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We Wnt M4 The term "suitcase college" has been ap plied to Carolina in the past and most likely will contixue to be applied In the future. It is a colorful and descriptive term, and it is as "right as rain." On Friday and Saturday afternoons, one gets the impression that camp has let out and that the people are going back home after a week of training. The reason for the migration on week ends is very simple. There is nothing here that the student wishes to do on Saturdays and Sundays. Most of the time there is little or nothing happening on campus or in Co lumbia to interest the student. We need more activities which are of In terest to the students on -weekends. Planning in the past has been rather helter-skelter in this direction. Occasionally dances or parties are held on Saturdays, but these are usually 'Sno(i Snow seems to do more to Carolina than merely provide beauty. Some will remember it as a black spot on their records instead of the white, fluffy, frozen ice that pro vided some interesting snowball throwing. We refer to those students who were ap prehended for throwing snowballs by the police. We strenuously object to the fact that Columbia city policemen arrested Uni versity students for throwing snowballs. The University is quite capable of deal ing with its own problems of discipline A Salute To T "Civil Rights" are being extolled in Wash ington and aired throughout the country these days. Of course, there is little need to point out that no one knows what civil rights are or if we are entitled to civil rights. The big fight in Washington seems to be over who is going to get the credit for the civil rights bill. The Republicans want to take the credit, and the Northern Dem ocrats want it to appear on the credit side of their .ledger. This is a grand play for the Negro vote in the coming Presidential elec tion. What's Wrong Food is a universal gripe. People never seem to be satisfied even when they are supposed to be getting the best food possible. Everyone has something to say in the way of criticism of the food served in Russell House. Anthony E. Brown .*.0 How Honora Somewhere, in the dim and Carol'ina could foggy pages of mendacious his- a fourth of its tory, the "honor system" was situation now at hatched for the purpose of pro- it do its job, 1 teoting the honest from the die- must be given a honest in college classrooms. How? Even,tually, inevitably, came the When one mi system to Carolina of the South, inform on his but there is no reason to believe trays one of t that it is now as forceful and which men hav< useful as it was when first in- trust. Trust re stalled here, order to be vali An honor system implies that hackneyed two there Is dishonesty among those make one right, who fall under its jurisdiction, stroying trust I burt one such as we have sat Car- any sense of th olina means nothing, for one sys- be "an honest 1 tern also implies that there is Cheating is e honesty In its realms; a type of able. Some peop: honesty -requiring one to tell and striving," when and where he has observed Vance Packard, any and all forms of cheaiting. apology for us The real meaning of honor is others for a n that one shpuld look after his When a cheastei affairs in such a way that will college, he rece be acceptable to the majority of exactly the san those w ho behave similarly. ceived by 'the n Cheating is respected by no one; may be no ap) It is employed at some time by between the twa everyone to gain some elusive but which woul end, but whenever cheating oc- your legal prob curs, it is 'the sole responsibility ing account, or of the perpetrator who must live of your home? forever with the blight on his ually costs you, self-ideal. Therefore, personal the cheater a grr honesty and honor 4s strictly a he will be foun private matter which is to be held convicted by a s Inviolate within the 'Individual. jority trusts an< No person has any right what- He can not ch, inoever rto say: "That man cheated once discovered today; he Is corrupt, but I was little he may he honest today; I am pure." How? How t6 A etrong ar'gument for the system? honor systeen Is that there must The answer be rules to protect the cheater what. How can frogn those. otherwise Inclined, and still keep Quis t heser must be some Perhaps a bIt 0j fomgl diviio between the good all would help, a the- bad, but etter have it could either agi etdent atsmp$ to have At half- preseut rule o [g ft|b.eis.tobe a ule, en- one which wo gees de o Uhe poit dtat ful- graphie exampi s~ *@*I apect It is quixotie viduals eaught ,..gg s b rest rule at professors, and we Activites closed affairs sponsored by various organi zations for their members. . The University does not have a suitable place where activities can be held. We need a building devoted to student activities where a student can wander in and find something interesting to do. We need a building which would house bowling alleys, billiard rooms, shuffle