Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Not Enough Room Probleir BY MARGARET SCOTT Once more we traverse into the land of not-too-far days of yester year . . . namely, the year 1945. Through the somewhat yellowing pages of' the files of old "Game cock" newspapers, we flash back in time to a turmoil upon this campus. The headline we are concerned with now reads as follows: "AP PROVE PLAN TO MOVE USC: TO REBUILD AT NEW SITE." This was the action of the Board of Trustees of this university in De cember of 1944, during the war. Needless to say, this news was quite upsetting to many people, in cluding students and alumni of the University. The problem, however, isn't really solved in 1960. We still -face the problem of more space for our growing institution. Why Move? On the editorial page of this s a m e issue, the headline "Why M o v e The University of South Carolina ?" appears to attract the attention of the reader. Also, on the AL page is a quesitionnaire column which asks the opinions of the stu dents. Using a few brief quotes from this column: "The people of South Carolina cannot build a complete and modern university nor cyn they sell the present location for Men who Skin protection, that is. O1< skin moisture. Feels great, to attract female admirers, I man needis protection again! Invisib puff foi - Salem paper t \ than ey n Still IF the amount they are asking. Any change would destroy the traditions now at the University." From another student: "It would mean the utter destruction of all the traditions that have been built up and that have taken years to build." Approves Move To the opposite opinion: "I ap prove to the utmost. It is one of the most sensible ideas I've heard in ages. The needs for a new uni versity are great, building, made more compact, the campus more attractive, and the greatest need of all is space to have a fraternity and sorority row for all the houses." So, as usual, we have a variety of opinions on a very important sub ject. In the editorial column the sug gestions range mostly towards im provements on the campus and the building of a new campus, complete with skyscrapers, etc. "The sky scraper would make available end less s p a c e upward even though space on the ground is limited by the fact that the University is sit uated n downtown Columbia, and while not in keeping with the archi tectural design of the remainder of the campus, it would serve -to set off and -further enhance the in trinsic value of the older buildings." face wind and weathe choose the pr AFTER S LOTI4 |Spice refreshes and stimulates, guards oo. Brisk, bracing, with that tangy Old ut what red-blooded t girls? 1.00 y,us la, -Softens e porous openings blend fresh air a milder, cooler, more refreshing -esearch creates a revolutionary nea hat makes Salem taste more Spring er ! Richer, too. Smoke ref reshed...sn -ment NOW MORE TAN EVEf aces Cc Oppose Proposal The following issue of the paper .arried the headline: "STUDiFNTS, ALUMNI O P P O S E PROPOSAL ro MOVE USC." It was followed by numerous letters from graduates ho objected to the proposal. The tudent body a d o p t e d a resolu ion which recorded the student body as being opposed to the dea, also. The resolution contained t h i s ;tatement:. "Whereas, in our judge nent, the moving of the university :o another site would inevitably Jestroy many of those traditions ind associations which have for nore than a century endeared it to ;hose who have entered its portals . . be it therefore resolved that he student body of the university - . go on record as being opposed ;o moving t h e institution else Arhere." The following pages of this same ssue gave a brief history of USC, ncluding a picture page of the >uildings on campus. In the editorial c o I u m n, the 'heme was to expand USC, but not 'o move it. However, at a special necting of the Board of Trustees, -heir resolution was reaffirmed. It seemed that USC was doomed to rind another location. Crow For Carolina Once in o r e "The Gamecock" r" otection of... 5 H AVE against the loss of vital Spice scent. It does seem S M U LTO N ecial High Porosit 7f every with each smoke. v cigarette .s.i' time-fresh oke Salem. aIda Tobacco company hol fresh - rich tob Salem, Wrolina. raised its head, "to crow for a greater