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SPwepsed Nei It is the pinion of this.paper that stu dents in voting to adopt the new proppeed constitutin have made a mistake,since the constitutifo is not yet ready to be ratified in its present form. However, It can not be said that this paper has tried to high-pressure students either way, for The Gamecock has not tried to influence the opinion of others on this matter. We have printed the facts and left conclusions up to the individual stu dent. We must'admit that the results of the special election were most interesting. We know that many students did not know what they were voting for. Although Student Council's proposed new constitution has received the student body vote needed to insure its ratification we hear that It must also be voted upon by the fac ulty and the Board of Trustees. We do not believe that a favorable response will be forthcoming from either of the latter two bodies. The proposed new constitution is the prod uct of many months' work and many hours of debate but it still contains several serious shortcomings which make it undesirable. Al though the idea of the new constitution is an excellent one and it is granted that we sorely need improvement over the older one, the proposed constitution in its present form is not yet ready for ratification. We are rather surprised at the naiveness of the Student Council members. Apparently they assumed many things. Although the present members of Student Council may well be of the highest character and integrity it has been repeatedly demonstrated in the "out side" world of politics that those in respon sible positions do not necessarily possess de sirable attributes. There many come a semester when a group of irresponsibles will The Race I Two sure signs of Spring at the University are the blooming of azaleas and the appear ance of a new crop of politicians. With the receiving of nominations yesterday the poli ticians have put one over on nature. Although this editorial is being written be fore nominations will be received it's safe to say that sorority and fraternity members will be scurrying around nominating their sisters and brothers for every imaginable of fice. Lest any of the Independents begin to consider themselves untouched by such chicanery we'd like to say that they'd prob CARL M. REYNOLDS . .. McKissick Memc The new constitution for the To prescribei Student Body on the whole is would be critica very good; if it can establish for bility of elTtnin Carolina a better student gov- at random coul< ernent, then certainly it will through this p: have been worth the efforts on regulate electioi the part of Council to bring It fine . . .but, t into reality. cal parties, we We have very little criticism a great deal of of the new Constitution which, the students wl having been duly ratified at an their services ei announced ratification election date, or in sup last Friday, will become the of- date. ficial foundation for student We know the government on April 1id. . . but, that Council wa then again, we understand the to control the a University Board of Trustees are spent on camps also supposed to approve it. we failed to The very minor points which stated . . . it we wish to discuss are merely ever, for the al possible situations which might arise . . . we hope not, but they might. WE MIGHT We do not suggest that these provision, the I thoughts have even passed if they wished, through the hurried minds of of a fee from Council members while earnestly running . . . the seeking to provide a better stu- could be establlh dent government . . . but they islature . . . or: do afford legal loopiholes, which other "qualifica if maliciously treated, could breed *' a most corrupt system on cam- SUPREME I. pus. , ,, ible. Under th see the framew< THE PRESIDENT becomes "cloak and daj something of a Sovereign . . . VI, Sec. 6): "A with powers superior to the en- the court shall b tire Council (now Legislature) victions will be ...he can veto all business of Ah, we can J that body . .. and flood legisla- dicious Bench wa tive committees with members breath for a eas (even though non-voting) and it . .. cloak and subsequently assure that a suf- ret proceedings ficient number of the committee next couple of is not present to conduct busi- . . . but many ness . .. Art. II, Sec. 1. Oh, the when less semi veto may be overruled by a two- have managed te thirds vote, but only to assure ernent. final adoption of a possible im- e portant piece of business, per- I UTB lhaps too late to do any good. T weS arer * the new Consi GREAT POWER has been knows we've ri