Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AVoiceOut Of Thousands of words haVe been written in The Gawecock's news columna in recent years describing the building program of the University. If a poll were to be taken on the "big" news stories of the last five years, the expansion of the University's physical facilities would be near the top of the list. Causing almost as much cbmnient as the building program has been work on the grounds with quips ranging from the New York Times' references to the finely manicured lawns of the University to the poem appearing in this paper which ran something like this--"I think that I shall never see a spot without a tree. . . ." Although the aforementioned physical re quirements were needed, our emphasis has been one-sided. Fine buildings and azalea bordered walks must not be confused with education. In our rush to provide an at mosphere suitable for learning we have at times sidetracked learning itself. Observers of the University scene would note that its mental environment has not improved along with its physical develop ment. Many connected with the University also feel that it has a campus atmosphere which instead of hastening maturity pro longs immaturity. At another school in the east Professor George H. Palmer of Harvard told Dean Le Baron R. Briggs (famous friend of Harvard students) in 1925 that of all the improve ments at Harvard College since 1864, the friendly relations between teachers and Guests @1 Tomorrow approximately one thousand high school seniors from throughout the state will be at the University for Higl School Day. No group of campus guests has been more "wanted" by Carolina. Real. izing that the University can be no bettei than those who constitute its student body Carolina is anxious to meet outstanding higI school students of the state. Tomorrow th< campus will belong to our guests. We hop4 ANTHONY E. BROWN . . University Repre Inasmuch as our beloved Uni- ists. To actual! versity has been given titles of idealizations notoriety, bigotry, and a few admit that on other names which denote ill- bnvett unrecon conduct, it is thought by not a too much a ro few that there should be some. customs which thing said in order to clear up in the South oi these and other matters in the that matter. minds of our observers. Although group on cami everyone is entitled to his own opinion, he should not be allowed Leter to present 'his material In such a manner that he completely over shadows truth with emotion and rhetoric. He should also expect There once that when he "slings mud" he tribe of natives must prepare to catch some of of the deep, dal the same. The tribe origir FROM NORTH ful of mean b .The intelligent person must en- had been run or tertain the fact that there are because of the many students in our University tom tapping ter who are, in particular, from the of nmad musicia North. Therefore, if one will but realize this actuality, it may be aood-sized ba: assumed that any and all of the All-Progressive acts, good or bad as the case may The natives ha< b)e, perpetrated on our campus and last all-dri by the students as a group will immediately ro contain participants who are. from the North as well as those the all-jungle h who are from the South. In view- from the suri ing things in this light we hope began swarmin to point out that although these village for the several acts were indeed im- and they filled proper, they wvere not typical of pct.Mn our or any other Southern pct.Mn school's normal behavior, nor turned away be were they anything that could make-shift cont not have happened on any other The Bongo-I college campus, Northern or engrossed in th Southern. Acts similar to these ning to expand have been happening and will pacity, so the continue to happen as long as were turned a' there are students at universities, sands each nigh and as long as what they do is turned away of as little consequence as was word along to what happened here last fall and .Natives soon qi in January, there should not be musical village too much to complain about, could not get CLEARNAMEonce got there. CLEARNAMEThe famous We do not intend to attack any- went broke anc one's right to criticize, for we ize. Many of t1 feel that we have the same privi.. it to other pa lege. We do, however, retain the and set up a right to clear our University's Union but miai name when it has been so grossly A great cultur mnaltreated. '-before it couk As far as the traditional cause no one ha "Southern Belles," "Southern to build an up-t Gentlemen," and the "Cavalier Maybe that Codes" are concerned, they are jungle, but thi to be placed in the same category of a progressiv with Moonlight, Magnolias, and get an auditori Mint Juleps, which exist only in our great culti the minds of romantic fictional W The, WIldersnes tauit *e the ireatest. WoulC not Caro.. ,lina's major accomplishments in her recent history unfortunately.have to be measuied only in the physical realm only? By friendly relations with professors we do not imply that teachers and students be come pals in an educational adventure. We want teachers who will believe in human nature without becoming soft. Sir William Osler expresses it by saying that "when a simple earnest spirit animates a college, there is