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"The University's honor system for, (Ed. Note: This cartoon ably captures one of presently works. Since the inception of the hon exactly what their responsibility to the honor s3 finitely their obligations to the system. The edit Honor System 1 Full-Eledged, Wo Can an honor system ever be brought to fruition at Carolina? The honor board it self had this challenge hurled at it last week by Dr. F. W. Bradley and decided that most definitely it could be. Whole-hearted student and faculty cooperation is absolutely essential, however. One group cannot be lax in its support of the honor system and expect it to work. We propose that an honor system can be made a- working system in every classroom on the Carolina campus within a month if only a few basic steps will be followed. There is much more to a full honor system, how ever, and these few basic steps will only be the start toward a more detailed system of honor which will spread to all phases of campus life. These basic steps for students which must be followed in order to make a start toward a full honor system can best be described in these words: (1) do not give or receive aid on any exam. This basic step is already followed by all school-spirited students, re moving a large obstacle in the course of es tablishment of an honor system. SECOND STEP But then there is the question: what to do if you see someone else cheating, having no part in it yourself. It is not easy to take action if you see two people you do not even know giving and receiving aid on the other side of the room. But what we can do in this case is the simplest of all remedies: (2) simply drop your professor an unsigned note in the campus mail stating that cheating has been observed in the class (be certain to carefully state which class it is) and request simply that the note be read aloud. Persons who have not been affected by the honor system will probably not turn themselves in to the honor board as they actually should do, but you can be sure that ANTHONY E. BRON.. . Woman Of Interr Escape To Cuba 0. S. Prey made a brief return September of t to the literary world in 1845 when found him some he collaborated with William Gil- This termini more Simms In writing "Gloomy five year frien< Abode." master of the The work was published with genius of Glyn absolutely no reference to Prey Buss or his contribution to its writing, 0. S. Prey re but In later letters Simms ad.. ton where he bi mitted that he had been aided in his writing and many of his works, especially his gan. There is poems of the South Carolina ever having Country. found in his let Prey also had a very close af- erence to a Miu filation with Edgar Allan Poe, if we interpre and the two geniuses often met correctly, a we in Boston to plans future stories tional notoriet3 and forthcoming critical essays. -He probably trip abroad in Mach Conjecture fers to her In There Is much conjecture woman who nev among the literati that Poe re- in my most bea celved the Idea for his "Raven" a cloud." from an unknown author. " Aftei We offer the plausible argu- No more was ment that this unknown writer the life and wo: -wasn none other than 0. S. Prey after 1860. In whbo wasn, as previously mention- Simms In the E ad, a lover of birds. year he told c edearalbecaus of We found In a letter written at this hour. In 1880 that Prey had visited to the hearts o his med Poe in Baltimore In at the hands of A. ies me to seat you three seats apart." the weaknesses of Carolina's honor system as it Dr system, students and faculty have wondered stem is and now the honor board has outlined de or presents his views below.) Within A Month, rking, Permanent cheating will never take place in that class again. Worthwhile, isn't it? FACULTY DUTY The next problem is to outline the re sponsibility of the professor in regard to the honor system. His responsibility as out lined by the honor board is simply to remind the class that the honor system is a working principle in his room and then leave it up to the students. Faculty members should not act, or feel compelled to act, as proctors. They should not stay in the room during the exam and watch over the students as if they expected cheating to take place at any moment. Such attitudes will inevitably re sult in more cheating than if the class felt its professor trusted the members. It seems that the professors who already have the honor system working best in their classes are the ones who take a few minutes at the beginning of the semester to explain to the classes exactly what they feel is their responsibility to the honor system, informing them that the honor system is at work at all times in their classes. Such statements have the immediate effect of actually placing the honor system at work in a class. HONOR BOARD Now, what is the responsibility of the honor board? It is the responsibility of the members of the honor board to announce themselves to a class, not in a sense of let ting the students know that there is some one to watch over them even if the professor is not, but in the sense of reminding them of the honor system on campus and asking them to respect it and live up to its aims. An honor system within a month? This can most assuredly be effected if these few basic steps will be followed. Carolina must teach a man or a woman honor. If a school fails to imprint honor on a man, the school has failed. Education is worthless. Let each school-spirited student immediately take it upon himself to perform these duties toward the honor system and we will have a full-fledged, working, permanent honor system on this campus. ational Notoriety, In 1860, Maybe hat year and had Well, we are doomed." what unreceptive. Alt;hough there is no corrobor ited the twenty- ating evidence, it may be reason lship between the ably assumed that Prey' was in macabre and the Charleston at the outset of the n. War of Northern Aggression. Again Perhaps he was killed in the urned to Charles- course of the storming of Fort sied himself with Sumter, or it is possible that study of the or- he escaped to Cuba. no record of his At any rate, no further mention narried, but we of Prey or his works was avail ters frequent ref- able, and no one has bothered is Sand who was, until now to find and exhibit t Prey's French the unknown contributor to much >man of interna- of the most widely read and often met herquoted literature of the early mthron his nineteenth century. 