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Need F'or Audite Occadmoally a strong enoton is aroused in Oe' 'i"l ta o4 a school over an issue brought t fheir attention, and the result of' such happeAings can proceed In either of two directions. This has been the case many times at .the University, and several times the students have reacted to these issues and thereby have brought about changes on the campus. ' The second type result possible has also been seen on our campus in recent years. When this happens we see that soon the furor of the students dies down and the cause is gllowed to lie dormant and labeled as a dead one. The latter of these conditions seems to have been the situation a year ago when "The Gamecock" issued a call to the stu dents to get behind and push the building of an auditorium on the campus. As many of us realize the response to the editorial which issued this call was great, and for a while the campus was alive with talk of a hoped-for auditorium. But soon the issue was seemingly forgotten, and although many of us still retain hopes for an audi torium, the prospect at present does not appear very bright. Anthony E. Brown... What Is The Tr There has existed for some generation of ar appreciable time a group of in- who, unlike the dividuals known as the "non- lagers, have sufJ conformists" or "beatniks." Indi- existence w i t h viduals they are, for they live on menial labor. a level completely removed from True Noa that which is called normal so- T re Non ciety. theyThese are th ciety.formists who I Because they are sneered at from a tension and rebuked by society, the beat- feek a relaxed, niks sneer back and withdraw fortable level : farther into their unfurnished is beyond proto cellars. But just what is the true cotifemity of th bohemian like? Where and when cney ofet did this movement begin? What They have fb is the beatnik trying to attain anar or less, by and how does he go about doing terialistic goodE It? Greenwich Village clocks, and form Greenwich Village tion other tha Years ago in Greenwich Village sekn. many young, aspirant actors and speaking. . writers came to live because rent: the anikr were low and privacy was avail- Satre and Kafka able. These people could not af- hours nm a dim ford to furnish even their own If they speak at small apartments, many having to eyad some of only a pallet to sleep on. Unfortunately, all of this is or prose to thei now extinct because of the ter~- ans, never to the rifically high rents placed on Imiportani living quarters in the village, but We believe th. the germ has drifted out to the ualistic people a West Coast where we find a new faction in Amer LETTERS TO THlE EDITO 'Unsportsman (Editor's Note: The follow- I doubt that ing is a letter received, by the many schools wv Pep Club president from the cheering section president of the same club at school's cheerleat Furman University anid the let- ing section on e ter which he wrote in reply.) yell. Pep Club President Then wvhen yo University of South Carolina leader stands up Dear Sir, arms for more b< Congratulations on winning a to sit dowvn and basketball game and also the un- discussion on wha sportsmanship trophy of the year. you are letting / -- Raiseyourarm;I ca't se th anser t Work is upbosedfy n Ir*ogress at the preseAt for a long. an b4ildin ,plan for erecting a4. auditorium o'nd colosidum at the fair grounds; this project is to be entered into jointly by the University and the town. But many of us are nade to .wonder if an auditorium of this type is what the Uni versity needs and wants-here I am reler ring the students that compose the Univer sity community. It is my opinion that an auditorium at the fair grounAs, which would only partially belong to the University, will not fulfill the needs of our student body. Surely a school as large as this deserves an auditorium of which -we can be proud and which is worthy of receiving such people as Nadine Conner, the Roger Wagner Chorale, and many others that we hope to have if the fine work of the Artist Series continues, as we are sure it will. There are still many other reasons for which an auditorium should be erected; among these is the desire for a better equipped and more attracting place for the Players to perform, but there is no purpose in lising reasons. I am sure most students realize how vital the need for such a building is and know that it