no appreciable interval between the teacher and the taught-both are in the same class, the one a little more advanced than the other." The Russell Distinguished Teaching Award of $750, awarded at the end of the academic year to recognize "exceptional talents and outstanding qualities for teach ing competence" can almost be likened to a voice out of the wilderness. It is the only official redognition of exceptional teaching ability at Carolina. Even more important than the award itself is the participation of the Carolina students in the selection of the award's recipient. It would be ironical if Carolina students did not participate in the selection of the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award. If there is a professor somewhere at this University who has helped you in some way during your days here, you can show your appreciation by filling out the ballot found on page one and mailing it to the Office of the Dean of the Faculty. F The Year that many of them will return in the fall to become "Men and Women of Carolina." Members of Blue Key, Alpha Kappa Gamma, the Administration and others pre paring for the weekend realize the impor tance of making Saturday a notable climax to the many hours of work that have been expended on High School Day. Without letting ourselves out on a limb we can con fidently say that High School Day, late as it was in coming to Carolina, is here to stay. sents All Students y believe that such agree violently with this, but ver existed is to then, there are dissenters of some is unenlightened, sort everywhere. tructed. We do not Perhaps we should declare a e South will suffer state of insurrection. Our old n not adhering 'to tradition-covered state has had have never existed some of the stuffing blown oul anywhere else for of it, which will probably cause There may be a sonme people to think for a change, us which will dis- Try it. It can be fun. To The Editor Tragedy Of Famoi existed a small Sagan's France Must in the very heart Not Be Thought Typical -k African jungle. ated with a hand- Dear Editor: ongo-beaters, who It was quite interesting to me ito te ilgs to read the article about Fran it o oter illges coise Sagan's latest book: "Those ir untimely tom- 'Without Shadows." I do not like idencies. The tribe Francoise Sagan though I admire ns soon grew into her intelligence, her style and the rid known as "The fact that she has chosen a way of BongoBeatrs." life and goes as far as she can go with some honesty. 1 formed the first However, I wonder if the kind im orchestra, and of picture she gives of contem se to the top of porary France appears real and it parade. Natives true to the foreigner. In short, rounding villages is she the representative and the nothis crazy mnouthpiece of French young peo nopIe; is she the writer of contem nightly concerts, porary France? To these two the trees to ca- questions, my answer is NO. atives had to be To me, she is very typical of a cause of the small young group of blases, especially ert bowl. .IParisian snobs, who have been leaters were too spoiled by their parents and by eir program plan. life in general anid who have not I the seating ca- knowvn any of the difficulties visiting natives piled in front of the average stu May by the thou- dent or worker -of contemporary t. Those who were Europe. She is a member of that soon spread the class of "oisifs," who enjoy their the other villages. "ennui," and. are complacent it traveling to the about it as well as about them for fear that they selves. She is a member of. the seats when they "French Beat Generation" so to speak, who has nothing else to bongo band soon do but iride in English sport cars, ihad to disorgan.. drink whiskey in the Champs 1e drummers beat Elyses bars or on the Riviera, in rts of the jungle dulge ini all kind of pleasures, jungle Western who have no ideal and no code of iy others starved, values of any kind to live by. Of al movement died course such people are good sub I get rolliarg, be- jects for novels, but what irri 1 foresight enough tates me is when such a picture o-date auditorium. is considered true and typical of is the law of the contemporary France at large. it is not the law It is of course more difficult e university. Let's to write a good novel (which .im before we plan would sell well) about healthy iral program! people, devoted to their jobs, avne P. Thoma randyo serven their c...n.... CARL M. REYNO That "Dam South Carolina has certainly been in the news this month. And, we suspect that the people around -Florence have become rather Civil Defense conscious . . . we weren't really alarmed with the dropping of an atomic bomb there . . . we always did feel that the importance of a county seat had been underestimated. And, while some people fear the harmful effects of radio-ac tive fall-out, we think something still worse is political fall-out. But, we could blame the "bomb ing" on the Republican Admin istration . . . or, suggest that it has something to do with the Su-. preme Court's intentions of back ing-up their decisions . . . sort of a "show of force" policy. 