Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ac cording to t e: ,an. ,1U,.19 , tion of The Gamecock, the Ian. 7 edition of "Time" magazine that eam yeal' reported, 'In both size (3,810 students) and stature, the uni versity still ranks far below such southern campuses as Virginia and Chapel Hill. Both able and powerfully connected, Donald Rus sell might prove to be just the man 'to bring it u1p to par."' After five years under the administration of President Russell, the University has been brought up to par. President Russell hasi not failed us. During the last five years, Carolina has grown. The University has built a student union building, a business administration building, an engineering building, a freshman women's dormitory and a men's dormitory unit to house fraternities. Also, a number of structures have been renovated. In addition to these buildings, two men's dorms are being constructed and plans for a new undergraduate library are now under way. These are but a few of the physical Wanted: Tra Have you ever wanted to go- somewhere but you didn't have transportation to get there? If you have been in this situation you know the helpless feeling that overcomes you when the hour draws near for the event to begin. Many students on campus do not have automobiles and, therefore, need rides to Carolina events. For example, women on campus often miss college functions because they lack transportation. Perhaps footbaU games pose the greatest transportation problem since Carolina Stadium is located away from campus. Less than an hour before a recent game, LETTERS TO THE EDITO Students Oppof Dear Editor: could and shoulc What do we do when about 90 the band!!! per cent of the students are un- Not only have happy about something????? I the USC colors say students . . . that also in- Black, but they eludes all of the other people I lost sight of v have talked with . . . outsiders, played on a foott businessmen, general Carolina urday afternooi fans and backes ... even a large asked many stu majority of the faculty I have opinions. . . . T talked with think that something the most popula JIM PENDARVIS . . The Quadrangi Is Our Gridiror This time it's short but it's an illustrious a still important. career. . . . But After last week's classic foot- coaches who dor ball game between Oklahoma and student- bodies Notre D)ame, Coach Terry Bren- What about Gie: nan was asked to name the ma- reer be successi jor contributing factor in win- wvill it be such ning the victory. His answer was will . . . but onl: brief and simple-"The student to he. It's a mal body of Notre Dame." fort . .. and we Each night for one week prior Giese plays to to the ganme, the Notre Dame team. But do student body staged a pep rally. truthfully we do Everyone turned out. As Bren- team . . . we har nan put it, "the whole school~was but ,we don't go up and it rubbed off on us." we don't learn 01 When a school displays spirit practically all tl and confidence such as this, structive. Damm especially when the odds are for you and me against them, how can a team beat N. C. State lose? Brennan is fortunate in play Saturday E having a wonderful student body dium. . .. We pl behind him. He surely will have on the quadrangl - CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL Member of Assoelated Collegiate Pre. Fouded anary S0, 1908, with Robert Elliott Oo.ualer editr, ' camecock" I. published by ad fer the sti University of South Carolina eekly, em FrMays, duuimi ar excp 0n bolidays and 'during examstaations. .ep..irns,''p.esse'"',e''.h.''.sP air le t am eudoeeseat. Th.eright te edit Is resewved. EDITOR .....MEL MANAGING EDITOR RO1 BUSINESS MANAGER EDIT SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SOCIETY EDiTIt CIRCULATION MANAGER..] PHOTOGR APH ERS .. . Ken Sturgeon and STAFF WRITERS: Scott Cain, Wilton Fowler, Ger MIelioe, Pris Smith, Carmen Cherry, BiII Lunupkln, Ann ElIs Tom McLean, "Bums" Hougland, Dee Cl De,i*b, Antn Stoke. and Bruele Lennon. OuUtfNE S 'tAFF: Lella Barr Stuekey, Jim ~' EM, Detty afeInnis, Kathy O'Hasen. - COIENhI'os Bob Talbert, Carl M. Reynold., Bil Ii Toviment m $ un rc egidest R sell. Whien tlY 4,849 Otndents ..of . arolina.as. titrl from Thanksgiving Holidays, Mr. Rus sell will no longer be president of the University. His resignation will become ef fective Nov. 30.' On Dec. 1, the appointment of Dean Robert L.. Sumwalt of the school' of Engineering as acting president will be: come effegtive. Shortly after his appointment by the Uni-' versity Board of Trusteeri teah 'Sumw')t made this announcement: "I am very grateful for the