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We Mst Act To I We appear to- be ready to sing the re quiem of the Honor Principle. The old sys tem hich was created by the first Uni versity class seems to have been under mined by "progress" or our derelection of duty. Whatever the cause, the chorus is practicing its swan song. "An Honest man's the noblest work of God." -POPE The Honor Principle as envisioned by the Vniversity is sound and good-if and only if every one does his or her part to make it work. The Principle pre-supposes two things: that most students are honest, and that those who are honest will report those who are dishonest. About the first supposi tion there can be no doubt. The cause of trouble in our Honor Sys tem lies in the second supposition, that those who are honest will take measures to in sure the honesty of others. Regardless of whatever fancy words one wants to call it, it involves being a stool pigeon. * This informing can be done in three ways, according to the "Carolina Community": 1. Warn the offender at the time of the viola tion and request a member of the Honor Board to discuss the matter with the of fender. 2. Request the offender to report himself to the Honor Council; then inform the Council chairman of this action. 3. Dur ing a quiz, write out an unsigned statement to be read to the class by the instructor to the effect that cheating has been observed. One of the quickest and surest ways to lose a friend is to tell a person that he is a thief or a liar; yet it is expected that we are brave souls and will rise up and point our fingers of justice at a violator and say, "You are cheating; now you must have a talk with John Jurisprudence," In the record books our honor system looks good. There are few convictions for cheating at Carolina, but the fact is that the greater percentage of those who cheat are not apprehended, not even reported. Throughout grammar school and high school (except schools which use the honor principle) a person is taught that it is bad to tattle. It is discouraged and condemned; Anthony E. Brown . * What Does Th It's A LoadE It has long been the policy process. of this writer to abstain from Today in the subjects that are either intoler- feeling of confuE ant in nature or iconoclastic in one of resentme form. A fanatic stand on an is- of the surviving sue of significance, especially in resentment and public print, is appreciated by natural effects no one. However, to indulge in idle living has been praise and continuous bemoaning tered by an outs of fate is equally unpopular to terest. the reader; therefore, we be- Who is to say lieve, this subject of social con- is wrong in its ditions as they exist in the segregation wh United States, which include the has been the rul< South, could well stand a di.s- try was foundet passionate review, if indeed there to say that the I be such a thing. in believing ses T HE South of today is made right according up of a group of states which which are almos were once either slave-holding nerable? areas or sympathizers with those P H E real mist areas that approved of slavery. Imatter, pa Similarly, the North is composed one considers to a large extent of those states ments, probably]: and territories that did not con- ern idea that ci, done slavery, although it was immediately and largely they that instituted the cation on the pa estate in America through trade To modify this si with Africa and Jamaica for we must allow rum, slaves, and sugar. The re- differences of suit has been a very strong sense both the South of sectionalism with both fac- as well as thos tions working for their own good tween the two and trying at the same time to majority in each proselyte the other to their way opposed to the v of thinking. Eventually, the more and there is no powerful North asserted itself The South, we and made its influence felt be coerced into throughout the remainder of the many reasons, t country. War resulted, and the ing that such pr Northern Ideal conquered the the rule of the Southern -Cause, but it was a vic- most states comn tory without conquest, for the in this particul germ of social difference among the South has I men was not destroyed in the years that integs CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHl CARHOL Member of Asaoclated f.ollegiate Pres Founded annar 80, 1908, with Robert Elliott C.1 ist editor, CFe amecock" is published 'm and for th the University of South Carolina weekly, on Pridays. daris year except on honldays and during examinations. aeeeariy toof'e cock.' "Th anecock Ietters to the Editor, but all letter must be signed. Pu not constitute an endorsement. The right to edit or n publication any letter Is reserved. EDITOR. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....BOIl MANAGING EDITOR.................C BUSIN1E|SS MANAGER... .. