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The Call Is Once again Carolina students have stood in line for football tickets and once again the number of date tickets available for students has fallen below the demands of the student body. The ticket situation has been investigated and discussed for many, many seasorns but each September the number of date tickets for students still has been too few. According to information available to THE GAMECOCK, the problem of tickets for the Carolina-Clemson game determines the number of season date tickets which will be available for students. If that is Paper Giv In order to maintain the high ideals and accomplishments attained by THE GAME COCK since its founding in 1908, the paper must have regulations and rulings govern ing its operation. The policies of the paper are established to assist the staff in making decisions and to inform you of privileges and limitations as contributors to the paper. THE GAMECOCK is a responsible campus publication which prints "all the news that's fit to print" as the motto of a somewhat larger newspaper reads. The student paper is manned by a conscientious staff which strives to produce an informative and enter taining edition with each publication. The paper is published on Fridays during the college year except during examinations and on holidays. Unlike a number of papers, THE GAME COCK is not a house-organ. Instead, it is a publication by the students for the stu BILL HANDEL Around, Ar( Around and around we go, - prefer to sit chasing our proverbial tails. We alone, rather ti seek to be accepted by our fellow mortification of men. Yet, those that actually pizes offered cowv at the state reach any heights at all are in the independent reality the "self made man." The born to be, beli, self made man can be seen any alone, but in day in the week, anywhere you They have seei chance to look. of the comm( done by the These men of iron and indomi- around them. table will to fight and die for thoroughly dish an ideal are diamonds in the There are th< rough. They do not take to the ity that have tr idea of self-improvement, as set untefa down by others. They find out cumbed to the in the early years of their genius the "ins" and t that they cannot and will not inherent rights endure the pain and humiliation dom without fei of the pedantic jibes and gouges eye stare of th better to be paa of the neighbors that have set tal group than themselves up as the deity con- opinion and be trolling the lives of the people But it is not tI around them. der about, iti SIT LONEnever give in, SIT LONEknow and app: They have decided that they will not prostitute themselves lIE INI] before any craven images set up But isn't it to be the ideal of success. They known as an wear the unifor clique? Isn't it I 1 an individual, t I..etter To I or only dntf I We all can id4 The Editor dre'ththeth Dear Editor: tur'es they ar As a freshman, I would like wvhat the grea' to give you my first impressions can really be; of the University. Only when I hit the Univer- NINEIT sity campus did I know that I _______ had so much maturing to do so fast. I i Here a person can't afford to be bashful. He must walk right For a long up, talk straight and think campus the Nol straight or be quickly classed, in exile. It was even subconsciously, as an over- ignominous ban promoted high school lad by those to the accomp around him. me'morable wo There seems to be very little The Knee to leeway for immature nonsense. homely feature In fact, the University seems to anatomy and th require almost too great a change ily to be covere< in student relationships. I ask you, fe I find the change to a little this logical? ' more sober company quite good. among us who It makes a fellow realize that with intelligen he's a good way beyond what he beauty. Does thi was barely more than a summer us to put sacks ago. I think a carefu Besides these differences, I the campus will have seen that the size of the students. University changes things, too. Wily ( There are activities right in Therefore, wh: everyone's line. Is the Carolina Here is a chance for mediocre protected that or average high school students of such an inn, to get a fresh start. Its a fine a knee wouldc opportunity. We must make the lum? The knee most of it. full of dignity, Ronert Whitaker as ancient ..m For Tickets Carolina's real seating problem, is there ni some system which could be installed th would give student seating assignments f that game only? Seating at the remainder of the gami would be on a "first come, first servei basis in a reserved student section divid< according to academic classes. Entrance these games for students and dates wou be made upon the presentation of an iden1 fication card containing the studeni photo. The above plan is only a suggestion bi the feasibility of any plan can only be dete mined after it has been put to the tes 'es Policies dents about things of interest to the st dents. The paper encourages the writing of "le ters to the editor" commenting on activiti4 and happenings. However, each letter mu not exceed 300 words in length and.