Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Another Gc Every spring, scores of students take up t the back-slapping role, seeking to get them selves elected to governing capacities on r1 campus. i: During the weeks of campaigning, the t names of these individuals are plastered on r every tree, building and wall available; L names constantly pound the eardrums. Cam paigns are carried on in fine style. Elections d are held and students are elected. They as- r sume their new positions. Then suddenly, i the names of these elected students dis- s appear. Unless they are one of the four ma- ' jor student government officers or head one of the more active committees, they are sel- v dom heard of in their elected positions. 8 That has been the picture of student gov- I ernment at Carolina for a long time. But c through the facilities of campus radio sta- i: tion WUSC, the picture has been changed h And We A Carolina football fans have a lot to look forward to this fall. I Coach Warren Giese's Gamecocks appear i capable of providing some really good foot- I ball during the playing time and the new Carolina band appears equally capable of I presenting outstanding pre-game and half- ii time performances. Saturday night, the wraps were taken t from both these groups. We liked what we t saw. A number of other people did, too. c As has been pointed out, the Gamecocks lack experience at spots, but that will come N as the season wears on. The team has poten- E tial and desire; that's what counts. t Don't Let It I The Couples' Room in the basement of t Russell House is suffering from lack of stu- t dent visitation. The "malady" is believed to be only tem- g porary in nature, but unless more student li participation and cooperation is received, the "illness" could prove fatal. s For two weeks the room has been open c five evenings weekly and during most of the v evenings only two or three couples have ti shown up to enjoy the facilities there. Last spring on opening night, the room v was packed with couples. Every chair was n HILL HANDEL . . . 'We Have Nothir Into the whirlpool of uncer- this age-old problel tainty and dejection, into the we find the soluti eddy of confusion and the vor- dle? tex of despair we go. Down and Look not to the dowvn we are carried on the horns L down deep of self pity and remorse for our hersadwcn lowly state. We feel so sorry for swrtouon ourselves. We cry on our own Sefvauto shouldlers.asewecnvr We are beautiful in our youth, thketoalvn rearedl in the Christian Beati- We usloka tudles, then torn, ripped from the peeyojciey soft we brieast of innocence and hns n pn foistedl into a world of chaos. tewrd u a We are torn from the ideals of iaeta ok our past heritages and forced to mro n ok awaken to the reality that we smtigta are not the noble specimen that caotflousl we wvould like to he.hoet We are afraid. We are scared. Outhgtsa We hate ourselves for this fear. ia ieto.Te We wvant to fight but cannot. We ieadacmls want to standl erect but are to(J tyn.oems self -conscious to lift our heads. resnfrorf - NOUJRISII FEARIoeb n r We nourish this fear of ours. We coddle it. We raise it till it Wl O is a grown, real entity. A real Wyshudw part of actual being. We lose our wa ehv,a identity in our fears and suc- nto h rn cumnb to the disease of fright that -omayppl lodges in the pit of our stomn- hv o a n achs. The disease degrades us. yas o a It debases our human reason. It eog ohv flaunts the hope of the eternal,. lte uhls We take ourselves by the hand fuloexnsv and throw ou rselves, headlong mayltechd into the mael strom of wonder andl jlc u h te Hinug true people, wvith all the haeapcet fears of the world surrounding us, we hide behind the inner re cesses of our heart and souls. We alyshvcea cower behind them like moles. We become mole-men. We claw away from our frights and hud dIe in the tiny holes that will one day be our graves. From the( dawn of time man has been afraid. He has prayedl for the surcease that comes only with the eternal sleep. WIlV?UNV WIlY?Me MIC:I,F.TT 4.ROIIr? eio,"h Arie we noit the select groupi in y. xeto lie order ofC t he universe? Are 'h pnose we not flouting our good fortuneanedreet of life, int the face of the Crhea- DTO tur? Why muLst we always feel MA GIGE sorry for ourselJves? We have BSNS A more thani any other group in the world. We eat, sleep, and1 NW EIO dIrink in the glory of mankind. SOT DT We have mazde the world what it CMU DT is oda. Wer istheanwerto OeatYn weDcan wd Turn his year. Weekly broadcasts of Student Council ieetings place student body representatives n the spotlight. Students now can hear how heir councilmen are representing them. The ames of these elected individuals now stay efore the student body. Formerly students gleaned news of Stu ent Council meetings from the student ewspaper four days hfter the weekly meet ags were held. Under the present set up, tudents will not be late hearing decisions. 