Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Story Of A Se, Hopes Are High Ag. (Photo Courteousy of The F (Author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boysl" and' Barefoot Boy With Cheek.") A ROBE BY ANY OTHER NAME With the Commencement Day just a couple of short months away, the question on everyone's lips is: "How did the differ ent disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors?" Everybody is asking it; I mean everybody/ I mean I haven't been able to walk ten feet on any campus without somebody grabs my elbow and says, "How t did the different disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors, hey?" This, I must say, is not the usual question asked by colle gians who grab my elbow. Ordinarily they say, "Hey, Shorty, got a Marlboro?" And this is fitting. After all, are they not collegians and therefore loaded with brains? And does not intelligence demand the tastiest in tobacco flavor? And does not Marlboro deliver a flavor that is uniquely delicious? And am I not short? But I digress. Back to the colored hoods of academic robes. A doctor of philosophy wears blue, a doctor of medicine wears green, a master of arts wears white, a doctor of humanities wears crimson, a master of library science wears lemon yellow. Why? Why, for example, should a master of library science wear lemon yellow? Well sir, to answer this vexing question, we must go back to March 14, 1844. On that date the first p)ubliC library in the United States was established by Ulrich Sigafoos. All of Mr. Sigafoos's neighbors were of course wildly grateful-all, that is, except Wrex Todhunter. Mr. Todhunter had hated Mr. Sigafoos since 1822 when both meni had wooed the beautiful Melanie Zit.t andl Melanie had chosen Mr. Sigafoos because she was mad for dancing and Mr. Sigafoos knew all the latest steps-like the Missouri Comn promise Samba, the Shays' Rebellion Schottische, and the James K. Polk Polka-while Mr. Todhunter, alas, could not dance at all, owing to a wound he had received at the Battle of New Orleans. (He was struck by a falling praline.) Consumed with jealousy at the success of Mr. Sigafoos's lib)rary, Mr. Todhunter resolved to open a competing library. This hie did, but he lured not one sinmgle patron away from Mr. Sigafoos. "What has Mr. Sigafoos got that I have not?" Mr. Todhunter kept asking himself, and finally the answer came to him: books. So Mr. Todhunter stocked his library with Iots of lovely books, and soon he was doing more business than his hated rival. But Mr. Sigafoos struck back. To regain his clientele, he began serving tea at his library every afternoon. Thereupon Mr. Todhunter, not to be outdone, began serving tea tLfth sugar. Thereupon Mr. Sigafoos began serving tea with sugar and cream. Thereupon Mr. Todhunter began serving tea with sugar and cream an d lemon. This, of course, clinched the victory for Mr. Todhunter because he had the only lemon tree in town-in fact, in the entire state of Maine--and since that day lemon yellow has, of course, been the color on the robes of masters of library science. (Incidentally, the defeated Mr. Sigafoos packed up his 1i brary and moved to California where, alas, he failed once more. There were to be sure, plenty of lemons to serve with his. tea, but, alas, there was no cream because the cow was not intro duced to California until 1937 by John Wayne.) e 1ees was itama Today Californians, happy among their milch kine, are enjoying AiLtered Marlboro Cigarettes in soft pack or Flip Top Box, as are their fellow Americans in all nity states of thi Marl ..ro. C....t... Itso o.. inst Duke tate) USCE Season BY JOHN LOTTICH Sports Writer Well, Dean Smith's North Car ina Tar Heels knocked US( opes and dreams down the dra gain. It was the Gamecocks' misfi une to run into a ball club th "as sky-high, angry and humi ted over a five - game losi treak. But that's all in a sesc The Gamecocks took it har< ova ( What could be better than Dial - Treadaway for informal clothing for a c ti ve or spectator sports. See our selection of swim wear. Dial-Treadaway At The Washington Street Enance To The Arcae Budng . The H( nds Frus Losing 'I After their game with North Carolina was over, and the devastation was complete, a sol- I 0- emn bunch of Carolina Game 's cocks sat quietly in the dressing tj in room taking off their battle a garments, some of them for the r- last time. T at "They just beat us," said Bill .1 Ii Yarbrough. "Everything Cunning- J 1g ham threw up there went in, that's a ,n all." "I can't believe it," said John P Schroeder. "I just can't believe H Cunningham's no better than hon- it orable mention All-America." Finally, the boys started trying to get their minds off the game, trying to cheer up. They talked '~ of future golf dates, fishing trips, and their studies. L Coach Dwane Morrison, an-b other very big man, told his al nine red-clad warriors, "I want hi you all to know that I appreci ate what you've given me this n year. You could have lain down tc BIC is the world's finest writing instrument-writes on and on-yet It costs only 19C. Only BIC is guaran teed* to write first time every t ime. BIC's "Dyamite" Ball Point is the hardest metal made by man. Get a BIC, now at your campus store. BIC 'Crystal" 19C. BIC pens available with blue, red, green, and black ink. Made in U.S.A. *For r placement send pen to: WAnnMan.IC PeN COnn. MILO,,. COH. >pes Ar All Hope F (Gamecock trating 'o UNC ind quit, but you didn't. You :ame back. You have nothing to 2e ashamed of." The coach then led his team in te Lord's Prayer for the last time tis season. Afterwards, Ronnie Collins and erry Lucansky rehashed the bat e, trying to think back over what key had (lone wrong, what mis kes they had made. Said Ronnie, "It's bad when you lay your best and can't win. inda makes you think, doesn't Morrison corrected him. "We dn't play our best. We played ir hardest, but we didn't play ar best." He was right. The Gamecocks rew some bad passes, took some Ld shots, and didn't rebound well crucial moments. But they istled and fought all the way. Student managers Al Facchi tti and Ron Robinson stood deso tely to one side, to let the play s get out, before going to their sk of gathering up uniforms, wels, and other equipment. Finally, when the dressing oom was almost empty, Coach dorrison remarked philosophic tIly, "Well, the world will keep ight on turning anyway, won't And thus ended the '64 basket 11 season. J 4 ?1407 BROA - ADivision of d The Tears Gone At Raleigh Staff Photo by Robertson) (Gamecock Staff Photo by Robertson) Coach work COACH MORRISON OUTLINES PLANS in comfortable-to-wear 6r * , ~4 4.0. W,EW K :WY oo YR 1.H.V loduszieAm