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Furman Cuts
Essentially the same program of
unlimited cuts for Furman Univer
sity juniors and seniors Ill con
tinue this year, Dean of the Men'a
College, Francis W. Bonner, Indi
cated here recently.
The program, begun as a faculty
experiment last year, a 1 o w a
juniors and seniors who have aver
aged 2.2 in all studies to take un
limited unexcused absences from
their classes up to one-fourth of
the class m6etings in any one
class.
a This one-4ourth rule is the same
s tie total excused absences al
lowed by the University for all
students. Any cuts above this
total necessitates dismissal from
the class.
The Dean indicated that he was
pleased wjth the efficiency of the
new sys. He disclosed that
men studen& took only .77 of the
alloWed cuts per class, while
women were more lenient, taking
2.4 cuts per class.
Privileges were revoked in sev
eral instances because of exces
sive chapel cuts. Only one chapel
cut is allowed per semester under
University regulations.
Dean Bonner stated that the
faculty had expressed a desire to
make the system more lenient
*lower the g'rade requirement to
2.0 and allow sophomores the ad
vantage of it. He said that a pro
longed study would have to be
made before -it could be altered,
however.
Breaking Poitt
Each person has a breaking
point, and college students are no
exception, points out Mrs. Ida Long
Rogers, Dean of student life at
George Peabody College for Teach
ers.
Writing in a recent issue of the
"Baptist Student" on "Why Stu
dents Crack Up," Dean Rogers
emphasizes that some students be
come so ensnarled that they can
no longer concentrate on their worlk
or studies.
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and physically, sometimes having
to be hospitalized, or requiring
the aid of a psychiatrist.
"Why do some college students
crack up?" Mrs. Rogers believes,
"Part of the reason Is found in the
individual-his inherited character
istics, biochemistry, and age."
To these can be added those
things which happen to the individ
ual. "When a college student ar
rives, at school, he brings with
him the influence of his home,
school and past world.
Saunders
Could Top
A CC Record
An explosive ex-high school All
American has an excellent chance
to become the first fullback to
lead the Carolina football team
in rushing since World War II.
John Saunders, the 205-pounder
Yrom Churchland, Va., who could
establish himself as the Game
cocks' greatest all-time fullback
before his career is ended, is run
ning through and over opposing
defenses at a promising pace. In
seven games Saunders has ripped
off 412 yards through the heart
of enemy lines, averaging 4.9
yards per attempt.
With three more games remain
ing, including Saturday afternoqn's
,Homecoming Day contest with
Virginia in Carolina Stadium,
Saunders could set a new rushing
mark for Gamecock fullbacks.
Chuck Prezioso's 432 yards in 1949
is the best effort turned in at that
position since the war. Accurate
records prior to that are not avail
able.
The Gamecocks' great alr-around
halfback, Alex Hawkins, -is run
ning second to Saunders in cur
rent Gamecock rushing statistics.
Hawkins has gained 317 yards,
averaging 4.0 per try, while his
halfback mate, king Dixon, has
picked up 195 and averaged 3.8.
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A more "wide open" offense has
been evident for the Carolina foot
ball team this season, and Game
iock fans are seeing more and
more of the "lonesome end" at
tack that was sprung by Army
against U. S. C. in the second
game this 'season.
Coach Warren Giese has bee)
using the "lonesome end" to his
own advantage since the Army
game, and chances are that it will
be much in evidence when the
Gamecocks meet Virginia Saturday
afternoon in Carolina Stadium.
Still Like Control
The Gantecocks still like to
control the football, but they are
Joing it with bigger hunks of yard
age than in the past. Even in the
opening 8-0 win over Duke the
Gamecocks were ripping off fairly
long gainers, such as King Dixon's
7-yard sprint, Jim Bowman's 20
yarder, and a 15-yard spurt by
Columbia's I
Will Open I
Columbia's Polo season will open
Sunday at 3 p. m. with a match
between the Columbia Centaurs
and the team of the University
of Virginia with University stu
dents being given special admis
sion prices.
The Columbia Junior Chamber
of Commerce has announced that
University students will be admit
ted at the Bluff Road Field for
fifty cents, or half price of a
regular admission.
