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Although H i g h School Day
tively handled by Blue Key Nat
Fraternity last Saturday, the pro
a complete revision before next
In the four years that the p:
been in existence on the Caroli
it has completely outgrown its o
ception. rhis year there were s
ceptances of the University's in
visit the campus, that the crol
dents were simply too large to I
The student guides who wei
the high school seniors as they v
Of the campus often had as ii
seniors in their group. It is in
adequately guide so many peoi
them an insight into the true r
the University.
Letters To The Editor
Tra
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To The Editor.
in the past few weeks there
has been quite a bit of discussion
in Student Council concerning the
g a t e installed in the walkway "
through the lunch wall on Green ol
Street. There seems to he an ele- tv
ment within council which wants
to do away with the gate. at
rhey claim to he in opposition to e
the gate because of several rea- a
sons: (i) They believe the gate
is ineffective in fulfilling its pur- t
pose, (2) They believe that the
s t u d e n t body is almost 100' ,
against having the gate remain. t!
and (3) That the student body t.
is so violent in its -eaction that "
undisciplined attacks on the gate "
may develop.
Let's examine the situation coolly
and then decide for ourselves.
('onmcil Hcsolution
Student Council passed a reso
lutiion, without one single descent
Ing vote, to the effect that Green
Street presents a traffic hazard due
to the heavy pedestrian and auto
motive traffic. especially at rush
h o u r s between classes, and re- c
solved that the administration take
any and all necessary steps to al- ch
leviate the problem. t
'The administration referred thi.
to the city traffic committee for
study. 'hey, then turned the mat -
ter over to Wilbur Smith and As
sociates, who are known as one
of the best firms of traffic ex
perts in the nation.
This firm is making a study of
Green Strot and trying to obtain
facts and weigh them and come up
with the mot suitable recommen
dations concerning Green Stiect.
Their sole purpose is to try to ph
exp)edite traffic and find the safest tne
way to deal with the problem in a do
mian ner which will best benefit all i)n
per-oniS concernied. he
Firm,'. '%uggestio, wl
TLu inn mnadle prielimiinary sug- bn
iLe'tion's baisedl on experien(e-l
-ne le ye.ti
u2d an fw ainistra,tin con- er<
ry -iiihe, ofl the .eumnni, wvi
inf S.:--V.1 i, -na' they might
,e't :o t heir ..r i' ast il: when t hey
ediz2/eri thne pa king~ 1 men en Gree
it,hin4' and the lcs.'sel~ l-oe
r el' oc te mi tti 'ifore, ihere
wtas only\ a tr'i e: of:afi
th tI theu..u'ni oft tdne.e
gm I m c cis n ie ast ail mait
So w' -oe tila!t hot ween .\l arvion and
1 ekens St reets we have five major
r'i;,ts of trossmgi .. AtI the corer's
If (re an'(i d IIarion, Gr( an
Hull, Greer, and] I'jceen, there at.
traffic sigtna is to di roct tra ffi,
both pieetrwnIi' and atotncotive.
Btut at the othi rxto place.-, tin'
gate and the pa.e way between Hurn
ney aind P'reston, t here wats n) prto
teetion.
The city alltowed the I! nitversitI v
to paint the cutrb wvith yellowv pain:
in front of thle Rutssell I louse. 'This
was doneW so that studenCtts, on cross
ing Green Street could see clearly
in all di rectionu. Tis- left the
p)edestrian with tno pro'tectioni when
jaywalking and goitng thirongh t he
gate. WAe are suretO htii m nost peop;le
who have jaywalkedi in this area1,
while none have been ki lled, ar.'
int agreement that it is danigerous.
A good many students, our'selveo
included, have, when crossing il
legally, had to jump back between
the cars, narrowly escaping being
hit by an automobile progressing
down Green Street.
Jaywalking Danger
We are in accord with the Na
tional Safety Council, Wilbur Smith
As.ailate and mosit of the students
gh School Dai
was effec- In fact, if
onal Honor tended the ev<
gram tiveds difficult for t
year. from the Daty.
rogrami has It would see:
na campus. be more effecl
riginal con- were extended
o many ac- state's high s<
vitations to on one Satur<
vds of stu- other.
andle. The smaller
e hosts to more complet
isited parts TIhen too, the
iany as 75 organized for
Ipossible to g ,
its success in
>le, to give 111e response t
leanings of that it is no,
expand.
ffic CommittE
Kplains Gate
the University when we state
I a t jaywalking constitutes a
muger.
