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The End Of IAn When an era passes, particularly a period filled with color, excitement and action, there is always remorse among the people who have witnessed and participated in the events happening during the era. The period dating from 1896 has been and, until this week, was the unforgettable era of the "Big Thursday" Football Classic, the incomparable gridiron clash between the University and Clemson, that for more than half a century has annually split and amal gamated, stirred and merged all South Car olina in a day filled with rollicking bedlam, fiery emotional eruptions and alternating joy and despair for football fans. The announcement Monday that as of 1960 "Big Thursday" would be no more tolled an early death knell for an event that has become an institution and a part of South Carolina tradition-a tradition little thought to be in danger of passing from the Palmetto scene. What Iii Student Council turned away from the more ponderous affairs of election prepara tions this week and focused its attention on fashion, as the group adopted a plan to offer University students an official blazer or jacket. The blazer would bear the Carolina seal and would be available to graduate students, alumni, and rising seniors. Cost of the jack ets is expected to exceed $20. The sale of the blazers would be on an optional basis accord ing to a spokesman from the May Day com mittee that made the recommendation. The purpose of instituting the blazer, ac cording to the spokesman, is to satisfy re Oratory In Al A meager crowd appeared Tuesday night in the Russell House Assembly Room to hear campaign speeches by candidates for the of fices of student body president and vice president. The crowd, composed of some 55 students, constituted a small audience of listeners in a room which easily holds 300 people. The candidates' speeches amounted to oratory delivered in an empty hall. LETTERS TO THE EDIT( Male Fashion Cont Dear Editor: . Carolina. On behalf of BRITTON'S, The But on the Gamecock business staff, and with no adver myself, please allow me to ex- tended to the g press sincere appreciation to all tion, it might i who made the first annual Best to note that Dressed Man On Campus con- there are two I test and fashion show such a hit. gressional Mec Without the wholehearted sup- a handful of port and cooperation of the Ad- distinguished s ministration, Mr. Joe Barnes and And, perhaj the Russell House staff, the veterans at lovely ladies who took part, the couple of doze nominees, and most important, bons, decoratio the people for whom the affair It is obvious was intended, the Carolina Stu- man did not hi dent body, it would not have with the lett been as big a success. paper, becaus We are eagerly looking for- like to forget ward to next year's contest, and wear their ad< to that end I would appreciate souls. any and all criticisms, comments But in any< and suggestions. of all of our i Gratefully yours, them, would I Jim Herring circumstances the fact that Writer Questions midst of fire . Prevous tterstances beyond Previus LtterSinc Dear Editor: Will In the March 15th Issue of The Gamecock, there appeared a letter concerning a gentleman Be Careful stating that that particular per- Dear Editor: son was 'proclaimed by the U. Though "all S. Government as being the most makes Jack a d decorated man in the Armed proei o Foressome time, public opinion education--that and official sanction have indi -_______ cated that this honor is attri buted to Audie Murphy and Gen eral Bradley, respectively. Naturally, however, we are I delighted that among the heroes of the wars, we have several at uoleo15 Classi Qliypical The world is so full of a number of things, 1. "Good gosh I'm sure we should all be as hap- 2. "My histor py as kings. 3. "Got to joi R. L. Stevenson, 4. "If I don't Happy Thoughts. 5. "Boy, the * * * 6. "Hlow abou The greatest of faults, I should 7. "Yeah, I v say, is to be conscious of none. to give It -Carlyle, Heroes and 8. "Darn righi Hero-Worship 9. "1 should Ii * * * 10. "You can c When honour's lost, 'tis a relief 11. "It's your to die; 12. "Pick you Death's but a sure retreat from 13. "Got the al infamy. 