Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A New Presideal Log over a year ago the University lost a fine IXsldent wlen Dr. Donald S. Russell resigned, and during the ensuing weeks we heard much discussion over who should be the next to assume the responsibilities of the presidehey. Unfortunately, however, this matter has been left hanging fbr far too long. We have been a school withoat a president long enough and It Is time that something be done to remedy the situation. Indeed, Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt has done an outstanding job as acting president, but a temporary position such as this can be extended too long. It is certainly time for an advancement or either Take Advantage "As You Like It" will be presented on our campus next Wednesday evening by the Canadian Players as one program in the Artist Series. We have certainly seen that the Artist Series Committee was successful in making wise selections for most of the odter programs, and we hope that they have used tf, same discretion in selecting this. If you nhised the previous productions in the Artist SerNs, you have surely denied yourself an unusu4l experience. We are very fortunate to be able'(o walk into a building by merely showing oti identification cards and hearing such perfo ers as Nadine Con ner, the Tyroliers, th Nevew Amsterdan Trio, and the Roger agner Chorale, and the forthcoming pro am is sure to prove to be an equally dJAIghtful experience. Many studeats at the University may have never seen a live performance of a play writ ten by Shakespeare, who is indeed one of the greatest authors of all time, and in some Now Is The Ti Now that another semester is well under way, we find ourselves again in the midst of piles of studying, but many have already been heard to comment that they are behind in their work. Before the fleeing semester is half over and we' are faced with mid-term exams, we should pause and take stock of what we are doing and what we should be doing. Too many of us neglect our studies.for things of lesser importance and then end up by en dangering our health during final exams. Now is the time to act. Within the next few weeks many students will be taking their first hour puizzes of this new semester, and It Is with these that we should begin making the grades that we hope to have when the semester is finished. Too many people go into their first quiz sessions almost totally unprepared and feel enough relief in the statement that, "If I fail this one, I'll just have to do better on the Russ Burns... "Sell SI "Sell short your mothers, ye all I!! sons of Carolina." Yes, comrades, Ah, my friends, there is a doc- th-ings and do the trine worthy of your attention, too may become There is the true doctrine of the Royal Society fc people. ance of Housing We must all keep an eye upon Communi our brothers lest some misdeed Communication, of theirs go unnoticed by the sary part of our higher command. Spy upon your cause of this, an: friends; turn them in for steal- any channel of ing those thumbtacks from the will cause all of bulletin board or taking too many punishment unde napkins from the rack In the tem of judgemnent cafeteria. Let nothing escape your So, comrades, probing eye and formot . .. tell the phone off yo' That's what happens when you oake abuormal ahmiem, and modern dane. in th.esame us t- Wen? Who? the! annduncement of a new president for our school. As many people on campus realize, there has been a great deal of discussion over the return of Dr. Russell to resume his old posi tion, but nothing definite has been an nounced. If at all possible for him to take on the office again, we are entirely in favor, but if he is not available, it is time for con sidering another person. I do not know, as many other students do not, what, if anything, the board of trustees has done in the selection of a new president, but I would certainly like to see them make some definite announcement in the near fu ture. Of Opportunities cases this may prove to be a once in a life time experience, so we should appreciate the opportunity provided us and attend this pro gram and all the following ones. Thus far the students, as well as the faculty members, have certainly shown great enthusiasm for the Artist Series, and it is our hope that this enthusiasm will con tinue and thus enable the committee to make possible even better programs during the next year. Make use of the opportunities