The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 28, 1958, Page Page Two, Image 2
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Former Dean of Women, Arney R. Childs,
once confessed that the most embarrassing
question she was expected to answer in her
visits to schools throughout the state was
why the University didn't have a High
School Day. It was a question that the
University needed to answer.
Dean Childs' successor, Miss Elizabeth M.
Clotworthy, Mr. H. 0. Strohecker, Registrar,
and other school officials who travel the
state speaking to high school groups in be
half of the University need not fear future
embarrassment.
Through the combined efforts of Blue
Key, national men's honorary fraternity,
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national women's
honorary fraternity, and administration of
ficials, High School Day is becoming a real
ity.
Bob Andersen, chairman of the Blue Key
committee which initiated plans for the day,
has received replies which indicate that over
300 high school seniors definitely plan to
attend the orientation day which will be
Saturday, March 22. Over a thousand stu
dents are tentatively expected.
After being welcomed by Acting President
of the University, Robert L. Sumwalt, and
Student Body President Bob McNair, and
given guided tours of the campus, the stu
dents will be feted at a luncheon on the
Horseshoe. During the luncheon hour, the
University band, conducted by Pat Qarnett,
will provide music.
Dean R. H. Wienefeld of the College of
Arts and Sciences has said that his school is
CARL M. REYNOLDS . ..
"And, A Hu
The several days of warm SERIOUSLY,
weather have proved to be an we'd like to sa5
asset to the Carolina community in themselves a
sit's even tended to make the undesirable . .
studecnts a little more friendly blm mutfl
. . . generally speaking. blame must fall
In fact, during the last few haps . . . maybf
days we've seen students who presentation ...
looked like they wanted to be . . or elsewher,
spoken to . . . not at or about. A little more
* * interest in and
WE DISAGREED WITH a dividuals and
student the other day who ad- might also help,
vanced the theory that the bas- 4
ketball team had so many bottle- HOUSING D(
necks that it couldn't make a problems . . . th
good showing . . . as we've fre- . . . and theirs
quently observed, most bottle- job . . . but tI
necks are at the top of the bot- nust like it thi
tle . . . we may be wrong, how- 4
ever, since lately, there are so
few bottles, of any sort, left IT'S A KNOI
around to observe. theless, that a 10
* . . be directed to t]
BUT WHAT'S WITH Housing bot that's no f
would they have us air our *
dirty linen? We hope not . . . ALMOST AN'
that's how so many roomers get tended the Stu
started. grams had a lar
Dear Editor: occupant return
The Russians have their Sput- blame. Report
nik; the American government Campus Police,
has John F. Dulles; and the helluva lot of g
University has its Blackie Kin- the poor fellow.
caid. The Sputnik makes little No bottles of
noises as it zooms around the be kept in U1
earth, and John, when he's there's a really
around, sounds his vocal chords master plotting.
. far all they are worth. Mas- do about hair
queradling under the title of medicine, shoe
.. Housing Inspector, Kincaid is the shave lotion, ar
cause of fright of every student necessary artic
of the USC campus. Take for way I would lil
exarnple a notice he sent to all the bottles in m
students on the campus stating to throw them
that they could not think for I live on fra
themselves anymore. Now, he the lighting in 1
didn't come right out and say worth a damn!
this, but, instead, he did this I came to the
deed( under the title: Regul.ations, an education, n
residence halls. Some may think to read in the
I am exaggerating, but, If you pretty rough tir
investigate a little more closely, time to eat a
you'll see what I mean when I and get to my
make this statement, without having
A person's clothes are his per- bed, too. Besi
sonal property. However, Kin- going to see t
caid orders that all students anyway, unless
must keep their clothes In a enters withoutr
certain place at all times. If a thing about It..
person wants to keep his clothes There Is a 1hr
in a certain place and one man and I believe, al
doesn't like It and tells the stu- hundred other
dents to change things to the Kincald is wa
way he likes It, then, that is * this is allowed,
prying Into one's personal life, Will a studerpt
one's manners, one's habits, and live as he m
one's environment. One man Is knows, save
not justifiled In doing this even cleverly figuring
If he Is the President of the ous scheme aga
United States, which Kineaid is who live on ci
far from being. What does he no telling whei
hope to prove by this uncalled will come to a
for action of his? . does, I remain
He also states that the Uni- P. S.: What tin
verelty assumes no responuibil- for "taps" soun
ity for lost, stolen or damaged
articles belonging to student.