Half-time activities will be a
polo game between J. P. Sidewind
er and Tomahawk, local television
personalities.
Columbia Centaurs will be Cyril
Harrison, Sinkler Manning, Heath
Manning, and Jeff McMahon.
Starting lineup for the University
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John Saunders.
Di4on, Saunders and Alex Hawk
ins have turned in many more runs
of the 10, 15 or 20-yard category
this year than did Gamecock run
ners of 1956 and 1957.
Quarterbacks are getting into
Carolina's passing act much more
than in the past, too. Last year
the Gamecock signal-callers threw
only a total of only 14 passes,
with halfbacks doing most of the
running.
In seven games this year the
quarterbacks have thrown 31 times
already, completing 12 of them for
an average gain of 16 yards.
Wide Qpen Affair
Possibly the most wide open af
fair of the season is forthcoming
when the Gamecocks meet the
Cavaliers Saturday afternoon in
the Homecoming Day game.
Virginia has averaged more
passes per game than any team in
o1o Season
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of Virginia will be Carl Lightfoot,
Dick Rhimenschneider, Don Gertz,
and Harvey Smith.
The Columbia Junior Chamber
of Commerce sponsors the team
each year as its project-for-the
year to raise money for charity.
A Chamber spokesman said -it
is their hope that a considerable
University group will attend the
games of the Columbia Centuars
this season.
The "Tea Cup," which is award
ed to the winner of the Carolina
Clemson football game each year,
was introduced in 1948 to promote
better feeling between the institu
tions. Now the winner of the game
is awarded the trophy for one year
at the Carolina-Clemson basketball
game.
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the Atlantic Coast Conference,
with quarterbacks Arnold Dempsey
and Reece Whitley ranking among
the top passers in the league.
A victory for the Gamecocks
would put their won-lost record at
5-3, keeping alive the prospect of
an outstanding season's record.
Swim Team
Preparing
For Opener
The Swimming team is prepar
ing for its season opener against
The Citadel. The meet will be
held at The Citadel in Charleston.
Coach Jimmy Ratliff will be re
lying heavily on his veterans of
last season.
The Citadel has had its athletic
star rising ever since General Mark
Clark assumed the presidency of
the military college, it is one
of the few, if 'not the only, col
lege in South Carolina to give
scholarships in swimming.
This means that our Mermen
will be going into The Citadel
Bulldog's back yard to grab it
by its tail. No small task indeed.
Writer Says
Compete Fo
By Charles Bradley
Staff Writer
The situation concerning ama
teur athletics in America has be
come such that those participating
on the college level are being scru
tinized almost as carefully by the
NCAA as security risks by the
FBI.
This has had disastrous effects
on the inter-collegiate level of
participation, especially in the field
of minor sports such as swim
ming, tennis and golf. This is
due mostly to the vast amount of
publicity afforded the accounts of
such investigation.
Love of Game
No longer do boys compete
solely for the love of the game.
The spirit of physical competition
for the sake of proving proficiency
has become over shadowed by ex
pectations of far more material
rewards in the form of publicity,
pay of fs by boosters and in gen
South Carolina's freshman team
couild field a rather impressive
starting lineup of native-state tal
ent this fall. At ends would be
D)ick Rockafellow of Columbia and
Rusty Bass of Conway, tackles
HI:rold JIones of York and Alva
WVhetsell of Bowman, guards Joe
Y'once of Johnston and Bill Cobb
(normally a tackle) of Columbia,
center Stuan Pace of Easley,
quarterback David Sowell qfChe
raw, halfbacks Henry Crosby of
Ridgeland and Dickie Smith of
Conway and fullback Bobby Ivey
of Woodruff.
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Speedster Bud<
Holds Track Ti
By JERRY HICKEY
Sports Editor
It isn't often that you find a
3ruising 190-pound footballer who
also holds both state and confer
ance titles in track.
Carolina's speedy end, Buddy
Mayfield, however, has won the
state 220 and 440-yard dashes for
Lhe past two years. He also placed
iecond in the 440 at the Atlantic
Coast Conference track meet for
the past two 'years.
