Nominations by pe tition will be accepted until March 28. Elections will take place on the first Monday in April-that's April Fool's Day by the way. This move will give the cam pus voter more time to decide whether the candidates for a particular office are fit to hold that office. The voter should have that time to meet the can didates before he makes up his mind. There has been a dire need for some action that would give the voter time to meet all of the candidates. Some phases of the present attitude of representa tives back up this need. For ex ample, 14 representatives were either late or not present at all at this week's meeting of this body. Until Student Council is made up of Representatives that are willing to work for the students and the University, there is not going to b)e an effective body. This newv period of over a month should give the voter time to listen to a few campaign speeches, and time to meet and talk with whom he is voting for. In the past there has been too many votes cast for names and not persons. * * * At one p)eriod during Monday's Student Council meeting the at mosphere became rather heated. And it all came about over such a simple thing as setting up a coordinating committee to handle University Day (that's USC for May Day) festivitites. You see, there were some-12, in fact--who thought this com mittee should be set up by Stu dent Council, and there were some others--10-who thought that it should not be handled in this manner. University Day activities are the responsibility of Student Council, but it has been the pol icy in the past to let Kappa Sigma Kappa set up the commit tee. That organization has al ways been responsible for the coronation activities and the on had spent too much time on one subject. Many who have enrolled for the first time said they just came because they had half a mind to come to college . . . which is par .. . and good as most, we suppose. There is a rumor that classes will be stricter this sefnester than before. Still, we don't see how they could be. One professor was so strict last semester, that when a student died in his class, colleagues propped him up until the lecture was over. On the other hand, you'll prob ably want to cut philosophy at times, but don't. Chances are, you'll need the sleep. Seriously, these have all been facetious comments. (Haven't they?) lent flunked in your 'History II' lative Action Elections the-grounds lunch. The corona tion activity is usually recog nized as the highlight of the festivities, but there are other things that happen during this important day. A dance, awards day and a pie-throwing contest are a part of the activities. They are important also. * * * A book exchange system for students was being worked on by President White until the idea got bogged down in Dean of Administration W. H. Patter son's office. White said the plan that he had in mind would have aided students to buy and sell books. Dr. Patterson said there was a University rule that pro hibited anyone from selling any thing on campus unless it is sold through the University itself. He said all profits go toward a scholarship fund for those who need financial aid. ROBERT TALBE1 Expensivitis A Well, I see we made it for an other semester of verbal and mental grab. What'll it be, back to the books or books to the back? For me, I'll take the lat ter, at least until mid-semesters. Now, before the lessons pile up and the road to the beach be conmes dominant, I want to say a few things about a couple of worrisome matters. * * * I know that each and everyone of you has fumed, fussed, and fought your way through the idiotic system THEY have de vised for acquiring and purchas ing the lovely little textbooks that we supposedly study. Well-there-then-now, isn't it ridiculous? First of all you are frisked, for what or why, you are not told (shades of the Mad Bomber of Manhattan). Once you are found clean .you are admitted to the spacious environment where the books are displayed in at tractive stands that are easy to find. Of course the books that you want are either crammed Reinstate, Finished exams on Monday, Nice to get away, Sleeping like on Sunday, Every single day... More time than I could use Reinstatement Blues. Grades came In on Friday, Man, were my folks sore, What else was there for me to say; ,"I won't do it no more."~ When I got the news . Reinstatement Blue. Came back here on Thurs day, Went to see the Dean, Walked into his office,. He was looking mighty mean. He wins and I lose ... Reinstatement Blues. Big board meeting Friday, Everyone looks grim, Just passedt one an,d bu.s JERRY McGUIRE Absenteeisn Student Coun This week, this reporter cov ered a meeting of Student Coun cil for the first time. As a novice at witnessing our student gov ernment in action, I was subject to many impressions-some fa vorable, some unfavorable. Just prior to the session, I learned that many items were included on the agenda. I as sumed from my information that since it would be a busy meet ing, that all council members would be expected to be present. Could Attend Meeting Members of Student Council have a number of responsibili ties as representatives of the student body. As individuals, one of the greatest of these is at tending the regularly scheduled meetings of council, which con venes each Monday afternoon during the school year. The president rapped the gavel to signal the beginning of the meeting shortly after the scheduled hour, waiting a few moments for the usual late comers. When the roll call was taken, it was evident that ap proximately half the body was absent, which caused the chair