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As soon as classes are over today, stu- n dents will dash to dormitories, grab lug- 'l gage, rush to automobiles and drive hur- t riedly into the- streets, homeward bound. f This scene will be typical of the hurrying a which will exist throughout the holiday t season. Students will hasten home .to make I the most of the two-week vacation. There will be parties to attend, places to go, gifts 1 to buy. To some, Christmas will mean only party- 1 ing, lots of food and time away from college and studies. The real meaning of Christmas will be second in the minds of those students. They will realize what the Christian world is celebrating only when they peer into store windows while shopping and see the nativity scene which the windows hold. Hurry and hasten-those words will guide Reminiscing 3 As we sit down to write our last editorial for The Gamecock, we have mixed feelings concerning this finality. We feel a happiness because four months of work, long hours and responsibility are coming to an end. Yet there is a sadness which lingers when we think of leaving the staff members and all those persons with whom we have worked so closely during our editorship. The staff this semester has been small in size but efficient nevertheless. Staff members have given freely of their time and 'energy to put out a paper we hope you have enjoyed. We could not have given you The Game cock every week had it not been for the work of Roy Williams, managing editor, who made up pages, assigned stories, wrote stories, rewrote stories, and checked pages at the printers, not to mention the small things like helping photographers with lighting and skipping lunch to get a three inch story. Much credit also goes to Jerry Sanders, CARL M. REYNOLDS .. . Russell I Gift Wrapped For the first few days, when Somehow, we the workmen were boxing-in the that answer. Russell House cafeteria, we IT SEEME thought it was a progressive step It seems evi for the University. Since registrati It seemed that since the cafe- to one day, di teria had been proved success- the already mat ful, plans called for it to be sent won't even havc to Florence for the up and comn- let alone giver ing Extension Center. We to learn how figured it was being crated for whole thing is easy handling in transportation. the new appli< But wve were wrong. ling. Still there is a popular belief The picture that it is being done to keep Even so, ther< damages (down while the new elements see additions to the Student Union which might Building are being made. the limited ri -- -can cope wvith action might be The Federal L.etters - brought In andl the wall hTT 00around the ol Horseshoe car Edem ~notcop Eul or wvith artillpr and other mot Dear Editor: ern devices.. The fact that the Campus-Wide so, we'reforti Christmas Dance wvas a success Rusel touseti does not necessarily reflect a It's a treme credlit to the Student Union Wevdoeu Committee, but is evidence of We'v one ou the very outstanding cooperation etc.; and it wvhich the committee received planned manei from various indlividuals and We'll have organizations. dlitch stand fr The Student Union Committee which will aff is, therefore, greatly indebted to cellent comma The Gamecock for publicity, as From this u well as to WUSC, the radio sta- out tanks on tion- troop moveme CooperatIon from several or- uinlimited arei ganizations, such as McBryde FA( Brotherhood and the Hypatian Recent ever1 Literary Society were most valu- that facilities able. modate our e Among the individuals, we students who wish, also, to thank are Mary Jo -- Upchurch, Bob Waldrep, Carol Watson and Mr. Joe Barnes for such fine support which, without, we could not have functioned. It goes without saying, that the Slater System cooperated beyond our expectations, in fur- (J] nishing ample refreshments for the dance . . . which certainly Founded was one of the most outstandling edItor, "1' features. UIeut We appreciate all the help and 9. aP cooperation we received; it makes anedos planning programs a pleasure EDITOR. when we get such support. MANAGINi Respectfully yours, BUJSINESS Carl M. Reynolds SPORTS E For: Student Union CA MPUS I Committee SOCIETY I mans To AU Qost students during this holiday season. hey will be spoken many times. And when hose commanding words are obeyed, care ulness will be given a back seat and away tudents will go, thinking little of the risks hat they are taking when rushing along >usy highways and streets. During the past several years, there has >een at least one Carolina student killed in mo automobile accident during each Christ nas holiday peridd. Don't let history repeat tself this year. When you're driving home today, take a few extra minutes to get there mnd arrive home alive. Don't take chances while at the wheel. The odds against you are too great. Make this Christmas a safe Christmas and a happy Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS. EVERYBODY. of ore Leaving sports editor, who went beyond the call of duty to compile The Gamecock ACC Dream Team. Edith Bulluck and her business staff also deserve recognition for keeping the paper in bounds financially. Anne Valley, society editor, and Carol Watson, campus editor, too, have contributed more than their share of time and work to The Gamecock. Space does not permit me to list all the staff mem bers here but we are appreciative of re porters, other editors, photographers, car toonists and columnists for their contribu tions to the paper. To all administrative personnel and faculty members who have cooperated with the paper, we thank you, also. Finally, we recognize a man behind the scene, the individual who is responsible for making up the page forms of The Game cock-Henry Wylie of Vogue Press. And with this final recognition, we clean up our cluttered office and make space for our successor whom we wish the best of everything. louse... 