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Your Vol We are disappointed at the small number of persons who took the time to vote on the new Student Constitution. Less than 500 per adne from the student body of more than 5,000 expressed their opinion on the subject whick affects every individual on campus. "There is strength in unity." A unified college, then, is stronger than one where different groups are pulling at different ends. It stands to reason that campus elec tions should be a unified project of the stu dents. We are not speaking about voting for one candidate or one slate of candidates; but we are aiming at everyone voting. Little thought is given to voting on cam pus. Most students vote if they happen upon a balloting box and are not pressed for time. It should not be like this at all. Elections should mean something to everyone at Car olina. Each student should take an interest to see that the most qualified candidate is elected for an office. Too many things are passed up with a shrug of the shoulders and a muttered "so what?" This is not only true in college, but throughout the world. One of the most often neglected rights and duties of citizens in a democracy is the right to vote. People have come to think that voting is an encumbrance. They have adopted the attitude that "My vote won't make any difference." You Are On' Carolina is not the only college experienc ing troubles with the Honor System. Nu merous other colleges are dissatisfied with the functioning of their systems. Auburn, Florida, Miami, and Roanoke are among those colleges where honor is an issue at present. Here on campus, our problem is still with us. Unlike old soldiers, it does not fade away, but instead spreads its tenacles. Honesty is an asset. To say that a man is honest, is as high a tribute as can be expressed. It is a mark of distinction which is earned by an individual instead of being given to him. It is not a key to put on a chain for all to see, nor a pin to display; but it is something greater than either and can only be bestowed or taken away by each Election Dates P Student Council has set the (late for cam pus elections this semester. The dates are lu-lus as far as we are concerned. April 22 and 25, have been set aside as the days on which office holders for the 1960-61 year will be chosen. After we saw the dates which had been set by Council, we could not help but feel that someone had been perusing our publi cation schedule for "The Gamecock." The dates chosen correspond precisely to the dates on which we do not publish a news paper. "The Gamecock's" publication dates are scheduled approximately nine months in ad vance. Student Council set their election dates two weeks ago. This is a perfect example of disunity. We Judy Killough and Margaret 'The Gameco Its Multitude "The Gamecock" is like any As one exampi other newspaper, always anxious ated article sho to make a "scoop,"~ the big story, This is one of th< the expose. And like any news- of "The Gamecoel paper, it sometimes gets so over- quently been over whelmed by its, ultimate goal that the name of the a it loses track of the purpose, the of article is accep reasoning, and the means of ac- general opinion< complishing Its end, per 'itself, which We have cut, criticized, and true at all. We c condemned nearly everything pos- sons, but there a sible. But we, too, are not per- ones available. feet. The staff is like any human However, editor beings; we make mistakes. "''h are not the only Gamecock" is open to criticism mistakes. Take S< like anything else. And we're not torial columnists, so conceited and self-esteeming and groaned for that we cannot criticize ourselves, over something w This Is the task we undertake ing the pains to fi now. facts of the matte Errors Inevitable issue of "The Fe In weeks past, and undoubtedly stories were writi in weeks to come, the members ing based on facts of .this staff have made and will telephone call mal make errors, have neglected worth of editorial things for which they were re- use of state fun sponuible, and have failed to do purpose look silly. a good job on things that should something. In ex have been investigated more thor- architectural de oughly. Our reporters have failed planned for a yes sometimes to get names, times, built with funds I and dates correct. Our photog- rooms." Though raphers have bungled up many posed to "The Fi a picture that was desperately pie, it's only fali needed for the paper. And our error. editors have neglected .their du- We have not &r b ave been inefficient in . . . but often ji handling ther page.. extreme. We pres * Counts The truth is that every vote makes a dif ference. There have been cases where one vote decided an election. In campus elec tions, each vote has the same value; so, every individual has as much power as every other individual. The attitude of indifference and "let someone else do it" has resulted too often in a minority group electing officers and es tablishing policies which affect all of us. Democracy does not function properly un less the will of the mjority is expressed. John Locke, one of the world's most famous political philosophers, maintained that the right of a majority to be the ultimate source of power is deducted