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Is lxn; The most important student officer next semester might be senior class president Joe Ryan. By the passage of an amendment to the student body constitution which we didn't particularly favor, the senior class presidept will be in charge of orientation. The almost complete absence of an organ ized orientation program has been one of the university's biggest oversights since the old program was abandoned two years ago. The present junior class was the last group to benefit from it. The program then had outstanding seniors as teachers. All iw students were required to take the one semester course. Orientation classes met once a week and new students were required to get a passing mark by the end of their first,year to stay in school. The teachers were paid a nominal sum. Administration officials complained it wasn't worth the cost and that many classes didn't meet regularly and that it didn't justify itself. So it was dropped. Freshmen were taught a little of the tradi tion and history of Carolina. And in her 150 years, the old girl had acquired some in-: teresting traits. Freshmen (and their in structors) knew that Jonathan Maxcy was the first president. They knew that Thomas Cooper, one of the greatest intellectuals ever here, was a highly controversial figure. They usually found out he still is. They learned a little of Francis Leiber and of the "biscuit rebellion." And they learned procedure to drop a course or two to get an excuse card and Culture Statesmen are fine, but let's have a little more culture, too. At the same time the orientation program was dropped, a series of programs of culture was also dropped for lack of interest by the students. We think it was a big mistake. Many of the lectures were poorly attended. But it might have been the calibre of the offering as much as anything else. Carl Sandburg talked to an overflow crowd at Drayton Hall and many were turned Letters To The Editor Language Requir4 Dear Editor: As for mysel I am a candidate for a B.A. chology major. Degree in Journalism and I, too, being able to ap: think that the university require- three years to t ments of 18 hours in a foreign field and its relb language is too strict. I think forced to -devote the fifth and sixth semesters the study of a f should be optional. Evidently the I am a student that did not stration seems take any foreign language in and many other: high school. The small South remainder of ou Carolina high school where I ing in Europe v graduated five years ago only able to charge a offered one language every other warm Mediterr semester. jugating verbs I have talked with graduates dlay. Of cours of other schools of journalism mentlb aviy and have yet to find another weetale ativity, school with a requirement as said; andle ound high as that at Carolina. For sic;w are o example, Florida requires 12 speak te aenoi hours, Georgia and the Columbia unspan it.eln University graduate school of thought,n it.es journalism require 10 hours, and mithgtIo gexs the University of Missouri re mthratine exp quires 10 hours or a reading the reande cof knowledge of a foreign language ne a eayrch for a Ph.D. in Journalism. Fat. I am also one of the unfortu-. Fa." naesudnswho haeto work "Cnormity: to stay in school. Every night said, and a refu at work, I can see how much and the senile, a good my language is going to And this iter do have talked with my Jan- deeiin erms guage professor who in his own thelrso words, said "that a student is grasplitewitho crazy to take several years of knowing of its I foreign language unless he or later years they she plans to go into business on true value, witti an international scale." . . . And in th< I would like to add that this orchestra of "C letter is not intended as criticism can be heard1 of any department or professor, "Till the End of and was not written by a failing Kenn student. Instead, I want the student body to know how a vet, who Is Photo-Frien< trying to get a "woarking educa- Dear Editor: tion," feels about beIng forced There's a fav< into something that Is rIdiculous, me; but before John Foxworth you I think I'll introduce myself "Lee Jeux Sont Faits" It has been t now that as a G In~ An Easy Chair student I sougl Daa Editor: wisdom in the e ? wish to congratulate you on Mater Carolliai your welt-written editorial In in Its canteen, t Wih,pa attcked the absurdity In the general *4 %sgitpg foreign language firecrackers an: tqibammts.e. stimulatingr quei tution ortant lwhen you could get an excuse card. They learned how to use the library and learned about the honor system which wasn't- the sham then that it is now. They learned the function of the honor board and what to do in case they saw dishonesty in.a classroom. They learned the ala mater and the fight song and they learnedta few yells. They were told what was expected of them, that they were considered young men and women and were expected to act as-such. Carolina doesn't make you men and women. At Carolina, you are men and women. This was emphasised. The trash cans then were painted orange and purple, colors of the little school in the hills where Tom Clemson's old house still stands, and painted on them were these words, "Feed the Tiger." It was just a little thing, but it did add to school spirit. We constantly hear and read of the lack of school spirit at Carolina. We disagree! There is school spirit at Carolina, but it's dormant and needs awaken ing. A coordinator of student activities is needed. It should fall under the general duties of the director of the student union. Having a student union can help greatly. Most important of all will be a well rounded orientation program. Carolina isn't perfect, yet there is much to be proud of. Dropping of the orientation program in the first place was even worse than the change in the phone system.