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Monday night, Dr. Harlow Shapeey, expert in aat>t b ad c ingrapb y, lited Car olinwa ad gva a jecture which has become conversation piece for students and faculty ke, Dr. Shapley, director of the Harvard Ob servatory for over 80 years, holds degrees from 15 universities and is a member of the scientific academies of 10 countries. His sci entific career is distinguished; he developed many of the current astronomical theories and discovered several of the techniques which have become Indispensable to present day astronomers. He has published a half dozen books and has written over 200 scien tific papers. Dr. Shapley's lecture was informative and fascinating. Sprinkling his commentary with personal experiences and anecdotes, he ex plained many modern theories with clearness and facility as he took his audience on a trip through outer space. In this troubled age of rocket warfare, guided missiles, and Sput niks, it is comforting to know that we have scholars like Dr. Shapley who are furthering Sports Spec The number of pages in The Gamecock has been increased this week to make way for a first for this paper and also a first among newspapers of colleges in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The sports department of this paper has compiled The Gamecock All-ACC Football Team. It is printed on page seven. The team has been named by the football coaches, sports publicists and sports editors of each school in the Atlantic Coast Confer ence. Each of the eight colleges and univer sities in the conference was granted three votes. Twenty-one of the 24 persons entitled to vote in the poll participated and all schools LETTERS TO THE EDITO Oh, To Eat Sai Dear Editor: which in this ca The other day while I was non- a "pig," was chalantly eating my lunch atop sausage. Maxey Monument (I often sit Now the mo here to eat as it is the only place in the hand on that I can see all spots of our month is worth beloved horseshoe from), a mail. strange looking creature came skipping by. I may a strange look--___ ing creature (and it was for 'our campus) fo~r what made it Band Me~ strange was the fact th'at It was MVakes R a very pretty girl and everyone knows that pretty girls just don't I)ear Editor: wander around loose on the horse shoe. That kind of thing just In regard to ain't cricket in these parts. the band publis Just as I was about to open Gamecock, I wc my can of Vienna sausage (I interested in k always save my Viennas until Folk obtained last for they are indeed a very per cent of ti special dish around the last of many of the Cs the month just before I get my general." I do G. I. check), this girl spots me is an accurate on my favorite seat and makes did not take a a leaping dive for my cherished dents, I do not lunch. A struggle follows and authority to ex were it not for my superior ions. strength, achieved from fighting As for the < fellow students in the football form, I think ticket line, I ?m afraid that she agree that the would have made off with my pretty silly a most -precious delicacies. Army" band. Finally after calming her ideas were disc down (I put the ball from the competent comn top of Maxcy Monument on her best solution a stomach to keep her from obtain- now worn by tli ing a "half-Nelson" on me), I of grey flannel asked her why she was so deter- net blazers tris mined, to abscond with my sau-. a very nice ida sage. She explained that she was band at some suffering from malnutrition be. Would you be pi cause she had been trying to eat dressed like this in a local eating establishment, the Cherry Blo I didn't quite understand this un. any other' natio1 til she told me that she had gone Some people s into this place to eat and they brain-washed aj wouldn't serve her because she They have expi only had a measly five bucks and ions and influe the price of a meal there was musicians in a $8.95. they won't join I Well, I should have learned of this size sho. my lesson by this time as I have a 150-piece ban been attending the University for not be that Is 12 years now, but I felt sorry for support of the this lovely creature and gave her The band repi my can of Viennas. . . . Well, I I am of the opii really didn't feel sorry, I just re -the band has d< membered that this was the 20th" better job of of the month and my 0. I. check school than the would be waiting for me in the general. The ba post office .. . that Is, my check celved everywi that was due last June. I figured formed. Since t that if they mailed It last June, time show seem It should be posted In my P. 0. complaint of thi bo.x by now, but when I got there I might mentlo, It was not around so I rushed YOUR band we bask to Maxey Monument, but W sity of North C my horror that ugly ore.ssrmm did this same a ture Appreciated the scientific cause not ouly for. our nation, but for all nations of the world. How*ver, Monday evening's meeting had a local signiffeance which should be especially heartening to us at Carolina. The audience which turned out to hear the famed astron omer was appreciati , enthusiastic, and so large that every seat in the auditoripm, was filled and many were forced to stand. Even more remarkable is the' fact that the great majority of tlose present 'were stu dents, men and women of Carolina who were wilting and eager to learn. The entire au