-each le ter must be signed. The name of the lett< writer will be withheld at the request 4 the writer when thesituation warrants i but in such cases the letter must be sign( then also for the editor's notification. As the masthead states, "The opinions e: pressed by letter writers and columnists a: not necessarily those of THE GAMECOC] Publishing does not constitute an endors ment. The right to edit is reserved." Materials for the paper may be dropp< in campus post office box 49 or brought i THE GAMECOCK office, room 208 Russe House. Your cooperation is sought in these ma ters to assist THE GAMECOCK in "crowir for a greater Carolina." )ufnd We Go alone and stay pride that conies with the enjoy an grovel in the nent in the accomplishments o glory and cheap the herd. 'or the best prize Man must, before he can knox fair. They, being the sense of well being and ma s that they were turity, humble himself. He mus eve not in theory get to know himself and his ow useful practice. capabilities. He must sweat an 1 the end result work hard to humble himsel in sheep-herding He cannot go far, gleaning fron select groupings the efforts of others. They have been The man that will stay aloo rusted. till he has proven his own stay >se, in the minor- ing pover, not the staying powe ied to go it alone, of a grou, is the amond in th of not ". . . being ruh ehsnttepls h they have suc- mksfrsces u ec sweet cajolery of adwl cur twe brown away theirmaeuphs intot.H to freedom. Free-edcto wilgvhmenu Lr of the cold fish-soaefrhslnynitsn ase that say it is ilfedteirofabio t of the regimen-Thpoihntatmscmef to have your own thsgmwlbeupidbyi able to express it. onnes iese that we won-WOLMA 8 those that will that we should hr hni h hl a reciate. teiels,terait o 'IVIDUJAL.wt odeuain oiht far better to beenreutadyuvilhe,n ndividual than toonoftehr,btaldro m of a tight little mn far better to be Heeteishendpne han to be known,thtkoshswn,hined ed with a group? adwl oatrte n i mntify the formalbeoeterrma.Hwiln enguins. We also stbc nlterz,h ila y, being the crea- H ilntfw,h ilse e, cannot know a epess ewl o eo ness of humility o h eie,h ilsa priwarafls de tad shoules abov them.jo fen enO inthe acomlihee time around tou found. ihran oe n le Kee as beii Man covredan uoeed. Tho animent of tth prmiently in welh Ueiverndtm rdsprclaimige appovkno himseitie asndootbalw be a singularly bslitese nyonstckingt an erefoerneessr-dELO NuE hise? H. e ailt thear kee,ninror Ilowstuents is The lbo thaet wistay'1h l 'hrearltos bow-a oldAer isan staio ve een lesse insg pwely nth clsstaying foot ceinteadof ba games, asetbdalln games ove oufaes? allogh.e hasmntte sports, ta I exminaion f maoeunner ofsuch buihelca unerthnouch Andeian prcqrt ase Eh mrases upnhi Elbow oit.sH solac te e? te e his tan elyou ihto an will higsrot fee the Ameican wa ambiio ausepandmon-iThe aoliheat toa oust d cmefe ~~~~~tis anaprts gaky ewllobe sudentsd to con an aparats aier then i probe anwhoe even bn imself.eItwo, teaineonse peocec LDS ing And Grid on the Independents. Generally speaking, the Greel organizations don't consider the situation Orthodox. While we, with Housing offi cials, readily admit that housing is at present suffering fror what must be considered a chronic problem, we can't con KUKE eh, he doesn't know we're suppos sidoscope Of a day . . . keeps the pink slip away. * * * HOME, HOME Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home . . that is when you can get one. The hous. ing problem is a many splen dored thing. Seems like we need the studeni council to invoke the old Home stead Act. Get a room, stake a claim, and then defend it wit} words, sticks and stones against the Indians and invaders. * * * SANDLAPPER On a personal note, I woulk like to ask any person interested in submitting articles to t..e SANDLAPPER to do so shortly This year's school magazin4 will be a different effort. Oui goals wvill be entertainment. Experience in writing is not & requirement, rather we are glac for people with ideas to put thenr down, let us see them and per lhaps print them. Poetry, shori stories, satires, essays, humoi pieces (especially these) will al be accepted with publication ir mind. We've tentatively