Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Reprm*ted from t4e Rai "Newe and Obse'e . The biggest agghead rae) is not the one represented 1 Doren and TV quis shows. It book, racket egaged in by and scholars which is becoz and greater drain on the I Americans seeking an educa1 Obviously the $129,000 V is peanuts compared to a racl hits a college student at the semester. Apparently the old obvious books has greatly lessened < The days may be gone when men used whatever means c required to get a public sch tion. Today the racket, particult operates on more elegant gi the flag of scholarship. But students to pay through the Of course, in some scientif! ularly at the higher level knowledge is changing rapid] reached the point in almost 4 changing costly textbooks yea prives the first buyer of a c and makes every new stud( book. And "revision" can b and not a sign of advanci when slight alterations forc new book. While they profit from th( Ellis Boatmon . . . Counting Thanksgiving has rolled around again, an# with it the formal opportunity to re-evaluate our physical possessions and our spir itual gains, and to also take a firm second glance at our needs. Most of us, if we be honest with ourselves, have received from the hand of Providence a bounty of blessings: Good health, sacrificing parents, a home, amiable friends, and the privilege to pursue an education. For these items we should be humbly grateful. The Carolina Community, here at the Thanksgiving season, can well give thanks for the goodness that has poured into our midst. Finest Students We have one of the most beau tiful campuses in America, our faculty is well trained and new teachers are constantly being added, our facilities are ever ex panding in quality as well as quantity, and we are fortunate in having the finest student body in the world. Our president, Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt, is more than an execu tive. He is the student's friend. President Sumwalt, in the short time he has been in office, has exhibited an interest in the stu dent body that has endeared him to all of us. There is no problem too small to bring to his attention, there is no student who will not re ceive a gracious welcome from him, and there is no stone he will leave unturned in providing for us and our educational needs. We have an educator, a gentle man, and a friend in Robert L. Sumwvalt. For this we are grate ful. Thanks to Deans Many other names occur to us as we pause in our Thanksgiving moments, and we only wish we could mention them all. Deans Tomlin and Clotworthy have done splendid jobs counseling their students. Dr. Patterson has, as always, done a magnificent job as Dean of .Administration; Mr. Wel bourne does, with ease and ef fiel.eney, the mountainous task of being treasurer of a state univer sity;, and Athletic Director Rex Enrights has guided a successful athletic program for U8C that has been on the highest plateau of sportsmanshilp, individual phy sleal development, and collegiate gains. 'l!o these, and to so many more, we say "thank you." Our s*hool spirit is constantly on the aseendaney. From a low dbb lse year, the student body hae isen In Joyat and concern .for their Alnta Mater, and the fuW bddl ~evy hope for pest Egghead RE eigh, N. C. ably few of < er") books recogni2 tot in America et in which iy Charles Van course, push t is the big tex- classes and cc honorable men - In general, ning a greater and spontaneo iopes of young scratching pr( Uon. professors mi mitted and r an Doren won other professc iet which often Undoubted13 rate of $50 a particularly ir , expensive pa racket in text- with the class >r 'dappeared. for other pro ruthless sales- tainly some r r efforts were which would ool book adop- many success; book or cut I trly in colleges, first place. ,ounds. It flies In social, it still requires fields the fees nose. tion have stea c fields, partic- Perhaps this 3 f learning, on ability to I of But the ste y. But we have changed and s wery field that reached the p r after year de- body engaged hance to sell it scholarly hea( nt buy a new least those wl ecome a fraud to pay it. But ng scholarship a groaning the sale of a costly and pr< process, prob- (Editor's No Blessings A higher marks of attainment. Rise In Loyalty Not everyone has, of course, "put their shoulder to the wheel," but more and more Carolina stu dents are seeing that school loy alty is more than a catch-phrase and that it will take all of us, pulling together, to reach that more desirable area of devotion to and service for Carolina. The student government has been an excellent one to date. President Jim Leventis has molded discretion, common sense, and a keen depth of loyalty to USC, into a challenging program that has led the Student Council from lethargy to active partici pation in campus affairs. Able President Jim has been wisely aided by a host of student leaders too nu merous to mention, but whose services have made our goals for Carolina closer to reality. Then, there are the hundreds