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Sothcarom Dr. Howard Ki Auant, ?A ner associate professor of history at tho University, has released his longexpeoted -book, "Profile in Black and White," with the subtitle "A Frahk Portrait of South Carolina." This book has been in the nmaking for some time and, according to the book jacket, Mr. Quint re signed his position in the history depart ment because he did not want the publica tion of the book to "cause embarrassment to the University." Those of us who were privileged to study under Doctor Quint know him to be a bril liant student of history as well as a man well-informed In many areas outside the his torical realm. It is a pity he was dissatisfied with the operation of the University and the state government to the extent that he felt compelled to write a book denouncing our segregational system. His own personal views on the issue of ROBERT M. BELL... Interfraternity To Strengthei Monday marked the beginning The rules are of Rush at Carolina. For the 800 benefit of rushee freshmen males, not to mention For example, a the numerous fraternity men this supposed to bel means many parties, sessions, and run throul hectic activity and in too many This would give cases loss of valuable study time Will the rule be in this extremely important part hope that the of the academic year. more responsibl The period of organized rush the past. If i runs until October 15 or exactly doomed to failu one month. This is entirely too Rules V long a period to drag this thing Gross violatio out. Anyone who is really active ulations in the In rush simply cannot do effec- quite evident wil tive studying. imposed against Over and above these details, quotes as, "Wh however, rush points out a glar- fined ? Everybo ing weakness in the Carolina the same thing," Community, the IFC (interfra- from represents ternity council). who were discov To wit for the past four yea regard of rules and obviously for some time prior Is it any won to that this group has been an ministinh almost inactive body whose ac- give this student complishments center about the ently possesses "Greek Week" activities. These willing or unab activities have deteriorated Into wrlling o ua little more than an annual dance expect? to which the Greeks must buy How should th tickets. i . A FeAre on this matter? tainly take a se< As an effective body for co- organization whi ordinating fraternity activities it spect the measu has been a faliure. passed. After a Those of you who have both- which he will E ered to skim "Carolina Commun- life time matte ity" may have noticed that on one of four years pages 24 and 25 are listed a num- consider the fact ber of Rush Rules. By these are which have beer the fra+ernities "guided" during respected his rig the horribly long rush period. IFC are being violate is the body which passes these It is not only regulations and which is responsi- rush that IFC 1 ble for enforcing them, an ineffective bc It has appeared in the past that of its undertakii members of this lofty organiza- curately termed tion hardly knew what they Inner S passed and the enforcement of From what s< regulations has been little more weakness. The: than a joke. apparently forgo CARL M. REYNOLDS . .. Finished E Beginning We mentioned books last week Sumwalt... briefly. We then learned from It is our belief a professor of journalism that he would not accep has "begun finishing" one; which, under a perman by the same token, we suppose, this year, or 1: means that he has finished be- years, should h ginning one ... but of greater return at all. O importance, we know of a number however, that of students who have finished services should r paying for some ... or begun. discarded at the the Board of Tr NEXT WEEK WILL mark an- ask Mr. Russell other distinguished step at Caro- to accept at son lina, when, sponsored by Student we assume he wc Government, Nadine Conner will tainly advocatet appear in the first Artist Series be placed in a p program. While details of this than "acting" sta may be found amply disseminat- We do this, ed, we did wish to call this worth- believe that M1 while venture to your attention, made a tremend -..........University; he AS WELL AS the excellent se- devotion and w lection of movies each Thursday has shown grea in the Russell House . . . cheek proven himself a bulletin board for time and title many fail to ...all of which Indieates that hours and the Carolina is and can continue to stances around be a great school when students worked; he has work together . ..together. advanced the .....-.- progress" even JUST IN CASE there was been handicapp some misunderstanding concern- serving in an "a Sing the position we have taken capacity. concerning the "permanent presi. By the same dent" proposition, we offer the hold Mr. Sumw rmnarks that we, as- stated, "ad- esteem, we like waive, respeet and appreciate Mr. tomorrow when isa Dissecid segregation-integration were at the opposite end of the scale from those taken by the vast majority of South Carolinian. Reconcilia.. tion was impossible. Doctor Quint, ,when asked by some of his students why he lived and worked in South Carlina, could .only reply that he liked the leisurely way of life found in this state. He was outraged at the system under which oui schools were oper ated and apparently considered himself a crusader for the minority. Doctor Quint's book has already caused *a great deal of controversy in this state and will likely cause more in the immediate fu ture. While "The Gamecock" cannot agree with his views concerning segregation, the editors are genuinely sorry that Doctor Quint, arriving in this state with his opinion already formed, was not willing to approach our sociological