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To Defend Investigate e Organ iz A national organization of col. lege students, h e a d e d by two Northwestern University students, has been formed to defend Con gress' investigatory power, it was announced in Evanston, Ill., this week. The Students' Committee for Congressional Autonomy, w h i c h will direct its initial efforts at countering h e Communist - led drive to abolish the House Un American Activities Committee o) (HUAC), will be headed by two New Literary Magazine To Appear Soon The first edition of "Crucible," USC's new literary magazine, will be given out to students the first week after spring semester regis tration, Editor Joe Whitlock re cently announced. Reminescent of the now defunct "Sandlapper," "Crucible" will in clude original short stories, poems, sketches, and cartoons by Carolina students. A prize-win ning ph(t ograph will also be in cluded. One issue will come out each semester, with this first one be ing fall, 1960. T h e publication date for the spring edition has not yet bevie decided. All students are urged to sub mit essays, poems, short stories, plays, and art work for the spring issue. Literary contributions may be placed in box 270. Also, anyone interested in work ing on the staff should drop by the "Crucible" o f f i e e , Russell House, room 206, or contact Joe Whitlock. 10 BLOCKS TO WINTHROP COLLEGE TOWN HOUSE MOTEL Special Weekend Rates 503 East Main St. Phone 327-2038 Rock Hill, S. C. Its wha FILTER-BLI Up front you g and specially pr ry Power ttion Fori brothers attending Northwestern i University. James Kolbe, a freshman major. i ing in political science, and John t Kolbe, a s e n i o r in the Medill School of Journalism, are co-chair- ( men of the committee, which has i its national headquarters at 610 Lincoln Street, Evanston, Ill. Both boys are from Patagonia, Ariz. I Letter To Congress In a letter to all members of Congress released this week, the brothers asked senators and rep resentatives to "join in this fight to protect the autonomous right of Congress to inform itself and the American public of the per- i sons and practices which would corrupt or destroy our way of life." They point to the long tradition behind the legislative investiga- I tory power dating back to the i parliamentary inquiries of t h e 16th century. They charge the numerous or. ganizations which oppose many Congressional investigations with " w e a k e n i n g the investigatory I power by corrupting the condi- i tions which are essential to its effective and responsible use." Distorting Constitution? These opposing groups are ac cused of "severely distorting cer tain provisions of the Constitution "Cocky" [OPU S 90'L.L MVE TO GET RIDOF TOSE( S8 NDDJ is yours in Winstor et rich golden tobaccos ocessed for filter smokin ned By S mid totally ignoring the necessity e or Congress to search out facts" ) n order to justify their opposi. ( ion. \ The two y o u t h s assert that z ommunists and " n a n y anti. knierican individuals and organi !ations" would g a i n the most rom the weakening of the inves. igatory power, because Congres- t iional committees "have been so v uccessful in uncovering the true s iature of their operations." I The Kolbes conclude the letter ( >y stating that Congress cannot )ass intelligent laws when its in- c restigations are hindered by "such < Iniper tactics." S James Roosevelt The letter is timed to coincide I v i t h the opening of Congress, I vhen Rep. James Roosevelt (D.