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The third in the University's Artist Series will be presented next Wednesday in the Field House. As in the first two presenta tions, this will be the beat available place for Uniyersity students, but the Field House simply is not adequate for concerts. Caro lina has long needed an auditorium and with the inauguration of such a series which is certain to become a permanent part of the University calendar, the need is greater than ever. No university of the size of Carolina in the entire country is lacking facilities for such programs. There is no reason why Carolina should be lacking any longer. The city of Columbia has begun plans for a gigantic public entertainment plant at the State Fair grounds. The University is involved to some extent with this program since a practical solution to the auditorium problem of the University and the auditorium problem of Columbia, which are practically the same, would be to have a common auditorium. This GERALD FLOYD... Win, Lose, W Fascination and anxiety filled lose, win, lose, the students at Russell House We're hoping f last Friday afternoon. We were last week's outc all amazed as the "green beetles" an alternation. were diligently working, spray- * * ing the grass a bright green VENDING color. By way of t, I haven't been able to find out heard that the exactly why this is being done, the dormitories although I can think of several "free-for-all" du possible reasons. It could have end. The vendinj been for publicity's sake, mean- most generous b ing that the "grass is always turn for the in greener around Russell House." asked-for article Or maybe it will be cut later ginal coin. and sold to some well-known Indeed it was cafeteria, these greedy r Pt is highly possible that we Their generosity intend keeping the traditional suggested reveng green, recalling the recent trash- ax. can-painting expedition. Or are + * we trying for "Who's Who LACK OF Among Grass In Colleges and was noted Universities"? semester that th All jokes aside, the grass after man class as a being painted looks beautiful and outstanding bacl would add much to the entire of the members o campus, although it does seem class were outsta just a bit extravagant leadership, scholg acter in high 9 NO ALTERNATION expected that the Homeconing Queen hopefuls, much in store foi the hour of midnight Is close at But unfortuna1 hand. Tomorrow's half-time by an authori ceremonies will reveal the ten- professor that the sion and suspense for three beau- somehow fallen tiful Southern belles, as well an side, having for the rest of us. marks at mid-te The football game certainly that the tragic should be a good one as the probably due to a Gamecocks try to disappoint the We sincerely seemingly traditional alternating tide will have tut scheme. So far, it has been win, of the semester. LETTERS TO THE EDITOT Professor Enforces Cl; Order During Exan Dear Editor: trusted the mem1 I see no justification that the in the same edit4 faculty members be forbidden to I appreciate a act as proctors during exams, as in me, but not 'w the editorial stated in last week's me because he ft "Gamecock." He enforces order Professors could in class; why should his right responsibility of be crippled at the more impor- without deteriort tant times, during exams? ing student-prof I do not believe if the role of trust. proctor were assumed by profes- This, then, as sors that it would "inevitably temn does not, y~ result in more cheating than If honest student. the class felt Its professor Car< CROWING VOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLI] Member of Asoelatedi Collegiate Pre.. ASS.aIiAN MANAGING '.CeEIOR." '. 0e ... ... EAEEDITOR .............. MANIY EDITOR .................... SIRTS MANAG..........................4 PHOTOGRAPETR ........................ CIRCULATION MANAGER ................ REPORTERS: Glenna Bryant, Bill Bates, Day Karen McKibben, Dot Johnson, Charlotte Anderson Vauiliki Moskos, 'Ken Wood, JuyKillough. Glenn i Jordan. Bill Jones. Doris Kaminskl, Faye M'iller, Cha lb Allison, Paula Kieka, Dora 8ansbury, Furnmi All.. Holland, Charles Bradley, Donald Rutledge, Lanier Cason, John Kenny, Larry May Abby Mce Hoagland, Ruth Trask, Patsy Green, Bob Ray. BUSINESS STAFF: Ted Owen, Tomn Rose, Ed Marilyn Franels, Bobbie Williams. .0LUMNISTS: Carl M. Reynolds Robert M. Bell, fusm turns, Anthony E. Brown, Jim Pendarvis. SANT PROTOGRAPHERS: Sam Fiorini, fle?O'0N2TS: Bob Waldrep. Lisa Lowenstein. I feed Is Great financially wise plan seems to us to make real the possibility of a new auditorium avaihble to both within a year or two rather than seeing it as a project to be undertaken in 10 or 20 years. Carolina cannot much longer do without a place which will seat the Ahtire student body. Upon occasion, it is necessary for the whole group to be assembled and the sooner 'this can be accomplished, the better. Carolina has made great strides in the past summer by agreeing with the city of Co luibbia to investigate the matter of audi torium facilities and a survey has already been completed. This was a great