of faculty, staff, and student mem bers-many whose names we do not know-wvho keep Carolina functioning day and night: the Russell House staff, the main tenance crow, the Housing Office, the post office crewv, the intra mural leaders, our capable p)olice force, the infirmary staff, our telephone operators, the cafe teria staff, religious advisors, and many capable secretaries and as sistants. These, and countless others, acid so much to a typical day at Carolina. As we reflect on the many blessings that have come our way, we pau~se to give much thought to our needs. High on the list is a new b)asketball arena. Barren-Barn Within the coming years USC will have big-time basketball, and it will be no compliment to the University, or the teams, to play in the barren barn that now serves as a field house. TIhe idea of an auditorium has been kicked around as the pro verbial black cat. It is true that the University does not have chapel meetings; hence no im mediate need for bringing the student body together. However, if we are to continue our Artists Series (and we cer tainly hope they are continued), we must have more adequate fa cilities to offer bo0th audience and artist. No university of the cali bre of USC shonld he without an auditorium. Daily P'aper Needed Many at U'&C want a daily newspaper as over half of the bigger schools now issue; and with our outstanding journalism department providing capable writers, and with the student body n a whole always a fertile chet - >ur scholars who produce the e the propordons oftthe rack they are engaged.. Some, of ;heir new books on their own lieges. I however, there is an informal us racket by wich in a back )cess the new books of other ty be required in the unad iaybe unconscious hope that rs will require theirs. r some considerate professors, English, have turned to less perbacks in courses dealing ics. It should be made -possible fessors to do the same. Cer iethod should be worked out either make it possible for ve students to use the same he price of the book in the sports and student activity charged students beyond tui dily increased in our colleges. is necessary. At least the tax >ay is obvious. idily rising cost of constantly ,eadily "revised" textbooks has coportion of a fraud. And no in it should shake a solemn I at Charles Van Doren. At tose money he took were glad' thousands of college studentsi under the changing, revising, fitable textbook load. ,e: Need we say more?) nd Needs area from which to draw talent, there is no reason we cannot have a daily "Gamecock." It's some thing to think about. Another need we can kick around in our minds for a while is a complete reworking of our student council, elevating it from the rather high-schoolish isola tion-booth of being a "council" to the more dignified and service able function of a Student Senate. 1FC Uke Rip Van Winkle Also, it might be a good idea for the Interfraternity Council, which like Rip Van Winkle has been asleep for years, to stimu late itself with new names and new plans. Looking again in the "need department," we stand to elimi nate the confusion that exists when the '59ers, the Pep Club, and - the cheerleaders fall over each other. The result.is a sloppy excuse for a pep rally, poorly di rected, poorly attended, and poorly executed. The logical answer is to place the '59ers and the cheerleaders under the Pep Club and give the latter organization the au thority to handle affairs dealing wvith pep rallies, etc. All three groups mean well, and all three do well, but the school suffers as all three step on each oither's toes in the proc ess. The Honor Principle is sup posed to have gotten a green light to go forward and up ward. It will, of course, depend on the Honor Council and the students themselves to prove that by their vote they really want "honor in our time." Yes, with our blessings have come our needs. But in the months and the years that lie ahead most of these peeds will resolve them selves. An institution wIth 5,000 citizens will, of necessity, have problems. Students will always be alert to changes they want made. This is a good thing. It Is only when excesses creep in that we make a mockery of democracy. Thanks Again It is one of the high moments of each calendar year that we can pause and say "thank you" to those who help each day make t h e Carolina Community t h e great school of higher learning it is. long after we have left our Alma Mater we will all remem heer what she has given us: an education so desperately needed in our competitive world, friends and acquaintances to last a life time, and the social and religious values we must .have to be a stable, happy person. Yes, "thank you" one and all. The blessings we have and the needs that await fulfillment make Carolina "a good place" Letters to the Editc Flag Sti Check Ca Nazi Flag-Waving Dear Editor: November 10, was set aside as Veteran's Day. It is a day dedi cated to the memory of all of those who gave so much for our American way of lifqo There are those among our student