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Outpost Ini Eanst 4 ith th w4ti4 ' eqf uislon troops $iom Que see , t aut Germans are now de manding the, Ldraljd of British, French, and United Etates troops from the free see tor of Berlin. Can and should the independ once of free terlin be maintained at all costs? Yes. The Issue at stake here is the -same as in the Quenoys, nd Matsu, -as in the Middle East: the independence of any area of the world must be maintained against commun ism. Each straw which falls in the com munist wind weakeis the position of the Western world that much more. We can perhaps say that we can allow a few straws to fall rather than face a showdown and we will clam'p down when the danger point is reached. Counel Conml It is gratifying to see that a student coun cil committee is to meet with city officials in regard to the traffic problem around the University., Since the construction of Rus sell House and other buildings on the other side of Green Street from the main part of the campus, student lives have been in real danger from passing automobiles. "The Gamecock" for years has asked that action be taken to, relieve the traffic prob lem, particularly on Green Street. It seems the simplest solution would be to stop the flow of traffic on Green between Sumter Street and Pickens Street entirely. This, of necessity, would cause more traffic on other streets than ever before, but in the long run would probably be worth whatever price paid. The City of Columbia might be willing to swap those blocks of Green Street, however, if the University would surrender a narrow strip of land bordering its buildings on Pickens Street between Pendleton Street and Green Street or University Place. If the city had this land, it could widen Pickens consid erably-a job that desperately needs doing anyway-and this might provide the neces sary relief to Green Street so that the Uni versity might be able to have this property. This is mere speculation on our part, h6wever, as far as we know, no official of either the University or the City of Columbia has suggested swapping those blocks of GERALD FLOYD . .. No Blood O During the summer Dr. Havi- make a poster to lah Babcock inaugurated a very sell House bullk worthwhile project when he col- spends more thaT lected books from students and trying to perfect, faculty members to be presented out flaws and one as a gift to the State Peniten- the eye of a pa tiary. The department of Eng- The paint ori lish was most successful in Its right color, then undertaking by having given ap- He must know< proximately 4,000 books. rect information The State Penitentiary has re- wording; he mal cently started a library and the to say too much, contribution from Carolina over- everybody to und joyed many of the persons there being presented who have shown a definite desire I can hear the for knowledge. ready . . . oops, SEVERAL LETTERS all over the fron Dr. Babcock has received sev- after all that wol eral letters from different ones misspelled a woi who have shown their apprecia- start all over age tion for the interest shown them. Somehow, he They are a group of people who the poster and I are hungry for something to read bulletin board, wa and who appreciate even the thoughts of his smallest medium of attention, nerve-racking ex] The English department is He has full sa again collecting books and en- time he puts a courages the students' donation bulletin board iri of any kind of books, regardless that no Carolina of shape, size, condition, or sub- dream of adding ject matter, to his poster or . . PORTRAIT BUST MISREPRES It was rather interesting to* Carolina can b have read a letter written to Dr. one of the finesi Babcock by someone from the penitentiary expressing a desire for a portrait bust for their new is complete without a bust." He added that a bust of anybody ex cept Diogenes would be fine. Most of us will go home dur ing the Thanksgiving holidays. We feel that sharing in this simple but worthwhile project now in progress by Dr. Babcock would be of outstanding service to those who are forgotten and need attention. Won't you bring a book back with you after the holidays? Or maybe a portrait bust! POSTER-MAKER The old saying that "experi ence is the best teacher" holds true in almost any walk of life. It's so much easier to talk about dolig things and to see the works of other. than it Is to actually experience yourself. Juppodb a Carolina student Is dpegetto saedub or organisa- ...mm. taie. sa man and Is asked to ierany's geart The danger