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(Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf', "The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.)
WRITE? YOU'RE WRONG
In the recent furor over the assassination of President McKinley,
it may have escaped your notice that a nationwide study of the
writing ability of American college students has just been
9& published.
The survey reveals an astonishing fact: that when students
have completed their freshman year and are no longer required
to take English, their writing skill progressively declines until
we come to the fantastic situation where graduating seniors
actually are poorer wTiters of English than incoming freshmen!
Many theories have been offered to account for this incredible
fact. Some say that seniors know less English than freshmen
because all seniors major in French. This is not true. No more
than 94 percent of seniors major in French. How about the
other six percent?
Well sir, of the other six percent, half-or three percent
take physics, and it is ntot hard to understand how these poor
souls growv rusty in English when all they ever say is "E equals
MC squared."
Of the remaining three percent, two-thirds-or two percent
major in whaling, and their English too grows feeble with
disuse. Whalers, as we all knowv, do not speak at all except to
shout, "Thar she blows!" maybe twice a year.
Of the one p)ercent remining, it cannot be fairly said that
they are poor writers. The fact is, we don't know what kind of
writers they are. Why not? Because they never write. And why
don't they ever write? Because this remaining one percent of
American college students are enrolled at tho University of
Alaska, and never take their mittens off.
(Incidentally, I received quite a surprise upon first visiting
Alaska two years ago whmen I was invited to Juneau to crown
the Queen of the Annual Date Palm Festival. Frankly I ex
pectedl to find a surly and morose populace. After all, going
through life with your mittens onI all the time is hardly calcu
hated to make you merry as~ a cricket. Not only can't you write,
but you miss out on all kinds of other fun things-like three
4 card monte, making shadowv pictures on the wall, and lint pick
ing. However, to my astonishment, I discovered Alaskans to
be a hale andl gregarious group), mittens notwithstanding, and
I soon found out why: b)ecause mittens notwvithstanding, they
couild still smoke Marlboro Cigarettes, still enjoy that rich
mellowv flav'or, that fine, clean Selectrate filter, that truly soft
soft pack, that truly flip-top flip-top box-and that, friends,
will make anybody happy, mittens notwithstanding. In fact,
Alaskans are the happiest pecople I have ever met in the whole
IUited States-except, of course, for the Alaskan vendors of
Mairlboro Cigarettes, who have not beeni paid in many years
indleed, nev'er- because hiow can anybody dig out coins to pay
for cigarettes when lie is wearing nmittenis?)
But I (digress. WVhat are we going to do about this deplorable
condition where college studenits, having completed Freshman
English, become1I steadhily less p)roficient in the use of the lan
guage? TIhe answer is simple. We will make them take Fresh
man English all through college. In fact, we won't let them take
anything else! This solution, b)esidles p)rodlucing a nation of
graceful writers, will also solve another harrowing problem:
where to park oni camipus. If everybody takes nothing but
Freshman Eniglish, we can tear dlown all the schools of law,
medicin(, engineering, and whaling, and turn them into p)arking
lots. Can't we? C ia6 h..aablmaa
The makers of Mtarlboro, who sponsor this column, plead
guilty to being am,ong thlose Americans whose writing skill
is not all it might be. ilowrever, we like to think that as
tobacconists wre know a thing or two. Won't you try us and
01
angI
Flag Will
Be Shown
October 6
BY DUCK MATIHIS
"0 say can you see by the
dawn's early light. . . ." Just as
Old Glory kept up the spirit of
the American forces during the
War of 1812, so does the Pep Club
hope that their newly acquired
South Carolina state flag will
boost the spirit of the USC stu
dent body.
According to Pep Club presi
dent, Bud Edens, it is the largest
South Carolina state flag, and the
third largest flag of its kind to
be made by the R. L. Bryan Co.
The vital statistics of this "blue
baby" are 30 by 50 feet.
A special flag corps, composed
of 30 boys and girls, has been or
ganized to usher the football team
onto the field before the game and
at the start of the second half.
President Thomas Jones will
formally present this emblem of
spirit to the Carolina student body
during half time intermission of
the Georgia game, October 6.
Sophs Lead
Team Debut
Versus Duke
Looks like the word "sophomore"
is going to be heard quite a bit
this year - Coach Marvin Bass
has used this terni quite effectively
in his selection of a football team;
now track Coach Weems Baskin
brings up the subject again with
his '62 cross country runners.
Tomorrow, a soph unit com
posed of Ken Smith, Allan Rose,
Mike McCarthy, Ed Cribb, and
Bland Addison joust with the Duke
"Blue Devils" in the first cross
country meet of the season.
Next Friday, Oct. 5, the squad
will journey to Atlanta, Ga. where
they'll meet Georgia Tech.
Remember the pictt
television screen 01
you remember that
that it reached the
private enterprise c
Since that summ
has relayed electroi
vision broadcasts, te
and others.
But there's one 'l
missed. Look into th
below and you'll see
orR1
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"Tread softly, Mr. Rappold." '
Coach Marvino Bass as he prepares h
with the Duke Blue Devils. Duke, ii
as a strong passing, as well as a rur
cain contai Mr. R1appold amid his col
All-Ameri<
BY EVA EDLESBURG
Another pass . . . another touch
lown . . . another football season'
. another All-America.
As this season rolls around, we
are laying down our chips and
taarting to eye our All-America
ravorites. This year's "cream-of
he-crop" is predicted to be:
ENDS-Pat Richter (Wiscon
sin), Tom Hutchinson (Ken
tucky).
