Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We We are quite certain that torial columns on this page adverse criticism. We are b ent agreement that seems reached by South Carolina r are printing someone's th racial question. We have considered caref not this lies within the realn sibility. We came up with a If papers like the Emory " euss the subject, why should cock"? We personally know t "Wheel" to be a staunch seg i. however. willing to discus print. The problcn is here. Are v it and come up with (lefinitc we going tc continue the pr Anthony E. Brown Indicat S mwhere along Ihe line of his y. a philosopher has said that ed uation :n America is : :(eessity we are to compete ef f pn (,;, ai-s a n1ationl of scientific and sociolo gial 1ignificance. This statement is ndeed correct only as it elates to those who think of higher education in 'Ir of ma erial gain, for in reality, for nearly all of us who are privileged to havie the 4pportu nity for (.I lege level trainin. learniig is a luxury given toi us Ib the prospicrity of the age. Few students have to hold johs outside the academic reahm of the 1.'iversity. and those who do have what they consider to be tenm1porary jobs, and they spvid the profits from their work to educate them selves, which is certainly not a necessity as far as sustenance is (c0ncerne(d. Raime The Range Considering e(ucation thus, it is Otten a point of wonder and amaze mient that so many young people who are at this university, as well as at many others like it, cannot raise the range of their thoughts o a plain equally as high as their resoUrces and capabilities wouhl pinmit them. Is it any wonder, however, that there is doubt in the mllilnds of fcreigners and conscientious Ameri cans alike that our country may not have the )osition in the worl that ionce had or that it certainly said have? Aluch of the let hargy with wvhich -mdeigiadiate students are in fested ruis from sname and fear of social ostracism, for to) exp)loit the vast f'rtility of the mind or to ex Tom Marchant.. Alost wellI- in formed pteople gen - vialIly agree that the most basic determining factor of character andu personality is environment. Assuming this to he so, one (onl eludes that a human being, or any organism is the prodluct of his environment. Analyzinig environment, wve find that it is composed of many things . . . however, if one looks further oine will see that tunfortii ntately, there is a definite relation ship between money and morals. This p)roposition doesL' not take the form of a progression, however. We cannot assume that the more the mone'y, the more the morals. . . . On the contrary, the means must not become the ex tremtes. A man should not he so poor as to be able to buy nothing, or so rich as to be able to buy anything. I realize that most of miy readlers are reacting to these words with indlignance, for there is no dlignity in measuring your morality in pennies. My poiint, then, is just this. I suggest that money is not the means to the end, but rather, perhaps, the means to the means to the end. First Things First One finds it hard to be moral on an empty stomach . . . 'tis hard to love one's fellow man wvhen he has a suit of clothes on his back and lives in a nice home, aind you have only rags and an old shack to call your own . . . 'tis easy to gorge oneself on the pleasures of the flesh when one cannot afford any other kind of diversion and recreation . . . 'tis hard to have Stick Our Neck ( one of our edi- "ignore it and n will draw much While happeni reaking the sil- Sumter, etc., ar to have been tionally, in loca iewspapers. We iently buried on oughts on the headline. We know tha ully whether or emphasized an< i of our respon- Northern press, definite yes. mention them Wheel" can dis- Shouldn't our sii n't "The Game- The time of he editor of the Georgia. There c ,regationist. He no longer ignort s the matter in coming . . . later. i going to face "The Gameco( action; or are on the situation. 