po t is here. an armed strgle between t and West topk-place, there is co uideraWe doubt th4t the West coud. em vie ous. We cerinly cannot surrender aiother pot of land In the world struggle. . Several yers ago, the free sector of Berlin, had to be maintaiped by airlift to keep it from falling into communist hands. Even at that early date, it was considered of greatest importance to the Western world. Its im portance has immoasuribly- increased since that date. We cannot afford to let Berlin slip Into the hands of the East Germans under any cir cumstances. - The United States must stand firm in Berlin as it has stood at Matsu, letting the real forces of imperialism know that we will not surrender any area without a fight. fee Needs Luck Green Street for the property along Pickens Street. This plan might not be workable at all, but on the surface it seems like a valid idea. The Green Street traffic problem might be solved in this way: allow no parking on the blocks of Green adjoining the campus. This would relieve the hazard to students crossing the street a great deal, but then where are the students going to park their cars? The parking problem is worse around the campus than the traffic problem, if anything could be. Students apparently are not willing or are not able to pay $10 for the privilege of a reserved parking space in the lot behind the new dorms and as a result finding a parking space on the street is almost impossible. Stu dents who stay off campus and have to com mute to school every morning cannot find a parking space for blocks as it is. The elimination of parking on Green would con siderably worsen the situation. Then what is the answer to the parking problem? Evidently vast sums of money are going to have to be spent if off-street parking is ever to be available. On-street parking is becoming more difficult every day. The solution seems to be a long way off. We can only wish the student council committee much luck in their conferences with the city officials. it Of Turnip be put on Rus- ponsible group of cheerleaders of tin board. He any college in the South. These i a few minutes cheerleaders at the football 'his poster with- games have definitely worked that will catch harder than any that I've seen in sser-by. the last few years at Carolina. nk must be the Many of the students have corn the right shade. mented the whole semester that xactly the cor- our cheerleaders have demon for the poster strated unusual cooperation and es certain not diligence. but enough for One of the factors which makes erstand the idea their outstanding performances when it is read, even more praise-worthy is the sob stories al- fact that moat of them are sery I spilled paint ing their first year as cheer t of the poster, leader. The splendid assistance ek! Damn! I've given by substitute cheerleaders d; I'll have to this semester can neither be over un. looked. finally finishes -No one can squeeze "blood out 'laces It on the of a turnip." Neither can the iking away with cheerleaders make the student strenuous and body cheer. perience. The reference made in last tisfaction every week's column concerning~ the poster on the head cheerleader was actually Russell House meant as a representation o( this student would year's cheerleaders en masse. extra comments My reason for making these tearing It down. remarks is to express the lack * of support by the students. The ENTATION interpretation by the cheerlead e proud to have era, as well as others, is under and most res- standable. "*Man! What a i.. ANTHONY E. BR A Lady Place h Of the many stories seevedited to the pen of the past master of the tale with a surprise ending, 0. Henry, equally many which he actually' wrote were never published in his name, but were constantly appearing in maga zines and in columns under other by-lines. We think that the following tale is most appropriate for the present season, for it deals with humility and thankfulness in a rather interesting situation. Rundown Section In a rundown section of Lon don there lives a dignified lady whose social status is high but whose fortune was decimated by depression. Her name is Mrs. Henry Abbingdon Fleece. Because of her impeccable family connections, Mrs. Fleece received an invitation to the wed ding of Princess Elizabeth and Phillip Mountbatten at West minster Abbey and was intmedi ately confronted with the prob lem of what gift to send. Curiosity Shops She rummaged desperately RUSS BURNS . . Ode To "Rules were made to be broken," so said a wise fool once upon a time. We