0* * BUT WE CAN'T understand that "dam" situation over at Ben nettsville. WE WERE LOOKING 'at the figures of the Federal Aid to Ed ucation afforded the Little Rock School-$35,000 a day, totalling more than $5 million a year now, we don't want to be the first to gripe . . . but we do believe the government is being partial. * 4 0 RUSSIA HAS a habit of using "Veto" powers . . . but we fre quently get wind of the foul sit uation behind the Iron Curtain which indicates that "veto" hasn't solved a stinking thing for the Russians . . . but mum's the word. is Bongo Ban eager to live a normal life even if they have to fight hard against many difficulties, and believing in some kind of moral code. This is, however, the everyday story of many of my compatriots who are not scandal eager, but simply young with all the wonderful things that the word Implies, mainly enthusiasm. I do not like Francolse Sagan and to say the truth, I feel rather sorry for her, because she seems to miss a lot of the simple pleas ures of an everyday and ordinary life that she does not know, which is full of humble and quiet duties, of many rewarding joys, too, but which requires unselfish and pure love and is, in the words of the French poet Paul Verlaine, "une oeuvre de choix." Janine Tachard French Erchange Student Performers' Relatives Turned Away Dear Editor: In recent issues of The Game cock there have been letters con cerning the need for a large au ditorium on the Carolina campus. I thoroughly .agree with these people. We are the only school of our size that does not sponsor an Artist Series. Why not? Simply because we have no place to put them where a large audience could enjoy the performances. Clemson is able to have a fine Series every year. Surely we ought to be able to, too. "Desire Under the Elms" was one of the best plays put on by Carolina students, but did the majority of the student body get to see it? Of course not -- the Warehouse Theater barely holds 150 people. The play ran five nights which manta maximu he gets graded on the curve. LDS... " Situation At E MOST OF THE placement In terviews listed in the paper are for scientists- and engineers ... and, often they overlook political scientists. But this group is one of the more demanding and ex acting sciences since they are highly skilled technicians who "fix" elections and operate the complex political machinery . . . and, we might add that the only trouble with them is, they are so political. IT'S BEEN SAID that when two automobiles run head-on into each- other, it's called a collision . . . but when two campus wheels run head-on into each other . . . it's called a collusion. * 0 * BLUE KEY IS doing one of the greatest things to boost Carolina we've seen in a long time . . . sponsoring tomorrow's "High School Day." This is excellent . . . but we suspect that the over all effectiveness could be better if the program were held first semester . . . since most high school students, who aren't al ready in college, have - already made plans concerning which col lege they plan to attend, but, in any case, Blue Key has a great idea. NOW, THAT THE mid-term exams are over . . . "Great Ex pectations" has been appropri ately scheduled by Student Union for ntext week. d In Deep, D of 750 were able to see It. This isn't even one-fifth of the Caro lina students. Even some of the relatives of the performers had to be turned away because there were .no chairs left. We have the need and the de sire for an auditorium, why can't we have one? - Sincerely, . Lynne Morison Game Cock Raising Advice Is Sought (Editor's note: This letter was written to The Gamecock by a farmers cooperative poultry farm in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. It is one of the many interesting items we have received this se mester.) Gentlemen: We would appreciate very much your kind advise about the fol lowing phases of game cock rais ing: 1. We use here exclusively the pure Spanish cocks brought from Spain and called Jerezanos. Weight: from 3 to 4 pounds. They are good cocks. But, as I have heard that there are Japanese cocks called Tuzos that would beat the Spanish, would like to have your opinion. These Tuzos are of the same weight, as the Spanish. The Aseels are very recommended also but I under stand that they are much heavier and would not be proper for using against the Spanish, the breed that as already indicated abbve, is exclusively used here. Have you seen such Tuzos, etc. (or any other strain you recommend) fighting against Spanish cock's? What has been the result? 2. Kindly advise about source of supply of the strain or breed you recommend as superior to the Spanish. We would bring prefer ably hatchig. egg.. lennettsville BY THE WAY, the "Ides of March" are now in season. * C C SOMETHING EXTRA has been thrown into the Spring Day Festivities ... the Student Union Committee which is participating in the "High School Day" by presenting a movie, will also show it tonight from 7 to 9 for those wishing to take in a flick before the dance . . . we don't know what movie it is ... but we understand it will have a "Road-Runner" car toon with it . . . beep, beep, zooomI WE HEARD THAT somebody didn't like the idea of a beauty queen for tonight's dance . . . that must mean, then, that it's a good idea . . . frankly, we think it would be well to have a beauty contest every week . .. Carolina certainly has enough material to work with. * C C WE DO HOPE that the Uni