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Saurdilns, Alas When over 4800 people are crowded into a structure that will facilitate dnly 8500 spectators, the resulting effect is not unlike a gigantic sardine can. This was the situation during the spec tacular Wake Forest game here in the 20 plus-year-old University field house. The only perceptible difference between the lowly sardine and any spectator at that game would be that the fish is far better off. Sardines, we've observed, are at least packed in adequate, attractive containers, and the number of occupants therein is lim ited in a reasonable measure. Carolina spectators, in comparison, have to witness indoor athletic contests in an an tiquated building that will seat a noticeably fewer number than that comprising the stu dent body enrolment, not counting alums who have developed the commendable habit of supporting their alma mater. Nonetheless, when a sports event of some significance takes place, seating capacity seems to stretch to unlimited bounds, as at the Wake Forest contest. Aisles, steps and entrances were filled, contrary to safety and fire regulations. About the only space not utilized was the Kindergarten Let Lo If an old adage that says actions speak louder than words be true, then the figura tive: voice of Carolina was transformed in the Carolina-Wake Forest game by a display of infantile behaviour into a noisy garble of not at all flattering implications. The performance of a number of Carolina students hurling cascades of wadded paper upon the basketball court during the game was as embarrassing to the Gamecock play ers and to the University as it was insulting to the Wake Forest team. Utter disrespect for the opponents was evidenced by a few individuals, who regret tably constitute a portion of the Carolina student body and thereby represent the Uni versity as a whole. Their behaviour pictured to the visiting team the University as a school sadly lack ing not only in integrity but also in common courtesy. Adding To The I The provision for a month interval be tween announcement of nominations on March 1 and election day, April 1, for stu dent body officers is one of the soundest plans to come out of a student council com mittee for some time. The four-week period will allow ample time for students to survey the field of can. didates and to select with discretion the besi qualified nominees. Campaigp speeches for presidential can didates, council officers, and school repre sentatives would further enhance pre-elec tion planning. The fitness of both student body presi Dick Smith Spring -In the sullen, wormwood The latter Spring, when the savage hot-wet complexioned) Sun broke flashing on the green- the usual han leafed girls and the big boys claws to bietter from the twisted farms, Omegia crop of the is lay warm and eager in the This peculi springtime gasp of the current- we shall call ing Pacific, awaiting the mor- tinued for mi row- certain chang All Is quiet, save for the quiet place that wei rustle of preparation filling the trol of the Fo caves of the Ante-Bellums, a erations of strange Sect lying deep within Foops grew r the southern reaches of the isle- seams-both ii The morning will bring the An- cally. nual Festival of Spring, and all Also during joyfully prepare themselves for Sloths began the occasion . .. young men with sons never bleached, powdery faces daub the lished, they g black hair carefully about their green coloring fallow mouths. (Some of the Zenith Families resplendent in had some rath their nudity spin laughing ornes on this through the lairs and caves, their isn't part of I blue-and-white numbers painted At any rate brightly on their backs (i.e. the to resemble a! lower the number, the better the Foops and Du family.) jor physiolo The luke-light of the caves They weren't flash hot on the tear-filled eyes others. of the young men as they gaze In these tir worshipfully upon the portrait sentiment flo of Virgin le Robert, the great Foops (parti Water-god . . . alU is tense . . . Northerners h expectant. .. . Tempers flari Old Sloth Day has begun. And Then There Were Three To better understand this fes tival, one must re7examine the history of the island. In the twisted South, there once existed a medieval society rigidly di vided into three groups: The Foops-aristocratie manor-lords owning the Sloths; The Dupe the huge lower class owning ., nothing; and of course, the Uvi Sloths-captive creatures from the near-by isle of Gokk. aneno Are Btter O court, and that was only because paper claimed prior possession. The University is bursting out all over, all right. Provision has been- made to take care of the overflow of students in new dor mitories. But no provision whatsover has been made for the student, in the way of a recreational structure like a new field house, should he tire of his sleeping quarters. The Gamecock wonders if the Administra tion is under the delusion that students are going to remain in their exotic, modern new . dormitories all the time, or if, perhaps, they've forgotten that college students, like energetic children, require a certain amount of activity. Granted, funds are limited but the endur ance of sports fans, students or non-stu dents, is limited too. The University