The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 30, 1958, Page Page Seven, Image 7
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TELL OF FORMER 'GA!
Editors
Halsey,
Latimer,
Jenkins
Ashley Halse'y, Jr.
Editor-in-Chief
1930 (1st Semester)
(Editors Note: Today, Ashley
Halsey, Jr. Is associate editor of
The Saturday Evening Post.)
You ask about experiences and
problems in editing The Game
cock in 1930. %
Experiences: At that time, the
publication offices occupied the
ground floor of a decrepit build
ing since 'demolished to make
room for the McKissick Library.
A very heavvy rain raised the
water table thereabouts to the
point where the floor was -awash.
This accessibility to the floor was
not limi'ted to rainwater. A harm
less garter or grass snake, about
a foot long,
once attempted
to join the edi
torial staff. The
Gamnecock oper
ated with an __
all-male staff
(not including
the snake) forj
two weeks
' after. Some of Mr. Halsey
the girls, in departing, hit higher
notes than the glee clulr ever man
aged.
Problems: The biggest that I
recall was the Yellow Sheet, or
April Fool spoof issue. I was not'
eager to publish this issue. Few
~)Editors in their right minds ever
could be. But tradition at thre
time required it. We received
numerous gratis contributions.
Often they were bitter, caustic
Jabs at campus enemies. These
naturally went into the waste
basket. The issue published no
real names. Instead, it relied on
plays on names. The lead article
reported that 1). 8. Senator Cold
Frease (Cole Blease) had engi
neered a merger of Carolina, Clem
son and a certain Negro college.
As Coley, if .alive today, would
be a most fiery segregationist,
"Grapes of Wrath" is the
movie which has been scheduled
for showings today in the Rus
*sell House. This movie, from the
famous novel by John Steinbeck,
will be shown at 8 and at 7 p.m.
Next week the Student Union
Committee has scheduled "Helen
of Troy," a Warner Brothers
jnovie in Cinemascope and Techni
color as the student movie, for
next Thubusay with showings at 8
and at 7 p.mn. It stars flasama
Podesta and Jacques Sernas.
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tory building, Currell College, forn
he early 1920's. In 1915 the Unhv
a of University architeet and recel
and Sayward of Atlanta diesigned
1ECOCK' DAYS
Expou:
Carolina authorities fretted ove
how he might react to the joke
Not until years later, when I wa
having a drink with him in a rep
ortorial capacity, did I learn.' H
thought then that it was a grea
joke. But that was years later
The Yellow Sheet that year con
tained references which may hav
been of questionable taste, cer
tainly in any other kind of issue
Nobody quistioned them openly
-however, for they were so worde<
that anyone who undertook tA
interpret their double meaning
might create a question as t
his own pure-niindedness. A sub
sequent Yellow Sheet, however
made its meanings quite clear. It
editor, I am .told, was hauled be
fore a faculty coinmittee an(
exercised all his considerable elo
quence before he was released. I
you no longer publish a Yellov
Sheet, that may have somethinj
to do with it. There were time
when clarity of expression wa
not a journalistic virtue, nor, ii
fact, at all related to virtue.
By S. L. Latimer
Editor of The State
When I was editor of Th
Gamecock, the student body wa
small (about 600), and the fi
nances limited. There was n~
school of journalism to train the
staff but the copy (was in o1
time and, if I may say so, w4
Marine
Schools
Offered
The Marine Corps reminds al
college graduates and graduatinj
seniors that if they expect t<
enroll in the Officer Candidat4
Course or Aviation Officer Can
didate Course they must contac
the nearest Marine Corps Activ
ity without delay. The ner
courses will begin at the Marini
Corps Schools, Quanitico, Va., ii
March.
Both of the courses consist oi
a 10-wieek indoctrination period al
Quantico leading to. a commissioi
as a Second Lieutenant upon corn
pietion. Graduates of the Adia
tion Officer Candidate Course ari
immediately assigned to pUlo
training as commissioned 'ofticers
Grad.uates of the Officer Candi
date Course are assigned to a
!atiety of specialties as grount
officers; while attending th<4
seven months tralaing, they ati
commissioned officers.
To be eligible, a young maw
must be a college graduate be
tween the ages of 20 and 26
physically fit, and a citisen ol
the Unite( States. Any interested
young men desiring further in,
formation concerning these pro
gram. should costact Major W
W. Taylor, Marine Officer In.
structor at the University. Majoi
Taylor's office is located in th4
NROTC1 Building.
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ersity Board interruptions arising f
ved bids on delayed oceripation of
the new law honor of the djolingui
id Expe
r covered the campus very well.
Now every .student pays for
The Gamecock through the Uni
versity office, bat in my time only
the members of the literary so
cieties (sponsors of The Game
cock) were certain subscribers.
Others took the paper or not as
- they wished, but most of them
did. The job of editor changed by
terms between the Euphradians
and Clariosophics (I mention the
'Euphradians first because I was
a Euphradian).
During my .editorship of The
o Gamecock the policy was to speak
out if necessary but*not to wash
dirty campus linen in its columns
when such could be avoided, since
the paper had readers- who were
not as interested in the school's
welfare as those in the immediate
college family. I found that calling
purely local matters to the per
sonal attention of authorities gen
, erally sufficed. This procedure In
r no wise stifled free speech on
issues of sufficient importance,
but did prevent magnification of
minor complaints.
