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Grndel Ap On March 1, at every nominating site, students appeared to make nominations for student officers. Quite repulsive during the day's business were the appearance of Greeks helter-skelteringly nominating sis ters or brothers, for this or that office. A few of the nominations makers un ashamedly admitted they were sent by their fraternal organizations to make nominations somewhere, just so long as the sorority or fraternity had somebody for each office. The practice of block voting on the basis of fraternal loyalty alone is an odious busi Eyeing A 4 Nomination Day for student body officers indicated that quite a few students have their eyes on a certain job or two, in some cases. The offices being sought, from cheerleader to Student Body President, presuppose cog nizance of responsibility, duty and ability on the part of the office seeker. The Nebraska State Teachers College newspaper, the Goldenrod, has published a list of rules by the student council president there on office qualifications. The rules, ap plicable to every student office at Carolina, are as follows: "He must know how to cooperate. He is concerned with so many and so many inter ests are at stake that cooperation is neces sary if any progress is to be shown. "He must be aggressive-aggressive to the point that he can talk with the students and get from them those things they think will make a better college. "Our student body president must be an Discount T Starting this week, The Gamecock will present to the student body, a look at each of the candidates who have announced for Student Body President. A series of interviews, published in alpha betical order, will contain biographical de tails, current and past activities, and other pertinent information about the nominees. The first interview appearing today on page three is on Robert Bell. The last issue LETTERS TO THE EDITO Housing Offic1 Dear Editor: so-called rightfi The March 1 issue of The This, we can Gamecock carried many letters second try by H and articles concerning housing its authority. inspection. Although I ag I know that I am far in the versity has th< minority, but I stand on the side rnake pnpetion of the Housing Office. dot's feoeltyhi It seems to me that the claim tmont feadd of infringement of privacy is in a student's merely an excuse. A person who any damage. is honest and has nothing to hide Also, I can se does not mind being searched, these inspectiorn because the search will further conducted when prove his honesty. his room. This v I believe the analogy is clear, matter to arn Attending the University may, could submit to in a sense, be considered a fice definite t "right" but it may more cor- would be in th~ rectly be classed as a "privilege." Any privilege or right carries. with it certain responsibilities. As has been said before, "In a deipocratic set-up, your freedom IA to swing your fist stops where S my nose begins."I____________ Let's try to live up to the reg ulations and not "beef" about them so that the University as a whole may be more respected by alumni and others. Mirror Bill Ward Who's ____________Tell th 'New Regime' ActsWh' Are Called Unwise Be he: Smihini Dear Editor: Or he a Much was said in last week's Who f( issue of The Gamecock concern ing Housing Office's inspection Or ma invasion. I feel that protests to Pound this action were expressed by And, a only a very small percentage of Says "; students with similar thoughts. Last fall the Housing Office Or be i came forth with the first of its Who gi attempts to assert authority. A Just be requirement was then made that What lI students living on the campus ac pay their room rent in advance.Orac Administration officials an- 'Cause nounced later that the require- Geogra ment would be delayed until the Tell me fall semester. Recently, dormitories on the Now w campus were adorned with no- How ca tices announcing that the Hious- If I did ine Offic, would condnet their You km pears Again ness. Cramming the election slate with names of persons whose only claim to quali fication for office is certain backing by their Greek-dazed fellows amounts to political chicanery. Only one ray of hope lingers for those who don't go along with I-Must-Vote-For-Gren del-Because-He-Is-My-Fraternity-Brother. The Greeks haven't yet discovered that Blue Key Directory contains a whole pile of names they could draw on in case there are too many offices for all the members to run for. :ortain Job organizer and an administrator, thus he must have those qualities of a natural leader. He must, because of his administrative po sition, be able to move people to action. "He must possess an air of confidence. He must have confidence in himself and his associates and be confident that he and the student council are doing what is expected of them. "In a position such as this he must be practical. Neither a radical nor conformist, but rather, he must be