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USC Hon To many students on the Carolina campus, the Honor Principle is a nebulous thing on some high plane far-removed from any per sonal relationship to the individual student. Actually, this is just the opposite of what the Honor Principle stands for. Before a student is formally enrolled in the University, he must first sign the Honor pledge which states, "I will be bound on my honor not to engage in any dishonest or questionable practices of any nature and I will not be the means of another's doing so while at the University of South Carolina." Each student as he signs this pledge is ex pected to live up to conditions to which he signed his agreement. The University stands behind this pledge because it, in actuality, is one of the cornerstones of the University. To have an effective Honor System on campus, it is every student's duty to let his life and actions be the essence of the Princi ple. If a person says to himself that he will cheat whenever he pleases, he is certainly going against the Honor Pledge. The same thing is true with students who will not seek to warn others when they make infractions of the Honor Principle. It is not just the duty of Honor Board and Honor Council Honor EmP Certain ideas and customs are followed by many people for a considerable length of time, just as a matter of course, until one day they forget their lifelong training and allow the habit to drop. Such is the case with many Carolina stu dents with regard to the Honor Principle, which has long been a part of university life and tradition. Many students, who have abided by and supported the Honor Principle throughout their college life, suddenly forget the system and their forgetfulness results in non-adherence to the principle. The Honor Board feels that such a situa tion has arisen at Carolina. The cessation of the orientation program for freshmen has Faculty Tops President Russell appeared before the State Budget and Control Board last week to present the annual budget request to that body for its approval in time for the next session of the General Assembly. Once again the emphasis has been placed on the need for an increased faculty, both in size and quality. Figures show that admin istrative costs have dropped considerably J. ALLEN TISON Public Will Suppc Not since the famous Dred- states. Regardles Sc ott case heard by the Supreme the question itse Court some 90 years ago has the far-reaching cons Tribunal had before it such dliffi- Employment Pra cult matters to 'onlsider as the sion, "Commissi segregation case will present inTramt,an D)ecember of this year when it willa"Cmiso be finally adjudicated. Regardless Eult. of its decision, the Court will have Tecne a to define andl re-define our in- ti usini alienable rights, as well as limitWh,bhiow or expandl the rights of the statespotfth er to govern themselves as separate admrt h entities. cntttoa i The proposed question is whether tesncfo or not a state may providle Aeia oit separate an(i equal public facili-ani(vilait ties; the real question is whether Ti dafnss or not the Constitution gives the,tttonlrqi federal government the right to entivsse regulate and control matters of peiec n govenmet wihinthendiidu reOntenther and Membe ofAsociTe Coevatie FoudedJanary80,190. wthi qubertlioGn is edior,"Te Gmeock i puliho, by no his own Unierstyof ouh Crolnaweelt on theays drin rse exep onhoida.nd urnd emritios.tef rhoopiion, epresedby l nstidltutiona w rite ga sai tos o "heGaecck" ubhie sames frot endrsmen. herigt o eitisresentved.se MANAGINGGEDOROR GREALPHR NEW NEITORSIYO OT AO Jack Bass,ins Gieses Coutis antr, writes Magaret thoof, 'Pahe anksco c Prrish, doesnc edr.,ewmes The rigtat, di R. rsRery BUSUSINESSANTAFF ASSITANMAARTOOING NESEIobRaeo,SalyPpjh wr System members to uphold the Honor Principle-it is every student's responsibility. Because the University and Board of Trustees have faith in the Honor Board and Honor Council to administer and foster the Honor Principle, they have never reversed a sentence imposed in infraction of the Honor Principle. All throughout life we have heard that "Honesty is the best policy." The Honor Principle stands for this. No student who cheats his way through school can success fully cheat his way through life. Somewhere along the way, he'll be' caught. The only person he hurts is himself. Several years ago, the Honor Council re ceived a letter from a man who, as a student at the University, had been convicted for an Honor violation. This letter read somewhat like this, "I would like to thank the Honor Council for its action when I was a student. Since the time I was found guilty of cheat- " ing, my life has been changed. Honesty has " taken on a new meaning to me and I have " since become a Christian . . ." T Remember that the Honor System is for "I you; uphold it with every effort; make it v strong by being a living example.