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Freedom ol An Associated Press dispatch from Athens, Georgia last week told of the resig nation of four students from the editorial staff of the University of Georgia's student newspaper, the Red and Black. According to the AP story, the editors resigned following the establishment of an editorial control board to supervise and censor the' material appearing in the Red and Black. The whole affair began when the paper published an editorial against segre gation in education. Roy Harris, of the Board of Regents, a politician of some means in Georgia, dis cussed the editorial with the editors and according to the students threatened action to cut off the paper's appropriation. Harris denied the charge but called the editors "squirts" in a later interview. It seems to us that the establishment of any sort of censorship control on a college paper destroys all that the paper stands for. If there is to be administrative control of the paper there will certainly never be any official voice of the students in their prob lems with the administration. History is filled with cases wherein the Class C4 As we suggested before in an earlier edi torial, the clipped class schedule for Religious Emphasis Week fouled up everybody's schedule and resulted in many classes begin ning late and others with students strag gling in ten minutes after the period began. We still feel that some system can be worked out to allow for speakers and convo cations other than the present one which Full House When one of our staff members began a series of articles on the segregation issue recently we expected to a response from the student body. We got it. So much in fact that it has overflowed the editorial page and we are forced to delete some of the material and run the rest on page 5. For the age old reason of lack of space we have run much of the letters column on Letters to -the Editor: Clemmons Writ Dear Editor, comparable to o Upon reading Mr. Leggitt's let- cr'imesC as classif ter in last week's Gamecock. I This Universi learned that you were advocating ing young mien student attendance at Religious the backbone o Emphasis Week activities in your better turn its editorial of November 6th. One the backbone would have never guessed your grumble under purpose, because you presented two Judgment. Mr. highly opposed ideas. One was to praying and I ti attend Religious Emphasis Week too, so this seh and the other that students should eyes and see at be spared another source urging have supreme r them to go to church. The comment If we are to acc on such a heresy as this was ex- of this Universi pressed by an authoritative Amer- Wi ican critic ". . . In almost all classes of composition, the unity ON SEGI of effect or impression Is a point Dear Editor: of the greatest importance." It grieved me For Mr. Leggitts' information, by and hear our anyone that supposes himself or phony end on su herself, wise enough to decide disagreement at whether he or she can benefit diversity of opi from worshipping In the house ambrosia of in of God Is not old enough to be Segregation has turned loose on a university social problem. campus by themselves. Because I offer th< not only have they made fun of proaches to tli God's Infinite wisdom, but they Since many ap show that they are not mentally explained by capable of running their own what conditions lives, much less the affairs of an product? Ilistor organization such as a fraternity and reveal the or sorority. critical acceptal If Mr. Leggitt is as concerned crimination tod as he indicates, I recommend that useful value I he read the Juvenile Crime Report our society toda published by the FBI recently and ing to the delu see just how many of the Ten Ing minds? M< Commandments are broken there. do segregation I am sure that he will find not a tions foster co one of the Commandments left all men may I11 unbroken. Then tell me "things and more fruiti are not so bad." One might may believe that it I that these incidents don't happen smacks of anin on the University Campus, but If to divide, not t you will just count the number of The abolishme alcoholic beverage containers swept crimination is a * out of the dormitories and the not merely the amount of money that is spent NAACP. Therei each year to repair damages done dency called mel by vandalism, I am sure that one an urgently bea can see that thmese incidents are universal brother the Press rulers and dictators of countries, including our own, have tried to suppress the voice of the press. In this case the political interests of the state fall into the category of those who feel that if people don't know the facts they aren't harmed or anything is permissible. The instigation of the board shows the narrowness of the Georgia politicians on the segregation issue. They don't want to just prevent the abolition of segregation; they