-,J. B. Needed. away. We thought some of the others, such as John Jacob Niles, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Ogden Nash, were very entertaining and quite interesting. The fact that there were poor turnouts only proved that some programs held more student appeal than others. The fact that even one program could produce a turnaway crowd proves that the Interest was there; it only needed to be cultivated.-J. B. ,ments Too Strict r, I am a psy- Hall (you've got a new one, But instead of haven't you?) that I enriched my )ly an additional vocabulary by terms like "cut" he study of this and "flunk" and various more, Lted fields, I am that all in all I had a great and three years to most interesting time there. Still oreign language. there is a chance that there present admini- might be somebody left who to think that I, knew me, even if it Is a small i, will spend the one; beyond that I just hope that r days vacation- you will be satisfied by this kind !here we will be of introduction. Now, if there is bout beneath the somebody who remembers me mean sun con- he'll most probably remember me all through the photographing this and that e, the natives around the campus-and there struck by such we've come to the topic. that is, if they I wonder if you could help me erstand what we find somebody who would be this very much, somewhat experienced in photog even taught to raphy, and interested in exchang iage, much less ing pictures and slides with me. But on second As much as I've photographed the present ad- during my stay in the United ects us to spend States and particularly in the our days sitting South, I keep running into gaps r reading "Pata thinking of views, scenes, occa L~es Jeux Sont sions and things that I ought to have photographed but didn't a the hobgoblin think of taking at the time I 'Emerson once was there--and missing them ge for the weak, now. nd the dogmatic. What I would be asking of such i "conformity," a photo-friend is, in the first ed, glowing, and place, to take occasionally some is presented by pictures for me which I may ahe young, who want to have in order to corn ager hands, not plement my slide and picture rue value, till in series, and some more that he do learn of its would consider to be of interest bitterness * * to me, along perhaps with some ubackgrund te explanations or comments. eunormipy" On my part, I should be glad endrlyplaing to render the same service by Thim."Sugo sending pictures from over here. thMStren Besides, it would be great if beyond that we could talk about I Wanted a few other things of interest institutions, customs, etc. of our r you might do respective countries and environs. I put it before I personally should like, more better sort of over, to get some USC or South Carolina news once In a while, htree long years and If anybody should be in erman exchange terested in what's going on here, it learning and I'll be as willing to keep him olleges of Almna informed. ia and coolness Yours sincerely, hat I took parlt Erwin Rtedenauer appreciation of Marlannhillstr. 1 I the equally Wurzburg ie at Steward's Germany 77 "I think we can work out your BILLY MELLETTE Much About F Sometimes I sit down to the typewriter and just don't know what to write about. Always there is something I want to say, but often there is not enough material in the subject for a whole column. Take for instance the art ex hibit that was on display in Maxey dormitory lobby. Some body stole some paintings and drawings from the exhibit, and somebody took a knife or some thing and ripped the guts out of a painting. What would I write about that? Then sometimes I need to per haps clarify things I have writ ten in previous columns, like last week when I mentioned the Rus sell House. Some people thought maybe the column didn't like the name "Russell House." The rest of the readers didn't know what it thought. Actually, it was a vote in favor of the name Russell House, hinting that no other name even comes close to that. And then there's the idea of writing about my adventures as a swimmer for the University team, highlighting my first meet. I might muster a few laughs with the part where I dive in the UNC pool, frog it underwater for 25 yards, hurl myself into the side of the pool, spin around, grab some air, make out for the second lap, choke, strangle, burp loudly, and finish last after everybody else has already put their sweat suits on. I could also mention my own personal invention, the "inverted butterfly-backstroke