fact minded and at all times operate on facts and facts alone. "He must have initiative and drive. The stick-to-it-iveness it requires: work as hard at the end as at the beginning and work even harder when the going gets tough. "He must be dependable. He must be de pendable in the sense that he will not forget or slight his duties to the students and fac ulty. Promises aren't a valid criteria in the selection of a student body president. It takes action from the students, the student council and the administration to get results, and not campaign promises.". he Chatter of the paper prior to the election will carry the platforms of each candidate. Since the purpose of the interviews is to acquaint Carolina students with the deeds and abilities of the candidates, insofar as past experiences can demonstrate leadership proficiency, The Gamecock reminds students that come April 1, to heed a Golden Rule of democracy: By his record should he be judged; not solely by promises or campus affiliations shall important votes be cast. R a Is Right, Student R4 /rong, Writer Says 1 intrusion, this, Housing could arrange an refer to as the inspection schedule and inform >using to declare the student accordingly. Housing would perhaps defend ree that the Uni- itself by declaring that a notice prerogative to (or warning) of the date was to insure that given in announcements posted not damaged, I during the weekend prior to the it a reasonable Monday of the scheduled inspec tional furniture tions. room will cause Now, these announcements contained nothing definite about a no reason why the time during the day rooms s could not be wvould be entered. Perhaps stu a student is in dents were expected to be in 'ould be a simple .their rooms all day. ange. Students I agree with one of the col the Housing Of- umnists last week who asked if mes that they it were not the duty of the re ir rooms. From spective dormitory managers to ~JIn / IQ a6onby AdON ronald I. berm WHO, ME? mirror, on the wall, the toughest of them all? s poor, befuddled fool bhe roughest in this school. listory Ph. D. ~ly giving 7's to me? vith patience infinite... rebearingly flunks me in English lit? 'be language teachers, who... their language into you... ~ter exams, at semesters end 3ee you next semester, friend." t he who teaches math, 'ades me down in quiet wrath... cause I fail to see... )garithms mean to me. >untants, who seem perenially cross I'm not concerned with profit and loss; phers short and Economists tall who's roughest of them all. ait up, mirror, that couldn't be ... n you affix the blame to me? n't learn just what they taught ... aw damn well it's the tehers fault "Who said 'l HERBRYANT A Certain i Foolisl Any fool can make a rule And every foot will mind it. -Thoreau If the above quotation is true, then it would seem to this writer that a certain body recently got tired of going by a foolish rule that is enforced on this campus. That might not be the case, but there are some rules at Car olina that seem foolish to a large number of students. To take the infraction that I refer to in the first paragraph The body that is referred to is the student magazine, the Sand lapper. Folded Up Tents Sandlapper personnel used to have an office on the second floor of the Student Union Build ing. They were recently told to fold up their tent and leave. And, what's more, they were told not to come back. They were kicked out because they had violated one of the sacred House Rules of the stu dent house. Magazine personnel were accused of drinking coffee and eating in the office when make these tours. Dormitory su pervisors could make reports of violations observed to the Hous ing Office. Both of thes steps taken by Housing under the new "regime" this year have been unwise. This latest action involves an invasion of students' privacy. So far, Student Council has made no effort to contact Hous ing officials on behalf of stu dents in order to determine what can be done to discontinue these unfair inspections. If council is to act for students concerning this matter, it should appoint a committee to confer with the administration and re quest that students' rights be re garded. This is not intended to be a personal complaint because I feel that I am expressing the feel ings of many other students liv ing on the campus who have been subjected to Housing's sec ond attempt to assert its needless authority. Jerry McGuire Restricting Dance Room Is Unfair Dear Editor: It seems as though every time something new is initiated on the USC campus, too many re strictions are imposed upon it. It is my opinion that such is the case with the new proposed dance room. It was stated in last week's Gamecock that only couples will be admitted. If this room is pri marily for the enjoyment and entertainment of our students, why impose such formalities? Why should a student have to worry about getting a (late each time he wants to dance? If stu dents could come