14. "Look, prol -Samuel Garth, least a 2 or TA. Dianenaary 15. "Gee, pop, nforgettable Era Confirmation of the change by both schools has all but shattered the tradition, despite a plan to continue the series on a "home and home basis" after 1960 and a re placement for Clemson in the person of the University of North Carolina team, which has been scheduled for the Fair Week classic. Abolishing the classic was done with re luctance, according to Carolina Athletic Di rector Rex Enright. Mr. Enright said Tues day that "It was Clemson's refusal to con tinue the contest that has caused us to se cure another opponent." A news release early in the week reported that Clemson had insisted on the switch. It is difficult to ascertain any logical reason for ending a series that has grown to such magnitude in sentiment, profit and stimulation of both state and national in terest. But the deed has been done. We can now only survey the past history of the Classic as,an unforgettable era. Blazers? quests from many students and alumni of Carolina, who feel that the emblematic gar ments will do much to strengthen- ties with the University, and enhance the affiliation with the school. The innovation of the blazers would be following in the tradition of some of the na tion's "finest schools" according to a letter now being distributed to seniors by the com mittee. Whether or not the instigation of identi fying jackets will be either feasible or suc cessful will be determined by student re sponse. Until then, we will have to wonder just "what in blazers?" will be decided. n Empty Hall In view of election day being only two days off, the sparse turnout was especially alarming. If student interest in student leaders is as low as the absence of listeners indicated, then it might be wise to get the names of the 55 people who did attend and install them as the legal representatives and officers of the over 4,000 fellow students who were ab sent. est Said Successful ents are paying for. - other hand, and Student elections are coming se reflections in- up April 1. Candidates are com entleman in ques- posing attractive platforms hold tlso be interesting ing ideas that will sell. Lt the University What sort of Ideas do the olders of the Con- larger part of the Carolina stu al of Honor and dents respond to? Is It more hol other medals for idays?-is it doing away with erviceany of the rules which promote a studious carolina have a atmosphere? ri "Campaign rib- Is the platform, whicW~~fwih ns and citations." swing the Carolina campus vote, that the gentle- one which specifies "The aboli yve anything to do tion of a rule a day will keep our er being in the education away?" a most veterans Student representation should ;heir conflicts and be had by vigorous student In >rnments on their terest but how this student rep resentation Is used next year ase, we are proud will be determined by you, the eterans, and with students, this April. ike to forget the Students can use their repre of war . . . and sentation as a device to blend some are in the their work and play. And, on the ..due to circunm- other hand, students can use It their control, to hold their education at an erely, arm's length. am E. Black If a student does not want ____rules which engender Ideals of higher education, he should not of Rules vote for rules that do. Let him start~ now in innocu lating his life against culture. work and no play He will then have a much better ull boy," our main chance of being the least edu et an intellectual cated when he graduates. 's what our par- Carol H. Watson 1)119by e .."nd K.eadon ron.ld I. ber. re Remarks Made By The End Semester USC Freshman look at all these dolls." y' prof must be nuts . . . 24 pages a dayl" n a f rat . . . Those guys really party It up." get a car out of the old man, I'm going to go nuts." ood here stinks." t loaning me five until my check comes in?" 'as a four-letter man in High School, but I decided up for studying." t I can drink you under the table." ave made a one, but my professor didn't like me." ertainly count on my vote." deal." up about eight o'clock tomorrow night." cinny yet?" , give me a break and I guarantee you I'll make at 12." 4 ?OR ROBERT TALBEI Monday, April Just a few things on this elec tion biz. We vote Monday . . . April's Fool Day for Real this time..... It has been made easy for us to vote, with the precincts and all . . . 'twould be nice to see a rec ord vote . . . you know, this vote is one of the few things we have that no one can tell us how or why to use . .. we talk of being fed up . . . the only legal way to talk like this is to vote . . . then we can say we did our part. These are for the candidates ... there are three groups elected leaders usually fall into . . . pro faculty, pro-administration, and lastly, pro-student . . . have you made your choice of these, if elected . . . just remember, al though the butter is nice on your bread, the students have to eat also ... find a wheel and it goes round, round, round . . . I hope this isn't our theme song. * * * Seems that the Cowboys up Clemson way have become dis DICK SMITH The Face 0 I must confess a complete dis enchantment with the South Car olina State Assembly. Where