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Concerni As the University draws near to its 160th birthday on December 19, we become more and more aware of the fact that our grow ing institution is on the threshold of true achievement and greatness. Our physical plant rivals those of the nation's most highly recognized institutions. Our faculty and ad ministrative officials are taking into con-. sideration our most important problems. Our Student Body has no equal. But all is not a bed of roses here at Carolina. Our state is not a rich one, and even though we are a so-called "state supported institution," we can not live by bread alone. Our state legislature is able to allot the Uni versity sufficient funds to cover costs of our "necessities," such as land, buildings, class rooms, and Green Beetles. But if we are to enhance our heritage and continue on to greater realization of our potential, we must have the "luxuries" characteristic of a great uniiversityV -- textbooks, volumes for our ii baries. more eminent faculty members, and more gifted students. These things our state cannot provide for us. Therefore, the University has embarked upon a fantastic public eIdowVment program - the Greater University Fund. This is the first such program ever attempted by our institutioni, bit the endeavor has been un believably fruitfil. Contributions have come from industry, businesses, individuals, and the faculty and administration. However, when prospective donors are approached wvith the idea of an endowment contribution, their first question is invariably. "What is the University doing for itself?" So far. the only answer we can give is that our faculty and administrators have donated a sizeable gift to the Fund. This is not enough, however. As yet, our Student Body has done nothing. As proud sons and daughters of the greatest university in the world, we, the MEN AND WOMEN OF CAROLINA, must rise to the occasion in suLipport of our University's needs. The immediate purpose of the Fund is to build a greater state university than the state can do itself. The revenue derived from the campaign will be allocated into four major categories, representing the areas most urgently in need of assistance. This is where "RSVP" comes into the picture. The fund will provide financial support to Research fellowships, Scholarshins. Volumes. ng RSVP and Professorships. Let's examine them point by point: Research fellowships eliminate costly "dead ends" in graduate education and cul tivate great minds that will someday be responsible for educating our children. Scholarships, which the University des perately needs, are part of the answer to the problem of having our gifted state high school graduates studying in other areas of the country. Scholarships help stimulate every qualified young person to make the best use of his academic talents in his home state. Volumes, or "library books" in the lay man's language, are few and far between on our campus. Our physical facilities could not be hetter, but a $900,000 library is of lit.tle value when its shelves are empty. We simply (o not measure up to stanlards set by other Southern colleges and universities. To per mit such a situation is unforgivable. Professorships will enable the Uidversity to out-bid industry, business, an(d govern ment - and other schools - for the great minds of qualified instructors, who make a university great. low will we, as students and later as alumni, benefit from such a campaign? I1mmediately, we will have the satisfaction of kiInowming that we are doing something worthwhile for our Alma Mater . . . an itangible feeling that comes when you know you've( made something great. On the material side, the volumes brought in through the Fund will be at our immediate disposal. And getting back to the intangibles, nothing could do more than such a student venture to ereate that school spirit we've been trying to acquire for leaveln knows how long. Also, as our University becomes more highly recognized in the future, the value of ou diplomia will increase accordingly. An "of the student, by the student, and fr the student" campaign p)rogram has been set up. The groundwork has been laid, and a campus-wide drive is under way. No goal or minimum contribution has been estab lished. for the fund raising is to be carried out on a "'pledge" basis, w\hereby immediate I)ayment is not the objective. Avid student support is needed. The MEN AND WOMlN OF CAROLINA can and will show the state that we want to make our University a greater (ne. An extreme lack of .zpace ha.s been shown recently at the Univer sity of Alaska in College, Alaska. In one of the class room buildings. a men's lounge is now resembling a fish hatchery. In fact, it is slowly but suruly being renovated into just that. Over 2,000 fish specimen are being store I in barrels ini the biology 1:b now for lack of a suitable