provided by these programs! If you are disappointed with a particular performance, say so, be cause only in this way can the committee that selects the performers select what the student body as a whole would enjoy and is interested in. Support this series and thus help to make the Artist Series a characteristic feature of the Carolina Community in the years to come. a For All To Act others." But before long neglecting to study can be come a habit, and the end of the semester will find some poor souls yelling, "I have to make 130 on the final to pass the course so why should I try." Indeed, there is no need trying. If four months does not give a person time to learn a subject, then one night of cramming cannot. New Years Eve passed, and many of us made resolution upon resolution, but prob ably half of these have already been for gotten. And at the end of each semester we find people vowing that, "Next semester, I'll make the dean's list." Now is the time to prove to yourself that you can make good gfades. Don't count on cramming; count on learning gradually and on keeping up with assignments. This way the end of the semester will not find thou sands of distressed students, but instead everyone can be proud to receive his grades. iort Your Mother up to you to organize the search if you do these party, tear out the offender's m well, then you treacherous tongue, and then cast Smember of the him to the dogs.' This do ye in ir the Further- the name of the state. This do ye Offices. in the name of the overlord of Ications building H. . .. s are a neces- Close To Truth society, and, be one disrupting Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? communication Well, in view of the reactions of hers to receive the housing department on cer r our just sys tain subjects, perhaps the fore going is closer to the truth than isomeone rips most students realize. rwalteit Buleusquote rather than expound; the following statement recently set before the students of the University of South Carolina explains the point qui4e well: "The administration does feel, however, that there are enough * students living in the dormitories who appreciate the telephone service enough to stop or report the ones who are destroying this property." Official Decree .Yes, the housing office has fin -. , ally mustered its wits and issued an official decree. And as usual it is too Hittle, too late. Now really, does Mr. Kineaid think the students condone this telephone vandalism? Does he think that the majority of Caro h4. lina students are out to strip the - - school of Its necessities and that - some Charlie Dogood is the hous ing office's only salvation in this human jungle called U.S.C.? Always A Reason It is about time some officials opened their eyes to what is going on. For every action there is a psychology, reason, whether. It be spite or tester. want or lust and the resoan in He says he's fed up with people. E EDITOR .. . rror Of The I Errors Of Prol ever, actually is much more strict than this old law when the crime is deliberate. For example, we put a man in prison for robbery, but the rob bery seldom does as much dam age to the victim as does the prison sentence to the criminal. This is necespary, because if we allowed only the same pain to a poor man for his taking of money from the rich man as It caused the latter, the pdor could speculate in crime quite profit ably. The only merciful change that we make in the old law is that we make a distinction between pur poseful wrong-doing and acci dental. Although a person who commits crime should, by our standards of justice, receive many times an eye for an eye, we can only give certain crimes death, our earthly maximum. Sincerely, ROBERT W. WHITAKER To the Editor: The step from high school to college is a big and important one. For the first time an Indi vidual finds that he is on his own, that he must make both minor and major decisions every day of the week. These decisions may help, hin der, and completely change the outlook that a student has on his personal life. These small, everyday decisions will gradually mold the type of individual that the student Is go ing to be. Professors It is in this respect that a pro fessor can help or hinder a stu CROWING FO UNIVERSiTY OF Member of Associa EDITOR . .. .1 ....... .b .. BUSIESOS ANAGERs..... ASSTMANAGING ED OOPY EDITOR ............. ADVERT16I'NG MANAGER... NEWS EDITOR ............ FEATURE EDITOR....... SOCIETY EDITOR......... SPORTS EDITOR. .. .. .. .. .. CAILPUB EDITOR .. .. .. .. CIRCULATION MANAGER... REPORTERS: Charlotte Andei Kibben, Sara Krebe, Vasiliki Mo Furman Wingate, Bill Dunne, Al Martha Gaston, Carol Williams BUOINESS 6TAFF: Tom Ro. llams, Peggy Withers. COLUMNJLBTS: Carl M. Roya Brown, George B. Salley. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Sam Fi< Rickenbacker.. CARTOONIOTS: Bob Waldrep, TYPISTS: Martha Shuler, .11:il 40h% LETTERS TO TB The E And Dear Editor: Mr. George Salley's article ". . .Eye for an Eye . . ." assumes that, if capital punishment were done away with, the reforms (mandatory life at hard labor) he mentioned would take place. However, today's system of parole in ten years, after the publicity and furor of a murder has died down would still remain in existence, so that the criminals would still go relatively unpun ished. This is a common error of the idealist. The question is strictly practical if it is to be debated to any valuable conclusions: the status quo or the status quo minus capital punishment.. . If one is going to decide upon life imprisonment without parole, he is merely substituting an obvi ous eye for an eye for a subcon scious eye for an eye; in either case it Is a life for a life. We must find a new value for a life if we are to use a new satis faction for justice. It seems that Mr. Salley has said in his prticle that the value of life, "the debt" owed to society, is in money. How much is a hwnan life worth? I agree that a life for a life is an example of the old eye for an eye. Our system of justice, how 'S mn a n y telephone "vandalism" cases becomes rather clear when the wires are neatly cut to faeili tate splicing elsewhere. How about it, you "officials," take a better look before you start accusing students of wanton destruction. There is no worse backer of a school than an offi cially downgraded student body. Rare Occasions Except on rare occasions you will not find students maliciously destroying their prime source of communication on the Carolina campus. Look outside for the cause and quit punishing the innocent in side. Keeping the privilege of telephones from the innocent will not cause the guilty to return said phones. Deny The Innocent There are certain blue-suited "officials" on the premises, how ever, who believe denying the In nocent will cause the guilty to return admitting they were bad boys. Perhaps too much of their policy has infiltrated the housing administration. Let us then not cast full blame upon the housing departanent. Therefore, if In view of what has been said the housing depart ment decides to quit playing al mighty by keeping the toys from their little children, and start rendering a little service in the form of replaced receivers, we feel sure the office in question could rally quite a backling of now angry students and with their help clear up the problem. How about it B.K., is it worth %Jq'LDREP dealist 'essors dent. The professor, in the eyes of the student, is a person whoni the student respects and, perhaps admires. This respect and admiration stemming from the fact that the professor is a learned man in his field and can offer much to the student, should in no way evel be destroyed by some careless unconcerned teacher -who really doesn't care what his studentL think or do. Student Opinions The opinion that a student may have is, to him, a very vital ani serious one. To the student it h all he stands for, and all that rep resents his thoughts on a giver subject. To have these personal opinion changed would, in itself, no cause the student to be uneasy o troubled. After all, if he sees tha his opinion is wrong, he correct himself without many, if any, ad verse effects. On the other hand, to have hi opinion scorned and laughed at b, some unwise professor woul, surely lead him into a trouble state of mind, an uneasines within. Cardinal Error This, then, should be labcee the cardinal error of a professoi For the job of a professor, as teacher and as an advisor, is very valuable'aid to a student one who needs the help of a older, understanding, and wise person. If a professor destroys th trust and faith that , a studeri places in him, he is, very literalil destroying the very purpose t which he Is devoted. WILLIAM I. WOOD R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted CollegIate Press 4tbu and sme me.e e --iha . Sethe taismh .1a 7e. *h ..--..