dience remained throughout the program no one walked out, not even the standees and applauded vigorously at its conclusion. The Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is to be congratulated on its fine program, and Dr. Shapley is certainly to be thanked for the inspiration he gave us. Equally deserving of recognition are the several hundred stu dents who packed the Law Auditoriun. They paid Dr. Shapley a genuine tribute,' and, in doing so, proved that here on our campus, there is an earnest desire for knowledge and ~ for cultural activities. ] lal Is A First in the conference were represented by at least one vote. There were many deserving players in the d conference this year but it was impossible h to list them all on first team. The coaches, a sports publicists and sports writers worked p closest during the season with these players " and for this reason The Gamecock sports sf staff believed these persons could best select the All-ACC team. We thank the coaches, sports publicists, tE and sports editors who took the time to ia choose and to send in their selections for the u team because only through their cooperation w could this sports special have been compiled tl for you. s R .. uisag e In Peace 01 se could be called with standing applause and very a lowning the last gracious compliments throughout n the game and even after the b 'al of this "hog- game. People went out of their it i can of sausage way to seek out the band mem- zl the 20th of the bers to congratulate them. Again g two checks in the at the Virginia game, the band's n Thanksgiving show was very s Bill Collins highly praised. All this encour- e aged the band members, but it , certainly dleflated their ego when A b they returned to find a preju- n El el'diced individual expressing un 1 due criticism for the whole stu- si Pl (ldent body.d Yes, I am a band member, and s~ I am very proud of our band and i5 the letter about school. The band members are S ied in last week's a wonderful group of people, and r uld be very much they are also a very talented 0 nowing how Mr. group. I do not say that we are ti the opinion of 90 infallible, but we are trying very ( ie students plus hard to be the kind of band that b) rolina backers in you want. The band, Mr. Gar- t~ iot think that this nett, and Mr. Canfield all want f' >bservation. If he you to feel that this is your urvey of the stu- BAND, and they would appreei think he had the ate any HEL,PFUL suggestions. press their opin- Anyone is invite~d to vIsit the olorof he ni- band room at any time. Stay for olor f theuni- a rehearsal, if possible. nost of you will Please help us to be your band. band would look D)on't ('pr1ess you opinions until s a "Salvation you knowv the facts. Many different Sincerely yours, ussed by a very Stephany Rush' b nittee, and the I,.S. The cheerleaders' praise v eaband. uniform is appreciated and will be remem trousers and gar imed in black is a . .. for a jazz Student Thanks" "honky tonk." oud of your band Student I n ion in, for instance, isom Festival or Dear Editor: ial event? As an ardent supporter of the eem to have been fight against Muscular Dystro rainst the band. phy I was happy to see that the eased their opin- Student Union Committee took to need many good its own initiative to show a film sch a way that on this subject i.e., "Time Out, h. eband. A school Muscular Dystrophy." ald have at least The showing of this film, I'm I. The band can- sure, enlightened and surely edu rge without the cated those who knew nothing itudent body. about this dreaded disease. 'esents the school. The voluntary contributions of alon that perhaps those students were gladly ac me a bigger and cepted by the Columbia Chapter' representing the of Muscular Dystrophy Associa student body in tion of America, Inc. nud was well re- Since this was the first film iore they per- of this type, I would like to see hie Clemson half- maybe a series-of such philan s to be the main thropic films to be shown to the "student body," students of Carolina. here that when My thanks to Carolina Student rt to the Univer- Union Committee. irolina game and Sincerely, 1i " George, meet Ferb ON ALD L. BI Propagan From i For our pertinent pearls of Dm for this week, let us at some pinnacle which is e igher than Maxey Monun nd consider words even n rofound than neophyte hour quiz." Let us concern < Pves with propaganda. Recently, Americans at i ere shocked out of their a nposed lethargy concerning chnology of Russia by funching of two earth satelli owever, it seems that many o were more concerned with ell-being of the dog, Laika, Re fomenting of Jokes v hich to amuse satellite disi on groups than the sark ity of Russian engineering chnological advancement. We have long e lu d e d our oves with the rerall impres on that the ussians a r enierg )rsch - drink ig, vodka-guz ing, potato rubbing b e - ghted suppressed people. rill we disregard the Great ianical Advance of Russia. J n inra the fac+ht the G. uechanica arve isyn Insc - rnipec bfr ockbbarke bega it- gi igatednsu,Pressdn pel.o il fothe ireadn th Gra sedireth ain tha the Gn [eanitchanolgicallynh Isnablecn pexplantionfore oksrketinga itserims sts fort the fesos why sate stadiroly ningrontnei allistics) is the education m which produces a literal) ision of engineers and scienti P'IIYSICS VS. DRAMA Perhaps the Russians plac arped