The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 02, 1958, Page Page Four, Image 4
What I
Three Types
Are Given
What is the Carolina Male?
Is he the gay philosopher with
more brawn than brain holding
down the benches in front of
Russell House, seeming to appre
ciate the female passersby; is he
the pale intelligentia who Is
found in the catacombs of Mc
Kissick with eyebrows singed by
microfilm machines and thick,
convexed lenses perched on his
thin, dust-filled nose; or Is he the
devil-may-care c h a r a c t e r at
house parties with a martini in
one hand, a co-ed on his lap, and
Mad comics in the other hand,
with a cigarette hanging from
his lips? No, the Carolina Male is
none of these; he cannot be cor
nered so precisely.
One must first realize what
motivates this strange creature.
There are the "In," the "Near
In," and the "Out" classes. It
seems a pity that social stratifi
cation exists, but don't try to
fight it-it is even bigger than
Blight. The "In" Males are de
finitely characteristic of their
strata; - they are traditionally
garbed, own a copy of Dale Car
negia's gem, and ride an English
bicycle. Also, the ones of the
"In" group know everyone on
campus including those running
for elections; they are the epi
tome of everything.
"Near In"
Those of the "Near In" class
have certain minor idiosyncrasies
which are unacceptable to the
"Ins." A few among many are:
washing face with Lava soap,
trimming nails with used razor
blades, and flirting with non
sorority girls.
The "Outs" are completely
separate from the "Ins." They
will nevei be "In," but unfortu
nately the "Ins" must beware of
becoming "Out." This strata
Clothing
Committee
Elects Head
Lynne Morison has recently
been elected chairman of the
,Comiteeon Campuf Wear, ac
cordling to Dean Clotworthy, ad
visor to the group. New members
of the committee will be elected
in the fall.
The committee has reprinted
its pamphlet concerning casual
clothes for the Carolina woman
to be distributed for the summer
school session. They are also
preparing a pamphlet to help
guidle the new student in choos
ing the clothes that she will need
at Carolina.
Phi Epsilon
Selects
Dream Girl
Janice Jaffee of Charlestor
was announced Phi Epsilon Pi
Dream Girl at the Phi Ep 30th
Anniversary Dance at the Hote]
Columbia. Janice succeeds Judy
Hirschman as Dream Girl of th(
fraternity.
Janilee jaftee
Jauice, escorted to the dance
by Barry Goldstein, was pro
sented a bouquet of white carna
tions, the fraternity flower.
Janice will represent Alpha
Theta chapter in the interna
tional Phi Ep Dream Girl Con
tant.
[s The(
wears pleated trousers with the
bottoms below the ankles, seldom
shaves, has for his favorite shoe
a toe capped hunting boot which
he wears everywhere (including
formal dances), owned a scooter
bike with a gutted muffler, and
makes all A's. The last item is
what makes him most undesir
able.
The "Ins" wear vintage tennis
shoes as a sort of escape from
the aesthetic world; getting them
as dirty as possible gives this
class ecstatic enjoyment. The
six-button coat, being the norm,
conceals even further their hid
den personalities.
The "Near In" individuals are
striving constantly to be "All
In." Something always seems to
go wrong-like forgetting and
-
Carolina
New S&
By BOB GROSSE
Music Analyst
One afternoon last week, I pil
grimaged to that mecca of the
Carolina Campus, the Russell
House Canteen-kingdom of the
avantgarde french fry, the 7?c
coffee, and the 20-minute wait.
There, in the land of the free
and the home of the patient, sur
rounded by two infantry squads
from Fort Jackson and the
Gamecock's entire third-string
backfield, I enjoyed a leisurely
meal, caught up with the current
campus fashions and( learned of
the latest machinations of the
sports-car athletes set.
I heard all the new sounds that
the juke box trade is listening
to and took a few notes as well.
These are the favorites of our
collegiate ten-cent music patrons,
the tunes they are spending their
lunch money for.
