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At tf bi catdon eGm oo ' polcy of weepenibi4v to the ulty. and administrtion. A not only on our part, but a n the part of the faculty and ti The last issue of "The Dul student newspaper at Duke U so. shirked -its responsibility .t cation has been suspended p organization. The-cause for suspension v by. an editorial columnist, Col entitled "A Christmas Stoi The article has been describe on the Virgin birth, with refer4 tution, homosexuality, crimina sadism. We have read the ari of these things. . It is a poorly disguised atte limitations of freedom of the Bill Handel . . . Parth Frater Someone once said, "even this shall pass away." And so it must, and I must finally call a halt to the columns I have been writing for "The Gamecock." It has been both a pleasure and a privilege to put some of my thoughts here for whatever unsuspecting reader may happen to peruse my col umn. But, in parting, let me make several pointed remarks. The government, in 1958, made special provisions for needy stu dents to continue their education with a special loan fund made available to those certain individ uals deemed worthy of the finan cial assistance. But this government l o a n, though coming under the heading of stop-gap countering the Rus sian educational and scientific progress, is a direct affront to the American student. "Oath" of Allegiance To accept the Federal student loan, one must sign a statement that he "does not believe in, and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believes in or teaches, the over throw of the U. S. government by force or violence or by any illeg al or unconstitutional means." Thus signing this "oath" of allegiance to America, a certain group, perhaps some 120,000 stu dents are placed in a minority and discriminated against. The very rights they are trying to de fend with their education, are being encroached upon by the government they are willing to serve. The "oath" of allegiance, which must be signed such as a little child who is given a bad report card to have signed by his parent, brands the needy but deserving student, as a possible "Red Men ace." Harvard Rejects I personally feel that any stu dent who is the recipient of the loan fund, should protest the statement he, or she, was forced to sign. I admire the stand taken by Harvard and Yale by rejecting the loan fund altogether because this is one way to effectively block the insult leveled at the American student. T h e "oath" is designed to "weed out subversives," to keep them from tainting the American college or University. Does any one really believe that a Commie would hesitate to sign the state ment, knowing all along he is lying in his teeth ? Law of Inquisition I personally hate Communism and everything it stands for. I have seen it destroy American and foreign youth and reduce American fighting men to shat tered hulks that stand senseless today in our hospitals, some of them never to regain the God given intelligence to understand such basic things as home, God, or love. Yet the very thing these men gave their minds and bodies for is being torn down around them while we s t a n d sullenly by, scratching. It is now time to tell the Rep resentatives that we send to Congress to make a strong at tempt to have this Inquisition like law repealed at the next session of Congress. C * C Few in Rush On another subject, if we look around, especially at our Fra ternity Quadrangle, we may see what is happening all across the U. S. despite swelling college enrollments, each year an In OUOl Puper a8 rester's publi- been described we stated a as ". . . going students, fao. within which responsibility tionally opera mtual one on pound fault of Le staff. with the offej e Chronicle,"** opinion of th miversity, has that the edit kat the publi, column had t ending a re- into license." The (Duke) as an article Committee su ien by name, Chronicle." It 7-Part 1." we commend t tas a parody ing a swift hal ,nce to prosti- distribution of I assault and Intellectual icle. It is all from individt sporrsibility se mpt at broad a less attracti press. It has nevertheless fi ian Shot Tc nities And creasingly smaller number of men are going through Rush. Although there are many ex ceptions to this, and in some cases, an increase in member ships, fraternity men are becom ing, more and more, a minority group on campus. Then too, according to Francis M. Hughes, recently quoted in Columbia's Sunday Edition of the "State," "fraternity men as a group are not measuring up scholastically to the average male student." Hughes, should know what he is talking about; he is the National Alumni President of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Attendance Poor I think this past weekend's Cotillion proved the point that the fraternities are falling apart. Friday night the Cotillion party was quite crowded with the Doug Clark aggregation scheduled to appear, but Saturday night, the night of the ball, the Columbia Hotel Ballroom was all but de serted. A driving rock n' roll beer blast can draw a bigger crowd than a formal. This seems to be the main point otmany fraternity Ellis Boatmon . . . Hurried Xr As Materia By mid-December most of us have turned our thoughts to the Christmas season and all the enevitable trappings t h a t ac company it: gifts, cards, a dec orated tree, caroling, parties, and the trip home to be with the family at this very special time of the year. Despite the pleasantness and the joy