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT. ADVERTISING MANAGER..... COPY EDITOR.... NEWS EDITOR. .. .. .. .. .. ......... Retain Our Honor yet as a freshman at Carolina, a person is to disregard his previous twelve years train ing in this respect, and become an informer. It is illogical, and simply does not work. The honor system as it is meant to be here is quite similar to the methods employed by the Russian Secret Police, the objectives differ somewhat. Every student is supposed to be on the lookout for violators and to re port infractions of the rules. Supposedly, the Communists required reports on persons who were opposed to their methods, in other words they had rules and regulations which they wanted enforced. The honor principle also has rules and regulations which we must follow if it is to work. If every student supported the honor sys tem it would work beyond a doubt. If every I student were honest, there would be no need for any type of honor system; however, the University admits that this perfect hon esty is a Utopia, and has made arrange ments for those who cheat to receive punish ment. At present, of THOSE WHO DO i CHEAT VERY IFEW OF THEM ARE AP- f t PREHENDED AND REPORTED.T a Why is this so? Because as Americans I who have been taught throughout life that r stool pigeons are bad and that we are not to be tattlers, we find it difficult to cast off t the yoke of prior teaching and completely c reverse our way of thinking. r We are suspicious of persons who say that the honor system used to work at Carolina. d We do not doubt that it worked far better t than it has been working in the past sev eral years. We suspect that it has been work- t ing only partly at all times. s Now, it has become a definite problem 1P on campus. It is reaching a critical stage s and something must be done to remedy it. t Professors and students are well aware that h cheating is becoming more. widespread I throughout all departments on campus. y Someone must take action. You must take action. It is farcial to support an institu- a tion which ceases to function properly merely s because it is part of our heritage and tradi- u tion. V a a South Need? a .d Question come, eventually and inevitably, South there is a because integration i in plie s iion rather than "peaceful co-existance," which nt among both was slowly being achieved. It races, and both may be argued quite correctly s confusion are that not everyone knew that in when a way of tegration would eventually come, t drastically al- but a sufficient number was ide force or in- aware of the fact that in order I for these Southern states to be that the South come more unified internally, feelings about thiey must exert more influence r en segregation externally. A nd that, for some since the coun- reason, is the very basis of the l? Also, who 'Is whole matter--maybe! forth is in error After the events of the past regation is not fewv weeks, including the unfor to their rules tunate attempt to force private t equally as ye- businessmen to change their reg ulations, which are not their own, ske in the whole in fact, the cause of the integra 'ticularly when tionists has been set back many recent develop- years. The argument that they ies in the North- were trying to make the South ange must come ,aware of the "problems" does without equivo- not hold water because the South rt of the South. knew of these problems only too atement slightly, well long before the interferers that there are were born, and in its own quiet t opinion within andl traditionally unhurried fash and the North, ion, the South wa strying to cor a that exist be- rect her internal difficulties. ections, but the Now, there is no telling what area is strongly might happen. Whatever the re rill of the other, suIt is, however, it will take eace. many more generations to bring believe, can not about a change satisfactory to r integration for most than it wvould have pre te main one be- viously. actice is against IISTAKES will be made as .constitutions of LIlong as there are men who " idered Southern think, and mistakes result in ar matter. But rules and regulations, some of a nown for many which will conflict with others, - ation is going to and again, there is the basis of the entire situation-perhapsl. To answer the question of what r the South needs, a loaded ques-i tion if there ever was one, would ' require much introspection on the pairt of us all. Perhaps a strong leader would lead the South out of the "chaos." Perhaps we 1 N ~ should try to rid ourselves of the r ('haos. But whatever the ultimate a sales as lhe answer may be, there will he i * hdnso those who disagree with it on f g te oflgbo,th sides, and it must be re ne'farainembered that half an answer is