system with either a sym pathetic or unbiased viewpoint. Council Needs n Operations designed for the not exist for the purpose of de and rusher alike. stroying each other. silent period is Cooperation has been an un rin on Saturday known quality in the past several ,h the weekend. years. Too often the various a short breather. groups have sent representatives upheld? Let us to IFC merely to give them an present IFC -is office. e than some of These representatives were un tot, the rule is able to represent their groups re re. sponsibly and consequently noth iolations ing could be accomplished but a ns of such reg- great deal of bickering. past have teen If perpetuation of the system h no punishment is desirable, then something must he violator. Such be done to change this situation. y should we be No one is going to respect an ir dy else has done responsible gathering of cigarette have been heard smokers. * tives of groups IFC Representatives ered in their dis and regulations. A fraternity should send to IFC der that the ad- individuals whose judgement is been unable to respected and who will be able to group any great- act on behalf of their respective -s than it pres- groups. If IFC is un- Once this is done IFC can be to shoulder its come an active body rather than atmore can they one which "baggles" back and forth week after week over some a rushee look up- point which when adopted should He should cer- have already been put into ef :ond look at any feet. It may take a positive rith ch declines to re- er than a negative approach. res which it has It might be added as a P. S. 11, the affiliation that it would also be desirable for oon effect is a members of the group to be able r and not just to execute plans once they are He should also adopted. that if the rules The present IFC has yet to set up are not prove its qualifications. For the hts as a student sake of the fraternity system let's d. hope that it will be a responsible in the area of group and one which will effect ias proven itself some cooperation among the fra dy. Hardly any ternities. igs could be ac- Remember, no one has guar successful. anteed the continuation of the truggle fraternity system. It must prove urce arises this its value to the educational sys fraternities have tern and to the community, or it tten that they do too may fade away. leginning, Finished have expired or his retirement that Mr. Russell shall have materialized ...it is t the presidency then that we fear ...lest some ent term during one be brought to Carolina who erhaps for two has neither the talents nor the re e be willing to spect that both Mr. Sumwalt and ur conatention is, Mr. Russell possess. his outstanding It is not our desire that Mr. Lot be completely Sumwalt should be discounted; present. Should we feel that his administration ustees see fit to deserves great reward . . . this .and he decide we mentioned last year; last ie later time, as week; and again now. We are uld, then we cer- proud to be on his team. hat Mr. Sum,walt On the other hand, we do not ermanent, ratjier dampen our admiration for Mr. stus. .Russell; we strongly favor Mr. !or we sincerely Sumwalt for the present . . . for e. Sumwalt has however long his term may last ous step for the ...he is good for Carolina; has served with as we have mentioned, we car Ith humility; he 'tainly advocate the return of Mr. vision and has Russell when the time is ripe great promoter; ...even though we may have ealize the long long since left our Alma Mater trying circum- ...for we wish that others mhintained ad may share the same enthusiasm mainaine and that we have shared in knowing "monu ofh and respecting this individual.' ed severely by i0:ting president" WE'VE SEEN AND admire the carpets, etc., which adorn the token, while we faculty lounge . . .and, we'd ask alt in very high for some for student lounges, ex to look beyond cept we're afraid of being called his term shall "carnet-be&gger 'silwi Iwo$ Is WOR. I WE1 ACCEp T YOUR i ITUR A2 NOT ACCEP LTn Im iN n%YIN BILL HANDEL.. In The Cultu A Pleasin A man once said, "South Caro lina, most especially the .Univer sity of South Carolina, is the Sahara Desert of the Beaux Arts. The culture that the world has accepted for years is non-existant here. More correctly, it is not permitted to 'live, much less flourish in this sterile state." Being from a dammyankee state, I have looked far and wide and low and behold, I have found this pseudo-intellectual to be lacking in the very basis of human com prehension, understanding or that in tangible essence necessary to perceive that which stands im mediately beneath his large pro boscis. If the University is or was the Sahara Desert of the Beaux Arts, there has been a change in the watering system. Taking for granted there are still some of the ancient patriarchs stalking the hallowed halls of Carolina or tripping over their ghostly beards as they make their nightly forays across the Horseshoe and even nodding at the tremendous lack of culture in this area, we will say for the sake of argument that we need culture at the University. This need we will classify as the watering of the barren dunes of sterility in a cultural 4ociety. If this makes us a desert then we were, I repeat, we WERE, be cause we have now become an oasis. The green garden spot of the desert has been formed and will grow until we eventually, be come a full blown garden. Saw Need Two men, I classify them as men, for they saw and felt the dire need for a cultural program and instigated a program that began with the STUDENTS, rath er than the administration. They have shown they have the spirit to be classified as men for thiey ANTHONY E. BR Scotch The Litt In 1954 and in 1955 the Su 'preme Court of the United