-Bobby Jones. s al husis Drive resulted in many of the new students not R even realizing we have an honor system and I those who do realize it don't fully understand fi its workings. 01 The Gamecock, in cooperation with other o campus groups, is supporting a drive to make the Carolina campus more fully aware of the honor system. Much of the space in p this week's edition is devoted to articles and editorials designed to acquaint the reader p with the Honor Principle. P Bobby Jones, Honor Board President, is t' guest editorialist and with the cooperation i of the Honor Council we have tried to pre- t sent the entire picture of the Honor Princi- i, ple, Council and the functions of both.-RNG (1( d Budget Talks ' fl. during the past two years while faculty sup- o% port has been increased. p1 Despite the emphasis on instructional im provement, the maintenance and building wl improvement programs have not been "' ni neglected. Plans are already taking shape to complete the dormitory renovation program and part of the budget request has accen- as tuated that program.-RNG eI tI ki rt Court Decisions s of the answer,aneroths(utonitht If involves suchanpesnvh)iaciieofte' equecesCO as Fair Jteltaeisohemeity cctices Commis- I on for Equal poie ihalrgt,bnft the possibility of m )o'togrne tohset rAttitudes whofhebutofwr ye's answer -to i te vrs atesi that any person 0 condIuct an ut ko aptl no rfts ocracy, deservesshrnstu.h allest benefits of Telw fti onr r hts will receivewrtetolrttthritsfk a fair and justalciinswosprtndr-N In other words, vd eorc,aanttoewot apprenticeship. wud s uhrgt o efs plport in the con- ~'P55Hoee,te aefwI ements for rep-las vhh Oid jrteioF ators, the vice- fo hs owo hs jjl residiency. rihsaeitutd btwo and, the liberal's nihrudrtn o prcaet aomswllsaytht fnsrvtiet poltialconrooofth Aerca thihietecorlphloepygha isnnstctiteutercanWaao Bi llLeggit GEOY agaistyoeinoowrsanaaon onnyGray anstant ort ueton perec tht Unito an eoSat pilstoph for by,meditl proidy itWaliigtsmbneitnt Bffl awit prthectonented the peoet R. Mcwhohaveborn the pepeo bmra wil aept deciesion and giveita adverity;nap I on-t expecr ore wol patersidel isti tof deanda mno a profite chaoic.sats "You hol ACK BASS The Phc I am going to relate a few o Yi personal experiences with thi aw phone system that I recal nee the opening of the semestei he whole sorry works has cos e time, money, and incon mience. During the first few days o hool my parents were in towi Id I was to meet them for suppe soon as they registered at th< fferson Hotel. They were t Ill me. I sat around waiting an< hiting and waiting. Finally .tempted to call them and wa: idely awakened to the fact tha couldn't call off campus excep om a pay phone. I asked thi )erator if she would call then r me and ask them to call bael they had registered, but shi id that they could not call me What the hell!" thought I, an< mt still thinking it. At that time the only pai iones on campus were one i reston, the nearest to me, am io in Maxey, other than thosi Sims. At Preston there wer ree people standing in line, ii ie lobby of Maxey was anothe ,ie waiting to use the plhone, an< )wnstairs the same situatioi risted. I walked to the corne -ug store only to meet anothe ile waiting for the phone therE inally at one of the corner serv e stations located only two block om my room in Ten. 27 thi vner let me use his businesi ione. They had registered bu Pre gone out. That "out" t< hich they had gone was out t< pper which I consequently issed. "If I ever want to g4et in touci ith you, where can I call you, ked my father when I finalli :plained my delay. I didn't knov e answer then and still don' low it. I told hima that int cas< a real emergency I could b< 'ached by calling the universit: it it would take about half ai >ur or more probably b)efore hi nuld actually reach me. Trhe most futile numher in th< mneic hook as this is being writ n is 228. That is the number fo formation. The only trouble i at I haven't had an answer froni at number for about two weeks aybe Info has a 24-hour lunel triodl. Tw'o weeks ago I wvas in th 'fiee of the Gamecock wvhen tw rangers walked in, a man an s wife, looking for their nephev hey were from New York an aew nothing about the camput at urally I attempted to hel em and finally did. I called 22 d got that dlamn