also want to prevent any discussion of it. Whether segregation is right or wrong is immaterial. The University of Georgia set up the board to "supervise editorial opinion ex pressed in the publication." If you have to regulate editorial opinion why express it? Why not just fill the editorial page with comic strips? Here's one vote for every member of the Red and Black staff who resigned. Whether or not their opinions on the segregation issue coincide with ours, we admire them for re fusing to knuckle under to an obvious at tempt to suppress the free thought of an informed individual. RNG infusion calls for re-arranging the entire morning class schedule. This way it works a hardship on the professor and student. Our suggestion to abolish one entire period on the days which a lecture was planned was disregarded. We still maintain that when the lectures are held infrequently, say every four weeks or less frequently we could abolish the class period at the time the lec ture is scheduled. RNG and Some page 5 and have also been forced to run the column of one of our regular writers, Al Tison, on the same page. Several of the letters we received this week were unusually long and we were forced to cut parts of several of them to get all the letters in. We have tried to edit them without garbling the meaning of the writers. RNG es Again; Readers nies that lead to change cannot be denied. Our* 1 ed by the FBI. 'ociety is changing, our mores iy, that is train- must be revised and adapted to mid women to be suit a growing culture. this nation had The Supreme Court may rule eyes on God, or this week on the school segrega >f America will tion issue. Is it a question to be the fire of His decided by the Supreme Court? Leggitt, I will be or the Constitution? Can such ust that you will, morality be legislated? Or is aol will open Its racial discrimination an issue at Christ has to for the human heart, for our eign in our lives individual' intellects to realize amplish the aims and invent ways of meeting the ty. demands of all individuals. 111am Clemmons Mont Morton LEGATION Mc EIAEEN A TT ACK El) 0 to stand silently ishlnomaeteptne segregation sym-ofwiigaobetvlttrin sh sour notes. Butafetdbpeonlmtoni mulates thought;anwrtM.Mclensdtoi, nion is the very "h te ie"wihapae ~ellectual inquiry,.nteDcme orhiseo e criicala I thshlter not cake hrl brte di Srbe 1 oredwromnga otive letter un4 iaret isues are wrt Mr.n' Mcleen cotrian, I intheeiremerrigin,isueoff issegrgation acin,y fouretece hichst prompt se crtica ap-tislttement ht can notdl be di y will answer you:.tsttmnshacnotb naivety, the on- logically refuted. The first is that ice of racial di.- he will not submit to non-segrega-4 my. (2) Of what tion. Since this is a personal opin Ssegregation in ion of his own conduct, It is not y, besides appeal. 4ubject to logical debate. Mr. Mc sions of unthink- Elveen's second incontestable gem >re honorifically, is that he says that Individuals are and its implica- not to be restrictedl to equality. The oditions whereby statement merely informs the e a freer, fuller, thirsting reader that Mr. McElveen u1 life? I cannot has made or is making a particular s so. Segregation statement. Again there is no way iosity, and tends to refute that that is what he says. mnite, men. His third statement is that nat of racial dis. when non-segregution is forced nascent reality, upon the school system, he will product of the be the first to withdraw (happy s a God-like ten-, thought) and the first to enter a lorism promotIng private school. Finally, Mr. Mc utiful feeling of Elveen says, "Nevertheless, I sup- a hiood. Growth and pose that the next movement wil , TII& GAM?JUUL ro V _ A 2f~4 I, 111Z "The boys in Preston must I juest Columnist: JA Sarcastica Over the years, it appears, I iave been misinformed as to whal i sportsman is. Oddly enough, ] iad been under the impression tha1 t was a great honor to be selecte( ts one of the members of the foot )all or any other team. I had mis, akenly thought that participanti n sports were of clean mind an( >ody as well as being of hig} haracter and scholastic ability ince they are recognized as th4 najor representatives at tho chool for which they play. In high school sports at least, I know that we were instructed to be on our best behavior while in the public eye as our school was judged by us. It would be a great injustice to USC if observers were to judge it by the actions of our sportsmen, notably the freshman football team. Those who are aroused by thi: >bvious knock at a specific groul Af university boys need only t visit the Freshman Center on Sat Lirday night or any other night ii the week, for verification of thei: ewd behaviour. If the observei ;urvives the barrage of bottles an( )ther flying missles, he will notA ,hat the staggering figures caus ng the nightlong disturbanci -epresent our illustrious freshmai ootball team, the future varsit , Attack S( >one in which the Negro will ieek admission to the private schools." One cannot argue wheth ~r Mr. McElveen supposes a cer ain thing or not (no matter how~ Ilogical the supposition seems), if ie says that he does suppose it. The four statements considlered o far ar m nerely peCrsonal Op)in ons . Mr. McElveen dleclines through sheer inability ?) to back ip his opinions with any reasons. Mr. McElveen quotes a dlefini ion of the term segregation from Mebster whbich utilizes the sense >f...isolation or seclusion of particular group of persons." 