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Orleni We would like to nominate the tentative vote of the Faculty-Student Orientation Committee f o r "The-Most-Disappointing News-of-the-Year" award. The Committee recently voted to abandon Orientation at Carolina. We remind you this was a tenta tive vote. The Committee examined every feasible method for having Orientation, and after finding out that the USC Administration could not supply the funds for an adequate program, they decided it would be best to have none at all rather than have a program that may be successful. One solution that may have been over looked is the placing of an Orientation fee on each new student. Naturally this means that the program, if it is held, will have to be compulsory. We would have it no other way. Concerning the proposed fee, the stu dent Orientation Committee of last year printed a letter this week, and sent it to all former counselors. The letter also suggested a student fee. It is stated as such: . . . Either an Orientation fee must be placed on each new student or there will be no Orientation at all. The proposed fee is $12 - which we feel is quite a bargain for the benefits gained during Orientation. The fee will include such things as food, housing, and entertainment for the period. Houever, the Administration is reluctant to approve even such a small fee. We feel that Orientation is worth not only this much --we feel that Orientation is essential. . . . Letters To Dear Sir: was, if his views The first column by Mr. Clayton Mr. Clayton. Th: in last semester's publication was encroachment of one that all students at Carolina speech. who believed in the rights, In- I found it dii tegrity, and incentive of the that Carolina's individual were obliged to oppose. tums of the ill Like many other students, I con- annihilated the vinced myself that the right thing Hungary, East to do was to not be critical, but Cuba. Or is it C tolerant. I spoke to Mr I decided to save my "letter to this depressing the editor" writing privilege for a sured me that more effective purpose - con- WOUld be presen structiveness. edition of the Ga As the semester dragged on, the political writings on the Game- whos unwritten letter w~ould be pu' cock's editorial page became more that the contriL and more a tool of Liberalism; just as much so as Liberalism - a p)olitical philosophy stemming from vo uetns socialist theory - has become an unwitting handmaiden of Con- wudrpyt munist subversion. Sae(ns .X Although I was reserved initially, ti fapsil I understandably grewv intolerant,.nest e(e I am certain that other studlentsthcosraie were similarly affected by the teupplrt anti-anti-Communist columnists - Sceyt l i Pat Clayton, Jimmy Mann, Howard vrycuisC Hellams, and Jack Taniquil. A re- I a re sult of my intolerance was a letter Catnh( a to Howard HIellams, the firstlterpbihd semester edlitor, concerning Pat telrnilso Clayton's final offering of theSoit.Nwm Fall ter-m. When I presentedl this mte sta to Mr. Hlellams, he informed mc ente"k" that it would not be published in batacrang the studlent newspap)er. He de- tvs ewss clared also that no other letters go~' omn would be printed in the Gamecock, fthedoro regadles of homthe u.hrhis, adpresina woul6 AeArese Member ~ diio of thoittlCllgoe Gar Iart '~itr,''he (;nieok' I old eI the u n anr theUnvesiy f Sot (nrdiu,whl,ose unwrit,utern necei;Iilythoe o I e ( thatok 'the contriloc jnml,lic tioji aSocliety.i Thisrvrei NEWS EIsTtatemePts 2.den SPORS EI'ros Bandnglesskto nder FEATUREeITORsertie SOCIETYopEDITOt REPOTERS Blndin Clakq ClaJyt o n adkna Hendrm,n Reina algno, acke Foprnipe Donn Danils, ruceFly,Aurey ad, Ja cerajo r PatPedn,Mik Sehen, reda ivhas s l~HOOGKAHERS R~r Gasiof theleditorton taflon We stand behind the letter wholeheartedly and especially the above portion. In a uni versity that is as large as ours, it would b almost sadistical to let a student enter with out any form of orientation. He must b given a chance to learn of his surroundings And for the Administration to be reluctan in approving the student fee of $12? This i ridiculous! If the worth of the prograr could be measured in monetary values, w doubt if very few students would be able t pay it. During the Orientation period, the nev student learns of the Carolina way of