'esent policy of ions Of Imm, blit an intellectual approach to- 9 ward anything seem to be the oh- I jects sought on the Illodern campus. I This dullness manifests itself in WMn1V areas of what appears to be C laborious endeavor, but which is, in 1 fact, oy ani illature presuip 1'l? of intelligence. CmntrinerAiadIw A case in point is the poem that ha- had a large quantity of con roversy in the pnast weeks; there d ino arguimeit that it had every C nght to have been published, but t thle bIject itself. the poeni in ques- t tion, presents the undesirable fea- i tUre1 of the situation. The Poem mNay have been good enough, such I as it was with all things considered, . but what was its value? Where is i its Worth when there is hate and t discord elougih surrounding almost every area of human interest? If there was any taste for Poetry f as a "r hythmical thing of beauty" I ainwhere involved in that poem, or aly thought of such a principle on ti I part of its author, then this is obviouslv a very clear indication of the puerile condition of the young minds of today. Elusive Values IIpqw, charity, and true intelli- t genc are elusive Values, and many people have lost all their trust in huinan kindness, but why write I about that which is Ilorbid and dis- S tasteful in a manner that can only t indicate the truth of that state of being? Iliere is wvhere the immaturity exists, for it is such impressions as th,is poem exhibits that prove the u ndleil e need for p)rogressian i to(waird the worth-while and coin st ruictive future rather than retro Are We respect for oIne's father, when one doen't even know who his father is . . . andil 'tis hard indleedl to respect One's blrothers and sisters, when all are forced to live in a single, small room-to sleep in a i single bIed. The South has alwvays been an i agrarian region w i tIh rathe(r c prinmit ive economy-it has always stoodi in the shaidow of its giant r northern neighbor. With the ex ceptioln (If a few, recently acquired industiail inputs, tile South re- I mains the agrarian culture it has always b)een. Even in the em- r bryonic trend towvard urb)anization e anld industrializat ion in the South, there exists nol olportuiity for e' the Negro toI compete for a job e with tile white man on an equal e blasis. Obviously, a man who ownsil anl exclusive clothing store catering to the( rich wvhite folks will prefer to ire a wvhite person ; to wait (In his specialized clientele. A mian who owns aI doll factory ('eed noIt concern hiimsel f with the empjlolyee's moral, social, or financial stat us. Tlhere is no cus-5 (omer-emplolyee ((Intact in this n case, and thus1 no racial discrim ination in hliring a man. I don't care if yoIu are whlite, 11ub1; ho0w m'Iany dolls1 can youl matke per hour? No F"inancial Opport unities (I In a woIrd, there' exists in the p Solutherin economy as it p)resenlts e it self today no financial opportun - p ities for the Negro, and for this reason the Negro is forced by s. Southern society to maintain a el sublsistence-level of income. If you tI foren a man to live liken an ani- N out iaybe it will go away"? ngs in Columbia, Rock Hill, e making front pages na I papers they are conven page 4C with a one-column t these incidents are over I sensationalized by the but is this a reason not to at all in local papers? .e be presented too? decision came earlier in ame a time when they could the situation. Our time is tybe next, semester, maybe k" welcomes any comment Just start it "Dear Editor." -J. A. K. aturity ression to the now untenable be efs of the decadent and destructive last. What is needed to raise the mind uickly out of this mire of distrust nd intellectual decay is probably est supplied, at least as a begin ing, by the Emiersonian tenet of elf-reliance. Too Much Dependence Students depend, or rather inter epend, so much on each other for oMfort and convenience that they ave become lost as individual en ities in a time when the individual of such great importance. This may be equated with the m1n who leaves his office or job at certain hour each day and goes one to forget that he must have hat job; he even associates him elf with the characters on the T-V 6estern to effect his withdrawal rom the realities he will eventually ave to face again. This is called 00d, but it is the most humanly egradling action man has yet dis overed to destroy the purpose of is mentality. Ieelessness of Supidity What is intended here is a houghtful attack on the uselessness 4 stupidity and on the impotency f the mind when it relies on pur oseful ignorance for its growth, ich as whatever that growth is hat results from such reliance. There can he no pretentious pull ng of p)unches when an object of omp)lete disdain is presented by a najority of the youth who claim le right and also the privilege to m prove their horizons of knowvledge Lnd awareness of what life is and anf certainly be. MenOr O nal, you can expect him to act like on animal. Combining my hypotheses, I resent to you this theory. Man's haracter, p)ersonality, and moral ty are dlependent upon his environ nent , which is, in turn, dependent n large part upon his level of in ome. There exist in the South today 0o financial opportunities for the 'degro, which