Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ith 5. eg tbg of 4L new semester, we,s th new staff, hetate to consider the ress1bility that hs -been vestedin~ns and to ask for the student cooperation, with out'whi9b the work of editors in previous years would have been in vain. We have accepted our new positions realiz ingthat with them we were accepting the responsibility of upholding the high stai dards -set in previous years. And we have resolved to continue the policy of bringing the news and sentiments of the campus to the eye of the student. Oceasionally, we will probably delve into affairs which -seemingly are unimportant to our campus, but we do so only because we feel that in some way these things may affect the lives of students. In editing the editorial page it is the Looking Forwar The recently inaugurated Governor Fritz Hollings has stated to the people of the state that our present problem in state govern ment is "to provide ELter, expanded services and a greater opportunity to our people." In pursuance of the problem he has outlined a program for expansion of the state's in dustry, and it is his belief that this is the solution to the above-mentioned problem. Goverrpr Hollings is backed by an impres sive record of previous service and ability and shows the qualifications needed at a time when our state is likely to undergo a period of change. The idea of an expanding industry seems to be one of the foremost hopes of the new governor. He has said that he intends to work closely with the State Development 1Bpard and that he plans more personal con tact with industry's representatives in an attempt to prove to them the opportunities available here. Another plan of the new governor is to urge private interests to foster more interest ir the advancement of industry within the state. There are still many other features of Governor Hollings' plan. Among them are a greater diversification in industry, making use of the farmland vacated as a result of the tobacco acreage cuts, and the continua tion of the ports as an attraction for new industry. But industry is not the only factor in the governor's plans. Another concern is with the highway organization, with plans al ready under way to expand the highway sys tem in order to meet the demands of today's traffic problems. Still another part of his plan, and the Russ Burns... 'The Deceptive Far be it from our purpose morning last fal that we should be cast in the what shaggy a role of crusader; however, a wvandered into tI facet of our everyday life often cafeteria and el leads us into the arena of ill dignified "woof' feelings as well as warm feelings sleeping breakfar and, therefore, we shall take it course, it wouldt upon ourselves to investigate and funny had it ha perhaps define the deceptive cul- but the fact that prit-humor. of place and *b Humor has several purposes: written rule of S] The chief, of course, being to Russell House pt produce laughter; but humor is advantage and also a powerful weapon. fleeting sense of Most people dread being Certainly, it , laughed at more than they dread highly amusing being scolded. The humor found had happened ju: in cartoons often shows the short- -that is, except comings or folly of a whole group friend of yours, of people; sometimes of a whole deliver a speech nation. It is through such humor flabergastion woi that it is sometimes possible to feeling of sups bring a great amount of pressure situation wvould to bear on one of these groups. morous. Laughed At Humor Ii Once you feel you belong to You see, ther the class or group being laughed humor closely al at, you want to get out of it. The even above and difficulty is that you can see how cruelty jokes-a well a wisecrack or a cartoon that thrives upo applies to others, but you may humiliating misfo be less quick. tn- see its applica- But the greates _ tion to yoj6 own habits. American humori - eP.haps some traffic rule a sense of fun au usea you; perhaps the lights higher level, a Ie at the corner of Green Street give stand as equals, s.Uhdents too little time to cross, understanding ti A madly scrambling student nar- at times, very co: rowly escaping onrushing auto mobiles will seem quite amusing The form of h to some. It is also a prime greatest writers example of humor that could be only humor reall: turned into a symbol of reform. of the sort that Maybe it has never occurred to at ourselves rathe you that the feeling of superiority and with others is one of the chief sources of a good-natured a humor. In that case, just think Charlie back over the things that have amused you most during the past Sometimes, thi few days. Perhaps during regis- has a touch of de tration that frustrated co-ed who pity mingled wit just could not seem to get her pathos. When4 classes straight seemed funny to used to shuffle a< you because you had completed clad in tatters, I all- the necessary steps and were cane jauntily a: above her frustration, whole world in i air of a man st: Shaggy Do4g his dignity in ti And do you remember that - misfortunes: WhE "Gaeock" policy to practice freedom of the pres, as granted. to us uhdlor-piur Con stitution. We try to present all, incidets objeetively. But, in our editorials we hope to speak out in etpressing the sentiments of the staff. It is also notable that columns printed occasionally