Reflections
ire above? It flashed across your
a hot night last July. Perhaps
it originated from France. And
U. S. via Telstar, the world's first
ommunications satellite.
er night, the Bell System's Telstar
uic signals of many types -tele
lephone calls, news photographs,
'elstar reflection you might have
e faces of the Bell System people
it. It is the reflection of Telstar's
even
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his is probably the thoughts of
is Gamecock team for their battle
I years past, has been recognized
mning team. Hope the Gamecocks
ntemporaries tomorrow!
sa Players
TACKLES - Bobby Bell
(Minnesota), Jim Du naway
(Mississippi).
GUARDS - D a v e Behrman
(Michigan State), Dave Watson
(Georgia State).
CENTER - Lee Roy Jordan
(Alabama).
QUARTERBACK - George
Mira (Miami)
HALFBACKS - Jerry Stovall
(Louisiana State), Dave Hopp
man (Iowa State).
FULLBACK - Ray Poage
of Teistar
success that glowed brightly on
shared in the project.
Their engineering, administi
skills created Telstar and are
down out of the clouds to your
These Bell System people, tU
dedicated efforts, make your pho
more economical, and more us
The reflections of Telstar ar
4Bell Telephon
eAt
Both Teat
New Life I
BY M
Spt
The weapons will be differ,
but the aim will be the same wl
Carolina's Fightin' Gamecocks f
ACC pre-season favorite Duke
tempt to rebound from open
game defeats in Durham tonorr
afternoon. The contest may
velop into a battle between
Birds' vicious running atti
matching the Blue Devil "Loi
some End" formation.
Both teams took their knocks
the initial day of the campaip
mighty Duke falling before I
defensive heroics of under ra1
Southern California, 14 to 7, wl
Coach Marvin Bass' warriors s
cumbed to an awesome aerial
tack at Northwestern Universi
37 to 20.
Duke was In Southern Ci
fornia's territory numerous tin
but the Devils had five aeri
intercepted% which crushed th
drives. The Blue Devils' grou
game was limited to 54 yards, 1
Predicte(
(Texas).
Other outstanding players
the '62 season that should rece'
due consideration are Billy Ga
brell (hb), South Carolina; J
Moss (t), South Carolina; )
Gregory (t), Duke; Sonny Gil
(qb), Texas Christian; Chax
Mitchell (hb), Washington; DE
Robinson (e), Penn State; Geoi
Saimes (fb), Michigan Sta
Steve Barnett (t), Oregon; Rol
Kochman (hb), Penn State; v
Hugh Campbell (e), Washingi
State.
the faces of all who
ative and operations
bringing its benefits
living room.
rough their talented,
rie service still better,
aful.
many.
e Companies
Duke
ns Seeking
n ACC Race
IKE DOANE
rti Writer
mt passing netted them 184 yards.
ien Carolina took an early lead in
nd their game to lead G-0 but North
western came back to turn the
tide. Score at the half was 14 to
ng ( in favor of the Cats. The Game
Ow cocks rolled up 257 yards but
ie- Northwestern off.et this by com
;he pleting 20 of 26 passes and 244
xek yards rushing.
1e- Duke uses the two-platoon sys
tem and has 26 lettermen that are
expected to be in good shape
on physically for Saturday's game.
n; They have a "senior bull club"
,he that is composed, in most all posi
ed tions, of starters from last year's
He ACC championship team.
The Devils are expected to run
at- the same type of offense tomor
row as they ran against Southern
ty, Cal. They use the wide end,
flankers and a man in motion.
Lii- Duke was very effective on run
Ies ning the halfback pass last week.
als Both Duke and Carolina have
air men that may merit national recog
nd nition. Backs that could play on
>ut anybody's team will be plentiful
for this game. Both teams field
units with talent at all backfield
I positions.
Walt Rappold and Gil Garner
are the Devil playmakers at quar
terback and there are few better.
In Duke's losing effort against
of Southern Cal. Garner completed a
ve 25-yard touchdown pass to half
mi- back Jay Wilkinson for the Devils'
im only score. Wilkinson is rated a
Lrt dangerous open-field runner and
bs was second in the nation last year
lie on punt returns.
,ve Halfback Mark Leggett is a good
'ge runner, passer, and receiver. Leg
te; gett, who made All-ACC as a
rer sophomore, is not the only aerial
nd backfield threat since most of the
,on Duke backs are capable of passing.
Billy Futrell is a powerful
- running halfback. Fullback Barry
Ramsey will round out Duke's
backfield. le is the only un-tried
Devil back.
This year Duke, running from
a unbalanced line, will use their
lonesome end to the strong side
of the field. Pete WVidner, Ed
Chesnut, and Stan C'risson, experi
enced lettermen, will man the
l onesomie endl spot. Aggressive
bl ock er, Zeke Potts, will start at
the tight end Position.
Duke's outstanding lineman is
tackle Art Gregory, weighing 205
pounds. Last year Gregory was
voted the A CC's best blocker. The
D evils' heaviest starting lineman is
215-pMund( .1 can Berry. Berry ex.
eells on both offense and defense.
Tlackle Dick llavens is a rough
man as is John Mardas at guard.
Pivot man for the Devils is Paul
Bengel who roundis out D)uke's
Last year Carolina's tackle Jim
Moss receivedl the honor of being
namedl National Lineman of the
Week for his tremiiendious effort in
the Birds' heartbreaking loss to
D)uke. As you remember, Duke
won the game in the last twvo
minutes of the game'.
IThe Duke elev'en is favored, but
cat-like' Billy GambrellI and hard
hitting D)ick Day and Marty Rosen
could easily pull out a v'ictory for
the Gamecocks if they're given a
little "white space" in that for
ATLANTIC
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