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Parking In recent months, Unive have announced two major < grams to handle the incrt populace at Carolina. The erection of two seven-' ies for men is one of the plai first floors of the buildings hi Awaiting the completion of t is the construction of a new v tory to replace Wade Hampt< a state of delapidation. Both these changes were have received careful study officials. But there is another problh sity faces in connection with rollment. That problem, whii been solved, and which, thuw have been given no particulai is the harrying parking situal versity. The problem of nonexisteni here has become progressiv4 will continue to, as more and pour into the school. Up to this point, the Unive no definite position on the n Green C Finding a spot in Columb without straining the wel pocketbook, has for years bee ing Carolina students. Now, with the establishm4 dance room for couples in the task is a simple one. The dance room, which ha assigned an official name by opened last Thursday night i1 i nally planned for bowling al The number of students opening indicated that the n was an instantaneous succes A Dean R By Roy Williams "The Dean of Women carries a pint flask around in her pocketbook" began a "bright" in The Gamecock several years ago. Although flasks of any type are prohibited on the Carolina campus the aforementioned lady, known to thousands of students as Dean Arney R. Childs, was justified in apparently breaking the law. The reason for this seemingly unusual action on Dean Childs' part was explained a little fur ther' on in the article. The bot ties, resp)lendent with a palmetto, had been put out by the South Carolina dispensary many years earlier. Because they were a collector's item she had carried them to history class to show her students. Mrs. Childs' love of history has led her to many things in the realm of historical research. A devoted student of South Car olina history, she has edited three books published by the Uni versity of South Carolina Press: "Ravenel Diary," 1947; "The William Mason Smith Family Letters," 1950; and "J. Motte Alston; Rice Planter and Sports man," 1953. In addition to her duties as editor and historian Mrs. Childs as Dean of Women has had a job which has grown along with Carolina during her 23 years here. "Five years ago I knew every girl by name on the campus," she said, "now of course that's an impossibility. Along with giv ing up teaching history (two years ago Dean Childs found that her increasing duties as Dean of Women compelled her to give up her history class) this is another of my regrets, which is a result, of course, of our tre mendous growth in the past few years." But few students perhaps re alize that Dean Childs was in strumental in bringing about many changes whMeh are "taken for granted" as part of the Car olina atmosphere. In 1935 when Mrs. Child. came to the University, there were only a handful of coeds liv ing on the first two floors of Wade Hampton, the only women's dormitory. During those lean depression years only juniors were per mitted to live at Wade Hamp ton and, as part of an economy measure of the state, women students were required to pay extra tuition. Both Dean Child. and Dr. J. Rion McKinniclr. then president Puzzle Is Stl rsity officials It is true th ,xpansion pro- to bring cars I asing student students are i the issue. tory dormitor- Perhaps thi is. Already the will realize th we well begun. ingly-that ii he new edifice Such is not th iomen's dormi- the very sma) )m, which is in changed. The 150-ca essential. Both in the lot adjc by University ies has no eff entire area w .m the Univer- owned vehicle increasing en- gun. The situe th has not yet than before. far, seems to More space consideration, able. That pc ion at the Uni- are a large n are not essent parking space dents-comma ly worse, and are essential. more students Some soluti be found. An rsity has taken restriction of iatter. perclassmen r |hecks And Cai ia for (lancing Much of th [-worn college should be cred n a task to dat- Joe Barnes a decorated the nt of the new checked table Russell House, Added to thi: ented combo. s not yet been EstablishinA students, was dents and the i the area orig- nings in a w leys. phere was a < attending the The Univei w dance room the plan perf the student b< RS. ARNEY R. CHIL etires From of the University, were inter ested in having more coeds. The following year President McKis sick made a special appeal to the legislature to lower the tuition for coeds. Within four years the efforts of Dean Childs and President McKissick filled the third empty floor of Wade Hampton and Sims was begun. Although many worked for the building of Sims, it was primar ily a signal victory for Mrs. Childs when the building was completed in 1939. "One of the greatest changes in Carolina during my stay, Dean Childs says, has been the general overall improvement of the physical plant and facilities. "In 1935 we were in the midst of a period of austerity, she re members. There was nothing here except~ that which was ab solutely necessary. "We walked in mud froft building to building, there wore no