r btihhg desfifty per cent. Better than no an- a swer, no matter how you look at f BY ALFORD it. harles Behling A t all odds, believe what f you will, but consider care- t *Ed Spears fully that change is going on e argaret Scott even while you formulate an i . Nat Adam, opinion, and you must make an opinion broad enough and elastic h 'enny Sinclair enough to withstand and to em- e Bill Lnmpkin hrace change. "My boy would be great his way through college, cam arl P. Murphy Das Fi Well, here I am back again. After a two-week layoff, whic 3 the necessary time require or any brilliant young auth( D collect his thoughts, to pla nother intelligent message fA is over-anxious audience, an iost importantly, to allow a sui1 ble lapse of time to countera< he sneers and catty remarks c he student body over my lat ontribution to creative art, eturn to- you with hand extende i the spirit of good fellowshi] To those conscientious youn evotees to dppth reporting, m eartfelt thanks for the beaut ul monument erected in my bN alf on the horseshoe. Asid rom the fact that they mi. pelled my name, I have no con laints. It was a beautiful sent lent. One which, I am sure, hall never forget. It is seldoz hat a man becomes a legend i is own life-time. To you peoplh nee again, my compliments o our fine judgment and goo iste. This simple act of humb) doration displayed by my cor tituents reminds me of a ver nusual and exciting experienc ,hich I was fortunate enough t e a part of during by eight amester of History 11. Services of An Englisman I had exhausted the facult asigned to this -particular sut act, when as a last resort, th niversity-in a jovial and good atured gesture of sympathy equired the services of a rathe uaint Englishman, one Mr. Si Villiam Farnsworth Chipman. "Bill," as I was loathe to ca' im after the first few semei ars, had been a victim of th erofula at the age of sevet 'his humiliation was further ap ravated by an encounter wit he Ipecac, or "man-eating plani s it is called, which his fathe ad absent-mindedly given hit or his birthday. For severn ionths, Bill tended the gift wit hiloprogenitive excess. Thei ne day afster returning from ectic evening of buffon lesson: )ave Bledsoe.. 'Right T Foolish Sth There has been a recent fure ver some Air Force instructio ianuals. These manuals give ir truction on dog-washing, mat ini-mixing .. . all perfectl armless trivia that is probabl n aid to civilian re-adjustmen There is one manual, thougi hat is not harmless, and ha etter be explained and explaine uickly. Keel) in mind that thi uote is taken from the sam ianual that alleged Communisr some of our church organize ions. The manual succinctly states A nother foolish remark ofte eard is that Americans have ight to know what's going 0r iost people realize the fool ardiness of such a suggestiot ..Keep in mind that publi ews media present only as muc niformation as the governmer iants to release." Windfall For Communtista This is astounding. It migi ave been written by a Commt ist agent working to persuad neutral country that Americ a totalitarian state. Word all at the audacity and shoee lunderinag stupidity of suj osedly responsible officials wh Ilowed such blatant, misleadin alsehoods to be printed. Allegations without basis aet such as these are grist to be Communista' mill. We mIgli onsider also the affront to thl ~itelligence of our nation. Nov re are fully cognizant thati as become .the thing to do I nlightened circles to downgrad In your business-he just ekinnied e out wtih a $200 profil" irshlunginer he noticed that the Man Eating h Plant, or "ipec'c" as it is called, d had opened its petals to the sun. r In a moment of over-anxious n exuberation, Bill stooped to par r take of its beautiful fragrance; d whereupon, the Ipecac, or "man - eating plant" as it is called, pro t ceeded to satiate its primitive na f ture upon his gentle pate. After it several hours of fierce combat, I Bill finally freed himself; but d all too late. Needless to say, the . plant died the victim of latent g scrofula germs and Bill was y forever possessed of a highly ac i- tive case of Acne. - I noticed his problem from the e first day, and resolved to assist - this worthy fellow in his pursuit - of happiness. 'Acne Can Be Fun" I began by showing him an essay which I had written one summer for a rather diminutive a n d egotistical professor of n American Drama, entitled, "Acne Can Be Fun." In it, I suggested such things as: disguising one e self as a microphone and work ing at fraternity dances. Or, per haps, hiring out as a waffle iron e in the Toodle Shops. I pointed D out that one could make extra h money sitting for golf ball ads, chicken wire ads, fly swatter ads and things of that nature. I y suggested the advantage that Acne owners held over others e when they listened to music - the acoustical possibilities were - unlimited. r He smiled skeptically, but r agreed to try some of my sug gestions. 