given to the voice of the Legis- merely wanted t lature, on the other hand . . . could happen .. "The Legislatur, shall have the that while this authority to prescribe the quall- ment we've seei ficaion fo jamtioh . . ad it still has man, salla &ae~the power to regulate holes which sho seetios , ad politleel parties." up" before the t Art mI, lee, g. hand. a Constitution handle the reins of Student Council. When dealing with the publii one must take such possibilitie into consideration. There is a valid carry-over to student govern ment of a remark made by a.political science professor that when dealing with public fi nances one must assupe that everyone is a thief. In the hands of the wrong students much havoc could be wrought under the new constitution with its lack of checks and balances. Another serious drawback of the proposed constitution is the extreme maturity, faith and responsibility It places in the student. Although we would like to believe that stu dents will measure up to these "assumed" attributes we know that students at this Uni versity are not particularly noted for their maturity. In fact, it is not realistic to as sume that students or people anywhere possess such a magnitude of virtues. Therefore the powers granted to students, for example, under the Judiciary branch of the constitution are by their very nature un fair to students in that they force upon them responsibilities that could be misused under the guise of secrecy. It is only natural that Student Council members, after many hours of debate and discussion, may feel discouraged since a num ber of loopholes and shortcomings still remain in the proposed constitution. Council mem bers should remember that the magnanimity of the task demands that there be endless hours spent in revision. Never should it be doubted that the task is worth effort ex pended for as the Preamble to the proposed constitution reads "it is to provide an or ganizational framework through whikh our efforts for a better university may be directed . . . Ras Begun ably be doing it too if only they were better organized. Perhaps the most admirale comment that can be made about elections on this campus is the wide student participation. During the rustle of election time even the warm weather gives way to the tempo of the times. Editors of newspapers at other colleges who bemoan the general student apathy toward elections at their respective schools would consider the USC pre-election heat as the answer to an editor's prayer. The race is on! Have you picked your wjnners! >rial Auditorium? he qualifications WE UNDERSTAND that a 1 . . . the possi- new art exhibit will be placed ating candidates in the Assembly Room when we I be brought out return from the holidays . . . and rovision . .. . to Student Union is sponsoring a is, we believe is lecture on the ninth . . . short > regulate politi- and sweet . . . and imaginative believe, is taking . . . telling us how these gems rights away from are supposed to move us .. . free io wish to offer coffee, too, we understand... ther as a candt- hope to see yo there. port of a candi- * * * WE WERE AMUSED with an argument here is article we read the other day s seeking merely which indicated to us that a cer mount of money tain police department up North igning . . . but is going into the textile business. see this clearly The story was concerning a loes allow, how- young lady, and it went on to ove possibilities, say: ". . . the police made her dress. ... * * * EDD that by this WE ARE STILL disturbed egislature could, with this economic situation... require payment to coin an old phrase, what this each candidate country needs is a good five-cent amount of which something, even if it's only an bed by the Leg- old political hand-out cigar. impose numerous * * * ions." WE HAVE HEARD that * within a couple of years, McKis Wismdpo- sick Library may be used for Sicmary, pos housing the Administration, or >r Judiciael,ent for classrooms. This would come, rkgers excllet according to our information, i1 proceedings of when the new undergraduate li s secret. All con- brary could be reasonably ex made public." panded to take care of the stu dent needs. 