Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Alabami Seen As "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Such would be an appropriate comment for the Univer sity of Alabama in the case of Negro co-ed Autherine Lucy. Students have resorted to throwing eggs and rocks-a most childish action-and the situation looks for the moment out of control even if the battle has halted. Miss Lucy entered the Alabama Univer sity last week through a court order. There wasn't much the University could do to keep her out-whether it wanted to or not. The mob movement followed and now she has been barred temporarily from classes by What About Final exams at the end of last semester were rough as usual but the hardest hit students were those who had classes Friday morning, labs that afternoon and an exam at eight the next morning. An "exam breather" would have eliminated all of this. One day between the end of classes and the start of exam week would give every one a chance to do that little bit of catching up and studying that is impossible under the present set-up. The University calendar could be worked out easily to allow for this. There must be ninety class days during the term. One extra "breathing day" couldn't Registrati Many congratulations go to the adminis tration for the registration plan tried out here this semester. Finishing up at the library station cut registration hours down to a minimum and cut out the long lines. It was wonderful not to have to brave the JACK SCOTT Honor Si From Rea The Honor System of USC is tegrity and a< at present little more than a wee bit for his farce. At best, it is a far-from- both. But if he realized ideal. that's another A student recently remarked are that they w to a USC instructor, "You've got approve. That the honor. We've got the sys- his friends wi temn." And rather proud of it he him sorrier tha wvas, too. OfT course, he wasn't consequences r epresenting the sentiments of He'll either be the entire student body. Far from next time he ti it. But he was voicing the opinion try it again.] of a definite faction; a faction worse, he migh whose "system" colors the so- enough so that called honor of the majority-the has to again r honest students. for a passing g There are three things which With the wor constitute Honor, or in this case, ing the round non-cheating. First of these is gangster movie that undefinable virtue called in- a sure-fire me: tegrity or conscience, the quality the detection whIich makes a person naturally keeping the det p)refer what people tell him he the student bod should without really liking the But I'd be will alternative well enough to be deal t'hat the si tempted. The second is the fear tion that wou of being caught and the third: company the o desire for the approval of others the names and and fear of their disapproval, offenders in th I've often wondered what would do much to ke happen to a student who refused and offenses. to sign a pledge when instructed tenders would to do so at the end of an exam. publicity some In my opinion, he would be less Honor Board guilty of undermining the Honor juldge of the gi System than any of those who (each defendan s;gned under false pretenses. guilt had beer The heart of the farce is that lished, the pui the signing of the pledge becomes, the Board shc in many cases, a routine second and automatic signature - two signatures int- piublication of stead of one, the second meaning violation. no more than. the first. If the infori Those who wvouldn't cheat if be students< they could, even if they wouldn't should have ni be caught or frowned upon, pose the case. If a no problem. They are what the to the Honor oi iginators of the system ex- member it woi pected everyone to be. The ones de'partmental who would cheat if they could get dent to be disc away with it can be kept honest ulty informer by p)atrolling examination rooms well. Hence, with faculty or student proctors. would be punis But then everybody would holler by the instruct babies. If proctors are found to and again by that they're being treated like The mental be necsesary, then the system single punish: might just as well be completely double "jeopa: scrapped and forgotten. of the studen It is through the trait of hu- e&ase his cons man nature which makes a per- cause him to son sensitive to the disapproval of System more f others that a solution might be so, possibly sas reached. No one likes to be con- being punishec demned, even lightly, by his But for Pete friends. If he cheats and gets do something away with it, his friends will System or saa probably swallow their own in- and go back C Action Childish university officials. The move was for her safety yet the co-ed's attorney is moving for her to be re-admitted. Presumably, more egg-throwing will follow. We do not blame the Alabama students for protesting although their method of doing so is crude. Their attacks on police officials and other bystanders is ridiculous. The silent treatment, refusal to attend classes, almost any measure would have been more effective and would have accomplished the same thing. Their intentions were good but their actions wrong. Miss Lucy says "I want to go back as soon as the Board of Trustees tells me I can." May they never say she can.