Bqddy, 6-2, 190-pound senior,
hails from the Peach State. He
played his high school ball at
Bass High School in Atlanta, Geor
gia. During his high school doys,
Buddy was picked for both All
City and All-Regional teams in
football, and was awarded the
Moody Sportsmanship Trophy for
his junior year. lie was also state
track champ in 440-yard dash for
two years.
Disproving the old adage about
"brawn and no brains," he was a
member of the Beta Club for three
years at Bass Hli.
Buddy came to Carolina as a
freshman in 1955. "1 had original
ly planned to go to a prep school
for a year, and then to Georgia
Tech," he said, "but when I got
Athletes Nc
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eral five years of soft living af
forded through lucrative scholar
ships.
Consequently, although there
are many talented athletes attend
ing various institutions, they fail
to turn out for practice in view
of the fact that no financial help
can be allotted them.
"Big Time"
Furthermore the greatest ma
jority of highly publicized high
school athletes attend colleges that
boast of being included in the so
called "Big Time" and who pos
sess I a r g e sports endowment
funds making their scholarships
all the more attractive.
Relatively no thpught is given
to academic standards or the
scholastic opportunities offered,
but typically the number of spec
tators the field house will seat,
and the amount of money the
"olh g;ad" will contribute each
month.
Over-Zealous Alum
The fault lies not in the men
who perform week after wveek be
fore p)acked houses, but in the
"HAXM" CIUB
There are several thousand
members of the "'Gamecock Club,"
Carolina's athletic booster organ
ization. Membership in the club is
openl to all per'son interested in
the betterment of athletics at
C'arolina through scholarships to
outstanding young men. The min
imum dlues is ten dollars per year,
but many see fit to contribute sub
stantially more than that. Execu
tive secretary of the Club is Roger
White, former footballer from High
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an offer from Carolina I decided
to accept."
He pl.., ed a little on the 1956
varsity and lettered in 1957. In
the '58 spring practices he was
on the second unit at left end,
and pushing hard for a starting
position.
He's seen quite a bit of action
this season, too. It was Buddy
who snagged that 26-yard pass
that set up Carolina's first touch
down in the Big Thursday game.
"It was the biggest thrill of
my life," says Buddy, commenting
on the 26-6 trouncing of Clemson's
Tigers on Big Thursday. "That
was the first time, in my four
years here at Carolina, that we
had beaten Clemson."
Commenting on his dual athletic
abilities, track and football, Buddy
admits that he is partial to foot
ball. "In track, you're pretty much
'on your own,' so to speak, and
you compete as an individual,"
he says. "But I think I prefer
the spirit of teamwork you get
playing football."
Buddy, who is majoring in Busi
ness Administration, says he is
undecided about plans after gradu
ation.
> Longer
The Game"
over-zealous Alum, who in later
years develops a warped attitude
toward the true college spirit and
sees through misted eyes, subsidiz
ing athletes as the only means of
preserving the winning tradition.
For in his mind, the number of
games won during his college days
becomes more and more and the
margin of victory greater, with
each passing year.
It is no wonder then that the
trend toward winning at any and
all costs and high pressure re
cruiters who promise the prospec
tive competitor anything short of
retirement at the age of 21, has
turned the eyes of the American
athlete away from education as a
means of self betterment, and var
sity sports as an extra curricular
activity, in favor of apparently
more material, but shorter lasting
gains. During his four years as
a player no celebrity in America
could enjoy more glamor of pres
tige than those men comprising
winning teams. But as any ex
player will readily admit, old press
elippings are very hard to earn a
living by.
Admittedly, numerous boys re
ceive college educations, who with
out the benefit of athletic scholar
ships. wvould find themselves un
able to attend. However, many
go to school for the extent of
their eligibility and leave with lit
tle more than a faded scrapbook
andl a sad realization that they had
let "lie in waste" their greatest
opportunity for a happy and suc
cessful future.
The answer to this problem lies
in a re-evaluation of the collegate
athletic program and a realization,
by the studlents, that they them
selves, through their full or partial
support, are entirely responsible
for its success or failure.
The University of South Carol.ina
was featured very prominently in
the most recent issue of national
ly-circulated "Coach and Athlete."
The cover photograph was of
Gamecock head coach Warren
Gieso and halfback star Alex
Hawkins. One of the featured
articles was on optional blocking~
by USC top assistant Marvin Bass.
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