walks. Even In Wade Hamp ton there were large holes In the rugs. Oftentimes I wondered where we would possibly get the money we needed for so many things." To remedy the rug situation at Wade Hampton a faculty aux iliary committee had a drive to collect old carpets and overcoats. These we bundled up and sent to the Olson rug company. There they were made fito a rug for Wade Hampton. With Us at students are not encouraged A Carolina. On the other hand, tot specifically discouraged on a psychology is that students e predicament and act accord s, leave their cars at home. a case. More cars appear while Il available space remains un r parking area provided for ining the new men's dormitor lect on the dilemma since the as overcrowded with student a before construction was be tion is now worse, if anything, for added parking is unavail int is clear. And while there umber of students whose cars lal, there are a number of stu iters, primarily-whose cars on to the parking puzzle must [l as distasteful as it appears, automobile possession to up nay be the only answer. Mdlelight - e success of the room we feel, ited to Russell House Manager nd his staff, who attractively room with green and white cloths, and flickering candles. was an enthusiastic and tal a place where Carolina stu ir dates can spend their eve holesome and pleasant atmos .ommendable idea. -sity officials responsible for ormed a beneficial service to dy in filling a great need. DS Carolina grounds of Sims an opportunity presented itself to Mrs. Childs one weekend. A coed's mother, visiting her daughter, offered the University the plantings from the nursery they were about to close. "It took me about two weeks to persuade Dr. McKissick that we could spare the University's one truck to haul the plantings up here, smiled Mrs. Childs, but he finally gave in." And Sims got the plantings that grace her grounds today. In pers .aal life one of her greatest joys are her grandchil dren. Dean Childs' grandchildren can be as surprising as the stu dents with whom she has to deal. One Sunday her grandson asked why she wvasn't going to Sunday School. When she answered that sh a ie ptahn e Next o he grncid, on of Dean Childs' great loves is Pawleys Island on Waccamaw Neck near Georgetown. A great lady will soon depart from the Carolina scene. Presi dent Russell in speaking about her retirement before a recent faculty meeting said, "She has been an able and valuable em ployee of the University who for 23 years has been responsible for one of the moat perplexing and harassing jobs at the Uni HERBR YANT Revoting Is It would probably not be ven turing too far out on a limb to say that the student body should have a voice in their campus elec tions. Furthermore, when an elec tion has been unfair, or so ar ranged to make one think that it was biased to a degree, we be gin to think that possibly a re election w ould be in order. FAIR OR NOT? In the April i election of this p "I've heard he's DICK SMITH The Blight 4 In America, our social theor ies demand the fulfillment of an educational obligation to ALL students, regardless of capacity and motivation. Some states have even gone so far as pro viding for instruction of the mentally retarded, assuring the finest manifestation of demo cratic intent. But what of the gifted child? And I don't refer specifically to the stereotype monster who crawls about reciting Magister Ludi and humming Bach. I speak of the 800 to 600 thousand stu dents in this country who have demonstrated a superior intellec tual ability. Assuming that native intelli gence (in league with mottva tion) is a fair measure of abil ity, what would the contribution of these students mean to our complex continent in the years to come? And, alternately, what would it mean if their abilities were crushed in the whirlpool of "equalization" that seems to mark our present day class rooms? Our society is becoming more and more dependent upon the talents of this superior group. Dismissing the middle-class screams of "Master Race" plan nling, I believe we should ser iously study their present pre dicament and make some ar rangements for the special de velopment of theIr desperately needed attributes. Such groups can be readily isolated. I believe educators now accept IQ scores of 130 or higher CARL M. REYNO I nternationi Dept.-An in More often than not, the Ad ministration is grossly over looked when it comes to congrat ulations, thanking and express ing appreciation for the progres sive steps being taken to really institute a greater University of South Carolina. Survey the happenings of the past four or five weeks and be amazed, with us, at the changes which are being made. Changes which will have a long-term beneficial effect on the Univer sity and its collegiate standing. NEW DEPARTMENT Perhaps the most Important step) has been the establishment of an International Relations Department, which will be or ganized this fall. It has evidently been needed for sometime. For the international focus on everyone's life, philosophy, and government make It virtually im possible to exist without some basic understanding of the world about us. For years, the University