life By instructing him as to the correct way o college life, his chances of making Carolin greater are far more than if he had receive no instruction. We realize there are many students on ou campus today who did not have the op portunity to participate in an Orientatio program because in the past there has nc been a program that was available to all. Bu there are students who did have the or portunity to attend the successful one las fall. Now that we have the ball rolling, wh stop it? There is much more that could be sai -about Orientation. However, we will say n more for we are confident that the Adminis tration and the Student-Faculty Orientatio Committee knows the importance of such program, and will reverse the recent tenta tive vote. Let us believe in this for a Greate Carolina. The Editor opposed those of allowed to hand pick the writer c s was clearly an the "letter to editor." the freedom of It's still hard for me to believ that such underhanded action ficult to beliz've could take place at U. S. C. An >ress had symp- without the student body - who i ness which had represented by the publication - free press in suspecting that a large portion o Germany, and the students were being denie iber? their rights. . Clayton about Mr. Hellams implied that th ituation; he as- students' rights were being denie Aie "other side" because of personal feelings tha ted in the final he had for the Chairman of th mecoek. He even U. S. C. chapter of Young Amer: e of the person cans for Freedom. The Conserva (at that time) tive leader had been a few hour blished; he stated late in submitting an article to th utor was sym- Gamecock. he John Birch It has been encouraging to mi elation p)rompted as I am sure it has been to mot L. How did the non-Liberals, that our new edite head of time who has handled the editorial pagei his controversial the impartial manner that he ha: hy wvould the let- Mr. Gray is to be commended fo lircher be chosen, passing along "The Pleasure c the answer from Our Company" from the Wa ineffective due to Street Journal. The editorial d< of the Birch fended the freedom of the indivic 'rals and( to sonme ual. I only regret that Mr. Gra onservatives? was required to revert to th the student Mr. Journal because of the lack a Ieed did have his columnists on his staff wvh indl he sup)ported possess5 the dynamic philosoph the John Birch which is capturing the imaginatio objection to this of American youth - Conserve a columnist wvas tism. by the editor to The comparison of editori& cup .- Conserva- policies which I have presente tielded from the above is intended to be construc Sby the refusal tive. I desire fair treatmenti publish their let- the future, not a censure of th lhe wa obviously Fall staff, at least, no more cor sure than this letter performs. I line with being constructive, I als offer my services to the Ga?nccoc) I~Yours truly, Eddie Hightower Dear Mr. Gray: NA I would like to express my sir cerest compliments upon the at zale,a the ticle in February 23's Gamecoc tu"n, of entitled "The Pleasure of Ou ters are not Company." This is a most welcom 'encourages article (new to the Gamecock, 17 2 feel), and I hope that this will b a p)recedlent of things to come. Le DOUG GRAY tne urge you not to fear to expres Joan Wolcott your conscience any longer as ith Bob Hill great majority of us are with yor The fact that you disagree wit Murray Coker us or that we disagree with yo .Jo Ann Coker is relatively unimportant so Ion red Schumpert <as we respect each others right t disagree. mary Hlankins Yes, I am glad that you hay Cloudy Ha:rdy given us this long-awaited oppor ail Hroughton 'unity and I can only hope that i. mmy Prssley the future we will have someon mmy Prssley f our own from the U. S. C erry Rottman .ommunity to defend our rightE Joe Van D)yke T 'he Wall Street Journal (lid 'iy edig s)lend(id job), hut I know there ar many of our own who are wait r, Cathie Dut- ing to take pen in hand and spea Kay Hlughey, out also. ughton, Ruthie Iamsryo wileet Russell. msr o ilset that we will no longer be voice ernard Hloefer' unchiallengedl because we are un heard! ('livtons Mike I remain, Jimmy Mann, Respectfully yours, Donald A. Fonter, Ji Exchange Corner B A University of Kansas seni - who was "just out chasing girl was fined "$20 in the police