board, ping-pong, television, etc. It would not need to be an elaborate archi tectural building to house student activities. It could be simple; maybe, a wing could be added to Russell House and devoted to just such a purpose. It need not cost a fortune to build. We would be satisfied to have a roof and walls with a little planning going into the activities to be housed under one roof. The modern university needs to be a seven-day a week college; not five days and hit the road. N) Fun without outside interference. It is only proper that the University should do so; since the cause of the students being in Co lumbia is the University. Some of the snowball throwers overdid it a little by adding foreign matter to the snQwballs i.e. rocks. This is dangerous and can cause harmful personal damage and property destruction. Such practices should not be allowed; but we feel that these prob lems should be solved by the University, not by the Columbia Police Force. he Fighting 18 We appreciate what the' Southern Sena tors are doing to combat legislation which is distasteful to the Southern States. Many critics point out that the Senators who are conducting the Senate filibuster are doing so just for the record. The record meaning that this is election year, and the Senators want to be able to say to the home folks that they put up 'a battle against civil rights legislation. We feel that our Senators are fighting for more than just the record; they are fighting for democracy, American de mocracy and the American way of life. We applaud their efforts. Ith The Food? The "Gamecock" would like to see these gripes on paper along with suggested ways of improving the service and food in Slater's cafeterias. Address correspondence to The "Gamecock", Box 49.. ible Is Honor? iver work to even doubt in the matter, immediate capacity, as the and irrevocable expulsion should ands but to mae follow. Strong? Yes. But effec full set of teeth. tive, for rif a student were 'to be faced with the stigma of never mn is required to being able to attend any college neighbor, he be- in America should he be caught he few real ties cheating, perhaps he would think between them- the matter over before he tries luires honesty in to use another student's work as 1, but just as the his own. wrongs do not We do not apologize for having neither does de- said what is contained in this nsure honesty, in column. We do apologize for hay a word, unless it ing to say it. Perhaps, someday, atared." there no longer will be those asily understand- who. .. . e are "frightened But there probably will be, and .o use a term of we must enforce strongly a rule but there is no to rid ourselves of them. ing the work of_______ leans of success. graduates from ives a sheepskin e as .the one re rn-cheater. ThereT aetdifference Types on the surface, i you trust wi th Final lems, your bank 'the con.struction It happened at Bowling Green Cheating event- (Ohio) University! It seems that but it will cost a student had made arrangements ~at deal more, flor to "crib" on a flinal exam. The d out, tried, and student had arranged to sit by oeiety whose ma- the window during the final I honors honesty. examination. The plan called for eat always, and his roommate 'to arrive outside he loses wvhat the window, pick up the exam, ve had. take it back to the room, fill it > ave the honor - out, and return the completed exam before 'the end of the hour. eludes us some- With only several minutes re it be answered maining, the dutiful roommate iomor honorable? r'eappeared, slipped 'the finished ' Introspection by exam back through the window, or perhaps we and left. The "cribber" turned ee to uphold the in the exam and walked out. r adopt a neaw Nexit day he was called in by uLId make more the professor tA explain how his me of those indi- test had been typewretten. eheating by their i F r o m The Egy ptian, Carbon when therae isno dale. Illnnis. "Why, yes! The Honor Sys Dave Bledsoe . Snov Meet Thq "Write about the snow," some one has suggested - "everyone else is." Well, without bothering to see who "everyone" was, we forthwith decided to recall happy nonsense arising from nature's latest visitation. Our friends, the campus po lice, were certainly busy. We know they are our friends be cause after all: "The policeman is your friend, but he has a job to do." Aren't we glad that the job is being done so well? One city policeman remarked to an unlucky car-owner who had parked below frat row-albeit illegally but briefly-"We don't want to ticket the cars parked here, but we've got no choice because we're called in by the campus police." Friendship for our fearless minions of the law certainly snowballed last week. Snow somehow brought out the best in everyone: Some joker called in to a local radio sta tion and announced .that there would be no University classes the following day. We have it on good authority that the dean of men's office failed to see the humor in this innocent prank. In fact, at times, there is prob