set Thanks. giving for our first issue of the SANDLAPPER. Therefore, timt is fugiting as der Latins say. We would, above all else, like to see some writing come from adache Still proach. These persons are not at fault. According to the best knowledge of this writer, 700 tickets were allotted to the entire student body by the Board of Trustees. LIKES SPORTS Every red-blooded American boy likes to view the spectacular sport of football, and in the same light he likes to be seated beside his best girl during the event. In most colleges around the na tion this has been realized and made possible. Apparently this p)olicy is not realized at Carolina. The Carolina-Clemson contest is South Carolina's most highly publicized event in the sporting field. People from all over the nation journey to Columbia to ohserve this annual "Big Thurs day" rivalry. Yet a student at Carolina is forced to tell his best girl or even perhaps his fiancee that she cannot attend the game with him. Frankly, I know of no harder task. Even if our dates do obtain tickets for themselves the problem still exists. A stu dent and his date cannot remain togrether throughout the g..e. CARL M. REYNO >t Hos >r Two or three students have been known to consider the hous Ls ing situation as leaving a little ,, to be desired. It appears that some are wor d ried about the influences Inde bo pendents will have on Fraternity Id men, and afraid Fraternity men will have contributing influences it t. t- , 3r >. t, "But Cos " BOB TALBERT A Ka< - Campus Kaleidoscope could very well title this week's ramb lings. Various bits and patterns from here and there, constantly changing . . . changing changing. * * f '57 TEAM Tomorrow, Head Coach Warren v Giese's '57 edition of the Game t cocks will have the task of put , ting the Devil in his place. The I annual chant of "give 'em hell, Carolina" has never been more fitting. But let's hope this Hades of sports doesn't smell of orange blossoms and sea breeze. The pigskin poopsters have specu lated that a New Year's Party rides on the outcome of tomorrow night's gridiron gem. Could be. With fingers crossed, we'll e wvait . . . and see. But anyway, h lt's be there to give 'em hell. I. ALL LINES? rWhat is it with this place? Every time' you turn around, you wvind up in a line. A course should offer next semester in the ;Art of Standing in Line (prere - quisite Linage 57). It would t probably be a non-credit, multi e hour course with no cuts and the t only thing dropped in it would f be arches, spirits, and sophisti cated manners. Oh well, a line ;JIM PENDARVIS t e h geodThe He eTeaeodproblem of foot ball tickets has always been a - headache at Carolina. This year, according to many students, the headache has been transformed into a severe concussion. It seems that unless one is married he hasn't a chance of escorting a - member of the opposite sex to the Gamnecocks gridiron battles. SStudent tickets went on sale Monday and two hours later there was wailing and gnashing teeth. Very few date tickets were available to the student body. This of course creates much dis appointment, frustration, and be wilderment. FEW LEFT As this writer understands and as this column goes to press, there were only available to single seniors a mere total of 18 (late tickets. Unbelievable? You bet. To the junior, sophomore, and freshman class the situation seems even more futille. Many of the students are plac.. ing the blame for this perplexing situation on the officers of the Gamecock Club. Still others are ! Tickets ... A demn them for using the avail able facilities to House students at the University. Roughly speaking, that, among other things, is one of their func tions. FRAT HOUSE We strongly agree that a Fra ternity House should be the in e to win." Events the freshman class. A little later on this month an announcement will be published concerning a freshman writing contest. But right now, write now .. . for the SANDLAPPER's sake. * * * TICKETS One job on this campus I wouldn't have is that of Dick Anderson. He's the No. 1 ticket issuer and his is a headache. Everyone complains, no one com pliments. Everyone demands, no one asks. Everyone takes, no one thanks. Granted, there's a tre mendous problem concerned with the ticket situation. But what are you going to do? Mister Anderstn, I've one com ment to make. Why don't you just pile all of the tickets in the center of Carolina Stadium. Dig a mile deep moat around the playing field, fill said moat with alligators. Then let all peCople wvishuing tickets,' brave it across the perilous wvaterway. If they succeed, they get tickets. If they fail, at least they won't have to stand