stride forward and proved to all that the Univer sity was definitely interested in such a project. Now the important thing is to keep the issue before the public. Action must be taken immediately. The University needs an audi torium now. The sooner one is built, the sooner all will profit from its construction. in, Lose, Win win, lose, win. FREE ADVERTISEMENT or a repeat of Neither monotony nor repeti ome instead of tion should prevail this week in the homecoming displays. For the last few years the poor terra REVENGE pin was dragged through the ke grape vine I gutters in these displays. boys in one of Of course, this year we're giv had a jubilant ing the horsemen a hard time ring the week- and probably some free adver C machines were tisement for the cigarette com y giving in re- panies. Anyway, it's good to see serted coin the the terrapin at rest, that is, in , plus the orl- the displays. * * * due time that PROBLEMS SOLVED )bots gave In. It seems that every single per cancelled the son at Carolina is about to run L-a good sharp himself to death, doing one thing or another. If it's not studying, it's always something 'of the EFFORT greatest importance. earlier in the Everybody is constantly com is year's fresh- plaining about having so much whole has an to do with so little time to do :ground. Many it in. And each person thinks f this freshman that he has 10 times more to do nding in either than anybody else. Can it be istics, or char- possible that there's some kind hool. And we of contest going on that I don't se students had Carolina. BILL HANDEL. ely I was told tative history i freshmen have flong the way- out 01 undistinguished rm. He added Once upon a time, long, long situation was ago, there was a little boy; a nice lack of effort. little boy who was drtzsed in a hope that the very nice little eton jacket, short ,ned by the end trousers, well shined shoes (he had a maid to shine his shoes). Clean Wvhite socks peeped out .* * * of his well shined shoes. Around his neck, surmounted by a large BSS red bow, was a starched-white peter pan collar. 1 Now this little boy was the apple of his Daddy's eye and his >ers," as stated Mommy loved him dearly. Hi*s irlal- Grandparents (on both sides) person's trust worshipped his shined little hen he "trusts" shoes. Ilows the rules. Wants Sailboats be given the He had everything he could enforcio rer t ever wish for; sailboats, trains, tisgor ondstof roller skates; oh, just everything ~so od f his little heart desired. He ruled his home by wishes and fancies. the honor sys- Hie was the darling of his home, nIl protect the he had everything in the world, but he wasn't happy. 1 H. Watson As the years passed he went to school where he was a model scholar. He studied every night, didn't wait until the last.minute or two nights before the test. And he was smart, he knew all the answers. A learned Everything Then too, he learned from his es b. d Daddy and Mommy all he had to i.4~ dknow about everything he, didn't ~~ learn in school. He knew just about everything his parents (by dese"now he was addressing them as -~ Mother and Father . .. he was 30TT CAIN growing up) wanted him to Billy Mishoe know. He traveled from elementary erild Feloy school to high school. The best .raldFloyd was none too good for the apple on Rutledge of his parent's eyes. The finest arol Watson prep school was the only place Anne Valley he could go. He graduated with Ann Stoke. honors. He was truly smart. But erry Hiekey there was still something lacking. rack French Learned To Smoke toger Brown On to the University. He drCaIdwell, learned to smoke, tell jokes, drink eadows, JToe~ and most of all (and most crush rles Behling, Ing to his folks ..,. he was really mn Winate, growing up now) he was asso ilDun cdating with everybody, not the inney Buss select few. He even talked to win Speans, people he only vaguely knew. He was beginning to become popular. Bill Handel, He even went out on dates with girls. This was the crusher to N. Grasber the folks at the ole homestead. Here he was, their little darling, at goann. ing out with those stange. ANTHONY E. BR( Necessity Mid-term grades are hanging from bulletin boards on little numbered pink slips, and hordes of students eagerly careen from one building to another to be come cognizant of the fruits of their half-semester's labors. Wild shouts of glee and relief and groans of disgust and dis appointment fill the campus air, for some are pleased and some are not, but at least they know where they stand. Factual Report The preceding paragraph con cerns those students who re ceived mid-semester grades. Not just some grades, but the factual report on their performance for the first half of the fall semes ter. But what of the students who were given no report for their eight weeks of study, those who have instructors who are either too busy or too unconcerned to give any quizzes or other devices for measuring students' per know about? With the worry and complain ing that is present on campus, I suggest that we all quietly com mit suicide. Sometimes I believe that is the solution to all prob