Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Despite Culture I Carolina needs a culture and art series Despite the stuffy title, it is something that will aid all students as well as provide ex cellent entertainment. There is now no planned series of talks or musical programs for the students other than occasional speakers brought in by in dividual departments. The University itself brings no "culture" to the campus. At other colleges, students can sit down and discuss philosophy, religion, music, the latest in books. Here, students bring up a blank face at the mere mention of such things. The culture series would be composed of different elements. There can be lecturers on various subjects, dance teams, concerts, plays and any other programs desired by the students. The series would be composed of five or six programs. The University. because of the money angle, could not at first afford top-notch artists for each perforniance. Iow ever, one "great" artist could be obtained each year. Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost have been here in years past and there were large turnouts of students to hear them. Young artists can be obtained through the Columbia Artists Management in New York. These artists can be obtaine<l at a lower fee Th The Gamecock has reached its next to the last issue for the spring semester. With the last issue, the new staff will take over. This semester has been a full one. It has seen an All-American rating for the fall semester awarded. It has seen The Gamecock receive two trophies, one for the best news paper in the state. And it has seen students reading something besides the society page, the highest compliment that can be paid any newspaper. There have been moments of (defeat also. There have been the exasperating critiques on Friday afternoon beginning with the end less "when will you learn that. . . ." There have been rude mornings on which the printers called "before daybreak" to tell of BILLY MELLETTE Watchi As He V L ast Tuesday I watched a man hsuidfa as he was dlying, and it was C(Qi strange to he so near to that: I I not to touch it, not to hear it, not Wth tli ti to see it, hut, yet to bratea ad aadtnhig find that breath be(com)e the smell al e,ahi( th of death. I waited, watching the ''i Anh man and the little crowd. A alev ut I policeman was t here, efficient sl os oV hut unmoved. HeI called the am- lo ol t hulance, cal led his headquarters, 50))i i anad then he stood with the rest gethe. oif us,. lookinig. I watched a man Thinali abisently chewing a sandwich. He til gtrIh 5 toppedl a moment, sqjuinited, bent dnmaicd closer to the sufferer, then hl ai'o s traigh ten ed up) and continued to tealt 'uiI (hew. An old1 woman clutched ~h( i 'l.it her dress to her neck, gesMture of aantteld sel f-p)rotect ion. She sa1w miiser' yigroitli anad uniconsciously fended it from atta(ot. hiersel f. Buat she could niot helpi. T Ii: .It51 We needled an amblulance. In lt A tL Colaumbia thle ambulances are re qui red to obey the traffic lawvs as eltoan any ordinary car. The reason for t hat ordinanace is that ambulances iel(lt? have crashedl intoi aut omobiles en s route to an accidIent or to a' c'all. ig'wiesIl The Columbia doctors hacked the i(~ ls legislation e'arlier this year. tkslchs W10'. STlII1,1, t' WAITICI), shift- w r taei ig troii one' foot, to the ot her Shi'l gs and looking at one another from tk tn unuder hung brows. It was a hellp- Vstio.It less q1uiet: hands ini pockets, threia . hands to breasts, eyes low anad .diali.I timid; furtive, afraid, because a .Xdil aet' man about to (lie remlinidedl us of ugetLiii somlethinrg in our fuiturie. . piiiif , hi There is a mechanical dlevice' ((eist lp that may be attached to ambu- fr rcsa lances. It automatic'ally causes h)0 sin, traffic lights ahead of the am- laes iet bulance to turn red. But it is lihsrd costly, and still in the proving lne?Isig stage, andl dlid you know that '(i h)hhiICi hardly three people in ten ever I ldIatwe pay their ambulance service fee mitanth in Columbia? It runs from two ththtiaa and a half to five dollars. An i h uea ambulance costs a b o u t ten phnadiii thousand. cerdpt Who last died that you know? adfo hr They had to lie the way the man I saw was lying, waiting for an lAEi) mbulnce. ho inyour amily th th eoprl tuffy Title Vould Aid because of their lack of experience; their quality, however, is not impaired. Perhaps, artists who have appeared at Winthrop Col lege in connection with its concert series could be obtained after the Winthrop per formance. The expenses would thus be less. Money for the project can be obtained in three ways--from the student activities fee, sale of tickets to faculty members and sale of tickets to the public. Money could be ap propriated from the student activities fee as is done for other campus activities now. Faculty and students not paying the ac tivities fee could be admitted at a minimum fee, possibly $ .50 or $1. Tickets for the general public would be higher. The series in the beginning could be given in Russell House auditorium or in Drayton Hall. If crowds proved too large, the pro grams would have to be moved to audi toriums in Columbia. The series could be handled by the Stu dent Union Committee, appointed this year by Stu<lent Council. It would be necessary to increase the number of faculty members oin the c(nlmittee to three rather than the present one. There are nine students on the committee no\w. The students want a culture series, the plans are easy to formulate, the series should he undertaken.