in line. * * e And slowvly the campus turns, p)atterns fall one after the other into newv shapes . . . changing. New issues are raised, argued andl settled for some . . . old issues hang . . . revolve. And it's a Kaleidoscope. Remains Perhaps we are to escort our dates to the gate, bid them fare well, then pray that we might find them after the game. I do not know where the solu tion lies but there must be one. It is our hope that the ones re sponsible for this planning re alize our disappointment and try to come up) with some fast an.. swers. Until that time I will don my overalls and head for the stadium. I wvill, that is, if my girl wvill let me go stag. CRBOWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Associal Founded January 30, 1908, with I editor, "The Gamecock' is publish< University of South Carolina weekl year except on holiday. and during The opinions expressed by colun1 nsecesxarily those of "The Gamnecoc an endorsement. Th, right to edit i EDITOR MANAGING ED)ITOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR. SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR. SOCIEiTV EDITOR ain? nermost sanctum of those affil iated with the social order. To put Independents, incoherent and unversed on social protocol and other high crimes as we are con sidered to be, in with these groups is, or seems to be a breach of something or another. But, again, Housing, being re sponsible for assigning rooms, must use the full number of units at their disposal, and in all fair ness to Housing's chronic prob lem, we must state that the pla0 used this year is not alarming. Specifically, it was stated that students should pay for their room rent in advance of registra tion. In this way, they would be reassigned to their previous rooms, or be placed on a first come, first-served basis. Our evaluation of the situation, and we feel it a legitimate one, is that Housing still is unjust in calling for the room rent as a means of reserving a room. Some of us remember when the $16 room deposit (ear-marked as a room reservation fee) was ade quate . . . we seem to also recall that in those days, Housing also didn't have its chronic problem 4.. ... maybe the circumstances and conditions have changed some what since then. * * * (RID TICKETS There is little need to comment on the football ticket situation. The members of the team, we understand, are relatively pleased with their seats. But then again, they are somewhat in a minority. * * * 'Y' DRIVE The Carolina Community is to be approached soon with a drive for funds for the YM-YWCA. Not only do they seek operative expenses, but members to assist in their worthwhile role on the campus. Our experiences with the "Y" have proven the worth of that organization to the Carolina Community. It deserves your support. The "Y" perhaps does the greatest good for the greatest number when considering cam pus groups and their projects f . . . and while a buck or two will seem so small, it will mean so much when translated into serv ices rendered by that group. Perhaps you will better under stand its program when you at tend its luncheons weekly. No doubt, we'll see you at the .Junior-Senior luncheon at one on Friday. RIEGULIATIlONS New students have a knack of obeying rules to the letter, es pecially since the thorough Stu dlent Council-sponsored orienta tion pirogram. With reference to this, we suggest that Section 9, page 18, third sentence of the "Carolina Community" handbook not be taken too literally. Ini a somewhat ambiguous statement, it suggests that trash h)e dleposited in the halls before 8 a.m., in order that the janitors may collect it during the day. We suppose the Administra tion meant to have the trash, when deposited, left in the trash enns, not merely dumped, or de p)osited, on the floor and stair ways, as we had occasion to oh serve during the week. * * * We are pleased to note, how) ever, thtve won't have to look with eager anticipation for the rare visit of janitors in our roo0m9 . . . the brooms and dust pans remind us that the glorious civilization is giving way to mod ern applliances. Alas, we realize that there is no need to fret over wvhen, if, the .janitors are to clean the rooms, we strongly suspect that this duty is to be performed by the dlenizens of our inspected (d0 m a ins. I A CREATER OUTHI CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press obert Elliott Conzales as the lirst d by and for the students, of the y, on Frkdays, during the college examinations. nists and letter writers are not k." Publishing does not constitute reserved. * MELBA CORLEY ROY WILLIAMS EDITH BULLOCK Bert Lunan Jerry Sanders Carol Watson Anne Valley