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What Price How many times have I heard students say, "Why don't they have more activities for the students?" This is a good question to be raised. There is also a good answer. There are "more activities for the students," but the students don't seem to take advantage of them. One point in question was the recent May Day Program. ODK, KSK, the Dance Com mittee, and hundreds of individuals worked hard to put on a gala show for the Carolina Community, only to get a slap in the face when only a handful of students showed up at Awards Day, the May Day pageant, and the Student Council Dance. The latter affair was the most ridiculous. I will admit that there were some draw backs. For one, the dance was held on a week night. Number two, Woody Herman is probably not the best band for a college dance. I will agree that a middle-priced band, preferably colored according to popular opinion, would have beeni a better choice. However, its kind of sickening to look around at Township Auditorium and not see more than 200 people. This is a pretty ac curate count, too. This represents only 1/30 of our Student Body. Not only was I displeased at the attend ance, but so was Mr. Herman. Some may take the attitude that he shouldn't care Hand As the semester draws to a close, the Uni versity faces one of its biggest problems that of book stealing. Each year the prac tice of stealing and re-selling text books in creases, until it has finally reached un believable proportions. One normally expects a few such cases throughout the year, because we are dealing with human beings here, but the problem has gotten out of hand. I am not, however, condonirg the several instances. There are various explanations as to why students steal books, the most common being that they "just had to have the money." For this we have various loan funds on campus. Probably the most convenient for short term, no-question-asked loans is the "Y" Loan Fund, which may be secured from Ted Ledeen at the Information Desk in Russell House. Event as 1 u \rIe this. someone is stealing a book. Obviously, he doesn't realize the consequences of such an action. Once a student is convicted of stealing, he is sus pended from school and a letter concerning < the disciplinary action is placed on his per- 1 manent record. le will be allowed to re turn in a few semesters, but the mark will remain permanently on his record. How ma ny good johs or resi>onsible p)ositions do you think he will be able to get if his record is investigated? Ths.s ma H so n ,ike an afternoon soap at. t re -rii"n -> bhe offense and Letters To The Edi :-asr l'%'r. :-ITz nt te Pr:i.Ir; tol at jIlng t h.an wukudrte Sa - th ) t ~: :: m ; of Miati PIl1)pS o a I bnthale Tu a; h-t xe ' reara-ti~ die of. Ameica playboys' " Youn~ o are enlltied to) your o pi nions non- ud dob, i. rerning both wh1;tis. My .opiniohen'uc in of a glreat manyv Ca rol ina studena~at.~~ihi c i< that they'~ '"en 't the' breeding IItItIW~ gm m) . am'Oa 1 wait tables at eit.hlia teriea RIIih? ar: Man. The student igti''. U -/I -tu,dent., who tir - I ;i1t: et Sm feerely.,iI in ed n George' S. V an Riiper I.*tn'i VhC 1 tear G.eorge:tafftitot ff I hank,s for the~ letter, lbut if t)1 a be t' yoIu are unhappy1I) here whay tnot Iiil t't h re-trainsfer to itollin% or Miami? p'll n h I'mn suare that not more thani thltl * l 0. itree petople' will b,reak ins front ttrp'e r.iflu oIf youI ini 1he linet ati the' Jlegis- ii oej.i )lC Irar'st Office. :~upin ta Dear FAitor:tEwnth a*: Bland Roper's letter to the edi- a luoy"wc tor in last week's "Gameeoek" is~I h pr~i a heartening example of the dy- pe,w r oi namic young conservative move- fodigahpt ment, which gives promise of be- AeiasfrFe coming the dominant political force Uiest.W t of the decade. Concerning this itrse iue movement George Sokolsky has nadRpra written: ev. "This affirmative movement is ablaz amon colege suarnsthe) Mburdeo > Support? he's getting paid for the job no matter how many people come. Who knows, maybe he takes the same attitude. Personally, I'd feel like getting out of the business if no more people showed up than did. Dances such as these are sponsored for the students benefit. The student pays for them. So it's the student's own fault if he doesn't take advantage of them. This also brings to mind the attendance at the Artists Series presentations. Again we can see two sides to the question. We will agree that the Bill Thompson Duo may not appeal to every student on campus, but how do you know until you've tried it? Many people said that they hadn't even heard about it. There was a definite lag from the publicity side, but this was due