Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

This Univrsity for years has needed an adequAS lUkiffg syftt over the campus for walkine at, nisht' Ther are sufficient lights on the rim of the Horieshoe, but no, where else on canipus, not even in the middle of the Horseshoe, is there sufficient lighting at night. This regrettable situation has made it such that the administration feels that co-eds are unsafe on this campus after dark and must travel in groups or with an escort at all times. There should be no reason why a young Carolina lady should not be safe on the campus at night and why &he should not be able to see clearly her way back to the dormi tory. For years persons have been passing their best friends in the dark on the Carolina campus and have not spoken, being unable to determine who the person encountered was. This situation might seem humorous to those who are not familiar with the campus, but to those of us who must make trips across the campus whether day. or night, the problem is indeed serious. Upon reflection, it becomes difficult to see why more lighting has not been arranged before or why there has never been any great demand for greater lighting. There is no apparent reason, but the fact remains that it is a pressing problem. More effective lighting should be arranged to light up the entire Horseshoe, not just the ' Finance Drive I The 'Y' has now begun its finance drive and is seeking its support from both the student body and the faculty, but mostly from the students. The finance chairmen are asking that students pay a membership fee of at least two dollars which is payable in a variety of ways. The funds which the 'Y' hopes to raise through this finance drive will provide the "meat" of its program for the year since their allocation for this year has been cut so that only the essentials are furnished through the activities fund. All the important aspects of the program for the 'Y' which makes it attractive to the members of the Carolina Community and allow it room in which to work for a better GERALD FLOYD .. In The Racks On After Heavy Bull One of the first questions that could honestly sa a student asks when he comes to Carolina student Carolina is, "How many times enough to decide can I cut each class?" How won- cut and when to derful it would be to be able to we are supposed answer such a question i such maturity an; According to the class attend- If there's goinj ance rules, one has four cuts in saying how many elementary courses and approxi- can cut a class, cc mately 12 cuts (25% of the class also pertain to p meetings) in advanced courses. Admitting the f Yet how many professors recog- familiar with p nize such a rule? maybe profe3soru Some professors strictly follow over their classes this rule without any discussion expects of the att or question; others disregard it to attendance. If t altogether and "wave the hickory why is there a rul stick," threatening various con- If the student is sequences; and then some profes- at all, if he is all, sors just simply don't care or if he is allowed whether their students attend limited cuts, let', class or not, that students and ABSOLUTELY NO CUTS follow hand-in-hat One goes into a class and the ** professor allows his student. ab- IN A W solutely no cuts; he announces The average C that the student who cuts a class is in a whirl moi with a good excuse is just as going to meeting liable as one who cuts to go fish- bull sessions. T: ing. This means that we must somebody is one o: be in attendance, regardless of that I can think circumstance, time. In other we Another professor tells his tempt to locate sot class that . they may cut just pus and succeed, whenever they take a notion; then congratulated. when somebody cut. a class, the I heard a spea professor "rakes him over the days ago that pec coals" and ridicules his absence their time trying to the remainder of the class. tain person; yet One occasionally finds a pro- very simple. He fessor who doesn't call the roll beet possible was at all and never mentions at- person you're o tendance to anybody. Then there's go to his dormit< -the professor who doesn't call morning between the roll, but observes who is ab- noon. He's sure to sent and marks it after elms. I admit that we There will always be those stu- veysenosd denitswho take very few enteen weadtsg if0tber student were permitted to tosa"ite su,-very class during the semues- mong,btwu tip.i61ealsot mtrasttthere will touemeUnv elegys be those students who incuhonud af ets ofgadles o A W EMATURE?Seeiu f o ~' *sI4.be owondrfulif w eeok and t lsi tosa4i h a Aghts Serious Problem rim of the Horseshoe. The entire McKissick Library vicinity needs to be lighted more brightly. There is also the open area be tween McKissick, Barnwell, Sloan, LeConte, and Davis which is very little travelled at night, but then is there any wonder, what with the little lighting which is available at that area? The areas which lie between the Horseshoe and Green Street for one area and the areas which lie between the Horse shoe and Pendleton Street are possibly the most dismally dark areas on the entire campus. By necessity they are among the most traveled sections of the campus and there is no excuse for inadequate lighting in those areas. The areas from Russell House to the wo men's dorms need lighting as does the area from the women's dorms to LeConte and Petigru. Russell