to enter into a wordy disserta tion on promptness. He even mentioned the fact that he wondered if the meeting should continue with so many members not present. Still, a few members were entering the chamber after the roll call and reading of the previous meet ing's minutes. Imperative Considerations When a person offers himself for an office in student govern ment, he should consider all the responsibilities - that accompany it. Not only is a council member expected to attend all sessions, but he must be on time. As the president indicated, the reading of the minutes at the beginning of the meeting are most impor tant. Many council members failed to hear the minutes of the previous meeting because they weren't on time. It seems to me that student body representatives should have IT Of The Texts Campus MaIa( down under the counters or nes tled in some nook behind the door that says-Stay Out. You had to cut two classes waiting in line and then you slice an other, roaming around looking for dear volumes. Finally you capture the knowledge-filled tomes and plow to the line where you pay. And oh, brother, do you pay! Through the nose, the ear, etc. You find that you have con tacted a campus disease--expen sivitis of the textsophogus. Wheni you get your bill, you look around to see who put those ex tra books on your stack. Buying an English book is like buying stock in Tel. & Tel. Now here's a little gimmick that one of our noteworthy cam pus organizations ought to look into. Why couldn't one of the groups form some sort of book selling agency, whereby a student could take his old books and leave thenm at some central place where they could be sold. This would work two ways. If you knew that the same text was going to be used nent Blues five Chances mighty slim. Wish I had some booze... Reinstatement Blues. Man comes out and shakes his head Says, "There's nothing we can do, You should have studied harder, And forgot about the brew!I" My old man blew a fuse... Reinstatement Blues. Lonesome whistle blowing, Moving down the track, Busted out of U.S.C. Never coming back. Nothing left to choose... Reinstatement Blues. Now I'm working forty, Sweeping in the mill, Miss that easy college life Guess I always will. Hear my lonesome blues ... Reinsatemen Bles r Curuury v, io e i Hampers cil Efficiency the same enthusiasm in attend ing the meetings every week that they had in the campaign last year to become elected. Per haps the novelty of being a poli tician has worn off of some. Advice to Office-Seekers The time is not too distant when another election for stu dent body ofIcers will be upon us. Every candidate for office should study his qualification for the responsibilities he would assume. This entails his consid bration as to the amount of time he would be willing to spend in performing his duties. Each voter has a similar re sponsibility in the coming elec tions. The voter should study the qualifications of each candidate in order to determine which can didate should be chosen to bear the responsibilities involved. He should be informed whether the candidate will be able to devote the proper amount of time to the position. Only when these considera tions are made can our student body government operate most effectively and achieve its pur pose. t " s The elections committee of Student Council should be com mended for the recommendations it made concerning the conduct of the approaching elections. It was recommended and passed that nominations be held one month before elections. The recommendation stated that this would allow voters ample time to study the policies of each can didate and to decide which to choose. The student body constitution provides that nominations for office be held at least two weeks prior to the elections. In the past, only two weeks have been allowed for formulation of pub lie opinion and for student voters to determine which candidates are qualified. I feel that the elec tion committee's current recom mendation is splendid in that more time is allowed for this purpose. ophogus Ily for another semester (sometimes these miracles do occur) you could get your text (used) at a much lower tab. Let the organi zation in charge get 10 per cent for selling the books and this way it would be worth their while and yours, too. This would be a student service, and since sonmc of the organizations pro fess to be service clubs, why don't they do something like this. Anywvay, it doesn't hurt to think about it. * * . This next little item is aimed at a fellow columnist on this paper. Friend, I want to tell you a story. Once there was a blind man walking in a jungle. He came upon a ponderous elephant at a water hole. The blind man heard the elephant and he asked him wvhat he was. The elephan proudly stated that he was thW largest animal in the jungle. The blind man asked the elephant if he could feel him so he would know what he looked like. The elephant heartily answered yes. The blind man went over the elephant from all sides and then he stepped back. The elephant asked the man what he thought of him. The blind man scratched his head and said, "Well, it de pends on which end you look at." Now, I know that my symbol ism isn't as adequate as yours, but friend, I wonder which end of the situation you have looked at? * * I think that I shall never see, The way that THEY can make a tree. The path that you took yes terday, Is lined with oak or pine today. Overnight the verdure springs, For the little birdies to sit and sing. I think I'll take a hatchet sharp, And whack away at the silly bark. Now these verses were made by me, But only They can make a