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T.buRaineryndprje toDnlageheCafriato ~DITOR Ane Valle RONALD L. BERT A Question As Opposed 1 won't write about Christmas this week, primarily because my worthy contemporaries probably have a great deal more to say about same than I. My story is something of a joke . . . the enigma of theory as opposed to practice. Although I primarily concern myself with In tegration, I will neither advo cate nor de nounce, curse -c. / or cry, revile the Supreme Court or praise the 101st Air born, etc. Instead, I will talk about theory and prac tice as related to Integration. Let us look at a typical New York Integration advocator. He is about 45, with a slightly gray ing crew cut, three Brooks Brothers suits and a nicely fur nished apartment. His apartment contains four and one-half rooms, and is in turn contained in an 18-story apartment house in one of the better sections of Long Island. He reads the New YorN Times, Time Magazine, The New York World Telegram on thi subway, and New Yorker Maga zine over his Scotch and Sodi after a hard day at the advertis ing agency. PET PEEVE His pet peeve is Segregatior Whenever he reads a story abou "Southern Surpression" of th Negro, he screams for hours t his wife, his two. kids, and thi inhabitants of the apartment situated on his hall. He give his children long sermons abot brotherly love and equal right: DICK SMIT H.. Why Dois Sae Dra I enjoy a 'little hate-monge ing as well as the next-provi, ing the normal considerations a: servedl: (1) the fellows I a mongering against musti defenseless, (2) I must -closely among the majority.. I've participated in hackwoo revivals, politi -cal gatherin church ser Dmons, and thej other mediums t o f ha t e c ommuni t cation, wallow- 7. .. ing with others in the vicarious t h e I I e f that Anglo-Saxo'nism is next to ee liness which, naturally, is ne to Godliness. But I'm forced dbreak camp with the conte 0porary Knights of the Ku KI Klan. For one thing, some of the app)arently don't bathe. A ignoredI natural odors have a ti dency to shake my attent from matters at hand, since it difficult to concentrate wheni man beside you gives the pression he has taken a she cut through an organized ser of cow piles. Secondly, the principal spe ers at these rallies are ne quite sure how much hate listeners want. They begin maligning Negroes in rat gentle terms, then - peer gloonmily at the rest.less cror Of Theory To Practice. He tells them all about condi tions in the South, and how at least one "Uncle Tom lives in every cabin." (Of courAe, he has never been further South than Baltimore or Washington.) The next day, he talks to the man beside whom he sits on the subway about how "something ought to be done" in the South and how the Democratic party should throw out the "deep South" states. He continues his discussion to the elevator boy, the boys with whom he works, the counterman at Nedicks, and another man on the subway home. HOW HE KNOWS The man on the subway home however, asks in an almost in. distinguishable drawl how the excited one knows so much about the South. Had he ever beer there? No, but he had read the Southern authors. Caldwell tol him the whole story in "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre. And then there is Faulkner and Tennessee Williams. When our friend enters hi apartment that evening after th subway ride, his wife seems vis. ably upset. Out of hearing o the kids, she whispers that Negro family had moved in tw doors down on their floor tha afternoon. "LUCKY THING ... "Lucky thing that John is teal estate agent," he thinks, a he reaches for the phone to ca t his brother. "He should be abl to find something for me that not too expensive. I've bee emeaning to get a house an: Sway." 5It's all a question of theory 4opposed to practice. *. Merry Christmas, everybody Yere Brand Wi Bluid? rdecide on stronger medicine. ~the time they have reached t par)~ t about intermarriage, t iKlanners slowly realize tl eshould have been taken up ethe first damn place-withc .accompanying gradatiohs. ''I is entire spectacle reminds one a tribal love dance being masti minded by unsure Eunnuehs. REAL BLOW Thirdly, a pall descends wil the Klanners discover there is even one Negro to burn or t4 ture. A real blow. With many Afro-Americans runni about unattached, it does se ~ that a fine band of southi xChristian gentlemen could hi tat least ONE sacrificed--or, Sthe very least, horse-whipped. UXNo, the KKK certainly ii what it used to be. Althot nthey often speak of blood r dning among the cottonwoods nfirmly believe its all boll n propaganda, designed by isGrand Kiap to fill the house. CAN BE SCIENCE rt Hate mongering can be m le into a highly technical scie if one approaches it in the< - reet attitude. And, next to er love act, there is nothing I hso deliciously warms the coc1 of southern-white-protestants bya detailed, planned ritual of h her i'd like to see more of g real stuff, providing the Klu .- mo athe during the Interim BOB TALBERT .. . The Santa Cli Have Long t sometimes -wish it wasn't carc Christmas again, for there are the things that Christmas used to be in that never will mean the same. The Santa Claus years have long of since faded from our way like wes the Easter Bunny and Super- sts. man. we' ot The tinselled thrill of walking ou along Main Street holding wh to Mom's finger while we peered into the treas.:, bur ure-trove win- mi dows is gone. am The dazzling am colors and - .