House to fraternity row and to the new men's dorms needs more lighting. The streets around the campus-Sumter, Green, Pendleton, Pickens-need greater lighting but perhaps this is an issue to take up with officials of the City of Columbia. At any rate the campus is unreasonably dark at night. Perhaps until the University can afford a substantial lighting system, a temporary lighting arrangement could be made, but the situation is a serious one. The University administration as well as the stu dent body should be concerned greatly. Deserves Support University must be financed from the fi nance drive. If the 'Y' does not reach its goal during the finance drive all the important parts of its program will have to be eliminated. Without a program which is worthwhile, there is no reason for the 'Y' to exist. This is one group which has done and is doing a fine job on the Carolina campus. Its activities are many and all worthwhile, but they cannot be made to work on imagination. The 'Y' invites upperclassmen to its Wed nesday luncheons and freshmen to its Mon day luncheon-meetings. An interesting pro gram is always available. The Carolina stu dents should support this worthwhile organ ization and "The Gamecock" is proud to endorse its finance drive. Sunday Morning Session Whirl *y that all the have been told) dismiss the con s are mature gregation .with the statement, when to take a "See you in Russell House?" This go to class . .. may 'be a little far-fetched and I o have reached trust that it is, but it does create rway- attention and deserves comment. to e a ule Many of the town people eat in times't tiue Russell House after church on ruofe hssorule Sunday and the cafeteria is act that I'm not rather crowded at times. We, as rofessor rules, Carolina students, welcome these are to reign visitors, many of whom have Baying what he shown interest in the University dent in regard and have patronized the cafeteria. als is true, then To shun them away or to dis e for students? courage their eating here would allowed no cuts certainly be the wrong approach. wed four cuts, It seems that the overflow prob completely un- lem could be partially solved by have a rule having both the upstairs and the professors will downstairs cafeterias open dur id. ing that particular meal. Is there any possibility for this FURL problem to be considered? irolina student it of the time, - ----- - s, classes, and 'ying to find S)cratch the best ways of to consume rds, if you at riebody on cam you are to be ker say a few pIe spend half olocate a cer the answer is said that the to find that king for is to ry on Bunday sunrise and,. be there? - e all go through - ys during the eat temptation ka" on Sunday dn't It be nice reity student. ay morning? C PST%IRS ng to church, ministers (I "nope I ... .t...... i.. .... Sma Lste week there wiere itseveral incidents on our campus which shed a very gray light on the glow of intelligence that is sup posed to abound so profusely at a large university. The very things we have been reading in our newspapers for the past two years have at last come home to us, and we are able to seem them in the all too real grimness that surrounds their existence. Bomb Thireats Gratefully, the threats of bombs being placed somewhere in our school have so far only been hoaxes, but there has been much damage done nonetheless.. The old f able of the boy who cried "Wolf, wolf," is brought to mind when the calls that inform us of an imminent explosion in one of our buildings come, and one of these times - who knows, perhaps there will be some mis anthrope who believes that our u w t er o w "Lisbystents, andterre s fom the sorce hof teinforeats.uSome a t week, thermweeseeral wnints on tou catemouswich shd havery gray lught on the phos whic abondloed. uela Other veliev thg wema have e bethe stwo year avuent last mel hoantoesad scae able tosseed theoi theuld ntohaveat existen e. Dfeec Itralymake Theayttldf erefully,a the reas were boms bellinfpacemoewere n oury ithooloha scal fal oly bee proaxes,ion thereasy ereinc iethreldamage behess. c Th ourrence o h o h cred"Wlf wLand rugtt min when tive call thvat inr usefrna iminnexoion ucastian onen of ors buldng come,o and don nofthceetitmas ben whoeaows perap pitere wilhe sarge black headlineso ita busin nwspaper ofisstdns .:x. N %\ the University: 'Dear Mr. Dudley, you have NOT been academically lculation of our I. B. M. machine OWN ... )ll Annoya as it informs its citizens of the chaos and mayhem that exists in a capitalistic society. Any Mrsel Any diminutive morsel of slan derous propaganda they can pos . sibly find is expanded and fed to their puppet citizenry with the purpose of degrading and defam ing the United States. It is indeed a belov6d privilege to walk about in this country without fearing each dark door way and alley, but when this seemingly idealistic, but in fact RUSS BURNS . . , You're C "I think, therefore, I am," said Descartes. Then we wonder, are you? If we allow Descartes' definition to stand, then the world could be considered in a sad state of not being. When was the last time YOU thought? We mean really thought -- gave forth with some original thought. From The Fog Creative ability is a quality wvhich stems from pure creative thought, and until an individual withdrawvs from the fog of just existing and applies his mental potential he simply is not think ing.' Does this sound abstract? cru