would probably create a closer unity among the students and enable us to enjoy more and better concerts, plays and various other productions, which then it would be possible to bring to the campus. -ue Bohemian? gry young men, represent an idea as old as this Greenwich Vil- country: personal liberty and icient funds for freedom of self-expression. ou t too much This is an age of 'artistic cre ativity just as the Romantic and onformists Classical periods in history were, 3 tru noncon- arid the conltribu ti ons of the heat true non-con iave withdrawn iiks to this age are as important filled society to as those of the conformist school. painfully com- Explanation existence that The main purpose of this ex col, ritual, and Ounation is to attempt to point e modern world. out the true beatnik instead of und their level, the monster that many of us be getting as far lieve the non-conformist to be. from such ma- Theie are, of course, some un as furniture, sirable, uncouth beatniks, just 3 of comminica- as there are 'uncouth persons in I reading and conformmiist society. Our plea is that before you tids the works of (10ondeimn them, learn to kow adi anid will sit for mnderstand them aed what they ly lighted room~ are striving for. Anid rememiber, Piccasso p orint. theyh were not forced from so all, it is usuially ciety; they withdrew voltintarily heir own poetry to create what they feel is im ifellow bohe-i- noftoiit to them. Fnciion numerea, of surste, skymteirn it theseindivid ophere are youto oeru onin areang prantd epiie na l~ n ht icar pleay.sTteytnewspapero adstheiwrk o p odmhym Oear t henw n you will sit schooadl.m n wa te ly0 itro tiing f te col indti strem b, Piccasso cheer- hvee not enn sochoo raso veattete itsisusaly sitors ine suhre volay il Yhi wper ou alteam theyfee is gim u- eado boheer- gametand on inhem. a.Ou "aute wvesd.,, tea plyed ay ghink gam ahe oing, itbisatime i Gresnilevat you did hav Faeious notmbee our chering thecytior it thee ofndivid- opienais of ousocoofl bo reeent ymorn you printen or tamk at ny ht icahetPepyClubeatnFwrpapei. sh p Tryigphyroot bete Te yotil i ins wthteocooslhchw play.the home thte ourbl organiption o boos a viitin on tr tcodoli th s s ate lerfadycee-uhve ntrsent ary cout teat very ttempe lait visitsi suchra wy.swn Your baln stentsplayed coon ourredther aey rule wich Columbia.eOu andwavs hs tayi thy intend toactelike oing, it s tim ulto in Greenvilern wuoldid have a seriou neortn youeere lokiongo t type ofor apepoClu representativesforsho boo theme. W hl ehpyt discus Weh our organization t o If you intn wrt cary otl ths whan, pleas tat know n your Hoino staets ettermon therigh ifrahey ofntend, o amlk I understa d uwersokn for Clu PeCuresde ttiea thea gmr. BaWesalbhpyt Iceive your leanzter lasth week IHmoing you fae thes letteroi doatthe tfast ofamen, Caoin plaed gaistFrman Badder - PepmCbub. Te Cherigb etinPresiden Fn ur olatthevemeity ~~. ~ leadrsi Mr. youdr: eeladr wa arecadyorle trls ek I a or o feel teesth at the do 4.bo ut the lasorbae Crolinar /7 I hv George B. Salley, Remnant During the present session of the South Carolina Legislature, this writer has noted several ex tremely interesting and worth while pieces of legislation which have been proposed. For example, one of the ladies in the Legisla ture has proposed an extension of women's rights in South Caro lina. With this proposition We are in hearty agreement. However, we feel that another much -more important bill has come up, and it is this latter that we propose to diseiss: that capi tal punishment should be abol ished in South Carolina. 'Eye For An Eye' The existence of capital punish ment in modern enlightened so ciety is difficult to understand. It is a remnant of the old "eye for an eye" point of view of the ancients. But at the time of the origin of this concept, human life was considered quite a bit less valuable than it is today. That wvas the time wvhen an irritated king could 'decapitate his valet for not moving fast enough and wvhen human slavery Year' fans was stimulated from the fact that your cheering section was sanudwichedi betwveen our's. IlInd it been situated on the other side, the booing probably would no~t have occurred. As for the head cheerleader standing up and waving for more booing, obviously you have been misinformed of that matter. Our head cheerleader, Jerry Spann, stoodl several times and made an effort to