with optional kick," which baffled the Wofford team and splashed all bystanders. But that stuff wouldn't make a whole column. I might throw In another shout about the telephones, but people are tired of even thinking about that. Anyway, the officials don't seem to care about it, and I'm getting out of school next year and they can serve their damned old campus phones for breakfast anyhow. I've already had four emergency calls in one year, too, so chances are I won't get any more. I missed three of the four, anyway, so what the heck. Anyway, so what. Boo-nanny. It's nearly sum mertime. No more school. Next year I am going to keep good notes and I am going to do all my work before it's due. I am not going to lose any books, and I am not going to spend all my money at the first of the month. I am not going to cut any classes unless I have to. You just wait. Meanwhile, send all your pocket change to Box 2624. Lots of times I see things I want to cut, but you can't just cut everything you see all the PLAY REVIEW Crucible Re To say that the Tuesday night performance of the "Crucible," staged by the Carolina Players at Dlrayton Hall was superb would only be to repeat what I hear(i many times before I left the p'remises. The time and effort expended by the troop in prepar ation for the actual production seems to have really paid off (three curtain calls). Without exception the cast seemed molded for their parts. I know that everybody witnessing the play must have felt genuine sympathy for the victims of the notorious Salem witch hunts, as represented by John Proctor (Peter Montgomery), Elizabeth Proctor (Rose WeldAni and nOlle Cp 1 ~.Q ;l1 -7 problem, son. I'm an open-minded Ado Jothing time. That puts the heat on your head. It's also hard for me to praise anything, because readers sort of half-way expect me to put the monkey on something. I'd like to say something nice about the History Department, because I think their freshman courses are two of the most valuable at the University. But you know I can't do that. It stirs up nothing. Readers like, to read things where a little sand is stirred up with a stick. So I think I just won't even write anything this week. I found this here old letter in my closet, which I will print instead of a column. That is an old trick for filling up space. I did not write the letter. Matter of fact I didn't even read it, so I am not responsible for whatever it says. You read it and see what you think. Mr. Tortoise Bobo Wizard of Oz Tinman Factory The Land of Oz Dear Mr. Bobo, I want a job working for you making Tinmen. I have been to school two years. I learned a lot. I took some courses and they helped me. English most of all. I learned about the Greek people. They had a bunch of gods. One was named Odysseus. I forgot the others, but if you need to know them I know where to look them up. I learned about a boy named David Minefield too, or something. I read a book about that man named Odysseus. He was a sailor. The book was namedl the Odd Book. That is good because it rines with Oz, wvhich is where you live. I am nowv living at my house and you can let me knowv what my salary is real soon. I know a lot and I wvill be the best Tinmen maker you have got. Expectantly, Rumpelstiltskin Another thing I started to wvrite about is the way you get your diploma around here. If you gradluate In February, you get only a certificate. They pass out.the diploma to you the next June. You have to come to the June exercises, too, or else have a good excuse. If you say you dlon't wvant to come to Columbia, enrobe yourself in black, and stand in the hot June sunshine, they threaten not to give you a dliploma. I startedl to ask just how the hell they hold up your diploma when you've spent four (4) years earning it, but I better not. They might not give me mine, which I might not get any how on account of I am inclined not to go to class. Sometimes I think I'll just quit and write a novel. ites Superb Corey (Jack Rast). By the same token they must have felt a righteous anger toward the crew of warpedl children who started the whole mess', especially toward Abigail Williams (Sara Dukes) the ringleader. Deputy-Gover nor Danforth (Geddeth Smith), Rev. .John Hale (Paul Dreher) andl Rev. Samuel Parris (Reese Gardner) supply the mixture of witchcraft, law and theocracy that are the foundations of the play. The play, of course, could not have been the success It was had it not been for the work done by the production staff headed by Norman Twain. --MONTV HORMELT DEW JAMES Notes Or Ills Of What this columnist knows about plays may be correctly said to be about the 'same as what Billy Mellette knows about gardening and that ain't much. Ask Mellette.... Viewed through qur amateur ish eyes and judged by our amateurish criteria, "The Cruci ble" rates our approval and commendation. Despite the no ticeable lack of abundant ma terials and fixtures for a superb production the players did them selves proud, and we are not alone in our praise. It sure was hot though. Maybe one of these fine days we'll have a real honest-to-goodness air-con ditioned auditorium or at least somebody will get around to fix ing the water cooler at Drayton so