means that he must ive at a shameful level of living. ~or these reasons the average outhern Negro tends to b)e a less rioral person than his wvhite ounterpart . . . not hecause of ny inherent deficiency in his ap)acity for morality, not he ause his skin is black, not he atuse he hats a peculiar hody dor, not hecause his features are irge andl prominent-butt rather ecatuse he cannot afford morality; is a luixury which his pitifully >w level of living simply cannot 'lerate. lie cannot afford to qjuip himself wvith or move into n environment more conducive to ioral living. Packing Thue .Jails Th'lis brings us up to the present ay situation. We have witnessed 1c deplorable New Orleans riots, we skirmishes at the University (;Georgiau, and we are presently acking the jails with the same rficiency that Mr. Kennedy has ackedl the l{ules (Committee. As I indicated in last week's itire, time heals all . . . but ianges little. The Yankees stIll uink that if you dlon't love a Bill Able 01' Arch R Last week, this writer was ac (used of being an ignorant and un informed archeonservative because of his "so-called misuse" of the word socialism. This writer may be an ignorant and uninformed archeonservative, but he does not accept the reason ing of the liberal writer, Dan Carter. Most college students are able to read an article and comprehend its contents. In fact, such a test is required before admission to the University. It appears, however, that some who are deficient in com prehensive ability manage to obtain admission. Draw Pictures For these few individuals, this writer will attempt to draw pie tures so that they will have some understanding of what he means. Nowhere in the article on the Rules Committee did this writer condemn the enlarging of the Com mittee. What this writer spoke out against was the "undemocratic" exertion of "undemocratic" pres sures brought to bear by our Chief Executive. If the writer of last week's letter truthfully thinks that this was the democratic process in action, then he does not know the meaning of the word. The deplorable system of ruth less political pressure was under attack. Since Mr. Carter called this "democratic," this writer feels that his use of "socialism" may have been more correct. The Great Problem And now to more important things? Perhaps this will not create a controversy among the students. The great problem facing the stu dents, at this moment, is that of parking. The Traffic Committee of Stu (lent Government has made a valiant effort, but not much has been accomplished in the way of obtaining more student parking p)laces. With a growing student enrollment, this headache must be faced immediately. Several weeks ago, this writer striches? Rtebels still assume that if a man doesn't hate a Negro, he must love him. It's really a hell of a mess. At any rate, it would seem to me that any rational man must realize b)y nowv, that it is no longer a question of the goodness or bad ness, rightness or wvrongness of integration here in the South. Cluck, Cluck, Cluck The point is that integration is going to be, KIu Klux or no Klu Klux. And this is wvhere I believe the stalemate originatedl. South erners are still thinking in terms of "heating the rap." Others equally naive, will condemn me as a (defeatist, and suggest that we "put it off as long as possible." I venture that perhaps it is time that we Southerners stop acting like a covey of scared ostriches. I venture that perhaps it is time for us to pull our headls out of the groundl and take a good look at t.he world-the world as it really is, not as our politicians describe it. You say that once we let one Negro in D)reher or one Negro in USC, then they'll pour in by the hundreds. Ilogwash. What is keeping them out right now ? Why aren't the Negroes flooding into USC right now? The answer, obviously, is that we, the white people in this state, have and al ways have had the upper hand, economically and politically. Hogwash I have been accused of being a "nigger-lover" by one side, and have benn called a humaniarian IAI ides Again was in Traffic Court downtown, and Judge Marchant spoke at some length about our problem at Caro lina. He was very considerate of the three or four Carolina students in court that day and asked them why something wasn't done about the parking situation. Perhaps this is the sign that now is the time to "strike while the iron is hot." Building Expansions It appears that the Administra tion is mainly concerned with building expansions. They must also see and deal with the student parking problem. It is really the commuting student who suffers