to the Easter Holidays, after which there was no issue of "The Gamecock." Still, there should have been more than 60 people in attendance. Dances, talent shows, personal appear ances, etc., have long been a part of the Carolina tradition. They will continue to be with the right kind of support, but unless the students take it upon themselves to be come interested in more than a "bull ses sion" in the dormitories, the Administration will find another place to use our money. I don't think they could find a better place. s Of overcome the problem, and with help from the Student Body, it can be done. In the first place, don't leave your books lying around to tempt prospective thieves. Don't get me wrong-I am not of the opinion that every student is a potential thief, but there are some on the campus who will stoop to such actions. It's really bad that we can't leave our books on the shelves in Russell House lobby or in the cafeteria, but until the problem can be coped with, it looks as though we must all invest in a padlock. Secondly, if your books do happen to get itolen, and you're lucky if they don't with Whe end of the year coming around, report this immediately to the Campus Shop and the South Carolina Book Store on Sumter Street, giving your name and a full descrip -ion of the book. In order to sell books now, ,t student must present his ID card, so he runs a great risk of being apprehended. Each store has been co-operating to the 'ullest with the University in this matter. Finally, know your seller. Students just lon't sell books at rock-bottom prices any nore. Be sure that the books you buy are iot "hot" (as the honorable Chief Bundrick Aould say), for if they are stolen and you -e-sell them, you are just as guilty as the ictual thief. This sounds like harsh treat nent, but this comes under the category of necessary evil. As a rule I am of the opinion that every meI is basically good. Look like several stu lents are trying to shoot my theories all to tell. rMike Sheheen... ' h enomousd nt up. They wilul B erbepres- Aue they will h>e et the expenses or them. They The American student must be postpone mar- entertained. The fact that student economic and fees are charged proves the adnmin >ur generation iktrators recognize this need. Once And they are it is recognized, a sufficient pro constantly in gram must he cutlinedl. rospect of war, Y~et there~ nuwLt be somie hidden me ones to fight fa-tors to a suiccessful program, of them wvill, because the Ui versity meets the basic outline but fails to be a really of the wvelfare efetv program. Hlow is the ef ~ens to become fectiveness rated? The only true nted tyranny, wvay--by student resp~on.se. -old war policy The University charges student d defeat, con- fes-hc r eesr. A pro tradoloig gram is ouitli ned. It isn't the best to the trd b ecause it doesn't cover the cul tem of limited, tu-a aa bu a program exists. constitutional We have fa.ilities-again not the fosters imdivi- v'ery best but certainly sufficient .lfreliance; a to hold the activities. ith in the prin terprise which What is the hidden factor? In great power it terest! Interest on the part of the creation of an students who administer the pro in which free gram is not only hidden, but is ish; and a real- one of the mdst necessary ingre based on the <dients. A fair program handled ec West is en- well will receive better response its very exist- thna goodprga hnde pr'oper goal is p)oorly. id not preserve Perhaps a part of t.he money allocated to the program itself >f these princi- should be allocated to cover a good g Mr. Roper in advertising campaign for every eof the Young performance. dom here at the Our entertainment program has ongly urge any much to do to keep pace with the Ls to contact growing needs of Carolina. How x 3358, or our- ever, interest in and for the exist ing program from every segment-~ Rt. Stumpf student, faculty, and administra Jimmy Mann . . . Rather than become embroiled in the emotional word circus that has characterized this page of late, let us survey areas of Carolina Com munity concern-where there is the possibility of unified Carolina Community opinion, plus the pos sibility of remedial action. It is apparent that we students are looking for an issue - or a "cause"o as some would have it. There is one issue that has been largely overlooked - and it is an issue of such importance to each of us that all other student concerns should be subordinate to it. That issue is the comparative position of the University of South Carolina. I am unashamed to admit that I love the University of South Charles Behling . Cr W IEN a student begins to read the editorial page of his college newspaper, he