Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Enough Is A pretty bad thing happened on campus the other day. It isn't the first thing of this nature that's happened, and unless some im provements are made, it won't be the last. It's been pretty well widespread that we've got a serious parking problem here at the University, but that wasn't the cause of one parking ticket that caused a lot of trouble earlier this week. It was raining Monday morning, and one of our students stopped by one of the girls' dorms to pick up his fiance, leaving his car right outside the dorm in a no-parking zone. His date wasn't quite ready, as is the case on rare occasions here, and he had to wait a few minutes. When the couple returned to the car, they found a University parking ticket on the steering wheel. Feeling that he had a legitimate gripe - and I think I would too - he called upon the Honorable Colic P. Bundrick, chief of our Campus Police. This was his first mistake. The so-called "Chief" was, at the time, en grossed in deep meditation with a motor cycle patrolman from the Columbia Police Department - probably discussing the rela tive merits of bullwhips, tear gas, etc. The student then interrupted their con versation with his problem. This was his second mistake. Disturbed at the intrusion of a student - a headache for the local Gangbusters - our great Chairman of Na tional Sin Prevention Week gave him the cold shoulder treatment. The student, na turally a little angered, made his third mis take then. He made a few statements which apparently wounded the virgin ears of the great Soul Saver. Then, with customary brilliance, our hero proceeded to bodily throw the student against the wall, "frisking" him imme diately, in true Dragnet fashion. With the help of the city policeman and another of Washed U' There are a great many things that we do at Carolina that we do simply for the sake of tradition. It is part of the heritage of the "Gamecock" for the outgoing editor to issue a printed "farewell address," in which he has nothing but praise for everything that's happened throughout the year. Unfortunately, everything has not been a bed of roses for the "Gamecock" - or for Carolina - this year, but there are a great many more things - and people - who de serve a hand. The good outweighed the bad by far, so why cry over spilled milk. We will, however, apologize if we've stepped on any toes un.iustly. I write in the past tense, for this is the last issue put out by the current staff. After the holidays, the new staff takes over, as is customary. I wish them all the success in the world, and I sincerely hope that they will get as much out of their association with the "Gamecock" and subsequent duties as I have. I realize more every day that our University is a truly great one, and I hope that the campus newspaper can continue to promote this greatness as much as we have tried to do. Space does not permit me to list everyone who has contributed to the publishing of the paper this semester, but a few must be men tioned. Principally, our best supporters are you -- Joe College and Cathy Coed - who read the paper on Friday (or Thursday night), lhmgh at Steve Walter's cartoons, look for your name in the social column, gripe be cause you're a conservative and Pat Clayton isn't, wade through Student Senate minutes to see if the Senator from your school has proposed any earth-shaking resolutions, and scan the entire paper to see if one of your professors has done anything you can com pliment him on. Individually, I'll have to thank the staff first, 'cause it's the sports reporter, the ad vertising solicitor, the editorial columnist and all the rest, who make a newspaper great . . .so that the editor can sit back In his private office and take all the credit for "that good article on Roman Gabriel" . . . or for "writing me up on the society page" ... Enough the local pistol-packing gendarme who was summoned to the scene, the student wai carted off to the Columbia jail, where ho was to be charged with disorderly conduct This is not meant to be a joke - it's th< truth. The University cannot afford to le incidents such as this continue. I think most of us will agree that the Uni versity cannot control the weather; that i cannot stop people from dating; that i cannot wage a successful war on profanity But it can be responsible for giving its stu dents true protection - by employing com petent law officers who have enough in telligence to determine when they are over stepping their bounds. It is our understanding that campui policemen are hired by the South Carolim Law Enforcement Division. If ours is thi top "SLED dog" in the kennel, the state i, in serious trouble. Before I am misinterpreted, let me sa that there are some very capable and per sonable officers on the USC force, but wit] incapable leadership, it can become a "polic4 farce." The Campus Police could, and should, bi the best public relations men at the Uni versity. One of the best ways to get the jol clone is to improve the relationship betweei the student and the officer. I'm realisti< enough