confidence which the University trustees have placed in me and I appreciate the hono they -have confeired upon me: I pledge my very best efforts during the interim period with the cooperation of the. faculty, g4ministration, students and all others at the University in continuing the progressive program which President Russell has inaugurated." Dean Sumwalt has made his pledge to cooperate. Now it is time for us to make ours. nsportation four women from Sims Dormitory were still searching for rides to the stadium. And only a half hour before kick-off time did they find rides. * We want school spirit and we want more cheering but we won't get anything unless we have students at the games. If students like football well enough to search for rides to get there, they will yell after they get in the stadium. We feel that a student chartered bus might be a feasible plan for providing transporta tion. Unfortunately it is too late for such a plan this fall but we feel that it would be a wonderfdl project for an organization to sponsor next year. R .. . e, Praise Band be done about And I quote' this from one stu dent, and as I say this is so close they discarded to what they are all saying that of Garnet and I think it is very appropriate. To hate complete quote ... "I hate those uniforms all field on Sat- -and I shouldn't even say it." . . I have I asked, why?."Because I don't dents for their have anything to do with the his seems to be band. I just don't like them." r answer. . . I that the way you feel . . . I don't have anything to do with the band--so let it go???? Well, 1 was somewhat under the opin - ion that it was a school band and in some way or the other should represent the student body.... Perhaps I sam wrong??? Maybe you're just wild about your band rid a successful just as it is!!!! ,what about the With the present seating sys t have spirited tern of the student body I feel behind them? that the band should be at the e? Will his ea- top of the stadium, in the center al CAro ifa so~ of the student section. Where at Caolin? It they presently sit many students if you want It don't know if they play or not. ter of team ef- If they were at the top and cen are on the team. tered I am quite sure they could win. So does the egordinate with the cheerleaders we? Nope - '. and generate a cheering section n't. We kick the like this school has never heard g the coach .. -. . . and brother we need it.... yo pepralliesct, I heard the suggestion that the at yels In ifade- band would really look sharp in) t, i's igh ime gray flannel trousers and. garnet Sise high tie' l>lazers trimmed with black. . . .The team will Sunds great to me but then any t CarlinaSta- thing would look better than 47 ayCaria night students dressed like pallbearers ay Fridy there. playing Bizet. (For the half time eSeyothr. festivities of a football game, I mean this is a university playing football, not Juilliard School of Music vs. Cincinnati Conserva - tory of Music. Well, that just about wraps up my rebellious and outspoken IA opinion of our band and although I realize that we have only one home game left and nothing can me nadhe done about it at this late date the osee I do think drastic steps should en -s e be taken before next year. lO IttSkip Folk BA CORLEY r wILIAMS Cheerleaders eryanes Report Praises Carol Watson Anne Valley A Salute to the band. tion Rutledge Much has been said pro and Ross Parsons con about the band In the past *e Jones, Billy two years. It takes time to build Carri. Bartes, a really great band, just as It mandler, Paula takes time to build a great foot ball team. lerring, Gary A t Chapel Hill the band re eived a very, very warm wel I Handel, Jim come. The Cavaliers of the Uni "Oh, oh, they aDaed anc BOB TALBERT . Buttons An Make Easy I The art of being pseudo is the most highly practiced form of student endeavor on the Ameri can college campus today. It doesn't matter just what you are-pseudo-this or pseudo-that --as long as you are an avid fol lower, of the cult. Most of our conformists would be offended if you called them average or ordi nary. They would scream their individuality in your face and pout. Of all things, calling me average. But they adopt a uniform of cloth and wool and tweed and they say the same little idiotic things at select little parties at tended by their little people. They seem to know just how to be . . -. ultra proper and poised . . preened and foolish. They do these things because perhaps, they hope, it will give them that certain air of individuality. They picture themselves a a t h e Madison Avenue types, n o t knowing where