has been turning out "colleged" stu dents ill-informed of the inter national situations except from a smathering of information gleaned from various courses. DEVELOPMENT AHEAD While the new department will be novel and small at the begin ning, It may develop into one of the most fruitful units in the In Order On year -a student vote was taken on eight amendments. There was reason to believe that all eight amendments might be of concern to the student body interested in an efficient Student Council. Be neath each of the eight proposals for amendment was a place to check whether you, as a voter, wanted to vote for or against the amendment. That was fair. At the top of each sheet of quite well off." Df Precocity as evidence of superior intelli gence. And many educators have gone on to say that the presence of such students in a normal classroom (especially in the ele mentary levels) is just as rough as carrying the mentally incom petent. Confronted with inferior chal lenges, they grow bored and rest less-(except in their cases, they usually have the ability to or ganize resistance against the in structors.) A solution would be difficult. But I'm sure our own School of Education-given the power and the glory-could arrange to have a Category System operating quite successfully in the state perhaps even within the precious whimsey of the General Assem bly. In the long run, despite all ob stacles, I'm certain the enriched value of this group in our so ciety would greatly outweigh any initial disadvantages. Earl Herminghause, a $t. Louis educational consultant, summed it up rather graphically in a recent conference of the As sociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development, when he remarked, "There is nothing so unequal as the equal treat ment of unequals." What he really meant-and I shall twvist it to illumine our own Palmetto polemics--is that we don't hear enough from educa tors such as our own Doctor Wil 11am Savage, and too much from State Senators such as your own Edgar Brown. LDS il Relations riportant Step It is fitting, too, that USC has organized this department, in tentionally or coincidentally, (luring the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year, when leaders and scientists of every sort and every field are lowering barriers, diropping p)rejudlices, etc., push ing forward the h)oundary be tween today and tomorrow in an effort to reach greater under standing among mankind and nations, seeking to make the wvorld a more respectable clump of elements on wvhichi to exist. Then, again, the interest sin international affairs has In creased at Carolina, indicative of the consciousness of many Carolina students that the hope of mankind's survival is heavily dependent upon the long-range success of a suitable foreign pol icy; one which will maintain the respectable position of the United States, while at the same time afford a continued supply of the rapidly deplenishing re sources wvhich have been, and are being rapidly bled from our lands. IRC IS GAUGE Probably the pulse or the gauge by which this increased interest can be measured is the International Relations Club, which is extremely active on the national, regional, state and lo.. cal level. The Eight Ar amendments was a place to check "If you wish to approve all of the amendments by voting only once. . . ." There was no place for you, as a voter, to check if you did not want to approve of any of the amendments. That was not fair. AMENDMENT JUST This writer is not trying to debate whether the amendments were so slanted that they would hit at one group of students, namely athletes. Some represen tatives interested in the athletes' interest have said that the vote has virtually -cut the athletes' throat. That is, that the vote has eliminated many athletes from office in the future on Stu dent Council. And it seems to have truly done just that, but whether the amendment was intended to "cut the throat" of the athlete or not is not known. What is known, though, is that there was a de gree of unfairness in the way the voting was set up. There is also reason to believe that not enough interpretative publicity was given to the stu dent body. That is, the amend ments were not explained suf ficiently so that all students would understand exactly what they were voting for. SIX IS MAGIC NUMBER To cite two examples, numbers three and four amendments, as passed by the student body, has eliminated practically all foot ball players from belonging to Student Council after they have been elected to that body by the student body. One of the amend ments says that any member will have automatically resigned af ter he has missed "more than six . . . regular meetings. . . . Any such member will not be eligible for re-election." The other amendment in question says that "No proxys, substi tutes, or alternates will be al ROBERT TALBEI Upon The The Firs Upon the mount, that was a skull . . . a cross stood high and hard against the sky . . . a swarthy Jew stood below the cross crowned by thistles and barbs . . . waiting for the death that was to come. People, curious and nervous, crowded around and down the slopes of the