buzz. I ha ilf expected that so I calle can Jakson's office to find ou here the boy, a freshman, wa aying. Again no answer. Noi is I could not understand becaus was p)ast lunch hour and befor Letters to lear Editor: In an effort to indicate m rudlge against Carolina Co-ed: ndl inspiredl by an intense dlistast rar the nmany unfavorable episode have experienced with them, 'rote the following poem (perhal: sing the word loosely!): GA MECOCK R ESOIIT ION licauties catch not my eye, Or at least I don't look! No inverted V's point my way! No! I sinmply don't get "shook !" And a clean-shaven leg to me Hasn't an iota of appeal! Reject, I most definitely do, A sweater that Is unreal! M y pet passion - or hobby that is Takes me dating freckle faced girls. d it, I'll get a net!" me and I f closing time, and Jackson's see a retary is very efficient and I couldn't see why there was no answer. I guessed, correctly, that the phones were fouled up again. t To save time the three of us - walked over to Jackson's office and his secretary, whose own phone was out of order, used some body's phone and found out that the boy was working and told the aunt and uncle where he could be located. Then last week I tried to call my I sister who is doing field work in sociologly at the Red Cross. With a line waiting for the free phone in Preston and someone using the L pay phone there, I called one of the five numbers listed in the i phone book for the Red Cross, using the newly installed phone at Snowden, only two tenements away. After about ten minutes I looking for change I finally got the call through. She wasn't in that office and I didn't. have an other dime, so, using a common practice, I asked the woman on the other end of the phone to call my sister and tell her to call me at the pay phone in Snowden, the number of which I gave to her. Finally after another five min i utes or so, I got to speak to her. r And due to a mistake in the r phone book, people still call Ten. 27 for someone in Ten. 28 because . our number is listed in the wrong place. The greatest time for this to happen is when you have just fallen asleep for an afternoon nap. Another way to get that "de flated balloon" feeling is to wait in line to use one of the free phones and watch the fellow speaking say goodbye, and then call another number. The installation of additional pay phones and free phones on campus has alleviated the situa tionl somewhat, but with one free p)hone in Preston to accommodlate the approximately 700 students on that side of tile campus the situa tion has a long way to go before b)ecoming satisfactory. And unless you have time to wvait in line be hind three or four other students you still have to use the pay phone. But the whole situation will never become acceptable to me until people enn call in from town or long dlistance calls can be con nectedl to each tenement and at each end of each floor in buildings like Preston and Maxcy. I t is interesting to note that > though I had access to an outside i phone at the GAMECOCK my .phone bill till amounted to a buck i and a half for the first 4 weeks. .Multiply that by nine months and ) it amounts to $13.50. Multiply B again by the approximately 3,500 :I students and the sunm of $47,250.00 :i glares at you. Hut of course this t is the student's money and the a university saves sonie five-or ten v thousand a year, or at least they e will after installation charges have a been paid. the Editor Or one destined to play the gridiron I spin for a whirl. That's my recent resolution, After my final conclusion, That a Co-ed, my last "steady," Took me for an optical illusion! It might. he best that I tell you the moral of the poem. There are some awfully sophisticatedl Co-eds at Carolina, but fortimately a few (very! ) who are still down to - earth. "Come on hack dlown from out of the clouds, girls, and let's play ball!" Woe be it to th( structure. of this letter, hut ihoping you'll under ' stand I'm no English scholar. I ask for a voice ~in telling the students, via the Gamecock, that it ain't fair! A disgruntled gamecock, JOHN RAY A Big Thursday Tale Ah, sweet mystery of Big Thursday-when tempers fly, heartaches become headaches and Gamecocks crow. The one occasion on which student spirit rises with the most infinite incident. Except for brief gulped-filled momentw when the Clemson Cubs did what the Tiger varsity hasn't in five years, life within the compass of the bell-ringing campus was typically "Gamecock" (luring the week of fes tivities. Should Gamecock fans bow their heads, thankful that another victory waspbestowed upon fair alma mater? Or