Carolina . . . a grearter Carolina on its present site." And on to the General Assembly, a request for money to buy land adjoining the present site of USC. Carolina was asking South Caro lina for $750,000, asking the city of Columbia f o r an additional $250,000. The march was under way. Apparent enough to all of us here now, the proposed plan forl moving USC to the outskirts of Columbia, failed to come through. For which, I'm sure, we are all thankful. Problem Remains Carolina is still Carolina. The problem of expansion and space still remains with us. But this is not an exceptional case . . . there are many colleges, many universities, who have the same problem. Are they considering moving t h e i r locations ? The years that have passed and the years that are yet to come show little difference in' the prob lems that face a growing institu tion of higher learning. Carolina grows more and more. But we are becoming modern .. . we can grow upward as well as outward. Move Carolina? HA! The situation has passed, but it some radical proposal to move us will come again . . . maybe with all, lock, stock, and barrell to some distant region. Carolina is still in the state capital . . . let's hope it will always be so. Authority Narrates Civil War For most Americans with a sense of history, the Civil War is peculiarly fascinating. Perhaps no one is better qual ified to probe its meaning for 20th century Americans than Bruce Catton, author of the narrative for "The Picture History of The Civil war." Mr. Catton, widely known for his Civil War books, has received' the Pulitzer Prize and some 17 honorary dlegrees for his writings.1 The wvork is lavishly illustrated,1 using many many color p)ictu res. It includes war maps, pictures of weapons, equipment, and soldiers of both armies. The illustrtaions also include line drawings, oils, and primitives. This book would be a valuable] addition to anyone's libra'ry. It is much more than a collector's item. It is the record1, brief and accurate, from the perspective of a century. 1 acco taste -*moderr rerehe you IT'S' foley Fur If anyone reading this happens to know of the parties concerned, it would be greatly appreciated if the person would get in touch with this author. We have today an interesting tem of v a s t significance. The imount of significance being so ,ast that until at least next June, ,here breathes not a living soul :hat will be able to decipher the -ryptic message that follows. We were talking to a kindly old gentleman the other day and we're pleased to say that it was an informative chat indeed. It seems that Asiah Furrow (this is the kindly old gentleman's name) has a son attending a col lege similar to Carolina, al though not our beloved institu tion itself. For obvious reasons, the name of the aforementioned school will lie omitted but we shall, nonetheless, continue with our report. The main body of this report -onsists of a letter written by Coley i'urrow to his father and rather ban lose anything in the transla ion of the same and in the manner vith which it was read, we shall tereby render an exact transcrip ion of the letter, with Mr. Fur Ow's sideC comments, as it was 'ead and narratedl to us: )ear Daddy, (he says) Waal, things here at dlear old U. are, right good, vith the ex'ep)t ion of one ort two hings, about which this here letter filter, too r taste - THAT TIME A4 tirne to haul out that old midnight e of our friend here, wouldn't hurt erig ow Writes I here is being writ about. The first thing thet ah hev t botherin' me is money, rather, lack a of it. Ah know yew sent me $74.32 o jest last week, but thet's all gone t naow. (What's thet fool boy gone n and done naow?) Hit seems thet t some of the fellers in the resydents n hall where ah live knew where ah s could grit more fer mah money, if v A would jest come along with s thim.r Waal, Daddy, yew allus told me s to keepW a s h a r p l eye out for a a way t.o git ahaid in the world, so instid of goinll to the studint union r buildin' to buy this week's meal t< tickit, ah went ahaid with these h here oys. (Ah allus said thet boy I cf mahn would 'maont to sumpthin' h ine of these fays.) u They took me to this here b place called the Uppus where they said we could talk about the deal without bein' bothered. It was