Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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There's A Price Yout educatiori is going to cost more in the future. Governor Ernest F. Hollings recommended an overall 10 per cent in crease in faculty pay from appropriations and student fees in his opening address to the General Assembly. This recommendation has already received the sanction of the presidents of our state institutions. We heartily endorse a pay raise for our faculty members. They are and have been underpaid for the job they do. They de serve more money, but, on the other hand, why should part of this money come from the students' pockets? Why not use existing tax money? The student fees for our state institutions are relatively low as compared to private institutions of higher learning. They are necessarily low in order to allow the great est number of persons to take advantage of these educational facilities. They need to be kept low, or the institutions will de feat their purpose, providing a low-cost edilcation. Last year, taxes were raised by the Gen eral Assembly to meet an expected budget Diogenes Is S The semi-annual time of reckoning is upon us again. It is time for the teachers to find out how we have learned during the past four and one-half months; or stated another way it is time for the teachers to find out how much they have failed to teach during this time. Stated either way, examinations have the same effect, the student gets the sharp end of the harpoon. After a semester replete with procrastination, the time for lucubrat ing has caught up with us. It's either now or next semester, and the next two weeks will give us insight on our knowledge. Fraternities Rec Everyone needs incentive in order to do the best job possible. Many tasks are un rewarding in themselves, but must be done to further a cause or pave the way for a more rewarding effort. People tend to be come lackadaisical and hapless doing menial jobs, but when there is a reward for a job well-done, energy abounds, and chances are increased for a better job than expected. In an effort to rejuvinate the fraternity program at Carolina, the "Gamecock" is going to provide some incentive for the people who spend their time and effort in organizing and conducting many thankless affairs for fraternities. The "Gamecock" is going to give awards Education Rec The second session of the 93rd General Assembly of South Carolina convened Tues day. This meeting has focused statewide at tention on Columbia and put the legislators in the spotlight. South Carolina's citizens are anxious to find out what is going to be done with the surplus ten million-plus tax dlollars which are currently coming into the state till. The citizens should not have to wait long to see what will develop. This Assembly is a holdover from last year, and without hav ing to go through a period of adjustment, the lawmakers can get right down to business. Since this is an election year and since no Play-By-Play I The Gamecock basketball team has gen erated interest on campus and in Columbia with their spirited and exciting play this season. Many of the Caroilina fans try to follow the Gamecocks at home and on the road. With no radio station carrying the road games,' fans find it difficult to keep up-to-date on the Gamecocks. The cost of radio programming is quite expensive and many stations which broad cast basketball games absorb a loss in reve nue by carrying colleg, basketball games. On Your Head deficit. These new taxes accomplished thel aim and added approximately ten millio extra dollars to the state treasury. Governo Hollings in his address stated that them taxes could be taken off this year. We ai sume from this statement that anothe temporary tax will become permanent lik; the many "temporary taxes" in the past. Why can't the faculty pay raise com from this excess tax money? If these taxc are to remain in effect, they will more tha provide enough revenue to meet this iT crease in salary. The student fees now paid is a small itei in a college student's budget. The majo expenses are for food, clothing, textbook etc. These items have steadily increased i the past few years making the expense greater. Now, with an increase in fees, th cost of attending college goes higher an higher. As an "Atlanta Journal" writer a aptly put it, "If the cost of a college edu cation continues to snowball for many mor years, a person can make a profit by r maining ignorant." ll Searching As long as these exams are a test of ou knowledge and not a test of how well w can read the other fellow's paper or concet crib notes we are being fair to ourselves ani our fellow students. Most people, and cer tainly most students, are honest; but ther are always some who think that anywa, they can get something for nothing is al right. We owe it to ourselves to find ou how much we have learned. Today's 90 ac quired dishonestly might in reality be i 45 when put into practice; and few peopli receive a salary on what they are suppose< to know. It's what they do know tha counti. eive 'Incentive' to the five men who are selected as th4 "Fraternity Men of the Year" and an awar< to the outstanding fraternity man choser as "Greek of the Year." These persons wil be selected by an impartial committe( chosen by the Gamecock, and presented dur ing Greek Week. In its effort to continue to help Carolirn grow, this newspaper is anxious to se( our social fraternities equal and surpass their outstanding brother chapters on other college campuses. Though the awards may be small in monetary value, the Gamecocli hopes to provide a wvorth-while incentive for advancing fraternity organization ai Carolina. Kuires Capital major