-penney A 'Breather? hurt-and a lot of students would profit. This past semester was an exception to the general schedule since exam week had to be cut one day to make up for the extra day during Christmas holidays. The change meant a lot of students had three exams on one day. That was bad, but unavoidable. What was bad were cases where students had three quizzes on the first day-right after Friday classes. They needed a "breather." Not only would an "exam breather" have been needed last semester, but it was neces sary all the past semesters-and it's needed in the future.-penney in Best Yet crowd in the Armory. And paying fees in the treasurer's office during this past week has led to no outstanding trouble-and no lines. We hope this plan will be used again next fall and that other timesavers, such as a true pre-registration (now in the planning stage), will be introduced.-penney stem Far lized Ideal Imire him just a examination system with snoop nerve or luck or ing teachers to keep the little gets caught! Ah, boys and girls out of mischief. matter. Chances It's no pat on the hack of USC to ill then openly dis- have people snicker at our in disapproval from tegrity and say, "Your Honor 11 probably make System aonds good, bt. ._ inganacheoftothepthetittl fhscetn. BILysadgrsutomicif moetaeflsh Mopa LL t eT fUto ie to ewntegiyadsy Yu oo f worse comes to t even stud'y hard V ie he won't feel he esort to deception The Charleston News and rade. Courier and the Florence Morning d "squealer" mak- Nw aebe dtral ed 3, in and out of igdrn eetwes rvd s, I can't suggest igm ihetranetta hod of improv.ing mgtas eitrsigt of cheating and ohr.Frta esnIwl active work within pasiontyo:Temorf y where it belongs. Foec osntseeet y ing to bet a good tame and humilia d necessarily ac- CI.RL-B S pen publication of violations of the ingammockwoul entaneta othes.hFr thfrresonsewil The would-be of live the unwelcome O f V 01 thought, too. The would remain the uiit or innocence of T r iy n t. However, once Spositively estab- Teol norgn oei iishment given by ~4 url,ucvlzdroso uld be, uniformly suet n onfl olwn ral,cnpcos the admittance of the first the name and Negro student at the University of Alabama was the student's ner and witnesses PesTedy ht"oeo nl y, the faculty hrcasae vr otl > jurisdiction over oteswr'vyfind'. student be referred AteieLc,te2-er loard by a faculty 011sceaywo asbrd ild only be fair to fo lse eas fata olicy . for the stu- thettheli,sadheft iplined by the fac- thstdnmaoiywsfre. or department as Mbvoec satriyn :he guilty student sleace Tiwsunao hed two-fold: once abe gop ctn,drtd or who caught him agithuairandelad the Honor Board. tlrne ae nht rae weighing of the byhefaofpplwoar nent against the afadounbetfcerliy dy" in the mind Nerpbaisbngevedn t informer might thSot,nttaitwser cience enough to le. upport the Honor Aoginrn epei st ully and, by doing b lpoel mn epewt e the cheater from thinelgneoras,its twice. hcig a sake, let's either Anwyaseovradon with our Honor stdnheesy"Imutral thehel wihi tae clastes r thro ocst a AutherineiLucy,gthee26-year "It's given in honor of on passed this last semester." W. E. LEE Alabama Seg regati Our sister state of Alabama has disgraced the cause of segrega tion in her actions of the last few days. The stage for the bungling was set in 1952 when two Negro women applied for admission to the University of Alabama. They were, of course, refused. The pair then appealed to the federal courts which ruled that they could not be refused for racial reasons. In compliance with the ruling, one o4 the Negroes, Autherine Lucy, was admitted last week. (The other Negro was turned down because of her "conduct and marital record.") However, Alabama had already passed a nullification act which means, in effect, that the state of Alabama holds the recent de cisions of the Supreme Court on segregation to be null and void. If the state of Alabama be lieved in their "nullification act" or if they meant it to be taken seriously, then they should have enforcea it at Tuscaloosa last Friday. If they did not, they should never have blackened paper with meaningless words. Alabama lost her chance to stand before the nation and say, lakes Paper with the chief of the police force there, and they were not co operating with each other. Things wvere not smooth between them. The mayor wanted, as he said it, to crack down on the vice in Florence, but he said that he could get no cooperation from the local police force. He, there fore, called in the officers of SLED, South Carolina's Law Enforcement Division, and the FBI. In cracking down, they made several arrests