cease the booing. You didn't mention anything in your letter about the times your cheering interrupted our cheerleaders while they were in the middle of a yell. Is this one of the courtes'y rules you were referring t.o in your letter? Occasionally we have a little trouble with our fans at a bas ketball game, but I can't think of another' school which doesn't have the same problems at one time or another. We realize our shortcomings in these situations and our Pep Club is working with the cheer ler.ders in order' to eliminate these mistakes in the future. What do you have on schedule for activities of your Pep ,Club this spring? Here at Carolina we are working with the athletic publicity director, and we hope to secure a judo act during inter mission of our last home game. We also hope to present a trophy to the outstanding basketball player. In- closing I' would like to say that you have a fine basketball team, .and I wish them the best of luck during the remainder of the season. We will be looking for you next year to see who can yeH the loudeet. Sincerely yoirs, Staci Gaffos -.4 ve a little trouble getting up norni Jr... . Of 'Eye For was accepted as a perfectly proper institution. Today things are quite a bit different. Most people today feel that human life and human well-being are (or should be) our highest values, and man's inhumanity to his fellow man is depounced from every quarter. Barbarian Past Yet, in the face of all this, the evil specter of capital punish ment remains in our society as a terrible remnant from the bar barian past. Christianity con demns the taking of human life as a cardinal sin without qualifi nation, but our governments un dauntedly maintain the institu tion of capital punishment. Popular philosophy has it that "two wrongs don't make a right," but we continue to adhere to the apparent point of view that one killing must be atoned for by an other. Does this make sense? Capital punishment is not really punishment at all. It is simple, animal revenge. In p)oint of fact, the only ones who are truly punished thereby are the families and loved ones of the condemned. It is felt that a true p)unishment must make the guilty p)arty aware of his wrongdoing. Far front creating any awvare ness, capital Punishment erases all awvareness! C:onviced Murderer It is often said that a convicted murdlerer must "pay his debt to society." In exacting this "pay ment," our governmental au CROWING FO] UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associal Founded January 30, 1908, w first editor, "The Gamecock" is pui the University of Souath Carolina we year except on holidays and during The .opinions expressed by colt nlecesarily those of "The Gamecc Letters to the Editor, but all lettei not constitute an endorsement. Ti publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR. MANAGING E'DITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGING EDI7 COPY EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER .. REPORTERS: Charlotte Ander Kibben, Sara Krebs, Vasiliki Mot Furman Wingate, Bill Dunne, At Martha Gaston, Carol Williams< BUSINESS STAFF: Tom Rose 11ams, Peggy Withers. COL,UMNISTS: Carl M. Reyr1 Brown, George B. Salley. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Sam Fio Rickenbacker. CARTOONISTS: Bob Waldrep, TYPISTS: Marthe Shnler. 8al1k r ngs. An Eye' thorities usually go through the following procedure: the imple mentation of a costly investiga tion followed by a preliminary hearing and a trial (costs paid by the state) ; the lodging of the prisoner before and after the trial; the actual execution, which is far from cost-free. Thus, in exacting the payment of a "debt to society," our public coffers expend large sunis of money, collecting in the process the victim's life - and a life is valuable only if it cxists! This is a strange way to collect a debt! Twice As Bad The people of our country should realize that, quite simply, two deaths are twice as bad as one. Death as a "punishment" for anything less than murder is un speakable. Until we eliminate the "eye for an eye" concept, we must face the fact that our moral values are seriously lacking. We must learn to think of the* treatment of criminals more as rehabilitation rather than as re venge, and we should become aware of the absurdity of collect ing a "debt to society" by means of' needless public expense and the taking of a valuable human life. A