problems appear at this time, the 1960 session could be a short one. We trust that the lawmakers will lend a generous hand financially and otherwise tc the University this year. Carolina has mad( tremendous strides in recent years, but prog ress costs money, and this money comes from tax receipts. It takes capital to finance edlucation. We trust that our legislators are aware of the needs of our institution, and that they will take the necessary steps to supply our needs as we continue our march to becoming one of the outstanding insti tutions of higher learning in the country. Por Next Year In states where the interest is high enough e.g. Kentucky, a network of stations has been welded together to broadcast home and road games. Apparently, interest has not reached a high enough point in South Caro.. lina as yet. Should the Gamecocks continue improv ing, this season, It is reasonable to assume that next year the Gamecocks will have a basketball network to provide play-by-play accounts of all Gameok asketb+all -ame. r r e r e e ... Anud for you shi Russ Burns.. Parking Loi Our heartiest congratulations to USC's administiation on the o action taken for the construction of the new faculty-staff parking lot behind the administration 0 building. Certainly there will be smiles upon the once-frowning faces of professors who pre viously struggled to make class on time. With the coming of winter's ravages, the trees, we noticed, have begun to migrate south ward. Large, gaping holes are now to be seen in the area around the steam plant-do we r dare hope more construction Is on the way? We are extremely happy that our professors and staff are happy. We are happy that our trees are happy. We will be even happier if a much needed stu D dent parking lot is in the making. And please, dear Powers, if such be the case, don't charge us all Letters to the Editol Where Has Our Men And Wom The society we live in is a strong one, made of a composite of strong people-people who are strong both mentally and phy sically. The latter usually domi nate numerically while the for mer are more dominate in the long run over the will and de sire of the masses. Yet for all the youth and strength and security of our na tion, we have many insipid weak nesses which will eventually be our downfall and the ruination of our great minds. These weak nesses seem inherent-to get the best of someone, to pull the wool over a superior's eyes, to repre sent the facts to our advantage these seem the national sports of America from high s c h 00o1 through old age. Getting caught seems only to hurt our pride, we have failed to execute the perfect deal. We are a democracy, and the traditional nature of that word, is an ideal in itself. As a body, we stand for liberty, the rights of man, truth, equality* before the law, and certain freedoms. One of these is the right to par take of an education suitable to our own diverse needs. Diverse Education Wanted Under the assumption that South Carolinians wanted this diverse education, were a liberal people, and above all, would con duct themselves as industrious, hardworking individuals stimu lated by a sense of honor which would require ,of them a mode of conduct worthy of great and honorable men and women, the University of South Carolina was established. Unfortunately a depressing paradox has presented itself. We claim to be-and are addressed as such-the ('Honorable) Men and Women of Carolina. At the same time, permit our friends and ourselves to commit a most odius fraud against the Univer sity and all it stands for. Day in, day out, we take hour se this semester! d Animals given those interested in the way of soothing their ulcers during these trying days. The g a m e itself-and you may deem it childish if you so desire - consiats of having a group keep a lively conversation going while inserting into each sentence of the conversation a pun derived from some already determined subject. Group Conversation It is best played as a part of a normal group conversation cen tered around the partaking of. refreshments. But perhaps we should demonstrate to make the matter clearer. Please bear in mind you are working with puns and what you read here will therefore be extremely distasteful to you since you didn't say it. The subject is animals. This is a subject we just can't BEAR' and we aren't LION. Our lips itre SEALED. Have you had enough of this YAKing? 0. K. So we're crazy . . . but try this little game, which, by the way, is called "Can You Top rhis," to break the fog of tfie exam coffee break. Departing Officials To all the departing "Game .ock" officials we would like to extend best wishes in all their endeavors, to the new bosses wel !ome to the snake pit, and to you: May all your exams be little mes. Pitching Horseshoes This announcement was run in i school paper at Grand Rapids, M4ich. "Mr. Jones visited the school yesterday and lectured on Destructive Pests.' A large num ier wvere preseht." The participant in the follow ng accident probably canceled ier subscription when she read < ;he following: "Miss Roberta < P'ord wvas injured while driving car near this city yesterday.i ['he area in which Miss Ford vas injured is spectacularly CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF SO Member of Associated Founded January~ b0, 1908, with first editor, "Th Gamnecock" is publlis the University of South Carolian weeki year except on holidays and durinE e The opinions expeed b co[m necessarily those of "The Camecock. Letters to the Editor, but all lettens not constitute an endorsement. The publication~ any letter Is reserved. EDITOR. .. .. .. .. .. MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER COPY EDITOR. NEWS