almost invariably expects to find it filled with radical opinions and vigorous criticisms. When a columnist for the paper begins to contemplate the subject of his weekly brilliance, he almost invariably asks himself, "What around here needs criticising? What should I lash out at this week ?" Of course, criticism is essen tial to a good college paper. A paper must be bold enough, brave enough, and free enough to call the shots as it sees them, to criticize whatever it sees that needs criticising. But just as surely as criticism is essential to a paper, so is praise essential. And so is it essential that only criticism of a high, constructive, even ideal istic, nature be printed. Let me explain. F IRST of all, the aims of criti cism must he high, noble ones. Criticism must not he used to further the selfish aims of any group, not even if that group happens to be the student body. The criticism must seek the right, whatever it may be, and whether it is popular or not. And in aiming toward these high goals, the criticism must employ equally high and noble methods. A paper must never criticize .when its statements will hurt the school. A paper must never criticize unless its state ments are undoubtedly construe tive. And the criticism must always he made in understandling and symnpathy. The one criticizedl should always be resp)ected. For example, it is very easy tor the~ college newspaper to call the faculty and ad ministra ion mforons1 and fools. But it must be remembered that al though these men make mistakes, they are extremely cap)able and extremely dliligent in their w ork towardl a better school. If it wveren't so, they wouldn't he in their high p)ositions5. T IllS does not meani(l that these men are exem pt fromi cit i (ism; it is the duty of the col lege press to criticize them-and the students-whenever they need it. liut this criticism must al ways be made in understanding, sympathy. and1( respiect. IEven in the rar oc(ccasion whe a man is not. worthby of this re sp)ect, he mu ist lie respec'tedI any way. I 'eople, you see', have a strange tend(ency to become what's ex pectedI of them andl to (do what's expected of them! An,d so, criticism is essential to a college paper. But, para dloxic'ally, the paper must be re luctant to criticize. It must search for all the facts; it must be sure beyond a shadowv of a dloubit that criticism is justified before it prints it. Elven in the world of the college press, men should b)e innocent until proved guilty. BULT just as much as I see the importance of criticism, I am sure that the role of a col lege paper is more than just fault-finding and campaigning against. A college pape'r must he qluick to p)raise'; in fact, it must be eager to praise! It must try to c'reate an atmosp)here of respect. admiration, andl loyalty to its school; an atmosphere wvhich will move the school toward greatness. H[ow is this atmosphere cre ated ? It is not by criticism; no, it is by praise, by a sincere pride We Nee Carolina. But I love an ideal. It has been unfortunate that the majority of our student body is un familiar with the situation faced today by USC. While we have passed our time in concern with various student causes, our Uni versity has had to tighten its belt and attempt to offer a good educa tion with vastly inferior resources. Employment at the University to day is equivalent to public service. The University cannot offer good educations without money. What is our financial position? Carolina receives all of its money from three sources: the State of South Carolina, Students, and Alumni. We have received short shrift iticism Critiq about the school. T HIS, as I have said many times before and as I firmly believe, is Carolina's time for greatness. With the tre mendous increase in the number of students who will be eager to enter school in the future, with the increasing quality of these students, w i t h the exciting physical growth of our school in the future, Carolina will have no choice other than greatness. At this time in the history of the school, praise and admira tion from the school newspaper are more essential than ever be Anthony E. Brown All The Wor It is with a feeling of amaze ment and somewhat of fear that this day has had to come, for the immortal words of the inimitable Hard of Stratford have at last been proved wrong! All the world is not a stage; the University has one no longer. The need for self-expression is inherent in the human psycholog ical and physiological makeup. The driamatic arts have always been ore of the leading features of a so-called liberal arts education, and when there is no provision made for the expense of such energies and talents that are