on- places illegally selling legal whiskey, places of gambling, and "houses of vice," more p)opularly known as Cathouses. The raiding began in late December with a few bootleg arrests. The news made not much of a splash. Things rocked along. Then, nearly a month later, another series of arrests wvas made, this time including whiskey charges, gambling, andl misconduct. The next morning, which was Sunday, no mention of the news appeared in the Florence Morning News or the Columbia State. However, on page one of the Sunday News and Courier was a factual and detailed account of the activities, published undler a photograph of one of Florence's foremost Cat houses, a place namedl Mabel's. The reaction in Florence was interest. Charleston papers were at something of a p)remium, andl I may safely say they were passed from house to house in certain cases, even. Those in favor of the cracking (down wvere happy with the article, those op posed to the mayor's program were unhappy with the colorful publicity. The Morning News is anti-mayor, so they printed a statement by a local official wvho said that "premature publicity" had provided unraidedl establish ments with opportunity to pre vent arrest. Editorially, the Florence paper jumped on the Charesnaon paper for (here I e of the Carolina students who Disgraces on Cause "We will not allow our domain to he invaded by unreasonable men who do not understand our prob lem. We understand it and we, and we alone, will solve it." Instead, they have meekly com plied with a ruling that they themselves labeled null and void. As a consequence, the students had to fight integration them selves. Instead of fighting it by withdrawal, picketing, the "silent tieatment" or any orderly and gentlemanly demonstration, they fought it with rocks, mud, eggs and curses. Among those splat tered with missiles during the riots were the Negro student, the president of the university and the dean of women. - After the Civil War, Negroes were admitted to Carolina. The white students and the faculty withdrew. The school folded as a result and when it re-opened, Carolina was 100% white. I don't believe that the students at Alabama should also with draw. But, at least, withdrawal has dignity. Our Senate has unanimously passed an interposition resolu tion. If it is not to be supported more than was Alabama's nullifi cation act, let's tear it up now and not have our bluff called. 's Feud freely translate the wording of the editorial) sticking a nose in other people's business. The Florence paper accused its enemy of seeking an increase in circula tion in the Pee Dee area, among other things. Meanwhile, the News and Courier came out wvith number one of a series of four articles about wvhiskey stills, their history and background. They featured a picture of a "Pee Dee still" b)eing raided. Raids and such be hanged, these stories were in teresting by themselves.- For instance, do you know the margin of p)rof it on a gallon of moon shine? Do you know how many stills are estimated to be in this state? Do you know how many gallons of moonshine are pro dluced in South Carolina every year? (Answers: 100 per cent; 2,790; and 10 million.) Carrying on, the News and Courier (discovered the Florence editorial and indignantly printed one of their own, entitled "An Editorial About Florence," say ing that news was news even if it wvas about Cathouses in Flor ence, and that they didn't tip off any other places because every body in dlanger knewv of it any how. They further saidl they were printing the Florence editorial to show they were fair, and they saidl they dlare Florence to print theirs. So there. I have not since then gotten holdl of a comeback from Flor ence, but I am looking forward to it with interest. Perhaps you might run acroSs somothing about it andi be entertained as I am. Keep in mind that politics, repu taitions, and so forth are snarled upI in the events, and you will geot a kick out of the injured tone of some of the editorials, if there are any more; I can't promise. Also keep an alert for some Columbia raids on various places of various industry. You see, It is the raidseuaon. DEW JAMES Seg regi Local I Negro co-ed Autherine Lucy's 30-month court battle for admis sion to the University of Ala bama turned from a court battle into a mob incited brawl last Friday night after she was ad mitted to classes in obedience to a federal court order. The battle still goes on, lulled at the writing of this column by the suspension of the co-ed by the university until further notice. According to the press stories, the co-ed's attempt to attend classes drew animal-like mobs of both students and townsmen from nearby Tdscaloosa who greeted the co-ed by throwing rotten eggs, stones and mudballs. To add to the drama, they uttered profanity and labeled university officials "nigger-loving. . . !" Sometimes, it is hard to be lieve this is the 20th century.... Mobs have a way of being