look ahead with ominous smiles among the Clemson cries of "Wait until next year?" Complaining-bragging? Maybe both or maybe neither. Just rambling on and on about little matters that irritate. Not the kind of irritation caused by skin blemishes, but the kind that caused a friend to remark Wednesday night, "Holy cats, do we have our freshman teatn on the field, or have the Clemson Cubs turned into Tigers ?" Complaining? Again, maybe he was. "Our freshmen are a little slow," I remarked. "What aren't they besides good?" he retorted, obviously in the process of losing a buck or so on the game. I refused to answer for fear that I may incriminate my self and my school . . "But they're not that bad," I said softly. "No competition, no competition," a misplaced Clemson supporter was mumbling in monotones. But tomorrow stars could be seen by Clemson in the 'morrow-maybe planets, too. What tho' the freshman game be lost, etc.. .. the varsity game! Criticism came from many a lip at the varsity game. This being somewhat unusual since Carolina won both the football game and the moral game. Again, the friend. This time at the half. "Our man Mince vich really crowned King that quarter. And now, my friend, the Gamecocks will promptly show those hill dwellers how a scoring spree is started." Optimism showed through the 7-0 halftime lead. "Yes, fr'iend Mincevich fought his way through and finally got hold of old Don King," I answered. Actually, it was Lovell who was officially credited with the kill. Third quarter criticism came from my side. "Not thAt I'm ungentlemanlike, but just why in the hell is our second and third team in there with a seven point lead?" Answt% was distorted as Lewis passed to Silas for the second Game cock score. Was he effected greatly? "Gad, what a pass." Was he taking back his ugly talk about not letting the first team play? "Heck no," he assured. "We (1o have a good second team, though." Events passed, passes were knocked down, and finally Clemson scored. Friend again. "A nice game between two second strings, Gol dang it." Did he like the game after all? "Sure, but we could have scored two more touchdowns, maybe three." HeI had a very good point there, too. FARIS GILES Student Council article, "'Some Thoughts Tlo Con- and o)ffer suggestions. Already a sitder'" in the October 1 t edlition dlelegat ion has come back from of the Gamiecock, this columnist Florida, where they' got ideas from found himself some of those M imi Universityv anad the Student thoughts. U nion Building there. The picture was dark, but true. T nosre twudse The universityV seems indleed to be ta ial iietcuclwu. plaguedl with a more dlormant va Ofthcmp. student body than ever before. Bt c iIy h oni ih However, the author of the b oprdt nhnrr article gave the impression that jii.I h at h diita certain groups were of no service to em ohv encm to the campus because the students were to blame. The im pression was given that the p)eop)le wvho cuclo otmtes oka belong to spetcific organizations tewytetlpoesse a were "'glory-hounds" and loafers.paelovrtehds fte The author stated, andl I quote,teehnsyemWlproedb "Thew Student Council is an honor'-thadisrton ndprve ary organization.'" lie implies that h.tecucl u hssse the representatives on the Council we're of the nion-working class, and sse vihn~ steso~ that as a student go)vernmentexmpe oirganization, Council is a failure.Th ecusytmwsntvn In dlefensde of the cotuncil, I lrsnelt h oni o t would like' to say this. On theapovlr iapoa. council there are many hard- Insmaito, wulsy working, conscie.ntious eletll whothtt (etConiisapret are sincerely interested in seeinganhorrogaito.Bt,t that the studlents of this university Nn, ooaybcueo h have a ay-sc) in its adlministration.laiy(fterpsnaivsn Tlhey are striving to see that the promn hi uis h student government plan succeedsa. cuclaoh rsdn fte As representat ive's of the student suetbd r ligter(e( body, they tendeavor to express the lvlbs.t ae,iuetgv opinions o,f the majtority of theeint vrkTh rasnw st udents. For exampile, this year a 'o' aea fetv t(Cl commit tee was assigned to inispet'tgvrmn,i h attada the Infirmary andl make recoin- o hsdraiainflnda mendations on implroving it. eas Student council has assignedl an- Tobidaefctv suen other committee to look over thegoenntyumstcvncth new renovated Tenements on the amnsrto htteeaego Hforseshoe. They were to register iesaogtesuet,adta the opinion of the st udents livingthyth'stnet,soudava in those tenements and repiort back sys nafiso h diita to council. Student council hastinCovceheamitaIn been askbecopaed to loovrpasothttuenida will orary