The driver. of anl alutomlobile,
hen he sees a student ducking
it into the str'e(et to check traffik.
rids to become alarmed and may
Verve to one side, devote too much
teitionl to the pedestrian and not
Iough to cars Coming and going,
id may cause an accident which
not entirely his fault. but par
Ally the fault of the student.
Short of closing off Green Street
together, which is impossible at
e present time, the safest thing
at can he done is to try to chan
I traffiv in the safest possible
anner.
TwO Ares.
The two aforementioned remain
g areas of greatest crossing are
tween the Russell House and the
:iffic light at Hull and Green. I
jipossibhl- to control this if jay
lking i done with complete
i;laldoln.
This brings us t( the reason be
ld the closing of the gate. By
ig the gate Irost of the traf
erossinlg these areaS WiII he
an nelled into two points: first,
- rea where Hull iItersect.s
veen (this point is protected by
traffic signal).
Sec'lnd, is the crossing right in.l
Int of tie Russell House State
Vs prevent the erecting of a traf
signal her.e. Instead, a police
i. who is better than a traffic
71iaI, is beiIg utilized to direod
Iffic and a cross walk has hee.
iintted.
Coinp1ee..% ineffecti%te
This p ,l I4a I Ihe I!omWt IL ( -
-tely inieffective it he had to con
iit ra ffic which ero3ssed1i up and
wn the wholeI lenigth of the strteet.
I the othter lhanrd lie has been very
liful! to thle students at the tii's
ten We :ieedl hinri moe- t dring the
W~e muii.t chiannel this tiraffic IintA
araso thatt we trmy cotinuae
ut ilize this rtuhd ofi traffic
ilrl. If the gate is openedl, onte
easily see hon difficult it will
to try to get s: oden t to use this
sinug arid avid the jiaywailkinig
ih the opein giat at:tracts.
C:IIowING; FOft
UNIVERSITY OF Si
Memntber ofAt cit
i-'gmunded Jan,ury .10, 1908O, wvill
lirst editor, "The Garmecbck" is pul
the I'niv~ersity of1 Southi Grolinia weel
year ecepC~t onf ho(lidays333 landrinig
uecessiliy those of1 "The Gaamecoc
I etters to 13 theI'.ditor, hnt3 3al1 letters
no33 constitte an31 endorsement. 'The
pulCjit i anylter is reservedI.
MIA NAGING ED)ITlOl
lIUSINE*SS NIANAGIE:R
AD IVER:T'ISIN; MtA NAG;ER;
NEWXS EI'I'ORS
OI ETlY EDITFOR
A S"'T SP'OI'TS EDIT'OR
IA MPUS I:DITOR
CI IWULATIO0N MA NAGEI'R
33oan Woleott, Maiiry Annle Sadle
Ge~ne Plartt, Pat Peden, lBonnie
IDerrick, Richrd ( Sulli van , Hett;
Parsonis, P'at ITpp, ,.0e N. 'ile
lIraley, Doeris Meuads, ,tack Gottli
Cook ie ( rumII, Emiily Redd intg, (
Antn Thtortpso3n. lienrty ILaiffitte f
Dai ing, 'Trnie D)ruitt.
i'OLUM1NISTlS: Sam Freed, Mit
Able, Mike D)aniels, ,1 o h n Cl
Anthony E. Brown, Carl M. Re;
BUSINESS STAFF: llerhert A
Kotikin, Murray Coker.
I'YPISTS: G,ay Wright, N (3 r an
A licin ('rn er.
F
many more seniors had at
nt, it would have been ver;
iy of t hem to receive benefit
mi that lligh School Day coul<
ively handled if the prograi
to two weekends. Half of th
-hools could visit the campu
lay, half could come on th
crowds could then be given
picture of the University
.ay could be more adequatel;
the benefit of the seniors.
ratulations to Blue Key fo
managing High School Day
o the event has been so grea
w time for the program t
Is this gate effective? We hav
no actual figures on the amount o
jaywalking before the gate wit
erected but we believe it is safe t
say that it was a considerahl
figure.