s,ading? idiotic? Perhaps so, but -- in some quiet moment - if you can find one -- ask yourself just what you have done that day to qualify yourself as a producer of a single original thought. It is not easy to think. Benefit of Earning Learning and repeating for the benefit of earning yourself an in tellectual standard should not be confused with thought. Thought Is defined by Webster as the power of judging and rea soning, or simply an idea, in other words, putting~ into effect the end result of learning is the framework of this thing called thought. Matter's Meat Now the meat of the matter. "We hold these truths to be self evident that as long as mankind lives within a world of set stand-' ards he must always keep his mind alert and strive for Individ uality - within civil limits, of course. More and more our world is succumbing to standardization and individual thought is being choked off. Perhaps an illustration by Rob ert Louis Stevenson would aptly demonstrate our point: Look Around "Look around you," said the citizen. "This is the largest mar ket in the world." "Oh, surely not," said the traveller. "Well, perhaps not the larg-* est," said the citizen, "but much the best." "You are cetanly W,..n. x . .''i . placed you on the wrong list. 11 we must request your withdraA nces Eat A real picture is destroyed by the unkind, unthinking act of some egregious neurotic, the result is a Hellish disquietude which in stills sheer horror into the minds of thinking men and women who love American principles and ways of peaceful existence. Imposing Pedestal Thus the imposing pedestal upon which America has long been placed by many foreign countries is slowly but percepti bly being eaten away by these small annoyances which the Com ertainly Wroi there," said the traveller. "I can tell you . . . ." They buried the stranger at the dusk. Suffer Same Fate Well, few of us will suffer the same fate as the stranger for giving forth with an idea, but the fate of just drifting with the masses and becoming more stand ardized is fare worse - mental stagnation. Under your nose right now, your chance for initiative Is grow ing slimmer every day. Your wvorld of freedom of thought is being taken from you just as surely as the sun iff going to set. Fat Haunches As long as you sit on your ever fattening haunches and be satis fied to just exist, your mind is plunging ever deeper into mental darkness. Right now is the time to step back and take stock of what is going on around you that directly affects-.your freedom. Every time you are subordi nated by an additional restraint to your mental maturity you have no one to blame but yourself. The choice is yours! Encroachmente We were saddened to see sev eral new encroachments upon the hallowed ground of personal thought over the past few weeks. CROWING FO1 UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assoeclai the Upiversity of South Carolina we year except on holiday. and dewn The "pInl.em expreesed by col' rneoessariy those of "The Camneo. [ltters to the Editor, but aD tne, not constitute an et'dergesment. TI puhbleatiou any letter is seened. EDITOR .. .. .. ... MANAGING EDITOR... BUSINESS MANAGER ... ASSISTANT MANAGING EDI'r ADVERTISING MANAGER. NEWS EDITOR.. FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR... PHOTOGRAPHER. CIRCULA TIN M ANGE . . ........ owever, due to excessive absences, al from school.'" way munists use perversely to show the social unrest that they want their satellites to believe exists in America. Without becoming fatalistic in attiude, we sincerely believe that something must be done in this country to improve our social and cultural order, or our nation will soon fall prey to those who sit and wait for a chance to pounce upon a weak and frustrated peo ple. And we can not become strong with our schools being abolished or blown up! ng There Much unofficial protesting has been done in the past about such things as ridiculous housing reg ulations, lack of real student voice in the determination of this Uni versity's policies, choking of school spirit because of increas ing "civility," etc.> but the crown ing blow has been delivered - an insult to your integrity as a per son capable of logical, reasonable thought. New RQaUlation A new regulation stgting that you must conform to new set standards of dress has been re leased. In the. past, women of this campus have been insulted by not being given credit for being able Lo dress properly in a mature manner. Why else should there be a necessity for a Campuis Wear committee? Well, as has been the custom in the past, this was accepted as only the logical ordier of things for some reason. 3ut~ now, the in sult has crossed the -ex barrier, j and it hurts. One of Many The incident thus described is, only one of many! It was given just to shock you into thought, if that is possible. You, the student, had better wake up now before it is too late. It is your dull, insensitive toes that are being treaded upon. 1 A GREATER SOUTH CAROLIlNA ed Coflegiate Pres. th Robert Eliott Consales as the bished br and for the studentseof 7ky 3 rdy, during the eensege eamsatons, Emulsts and lete write,, ae net sk." "The Ce nee" enceurss -....-.......CSOTT CAIN ........Billy Mishoo -..-..- ..- ..Jim Herring OR . .Gerald Floyd - - Rion Rutledge Carol Watson .......... ..nne Valley -........ ..nn Stokes -........Jerry Nickel - - - - - - Jack Freach Roger Brewa