'his dlefinition dloes not have a >articular~ hearing upon the ques ion of segregation as it exists n the South today-a concept which Mr. McElveen puts across >y redefining segregation. Yet his 'new" definition fails to clear up he matter of just what segrega ion means to him. Hie defines egregation as ". . . unequalized naterialistic conditions, with so ial equality included, yet mumbled n an inaudible under-tone." Is 'social equality" included with un qualized materialistic conditions, ~r is it included as part of a "more orrect dlefinition" of segregation? ,Vhat is "mumbled in an inaudible ander-tone," segregation or social eqluality ? Mr. McElveen wades into the )eclaration of Independence with nore energy than intelligence. He iays that when individuals are con idered, their abilities and Ideals nust also be considered. He fails o state whether or not the ideam nad abIlities of Negroes differ rom those of "whites." If he con. ends that there is a difference, I hould like to hear what it is and vhat proof there is for the con entlon that the difference exists. I assume that he is still talking Lbout the difference between Ne ernen andl "white" when he ... to. I >e getting off fireworks again." VIES ROSEBERRY ly Speaking [ players for USC. Incidentally, if t, you're driving, park at some dis [ tance 'from the "Center" as these athletes feel, when inebriated, I that they must destroy all with which they come in contact, in /luding cars. I KNOWI I Don't mistake this for an Iarticle in favor -of the Wonten's Temperance League. It's not. I am not personally oppoed to drinking. To the contrary, I my self drink occasionally. As a matter of fact, I think it a mark of a man to be able to take a drink, or several drink , and still be able to contain himself as a gentleman. Apparently the group to which I have been referring Is not com posed of men but merely over grown boys who haven't the mental capacity to take a drink. While in favor of a good foot 3 ball team, I believe that If the m character of the players is not in fne with their ability to play the igame, they can be more detri mental than helpful to our insti r tution. r Our campus is now in the i process of undergoing many great improvements and I think that cthis is all well and good, but to ame, the logical place to start im tution.o intpretaionderoin manyDeceat improvementdend (ohe thn that thrishs)al wolad oodut tod me,lthe linellc o startding, proving is in certain elements of our student body. g gioaGdinuporton i intdequateatn)pt tho l)areiwha of Inependene other tide" it,hi interpintaionh 1 benoeen tly vitrishlic contemp that Itopea I for! hiditriaul. f aera wIlt, byntelect,m tilsappears, Mr.l McElveen has yot.' mad his onlye pibe cntibutionfutodthe tbyec withrawing,Ion.ouldeliet io exptento im abilty,notr anvaionl (MBrde flpat, hisfconeneno eli ginand oear smeorth "ofi vitrilin reaon"p that Ihe Il f"rphi eitoral. umitngt Ift by theuime thre appeaood Mr. cElvenMarko A is onl ISil Thantrbuo to the mcc fornrovidingfar oflae Uniersity bytdrawicng,oun of. lket Deant Etohersm fte"w mlio eaJstofnshat edn coul "tot"les ottackiting too noegreatitowadegea reaons for favorngr segeation h Sout asts a k toAy. Fse Let me Thsto the Gameiockro foe rver eiinng: plc whereEa GGUIS.NDI DrEtr:t.a .. Lament of (Ed. Note-The following the information that it was wrl at Lanier High School in Macoi high school literary magazine, Dean of Men J. B. Jackson was (Apologies to Mark Anti Freshies, Sophs and Senior I come to bury Mr. Jacksc The evil we learned lives f His thrashings we felt io < So let it be with Mr. Jacki Say he was generous. (V If so it was a grievous mi And grievously have we a Here under leave of nobod (For we are honorable Ju Come I to tell of Mr. Jacl He was my teacher. No g Yet the Freshies say he But they are loose in the i He hath turned many Fre And the air with wailings And when they cried, he Generosity should be mad Yet the Freshies say he i And their domes are devo You all did see on the last I thrice presented him wit Which he did thrice refus Yet the Freshies say he m And sure, they are but of We speak not to disprove But we speak of what we You Seniors know him we: You Sophs suffered one lo 0 Freshies, you are puny j And you have lost your rE My papers are in the roorr And I will weep when