body that have dim mem ories of the horror of war, and I don't believe in fanning this ugly flame to life just for hor ror's sake, but someone should remind us of it when we begin to wave the flag of the Nazi party in our stadium. This has happened more than one time this season. For every one of us that has forgotten, there is one of us that remembers clearly because of a father, brother, or friend that gave up his most prized posses sion, his life. I don't believe the person that brings the flag to our stadium really means to hurt the memory of our loved ones. I do believe that his or her memory is just too dim. Otis H. Timmerman Check Cashing. Sialion Essential Dear Editor: Several weeks ago "The Game cock" put fourth a question in one of its columns which raised a question which I think merits further consideration by everyone concerned, which is everyone at the University. This was the question of a check-cashing sta tion in the Russell House. If businesses located around Carolina will cash checks for stu dents wvith no identification ex CROWING FO] UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associa Founded January 30, 1908, iw first Uditsor, Th Gaecock" is p year except on holidays and durinu necessarily thoseo "h Camn Letters to the Editor, but all lette not constitute an endorsement. TI publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR .. ........... MAN'AGING EDITOR... BUSINESS MANAGER. ADVERTISING MANAGER COPY EDITOR.. NEWS EDITOR..... FACULTY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR ... SPORTS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR. CI;RCULATION MANAGER. CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER.: REPORTERS: Judy Killough, Ann Ellis Sheek, Loretta Pk NeSmith, Barbara Able, Margar Owens, Ann Neil, Elise MceL Penny Holland, Cookie Crum, I Krebs, Howard Hellama, Wayn< May, Lynn Smith, Carlee McLt BUSINESS STAFF: Peggy W ham, Ann Trotter, Jim Tobias. GOLUMNISTS: Russ Burns, E Dave Bledsoe, Bill Handel. Coll olds. ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPI Schwartz, Blake Fishburne, Do CARTOONISTS: Jack Morris, Childrees. 'rYPIrn.Tu: M na . Pe ...Har rs,Bitter M shing Static cept for an I. D. card but the school will not part with money unless the student gets to the treasurer's office during busi ness hours; what are outsiders to think? Even if the student does get his check cashed by the treas urer he leaves with the distinct impression that he has been fa vored by the Gods. Oh, my mistake, the Campus Shop will cash checks, after de ducting twenty per cent as a sign of trust. We are the privileged. Can the University not place a check-cashing station in Russell House, or is this too great a risk? I understand that a great many students are either crooks or fools, so perhaps the .present sys tei is correct. But if anyone would give seri ous consideration to another al ternative and give this idea a try, maybe the University won't lose more than two or three hun dred dollars a week. At least this is the implication I gather. So how about it? Will some brave person in a position of re sponsibility give this idea a ten tative try or will we still have to impose on outsiders for some thing the school refuses to,even try? This Is my question. Your answer? William L. Oti.i Secretary of S. C. Athletic Coaches' Association IIacks Move D)ear Editor: In a recent letter to JTake Pen land, sports editor of "The State," I wvent on record as heartily endorsing the miovemen t 1t A GREATER IOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press ith Robert Elliott Conzales as the blished by and for the students of ekiy, on Frlays, during the college exandnations. imnists and letter, writers are not ,ck." "The Gamecock" encourages rs must be signe. Publishing does ec right to eit or wthold from GLENNA BRYANT Karen McKibben ...... . .. ..Ed Spears Tommy Rose Penny Sinclair ..Charles Behling . .Dee Chandler ........ Bill Lumpkin ............Margaret Scott ...........Bobby Alford *Alice Holland .............Jim Hatchell ..Pete Allan Jacquie Splawn, Nancy Carroll, tt, Henry Cauthen, Vance H. et Baird, Selby Taporek, Novelle pan, Pat Robertson, Jay Elgy, inda Jones, Jimmy Foster, Sara Corbett, Adolph Inman, Larry ndon. ithers, Serena JTonea, Betsy Gil lis Boatmon, Anthony E. Broten, imnist Emeritus: Carl M. Reyn ERS: Sam Fiorini, Jerry ig $huford. Judy Craig, Punkie Bell, Celia tt. Pennintn,n niame nahe 7mOleS >n Lacking to name Carolina Stadium, "Rex Enright Stadium." Coach Enright has been a real friend to our S. C, Athletic Coaches' Association, organized in 1948. He has always realized what such an association could mean to S. C. high school ath letes and has at all times been ready to give of his time and Counsel to aid our cause. Coach Enright over the past 12 years has made every athletic facility at USC available to our association. Cooperation and in terest as evidenced by this fine man has not gone unnoticed by the coaches of South Carolina, and they deeply appreciate and love him. Over the years we have had most of the outstanding coaches of the nation here as instructors and we have noticed the high re gard that these men always had for Rex Enright. So to us, all of this means that Coveh Rex Enright is not only an outstanding can here among us, but a respected manl through out the nation, and loved by maney. gar feelsur the menvery membe ofor ex t onriganzaio.