as a practical neces sity. Our Carolina community is a democracy; although we do not recognize it as such at times. We decide many of the policies of government. We decide who shall carry out these policies. When we do not take time to vote, we are giving up our power of gov ernment, we are laying the groundwork for minority rule, we are hurting ourselves and our fellow students. We are not asking you to vote for a par ticular candidate, but we would like for e every student to take the time to vote in the n campus elections. Only by voting can you er assure Carolina the leadership which we ot need and deserve. Your vote is important. a 01 lei Iour Honor person himself. Honor is demanding. It does not function by itself, but it requires that every one on E campus, both students and faculty partici pate. Wednesday, the Honor System took first place on the agenda at the faculty meeting. The faculty members are well aware of the fact that at the present rate, our Honor System is not working. They are concerned bu with this fact. Actually, it is easier to teach b in a college where the Honor System is en- ce forced. Most teachers are in favor of an D Honor System if it works. la The Honor System belongs to you. It was instigated for the benefit of the students lei and faculty, but to be of any value each stu- a dent must share the responsibility of mak- w< ing it work. is rovide 'Confict' ag e& felt that this newspaper, being the voice of is the student body, was being left on the out side in a time when the students needed to no be kept informed. ,al Our original schedule called for us to publish papers on 14 April, recess for the in holidays, and publish again on 29 April. of Meanwhile, student officeholders would have been elected. br We even went so far as to suggest that ha the election dates be changed. A proper pro- br posal was put forth at a Council meeting C< to this effect, but it was voted down. a However, "The Gamecock" will publish pr a special election edition on April 22, as a a service to the students. We hope that in the a future there will be closer coordination be tween student organizations on actions af fecting the entire student body. Scott... ck' Confesses i Of Errors e: An opinion- we have, but unfortunately we aid be signed. don't always 'have ALL the facts primary rules or have them straight E" that has fre- Our Coal-News looked. Without Yet, we're not above admitting uthor, this kind our errors, or apologizing for aed as being the gross mistakes One thing sure, >f the newspa- we do not, will not, dodge any is not usually issue or ignore anything that ould offer rea- needs coverng. Our ultimate goal ren't any good is to present the news to Caro lina students. We 'have to create s and reporters an 'interest in the paper to gain ones who make the readership of the Student 'me of the edi- Body. This is our g'oal. But in They griped addition, we have to gain and several weeks maintain the respeot of our read thout ever tak- ers, and the students are not the nd out the real only readers of our publication. r. This was the Like any individual, we- can nce," in which easily lose sight of the forest en without be- because of the trees. That is A five-minute TOO easy. We strive to attract Ie three weeks' interest, but we too often forgot s opposing the why in view of the excitement ds for such a and chance to get a real "scoop." It's time to do A newspaper is a powerful planation, said tool. It 'is the voice of democracy, moration w a a the former of opinions, the .infor e ago . .. to he mer of the public. Its duty de to rom the "robot explain and interpret the news, we're still op- as well as to entgrtaIn its read nee" in princi- erg. to admit our *We write because we like to 41. .. and some of us HlAVE to. been UNF'AIR It hurts when someone anys, ist a little too "I used to like to read 'The Game ont: what fgetu cock'. -TARM Pa40 ~HT 1 nthony E. Brown Laugh There can be no doubt what ever that the person who ubles over in laughter at a fun r story or a humorous event is kjoying his ife .to the fullest. No her form of self-expression is often so free from testraint - oare as a good, side-splitting ugh. It releases tensions too ng bottled up inside an already ,er-crowded cerebrum, and noth g is more pleasing to the ear an the even raucous exultings lave Bledsoe. . . A Boomini College College students are now big sainess. $658,000,000 worth of g business, according to a re nt survey by Batton, Barton, irstine & Osborne during the it year. What does the average Joe Col ,e do with his money? That is question that big business >uld like to know . . . and this what they found out. More Spending He has 87 per cent more to end than non-collegdates of his e group, and will continue to rn and spend more after col ,,e. Noting that 3,242,000 students w attend college, the report vs: "The college market (Mad n Avenue for those students to will buy) will continue to :rease in importance as a part the total consumer picture." Tihat bane of big business, and switching, is a distinctivt, dit in a college student. Nearly If of the students will change ands at least once in college. liege students as a whole make good testing ground for new sducts. The Ivy Look-which s gladdened 'the heart of many buckle manufacturer -- was CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Asaocial first editor, sae,oc"Isp yrexeton holidys and dru a''"...asr dE. of ,dh me. pablleation any letter is reserved. EDITOR......... KIANAGING EDITOR.. BUSINESS MANAGER. E~DITORIAL ASSISTANT DOPY EDITOR...... RJEWS EDITOR.. .... ... PEATURE EDITOR. BOCIETY EDITOR... SPORTS EDITOR... DAMPUS EDITOR . .. CIECOULATION MANAGER.. R,EPORTERS: Claire Foster, St Bell, Brooky Dukes, Don Lavern rino, Bobbie Boyd, Ingrid Oest, King, Rachel Wilson, Robert Gly Page, Anita McCartney, Dotti iones, Walter Lynn Smith, Suzanne Watkins, Lloyd Parker, BUSINESS STAFF: Peggy rrotter. 