will either have to find some method of providing for adequate spectator facilities indoors by building a new field house or else abolish some of the pres ent indoor inter-collegiate contests. The Gamecock sees no indication that either trustees, students or alumni would tolerate the latter move. ose In The Bleachers As the paper downpour developed into a minor blizzard, game officials finally re sorted to the threat of calling a technical penalty on Carolina. The threat managed to curb the paper hurlers, but the damage had been done-to the University's reputation in sportsmanship. Excitement over Grady Wallace's recbrd and enthusiasm for the team's playing was understandable; the rain of paper was not. The puerile paper hurlers are presumably Gamecock fans. This being the case they no doubt forgot, in the midst of their misguided zealousness, that post season ratings by ACC sports writers depend greatly on sportsman ship exemplified by member schools. Of far more importance than this was the fact that the entire incident was an ineradi cable smear on the University. It also pointed out, too vividly, that quite a few Carolina students need to grow up. Election Carnival dent and school representatives should be considered with exacting care, since even the most able president can be hamstrung by an indifferent council made up of profes sional campus joiners who rarely note, much less care, what council's duties involve. The reverse situation can be equally unprolific. Student body elections are exciting, color ful and glamorous, much like an enthralling carnival in atmosphere. But elections ARE NOT carnivals in essence or in meaning. In planning ahead for this year, the Stu dent Council committee seems to have tried to add to the very appealing carnival color of elections the very serious aspect of the -occasion. And The Turtle's Croa (who were green- got mad. . . . All hell broke loose had in place of as the stern, strong aristocrats ds a set of mole- led by Virgin le Robert-stormed pick the dominant out to punish the proleterlat land. rabble for daring to blacken ar society--which their honor. Slotheeracy-con- A short while later, after being mny years. Then, soundly thrashed by the rabble, es began taking they retired to their charred e beyond the con- ruins and began thinking of ops. Through gen- wvays to perpetuate the romantic debauchery, the and heroic aspects of such mar ather loose at the tial antics as dysentary, war orally and physi- prisons, rotting limbs, death, maggots, and the smell of suf this period the fering-coating them all with hanging. For rea- the sweet innocence of green adequately estab- stained statues in magnolia radually lost their parks. and mole-claws. In the rimpleseed age follow nore cynical Foops ing, legends established beyond er fascinating the- human doubt that Foops (when phenomena, but It niot cavorting in the sloth-pen., he story) bars, and gaming housen) were , the Sloths came blessed by the nod of Holy Writ, most perfectly the golden in their aristocratic gen pes, with one ma- tility. . . . From these assump rical difference: tions was born Old Sloth Day as good as the and the Reincarnation Rites of the Ante-Belluma. ies, to the North, The Fertile Foops wed against the It is interesting to note that, ally because the although only a few of the ad no Sloths). . . . Southern Omeglas were Foops, ci and the Foops just about every Ante-Bellum is CROWING FOR A GREATER IIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Associated Collegiate Press s,with RbtEliot Consatea the ifret y of South Carollna weekly, om Fhldays, duuiag the eBege pon hoia,and dm4gexamanations. "NearsighteI Roy Williams How Religiou With the closing of Carolina's nineteenth annual Religious Em phasis Week the question I, and many others with me, are raising is "How Religious is RE Week?" Professor Leland Miles of Hanover College in a recent ar ticle in the "American Associa tion of University Professors" states that few people ip the ad ministration, faculty or student body of the average college really want a genuine RE Week or even know what a week of genuine religious emphasis would mean with its revolutionary implica tions. Two of his ideas that seem especially pertinent to the Caro lina situation I would like tc mention. Symposium Suggested One of Miles ideas that parti cularly impressed me was a sym posium or a religious debate or the world's major denominations As he says, "Any fair definitior of 'religious' must necessaril3 take account of the many nobb religions in addition to Chris tianity." And yet how many 01 the RE Weeks that we have wit nessed have included only lead ers from our major denomina tions in America. Wouldn't a constructive an( well-conducted debate by out standing religious leaders on th, religious principles of the majo: world religions be a stimulatinj incentive to we students who ar supposed to be in the midst o ideas during these college daye Constructtive Debates These debates would not b aimed at tearing down one re ligion at the expense of anothe but rather to cause students t think to strengthen their ow religious faith. I think one student expresse it well when she said, "I believ I would understand my religlo descended therefrom (or think4 he