'hey can stay abreast of events at Carolina. This weekly broadcast is a big step to vard bridging the gap existing between the tudent body and the student government. t is truly a commendable move on the part f WUSC and the Student Council to better iform the students of the workings of their overnment. nticipate The University band also gave an excel ant performance. After half-time ceremon es spectators began to wonder what had appened to the old Carolina band. What they had seen was a completely new and-new show, new uniforms and new leas. The addition of fireworks, too, was new o Carolina fans. The show was truly a spec acle to behold. The band did a splendid job f entertaining. We are proud of both these groups. And ve anticipate many exciting, thrill-packed aturday afternoons in Carolina Stadium his fall. Fade Away! aken ; the dance floor was filled. This semes er this same dance floor has been used little nd the candles on the tables covered by reen checkered table cloths have been ghted only a few times. The Couples' Room is a pleasant place to pend an evening of dancing. If students are Dunting pennies or trying to prevent the 'ell-worn pocketbook from getting any iinner, the room is the ideal spot to visit. The Couples' Room can regain its normal igor if it gets a good "shot" of visitation iw from the student body. ig To Fear...' a? Where can can always find a way to clean n to the rid- ourselves up when we are dirty. Whence comes our fears? How left or right. does it start? in our own We are afraidl to stand up and find the an- speak our mindls. As little chil iexations- (lren we do not have this fear. the greatest Who ever heard of children hav acquire. It is inig (omlplexes? We feel sorry for Lual successes. ourselves biecause we are envious urselves corn- oif ot hers' good fortune. We won We must be der' why so and so can have all We may fool this anid we have nothing. lever fool that >aek from the I:AR~I 4:REATrE us for being We must remember that for are not. We every action there is a reaction. 'es, if we are They may lie envious of your good fortune. The grass always st have a log- looks better on the other side of cannot ram- the fence. TJrue these are old what we are bromides, but nonetheless they look for the are relatively true. Fear stems (irs and then, from withini. It is not horn in us. :o understand We create it ourselves, in our out. own image. If we can create, we liRY? enn hlst.oy. A man once said "'. . . we' have worry about nothing to fear but fear it ng as we are self . . ." When we can look at >f starvation? our fears for what they really in the world a re, no longer will we be mole full meal in men. We will erawvl from our y are lucky holes. With a renewed faith in a change of ourselves we can face the destrue' a wardlrobe tive wrath of the fates. clothes? How We will not cower or run, but -en have no- stand and wait. We will do and ~s to sleep in? accomplish. We will have won appy just to the greatest kanme of skill and eep and food chance . . . we will have beaten out. We can ouriselves, we can stand straight clothes and and tall, we can lift our heads. CROWING FOR A GREATER |RSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ber of Assoelated Collegiate Press 30, 1908, wIth Robert Elliott CGonzaies as the first necock" is published by and for the students of the ith Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the olege alidays and during eaminations. pressed by columnists and letter writers are not of "The G~amecock." Publishing dloes not constitute lbe right to edit is reserveud. MELBIA CORLE~Y ITOR ROY WILLIAMS EAGER EI)ITH BULLOCK Bert Lunan R Jerry Sanders RCarol Watson hR .. .Anne all.n. y tell me he's an exchange student. This, A Bit ( we've greeted.e Carolina is a friendly school p . it's season, however, should tl be extended. B * " " C IRC o An awareness of the world sit- a uations, as introduced through s .he International Relations Club, s is becoming increasingly popular it Carolina, as two particular in- e stances revealed recently. At its p rirst (highly un-publicized) ses- t don, nearly 70 students gath- p ti tl a ands Tall a U would do no good. We take its iervices for granted. If they ere taken away and not re laced, they would be noticed :hen. e e This is not a defense nor an ti ittack, more of a question. Why criticize something we ri iren't even interested enough in p o investigate? Gainfully critical r4 riews can come if we take part b mnd are left dissatisfied. a The name of the organization c s a strike against it. Sad, but " .rue. Something about the sound' >f calling someone a 'Y' worker f seems to say hands off. e Maybe, try the 'Y' . . . and a :hen perhaps ask . . . why the n "TWO LITTI~E . .h" From a Broadway hit of a few p years past, there's a delightful j, ittle song . . . "Two Little Girls P'rom Little Rock." The stage today