-pennev arty something gone wrtmg. There have been the endless .iumbletd lines, clashes with the law schooc l and worries over finances. liit. all in all, it has been a wonderful exlIerietce. It has )een good training, too, 'or all of us. To managing editor, Herb l,rvanit. to whom the burden of the work has fallen, goes a great big thanks for a job well <lone. To Nancy, Roy, Sylvia, Barbara, Alary Alice, and Sid go e(ltal thanks-as well as to t he reporting staff. The business staff, headedI by Kat Anthony, has done a grand Jh :all year. The Gamecock would never have been l)ossible without the combined efforts of all of these students. "(oodbye to the old staff. Long live the new.' -l>enlney ad A Man Vas Dying an :a Iimob~hih,- e- ccdn ndbig w m lie fire trucks hi, tt ii * ifei 'h ee *'ic lighits to red Ioie ioiictoi (iull co'i yel low on their utt h nuh ie.Terao v scream n. P olice ii t i 'hflcii y eehn anees waitwih sIht twul eepniet ve from the Rus- o ie'ilhms a1( t sio taki' if tric i eiytl(hio Tesm n aited for you to snw ed otaeafr ng on t he st reet Vle h i u ac aet -Oe l'iin not pre- e i e~vn,w hdbe sake of achieving wali gteisiifrtvty toiail. ) was only ~ iiiue.I asi on o nythinig. Nw and 'tiit iltbocsfo h stiffeni. quiver, iv st. pss I of jering.~~iige i (rp'oetolfo w e' r e pus hing Ilet etic sthi rma m .I thinok he was l ac.Tefs rcssv inside, lbut I am prpry t,wudouahe IM E' I smel led rhiitOfCloiba n 'xec'ution, wvheni - - ______ - -.Ilauve vonuever ery often, we col ink we are fit to ften we make mis- OWN FO we ar'e not ma- JNVRI'YO meitimes(', whether M'ile fAol .5 or not . we feeil eijo,"[i aeok ,pbl hioinest ly thatnt we iv'tyi Sai arln we ainist worthy opl- li'iijhIm an'5diycl n iiry t 'and t"oh sayecthat ta ini t he flntwdi!cc't Ih igtt di land agaiinst the lANAINUE)TO oif C~ohniai;, anid NS AAE er :olution to the' NESEIO hgenci(y vehicle ace- 1U EIO ot t m,y stand. Itf SOT IIO d poilicemen cani OIEYEIIO vhy cnn't. amun (*Ik IAI'ONMN(;E uicks cnn turn the ASITN IUINSSM 'hy enni't ambhu- IITGAliER 'st that telephoine ' ITO St li ii S Ii(' he stah- i' I"" I the fire depart - CinlWto,Mri " fral homes so Wrilt,Mla( o'yNdI evientcal comes fe,,McI l,Nra homie (enn teie- BJIE nedliate'ly have a Jiy'fne,WdyMln o its destination lu,BilK,JneHge to the hospital. Awad EVER considere EV I~l(i'onide'hdlnce to ithlie sam sceine? It niilif('iiihaptp( ens Nancy ote.Thte L\ "I've had nightmares befoi worst. I dreamed that my whole NANCY FOX Council To Stop The Student Council is just < about ready to throw away its 1 teething I ing. Last Monday at its second regular meeting it passed on a number of vital committees. The committees included an orienta tion committee to work up a pro gram of orientation for next fall, a band committee "to find out what's wrong" with that group, E and an intra-council committee I on absences of Student Council I members. Other committees were ap pointed, but the aforementioned ones are those that particularly struck us as showing an aggres sive and forward-thinking stu dent body government. WE APPLAUD the firm stand President David White took on establishing the absences com mittee. Under this plan, absences will be submitted to a committee who will recommend to Council their rejection or acceptance. The committee will he a vali able time saver and will greatly expedite business matters which tend to grow lengthy even under ordinary procedure. As White aptly remarked, "It's not worth the time of Council to hear these excuses." It is gratifying to see steps he ing taken to discipline disinter ested Council members who flag rantly disregard their obligations and duties by failing to comply with the simple requisite of at tending meetings. AS IMPRESSED as we were with the majority of the Coun HERB BRYANT UniVersit 0Orientatic Tfhis University needs an orien tation Period for each incoming freshman. Orientation has been sadlly lacking since it wvas done away with at the beginning of the 1953-54 school year. At the time it wats abolished it was thought by the administra tion that students weres not get ting enough out of the historical education, etc., that was being taught to justify the expense being put out in the form of payment to student teachers. Orientation was running for one semester wvith one class meeting per week. Tests were given, a lA GREATER ~OUTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press