before I enjoyed the boffo and sock of this Main Street Circus, I'm afraid they've broken even the bounds I would impose on that busy group of human-helpers, the politicians and the preachers. I speak of their proposal to eliminate the 12th grade in all state schools-a plan now under consideration. A PANACEA Somewhere In the minds of these men swims the idea that such a scheme will dissolve all the economic problems relative to the teachers' pay controversy. And perhaps it will. Not being a politician - not, that Is, en dowed with some peculiar clair audient power-I'm hardly qual ified to comment. But I would pose one picture such a bill could easily precipitate. South Carolina has spiritually negated the Supreme Court edict on school Integration. This, I be lieve, Is the fundamental right of the state. But the much-used reason for this temporal defiance is the fact that Negro students would lower the standards of all state schools ; that, without a long and painful assertion of self-determination and self-im provement In their own society, the Negro citizen must be con tent within his sub-social orbit. This, unfortunately, is also true. BACK AGAIN But can it be possible that Negro students - or, for that matter, illiterate Russian immi grants-could effectively lower our standards than did the large group of Anglo-Saxons who had to be reinstated last semester? Some, incredibly enough, for the second and third time. And now the State Assembly seeks to add fuel to the flame by removing a full year from the high school system. The Adtministrnan and fac "I've already Voted!!" IT Fool Day Am satisfied . . . after '59 there will be no more "Big Thursday" a la Tiger-Gamecock . . . this is most disturbing news to football fans throughout the state . . . but the real reason for the finish is that the Sod-Busters can see the handwriting on the wall . . . by '60, Coach Giese will have built his machine to such perfection that the Kittens wouldn't stand a chance to ever win another ... It's a shame, too, 'cause that spotted pelt would have looked so nice spread over Carolina Stadium. * * " I went to the Kappa Alpha Old South Ball . . . and it was, it was, it was . . . the very best I've ever seen. " * " Town Theatre's "Desperate Hours" was just that for approx imately three hours worth. At times the acting had the spark of brilliance, but the whole thing left me flat. I chewed my nails throughout the advertised sus . f The South . ulty in the University have at tempted to hasten our climb in reaching a respectable academic level. This level will have to be sustained by students who are prepared to receive a college edu cation, not by incompetents who must spend their first two years adjusting to the English lang uage (and various other rituals inherent in schools of higher learning.) LEGISLATIVE OPPOSITION It seems to me' that certain members of our Assembly--how ever brave and true-stand dia CARL M. REYNO The Last i Ah, this will be the week end for "deals" and last-minute un derminding -- all cloaked with psuedo innocence - as the vital hour of elections edges to the Carolina campus. Four candidates have offered for the key position. Each pro claims a genuine interest in cam pus affairs. Three have pub lished pamphlets of their desires and aims; the other quotes ver bal sincerity. Rumors indicate that a fifth will offer his services and draw from a glorious wake to truly make the election a battlefield campaign, magna cum laude et esprit de corps, by golly. But in any case, there will be a great contrast In the major candidates: Easy-Appeaser, Don Juan, Johnny . . . Hoorah, Trail Blazer and Advocator. Students should be aware of the Implications and personal as pirations of the candidates. And, more aware still, of the cries that the students themselves have been makIng over the past few years. They have consistently called for a "Greater Carolina." They have called for a gen uine interest in student affairs; a change in pace in student gov ernment (not liken the Mona.. d Voting Day pense-thriller. Not from sus pense, but boredom. * * * A Walk on the Wild Side for mally known as Around the Campus . . . have you seen the new (but are they green or blue?) University-sealed trash cans ... aren't they just too, too chic? * * * The spring weather weaving a colorful classbreak across the campus . . . canteen punch par ties on the patio of Russell House . . . spring fevered-brows sweating over mid-semester exams . . . co-eds co-eding . . . mail boxes filled with der dear Johns and Joans . . . the flowers, nursed through the winter like babies, bawling their colors to all who see . . . campaign pos ters spouting on trees, walls and concrete . . . sack-time, the