Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Nei The approach of a new year signals the demise of the old and the birth of the new. The skyline no longer hides behind the foliage; trees appear stark in their winter simplicity. The air is decisively crisp, and the memory of a toasty room is an added incentive to finish errands early. Soon the "Gamecock" will feature new faces and fresh talent, and we herald the forthcoming change. Newness has compan ions welcomed by a striving newspaper: enthusiasm, an untapped supply of curiosity, and a desire to experiment with new ideas. The University deserves no less than these. The exodus of the out-dated leaves little to be said, for emphasis should properly be placed on the arrival of the new. The moving hand, having writ, moves on . . . to unex plored worlds and the challenges therein. A bound copy of weekly issues remains behind to serve as a testimony of the past, perhaps an inspiration for the future. We of the present newspaper staff em bodied one objective this semester: to elevate the "Gamecock" in every possible way. Such a goal has no deadline; it is a full time endeavor. Although some of our critics claimed that our desire to regain an All American status caused us to resort to sensa tionalism, our journalistic ethics were never subordinated for this or any other purpose. We gave our best. Our intention has been to provoke thought rather than to promote shock. Experiment ing with make - up forms and reporting techniques, we attempted to inject new blood into the tried and true practices of news papers. How well we succeeded cannot yet be determined, for time is the only true judge. We found new meaning in the saying, "You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps." Newspapermen form an inter Breathes there a ma Who never to himsel "I'm in a hurry. Fu No, he breathes not Exchango Ode To The Freshman When knows h -From the are occupied-wi Daily Utah Chronicle night. Behold, the Freshman: He learneth to He strideth upon the campus, hand the Flag, his mind engaged in lofty great profundity. As stares he uTomorrow's leader walks among Ou consolatior He crowdeth his way through war thourg, parking lots, his hot-rod pipes solfade away He wandereth through endless A hundred me halls, with forlorn look, and bring, to take h waileth: REGISTRATIOl' What does "OSH" mean? * He giggleth his way through New classes designed f o r Mickey The Purple an Mouse. saps College of He pestereth his upper-class have announced: acquaintances w i t h questions ad by the W about studies. Government Ass t 1 and then resort4 used phrase "Sol a job to do." A 'l began writing a money which I I Thelaw boo lowed; that's tr wihtelwmust combine sense, before rer logical decision. Another point to make is that Dear Joan: with parking i First of all, I would like to con- such a deplorab graulae ou nd ou stff or may add can't theexellntcoverage you have there should be prvddthus far. ienlcy by those Now to the real content of my the same time, letter. Today, I was running a the University I little behind schedule and didn't must make its r have time to walk my customary is rightfully so, seven blocks from a parking it may just be space to the campus. Therefore, in a situation I had to resort to the use of this one. some of that valuable real estate After reading in front of the B. A. building. might think I Upon parking, I deposited the moment of ang nominal sum of one nickel in one true, except I w< of the chief's friends and con- in a moment of tinued on my way to class, disgust. After class was over, there was From my pe: a matter of settling a discrep- it is thus eas ancy on a test paper with one of why the Univc my professors. The conversation partment spendi lasted about 15 minutes. When I time taking sI reached my car, there was a re- wrapped in set quest tied to my door handle to the parking me contribute the sum of $2.00 to The moral of help pay for the chief's new of- pIe. Park down flee. are half price I promptly went to the chief's Thanks: off ice to explain the circum- grieva: stncesa. He listened to my excuse Ben M. N Year esting clan; inherent in each individual are determination and intestinal fortitude. A journalist is generally marked by empty pockets, chain smoking, and ulcers as well. Each year, a group of students band to gether to achieve a common goal: the weekly "Gamecock." Comparable in many ways to Marion's Men, they pool their individual talents for a fragile product of paper and printer's ink. A few are always outstanding in their devotion to the cause, and here, five individuals must be cited. A journalistic Purple Heart should go to Henry Wylie of Vogue Press, for his re markable patience; Mrs. Jones of Service Engraving, who offers photography advice even at odd hours; JoAnn Coker, current managing editor, for her creativity; and to Aronel Fischoff and Bryon Johnston, hard working members