1 After several weeks, he ap - proached me with an appreci e ative smile on his Grunion, or 1. "face" as it is sometimes called. He was overjoyed. His Acne h fairly sparkled. He had suc " ceeded. r While working part-time as a n tennis net, he had met a student il of Old English named Alma Wil h son. Her life too had been un i, happy sjnce she had been beaten a severely about the face with a s, tennis racquet by a "die-hard" 'o Know' stes Manual r times soporific people. But this, n this .passes the realm of reality -and borders on fantasy. Assume -for one moment that the charge is y true-how long would misinfor y mation continue? Is our learned t. pamphleteer assuming that the i, millions of people working in the di field of news dissemination are di under some form of delusion? s If this is true, then It calls for e the greatest mass psychoanaly n sis ever undertaken. Who, What, and Why? The five guiding maxims of :journalism might well be ap n plied to our manual-writing a friend: Who is responsible, what .is he trying to prove, when di4 - this situation come about, where .are these abuses taking place c and why is such tripe written ii in the first place? t "Only as much information as the government wants to release." The man who penned this phrase is guilty of the highest form of t treason. American freedom of -the press Is one of te most jeal e ously guarded rights of ,this -coun a try. a Right at the moment, we would r he willing to wager that there -are some public-relations boys o wearing the now-not-so-haliowed g Air Force blue that are tearing their hair out trylng to think up n some excuses. When theyv come r up with one,it had bettsrbe a t good mrewse, or this 'gpvern e ment.eentrolled" press s going to do some. quesn asking that t will be downright embarrassing. a We feel, also, that there will be e many people waiting for the an Letter to the Edito Dorm Di o But Stuc To the Editor: On Tuesday of this week 37 students, comprising the resi dence of the fifth floor of Build ing H, were placed on proba tion. The reason for this proba tion was burnt paper supposedly found lying in the hall the pre vious Thursday night. This pa per, according to the Housing Office and their agent, was the result of a raging fire. Although the fire was reportedly of such Colum loser in a rather close match. However, when she and Bill had met, she began to shout curt phrases of jubilation in Old Eng lish-"S ta n scyli gea n," and "Cwaeth," and "Haebbe," and such. Bill, being a sort of shy and easily impressed type rake, fell headlong into her decimated charm. They had found each other. I had brought them to gether. Geoture of Gratitude As a final gesture of gratitude, he took my hand in his assuring me that I had not been forgotten. He fixed his eyes upon my noble countenance and spake, "My son, I have reserved a place on this aged building for your name. When such time as happenstance provides for you to pass History 11, your name will be appro priately inscribed thereon." With these words ringing in my noble ears, I turned, brushed aside a tear, and walked slowly to the restroom. Even nlow, this void may be seen at the brink of this aged and noble building-standing as mute testimony to my unfailing loyalty to those who need me. Each day, my people gather before the shrine, stand upon the sward and gaze lustily at the broad expanse of concrete; while I, their fearless and undaunted leader, turn my thoughts once again to the momentous task of getting Huckleberry Hound on this blated TV. A Preview . . . CFFC Presents 'The Magician' Devotees of Ingnmar Bergman can be certain of several elements in the master's films: a strong story, exciting characterization with the same troupe of actors he has used before, brilliant camera work andl, above all, a style wvhich is recognizab)le as unique in t h e cinema today. Hence the significance of his latest picture, "The Magician," which opens at Five Points Thea tre this comning Sunday (March 13th) at 8 p.m. The plot involves the adventures of Vogler's Magic Health Theatre troupe, a medi cine and magic show which, chased out of Denmark, crosses over into Sweden and is forced to perform at the house of a rich merchant. Because oif se rious troubles with the police, Vogler and his wife are disguised and the whole troupe is humil iated as the merchant and the local doctor force them to demon strate the sup)ernatu ral powers they claim to have. Yet in a weird and totally macabre fashion Vogler triump)hs over his ene., mies, and the film ends with an invitation for the Magic Thea tre to play before the King of Sweden. In telling his story Bergman uses his fine stand-by