Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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te xvda In front of the WC0,bo n 8uniet aret.. the en ave aserted their faith in DONALD RUSSELL youth but Donald Russell, with the physical and academic accomplishments wrought by his administration, has lived his faith. As telling as his deeds are these words spoken recently by him that "the youth of this state Bigiwg I The Gamecock issues in the New, Year with a new staff. This is not a time of resolutions but of dedication for our staff. Our aim shall be to give the Carollpa community a product of caliber worthy of the University. Although we shall strive to cover the com plete Carolina scene The Gamecock's first CARL M. REYNOLDS ... This One ... Things have been moving we've learned tb rather rapidly here around Caro lina since returning from the hol- We're highly idays .- . . we've lost a couple of antics of one flh games, got new post office boxes, we know, who nounces to the cl late Christmas cards, little sleep the blackboard and much threat of final exams. while I run thr Some students have even spec- We have it < ulated that Carter Burgess is now that the theatr unde hevy onsieraionfor somewhat dist unde hevy onsieraionfor showing of fre * permanent president of the Uni- Russell House< versity. This flare-up came as It's interesti: a result of his announcement dur- Student Coun< ing the holidays that he was re- months ago, na -signing as Trans-World Airlines to contact the lo presdentsinc he nd Hward ing a special presden sice h an Hoard students . .. no Hughes "couldn't agree on air- tion, mind you line policies." Burgess, former Defense De partment wheel and assistant toTI /USC President Russell, made his notable contribution to Carolina by putting the janitorial force in green uniforms and .buying (Editor's Nol fancy lawn mowers . . . he was is a column fron knoe'king down $80,000 a year eil of Carolina. from TWA .. . and for that W r ru amount, we' believe we could be Unverity.oud awfully agreeable about airline goigsue poliies. * .ereasing facultj Dean Buchanan, of the School shor, were mod of Journalism, we predicted, back shor, the strep in the Nov. 7, issue, was the num- this institution. ber one boy for the position. acletv h Without calling names, We specu- sle?Aew lated, and said, "Journalistically podo us speaking, we wanted to make tse i aoiapo prediction, just for the Ree- The Crlnew pre ord..quite suddenly *Dearg, Buchanan, during the pcel.W,' holidays, announced that he was phtedly. se he resigning as editor of the Colum bia Record in order to devote full. are prone to 10e timeto hs dtiesat arolna. rather than foi timeto hs dtiesat arolna. However, now ti We still rather think that Mr. is upon us, we Buohanah~ is being highly conaid- This is the time eredfr the pouitio.. .v,en of the old and: * er th# ecelesiastical rcommen-f and possibly a r datiu,.new. We rnust t * * .of '58 than we Themew post office box assign~ must try earnes ~ nients, we understand, .are of a successfully our -'/ petmanent nature . .. we suppose . nsw'lbe able to keep ,MUST El shneter.Above all, we * * ourselvesp, honot #b4P$ htfg -# umind all. might bold onugelves., some for be rue" should tlda. wilL rely #5B-for what ther snpari an than one's integrity? Opur h Sun - to protect, to * r To'- ar -or As 4 .ur are our greatost natural resource" tr e,n inspir eiger--thilise and other tWAM b0id Adsel hii given in his serv+ leso young people. As remarkable as his willingness to give to the University student is his "sto6ping" to help youth get the best start. This action in itself reveals the sta ture of Russell the Man. Russell's talents, however, were not un ,known until he came to Carolina; he did not suddenly shine as a. bright star in the heavens. In 1980 Russell became associated with the law firm of Nicholls, Wyche and Byrnes in Spartanburg.' In 1942 he went to Wash ington to work with the War Department's price adjustment board. In 1945 he was assistant secretary of statq under James F. Byrnes. In announcing his candidacy Donald Rus sell showed his earnestness to avoid mud slinging and confusion of the election Issues. He said, "I shall avoid all personalities and confine myself to a frank discussion of the pressing issues that confront our state." Carolina, in accepting the news of Presi dent Russell's resignation in October was like a mother who moans to see a soi leave home but yet is happy that he is moving toward larger tasks. Along with the Spartanburg Herald's front-page editorial Monday we readily