col for displaying a red light on t of a vehicle. Michael Holland t tered a plea of guilty, but ask the court to consider the fact s was using a small flashlight ai was just girl-chasing. Some of the men students at t University of Kentucky receni housed a very special resident their dorm hall - a cactus plai v This plant was endearingly nam "Cactipus" and was a favorite the guys, who were determin f that their little plant should ha the best conditions in which .row. They created artificial lig I by using bulbs directed agair mirrors. But alas, Cactipus w Jestined to die because he had be r mortally wounded when the fro seat of the car in which he w riding to school was pushed f r ward to permit a rider to era t nto the back seat. When t ,wners had decided that Cactip t was really dead, they perform an autopsy with a razor blade ai then cremated the remains, a1 t ceremoniously scattered the ash to the four winds. Wishing to show proper respe for the dead, the boys decided !nter an obituary notice in t paper. They gave Cactipus's fc 0 mal name, C. Ford Ball, and d cided an appropriate occupatii would be night club entertain since he had provided so much < a version. They listed his age as I meaning days, and the next of k were determined to be three iden r cal cacti who resided in Louisvil Not only did the story appear the local papers, but it also we out over the press wire with tI lead: "C. Ford Ball, 83, a retir, night-club entertainer, died Su day while visiting friends her4 f Sorrowful friends from the dorn tory hounded the newspaper see e ing information about funeral a S rangements. s Time on your hands? Lookii - for something to do? A new fi f has hit the Washington State Ur I versity campus. "Lurking" mak the old telephone booth-stuffir e craze look like mere kid stuff, ai j even Daddy's goldfish-swallowii t stunt is no match for it. e Of course, the rules vary frc - living groups to living group, b - here are some general principlI s that seem to be universal: e (1) A "lurk" is obtained wh< you look at the eyes of anoth, , erson for at least 60 seconds. t (2) You must have one e; r covered -- either with a hand< a by pecking around a corner of ,. door, book, etc. r. (3) The "lurk" doesn't count f the person notices that you a: I lurking andl says "I see you." .(4) A "double-lurk" or "mar - thon lurk" is obtained when y< y lurk someone wvho is lurking somi e one else. f (5) A "double-whammy lurk" a when you lurk someone who y lurking someone who is lurking ri fourth party. The fourth pari - victim is completely disgraced he allows this to happen. 1* * * In the average letter home fro .. a college student there's usual a lots said between the lines. T] e Park Colelge Stylus suggest ti .. interpretation of the followvir a letter: o Dear Mom and Dad, .Sorry I haven't written but have already been caught up in tl old college grind (rush partic club parties, dorm parties).J fact, I often find myself studyir until 4 in the morning (I dorg start until 3:30). I find that ni ~studies present a real challenge r me (I'm flunking). I)id you know that this collej ranks among the top 10 in the n tion (the soccer team is first tthe area) ? Our building and Ial are equipped with the most mo era facilities (the Brig has a po table). SMy roommate is a very nice gi (he lets me use his Blio. notes).I Sfact, all the students here are wo (derful and1 I have madie many ne friends (she is a real doll). Oi floor counselor is a real swell gu too, and gives us lots of helpfa advice (we threw him in ti shower last night). Mrs. Poffingarger, our hous mother, respects andl adlmires n Sab)ility to get along independent: (she locked me out last Saturday You will he glad to know th. my math teacher said it was pleasure to have me in his clai (he thought I was a visitor). 