Madison Avenue is, or what goes on there, Every thing they say and do has three buttons and a buckle on the back. Their attitude is aloof, bored and they greet people with "all right, try to amuse me, if you can." They think to themselves, "I wonder how that sounds, or how that looks or will that go over." Emotion is silly, there are fools who are emotional -- this, they say in defense. Why do they act that way? Do they feel the need of acceptance USC band was terrific. It doesn't take much, just a pat on the back or a comment such as "fine job." It means a lot to that tal ented group of people. They have to feel that they are doing their part and we are the only ones who can give them this feeling. We have heard the expression "lungs of steel" many times, but never have we seen it exhibited as this hand of ours did at the UNC and University of Va. games. Besides playing well, they cheered wvell. These are the sen timents of the opponents. The Cheerleaders i- ..l.n anva4 ther veteran's cheek late." d A Buckle dentification that much? Does it gnaw at them? And they want to be ac cepted by this feathered-flock of look-a-likes. This mass of a com mon herd they detest. Is it an intra-rebellion? -How many actually accept these things because they like them, because they actually are doing and not following? Very, very few. And the non-conformists they are just as bad in their ex treme. Beards, brogans, and bop talk set them apart. A sloppy dress is adapted . . . a wild, dis rupting look. For what? Their attitude has the soul of the Greenwich Village clan of the 1930's. But this sort of thing is dead. To look like the creator, the abstract, the unusual, is their cry. Pathetic walls from a babe. REAL INDIVIDUALS The real individuals have no time for these things.. They are too busy working, growing, cul tivating and creating. They do these things quietly because it pleases them and not others. How can you tell these people? Just looking at them you can't. But from the process of elimination they turn up. Do away with all of the blatant pseudo-individuals and their sweethearts and you'll have these real people. But are they real? They don't attempt to inflict their differ ences on others. They don't even give a damn whether other peo ple notice them. They judge them. selves. It's easier that way. The real people are the ones who will guide, lead ,and pros per. They will be remembered. But how do you get to be real people? And that's where the sad part is. You don't get to be real people. You either are . . . 01 you aren't. And some people never realize and never know~ what they are. Maybe we'd just better quit Huh? WILD TALES Wild, wild tales grow. We're going to get telephones We're going to get unlimited cuts We're going to get to move oui fraternity off campus. And we say these things hope. fully but doubtfully. We bark loud but don't delives the bite because we have no teeth sama~~~~~..n. .e. n.... ..... - RONALD, L. BERN "Cast Down Where Y A list of qualifications for the position of president of the Uni versity recently appeared in The State newspaper. Upon careful perusal of same, ' was struck ,with the omission of the one qual ification which seems such a necessary requisite in so large a university in the modern South .. . the quality of strength. Yes, strength in leadership. There has been nuch discus sion as to possible candidates for the presidency in the past weeks since President Russell's an nouncement of resignation. Sev eral good men have cropped up in these discussions, but they were only good men per se . . . and being good is not enough. These are troubled times in the South, and the presi- ~ \ dent of the Uni versity of'South Carolina m u a t be a decisive man of action, for the prob lems which confront the Univer sity in the next decade will rest largely on his shoul ders. Let us not be comfortable in the fact that many problems which have cast other institu tions in the South into chaos have not touched us. DEEPER CONCERN NEEDED In conversative informal nom ination possibilities for the presi dency, the men mentioned seemed somehow unqualified. Of course, many students have concerned themselves with how the next president will affect their fra ternity or favorite athletic week end. This is a time for deeper concern and reflection. In casting about speculatively for the next president, several Columnist Receives (Editor's note: The following letter was sent to The Gamecock in response to a column by Jim Pendarvis entitled "Around the World In Ten Days" which ap peared on the editorial page last week.) Dear Mr. Pendarvis: I