1st see that Ju- If these facts are true, we Iting with baited might merely suggest that the a to come hPfore Administration consider the nat dagger . . . sec- ural advantages of the sloping ...not in the terrain behind the library, and, years, mind you inasmuch as plans would call for years from now tearing out the insides of the spulous persons library anyway, why not just control the gov- build It further back . .. toward Sloan and Leeonte . . . and thus * have an auditorium . . .this clear, however, would seem commendable... atly in favor of perhaps .. . McKIssick Memorial itution. Heaven Auditorium. eeded one. We We would, or could have an au point out what ditoriumi with an Impress front, .and to suggest and the present structure would s the best doeu- serve as a great beginning for in some time, such a project .. . we believe bugs and loop. money could be saved, also. sld be "cleaned. We believe our information hing gets out of concerning the fate of McKissick Letters To The Editor Warehouse Theatre Shoul Dear Editor: t vlaeBu e ihSho When the administratitrf anDaantohnkvrusdi institution of learning begins toviuswhpatcatdnit cut down on culture and its movements in art, I think some- Wtotterassac,tese thing is wrong, either with thatcesoHihSolDawud administration or with the stu- nthv enpsil.Ti a dents! What is the University of tefrt u yn en h South Carolina for, if not to pro mote culture and education? IflatHihSolDytobspn the student body of our schoolsoebyluKyFrtnt. does not bring forth an objection Pasaearaybigpeae to the banishment of the Univer- frnx ersHg colDy sity Players from their theatre,whcwilbhedntefa. there is something definitely AHihShlDaisogrt lacking in U. S. C. students! iprac oteUiest n How can anyone stand by and i uhamnmna akta let this happen? The WarehouseBleKyfudtImosbeo Theatre should not be used to promaltencsaytss "store used mattresses" unless det he ako apwr another place is designated for I a o hsrao htAG the Players to perform their AO n ru ffeha great dramas. Surely there cangilheddbSkpyaay be something done to allow them weeakdtsrvasgis to continue to use the Warehouseduigteay Theatre; there must be some- Theclenoudrlnh where else to put those old mat,- adbn ocr eeare tresses! piaiytruhteefrso Apparently someone needs a Fe a,Hrl tr,Bl re-introduction to the intentions of a university. That someoneCrly,adoeswhasit obviously prefers old mattressesth. to drama. There are some people M pca hnsg oMli around Carolina who would muchStp,woasbhteasi rather see a good play or par-anchianadoriatrf ticipate in one than collect mat-alsuco ites tresses in a theatres The Uni- Wtotteado h bv versity should not be a "junk- pol n ayohr h room" for such things. We should atda ud. h ietse collect culture and education in- cs hc a ihShO a stead. Why keep' the mattresseswolnerhaebnraied anyway? Can't they be sold or Ls,btmr motn,pr given away? Or maybe we could have a bon-fire on the remainnaysthrgru, r of Davis Field! fcly Anyway, I hope something will Snaey be done to keep the .Players on Rbr .Adro our campus. They're a great part of Carolina. Sincerely,Nedo aUS Margaret Scott ChsClbBmae Evaluation of High Hvn eevdascn n School Day Givenplaatsprs,Imwrin Dear Editor: adm ofraino h pa I wis to ake his pporunit iond numberank vo.usoini RONALD L. BERI Never Have Never have so many talled so much concerning things about which they know so little. Recently I read a pamphlet concerning the South and her struggle to maintain segregation. The author is a man who has. lived in the South for less than two years. He has traveled, I as sume, very little through the South and his oecupation is one in whiek he dew met -ss in con tact wih.a he ers.eeeton of pep&e. Be wrote with a mind Infamemed by emotion rather than esearch. He was unfamiliar with his subject and wrote a sophomere treatise on the Souths "struggle to win avcher ished identity through defeat." He outlined the South's segrega tion problem as a resistance to the North, the authority of the Federal GovErnment, and a mor ally unjustifiable act against the innate rights of man. He ante date the South's feelings toward the North and the Negro to the defeat suffered in the War Be tween the States. THE RULE This man is not the exception but rather the rule. He is an other Northern reformer who in vades the South with a head full of ideals and a veritable store house of words such as "Big oted," "biased," "ruthless," "un constitutional" and many others with which to condemn the South and her people. I direct my remarks to this gentleman and mll of his counter parts. The segregation struggle is indeed unfortunate. That the nation should be torn apart by strife and dissension is regret table to say the least. However, the segregation issue never seems to be clearly defined in the minds of the self-styled reformers from the North. Segregation is not an act of defiance against the North. No. body in the South gives a damr, about the North and its attitude toward the sociological set-up I. the South. NOT DEFIANT The segregation fight is