States, with the aid and abettal of Elea nor Roosevelt, declared that seg regation because of race, creed, or color in public institutions is unconstitutional. We who live in the South question this ruling because it is in direct constraint with our own states' constitutions, and the old argument of state versus Federal government is be ing revived. It is a matter of , common knowledge that the United St4tes Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and that all state legislation Is subordinate to it. However, it would seem that when direct contradiction is ob vious between the state and Fed eral laws, something would be done to correct it. Something is being done. Un fortunately, not very well, for the extremists and fanatics are over shadowing those who are seeking to delay integration for a few years. It is one thing for a court of the land to declared segrega tion illegal. To actually integrate the South overnight is another matter. Since the first days of slavery the South has had two separate civilizations--the Negroes and the White men. This has not been the fault of the South. Moreover, segregation is the tradition of a people who have heretofore lived in lawful, separate coexistence, and the diversion of the two peaceful streams into a single raging rive maycas an . .. leip IRST CURFEW OfnWSE CUSE. HOWEVER, IN THE r RIEs pRom STRANGE G $AUC.RS." e ral Desert... O asis.... have brought to the University student the long-needed touch with the cultural and artistic world. Mike Osborne as chairman of the Artist series and Fred Le Clere in his capacity as President of the Student Body worked long hours through the summer to bring us the series that will be on our campus this year. Their work will pay off when we, as a Student Body, attend these concerts that are to be held at the University Field House. I will not become a pamphlet and re-iterate the literature th was passed out pell-mell to any body who had an open hand at the beginning of school. But I will say go to the Artist series, you will enjoy it. Go to the Artist series, there will be a strange aroma in the air, inhale it, that's the smell of centuries of art being dusted off. South Carolina will once again take her place as one of the leaders of gentility in a world filled with crass, callow individuals who think more of materialistic gain than the so phistication and softness that comes with the polish of culture. A tip of my battered old hat to you Mike Osborne and to you Fred LeClerq. Last year, a columnist, Bob Talbert wrote of a "Man Stand ing Tall." The man referred to was former President of the Uni versity, Donald Russell. The gubernatorial race is over, one man goes to the Governor's mansion. What of his opponent, the man who was NOT defeated, but just lost the election? Where should he go? Where should he go but to the place where he is loved and respected? And there is now a movement at hand to petition the return of Mr. Rus OWN . .. Over le Rock controllable inundation which may lead to even more civil strife than is occurring at Little Rock at this moment. Local Scene On the local scene this sum mer, we have noticed that the South Carolina gubernatorial pri mary has been fought and won, and we the people, have placed in the state house a new guber. We may not have him for very long, in spite of his promises to stay in office for the full term, as our senior senator must have an opponent to run against in 1960. Who would be more likely than our governor-elect? Back on the national scene, we find that the admission of Alaska to the Union has created some unforeseen response. Texas, na turally, has led the opposition, de claring that Alaska will be small er than Texas as soon as the snow melts, which is not improb able with the Texans' ability to build pipelines and to supply hot air. -South Carolina has remained somewhat silent on the issue, how ever, which Is probably due to the humiliation of slipping from forty-eight to forty-nine on the the level of education. It is with extreme sadness that we note the death of Robert W. Service, who Immortalized Alaska and the Yukon Territory with his poems "The Shooting of Dan Mc Grew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee." lHe was one of the few poets who actually lived what he wrote CLARENCE EAS' South w Universil In 1701 at the south end of Wadmalaw Island near Charles ton, a great institution of higher learning was founded. The writer with the assistance of the late Norman Douglas, Esq. desires to repair in part the lamentable lack of information concerning the University of South Wadmalaw by reviewing the remarkable ad ministration of the Honorable Daniel Stanley Grizzle, its fourth and greatest president. President Grizzle was decidedly not an ambitious man. I sufficed him to gain and retain the af fection of his students in whose eyes he was not so much a uni versity president, as an indulgent and doting father. He was an ideal administrator, a man of wide culture and simple tastes. Simplicity he declared to be the keynote of his nature, the guiding motive of his administra tion. In exemplification whereof he would point to his method of collecting tuition-a marvel of simplicity. Each student paid what he liked. If the sum proved insuf fieient he was appraised of the fact the next morning by having his left hand amputated; a second error of judgment-it happened rather seldom-was rectified by the mutilation of the remaining member. No Time Lost "Never argue with inferiors," was one of President Grizzle's inost original and pregnant re -and it was observed that, e condescended to argue 4.,not, ,e generally gained his point without undue loss of time. "It's so ,simple," he would say to perplexed university and col lege