Gate Opponents
The opponents of the gate hav
said that it does not prevent jay
walking. There is still some jay
walking, but the greatest percent
age of this is done in proceedin
to the old part of the campus fror
the new part (the Russell Hous
-;ide of Green Street). Very littl
jaywalking is seen coming in th
oplposite direction. We feel tha
it has cut down jaywalking in thi
direction by 909(.
By reports from Student Counci
traffic committee study groups th
Jaywalking from the new side t
the old side has been considerabl;
decreased. This is verified by th
campus police. If we conservativel;
estimate a decrease of 40 d, w
can see that the overall reductioi
of jaywalking has been approxi
mately (;5 ;. This is considerabl
evidence that it is effective.
Is it unpopular? We might als<
ask was not the first traffic ligh
ever installed considered unpopular
Of course, these would seem to b
unpopular, but as time passes
people tend to accept them as th
necessities, which they indeed are
If Unpopilar
If they are unpopular it is prob.
ably due to the fact that student,
thiink they are being inconvenienced
by not having access to this ok
short cut. Actually the only )eo)l
who are inconvenienced are thosv
living in Snowden.
Many who used the old gate were
g:oing to the history building. The
distance to the Russell House froni
(urrell is 50)0 feet farther one wva
(by the traffic signal ) and aboul
90t feet the other way (behlind Bur.
noyv Thbis is negligible incon
Ileniece when't one considers the in
(ceasedI safety that has beer
achieved and we believe that th<
I ala nce ocf the scales would ti p ir
favor of student safety.
Signed,
Student Council
TI'ra ffic Committee
A G;REATER
DUJTH CAROLINA
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And
On Thursday, Dec. 1 through
Saturday, Dec. 3 the South Caro
lina State Student Legislature
convened in the Capitol city of
Columbia with the University of
e South Carolina as host school. Each
e University and college in the state
1 was represented by two senators
and by one representative for every
250 students enrolled.
'The convention opened Thursday
e night with a banquet at the Elks
Club at which W. J. Bryan Dorn,
Congressman from the Third Con
gressional District, spoke on the
proposed changes in the forthcom
ing session of the U. S. Congress.
Congressman Dorn forcefully and
forthrightly presented his views on
the changes and gave the delegates
an excellent insight into the me
chanics of national politics.
Committee Meetings
The student delegates were
busily engaged in committee meet
ings, legislative caucuses and legis
lative sessions all day Friday and
Saturday morning. Perhaps these
proved to be the most interesting
a. well as the most beneficial. For
it was in these proceedings that the
future political leaders of the state
atid perhaps the nation presented
their wares.
The Carolina delegation con
tributed greatly .to the legislative
agenda. A considerable portion of
the bills b)rought before the House
and the Senate was prop)osed by
nmembers of the U. S. C. delegation.
It might be added that we appeared
to have the most verbose group as
well, for someone from our delega
tion p)articip)ated in all the floor
fights and committee reports.
P'olitics At Work
This was a very good illustra
tion of practical politics at work,
and it is to be decried that more
students could not participate. Of
(curse, there wvere a fewv delegates
who only came to the sessions and
votedl. D)ebate was limited to those
foolhardy few, such as the writer,
who thought they knew it all and
were called upon to tell the world
about it. However, it can be truth
fully stated that the Student Legis
lature did enact sonme worth-wvhile
le(gislat ion, such as reducing resi
dlelce reqIui rements for voting; a
new, less political system of select
ing judlges; providing for a state
scholarship loan fund; mandatory
property reassessment by county
governments and a number of
other items.
One lesson inadeliblely stamped
in the minds of the Carolina dele'
gation concerned p)ower politics.
U. S. C., with the largest number
of votes, was not able to elect a
single individual to an office in the
Student Legislature. Our utter de
feat was brought about by a coali
tion of up-country and low-country
lBud (:onditionus
This is not to say that coalitions
are bad, per se. Such arrange
ments are fine wvhen they are used
to maintain a principle or a sys
tem of government; but, when used
for personal gain or the enhance
ment of one's prestige, it is to be
deplored. Those who attended the
Student L egislative sessions know
that the most qualified candidates
did not win in every instance.