When he comes wandering -into Measures
our private room without invita- To H
tion or permission from the oe-el
eupant and then, upon leaving, Dear Editor:
maybe, just maybe, forgets to In view of the
lock the door to the room and recent days C
,mmtking=Is missing when said hav, been livini
revising its informational booklet, which will
be ready in- time-Ao distribute to students
attending the High School Day. News Serv
ice is printing a new map of the campus,
which will include even the most recent
buildings constructed at the University.
Cooperation, wiether it is in small or large
matters, is evident with all, the groups
working to make the day a success. Of
course, it can be no other way if Carolina
is to show visiting students her many posi
tive points.
We feel, however, that Carolina should
display her attributes to an even larger
group of students. In addition to seniors,
High School Day should also be open to
juniors. In these days of increasing admis
sion requirements and limited enrollments,
many students begin to make their college
plans during their junior year.
As has also been suggested, High..School
Day (scheduled for March 22) should be
held earlier in the spring semester or even
preferably during fall semester. Students
who do not know where they are going to
college by March 22 of their senior year in
high school are apt to find themselves denied
admission by many institutions.
A previous editorial in The Gamecock
(January 11, 1957) stated that the Univer
sity should be the center of education in
South Carolina. We feel that a High School
Day which will sell the University to the
state's more promising students would be
a giant step toward making that goal even
more of a reality.
ndred Years From N
H O W E V E R, LAST WEEK WAS "cannot
that the rules tell a lie week," so we'll confess
re not entirely * * *
. therefore, the PUBLIC O P I N I O N has
elsewhere. Per- changed a great deal in the last
.. . it's in the few years; Carolina is no longer
i' inc trer considered a big party school.
or lack of proper the imbibing problem has almost
vaIished . . . we know that very
public relations, few students go out and drink
respect for in- on nightly blasts anymore . . .
their problems because everybody's so thirsty in
the mornings.
*
* * *
IES HAVE it's
ausands of them SOME STUDENTS have asked
is a thankless us if we were majoring in
ien, again, they Journalism . . . as a matter of
Lt way. fact . . . we haven't had any
courses in it . . . as any reader
of this column should obviously
VN fact, never- know.
t of fault might . * *
ie students . . - THE NEW BUDGET Tor
in. Carolina, as outlined last week,
* included $20,000 for "Law En
(BODY who at- forcement Training." No doubt,
nt Night pro- that we did cut the University
p;e time. Player's forthcoming production,
~tudents Voice Opini
is, who is to state, and we must assume this
bhe theft to the to be true'since certain measures
he says. A have been taken to correct this
ood that will do situation by Blackie Kincaid, I,
the undersigned, feel that such
any kind may steps are insufficient. THERE
e rooms. Now FORE BE IT RESOLVED
colossal piece of THAT:
What does one 1. Trash detectors be installed
tonic, deodorant, in every dormitory so that when
polish, after. a bit of trash hits the floor an
id various other electrical impetus would imme
les? The only dliately warn Kincaid and he
cc to get rid of could hurry over to apprehend
y room would be the criminal and kick him out of
at Kincaid- school. We cannot tolerate this
ternity row and type of conduct. However, a stu
~hese rooms Isn't dent would be allowed two mis
dlemeanors per semester. If such
University to get a thing happened three times, the
at to learn how student would automatically he
dark. I have a suspended from school.
se getting up in -_____________
bit of breakfast,
8 o'clock class
to make up my
des, no one is
he unholy mess
it's someone who r-N
ny knowing any- eL/~
ult to everything
ong with several
students, that -
off limits. If
what will follow?
ever be able to l L
iy wish? Who
one lone 'man,
up some ingeni
inst all students
mpus. There is 'U
this procedure c
n end. Until it
very truly yours,
Alan Grubba
ie does the bugle
Designed _ -
ousing
fact that during
arolina students O,i' l ih
in a most la=ly Oh t.al ih
RONALD L. BERI
Things
- There are times, gentle reader,
when a columnist stops to ponder
the reasons for his writing a
column. This week having been
one of those times, I have found
the answere-The columnist writes
because he is able through his
column to find out a great deal
about himself.
LEARN MUCH
Let us look at what I have
found out about myself this
week as a direct result of my
column week before last con
cerning the school situation in
New York. Although I ad
vocated nothing in my column, I
learned that I am crusading and
self-sacrificing. I learn that I
am not only a loyal Rebel, but
also a loyal friend. I further
learned that I surrender to my
emotions when I concern myself
about a high school 800 miles
away. Even though I know no
one who attends, I still let my
emotions over-ride my power to
reason. In drawing the same
analogy (Little Rock and Brook
lyn) that was drawn by the
governor of Georgia, both Co
lumbia newspapers, and all of
the other southern papers which
I happened to read the past few
weeks, I am an unreasonable
person.
There are other things to be
learned when one writes a col
umn. Why, just last week I
ow...