".. 'Ole World"
"dHe's Got The Whole World In
His Hands," Laurie London. At
peak volume, Laurie sings about
how "'e's got the 'ole world in
'is Hahns" (found at the end of
his ahrms, no doubt.) Great stuff
for revival meetings and tent
shows.
"The Little Blue Man," Betty
Johnson. From the album, "Mu
sic To Strangle By," here is a
happy, sadistic song. It seems
that this little, blue fellow keeps
bugging Cathy, so she does what
eny red-blooded American girl
would do and sweetly pitches him
..ff the nearest roof-top. Great
sport!
"Witch Doctor," Jim Seville.
A touching story abput a boy and
his ghoul, complete with shrieks,
groans, and death rattles. And
it should be even hetter when nhe
Aarolina
cleaning their buck shoes, dating
non-sorority girls, and permit
ting hair to grow long enough to
comb. Listen, Males, It in easier
to get "Out" than "In."
Deep Secret
Why "Outs" make all A's and
why "Near Ins" wear their
trousers at half mast will always
remain a deep, dark secret. It
is not even known why "Ins"
have a phobia of getting flats
on their bikes. All these go to
gether to make the Carolina Male
as mysterious and less under
stood as evef.
Another phase of the Carolina
Male is the summertime when he
brings out of hibernation his
flexing muscles, "covered" by
briefer than brief bathing trunks,
and perches in front of his dorm.
The Male who has much less to
k
IMale
nds Arc
translation comes out.
"Lollipop . ..
"Lollipop, Lollipop," The Chor
dettes. Ever since these gals left
Arthur Godfrey and stopped
singing "Sweet Adeline," they've
been aiming at a .commercial
sound. They finally made it; no
tone left, just rhythm. And the
accomnpaniment is furnished by
Archie Bleyer slapping his thighs
while Papa 'Godfrey beats his
|Calendar
Of Events
Friday, May 2
11:30 a.m.--Law school fa
cuilty, Room 102, Russell House.
2:00 p.m. - Christian Scien
tists, Room 101, Russell House.
Saturday, May 3
1:00 p.m. -USC Education
Fo,undation, Room 204, Russell
House.
Sunday, May 4
2:00 p.m.--Christian Scientists,
Room 101, Russell House.
Monday, May 5
1:00 p.m. - Freshman "Y"
Luncheon, Assembly Room, Rus
sell House.
Tuesday. May 6
5:00 p.m. -- Graduate History
Club, Russell House.
Wednesday, May 7
11:00 a.m. - Religious Work
ers, Club Room, Russell House:
5:00 p.m. - Pep Club, Room
206, Russell House.
8:00 p.m.-Art Auction, As
sembly Room, Russell Hpuse.
Thursday, May 8
3, 7, 9 p.m.-Student Union
Movie, "The King and I," As
sembly Room, Russell House.
SMale?
display never brings his scrawny
body out but keeps it in an eter
nal sleep and suns it at secret
rendeavouses.
Nanekutanee
One charadteristic of any col
lege Male is his nonchalance
toward everybody and every
thing. Nothing ever phases him,
or so the co-ed thinki when she
winks and the professor thinks
when he assigns three hour
quizes in one week, neither get
ting a visible response from
Male.
What deep, searching psycho
logical aspect is there that moti
vates this attitude? It is simple:
He doesn't give a damn! When
empires have risen and fallen,
college Male will still be wander
ing through the debris of the one
fallen, not looking to the right
or the left, to the risen one and
vice versa. He knows little of
what is happening outside his
tight little world (the campus).
Is there some antidote the by
standers might take to remedy
the effects of Carolina Male, or
will he fade away like the Dodo?
It is feared nothing can be done
about this great swarming pla
gue which multiplies every fall.
Ants are organized and respon
sible creatures - but socialistic.
The Carolina Male and ants
should take pointers from each
other.
-M. Byars
Buy Your
May Dance
Tickets Now
- Tickets are now being sold in
the Russell House Lobby for the
annual campus-wide May Day
Dance to be held on May 6 at the
Memorial Youth Center. Tickets
are $2, Carroll Teague, chairman
of the May Dance Oommittee,
has announced.