ably more snow in the dean's office than there is on the ground. One enterprising young stu Letter to the Edito Student 4 Of Statu Sir: I am writing in reference to Mr. Anthony E. Brown's column in last week's edition of "The Gamecock." In ilt he makes the following statements which I wvholeheartedly disagree with: (I) The South has known for many years that integration is going to come, eventually and inevitably. (2) At all odds, be lieve what you will, but consider carefully that change is going on even while you formulate an opin'ion, and you must make an opinion broad enough and elastic enough to withstand and to em brace change. I have .the strong conviction that integration will NEVER come neither eventually nor in evitably. True, some Southern states have embraced what they hippocritically term "token inte gration." These states are trai tors to the very principles and foundation of democracy and our own federation. They h avye yielded to "overwhelming" forces merely because they were too weak or lacked the determ'ina tio)n to fight federal encroach ment on the rights of soverefign states at all costs save sov ereignty and honor. Therefore, they have forfeited both their sovereignty 'and honor, for honor has no place in defeat unless courage and gallantry exist in that defeat. Certainly it cannot be said that the Confederate States of America yielded to federal aggression without a strenuous 'and ardent engage ment. Are we to denounce the ttadition of democracy, seIf..de termination, and the Southern way of life for which our an tem works real well. I like it I" i Cures Hang D New White dent we know was certainly glad to see the highways frozen seems he had had the misfovtune to have three grandmothers die in the past two weeks, and needed a fresh approach to the cut system. Our condolences in advance for the myriad aunts, uncles, and cousins who will shuffle off this mortal coil in the interest of an excused cut. According to the excuses turned in to the dean's besieged secre tary, there has been a mass mi gration from the dorms-nearly every student at Carolina lives on the border of a treacherous swamp or at the top of a moun tain that is impassable in the slightest fog. A Our studentry is to be com mended for their deep abiding concern for safety on the high ways . . . not one will attempt to risk life and limb by driving to school in a storm. Actually, there were people on campus during the week of The Big Snow. One malcontent spread the word that a judioious appli cation of snow to a fevered brow would cure a hangover. Now we aren't going to draw any conclusions, but there were darn few snowmen bu'ilt on the Horseshoe, yet the ground was stripped clean of snow in short order . . . and a snowball doesn't take an awful lot of snow. Could r . . Advocates Pre s Quo In Race serve and died so valiantly to defend? An emphatic NO wvould be utter'ed from the lips of every TRUE Southerner. As one who is true to his state's cause and principals, 1 shall put my faith in the as surance that all South Carolin ians and in the hope that all Southerners will adhere to and prove true to South Carolina's determination and will-power as set forth in her twvo mottos: Animis Opibusque Parati, Ready in Soul and Resource, and Dum Spiro, Spero, While I Breathe, I Hope. South Oarolina will NEVER be integrated because 'it would reqjuire the use of troops by the Federal Government to accom plish this task, and the people would not stand by and take dt in their stride. The Federal Government cannot force South Carolina to submit to "over whelming" odds because 'there are no overwhelming odds against us. I rest assured 'that our cause is righteous and onr strength suf ilent to resist any force either peaceful or otherwise. May every Southerner strive to obtain a character comparable to that of 'the indomitable Presi dent Jefferson Davis, C.S.A., as described by Mr. Waddy Thomp son in "The First Book In United States History" as follows: His heart was as tender as a womans; he was as brave as a lion, and true as the needle to the pole to h'is convdctions; 4n disposition generous, in char acter courteous and chivalric. I realize there are those who disagree with me. as I did with Mr. Brown, who said, "Believe what you will." I advocate the preservation of the "Status Quo," and the opposing forces are inadequate as to compel me elieve di Af ferently. Russ Burns . . Something Mt To Alleviate P In past weeks Carolina's park- ir ing problem has been dragged c into the open and can no longer a be disregarded. Something must C be done, now, and not later. A recent Tuesday presented a striking illustration of the des- t perate need for parking facili ties in the heart of our campus. c Several meetings of interest to a other than just the student body were held in the Russell House on that night. By 7:30 p.m. the traffic snarl d around the Student Union Build- V d L wers! Elephant! v be that everyone was making ice cream from the snow-could be. t My