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This Was The Week That Was Is a satirical British
television program which has been picked up not frequently
enough via satellite from London. The following observa
tions are from the November twenty-third broadcast: "It
would be good to hope tha the assassinaion of President
Kennedy would serve an ultimate goal. It would also be
naive."
On the humble Proud: "No matter how high upon the
stool of state one sits, he also rests upon his own tail."
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Less than two hours and forty minutes ago John Ken
nedy was assassinated. For the first time in the lives of the
young adults who have been called members of the "tor
mented generation," they, united in the same hour and same
moment of eternity, have been confronted with themselves.
We are all stripped of externals. We are no longer primarily
members of this or that fraternity or sorority. We are no
longer typed by the cut of our clothes, our sectional wants,
our regional rivalries. Nor are we bound by the sometimes
pretentious society in which we live. The hiearchy of false
values crumble down around us leaving what is real in our
lives to shine forth . . . if we have real values left. What
is paramount becomes meaningful: God, home, and loved
ones.
We are, no doubt for the first time, Americans. The
murder of our President is the gravest possible effrontery
to the Republic for which we stand. We are also united as
fellow homo sapiens: the murder of one of our brethren
under God being the gravest possible violation of the most
ancient of standards-due deference to the dignity of a
human soul.
THOSE OF A FRIEND
"Isn't it a pity, though, that it takes such horrible and
tragic things to bring people closer together, and make
them forget their petty differences? And, I guess the real
pity of it all is that this is just a temporary state of mind
for most of us. Eventually, we shall all assume our various
and sundry prejudices once again and life will go on, pretty
much the same as it did before. I guess the thing to do now
is to continue and try our best to keep this country a good
one." Yes, that which is not of importance returns. But
years from now I will look upon this day and remember
an hour or so when we knew what mattered in our lives.
And to that hour, though knowing inability to put into
practice that which one advocates, I would hope to pledge
the rest of my life. Initially, I would pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United States of America and . . . God
help me, I have forgotten the rest.
TOO CYNICAL?
As preposterous as the ideal would have it seem, the
dleath of a president called forth some spontaneous reaction
which even the word "callous" would (dignify. Some ex
temporaneous response was nothing short of "It ain't no
big thing." I ask you, Gentle lReader, if the epic enacted
twvo hours after High Noon in D)allas, November 22, 1963,
weren't no big thing -- what in your heaven or hell is?
Overheard in class : American theatrical audiences need
interp)retors to tell them what is funny in a drama, because
they don't know when to laugh. "Just as American Univer
sities don't know when to close their dloors until someone
has to tell them."
SOCIALLY
The Carolina-Clemson game was wvon andl lost. One side
celebrated, one side took the sting out of (defeat . . . both
in the same way. Many gathered in their homes to observe
one D)ay on which we give thanks for the blessings be
stowed upon us during each of the remaining three-hundred
and sixty-four. Tfhe Phi Kap Fraternity Party. Final prep
arations~ for Columbia young ladies' presentation at the
Assembly to come next week. Babies wvere born. Students
prepared for classes. Song Fest p)ractices. Countless hun
dlreds (lie in traffic accidlents (luring the holiday week-end.
Christmas lights prematurely announcing the birth of Our
Lord - Shop in Columbia. Students beginning to forsake
college and go to school. So life goes on. Let us not forget
wvhy.
'The deadline for cop)y for the
soclety and reature pages is
Monday afternoon . . . news
turned in earliest will be given
priority.
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Reader's
Reviewer
Mr. Dooley is back in the news.
Except for an occasional quota
tion, the wisdom of this fictional
Irish social philosopher, brainchild
of the late Finley Peter Dunne and
spiritual godfather of e v e r y
stuffed - shirt - deflater since, has
been missing from the public
prints for more than 40 years.
On November first Atlantic-Lit
tie, Brown publishes "Mr. Dooley
Remembers," a book about Mr.
Dooley and Finley Peter Dunne by
Philip Dunne.
No other American humorist
was ever more influential in shap
ing the political and social life
of his time than Finley Peter
Dunne, creator of "Mr. Dooley."