emphasis on science agineering, but whatever ~elings toward physics as used to Greek drama, the: [achine is producing rest erhaps their counter-balanci altural development is lagg at their technological advant 'hieh seems to grow over 'nited States each day is iinly bounding them into a tion of world authority. By far the most impres ~gment of President Eli CROWIN( UNIVERSITY Member of Au University .1 Semth Carolla The opinion. e*presed by nmeesarIlp theme of ..The C am endorsemeat. The right te EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR d SOCIETY EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGli PHOTOGRAPHERtS STAFF WRITERS: Scotn C Miuhoe, Prim Smith, Carnes Ann Ellis, Tom McLean, "I Devine, Ann Stoke. and Bi BUSINESS STAFF: Leib: Zahler, Betty McInnis, Kati COLUMNISTS: Bob Talber Penar..is NAnette Potosky Jt\' USC 1 , !' " " er. He's our new track star!" RN .. . da Is Viewed \ Pinnacle wis- hower's speech was that part and dealing with the Russian educa ven tion system. Upon graduation Lent from high school, the Russian ore stuient has completed four years and of chemistry, five years -of ur- physics, four years of a foreign language, four years of biology, 12 years of math, and one year rge of astronomy. Let us think in re elf- trospect to the requirements the which we fulfilled to graduate the from high school. tea. of NEVER REACH COLLEGE the Recent survey shows that 80 or per cent of the high school grad rith uates in South Carolina who us- graduate in the top 10 per cent re- of their class never reach col mnd lege. The Russian high school graduate who shows progress is subsidized by the state and re ceives a college education. The motives of the state cannot be considered when fairly apprais ing the Russian education sys tem. The situation stands, and this is the consideration. A television antenna on every house and a car in every garage is not an indication of security. knd And although the United States Ke- has never ostensibly struggled Lnd for world power, it must be con eat* sidered. Russia poses a real nly- threat to the western civilization, and their threat is carried forth the and made real by their scientists un- and technical advancement. Now wer is the time to act and counteract isia the red flood with dikes a'nd ted levees built on the fruits of our one own technological advancement. the en- DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ites In last week's "Time" magazine ftal (whose partlanship tends to gag lys- the reader occasionally) there aro- was presented an article which sts. warns the United States against overestimating tlie launching of Sputnik one and Sputnik two. Let e a us in turn not underestimate Rus and sian technological advancement our or overestimate our own. As goes op- the scientific advancement of the Red future . . . so goes the strength Its. and freedom of the world. I close of with the fervent hope that our ing, educators in the United States age will bear this in mind in days to the come with a re-vamiping of the eer- school systems and curircula to po- supersede the Communist ad vancement and to maintain our dlve now precarious position of world eon- power. FOR A GREATER [)F SOUTH CAROIJNA soelated Collegiate Prem with Robert Eilott Oratae. e the Skt uebtished by ad foee st ude t of th weekly, emFuidays, darnthe bs sUse during exainatioes. eolumaists and letter writer s asat ameeeek." Put-l.Mm= does not ....as.a. edit s veserved. MELBA CORLEY . ROY WILLIAMS EDITH BULLUCK Jerry Banders Carol Watson .Anne Valley R . . .Rion Rutledge . ... Ken Sturgeon and Ross Parsons mmn, Wilson Fowler, Gene Jones, Billy Cherry, Dill Lumpkln, Carrie Bartel, Buss" Hoagland, Dee Chandler, Paula uele Lennon. Barr Stuckey, Jim Herring, Gary y O'Hagen. i, Carl M. Reynolds, Dill Handel, Jim and Ronald L Ram, BOB TALBERT . . They Movei City and They could have danced all f, night ... or almost all night. i This is the way things are going at Wake Forest College. a Wake used to be nestled in a col- a lege town. They moved to 'the S city. While in its own little town, a the Baptist college got along fine. Z No one bothered, comsplained or 'I rebelled. They danced and par- a tied. They had ways. They did all right. C But moving to the'city' (Win ston - Salem), e somewhere f', a along the way, : ' n it was right- p fully conceived tl that the dan- k cing should be made meet, h right and so to do. There's some thing about a city that does these n things to people. Anyway, a request was sent to t a convention of sorts that rules t over the college to lift the 20- p year ban on dancing and let the college have supervision over dances,. dancing, etc. Well, the co%vention of sorts couldn't quite see to this. It was their school e anyway and the student body has 11 to operate within the tenets it v prescribed. This seems to me like v an apothecary placebo. A cure-all s for the almost secularly-domi- ii nated denominational student c body. h SET UP IN COMMITTEE A This convention of sorts did e another little deed. Their college C was in the big city now. And you know how big cities are . .. ten derloin districts . . . worldly places . . . wicked men-monsters v with twisted, waxed mustaches. 