bring comment, both pro and con. We expect the,students to realize that columns do not necessarily express the senti ments of the staff, but rather of the indi vidual who is writing. - Finally, we ask for your cooperation in pointing out the news to us, in using the editorial page of the paper to express your opinions, in criticizing constructively the work of our staff members, and in helping us to uphold the quality of our paper. I With Hollings part that is likely to be of great interest to us as students, is in the realm of education. He has stated that progress will continue towards providing equal but separate faciLe ities in the schools. Segregation will remain a characteristic feature of the South Caro lina school. Another educational advance ment will be the recommendation of student and teacher guidance programs and acceler ated study programs for more capable stu dents. A change is planned to take place in edu cational institutions to require more study in mathematics and allied subjects. This is in the hope of keeping abreast with the scientific advancements of the modern day. There are also plans for the institution of a research program to discover the future needs of our public school system. Governor Hollings' plans also include the military, which he believes to be a vital com ponent in the state's economy. It is his hope to retain all of the military institutions with in the state and to acquire additional estab lishments, thus bringing a bigger payroll into the state. - These plans by the governor constitute a sound and progressive basis for a great change in the economy of South Carolina. Some may still fight the expansion of indus try, as has been done since the early history of the state, but it is likely that under the leadership of Governor Fritz Hollings, we will see a more industrialized South Carolina. Finally, and in answer to the governor's statement that these plans can become a reality only through the cooperation and as sistance of South Carolina's citizens, we re cognize the plans as hopes for a better South Carolina, and we pledge our support to him. Culprit - Humor' I when a some- he attempted to feed, through the nd clumsy dog spout of a coffee-pot, the little eussell House abandoned baby he had in his startling the kndly way picked up and res ~t population. Of cued, the audience wvould rock i't have been as wvith laughter for a moment, then appened outside, there would come a suspicious the dog was out clearing of throats and blowing reaking an un- of noses with sn occasional shy ater System and dab at cheeks a trifle damp. It them at a dis- Surely, there was humor in the his gave you a situation, there was even a feel superiority. ing of superiority on the part of vould have been the audience, but there was hu if the incident man sympathy, too, on the part it when anybody of that same audience. .. . yourself-say a We all are a part of this foolish was about to world. .Your friend's - ild give you this riority and the seem quite hu- ( A A Cruelty CROWING F( inis 0a fre ty" UNIVERSITY OF beyond today's Mme fAsc forini of humor Fonded Janary 30, 1908, ni the petty but the Universitr of south Carolina, rtunes of others. '*".cept** ,*"holiayan*d dr it English and neesrily ,thosEd of Te am sts seek to raise not constitute an endorse:nent. to a somewhat pahllcation any letter is reserved. vel on which all EDITOR .. . with a complete MANAGING EDITOR ast everyone is, BUSINESS MANAGER mnical. .ASSISTANT MANAGING EDI umor that These OOPY EDITOR. culivae, he ADVERTISING MANAGER r worth while, is NESDIO .. makes us laugh FEATURE EDITOR r than at others, SOCIETY EDITOR at urelvs n' SPORTS EDITOR atouslvs,i CAMPUS EDITOR ray.CIRCULATION MANAGER. . Chaplin REPORTERS: Dot Johnson, Cl Daren McKibben, Sara Krebs, s laughter even Killough, Glenn Meadows, Jo< h Miller, Bob Allison, Paula Kilci ep humanity, of gate, Alice Holland, Bill Dunne, h what we call McKinney, Buzz Hoagland, Ru Tharlie Chaplin Carlee McClendon. ~ross the screen, BUSINESS -STAFF: Tonm Ro: ut twirling his liams, Peggy Withers. id looking the OOLUMNISTS: Carl M. Rey> e face with the Anthony E. Brown, Jim Pendal lving to retain ASISTANT PHOTOGRAPHEi ~e teeth of all CARTOONIiS'TS: Bob Waldrep n in "The Kid" TYPITr:Martham h..e., Ball _.. ,'sr 40 .~~* ........ "The funny th George B. Salley,'] 'Every S A recent article in "U. S. News and World Report" paints an alarming pictur'e of what appears to be a growing trend in our na tion and our southland. According to this excellent article, there is an increasing tendency in our country to res trict rather than to increase the scope of the elective franchise. This is not limited to the South, for the article points out that "every state has restrictions of some kind on the right to vote." Literacy Tests Typical of these restrictions are literacy tests, property quali fications, and poll taxes. Nineteen of the states have literacy tests as a voting restriction. South Carolina has a literacy require ment, but, according 'to the article, there is the optional alter native of a property test. Five states have mandatory property requirements, and five have poll taxes. One of the basic principles of democracy is that the people have the right to select those who govern them. However, it ap pears that every state in the union is a