Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Statemeni The staff of "The Gamecock" firmly be- t lieves that this is Carolina's time for great- ' ness. C When we look at our University, at its student body, its faculty, its administration, ( its organizations and institutions, we cannot deny that ours is an excellent, sometimes r even superior, school. But this is a time for i more than excellence or even superiority. - This is a time for greatness. Carolina's resources h a v e barely been tapped. All of us, students. faculty mem bers, and administrators. are capable of bet ter. much hotter. things. Our growth in the past few years has been astounding, yet we haN e so barely tapped our power source that -oday's excellence assures us that greatness m1%%uits. WVe can eliminate our repeated mistakes. We can create an enthusiastic school spirit t hat will fill us with a deeper sense of pride ad responsibility. WVe c a n improve our acadenicii, atz,i,sphere-c. WVe can make our hoor system meantingful. Ve can achieve a more balanced relationship between extra (Crricutlar and acadenic affairs. We can remove so very many of our other faults. WN'e can serve all the people around us in a higher, more unselfish way. That would he gi'eatlies,s. The power to achieve these things is within Carolina, and only a spark is needed to set the power to work. Perhaps this spark is simply awareness. Perhaps the only per son who can prevent Carolina's progress is the person who will not see this time for greatness and understand that the time calls for greatness from him. It is the person who will not realize that his school (lemands that he be more adequate, the person who will not exert himself for Carolina. It is the student who seldom does his best aca(lemically, the one who forgets his high ambition when imme(liate pleasures tempt him. It is the student Who loses his sense of values when he sees the campus extra-curri cular world, as well as the one who will not realize the importance of these "extra" things. It is the faculty member who is impatient, selfish, tired, the one who will not believe in the student or the school and who has little devotion for them, the one to whom teaching I is "just a job." And it is the member of the Board of Trustees or the State Legislature i who forgets the high purpose of Carolina when he sees the chance to use the Univer sity for personal gain. These people must not stand in the way of Carolina's progress. They must be won to Bland Roper . . . Advice For "Puit atl Vour eggs in one basket "'00dlifilitariati wou and( WATfCH THIATl HASK ET." hvn lste Mo-t ef usi by now have muan- mtw t i agedl to beC enroIll in this inst) itu-a''hfle ie I ion of very high learininfg. We ai p hax :miugedi throught the' long 1h aa oi nat.h 1ines *'f Sh<an. W'e hamve ac to ts la . wcal ked prayerft' Iy t hrough t he saei aera little red1 brik slhum Currell. e inod e. iut of eam and;)tl produced a pre-Sa sellN postor' ts I alt lo wih whh oo utiee.)llanyo The vacaolig a . t o C. aeock i p a re~wdb itroduced.t III 11% i 'te zn e.lereaueet 1e rgS o i or ll E po Iteus l jOlhedu'le tterth rheb no' d rh .)W l,ay CitOWI; FR CAiGR AES DERiINGVER AGEY OFSOTJ A O ' h(:IJni,' ity ofSuh arin weky on FridRays,duig F'a''rE xeT o oiasaddrnRxmnto O IThe opiin exrese yclmit n etrwie MxANIN EITlOR Al (IRUNESS MANAGER T RDERTES:lirNote,Shre ParAGER, Le BEW rok EDuks onTvOerRud hrig CAMUSIES SDTAFF PegRWter,Dan CHANGE EDOTOGRPE:JiAios;PO "PatCUPATIron,Pe MAAllan Sa rn,R su REoyRAsTRS CPairegFoster,E SHirendPrison, Lee BillAe, obim By,ant.dOselnd rne e Of Policy he cause or else they must be defeated. 7his is Carolina's time for greatness and no ne can be allowed to stand in her way! "The Gamecock" so firmly believes in 'arolina and its future that all the purposes nd ambitions of this staff have been deter nined by our growing awareness of this mpending greatness. We are sure about it, nd, consequently, it must govern all our >lans and decisions. What does this mean to "The Gamecock's" olicy? Since we know these things, we realize hat "The Gamecock" must very diligently eport the truly important University news vents. The news, feature, society, and ports pages of our newspaper are more than nere bulletin boards of campus events. In tead, they have a duty to constructively ast light on the inadequacies and mistakes of our community and proudly announce its iccomplishments. In all of our editorial comment, we must emember that these times make incompe ence, mistakes, and selfishness more detri nental than before. We know that we must >e quick to criticize, but we also know that ve must keep this criticism above petty, mimportant quarrels. It must be above the orammar school cries of "Gimme, gimme, rimme, you mean old teacher," and the -hildish logic that tells us that the men in he high positions are stupid characters.who