actors. Especially telling performances are given by Max von Sydow as Vogler, the beautiful Ingrid Thulm as his wife, Gunnar Bjornstand as the doctor and Bengt Ekerot as a drunken player whose death helps Vogler triumph. Von Sydow, Bjornstand and Ekert were all in Bergman's Seventh Heal as the Knight, the squire and Death, and the trans formation in them is wonderful. Bibi Andesson, the beauty of Wild Strawberries, also appears. The Magician'can he enjoyed at all levels: to some, it's a story of mystery, ,to others, it is full of symbolism; to all it's an ex citing ex'perience. From Monday onward The Magician will play daily two performances only-at 3 and 8:30 p.m. Special admis sion day for Carolina st.udents will he MonAy, March m4h r . . dn't Burm lents Do proportions, none of the thirty. seven residents saw the fire, smelled the smoke, or even saw the ashes. The only evidence of the fire was the burnt paper 41s covered only by a Housing Of. fice official. From this one re .port and no further evidence or facts, the entire floor was placed on probation without Ihe privi lege of a chance to prove our innocence. We have become ex amples to you, the student body. As a matter of fact, we, the accused, were not even asked what had happened until the punishment had been levied. Then in a joint meeting with school officials, certain facts were es tablished. First, it was found that no one, not even the able representative of the Housing Office at the meeting, could de termine just how big a fire there had been, if any at all. The first report said that flames and smoke had engulfed the entire hall. Yet the Housing Office of ficial said that his assistant had. -4 not actually seen a fire but just some ashes on the floor. The fire was reported to have happened at an hour when the majority of the residents of the hall would seem to be awake, yet no one could remember having smelled smoke or having seen any fire. Then the story got a little weaker and it was admitted that the ashe-4 were seen only in the area near the elevator door. The group of students then asked if the proof of guilt could be laid to any one person or per sons. They pointed out that the fifth floor was easily accessible by means of the elevator and two flights of stairs from the other parts of the dormitory, that anyone with a notion to could have started a fire. The answer was that the guilt could be placed on no one in particular since there was no way of find ing out just who did start the purported fir-e. However, they wyere told that the entire group of students on the fifth floor was being punished for this ac tion by being placed on proba tion. Two Facin Established These two facts were estab lished: 1. Not one of the accused were aware that there had been a fire. This was a fire that was supposed to have burned right in front of their doors! 2. Thirty-seven students are heing punished for this, although out of that thirty-seven at least one was out of towni, one was aLt work, several were at the Military Hall, and several more were out studying, at the movies, or dating at the time it was supposed to have happened. How, we ask you, can the peopleC be punished for something wvith which they could not pos sibly be connected or know any thing about? They were not asked where they wvere at the time of the "crime"; they were simp)ly assumed guilty and like wise p)unished. We had thought that we wvould be treated in a democratic way when we came to college. A Chance to Speak All we asked for was a chance to speak up and attempt to prove our innocence, yet our fate was sealed before we had a chance to sp)eak. Punishment was levied before the meeting was held. We4 were held guilty without trial and the only evidence we could offer in our defense, that of the honest and truthful answera we gave to their questions, was not accep)tedl as an agreeableq defense. Ladies and gentleeSi of Car olina, when the honesty and In tegrity of thirty-seven of your fellow students is doubted and punishment, such as It was, in de creed without proof, watch out. It is a reflection on you. Admittedly the Housing Of f ice does have a tremendous prob 1em with the destruction of prop erty. But, should wholesale pun ishment be levied upon a group of students most of whom dId not even know why they had to at tend this meeting with school of ficials or why they had been puInished until they were told? Justiee andi Rights We ask you, has justice been served, or have our rights been flagrantly abused? We rest our case with you, the students of Carolina, for you, any one of you, could be next on the list. Look carefully when you enter your room today. Theste might be * note there telling you to come to a meeting with seheol\of ficiala. If there is, you have 1bad it! Signed, The Fifth Floor, B-u-n I