the most. In order to park within five blocks of the University, he must arrive before 8:30 a.m. This is an unnecessary hardship. There are at least four remedies which the University can consider. One unpractical one is to prohibit all freshmen from having cars at the University. Another is to re strict the parking on the streets around the University to day stu dents and issue them permits. This will require the consent of the city fathers and the cooperation of the City Police Department. Such consent is probably not forthcoming. Do Away With Island A third way is to do away with the island between the B.A. Build ing and the University Terrace and make two lanes of parallel parking for day students. The fourth and perhaps best way is to build parking garages. This writer has discussed such buildings with an economist and found it to be economically feasible. Pay For Itself A seven-story garage would pay for itself and pay off the bond issue in about 20 years. This is the nor nal rate of return and period of time for commercial projects. There are a number of other solutions, of course. If anyone knowvs of a solution which has wvorked in similar situations, please send it to the Chairman of the Traffic Safety Committee of Stu (dent Government. Also talk to your Student Council Representative. by the other. This is also hogwash. I neither love nor hate any Negro that I know. I am simply ind(ifferent to them. I simply refuse to allow my life to revolve around the poor, lowvly Negro. I have rubbed shoulders with thenm since earliest childIhoodl; I servedl them as a grocery clerk for six years. I have seen every shade of Negro from the blackest black to the lightest mulatto. I have been exposed to the cream of the crop and to the scum of the earth, and I am certainly not ready to admit that I have been adversely affected. It would seem to me an admission of inferiority on my part if I admitted being adlversely affected by any man white or black. Token Acceptance Neither do I advocate total in tegration in the South at the present time. I do not think the Southern Negro ready to be suc cessfully integrated into Southern white society, to any extensive dlegree. Southern white society must, however, begin to make some progress toward this end. We must adopt token integration and cease this senseless, hopeless bat tle of words. The time for debate has p)assed;: it is now time for action. I sincerely hope, Mr. Lincoln, that we will not see students of this university howl and scream and curse over a few harmless Negrnas We Get J Dear Editor: al A few weeks ago I was asked de by a "Gamecock" reporter to give it my opinion concerning RE Week. In giving my opinion I stated that th Carolina is "weak" in religion. I W said that the yearbook gives ni evidence of this weakness. w In a letter written to you and se printed in your column, the staff of g( the 1961 GARNET AND BLACK m informed me that the editor of the 1960 GARNET AND BLACK is w now attending the Southeastern b( Baptist Seminary at Wake Forest. si Mr. Chertok's personal religious of convictions are not challenged. di The purpose of a yearbook is re to reflect the interest, attitudes, ci and atmosphere of the entire stu- m dent body-not that of the editor of the yearbook or its staff. ot I commend the staff for accur- w ately presenting the religious w phase of Carolina-which is still weak in my opinion. Donald Rogers Dear Editor: We would like to thank Student Union for the dance held last Sat urday night for married students. It was gratifying to know the Administration and Student Union felt it worth-while to sponsor sun an affair, and we think the large Blake Fishburne A Reason The cafeteria was crowded, and e the mixture of many voices pro- ze duced an indefinite gurgling noise ti< which went unnoticed by its crea- ni tors. In the far corner of this th ordered confusion, there was t re silent person listening to you. Perhaps you didn't notice him, be cause he wasn't facing you. But i he heard you; and he told me by what he heard. w) It wasn't so unusual that th Emanuel overheard what you W said. You see, he's used to listen- til ing; he's blind. fC You were talking about that II fabulous party that you attended IM last weekend. Remember how you hi said, "Oh, it was great, man, ca really fabulous. Everybody was drunk as a churchmouse." th Everyone Talking I"h The person behind you was in talking too. In fact, everyone was o" talking; but Emanuel could only th single out one voice at a time. I th wonder who that was behind you? It could have been almost anyone. He was talking about