* a flashing lights sin and shiny paper tur that surround the fat, wrinkled an little dolls and sparkling new wa bikes holds no magic charm as before. Now, we just hurry fir through the motions of sizing, it wrapping and paying for the m1 presents we have to buy. The delicious pleasure of wan dering through the department frl store Toylands . . . looking at or the miniature trains . . . touch ing the doll houses and scooters fi . . . holding the bride dolls, that t open and shut their eyes and * speak, too . . . and just looking, tb has gone. We wondered if Santa C1 would put the same kind of tihings in our bag. WROTE A LETTEIC fr Remember the painstakingly tl fashioned letter to Santa where s we told him we'd been gooa little a w boys and girl$. We just hoped li he didn't recall when we pinched tl Mary Jane or called Tommy a P bad name. We told him that we loved him more than almost any thing. And we asked that he please bring out little brothers v and sisters something even t though they were too small to r write. Then there was the postscript we added promising to leave Santa something to eat and drink and also we would put some cracked corn on the stoop for g his reindeers. Sometimes we asked for too i much but we could ask, couldn't * we ? because the fairy-tale toys children place their dreams on . kept us healthy. And we got some of them because we were children and that's what we JINGLING BELLS The jingling bells along the atreets don't sound as loud or as perfect as they once did. The harshness of the automobile motors grinding and exhaustingi in the winter .afternoon covers the soft, sweet voices of the lJIM PENDARVIS heAnd Victor This Man e *What is the most important of thing needed In our country to r- day ?" Sen. John Kennedy was asked this question sometime ago and answered this: "T'oung men and women who are possessed en with intelligence, truth, inte grity . . . and above all else, faith and courage." r-Perhaps only once before in so history has there ever been a sg greater need for young men with m these basic Christian character rnistics. This "once" occurred some nineteen hundred arnd fifty veseven years ago. And the need at was fullfilled by one man. Not just an ordinary man but the n't greatest Man that has ,ever igh walked the green grass of earth. Born Into the world to save the world from destruction. Born for one reason . . . to die in order ow that we may live. he This young Man had faith and courage. Faith enough to make blind men see . . . and courage enough to use His faith to such ide an extent as to revolutionize the ee entire world. This Man was called Jesus Christ . . . the Saviour of or- all men. Once a year we set the aside a day to celebrate his com hat ing into the world. We call this lea day Xmas. We, . . . not tall as enough to touch the bottom of it. His feet, have the audacity and the sacrilege to call Him X. ins- MERELY CONFORMING ius Years Faded liers as they stroll between throng singing in delicate c and white voices of the e Jesus Child. nd close to that magic day ll children's magic days, the ther grew cold and the snows rted late at night and when I wake up in the mornings the side looked like someone nted the whole world with te and softness. WE'D RUN, PLAY Ve'd run and play and tumb idled warmly in mufflers and .tens. We'd chase snowflakes I catch them on our tongues I giggle. We must have eaten million, million of them in a gle morning. And our noses *ned red and our cheeks rosy I we would breath out and tch the frost. Dad would build a fire in the eplace and we'd sit and watch for long stretches seeing igic things crackle and dance the flames. And it seemed that there were >re pies and cakes and nuts and uits for us to sneak a pinch piece of to eat before a meal. School would let out after the st two weeks in December but ey may as well have let us it for the whole month because one was any good much, with inking and talking about rristmas and all. FIRST PRESENT The first presents would come om out of town and nothing in ke world could tell us why they iouldn't be opened. We'd shake nd size and guess about what as in each. And we didn't be eve the story about the best eings coming in the smallest ackages. Then the eve arrived and it ras the most hurried day of the eason. We crawled into bed, mng before the regular time vithout being told to . . . and he wait for sleep while our rinds flew back and forth over he things we wanted and hoped or in the morning. Gone is the little quiver we elt as we peered around the , loor and looked at the things >ur Bestus Buddy in the Whole World had left for us. We got onfused over where to start and so we just jumped in the middle Df everything while our parents' grins grew wider with our pleasure and happiness. FINAL JOY I'll never forget the final joy of finding the smallest but most treasured gift at the bottom of the stocking covered by tan gerines, pecans and chocolates. These thrills and wonders happen to us only once, during the Santa Claus years of a child. And it makes me wish it wasn't Christmas .again because I won't feel the Santa Claus years. But maybe, this year.... y' Was His, Called X but do we sometimes forget the most faithful and courageous of them all? Do we set aside a day to rejoice and give thanks fj , this Man whose name is seei& ingly too difficult to spell in full? I think not. I would rather believe that we are merely conforming to a preced ence that has been accepted by our society-a society In a world of confusion, complexity, and depression. A world with a des perate need and despondent cry for young leaders possessed with faith and courage. We must display these traits while still in college although it may not be a simple task. Moti vations are often complex; and in the rough and tumble of col lege life, with It's heavy pres sures, its demands for honest compromise, and its constant pre sen ta tion of second-best choices, faith andl courage can seldom be manifested in simple ways. The right course is not always clear. But next week, on Christ mas Day, may we not forget that His was not a path of simplicity. And may we, as leaders of to morrow, follow in the steps of the Leader of all leader. Ours is to challenge our per sonal lives. His was to challenge a world of greed anid hate ... and victory was His, this Man alled XY