30LUMNISTS: Russ Burns, An Columnist Emeritus: Carl M. Re: CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER: Jirr "Pat" Patterson, Pete Allan, Sai Floy. Assistant Photographers: Bill AMien, Jim Bryant. DARTOONI8TS: Jack Morrib, Dhlldress. I'YPISTS: Mona Petty, Harlotte NAMVJ C"by TPN COUNCIL rM $3% 1WANTI" iter Is Intelli of -people having a good time. .A famous jokester once or ganized all of his cronies into a "laughter" club, wherein only humorous anecdotes and wit ticisms were alllowed for conver sational purposes. After several years of activity, a tremendous number of stories had been cata logued by the society. Conse quently, each story was given a number so as to ease the strain on the memories of the members, g Business: Students firmly entrenched in campus wear long before the nation ac cepted it as a whole. A New Trend College students also started another trend-beer in cans. No one university will take credit for this trend, but that's what the folks that sell it say. Want to hear more about your self? The collegiate has his own de partment store, or at least (shud der) a campus shop. These shops turned over h national gross of $150,000,000. College newspapers and radio stations reach 2,253, 000. Over 60,635 passports were issued to students for foreign travel, making' students the sec ond largest traveling category. Columbia Expenditures In Columbia, -University stu dents spend $5,440,000 in a year's time. Half of this goes for food --$2,810,000 to be nearly exact. He (that .is the average male or female matriculate at the Univer sity of South Carolina, that is) spends $740,000 on entertain.. ment. Big Brother may not be wateh ing you, but someone -is-- isn't it nice to feel wanted? tCOCIt I A GREAE OUTH CAROLINA ed CoJIegiate Pre.e th Robert Riott Conszales as the bshed7 ' d for the students of kmr Frdys, during the aeeBg. maists and letter writers are not ek." "The Gamecock" --in--ages e er, .........BOBBY ALFORD Charles Behling ...Ed Spears .Margaret Scott ..Penny Sinclair ......... .. .Bill LumpkIn ......... ...Judy Killough ...Dee Chandler Howard Hellams Vance NeSmith ........... .Jim HatcheHl irley Parsons, Lee Jordan, Lana ler, Buddy Herring, Ann Lazza srlund, Frances Dearman, Jean mph, Robert H. Stevens, Levona e Gray, Lee Skidmore, Linda biartha Gaston, Sarah Krebs, Kelley Jones, Doug Grey. Withers, D)anny Mackey, Ann thony E. Brown, Dave Bledsoe, i'nolds. Simons; PHOTOGRAPHERS: n1 Fiorinl, Russ Burns, Bill Van Ed Hendrickson, Seth Garrison, Judy Oraig, Punkie Bell, Celia Penningt:on. Diane (ohen, Jennie Dave Bledsoe . . . Writer Referendur The farical referendum on the Constitution was an underwhelm ing vote of confidence for the in cumbent Student Councll. Now, the Constitution was to be the supreme effort of this year's Council and it turned out to be a dying gasp. From the re suits of the vote, we predict that the document will fall flat on its face before the faculty. Surely, no one can take a mere ten per cent of the student body's vote and say it is a claridon call to bigger and better things. What has Council done this year? gence! who were required to know all the jokes which had been re counted within the -halls of the club. This proved practicable, for on each occasion in which a mem ber wished to tell another mem ber a story in connection with some widely known event of the day, or for any other reason for that matter, the would merely have to speak out a single number in order to send his listener into gales of laughter. T IS system was, however, most astounding to newcom ers and new members, who had t not -had the opportunity to learn all of the stories, much less the numbers which represented them. One such visitor. to the halls of the organization was dining with his host in the spacious dining room run by the club. He cas ually noticed that the conversa tion of the other people eating in the room consisted of nothing t more than the repeating of a number by one ,man while the lis tener would chuckle and nod in agreement. Often the listener would pull from his coat a black notebook in which he would write i down the number the storyteller i ,had given. This was, of course, a meanw of remembering the story so that he could tell it to some friend of his. The bewildered visitor took it all in, but said nothing until a very stout. gentleman in one of the corner booths began to laugh so hard and loud that the very walls appeared to shake in con cert with his profound state of mirth. So long and blissfully did the pertly party express his hap piness that the visitor asked his host to tell 