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Beats Denounce Sock Escapi BY KELLY JONES Staff Writer What is a Beatnik? A way-out cat with i swingin' beai? A non-conformist? A dope addict with dark glasses? A barret-clad ,hipeter t hat recites real-gone poetry tW the crazy -beat of a cool bongo drum? Shades of Mort Saul! What is a Beatnik ? Beatnikism is a peculiar insti tution that a p r u n g up after World War II, mainly due dis contentment and restlessness that follow any full-scale war. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, a o m e Americans took advantage of the short breather to step back and take a good look at themselves. A few did not like whart they saw. Thus, to escape the conformity, materialist thinking, a n d the general "rat race" of moddrn civilization, they dehounced so ciety and took to the unique Oriental philosophy of Zen Bud dhism. Zen originated in Southern China about the fourth century after Christ. Basically, it teaches that man is an integral part of the universe, having one purpose in life: to be completely and simply human. Theoretically, its principles show how to live with serenity a p d fulfillment in a frustrating and confusing world. This paved the way for art for airt's sake, free love, and other Beatnik ideas with which most ut c This f.lter, be Must needs g Else would th Again be dasi And th It's wh In that Are by Becomr Acrosi Be ye not sIos Of what we si For that with Ye are not ga "We are a Ily ag Conf people are fmiliar. From this also stemmed the motto, "Kicks are the only important things in life." Today, the term "member of the beat generation" In applied to all teenagers, all men with beards, and a host of other in nocent people who have abso lutely no ties whatsoever with Greenwich Village. S e n g-chao and the other founders of Zen would turn over in their graves if they knew how loosely the term is used today. Originally, Beatnikism g r e w up on the West Coast in the region around Los Angeles. How ever, it was not I on g before Greenwich Village became the most "beat" (in 'more ways than one) place in the country. In fact it was, and still is, the world-renowned capital of -all Beatendom. The Beatniks have a language of their own. Any resemblance it bears to the King's English is purely coincidental. For example, the word "fuzz" throughout most of the English speaking w o r 1 d means "fine, light particles of fibers; down; fulff-" (Webster). But in that exotic land of The Village, it is the term denoting the Beatniks most dreaded enemy-the police. One of the favorite Beatnik pastimes is the "pad party." During these recreational gather ings, the Beatniks sit around and use "pot" ( Beatnik is h for 0oft! What taste yonder [IL UP FRONT THI it o'er so pure and white ive flavor too, full clear and b e trusting smoker, filled with led, dejected be ...and mope us we come to Winston's obs at's up front that counts- an< the fine tobaccos, in the end exclusive process-Filter-Bli e the tastiest taste that o'er I your dancing taste-buds, mi v, therefore, to test the wit iy: that Winston, friend, is /f; sv'ry smoke ye-do delay th'ring rosekuds while ye ma dvertised by our loving KING NENRY vi. PART ormity "dope"), in addition to indulging themselves in other pleasant ac - tivities. Are most Beatniks really ad dicts? Like dig, man. Less than a year ago two special detectives from the New York police force spent several months living in The Village, go ing to pad parties, and generally trying to get in with Beatsville's upper crust. The infiltration was a success, with the planted "fuzz" gaining the confidence of all the local Beat leaders. The result was a large scale raid in which over one hundred pushers and users of marijuana and other "pot" were arrested. The latest of the Beatnik's "solid" episodes is taking place in Fort Worth, Texas. With the slogan, "Kick the cows out of Cowtown and let the cats swing in," t w o "whippists" (Texas Beatniks) are making their bid in politics. "Big Mike" Oallaway, 23, and Peter "The Hero" Gill, 27, have tossed their hats, or rather bar rets, in the ring as candidates for precinct chairmen. Peter, who has not paid his poll tax and can only run as a write in candidate, stands on a street corner and urges passers by to come to the rally for "free espresso, d a n c i n g girls, and Beatniks all over the place." Mike, who has paid his poll tax, is more serious about the whole thing. lie promises to clear slums, build better flophouses for "winos" and clean local gov ernment of corruption-"not of square thinking, that's asking too much." Crazy man! From ER-BLEN .. right hope ,ious truth i 'tie, forsooth and ath played tn or maid I friends..." Sis. ACT V. SC. nil Seee Meura. Spokem ON CAMPUS, Physics professor saying that red carpet in undergraduate li brary reminded him of the blood of flunking ostudents. e * . Freshman saying he had just finished reading the words "qui ver javalin"-you know, Shakes peare. Student writing essay for his tory quiz on the Klu Klux Klan when asked, "What is the CCC?" After trying to cross street in front of Russell House, coed commenting, "Well, all I can say is you'd better be a track star before coming to Carolina." After student left history hour quiz 10 minutes early professor exclaiming, "I must be slipping." Misprint on history quiz Trace the religious development between 1700 and 1970. Russell House ramp painters being denounced from second story Window as do-gooders. Small sign adorning bush reading "Do Not Disturb." Tiny grave in back of steam plant, complete with two crossed sticks and a pile of rocks. Buy A Coffee Button, KA's Help Charity. Since yesterday m e m b e r s of Kappa Alpha social fraternity have been selking "coffee buttons" for the benefit of So u t h Carolina Crippled Children's Society at $1.00 apiece. Anyone wearing one of the round white buttons with the red letters BAC ("Buck a Cup") will be en titled to a free cup of coffee at any restaurant in town. The drive, which is city wide, will continue until April 15. Officer H. H. Baker of the Columbia Police Department made arrangements with Kappa Alpha to sell the buttons on the University campus. Each brother is expected to sell about $10 worth of buttons, which w e r e distributed by Bill Ebert, a member of the fraternity, yesterday. About 200 of the buttons are currently being sold. Anyone wish ing to buy one may purchase it fom any member of the fraternity. For The Latest in~ WASH AND WI AND S By H< SHORT SLEI AND SPOI MANHATTEN ENRO COPELAI 1409 MAIN STREET CANDY K S~A Dr. Eric Thompson is in the is conducting experiments using Hark Ye T TheImprism BY JUDY KILLOUGH Feature Editor The epistle of ye olde prisoners. 