Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We're Helping The South is a place where fanatical mem bers of the KKK ride around wearing sheets, burning crosses, and lynching Negroes. A true picture? No, but that is the idea many Northerners have of the South. The happenings of this past week have not helped matters any. A former (former meaning last week) meinItir (-f the Student Body of Carolina is on his way back North bearing the tidings "6We are right. The South is a place where you can't shake hands with a Negro without being jailed. And boy. once they get you in Let Thert Is .vmur light hidden under a basket? It might as well be, according to a recent sur vOy of campus lighting. The report is in on the lighting in the mn's dormitories oi campus. We are certain thatt tihe report on the lighting of the wo men's quarters will be quite as bad. In imost tit the dormitories individual hups are required for stulying, since the existing facilities fall far below standards for comfortable reading. Lighting, accord hig to the report of the investigating com mittee, is especially poor in Buildings H and J, Preston, and Fraternity Row. We know from personal experience that the only possible way to read by existing lights in Wade Hampton is by sitting across Blake Fishburne Searching Foi NoIerse4t Maugh1m11 nte Wrote 011ponelit, ie Iay that "1alf the difficit:es of Ma:) "in l-talld why :ie in his dc-:re to asWer1 U i s I)v dovr. luestion3 with yes wr ne. Yls or no 1111C.30011~ ~ ~ ~ Wih\LS(1 11 C 1 l ive to prevell may.1V ne(ithe (If heII be the answeriR!IIit; in each side mtzay have in it sotmie yes ihis in and( some no." Ne9,o,s Will he The Iracia L question in the Soutith &mn their dlioll! :s 'argely a b attle between two cNtUllt, 1i11 ;t Inal ideals which Wilian T. 1'Ilk nas 1J lias Will 1W IT described as a "Quaitty vs. 1Equal- L.w and order in ity" gtruggle.lat n o Solth Southern whites getnerally feel poilits of that educa"tinal atnd soed stald- call beZt ie ards would be- h,weied if Negroes of a bi-I-acial cowl \ere admitted to white schols. i.te id Negro Southern Negrir-, on the other to Voice C0111 hand, view ser Iegattion as denial of Cit 0t * orD the "equiaity" ideals on which our Name-calling tnd Constitution rests. Both sides are I1 cot-ast to t] right. I do not say this in an at- Illectill,S out tempt to straddle the fence; it is Ient racial sit just an honest statenment. Both (-tolina Consists sides are right. If imniediate total I1tS by each s integration took place, there would W Thi LSeles he an overwnelming number of ttil ill'ttt problems inl quality education. Many ionS SitUation, white students would retLuse to at- of the Chil tend school. And, let's face it, gireat -.ohnny is a stil umasses of Negro students would ite. tend to pull the white educational (~ oinymt ievel downward, for there are very ht lc nl' ew "separtate but equal'' schools. i aerao n Iliow can we tetaina quality edlu- o whtsa atiion antd have eiquality of oppor- "ittutss'i ttunities aiso? We cannoot, at least lirso le t ional levI i f t he Sithertn Negro o :i ~avct ttuist bie brougt upi, andi diAScrimi- i ot'tec iat :itt ab ishbied, bu' the prtocess i iiI eli on' will bie a long an.d tedious one. i \illadtt II t h wi:e andl Nigrit leaidetrs :itiit Oti .,itubl rtal izi t wemoplex pt le~cmts :~ tHsa( nyc i in any cultui cobange. i i ntif i n0 wn- priobiems iif each sile ntleohrh nay be rob-ied. aindl hou!d at temtiti e i tytCcli toi uindertnnd the optposing view- g- ii.'I st poitnts. ioieitwhc Untd' tstaiml i will prove a much iiAttNere morte fanti Tnali policy thantt :hC ( hu pl pr e.oe tnCiet hodu of bindl cuitndenma- '1 retcotep hea Edto: m blief tsht te Al; tu tocotgtnulae yu ve toprve on brak i ig he2 lene otthe kin ts i '*ttt I I SSlC. t. \l ti'lititt (X siation . wil s mettl which I o agree Ieitwill, bebe to te loer ni)raity f t exCtte (nd ita Negres a ci)iil)reilto te whttes wilmyb t whits. Ivetiure he o)tiiofl -.is and orderwin concalig hi ~ottliy torn ~ Thee worsts of hapsthi is her moey hs is te mxremues orie advntgesIhop cothast tout ''nigerlove,''but ne hing~ tiet metn, outy I beievethateverone houl her frnt rialy s have a defniteropinin onnthiss in expressingthatnly)imiatn I d no stpptrtinegrtio ii- l)ar Edou ituor: caus I tinkit i itivithe, Tha al matit