integration, "If those niggers come to this school, we'll string 'em up for sure." "Yeah;" answered someone else, t ''we'll give 'em an education all right." A feminine voice was talking about her heavy date. "lie's really 310 wonderful, lie hais a new T- Hird nui convertible, and golly, be's just ca the greatest!" in Who Are Youa? And thent you were talking again. You seemed to, be siute an authority ou college lifCe. Emanuel Pa wanted to ask you who you were. But then, you probably would . have only told him yoiur namew. c lie wvantedl to ask you what you w were doing here'. Hut then, you ca p)rob)aly would have only tol him your name. lie waintedl tc ask ycou why you were living; what wvas your p)urpose in IifCe. But then, you p)roblably would have only told him your naime. So Emanuel kept his quest ions se to himself. lIe thought oif the (CIOWING FOlR A IiNIVE.i'SiTV ()F S(Il Membelar oif A.Juoia3ted.l F'oundled Jamnuacry 3o, ins a i first editor. "'I he Ccm,nn'cm4 k'' is imml, s the Unmieirsty of South (Carolinnc ~ wekly yeamr ecept. on ho,idan) anid durn e nm, necesmmrily toe f 'h (c" """ mcu. EDITOR~ MANAGING~ EDITOR~ BUSINESS MANAGER.: NEWS ED)ITORS SPORTS ED)ITOR~ ASS'T SPORTS EITOR FEATURE ED)ITOR SOCIETY ED)ITOR ASS'T SOCIETY ED)ITORC CAMPUS ED)ITOR EXC:HANGE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAG;ER BUSINESS SECRETARY COLUMNISTS e Tomn Marchant, Bill Able, Anthon Jacquie Splawn, Marty Sheheen, lii nitUrmNoo STA.... Letters tendance proves married stu nts are interested -in such activ es. We would especially like to ank Frank Strausbaugh and alt Bryde, Student Union coordi tors for the dance. Everything is very well planned from the lection of a suitable location to >od music and abundant refresh ents. Most of us have children, and e often find it difficult to pay th a babysitter and the admis )n price required at the majority social affairs, therefore, this nce-with free admission and freshments-was most appre ited.- We hope there will be L)re like it. We know there were many hers who enjoyed the dance and >uId like to sign this letter, but could not reach all of them. Betty and Tom Bailey Dottie and Charles Green Arleen and Bill Gore A)awayne and Steve Coleman* Kay and Henry Armstrong Doug and Joyce Hatcher Jeannette and Billy Himes Susan and Ronnie Burnette Patsy and Ernie Riddle Joan and Troy Webb Joyce and Steve Bath Maxine and Tom Roe To Live ver quotation by Albert Schweit r, which had fired the imagina M of Norman Cousiis: "We .ast muster the insight . . . and e courage to leave folly and face ility." One Less Nigger "If only we ctould. . . ." Ema el's thoughts were interrupted a loud Voice. "Hey! Guess mt I saw yesterday ? You know it nigger that was execute(l ? el, I saw him fry. Had a hard a' gettin' a ticket, but I finally and soiebodly with a press pass. y, did he stink! The nigger, I 'an. They slapped the juice t,i n anld he smlelled like a hurnt b)hage!" "Caimus was right;" Emanuel )ught, "this is the most pre 'ditated of murders." Suddenly Emanuel's thought nped from olneI murder to V iwr. and he found himself nking about his best friend. o had been murdered last year. V cor0ner had ruled it suicide. t Emaniel knew that there werc miy people who had killed his end. S,)m' of the murdvieirs re undobtledly in the cafeteria that mn:'meit, but they wIre dhalyIN unaware of their crime. Tlhat Is Tlhe Quest ion Iiih hi:il sidh that there wa, reas 'ii to live"' thought Erma el. ".\hybe he' was right, but I 't he.lp t hinkiing that soimewhere' his void cailled life, there must oth<r$ who feel t heirn physinal ignii f:ianme whe'n compiaredl to -ial insigifim:merie wheni com-i redl to' thle ant s or the bees." Eimarnuel picked up his cane'. nd if thlere' are a few who gniz'e thle a bsurdities, then I I sta:y and14 help thenm till this 10 an d I are dust.'' An then he walked into tIe sP fresh air. )id you see him tapping hi y ailorng the brick walks thIiis rninig? I)id you guess tha sympathy fir yoiu in your I'- impose11 d b liess ? Or did youm tfeel sorry for himo? GRhEAT'ER TIl CAROLINA slle'giute P'ress 1 'herm Elliott (on,zaers as the 1 by anmil for the steulents of onatimys, cluring the college mesil leltter w'ritr are rnot "Ihle C'snierock"' enctourages "I he ign.ul Plishi n g ce,' lht tor edhit or withhol firom JIUDY KILLOUGIl HIowardl Hellamis JTerry Jlackson Gene D)yson Lev~ona Page, Nancy A riai I, Anita McCartney Doug Gray Carroll Gray Kelley Jlones Btrendla Williams Kerry Wofford Pat Pedern Murray Coker Bob Hill Emily Redding Jordan, Blake Fishburne, E. Brown, Mike Sheheen, Savage. roI Eslan,., Anne Abur-,i