of the freshman class, who display an unusual amount of working devo tion. Staff appreciation extends to the USC News Service and The State-Record for their timely assistance. The administration and various faculty members have also been a great help. Personal thanks go to Dean Tomlin for his valuable advice, Sonny Evans for his early morning cheerfulness, Ruby and Harold for their Gamecock Room concoctions, and to the Green Beetles for their patience with our paper jungle office. We hope that each Carolina Community member has profited by some article pub lished in this paper this year. It has been a pleasure and an experience serving you. We know that the "Gamecock" will continue Crowing For A Greater Carolina both until and after greatness is reached. Ring out the old, ring In the new. Merry Christmas to all, and to all, goodbye. Iemorial rt with soul so dead f has said: I speed ahead." ...... now. Corner L well that they Each woman resident will be :h parties every allowed a ten-minute, rather than the usual five-minute, grace hold within his. and puff with period per semester as an emer gency allowance. A student who out from deep comes in late after she has ex es's gloom. hausted her grace period wvill re is but shallow: ceive a one-day campus for know that to- every minute that she is late. his face - will The grace period also is appli cable to official one o'clockI re the Fall will nights. s place . . . on Fraternities wishing to sere DAY 1! nade women's dormitories must * first secure permission from the Rules housemother. 1 White of Mill- Weight Control Class Jackson, Miss., A wveight control class is iew rules adopt- underway at Washington State omen's Student University, according to the ociation. school p a p e r The Daily Ever green. The co-educational class, held S 0 S Monday and Wednesday from d to that over- 4:20 to 5:10 is specifically de ry, son, I've got signedI for students interested in nd with that he losing weight. To enroll, a pre receipt for the scription is required from the ad so graciously Student H-ealth Center. < must be fol tie. But together N e l~ should think one . i little common ching a fair and I would also like t also seems that . > acilities here at le level, which I be helped much, \ even more len in authority. At :also realize that 'olice Department resence felt. This but I believe thait possible to dos so not as petty as my letter, one wrote it in a _ er. This may be >uld think it more .. exasperation and 'sonal experience, y to understand rslty Police De so much of its.. igs and pennies tch tape out of ters. my story ? Sim own; the tickets $1). 'or printing my ice, NeedlaiPla rhe Editorial Party's Over... :%4~ .. . ...... m,0 a Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no rootless Christmas trees hung with candycanes and breakable stars Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no gilded Christmas trees and no tinsel Christmas Trees and no pink plastic trees and no gold Christmas trees and no black Christmas trees and no powderblue Christmas trees hung with electric candles and encircled by tin electric trains and clever cornball relatives Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran to where no intrepid Bible salesman covered the territory in two-tone Cadillacs and where no Sears Roebuck creches complete with plastic babe in manger arrived by parcel post the babe by special delivery and where no televised Wise Men praised the Lord Calvert Whiskey Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran to where no fat handshaking stranger in a red flannel suit went around passing himself off as some sort of North Pole saint crossing the desert to Bethlehem Pennsylvania in a Volkswagen sled drawn by rollicking adirondack reindeer with German names and bearing sacks of Humble Gifts from Saks Fifth Avenue for everybody's imagined Christ child Christ climbed dowvn from His bare Tree this year and ran to where no Bing Crosby carolers groaned of a tight Christmas and where no Radio City angels iceskated wingless thru a winter wonderland into a .iinglebell heaven daily at 8:30 with Midnight Mass matinees Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and softly stole away into some anonymous Mary's womb again where in the darkest night of everybody's anonymous soul He awaits again an unimaginable and impossibly Immaculate Reconception the very craziest of Second Comings L. Ferlinwhetti, Coney Island of The Mind 'e to Stay Over the Holidays? ~~NO. . . . . ..... ... Adieu My Friends Gamecock... Passing In Review This semester, the "Gamecock" handled some controversial sub jects along with its more "con ventional" news coverage. Glanc ing at a few of the weekly issues, we offer the following quotes as a closing comment on some of the most discussed articles. The Ole Miss crlsis: "You're a courageous man," They tell me. It's not true at all Courage is not my sin. I merely felt it