lems. If any of you'decide to carry out my suggestion, please notify "The Gamecock" photographer so that we can get some live action pictures. The Land people who Jiug out in college, or rather, the University. Never Anything They would never amount to anything. They didn't have the right background. They weren't even in the social register, oh well, that didnt matt,er. The apple of their eye wouldn't: stay there in that wretched school too long anyway, they were teaching all the wrong sub-1 jects and he would have to go on to another school, but not just .mny achool. It had to -be THE1 "right" school. You know the kind, THE right people, THE right social strata. Only THE elite attend. Tragedy Begins But, now, the tragedy begin. The boy, we'll call him John, his family called him Junior, after his Daddy you know; his mother called him Darling, she loved him you know; his friends called hinm Johnny, Borme called him Jack, (how vulgar) well as I started to say, John didn't want to leave. He realized that he wasn't dif ferent from the rest. He would get hungry at night., thirsty on dates and even liked to kiss girls. He didn't want to leave the Uni versity (he had now relegated it: to the name of t,he school, we'll call it South Podnuk University, he called it Podunk). Was Mortified His family was mortified at his action. He didn't come home every week-end, he would wait at least three weeks. Something was changing, his parents could tell . . . they also were smart. Johnny even belonged, by this time, to a fraternity, he was a nice guy and people liked him. The parents looked down on some of his brothers and felt sorry for the less fortunate. Nice Peple His parents were nice people, always felt pity for those who were not in the same social register; but they were John's friends, they would force them selves to accept the poor fortu nates (after all, he would not have to live with them always. Anyway, he would marry some one of his own caliber, you know, the old saw," . . . to the manneri born.") One day he noticed a nice young lady, not too pretty, but c nice. She was talking to some j OWN. .. Of Mid-Terr formance during the first half? Emit Shouts These students can not einit shouts of happiness, for their instructors have based their mid term reports, which must be turned in to the administration in some form, on either class attendance or a blanket letter grade, perhaps a "D" or an "In complete or worse. They may even try to remem ber the classroom performance of each of their students and give them grades according to this often fallible scale. Small Classes Obviously, this may be done with some justification in cases where the closes are very small, perhaps with 10 or 15 students, but there are a negligible per re.e of these at the Univer sity, most classes averaging 80 to 40 students. An instance which graphically portrays the confusion and nearly irreparable harm such a practice may cause is the student who is on academic probation and has been informed by his lean to make no grade less than 'C" at mid-semester. Cause Suspension As "Incomplete" or a blanket 'D" given him can cause his ;uspension from the University intil the matter can be cleared )y the dean in charge of the itudent's matriculation and by tll others concerned, and as Of The Ph riends. 8heh ad a sot laugh, parkling eyes that danced when he looked at him. He managed in introduction and they even vent to a party or two in the iext few weeks. Disaster Iminent Disaster was iminent. He was alling in love. is folks (by iow, they too were relegated to certain place . . .' and believe ne, thby didn't like it) were heside themselves with .grief. Who was this brazen hussy. o snatch their little Darling rem their lowing arms? The ituation was frantie. Johnny vent home to talk to the parents ..the parents talked to John. ['hey talked and talked and alked. Johnny made up his nind. Gauntlet Down The gauntlet was down. He vaan't any knight in shining wraor, but he was a nice guy. le began to think . . . "what nakes me 3o different . . . why houldn't we get together... who is living my life . .. where iave I been all these years... shat have I accomplished . . . by what precepts have I guided my ife." He talked to an intelligent ~riend . . . the friend coined a vord for him, 'pedant,' then he olned another word, 'philistine.' Long Walks Johnny took long walks with is girl, without his girl, he hought and thought. He remem ered all his parents had done or him as a child, everything he ver received. The question (ah, here's the ub, he always knew the answers o the questions, now he didn't :now the question, much less tlze nanwer) was, what to do about til of this confusion. Did lie let his family (by now hc; were ogres breathing fire it him) lead his life and tell him what to do, make his friends and niostpf all, tell him who to live with No, by damn, no. Left Home So he packed his bags, left is house. His mother cried, his )addy cried, his Grandparents on both sides) smiled a know ng smile as they looked at his lightly dirtied shoes. He said, "I love you, every no, but I must leave