is in that juaint Arkansas village. But a Lhis time, the hit is not a musi- it zal but a very real tragic drama. ij And the hit song . . . "Two Little i, Mven From Little Rock." The cast- ,n ing was terrible. Comedians should never play h roles in a tragedy. i IIM PENDARVIS ... Do Pri A University official recently e unformed this writer that the stu- v lents of Carolina appreciate ab- p molutely nothing. lie elaborated t< mn this for a lengthy while then t< went on to enunciate the many ii :hanges that the University has urought forth this year for the wA enefit of the student body. He s' pointed out that still, with all ti ~hese changes, the students are a iot satisfied. We show no appre- w ~iation; there seems to be no a chool spirit; we enploy no "team work" for Carolina, etc. e Perhaps it is true that we do o seem unappreciative and dis- p uatisfied, but I think we do so tl with just cause. When decisions n -oncerning student problems are .o be made, the student body ihould be allowed, at least, to wA roice their opinions on the solu- I: ion of these problems. This right b ems to have beeni denied to us. d HOllSING Many of us are not satisfied fi vith the present housing ar- it angement. In this present set- v Ip) we are allowed only a minute a hance of choosing our rooms qa md our roommates. Conse- a luently, clubs, organizations, and ali The CARL M. REYNOLDS.. A BitOf Carolina, we've been informed, is one of the friendliest campi (or campuses . . . depending whether you're in the "in" or the "out" group) in America. Seasonally speaking, this is a true observation. The tragedy, needless to say, is that too many of the students are consistently inconsistent in their greeting habits. With the new students, it has been pleasing to notice that they are among the finest greeters BOB TALBERT . . . He Still St When a man stands tall, it is a wonderful thing to behold. For weeks prior to the Univer sity's Board of Trustees meet ing, the press beat the drum in hopes of a great political state ment to come from the meeting. l'eople throughout the state waited . . . with an eagerness. But after the meeting they heard nothing. A man chose not to he dictated to by the press. He stood tall. The decision is one he will make only when he is ready. Not when the press is ready. Thank God, we have a man, standing tall, leading our insti tu.itioni. BENT, NOT BOWED Battered, bent but not bowed ...hurt but not humbled. After the loss last weekend, to a loaded Duke University foot ball team, the Gamecocks raised their chins and looked forward with determination rather than dejection. Coach Warren Giese told them they had nothing to be ashamed of . . . and they didn't. D)uke is a great team . . . as great as fans have seen In Caro lina Stadium in many years. Mistakes from inexperience were evident in the second half ...but maturity was seen in defeat. It will never happen again, for a good team learns much more from defeat than vie tory. There will come a day... when the Gamecocks will be great. And then they will crow ..so loud and so long. MUSIC, MAESTRO Another maturity was noticed last Saturday night. Although majorette-less and sans the old Salvation Army looking uni forms, we now have a college band. One that can play and perform. One that has something to offer. TVhe trumpet unblown Is a thing of the past. Music, maestro, if you please. WHlY? Why the 'Y'? Every last student enrolled at Carolina is a member of the 'Y.' One of 2(0 participate. Maybe even less. Why is it this way? Why the 'Y'? iFor the most, the thought of actively participating in the 'Y' scares p)eople away. Oh, they're just a bunch of little people run ning around in another religious organization. TIhat's what most< Pe'ople think. )f That red for reflections on contem orary world power movements; ten, Student Body President ob McNair spoke briefly at ouncil, concerning the features f this group, expressing favor ble reactions which he had ob !rved during the past several !mesters. It has been indicated that the ub may seek to promote a cam us-wide "International Rela ons Seminar" in which noted rofessors could offer informa on concerning the contributions icir professions offer on world ffairs. This, of course, would e in addition to its radio, TV nd program series concerning nited Nations Day. + " . REVIVAL, MAYBE? It is a pity that student inter it in the University Film So ety tolled the discontinuance of tat society, as was revealed by rofessor Ochs last week. We %ason, however, that the com etition suggested was not the ?al reason for the small mem ership, but lack of promotion nd general apathy of students used the decline of a worth 'hile group. An impressive array of fine Ims was presented last year, ight in all, for a two-dollar embership fee . . . indeed, were odest supp)ort given, this or alnization could do well. Profes r Ochs, will the allegedly dis anded hoard of