all agree that sometimes rules must be . . . flexible so that they may operate in the best in terest of all parties; however, when the parties get a little dis criminatory, it's time to close up the doors and put out the cat. All Cats And until such time as all cats have equal privileges they should be made to remain out on the back fence to conduct their meowing sessions. Not only is this action discri minatory but it seems that our KAT-oops, our spelling isn't too good-isn't quite housebroken, judging from the mess he made. We are sure that good house man ners can be learned, so we won't dwell upon this phase of the sub ject. Govern All Men To govern all men and others, we have rules and regulations. Here in our little castle fortified against the ravages of on-rushing mankind, we have our modest though sometimes out-of-step rules. As the first of the fifteen Ruis sell House commandments, we have: Food will be restricted to Snack Bar and Cafeteria except in other parts of the building under auspices of the Food Serv ice. Rule Value We are not here to argue the pros and cons of the value of this rule, but rather to point out that it is a rule and has certain obligations, both written and un written, that accompany It. For violation of this rule, stu dents have been suspended from the Student Union Building and one guilty organisation suffered a similar fate . . . some yaeas "Out, out damned spot!" OWN. . . s Pawn Gaml i Buckingham through many curiosity and pawn shops in London, and finally de cided on three isolated pieces of an old chess set that caught her fancy. The fifteen shilling price was within her means. Mrs. Fleecp bought them and ordered them to be sent with her card to the Princess at Bucking ham Palace. Mrs. Fleece sincerely hoped that her paltry gift would be overlooked amidst the splendor of all the other gifts. On Ex.lbltion When all the presents were put on exhibition for relatives and friends, Mrs. Fleece searched anxiously among the glittering display for her gift. When she did not see the chess pieces, she heaved a sigh of relief and thought that perhaps some under standing secretary had hidden them away. As she turned to leave, she sud denly saw her chessmen, alone in a glass display case, with sev eral dozen people gazing at them in admiration. Placard Explains A placard explained: "These A Grecian Cc ago. This has been the trend of the judicial verdict in the past. But trends die and in death sometimes give off a very foul odor. Nose. Detected The noses of those. persons visiting the second floor of the Student House have in recent days detected the smell of minor ity privilege . . .stale coffee. Our campus organizations on Russell House's second floor spend long hours of diligent and dedicated work producing for the student various forms of campus communications. Much Patience The jobs take much patience and effort, require a maximum of output under minimum condi tionR. What worker among these people wouldn't like a cup of coffee or a coke to smooth the wrinkles of the extended hourn. But alas, the answer has always come back the same . .. NO!!!! Coffee Service We know of one of these ee ganizations that was presemtud a complete coffee service set fer the purpose of making thme tim spent In its endeaver .emsewha pleasanter. The presest same from the wife of the geusien for which this building Is namned. The answer was still . . . No. Now approach the villain.e. the scene. An outsider using .me of the meeting room leested em the floor in question was allowed the privilege that the "hemedelk" were denied. Let us sadly shake our heads and wonder. Sesond Part Oh, but you may we em at tempting to forget thme meessd pat of the rule that stmtee 'an cept In other parts o athb bd ing under auspices et the eaed Service." Can an exception under dis criminatory circumstances prove itself acceptable when it provides for the minortye? Minontt rule ) V >it Finds Palace priceless pieces have been missing for over a century. Three genera tions of the royal family have commissioned eKperts to search for them. Mrs. Henry Abbingdon Fleece found them. Her invalu able gift completes one of the most precious chess sets in the world." Mrs. Fleece drew her frazzled old fur coat a little tighter about her and walked proudly out into the sunlight of the cold Novem ber morning. Elements Are His Of course, it is obvious that 0. Henry did not write this story, but its element and style are de finitely his. The true author of it is not known, but he surely must have known 0. Henry's secret