Born in Chicago in 1867, F.P.D.
attended the city's public schools
and, upon graduation from high
school, went to work as a news
paper copy boy, became a reporter,
and by the time he was 22 had
become the city editor of the Chi
cago Times. Later he served with
the Evening Post and Times
Herald, and as e d i t o r of the
Journal.
Mr. Dooley originally made his
appearance in 1892. At first
Dunne confined Mr. Dooley's ob
servations to local Chicago politics,
but they soon moved on to national
and international affairs, as well
is general humanistic philosophy.
The columns were widely syndi
nated here and in England.
"Mr. Dooley Remembers" is the
result of an unusual collaboration
between the elder Dunne and his
.on Philip. Back in the 1930's the
vounger Dunne, a successful screen
writer, director and producer,
negan coaxing the elder to write
'is memoirs. F.P.D. started the
,vork but never finished it; he
lied in 1936.
"Mr. Dooley Remembers" is
Philip Dunne's collection of his
father's letters and notes, the
ntimate memoirs of the humorist
vhose wit and wisdom made
i m e r i c a think - by making
Americans laugh. To these Philip
ias supplied extensive and illumi
iating commentary on his father's
'haracter, times and works.
"Mr. Dooley Remembers" is a
felightful and completely different
>ook. which will appeal to every
:ind of reader. Part memoir, part
>iography, part history, part witty
leeply moving story of a son's
ocial comment, it is also the
iffection and respect for his
'ather.
The father is the famous Finley
Peter Dunne, newspaperman and
-reator of the immortal "Mr.
D)ooley," the Ir'ish bartender and
social philosopher who made Amer
ica think by making Americans
laugh. From his saloon on Chi
'ago's "Archey Road," Mr. Doolcy
it the turn of the century com
mented on the affairs of the world.
leflating the pompous and the
predatory, brilliantly satirizing the
foibles of his time and of human
nature and vanity in all times.
His witty and acid comments were
readl aloud at the cabinet meetings
of three Presidents, as well as at
-i m i 1 i o n American breakfast
tables, making his creator, Finley
Peter Dunne, possibly the most
influential working newspaperman
this country has ever known.
The son, Philip Dunne, is well
known in his own right as a
writer, dlirector and producer of
important motion pictures.
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lift..
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take a break ...things
g ~gorf NOV
feus,you old tightwedl Her
Diaphrani
Or, How To 1
Without Losii
A month ago this problem might
have been named the "Mid Semes
ter Bulge." Now it has become the
"Post-Thanksgiving Panic."
The sneaky signs we conven
iently ignored as we labled the
scales inaccurate and the mirror
distorted climaxed at the first
cold snap - then, though it was,
of course, no indication of forth
coming winter weather, it was a
grand excuse to scramble into our
wool clothes.
Guess what didn't fit?
Point No. 1. - The drycleaner
did not really shrink your herring
Dear Zaze
Dear Zazel:
During the recent nocturnal fes
tivities certain young ladies were
courageous enough to toss various
articles, which had evidently been
Miss Zazel Wilde
very close to them, to us. We
would like to take this means of
thanking them.
The K-Dorm Commandos
P. S. Would the little swect
beart who w r o t e "Give 'em
HIELL!!" in lipstick on the back
of a pair of size fives, please be
good enough to attach a photo
next time.
* 0 0
Dear Zazel:
I have been dating Tony for
quite a while now, and he keeps
telling me what a cute little asp)
I have. I am worried that I may
lose him, for after all, what else
have I got to offer him?
Cleo
D)ear Cleo:
Your pyramids?
* . 0
Dear Zazel:
My girlfriend is ambidextrous. I
prefer her using only one hand.
What could be worse?
One-Hand Man
Dear One-Hand:
A mbisextrous.
ble....
leap...
pull...
puff...
o better with Coke
,now, I wouldn't be Shels uit cont
...Just seen in Tartarus with that rg L
at Eve. in th.... Adam gave he
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ic Reducti
ose Weight
zg Your Head
bone tweed wrap a r o u n d, or
jealously move the buttons on your
camel hair blazer.