to know that our students don't weai halos, but I'm also realistic - not idealistii - enough to know that our Campus Polic don't need to wear guns. It would be prett: interesting to compare budget figures con cerning their appropriation for ammunitioi as compared to the number of students sho in the act of a crime. No matter what it involves, we must hav immediate improvements in the presen situation. "Looking into the matter" an subsequent pigeon-holing is not the answer p At 20 or for "putting in that picture of our churci center." I have no qualms whatsoever about turn ing the editor's desk over to Doug Gray after today. He's done his job - and a fem other people's - well this semester. I'm afraid I won't have much of an opportunity to "put him down" next semester. Joan Wolcott, Marty Sheheen, Carroll Gray . .. all the editors, reporters. etc., have done a fine job. They'll do even better next time. The business staff - Gene Dyson, Bob Hill, all of them - have been great in co operating with the "other side of the office.' We'll also have to take our hat off tc people like John Chappell, who's given us a lot of help in promoting Student Govern ment; Fran Baskin, who's let us use the "Garnet and Black" office when ours was overflowing; Mr. David Abeel and his staff at the University News Service, who have helped us "fill up the holes" and get the paper to bed in the wee hours of the morn ing; President Sumwalt and other adminis trators, who have held stories and "scoops' until our Friday publication date; Brenda Williams, who's had the Student Senate Minutes ready to go every Wednesday night; Henry arnd Mr. Magalis at Vogue Press, who've also been up late working with us; the entire faculty - and especially the Journalism staff - for their suggestions and advice; and, especially, Dean Tomlin, whomr we just can't think of enough good things to say about. If I had to single out one individual that we couldn't have done without, it would have to lie Mike Sheheen. Virtually every publi cation night this year, Mike has "double p)arked1 his camels" at the Russell House In formation Desk after midnight helping gel the paper out ... writing articles, headlines . . . keeping the campus police from running us out of the office . . . taking copy to the engravers . . anything in the world to help Without fear of becoming too dramatic,] speak for the whole staff in saying "Thanks' to Mike. Those whose names are not mentionec know that I appreciate their help too. It's kinda' bad to be "washed up at 2( years old," but I've sincerely enjoyed it. Thanksaga-in. Letters To The Editor Editor, "The Gamecock" In recent editions of the "Game. cock" it has been encouraging to see a growing interest and an ac tive study into the Communist con spiracy to undermine our American t way of life here on our Carolina campus. The editor should be com mended for stimulating the move ment by printing the various view points on how to combat this ever present threat. Education, most people will agree, is essential before any intelligent action can be taken. In view of the need for such education among the American people and especially Car. 3 olina students, may the editor con 3 sider beginning a weekly column to point out facts which relate to the attempts of the Communists to brainwash the American public so - that, by 1975, we will not fall into i their hands like a ripe peach. 3 J. Edgar Hoover's book, "Masters of Deceit," is an ideal first grade education of the conspiracy. May I ' urge you not to stop here, but con - tinue your search for the facts by ) writing your Congressman or the i U. S. Government Printing Office for reports and records on what the Communists are doing. r After the actual facts have been analyzed, then decide what you think is right. Please don't be taken in by r anybody who simply makes petty - insinuations and implications. Do 1 we not owe at least this much to our t country and to the men who died on the battlefields for the freedoms we have today, yet take for granted? Let's be proud of our heri t tage. Is it wrong to be patriotic ? The Communists are much far ther along in their plans than most of us realize. Religion is one of the prime targets the Communists aim to destroy. According to the Con gressional Record, they already have a large amount of influence in many of our churches. The Communists are also behind the recently begun smear campaign of anti-Communists, conservative organizations, and even patriotic university professors who dare to tell the truth. Interested students would do well to read "Uncertain Trumpets" (Con gressional Record) and the Senate hearings (87th Congress) before the Sub-Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Se curity Act and other Internal Se curity Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, first session. These and many other such documents are full of almost unbelievable facts about the Communists. There may be but few people on campus who really know the John Birch Society. Anybody interested can write the John Birch Society, Belmont 78, Mass., or read a copy