of the twist ending. When 0. Henry died in New York in 1910, his last words were: "Pull up the shades so I can see New York. I'm afraid to go home in the dark." Have a h a p p y, thankful Thanksgiving. ffee Urn is in some quarters considered slightly undemocratic. Chaos Created Overlooking the chaos created with the offerings of the Food Service, we would like to ask who is responsible for cleaning up the refuse? After all, other kids must follow the fatted goat in the pasture. Another organizat.ion-'we will neglect to mention that it was one of those not deemed worthy of privilege consideration--had to follow and clean up the stable before It could have its own meet ing. The justice of our democratic society is oftentimes shocking. CROWING FC UNIVERSITY OF Memaber' of Asoo ED IR..........k's hAUNG sIG EDITOR . . ...l. . EU bNE. Op maAGERd b. o NEWs EDITO te. .~ .C.. EATUR EDITOR . e .' OITT EDITOR......... MAPARTN EDITOR.... POTOGRS ANGER . ADVRLTIIN MANAGER.. REAPORERS ED ena OR Kare McKlbbeni, Det Johnson, Vaanti Meeke., Ken Wood, Ji & BiHJonq Doris Ka.la Bob ien, Pa~ Klika, Di All.. HoUsnd, Charles Bradle Lawsar Cason, John~ Kenny, Li 3egIand, Ruth Traak, Patsy EUSINES ITAFF: Ted 0 Ks*dn Ftsmne,s Debbie Willis COLUMNISTS: Carl M. Reyn Ru.. Burns, Anthony E. Browi ASSISTANT PROTOGRAPH) Jordan. CARTOONISTS: ob ar. CARL M. REYNOLDS... Beffer KIve Your Firgeirsi In A Pie A rather ambitious program has been outlined by the Student Union committee which can only be realized with cooperotion and participation by students. It is gratifying to observe that the student council committe6 is en deavoring to expand itA program to Include a number .g new proj ect&. The new chairman, dedicated survivor of two yeat' faithful service on the. committee, has the necessary requisites to achieve the capacity of the committees projected program. We know that Student Union can be one of the most functional committees of student council . . . and we certainly wish the "re organized" committee every suc cOs. Similarly, we enjoin the stu dents, themselves, to respond to the activities of the committee, lest the argosy of talents it pre ents go to no avail. WE SHOULDN'T BE writing a column this week. It's not our time to be in the group. But the I early deadline left some unfilled space . . another way to look at it . . . maybe we shouldn't be writing anyway . . . but public opinion no longer worries us. 0 0 0 ALL OF THIS international intrigue and subversion we're constantly confronted with these days is just a part of the game of making the "world go 'round" . . . but none of it will do the job so effectively as a good swal low of tobacco juice. THERE IS ONE co-ed on campus who is constantly dis turbed, thinking that every thing she does is wrong . .. and it may well be, but she should console herself, because she's very popu lar. AT THE GAME on Saturday, one fellow said he was resorting to a little imbibing just to steady his nerves . . . he got real steady . . . could hardly move. WE NOTICED that there will be a "sock hop" in the Russell House on Dec. 3, right after the net procedings . . . and we can imagine that it will be one of the darn'dest things we've ever had at Carolina ... in any case, we're wholly in favor of It. SOMETHING THAT has been bothering a number of secretarial science majors over in the BA building . . . is how they should file their nails. SINCE MOST OF you will get around to this before Thanks giving dinner . . . we'd like to pass on one word of poise and polish before closink . . . what ever you do . . . don't eat your turkey with your fingers . .. hor rors . . . eat your fingers so- I parately. IT IS MUCH better, however, if you have your fingers in a pie ...but not too many pies. R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA sted Collegiate Press eith nebet Elliott comuales as the abba by, ad fE. the stedeuts ed seM eF dar,dag the .ellsge ek""The Cau.cb" ineweseu Iese sese. edi . wIel7kr SCOTT CAIN ...........Billy Mishe .Jim Herring TOR . . .Gerald Floyd .mRon Rutledge ........ ..Carol Watson .......... .. Anne Valley ..........:.Ann Stokes ........ ..Jerry Hiekey ......... ..Jack Preneh ..Roger Brown at, Bill Bates David Caldwell, Charlotte Anderson Sara Kvaba, dy Killough, Glenn iiteadows, Joe oki, Fay. Mille.r. Charles Behling, are Bansbury, Furman Wingate, y, Donald Ifutledge Bill Dunne, irry May, Abby Mckinney, Buss Ireen, Bob Ray. won, Tom Rose, Edwin Speats, ins, Peggy Withers. olds, Robert M. Bell, Bill Handel, ri, Jim Pendarvis. ICRS: Sam Fiorini, H. Greeber