- I lalif.) is expected to call for the tbolishment of the Un-American kctivities Committee. James Kolhe, 18, formerly a >age in the United States Senate, aid that the students' committee vill seek to organize support for i IIUAC wherever it holds its hear. t ngs. This is a direct counterat- t ack to displays such as the riots ,vhich broke out last May when HUAC held hearings in San Fran isco. The committee already has stu 'ent representatives on 30 college By Rosenary Hankins DoLE-CLASS INISITIONS OF 96VRS.... at counts and only Winston. specially selected g. Smoke Winston. It I ItIohis Tobacco Co. -i tudents amnpuses, i n c I u d i n g Harvard, 'ale, A nt ioch, Holy Cross, I'icagro, Indiana, Northwestern, Visconsin, Tulane, Kansas, Ari. onla, and Stanford. Central Issue "The central issue has now be. (Me whether or not Congress Jll cointinue to investigate mat ers free of the arbitrary controls vith which its opponents seek to hackle it," said John Kolbe, 20, a ember (f Northwestern's Stu. ent Senate. - "It is no longer an attack on ne or two committees. They have leclared war on both the Congres ional prerogative to inform itself od on the p e o p I e 's 'right to now.' By properly serving a pub. c educative function, we hope to iring an end to that war." The committee uses as its motto statement m a d e by Supreme fourt .ustice Hugo Black in 1936, s a U n i t e d States Senator: 'There is no power on earth that an tear away the veil behind %,hich powerful and audacious and mnscrupulous groups operate, save he sovereign legislative power irned with the right of subpoena mnd search." Ven. Heeard. SpoAwn ON CAMPUS Student sitting in class until ial ivek without realizing that he( ha<d taken the course before a1d lissed. E'asilq distracted coed pnrposely gotising restricted "so I could study Jor e.rams." Astronon ty st udent admitting 4)bseiinu heavenlyj bodies in Wade : * * Student anxiouslyj inquiring abiiut b/id tipes after biting his :* * .1Military/ instructor respectfully in. )ihirmed by/ students that his in signia ivas in the wrong place. o o * Jla.eY coeds with time on their hands staging a "snowball" fight with poet butter. S * * R/wrf froil girl returning fron 1(tnig wevcekend: "I'm in loi,e, but thI.e are coiplicationls." Fre'shly cleaned leather coat rae(isin i stink in Maxcy coed's romi'e0I be inoved into the hall. ..S....R En. CllronTTJ After the li Kappa Phi 1olier depriving Jack Mmore (in chair) o the beatik ftizz that Nitlore allow Writer Ac To Univei 1Y JOAN WOLCOTT Assistant Feature Editor Once u p) o n a midnight dreary, while I pondered w e a k and leery, About supplies of dex and vol. umes of neglected lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly t h e r e came a rap ping, As some unknown began a tap. ping, tapping at my Maxey door 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " r a p p i n g at my chamber (oor-" This had happened ne'er be. fore. Ah, vaguely, I remember it was at semester ending. And each separate red-marked bluebook made me fear the final score. Filled with dreaid I faced the morrow - from my pills I hoped to borrow Strength to meet my daily tests -continue quest for unfound knowledge For the rare and dear possession that is known to some but not to all This I sought andI one thing m'Iore. Presently my heart felt stronger, hesitating then) no longer, Iso4ugh)t to find out who was j)oundinig, pouninlg at my bed. I )ee p into the dim hall peering, long I st ood t here wonideri ng. feairing. Wa it an a ppar1i tioni that bade my heartbeat quicken Made my heartbeat quicken as it enteredC, closed the (door'? Merely t h i s and nothing nilore. TPhis ghost d1id1 not4 approach me, though in truth he did en croac1h me lie spoke three wvordls as if his soul in those three words he (dild outpour "D oomed arte you !" he muttered1, not hi ng further did he utter Whi le I (cower'ed inl my desk (chair FINAL EXAMS.., every de9j Shirts and all garments ge careful final examination fore they're allowed to pass SUNSHINEI Missing buttons replaced . . . and failures turned for a complete' over" I And a passing gr isn't good enough for SI SHINE . . . perfection is insit uponl Yes, SUNSHINE is '100% correct answer to cloi that pass in every testl Once Over Lightly lial 11111, Virginia Gaillard (left) 1and f hi% newly growni heard. The girl, %ern rd tlii mi) %have it off the da% after the lapts 'The -sity Final with a w e a k and trembling heart For I was tired