living denial of this principle. Every inhabitant of the United States lives under its laws; yet it appears that every citizen does not have a voice in the framing of these laws. It has been said that govern ment should rest upon the consent of the governed; yet, in many places it rests, not on the con sent of the governed, but upon the consent of the property-own ers, the educated, or those who pay a poll tax. Obvious Conflict Everyone is governed. Every one is a citizen. But everyone does not owvn property. Not everyone can pay a poll tax. And there are many who are not able to read and interpret a compli cated passage from a state con stitution. Thus, we are faced with a rather obvious conflict between principle and actual fact. R A CREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ated Collegiate Press with Robert Elliott Conzales as the uhlNshed byand for the students of cekly, on Frdays, during the college ex*amInaStionS 'lumnists and letter writers are net ock." "The Gamecock" encourages ers musit be signed. Publlshing does he right to edit or withhold froma BILLY MISHOE Gerald Floyd Rion Rutledge TOR . Anne Valley Carol Watson ..Ed Spears * .. Bill Bates * Larry May ......Glenna Bryant .......Charles Bradley Charles Behling Jimmy Truesdale arlotte Anderson, David Caldwell, Vasiliki Moskos, Ken Wood, Judy Jordan, Doris Kamlnski, Faye ca, Dora Sanabury, Furman Win Lamar Cason, John Kenny, Abby h Trask, Patsy Green, Bob Ray, e, Marilyn Francis, Bobble WiI-. tolds, Bill Handel, Russ Burns, vis, George B. Salley. tS: Sam Florini, M. Graeber Jor Lisa Lowenstein, Hal Johnson. Lewis. (/ ki ing is it pays off better than am rr.... tate Has Rest The laws of the United States are notably silent concerning the right to vote. The Fifteenth Amendment provides that a citizen may not be deprived of the right to vote on account of "race, color, or previous condi tion of servitude." The Nineteenth Amendment forbids restriction of the right to vote "on account of sex." Other wise, there is practically nothing in our federal laws concerning voting. This is, of course, be cause voting has largely been left to state control, which, we think, is as it should be. How ever, we believe that the state's function insofar as voting is con cerned should be to increase rather than to restrict the elec tive franchise. Official Restrictions From the foregoing, it appears that official restrictions on vot ing in South Carolina are some what less than those which exist in some other states. For exam ple, South Carolina has done away with the poll tax, and there is the alternative between the property and the literacy require ments. Yet, "U. S. News and World Report" points out that "voter regulations are being tightened up all across the South." It is becoming increasingly' harder for both Whites and Ne groes -to qualify as voters. In Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, there have been declines in the number of regis trants from both races." Anthony E. Brown Explic Of The St A t the outset of this term, we believe that a review of the local, state, and national situations is in order. There has been so much occurring of. late that it would be impossible to cover them all here, but the more outstanding events which we believe are of considerable interest to most of us are included. State Scene On the state scene, we note that a rigorous tax proposal has been suggested by our new governor. If this is the only means 'the state has for getting itself out of debt, then it must be employed. But what will happen in the near future when we find that even this tax increase is insufficient? Registration Every semester, a somewhat hackneyed complaint issues from both the 'students and the faculty concerning the tedious process of class registration. Without ques tion, it is a most grueling and hectic ratrace to get into classes before they are filled up or courses that are required for the individual's course of study. In four semesters of our ex perience there have been four completely different method. of reelstration and course material distribution attempted. Each method leaves many unsatisfied, diaa'runtled. and often angry stu dents breathing oaths against the ubiuitous kureaucracy of the entire reelsatrat ion system. The facultv has an even worse situation in that they must have the previous semester's workc comnietedbeor satmarting=+ the.e y of them." nichons' It would be absurd to say that the voting restrictions are en tirely the reason for this. How ever, we strongly suspect that these restrictions serve to limit the voting of some citizens who would otherwise enthusiastically participate in the election of our government officials. Another reason for this is the residence requirement. To vote in South Carolina, a citizen must have been a resident in the state for two years, in the county .for one year, and in the precinct for four months. This is not really a restriction, since it is merely temporary,'but it does seem to be a rather severe limitation on the rights of new citizens of our state. Thus, in view of the foregoing, we suggest that voter qualifica tion requirements be loosened rather than tightened. We feel that all literacy, property, and poll tax. requirements should be done away with and that resid ence requirements be made less severe. Restrict Candidates