ire out to make life unbearable for those )f us beneath them. We must be quick to criticize, but it must >e in an underitanding, sympathetic, and, dways, constructive manner. We must also )e quick to praise those who offer high, un -elfish service to Carolina, those who are oremost in pushing our University ahead oward her high calling. We would like to attempt to be the sour:-e )f some fresh air for the Carolina Com nunity. Where there are faults, we will not oil a sour-noted bell and cry "Unclean! Un -lean! Hopeless! Hopeless!" Rather, we pre er to (1o our part by constructive, sympa hetic criticism to send a gust of fresh air o try to blow the debris away. We must never forget that this is Caro ia's time for greatness. Our University ries for the spark of awareness that will nake it great. "The Gamecock" pledges to ,ou, the members of the Carolina Com munity, that it will do its part in supplying this spark. Louder than ever before, we must all be :ound "Crowing for a Greater Carolina." New Semester: WE d dare he seen. his mistakes by the name experi lelightful sumi- en~ce, and this is supposed to he a faced with the deial thing. he college Itamblling C:rowds Who are these crowds rambling sm,ie has slid1( thbrough the halls? The usual blos 1'he firm hand- som of w'riters has pinned such co mpl imen ta ry adjectiv'es on our ~. Od frends gener ain as the Indifferent, the This is Sanm Heat, andl others the editor refuses G Ber. ut ---_____ -_____ oaw, )n eal 11 ie Freedheen... Students CDefine Newspaper A We often hear a newspaper de serih,ed as "40 pages and not a 14% .i~ thebit of news." Is this a justifiable t,.cleti '~statement? What determines a good hI~~ (hIegenewspaper? There is no simple ex e,wo.rmgs planation of what a newspaper "hn should he. It is a complicated package - complicated because it BEHIIING has so many readers. The newspaper should not be a dly Killough parasite. Instead, it should be used ommy Rose as an instrument in molding its rry Jackson own environment. To effectively hancy Ariail mo01( and hold this diversified en vi ronment, the average newspaper McCartney should take a stand on ideas that L.indla Jones can he taken up by its readers and (elley Jones convert these ideas to higher thought and action when the prob Lee JTordan 1em needls resolving. The temper rdI Hellams of the environment fluctuates; and >ert G ly mplh only thiirough continued research cee NeSmith and adlvanced techniques can the ,evona Page newspaper survive. Doug Gray A newspaper is under an ex in Burgdorf p'resse'd obligation to its readers to ip Mongen camnpatign on vital issues; to first eut the facts and then let the facts orAn Laza- determin( the opinions presented. irman, .Jean Th newsape must give clear. rens, Levona 'eiei, and1( to-the-poit coverage nore, Linda on-1 must minimize second-hand rah Kreba, coverage - events wvorth reading Gray. are wvorth covering. ackey Ann it must be remembered that the RHR: primary function of the newspaper nAPill Van is to communicate to the comn th Garrison, niunity what its members do, feel, andl think. C 'YOU OUGhT TO BUY A MCAI PAY $5.00 AMP YOU GET THAT ORPINARU.N COSTS Anthony E. Brown Your S< To all of you who are beginning a semester at Carolina for the first time, either as it freshman or as a transfer from another college or university, this is your Carolina, for good and for bad, for you to make and maintain as a leading institution (f higher learning in a great, growing, bold new age. You hive the opportunity to learn, to mature, and to step up to a path that will lead you to a futuk which will be new and ex c'ang and demanding, both socially a nd academically. In many of your courses here, you will learn a great deal of the glorious past through the writings and teachings of the best of those who have lived within the frenzy of other times and troubles and who have used the best of their past for the good of our future. It is from these, as well as from the many thinkers of our own cen tury, that will come the basis of your undergraduate education. Rapid Orientation For the past few days, you have been very rapidly oriented to sonic of the aspects of college life, in cluding dreadful pitfalls, the dan gers of too much social life and not itch That Ba4 to print. They have said we have been so accustomed to a moral code of dont's that we do not know how to react to the free atmosphere of a college. They say we desire security, that we join clubs, make friends, say the right thing just to be safe and accepted. As Waldo Beech put it, "If security be the great hidden God of the student, conformitly ap pears as the Messiah." The wvriters don't stop here. They say that we have no purpose or that we all pursue that old American idea of being a success, of being a BMOC (big man oni campus), of getting ahead. They say we study for a grade and have