r i g h t dark in there, Daddy. But nobody bothered us. %2VO. Neard. SpoeO ON CAMPUS t Thr,ee~ coeCd sending smoke signals from the top) of Wade * * *" Mlobs of deliriously happy stu (dents heading to the night spots thinking there would be no eltesses the follou'ing day. h * * * .Student finding follow'ing note f on his history quiz just re-a turned. "I?eautifully written wriong war. * * * Partying stuidents taking ad i'antage of the abundance of ice t dluring the snow. * * * a Student thinking~ he had been hit by a snowball finding he had been run down by a foreign ear a duiiring recenit 8)now1. * * * Coed, coke in hand, strolling aicross campus in 20 degree weather, e.rplaining how cold she w'as. * * * Coed threatening to jump from seconud-story window because her. boy friend broke their date. * * * 'a Student writing a book en titled, "The Adiventure Of Gort ' and Little Orphan Annie." * * * Frost APROTC cadet with p)ilot's license asking roommate if airplane was spelled a-r p-I-a-i-n. He then explained that he was just kidding, he knew thec real spelling was a-i-r-o * * * Student annoncing plans last week to invite Joni James to be his date fo the formal dance. * * * Student panieking after realiz- S inig he had turned in his historyp notebook complete with a letter to his girl inside. P * * * Towel-clad student returning p to room to find roommate gonte, door looked f [;AIN 6 A .~ z oil again. Perhaps a little day. either. (Photo by Simons) Is Daddy By and by, a feller came over to he table whar we was all sittin' nd asked us whut we'd have. One f the boys said to me thet since hey was goin' to save me a lot of ioney, ah shouldn't mahnd buyin't he soft drinks. Ah said ah didn't iahnd much and they ordered us even budwisers sodas. The feller rith the apron winked his ah and aid 0. K. (That boy's jest like his ather; doesn't mahnd sittin' up the oft-drinks fer his friends once in whahle.) Whahle the feller with the apron 'as gone, this here girl came over ) the table but one of the boys told er to go 'way 'cause they didn't r a n t no biddie comin' around atchin' their aigs. She got kinda ppity and left, but she didn't other us none. But then, this here feller came back with seven big cups o' sumpthin' thet l o o k e d lahke cream soda on'y with a lotta suds on top. The fellers all said "Yat sool" and drunk up. Waal, Daddy, they sure musta een thirsty 'cause befoah they'd ll me anythin' more about whut h could do to save money, thye'd aid they had to have enough cream ada to git 'em in the raht mood. 0, wantin to sav'e money, ah kept n buyin' t h e sodas 'cause ah idn't want 'em to git mad at me, esahdes, them sodas tasted reai ood after the fust two or three ad gone. But sumpthin' musta struck them ellers kahnda funny 'cause after whahle, they got to laughin' and inigin' and carryin' on all sorts of rays. Not wantiri' to be left out or othin', ah wvent rah.t along with in. This went along for some ihme whin all of a sudden they ahnida started actin' real sleepy ni' all, jest lahke Uric' Jeb does 'hin he's hittini' the corn. 'Fore h knew it, they was all sleepin'. Then this feller with the apron comes up and says thet he's closin' and we'd have to git. So with all them fellers sleepin, ah never did git to hear how to save my money. It was all gone by thin anyhaow. So ah'm gonna lave to have some more monmey to those fellers will tell me the secret. 0. K., Daddy ? But ah have to go naow, 'cause i got a lotta studyin' to do before 'morrah. Don't fergit to send the oney. Y'er oldest son, Coley One might think, upon reading his, that it is all a figment of mur imagination. Let us assure on that it is not. The letter yon tave just read is the same, ver. >atim, that the kindly old gentle. nan, Asiah Furrow, dictated to is. The paranthetical remarks w'ere those of Mr. Furrow, and any resemblance to p e rsaons iving or dead, is purely on pur ose, because t h e s e are real, tomey, down-to-earth folks. It is our intention to let you hoar bout Coley's next adventure as on as he writes to his dear plan 4ilon owner Daddy again. The puT ase of this is to keep the Carolina ;udent body informed of eru&al Latters talning place on other cam uses, particularly .... . ..... ..U An .o our message of vast sig ifticanes com to a close.