Buddy Morrow and his orches
tra, recently voted "The Top
College Band in the Nation," will
furnish music for the evening.
Vocalist Sandy Sherwood will
add spice to the program.
The Morrow band features a
unique sound which comes from
the rhythm and blues-based "Big
Beat" style plus quiet ballad
work, all with Morrow and his
famous trombone. -
A good time is predicted for
all.
Newcomer's Club
The Newcomer's Club will hold
its annual spring supper this
afternoon at the R. G. Bell "Y"
Camp. The party is for the mem
bers of the club and' their hus
bands or wives. Fried chicken
will be served.
Noted
breast. This one is moving great
among the pre-puberty set.
"How Are Ya Fixed For Love,"
Frank Sinatra and Keely Smith.
Somebody must have pushed the
wrong button-this record is a
real gass! Sinatra and Mrs.
Louis Prima wall together in a
boney little song which, refresh
ingly, is not of the "I Like Short
Shorts; You Like Short Shorts"
school. It sounds like some of the
old Bing Crosby-Mary Martin
sides and should be a big hit.
Good Corn
- "Yellow Dog Blues," Johnny
Maddox. A cornball version of W.
C. Handy's 1909 standard. But
it's good corn, and everybody
seems to have a good time, be
sides it's the first Dixieland I've
heard in many months that
wasn't used in beer commercials.
Those who missed the Pep
Club's musical "The Butler Did
It" last week lost a refreshing
evening's entertainment and a
chance to hear several fine orig
inal songs. The show might have
shown a ragged seam once in a
while, but amateur theatre seems
to pack a wallop that the profes
sionals can't touch. The entire
cast deserves to take a bow.
Special comment is due to
Kathy D6ecker and Sis King for
their writing. The play itself was
an amusing bit of stagecraft and
the songs showed some real tal
ent. I would like to see Kathy's
"No Love" put on wax; it might
easily go places.
The Last Chorus
Buddy Morrow and his orches
t,ra will be back on campus next
week for the big May Day dance.
It will all happen at the Memor
ial Youth Center next Tuesday
and the fun begin, at 9:00n
Swanberg
Presents
Ft. Sumter
A new book with special inter
est for South Carolinians is W.
A. Swanberg's First Blood: The
Story of Fort Sumter (Scribners,
1957). In this non-fiction work,
a Book-of-the-Month Club selec
tion, Mr. Swanberg records the
events that took place in Charles
ton Harbor during the historic
winter of 1860-61 with such clar
ity that First Blood should prove
an important book for Civil War
study and general reading alike.
In First Blood, Mr. Swanberg
has chosen as his hero, Major
Robert Anderson, United States
Army, a graduate and former in
structor of West Point and com
mander of the Union garrison.
Transferred in Nov. 1860 to
Charleston Harbir, Anderson
found the city openly planning
secession, government officials in
Washington reluctant to take ac-,
tion, and, in spite of the fact that
his headquarters at Fort Moul
trie were pitifully undermanned,
Army brass refusing to send him
either reinforcements or orders
to withdraw.
Secession
Finally, when South Carolina
seceded from the Union on Dec.
21 and hostility towards Fort
Moultrie raged through the city
and blazed from every headline
printed by the Charleston press,
Anderson reached a decision.
Acting under orders "to avoid
every act which would needlessly
tend to provoke aggression," An
derson made the one move which
he thought would secure peace
and Dec. 26, transferred his 128
men and their equipment from
Moultrie to the Impregnable
shelter of Fort Sumter.
Far from gaining peace, how
ever, Anderson's act caused hot
blood to flow along both Broad
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Kentucky-born Major was a
hero throughout the North and
a traitor in the South. Fort Sum
ter became the spark that ignited
the fires of civil war.
Characters
Although Major Anderson is
portrayed in the book as a cour
ageous soldier, many of Swan
berg's other characters.are some
what less noble. They include the
gentleman-president, James Bu
chAian, an aging diplomat who
found Washington politics grow
ing too rough for him and wished
only to serve out the remaining
few months of his term in peace;
John B. Floyd, a Virginian and
Buchanan's Secretary of War,
who did his best to ignore Ander
son while aiding the South--to
the extent of sending 20,000 sur
plus government rifles to the
South Carolina militiamen.