solution can probably be found in an extension of the "chain gang" p)rinc*iple. Persons who would ordinarily lie put to dleath should be put to wyork. In so doing, society would collect the "debt" in a tangible manner, and criminals would be trauns formed into useful citizens in spite of themselves. SA GREATER ~OUTIl CAROLINA edl Collegiate Press Ith Robert Elliott Conzales as the blished by and for the students of ekly, on Fridays, desting the college examinations. Iamnists and letter writers are not ek." "The Gamecock" encourages ', must be signed. Publishing does ie right to edit or withhold frome BILLY MISHOE Gerald Floyd Rion Rutledge 'OR Anne Valley * Carol Watson Ed Spears Bill Bates Larry May SGlenna Bryant * Charles Bradley Charles Behllng Jimmy Truesdale son, David Caldwell, Karen Mc kos, Glenn Meadows, Joe Jordan, by McKlnney, Carlee McClendon, mn, Bill Lunmpkin, Jimmy Bellos. , Marilyn Francis, Bobbie WiI olds, Russ Burns, Anthony E. rini, M. Graeber Jordan, Bert Lisa Lowenstein, Hal Johnson. Tewin. Bnnny Coope. CARL M. REYNOLDS.. Loan Funds Have Noble Missions The announcement in last week's paper that the University has been .appropriated certain federal funds to be used at stu dent loans is a welcomed and frequently desired program. That the government is taking such steps is gratifying in that it will enable many. students, 'who could not otherwise get an education, to continue in their studies. It all brings back to mind that Student Council took commend able steps toward this end last year in establishing a fund in honor of former University Pres ident Donald Russell. Both funds have noble missions, and certainly, the latter could possibly use a little public rela tions and financial attention at this time. * * * SINCE WE'VE- SAID some thing about federal aid to educa tion, we might as well comment on another aspect fAequently run in-the-ground, but the question of integration. The most novel solution we've heard has come by grapevine from a University pro fessor who suggests that if bad gets to worse, the eight o'clock classes could best be utilized ... it wouldn't make much difference that time of morning anyway . . . either nobody'd be there . . . or they'd be asleep. * * * W1ICH BRINGS TO mind, most of us usually find it hard getting up in the morning. * * * WE SUSI'E(CT THAT the Uni versity will really be in the lime light in about three weeks when delegates from a number of col leges are here for a simulated SEATO Council meeting. * * * WiTai TIE QUEEN of hearts . just crowned . . . and Valen tine's Day upon us . . . we thought vou night forgive us . . . for re peating our last year's copy,of the Valentine which Moscow al lPeredlY sent to the peoples of Yugoslavia: "Iallo. mein liddle pazzant, yon liddle Yugoslob, hfveink clods from sun to sun, ('nd hoppy vid your job. "llnilo, micin liddle pazzant, Vid teeney-veoney brain, e'll (if) your t'oughs for you, S" Pliz n'void de strain. "lVi1l. mein liddle pazzant, Pli-, h,te de( U. S. A. D)ev, vant to part our Curtain, lert in de light "v day. "H1 allo, mnein liddle pazzant, Pliz he mein Valentine... You t'ink-dat's not dePliOhtful? Off to deC Salty Mine!!!" * * * WE HIEARD) A fewv students comlplainlinli that everything at the Ulniversity is (done in shifts . . . certain shifts for buying o'oks ... using the depository . . . ete.. . . hut what we never understood is . . . do they advo- 4t (ate that the University should become a shiftless institution. *) * * WE SUPPIOSE THAT the only way some folks became luke warm during Religious Emphasis Week was by letting their coffee ~ cool down a bit. * * *. NOW THAT WE are faced wvith another Campus election... most of us wvill be amazed by the number of "confidentially, just between the two of us" friends we have. * * * OHIVIOUSL,Y, WE dion't write our (colulmn for everybody. ') * * TiIIE OTHERI.l DAY we saw a fellow who was wearing a 100 pe'r-cenit pure cotton coat... wvhatever. that Is. * * * NOW CH A RLIE wvants us to buy him a haircut. * * * ONE OF TIHE best ways of getting ahead is to keep trying but niot to be. * *. * CARtOLINA IS A great school for little courtesies . . . like thJ folks who invariably say "cer-" tainly" before someone says... excuse me." * * * SOME FOLKS tell us it's easy to stop reading our column with out losing their place . . . the thing we appreciate is . . . it'# easy to stop writing . . . like