my r, FARIS GILES RE Week Quite often this columnist is prone to throw up his hands in I despair after looking around the I Carolina campus and noticing the I so-called "apathetic attitude" which seems to have captured the student body this semester in its I iron grip. However, a note of cautious optimism has raised its welcome head of late. For the first I time since I have been at Carolina it seems to me that judging by the excellent attendance and re sponse to the convocations and seminars during Religious Empha sis Week, the student body as a whole has found a common ground of interest and participation. This poses a question in the mind of many, including yours truly. Why have students suddenly arisen from this attitude of com placency to become so, it would seem, enthused and interested in matters of religious support? It's1 quite puzzling to the observer.i There are a number of reasonable' answers to this very ponderable question. I would like to mention a few now. Many religious leaders in this country say that America is going through a period of religious re juvenation similar to the one which followed World War I and car-] ried over into the 1920's. Just asi we had Billy Sunday then, we< have Billy Graham today. Or, per haps another answer might be that the age in which we are living-the age in which fear of atomic weapons and war exists have brought people to the ex pediency of religion. Still another answer could well be that the problems facing us today ar TRES LEE Let's Enm Las SchoL LatSaturday night the S Phi Beta Kappa Society inat chapel to discover, recognize, a ship at USC. There were only ing. Why? Because we the a enough interested in scholars: Saturday nights to attend suc1 In European colleges the stt academic average is cheered student body. He is awarded victor. In many institutions standing grades are objects of If Carolina recognized her f learn something here, then thei for grades and a "1", on a qui portant as seeing some downt< As an added inducement t< ship the state might offer a fre( of promise. South Carolina ce potential leaders an education If we, the students, emphs of higher education our diplomii to our state. December 11, 1958 a Junior parody was sent .to us with .tten about 1917 by a student i, Georgia. It appeared in the the Orange and Green, while teaching there.) my and Mr. Jackson.) s, lend me your ears; in, not to praise him. Lfter us; >ur bones. ion. Some Freshies re never saw it.) stake, nswered it. y and myself, niors), ison's tyranny. ood marks he gave me, was generous- ' ipper story. shies across his knee they did fill. laughed, e of softer stuff. vas generous. id of gray matter, day of school. h my Algebra paper, e. Was this generosity? 'as generous, small minds. of what he taught, do know. [-(to your loss), ig year under him. ind small, ason. Bear with me, t with Mr. Jackson, nark comes back to me. A Success greater than ever before in the iistory of our nations. Hence, eople look for an answer or solu ion in religion. To me, it seems that the re juvenation of spirit on this campus s largely due to the fact that tby students are influenced by the racts that they are faced with the ,iorrible revelation that this is the Atomic Age and the fear of a great Atomic War which might de stroy mankind. It is a profound ind difficult problem. They con 3equently search for an answer ind a solution which is believed will work. There are other prob lems which face the students in lividually which I believe account for the attitude which has been widespread on the campus hereto rore this semester. Lastly, this is not intended to be a sermon, but merely the reflec bions of this columnist. Certainly, it is not written to display a 'holier than thou" attitude. I feel bhat the student response to these religious programs has been some hing no less thasn astounding. l'herefore, a reason exists for this mnthusiasm. Perhaps you will agree with one of the above-named mnswers, perhaps you won't. But, think you will agree that there s an answer to the tremendous :omeback that the student body las made on this campus in the reneral "esprit de corps." Songratulations to Molly Mc 3regor and Professor Harry Jen Cins and others for doing such a great .job on RE Week. It was a wuccess, I believe, for It seems t9 inve answered a definite need on he campus. phasize irship outh Carolina Alpha of the igurated a program in the nd promote superior scholar i handful of students attent tudents of Carolina are not hiip to sacrifice one of our ai a program. dent who attains the highest and saluted by the entire the olive laurel of the true he students who make out envy. ew students who endeavor to -e would be more competition z might become just as im wn movie. more emphasis on scholar college education to students )uld well afford to give its free of charge. sizedl the forgotten purpose would mann more to us and