tha seregtio inscholand o The bla ndo jus, bsids ein ilegl. am c"emnmunithe orM alsoa beieve in hesperirity ws eofar te e of a eduatedman ver n n (lnt'."in ftod tha eduatd oe nd m ot frid stic hes?"th o one rearles ofhi coor Itis va tho pemu i Our Enemies jail, the KKK moves in." True, this boy was stepping over the bounds that a stranger to a place should ob serve. ". . . do as the Romans do" and all that. He should have kept his nose and the chip on his shoulder out of our local prob lems. But is that any reason for grown men banding together to intimidate a 17-year old boy? Even some of the students were out to "get" Hart. We have created a martyr. We shall reap the fruits of our efforts. I Be Light the head of the bed with your back against the wall and your head directly under the lamp. This can lead to a hot head and sacro iliac displacement. The poor lighting has been remedied in some cases by the use of 100-watt bulbs in stead of the specified 60-watt bulbs. This provides more adleqliate light. but presents a possible fire hazard. The committee has recommended that the use of fluorescent lighting be investigated, especially for study desks. Though the in stallation costs are higher than that of in candescent lighting, the fluorescent lights are reported to be two and one-half times as efficient. No lucibration without illumination! An Answer :till attempt to 11,11)Mti11 mannor, and who are nut is opponent be- at heart. Thus the term gvestaiio," however valid for somic d Negroes must imli\iduak, should not be used as a L violence from gccal classification for police racially heated (t 4icus. iy mean that the The term "Jim Crow" when used CJuested to tone by tie Negroes, and the term "nig ;trationls to some K i-lover" when used by the whites, also mean that :uiy surves to arouse emotions of uested to insure iigonism on both sides. the "token inte- Let us stop this useless name rin schools. calling and use a little common pmsitive al)proach ,%: SC. I through the ad Raiuuality vs. Emotions eil in which both The philosopher Aristotle stated leaders are al- tlat man is a rational being, and plaints and find tii view was rarely questioned lutions. iltil Spinoza suggested that emo Co1m1on Sense tions are primary in determining ie proposed coun- man's actions and that man may ined above, the il'- lo.,i6 to eonfirn what he al nation in South i-,a(v wants to believe. Spinoza's of primitive at- C C O Of the important role de to smear the eniotions play has been up s name-calling is re for such a Plon science. of sociology, psy and reminds this thii)**, and psychjatrv. ish song-like cry, Wiien this writer recently inter ker; Johnny is a \I \\-e a pronlilleit local psy ire Southerners, i,th(ltr ttdhaprjic hite, are capabile .esa adfnemchim conduct than this. v. lialwthiflidulobe ll integrationists l eta vihh led at it muinimum "fol- libleeeuo oal.Ovosy ommuiinist party Lt scititsnm antb t many religious vnheefohevulbes integration, they jcto o'nneelig'b h mnuiists have in- p'il vosol i i ains dny sensible per- Ifawie vrtoltysae that there are ta h ul soegetmna mn both sides who IJs)tllevodbeacedf upI trouble. These kigardclsten.Yt ,however, andI Wl' ttdi hr esntrs king integration- t.isdcaaindenosudto th c'onmmusist. t i yn.Teei osc hn md1(, the Negroes a nra a. ste0( *g policemen "the Jlxgos"Almnaeaite le that there are (ii.'(X'Jtm n he n white policemen siitiisIwi(~'aotte. r'utailly, hut this Ardyo )bby odeaou a all policemen. m.btltu ohd u ett ilicemien who try hI a oaiyblneorea job inialfaarnand tandiwhoimrulnet W e di atG et. Thustetem more ducaton "oeha," i uhoer publications sm woma in hisLIi"ds oherl nothber usdasa he tongerthe genea withssificatrioti dere poic thebeterff, inTgain tra"Ji Cro" ihn thed with Negroe thgrane Ners whic he sttem "nig havesee thbyin-luding ahn ustemp byth hmor: t ofthe ot.I "nly Iervest arue emotions arf anih h es tagoi, ubow many sdls ca th hieadyoLeu stop hsuseesnme eyndffeenneinane Ba Joktecmo Thehm a I hisphero wiingtl stthed reatdman's pprtiona teling, andk viw n k thi viiew waU ael:ustoe tha yo wil m.:Ti e Spio su r.te tlihtoeo dentinsde are priaryei deeteininge smearly n's atons anod tat n a M. RsenNow hviconfir the hadet meal waith wantdsir to stateve. Spiozas o Martionofthe importan.ntroe Sanedioril gate ionIatoroghlaya