of the "Life of John Birch" and the "Blue Book," which has been d:mated to the McKissick Library. Those will be most enlightening to Americans who want to know the truth. Is it not rather strange that some persons can find no harm in permit ting pro-Communist groups in our midst and at the same time dlisfavor Americans who organize to keep us free by making available our (pro American) side of the question? It has been said that "a house dividedI against itself cannot stand!" Respectfully, Joe B. Williams Men and Women of Carolina: What is Christmas without spirit? IIere at Carolina, when the Yuletide se'ason is rapidly approaching, Christmas trees are seen all over Columbia-just like every city in the nation. Then why not in our homes on the USC campus? This past weekend enthusiasm was at its height when the men of the fourth floor of dlormitory "H'' decorated their hall in keeping with the age-old spirit of Christmas. Se cured at the mutual expense andl effort of these young men were a Christmas tree and decorations. These were placed on a concrete floor and were surroundled by con crete walls. In other words, there was nothing flammable within a reasonable distance. Hlowever, this tree was confis c-atedl by the University, and with it went t.he spirit and incentive of the dlorm's inhabitants. College is sup posed to build spirit, not destroy it. Consider the fact that wve are not allowedl to have Christmas trees in our d:,rmitories. Then ask yourself if th:s is the housing office's be ginning of the drive to help stamp out Christmas. If the Christmas spirit can be taken away, school spirit can also be destroyed. If this happens, where is our school? Thank you, Fourth Floor, "Ii" LITTLE MAN 10 MeUMv nTI V HARM Jack Tanaquil . . . And I Raises A In the screaming confusion of the market place, our statesmen vie to see who can shout loudest. Choice epithets are at a premium. The de bate is acrimonious if not enlighten ing. Many of the speakers have learned well the old axiom that, given ignorance, fear plus hate equals power. There is one whose soap box and colorful attire place him above the rest. A balding man who should know better, le is draped in flags. Both those who hide behind and those who are deceived by the glit tering color of His dress single this man out as one who is devoted with unequaled fervor to the "funda mental principles of Americanism." "Whence c o m e s there such Another ?" With that brand of stentorian logic for which our Leader is peculiarly noted, He carries His bat tle to the people. He suffers the little school children to come unto Him and forbids them not. Not anything except school lunches, that is. Our Patriot has spoken forthrightly against federal aid of all kind. "Yes, kiddies, the freedom to be under nourished is part of your heritage." Query ? A great Spiritual Leader of His people, our Man learned long ago that lie wvas more effective in the First Church than in His closet. Consequently, He seldom spends any time in His closet. C ONTRAST this Man with Cole Bllease of old who, when in 1910 he vindictively shouted "nigger, nigger!" automatically won thousands to his banner. When the Department of Justice thinks it worthy of notice and perhaps investigation that Cal houn County with a population which is 66.9% colored has colored voters totaling only eight tenths of one per cent of total voters, our Candidate waxes elo qfuent. "A flagrant violation of States' Rights!" lie screeches. And to His audience with smug authority: "Besides, there is great doubt among scholars as to whether the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution are constitutional, anyway. Dave Lawrence said so.'' "Our negras are so happy and con tentedi," opined our great Paternal ist at a luncheon of the Junior Chamber of Nincompoops. Sit-in dlemonstrations - "Why, they are the doings of outside agitators. Most of the colored people in them probably came down from New .Jersey anyway. I know as a positive fact that just before one of these demonstrations in Columbia three e'ars driven by negras bearing li cense tags from Northern States, mlindl you, were spottedl on Gervais Street by SLED. Besides, these col lege students are just plain crazy almost as crazy as their leftest, pinkish dupe professors. [Cheers from the audience.] I know how the negras feel about these things. My cook, Bessie, told me. And I know that Bessie's word is as good as my own." Our Leader's heart still burns that he did not break the paper cur tain and get his remarks to the New York Times Magazine first. But the local press is behind him. incoherent editors froth at the mouth when they eulogize their Hero. "Here is a Man who has toiled eighteen hours a day io nee that the ON CAMPUS 201 ST EXAM S EW 61NWN L6/.1 lobody Question federal government does not rob South Carolina cities of its slums." L IKE other great patriots, our Patriot has long regarded unions as "unmitigated e v i I a thoroughly inimical to the funda mental principles of Americanism" in which he believes. No Johnny come-lately to the cause against minimum wages for