Point No. 2. - The occurrence is
still amazing, considering the most
constant complaint around campus
pertains to the food. But though
students rave and carry on that
it's not even fit for Clemson, they
faithfully wait through the lines
and gobble it down three times a
day. If we scorn the creamed crab
cakes downstairs we can always
substitute for French fries and
milk shakes upstairs. Or chocolate
covered cream of peanut bars in
the robot room. Or dive into the
1.... By ZAZEL WILDE
Dear Zazel:
Girls keep stopping me as I
stroll around the grounds to ask
inc if I'm a turtle. What should I
tell them? I don't even know what
a turtle is.
Todd
Dear Todd:
Tell them you'd rather be a
rabbit.
" " 0
Dear Zazel:
I would like to write a letter to
the administration about the bed
bugs in my bed. They are keeping
me from sleeping by crawling all
over me. But bed bug is such an
ignoble term, so what word could
I substitute?
Sleepless
Dear Sleepless:
Night crawlers.
HUNGRY? *(
CHOICE OF ENTREE
CHARCOAL
OUR
BUTTERED BUN, FRENCH F
IN TOWN THAT SI
1111 LADY STREET
It's you,princess,when
Jack Winter look. But
a minute to learn aboll
of stretch. Because o
yourself in Jack Wir
pants, youl are going F
test. Be darn sure ye
Questions. Should you
pants? What kind of ti
take? Most all figures
by stretch, whether an
gular, or a figure eight
have an hourglass tigt
the annd hasnk1 to
to Well...
aP IMuet y s~~4
Srunning..,
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ons For
The Current (
are p a c k a g e someone's Betty
Drocker inclined partent mailed ...
oconut cheese cake and brown
es, and oatmeal cookies and
>anana bread and pecan pie.
Positively don't despair-this is a
iighly universal p r o b 1 e m and
lestined to be a most constructive
irticle. Probably you can form a
:lub with everybody else on your
all, except your skinny little
iuitemate . . . yeah, the one who
ceeps handing out the brownies.
rhere's one in every crowd.
Time is the problem now. It's
icarly Christmas. Do you think
,ou gained weight at Thanks
;iving? . . . ha ha . . . wait 'til
Thristmas!
To get to the point, The Game
ock hearby humbly offers the fol
owing suggestions.
1. Don't cut off your head . . .
that would be highly un
original.
2. Wear blinders, like a horse,
and look straight ahead, and
not at the dessert section.
3. Ask your mother to only
u can always find what
HIMMY'S RESTAURANT, 11
LUNCHES START AT 65c
2 VEGETABLES, BREAD, BUTTE
BROILED STEAK I
GAMECOCK SPECIAL $
RIES, FRESH TOSSED SALAD AND
RVES THIS ITEM GENUINELY CI
DPEN 24 HOURS DAILY
COLUM~
e Biggest little Place In Tou
is it me...or Jac
you have the stretchl pants
whoa... taike inIg. You won
t the subhjcCt slip in, but I
rice you put b)ind either.
iter stretch just right...Ie
get the eye port ionIed in y
u can pass. So it's you an
wear stretch all those stra
gure does it turn-about-fa
are flatteredI WVinter causil
gutar, triani
.I'V(ll if y'oul
re where all f
the bottom, u4( H..o.(...
gou gee, LuciWer...
sent I've a little
for me, project for
here? you...
N
eginners
arolina Coed?
send you celery.
4. Live off 2-calorie-cokes and
life savers for a few weeks.
5. Chew gum.
6. Smoke.
7. "I hate food" . . . repeat ...
"I hate food" .. . repeat ...
8. Start riding a bicycle from
class to class.
9. Take up modern dancing.
10. Just smell . . . it's free.
Mike Howard
Is President
Of Pledges
Mike Howard has been chosen
president of the Delta Sigma Pi
business fraternity pledge class.
Also elected were Terry Lee, Sec
retary, and Paul Maxwell, Treas
urer.
The Delta Sigma Pi active
chapter is now having a fund
raising project selling light bulbs.
ou want to eat at
11 LADY STREET.
R, COFFEE OR TEA
ANDWICH
1.00
THE ONLY RESTAURANT
ARCOAL BROILlED.
BIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
ki Wlinter!
~an do quick suhtract
t need a grease job to
hiere's no sag, bag or
ac.k Winter cuts 'em
in andl ladylike. ..pro
our proper leg-length.
dl Jack Winter getting
ighlt-on, slant-eyed,
se looks. You and Jack
g that campus stir.
~Viner
v., New Yaork City