unbecoming to stoop to cowardice of my fellows. Nor have I ever attempted to jolt the world out of orbit. I just write. And what of it? I have never played informer I have laughed at pomposity, ridiculed falseness, and tried to speak out loud enough. Finished with lies and crooked ways, one day posterity will burn with shame, remembering those peculiar times when honesty was labeled "courage." "They Tell Me" By Evgeny Evtushenko Translated by George Reavey in November Harper's Sick Student Senate: "I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness." THOREAU Gort: "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." Old Proverb The Centrex System: If first you don't succeed, try, try to grin. Max Ford, Lettr 's To The Editor: "To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." Shakespeare CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Associ Founded January 30, 1908, with Editor. "The Camecock * is publish< University of South Carolina weekly except on holidays and during exlam(r The opinions expressed by colt necessarily those of "The Cameco Letters to the Editor, but alN Lettel not constitute a endorsesnenat. 1h publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWS EDITOR 1' SPORTS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHERS BRY BURSTNEARq RECRET A RY REPORTERS: Aronel Fischoff, Duck Mathis, Tom Hunter, Barl Walter, Ricki Dettori, Lita Gola Pat Roessle, Robert Want, Bo Majid Ejiai, Dnn:,. Myres Fai Editor's Inkspots... It was a hot, muggy day when school opened that fall. Maxcy windows were raised to their ut most degree and fans of all sizes murmured in luggage - filled rooms. Here was home base that freshman year - that hectic first year of college that happens only once. And perhaps this is best, for who could survive moretr than one semester of rat-capping, or two semesters of hamburgers and shakes . . . mom-censored snacking. The water pipes in Maxcy . . . could there have been a better in terior decoration? The late gab sessions that sometimes turned into probing discussions . . . an orientation into education. Then the frantic night-before cramming, interspersed with vows of "I'll never do this again." There was a little bit of everything that year, including a Presidential election. A fleeting summer, and then we were back again. A smaller num ber returned to face the much heralded sophomore slump. And the year was a drag in many ways, yet some found their cam pus slots and settled there. We knew a little more, but we didn't know a lot. We had Big Days followed by, oh, so many little days, and spring fever penetrated even deeper that second year. Then it was: Head up in the air, J. College Jr., you're more than half-way up the college climb. Your personal growth has been matched by new heights on campus . . . just try to ignore the Carolina Hilton. The daily schedule now includes more ma jor courses, and freshman frog dissections are a horror of the past. An afternoon walk through Maxey lobby brings the changes closer to home . . . the males have taken over once more. The fifth round of finals ap proaches, and an unchalked fu ture lies ahead. This seme'ster, at least for one, has been an un precedented experience. . . a mad mixture of rush, classes cut classes, Ole Miss, meetings, cof fee and eigs, Senate, week-end trips, and paper jungle rooms. And now it's time to trade my Carolina capsule for a band of gold, and hit the Florida trail . . . for a wise man once said that home is where the heart i4 -30 The reprint titled Food For Thought: "The art of thinking is the greatest art of all, for 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' The thinker knows he is today wvhere his thoughts have taken him and that he is build ing his future by the quality of the thoughts he thinks." Wilferd A. Peterson in The Art of Living October FAitorial, Spirit Or Spirits: "A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse." Mark Twain T'he Slater Stewpot: "This, too, shall pass away." Ancient Seer Our policy is to supply, not to suppress, the news: What and Why and When and How and Who and Where. Kipling's "six honest serving men" USC Shelter Instructions: Be Prepared. Girl Scout Motto Endorsements of The Moose and His Men: "The game is not only worth the candle, it is worth the wvhole bonfire." Ma i Go k R A GREATER OUTHE CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press Robert Elliott Conaales as the first di bland for the students of the Stsiay, durins the college yea mnista and letter writers are not ek." "The Gamecock" eneourages -s mus besned. Publishing does JOAN WOLCOTT JOANN COKER MURRAY COKER EMILY REDDING KAY HUGHIEY FRED SCHUMPERT DONNA RUSSELL REGINA GALGANO MARGARET BYRD MARION BURNS ROBERT GA SKINS. ON JOHNSON, R. C. WILKIE MAURICE G'ILCHRIST Eva Edelsburg, Jimmy Glenn, bara Moore, Sarah Elliott, Jane on, Jean Collins, Sandy Shahid, bhie Rothberg, Liz Humphrey, :h Tow1es.