Riobert Elliott Gonzales as the first hed by and for the studenuts of the lkly, on Fridays, during the college g exarninations, its and letter writers are not seos Publishing does not constitute an reserved. PATSY PENNEY HERBERT BRYANT KAT ANTHONY DIITOR Roy Williams Nancy Fox Sylvia Hanna Sid Badger Barbara Hawthorne Mary Alice Carhart D)avid Monteith iNAGER Carol Shockey Bob Finley, Wayne Patrick Richard Alpert her, .Jerry Sanders, Barbara lorden, LindI(a Cauthen, Ronnie pell, Jerryv McGntire, Blanche S STAFF ax, Marion Singlecy, Edith Bul , Leila Barr Sullivan, Jerrie dNISTS orb Bryonteo, kSott W. E e, but last night's was th class passed." .Ready Feething il's actions Monday, we confe; hat on certain points we weren nuch moved. It is interesting t tote that President White ui linchingly asserts that Studei Council is "the supreme studet being' on campus." Like The Gamecock and ever ther student organization o ampus which strives for ;reater Carolina, the Council at nittedly has a deep-seated an ronounced responsibility. AND AS THE representtti overning body of thinking Un ersity men and women, th ,ouncil has a greater degree < esponsibility than many othe ampus organizations. So hi the Gamecock. Politics and newspapers mali trange bedfellows at time rhere naturally arise differenet n attitudes and opinions betwee he two, but constructive confli< iappily results in a desirable co ege level check and balance sy. em. I think that the new Studei ;ouncil is an efficient and abi o d y capable of renderin uperior leadership and excellet ervice to the students its repri ents. Neverthless this column wi ake every opportunity to justif tbly criticize the Council on ar tnd every issue that affects ti velfare of the University and il ;tudents. That is OUR obligi ion and duty. En garde, Mr. White and e torts, we intend to see that yot student Council makes good i )oast of supremacy. y Needs n Period numerical grade wats assigmt the student at the end of the s nester, atnd one hou r credit we aiven. ONE OF' THI E BIG gripes: that time from students was tha the course was compulsory at that it ran the whole semiestet An orientation period shoiu be compulsory hut it should nt last for the whole semester. two-day pteriodl, for examp] night be sufficient to otienta the incoming student. Thei wouldn't be the p)ast expense wvi the short period andl as mur rouild b)e gained fronm a sho periodl as the old semester 5y temn. D)uring this pteriod new st dents will he able to beconi familiar~ with mutch of the ir puortant history of the Universit And equally important the will be told the rules and regul tions that are supposed to govei studenCt life. This Univer'sity has much tr dlition that a student could p)roudl of if he were aware ofi And being proudl of your scho hlpsjt build utp school spirit. At school sir it. is an asset: it is tnecessity. SU'CH THIINGS AS the hon principle can be explained to ti stutdent. And interest can he eu. tivated so that a working hon system can be achieved. TBut, ourse, school spirit is necessai, tefore interest can be cultivat4 m't a camnpits-wide basis. Gettinug an ttrtiett iott peric staritedl hack up again is a got idea. This University should not coi itue without a good orientatid: period. It is highly possible that it 'oming freshmen will be oric: ttatedl this comuing fall semeste T'hevotum.l be DEW JAMES At The Er Years .. With this issue and this column we bring to an end two years of column writing and write our journalistic "30" for The Game cock. In two years we have com mented on a number of things. Many people have disagreed with us; some to the extent of threatening to somewhat jeopard ize our physical well-being. We have had brushes with Stu (ent Council and the Honor Board r which apparently disturbed some of the sleepers in the govern mental division. Some of our at tacks must have hit their mark since we have detected a change of policy in certain areas. NOT LEAST AMONG our stands is our contention that there is no moral justification ,t 'or segregation as it has been practiced in the South. On a few - things we have slightly altered it our opinion but not on that one. it We have occasionally thought the administration acted more in y n terms of appeasing politicians a than in terms of right, as in the I- Travelstead case, but there were d those who felt differently. Many other things came in for com I- ent, ranging f r o i Bridey e M urphy to a family reunion and S a bee. l'or some it may he hard to believe that restraint was ever employed by the writer of this column, lut it has. Often the s restraint took a form of what we call "abstractionism" which -t p robably few people really under stood. But that was one way to give vent to the "silent truths." t TlOUGII M A N Y HAVE e voiced different points of view g from our own, we have always it W. E. LEE Columi UnofficI The columnist for this paper is a student who, for some reason i of believed ability, is asked by s the editor to