Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Dring Se Talk Into Eventually, the time will come when the students on this campus, the people of this state, and our entire nation will awaken to the significance of the Supreme Court's decision against segregation last May. It is much easier to dodge the question, or perhaps problem is a better word, as it is a problem and one of tremendous size. What really worries us is the reluctance of many people to say anything. The Game cock's policy has been to allow columnists and letter-writers to present both sides with the paper taking no stand either way. But we've been worried lately as to it isn't our duty to take a stand if only to get the problem into the open where it can be looked at and discussed and possibly even be solved. We've tried to take an approach some where between the idealist and realist. Morally, segregation cannot be defended. Yet we feel the problem is or at least should be a legal issue rather than a moral one. We would like to see an end to segrega tion. Sure, it's costing more to support separate school systems and from a strictly ideaological point of view, segregation is morally wrong. But is it right for a group of nine men, sworn to uphold the constitution, to attempt to force integration upon large segments of the population who are not prepared for integration? Less than 100 years ago, the Negro in the South was completely illiterate. His culture was closer to that of the uncivilized than the civilized. The culture lag is still an important fac tor. There is also the local problem in many areas in which the Negro has a large major ity in population figures and a mental out look that has existed since the South was first settled cannot be forced to change over night. The Negro has made tremendous progress in recent years. The war came and lifted him up economically along with the rest of the country. The Negro has gained under standing and tolerance from more and more Southerners. We think that television will be of some influence in conditioning the Southern mind more to the spirit of universal brotherhood held by the many sincere advocates of inte gration. The disappearance of Jim Crowism Oppenheimer, Oul There is little we can add to what has already been said about Eric Oppenheimer. Eric, one of the most outstanding scholars to graduate from this university in recent years, died in Germany last week from com plications following a virus infectioni. A 28 year-old Fulbright scholar, this brilliant young man's death was a severe jolt to all who knew him. Eric finished his undergraduate work here with magna cum laude honors in a political science-history double major. He made Phi Beta Kappa and still had time to become active in Omicron Delta Kappa na tional honorary leadership fraternity and was president of the International Relations Club and a hard-working editorial staff Letters to the Editor .Asks Why 'Fire F Dear Editor: "Fire Preventior Considering T. E. Brown's year. We shoul essay on "brotherhood," I have The purpose of come to one conclusion: it is a encourage peopli shame that we should have a many fires. Ev $L GAP# Cot CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Associated Collegiate Pree. 1906 a so, with R.bet ElottCme e.r o .U. .addu. ennia dil .den.m...t. -rh. .iht to edit S. ,......d. ED ITO R ... ... ............ ... ... J MA NAGING E DITOR .......CA ROLYN BUSINESS MANAGER D. J ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR P. NEWS EDITOR.... CA MPUS E DTTOR . ... .Herb SPORTS E DITOR ....Walt SOCIE TY E DITOR. .. .. .. ......Bert) FEATURE EDITOR.............Beri CIRCULATION MANAGER Steve ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER .K CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER La BUSINESS STAFF Carol Shockey, Steve Baumrind STAFF REPORTERS Donna Hale, Dianne Woodside, Wray Davis, Pat Timmie Timmons, Ed Powell, Jim Brandon, Jaci Pat Roberta, Kay Oxner, Barbara Ratliff, Roy Larry Cribb, Mike Desky COLUMNISTS Al Tison. T. E. Brown, Bob Cameron. Pat Treacy, B gregation The Open is the services is another boost. But we still feel the Supreme Court showed poor judgment in basing its decision on moral principles rather than legal principles. The extremes to which many southern states are going to circumvent the court's decision certainly 'proves, among other things, that the South will not accept inte gration in schools at this time. Some of the reasons for these measures may be ridicu lous, but certainly there.-are also a number of valid reasons for southerners to fear an end to segregation at this time. Only when the mental attitude of the South accepts the Negro will integration come about peacefully. Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Hodding Carter of Greenville, Miss. wrote this week in "Look" magazine, "I cannot imagine the Federal Government failing to intervene in any widespread, organized and racially motivated terrorism. "Yet, on the other hand, I cannot visual ize in the Black Belts of the South any signi ficant integration of public-school student for a long time to come." This is one of Mr. Carter's conclusions in an article attacking organized Citizens Councils that are bringing economic pres sure to bear against Negroes in his and adjoining states. Mr.tarter's fears are that the councils will come under the control of lawless elements and physical force will re place economic pressure. We realize we are not qualified to offer a solution to the segregation problem. There may not even be a solution. But we do hope we've aroused interest and that the problem can be discussed rationally, that more ra tional discussion will result in less irrational action. We hope the reader realizes that only a few ideas can be set forth in this small space on such a coinplex problem and that no attempt has been made to give comprehen sive discussion of the problem here. In conclusion, we would like to quote an outstanding American. "I think that the according of full exer cise of political rights (of the Negro) is going to be a matter of natural, slow growth, not an overnight gourd vine affair." Booker T. Washington's above statement might well hold true in today's problem. -J. B. tstanding Student member of The Gamecock. Hard work seemed to sum up his whole life. He earned his master's degree in history at this university and had spent two years in residence at Emory University in Atlanta, preparing for his doctor of philosophy dis sertation before leaving for Germany last fall for further work on his doctorate. Dr. Robert H. Wienefeld, dean of the school of arts and sciences and head of the university's history department, (described Eric as "one of the best equipped students we've ever had in the history department. We had implicit confidence not only in his ability, but also in his integrity."--J. B. revention Week' SWeek" every request is almost like begging. d not need it. America pr.oduces the most thi soweek is to modern fire-fighting eqluipment en this simple in the world. This makes us an example to all the world of something or other. Yet we have to be begged not to set fires. America, as a rich nation, should show the world how to prevent waste. But we burn up NA tons of tobacco, coal, petroleum, I woodI, and paper every day. Con the sider what fore.ign countries the cnesecould do with all these things we U ~ burn! (D)on't ask me what; .I 'ietace as dlon't know.) ACK BASS We in America are nothing McCLUNG but a bunch of arsonists. Other SALLEY wise, "Fire Prevention Week" tsy Penney would not be necessary. We, Dew James should know how fire dlestroys, ert Byant yet we see packs of matches, a Gardner cigarettes andl gallons of gas McElveen oline dleliberately burned every Baumrind (Jay. Our attitudes toward fire nitAnthony are the same as our grand ndsPry fathers'. Since we are stupid, we still set fires in our stoves to cook our foodl. Not until fire is completely Longmle, albolished can we face the cold, Williams, cruel world--which will prob ably be slightly cooler. Sincerely, illy Mellette John Hlarlee "Some people just never PAT TREACY - Progre Romantil South Carolina's legislature has passed a resolution to repeal the compulsory school attendance law. The law itself, while in effect, accomplished very little because it had little if any prac tical applicabion. Some counties of the state had no truant offi cers and a pupil could fulfill his attendance quota by dropping by the school once every three weeks. At best it was a weak law which bothered no one who did not feel obligated to comply with its provisions. Why then was it repealed and not replaced with more forceful legislation? Have our representat4ves usually been this concerned with past efforts which did .not pan out? Please, no shouting! Last May, Earl Warren did something which in effect painted large black circles on his coat tails and afforded southern critics the opportunity of throw ing large, hard, archeological specimans in his direction. He superseded an 1896 decision of the Supreme Court which held that separate schooling was con stitutional. Gov. George Bell Timmerman said recently that South Carolina is four years ahead of the rest of the country in its education program. Apparently it is not far enough ahead to encourage the use of the some 500 million dollars spent on educational facilities during Gov. Byrnes adlministration. If the premises of repealing the compulsory school attendance law are taken at face value we can automati cally assume that the pupils of our state are being asked to be nothing more than dilettantes in the three R.'s. They will not be asked to measure up to a stan (dard used by the remainder of the United States; perhaps they are more intelligent. CAROLYN McCLUNI Traffic Lig At BullA How would you feel telling a professor you were late to class because there is no stop light at the corner of Green Street and Bull Street, in front of the observatory ? It might sound a little silly, and the rest of the class might giggle, but it has been known to happen, and will happen again if something isn't (lone about the existing situation. Someday, and maybe soon, something worse then being late to class will result from the lack of a stop light at that corner. It could result in a bad accident or even loss of life. Every morning just before eight and again at 8:50 co-eds who live in Sims, Wade Hamp ton and Freshman Dorm, are going to and from classes. There is no way to get to class from these dlorms without crossing Green Street. And every morn ing at the same time there are streams of cars traveling Green Street, carrying people to school and to work. Eight and nine are the worst hours in the morning; between five and six in the afternoon it is almost impossible to cross the street at that point. 