administrators who flocked to him for advice. He would always quote them what had be come the very motto of his ad ministration: "One knock to each nail and keep smiling." It was President Grizzle who, with a shrewd eye to the future prosperity of his campus, made the first experiments with the hot mineral springs-those heal ing waters whose virtues, up until then, had been unaccountably ne glected. Realizing their curative possibilities, he selected fifty of the oldlest and wisest of his fac ulty to undergo a variety of hydro-thermal tests on their bod sell to the Presidency of the Uni versity on my part, this is not an advocation or an attempt at squelching, just reportorial free dom. This movement stems from the students themselves and shows, in my opinion, their maturity, not so much selecting Mr. Rus sell, but rather the stating of their views to the people of South Carolina and the University Ad ministration and most important . the Russells. Whether Mr. Russell accepts or declines the petition and at tached resolution, the students who sign are showing him the great deal of respect that he de serves as a guiding light of the University for the past several years. We who were here before the ivy, the Russell House, and veil block can remember what we did not have. The new Freshman can see what this man attempted to do We should back this petition, if for no other reason than to say to the man who "Stands Tall" ...thanks for everything you accomplished ...thanks for be ing here with us ...thanks to both of you. CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associa Fonded January 00, i908, , firs edior, The amec.ek" is the University of South Carolnaa w year except on holidays and dsring neeeaiy thee of *' Cie Letters to the Editor, bet aD lettt not constitute an endorsement. 'I publication any letter Is resered. EDITOR....... MA NAGING EDITOR ... BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING EDI' ADVERTISING MANAGER. NEWS EDITOR. FEATURE EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR. SOCIETY EDITOR. SPORTS EDITOR... PHOTOGRAPHER . CIRQULATION MANAGER . EDITOITALT ASSISTAN.. ERLING ... Fadmalaw y Visited lea, Internal and external. Seven of these gentlemen had the good fortune to survive the treatment. They were made hon orary members of the Clarlo. pathic Society, a coveted distinc tion. The repnaining forty-tlee, or what was left of them, were cremated at night-time and poq$ humously ennobled. Church and Mob It was not in vain that Presi. dent Grizzle pondered in youth the political maxims of the great" Florentine. He cultivated assidu ously the friendship of Church and Mob; he knew that no po litically-appointed position, how ever seemingly well-established, can weather the blasts of fortune save by resting on those twin pillars of security. So it came about that while all collegedom was convulsed in sav age disputes between administra tors and public officials, Presi dent Grizzle's relationship with officialdom was marked by rare - cordiality and simplicity of in tercourse. He never failed to conciliate the more powerfNl poll- L ticians by timely gifts of local delicacies - such as frequent hampers of those succulent wat ermelons for which the island was renowned. A born statesman he extended this ingratiating demean6r even to those minor politicians from whom, to all appearances, he had nothing to fear, suppling them likewise with periodical consign ments of well-flavored melons, only of somewhat inferior qual ity. A Pioneer President Grizzle's high aspira tions made him a precursor of many modern ideas. In education al matters, most especially, he ranks as a pioneer. He was a pedagogue by natural instinct and took a sincere delight in the stu dent body, designing becoming uniforms for both sexes, decree ing that lute playing and de- - portment should become obliga tory subjects in the curriculum, and otherwise reformed the schol astic calendar which, before his day, had drifted into sad con fusion and laxity. On the other hand it must be admitted that, judged by modern standards, certain of his methods for punishing disobedience smack ed of downright pedantry. Twice a semester, on receiving the names of unsatisfactory scholars of either sex, It was his custom to hoist a flag on a certain hill top; this was a signal for the West Indian pirates, who infested . the adjoining ocean, to sail for the Island and buy up these per verse youths at purely nominal rates for the slave markets of the Middle East. They were sold ignominiously--..by the poundi and not by the piece-to mark his unqualified disapproval of exces sive cuts and lack of diligence in study. Looking Haggard It is recorded of President Griz zle that on one occasion he re turned from this scene looking haggard and careworn, as though the sacrifice of so many young lives weighed on his fatherly spirit. Presently, envisaging his duties toward the University, he restrained these natural but un-0 worthy emotions, smiled .his well known smile, and gave utterance to an apophthegm which has since found its way to the lips of liberals the world-over: "In the purity of our youth," he de clared, "lie the seeds of national prosperity." R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Press pith Robert EUott Casal.s as the abUtbed b~ and Sor the stedents of ridas, uris te .ooBege lumaits and ietter writer are not mek." "The Cam.ech enosas's he v~tt ~tqwIhl u ............. COTT CAIN -..-..- ..- ... ..Billy Miahoe 4 .Jim Herring [OR . . Gerald Floyd ....... . ion Rutledge -..........CCarol Watson -....... .. .nne Valley -...-...- ....Walt Copeland -..-.-.-.-.-.-... ..nn Stoke -..-.-.-.-.-. ..Jerry Hlekey -..-.-.-.-.-.. ...ck French ............: .. . Roger Brown - Re Eing