it will really eool. More solutions are offered to heal the world's ills over cups of java and coke in the canteen than any other place we can think of outside the United Nations, the U. S. Congress and student coun cil. Just the other day we caught the tail-end of an apparently long drawn-out discussion which had concluded that civilization is its own destroyer. Not having been fortunate enough to sit in on the whole of the conversation, we apparently missed the gems of the orations. There was something about H bombs, nuclear transmutations, and thermo something or other. Anyway the boys figured sooner or later we'd expire at our own hands. They pointed to such things as breakdowns in the family as the basic unit of so ciety, how bad industrialization can be despite its blessings, and the lack of genuine Davy Crockett frontiers to tame the untamed. Considering the possibility that man may, very likely, put an end to man, we are reminded of something that "self-made" in dividual, B. Shaw once said. Said Bernard, "The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that PAT TREACY . Bermud Charm Science has conquered most of man's diseases. But to pass the idle hours in other ways man has had to invent (10-dads to catch his fancy. A current plague which Dr. Salk cannot contend with is Bermuda shorts. This fad, which has reached the stage of rusty key chains on knotty knee cap)s, is past the stage which Esquire ballyhooed, and seems to be heading in the dlirection of imagination dress for informal, afternoon and evening wear. Grandma never did look partic ularly appealing in her broad cloth dirawers, wvhich so many Bermuda wvearers resemble, but at least the old girl had an archaic bulge here and there which Granddaddy remembered as "oomph." Our modern day friends of the Garment Workers Union, and exponents of the drafty bottom, do poor old grand CBEbWING FC UNWVERSITY OF Member of Assoc1 Peunded.annar 80, 1908, with editor, Cmeesek" Is peb,i L7nivester Souseth carolin,ewe odrssset. The right to edit la EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING I NEWS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER~ ASSISTANT BUSINESS M1 CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER BUSINF Carol Shockey, Steve STAFF I Donna Hale, Dianne Woodal mons, Jim Brandon, Jackie Ma Larry Cribb, Mike Desky, Harriet Dickert, Maurine 0' Barringer, COLI i Crucible World A the rest of the planets are using the earth as a lunatic asylum." * * * At Woman's College, division of the consolidated University of North Carolina, half of the stu dent body made the dean's list last term. Dr. 'Ashley Montagu, head of the Rutgers University Anthro pology Department, speaking to an assembly of the feminine "btains" told them that his profession had already begun ad mitting that females are superior to males. They are stronger emotionally, grasp the impor tance of a situation more quickly and rate higher in intelligence, the lecturer said. He told the girls that "the solution to human problems is to learn to love" and that their job is to teach the male to "revalue his values" to teach him to love. He didn't have to tell the girls that the best way to hitch them selves to a man is to play dumb and let the male of the species go right on thinking he's superior. Quotes A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. -G. K. CHESTERTON * . * To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. -GEORGE WASHINGTON * * * We do not count a man's years, until he han nothing else to count. -EMERSON, Society and Solitude * * * The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. --ALFRED E. SMITH ** * I am not arguing with you-I am telling you. -J. McN. WHISTLER, Gentle Art of Making Enemies las Lack Of Kilts mat ani injustice by comparison and never do achieve the charm of authentic Scottish kilts. The startling fact of the mat ter is that the most fanatic users of this innovation are the ones which nature never blessed. A majrity of them are conspicuous by the cuffs on the Fauntleroy trousers. Perhaps their aim is to emUphasHize the jacket palr~t of the suit and create the illusion that the stump)s are growving out of the groundl. Some users report trouble wvith the local canine population but their ardor wasn't 4 stinted. Instead they resorted to tattooed signs just below the last dimple on the knee. Today's Beau Brummell in knee pants is indeed a slight to all conventional propriety and at best a faint-hearted sun bather who endangers the population with a wiespread epidemic of halitosis.0 R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate 'Pre.. Robert Elliott Gonuale, as the first bed br and for the students of the hiky, os Fridars, during the eolieg. ng uSamilnationg. lit. and letter writtersae not meese Pulghn doe,snot eenstituti mm JACK BASS CAROLYN McCLUNG D. J. SALLEY DITOR Patsy Penney Dew James Herbert Bryant Walter Johnson Bertha Gardner Ben McElveen Steve Baumrind ANAGER Kat Anthony~ Billy Bruce SS STAFF Baumrind, Robert Bell tEPORTE~RS de, Wray Davis, Timmie Tim irtin, Kay Oxner, Roy Williams, Sid Badger, Linda Cauthen, Brien, Lise Verner, Mary Scott Tom Walker 'MNISTS iern, Pa t T..ac, Billy Mell-tt.