If it is felt that these require ments are necessary in order to insure the election of capable men, then, we suggest that the restrictions 'be placed upon the candidates for election rather than upon the electors, for, as we have pointed out, many do not own property and are not edu cated, but all are governed. And it is felt that moat of us agree with the principle that the gov ernment should rest upon the consent of the governed. SOWO rtion atus Quo term. There does not seem to be an effective, more expeditious solution to the problems that arise at registration time than is employed at present, but we feel that the University is at least seeking a satisactory process in which fewer conflicts and mistakes result. Cuban Criminals Our local and national news papers have made the Cuban war criminals trials appear more comical than necessary. The method of disposing of war crim inals that Castro has adopted is not meant to be anything but serious and dramatic, but such incidences as the postponing of an execution because the direction of the sun's rays did not suit the TV cameraman and the three hour delay because somebody for got to bring the prisoner to the execution grounds lends a rather humorous if not farcical air to a grim, yet not totally unjustifiable taslc. Looking Ahead These are the complaints, con flicts, and problems that surround 'us as we enter a new school term. There is always the cold war which we hope will either be defrosted or remain at the pres ent level this year. If we cannot review and inspect our local problems with some hope for fu ture betterment, then the inter national situation is too over whelming to even think about. Perhaps we shall see at the end of this term what courses these events have followed, and what the outcoesa hna, caued CARWM. REYOLDS . Somnething~ About A.- t Of Coffee There's something about iceup of coffee that you just can't put your finger on. Especially a cup at the beginning of the semester . . . no niatter who -you- sit and sip it with. It's had the same effect for a couple of years now . . . seems to make students come up with some fairly absurd proclamationA . . . like . . . gonna buckle down now . . . this'un 'ul be different . . . no more late dates . . . no more socializing ... really gonna hit the ole books. But it's all in the mind . . . no body really digs that jazz . nobody wants to be alone . alone . . . completely alone. * * * IT IS RATHER nice to settle down . . . for a new start . . . after finals which, for the most part . . . were questionable. * * * FINALS ALWAYS can be blamed for building up a mite too much tension in some quar ters . . . like the student who was so irritated by his roommate biting his fingernails that he de cided he'd cure him of it . . ., he did .. . kicked his teeth out . . . it really didn't happen . . . we're just kidding. AMID IT ALL a few of the old faithfuls graduated . . . *not so many . . . magna cum laude . . . but a lot . . . thanky mighty laudy. * . * EVEN SO, looking over the registration lines . . . we notice that many old faces are not back ... but many old faces are back ... again ... again ... again. ONE FRESHMAN seemed to really know his way around . . . he'd already signed up for four courses and was looking for a fifth. * * * BUT THERE WAS one poor fellow we were amused at . . . seems the. statistical card was giving him a little difficulty. He asked his friend what they meant by "guardian" and his friend re plied . . . you know, somebody - who's like a fairy god-father. After he thought it through . . . he admitted that he didn't have a fairy godfather . . . but he did have an uncle he wasn't too sure about . . . whether he was a guardian or not. CARtOLINA~ CAN be rather proudl of the new co-eds who have enrolled this semester . . . they seem so cultured . . . so well reared . . . in fact, they seem to be pretty nice all around . . . un less, of course, they're 'Just nut ting up a good front. * * * ONE OF OUR brand new 1959 New Year's resolutions is gonna be to get up by noon every day . . . no matter how late our first class is . . . and we don't know what other resolutions we'll make . . . but we'll keep working on them . . . we've .been so far be hind in everything else . . . a couple more weeks on New Year's resolutions won't make much dif ference. * * * IT NIAY BE just a rumor .. . we can't confirm it . . . but we'v been t.old that things have quiet4 down somewhat at the "opus" now that they've banned the faculty. * * * AS A RESULT of the recent far-flung scientific developments in the Soviet Union, we under stand that cultural programs also got a boost. The've decided to revive that old favorite. . . . "Red Sails in the Sunset" . .. and re vamp a nursery rhyme to read: "Hey diddle diddle, the cat played the fiddle, Moscow jumped over the moon. . " * * * WHILE WE'RE AT It, we might add that lately we'Ve been thinking about national sover eign rights In oflter space... and frankly . . . It's over our heads. * e C CONCERNI.NG THE recent. executions in Cuba as a result oj the revolution, it would seem, to5 all indications, that they rather final. * C C AS A CLOSING remark .. . we might suggest that if you're not doing anything better next Tuesday at '7 p.m., you might en joy the E4phradian mock Im peachment . .. Zarper,. . . male studenta are Ited,