EDITOR... FACULTY EDITOR FEATURrE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER. OIROULATrION MANAGER. REPORTERS: Jacquie Splawn, Na Ljoretta Lott, Henry Cauthen, Ba Selby Taporek, Novell. Owens, Anm terson, Jay Elgy, Penny Holland Jimmy Foster, Sara Krebs, Wayne May, Lynn Smith, Carlee McLer Gray, Morris Tatum. BUSINESS STAFF : PegWith ham, Ann Trotter, Jim Tbas. COLUMNISTS: Russ Burns, Anth Bill Handel. Columnist Emeritus: AS8ISTAN't PJHOTOGRAPHE] Schwarts, Blake lIsMhburne, Doug OARTOONIST8: Jack Morris, Jt Childres. TYPISTFS: Ma Pet., IIrr. ickers, we have a special Incentive cour s, Trees An our lunch money for the privi lege to park. Most of us are op erating in the red by just own ing a car, which brings us to another problem. . . . Ideal Parking Site At any rate, we would again like to voice the opinion that the area between Rutledge Chapel and the Snowden to Burney group would be an ideal site for a stu dent parking lot. After the recent redesigning of parking spaces on the streets around campus, the need for additional parking area has been intensified. * * * Exam time is for almost every one a time of stress. Not too long ago we were present at the resur rection of an old mental game which many feel can be instru mental in removing this stress. Now we don't ordinarily go in for pastime in this column, but perhaps some dividends can be Honesty Flown en Of Carolina quizzes, pop quizzes, and 10 min ute quizzes to test our ability to acquire facts and information. During each test of our ability, there are at least ten students in every large group who will fully borrow the hard-won knowl edge of a fellow student. No Step is Made Practically every student at Carolina is aware that this un fortunate and despicable act is taking place, yet not one step is made to reprimand the guilty nor do the guilty take a responsibility for their deeds. Those success ful at cheating, brag of their accomplishments, offering to the public evidence of their imnma turity. Yes, we at Carolina, as well as our fellow citizens of the United States, are letting our morals slip. Seemingly none of us has the intestinal fortitude to take definite steps on the road to improvement of our manners and morals. We prefer simply to believe that our lot is good, our grades reasonable, or our salary ade quate, and prefer to close our eyes to the entire affair, leaving the situation of dishonesty for someone else to clean up in his. spare time. Are We Playing a Game? After all, why change a good thing? Are we, in truth, really men and women or are we just chil dren playing a game and believ ing that when we are finally caught we will be excused be cause we didn't know better or hadn't been told? -Surely there is something noble, inspiring, and intangible in the person who is ,honest and honorable. Say, 'Men and Women of Caro lina, where has honesty flown? Or are you saving your honesty and honorable deeds for next week or perhaps next semester? Abby McKinney Dave Bledsoe ... No One Wants To lay * Second-Fiddle There will soon occur a strange thing: A man, full of sacrificial feelings for the party, will be coerced into accepting the vice presidency. Why is this so strange? Be cause the only prerequisite seems to be an adamant attitude against accepting this increasingly Im portant post. In order to be elig Ible for the vice presidency, one must have declared that under no ,ircumstances would he accept the post, in fact, the louder a mandidate is against it, the bet ter his chances are. Democrats Are Prey Democrats in particular are prey to this anti-vice campaign. rhe party faithfuls dash around in all directions screaming about iefense and pushing their boys ror the top spot. And what a line-up we have, 'oo. Prominent is our esteemed Senate majority leader who has listinguished himself for com promising the sting out of legis lation and a deep, abiding friend hip for natural gas produced *n his native state. Guess Who? Then there is the bland sena 'or from Missouri . . . 'nuff said. )r we might consider the bright ispiring Massachusetts million tire who counseled wisely for the :ommittee investigating labor racketeering . . . and then equally rilliantly fought the watered lown Landrum-Griffin bill. None of these worthies, of -ourse, would dream of accept ng second billing. All are eager .o grapple with the top Repub ican who-when he isn't trad ng hot words with dictators or lodging rocks-probably stays at iome petting his dog and re reaving his wife's "good cloth 'y !oat." We have reached a sad state ndeed when we must rely on 'second best" in our vice pres dency. which should by rights )e "second to the best." Debts andi Missiles This should be a two-fisted amlpaign coming up, with the )emlocrats singing "0 debt, where is thy sting?" and their 'pponents specializing in long listance jaunts . .. perhaps neasuring the miles and realiz ng how handily a Russian mis ile could cover them. People, it looks like a good 'ear. A GREATER UTH CAROLINA Collegiate Press Robert Elliott Consales as the hod b and for the students of a' rdys, during the oil.g. te and letter writers are not "The Gamecock" -meourages must be si ed. Pushn does BOBBY ALFORD Charles Behling - Ed Spears -....- .....Nat Adams Penny Sinclair . Bill L,umpkin - Margaret Scott - . Judy Killough - Dee Chandler * .Howard Hellams * Vance NeSmith -.......Blake Fishburne ...............Jm Bateh.H ncy Carroll, Ann Ellis Sheek, rbara Able, Margaret Baird, Neil, Elise McLean, Pat Pat Cookie Crum, Linda Jones, Corhett, Adolph Inman, Larry dont, Charlotte. Gower, Doug eri, Serena Jones, Betsy Gil ony E. Brown, Dave Biledsoe, DarI M. Reynolds. 18: 8am~ Florini; Jerry Bhuted. dly Oraig, Punkle Bell, Celia