"Desire Under the Elms." We're
glad, h.wever, that it wasn't a
cherry tree . . . but in any case,
we're ready for peace negotia
tions.
they'll be assigned as Dorm
Supervisors . . . for the purposes
of getting in their lab work.
* * *
TO THOSE OF you who kept
smiling all week . . . we hope
none of you got trench-mouth
. . . some smiles are contagious,
you know.
* * *
WE WERE GOING to be
serious this week . . . but, after
all, we do have a reputation to
live down to . . . and we didn't
lose our quota of friends last
week.
* * *
SEVERAL PEOPLE said they
like this type of column . . .
but for those who don't, we were
going to make it shorter this
week . . . but we just didn't
have time.
ions About H
2. All cigarettes smoked to
and from classes be field
stripped. We can not longer tol
erate cigarette butts on our
magnificent campus. The cost
of keeping the campus clean is
ever increasing. A detail of men
betwecen the hours of one and
two a.m. would police the area
betwveen Russell House and Pen
dleton St., collecting cigarette
butts and other debris.
3. A Marine veteran be en
gaged for the purpose of con
ducting mass tutoring classes in
bed-making. Many of our stu
dents know little concerning this
art. This important part of Car
olina culture can and~ must not
be neglected,' if our students ex
pect to reach the Elysian Fields.
4. An inspection to be held
I Have Learn
learned that the suicide of' a ter
rified principal can be referred
to as an anecdote, and I further
learned of this same principal
that the Associated Press and
every newspaper in the United
States were mistaken in their
reports that this gentleman
killed himself over the trouble
in his school' and the pending
investigation of same. I find
that it is possible to be "notori
ously fair" and that rape is a
NINETTE POTO2
Toward Iml
These days the newspapers are
full of frenzied arguments on
disintegration by progressive
factions and violent reactions
from dissenting groups who feel
such a policy would create an
unhealthy situation. Many feel
this action would serve to dis
solve all existing unpleasantness
and dispose neatly of problems.
Many more question the efficacy
of this solution.
The air bristles with the con
troversies of the 'age. Free men
everywhere are debating filter
tips and civil rites (marriage,
etc.). Radicals are urging inte
gration of vampires and were
wolves in vegetarian schools.
There is great unrest in school
cafeterias all over the country.
Students with pointed teeth and
ears are being shunned by their
schoolmates. The educational
system is in the spotlight and
being questioned by the public.
Eager young crusaders fever
ishly sling gallons of printer's ink
in a biased attempt to reveal
Truth. But jult what does the
average student think of the
situation ? Does he smoke filter
tips? Would he integrate with
werewolves? In the interest of
Truth and public information
many students were polled in
order to obtain an accurate cross
section of opinion.
Forty-one per cent of the stu
dents with pointed teeth and ears
who were interviewed rolled
their own and preferred separate
schools for vampires and were
wolves because they felt vege
tarians were distasteful. An
other 36 per cent of this same
group didln't smoke and advo
catedi integration of facilities
DUSing, Bern.
invariably on Monday, Wednes
dlay and Friday each week on the
ROTC dIrill field. This would not
interfere wvith the ROTC drills
whiich are held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. The purpose of this
insp)ection would be to check the
condition of shoes, nails, and
other disorders such as halitosis
and gum-behind-the-ear. Demer
its would be issued.
5. A great pyramid would be
constructed on the horseshoe in
honor of Blackie Kincaid. Slave
labor necessary for such a con
struction would be provided by
those unfortunate souls who
failed the inspection. The py
ramid would be 90 feet hIgh, 50
feet at the base, and would be
con!structedl of pure gold. Upon
the edifice would be inscribed
c~S
ed From My 4
horrible word. Finally, I learn
that the students in Brooklyn do
not need the 101st to make them
obey the law.
PLAINLY OBSERVE
As you can plainly observe,
these are things which I should
know.- I feel much richer for
having learned them. Obviously
- these are things which I should
have known all along, but we
people who let our emotions con
)artial Truth
because of the increased oppor
tunities . it would afford for
stimulating their Intellectual ap
petite. Twenty-three per cent
were snappish when approached
and were consequently not inter
viewed.
Fifty-four per cent of the
vegetarians polled smoked what
ever they could lay their hands
on and were anti-integration. be
cause they were convinced that
werewolf and vegetarian philos
ophies were incompatible. Six
teen per cent who smoked occa
sionally and were unsure of the
brand, claimed existentialist af
filiation, and were indifferent to
the question. The remaining 80
per cent smoked only filter kings
and believed that integration
could be effected eventually,
stipulating that it must be done
after dinner.