no; an act of defiance against th4 federal government. We in the 1 Not Becom who have written the paper. My disappointments revolve around the fact that I am a chess player. One of the first things I looked for upon my return from military service was a chess club at the University. No luck, al though I had felt justified in ex pecting to find such a club. My high school had a club, the one other university I have attended had a club which was as active and successful as our Debate Team, and in Germany (where I was stationed) every high school boy I knew played chess. It happens that in Germany every high school student, In or der to graduate, must take math ematics through differential cal culus, chemistry through at least one year of organic, and three languages. There may be a pos itive correlation there; I'd like to think so. Chess is one of the very few f/l,GA CROWING Po~ -UNIVERSITY OF MNsmhe af Assocla EIRTO ......... MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER NEWS EDITOR . SPORTS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR S0CIETY EDITOR. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER. STAFF WRITERS: Ann Stoke Buss RIegland, Gerald Floyd, I son, Bill Bates, and Jack Frenecl BUSINESS STAPF: Jim Her O'Hagin, Betty NoInnis. COLUMNISTS: Bob Talbert, Ninette Petoa=hy Roald.a Be = So Many... South rather feel that the Su preme Court decision of 1954 outlawing segregation was an,act of aggression against the civil rights of we Southerners. There is no feeling of animosity or re bellion in connection with the federal government . . . perhaps an advocation of laissez faire, but not rebellion per se There can be no cherished identity in defeat for the South. Segregation is a way of life for the Southerner. He has grown up with it and Identified the South and himself with It. There is never anything to chiish in defeat. There will be no defeat. The Southerner does not re gard the defeat of the South in .the War between the States as an unforgettable black mark against her honor and her in tegrity. We realize that slavery was wrong. We realize that the defeat of the slave holders was a necessary part of the growing process of our nation. Nothing is antedated to the Civil War ex cept a few memories and a pride at the guts which kept our South ern forefathers fighting over two years after they were out of sup plies and obviously beaten. WAY OF LIFE The South itself is a way of life. There is pride and tradition here. The Southerner knows a sectional identification which Is easily greater than that found in any other section of the United States. The South is repri manded, upbraided, and reformed by every Yankee that accepts her hospitality and talks to more than three Southerners or stays in the South for more than a week. Everyone from Maine to California is an expert on the South and her problems, and it seems that nearly everyone of them either write pamphlets, let ters to the editors of various papers, columns, or speeches to be delivered before captive au diences about same. Perhaps the rebellious feeling of the people of the South is bred of this holier-than-thou bab bling by a large number of peo ple who revile the South for her attempts to maintain the present sociological foundation u p o n which this part of the country rests. I suppose it all goes to prove that some people never know when to keep their mouths shut. Storehouse games which are completely de void of luck; it is a pure opposi tion of minds, a match of ability which requires a great deal of patience, thought and imagina tion. Upon finding no club, I thought that there must be a few students on campus who would like to formally orga~nize 'a club, under the auspices of the United States Chess Federation, to play intercollegiate and state matches. I attempted the o)rganization, but there were no takers. Admittedly it is a great men tal and physical effort, requiring good nerves and strong self-dis cipline, to play chess formally in matches and tournaments. With regret I must state that this lack of interest in the classic exercise of the mind indicates aW general lack of interest in exer cising the mind at all. Sincerely, John M. Yates I A GREATER OUTR CAROLINA' ted CollegIate Pregg Iaar 31men Cemeatm m the Ih0 .4rb ad for the students of the eF '?gv, duri.s the eeIes .4and 1etter wrtees. ar nt in.NISahima des.. met o se Roy Williams Jerry Sanders Leila Barr Stuckey Billy Mishoe - Tom McLean * Scott Cain Gene Jones Anne Valley Rex King Jack French o, Brucie Lennon Bill LumpLkin, [ariet Clare Sinkler, Carol Wat. ring, advertising editor; Cathy CalM in gods Bill Handel,