10'ery time one of the stop lights change that are placed about a block in either direction from the (designated spot on Creen Street, a stramo ars.. read 'no parking signe'" ss Isn't : Enough Actually the real causes and effects do not concern the stu dent at all. It is his parents who are stiffening after Earl War ren's shot of formaldehyde. An old and in other respects glori ous tradition is being asked to die gracefully and become a memory. Progress needs a little more room in which to grow and mature. Perhaps what bothers most people is the fact that progress isn't very romantic and we of a colorful and exciting his tory find it hard to set aside an ideal for a situation. * . . Last Friday the Carolina Vet erans Association met amid erupting growing pains. Veteran politicos tested each other's met tle in a two-hour tete-a-tete during which everyone, including Voltaire and the Fire Depart ment were called upon in the In terest of democracy. A committee has been formed to reconsider some of the provi sions of the constitution and to take steps to make CVA a broad and representative organization. President Ted Drucker requests all students who are interested and who are veterans to attend the next meeting which will be held March 18. * * * Dr. Havilah Babcock of the English department here at Car olina has suggested to some friends in the.State House that what South Carolina really needs is a state fish. He even has one in mind, the red-breasted bream. We doubt that Dr. Babcock's proposal will ever replace the old nickel beer or the nickel cigar, but generations to come may wonder what the savages of our civilization ever did without a state fish. For this reason we offer Dr. Babcock an orchid and the sincere hope that he has the foresight or the friends to see the thing through. ht Needed nd Green is released. This stream pours down Green Street with hardly a break. If they aren't coming from one direction, they are coming from the other. Students have encountered near-accidents by trying to dodge traffic and get across In a hurry. From. the standpoint of the driver, this intersection causes another problem. Green Street curves slightly in front of the observatory. With cars parked on the infirmary side of Green Street, a driver going from Bull into Green must pull halfway out into Green before he can see if traffic is approaching. A bad accident could result from this. Co-eds liv!ng in the dorms have cars and they are going to park them on Bull Street until a better place Is provided. At present it seems rather unlikely that a parking area will be pro vided. The traffic from Bull to Green and vice versa will be In creased next fall when the Bus iness Administration building Is finished. It would be imprac tical to close Bull Street or make it one way. The university Is not a country or even a small town school. It is situated in the heart of the state's capital, and even could be called a small cty mwiti DEW JAMES Spring Cc SPRING FEVER, they call it . . . and it's cropping up every where ... even at Columbia Col lege (better known in the im mediate Carolina community as "C-Square"). It seems the girls decided it was showering time and the fire hose would be real cool for the job. It was so cool, they were sentenced to two weeks restriction on the cooler (cam pus) to cool off. A Carolinian (male species) who spent two semesters at "C Square" as a day student said, "I reckon they're having to find new diversions since I left." * * * The 20th century is not all dull conformity! There are non conformists still with us. On a dare from a professor, Dave Andrew of Oklahoma A & M, set out to prove that uncon ventionality is not dead. Herr Prof contended it was. So Dave took a noon-hour stroll on the crowded co-educational campus in his underwear. . . . It is reported that the feat hardly raised an eyebrow. Dave's fellow-students decided such a noble experiment in the interest of science must not go un rewarded. They passed the hat BILLY MELLETTE Alge,br For Eni My civilization dawned in 1935, a notably unnotable year. School commenced shortly thereafter and has since unceasingly spread its disease-like fungus over my life. In the first grade, we were accoladed with the Arabic curse, meaning we learned to count from zero to nine. Next we learned to juggle the numerals to form numbers, a case in point being the formation of the num ber twenty-two by means of a pair of two's. Second thing we learned, more or less hapazardly, was to drop one number below the other and to subtract the bottom one from the top. (The word "bottom" was later abandoned for the entirely superfluous word "Subtrahend," a word I have never had occa sion to use.) Anyhow, this new found knowledge enabled us to count the change when we bought BB bats at the store. Being a humanitarian, I never checked mine, never do, andi probably never wvill. The most you can lose in a lifetime is $4.35 anyway. Addition, strangely enough, came after subtraction. The theory behind this, I suspect, is that South Carolinias will spend first and earn laLer. We wallowed in the mire of such elementation until the fourth grade, which is famous for multiplication tables the world over. Here we learned that a capital X is more than meets the eye. Formulas, of course, fol lowed multiplication. That is where the conspiracy started. Formulas led to algebra. Frankly, I got lost in the formula period, completing the eighth grade knowing only that I is equal to PRT. The algebraic, or Neo collegiate period, was the (lawn of a new era. Algebra was a continuation of the horrible conspiracy. In the process of entering high school, I found my self at a des5k marked JOSEPH INE BOBO - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. "What (10 you want to be?" she asked. "A doctor." "A (doctor, eh ?" "Or either a pilot or a fire man or an engineer, or maybe God." "Pre-college curriculum. That is all--next!" So went the consp)iracy. (You itself.' When towns have a traf fic problem resulting from the lack of a traffic light, one is put up. The university should treat its problem In the same way. The only solution to this prob lem involving both the pedestrian and driver, would be a stop light imes Early and the take netted $5.56, which') he received for his trouble. Reporter Trouble--The Uni versity of San Francisco "Fog Horn" carri(d this notice in 10 point bold-face type last week: "THIS SPACE IS RESERVED IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE "FOGHORN" REPORTER WHO THIS WEEK FAILED TO TURN IN HIS ASSIGNMENT. MAY HE REST IN PEACE." Voting Tuesday was a rather involved process. The long bal lots made it imperative that Carolinians know how to read and have enough patience to put up with a long ballot. You know, some of the boys near the helm of national politics said South Carolinians weren't literate en ough to read. Apparently enough university students have learned to read to pass constitutional amendments. Spring must be just around the corner . . . and the corners it's around most is McKissick's. In recent passings of the struc ture, we notice whiffs of an odor so reminiscent of last spring's fertilization days. is OK ;ineers will note the last six letters of that word spell Piracy. Freudian error, that's what it is.) By now, of course, the exasperated brow ser of this monograph wonders what the "conspiracy" is. The answer is that a coalition of mathematics t e a c h e r a have formed a sneaky majority over other teachers and have made it so one math course tells you a little bit and makes you have to take the next course. In high school, the whole process makes you ready for college, excuse me, COLLEGE. I was crow-barred through first-year algebra, plane (plain) geometry, trigonometry, second-year algebra, solid geom etry, solid trigonometry, bus iness math, and a few strays. The only thing worth while in the whole amalgamation is that I learned I equals PRT. The process was for us pre-college students to get a "foundation" for college. I came to college with the most uncolorful foundation of all time. What could I do with a collection of XXZ's and minus bee r.us and minus something or othek andl some radiicals? Hell, I couldg do plenty. i could get that college algebra. I could get that DEGREE, and you gotta have that MATH. Algebra was only a warm-up) for trigonometry. (See ? High school process in overdrive.) After trigonometry, they slipped in analytic geome try, and I in my ignorance took that. Calculus was next, but I quit right there, in one of the most momentously practical days of my life. I'm through now, but what about those hours staring at a mean old1 bla~ekboard watchingg ex's and zee's and y's and all that ~ stuff fall into order? What about it? What can I do with it? Engineers, yes, they gotta have it. But they oughta tell the math teachers that all the pee p)le in the world aren't--let's face it--going to be engineers. Sonmc say it makes you think. Sure it makes you think!-but if you think algebra and all that stuff makes you think what to do0 when Baby Ray screams to you that Mama sai'd she could do something you just said she could not (10, then you are one helluva father or mother or whatever the case. Algebra makes you think about algebra. And don't tell me you can use the math to understand atoms andl Einstein and stuff like that. I've read that stuff, and take it from me it ain't algebra. I dlon't mean to say that some algebra ain't necessary. You might wanta figure up when groundhog (lay was in 1935 or something. Green. Until one is placed at that point, there is constant danger that an accident will occur. We'd like to think the university won't op)erate on the "calamity philo sophy" anid wait until a bad ac cidlent takes place before any action is taken for a safer Caro lina.