1826, for he re- Never Existed his letters as "a We have been pleased to have er was who walks portrayed the life of a man who, itiful dreams like to the literary world, never ex isted but in the pens of othersi 1860 His anonymity was the soul of found concerning his existence, and in considera ks of 0. 8. Prey tion of this outstanding trait we his last letter to have proposed this epitaph: arly part of that I, PREY, FOREVER TO I his "mounting BE UNKNOWN the political and Thus we end the biography of South Carolina one 0. 8. Prey. To those of you All that is dear who have written to us eoncern f us all will fall ing him, we shall answer your the Abolitiniet., lettes as soon as possible RUSS BURNS . . . Open Minds And Then Open Mouths Upon casting out thoughts on the sea of ideas, we have come on that fragment of human ex istance called "custom." 'Many of us, author Included, have at one time or aqother been guilty of believing that any one who does not talk or act or dress in a manner similar to ours is silly, ignorant, or just out to show off. Criticizing others for their shortcomings as we see them can often get to be a habit or even an obsession. Are You There? For instance, we have laughed at the English for answering the telephone with a dignified "A-e you there ?" A minor detail you say; ti-ue, but it only takes a few minor details to make a major opinion. But to continue, some of us are struck in the humorous bone by the fact that Jewish scholars write the Hebrew language from right to left; or that white is the color of mourning among the Chinese. Even in our "open-minded" age, there are some among us that think s~uch customs are ridiculous and consider themselves superior to the stupid people who do things in a manner so different to that which they themselves are accustomed. Really Amused Does this sound amusing to you, really amusing? Intelli gent persons will shy from such an attitude. They realize, for example, that if they had been born in England instead of America, they would find it quite natural to open a telephone conversation with "Are you there?" and that if they were Oriental it would be quite natur al to eat with chopsticks. Cutting Ideas This inborn property of "cut ting" those ideas which deviate from our own seems to be almost exclusively American. A French man upon beholding the stature of Venus de Milo may break down and weep at the pure beauty of the creation, an Englishman may admire the artistic qualities imbedded therein by the sculptor, but let the average American cast his gaze on the stature and in evitably you will hear remarks such as "what a sexless--" or "wonder what hag 'modeled for him." In our American rock and roll age, it seems to be natural to slash down anything classic. Ap preciation of beauty as well as appreciation of manner of living is a custom. Outside Ideas Are we afraid to accept outside ideas? To open our eyes to any thing beyond the sphere of every day existence? A little tact and descretion on the part of the American people would certainly wipe away some of the stains both Internal and external-of our people. Example Let us exemplify by this little story: "An Irish family and a Jewish family live in the same apartment house. Mrs. Kelly has trained her two sons to take off their hats as soon as they come in doors. One Friday evening, the Jew ish Sabbath, Mrs. Kelly and her sons dropped in unexpectedly on their friends and neighbors, the Cohens, who continue to practice the customs of highly orthodox Jews. Menfolk Sitting They find the Cohen menfolk sitting around the table, praying, and all wearing their hats. In stantly Mrs. Kelly turns and says sternly, "Put on your hats, you young rascalui" Very much as tonished by, this change of at titude on her part, the boys obey." At least Mrs. Kelly respected the customs of others even if she did not understand them. When you are around people, use a little deseretion before you speak your mind thereby treading upon the customs of oth ers. It might be wise to open our minds before opening onr mouth. "I think LETTERS TO TH] Third P Dear Editor: I liked your editorial of this past week in which you said, "The South's only hope seems to be that the people of the nation will awaken to the need for a return to conservatism, that the people will realize by 1960 that the federal government needs to be stopped in its encroaching on states rights." However, I do not feel optimis tic about this. The South has GERALD FLOYD An Array In ROTC Professor McConaughy of the department of political science obviously is overestimating the intelligence of his classes by giv ing them final exams now instead of the scheduled mid-semester ones. Imagine the consternation of the students as they attempt to t4ke their exams for which they spent numerous days in prepara tion finding them just a tad dif ficult. * * * CAMPUS TREASURE? Halloween has passed, most of us escaped being captured, and the witches and goblins have gone back to their hiding places for another year. But some of us believe these creatures of horror are still nightly invading the campus, probably searching for treasure on Davis Field. Tuesday night as these un known intruders very industrious ly dug into the ground of ROTC territory, others held bright lant erns and probably loaded pistols. We also noted that wooden horses were guarding the escapade as glowing flames of fire and an array of smoke covered the horizon. We think it an outrage to keep the secrets from the students. Why not let us share in the treas lure that Davis Field holds? * * * MID-TERM CONSOLATION Students, you now don't have to worry about taking home a report card at mid-term with an "Incomplete" on