and beaten and uncertainty filled my heart His prophecy of doom gave me a start. "Of exams I am the Keeper; of grade ratios, the reaper, To your chamber I've come not to sing a cheerful song Trifles in your mind do litter, I your spate time you only frit ter Know you not that I am choosy I as to whom I grant a crown? To no shiftless, simple ingrate I does Exam King g r a n t a crown. You will not find many if you take a look around." To this Keeper I did plead, though he seemed to pay io heed As I told him of the many trials through which I wvas forced Mack Writ About Chui lY OlIN ANIDElSON Staff Writer lhear \anma, lloy! C'hunkie has g o n e and done it this t imie. I thought lie had gon ant~itd do ne everty thing that co ul hibe dione. But hbrother, he really is in a stewv! The other ni ght at thle Sigma Omega Beta "Welcome Back To School"' Party., C'hunkie was feeling real cheerful about com11i ng hack to school. amid so he went aind drtank a hole keg of C'okes. (Chunkie, lie real erazy~ whien lhe had alot of Cokes and that's how it started.4 You see .' we got this big huge smokestack on thle campus, anmd you cani see it from miles around. Well, C hi u ni k i e Furd cl imbed u p thle smokestack and hiollered outt to every body that he wa going to (live off into this little jiigger oif (Cokes at the bot tomi. lIe shore is c'razy.! .lust as he was ready' to leap, his foot be at are re ,de JN ted the ONE DAY hies SERVICE (BY REQUEST) WRHINF DRY & CLEANERS IAbIll aidi It 'V 114) timtle in -o appalled awid dimconcerted by part,. (Pl'hto b, Joe Van Dywke.) Raven' Exam to go ust because what I called lizard turned oUt to be a gizzard Lnd I used "op. cit." instead of "Iid." iii darkness ni u s t I creep'? n the darkness of a friendless place w o u 1 d I be forced to creep My dread was sore and deep. quickly took I e a v e from my cramped seat, for my visitor to entreat legging him to teach me all the wisdom of his days 3ut suddenly my ghost. vanished, from his vision 1 was banished \s I saw dawn's faint awakening and knew a new day was be fore Zeality re-possessed me, a n d I knew an exam day was be fore )nly dex ind nothing more. s Mama tkie Again lilped antd he fell into the smoke to-ik. IBult d n' ii1 worry . . . he it "heavy-set"' from drinking (he razy about ('okes . that he got tuck inl the toil. Noibodyl canl get h:mi out and( inalo-. I g2uess thalt' no(ht so bad. \ll he got toOS study for was re shnu IaaIist ory Nsilnce t hat his uly sub ject ), but Professor Cho nt says he w\ouldn' t want Chun it to bireak his academic record y showing upi for a finial. Hie say hunkile muust have a real sense 01 altchievemet. Pr'ofessor (' h a w e nt is a real lippyl) nmnt. Wheni he heard that hunkit' tell in the snmokestack jind got stuck, hie laugh till the ear s rol d a w n his face and valked a way mu midlin a soomething tbout eve ry age had to hav~e its 1e0lots, Itolis. martyrs, and fools, out what haoppenetd to the twenti. th cetury11 . . . and( whyI~ did he myve to lbe the one who always rot stuck with that Furd crea ure. I shore am sorry about what tappened while Chunkie and me vere hlome for the Christmas holi lays. You see, Chunkie never had ihappy home while his family et him stay there, and that's xbly he stayedl up all night Christ nas Eve waiting for Santa Claus wi th thatt rope. A ind a n a t h e r thing, please apoltogize to .Jed Slogan's daugh er, Quarentine, for that sleigh. itde down the middle of Main Street. Tell her that Chunkie is girl-crazy and1( wanted to curl up inder a blanket with a girl in a <leigh o~n Christmas. Please ox plain to her that I tried to tell t'hunkie about t h ere being no Well, that's about all I have to say this time except that semes ter finals are coming up and I'll be spending most of my time at the German study-hall, the Hoff. brau, with the other students. There's a real good motto on the wall in there, that I'm trying to live up too. It go "Move up to Quality!" Yore studius son, Mack C. nTra.