agree that "it is of immeasurable importance to South Carolina that Donald S. Russell serve as its next governor." Donald S. Russell is first in the hearts and minds of Carolina. h, T%e New obligation is to students, not to any special segment of them but to all. It is inevitable that there will be times when The Gamecock will incur the wrath of individuals and organizations. This is part of our job for if we do not offer responsible criticism The Gamecock will not be doing its duty. Dr That One?. e soft way. rate . . . and the theatres * * , wouldn't even talk intelligently amused at the with the delegation. t-nosed professor It's gratifying to note that invariably an- some business places in town are ass: "Now, watch becoming conscious of Carolina carefully . . . students, their )roblems and af Dugh it again." fairs. * * * * * n good authority In some circles, people are get as downtown are ting friendly again . . . possibly arbed with the due to the elections which come e movies in the at the beginning of second semes. mn Thursday. ter. ig to note that * ** il, about three F~or lack of something better to med a committee say, some peop)le wve know are eal theatres, seek- still asking "How was Christ ate for Carolina mas?" . . .and there's nothing t a drastic reduc- as over as Christmas, when but a reduced Christmas is over. e Big Challenge For '58' e: The following dividuals, but we are p)art of a the Honor Coun- campus community - a greater University, a University of which of our expanding we are proud. As students at this are proud .of her school, we have a responsibility t body, her in- not only to ourselves but to each ', her new build- other. We, like a family, must rn facilities. In be loyal, faithful, and true to coud of Carolina. one another. What wve do may st body, comprise injiure someone else. As individ Yet, are we, as uals, we protect our honor, so he, proud of our- why not do this as a group? Why as individuals, can't we realize that our Caro Ives? Above all, lina name is as important as our d of us? own. In fact, some might say that ar has arrived our Carolina name -- unmarred, - almost unex- unsearred, and blameless--should ho love the old, be more important; it involves ro; therefore, we the efforts of thousands, not just k back into 1967 of a single individual. ward into 1958. THINCS OF VALEE at this new year It is not easy to cope with life, must accept it. to learn to live satisfactorily. If for an evaluation it is hard to do this individually, ror a reassertion it is equally as hard collectively, s-direction of the as a Carolina community. Yet, ry to make more what is difficult to attain Is twice did of '57. We as valuab,le, twice as meaningful. tly to carry out This is what the honor of Car goals and ideals. olina should be to each of us REvaluable and meaningful. As stu E TRuEdents here, we all have a respon must be true to sibility to protect Carolina for ourselves, up- those who have gone before us, ro thine own self for those who sit next to us in e our motto for class, and, lastly, for ourselves. is more import- It is certainly true that Carolina own- individual means this much to us, onor is our own Let this new year be a chall slue, to cherish. lenge. If we work together to de t is to hUtt our- velop and strengthen honor and art of our inner integrity, we will be proud of ouk'selves and, more important, t~tpt f in- Caoipa Wpl be proud of us, "Honestly, Furber, if I were yoi RONALD L. BER. The Shoul Around 1 Evpryone's screaming about in tegration, but no one stops to hear the words of the other. Everyone is right, and therefore, the opinions of their fellows are simply hollow words emitted for some personal reason or other if they do not correspond pre cisely with the original shouter. Let us look at some of the shouts heard throughout the country. Perhaps a contrast of these will be interesting. Roy Wilkins, NAACP's executive sec retary, answered a suggested slow-down in racial integration with the following words . . . "We have heard the cries for cooling-off, for slowing down and for taking \it easy. Our reply is that we are already going slowly; according to law and order. Ninety-three years have passed since emancipation . . . etc. WALL STREET The Wall Street Journal re cently featured a lengthy editor ial devoting itself entirely to the high costs of segregation. It stated that the costs of maintain ing separate schools, restaurants, waitinq rooms, etc., are prohibi tive, and that this feature alone will defeat segregation. The Southern Democrat talks about the* election- of