emanated by all these factors we commonly associate with the holiday season, it is not this we wish to discuss with you. For actually the Christmas sea son and its rich meaning to the world of the space-age lie far above the mere buying of gifts, adding of tinsel to a cedar tree, caroling across the December night air, or putting candy in a stocking for our younger kid brother. For over 2,000 years the Chris tian world has lingered beneath the Star of Bethlehem and re ceived from it a new hope. It is a hope far different from the Easter season, another high mo ment of the Christian calendar. Time to Give Christmas is a time of giving, while Easter is a time of receiv ing. The Christ Child is the su preme gift, and on the resurrec tion morn we receive the assur ance of immortality. Scholars have reflected for ages the effect on humanity had the first Christmas never oc curred. We do not care to In dulge in such discourse. T h e great gift has already been given..It is up to us to Interpret this offering for our own lives and adapt it to our needs and wants. Christmas Is a time of dedica tion, a time of purpose, a time of personal inventory, when we examine our accomplishments, our blessings, our wants, and our contributions; and seek to drink anew from the waters of forglv enness and loftier motives Xiias Mates4aIIam Xmas, however, means none of thi. t Is an Invention of ma spended by President Edenw of Duke far beyond the broad freedom 'The Chronicle' has tradi ed. The story has the com mingling the acutely obscene isively sacrilegious. It is the e Administrative Committee rial decision to print the ie effect of turning freedom University's Administrative spended publication of "The could not do otherwise. and em for their action in bring t to "A Christmas Story" and it. activity cannot be separated ial morality and while re eftis often to students to be ve partner of freedom, it is indamental. )ward Daths men. It now appears to be "who can get the drunkest the quick est." Fraternity men, look to your laurels, they are getting tarn ished. Sororities In Fight On the distaff side . . . sorori ties are in for a fight too. I would like to quote this from the N. Y. Times, Nov. 4, 1959. "The board of Trustees of Randolph Macon named a committee to study possible abolition of sorori ties at the school, and to report to the board by next May." Dr.-John H. Pearson, chairman of the Board, and President of the College William F. Quillian, are trying to ban sorority pledg ing by June, 1963. Dr. Pearson, in a formal state ment said, "sororities do n o t justify either the investment of time, energy or the money re quired." So, girls, here is one man's opinion of the female side of the Greek colony. Thus, in closing allow me to make this parthian shot: Students of Carolina, wake up and look around, the world is passing most of you by, and you can't see it. nas Known listic Device terialism. It is the hurried ex pression of a hurried people who are constantly in a hurry. In their haste they by-pass the man ger at Bethlehem, they overlook the spiritual and sacred motives behind this season of the year, and they deck their Christmas moments with only holly and ivy and not thankfulness and dedi cation. The joy of Christmas is that of Xmas and more; much more. True it is the excitement of the shopping crowds, the jovial street corner Santa Claus, the tempting peppermint candy sticks, and the stockings hanging neatly in a row from the family fireplace. But if this is all the season gives, then it truly gives little. To stop at Xmas is to not really begin. The hope that breathes anew because of the Virgin and her Son is a hope going far beyond the Inn in Juden. It is a hope that assures a distressed and bewildered world that there is a way out. Bright Way A way shining as brightly as the star that guided three eager Wise Men out into the biting cold of a December night driven only hy the yearnings within them to find the MessiahA the Prince of Peace, the King of Kings. They found Him in humble cir cumstances. But the important thing is they found Him. So we too here in 1959, amidst the delightful hysteria of wrap ping gifts. coupling Christmas card lists, gathering beneath the mistletoe, and going to grand mother's house, should seek out our personal star that is always shining for us alone. If we seek out this star and follow it with the faith and the zeal of the three Wise Men of years-gone-by, then perhaps we too will learn the true meaning of Christmas. A meaning that goes beyond Xmas. A meaning that has stirred the hearts of men for centuries. A meaning as simple as an infant's cry. A meaning to make us pause beneath the warmth of a single star; the star af Bethlehem. Russ Burns.. Fences "Time and tide wait for no man" the saying goes. Ours is a world of progress, of bustling ac tivity, of materialism ; look around, see the construction. We noticed a new fence being constructed on the Bull St. side of girls' freshman dorm and ex tending down past the side of Sims. Now we don't pretend to know what purpose this fence is to serve-some whisperings have it that eventually-the fence will encircle the entirn girls' dorm area and will have large iron gates, guard posts along the top, searchlights a n d other protec tive devices attached to it. Now this sounds a little out of Anthony E. Brown Christmas Vs. One T HE approaching holiday sea-, son causes us to pause a moment to think of what Christ mas means to us Americans, for nowhere