is, which for all practical put poses is the same thing.) Carnage is the Blacking Sur The haunting strains of th~ Reincarnation Reel initiates thi ceremonies, and courtly dancin follows in the eerie glow ( wicker lamps. I should explal 'courtly': it was commonly a: sumed that true Gentlemen wer completely free of all basi dIrives. Since their companions the Blue Chippies - weren especially interested (or inte1 eating) anyway, this brothei sister relationship worked quit well. Rapidly the tempo picks u1 ...Glistening apprentice-Be lums gaze worshipfully at the! elder brothers as the pistols a: prepared . . . dancing reacht a whirling frenzy and the Bli Chippies-for a short time least-don't look quite so bore Finally, the screams of tI Ante-Bellums fill the night they make this one last gre: GESTURE to the departe Foops: taking the weapons, the proceed to murder one anoth' as the eerie lights of the cavy swing gently in their saddles. The smell of cordite stings ti whispering air and bodies cc lapse quickly into dug grav< scattered under the magnolia Then, in the climax geared an intoxicating peak, the a) prentice-Bellums (who are le behind to perpetuate the Sect: the following years) dance the weird Graves Provi-dance, ar the Ante-Belluma close their al nual Rites in the billowing swe ter of night clouds settli, heavily on the hot, black gravy I, Henderson?" is Is RE Week? better if I knew more about some of the other world religions." As for myself I'm ashamed to admit that often I receive the great doctrines of my church with as much feeling and mean ing as so many spoonfuls of mush. If I were challenged more often on my religious beliefs I would stop to think and probe into their full meaning. Religion and Grades Ted Ledeen, "Y" Director, has said, "One of the implications of RE Week should be that good religion and good grades go hand in hand." It seems to me that, therefore, RE Week should also serve as a shot in the arm to the often heard resolution of exam time last se mester, "I'll never get caught in this fix again." We students don't need to be told by Professor Miles or any one that if we were to put a genuine Christian emphasis into effect in the classroom that the result would be revolutionary. It has been said that the most important job of a Christian stu dent is to be a good one. Then isn't an indifferent, nonchalant attitude towards learning a be trayal to the industriousness and I thoroughness of Christ? - Being practical we must re e alize that there is quite a dif r ference between the utopian and the actual RE Week. As Prof. 8 C. M. Gittinger of the School of f Business Administration says, -. "we need to think deeply about what the ideal RE Week would e he like as we plan our RE Week. .We must also, however, realize r that our RE Week must to a de o gree be a compromise with the n ideal." se Robert Talbert Fans Coi A week ago last night 1 had the pleasure of being among a rowdy, jamming throng that spilled over in the Carolina field s house to watch our Gamecocks -(plus Grady) spank the bottoms of the Demon (?) Deacons from Baptist U. up Twin City way. e Sonme of the fans watching this e cage-fest needed to be spanked g also. Now don't get me wrong, f I thought the officiating was as n lousy as any I have ever seen, ;- but that is no excuse for us act e ing like spit-b)allers. Think a .c minute. What possible damage -- in this whole wido world could 't those wadded-up pieces of paper e- have done to the refs? -Bricks Are Better e Absolutely none. Sticks or rocks or bricks might have been p. effective but not scrunched-up I- paper balls. Carry some rocks Ir next time, you might hit an of -e ficial in the eye. If you are a as good shot you might hit one of ie the players. Just hope it isn't rt ours. I. The only damage those wads ie could have done would have been is to cause us to lose the ball game. it It Is up to the discretion of the d referees as to whether the stands ey are holding up the progress of er the game. The results could have is been a series of foul shots for the Deacons or, even worse, they we could have forfeited the game to 1- the Parsons. Considering that is the exact parentage of the refa s. was the theme of several indi to vidual and group cheers, I think p- we got out lucky, with only one ft technical called on the stands. In Number two thing noted. ir We have a sad need for a big id ger field house. ri. The public address announcer 1- kept asking for everyone to move ig as close to the center of the gym s- as possible. Now the fellows with dates didn't mind this at all, for The Big By Bob McNair Guest Columaist (Editor's Note: Th is 4M first of a series of artiolos by Bob McNair explaining the work ings, purposes and limitatione of student government.) In an age when society has. come almost to demand that a college student prepare himself well if he is to assume the reins of social, political and religious leadership, the majority of stu dents continue to be only briefly acquainted with the role of stu dent government within the cam pus and within the nation. The quality of society as a whole depends upon the college graduate. In this age of intense intellectual competition, it is he who creates, enforces and ad judges the laws of community life. To