In my time there were only two
college weeklies in the state
The Gamecock and The Tiger
and throughout the South the
number was limited. There was
an organization known as the
Southern College Press Associa
tion, which was a casualty of
World War I, but which would
bear reviving even at this late
date. The state college press
organization did not require a
weekly for admittance, but since
all of the schools had monthly
magazines, all colleges, male and
female, were members. Its gather
ings were largely social, but the
Southern Association was more
serious in trying to improve the
member publications and in en
couraging other schools to enter
WUSC
Radio Guide
Campus radio station WUSC
has announced its programs for
this week. The station, however,
is planning a revision of Its entire
schedule to Igelude more short
news casts and features. After
this .week the schedule will not be
the same.
The programs for the second
semester will be outlined in next
week's Gamecock.
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the weekly field.
Dr. Jenkins
During the editorship of H.
Harrison Jenkins, who served dur
ing the fall semester of 1944, the
office for The -Gamecock was
changed from building to building
several times. At the beginning
of his work on The Gamecock the
office occupied the small building
facing Pendleton Street which Mc
Bryde Brotherhood later used.
After a time in this building the
office was moved to the third
floor of Flinn Hall and later to
the basement of Maxey College.
The greatest problems during
this aditor's tenure of office was
reportedly the problent of Ansuf
ficient personnel. Dr. Jenkins has
remarked on several occasions of
the "increasing responsibility" of
The Gamecock and of its editors.
He has stated too that lie be
lieves that the paper represents
the viewpoint of the student body,
that it caters to no special group,
but yet is not uncritical of the
administration, the faculty, or the
students.
'Y' Drive
Nets $300
For Fall
Nearly $200 has been collected
thus far in the "Y", Finance
Drive, YMCA Chairman Jimmy
White has announced. Over 400
persons have been contacted by
the staff of 60 solicitors since
the drive began Dec. 2.
All contributions will be placed
in a trust fund to be used for
purposes designated by the "Y."'
Coles Cathcart, Junior-Senior
YWCA Treasurer, announced that
thank-you notes have been sent to
all contr:ibutors, but many pledge
cards have not yet been returned.
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R?eligious
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Variet
Until
Carolina's first Religious Em
phasis Week was held in Novem
ber, 1935.
Dr. Henry Crane, who spoke on
the theme "What Do You Get
Out of Religion?" was described
as the most powerful speaker ever
to come to the University campus.
Nightly meetings -were held in
Drayton Hall with special features
for each night. For example, there
was a Church Youth Night, Foot
ball Players Night, Fraternity
4nd _Sorority Night and a Colum
bia College night.
Probably the largest group of
internationally known religious
speakers ever gathered together
in this state led RE Week in 1939.
It was sponsored by the Univer
sity Christian Institute, which
was composed of national leaders
in student work appointed and
backed by the Federal Council of
Churches, the Council of Church
Boards of Education, Student
Volunteer Movement, and the Na
tional "Y."'
Two of the leaders, Dr. Jesse
M. Bader, national director of the
mission, and Miss Muriel Lester,
social worker from London, spoke
on "Deepening Spiritual Life."
Personal interviews were the
heart of the whole week's pro
gram.
New Program In 1941
RE Week, as we know it today,
wvas first held in 1941. In the past
there had been one main address
per day with perhaps personal in
tervieiw., afterwards. However, in
1941 the convocations began to be
followed by discussions and semi
nars in the fraternity, sorority,
and tenement groups.
The Gamecock of that week
boasted of the attendance, stating
that more than 60 per cent of the
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Years AA
I History From
Present Recoui
student body attended at least one
meeting. The theme was typical
of the times, "Foundations of.
Faith for a Time of Crisis."
Sherwood Eddy, secretary for
Asia in the International YMCA
and the main speaker in 1045, was
the author of 30 volumes on inter
national, economic, social, and
religious questions and had come
itdntoimate contact with Gandhi,
Nehru, and Chiang Kai-Shek. Mr.
Eddy spoke on "The Greatest Ad
venture in the World."
Record Attendance '
In 1947 the theme, "Something
to Live For," drew the largest
crowd of any previous week in
Carolina's history.
Spiritual answers to the con
fusion and problems of the mod
ern world were sugglrested by the
RE theme for 1951, "Alternative
to Futility." Included in the pro
gram were daily marriage semi
nars conducted by Rev. Claude
Evans of Columbia. ..
In 1953 a wide variety of topics
was discussed ranging from dis
cussions on mental health to
values of morality. The main
theme, however, was "Building on
the Greatness of God."
Canon Bryan Green, evangel
ist from Birmingham, England,
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spoke on Faith in the 1954 series.
But no matter what the topic or
the occupation of the principal
speaker, tht purpose has always
been the same.
The program each year is de
signed to clarify some theme in
which students are interested.
The topic of last years' RE
Week, which was held Feb. 10
through the 14th, was "Strangers
Without A Cause." Principal
speakers for the week included
Dr. John Owen Smith, District
Superintendent of the Spartan
burg district of the Methodist
Church, who addressed the Pro
testant students.
Addressing the Roman Catholic
convocations was Father Thomas
Tierney, chaplain of the Newman
Club at Clemson. Rabbi Jacob
Rothschild of the Hebrew Bene
volent Congregation in Atlanta,
spoke to the Jewish convocation.
RE Week of 1957 featured five
other speakers who conducted
seminars on various religious sub
jects. But Religious emphasis
week goes further than that, it
also tries to center the thoughts
of the campus on religion as an
mntegral part of the student's life
upon which he may build the
foundation ,of a new life.
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