workers, our great Man of the People has opposed such pernicious legislation for many years. In opposing the twenty-five cents per hour mini mum wage back in the 1930s, he knew that he was fighting a plot "to steal from the people their right to work for less than a quar ter an hour." Our Patriot was joined by the National Associa tion of Manufacturers in opposing this impingement on worker free dom. With a thick Georgia accent, Old Baldy proclaims that he will "fight with undying devotion to oppose the sinister schemes of those who would allow the government to interfere in the economy. In the same breath he pledged himself "to increasing the tariff on textile imports and the subsidy on cotton." The Society to Encourage Dissen sion in the Name of Freedom has given him its annual award for op posing more issues brought before the Congress than anyone else. A vociferous "anti-communist," our Prince has conveniently cate gorized His enemio into two groups --communists and communist dupes. HIow does Hie propose to fight com munism? Keep Japanese textiles out of the U. S.? Deny any difference between democratic socialism and communism, thus keeping Britain, France and our Scandinavian allies in NATO wondering? Refuse eco nomic aid to underdeveloped nations trying to right both poverty and communism? Beware entangling al liances? In short, Fortress America will keep the world free. A ND nobody raises a question. //kGAA (ROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF Meanber of Assocda th Uadw.e,, r 1SsI cea.u.. .. I.' eas.pt en beUdayg s.d da. The opIrnA... ezpremsd by ,1 lattere S. the Edit., bint .3 laume ente. ese ttr as e v...I 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 EXCHANGE EDITOR BUSINESS SECRETARY CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER REPORTERS: Blanding Clarkiori ton, Cloudy Hardy, Ellen Hor~to Fred Schumpert, Bobby Brown, E Henderson, Regina Galgano, Jack BUSINESS STAFF: Murray Cok Emily Redding, Jim Van Oudell, , COLUMNISTS: Charles Behling, Daniels, Sam Freed, Audrey Har Pedmn, Mike Sheheen, Brenda WI] PHOTPOnaA puone. R=er Gag Mike Sheheen . RSVP ... Respond RSVP-respond. Respond to the needs of your University in the areas of Research, Scholarships, Volumes for libraries, and Profes sorships. Respond to the challenge presented by the Greater University Fund Campaign. This was the call issued by the student campaign for a greater Uni versity. And the response Is over whelming and coming from surpris ing sources . . . the members of the freshman football team who have contributed pledges, time and effort to the cause ... the many who have sacrificed a 4e stamp or coke a day for three years to raise a total of $12,000 as of December 11 - only five days of campaigning . . . the student workers who are soliciting the campus and town for contribu tions . . . the many encouraging words from different areas. F OR the first time in the recent history of our school, everyone - students, faculty, administration, alumni, and friends - can find a way to unite in investing for their future. The return will be so great it cannot be calculated. There is no monetary value which can be at tached to greater education and greater services to the people of this state and nation. There is no mone tary value which can be attached to the pride we take in establishing a foundation of higher education which will be second to none. Why private sources for a state supported institution? Because it is now necessary. The State of South Carolina is not unique in finding it cannot support its University prop erly by state revenue. We are only unique in that for 160 years we have never appealed to the private resources of our citizens. Why student funds for a statc supported institution? Because we, as students, will benefit more direct ly and are more concerned. We will have more books to search for knowledge, more funds for further ing education, and more teachers of distinction to provoke deeper thinking. W E are now a great University. Let's help ourselves in becom ing a greater one. RSVP-respond. Respond to this call for a greater University. Letters Policy "Letters To The Editor" are en couraged by "The Gamecock" and will be printed whenever possible. They should not exceed 300 words. Letters must be signed and ac companied by the contributor's re turn address for the purpose of certification. An unsigned letter will receive no consideration. If the writer desires, his name may be withheld, but the anonymity will not be granted automatically. No partisanship will be shown in the printing of letters. How ever, "The Gamecock" reserves the right to reject any letter because of content or character. GIc 4 A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ted Collegiat. Fr... Ith Rehert ElMe.t Ceaeales as 60 hiished byand for the ustdente of ekly, en Friays, dwrin the e,Iege meant and letter writers are met ink." 'Fhe Csam.eecqk' nce=rages S must b,e signed. Pubishin de se ih. S. edb ew withhl free. HOWARD HELLAMS .Doug Gray Gene Dyson . Bob Hill ER ... 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