1 really love it here but I su; do(1 miss home, especially both< you (please send money). Your loving son, (lots of money) Frankr Scem or a"a in ed. he aid he ly in it. ed of ed ve to ht ist as en nt as he us aed id id es Staff photographer Warren Ny one of the busiest places lie visite< et his camiera. This lab, familiar to to conveniences we have on our caml buildings built on the campus in I e- Charles Behling . )ni er li- We t 13, n S"The Gamecock" editor an nounces this week, it is le- probable that there will be no in Freshman Orientation on this nt campus next year. IS This alarming prospect has been caused by a lack of funds to support the Program. The Ad : ministration seems unable to ap propriate the funds to carry on an adequate Orientation Program. r- Of course, all students can sym pathize with the University's limited financial situation. The Ig problems in operating a tremen dous institution on a very limited budget are obvious. CS However, it does not seem that g Orientation is one of the things d which should suffer because of fi kg nancial squeezes. Orientation is more than desirable; it is essen m tial. The Orientation Program ut should be improved next year, not es driven out of existence! HOSE who question the bene ar fits of Orientation must sim ply have a misunderstanding of ye the Program. To quote a policy ir statement of this year's Orienta a tion Committee: "There are three goals for our Orientation Pro if gram-to teach our new students r.e facts about Carolina and college life; to introduce them to our al- campus and to their fellow stu >u dents; and to attempt to give C- - - is Bruce Floyd. . . SConservative if IN TIS country today there is I a movement toward Conserva tism. Will this movement culminate m in a conservative policy, both at 'Y home and abroad? Many people Ie are of the opinion that if this IS movement falls short, this country ig will gradlually decline. Liberalism, which is theoretic ally the direct opposite of Conservatism, has run I rampart through this country since to the days of the "New Deal." In s, the process, however, the country Ln has consistently lost face in the ig eyes of the world, and the dlomestic 't problems are larger and more l7 complex than ever. Yet the to liberal chants, "Do not dlesp)air," "Academic Freedom," andl "Equal re ity for All," will find the panacea~ 5- for all our problems. But wvill in they ? If the past is any indica be Lion, they will only exacerbate thei d- already deplorable condition that ol e'xists. It is time to critically examine my this liberalism, to root out the .n faults and rectify them; not be n- come complacent and accept the w sophistrys of the State Dept.; the ar strong hold of liberalism. The Y, State Dept. is, at times, one of the al most grossly inefficient and in ie competent organizations that man has yet devised. ~THIS CAN be exemplified by a recenlt event. When one of our most faithful allies, IIolland, asked permission to use UJ. S. p)lanes to it fly troops to Indonesia, we agreed. a For a while anyway. Then all of sa sudd(e n we found ourse'lves in ai touchy situation. The "mighty" .e country of Indonesia resente'd this Svile act. What did the State D)ept,. (do? They informed the D)utch that the flights must be terminated. The Indonesians, however, were not placated in the leas. The s Around Can went inside to shoot this week's Scenes was the foreign languages lab, and in every Carolina language student, is just >us. The lab is located inside DeSaussu 801. DeSaussure sits on the curve of th Aust Fight F them a wholesome attitude toward 'ti college life. This Orientation has do been planned under the assump- bi tion that the last goal is the most m important." Are these goals not important? I Those who question the bene- "t fits of Orientation should simply e, consult with some of the Univer- p sity's present freshmen. Here is an ju example of their reaction to the p possibility of no Orientation Pro- ta gram: The Freshman "Y" voted tb unanimously Monday to pass a tE resolution protesting the ending of the program; prior to the vote th they had a long discussion about ti, the merits of the Program, dur- O: ing which time not a single nega- ea tive comment was made! m Those who still question the PI benefits of the Program should consult with members of the fac- id ulty and Administration who have qi had direct connection with Orien- fe tation. One of them commented is, that doing away with Orientation In was like saying that the first lee- bc Lures in a course were unimpor- til tant and that the course should v begin wvith the first hour quiz! 