the land of hilistia." He took his bride, n Grades many know, this proe* af un raveling Univemsity =6tape usually takes many days, even weeks. Thus, the student not only has a suspensin n his recerd, but he may WaM the following sem ester because his Instructor did not give his students a factual mid-term report on their work. Resent *il In a recent poll of nearly 100 student at Carolina, 95 per cent were in favor of having one or more quizzes during the first half-semester instead of one final examination with no conse quential mid-semester report being given them. These were freshman, soph omore, junior, and senior stu dents which indicates a fair cross-section of the student body, and which proves, in our opinion, that something concrete and immediate should be done to alleviate this unfortunate situa tion. Complained About There are not too many cases in which this Is done, but there are enough to be noticed and to be complained about. This columnist welcomes any comments the students or the faculty may have on the subject, and he will gladly alter his opinion if it is proven that no factual grades at mid-sbmester are better than the orthodox factual reports. ilistines the one who wasn't too pretty, but nice, and left. His family disinherited him (they were wealthy, you know) and said "nothing more from us," (he was the apple of their eye you know). "Okay," he said, "I'll cut my own grass from now on, and shine my own shoes." So They Left So they left, he and his wife. They wanted to live their lives as they saw fit (his family was still mortified, "after all what would the country club set say about all this,") and together was the way they saw fit. He was happy, very happy and so was his bride. He cut his own grass and even shined his own shoes (he did a good job, too), then one day his wife told him of an approaching event. He was happy, very happy. Now fle Knew He now knew what was miss ing, he called his Mom. and Dad (he grew up, he'was to be a Daddy himself); they were cool; he was soft; they were warmed. They came to the house (it was a small house, he was still in Podunk). They said in a little while, "this is a home, there Is - a common meeting ground here, you have found the answer. You can be proud, you are out of philistla," (And they too were smart, you know). Scratch CARL M. REYNOLDS. . High School Students Already Here Tuesday night marked a signi ficant occasion at Carolina. Per haps two significant occasions. There was a most distinguished asseniblage in the Clariosophie Literary Society Hall . . . the Euphradians visited with the Clariosophies. For the first time i6 a num ber of years, the two - societies united in a point session, a tra dition which had been abandoned for years. The occasion was so unigue that band music and fan fare on the Horseshoe heralded the elariosophic plenipotentiaries as they, bedecked with judicious robes, invited the Higher Order to their hall. Accepting, the Euphradiane, led by a procession of wigged and robed officials, proceeded across for the session. It was colorful, dignified . . . and cer tainly, should serve as good notice to the many who feel the two organizations are less active than they were in the years when tradition was being manufac tured. * . . NEXT TUESDAY, TOO, should be significant. Lord Lindsay of Australia will present the second in a series of interna tional relations addresses in the Russell House Assembly Room . . . with air conditioning on, please? * * * THE GRADES YOU get this time of year don't mean any thing . . . so say the sages. But try explaining that to anybody who got a better grade than you . . . or chronic-misunder standing parents. * 0 * ACTUALLY, GRAbES now merely tell us that mid-term is here . . , and that two and a half fifths are gone . . . of the semester, that is. * * * IN CASE YOU haven't treked over to Drayton Hall during the last couple of nights . . . this is the last night the University Players will be over acting in their first play of the season. That is, they'll be over there acting . . . or over there over acting ... under acting? acting? In any case, this is the last night . . . it's free . . . ID card admis sion . . . and well worth your while taking-in, that is, if you get taken-in. * 0 * HOMECOMING A N D high school day this weekend will give uis a full schedule. Not only will a lot of people be back who, while here worked their way through college and now are colleging their way through work, but a lot (a hoped-for 800) high school students will be on hand to augment the number of high school students we already have. * * * IT S$HOULD HE a good week-. end, anyway, and everybody will have a large time. * * * NO SIR, NEVER let it be said that first frost is gonna turn our grass brown . . . but it's really plant food . . . rich In whatever . . . Clemson-can-tell-us ...makes plants grow. But we didn't see any "Keep off the O) grass . . . wet paint" signs. * * * THESE REAL COOL morn ings are conducive to sleepling ...and we like the old line: "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, To 'ell with school, I'll stay in bed."