write his opinions for we'ekly' publication. Mere pub Sieti on dloes not contitutte eni dlorsteent lby eit}her t he tiditor cor this uinive'rsity. The' colun ist is mecrely a st uden t who is given't a totatl ly unofficial voice. We are ntever assigned a toplic or given ani axe to ginid. We write about what we feel like' writinig and ntever k now the topics 'd for ttthe cither columnis. S Il EIt I IS N EV1Eh a meet ing at which we decide to "'gang it up'' ont some issue andti give it a it etneerted broadside. When there d are several columns on the sanme subject in the sanme issue, there d has ontly beeni a nturatl wave of >t feeling about thet( samtet sublject. A Thbis often happtlens just as a cont e, pa ri son of tein di ffereint dacily te paper('s will often reveal ten head re, Iinues about the samne stotry al thbough the papjers were.~ prodluced 'h indepeitdently. This duplicity of it suibject itatter inienictes ontly the ,. maugnituode of the issue, ntot edi torial consp)iracy. - T'he d iverse' optinionts t hat you 1e see' ont t he palge' are imaniifesta Letters to the Edii Ii Editorial As Stat( ol a I tead your last. issue with ituich disgust. PTe reasiont? YourI tr edit orial page. It is gettintg as te htad as some of the papers arouind I- thte state. 'The editor will take a >r stantd only oni such eart h-shakinig >f events its curtailed telephone .v ervice ini Simits do(rmtitory. *d Maybe' thte editor' hats nothing moretc i ntpiort anit to exptouInd oat dor mtaybe' it is foir lack of ai topic'. dI I will enidleavor to suggest soime toptes so thla t maybe the edci.. t- totials will hi' improved in the it future. Sonme of the topics you c'uld take up acre: The lack of t- manty importanlt books in the -school library. The poor salaries 1 ui toi the faculty. Why are id Of Two . Adios .ha found comfort in the fact that there were those who held similar convictions to our own. Often those with opposing points of view have not hesitated to voice them and we were happy that they did not hesitate. It brought into focus the other side and gave the reader an opportunity to choose a side or manufacture his own compromise. Still it is disturbing to know that there are those among us who on the surface rave loudly about the great principles of de mocracy and yet many of these same persons with little hesita tion would cramp or even choke the freedom of individual ex pression. Some of these do not hesitate to suggest methods of censorship for The Gamecock, but fortu nately they are not of sufficient nutmber to have their methods adopted. H'iiElE ARE THOSE who have said we are too young to think . .. we haven't seen enough of the world to formulate opinions. Thank goodness these persons and their little minds are also little numerically. Then there's the "dead-wood" that constitutes too large a bloc of our contemporaries. They are the tape-recorder models who take in certain facts and hand thein hack verbatim without any attempt to use their own minds. Their "democratic preference" is swayed by whatever happens to be popular at the tine. The Gamecock editorial page should continue to he free of any kind of forced censorship. Cen sorship is not the mark of a great university and any leaning it. that direction would be dis astrous. The young of society tust and will be heard. What is rash today, may tomorrow he come an 11ccepted truth and truth is the basis of all learning. Adios rist-An al Voice tio ns of hutai differences, not a planned effort to reveal both sides of t he issue, although that i usuially the result. WVi EN TWO PEOPLE write 4on1flicti t ting colmns oni thet samie t opic, nieithter is niecestsarily right. Not' is it tnecessaty that otie be wrong. If theirt views ate at 01) posi te X etremeis, more than likely lhe truth is somnewhere ini be tween their standls, for the view is julst as dlep)endent up~oni the vilewer as it is upon what is viewed. The same statemenits at a banqiuet madce .somei peop)le ap plaud Victor Reisel and incited somieonie else to throw acid in his Alloing violently conitradie tr opJinaions to atppear side by sidec mayii meti(times produce con fusioni, b,ut I b)elieve that this practice tusually aids the reader ini formaulat iug his owvn opinionis. It forces hinm to step) back atid view the process from atfar', whicb gives exactly the same ef feet as physically viewing this page from a distanice. The black and1( white will bilenid to form g rey, which is the real color of all controversy whether philo soiphicaal or physical. or Page Bad Papers What ennt be done to improve the academic standards of t h e school? A re there anty advan tages to a free system of class attendance? There are many mtore toplics that could be taken upl if a person sat down and gave it somei( seriotus thought. Johni T. Treacy A Straini Onl Iditor: Congratuilationis on your fear less crusade to get the phone In Sims back. You must have really strainedl your mental faculties to finid ai so stinmulating topic.