home. So, up go shelves and other suitable sho(w place inl the lounge for the collection. The decision to use tihe rolom was made when university officials ob served that it was rarely used. Stu dents now use lockers in the hall of the building. At the University f Miami, Sebastian, a male ibis portrayed by one of the students is now love lorn. His companion Violet was removed from a parked car following a recent football game. The female ibis, a feathered fiber-glass head worn by an Alpha Delta Pi sorority member, was a recent creation to be adopted by the student government soon. Students have asked for her return as poor Sebastian is now left with no date for the Miami games. * * * At Portland State College in Port land, Oregon, students have set up a "Share a Ride" plan to counterat a local bus strike. This car pool plan would enable all students to get to the University without bus service to get riies with students with ears. Cards to be filled out will enable the driver to get riders in a certain district. A clothing store in Winston Salem, N. C., offered Wak!e Forest students an unusual (loor prize re cently. Miss Sheralee Conners, "Play boy's" Playmate of the Month for July 1961, was offered as i date to the Wake Forest-UNC game to the lucky winner. At Washington State University, 21 students tried to out do the tele phone cramming fad but the attempt almost ended in a disaster. The elevator, with a capacity for 12, was crammed on the basement floor but barely rose 10 feet before It stopped. After an apparently en joyable 45-minute wait, the students were released on giving identifica tion to the night manager. ichunge Corni At the University of Michigai, Whne mall phlak of wool is causin;r a imatjor crisis. Women cyclists are now faced with the problem of whether to try and scal- an ap :IenLIt ly insurmountable hill or to their tire, buiping theml on the stairi. The Wooden rIamp which ordinarily runs a.ng the stairway on the hill waz reknt nly reported missing. The U7niversity Phint Department is re pArtedly loking for it or its taker. The students wonder why they imlply canl't replice it. The University of Southern Cali r i' " rily Trojan" reports some of the praiks pulled prior to the USC-UCIA game back in 1959. As game time drew near, USC nvisc;t Tonuny Trojan got his usual bath of blue. This time the hue pr,ject was of ink, not paint. He got CROWING FO1 UNIVERSITY OF ! Member of Aswocia Feounded anst 30, 1908, w first editor, '.amcock" is pu the Univerity of South Carolina we year wopt on holidays and during Ihe opinions expresed by oli noessarly those of "The Gameo Ietters to the Fditor, but all letlei sot owsstituto an endorsement. 'n publifAtion any Wettr Is reserved. EDITOR . MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER ASS'T ADVERTISING MANAG NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR ASS'T FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER :XCIANGE EDITOR BUSINESS SECRETARY CIIIEF PIHOTOGRAPHER REPORITERS: Ilanding Clarksor ton, Clody Hardy, Ellen 1lorto Fred Schumpert, Bobby Brown, 1 Henderson, Regina Galgano, Jack BUSINESS 9TAFF: Murray Cok Emily Redding, Jim Van Owdell, COLUMNISTS: Charles Behling, Daniels, Sam Freed, Audrey Han Peden, Mike Sheheen, Brenda Wil PHOTOGRAPHERS: Robert Gap -scrubbe.d anlyhowv. In retaliation, UTSC Squires pre paI aI nV JIIice( little surpr-1)1-i se for the Westwooders. Bright red and yellow Ice -- S0ILe 100 of tIhem - were given a taste of freedom in thet UCL.A library. Quiet hours were up 1 set : little as Bruin coeds screamed ' anI jumped out of reach of the red yellow l odents. "nthe i3attalion" of rexas A&M college prlinted the folloving plea to be sung to the tune of "We Ain't Gt Dames." We got buildings, we got streets, We got everything that's neat, We got nuclear reactors, And a lot of other factors, We got brand new physics building, And a lt of Army officers: What ain't we got ? We ain't got pencil sharpeners. I A GREATER OUTH CAROINA led Collegiate Preo" th Robert Elott Gonsales as th blished by and for the students of ekly, on Fridays, during the college eaminations. rannists and letter writers are not Ak." "The Gamecock" encourages a must be signed. Publishbg does e right to edit or withhold fream .HOWARD HELLAMS Doug Gray Gone Dyson Bob Hill ER . . ... ... Carol Esleeck Levona Page Carroll Gray . Joan Wolcott Rosemary Hankine Marty Sheheen Mary Ann Newman Murray Coker Pat Peden Emily Redding Joe Van Dyke .Jr., J1o Ann Coker, Cathie Dut 1, Carolyn Iloyle, Kay Hfuihey, d Jacobs, Gail Broughton, Ruthle ie Fowler, Donna Rusell. Pr. Carol Eslaeck, Bernard Hoefe,. 