else in the world are a people so free to enjoy Christmas in as many different ways as we are. The infinite varieties of cele brations are unique to this coun try, which we think enforces the most basic of American ideol ogies-Freedom. Picture, if you will, the Christmas season in the 'Commu nist bloc: Bleak gray streets in habited with very few faces, none of them with a look of eagerness or an air of gaity about them. . There are no brightly colored lights, n o crowded stores, no tinsled trees. F EW gifts are exchanged be cause there is little money for such extravagancies, and no tableaux depict the Annunciation or the Visitation in the silent cheerless churchyards. There is only grayness, oppression, and longing. Christmas under such condi tions as these make the twenty fifth of' December seem like any other day to the Russian people. It was not always so, for before communism Russia was a happy country. The big heart of our United States begins to beat harder and faster as the Christmas season draws near. Storekeepers stock their shops with a galaxy of gifts which everyone seemingly waits until Christmas Eve to purchase; families drive up and down avenues and streets gazing at the gaily decorated trees that glow in nearly every window, and little groups of carolers stroll about giving forth Christ mas joy with their songs and hymns. T HERE is joy in America at Christmas. T h e myriad facets make up what seems to be an idealized gem of happiness, hut it is indeed very real. Christmas in America is a time for reunion with those we have long been away from. We may hear from a person who warms us with his remembrance of us at Christmastime with a Christ mas card or a small gift. We gather in our homes to celebrate, to laugh, and to enjoy life with those that are most dear to us. Is this not the true basis of faith, the very reason for our religion? T HERE has recently been an argument that we are too commercial at the Christmas season, and that we have lost the true meaning of holines. which is attached to Yuletide by emphasizing buy, sell, and re ceive rather than "give and for get the gift." We agree that this is in part a valid criticism, but we ask L L Do A Prisor proportion . . . e v e n for our school. Possibly it will prevent erosion, impede "panty raiders," or choke off the view of the girls' venetian blinds (we wonder if the fence will block out the second and third story views too). Trivial Constructions At any rate, our University goes on making myriad triv .ial constructions and goes on ignoring the major projects which cry out louder every day. It is inevitable in our land of plenty that many college stu dents are bound to arrive with a car. These cars must be parked. Parking spaces we need. Parking spaces we don't got. n America In Russia you to visualize the face of a small boy as he runs into the living room Christmas morning and with eyes filled with amaze ment he gazes on his first bicycle or electric train. These toys had to be pur chased from a merchant who also may have a small boy or girl, and he too enjoys the thrill of seeing their faces glow with happiness on Christmas Day. WE therefore believe that commercialism is as much a part of Christmas as holly and hymns. It vividly points out one of the most brilliant aspects of our American capitalistic society -freedom of fair trade. Obviously, like many other privileges which we enjoy, the. commercial element in connection with the Christmas season may be abused by unscupulous mer chants. We still hold that even with these few blots, our Christmas holidays are better by far, than those of many other nations, and if one thinks about it seriously, the joy is not so much in spend ing as it is giving and receiving presents or greetings among fam ilies and friends. T HERE are even in America those who do not laugh and who are not filled with joy at Christmastime. Through the ef forts of countless charity organ izations, however, the majority of these people are remembered in some helpful manner, so that in the final analysis, it may be said that America as a nation enjoys Christmas. These are our thoughts as Christmas nears. They are val uable thoughts in that all Amer icans are free to have them or not to have them as he wishes. No one is for.ced to celebrate Christmas. No one is denied the right, either. Neither are these profound statements, for you have prob ably heard them repeated many times. But bear in mind that there are those who , may not hear them; that there are people who do not have whMle we do, and that we are free to purchase while many others may not. Think about theme things perhaps your Christmas will be come a little more valuable to you. Correction! A typographical e r r o r in last weeks "Gamececk" caused a sentence ia Mr. Kemeth Kurts's "Letter to the Editer" to reed: "NBA de met take a position Is favor of the Ba preme C ouart decision." It should have read: "NBA does take a position In favor of thme Sn=p.... Court de.elea.." -300 Sims OoPana ' r- ab# 1 Make For at laast five years this has been a pressing need at USC. In five years, little has been done to keep parking spaces in step with the University's growth. In our feeble attempts to expand our student parking facilities we have overlooked the partial solu tion residing right under our nose. Unused Space By our unofficial survey, there are 34,300 square feet of unused ground space, flat and level and just waiting for cars to roll into place, residing in the heart of our campus-and we don't mean the Horseshoe. Behind Snowden and Woodrow dorms there is a total of 12,700 square feet of clear unused area which could be lined into two parking lots. Behind Thornwell dorm there is a clear, slightly sloping area containing 10,600 s q u a r e feet which is available. for parking space. 