stag, these dances would serve not only asi social mixers to those who do not have sorority and fraternity life available, but as a place to relax and enjoy one's self without hav ing to make plan. beforehand. Name Withhel,d By nRmues low Wow'?" ody And A 1 Rule the management found coffee cups and paper bags in the desk drawers of the one desk in the office. The management said they had been warned on three occasions verbally and on another in writ ing. Therefore, the management was only enforcing his police power when he told them that they would have to leave. The management is not to be blamed. It is the rules that are wrong. Friendly Atmosphere The student house is the one place on the campus that should have a friendly atmosphere. But when there are such rules as the one that says that "Food and drinks shall not be taken from the Snack Bar into other sec tions of the building. Packaged items maybe sic) taken out if not opened on premises" you have the case of the better judgement and intelligence* of University students being ques tioned, and doubted, it seems. We have a real handsome building that, in part, seems to have been constructed by an ar chitectural genius. I do not think that any student can say that there is a nicer student union building in the country. But, as long as you have such rules as the one quoted above, and others such as number 18, "Sleeping shall not be permitted in public areas," number 19, "Equipment and furnishings shall not be moved except by the permission of the office,"- (Not even a chair?)-and number 20, "Persons shall refrain from placing their feet on the furni ture, or sitting on arms of the furniture" reflections are being cast upon the judgement and in telligence of the student body. Can Stay, But Sandlapper personnel, for a time, thought they were going to have to quit putting out the stu dent magazine, and rumors were heard that there was at least one member of the administra tion that would just as soon that it never did come out again. Nevertheless they were finally granted the use of space in the library, but not in the student house. It looks as if they can stay on the lot, but not in the big house. It seems that some alterations in the House Rules are in order. It does indeed seem that some alteration is in order! Although some of the rules might be considlered necessary, some, as those mentioned above, are uncalled for. Rules Not Enforced And sonme are not enforced anyway. For example, number 9, "No formal classes shall be held in the building," is not. Thir writer attended a class in the Assembly Room. It would seem an almost im possibility to enforce one of the rules, because every time a stu dent crosses the threshold of any door leading into the student building he is violating a rule. House Rule number 16 states that "No animals shall be per mitted in the building at any timie." An animal, according to the Websters' Newv Collegiate D)ic tionary is "Any member of the group of living beings typically capable of spontaneous move ment and rapid motrspon CARL M. REYNO Carolina Nee HandlIng According to the plans for handling the votes in the forth coming elections, only those who are magnificently, obsessed with casting their ballot will vote. This is no reflection- on the per sons in charge of making the arrangemnts, however, and pos sibly their current plan will be altered. The Assembly Room in the Russell House is rather inade quate to accommodate the entire student body on a single voting day. Since the University is rap idly expanding, and considerable interest is shown in campus af fairs, would it not be better to plan for elections in a sensible means which would allow more students to elect their represen tatives. Our suggestion, we believe, is a necessary step to a more rep resentative election. We suggest that voting be ROBERT TALBE] Are We I How long will the University student let himself be babied, bantered, and burped by our present away-from-home par ents? We are the unfortunate vic tims of a governorship that looks upon us as puerile pouters. Now this is stretching our golden um bilical cords a little too far. Our parents, for the most part, have looked on us as maturing, if not mature individuals who are preparing ourselves for the cruel, cruel world on that great, big outside. They have trusted us to the independence of mak ing our own decisions in the big city. Now why don't our pseudo dams and sires adopt this same attitude? Whose Fault? Wherein does the fault lie? Could it be in us, because we are thought to be pubescent larva who have not emerged from the cocoon of youth. Or does the fault really lie in the hands of the entrusted who are fear fully tying our knickers with tight bands of restrietions. I think that we have gone past the point where the box of matches has to be placed on a high shelf so that we won't burn ourselves by playing with fire. Trust is an intangible blessing that is part of our education