beenoup 3, 1911 issue to the derltopmenyta ofth k": An eight- haniny,d whichiGd astry. ed tion -- - or e-en this wriane,te Nroidtl ner rcan eitoia Cusida intomian coeclopsy 'h!aliistionththeustct-oraceju dieWe,enher orsatendtat rjdc :Trespeat ardfnmchansm t raryeneavoreethialos thuhe iniviual toeb giv feuety er; hure unler the NAAdePub LITTLE MAN C 0L oo o e 0 4 1-TH' PINA PHI NOTHINC1 44O61 FIZATCRNITY 16 ON PROOATION; Ken Holland All This) In his admirable work, The C Caso for the South, W. D. Work- a man, Jr. points out four pestilen- cl tial forces now scourging the h South: the Supreme Court of the a United States, the NAACP, north- t ern politicians and the Ku Klux ii Klan. ti Judging from events of last i week, it appears that another ' annoyance has emerged - the highly emotional campus liberal " who sets out to rearrange the P thinking of an entire region. I On Thursday last, a horde of local colored college students ap- v peared on the State House grounds e and created a situation which t might have erupted into a riot, ) yielding, perhaps, another sacri fice of the Emmett Till variety, to the great gain, financial and c publicity-wise, of high sounding, low tactic pressure groups. The conduct of the Negroes was understandable. They had obvi- e ously fallen under the influence of P well-trained organizers. They had nothing to gain, and a lot of class T time to lose. The annoying part of n1 the whole demonstration was the t) C participation of certain University K of South Carolina students, one of sI whom was subsequently jailed. C The second known Carolina con- b tribution to the exhibition was to 0 appear the next (lay on the edi toral page of 'The Gamecock" implying that cap)ital punishment , in South Carolina is reserved for sc Negroes, which is not far removed th from heing an outright lie. e Lower on that same page wasb a long, incoherent treatise ad dlressedl to a Mr. Lincoln, who probably could not deCcipher it any tc better than anyone else. This wvas a most fortunate bit of literature u for the South. Its author has re- d vealed to all in the other sections 0 a of the country reached by "The u Lost in quiet burninug pain ~ Only to return again; Veiled when hate arose in ' mant Eternal when she touched ~ 5 his hand. -William WV. Savage, Jr. -s. . . Stach propaganda is more effective than ai I realize, there will undoubtedly a be a flood of protests on the sec- p ond floor of Russell House. Yours truly, t Eddie Hlightower a Ed.: I'm sure all of your ambi- a tions are realized now that you v~ have had letters published in both t LIFE and "The Gamecock." Do you want your two four-cent p stamps hack? It isn't necessary b to put postage on campus mail. g *Dear Sir: The editorial by Mr. Marchant s in last Friday's issue of "The a Gamecock," was a part of perhaps the finest editorial page in recent years. As Mr. Marchant stated, h one of the biggest problems in any section of our country is the dliffi- I culty in obtaining a true and ac curate picture of the situation e amid all the blustering of those r individuals and organizations which t seek to inflame certain groups in ordler to achieve personal gain. b There are many well-meaning r andl intelligent people in the North e andl South who are trying to help u the Negro better his position. Un- b fortunately, there seems to be a a lnrge goupn (both in the North e IN CAMPUS AO9 OFIi INE. EJg dAngedO thei vIewnt (adte tve every right to do so), they re more often than not charac !rized by excessively fuzzy think g, and could not see the situa on objectively if it was pasted side their autographed copy of rofiled in Black and White. The final burlesque of the ,eekend appeared on the editorial age of "The State," Sunday, larch 5, 1961. In a highly emo onal letter to the editor, a Uni ersity student (or so he signed) nployed more exclamation points ian good taste would allow in roclaiming that the South was a ad section. The author of that, no doubt, )nsiders himself something of an uthority on the subject of segre ation versus integration, since he )oke from a high platform of <tensive travel and varied ex L-rience. Did he see the Mexicans in exas? The Chinese in Califor ia ? Did he travel as a Southerner irough New England or Harlem? t)uld he have journeyed through atanga Province with the