mount . . . waiting for the Jew's death. A man came with mallet and nails . . . strong soldiers hoisted the Jew upon the cross that stood between twvo others . . . sorry, criminal men were pierced on these two wvooden tombs . . . the man with the mallet drove the nails deep into the wood through the palms of the Jew . . . rich, red blood spurted around the nails and from the Jew's side where a spear ripped into a vein ...anguish contorted the fea tures of the Jew . . . gasps and wails rushed through the on lookers. Soldiers, jokingly, hurled taunts at the Jew . . . prayers moved the Jew's lips slowvly, "Forgive them . . . wvhat they do." Six hours passed and the throngs grew greater . . . some in the p)ast several years on all fou levels, and continues to be a strong force behind interna tional understanding on campus. IRC, for example, has fur n ished several important comn miittee members, discussion lead ers, off icers and representatives to national and regional confer ences. Then, taking all in considera tion, the University has made another great stride: establish ing a new department which w'll be the stepping stone for careers in diplomatic, International work. For this move, the Adminis tration is to be heartily congrat ulated for the foresight it has exercised: at last It has broken the conventional idea that the three "R's" constitute a full edu cation. OR1OWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associal Founded January 30, 1908, with I editor, "The Camnecock" Is publikh University of South Carolina week opiion epressed c o a nesagrayt. oTh.thtt edi.. nendments lowed to sit on Student Council," in place of the regular elected officers and members of Student Council. MORE INTERPRETATION This writer does not helieve that these amendments were slanted to kick any football players off council, but, Instead,' to eliminate ANY member who was not able to attend the meet ings enough to do a good job. But, In effect, these amend ments, as passed by you, have eliminated the football player, unless the time for next year' meetings are changed. This writer does not believe suffici ent interpretation was made on the part of these two amend ments. An efficient Student Council is very desirable. Another election should be al lowed. The election should be so conducted that the student will consider each of the amend ments for which he is voting. And the student should know what he is voting for before he checks "yes" or' "no." SPECIAL COMMl'TEE A special Student Council committee set up to consider the amendments voted 2-1 in favor * of another election on these amendments. Another member abstained and another was ab sent at the time the vote was taken. This recommendation was given to Student Council Mon day. At that time the committee proposal was laid on the table by a vote of 16-14. By doing that Council has impeded the chances of another election. Because it takes a two-thirds vote to bring the proposal back up for consid eration. It is hoped that Student Coun cil will act so as to consider this committee proposal and vo'te in favor of giving students another chance to vote on the eight amendments separately. IT Mount, t Easter came out of hatred, others to see sonic miracle performed . . . most of theim were just curious . . . would the Jew come down and make fools of the soldiers and the law . . . they wanted some sign, then and there . . . if only they could have looked into the Jew's soul. Blood was now clotted, thick and hard around the wounds and the Jew was p)hysically thirsting ...a faint murmur, rasped through the Jew's cracked lips for something to drink. T1he clothes of the Jew were parted, by lots, among the sol diers and a few among the crowd whispered of this . . . a sponge soakedl in a vile vinegar was thrust to the open mouth of the Hack in the Practorium, a mani twisted upon his couch . . . his orde*rs hadl b)en carried out . . . it was out of his hands but his mind carried a stain which he fea red. On taking the vinegar, the Jew's nakedl body surged and his head fell to his chest . . . it wvas finished and the Jew gave up the ghost . . . the skies were rended and( opened with a ter rib)le bolt of lightning as the heaven showed it's anger. High on the skull of Golgotha the image of the dying Jew's last moment was etched by the angry sky . . . b)ut this moment re cordled the birth of all mankind ...and ended the story of a Jewv who blessed the world with his forgiveness. One Jew died a living death for nine 'hours so that man can seek the forgiving stain of his love forever . . . the hopes of all mankind rested upon the body of the swarthy ,Jew nailed In dleath to the cross of sin . . . the crucifixion of all mankind. The swarthy Jew of Nazareth gave his final gift to all of the I world . . . the gift that makes man's p)etty life a thing worth while. For unto you was born that day on Calvary, an eternal life by Christ Our Lord. I A (;IEATER OUTIE CAROLINA ed C:ollegiate Press lobert ElliIott Gonzales as the fkeIt ed by anid for ts. student, of th, ly, on Fridays, during the college 3 exanminations. nists and letter writer. are set "Pubising doe. not costitute