There are the facts as com
piled by experts. Armed with
hitherto unpublished informa
tion, for the first time, it is now
possible to conclude a valid deci
sion in the American Way as to
the results and ultimate value of
integration and filter tips.
/&GAA
CROWING FOE
UNIVERSITY OF S
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NEWS EDITOR ..............
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CAMPUS EDITOR. . .
SOCIETY EDITOR......
Handel
these immortal words in honor
of Kincaid, ZBRWOBG YTH
FEV HR TYUENBP, "You made
us clean."
John Jackson
New York, Columbia
.Figures Compared
Dear ]Editor:
The old adage "the truth
hurts," must hold exceptionally
true in the case of my sometimes
good friend, Brad Henry, if we
may judge by the magnitude of
his outcry on the editorial page
of The Gamecock.
It seems tbpat Henry has been
particularly agonized by the
shrewdly analytic editorials of
The State paper, the merits of
which he has been blinded to"
by his perverted ideals of demo
cracy, received from the "pro-,
gressive, advanced, schools" of
New York City. P. S. 7, to be
exact.
Thus pained, Henry took his
.battered crusading pen in hand
and directed a missive to the
editor of thin paper. .. .
Being a New Yorker (sub
species of Yankee), Henry is na
turally enough, not too rational
at times and can, therefore, be
excused for most of the absurd
ities of reasoning in his latest
letter, but I cannot allow the
bit about the delinquency ratio
of New York City to that of
Columbia, to go unanswered.
In essence, Henry maintains
that because 844 students out of
1,000,000 were expelled in one
day from New York City schools,
the rate of delinquency In that
city is only .0644 per cent of
the total!
How ridiculous. Henry Is as
suming that only those "stu
dents" getting expelled are 3ul
venile delinquents. "If," in Hen
ry's words, "a similar ratio were
conceived describing Columbia's
delinquency problem, I wonder If
,olumn
quer our reason just somehow
fail to learn certain vital WW
such as these.
Strangely, however, I do know
a little about journalism. I know
that a good columnist is on
who has served as a good rI.
porter for a number of years. I
know that a column is an ed.
torial opinion. In view of these
two facts, perhaps we can look
backward just once more and
observe that although I have not
been a good reporter for a nut.
ber of years, I am opinionated
as hell. I am a southern writer
who writes from a strictly south.
ern point of view. I think that
an analogy between Little Rock
and Brooklyn is the most naturel
thing in the world. I think that
the situation in New York is
much more serious than was the
situation in Little Rock. Both
are school problems. Both con.
cern the futures of school. ehU.
dren, most of whom are nice kids
just trying to get out of high
school. Furthermore, I defy any.
one to separate satisfactorily the
racial mixing from the school
violence in New York. Of course
I am cognizant that there are
other factors entering into the
attitudes and actions of these
kids . . . but can you honestly
say that race isn't one of- the
largest factors? I don't think so.
WRITTEN REPROACH
A careful scrutiny of my col.
umn will bring the realization
that it was primarily written as
a reproach to the federal govern.
ment -for sending troops into
Little Rock in a situation where
troops were as much in place as
a mule in the Kentucky Derby.
In closing, I must admit to
feeling gratified at learning that
I have at least two readers.
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OUTH CAROLINA
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cent."
Well, I conceived just such a
ratio. A quick telephone call to
the office of Columbia City
Schools revealed that there
were no, that is to say, zero
expulsions in Columbia City
Schools in the past year (or any
recent year for that matter).
Therefore, using Henry's line of
reasoning we can place zero over
the number of students in the
Columbia school system and
prerto, we have a delinquency
ratio of 0.00 per cent of the
total number of students.
It was also Interesting to lurn
from Henry's letter that New
York's schools are deep within
the realms of atomic researci!
Nuclear powered hot rods, and
fisionator ray zip guns, no
doubt!
In the last of Mr. Henry's
disgusting attack upon Mr.
Latimer, Henry states that Mr.
Latimer is "far removed in manmy
respects." We of South Caro
lina may be glad that since
Henry Is a senior (a fact that
he points out with pride) he
will be far removed from Soath
Carolina in all respects in Just
about three months.
Kenneth Pierce King, Jr.
Writer Says Bern;
Handel Insincere
Dear Editor:
I am forced to write in refer.
ence to the recent elash of intel
lects between the two supposedly
learned literary giants, Mr. 1an.
del and Mr. Bern. It is this kind
of capricious bilge, stemming
from the exhibitionist tendeneid'
in both students, that gives 'th
Gamecock its high school charse
teristlos.
It Is painfully obvious to **
and many others like myd
that neither of the protagonisU
In this little journalistic drSS
have any genuine convictteq
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