light inned overlord of Harlem, Adam layton Powell, and not had the )th of them boiled in common I? Prejudiced, that's what we con ss to be. Everyone has some ~ep feeling against something, hich is the obverse of being for 'mething. We are for keeping e University open. We are for ~ual educational opportunities, it separate. We arc against turning the hools of South Carolina into ciological experimental labora rlies. But most of all we are prej liced against mal-informed slan rers wvho chide an entire section this country upon no better uthority than half-truths. Our p)rejudice wvould not send s rioting in the streets, stoning veryone of another hue, and de ling innocent bystanders. It would ot allowv us to sit in a church or suiple shouting frantic amen's rhiile some ex-convict preaches a armon based on the premise that A white man's head is made to be uisted" - the message of the Mos s And Stal ndl South) that uses the Negro s a pawn in a chess game of olitical advantage. Our position bould be to try to sift through hie conglomeration of information ndl mis-information that is avail ble0 and reach our own conclusions rithout falling back on, "this is he way granddad did it." Legislation will not solve the roblem; indifference will not elp either. Level heads, intelli ence, and flexibility in our hinking are our greatest allies. riogress will be made when we top thinking of every Negro as field hand or scrub woman. D)on Brown *FAd: Obviously you haven't card--I'm a girl. )ear Editor: Let me be one of the first to ommendl you for discussing the acial question in your lead edi arial on March 3, 1961. The struggle for human rights *y every citizen In the world can o longer be ignored in our own ountry. The question of individ al equality and opportunity must e faced and some enlightened etion demonstrated to those In ulr own conuntry andi tshrouho Lee Jordan . . . 'We Are Cheatii In its educational system South I Carolina needs quality, not quan- I tity. No amount of bright, new I classrooms will give this state I quality education unless there is a 4 good teacher standing at the front i of that classroom; not merely an I adequate teacher but a good one. By voting down a teacher pay raise again this year the Legisla ture is not merely cheating the state's children but the state's fu ture as well. Without Adequate Salaries Without a d e qu a t e teachers' salaries, this state will never be able to attract or to keep the quality teachers that it needs. Compared to the other states South Carolina's educational sys tem ranks near the bottom; in salaries only Mississippi ranks lower. This is true despite the fact that almost half of each tax dol lar in this state is spent for edu cation. In the last 10 years South Caro iant Too lim black supremacy sect, which recently conducted something new, a scream-in in the United Nations. Southern prejudice at least takes on a few refinements which for bid these violent reactions, at least until we have been pushed and in sulted to the tolerable limit. It must be said to the Circle of Caiolina Bleeding Hearts that the battle currently raging is almost totally political in its implications, mid the northern forces are mak ing good use of such individuals as yourselves. There was a day when the two races were beginning to live in harmony in South Carolina. Per haps when all her detractors have t run the gamut of their passions and wearied of their vilification cam paign that tendency might resume. The false emancipators are upon us, but even locusts soon pass away. t CROWING FOR UNWERSITY OF SC Member of Associate Founded January 30, 1908, with first editor, 'The Gamecock" is publi the University of South Carolina weeki year except on holidays and during ei The opinions expressed by colum necessarily those of "The Gamecock. Letters to the Editor, hut all letters not constitute an endorsement. The publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR. MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER. ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWS EDITORS. SPORTS EDITOR. ASS'T SPORTS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR. SOCIETY EDITOR. ASS'T SOCIETY EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR . EXCHANGE EDITOR... CIRCULATION MANAGER. BUSINESS SECRETARY COLUMNISTS. Tom Marchant, Bill Able, Antho: Jacquie Splawn, Marty Sheheen, BUSINESS STAFF: the world wvho look to America for moral leadership. Tonm Marchant states a sure premise when he says that we cannot judge the American Negro justly today because past and present environmental conditions have not allowed the Negro to assume his rightful place in so- t ciety. This is true in the North, and it is also true in the South. Unfortunately, it is true world.. widle.( Worldwide War Belgium did not give the Con golese people an opportunity to learn how to govern themselves. Hence, we have illiterate black menl waging a disorganized strug gle for independence which could very well involve the entire world in wvar. It behooves us in America to change our attitudle. The reason why we should change was ably stated by President Kennedy in his Inaugural Address when he plodged: "To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledlge our best efforts to hel., them hl thm ig Our Future ina has made vast strides toward roviding adequate schools and >ther facilities. Other needed im irovements have been the consol dation of school districts, an in .rease in average daily attend ince, elimination of schools with ess than five teachers and a lecrease in the number of schools :hrough consolidation. Not Only Fault However, there has been too iuch emphasis upon old physical racilities as the one fault with he educational system. A school )uilding does not forfeit its use lulness simply because it is more .han 10 years old. A new school uilding is no guarantee of a good .ducational system. In this typically American ob ;ession for the shiny and new we iave forgotten the most impor ant factor, the personal element he teacher. Meager Raises There have been teacher pay raises in South Carolina, but these ueager pittances have only em >hasized the problem. South aarolinians must wake up to the act that without good teachers nd enough of them this state's ducational system will never be nore than second rate, if that. To obtain good teachers South arolina must not only provide idequate salaries but must also -aise the standards of teacher jualifications. By adopting rigid standards we vill be assured of getting better eachers, but this rise in standards -an only come after this state has )rovided higher teacher pay. A itate which underpays its teachers an not be choosy about the per onnel it hires. It must take what t can get at its price. Federal Control The states can not continue to hirk their responsibilities in the 'ield of education for if they do he federal government will step in o fill the gap as it has already >egun to do. To a state such as this which ias always embraced the concept f state sovereignty, federal aid vith the subsequent federal con rol would not be easily swallowed. A GREATER UTII CAROLINA I Collegiate Press Robert Elliott Conzales as the iied hy and for the student% of y, on Fridays, during the college aminations. nists and letter writers are not " The Gam,ecock"' encourages must be signed. P'ublishin g does right to edit or withhold from JIUDY KILLOUGH Howard Hellams Jerry Jackson . Gene Dyson Levona Page, Nancy Ariail, Anita McCartney . Doug Gray Carroll Gray Kelley Jones Brenda Williams Kerry Wofford * Pat Peden * Murray Coker - - Bob Hill Emily Redding Lee Jordan, Blake Fishburne, ny E. Brown, Mike Sheheen, Bill Savage. Carol Esleeck, Anne Abrams. elves ...not because the Comn nunists may be dloing it, not be ause we seek their votes, but be ause it is right." Peace Corps When one-half of the world lives n freedom anud abundance while he other half lives in se'mi aptivity and near starvation, it ireed1s ill for the wvhole world. In rder for an ambitious P~eace jorps to succeed, it must be sup >ortedl by the actions of youth verywhere in America - at the Jniversi ty of South Carolina, lmiory University, and at my owvn Urma Mater, West Virginia Uni 'ersity. JIames Reston, The New (erk Times columnist, advised ini he February 17, 1961 issue of the limes: "We are beginning to see a coni luence of the wvorld struggle for reedomn in Black Africa andI the degro) communities of America. 4o longer is the American Negro skiJng, as Countee Cullen did 35r 'ears ago, 'Copper sun, scarlet ea, what is Africa to me?'" Ia not Mr. Reston right ? Sincerely, Wade T. Watson 2d it, UiSA