the man who is best. equipped to prolong segregation if not establish it for the duration. The Western Dem ocrat talks about ousting the southern segregationist wing of the Democrats out of the party. The Northern Democrat pats the LETTERS TO TL Studei Reg istrati Dear Editor: I was very shocked to see that the registration for the spring semester has been changed this year. The men in charge of mak ing up the schedule, by which each student has to register- or else leave school, have made A very serious blunder. Under the old system students whose sur names begin with letters located near the bottom of the alphabet got a necessary and much de served break when registerJng. Under the new system the stu dents whose surnames begin with letters near the front part of the alphabet get absolutely all the breaks. As an exaniple, my surname begins with a letter just about at the bottom of the alphabet and CROWING P0 UNIVERSITY OF Me.mbe of Aeseela YOema -n anid ems EDITOR..... MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR.. SPQRTS EDITOR . CAMPUS EDITOR. SOCIETY EDITOR i Pd give up on that History I." ts Unheard he World Western Democrat on the back, but they all vote together because of the strength of the Republican party. John Kasper used to scream about mongrelisation of the white race. Possibly he still does. No body hears him any more except his cellmates. Many intelligent southerners carefully avoid all discussion about integration, possibly be cause their intellectual sympa thies are at odds with their so ciological feelings. LITTLE ROCK The people of Little Rock (or at least a portion of then) get up off the canvas after being counted out, ready for the next round. They don't know that tbe fight is over and the crowd has gone home. The NAACP screams and "Huck Finn" is struck from the reading lists of the N. Y. city schools. Maybe Wffhins doesn't know that Jim is presented as the noblest character in the book. Sometimes one wonders what any mentor of any pressure group knows. And the Southern. Negro is silent. Perhaps no one has stopped to ask him how he feels. I bet nobody cared how those scared Negro kids felt in Little Rock. I wonder who actually does want integration! ,Everybody's screaming and no one is getting much said. What anm I saying? I'm not saying any thing! rE EDLTOR it Hits an Set-Up I have been at Carolina for thi'ee years and I have not been able to register for math or English courses I had to have to obtain a degree during any of the fall semesters. When I would attempt to register for these courses I was told that they were filled up. If the o!d system already stated had not been in exist'ence I would not have been able to continue school. I think that the students whose surnames begin with let ters located in the lower half of the alphabet are due just consid eration, which the committee has taken away. Will the group of students referred to in the above sentence have to pack their bags and look for another school or will they be given a fair chance here? Ralph Willis B A 'GRRATER. BOUTH CAROUiNA -ed CeIesIas. Eres. *Roy Williams * erry Sanders L.eila Barr.8Stuckey ..............Billy Mishoe ..............Tom McLean -.....- ..... Gene Jones .......Anne Vally, Fdr.4LRr Well, it's the-New Year bit and time for the resolutions mind all. You know, it's funny about res olutions.,They are sort of like a woman. That Is they are made to be broken. Don't get me wrong, I'm not down on ,women at all, just resolutions. They. are silly, flitty things that we fuss -over. They are things we, desire to make sure we do . better. And once we make them we feel re lieved . . . even though we never expect to keep them. Now you know this doesn't sound like a woman. It's a reso lution of course. Rightf Okay. The following list of resolu tions are the ones I've made tor myself in this year of your Lord 1958. I have absolutely no inten tion of keeping a single one al though there are some I may keep longer than others, depending on the circumstances. NO. 1--I hereby resolve to dis continue writing any column in this newspaper which will hurt, malign, torment, or disgrace any individual, organization, janitor, Dean, Russiap exchange student, mongrel dog, idiot son or milk man. I'll keep this resolution un til some slob makes me mad or tries to tie knots in my Boy Scout kerchief. NO. 2-I hereby 'resolve to wham people rijht in the head who carry on conversations by talking to your ear. These jokers are the worse types because they expect you to believe they are paying attention to you when they talk