'Im Prealey. John Chappell, Pat Clayton, Mike i, Joe Major, Jimmy Mann, Pat iams. tins, Fuller Horton. Mike Daniel . . . More On Dr. Crow In Russia Editor's Note: This is the last of three articles on Dr. E. R. Crow's observation and differ ences between the Russian and the United States' school sys tems after spending three weeks in Russia along with 18 other prominent men in the U. S. in the Educational Field. Dr. Crow is the Director of the State Edu cational Finance Commission. The status of Russian teachers is very high. They are among the best paid people in Russia. Their salaries vary with degrees held and other experience such as writing a book. Their education schools for teachers is a five-year program. The teachers have a union-not like our labor unions. Their union is an organization that looks after the welfare of the teachers. It owns rest homes on the Black Sea where teachers can go on vacations at a nominal cost. Dr. Crow noted that most of the l(ussian schools are inferior to ours in design and workmanship. Their school furniture is very crude and cheap, but the scientific equipment in the schools is ultra modern. T IIE 18-member group was given the impression that Russia's rural schools are in very bad shape, since the group was refused the right to visit them. The Russian officials refused visitation because they said the rural schools had been visited so much they didn't have time to re ceive guests now. A plan is now being considered to turn all schools into boarding schools so that the children will be tnder the control of the gov erint from kindergarten age through college. "Everyone in Russia has real ized that ediucation is the answer to the realization of their means -- progress in all fields and world dominance." Everyone from Khrttsihev to the lowest peasant realizes how important an edu cation is. Book stores are found in theatres, restaurants, stores - everywhere. Dr. Crow stated that he had never seen such a dedica tion to any one thing in his life as the Russians are to education. "I lEIZE is only one thing that "I saw that the Russians have which we need and that is the dedication to education as a means to further ou- way of life." Letters Policy "Letters To The Editor" are en couragedI by "The Gamecock" and wvill be p)rinted whenever possible. They should not exceed 300 wordis. Lettet-s must b)e signed and ac complanied by the contributor's re turn address for the purpose of certification. An unsigned letter will receive no considleration. If the wvriter desires, his name may he withheld, but the anonymity will not be granted automatically. No p)artisanship will be shown in the p)rinting of letters. How ever, "The Gamecock" reserves the right to reject any letter because of content or character. Fig h Use C ris WE COULD I Jimmy Mann . . . John Birc In the past few weeks this edi torial page has featured articles b] a Paul Crawford who after "cos mically vomiting" sees a sudder flash of light and is "saved" righ there before your very eyes, ir print; articles by a Dr. Crow wh< discusses the very interesting an( apropos topic of Russian educa. tion, qualifying as an expert aftei an extensive three-week tour of thal country; and the inevitable rash ol "I see Carolina in So-Many Ways' - said articles prompting normally lconservative people to use four let. ter words. Rather than dignifying these sin. cere efforts with any more intelligeni comment, I should like to turn to F little more refreshing subject - th( growth of superpatriotic societies making use of the John Birch Society as a representative case in point. The formation and growth o: these superpatriotic groups is a di. rect manifestation of the great wave of anti-communism nowv sweeping the United States. PUBLIC officials have switched from the standard banquet fari of mother and Jesus, to speeches or the Communist menace. In receni weeks, that great oracle of Soutl Carolina dlemocracy, the "State newsp)aper, has featured articles de scribing this layman's solution t< world p)rob)lems. One article relate< the formation of a local anti communist society in Abbeville, S C., at which 80 people joined anc pledged to "fight communism on th< municipal level." Another told of meeting of the Darlington chaptei of "Operation Alert" at wvhich the featured adldress was delivered by Mrs. Bob Wilson, "a widely soughi speaker on the subject of Com. t TB ma)el WEEP OUR PAJ i And Supe munism - who is a member of the Hartsville High School faculty." Publicly, everybody is anti-com munist; nobody is pro-American. There's a vital differenee. The Birch Society, for instance, as an example of the former, is essentially nega tivist in outlook. This Ku Klux Klan of Suburbia has been very careful never to be caught in the position of offering constructive criticism. These societies make great use of the ill-considered sensational catch phrase - "Conquer Cuba," "A Bomb Red China," "Abolish the Supreme Court," etc., etc. They ap peal to the public through such gross oversimplications-taking advantage of public desire to have some effect on world conditions; the public de sire to act without equivocation or hesitation, regardless