It illustrated, graphically, that
might makes right, as long as we
sit idly by and acquiesce in this
typ)e of political system. It is true
of all political arenas - local,
stt and nanal.n The massm,
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5TAM1rT? PlSfGING CATS
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Masses
Men
must become aroused before any
thing is done about it.
What To Do
It now appears that the U. S. C.
delegation, along with Student
Government, intends to make an ef
fort to correct this political prac
tice. What will be done lies just
ahead. How effective it will he
remains to be seen.
Regardless of the outcome, it is
to the credit of the University and
the sovereign State of South Caro
lina that such an effort is being
made.
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FilTY mhembers of the Universilty
I nterfrateniy Counucul's recenht hkr
mately oneW-Sixth of the corps agre
officer). Thew men miarc-hedI )ver in
in University history. Ski Duszynski
hv the IFC Bloon Driv n.. m mitt......
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Student '
May Not Be
Students w o a k i n g for Slater a
Food System, all of whom are paid t
in meal tickets, will now receive
a fairer return for their tickets.
Student Council has initiated an t
exchange whereby the "Y" lunch
eons will purchase the tickets at C
SO cents for it par value 90 cent
ticket.
This certainly ir. a falrer method v
o: exchange than is now present.
Student vorkers have been selling
the tickets for a much lower rate
ii. order to obtain spending money. e
But the question arises, is it the s
fairest exchange to the students e
who are now working for the 90 e
t
cents. Wlhy can't the students be
paid in cash and receive the y
aniount they actually work for? 9
V arima Arguments
There are arguments in favoi
or the meal tickets issued by Slater
at the ratv of 1:300 a week. Pay
ment by meal tickets eliminates
a gre:at deal of bookkeeping nee
essary w it h1 payment in cash.
Taxes and Social Security would
have to be paid on cash payment
vhile not on tickets issued.
Some have even said student
1.elp may be discontinued if pay- 11
ment by cash wIs use(l. There is 1
definitely no reason not to hire 1
students- -n1o miatter what type of 14
payment is used. The university
is here to benefit students. As
long as jobs are open and can ii
capably be filled by students, they
should be filled by students.
Mr . Troupe, Slater Food Man
ight TB
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Vorkers
Fairly Paid
ger at the University. says 13t
ickets are issued each week. 1,
ie new system of exchange ade
uate enough to handle the tic.
ets even after the workers use
ei to eat their meals each week?
Mr. Troupe says, "It is the fin
t step under the circumstances."
iv'iverity imestigatio,
The University should investi
ate paying the students in cash.
lo one would want to be deprived
r the actual monetary value he.
working for.
Some may say the dime differ
ice in the 80 cents under the new
vstern and the 90 cents the work
rs should be getting isn't large
trough to worry about. Multiply
me dime by the number of mmal
ckets a worker earns during th.
ear, and the total could mean it
rent deal to a ivorking stud1ent.
Student
Protests
Table Space
(Elitor's Note: The followiig
-tter wias sent to Sliter System
laiageiir George Troup by ian
11011 111011 student. Mr. Troup
as commnted that the situation
ietitioited inl tile letter has beeni
isene-sd by the - Universiti's cafe.
-ru committee amid that steps to
ive th i problem have Imbsee taken.
'he- committe has ruled hat
iere will he- no card or chess pla,
ig inl the cafeteria 14-tweeni1 the14
ors of 11:30 a.m. amd 1:30 p.m.
md has asked that annucemts
. i4de in Russell ilouse. calling
Itentiomi to tie rule.)
)ear Mr. Troup:
On behalf of the students that
articipate in the Slater contract
seal plan I would like to present
formal complaint on a matter
f grreat concern. This matter is
he problem of finding a table
pon which to place one's tray
fter being served.
rhere are adequate tables but
hey are filled with card and
hess players. These players do
ot, I t hi i n k , contribute very
luch to the wealth of Slater.
ome students have one o'clock
lasses but obtain indigestion
pon eatting too rapidly becatuse
' the time consumed finding a
able to eat on.
We would appreciiate all con
iderItions given to this matter.
An anonYmous student
they preparc to conitrlite to
eras for the project andit approxl
1. Whitten, their emnnlmnding
in thn fIe..t actian of is Liad