to you. Actually they don't care and wish they were somewhere else. This resolution doesn't count with people who have crossed eyes. You can't tell about them anyway. THE DATE TO HAVE . NO. 3-I hereby resolve to date only ' rich, young widows who drive Caddies and live in ultra modern apartments alone. I pre fer that-she isn't pretty or even near pretty because 1 can't stand competition. NO. 4-I hereby resolve to show everyone who tells me a cruelty joke my withered hand. If that doesn't stop them then I'll let my glass eye fall out into the hand and have a fit right there on the spot. NO. 5--I hereby resolve' to lis ten to my new record album everyday. It's entitled "The Hi-Fl Account of a Sports Car Race DICK SMITH ... 'The P Of Confede Walking through the grounds surrounding the State House, I can't help 'but notice the symbolic inference of the statues that loom plentifully among the trees. The manicured, shaded area (on the left as you look toward the front steps of the State House) seems almost over-sedate, pompous, and mildly grand. Wade Hampton's monument dominates this area, together with a replica of the Philadelphia liberty bell (denot ing, perhaps, the intellectual en thusiasm of our aristocratic colonial leaders). Near the front, a small artillery piece taken fom the Sunken Maine points serenely at an unguarded hotel across the street. And this, too, is signifi cant. The war represented by the cannon was an outrageously Im perialistic b)utchery carried out at the behest of William Randolph Heart and variouj othiw flag wavers. And, of course, looming over the shadowy walks--Into a pre-medieval, almost barbaric splendor -- is Trinity Episoopal Church: the high church of our land, and one of the few places in the state w?a... ftugi- Isn.. WreL It hao tea blood,n dling yells and choking soo_ people dying all over the pa" Wow. -- NO. -I h9eby -solve never speak to .Clalie Hopki again. I don't like Clarke op. kis and I ho1 that o@1ibody holds up the goery store he works and sh9bts himW leg. 1 really do hope this, do. NO. 7-1 hereby esolve J wear dark glasses to bed' eery night. I do this because peo . accuse 'me of doing it any y. Lights bug me anyway. No. 8-I hereby resolve , never start a New Year .Wth such a hangover. NO. 9-I hereby resolve 'to fight every ten-year-old boy I know. That is, all of them except Allen Jones who is big for his age and strong, too. NO. 10-I hereby resolve toy push old ladies down three flights. '"j. of stairs and kick their little dogs after them. This is because little old ladies with little dogs at the top of three flights of 4tairs make me mad. I don't know why but they just do. SROOT TRACY NO. 11-I hereby resolve to dot Little Orphan Annie's eyes, draw hair on Henry, 'and petition to get Dick Tracy shot and killed by Junior in a fit of rage. NO. 12-1 hereby resolve to eliminate all of the dirty words in the Mother Goose books in order to prevent the minds of our youth from becoming perverted. I think I'll censor the Child's Garden of Verses, too. NO. 18-I hereby resolve ti laugh as loud as I can when some. one has an, accident or misfor tune. I do this in hopes that I can cheer them up and give them a ray of sunshine in their gloom. I'll do this especially at funerals. NO.. 14-1 hereby resolve to hire a stork to fly over the girls' dorm and scare hell out of every,~ one there. NO. 15-I hereby resolve to drink milk with my bourbon. This doesn't taste yery good but it does my ulcers a world of good. NO. 16-I hereby resolve to end this column with this thought. Break your resolutions no'w be fore they become habit forming. Enough of this jazz for now. Iradox rate Square treated like a hot coal droppe* accidentally into one's rear pocket.... Directly across, facing the Wade Hampton Hotel - and thea~ P lower-class shopping areas, stands Benjamin Ryan Tillman, "Pitch- ' fork" Ben, who twisted the Blour bon tail and set an unsu rpassed example of demagogic rule. O0d Ben can't see out of either eye now, but if he could, -his face might well grin down on* the hordes of back-county political landlords aud hangers-on who walk jerkily to their duties of State. This area is .neither sedate nor shady. A palmetto bush stands forever encased in metal, stars denote the accuracy of Sherman's artillery; and the onl tire seene is somewhat rural and un-tutored. , And so they stand.-~these IWe " foes, glaring at one another t helplessness, each surrounded bt the complements of his see*~ status; each representing j blend that has produced this hiw democratic, rambunctious, oere, great btate.