natural in in telligent beings, then that institu tion that denies the right for their expression deserves a true and just punlishment; preferably, public humiliation. This University wvas founded on prl incip)les of honor and justice, but these idealizations have died out almost entirely on this campus. Tlhere is little outward encourage m nit for such principles anymore, for thle credo has changed from just, meanng "right, pmrper, and trule," to just, meaning "barely." Eaverything of importance here is minimized practically out of exist ene and the elimination of drama is only one of the many things that have been overtly squelched on this camp)us. Howv can the Uni ver3sity claim to educate its stu dents when denial and de-emphasis are its basic tenets? The inevitable argument is, "we do not have en(ough money.'' That statement is more than fallacious; it is com plettely fal.se. If this university enn? suJport sever~al very expen ivt dlance hands (luring the course of a year, wvhich, by the wvay, less thin five per cent of the student bodly go to hiearl, then it can afford an i instructor iln the dramatic arts. If this university can afford to spiendc over $10,000 outfitting its audlitoriumi with a lighting board arid a sound table, and then let it rot from lack of use, then it can also) pay the salary of someone who knows how to operate that machin e:y for a dramatic p)roduction. 'These are harsh statements, but thlere is no~ denying their truth. If mcney is not the difficulty-and it obviously is not-what is the source of the blatant antipathy to)ward drama? There are many in teresting conjectures on the matter andl the true answer is in one of them. It should be sinceely hoped that the newly formed Student Council committee that has been se-t uIp to investigate this matter will find this answer, which it will (dt, because the answer is so ob viouis, and bring the entire truth of the situation to the attention of the student body anid of the board of tustecs of the University. It is that important. Trhe writer of this column is the p)resent p)resident of the Gamma Tau chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, National I lonorary Dramatics Fraternity. It is his unhappy duty to write a leter to the Nratio,al d Money from S. C. This year, next year, and for 14 of the past 15 years, 1 Carolina has received a lower t amount of money per student than any other state-supported school in t S. C. We have been fifth out of F fi%e for 14 of the last 15 years in e per student state appropriations. 0 This is even more damning o when one considers that: Carolina h has the largest college enrollment t in S. C.; Carolina has a graduate o program larger than the graduate d program of all other state colleges ii combined-and this graduate pro- ii gram costs more per student than s an undergraduate program; Caro lina offers a broader field of study a than any other state institution; t Carolina is THE State Univer- n sity. 0 ue y fore. This praise-giving, this reluc tance to criticize is not the road of the coward, although many may think that it is. Often it c takes a very brave man to re sist the cries of "Smear! Smear! Smear!" h C RUEL realists may laugh at men with this reluctance to attack and to criticize. But it 0 seems to me that colleges, per t sonal lives, and even the world move fastest and best on hope, faith, loyalty, optimism, on idealism! It is on these things that we must firmly stand. V Id's A Stage Chairman of the fraternity, re- f questing that the charter granted d t(o Carolina many years ago be a withdrawn and indefinitely re- f, voked, for this fraternity grants t its recognition only to those insti- S tuti(-ns that promote drama on o their campi. It would be acting a o lie to continue affiliation with the n organization, and if we cannot be < int(lligent enough to provide s1 draima, we must certainly be a honest and plainly deny that it A (-xi-ts here. ti None of the comments and state- 1 nciits contained herein should be r, construed to be threats; they are r; i:wtead straight-from-the-shoulder fact. that Lst be abided by in y spito of pleadings from student g groups, for they are not only facts, e bit are laws based on the petty () argumnenits of those wvho would A deny ot.hers the things they are v not capable of doing themselves. si This column would like to charge o iherewith that if there are valid ni reasons for the University being e he only state-sup)ported institu- q tion in America that is denied a a dramaties group, then let them be given so that all interested per- d sonIs may knowv of it and do some- t thing about it. The student body can do some th-ng about this p)roblem: express t iL feelings on the matter through e letters to this paper and to state ui legislators. If there is enough o dlemand, then perhaps an appro- a~ 1)2 iat ion (can he made, should the solution be money. Otherwise, let y thec University die a little more ni a nd biecome eveni more mediocre n tan~i it is now. t, O)ed' nud leer dasM Meer ni CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF SO Member of Associated~ Founded Jp~anur 80, 1908, with first edito,'fh Camecock" is publi the University ef South Carolina weel y<sar ezoept on holidays and d mIgei 'The opinions expressed bycolmi neosesarSy these of "'The Ga=ecock. Letters to the Editor, but all letters mot costitute an endorsement. 