'y Those who still deny the bene- Ty fits of an adequate Orientation N are those who do not realize the y~ tremendous academic, social, and y p)sychological differences between high school life and college life. Surely, anyone who realizes these u Movement A es marchedl on the American embassy, su pulled dlown our flag, stomped on w it, and added insult to injury by d( urinating on the American flag. ii, What did we do to combat this unforgiveable d esaeer ati on? ?1 Nothing!! Of course, I guess, we f assuredl the people of Indonesia st Lhat we wvould try to respect their ti wishes in the future. Yet we sent -i troop)s to Little Rock to guard a high school! T1hme State Dept. came out of the sh Indonesia fiasco with its usual p)roficiency. 'We did not get one in, ~ountry exasperated with us. We pc uid better. We succeeded in com- ni pletely disgusting both of them. be Why must be apologize for being ta ibrong? Why must we eling tenaciously to a "no-win" policy? co I'hese are excellent questions in sti in vie~w of the fact that the major- ou ty of the peop)le are very per- 5u turbed ab)out the blunder of the fij State Dept. an T HE CITIZENS of America are readly to take the offensive, to stand up for their rights, and to ea&se catering to countries that will stab us in the back the first hance they get. They are tired ~f throwing money dJown the drain or' a foreign p)olicy that has ae- ter o)mfplishedl very little except to be alise thet national debht. America, wake up! We will notco issure ourselves the perpetuation toi four way of life by radhical cei heli mnethodls. Trhe price of ret eace is too high if we must pay wr 'or it with our freedom. wil l)kuniel WVebster ex pressed his be reelings like this: "Let our object ; De our country, our whole country, th< ind noitthing but our country." "T Would you rather be red than to lead?te TPUS Around Campus. le aid that nediately captured the scenc with another example of the imodern re, which is one of the first two e beautiful Horseshoe. r It! 'emendous differences could not my the University's responsi lity to assist the students in aking this vital transition. HOSE who say that the Orien Ltation Program was poor in heir freshman year" are simply rading the question. The past rograms are no criteria for dging the current Orientation rogram. And after all, if Orien .tion had been weak in the past, e essential thing is to improve ie Program, not to kill it. It is now regrettably definite at the only way which Orienta )n can be saved is for an rientation fee to be placed upon ch new student. But, the Ad* inistration is reluctant to ap -ove such a fee. Surely everyone dislikes the ea of an additional fee. But the iestion now is not "Fee or no e?" It is a question of the ex Lence of Orientation on our cam is. The University cannot take a xekwards leap and kill Orienta n. CAROLINA MUST PRO [DE AN ADEQUATE ORIEN ATION PR OG RA M EVEN lIOUGH IT W OU LD BE ECESSARY FOR E V E R Y [ESHIMAN TO PAY A SMALL l'E FOR THEF PROGRAM! As men and wvomen sincerely terested in the future of the n iversity, the Carolina student dy should rise up in support of e Orientation Program and ex ess its belief that Orientation ust not be allowed to die. The Iministration is sincerely inter ted in student opinion, and our pport of Orientation certainly auld be valued by them as they ceide whether Orientation will re on. 1ANY organizations have al ready p assae d resolutions v'oring Orientation for each newg udIent even though an Orienta mn Fee may have to be estab hed. Those organizations which ye not yet passed resolutions, it wvhich would like to do so, ould immediately take action. Also, interested students have 'ividually written letters of sup *rt of the Program to the Ad nistration. It would be greatly neficial if other students would ke similar action. Orientation is a matter of great uneern to student welfare. As idents, we certainly must make r opinions known about this bject. Orientation is worth ~hting for; Orientation is vital d it must not die! Letters Policy 'T~he Gamecock" encourages "Let s To The Editor," and they will pri ntedl whenever possible. Letters must be signedI and ac nyanied by t.he contributor's re -n address for the purpose of tification. An unsigned letter will eave no consideration. If the iter desires, his name may be uhheld, but the anonymity will not grant ed automatically. 'o partisanship will he shown In printing of letters. However, he Gamecock" reserves the rights reject any letter because of con