directors recon der'? Or, has the time test roved conclusively that revival unlikely? * * * P'OST OFFI(CE New problems arise wvith the tuation in the post office. Since 's been Federalized, we suppose should be Post Office . . . but any case, the issuance and o'n-issuance of mail boxes. It is our information that they ave been assigned by the Hlous ig D)epartment, on a potentially blems Ever een friends are not given pri icy to discuss their~ problems, lans, etc. How are we expected employ "team work" when our ~ams have become split and dis teg rated? We aren't too well satisfied ith our p)ostal service. Trhere' 'ems to lbe much confusion in us department. The regulations re ambiguous and there is al ays a needless, long line at the ndow. Many students do not as yet ~en enjoy the privacy of a post rfice box. It has become an im assibility to contact students irough the post office without uich undue work. FOOTBAIL The football seating situation, e feel, is most dlrastic. At the tuke game, there was nothing it frustration, confusion, and scontent. Again we have been segregated 'om) our friends andi compan ns. Many were issued dlisad intageous seats. We are not all lowed date tickets and, conse aently, many refuse to even ~tend the games. If we are niot lowed to sit mith mo.. feds, DICK .SMITH .. . 'Dirty Linen' May Be Aired Back Home It is gratifying to note a new strength seeping into the actions of the Inter-Fraternity Council. In years past, IFC has been little more than a University controlled water sprite - giving pal ties, dances, pretending among them selves that the Council was a vi tal, effective force. Now, incred ulously, they are becoming just that. Dean of Men James T. Penney, head of the Student Activities Committee, has suggested to IFC President Sammy Stilwell a plan in which the Council will hold preliminary hearings in all fra ternity offenses, the results of which will be acted upon by the Activities Committee. It would place IFC in the po sition of handling their own "dirty laundry," a precedent which could constructively lead to a greater student-government ) responsibility in the near future. An assurance of maturity will inev.itably convince the officials that students can-and must have a strong voice in the busi ness of their University. " " " TIE SOUTH Thomas "Tennessee" Williams, playwright, said recently in a television interview that "the South and southerners are the only subjects really worth writ ing about." If this is true, and I rather imagine it is, the North ern press should shine brilliantly after this latest Arkansas quilt ing-party. It seems the only weapons needed by these cotton-belt thugs is a semblance of mitigation (provided by fellow hair-brain Faubus) and sufficient number to assuage their individual cow ardice. A cause is one thing; vio lence and rebellion is another. If they want segregation, why c. don't they create a school board, that would quietly endure a trial for contempt? The possilbility of conviction in the South would he quite remote. successful system. What we feel would be considerate, however, for the excessive 1,500 or 2,000 boxes to b'e issuedl to the off campus studlents for the pu rpose of getting official and uinof ficial F urther, the situation a rises which seems to praovoke: A fler Oct. 1 , all mail not ptosi tiv"ely an(l accurately addr1 essed will lbe re tourned to thle sender witIhott b'enefit of d irecto,ry service. P erhapls, as It has becen sug ge'sted'(, t he po~stalI fac Iiles here are al ready' ob solete. This is g rat ifying . . . we're keeping up with the A ir F"orce. Russell flouse, tw.o year1s old, is already betgiin iing to b.e obsol et e . . . lbut the A ir Force, we u nderstand1(, is wvorki ng on a new h'ombler which will be abale to fly around the world be fore it Ihecomes obsolete. P'rotgress, planniin0g, tiaI and error . . . anad . . . it's back to the drawving boa'rd. End? if weV are iiot al1lowed'c to e'scoit dlates, then how cani "Sir it" ptos sibily be~ expected? We love to yell and cheer for ou r tenam, but it becomes a bur den to (10 so whben seated beside a total str'anger'. T'hese' particulara things that I have mien tioaned( are julst sonme of the problems that we arie now ex perienci ng at Carolina. They areI probalenms that. might have been avoaidled if wye could have beeni perm it ted to submiiiit onur sug l-OVF, CARI.,N Ini our hea rt.s we all love Caro lina, but we like to feel that we are a vital part of the Uniiver sity. At present it is very diffi cul t for us to hold1( thIiis e'ssen tial coniviction. MIay we ur ge and1( imprIaaess uapona our Utniversity that we are ai te yountg mten anad womeaan en hahdle of mlakingr decisitats ('(al. eermng onur well- being anad the wvell -hIeintg of our 5(1.M If thI is not so, thena I am inii sym patby with the futurie of' the state of South Car'olinaa for niany of the students haeae today will be our