people, the fence is going d up. There are to be seven gates which somehow seems prophetic. Sort of like seven seals and seven c books, or something. Work on fortifying the girls' dorms con tinues - highway patil cars % guard Maxcy. Directly behind Maxcy, all the cover was stripped away in order to provide a clear f field of fire for the machine g guns that will probably be s mounted on the .third floor. We wonder how the expense of this needless fence will be justified to the legislature? Seems that the University is al ways asking for more money yet enough can be found t> make compounds out of the women's t dorms. My, my, the cost of higher education just senms to grow and grow, doesn't it? Atnother thing, what will the Standards Commit-t, tee decree as proper wear he hind the fence? We can see it 0 now--"(Fashion Note) for that i behind-the-fence wear after five, o choose from some lovely percale t stril)es, stunningly set off by a numbers Imotif against a sup pressed bustline." One solution to the problem t of guarding Maxey adequately is undecided--they can't decide at what door to put the draw )ridge. Aren't there other ways to t keep students on camlpus over J the weekend? f servation Conflict "WXhile I Breathe, I Hope !" In destiny, I am One of Three t Million. Willijam S. Lowder CROWING FOR UJNIVERSITY OF SO Membler of Asmociatedl Founded January 30, 1908, with first editor, "The Ganmecnck" is publis the University of South Carolina weekly year except on holidays and during exa The opinions expee bycolusmn: necessarily those of "The Gaecock.' Letter, to the Editor, but all letters not constitute an endorsement. The publicatiop any letter is reserved. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER. EDITlORIALI ASSISTrANT ADVERTISING MANAGER COPY EDITOR NEWS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY ED)ITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER . REPORTERtS: Claire Foster, Shirh Bell, Brooky D)ukes, I)on Latvendler rino, Bobbie Boyd, I ngrid Oesterb King, Rachel Wilson, Robert Glvmp Page, Anita McCartney, D)ottie Jones, Walter Lynn Smith, Ma Suzanne' Watkins, Lloyd Parker, I{o BUSINESS STAFF: Peggy Wi Trotter. COLUIMNISTS: Russ Burns, A nthe Bill Handel. Columnist Emeritus:( C'HIEF PIHOTOGRAPHER:. Ji "Pat" Patterson, Pete Allan, D)ouj Burns, Bill Van Hloy. Assistant Phi Seth Garrison, Bill Allen, .Jim Brya CARTOONISTS: Jack Morris, Ju Childress. TYT S:rw o na Pety .. i. ist Be Done arking Knot ig was terrific. Cars were rammed into about every crook nd crevice in the neighborhood, reating quite pitiful and, in ome instances, hazardous situa ions. Statisbically, there were 17 Rrs illegally parked in the Rus ell House lot (at least they were arked in places considered un xwful for the parking of stu ent cars). Around the block of rhich the student house is a art, were 39 cars either double arked or parked in illegal zones, riveways, and emergency zones. When visitors to our campus xke the students' parking places, ur parking problem oily inten ifies. Even if our schowl won't pro ide parking facilities for its Ludents, it should at least make rrangements for its many visi >rs who are now a part of our irty laundry. It should be noted, too, that tany Russell House workers park heir vehicles on the street be ause they don't have zone B ermits. It is time for a decision, ane -ay or the other. Well, we see the dastardly ence is going up around the irls' dorms after all. We would till like to ask the question . . . VIY? 'I'l girls are treated enough ke prisoners as it is. Why rub in by emulating a concentra ion cam)? What's the purpose? rt for art's sake, fence for ence's sake? Oh, how we love ., waste our much needed money. All kidding aside, do you who re erecting the structure have a eLasoni that would stanid up un or lotric? The ground work for 1;S fen(Ce was laid many months go and niost students have ree gnized the fact that a fence is I the prenatal stage. Yet not nie word of reason has come to his coninunications media as to bhy the feice is going up. We have in the past guessed uch purposes as for blocking he view, keeping out panty aiders, keeping out prowlers, nd keeping in girls who might e trying to elope. None of the reasons warrant he spending of the money so aeatly needed in other fields. Since we the students must hide by the laws of the new ece, since we must view the hing, since we must feel the breat it imposes, wve would like >know why. Incidentally Clemson just spent 'veral thousand dollars tearing own all their fences incircling ving~ quarters and other build igs. Those fences wvere called ansightly, impractical, and ves ges of a primitive era. Wec app)arently have just en rted the p)rimitive era. Why? ti GREATER UJTiI CAROLINA C:ollegiate Pesua Robert Elliott C.onzales as the bed ,y and for the students of ', on Fridaysa, during the college aminations. sts and letter writers are not "The Gamecock" encourages nus he signed. 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