1 The "of sorts" figured they c should investigate to be sure their c, little ladies and gentlemen .a wouldn't be tainted by the big b city life on or off the brand spankin' new campus. The inquis- a itors were set up in a committee n to look into their school. All of C this is their power there because c they Wwn it, support and wear C its name. e But did they ever look to see how the student body felt? Did li they wonder what the student il body wanted? Or was it an atti- d tude of . . . this is what they a need, the little dears. f When the rulings were passed the student body voiced, danced d and howled its disapproval. The DICK SMITH .. . You Pays Y( You Takes I must accuse certain members r 'of TIhe -Gamecoc,k editorial staff of conducting their journalistic education in public; notably the author of those farcical blurbs dealing' with "Whither Thou t Goest" and "How Fraternities a Curb The Animal Instinct." Never in my life have I seen a more perfect example of making a fool out of one's self. His at tempts to stamp thought chains into his sophomore audience t brings to mind Nathanael West's satirical portrait of the eight year-old Hollywood star,. Adore, who displayed his powers of ex- t pression by reciting dirty little 0 brothel tales.t Journalism-as practiced in a University--leaves a great deal hanging short. But it is quite rewarding in the critical scope possible for the aspiring colum nist. A college writer can utter truths that would bring imme diate law-suits if printed in a e commercial newspaper. He can literally swim in the joys of in- f tense, direct, no-holds-barred eriticism.r JUST TO SEE NAMES But what of our editorial page? A hodge-podge of quasi-religious a platitudes, pro-fraternity propa- t ganda, and that strangely dark a garbage certain columnists seem , to dredge out of the bottom pre- t eincts of their minds, parading t it for no better reason than the d balm of seeing their names in 18-point itals. But our little scribes are--if nothing else - audacious. For e some reason they have drugged E themselves into believing they f alone carry the beacon of Uni-. i To The Then... stlty patiently stated like feel. igs about the encroachment. WHAT NOW? What'll happen n)-? It'll prob. bly be as before. The students rill find ways to dance, to party. tudents seem to always find rays, loopholes, and things. hat's the way with students. hey will dance . .. and prob bly all night. But we can sit here at South arolina, University of, and n rorry about the bans that tie. an be sure that we are free, se ular and unattached. Of course, re have certain restrictions we must live with, work with and lay with. Sometimes we think hey are too strict . . . but you now, they could be worse. But re have our ways, too. Our loop oles. Nosirree, things like that will ever happen to us. This Is what re say. Is this what we really hink? But the way we're set up, hese things probably won't hap en. Or will they? * e e A REAL WINNER And with the cold weathe,, omes the basketball. From the oks of things we've got a real rinner this year. And you know rhat that means. We'll have to tart jamming football crowds rsto the field house. Maybe our hildren will -have a new field ouse when they get to Carolina. faybe. But it promises to be another xciting, sardined season for the ameroosters. " " " ANY TRADITION? They say that colleges and uni ersities are made on legend and are. Traditions give a school a ertain air, the student body a ertain closeness and identity, nd the graduates something to ring them baek to talk about. Leave out the athletic events nd rivalries, monuments and ranses, and what does South arolina have? What traditions an we claim? Can you tell our arolina students from anyone lse? Most schools are accused of d ving in the past anyway. Stick rg to these long-honored and stu ent-worn traditions. Do we have uch a past? Do we have a whif enpoof? I wonder. Do we have a tra ition? Can you think of any? 'Tis a pity. >Ur Money Your Pick ess. From a recent column: "e ore this week I wrote this col Imn in fear of reprimand and yen ejection from school, for the iews I might air about the Uni ~ersity .. . etc." I am quite sure his columnist has little to worry bout. Effectiveness --not mediocrity -E.rings official criticism; and might add--if he continues vriting in his seminary vein, he night even receive the Algernon ;ydney Award (if he first joins he Y.M.C.A. and other such 'roups). I DON'T WIS.. . D)ispleasure is indeed difficuW o articulate, and I am thor ughly displeased with the junk hat has regularly been seen on his page. Primarily, I don't wish o be goaded into attending some 'idiculous "pep-rally" by an In ~enious sportaphile; and I don't vish to read miles of copy on the )eity from whom all blessings upposedly flow; and I certainly lon't relish the feeling of embar asement that comes over me very time some junior-league V.orman Vincent Peale makes a Gol out of himself, me, this Uni. 'ersity, and the entire human 'ace (not discounting Arabs, uindue, and people from Missis ippi). - But, like many other complain nts, I can offer little solution o the problem, except the Ax for bout 70 per cent of the colum 1ist.. As with Moses, I know how o get out of Egypt, but finding i he Promised Land is an entirely lifforenat matter. And--oddly enough -- many reshmen, professional fraternity rmen, and religious groups simply an't get enough of this garbage. Io--finally--why complain in the irst place? You pays your money and you akes yorac.