'Ihe pUliatona any letter is reesred. EITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER AD)VERTISING; MANAG;ER ASS"'T AD)VERTISING; MANAGE] NEWS ED~IITOR SPOR)TS EIT'OR I"EATIIURE EDITOR ASS'T FEATURE ED)ITOR SOCIETY EITIOR ASS'T SOCIETY EDITOR. C'AMPUIS ED)ITOR CIRCUI,ATION MANAGER EXCHIANG;E EDITOR HUISINESS SECRETARY ('IllElF PHlOTOG;RAPHIER COI,UM NISTS: Charles Hehling, Si Mann, Audrey Hland. Columnists It is apparent then, that Caro na doesn't get its fair share from he state. What does Carolina get from he student? . . . very little. Com aratively, Carolina is a very in xpensive school to attend; evidence f this is seen in the large numbers .$ f out-of-state students who come ere to get a cheaper education han they could have received at ther institutions. Money from stu ents is spent faster than it comes 1-the entire costs of new build igs on our campus is paid from tudent tuition and room fees. What about alumni financial upport? It is enough to say here hat contributions from alumni are ot even sufficient to pay the costs f operating an alumni office. Consider -the effect of this lack f adequate revenue. Construction is so far behind Aiedule that many of us will be nable to room on campus next ear and in the future. Even more alarming are our rofessor salaries. In a survey of 0 Southern state-supported insti Ltions, Carolina rated 19th in onparative professor salaries, and iiserably below the national aver ge. Even Clemson's profs make iore money than ours-yet we ave more Ph.D.'s and our student er class ratio is the highest in . C. We are unable to hold some f our best profs (Murphy, Bar on, etc.); we are unable to at ract superior ones. The profs now i University employ are-finan ially speaking-public servants. Since S. C. is not a rich state nd 'students are unable to make ) the difference; alumni support ,>uld seem to be the best potential iurce of revenue. Which brings to s the question, "Why don't our raduates contribute to USC?" It is your writer's opinion that ie lack of alumni support is the ault of our University. If stu ents were regarded as future lumni, the situation might be dif ?rent. The change necessary for iis is a change of attitude. The tudent Body should be informed these larges issues confronting Lir school. Student concern for this iatter-which is future alutt mcern-would be manifested if :udents felt that they exercised responsible voice in this area. so, there should be some agency ) eradicate student gripes. Cam us police, housing, etc., should be garded as services to students ither than disciplinary agencies. For these reasons-and because our writer believes that students iven correct information can make irrect decisions-it would be a ood idea to establish a President's dvisory Committee. This idea, 'hich has prioved a panacea at anme schools, entails a committee f about 315 student leaders who ieet wvith the University President nece a week-at which time all uiestions a re candidly answered, Il gripes sympathetically heard. it is hoped that next year's Stu e'nt Speakers Bureau, in speaking urs throughout S. C., can en ender some alumni support. it is again your writer's opinion imat the situation is so self vidently distressing that each of s can help by informing others f it in our homes, communities, nid elsewhere. This is our school-four or mdh., ears of our life; perhaps the iost vital contributor to S. C. eco omically arid socially-let's get >gether and lend her a much ceded helping hand. 6 GREATER UTH CAROLINA I Collegiate Pm.s Robert Elliott Consalee as the bhed b1 and for the stadeuts of F.n Ma'addatngtheionsg ,.ists and leftter writer. are not "The Camnecock" eurages ant be signed. Publishn doee right to edit or withhold frog HOWARD HELLAMS Doug Gray Gene Dyson Bob H1111 Carol Esleeck .-Levona Page Carroll Gray Joan Wolcott Rosemary Hankins Marty Sheheen Nancy Arlail Mary Ann Newman Murray Coker Pat .Peden Emily Redding Joe Van Dyke m Freed, Mike Sheheen, Jimmy IEmeritus:- Carl M. DrnoIls