pre ferred time . . . yes, it's spring and all that sort of thing, And it's nice. ---A Study metrically opposed to our at tempts to raise the University above the level of a private acad emy. Since progress often moves from top to bottom--and since the University (almost to the point of frustration) has at tempted to rejuvenate our edu cational and cultural aims - I b)elieve the Assembly should take immediate steps in modifying the South Carolina School System, starting with the basic presump tion that financial security is an incentive for higher teachers standards. LDS /Veek-End For fiasco which called for 25-min utes of Student Council's time to discuss the color of proposed "blazers" for May Day . . a decision which was actually p)reviously delegated to a Coun cil committee), and generally, the students have long alleged CROWING FOlI UNIVERSITY OF S Member of Associat< .Founded January 80, 1968, with I editor, ''The Casaan is publish University of South Carolina weekl year exon holidays and darin "ea.sarl t, a"T-"..e.'o:: an endorneenent. The right toedit EI'IToR MANA(IING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSSTAN MANAGING EDITR MS'ORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EIOR FEATURE EDITR SoCIETrY EDITOR FACULTY EDITOR ~~ - - ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGE IRCULATION MANAGR----. - STIAFF wITIIERS: Ins Claire Nek~on, lililer. Anne~t Valley, Bart Rast. BUSINESS STAFF: Jim IIerring, Jerrie ('OLM NI8STS Carl M.. Reynolds, Rober ROY WILLIAMS More Pity But Not As Much Concern Religious Emphasis Week's most frequently asked question was, "How'd you like Smith; Switzer or some other panel member?" Let's reverse the question, "How did they like us?" One speaker, a prominent lay man said, "There is more gen eral piety among the students I met here than in most univer sities but perhaps less awareness _ or concern with the implications of their faith for life." SLEEPING STUDENTS He also noted that he had met a number of students with first class minds but felt that a large, proportion of us (he cited the dormitory groups as an exam ple) were not fully awake intel lectually. He laughingly com mented that the late hours of dormitory discussion might have been partially responsible. One of the chaplains was highly pleased with the reception and response received in Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Ep silon and Sigma Chi fraternities, Preston Dormitory and Hillel Foundation. He felt that the questions asked at these places were both deep and sincere. SPEAKERS NOTE MANNERS Perhaps good manners are re sponsible but every speaker noted the hospitality of the Carolina students. One speaker even said that he had "never met students anywhere who were more cour teous, considerate or thought ful." Although there are many ad mirable aspects of RE Week it is realized that the week falls short in many respects. Not only evaluation commit tees but even more important. we students must have at one time or another asked "How success ful was it?" One major criticism of RE Week is that an event lasting three and one-half days can ac complish little. RE Week, how ever, is meant to be more than a single shot in the arm as Chaplain Lauren E. Brubaker has said, supplementing the total year-round campus relig ious programs. YEAR ROUND FARE Throughout the year seven de nominations and other inter-de nominational groups supply an extensive, well-rounded program for the academic community. In addition campus-wide programs are also held during the holiday seasons. RE Week intends only to complement these activities. RE Week's purpose is to pro vide an intellectual challenge for religion on the same level as the student's other studies. Many students at Carolina with ad vanced academic standings have religious IQ's in the kindergar- * ten category. Ted Ledeen, "Y" director, stated it well when he said, "Al though a good democratic pro gram may not always look like the best, students while stumb ling, learn at the same time." PolitikingC the disinterest of the Council body. Then the call is made: elec -tions Monday should be amusing to watch. It will be interesting to watch how effectively emo tions, popularity and platforms are weighed by the voters. A GREATER OUTH CAROLINA rd Collegiate Press obert Eillott Conzales as the ?ret d by and for the students of the I, emFrdas during the osDeee aists and letter writers at.met "PubIhIgdose not coastitute - -NANCY Fox - Roy WILLIAMS EI'ITH BULLUCK Melba Corley * Jerry McGuire Mao DRl ltarb,ara Hawhon - -Sylvia Henna Carol Watson - Jerry Sanders - Lella Barr Sullivan Dave Monteith - Walt ortonar gie ynwo{x< Aleh. Itobert Talbert, Phoebe Salbe Herb Bryas, uby TUimmee