'Twas in the dark of the night of Wednesday, April 6, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred sixty. The lights were burning -ate in the Rouse of Russell. When the managing editor of ye olde newspaper found that due to an unforeseen tragedy, the staff would have to work far into the night, he called the keeper of the men. With his gracious permis Expert Answers Why Have 'Bi We want to talk about a series >f programs on WUSC-known as " B a ro q u e Time." To get the straight story, we talked with the fellow to whom the "brain child" belongs. Why a show called "Baroque Time?" we asked. He mulled it over and answered, "The attention given to music from 1650 A.D. up through Bach is far below its merit. My idea falls into Men's Clothing EAR IVY SUITS LACKS aspel EVE DRESS T SHIRTS VAN HUSEN, with the popular "H 17" series I~D CO. PHONE AL 3-1656 ELK COFFEE SAND1 MANY CONVENIEI ATIONS ON CAMP DISTRIBUTING C Oops, There! . rather unenviable position of dlki snake venom. (Photo by Courageou r A Well-To mnedFive's7 sion, five staff members, among them three members of the female gender, remained after all others had left. One-Eighteen "What is the count on a ye olde one-eighteen?" was the question of the hour. The lights slowly winked out in the houses of men across the j Street of Green. "Twelve o'clock, and all's well," rang the cry of s o m e inebriate weaving in the street below. And on they worked. At last the last copy pencil was i iroque Time'? two phases, the first of which is complets." Wha-a-t? t "What do you mean?" t "Well, the first programs in this series attempted presenting a rep- i resentative cross-section of music from all the composers of note who lived during the period in question." "What about the second phase?" Obscure "Without getting too obscure, we covered the hjgh spots concerned and now concentrate on the culmi nation of this era, which is all wrapped up in two words: Bachi and Handel." "How do you develop a pro-. gram ?" "Keeping in m in d this phase business, I decide in terms of length and content what could be heard during the hour available, I listen to the music, read avail able pertinent material, then think the matter over for a while. A-fter this I wvrite the script to give con tinuity without being verbose. Russ Burns records the program each Monday, and you are invited to hear it every Saturday night at 11 o'clock. Mental Note We made a mental note to real-ly find out what it was all about by listening to "Baroque Time" every Saturday night over WUSC-AM, ~ 730 on your radio dial. C J US 0., INC. ng a rattlesnake. Dr. Thompson s Simons.) Id Tale, 'ale Of Woe )ut away, its point worn to a nub. Phe typewriters were idled, the ieadline sheets in the copy enve opes. The Press must go on. Arrangement Through some nefarious arrange nent, the managing editor had rranged for the back door to be eft open. The building was de ;erted except for The Five. Down, down, down in the omi iously silent elevator. "This would ye some time to be caught between %ors," jested one of The Five. 3ut safely they came to the ground loor. It was then that misfortune truck. The Green Beetles, being ininformed as to the plan, had ocked the door between the lobby ind the back door. Hysteria set in, The Five ran bout pushing on doors, even the >ne that has been open only once n four years. Hysteria Thereupon, they all eat down on he yellow e o u c h and engaged hemselves in wild levity. All exits barred! Prisoners! This s Freedom of the Press ? Solution Like a bolt from the blue, the olution occurred to The Five. The )ampus Police. Five noses pressed against the class of the doors, gazing at the 3utside. It seemed hours before -escue came. Finally after -at least :en minutes of imprisonment, the reedom-giving key turned in the ock, letting in the smell of cool ~resh air, and letting out The Five. Housemothers had the lights in ~he windows for the missing. Door ells rang, doors opened. Safety! Rook Has Anecdotes Of South "The War's radiance shone from he statues on Monument Avenue tuat, Lee, Davi-s, Jackson; from he swords over the mantels. . . . t echoed throughout the childhood f J. Bryan IiiM, Richmond born nd-bred author of "The Sword )ver the Mantel," to be published y McGraw-H.ill on A pril 12, 1960. Reminiscence is Bryan's forte. [is anecdotes range from the days f Lee (the "swords" belonged to the General") a n d "Old Jack" ackson to World War II, when he ells of a Marine-Navy Fighter bommand (CONFORSOLS) that avenged" Gettysburg and Atlanta gainst the Japanese in 1943. In "'The Sword Over the Mantel," .Bryan III combines his warm iemnories w i t h a Southerner's bility to tell a tale and he evokes world of "spidery hand-writing i brown ink . . . fading photo raphs of boys in consciously tous led uniforms . . . tarnished buttons nd sempa of shredding silk." MARTIN ROBERTS RESTAURANT Daily Speciale choes see.6 sandwkh ........5 Cheles Club Steak .......... 148 Half Frie $Sehe CMhe... 1.2