- t......S. me sTe msek sm sig ..........BILLY MIH .............Gerald Floyd Rion ,Rutledge POR ..... ..Anne Valley . . - - Carol Watson - -- -- - -. .. Ed Spears ....... --. ... ..Bill Bates ..... .. ......Larry May .... .. .. .. .. ..Glenna Bryant -.---..-. -..-..Charles Bradley -.--.--.--.--.--.--.-.Charles Behlng .. .. .. .. .. .. . ..Jimmy Truesdale so, David Caldwell, Karen Me skos, Glenn Meadows, Joe Jordan, by McoKinney, Carlee McClendon' on, iBill Lumpkin, Jimmy Belloe' e, Marilyn Francis, Bobbie Wil molds, Russ Burns, Anthony E. irini, M. Graeber Jordan, Bert Lisa Lowenstein, Hal Jetnmeon, r Lewis, Bunny Ooope. WES SCOTT... I -Se Carolina In Fifty Ways I see Carolina in fifty ways: N.R.O.T.C.'s dual military drills for future admirals, -.. Carolina's high scholarmohip rating for foot ball players, an excellent gain for any school . . . a slightly con fused coed during RE week, who when asked of her religious af filiation, replied, "I'm a "Bapto Metho-palian-Presby-gatingalist" . . . Bob Waldrep's origiAl car toons which enliven the "Game cock's" editorial page . . . the poor posture of many Carolina coeds. New Head Men Lacy, Way, Weeks, Ashley, Jones, and Thomas - all new head men on Fraternity Row ... Dr. Sumwalt's "sharp" green chapeau . . . Julie Petoskey, a lovely citizen of "Our Town" ... Slater's candlelight and smorgas bord; now all we need is moon light and magnolias to make the idyl complete ... warmer weather and campus-bench philosophers. Pep Talk Coach Warren Geise's pre spring practice pep talk, which we hear had quite a few "thou shalt not's" included . . . Mike Quinn, the busy man witli the election-box key . . . WUSC's lovely Abby McKinney, who now has a radio show of her own . . . King Dixon and Ray Pericola, two 1959 graduates, who are proof that you can be an athlete and a gentleman . . . Progress: planting trees around the new library before they finish build ing it. Neglected Needs Among the neglected needs: a drama department, an extended school of music, and an expanded art department . . . Mike Os borne's handling of the Artist Series with tact and common sense . . . Buddy Mayfield's view on playing football: "It takes mind, heart, and guts" . . . the abundance of "RESERVED" signs that dot the campus . .. the unnecessary protest of Furman's delegation over the "poor" Caro lina spirit at cage games. Great Challenge Green Street: the eternal chal lenge for survival ... Dr. Nolan, e the ideal prof, a fine scholar, and interested in his students . . . SPE's Kopian and Gomes, likely backfield starters for 1959 var sity . . . I.R.C., making a com mendable effort to fill some men 5 tal gaps . . . Carolina's cinder , men, among the ACC's beat. I Continental Aspect i Enough foreign students to a give U.S.C. a continental aspect ...Robert Wallace, a notable veep, who has served the student body wvell . . . Paddles and cigar boxes . . . Robert Ellenburg, a name you'll hear of from the baseball diamond . . . the crew a from Ten. 7, third floor: my per a manent critics. - Surprise Visitor a' A surprise visitor seen walking r the campus (Donald Russell) Ah! the good ole days . . . black uni e versity trucks zooming down cam t pusq sidewalks ..,. our new regis ,trar, a fine gentleman bringing 'a splendid spirit of cooperation 0 to the Adm. Building .. . Sign on door in Preston: "I-f I am here, s knock gently; if I am busy, please leave; if I am not here, come back when I am" . .. Camille Wyman,W exec over the "women with brains." Refreshing Thought A refreshing thought: one stu dent election in which there will be no posters and other propa ganda staring at you from every tree on campus . . . Dr. Bell, vis iting history prof, a very gracious gentleman - - - the surprisingly large number of pro-law students who want to be governor of South .Carolina . . . the Howard-Gceise , battle of words over grant-in-aid scholarships - - . Spring frater nity rush: a last-minute effort to bolster Frat Row's feeble rating of only 25 per cent of the male enrollment. The Beast B.D. and "the Beast" .. . Peri cola in the 1000-neIghborho .. Maxey monument: the mecca t amateur Photographers . . . Hay and his A.H. . .. Frank De-\ stino, who has duo problems Latin and his basketball wards High HIandlebares Jim Selway and his high han dlebars . . . Gerry Williams, th fashion photog's delight . . . th Horseshoe, on our campus, bu off-limits to our cars ..,. the flin art exhibits available from to time in the RH auditorium a student body president to the sent.