not developed an "enthusiasm for learning" for the sake of find ing truth. Woods ad Trees They add that we cannot see the woods for the trees, that no one takes the time or has the wvis dom to know how things belong to gether. They say we are com pletely unconcerned about current events and, in particular, world affairs. Taking a swipe at the so-called "good," Albert Camus is careful to point out, "To do the right thing for the wrong reason is the greatest treason." He strongly hints that those who are doing helpful acts are doing it for some selfish motive. Attacking religion, Waldo Beech says, "Sometimes Christian thought takes love as a gift hut not a de mand; then it falls into a loose and cheap emotionalism. Sometimes it takes morality as a demand and not a gift; then it becomes a legal ism or a program for working one's way into heaven by acquiring CAMVUS CQME0T '1 3 IBM y d b TICKOT, CHARIE. NOUJ i U.00 WORMH Of PooP C :hool, Your enough study, and the pleasantries c of existence on the college campus. t This, too, has been based on past il experience with thousands of fresh men, and while the lectures may v have seemed repetitive and boring a to you, the intention was, in ef- t fect, to put you on your guard, so e that you might not become de- c pressed when college life is tedious, s exacting, and generally not what d you expected it to be at all. V You will be given every oppor- V tunity at the disposal of this Uni- I versity and of its faculty to rise to e an unlimited sphere of learning and expression. There are fascinat- C ing new areas for you to explore r through the textbook, the fra- t ternity and sorority, and the in- I comparable all-night bull sessions s in your dormitory. t V Original Thoughts From all of these, you will learn; in all of these, you may ex press your own original thoughts t and ideas. Through the student government, you may lend con structive criticism for the building of an even greater Carolina, and while we are told that we live but f once and should smell the flowers as we pass this way, we are also :et! a string of moral merit badges." This is the dismal picture they print. Prophets of Doomi Every generation has its prop)hets of doom. Unfortunately some should be heeded. Certainly every student must have a purpose that I can be the foundation of his career and entire life, but I doubt seriously whether students should assume an authoritarian role. We should consider and debate the great qluestions of the day but I do not think to every controversy we should try to offer the "pat little auswer" as the National Student Association attempts to do. With what purpose did we come to college? The Greeks said edu cation was for "the cultivation of a national discrimination and in volves the development of a well rounded life." With the Greeks wve c*an all agree, but let us hasten to adld for wvhom are these values sought? If we can successfully say that we are educating ourselves so that we might contribute to the happi ness of the Carolina Community, our state, our nation, and the world, rather than to bolster our own exalted ego, we shall have the attitude which will destroy the admonitions of all the intellectuals. Besides that, this attitude will al low us to be true to our own selves and faithful in our relationship with our fellow students. At college we are preparing for life, in that basket we have en trusted all our eggs with the hope that a capable conscientious, con cerned person will be produced. L,et's WATCH THAT BASKET or we may find ourselves failing in the history department Aike Quinn . . . President New Stu It is with a great deal of 7 leasure that I welcome you to the rap iniversity of South Carolina. 11M In the coming days you will find , ourself surrounded in an atmos here of friendliness and cordiality. sity 'he person who was a stranger mu esterday will become a friend to- pac ay. Each of us have a common stri ond, for we are all members of Car ,ne of the finest student bodies, i the nation. are It is justly our right to be proud f our University, and I know that wai ,ou too will soon regard the Uni- Tht ersity as we now do, with feel- the ngs of respect and love toward tiol ur school and of pride upon being Th( nown as a part of the University f South Carolina. you 1 cieti Future e alled upon to sow new seeds for le nose who will be coming this way is i the future. the It is all too easy, since you are the cry much on your own, to be led is stray by the many tempting ac- rea ivities which are here for your njoyment and use. You should not nter into these activities, to be the ure, but gently, friend, gently; mh o not attempt them all, for this org ,ill lead to your letting your class beti ork fall into something like ob- 1o1 Un vion, and of course, this can is Rsily be fatal. i These statements are not new Io0 nes. They have been repeated