155 Possible Spaces Between Sloan College and Le Conte College there is an area of 6,300 square feet already paved which could be expanded to the total capacity of 11,000 square feet by removing some hedges and extending toward the street. The above are three sites avail able for use right now. They all are situated near a street. They all have paved roads- leading to and from them. They are con venient to students who live in the area or to professors who work nearby. T h e average parking space (angle type) is eight feet wide and 15 feet long. With parking spaces located on each side of a central aisle, the aisle itself should be about 26 feet wide to allow easy turning (this is a maximum figure). Taking this into consideration, the average turning space and parking space combined works out to be about 220 square feet per car. Dividing this into 34,300 yields a total capacity of 155 cars. The need is great. A partial solution is at hand.. We shall await the red tape. - CROWiNG FO UJNIVERSITY OF! lember of Assocla firstF edr,08, the University of South Carolina we year encept on holkdays and during The opinIons expresedbycl necessarly those of "The Caineci Letters to the Editor, but all lete not oonstitute an endorsemnent. TI publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR ........ .. MANAGING EDITOR .. BUSINESS MANAGER.. ADVERTISING MANAGER. COPY EDITOR. .. NEWS EDITOR... FACULTY EDITOR. FEATURE EDITOR. SOCIETY EDITOR. SPORTS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR .. CIRCULATION MANAGER.. CHIEF PHOTOGRAPH ER .... REPORTERS: Judy Killough, Ann ElliA Sheek, Loretta Plc NeSmith, Blarbara Able, Margar Owen., Ann Neil, Ellae McIL Penny Hol.land, Cookie Crum, L Krebs, Howard Hellams, Wayn4 May, Lynn Smith, Carlee McLer BUSINESS STAFF: Peggy Vw ham, Ann Trotter, Jim Tobias. COLUMNISTS: Rues Burn. El Dave Bledsoe, Bill Handel. boht old. ASSI8TANT PHOTOGRAPI Schwarts, Blake Fishburne, Dol OARTOONISTS: Jack Morris, Childress. -TYPISTS. M .n .ey H..r. Dave Bledsoe. . . Payola Reason For Big Hits? The English language has been enriched by the prying eye of Congress; "payola" is now in our vocabulary. Investigators allege that disc jockeys t a k e money to play certain songs over the air. And, considering the saverage quality of the music played, this is a serious charge indeed. Many have advanced the theory that if it were not for this paying, rock 'n roll would have died long ago. This may be. More important, what is pay ola? A disc jockey takes money or other forms of payment for playing a certain song. This is payola. Keen Competition Competition among record com panies is keen with the edge of desperation. Doubtless some rep resentatives of the record indus try would take steps to keep their collective heads above water by any means . . . but what about payola on the local scene . . . does it exist? The answer is not a straight "yes," or "no." As far as can be determined, there are no cash transactions. Ex-servicemen, will, however, recognize the word "cumsha." This term, which implies under the-table trading of "favors," hits home in the lealings of the radio and TV business with the recording industry. Free Music Gratis records, which are leg ion, somehow find their way into the homes of disc jockeys and management personnel who con veniently overlook minor trans gressions. One disc jockey received a total of 10 top albums-retail value: $50-in return for playing a song heing promoted by an ob scure record company. When one considers that al bums retail for $4.98 monaural, and $5.98 - stereo, two or three albums at a crack represents a sizeable investment . . . and 10 is a positive inducement. This is not an isolated case, although we do not mean to imply that this is a regular occurrence. Fringe Benefits Most people connected with Radio and TV are able to buy albums at wholesale prices. This legitimate "fringe benefit," how ever, is sometimes indistinguish able from the hand-out records given by a company to influence a disc jockey. The exposing of p r essaur e groups within the music indus try wvill have repercussions as far down as Columbia. Chances are, without the constant press ure to play trash, albeit salable trash, musical quality will Im prove. Most disc jockeys of our acquaintance would prefer to play better music. CoCI II A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiate Prese lIh Robert Elliott Con==ae as the blished b d for the students of ekly, on ddys, during the college - ~aists and letter writers are not clk." "The anecock" enoarages * ~ GLENNA BRYANT Karen McKibben. Ed Spears .......... ....Tommy Rose Penny Sinclair * ...Charles Behling Dee Chandler ............Bill Lumpkin .............argaret Scott Bobby Alford Alice Holland Jim Hatchell .......Blake Fishburne Jacquie Splawn, Nancy Carroll, tt, Henry Cauthen, Vance H. et Baird, Selby Taporekc, Novelle ~an, Pat Robertson, Jay Elgy, inda Jones, Jimmy Foster, Sara Corbett, Adolph Inman, Larry adon, Charlotte Cower. Ibhers, Serena Jones, Betay Gil lie Boatmon, Anthony E. Brown, imnist Emeritum: Carl M. Reyn [ERS: Sam Fiorini, Jerry tag Shuford. Judy Craig, Punkie Bell, Celia te Panningon, nIa... Cohe.