primi tive and the disregard for human dignity and rights at the Uni versity of Alabama is certainly primitive. There is a difference between group protest and mob psycho logy. Mob psychology is cruel, unreasonable and dangerous. It is time we faced the facts. . . . The political conservatives (or, are they radicals) of the South may manufacture one eva HERB BRYANT Ab And Doing School spirit. What about it? Yeah, what about it? What does it mean? Why don't we have it? Great goodness, what is wrong with Carolina! Well, this writer thinks it's a pretty good school. But the University is lacking at times when it comes to giving out with that good old school spirit. Some around USC are con cerned about the spirit. And some are doing something about it. For example, there is Ab Avinger, and there is the Pep Club who would like to see the school spirit literally burst forth with enthusiasm. Ab Avinger is the student you see at basketball games sitting in the southwest corner of the basketball stands with those hand-painted brown paper signs. He has school spirit. Hie stayed in Columbia during the holidays after exams were over to attend the Wake Foi'est-Carolina game. And he tried to get the students to yell. Some did. But sonme took their usual indifferent atti tuide. Ab and those who sit wvith him have been trying to hellp, but they need every student's aid in showing visiting teams that the CROWING FOlI UNIVERSITY OF S Member of Associam Founded January 00, 1908, with: editor, "The Gamecock" is pubilis University of South Carolina wee! year except on holidays and durinj Th opinions expressed by columnl sarily those of "The Gamecock." endorsement. The right to edit is EDITOR MANAGING ED)ITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING E NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MA PHIOTOG RAPHllERS CARTOONIST STAFF RI Lewvis Cromer, Marsha Wise Fischer, Jerry Sanders, HIai Melba Corley, Bill Atkinson, D)ave Elliott. COLU r Hilly Mellette, Pat Treacy, D) Scott, W. E. Lee. BUSIN ES Jimmy Turner, Windy Mullini luck,e Bill Kay. ition Is Vlatter sion after another, but time will wear them thin and finally com pletely out. The interposition move, so avidly supported by Governor Timmerman can, at most, be a stalling tactic. It will not stand the test of time and its legality is questionable. Segregation cannot be morally justified. When it encroaches .on human rights and . when skin color becomes a barrier to the enjoyment of certain privileges guaranteed by constitutional gov ernment, it is wrong. The problem of segregation is a matter to be handled by the areas affected, with perhaps a little prodding from the federal government. The problem will take time and must start on the local level, particularly in educa tion. It is high time political leaders in this state and other Southern states stopped looking for eva sions and started finding con crete solutions for a problest which demands equal treatment for all its citizens. Only time separates the Uni versity of South Carolina from a situation similar to that of the University of Alabama. How will we react-primitively or with reason? Pep Club Good University does have good school spirit. The Pep Club is trying to do something about this condition by sponsoring a "Spirit of '66 Night" on February 14. On that day when hearts are supposed to be made to beat a little faster, the Pep Club is hoping that the heart of school spirit is going to be able to pump a little action into student enthusiasm and bring the roof down during the Carolina-Furman game. There is room to pack 4,000 persons into the stands. One big attraction will be Darrell Floyd, All-Ameri can with the highest point total per game in the United States. The Furman polntmaker should put on a good show. With enough USC enthusiasm behind the University team, they should put on a good show also. Some have proposed an orien tation periodI for incoming fresh men. This is a good idea. The University should have an orien tation p)eriod. But that isn't the only answver to this problem of school spirit. One of the good ways td show that you have it is to get out to the game (if studies p)ermlit) and literally burst forth wvith enthusiasm, lifting the roof off the field house. Ab Avinger wants to see it. The Pep Club wants to see it. And others want to see it also. A CREATER OUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press Robert Elliott Consales as the first ed by and for the students of the Jly, on Fridays, during the college examinations, its and letter writers are not neces Publishing does not constitute an PATSY PENNEY HERBERT BRYANT KAT ANTHONY D)ITOR Roy Williams Nancy Fox Sylvia Hanna Sid Badger Barbatra Hawthorne Mary Alice Carhart Billy Bruce .NAG;ER Carol Shockey Bob Finley, Wayne Patrick Richard Alpert CPO(RTERS heart, Carol Watson, Marcia -ry T~aylor, Barbara Wright, Ned Borden, Linda Cauthen' INISTS ew JamhIes, H[erb Bryant, Jack S STAFF