a course. Mrs. Irene Elliot of the department of English relieved the taxed minds of her students by telling them to take their time in turn ing in mid-term papers. She sympathized with her stu dents by saying, "It's better to turn in a well-written paper late than to present a sloppy, hastily written paper on time. It's no disgrace to have an 'Incomplete' at mid-term." "Your mid-term grades are only an indication of what you've been doing, so don't worry about them at all!" * * * CAMPUS POET I'll bet you didn't know that we have a poet on campus now! Dr. Rees of the department of English has come up with a mas terpiece just in time for mid term. Of course, the only persons who can read his poetry are his stu dents, but I'll quote an example for you if you'll promise not to tell anybody: 'When you open a catsup bottle, first comes a little, and then a lottle.'; * * * DISAPPOINTMENT I'm sure that everybody noticed huge crowds of people rushing toward the auditorium in the law building Monday morning about 11 o'clock. It was indeed neces sary to scramble in order to find a seat there. I felt sure that everybody was going to hear and see thr ai it belongs to a foreign exchanges E EDITOR... arty Is Only'' practically been asked to leave the Democratic Party. Why be optimistic when it is virtually cer tain that in 1960 both the Demo crats and Republicans. will have extremely liberal platforms? The only hope I can see for the South is a third party. I realize that we in the South are handicapped, and the odds are against us. But I should rather see the honorable withdrawal of the South from the Democratic Of Goblins Territory ous South Carolina novelists, Julia Peterkin, Elizabeth Boat wright Coker, and Edison Mar shall. But to my amazement a large portion of the crowd went to hear a song sung by Peterkin, Coker, Marshall and Havilah Babcock. Dr. Babcock promised that the quartet would sing "Tennessee Waltz", but as many are aware, disappointment prevailed in this respect. CONFUSION AT STAKE One of the most interesting things to watch in the newspapers over the state is the outcome of the various beaut- contests held in South Carolina. One sees the same group of girls in different contests just a week apart. Yet the girl win ning the crown in the first con test doesn't even place among the semi-finalists in the second contest. Could it be possible that certain girls lose their beauty overnight and others gain theirs that same night? Well, anyway, I'm con fused. * * 0 LOST FRESHMEN I noted in last week's edition of "The Gamecock" that there are only 710 freshmen boys en rolled at Carolina now. Every body's wondering what happened to the other 634. There are actually 704 boys and 313 coeds in the freshman class. Watch forthcoming issues of "The Gamecock" for other bril liant typographical errors. CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF S Memuber. of Ausociai 'mmeco.&"is an the Universiy of South Carolina we your excet eoidays and during eoAmiythe..se Th ame Loie. n to. th3dito, bet mU kette, pubitsm ayetr e md EDITOR ... MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER. ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITI ADVERTISING MANAGER. NEWS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR. SPORTS EDITOR.. PHOTOGRAPHER. CIRCULATION MANAGER REPORTERS: Glenna Bryant Karen McKibben, Dot Johnson, ( Vasiliki Moskom, Ken Wood, Juds Jordan, Bill Jones Doris Kaminal Bob Allison, Paula Klcka, Dor Alice Holland, Charles Bradley, Lamar Cason, John Kennyv, Lar Hoagland, Ruth Trask, Patsy G1 BUSINESS STAFF: Ted Owl Marilyn Francis, Bobbie Willian COLUMNISTS: Carl M. Reynol Russ Burns, Anthony E. Brown, ASSISTANT PROTOGRAPHEl Jordan. CARTOONISTS:Bo adr.. tudent." Answer Party than seesher thrown out. The year 1960 might well be the "year of decision" for the South? William S. Lowder. Brings Praise To Housing Office For Interest Dear Editor: The men of Coker College, tenement 21, would like to ex press their appreciation to the Housing Office for their most generous service. The Housing Office is a great help to us and we think Mr. Kincaid is doing a fine job. Again we say, thanks for the interest shown in our dorms. The Residents of Coker College. Leventis Has Full Support Of "Gamececk" Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to point out that George Leventis' fashion columns have been in serted with the full support and approval of "The Gamecock" business and society staffs. The sale of advertising in the Columbia market is ro an easy task and we on "The Gametock" staff are grateful that Columbia merchants will support our pub lication especially since we are in active competition with 'larger papers of far more wide, though not necessarily better coverage. "The Gamecock" will continue to support its advertisers in ever'y honorable way and will endorse our other advertising accounts as time and space per mit. It has long been "Gamecock" policy to render every possible service to both its readers and advertisers. Any paper, colle-. giate or professional, does its best to gain advertising support and to provide all reasonable services and encouragement to both its advertisers and readers. In short, this is accepted bus iness policy for a front-ranking newspaper and "The Gamecock" will continue to be a front-rank ing newvspaper. Jim Herring "Gamecock" Business Manager I A GREATER OUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Preos th Robert Eflfott ConsaIes as the 1,se dfrthe stedensf ina,ssadletter. writers are not e i gu to edit or withhold e. --SCOTT CAIN -.........BBilly Miuhoe - - - - -. Jim Herring OR . Gerald Floyd - - Rion Rutledge .......... C.arol Watson .......... nne Valley - - -Ann Stokces ............rry Hickey -...-...- ...JJak French * . Roger Brown BilBae,David Cael, hroeAnderson Sara Krea M ilu Gen eadows, Joe a Sanubury, *urman Wingat, Donald Rutledge, Bill Dunne, ry May. A bby McKinney, Boss een, Bob Ray. en, Tom Rose, Edwin Spears, Is. da, Robert M. Bell, Bill Handel, Jim Pendarvis. 118: Sam Florini, N. Grasber Lisa Lowenstin. Ha - onen