'him .that particular story, 'if he knew it. The host went over sto the etable of him who 'had told the joke. He came back to inform the visitor that the reason for the fat man's glee was that, although a member of the club, ,he had never heard that joke before. The still disturbed visitor asked what the joke was. The host replied that it was "number 462," a ripping story. The perplexed man could not're cover from that. He could not understand how a man could laugh at a number when he had never even heard the anecdote it represented. The preeding 'is an example of laughter without the real value that laughter is supposed to pos- c sess. If poetry 'is a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling," then so 'is laughter, although the a two are seldom 'related. c ANYONE whose risibilities, to A use a well-worn pedagoric epithet, are easily excitable can e go 'into fits of laughter at things ( or stories that are not in the least funny to one who Is dedicated to solemnity. A laughing person is a healthy, happy person, a perso who enjoys other people and the aspects of life which are often considered "above humor." Ofi course, some things are not to be laughed at. What we are thinking of are the people who never laugh at anything for fear their face might crack and be come pleasant, which is not a bad Idea for some of the counte nances on this campus. More importantly, perhaps, all hatred and tyranny would end If laughter and genuine happiness were to displace malice. Such an Idea is very 'Improbable at best, but dt is a bright thought in a dark era. Somnetine, through the e darkness, the brightness of laugh. ter may dispell the black fog of ignorance which knows not how to laugh. States n A Farce Well, for one, acting on their own volition, they withdrew from NSA. Debate on this topic reached a new low in muddy ob fuwoation. Suggestions to take the question to the Student -Body were swept aside, as the question was debated and voted on in one lengthy session. 'Secondly, multitudinous com mittees have been formed. The parking committee has been spec tacular in its do-nothingness, th'ough it by no means stands alone in being lackadaisical. Over 15 committees were formed in October-and .the forming seemed to be the ' all and end all of their acti ty. Thirdly-the Constitution was written. Fumble, Stumble ... Fall It was the duty of Council riot only to prepare the Consti tution, but to present it. The Kroans and gripes concerning this phase are plenteous. If our illustrious body of rep resentatives spent one half of 'the mnergy used in getting elected )n getting things done . . . the results would be fantastic. Apparently, nominees are will ng to overcome student body 'apathy" to get themselves !lected-why aren't they just as ,villing to exert themselves in be 'alf of needed legislation? Lots of Talk, But . . . This, apparently, is the proce lure for informing the student )ody of trifles such as constitu ions. . . . Give the story to 'the "Game !ock" a week in advance, let the ,anpus radio station broadcast )ublic service spots for al out 1hree days, and the last day, blast t out over P. A systems in Rus iell House and the girls' dorms. This, my friends, is not suf icient. These means do not reach iverybody, yet the Council con iders it a job well done to meet he various deadlines. Student Desires Overlooked Ever notice how well run af 'airs like Greek Week are? Could t be that a large part of our )ouneil's valuable time is spent n organizing affairs not partic pated in by the student body as whole? There are two excep ions in a long year-the Artists ;eries and May Day . . . but hese two can't suffice for a rear of Council-sponsored noth ngness. To resurrect an old war-horse, his is a suitcase camps. .. the niajority of students go home be ause there is nothing to do. It vould indeed be nice to have a tudent council that was at least nterested in trying to solve this iroblem . .. and interest is sadly ueking. When no effort is made to each out and meet the Student iody half way--how can the Stu lent Body be expected to respond? 'he average college student at larolina 'is being deprived of half I2 the benefit of a college educa ion by this mass ignoring of his ocial needs. Run, Sheep, Run Let us not overlook the peren jal runner . .. .this .BMOC would un for dog catcher along with is other seekings, if there were in oversupply of canines on cam >us. One of the most needed reg ilations has been blithely over-( aoked: No student sh'ould be al owed to run for more than one ff'ice at once. Most of us can vote certain bal ats by memory. We know who ,Iways runs, and all one needs to lo is keep track of who grad ates. Why, we wonder, 'is all Mis allowed when even one job eems to tax the mnost zealous ouncil member beyond his frail My people, what the 'hell? Daffynitions Hospitality--the art of mak ng people feel at home when you vish they were. L.atest Cruelty---"Did you hear bout the plane that took off rom Flori~da for New York and inde It? Advertising makes you think !ou've longed all your life for omething you never even heard 'f before. Chorus Girl-One who never vorries about getting ahead be suse she doesn't need one. Hick-A person who looks oth ways crossing a one-way 'breetL