attempt to fulfill this obligation without studied pre paration is to betray the gov erned peoples. Certain inferences invariably arise in the matter of student government, especially the ques tion of limitations. The author ity of student government is vested in the hands of the ad ministration and the delegation of this authority depends entirely upon the maturity, responsibil ity and understanding evinced by the elected representatives of the student body. To attempt to procure Imnte diate authority without first re alizing the heavy responsibility of such authority is to weaken the relations of the administra tion and the students, and pos sibly hamper future efforts in strengthening the scope of stu dent authority. We must patiently accept the concessions of the administra tion-however small and insig LETTERS TO THE ED Frosh Hea' Thanks Foi Dear Editor: Would you be kind enough to allow me space in The Gamecock to express my appreciation to the many persons and organiza tions responsible for the over whelming success of the recent Freshman Class-sponsored dance. - Truly, without the help of so many, the dance would not have been such a success, and I trust that it will become an annual affair for the freshmen. Especially, I should like to thank Mr. Joe Barnes, manager of the Russell House, and his staff; Mr. Koester and Mr. Cole man of the Siater System; Bob Freeman, chairman of the stu dent union committee, and all freshmen who assisted in ar uild Use Spani them It was a good excuse. Every time more people would try to squeeze into my row the girl sit ting next to me would glare dag gers at me. Honestly, honey, there wasn't a thing I could do 'cause they kept pushing me closer. It's a crying shame that a University the size of ours can't house the entire student body for an indoor athletic contest or as sembly. Now we are not that big, yet. What we need is some type of Audinasium or Gymtorium combination where more than a couple of thousand people can as semble. If Carolina is expected to get REAM These words dea No one is murde It's not by Alfre But a humble s< I want to ask a < Your patience I Why entrance to Be limited to on. We have an hon< We're trusted on Why not in the An'illucidation. A man who ches Hie steals a grad Is stealing a boc Than knowledge We students her Must enter the b Our discretion ia Mystery nifioant,-and concern ourselves immediately with the process of becoming mature enough in judgement to gain the confidence of the university. Many stuaents - as do their parents -- have an inexorable apathy toward any type of ma jority leadership, feeling that social and political achievements will either be accomplished with out their participation or are matters that are irrelevant These attitudes aren't neces sarily ones of indolence and ir responsibility. As with national government and other manifes tations of our heritage, studentt government often seems inept and hamstrung because of the care taken in following proced ure and because of the respect necessary in the relationship of administration and students. To forcibly march upon the administration building every morning with a list of grievances would be quite exciting, but would defeat the basis upon which has been erected the deli cate, precise differential of as sociation inherent in the system of administration-student coop erative government. It must always be remembered that the purpose of student gov ernment is not to be compared '= to that of the national govern ment. Its primary duty is to maintain-for the students rep resented - the principles and qualities which first attracted the individual student to that particular school. It is, and must remain, a rep resentative group, elected by the ENTIRE student body to assert -through sincere, responsible voices-the academic, religious, social and disciplinary policies embodied in the programs of the University. TOR I Expresses Dance Aid rangements. The committee responsible for the arrangements are also to be commended. It includes: Bobby Dobson, Staci Gaffos, Jim Le ventis, Tom Caskey, Bill Jones, Bill McCallum, Beverly Jones and Priscilla Harrington. And, special thanks to Bill Bates and Harold Sturm, inter ested freshmen. I was pleased with the large turn-out, and I have heard many compliments on the dance, indi cative that the above mentioned were most efficient in their du ties. Respectfully yours. Bunky Joye, President, Freshman Class. king, Too bigger and better, then some one ought to start thinking on a little larger scale. 4 Lot More Needs I realize that there are a lot of things the school needs. Mote housing, higher wages, better equipment, etc. . . . but let's don't forget that we also need that old drawing card. Things that you can visually see are more per suasive than things you know that you will get. I'm getting tired of hayvinE" strangers say, "Oh, not TH CAROLINA, but South Caro lina." How about you? If we want to grow big why don't we start thinking big. 'Edeaon ronald b. herne DOOR not in windows, red here... d Hitchcock inneteer. luestion, Implore . .. the bookshop door? Ir system, a text .. . bookstore? -.my request. is is but a thief, s not earned .. . k more grievous from the learned? u n college, ack door .. . trusted in classrooms