equally as important as the book knowledge we seek. Without trust a student community is nothing; with it, a student will grow in every way and receive his edu cation with a receptive and open to stimulation, as distinguished from a plant." Absurdity? And if any reader thinks this wvriter is being ridiculous in showing the technical wrong in this rule, the wtiter would only like to point out that the man agement was being technical when the Sandlapper was kicked out. The management was fol lowing the rules on that count. Why not follow them on this one? It would be impossible to fol lowv this last mentioned rule. It is suggested that the body of house rules be altered; they are no good as they are now. And it is suggested that the students be considered as intelligent human beings when they are being al tered. There would be absolutely no harm in allowing persons work ing on the second floor the privi lege of drinking a cup of coffee in that space. CRIOWINC F0I UNIVERSITY OF~ ! Member of Assoeliu Founded January 30, 1008, with editor, "The Camocock" is publisi University of South CarOlina weei year eset on bolidays and durli nsessarily tOon sUrbe.o an endorsement. The right to edb MANAGINO Ei)iTOR----- ~ UI,iNNN4 MANAGER T~8i1AN' MANAGING EDTO XiP(ltTR EDIfToR (AMPUIS RDITOR - FEATUREC EDITOR - -- IsA4'IETY EDITOR - - - AXsIx4TANT HP'ORTS EDITOR AMNIXTANT nUstINEis MANAGER II.Ar .MANAGER PHO'TORAPHERS 8TAI'F WRItTERS: Linda Cauthen, InaI ZdUa Voegesang, Richardi DeWitt. Rober Shoebe MileBtty Burke, Anne' yalli i iXNE?48 NTAFF: Jim Herring. Mike 0 A3'iward. Marion Singley, Johnny Weiborr (0J,U-NiITa: Caui. .. R.ernolds, Robe LDS ds New Vote p Method done by precinct. With each school constituting a precinct, such as Arts and Sciences, En gineering, Business Administra tion, etc. We believe that the Russell House might well be used for Arts and Sciences; but the other schools could conduct their elec tions in their own major build ings. This move would not confuse the election, since each student knows the school in which he is enrolled, and will need three sep arate ballots in any case. Lists will be furnished to the poll workers by both school and class standing . .. which would eliminate the confusion or pos sibility of stuffing the boxes. With sufficient publicity, this project -could well be incorpor ated into a worthwhile set-up. We believe sufficient students would volunteer their services at the polls. RT ChiIdren? mind. Slapped Hands Lately it seems that we are repeatedly getting our hands slapped. We have been ordered from the table because we can't carry on the mature conversa tion and discussions with our elders. The students' voice has faded into a dull croak that is hardly above a whisper. We have been made to sit in the corner because we didn't brush our teeth or shine our shoes. Blue-coated baby sitters find sadistic pleasure in catching us with runny noses. They believe that everyone of us is a member of the "pachuco" and that we are constantly trying to prank our way over them, around them, and through them. Parties Questioned Our tea parties are questioned and our dating habits are thwarted. Our leaders are stifled and their requests are put aside as youthful follies. Our living habits are constantly investi gated. Our meeting place is so guarded like a shrine to some high exalted monk. And yet our present home is supoosedly for us. This ir our community, but is it really? Is there a receptive ear tuned to the students? Is there a sen sitive finger on our pulse? Do we get help and plan for ourself? Rather, we are planned for and guided with doctrines that helped us out of the cradle and may put us in the grave. Need Trust Man grows only by receiving responsibility and trust. It would be nice if we could carry our de cision-makers with us through out our life. It would make things so easy. But this old world just isn't like that. When will the time come that we studenta can say we are weaned away from the bonds that bind? It will be the day when we grow tired of the sup pression and turn ourselves from regress to progress. The powers that be would like to see the student body happy and prosperous but they have nc looked closely enough. What ma~ } have satisfied then, does not suffice today. It seems to me that we are not the ones that need to grow up. To reach the state that we de sire, we will have to show that we mean business. Again, I ask--How long? Oh, how long? I A GREATER LOUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press lobert Elliott Conaal.s as the feet ed by ad for the students of the 17 em Friaa during the osilege nU-t. a.d leet.r wul.,. a.e ..t k." Pubishing does not cometitute ROY WIL.IAnMS - - ED)ITH BULLUOE Melbaeae - erry Mcour - - Mcttal Barbara Hawthorne J-ella Barr SuWa - Dave Meete th - - Wail Horton, Ken Slrg albert ,Pa'rke Rva al awaea ,Hart Rast, (Carolyn Cape lbert. Warren llalr,lPhifllpBoard, Serri ,Beverly Jones, Libby Tinmons.