to con ew students in colleges ever since seh he genesis of students and col ges, but it would appear that one good can be derived from are hese truths which we hold uni- the ersal. It t ior Know Thyself thu Ralph Waldo Emerson said that tog ian must know many different an al." lings in order to be successful, nd the first and foremost of these ing aings is for man to know himself. anc 'here are times when it will be an1 ifficult for you to know yourself, alM or you now have a completely new so. lentity as a college student, an ex erience for which there is much OF reparation, but no precedent for lost people. Here is your Carolina, for you, Kc y you, of you, for you to enjoy, L gain from, and to give to, and that you make of yourself while student here will reflect wvith ut distortion that which you make f this, your University of South 'arolina. Therefore, be dauntless and agacious, and when you have inished your career as a student dIL' iere, you will look back on every leg nuoment of it as the most enjoy- Ux llble and enlightening period of aml our life. o ______________ani We Knew It All The Time! ! It's official now. in They've made it a law and dit wven newspapers like "The rec i.ew York Times" have re- c orted it- all Our campus will hail it as yea yne of the wisest moves ever stul ~nade by the South Carolina "*0 Benate. K We speak of the bill which A was reported in "The New on York Times Magazine" on init ALug. 28, 1960 in a column 2alled "Recent Rulings" by b Flarold IIeifer. Ted Ledeen, ye director of Carolina's "Y" ex spotted the c o I u m n and ha brought it to the attention "e r>f students here. The ruling says, "It is no tot longer mandatory that citi-.n zens treat Clemson College h studlents like gentlemen. - b S. C. Senate." f Greets dents he University is progressing idly. Each day brings forth a step in our improvement and ression. Just as the Univer moves forward day by day, so t we, the students, keep up the e. We are the ones who must ve forward for a greater olina. lere at the University, there numerous opportunities, only ting to be taken advantage of. things accomplished while at University will be the founda upon which your future rests. ,se accomplishments will have lefinite bearing as to whether rs is to be a successful life. 'his is all within the grasp of ryone, but only through desire, 'rmination, and ambition can attain the heights for which nay reach. The next years can years of fruitfulness, but this p to you, as an individual. With proper attitude coupled with desire and ambition, nothing mpossible. Dreams can become lity and the goal for which you L may be attained. urge each of you to consider only what you may gain from University, but also what you i contribute. There are many anizations functioning for the erment of our school, each per ning its part in making the versity the fine institution she oday. With your continued sup t these organizations w ill irish and will continue the fine tributions made thus far to our >)l and our student body. 'ron your class will come our ipus leaders, our scholars, and athletes. You are the ones, who to form the integral part of University of South Carolina. will be through your coopera , your interest, and your en siasm, that we may all work ether to make our University I our student body unsupassed 'where in the nation. am looking forward to work with you in the coming year, if at any time I may be of service or help, I will gladly oreciate the opportunity to do again, MEN AND WOMEN CAROLINA, WELCOME. Aley Jones . . . :arolina Faces All-Time High Enrollment 'tach yeara more and more stu ts apply for enrollment at col es and universiities all over the ited States, and each year more i more are turned away because lack of professors, dormitories I class r.ooms. 1'his year, in South Carolina ne, nearly 26,000 students are ending the 24 senior colleges. e largest gains were recorded three state-supported schools - rolina, Clemson, and Winthrop. USC, already the largest school the state, this year has an ad ional 250 students and a new ord total of about 5,750. [ecause of this increase, no lumbia area students are being >wed to stay on campus this ( ar. Formerly, some Columbia dents lived on campus in rooms needed by out-of-town students. l'hree additional facilities -- rkland Apartments, T i v o1I artments, and the Guest House campus - have been turned o wmns residence halls. Bly 1970, it is expected that ap >ximately 10,000 students will seeking admission to the Uni 'sity. Even with its extended mnsion program, Carolina will ye trouble taking care of this mny people. Some will probably turned away. All this adds up to.the fact that lay's university students are mbers of a select group. They ye the opportunity which is be (ldenied many today and will denied to many more in the ure. O00dil-.)Ug,O00dIe-bq vour house is on Pire