(0 Sfort to s,aeo theastau Co Rsaslex Enright is tol anerytstingh word hmer amn ulsi, utay espcend yhough ouptin the inmnoven and pra feal "tepo that ebe" strong make the alongswary moet maker ethinorh esPotiue youme Harortyt naedg the srtaiu TA s soxtioint i Mdoing, mach Add (End oumnt TheIolowingth meent wasfor wrded ta "The Gamecockat" eitor mak the "echaryloe o mae thisotey gsuecm Ithar just benAh Sbrougtaro my attenaionthtamv en habee stlat et n fthCr wiare to naeThei tadiume bhe WIte Eright Stadim." or Rex has done be frouth-o thaeeUniversity in South Caro lina than anyone I have ever known. lie has promoted good will and a better undlerstanding of the game, also he has brought out what football means to the p)layer beyondl his graduation from school. If I had a son, I would have liked him to laLy for Rex En right. This man is one of the greatest p)ersonalities of our time. I think this would be a fitting tribute and I share this opinion with all those who know Rex. Kindest regards. Andy Gustafson, Head Coach, University of Miami, Miami, Floria. Russ Burns . . *Gee,~ Thanks! The season of Thanksgiving is upon us vith all of its raons for being glad we are where we are in life and reasons for taking fresh roots to build for an even better future. It is in the spirit of this feeling that we offer our humble prayer of Thanksgiving: We are thankful that we can start the day off with a cup of Slater ca'eteria coffee m a do with parched corn and burlap bags so as to immunize our s t o n a c h against ulcers, tape worms, and ileus. We are thankful that we are served stale pastry for breakfast in the Slater cafeteria, for this makes us chew twice as hard thus toughening the gums and eliminating t h e necessity for brushing after meals. Bits of Pastry Bits of this pastry are a good substitute for amalgam and are useful in plugging up cavities, thereby saving on dental bills. We are thankful that the pitch. ers of cream in the Gamecock room are uncovered during the cold season so that everyone can sneeze into them thus allowing all students to catch colds at the same time and be over them before Christmas. We are thankful that our can teens, the Gamecock and Cock pit rooms, have such small serv ing areas as opposed to, say, Clemson, which has five times as much serving area in one room. Good Fight Our small area sets up a spirit of competition among the stu dents to see who can shove whom out of the way at the counter; and, after all our democratic sys tem is founded upon free enter prize and competition. Besides, the exercise gained rushing up and dowa the stairs to see which room is least crowd. ed will pay off in many extended years of old age. We are thankful that we have a Campus Shop and bookstore which c h a r g e exalted prices thereby giving students a con versation piece for otherwise dull parties. After all it is contro versy that quickens the pulse and the Iind. Many, Many Libraries We are thankful that our uni versity has such a multitude of libraries to impress the public with. If we can fool them Into thinking we have a high standard of education, we will be a step ahead of the backward institu tions. We are excellently staying with the trend of the times: "He who deceives the most goes the farth est in life." We are thankful that our uni versity has such tiny auditoriums and( an acoustically resonant field house. Trhe hardships we must en. (lure gaining entry and enjoying the activities taking place within make the occasions something we can never forget.' Remember the rough way makes one appreciate ' the goal more. No Parking We are thankful that there a r e fewer parking spaces on camplus than there are student caris. This tends to aid the cause of our friends the gasoline mer chants while, at the same time, it gives our police friends a sense of responsibility, of belonging. Don't forget, too, that those bright red tags' lend a festive atmosphere to our campus which fills all with the joy of living. Weare thankful that our girls have a four-year taste of prison in their dorm regulations; this has the effect of balancing the large male population in the state p.pnitentiary, thus making our whole socjety more equal and stable. Remember, a well balanced society Is a happy society. What! No Cranberries? We are thankful that we must endute t h e omnipresent "hill billy" r eeo r ds played in the Gamecock room, for this gives us a clearer appreciation of how the other half lives. And finally we are thankful that we were not all horn turkeys --it must be very disconcerting to open your mouth and hear only "gobble" come out. The best of Thanksgivings to .you and yours.