There are Francis W. Pickens,
Governor of the South Carolina
Republic, who dreamed of peace,
urged war, and led his state into
four years of blood and misery;
Robert Barnwell Rhett, fire-eat
ing editor of the Charleston Mer
cury, confidently boasting that
he would drink all of the blood
spilled beca,ge of the Carolina
secession; and General Pierre
Beauregard, commander of the
Confederate guns against Sum
ter, a courteous Louisianian and
former pupil of Major Anderson
in his West PQint days. And
there is Abraham Lincoln, speak
ing of liberty and high ideals,
and yet impotent in his first
months of office. Swanberg's
characters are sharply drawn,
bringing to light the hopes, pray
ers, and fatal blunders of our
nation's leaders during a period
of supreme trial.
Impartial
However, the greatest credit of
(Cont. on page 8)
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and
By ANNE VALLEY
Spring must truly be in the air with all of the pinnings
and engagements announced this week. From Phi Kappa
Sigma we hear that Ed Bowen pinned Francis Bell, and
that Bob Rogers pinned Deen Fishburne (CC). Also pinned
are George Hartzel (SAE) and Susanna Thomas (ADPi).
Sylvia Marler. (ZTA) received a ring from Leon Castles,
a USC grad, recently. Alice Pruitt (ZTA) became engaged
to Eden Johnson (Clemson alum) And they plan to be mar
ried this summer. Also engaged are Anna Taylor and Jerry
Baxter.
Cotillion
Seen at the Cotillion Dance were SAE's Larry Barringer
and Boots Berry, Julian Adams and Rhett Weston, Bill
Cain and Liz Hazlehurst, Wyman Haigler and Lora Lee
Bryce. Also, Sigma Chi's Allan Johnson and Josie Geiger,
Stan Spears and Nancy Smith, ChQrlie Way and Mary Ellen
Long, and Bill Handel and Jane McGowan.
Among the Phi Kaps and their dates enjoying a big
outing at Teague's Lake recently were Wayne Corley and
Jo Kirven, Jim McGovern and Betty Boney, Tom Lydon
and Kay Wilson, Tom Cook and Nancy Harmon, and Joe 4r
Thompson and Winnie Nelkin.
Bowery Ball
PiKA recently held its annual "Bowery Ball" at Gibson's
Pond with the Pontiacs furnishing the music. The costume
for the affair was that of the periods in which the Bowery
flourished, and ranged from convicts, flappers, and bathing
suits to cowboys, bebops, and gangsters. Buddy Sink and
Susie Morrison won the award for the best costumes.
PiKA's and dates seen at the ball were Bill Smith and
Mary Jo Griffith, Allen LaMontagne and Chris Young, Buzz
Hoagland and Bettye Ann Terry, Forrest Godshall and Pat
Moss and Bill Kay and Dot Wooten.
Many Groups Hold
Spring Elections
Harold Price was recently elected president of Maxcy
Brotherhood, independent social organization for men.
Others elected were Doug Lawing, vice-president; Glenn
Mahaffey, secretary; and Bruce Marler, treasurer.
Also, Ralph Evans, social chairman; George Coggins,
publicity chairman; Bill Jackson, Bob Sikes, Charlie Taylor,
and Jack Ritchart, membership committee, and Gray
Hunter, athletic chairman.
Pi Kappa Phi
Jack Rogers has recently been elected archon of Pi
Kappa Phi. Others elected were Ed Mattison, treasurer;
Billy Mishoe, secretary; Mackie McDonald, historian; Bert
Thomas, chaplain; Jerry Ellis, warden; and Pat Cave, IFC
representative.
ATO
Bart Rast has recently been elected president of Alpha
Tau Omega, social fraternity. Other officers elected were
Joe McElroy, vice-president; Pearce McCall, secretary; and
Rusty Revere, treasurer.
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