versity will give careful consider ation to the need for an auditor ium . . . and, we certainly hope in the planning stage that they'll consider all details of such a proj ect . . . and install seats more comfortable than those in the As sembly Room. THE PEP CLUB is sponsor ing a You-Know.Who-Donnit later on . . . and, even though we'll know who did it . . . we hope to see him do lt,,anyway. ark African i 3. Do you know about any special system to be used for keeping together the groups as say 100 cockerels or so, until they are a year or so, without fight ing? Perhaps the keeping of an old rooster with them? The use of bits? 4. For how long must we coun try walk a cookerel, with hens, when they are reared together, so as to have the cockerel sep arate by his own, with hens, be fore putting him on conditioning? Have heard that when cockerels are reared with an old rooster and then~eonditioned WITHOUT practicing the country walking with hens, they would turn to be runners. Please advise. 5. Any salve, or medicine for wounds? Thanking you in anticipation, Very truly yours,' Alfonso Aguero Capo Gentlemen: Enclosed $1 for your magazine about game cocks. Truly yours, Alfonso Aguero Capo P.S. The dollar was returned. Where Does The Stuff Come From? Dear Editor: I have been reading your edi torial page this semester and I have yet to be educated about its purposes. Where do some of them boys and girls you got writing think up the stuff they get over every week? I have a domestical woman around my house who can do a better job than some of them, and she never got out of high school either. Them columnist., as they like to call theirselves, could do a bet ter Job if they would write 'ather than try to telln u . ho i. rtn Wayne Patrick.., SYork's $C661's: Crime, No Punishment The surge of crime in New York's integrated schools has brought muchr comment-but no real action to prevent further crimes. One. seven-year-old. girl has. been killed, three young teenage girls raped, a number of boys stabbed, teachere have been beaten up and even a policeman attacked. Yet only one youthful offender remains in police cus. tody-after he himself walked into a police station and gave himself up. The remainder, after arrest, were quickly released, technically on probation to their own parents. Throughout the nation shocked adults have asked why this sud den surge of serious crime in the schools of their largest city. Is it racial tension caused by integra tion? Is it because overcrowded. slum areas surround the trouble some schools? Are the New York teenage gangs causing it? The American press has for the most part tried to answer these questions fairly. It has pointed out that these trouble some schools contain students of different nationalities, of varied languages and cultural back grounds. It has said that these teenagers come from overcrowded and slum areas, where as many as two or three families may live in one room, and where both par ents normally work, causing a lack of parental supervision and authority. Asking why Is good, and the answer has to be found for any final solution to the problem. But as long as teenagers who have committed crimes serious enough to result in capital punishment are scolded, put on probation, and then returned to their parents and fellow students, these inci dents will not stop. Any student who commits a serious crime and is allowed to think that he is getting away with it can only cause more trouble, not less. And any stu dent who sees a fellow student being punished with probation for rape can only view the con sequences as slight were he to do the same thing himself. The law, and police of New York, are not carrying out their fob when neither respect nor fear is granted to them. Jngle each of them is or tries to be. Like that Bern fellow who al ways writes about things he don't know nothing about and don't no body know nothing about. A man gets plumb tired of reading about something he don't know nothing about wrote by someone who likes hisself so much and all. And that Dick Smith. He's got some kind of frustration and he tries to wipe it off on his readers. Them words he uses are straight out of that vocabulary course that what's his name in the English department teaches. And then that Talbert fellow. Why, he don't like nobody or nothing . . . especially girls and I can't understand how you publish that kind of stuff he writes when a heap of your readers is girls and all. That Reynolds fellow shore seems to be attached to I.R.C. and some fellow what dresses kind of strange . . . I know because he don't write a column without talking about them both. And he ain't funny noway. And that girl that writes shouldn't. She ought to know that nobody reads what girls write anyhow. I know these things cause I'm a senior and all. I don't know much grammar but neither does your columnists either (know much grammar). And in all, I like your paper ex cept for the things I've men tioned. I am writing this letter in the hope that you will publish it in your letter to the editor oolumn for many reasons, two of which is that I think them columnists ought to be told a thing or two and lastly because I am. a senior and never, had my name in the paper or anything. Signed Oliver R. Evans II (named after my daddy)