was distressed ,to learn of your relapse and offer my sin cere wishes for your speedy and permanent recovery. Lest you mistake this for an attack on your column and suffer further discomfort, may I hasten to as sure you that we here in the Garnet and Black office are in complete agreement with the last sentence of your so-called com mendation to the staff of 'last year's yearbook. The sentence, I am sure you recall, stated that "little things mean a lot." You call attention, too, to the difficulty of editing closely enough to rid a publica tion of the ubiquitous little er rors which crop up to plague edi tors and, I am sure, columnists. If I may, I would like to use your column of last week to illus trate this problem. The follow ing are a few of the "little Your Bucket ou Are" men from other parts of the state and other institutions have been discussed. It seems incongruous to me that any man could be dis cussed above two who now hold major administrative positions on our own University campus. Both men have been editors of large daily newspapers (which automatically means that each is well versed in local, state, and national politics, economics, pub lic relations, foreign affairs and world powers, and current na tional trends which will affect the University greatly in 'the next few years). BOTH STRONG They are both strong men with active, decisive minds. Both men have far-reaching experience in administrative problems as well as editorial and political prob lems. The University is fortu nate in having two such men on the faculty rolls. It would be most unfortunate to let two such men remain unmentioned in the face of the coming appointment of President. Booker T. Washington once said in a speech at the Atlanta Exposition . . . "Cast down your A. bucket where you are." May I inject this borrowed figure of speech in hopes that the Board of Trustees will see the wisdom in doing just that in the coming appointment. In conclusion, I wish to reiter ate a previously illustrated point. What could possibly be a more important requisite in prgpara tion for the presidency of the University than the experience and knowledge which the editor ship of The Greenville News or The Columbia Record Imparts to the man dynamic and intelligent enotlgh to attain this position from the position of reporter? My case' rests. Pendarvis Fan Mail things" which escaped edition and appeared in your column: 1. In your discussion of the Kenton concert one finds this4* sentence: "Everyone was en thused with the news." There is no such word in the English language as "enthused." 2. Under the same heading this sentence, punctuated in this man ner, appears: "To meet expenses, Council, only had to sell 700 tickets." I presume that you in tended to state that Council had to sell only 700 tickets. I am at a loss to explain the significance of the comma between the words "'Council" and "only.'' 3. A continued investigation of your enjoyable column reveals this sentence: "I hope Student Council doesn't now become dis gusted at our lack of interest." Careful edition would have ob servedl the fact that "Student Council" is a compound, singular noun. It can never function as the antecedent of the plural pro noun "they," as it does, incor rectly, in your editorial. 4. You stated that the Student Union Committee was "one of the best things to ever happen to the student body of Carolina." I am in complete accord with the sen timent exp)ressed herein, but I ob ject very strenuously to your constructioni. Mr. Pendarvis, yo have split an infinitive.W P'lease do not feel that my in tention has b'een to hold your col umni up to ridicule. My attempt 'has been to illustrate the serious ness of the problem which you mentioned in your reference to the yearbook of last year. I agree with your criticism and hope that my dissection of your writing has demonstrated to your read ers, who might not appreciate the extent of what you say, that it is extremely difficult to main tain perfect accuracy In any typo of journalistic venture.. Tlhe Gwarnet and Black acknowl edlges the validity of your critique. But in defense of the editor~s of.last year I respectfully submit that, square inch -for square inch, the accuracy per centage of their copy compares quite favorably with that of their critic. Very sincerely yours, 4 Jim Fuller P. S. Did you notice the front page of a local newspaper some two weeks ago? If not, you will be pleased to learn that one of the contributors to our poor photography has improved suf ficiently to win first prize of $2,000 in a recent international photo contest for professional