of the coni plexities and consequences of such an action. They take advantage of the public's desire to move from emotion to action, bypassing thought. A danger of such superpatriotic groups is that by emphasizing an internal threat they turn our own people in on ourselves. By labelling all those who disagree with them as Communists or "Dupes" they create internal suspicion and distrust. For example, the Minutemen stand armed and ready to shoot down any Communist on sight. The question arises; how do you distinguish a Communist from a p)atriotic citizen ? ,The answer is simple to a too well known State House Representative. This legislator learned all about the Communist menace in a three-week course at the Army War College. Of course, if pressed for facts to back his generalizations, he must plead that these a.re classified sec rets he can't divulge. Obviously, it wvas a super secret conference, since only dignitaries such as a State Representative f r o m Lexington County were invited to attend. .HIS "Communist finding formula" is a marvel of simplicity -- "my mother told me that if it looks like a (luck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck." Another example of the creation of internal distrust by these groups is occasioned in the statements of the founder of the John Birch Society, Robert Welch. Mr. Welch, a man well acquainted with the subleties and complexities of the Communist threat through his 30 odd years experience as a candy manufacturer, has flushed out such subversiyes as President Roosevelt, President Truman, and President Eisenhower, labelling them as "Coin munists." To my mind1, the threat is not so much an internal as it is an external one. To be trite but true, U. S. citizens are living under what is p)robab)ly the best system of govern nment any nation has ever known. In a country known for the freedom it gives its citizens to express major social dlissatisfaction, there has been remarkably little of It. Another characteristic of these groups is their attempt to suppress dissent; their attempt to establish a national uniformity of opinion. The'y set themselves up as the self appointed Judge and censor of American mores and defend this position with nameclnugn T LIKE THIS rpatriotism B UT what are the political actions of these superpatriotic cults? The Birch Society, once pictured as a valiant Don Quixote charging ideological windmills, is involved today in two political controversies. With customary moronic zeal and singlemindedness, it seeks to abolish "censorship" (another catch-phrase) of the military. Your writer would like to briefly remark on this subject-in-itself that the traditional non-political character of our mili tary establishment must be preserved in order to maintain an integral foreign policy. We cannot tolero e generals - who usually advocate t bellicose foreign policy - declaring that Berlin is tactically untenable and that the U. S. will not defend it, while our President, on the other hand, declares that we will. To foreign citizens concerned, a U. S. general represents U. S. policy, and it is reasonable for us to conclude that his remarks should be in line with that policy, even if editing is required to keep them that way. Domestically, in the event that generals wvere allowved independent political action, I wonder what Con servative opinion of this "censor ship" issue wvould be if a Ft. Jackson general participated in a Columbia sit-in strike? The Birch Society is also one of the main supp)orters of the House Un-American Activities Committee, wvhich President Truman may have aptly described as "the most un American thing in America." These superpatriots in resisting Communism often turn toward an American from of Fascism. I qualify it as an "American fio r m of Fascism" because European Fascists, be their faults wvhat they may, at least offer constructive criticisr and, accordingly, have nothing bat contempt for their alleged American counterparts. Recent manifestations of the dan ger of these organizations are state- ~ meats by former President Eisen- . hower and President Kennedy, who declared last wveek, "We don't need t.hem." O NE is forced to conclude with Senator Fullbright that "the greatest danger to the demoerafh system is an overzealous, unin formed citizenry." Let me say in conclusion, that I am looking for ward to being called a "dupe" by members of that body. SCocktail s ~'In keeping with the cur rent Gv r eat e r University Ri Fund drive, it is well to note ~the shortage of books in our Slibraries. Part of this must 'be attributed to a long dry Sspell in Carolina purchases Sof library volumes In the early part of the century. After a period of some 20 years of buying no books at Sall, the "Gamecock" came out with a special edition with a banner head reading "University Gets Book," in San attempt to squeeze a Slittle more money out of our